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[narrator] Chad Ollinger and his father, Duane,

have been digging under Blind Frog Ranch,

a 160-acre property in northeast Utah, for the past ten years...

Okay, Dad. Let her rip.

...hoping to locate an underground cavern...

My money's on that South Cave. That's our best option.

...they believe contains

over $3 billion in gold from Montezuma's Aztec Empire.

So here it is.

That's what you were looking for.

They melted down these priceless gold artifacts,

to make these curved gold bars so that they could run away with it.

They could get it out of the city.

[narrator] But what they've uncovered...

Damn, another one?

...has been far more than gold.

-Hello! Hey! -[growling]

[man] Blind Frog Ranch.

Something's out there.

[Duane] You know, the locals say that there's gold mines and buried treasures.

But what's strange is there's some kind of a dark force

that keeps this gold from being found.

[narrator] And every discovery...

-[Eric] Look at this. -[bleep]

Malachite. This is the kind of stuff we're looking for.

...is another clue...

[Josh] We've got gold.

-Really? -[Josh] Look at that.

...that brings them deeper...

-You got a skull? -A skull.

...and deeper...

[Chad] This goes in there a ways.

...into the uncharted underground.

Hell no. [bleep]

[narrator] One step closer to the treasure.

[Chad] Are you seeing this?

This is the cave.

[narrator] And tonight, Chad has invited a team of experts to the ranch...

It could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

...to examine their most compelling finds from last dig season...

Yeah, this is a place of power.

...hoping they can shed some light on their meaning.

-Oh, my gosh. -Yep.

[narrator] And get them closer to finding the fortune.

[Roger] This would be entirely possible.

The site is a tomb.

Let's go get this gold.

[Chad] Fellas.

-[men] Chad. -How's it going?

[Chad] Last season, we found a lot of strange artifacts and clues

searching for Montezuma's treasure.

I want to take a closer look at all the evidence we've found so far

and bring in experts and have them go through everything

and figure out exactly what we have here.

Because we need to know where we need

to put our resources to try to find that gold.

All right. So, I want to assess kind of where we're at right now.

I think the first thing we need to talk about is that rumble.

Absolutely. That's a good point.

[James] Sounds good.

[narrator] At the beginning of the dig season...

My money's on that South Cave.

That's our best option.

[narrator] In an attempt to enter the Aztec underground,

Chad targeted the South Cave, a location he believes

leads directly into the keyhole chamber,

a mysterious cavern that extends under the ranch

where the team believes the Aztec gold is hidden.

This is huge.

Isn't this wild?

Look at this.

[Chad] Wow.

[narrator] But while investigating the South Cave...

-[rumbling] -[bleep]

...Chad and Eric encountered a strange seismic phenomenon known as a rumble.

-[rocks clattering] -[bleep]

So this rumble came out of nowhere.

What the hell is that?

Everything started shaking and we almost got trapped in that cave.

[Eric] Get out. Out, out, out!

-Go, go, go! -[bleep]

What the hell?

The weird thing is, when Chad and I felt it in the cave,

I mean, I've experienced earthquakes before.

So typically you'll feel them. [imitates rumbling]

And this was nothing like that.

But it was definitely a rumble, we felt it.

[Chad] I mean, guys, this is super dangerous.

If we're crawling in caves, we have the potential of collapse

at all times, and we really need to figure out what this is.

[Eric] So this rumble, or ground shaking, is really strange.

I can't explain it, and if I can't explain it,

I can't stop it from happening again.

We felt it throughout the Blind Frog Ranch,

but we couldn't seem to detect any earthquakes in the region.

There's nothing showing from a natural seismic event here.

I don't know.

The thing is, I not only checked the USGS database

for earthquakes, which is quite extensive.

None were seen during that time period.

[narrator] The United States Geological Survey

is a government database that tracks

all registered earthquake activity.

With no record of an earthquake in the area,

Eric invited seismologist Hector Estrella to the ranch to run some tests.

My name is Hector Estrella and I work in the geology,

seismology and geophysics area.

Eric called me and he mentioned that

there was some rumblings that he wanted my input on.

[narrator] Using a seismograph, Hector recorded

a series of strange vibrations under Blind Frog Ranch.

