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TRAVIS:
My name is Travis Taylor.

I'm an optical scientist,

aerospace engineer
and astrophysicist

who has worked on many
classified programs for NASA

and the intelligence community
for over 30 years.

One year ago, I was invited to
join a small team of scientists

who were investigating a place
called Skinwalker Ranch.

Now, all I knew was that
the ranch had been associated

with some very strange
UFO activity over the years.

There'd also been reports
of animal mutilations

and other bizarre phenomena.

I was open-minded
but fairly skeptical.

But nothing could've prepared me

for what my colleagues and I
were about to experience.

THOMAS: Do you see
the glow, the flicker?

Yeah, the whole top
of the mountain is glowing.

We were just exposed
to ionizing radiation.

This looks like there's
something a thousand feet long.

-We got something. Hold on.
-THOMAS: Look, look, look!

-ERIK: What is that?
-TRAVIS: It's gone.

SEGALA:
Look at the cows.

That is the strangest thing.

THOMAS:
There is something
going on out here.

TRAVIS:
There's no sign of struggle.

It's just dead.

The cow is right here.

I can't help but also notice
there's something here.

TRAVIS:
Now I've been invited back.

And this time, I've got a better
idea of what we're dealing with.

And this year,
we're going to start

finding the answers
to why this 512-acre

stretch of land is
one of the strangest places

on the planet Earth.

NARRATOR:
There is a ranch
in northern Utah.

It is considered the epicenter

of the strangest and most
disturbing phenomena on Earth:

animal mutilations,

bizarre UFO sightings,

and unusual energies that have
proven harmful to humans.

For 20 years,
the federal government tried

to find answers and failed.

Now a new team
of dedicated scientists,

researchers and experts
has taken over.

They are determined to solve
the mystery and reveal...

...The Secret of
Skinwalker Ranch.

We're approaching the ranch.

All right.

My name is Brandon Fugal,

and I'm the owner
of Skinwalker Ranch.

The ranch continues to surprise
and astound, I think, all of us

that are involved
with this investigation.

Dr. Lee, it's a privilege to
have you come out to the ranch

and engage with the team,
uh, right here on-site.

Yeah, this is
an incredible experience for me

to be able
to visit the ranch and to

see some of things

that you've been involved with
over the last few years.

BRANDON:
After the repeated injuries

with Thomas Winterton,

and then Dr. Taylor
having radiation injuries

that remain unexplained,

I thought it was important
that we bring in a professional

that is not only credentialed
but someone that I trust.

A good share of
Dr. Lee's practice involves

clinical research
into radiation oncology,

and I've come to trust him
as not only a medical advisor

but as someone
that doesn't screw around.

CAMERON: So, Dr. Lee,
as we fly into the ranch here,

just to the north
of these observation towers

is Skinwalker Ridge.

Many of the phenomena we've seen
have come from Skinwalker Ridge,

so I try to be extra careful
as we fly over,

uh, just to avoid
any electromechanical issues

that could arise from...
from some of that phenomena.

But I'll fly out here just...
just south of it to be safe.

BRANDON:
We know that we're dealing

with potentially dangerous
phenomenon.

There are certain risks
associated

with activity on the ranch, but

I think it's time to take the
investigation to another level.

I'm anxious to get some answers.

CAMERON:
Oh, here's the helipad.

We're making
our final approach in here.

BRANDON:
It's a thrill
to have the whole team

come back together in order
to continue the investigation.

This is a multidisciplinary
team of professionals.

People who bring to the table
not only scientific

expertise but also
advanced technology experience.

-Everybody's waiting to see you.
-Very good.

-We're excited to have you back.
-It's good to be back.

Remarkable things happened
this past year,

and to build on that momentum,
to further understand

the phenomena
and what is really at play

on this unique piece of property

is really exciting.

Well, it's, uh, good
to see you back

at Skinwalker Ranch, Dr. Taylor.

-Thank you.
-I'd like to introduce
all of you

to Dr. Chris Lee.

He's a nationally-recognized
radiation oncologist.

Uh, having him as an outside
medical consultant is

a vital part of establishing
the health and safety protocols

here at Skinwalker Ranch.

I appreciate meeting all of you.

So, I know I'm a visitor today,
and, uh, this is my first time

being here, but, uh,
I believe that safety is

of utmost importance, and I do
think that it's critical to know

exactly what to do,
when to do it,

how to do it
and the proper methods, so...

I've offered to Brandon
I can lend my expertise

with regard to safety
or radiation exposures,

or if there's questions
regarding, um,

some of
the electromagnetic phenomenon

that they've been experiencing.

I also would like to have Dragon

take on the added role
and responsibility

of being the safety officer
at the ranch,

in order to not only ensure
that everyone is kept

healthy, but, uh,
really kept safe.

I'm-I'm happy to do it.

