1 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,560 [narrator] Chad Ollinger and his father, Duane, 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,600 have been digging under Blind Frog Ranch, 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:19,400 a 160-acre property in northeast Utah, for the past ten years... 4 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:22,160 Okay, Dad. Let her rip. 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,760 ...hoping to locate an underground cavern... 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,760 My money's on that South Cave. That's our best option. 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,260 ...they believe contains 8 00:00:29,260 --> 00:00:34,200 over $3 billion in gold from Montezuma's Aztec Empire. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,160 So here it is. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,360 That's what you were looking for. 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,000 They melted down these priceless gold artifacts, 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,860 to make these curved gold bars so that they could run away with it. 13 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:45,660 They could get it out of the city. 14 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:48,860 [narrator] But what they've uncovered... 15 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:49,960 Damn, another one? 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,160 ...has been far more than gold. 17 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:54,660 -Hello! Hey! -[growling] 18 00:00:54,660 --> 00:00:55,960 [man] Blind Frog Ranch. 19 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:58,030 Something's out there. 20 00:00:58,030 --> 00:01:01,900 [Duane] You know, the locals say that there's gold mines and buried treasures. 21 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:05,900 But what's strange is there's some kind of a dark force 22 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:07,860 that keeps this gold from being found. 23 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:11,600 [narrator] And every discovery... 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:12,760 -[Eric] Look at this. -[bleep] 25 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,100 Malachite. This is the kind of stuff we're looking for. 26 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:16,660 ...is another clue... 27 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,760 [Josh] We've got gold. 28 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,700 -Really? -[Josh] Look at that. 29 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:21,260 ...that brings them deeper... 30 00:01:21,260 --> 00:01:22,660 -You got a skull? -A skull. 31 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:24,100 ...and deeper... 32 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:25,160 [Chad] This goes in there a ways. 33 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,300 ...into the uncharted underground. 34 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:28,260 Hell no. [bleep] 35 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:30,560 [narrator] One step closer to the treasure. 36 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,260 [Chad] Are you seeing this? 37 00:01:32,260 --> 00:01:33,930 This is the cave. 38 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,260 [narrator] And tonight, Chad has invited a team of experts to the ranch... 39 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:43,300 It could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. 40 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:47,660 ...to examine their most compelling finds from last dig season... 41 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:49,460 Yeah, this is a place of power. 42 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:52,660 ...hoping they can shed some light on their meaning. 43 00:01:52,660 --> 00:01:53,830 -Oh, my gosh. -Yep. 44 00:01:53,830 --> 00:01:56,460 [narrator] And get them closer to finding the fortune. 45 00:01:56,460 --> 00:01:58,160 [Roger] This would be entirely possible. 46 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,260 The site is a tomb. 47 00:02:00,260 --> 00:02:01,400 Let's go get this gold. 48 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,060 [Chad] Fellas. 49 00:02:14,060 --> 00:02:15,600 -[men] Chad. -How's it going? 50 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,160 [Chad] Last season, we found a lot of strange artifacts and clues 51 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,360 searching for Montezuma's treasure. 52 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,400 I want to take a closer look at all the evidence we've found so far 53 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,600 and bring in experts and have them go through everything 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,800 and figure out exactly what we have here. 55 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,400 Because we need to know where we need 56 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,660 to put our resources to try to find that gold. 57 00:02:36,660 --> 00:02:42,500 All right. So, I want to assess kind of where we're at right now. 58 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:45,700 I think the first thing we need to talk about is that rumble. 59 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,360 Absolutely. That's a good point. 60 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:50,160 [James] Sounds good. 61 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,160 [narrator] At the beginning of the dig season... 62 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,000 My money's on that South Cave. 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,230 That's our best option. 64 00:02:55,230 --> 00:02:57,760 [narrator] In an attempt to enter the Aztec underground, 65 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,560 Chad targeted the South Cave, a location he believes 66 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,400 leads directly into the keyhole chamber, 67 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,060 a mysterious cavern that extends under the ranch 68 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:11,400 where the team believes the Aztec gold is hidden. 69 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,460 This is huge. 70 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:13,460 Isn't this wild? 71 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Look at this. 72 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:17,660 [Chad] Wow. 73 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:20,000 [narrator] But while investigating the South Cave... 74 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:22,800 -[rumbling] -[bleep] 75 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,760 ...Chad and Eric encountered a strange seismic phenomenon known as a rumble. 76 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,000 -[rocks clattering] -[bleep] 77 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:33,360 So this rumble came out of nowhere. 78 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:35,830 What the hell is that? 79 00:03:35,830 --> 00:03:39,160 Everything started shaking and we almost got trapped in that cave. 80 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:41,660 [Eric] Get out. Out, out, out! 81 00:03:41,660 --> 00:03:43,160 -Go, go, go! -[bleep] 82 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,600 What the hell? 83 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,760 The weird thing is, when Chad and I felt it in the cave, 84 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,860 I mean, I've experienced earthquakes before. 85 00:03:57,860 --> 00:03:59,460 So typically you'll feel them. [imitates rumbling] 86 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,500 And this was nothing like that. 87 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,760 But it was definitely a rumble, we felt it. 88 00:04:06,660 --> 00:04:08,800 [Chad] I mean, guys, this is super dangerous. 89 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,200 If we're crawling in caves, we have the potential of collapse 90 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,660 at all times, and we really need to figure out what this is. 91 00:04:15,660 --> 00:04:18,660 [Eric] So this rumble, or ground shaking, is really strange. 92 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:21,260 I can't explain it, and if I can't explain it, 93 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:23,100 I can't stop it from happening again. 94 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:27,460 We felt it throughout the Blind Frog Ranch, 95 00:04:27,460 --> 00:04:31,400 but we couldn't seem to detect any earthquakes in the region. 96 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,700 There's nothing showing from a natural seismic event here. 97 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:35,800 I don't know. 98 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,200 The thing is, I not only checked the USGS database 99 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,800 for earthquakes, which is quite extensive. 