-[Eric] Oh, wow. -[Hector] Whoa, look at that.

You have something going on here,

something strange.

Something is causing that ground vibration, and it's occurring locally.

But whatever's going on, is not caused by natural earthquakes.

We checked that.

So it's got to be something else.

Something strange is happening in this ranch.

[Eric] So I want to get in touch with my friend Hector.

He was going to take a look at the data that we recorded out here

and see if he can have some further interpretation.

Uh, let's see.

Hey, Hector. How are you?

[Hector] Hey, Eric, how you doing?

[Eric] Hector, when we set up that seismograph,

you said you could take 'em back and get a further look at 'em

and get some further interpretation.

Were you able to... to glean anything from that?

[Hector] So we've been collecting data with the seismograph

for the past few months, and we continue to get

intermittent seismic activity that doesn't match

the available government data for the region.

So I did a little research looking for possible causes

for this intermittent vibration.

And I came across something very interesting.

You know, fairly recently, about a year and a half ago in Greenland,

there was a massive landslide that collapsed

into the waters of the Dickson Fjord.

A fjord is basically an enclosed body of water

created when the glacier travels and erodes over millions of years.

And what happened is this massive landslide

collapsed into the water, creating a tsunami.

And bounced from the other shore back and forth, back and forth,

creating what's essentially an earthquake.

[narrator] The event at Dickson Fjord, Greenland

created powerful shockwaves that reverberated

around the world for nine days.

[Eric] Thinking about this phenomena,

my theory is that maybe these repetitive seismic events that

are recorded in the ranch are caused by

subterranean water flow reverberating just like the Dickson Fjord.

It could cause that kind of vibration.

We do have faults here, and we have shallow groundwater,

and when you have shallow groundwater and cave systems,

you can actually have underground rivers.

And so, maybe there's a displacement of water or I don't know.

-But, I mean, it was big. -You're damn right it was.

Maybe you have a blockage,

maybe a large boulder or a large rock that all of a sudden

gets pushed by the pressure of the water.

And releases all that energy all at once.

[narrator] Hector theorizes the high pressure

water system under Blind Frog was suddenly released

from a shifting boulder or underground dam...

[bleep]

...triggering the intense rumbling vibrations they've experienced.

Hey! Hey!

[Eric] What would be your recommendations moving forward?

[Hector] Take readings from other parts of the ranch simultaneously.

Maybe that way we can narrow down where these vibrations are originating.

Then the extent of it maybe.

That's what we gotta do.

Absolutely.

[Eric] Thanks, Hector. Appreciate you looking into this for us.

-Thanks, Hector. -[Chad] Thanks, Hector.

[narrator] Coming up...

[James] We've got to show you something, man.

[narrator] The artifacts uncovered last season at the Bead Site,

undergo high-tech analysis.

These are all indicative of jade.

[Roger] It would've been nobility,

kings, queens, priests.

[narrator] And the team gains insight on an unearthed altar...

This is next level stuff that we're talking about. It's worked stone.

It's put together well, constructed well.

...that could rewrite history.

[Roger] If it's a very spiritual altar, this would be entirely possible

the site is a tomb.

[narrator] And later...

Hey!

...a revelation that the mysterious creature

stalking Blind Frog Ranch...

To have a skull left for you guys to find, that's not good.

...could be even stranger than they imagined.

[Mark] Maybe these creatures are showing up

because they're really not liking what's going on here.

That could sound like a Skinwalker.

So that rumble we experienced is still a mystery, and it's super dangerous.

[narrator] At Blind Frog Ranch,

the team is reviewing their evidence from last year to strategize their plan

to locate the lost Aztec gold.

[Chad] If we're crawling in caves,

we have the potential of collapse at all times.

So obviously exploring the South Cave is on hold.

Something to look at in the future.

Absolutely.

[narrator] But while the South Cave is shut down,

it might have provided one final clue...

Wow.

...prior to its collapse.

-Chad, look at these. -What the [bleep]?

This is handmade, hand carved.

No way they could've gotten in through that opening.

[Chad] Yeah. Had to get in some other way, though.

Let's get a sample of these.

[narrator] The team took samples of mysterious hewn logs

that they found deep inside the cave.