And we have Kaleb
to be able to watch over

the more day-to-day
security side of things.

So that, you know, we can focus
on, you know, the investigation

-and what we're doing as a team.
-KALEB: Speaking of that,

I do have some other issues
I got to go get taken care of,

-so I'll leave you guys to it.
-We'll let you get to work.

-BRYANT: Thanks, Kaleb.
-Thanks, Kaleb.

So next, Travis,

as you come out and,
uh, rejoin the effort,

are you prepared for another
stint here at Skinwalker Ranch?

Well, uh, what we saw last time

was some extremely
unusual things

that you can't explain
with modern physics,

or at least we can't yet.

And so, the opportunity
to come back out here

and see if we can see
what it really is, is-is...

It's exciting, and I appreciate
you inviting me back out.

Well, it's been interesting
in that during the off-season,

we've had no shortage
of incidents

that have taken place.

In fact, we've continued
to track and monitor events

that have con-continued to occur
here on the property.

Well, and hopefully
we can figure out something

that will stimulate
these events to occur.

If we can figure out
the switch that makes it happen,

instead of it always being
sort of we-we got lucky

and caught it this time,
then that would be huge.

BRANDON:
That's exciting.

What would you propose
as far as experiments?

Uh, I would actually like

to look underneath
the surface of the ranch.

TRAVIS:
So, last year,

there was this fear
of digging on the ranch.

We should see what happens

when we do something
like digging a hole.

BRYANT:
I know for a fact

crap goes down when people
start disturbing the earth.

I have to say unequivocally
say no digging.

TRAVIS:
So, as a result,
we didn't do much research

into looking at what's
underneath the property.

There have been
stories and legends

of what might be underneath
the ground here, like

ancient meteorites,
alien spacecraft

and even underground bases.

Perhaps this secret base
could be the source of

all this weird transient energy
that we've been experiencing.

I think if we're gonna
get to the bottom

of what's going on here,

we're gonna have to start
looking underneath the ground,

and maybe that means we're gonna
have to start digging.

BRYANT:
Last time, we had Travis out

and stuff like that,
it was your mandate

that there was not
to be any invasive digging.

And so, you know,

I took that seriously,
and in order to explore

what Travis is talking about
and, you know,

the possibility of
something larger, you know,

I will follow your lead.

Yeah.

Um, well, without digging,

we could try looking
at photogrammetry,

lidar, uh, scanning.

THOMAS:
Well, you know, as you guys
have been talking about this,

just to the west
of Homestead Two

is a fairly significant
hole of size,

big enough you could
probably put a car in.

But it's been

filled up with trees
and branches,

and you can't see down into it.

You can't tell how deep it is
or-or how far down it goes.

And so, you know,
one of the days

I was irrigating, I thought,
you know, just out of curiosity,

I'm gonna divert
some of the water

down into that hole and see
how long it takes to fill it up.

It took about
three and a half hours

to fill this thing up
to the top.

Now, the interesting thing was,

is that after taking
three hours to fill it up,

the water disappeared
out of sight within 15 minutes.

TRAVIS:
Oh, wow.

-(others murmuring)
-That's unbelievable.

THOMAS:
I thought that water would be
sitting there for weeks.

And so, you know, I think
it would be interesting to

take and fill that back up again
and see if maybe we can trace

where that water is going.

TRAVIS:
That's a good idea.

You know,
the ground-penetrating radar

did show some strange anomalies
at depth there.

Last year, we did
ground-penetrating radar,

and we found
some weird anomalies

right in the middle of the road

right in front of Homestead Two
and right in front of that pit.

We found some dome features
anywhere from eight to 25 feet.

Almost looked as though
there was the top

of a tunnel
and the base of a tunnel...

Oh, a tunnel.

Where there's smoke,
there's fire.

Yeah, I'm really
liking this idea.

I think we can get a lot
of information out of it

if we do this
in the right order.

And putting some water in there,
we can follow that with some dye

and perhaps trace the flow
of that water

and see if it emerges
somewhere else on the property,

perhaps even in the creek
out there.

-Oh, nice.
-BRANDON: That's exciting.

I'd like to get to the bottom
of whether there really is

a cave system
beneath this ranch.

We can address this
right now, then.

I mean, I think
these are great ideas.

And, you know,
if it comes to the point

where you are curious about,
you know, seeing what's deeper,

if we can't get
satisfactory answers

by the noninvasive stuff,

then, you know, we'll have to
open up that area of discussion

when it comes to d-digging
and disturbing the earth again.

I'll look forward
to your guidance.

Well, thank you all
for coming together.

Uh, Dr. Lee and I
have to, uh, depart.

-JIM: You bet. Thank you.
-Thank you.
-KANDUS: Thanks, Brandon.

TRAVIS:
I'm real excited.

There have been
so many stories about

there being something
underground here

at Skinwalker Ranch.