100 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,230 None were seen during that time period. 101 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:50,700 [narrator] The United States Geological Survey 102 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:52,760 is a government database that tracks 103 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,760 all registered earthquake activity. 104 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:58,760 With no record of an earthquake in the area, 105 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,760 Eric invited seismologist Hector Estrella to the ranch to run some tests. 106 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:09,700 My name is Hector Estrella and I work in the geology, 107 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:12,100 seismology and geophysics area. 108 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:15,200 Eric called me and he mentioned that 109 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,800 there was some rumblings that he wanted my input on. 110 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,360 [narrator] Using a seismograph, Hector recorded 111 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,660 a series of strange vibrations under Blind Frog Ranch. 112 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,900 -[Eric] Oh, wow. -[Hector] Whoa, look at that. 113 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:29,360 You have something going on here, 114 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,000 something strange. 115 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,800 Something is causing that ground vibration, and it's occurring locally. 116 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,160 But whatever's going on, is not caused by natural earthquakes. 117 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,660 We checked that. 118 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,500 So it's got to be something else. 119 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,800 Something strange is happening in this ranch. 120 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:55,000 [Eric] So I want to get in touch with my friend Hector. 121 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,160 He was going to take a look at the data that we recorded out here 122 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,860 and see if he can have some further interpretation. 123 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,000 Uh, let's see. 124 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:05,260 Hey, Hector. How are you? 125 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:07,100 [Hector] Hey, Eric, how you doing? 126 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:10,100 [Eric] Hector, when we set up that seismograph, 127 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:13,300 you said you could take 'em back and get a further look at 'em 128 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:15,460 and get some further interpretation. 129 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:18,160 Were you able to... to glean anything from that? 130 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,100 [Hector] So we've been collecting data with the seismograph 131 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:25,360 for the past few months, and we continue to get 132 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,560 intermittent seismic activity that doesn't match 133 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,060 the available government data for the region. 134 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,260 So I did a little research looking for possible causes 135 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:38,200 for this intermittent vibration. 136 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,700 And I came across something very interesting. 137 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:46,760 You know, fairly recently, about a year and a half ago in Greenland, 138 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,300 there was a massive landslide that collapsed 139 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:51,700 into the waters of the Dickson Fjord. 140 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:57,000 A fjord is basically an enclosed body of water 141 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:03,000 created when the glacier travels and erodes over millions of years. 142 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:08,500 And what happened is this massive landslide 143 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:12,400 collapsed into the water, creating a tsunami. 144 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,500 And bounced from the other shore back and forth, back and forth, 145 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:20,660 creating what's essentially an earthquake. 146 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,500 [narrator] The event at Dickson Fjord, Greenland 147 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,460 created powerful shockwaves that reverberated 148 00:07:27,460 --> 00:07:29,960 around the world for nine days. 149 00:07:31,860 --> 00:07:34,560 [Eric] Thinking about this phenomena, 150 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,260 my theory is that maybe these repetitive seismic events that 151 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:42,560 are recorded in the ranch are caused by 152 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,760 subterranean water flow reverberating just like the Dickson Fjord. 153 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,700 It could cause that kind of vibration. 154 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:55,860 We do have faults here, and we have shallow groundwater, 155 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:59,100 and when you have shallow groundwater and cave systems, 156 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:02,000 you can actually have underground rivers. 157 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,960 And so, maybe there's a displacement of water or I don't know. 158 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,500 -But, I mean, it was big. -You're damn right it was. 159 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:11,000 Maybe you have a blockage, 160 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,560 maybe a large boulder or a large rock that all of a sudden 161 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,400 gets pushed by the pressure of the water. 162 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,660 And releases all that energy all at once. 163 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,700 [narrator] Hector theorizes the high pressure 164 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:29,060 water system under Blind Frog was suddenly released 165 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:32,260 from a shifting boulder or underground dam... 166 00:08:32,260 --> 00:08:33,700 [bleep] 167 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:38,160 ...triggering the intense rumbling vibrations they've experienced. 168 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,000 Hey! Hey! 169 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,360 [Eric] What would be your recommendations moving forward? 170 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,160 [Hector] Take readings from other parts of the ranch simultaneously. 171 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,100 Maybe that way we can narrow down where these vibrations are originating. 172 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:52,660 Then the extent of it maybe. 173 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,800 That's what we gotta do. 174 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,260 Absolutely. 175 00:08:57,260 --> 00:09:00,500 [Eric] Thanks, Hector. Appreciate you looking into this for us. 176 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,600 -Thanks, Hector. -[Chad] Thanks, Hector. 177 00:09:05,060 --> 00:09:06,160 [narrator] Coming up... 178 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:07,760 [James] We've got to show you something, man. 179 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,360 [narrator] The artifacts uncovered last season at the Bead Site, 180 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,960 undergo high-tech analysis. 181 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,260 These are all indicative of jade. 182 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:17,860 [Roger] It would've been nobility, 183 00:09:17,860 --> 00:09:20,100 kings, queens, priests. 184 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:23,860 [narrator] And the team gains insight on an unearthed altar... 185 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:27,700 This is next level stuff that we're talking about. It's worked stone. 186 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,600 It's put together well, constructed well. 187 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,760 ...that could rewrite history. 