However, this wasn't the only location

they came across these mysterious wooden artifacts.

Eric and Chad also found similar hewn timber

at an abandoned mine two miles north of the ranch.

This is everywhere. Look at this.

[Eric] When we were up there, I happened to take some samples

of the timbers up there.

So I have those samples here.

So here's where it gets really interesting.

I got the wood tested from both sites.

We got the results back, and it turned out the absolute age of the wood

is about 380 years old.

-And so we have a correlation here. -Yeah.

So if these samples are of the same age, basically, roughly 400 years old,

it could mean the same people,

I mean, the Aztecs even, were inside the cave here at the ranch

and were able to travel miles underground.

Between the open pit to the north and the South Cave.

[Chad] No [bleep] way.

Holy [bleep].

[narrator] Hewn logs have been used by indigenous tribes for centuries

to fortify tunnels and underground structures.

Conformation that the logs in the South Cave

and the timbers at the open pit mine are a match,

suggests the Aztecs constructed their underground civilization

to have multiple entrances

and exits to move the gold into the keyhole chamber.

There could be a tunnel system, an extensive tunnel system,

between the open pit to the north, and the South Cave.

[Chad] That's amazing.

So we know that there's an entrance to the keyhole chamber north of the property.

Yep. There's so many possibilities here,

gentlemen, we've got to prioritize what we're going to tackle next.

Right.

[narrator] Across the 160 acres of the ranch,

the team has been exploring several sites,

searching for an entrance into the Aztec underground.

Last season, with the collapse of the South Cave, Duane Ollinger

doubled his excavation efforts in search of a hidden entrance

below the Bead Site, a rock formation that sits on the tail end

of the keyhole chamber.

You know, that Bead Site's got artifacts.

It's got so much stuff going on, and as we dig down, I think we'll find the tomb.

[James] We found a lot of new artifacts at the Bead Site.

It's possible that it could have been something to do with the Aztecs.

Oh, my God, it's a radial bead.

It's a bead with a spiral pattern.

If we can date those artifacts or find any evidence about the origin,

that would be fascinating.

Something definitely to look for.

Give us a lot of clues on who was there and who knows what's in there?

[narrator] To further analyze the artifacts mined from the Bead Site...

-Roger. -[James] Hey, Roger.

How are you, sir? Welcome back.

...the team has brought in Dr. Roger Blomquist,

an American history professor...

What have we got?

...and Southwest Indigenous Peoples expert.

[Roger] I'm Dr. Roger Blomquist.

I am a historian with a focus in the American West.

Chad has asked me to come out here

and look at some of the artifacts they've found.

And see if I could put them into an historical context for them

to help them understand how they got here and the significance of them.

[Chad] We got to show you something, man.

[James] Look at this.

Look what it's made out of.

[Roger] It's a radial bead.

[narrator] Chad hopes the objects can help the team better understand

the background of the Bead Site and provide clues to locate

the buried entrance into the keyhole chamber

and the treasure.

[Roger] Well, this is incredible.

[James] Isn't that amazing?

[narrator] A radial bead is a small circular stone

with a center borehole that was known to be worn

by Aztec nobility on their ceremonial headdresses.

[Roger] Well, I can tell this is Aztecian by the level of detail and tool work.

It's almost surgical precision.

[narrator] The precision of Aztec stone carving is well documented,

but their highly sophisticated techniques weren't only used for decorative objects.

The Aztecs, we know that they were performing successful brain surgeries.

-[Chad] Really? -[Roger] Yes.

We found the skulls that had been operated on and that had healed.

That's amazing.

[narrator] Neurosurgery owes its origins to Mesoamerican cultures.

Aztec medicine men were the first to treat head injuries and perform trephination,

the act of perforating the skull with a surgical instrument,

to relieve pressure or internal bleeding.

They had the technology to be able to

core drill these out of the jade and then drill the holes in them.

The jade bead looks like it could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

And for that to be found up here,

that's the most fascinating thing I've seen up here today.

How did it get here?

Fantastic.

Let's find out where they're from.

Let's find out what the composition is on them.

[narrator] To get a high tech breakdown of the beads' composition,

Dr. Blomquist has called in material scientist, Bob Morton...

-[Chad] Bob, welcome. -Hey.