This hole may be the answer.

Hopefully, if something happens,
we'll get some data for it.

Well, that's it.

I guess we better get to work.

This-this is the hole
you were talking about?

-THOMAS: Yeah.
-TRAVIS: We divert water

into this hole and fill it up
with this green dye

-that we can track.
-Look at that.

It's draining quickly.
You guys need to get out there

and start lookoking
for this stuff.

Oh, look. You can see
the water down here.

This-this is the hole
you were talking about?

Yeah.

How deep do you think it is?

Well, I'm not sure.

TRAVIS:
Don't know how-how much
that stuff's piled up on there.

THOMAS:
There's this hole
over at Homestead Two.

It's filled with brush
and trees and debris,

and I've observed

water disappearing in
very rapidly.

And the water's
got to be going somewhere,

especially when I look around

and all I see is
clay everywhere.

Clay just doesn't allow
water to seep in.

I can't help but wonder
if it's not an opening

or some kind of tunnel

that this water
is escaping into.

You know, I've tried
to poke down in there.

It-it feels like
it could go down further,

but I just don't know.

I know it took a long time
to fill up.

-How 'bout that.
-But then only took about

-20 minutes to drain, right?
-Yeah.

-About 15 minutes.
-Now, that tells you
there's something.

-There's a hole or something
under it, right?
-Yeah.

If all that water
that Thomas dumped in this pit

is not reappearing
somewhere else on the ranch,

then there has to be a massive
void of some kind below it.

Nothing else
would really explain it.

The question is whether or not
it's a natural void,

and that's what we're going
to find out.

-So...
-What-- So what I need
to do to help?

Well, we're just getting
this ditch opened up right here.

BRYANT:
Just diverting the stream.

THOMAS:
So, a couple feet away

from this pit is

a little irrigation ditch

that takes the water out
to the field.

So we're gonna dig a channel
from this ditch

and divert the water
from going to the field

and instead running
into this sinkhole.

-Gah! Come on, Dragon!
-Sorry, man. Sorry.

TRAVIS:
That's easy...

ten gallons a minute.

Well, that's about triple the
rate that I had the first time.

Easy ten gallons a minute.

Man, I wish I had a five-gallon
bucket and a clock.

THOMAS:
I actually think

I may have a five-gallon bucket
over there.

Let me go see if I can find one.

TRAVIS:
I want to measure
just how much water

we're dumping in this pit.

So, with a five-gallon bucket
and a stopwatch...

Oh, hey. Here we go.

...I'll calculate how long
it takes to fill it up.

All right,
I'm ready when you are.

Three, two, one, go.

So, that's about four gallons
in two seconds.

120 gallons a minute.

THOMAS:
Even as fast as that's going in,

I'm-I'm still shocked
it's not coming up faster.

TRAVIS:
Right.

And at this rate,
it's gonna be filled up

before I can get down there
and back.

So I'm gonna go get Erik
and the rest of the people

and the-- and that dye.

-'Kay.
-All right? I'll be right back.

-'Kay.
-Sounds good.

Man, y'all don't
go swimming in that.

Ain't no telling
what's at the bottom of it.

-(chuckles)
-We're not from Alabama.

Ha!

We're bringing the whole team
out to the sinkhole,

so we'll have more eyes
to look around

in case something happens.

Our plan is to use

a green dye as a tracker dye.

Perfectly safe.

It's environmentally friendly.

So it's not gonna hurt anything.

And you pour it in the water

and you watch for it
to come out somewhere,

and you'll know
that that's the pathway

that the water is taking.

Look what the cat
dragged in, guys.

BRYANT:
What's up, Casey?

Welcome back, man.

CASEY:
I'm Casey Smith.

I work for Qual-Tek Associates.

I have a degree in geology,

particularly hydrology,
so it's groundwater.

And so they wanted
to bring me in

to help with the tracer test.

So, you guys ready
to put this in?

Yeah, I'd say
we need to pour it in.

-Where do you want it?
-Dump it in.

-All right.
-TRAVIS: Watch this stuff.

-It's-it's cool when-when
it hits-- Look at that.
-KANDUS: Oh, wow.

-TRAVIS: Is that not awesome?
-KANDUS: Not what I expected.

-CASEY: It's like
the Ninja Turtles.
-TRAVIS: Oh, yeah!

-Secret of the...
Secret of the Ooze here.
-Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

-Yeah.
-KALEB: Yeah.

As this mixes, it may take a--

you know, a little while
for it to go.

Here's what I think
what we should do is

just stop it complete, as close
to completely as we can.

The next thing we need to do

is dam up our flow of water
into the pit

so the dye can drain out.

Then we can all go check to see

if it emerges anywhere else
on the ranch.

If not, then there's
only one place to look:

deep below this pit.