188 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,700 [Roger] If it's a very spiritual altar, this would be entirely possible 189 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,860 the site is a tomb. 190 00:09:37,860 --> 00:09:39,160 [narrator] And later... 191 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:40,160 Hey! 192 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,360 ...a revelation that the mysterious creature 193 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,600 stalking Blind Frog Ranch... 194 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,060 To have a skull left for you guys to find, that's not good. 195 00:09:49,060 --> 00:09:52,400 ...could be even stranger than they imagined. 196 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,160 [Mark] Maybe these creatures are showing up 197 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,860 because they're really not liking what's going on here. 198 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,260 That could sound like a Skinwalker. 199 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:14,260 So that rumble we experienced is still a mystery, and it's super dangerous. 200 00:10:14,260 --> 00:10:15,800 [narrator] At Blind Frog Ranch, 201 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,360 the team is reviewing their evidence from last year to strategize their plan 202 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,660 to locate the lost Aztec gold. 203 00:10:22,660 --> 00:10:24,960 [Chad] If we're crawling in caves, 204 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,500 we have the potential of collapse at all times. 205 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:30,560 So obviously exploring the South Cave is on hold. 206 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,860 Something to look at in the future. 207 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:33,100 Absolutely. 208 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:36,000 [narrator] But while the South Cave is shut down, 209 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,860 it might have provided one final clue... 210 00:10:38,860 --> 00:10:40,060 Wow. 211 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:42,000 ...prior to its collapse. 212 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,760 -Chad, look at these. -What the [bleep]? 213 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,660 This is handmade, hand carved. 214 00:10:46,660 --> 00:10:49,560 No way they could've gotten in through that opening. 215 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,100 [Chad] Yeah. Had to get in some other way, though. 216 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,500 Let's get a sample of these. 217 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:58,460 [narrator] The team took samples of mysterious hewn logs 218 00:10:58,460 --> 00:11:01,960 that they found deep inside the cave. 219 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,460 However, this wasn't the only location 220 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:08,100 they came across these mysterious wooden artifacts. 221 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,260 Eric and Chad also found similar hewn timber 222 00:11:13,260 --> 00:11:16,660 at an abandoned mine two miles north of the ranch. 223 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,960 This is everywhere. Look at this. 224 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,260 [Eric] When we were up there, I happened to take some samples 225 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:24,660 of the timbers up there. 226 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:26,100 So I have those samples here. 227 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:29,660 So here's where it gets really interesting. 228 00:11:29,660 --> 00:11:33,100 I got the wood tested from both sites. 229 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:37,360 We got the results back, and it turned out the absolute age of the wood 230 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,360 is about 380 years old. 231 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,460 -And so we have a correlation here. -Yeah. 232 00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:50,860 So if these samples are of the same age, basically, roughly 400 years old, 233 00:11:51,860 --> 00:11:53,600 it could mean the same people, 234 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,300 I mean, the Aztecs even, were inside the cave here at the ranch 235 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:00,360 and were able to travel miles underground. 236 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,560 Between the open pit to the north and the South Cave. 237 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:04,700 [Chad] No [bleep] way. 238 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Holy [bleep]. 239 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,660 [narrator] Hewn logs have been used by indigenous tribes for centuries 240 00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:17,260 to fortify tunnels and underground structures. 241 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:19,860 Conformation that the logs in the South Cave 242 00:12:19,860 --> 00:12:23,200 and the timbers at the open pit mine are a match, 243 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,300 suggests the Aztecs constructed their underground civilization 244 00:12:27,300 --> 00:12:29,300 to have multiple entrances 245 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:33,360 and exits to move the gold into the keyhole chamber. 246 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,560 There could be a tunnel system, an extensive tunnel system, 247 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:39,660 between the open pit to the north, and the South Cave. 248 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:41,900 [Chad] That's amazing. 249 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:46,360 So we know that there's an entrance to the keyhole chamber north of the property. 250 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,400 Yep. There's so many possibilities here, 251 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,700 gentlemen, we've got to prioritize what we're going to tackle next. 252 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:55,560 Right. 253 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,860 [narrator] Across the 160 acres of the ranch, 254 00:12:58,860 --> 00:13:01,560 the team has been exploring several sites, 255 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,000 searching for an entrance into the Aztec underground. 256 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,100 Last season, with the collapse of the South Cave, Duane Ollinger 257 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:12,600 doubled his excavation efforts in search of a hidden entrance 258 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:17,700 below the Bead Site, a rock formation that sits on the tail end 259 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:19,200 of the keyhole chamber. 260 00:13:20,260 --> 00:13:22,560 You know, that Bead Site's got artifacts. 261 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:27,660 It's got so much stuff going on, and as we dig down, I think we'll find the tomb. 262 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,400 [James] We found a lot of new artifacts at the Bead Site. 263 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,600 It's possible that it could have been something to do with the Aztecs. 264 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,200 Oh, my God, it's a radial bead. 265 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,500 It's a bead with a spiral pattern. 266 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:47,600 If we can date those artifacts or find any evidence about the origin, 267 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,360 that would be fascinating. 268 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,900 Something definitely to look for. 269 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:56,260 Give us a lot of clues on who was there and who knows what's in there? 270 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:02,160 [narrator] To further analyze the artifacts mined from the Bead Site... 271 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,600 -Roger. -[James] Hey, Roger. 272 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,460 How are you, sir? Welcome back. 273 00:14:05,460 --> 00:14:08,760 ...the team has brought in Dr. Roger Blomquist, 274 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,460 an American history professor... 275 00:14:10,460 --> 00:14:11,430 What have we got? 276 00:14:11,430 --> 00:14:14,300 ...and Southwest Indigenous Peoples expert. 277 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:15,860 [Roger] I'm Dr. Roger Blomquist. 278 00:14:15,860 --> 00:14:19,660 I am a historian with a focus in the American West. 279 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:21,460 Chad has asked me to come out here 280 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:24,000 and look at some of the artifacts they've found. 