...who can conduct an elemental scan of the artifact.

I'm Dr. Robert Morton.

I'm an X-ray technologist,

a material scientist, and I was asked to come

out to Blind Frog Ranch to help them identify

and evaluate materials that they found.

Well, show us how this works.

[Bob] This is an X-ray fluorescent gun.

The X-ray tube and detector right here in the nose.

We can see what elements are here in the impurities

through X-ray fluorescent spectrometry.

[narrator] An XRF gun, or X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy device

emits X-rays that can identify the elements found in the stone

and determine its material makeup.

[Bob] Let's see what we can see here.

What do we got, Bob? What do we got?

Okay. Let's see.

Mmm.

[exhales]

It's got iron.

Potassium. So, you know your clays are there, right, Eric?

[Eric] Yep.

So what does that all mean?

[Bob] Wow.

These are all indicative of what you'd find in jade.

[Chad] Wow.

That's amazing.

This is awesome. Great find.

[narrator] Jade was a prized mineral of the Aztec kingdom

that was worn only by rulers such as kings and nobility.

This finding suggests that the Bead Site

was a sacred religious site used by Aztecan royalty.

Jade with the green in it, and it would have been those who could afford to have it.

Wasn't the sort of thing that a common man would have.

So we're looking at nobility, aristocracy, kings, queens, princes, priests.

You're basically saying that it was in possession of the elites.

Wow.

[narrator] Coming up...

[Roger] Wow, this is amazing.

[narrator] The experts uncover startling new clues about the Bead Site.

[Bob] So that's not the copper bead.

[Chad] Then what the hell is it?

[narrator] And discover the truth about the chamber hiding beneath it.

[Roger] This would be entirely possible.

This site is a tomb.

[Eric] Holy [bleep].

[narrator] At Blind Frog Ranch, the team is seeking answers

about the artifacts they've unearthed at the Bead Site last season.

[Roger] The jade bead looks like

it could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

It's amazing. Great find.

[narrator] But the jade radial bead isn't the only relic that was uncovered.

What have we got here?

They look like they've been done by hand.

We also have some copper beads that were found.

We'd like to get your thoughts on those

and maybe analyze them and see exactly what's in them.

[narrator] Copper beads were first forged by an indigenous tribe

known as the Old Copper Culture, a mysterious group who inhabited

the Great Lakes region of North America

over 7,000 years ago.

They're very uniform in style and hollowed out almost as if it was cast

instead of pounded into shape.

[narrator] If this bead is copper, it would suggest that Aztec ancestors

were inhabiting the Utah territory thousands of years before

the reign of their empire in Mexico.

So how do you think it got here?

[Roger] Well, there's only one way to find out.

Let's check the composition of the bead.

This will tell us what we're working with.

Here's your sample back. We'll set it down here,

and then we can read the results here.

There's a little bit of sulfur from the corrosion.

Yeah, it was about eight-tenths of lead.

Wow, 28% zinc.

So that's not a copper bead.

[Chad] Then what the hell is it?

Those are brass beads.

[Chad] Really?

So what does that all mean?

It tells us that it's brass and it may be within the last few hundred years.

[Chad] Huh.

[narrator] Unlike copper, brass was not smelted until the 1700s,

which means the artifact is much younger than the team previously thought.

So if this is from the 1700s or 1800s, who would be making something like that,

-or where did it originate from? -Spain.

Spain was in the Americas.

And so it could have been down in Mesoamerica.

It could have been Mexico.

It's very likely that it came from Europe somewhere,

but that's not nearly as important as how it got here.

That the odds are, in my opinion,

that it came through Mexico City, up to the ranch up here.

[narrator] Dr. Blomquist believes that the brass bead was cast in Europe

by Spaniards in the 1700s, was brought to Mexico City

after the fall of the Aztec empire

when Mexico was under Spanish rule, then made its way north to Blind Frog Ranch,

most likely in the Spanish crown's pursuit of the Aztec gold.

[Roger] Who was trading this and what did they want in return?

That's the story I want to know.

-Thanks, Bob. -Thank you.

-[Roger] Good to see you, Bob. -[Bob] Roger.

[narrator] With Bob's analysis of the artifacts from the Bead Site,

there is now even more questions about the site's true purpose.