-They got it blocked off.
It's gonna start draining.
-Ready.

But we need to divide
and conquer here.

We need to all pick
some-some spaces.

I think, like,
me and you and, uh, Thomas,

we can handle whatever
we got to do here, right?

-Erik, what do you want to do?
-Well, I think we should head

to the south,
down to the, uh, the big creek.

I'll take Tom and Kandus,
and we'll go hit

-this middle section right here.
-Okay.

-Sure.
-TRAVIS: Hey, guys.

It's already dropped a foot

since we-we just stopped.

I mean, I set these bottles
right at the edge of the water.

So it's draining quickly.
You guys need to get out there

and start looking
for this stuff, all right?

Sounds good.
We'll get out of here.

CICO:
Nice.

BRYANT:
I was really fortunate
that my friend Cico was able

to join Erik and I.

He's a drone operator,

so that we could cover
way more ground

and be able to, you know,

hopefully see if there was
any dye coming out.

We went to one part

where we thought
it may come out into the river.

If we find the dye
coming out in the river

or in the field somewhere,
you know what,

that's an answer, so we have
an answer to questions.

CICO:
This the spot?

Yeah, this is it.

Now, if we don't find it,
then, you know,

it's gonna warrant
further investigation.

So, I think if we land
right in about this area,

you can probably get
drone footage...

-Oh, cool.
-...up and around.

Plus, we can see
with our physical eyes

-the water coming down here.
-All right.

-Should we throw it up?
-Yeah, put it up.

I'm anxious
to see you fly this thing.

See what happens.

You just tell me
which way you want me to go.

Yeah, the homesteads are off
in that direction.

-Okay.
-So...

CICO:
We'll just follow
the river down that way.

BRYANT:
I mean, you can follow
the river back up.

CICO:
If you see any discolorations,
just shout it out.

So, let's just follow
this water channel.

There's a good trail
through here,

and we'll just go
all the way down

and see if we can find that dye.

-TOM: Okay.
-KANDUS: All right.

KALEB: I personally thought
that the water,

if it might come up anywhere,
would be

one of the areas that
I've been able to go through

doing a lot of my patrols.

There's areas of the ground
that are very wet.

I've gone through there
where there's been

about a foot of water
in some areas.

And it's just random
on where that water's coming up.

Travis, you got me? It's Kaleb.

TRAVIS (over walkie-talkie):
Yeah, man. What's going on?

We're just down
in the southwest corner.

Gets pretty marshy through here,

so maybe it's coming up
here somewhere.

TRAVIS: Well, most of the
water's drained out of the hole,

so it went somewhere.

Just keep looking.

Will do. Out.

That's a lot of water
that went away.

Yeah.

We put 45,000 gallons of water

into this hole.

And at least 80% of it
was gone within an hour.

You know, there's no telling
where this is gonna run out.

To me, that looks downhill.

You know, appearance,
yes, we think that's downhill.

But what we don't see is,
you know,

what's underneath us, right?

We could have a bed layer
that's, you know,

sloping back towards the mesa.

So, that actually
could be downhill

-for this water?
-Yeah.

THOMAS:
You know, where we drilled
is just right--

like, what, 20 feet right there?

-Yeah.
-TRAVIS: Last summer...

Let's take a look
at the data here.

...after we used
the ground-penetrating radar

in front of Homestead Two

and detected those strange
tunnel-like anomalies,

we all agreed to drill a hole

to see what the heck
those anomalies were.

(mechanical rattling)

That whole thing's shaking.

What is our depth?

We're right now at about 17.

I think that's right

in the range
where we were getting that ping.

Yeah, I think you're right.

Are you getting something?

No.

-Just normal background?
-Yeah.

We didn't find anything
by drilling.

But now it's strange

that all this water's
draining down somewhere

right next to where we found
those anomalies.

I say the first place
to look is in that hole.

We ought to run something
down in there

and see if any of this
green stuff is getting into it.

THOMAS:
I think we should.

All right. Let's try that.

Here's the hole.

I think we can probably see
down in there.

Oh, look. You can see
the water down here.

-THOMAS: See any green?
-I can't tell.

Let's see how deep it is.
See if we can get one of those--

get the pipes down in there.

See if you get
some green water on it.

THOMAS:
I think we should.

Yeah. (grunts)

Oh. I'm in mud.

Here, hold on.
I'll put a top on it.

(crackling)

Pull it up quick.

TRAVIS: Well, I don't see
any green water.

THOMAS:
No, looks pretty clear.

TRAVIS:
You'd think
we'd find the dyed water

in the hole closest
to where we had diverted it,

but it's not there.

Where in the heck
did all that water

that we pumped into the hole go?

-THOMAS: I don't think
there's any green in there.
-Yeah.

TRAVIS: This is where
the radiation event happened.

We saw 45,000 gallons
of water disappear.