281 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,600 And see if I could put them into an historical context for them 282 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,660 to help them understand how they got here and the significance of them. 283 00:14:31,660 --> 00:14:33,500 [Chad] We got to show you something, man. 284 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,060 [James] Look at this. 285 00:14:35,060 --> 00:14:36,400 Look what it's made out of. 286 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,560 [Roger] It's a radial bead. 287 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,160 [narrator] Chad hopes the objects can help the team better understand 288 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:47,700 the background of the Bead Site and provide clues to locate 289 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:51,100 the buried entrance into the keyhole chamber 290 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:52,900 and the treasure. 291 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,260 [Roger] Well, this is incredible. 292 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:57,100 [James] Isn't that amazing? 293 00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:06,660 [narrator] A radial bead is a small circular stone 294 00:15:06,660 --> 00:15:09,200 with a center borehole that was known to be worn 295 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,860 by Aztec nobility on their ceremonial headdresses. 296 00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:18,660 [Roger] Well, I can tell this is Aztecian by the level of detail and tool work. 297 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,760 It's almost surgical precision. 298 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,200 [narrator] The precision of Aztec stone carving is well documented, 299 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:32,660 but their highly sophisticated techniques weren't only used for decorative objects. 300 00:15:32,660 --> 00:15:37,200 The Aztecs, we know that they were performing successful brain surgeries. 301 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,560 -[Chad] Really? -[Roger] Yes. 302 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,960 We found the skulls that had been operated on and that had healed. 303 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,160 That's amazing. 304 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:49,100 [narrator] Neurosurgery owes its origins to Mesoamerican cultures. 305 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:53,360 Aztec medicine men were the first to treat head injuries and perform trephination, 306 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,760 the act of perforating the skull with a surgical instrument, 307 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,100 to relieve pressure or internal bleeding. 308 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,000 They had the technology to be able to 309 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,600 core drill these out of the jade and then drill the holes in them. 310 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,400 The jade bead looks like it could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. 311 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,060 And for that to be found up here, 312 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:18,300 that's the most fascinating thing I've seen up here today. 313 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:19,460 How did it get here? 314 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:21,260 Fantastic. 315 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:22,860 Let's find out where they're from. 316 00:16:22,860 --> 00:16:24,860 Let's find out what the composition is on them. 317 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,060 [narrator] To get a high tech breakdown of the beads' composition, 318 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:36,160 Dr. Blomquist has called in material scientist, Bob Morton... 319 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,360 -[Chad] Bob, welcome. -Hey. 320 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,360 ...who can conduct an elemental scan of the artifact. 321 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:46,860 I'm Dr. Robert Morton. 322 00:16:46,860 --> 00:16:49,160 I'm an X-ray technologist, 323 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,260 a material scientist, and I was asked to come 324 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:54,660 out to Blind Frog Ranch to help them identify 325 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:57,100 and evaluate materials that they found. 326 00:16:58,260 --> 00:17:00,060 Well, show us how this works. 327 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:02,360 [Bob] This is an X-ray fluorescent gun. 328 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:07,600 The X-ray tube and detector right here in the nose. 329 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,700 We can see what elements are here in the impurities 330 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:13,200 through X-ray fluorescent spectrometry. 331 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,260 [narrator] An XRF gun, or X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy device 332 00:17:19,260 --> 00:17:23,400 emits X-rays that can identify the elements found in the stone 333 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,560 and determine its material makeup. 334 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:29,460 [Bob] Let's see what we can see here. 335 00:17:35,660 --> 00:17:37,400 What do we got, Bob? What do we got? 336 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,300 Okay. Let's see. 337 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,030 Mmm. 338 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:46,560 [exhales] 339 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,360 It's got iron. 340 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,360 Potassium. So, you know your clays are there, right, Eric? 341 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:52,300 [Eric] Yep. 342 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,460 So what does that all mean? 343 00:17:56,260 --> 00:17:57,400 [Bob] Wow. 344 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,160 These are all indicative of what you'd find in jade. 345 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,100 [Chad] Wow. 346 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:04,960 That's amazing. 347 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:06,860 This is awesome. Great find. 348 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,660 [narrator] Jade was a prized mineral of the Aztec kingdom 349 00:18:12,660 --> 00:18:17,100 that was worn only by rulers such as kings and nobility. 350 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,660 This finding suggests that the Bead Site 351 00:18:19,660 --> 00:18:23,660 was a sacred religious site used by Aztecan royalty. 352 00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:32,060 Jade with the green in it, and it would have been those who could afford to have it. 353 00:18:32,060 --> 00:18:35,100 Wasn't the sort of thing that a common man would have. 354 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:40,800 So we're looking at nobility, aristocracy, kings, queens, princes, priests. 355 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:46,260 You're basically saying that it was in possession of the elites. 356 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:47,460 Wow. 357 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,760 [narrator] Coming up... 358 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,260 [Roger] Wow, this is amazing. 359 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:59,960 [narrator] The experts uncover startling new clues about the Bead Site. 360 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,600 [Bob] So that's not the copper bead. 361 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,260 [Chad] Then what the hell is it? 362 00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:07,100 [narrator] And discover the truth about the chamber hiding beneath it. 363 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:08,700 [Roger] This would be entirely possible. 364 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:10,700 This site is a tomb. 365 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:12,560 [Eric] Holy [bleep]. 366 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,160 [narrator] At Blind Frog Ranch, the team is seeking answers 367 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,000 about the artifacts they've unearthed at the Bead Site last season. 368 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,460 [Roger] The jade bead looks like 369 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:29,160 it could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. 370 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,660 It's amazing. Great find. 371 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:36,460 [narrator] But the jade radial bead isn't the only relic that was uncovered. 