Searching for answers, the team shows Roger video

of the mysterious alter they uncovered while excavating last season.

[Charlie] At the Bead Site,

we have found an altar, and above that we have,

like smokestacks coming out of it.

Is the altar underground in the caves, or is it outside of the caves?

It's underground.

So that's what you're looking at here.

[Roger] Wow, this is amazing.

[Charlie] Look at that.

[Roger] As I was watching the video, it looked like one of the rocks

on the outside might have been worked.

It was very geometric.

Was it constructed, or was it a natural feature that had been manipulated?

-[Josh] Look at that. -[Charlie] Holy [bleep].

No, it was constructed, you could tell once we got it excavated.

Pull the front off of it, then you could get in there

and see it was totally connected to the smokestack.

Look at back there.

This is next level stuff that we're talking about.

It's worked stone, it's put together well, constructed well.

[Charlie] Yeah, absolutely.

And when we removed some more dirt, there was artifacts inside.

Inside of this altar, we found charred skulls.

So that's what you're looking at here.

You've got an altar down below and then a raised platform on top.

Well, to me, this is all very Aztecian in nature.

By all means, this could be an underground sacrificial altar.

Where somebody would be officiating to accept that sacrifice.

There's a cliff face there that could have been right on top of that.

So when you find a sacrificial altar, it's not uncommon to find bones

to find remains, possibly human remains.

We know about the cave system down in Teotihuacan

underneath the Pyramid of the Sun, that there's all caverns

emanating out from underneath of there.

[narrator] The Pyramid of the Sun

is a four-sided Aztec structure

with a flat top used for religious ceremonies.

However, when archeologists excavated underneath the structure,

they uncovered a large cavern with human remains,

which were sacrificial offerings to their gods.

[Roger] So this would be something that would be very comparable to that.

And I took Duane down to Mexico City

and we went underground at Teotihuacan.

So that he could see the similarities between there and Mexico.

And what we're seeing up here at Blind Frog Ranch.

So you know exactly what I'm talking about.

[narrator] According to Roger, the Aztecs could have used

the rugged rock landscape of the Bead Site

as a natural, hallowed stone structure

to mimic the religious structures of their fallen capital city.

But what's underneath the Bead Site could be even more shocking.

One thing to keep in mind is that the Aztecs had similar

practices with the Egyptians, they buried their leaders

with possessions and with sacrificed individuals.

They took his earthly treasures and stored them with him.

And so it's a very spiritual altar where sacred offerings were being given.

[Charlie] That's the top of the skull.

[Roger] This would be entirely possible

the site is a tomb.

[narrator] Coming up...

the revelation of a possible tomb

under the Bead Site poses the question,

who is buried beneath it?

[Charlie] If there's a tomb, whose would it be?

It had to have been a king, maybe even Montezuma himself.

[narrator] But unearthing it could come at a cost.

This is a place of power.

The skull is like a warning.

You guys need to be really, really careful about what you're doing.

[narrator] As the team gathers to review the evidence

from last season, Dr. Roger Blomquist

has now reviewed all the findings from the Bead Site...

[Roger] Wow, this is amazing.

...and believes there could potentially be a tomb lying beneath it.

You've got an alter down below and then a raised platform on top.

The site is a tomb.

That's amazing.

[Roger] Aztec kings were buried in their tombs with their possessions.

They took his earthly treasures and stored them with him in this tomb.

[narrator] The idea that the recently deceased could carry possessions into the afterlife

dates back to the ancient Egyptians,

whose pharaohs were surrounded with grave goods.

[Roger] The Aztecs interred in tombs, much like the Egyptians

but without the mummification.

[narrator] Unlike Egyptians who were mummified,

Aztec kings were sometimes cremated,

believing this practice would help them ascend into the afterlife.

[Roger] So these smokestacks could be for cremation.

There were times that the Aztecs cremated their leaders.

Part of the belief was that the smoke would take them up to the afterlife.

And so it's a very spiritual altar

where sacred offerings were being given.

It was very similar to what you see in Mesoamerica.

[narrator] Besides gold and treasure, archeologists have also uncovered

one other common item in the tombs of Aztec kings.

The remains of human sacrifice.