It must be going
somewhere rapidly.

THOMAS:
I, for one,
I want to dig it out.

BRYANT:
The lore associated
with digging,

there's no way
to protect against that.

-Broke right off.
-Well,

-I don't think there's
any green in there.
-Yeah.

We pumped about 45,000 gallons
of dyed water

down into this hole,

and now it's just gone.

Let's go look in the cistern
to see if there might be

-the green dye leached into it.
-Okay.

TRAVIS:
So, the next logical place

that Thomas and Casey and I
are going to check

is the old cistern
behind Homestead Two.

THOMAS:
You got your flashlight, right?

TRAVIS:
Yeah, I got it.

KALEB:
Just come right through here.

The thicket
that I wanted to go through,

it's very dense.

You almost need to have
some kind

of tool to get through there,
like a machete or an ax

to get through
some of those branches.

Here's some water,
down right here.

(Kandus exhales)

-Do you see any dye?
-No, no dye.

It's curious.

Uh, we still don't know
where this water's going.

Let's head back out.

CICO:
We're about 450 feet out

from where we started.
You can see the bottom.

-Right. That's cool.
-The map. The... What...

The terrain we're tracing.

BRYANT:
We've spent a lot of time

looking for this fluorescent
green dye to show up,

and as of yet, we haven't found
any traces of it.

CICO:
If somebody'd
keep an eye on the water.

Looks like normal water so far.

BRYANT:
I'd be shocked if we were
able to see something

at this point,
as much as it would be diluted.

-Sure.
-Sure.

TRAVIS:
This place just has

a specific smell to me.

I don't know if it does
to y'all or not, but I smell it.

Homestead Two's not only

one of the creepiest-looking
places on the ranch

but it's also where
a lot of strange phenomena

and events have occurred.

People have heard creepy voices.

They've had lost time events.

And Robert Bigelow's team
actually claimed that they saw

a portal open up
by Homestead Two

and a creature crawl out of it.

And I've had my own
weird experiences here, too.

Right around the corner,
this is where

the radiation event happened.

Last summer,

I had symptoms
of radiation sickness.

It's filled with something.

I feel, like, a... I don't know.

I got a little bit of a headache
or something happening.

-(beeping)
-My dosimeter went off.

Holy cr... Mine's beeping.

I had radiation sickness,
flu-like symptoms for a week,

and I had burns
and rashes appear.

I'll move it this time.

-How about that?
-All right, all right.

The water's really clear.

-I can see... Wow, look at that.
-CASEY: It's super clear.

THOMAS:
So, I guess
you don't see any green.

TRAVIS:
No, I don't.

CASEY:
So, the dose readings in here

have actually dropped,
so we're getting some shielding

from the concrete, probably.

Uh, but it's actually lower

-in here.
-TRAVIS: Okay. All right.

BRYANT (over walkie-talkie):
Hey, Travis. You copy?

Yeah, Dragon. What's going on?

Unfortunately, really nothing.

We've run the drone.

We really don't see
anything yet.

TRAVIS:
Well, that's interesting. Uh,

we haven't found anything yet
here around, uh, Homestead Two.

I wonder if Kaleb has seen
anything where they are.

Okay, well, I think we're gonna
head back to the command center.

So, when you guys are ready,
you can meet us back there,

and we'll powwow
and formulate a plan.

TRAVIS:
All right, that sounds good.

We'll see you there
in a little bit.

Well, there you go. So...

From the very first day

I stepped on this ranch,
we've had

crazy RF readings.
Uh, we saw UFOs.

I got dosed by radiation.
We had a cow die.

And then we put 45,000 gallons
of water into this hole.

So, where did it go?

Is there an underground opening
that the water fell into?

It's another just weird thing
about Skinwalker Ranch.

I think, g-gather
our stuff and head back.

-Sounds good.
-All right.
-Okay.

BRANDON: Greetings, gentlemen.
How are you?

-Hey, Brandon.
-Hey, Brandon, we're fine.

So how did the investigation
go today,

and, uh, what's, uh,
what's the latest?

Really, we didn't see anything,
to be honest,

but with that,
it opens the question as to

where is all of
that water going,

and how are we gonna
figure that out?

That's, uh, significant.

Brandon, I'd like your
permission to be able to

bring some equipment on
and, uh, dig that brush out,

and maybe even excavate out some
around that hole

and towards the road
where we, uh, drilled at.

ERIK:
We find ourselves
in a situation again

in which the subject of digging
is coming up.

It's not a subject
that we engage lightly,

given all the things
that have happened

in connection with digging.

BRANDON:
Um, I really appreciate
your efforts,

but we know that things have
happened on that ranch,

uh, and continue to happen

when there's construction
activity or any digging.

It bears mentioning that
we saw 45,000 gallons

of water disappear.

It must be going
somewhere rapidly.