372 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,200 What have we got here? 373 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,260 They look like they've been done by hand. 374 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,300 We also have some copper beads that were found. 375 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:49,360 We'd like to get your thoughts on those 376 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:52,000 and maybe analyze them and see exactly what's in them. 377 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:56,900 [narrator] Copper beads were first forged by an indigenous tribe 378 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:01,260 known as the Old Copper Culture, a mysterious group who inhabited 379 00:20:01,260 --> 00:20:03,760 the Great Lakes region of North America 380 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,860 over 7,000 years ago. 381 00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:13,760 They're very uniform in style and hollowed out almost as if it was cast 382 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,300 instead of pounded into shape. 383 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,660 [narrator] If this bead is copper, it would suggest that Aztec ancestors 384 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:25,260 were inhabiting the Utah territory thousands of years before 385 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:27,560 the reign of their empire in Mexico. 386 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,660 So how do you think it got here? 387 00:20:32,660 --> 00:20:34,960 [Roger] Well, there's only one way to find out. 388 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,560 Let's check the composition of the bead. 389 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,500 This will tell us what we're working with. 390 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:44,660 Here's your sample back. We'll set it down here, 391 00:20:44,660 --> 00:20:46,660 and then we can read the results here. 392 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,500 There's a little bit of sulfur from the corrosion. 393 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,100 Yeah, it was about eight-tenths of lead. 394 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:02,260 Wow, 28% zinc. 395 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,700 So that's not a copper bead. 396 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,000 [Chad] Then what the hell is it? 397 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:12,860 Those are brass beads. 398 00:21:12,860 --> 00:21:13,860 [Chad] Really? 399 00:21:14,860 --> 00:21:16,400 So what does that all mean? 400 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:23,200 It tells us that it's brass and it may be within the last few hundred years. 401 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,660 [Chad] Huh. 402 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,600 [narrator] Unlike copper, brass was not smelted until the 1700s, 403 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:36,360 which means the artifact is much younger than the team previously thought. 404 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:41,060 So if this is from the 1700s or 1800s, who would be making something like that, 405 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:43,260 -or where did it originate from? -Spain. 406 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,360 Spain was in the Americas. 407 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,160 And so it could have been down in Mesoamerica. 408 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,660 It could have been Mexico. 409 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:53,560 It's very likely that it came from Europe somewhere, 410 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,160 but that's not nearly as important as how it got here. 411 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,760 That the odds are, in my opinion, 412 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,800 that it came through Mexico City, up to the ranch up here. 413 00:22:10,460 --> 00:22:13,800 [narrator] Dr. Blomquist believes that the brass bead was cast in Europe 414 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,160 by Spaniards in the 1700s, was brought to Mexico City 415 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,760 after the fall of the Aztec empire 416 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:26,160 when Mexico was under Spanish rule, then made its way north to Blind Frog Ranch, 417 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,400 most likely in the Spanish crown's pursuit of the Aztec gold. 418 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:34,860 [Roger] Who was trading this and what did they want in return? 419 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,560 That's the story I want to know. 420 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,560 -Thanks, Bob. -Thank you. 421 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,000 -[Roger] Good to see you, Bob. -[Bob] Roger. 422 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,360 [narrator] With Bob's analysis of the artifacts from the Bead Site, 423 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:57,100 there is now even more questions about the site's true purpose. 424 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:01,660 Searching for answers, the team shows Roger video 425 00:23:01,660 --> 00:23:06,460 of the mysterious alter they uncovered while excavating last season. 426 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:07,460 [Charlie] At the Bead Site, 427 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:12,860 we have found an altar, and above that we have, 428 00:23:12,860 --> 00:23:15,260 like smokestacks coming out of it. 429 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:20,460 Is the altar underground in the caves, or is it outside of the caves? 430 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:21,800 It's underground. 431 00:23:24,260 --> 00:23:26,300 So that's what you're looking at here. 432 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:29,360 [Roger] Wow, this is amazing. 433 00:23:30,860 --> 00:23:32,430 [Charlie] Look at that. 434 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,460 [Roger] As I was watching the video, it looked like one of the rocks 435 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:38,260 on the outside might have been worked. 436 00:23:38,260 --> 00:23:39,960 It was very geometric. 437 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,460 Was it constructed, or was it a natural feature that had been manipulated? 438 00:23:45,460 --> 00:23:47,960 -[Josh] Look at that. -[Charlie] Holy [bleep]. 439 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:53,260 No, it was constructed, you could tell once we got it excavated. 440 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,860 Pull the front off of it, then you could get in there 441 00:23:56,860 --> 00:23:59,700 and see it was totally connected to the smokestack. 442 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,060 Look at back there. 443 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,460 This is next level stuff that we're talking about. 444 00:24:07,460 --> 00:24:11,260 It's worked stone, it's put together well, constructed well. 445 00:24:11,260 --> 00:24:12,800 [Charlie] Yeah, absolutely. 446 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:20,060 And when we removed some more dirt, there was artifacts inside. 447 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,560 Inside of this altar, we found charred skulls. 448 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,300 So that's what you're looking at here. 449 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:40,460 You've got an altar down below and then a raised platform on top. 450 00:24:42,260 --> 00:24:46,000 Well, to me, this is all very Aztecian in nature. 451 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,760 By all means, this could be an underground sacrificial altar. 452 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:54,060 Where somebody would be officiating to accept that sacrifice. 453 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:57,460 There's a cliff face there that could have been right on top of that. 454 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:03,360 So when you find a sacrificial altar, it's not uncommon to find bones 455 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,960 to find remains, possibly human remains. 456 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,760 We know about the cave system down in Teotihuacan 457 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,700 underneath the Pyramid of the Sun, that there's all caverns 458 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,700 emanating out from underneath of there. 459 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:19,460 [narrator] The Pyramid of the Sun 460 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:21,000 is a four-sided Aztec structure 461 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,160 with a flat top used for religious ceremonies. 