I think we have that here based on what we have found.

If there's a tomb, whose would it be?

It had to have been a king.

Maybe even Montezuma himself.

[narrator] It is unclear what became of Montezuma's body

after he was killed by Cortes' army.

Some accounts say his body was mutilated

and scattered across Mexico by the Spaniards,

while others believe he was cremated and carried out of the Aztec capital

with his gold. But to this day neither a tomb nor physical evidence

of Montezuma's remains have ever been found.

So while defending the Aztec capital from the Spanish, Montezuma was killed.

So it was really Montezuma's brother, Cuitlahuac, who was the 10th emperor

of the Aztec Empire, that ordered all the gold to be

taken out of the capital and taken north.

But maybe he brought more than just the gold.

So if Roger is right and the Bead Site connects to an underground tomb,

inside, we might not only find Montezuma's treasure.

We might even find Montezuma himself.

This might sound crazy, but I have a theory.

Montezuma's brother was really the person that defeated Cortes and got the treasure.

He supposedly died, which I don't believe really happened.

I think that Montezuma's brother survived

and brought the treasure from Mexico City.

Possibly along with his brother, Montezuma's remains.

To bury them together in their native homeland.

So, Roger, what do you think?

The first thing that comes to mind is the petroglyphs of the three kings.

[narrator] Just 20 miles outside Blind Frog,

is a geological site known as Capitol Reef.

It is home to a series of petroglyphs known as the Three Kings.

When I saw it, the immediate impression I got

was that it was very Aztecian or Mesoamerican jewelry,

headdresses, belts. It felt like a sacred site.

It looked like family that was left as guardians over the temple site.

[Charlie] So these petroglyphs that you're talking about near the ranch,

is that telling the story of the Aztecs?

It's not necessarily the history

of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica, but the return to Uinta Basin.

[James] Maybe that's what the petroglyphs depict.

Montezuma's successor, his brother,

protecting Montezuma's treasure,

relocating his empire and possibly giving them

a final safe resting place here in Utah.

And the exciting thing is, you're finding jewelry.

Jade with the green in it and everything

that it would have been nobility, aristocracy.

[James] Well, if they were relocating their empire,

the petroglyphs are kind of setting up what the central location is,

which appears to be right here on Blind Frog Ranch.

[Roger] Well, I hope you guys find what you're looking for.

-Good to see you, Roger. -Good to see you.

Thanks for coming.

[narrator] While the artifacts from the Bead Site

have given the team hard evidence

about the Aztec presence on the ranch,

some of the things they've encountered are harder to explain.

-[Josh] What the hell is that? -[Charlie] Same damn thing.

Ripped the head off.

[narrator] Over the years, the team's strange experiences have continued to increase.

That's a kill right there.

[narrator] And last season, they had a series of encounters

with a strange wolf-like creature.

Hey!

[Chad] We have no idea what these things are.

It's almost like you can feel something following you.

So I'm asking my dad's friend, Mark Julian to come out and take a look

and give us some guidance of what this thing might be.

Mark, how are you doing, brother?

[Mark] Good.

My name is Mark Julian.

I've known Duane and Chad for a long time.

Chad's asked me to come out to the ranch

because he wants me to look at some evidence that he's come across.

[Chad] So this season we've experienced a lot

of like strange animal activity here at the ranch.

There's just a lot of different [bleep] that we can't explain.

So...

Gotcha.

I actually have a video right here.

See what you think, dude.

This is our thermal imaging right here.

[Mark] You can definitely see that.

Yeah, that's a big wolf.

That is a large one there.

-Wow, he's still looking at you. -Look at his eyes.

Yeah.

So it's not unusual to me.

Wolves will track you and you won't even know that they're there.

Did you see anything like footprints?

We found a set of tracks, big set of tracks, in the South Cave.

[narrator] While exploring the South Cave,

James discovered a large paw print near the Cavern Fork.

[James] Whatever that is, I hope we don't run into it.

This thing was the size of my hand.

Oh, wow.

[Charlie] And the weird part is, it feels like it's leaving its kills for us to find.

There was a fresh skull hanging in the trees.

[Chad] Look at this. Right here.

Watch out! Watch out! Watch out!

What is that?