I don't see anything
that says don't do it.

That is motivation enough
to start at least

some kind of digging
into the problem.

Dragon, do you feel that
the digging is warranted?

You guys should take
a look at Kaleb's phone.

I don't have any control
over it.

It just goes right past
my pass code.

-It's just instantly
hacking that?
-Just goes right past it.

That's almost technologically
impossible to do,

and it's doing it
instantaneously?

Something here is
crying out for help.

BRANDON:
Dragon,

do you feel that
the digging is warranted?

Well, Brandon,
I mean, obviously,

the lore associated
with digging,

there's no way to protect
against that.

But we put some safety protocols
in place now.

We've had Casey
with Qal-Tek back out.

Yeah, I think that it's time

that we need to get
below the ground.

BRANDON:
Well, based on recommendation,

you have my permission
to proceed.

But proceed with great caution.

-We'll do it.
-Okay, we'll keep you posted
on what we find out.

Thanks again, Brandon.

Okay, bye.

-There it is.
-We're gonna dig a hole.
-Yeah.

BRYANT:
He's given us the go-ahead
to bring in some heavy equipment

and do some digging.
It could be the key

to figuring out
what exactly is going on here,

or at least give us direction

as to where we need to go next.

In the meantime, we got
a lot of stuff to do.

-That's right.
-Let's get out of here.
-All right, man.

BRYANT (over walkie-talkie):
You guys all loaded up in
the Jeep, ready to come out?

TRAVIS:
Copy that, Dragon.
We're all here.

We're on our way out. We'll be
out there in just a few minutes.

-BRYANT: Copy that. See you.
-Over and out.

TRAVIS:
Couple days ago,
we ran a dye test by the pit

over at Homestead Two

to find out
where the water was going.

But after the test,
we still don't know

why it disappeared
or where it went to.

We all got a little bit of
bad vibe juju, mojo

about digging, right?

And we don't none of us
believe it,

but at the same time,
we want to do it cautiously.

Yeah. I think we can make
our own protocol and, you know,

say every two, three feet,
let's just sample.

And we'll be monitoring
constantly.

The other thing, too, that
I want y'all to be aware of,

I think Dragon's really nervous.

He don't want to show it,
but I think he is.

-Yeah, I don't blame him.
-So, uh, let's...

Let's just make sure
that he understands

that we're doing everything
that we can possibly

think of to do
to keep everybody safe.

Absolutely.

It's a good thing
I'm so cautious about this

or I'd have just
started digging.

-Getting tired of waiting.
-Right?

TRAVIS:
Brandon gave us
permission to dig,

so Thomas got a mini excavator
delivered to the ranch.

We've got Casey here

with all sorts of test equipment

to make sure we're not being
exposed to something dangerous,

and we're gonna start digging.

Brandon's given us
the go-ahead to dig,

but with that, I want to make
sure that we do so cautiously.

So, Casey, thank you again
for coming all the way out here,

um, and bringing
all your equipment.

It's no secret that
I have concerns whenever

the topic of digging
on the ranch is brought up.

As excited as we are about this,
every time that

someone does a major digging
on this property,

then bad things happen.

Prior to last year,
Thomas Winterton had

a very serious head injury
that almost took his life.

We almost lost him
because of it.

Now, I know
that there are answers

that we're trying to
get to the bottom of

that may actually require
more of that sort of activity,

but I want to make sure that

we're not getting ourselves
in trouble.

-Are we ready?
-You ready to start digging?

-Yeah.
-Well, let's get set up

-and let's-let's get moving.
-All right, sounds good.

(engine starts)

And away we go.

The first step is

to clean that brush
out of that hole,

dig down and try to figure out

where that water's
disappearing to.

Uh, just wait for him to get

more of those branches
out of the way.

TRAVIS:
Yeah, that's gonna
be great to see

what's down at the bottom
of that thing.

ERIK:
I think we're looking for
a couple of things

with this digging exercise.

We're interested in locating

an exit point
for all that water.

Second, we're interested
in determining whether we,

in the process of digging,
perhaps stir up

something radioactive,

something that
may have been detected

in our earlier exercises.

TRAVIS:
There's a lot of stuff
in that hole, man.

ERIK:
And, of course, there's
always the question of,

when you upset the earth,
does anything

ranch phenomenon related
take place?

BRYANT (over walkie-talkie):
Hey, Thomas?

-Yeah?
-Let's do a safety sweep

-while we got it right here.
-Okay.

CASEY:
For the dig today, I brought
my radiation equipment.

I brought back the rad defender,

which is our sensitive
gamma probe.

Basically, what we can do
with that-that probe

is we can attach it to the end

and telescope it out without,
you know... And we can be back

at a safe distance
from whatever we're doing.

You know, uh, I mean, that dirt
looks a little sandy here,

but you can barely
call this a hole.