462 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,360 However, when archeologists excavated underneath the structure, 463 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,560 they uncovered a large cavern with human remains, 464 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,400 which were sacrificial offerings to their gods. 465 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,260 [Roger] So this would be something that would be very comparable to that. 466 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,760 And I took Duane down to Mexico City 467 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,130 and we went underground at Teotihuacan. 468 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:52,760 So that he could see the similarities between there and Mexico. 469 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,460 And what we're seeing up here at Blind Frog Ranch. 470 00:25:57,460 --> 00:25:59,760 So you know exactly what I'm talking about. 471 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,800 [narrator] According to Roger, the Aztecs could have used 472 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,160 the rugged rock landscape of the Bead Site 473 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,900 as a natural, hallowed stone structure 474 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:15,700 to mimic the religious structures of their fallen capital city. 475 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:22,100 But what's underneath the Bead Site could be even more shocking. 476 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,860 One thing to keep in mind is that the Aztecs had similar 477 00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:31,460 practices with the Egyptians, they buried their leaders 478 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:34,960 with possessions and with sacrificed individuals. 479 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,760 They took his earthly treasures and stored them with him. 480 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:45,860 And so it's a very spiritual altar where sacred offerings were being given. 481 00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:47,960 [Charlie] That's the top of the skull. 482 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:49,660 [Roger] This would be entirely possible 483 00:26:49,660 --> 00:26:51,560 the site is a tomb. 484 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:56,560 [narrator] Coming up... 485 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,860 the revelation of a possible tomb 486 00:26:58,860 --> 00:27:01,560 under the Bead Site poses the question, 487 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,500 who is buried beneath it? 488 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:07,160 [Charlie] If there's a tomb, whose would it be? 489 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:12,360 It had to have been a king, maybe even Montezuma himself. 490 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,400 [narrator] But unearthing it could come at a cost. 491 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,360 This is a place of power. 492 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,160 The skull is like a warning. 493 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,460 You guys need to be really, really careful about what you're doing. 494 00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:31,100 [narrator] As the team gathers to review the evidence 495 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:33,800 from last season, Dr. Roger Blomquist 496 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,000 has now reviewed all the findings from the Bead Site... 497 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,460 [Roger] Wow, this is amazing. 498 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:44,800 ...and believes there could potentially be a tomb lying beneath it. 499 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:51,160 You've got an alter down below and then a raised platform on top. 500 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,060 The site is a tomb. 501 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:01,560 That's amazing. 502 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,260 [Roger] Aztec kings were buried in their tombs with their possessions. 503 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:14,730 They took his earthly treasures and stored them with him in this tomb. 504 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,460 [narrator] The idea that the recently deceased could carry possessions into the afterlife 505 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:23,760 dates back to the ancient Egyptians, 506 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,900 whose pharaohs were surrounded with grave goods. 507 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:31,900 [Roger] The Aztecs interred in tombs, much like the Egyptians 508 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:34,300 but without the mummification. 509 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:36,400 [narrator] Unlike Egyptians who were mummified, 510 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,400 Aztec kings were sometimes cremated, 511 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,930 believing this practice would help them ascend into the afterlife. 512 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,460 [Roger] So these smokestacks could be for cremation. 513 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:54,860 There were times that the Aztecs cremated their leaders. 514 00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:59,660 Part of the belief was that the smoke would take them up to the afterlife. 515 00:28:59,660 --> 00:29:02,100 And so it's a very spiritual altar 516 00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:05,600 where sacred offerings were being given. 517 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,200 It was very similar to what you see in Mesoamerica. 518 00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:13,460 [narrator] Besides gold and treasure, archeologists have also uncovered 519 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:16,660 one other common item in the tombs of Aztec kings. 520 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:20,260 The remains of human sacrifice. 521 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,800 I think we have that here based on what we have found. 522 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:32,530 If there's a tomb, whose would it be? 523 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,300 It had to have been a king. 524 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:40,860 Maybe even Montezuma himself. 525 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,000 [narrator] It is unclear what became of Montezuma's body 526 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,300 after he was killed by Cortes' army. 527 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,660 Some accounts say his body was mutilated 528 00:29:50,660 --> 00:29:54,000 and scattered across Mexico by the Spaniards, 529 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,400 while others believe he was cremated and carried out of the Aztec capital 530 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:03,460 with his gold. But to this day neither a tomb nor physical evidence 531 00:30:03,460 --> 00:30:06,460 of Montezuma's remains have ever been found. 532 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,600 So while defending the Aztec capital from the Spanish, Montezuma was killed. 533 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,160 So it was really Montezuma's brother, Cuitlahuac, who was the 10th emperor 534 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,560 of the Aztec Empire, that ordered all the gold to be 535 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,060 taken out of the capital and taken north. 536 00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:28,600 But maybe he brought more than just the gold. 537 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:33,160 So if Roger is right and the Bead Site connects to an underground tomb, 538 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,960 inside, we might not only find Montezuma's treasure. 539 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,300 We might even find Montezuma himself. 540 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,900 This might sound crazy, but I have a theory. 541 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:54,300 Montezuma's brother was really the person that defeated Cortes and got the treasure. 542 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:58,160 He supposedly died, which I don't believe really happened. 543 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,460 I think that Montezuma's brother survived 544 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,160 and brought the treasure from Mexico City. 545 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,860 Possibly along with his brother, Montezuma's remains. 