[James] It's a skull.

Whatever put that in there had to have some type of hands

in order to lift it up and put it there.

It was laid in there.

You know, high enough where no wolf could get in there.

Oh, wow.

That is very interesting to have a skull left for you guys to find.

That's not good.

Maybe these creatures are showing up

because they're really not liking what's going on here.

That could sound like a Skinwalker.

[low growling]

[narrator] Located only 30 miles away from

the notorious Skinwalker Ranch,

Blind Frog Ranch is no stranger to supernatural activity.

[Charlie] His [bleep] head has been chewed off.

Some weird [bleep] goes on around here.

I know that.

It's the same stuff that goes on over at that Skinwalker place.

[narrator] Skinwalkers are believed

to be sinister medicine men who can shape shift

and are products of corruption and evil.

They are seen as malevolent sorcerers

who are widely feared by Native American cultures.

While Skinwalkers originate from Navajo lore,

shape shifting is a common theme among the Aztecs.

The most popular being Tezcatlipoca,

a human deity who could transform from a human into a jaguar,

who symbolized strength and power.

That could sound like a Skinwalker.

A medicine man that could be looking like a wolf...

[low growling]

...to try and impede any progress that you guys are trying to make.

[narrator] Invited on to the ranch to review the strange

creature activity from last season,

Navajo spiritual expert, Mark Julian...

[James] Whatever that is I hope we don't run into it.

...has issued a dire warning to the team.

[Chad] Definitely see that.

[Mark] Yeah, that's a big wolf.

If you look into that wolf's eyes and they look kind of human,

it's probably a Skinwalker.

These creatures are showing up

because they're really not liking what's going on here.

[wolf howling]

[narrator] In the Navajo tradition, a Skinwalker is a medicine man

who is believed can shape shift into an animal form to cause harm.

Skinwalkers were thought to be community healers who turned to the dark side.

Corrupted by the lure of power and turned to evil.

Is this like an evil kind of spirit thing or is it--

Absolutely.

Just be very mindful of what you guys are working with here,

you know, when you go to dig and stuff like that.

Have you found anything religious or spiritual on the property?

At the Bead Site, we have found an altar.

There was a charred skull in it.

[Mark] Wow, that can be a sacred space.

So did anybody handle this?

Anybody touch this? Anybody do anything with this?

It has not been touched by human hands.

I need to see this site so I can see if I can see or feel what's going on here.

[narrator] Charlie and Chad lead Mark Julian to the Bead Site

where they uncovered the charred skull.

[Mark] What led you here? What brought you guys here?

[Charlie] Well, there's chimneys that come out the top.

We put the endoscope down in those chimneys and

we seen something real weird down here.

So we started digging, and this is what we find.

Another expert said it could be an offering linked to another tomb.

Oh, there's like, burnt things.

Wow.

Not a good feeling.

Yeah. This is a place of power.

This is... This is like a sacred place.

This is a something you don't want to dig in any further on.

Leave it alone.

The skull really concerns me.

The feeling of that is like a warning.

That's like you need to watch out.

You need to be careful of what you're doing here.

If this wolf is stalking them, or if the wolf happens to be a Skinwalker,

no matter who did it, what did it,

it's a warning that you need to be...

you need to be careful.

[narrator] This season, on the Blind Frog Ranch...

-[water gushing] -[Eric] It's pumping a lot.

Is this not a bear guarding the cave?

Look at that.

[narrator] New discoveries...

[Eric] These look like the ingots that we found last year.

...bring them closer to the vast fortune.

There's something of value here, something worth dying over.

-Fire! -[bleep]

[narrator] But dark secrets from the past...

That cave, people were dragged in there, killed.

This is definitely death.

...threaten Blind Fog Ranch.

There's some very weird stuff going on in this ranch.

[Charlie] This son of a bitch just pulled a [bleep] 4-foot cylinder out of the ground.

That's a freaking grave.

That's a black wolf.

[gunshot]

-[device beeping] -It's highly radioactive. Shut down that rig!

There was something above it that perturbed the magnetic field.

Maybe, like a UAP.

[Duane] They're monitoring something.

[Josh] If I was going to bury a treasure,

this would be it.

[whispering] There's someone in here.

God damn!