I don't know where
45,000 gallons went.

TRAVIS:
Yeah, where...?
Yeah, 45,000 gallons

of water with the green dye
in it that we never found.

Right? Where did it go?

More background, so...

-Okay.
-Um, so I don't
see anything above...

-above my background.
-Okay.

I'm gonna get out of your way.

We can start digging dirt.

So, we've got the brush
cleared out.

Not locating any trace
of dye anywhere.

The next step really is to

dig down and try to figure out

where that water
is disappearing to.

TRAVIS:
Look at that.
That is like potting soil.

You guys should
take a look at this,

what's happening
with-with Kaleb's phone.

So, what all's it doing?

It's doing what it's done
in the past.

It goes into different apps.
It's taken a couple screenshots.

I don't have
any control over it.

It shut itself off,
it's turning back on,

and it just goes
right past my pass code.

TRAVIS:
It's just instantly
hacking that.

KALEB:
And it just goes right past it.

Uh, that's-that's almost
technologically impossible

-to do, and it's doing
it instantaneously?
-Yup.

TRAVIS:
We just start
digging out the pit,

and Kaleb's phone is
really wigging out.

It's like somebody has
opened up his phone,

unlocked the pass code, and is
going through all of his apps,

trying to dial random contacts.

Currently, even
the National Security Agency

doesn't even have the technology
to hack that kind of encryption.

That is startling to me.

And it-it tried calling, uh, 911

and my dispatch number
within a minute.

TRAVIS:
That startles me.

So, if you go
to the exotic, then,

something here is
crying out for help.

KALEB:
Or is it giving us a warning?

If there's something
that has that kind of decryption

hacking capability, that, to me,
scares the hell out of me.

Kaleb, it was right there.

Let's go up there, and let's see
if there's tracks or something.

Y'all keep y'all's gun ready,

in case a cat comes out
and eats us or something.

Something here is
crying out for help.

KALEB:
Or is it giving us a warning?

THOMAS: So, here we are digging
this hole, and Kaleb's screen

starts opening up apps,
trying to make phone calls.

TRAVIS:
To me, that's one... this is

one of the most
startling things because

if there's something
that has that kind

of decryption
hacking capability,

that, to me, scares
the hell out of me.

Kaleb's phone

wigging out is-is really...
is freaking me out.

That can't be done.

You can't hack the iPhone.

Well, I'm gonna tell you,
just based on previous history,

I've done digging before
with my equipment, and it's been

a day or two later
that something really bad

has happened to the equipment,

even up to the point of throwing
a rod through the motors.

So, you know, it's not
always instantaneous.

That exact phone has done
these things when the cow died.

My phone starts freaking out
whenever your TriField goes off.

I don't have any control
over my phone right now.

THOMAS: When the rockets
were shooting off...

One. Ignition.

THOMAS:
Every time we've had
something big happening

at the ranch, it seems like
he's got issues with that phone.

KALEB:
It's just been doing this
for the last couple minutes.

Well, I mean,
we need to figure out

what we can scratch
off the list, right?

-Whoa. Whoa.
-Is it doing it again?

I'm changing my password, and
it is... interfering with it.

ERIK:
Oh, wow.

KALEB:
It's never done this
off the ranch.

Hey, Erik, you got
your-your cell phone with you?

-I do. I'm getting...
-Snap some video
of that really quick.

I'm gonna try to get... We have
to get out of the sunlight

-so I can actually see this.
-Yeah.

Well, why would somebody
be hacking your phone

in the middle of the Uintah
Basin, you know, in Utah?

ERIK:
Well, we know
its screen is broken.

Yeah, the screen is broken,
but that's where I...

I have normal function with it
even with the broken screen.

Like, there's no interference
when I'm using it.

CASEY:
I mean, another thing, too.

How does a...? Even if
it's got a cracked screen,

how does it get past
the password?

Well, the only thing
I can say is...

keep an eye on it.

If it does anything else,

let us know,
but other than that,

I mean, let's get back
to what we're here for.

I say, dig on.

Kaleb's phone
was freaking me out and...

I-I really can't explain it,

but nothing weird is happening
other than that,

so I say we keep digging
to see where this water went.

Hey, Thomas, we're gonna do
a quick check on that spot.

(engine stops)

-It feels like
it's just pure clay.
-CASEY: It is.

THOMAS:
Nothing?

Nothing.

BRYANT:
And you haven't hit anything

other than just
soft clay dirt, right?

It's just cl--
It feels like just clay.

-You're a hydrologist, right?
-Yeah.

Would you expect wa--
45,000 gallons

to go down through that
so quick?

I mean, there could be
other places.

There's voids here that
we're not-- we-we haven't saw.

I mean, and so,
that could be a possibility.

Clay just doesn't
allow water to seep in,

and I can't help but wonder
if it's not an opening

or some kind of tunnel that
this water is escaping into.