546 00:31:09,860 --> 00:31:12,660 To bury them together in their native homeland. 547 00:31:14,860 --> 00:31:17,000 So, Roger, what do you think? 548 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,760 The first thing that comes to mind is the petroglyphs of the three kings. 549 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,100 [narrator] Just 20 miles outside Blind Frog, 550 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,860 is a geological site known as Capitol Reef. 551 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:32,500 It is home to a series of petroglyphs known as the Three Kings. 552 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:37,300 When I saw it, the immediate impression I got 553 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:41,200 was that it was very Aztecian or Mesoamerican jewelry, 554 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:46,560 headdresses, belts. It felt like a sacred site. 555 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:51,000 It looked like family that was left as guardians over the temple site. 556 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,200 [Charlie] So these petroglyphs that you're talking about near the ranch, 557 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,460 is that telling the story of the Aztecs? 558 00:31:58,460 --> 00:32:00,360 It's not necessarily the history 559 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:05,460 of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica, but the return to Uinta Basin. 560 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,460 [James] Maybe that's what the petroglyphs depict. 561 00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:12,000 Montezuma's successor, his brother, 562 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,460 protecting Montezuma's treasure, 563 00:32:15,460 --> 00:32:19,160 relocating his empire and possibly giving them 564 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,260 a final safe resting place here in Utah. 565 00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:25,500 And the exciting thing is, you're finding jewelry. 566 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:27,360 Jade with the green in it and everything 567 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,360 that it would have been nobility, aristocracy. 568 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,660 [James] Well, if they were relocating their empire, 569 00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:37,000 the petroglyphs are kind of setting up what the central location is, 570 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,600 which appears to be right here on Blind Frog Ranch. 571 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,900 [Roger] Well, I hope you guys find what you're looking for. 572 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:46,400 -Good to see you, Roger. -Good to see you. 573 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,860 Thanks for coming. 574 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,160 [narrator] While the artifacts from the Bead Site 575 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,060 have given the team hard evidence 576 00:32:54,060 --> 00:32:57,560 about the Aztec presence on the ranch, 577 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,230 some of the things they've encountered are harder to explain. 578 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:05,860 -[Josh] What the hell is that? -[Charlie] Same damn thing. 579 00:33:05,860 --> 00:33:07,730 Ripped the head off. 580 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:13,560 [narrator] Over the years, the team's strange experiences have continued to increase. 581 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,900 That's a kill right there. 582 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:17,700 [narrator] And last season, they had a series of encounters 583 00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:20,100 with a strange wolf-like creature. 584 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:21,600 Hey! 585 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,560 [Chad] We have no idea what these things are. 586 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,700 It's almost like you can feel something following you. 587 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,160 So I'm asking my dad's friend, Mark Julian to come out and take a look 588 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,960 and give us some guidance of what this thing might be. 589 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,400 Mark, how are you doing, brother? 590 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:37,360 [Mark] Good. 591 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,260 My name is Mark Julian. 592 00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:41,960 I've known Duane and Chad for a long time. 593 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,960 Chad's asked me to come out to the ranch 594 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,800 because he wants me to look at some evidence that he's come across. 595 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,760 [Chad] So this season we've experienced a lot 596 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,500 of like strange animal activity here at the ranch. 597 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:56,260 There's just a lot of different [bleep] that we can't explain. 598 00:33:56,260 --> 00:33:57,260 So... 599 00:33:57,660 --> 00:33:59,300 Gotcha. 600 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:01,100 I actually have a video right here. 601 00:34:02,260 --> 00:34:03,260 See what you think, dude. 602 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,360 This is our thermal imaging right here. 603 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,760 [Mark] You can definitely see that. 604 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,360 Yeah, that's a big wolf. 605 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:12,900 That is a large one there. 606 00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:15,160 -Wow, he's still looking at you. -Look at his eyes. 607 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,100 Yeah. 608 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,160 So it's not unusual to me. 609 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,360 Wolves will track you and you won't even know that they're there. 610 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,160 Did you see anything like footprints? 611 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,960 We found a set of tracks, big set of tracks, in the South Cave. 612 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,800 [narrator] While exploring the South Cave, 613 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,700 James discovered a large paw print near the Cavern Fork. 614 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:44,360 [James] Whatever that is, I hope we don't run into it. 615 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,200 This thing was the size of my hand. 616 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:48,560 Oh, wow. 617 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,760 [Charlie] And the weird part is, it feels like it's leaving its kills for us to find. 618 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:58,060 There was a fresh skull hanging in the trees. 619 00:34:58,060 --> 00:34:59,460 [Chad] Look at this. Right here. 620 00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:02,260 Watch out! Watch out! Watch out! 621 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,160 What is that? 622 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,260 [James] It's a skull. 623 00:35:07,260 --> 00:35:10,300 Whatever put that in there had to have some type of hands 624 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:12,760 in order to lift it up and put it there. 625 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:15,560 It was laid in there. 626 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,300 You know, high enough where no wolf could get in there. 627 00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:20,830 Oh, wow. 628 00:35:20,830 --> 00:35:26,000 That is very interesting to have a skull left for you guys to find. 629 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:27,560 That's not good. 630 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,760 Maybe these creatures are showing up 631 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,800 because they're really not liking what's going on here. 632 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,060 That could sound like a Skinwalker. 633 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:42,460 [low growling] 634 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:48,600 [narrator] Located only 30 miles away from 635 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,200 the notorious Skinwalker Ranch, 636 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,060 Blind Frog Ranch is no stranger to supernatural activity. 