Around here,
we line our ponds with clay

-because it holds the water.
-TRAVIS: Right.

So, where did the water go?

Thomas has dug all the way down
to about 16 feet,

and we still don't know
where that 45,000 gallons

of water went.

It's getting late,
so we're just gonna wrap it up

and go back and think about
what are next step is.

And out of all of this,
nobody's meters went crazy...

-Nothing. Nothing.
-...no-no weird detections?

The only thing is
Kaleb's crazy phone thing.

Yeah.

TRAVIS: Just a little more
than eight hours after digging

down at the pit by
Homestead Two on the ranch,

we're sitting down,
eating hamburgers

around the picnic table
outside my trailer,

and then Kaleb shines
his light into the woods.

And I'm like, "What's going on?"

Uh, and he says,
"Well, do you guys hear that?"

So, I get up
and walk behind him.

And as we turn the corner,
there is this unmistakable

rectangular shaped object

that was glimmering
or shimmering.

And then the thing
instantly vanished.

I'm recording this!

So, Kaleb, point your--
right there.

It was right there, something
yellow and goldish color

and it was rectangular.

Kaleb, I thought
it went this way.

KALEB:
I-- That's what I thought, too.

Just go up there and let's see
if there's tracks or something,

so we can see what we got.

I feel like my training
kind of kicks in and I'm like,

"Okay, I'm going after this.
Where-where did it go?"

TRAVIS:
Kaleb, y'all keep y'all's gun
ready in case it--

a cat jumps out
and eats us or something.

I mean, if it, if it ran
through here, that's soft.

There would be tracks.

We didn't see the brush move.

We didn't hear footsteps.

We didn't physically
see it run away.

It just vanished.

That scared the (bleep)
out of me.

I mean, I thought we were
about to be, you know,

having a confrontation
with something

-that wanted to eat us.
-Like a frickin' mountain lion.

-Yeah.
-THOMAS: There is
that one hole up there

that I was looking and I,
and I swear I heard, like,

some type of twig snap.

But the only way you can see it

is to put your head down
in the hole.

TRAVIS:
I'm telling you right now
that there-there was clearly

-something right there
watching us eat.
-KALEB: Yeah.

TRAVIS:
I'm turning off the camera,
by the way.

-(camera beeps)
-As soon as I stopped
the video,

looking due south,
something darts across the sky.

It was just a bright streak,
just boom, real quick.

-(camera beeps)
-(bleep)

I thought the excitement
was over, and then suddenly

something just shoots
across the sky.

I want to come out here,
all of this.

I want us to come out here
tomorrow in the daylight

and survey the (bleep)
out of this.

First, we find evidence
of a mysterious void

that's right next
to Homestead Two.

We dig, and then
all of the sudden,

Kaleb's phone
goes completely haywire

like someone, or something,
has hacked into it.

And now this really
strange encounter.

I can't help but wonder if all
these things are connected.

And, if like others
before us have warned,

did our digging
cause this response?

BRYANT:
Getting the feeling
that we're being watched

or even possibly stalked
by something

while we're outside
just having dinner

really raises
the concern level heavily.

So, we need to be very vigilant,
because this is an area

that is dangerous and things are

constantly going on out here.

ERIK:
There are a few activities
planned for this summer

that have me mildly concerned.

And I have absolutely no idea
what to expect from them.

BRANDON:
Just when you least expect it,
the ranch comes alive,

and I want to get some answers.

I want to better understand

what is causing the phenomena
at Skinwalker Ranch.

Understanding the nature
of these events

that continue to occur,
that defy explanation,

really drives
our investigation forward.

TRAVIS:
There's still a lot of
weird things about the ranch

that we can't explain.

I do sense a presence here.

I get visitors; alien activity.

TRAVIS:
You can see the mesa
glow in that camera.

BRYANT:
Unreal.

When you walked
inside the building,

it didn't take any data.

ERIK: The temperature
around the homestead

began to drop.

TRAVIS: You're in launch,
the electromagnetic

spectrum is going crazy, guys.

-(bellowing)
-Hey, look, the cows--

something's got the cows
going nuts.

Thomas has spotted a light.

TRAVIS:
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Right here.

What do you think it is?

It is a portal.

Holy (bleep)!

We got something,
we got something!

I'm leaving the ranch.

-I'm getting a bad headache.
-Are you serious?

What I saw doesn't belong here.

I'm a little nervous. Hold on.

Hey.

BRANDON:
We're engaging the phenomena.

The question is, are you willing
to all accept the risks?

-(alert beeping)
-CAMERON: Though something

-could be under us.
-What the hell

-is under us? I don't get it.
-It's stayed with us

-the whole time.
-It's following us.

TRAVIS:
Crazy things happen
on Skinwalker Ranch.

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