637 00:35:56,460 --> 00:35:59,100 [Charlie] His [bleep] head has been chewed off. 638 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:01,160 Some weird [bleep] goes on around here. 639 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,660 I know that. 640 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,500 It's the same stuff that goes on over at that Skinwalker place. 641 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:07,100 [narrator] Skinwalkers are believed 642 00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:09,800 to be sinister medicine men who can shape shift 643 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,100 and are products of corruption and evil. 644 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,660 They are seen as malevolent sorcerers 645 00:36:15,660 --> 00:36:18,600 who are widely feared by Native American cultures. 646 00:36:20,860 --> 00:36:23,960 While Skinwalkers originate from Navajo lore, 647 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,600 shape shifting is a common theme among the Aztecs. 648 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,100 The most popular being Tezcatlipoca, 649 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:37,560 a human deity who could transform from a human into a jaguar, 650 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,700 who symbolized strength and power. 651 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,130 That could sound like a Skinwalker. 652 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,060 A medicine man that could be looking like a wolf... 653 00:36:57,660 --> 00:36:59,460 [low growling] 654 00:36:59,460 --> 00:37:04,060 ...to try and impede any progress that you guys are trying to make. 655 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:09,100 [narrator] Invited on to the ranch to review the strange 656 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,400 creature activity from last season, 657 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,700 Navajo spiritual expert, Mark Julian... 658 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,660 [James] Whatever that is I hope we don't run into it. 659 00:37:17,660 --> 00:37:20,260 ...has issued a dire warning to the team. 660 00:37:21,060 --> 00:37:22,000 [Chad] Definitely see that. 661 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,460 [Mark] Yeah, that's a big wolf. 662 00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:27,700 If you look into that wolf's eyes and they look kind of human, 663 00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:30,460 it's probably a Skinwalker. 664 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,660 These creatures are showing up 665 00:37:32,660 --> 00:37:35,560 because they're really not liking what's going on here. 666 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,100 [wolf howling] 667 00:37:38,660 --> 00:37:41,860 [narrator] In the Navajo tradition, a Skinwalker is a medicine man 668 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:47,360 who is believed can shape shift into an animal form to cause harm. 669 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:52,760 Skinwalkers were thought to be community healers who turned to the dark side. 670 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,100 Corrupted by the lure of power and turned to evil. 671 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,360 Is this like an evil kind of spirit thing or is it-- 672 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,700 Absolutely. 673 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,860 Just be very mindful of what you guys are working with here, 674 00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:08,000 you know, when you go to dig and stuff like that. 675 00:38:09,260 --> 00:38:13,200 Have you found anything religious or spiritual on the property? 676 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,660 At the Bead Site, we have found an altar. 677 00:38:18,260 --> 00:38:19,860 There was a charred skull in it. 678 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,860 [Mark] Wow, that can be a sacred space. 679 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:28,560 So did anybody handle this? 680 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,860 Anybody touch this? Anybody do anything with this? 681 00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:32,660 It has not been touched by human hands. 682 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:39,160 I need to see this site so I can see if I can see or feel what's going on here. 683 00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:58,100 [narrator] Charlie and Chad lead Mark Julian to the Bead Site 684 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:00,760 where they uncovered the charred skull. 685 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,460 [Mark] What led you here? What brought you guys here? 686 00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:08,100 [Charlie] Well, there's chimneys that come out the top. 687 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,900 We put the endoscope down in those chimneys and 688 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,460 we seen something real weird down here. 689 00:39:14,460 --> 00:39:17,600 So we started digging, and this is what we find. 690 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,760 Another expert said it could be an offering linked to another tomb. 691 00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,500 Oh, there's like, burnt things. 692 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:40,060 Wow. 693 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,400 Not a good feeling. 694 00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:48,900 Yeah. This is a place of power. 695 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,560 This is... This is like a sacred place. 696 00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:59,160 This is a something you don't want to dig in any further on. 697 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,500 Leave it alone. 698 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,260 The skull really concerns me. 699 00:40:05,260 --> 00:40:08,900 The feeling of that is like a warning. 700 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:11,360 That's like you need to watch out. 701 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,100 You need to be careful of what you're doing here. 702 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:18,900 If this wolf is stalking them, or if the wolf happens to be a Skinwalker, 703 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:22,860 no matter who did it, what did it, 704 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:25,000 it's a warning that you need to be... 705 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,160 you need to be careful. 706 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,400 [narrator] This season, on the Blind Frog Ranch... 707 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,160 -[water gushing] -[Eric] It's pumping a lot. 708 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,560 Is this not a bear guarding the cave? 709 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:42,460 Look at that. 710 00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:43,660 [narrator] New discoveries... 711 00:40:43,660 --> 00:40:45,460 [Eric] These look like the ingots that we found last year. 712 00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:47,460 ...bring them closer to the vast fortune. 713 00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:50,100 There's something of value here, something worth dying over. 714 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:51,660 -Fire! -[bleep] 715 00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:53,400 [narrator] But dark secrets from the past... 716 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,760 That cave, people were dragged in there, killed. 717 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:57,160 This is definitely death. 718 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,500 ...threaten Blind Fog Ranch. 719 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,760 There's some very weird stuff going on in this ranch. 720 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,100 [Charlie] This son of a bitch just pulled a [bleep] 4-foot cylinder out of the ground. 721 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:06,260 That's a freaking grave. 722 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,160 That's a black wolf. 723 00:41:08,860 --> 00:41:10,560 [gunshot] 724 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,160 -[device beeping] -It's highly radioactive. Shut down that rig! 725 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,460 There was something above it that perturbed the magnetic field. 726 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:18,660 Maybe, like a UAP. 727 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:20,900 [Duane] They're monitoring something. 728 00:41:20,900 --> 00:41:22,460 [Josh] If I was going to bury a treasure, 729 00:41:22,460 --> 00:41:24,000 this would be it. 730 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,400 [whispering] There's someone in here. 731 00:41:26,060 --> 00:41:27,460 God damn!