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In July of 2017,

avid outdoorsman
Gary Hinge vanished

into the high desert
of Northeastern Nevada.

- Storms coming in. I
gotta make this quick.

- His
disappearance became a bombshell

that would shed light on
a much larger mystery.

Gary vanished while
returning to the desert

to document a
mysterious structure

that he found on a
previous expedition.

- He said
that the longer he stood

and looked at it, the
more spooked that he got,

the feeling of dread,
the sixth sense

that he needed to
get out of there.

- Since then,

we've started connecting events

that we believe may hold
the clues to this puzzle.

The mysterious death of a
woman named Minerva Sound.

And the disappearance
of Ameliana Brasher.

- In the time

since we first
shared Gary's story,

countless people have come
from all over the world

to search for the elusive
cabin seen in his final video.

So far, none of them have
turned up anything useful.

Until a man named Oscar Mendoza
came armed with a theory

that no one else had proposed.

Gary had secrets.

- Oscar began his journey
on his own social media.

He left Mexico and arrived
in Nevada June 1st, 2022.

And he went there to do what
we all have been trying to do,

and that's find answers.

Once he arrived in
Northeastern Nevada,

he checked into the
Rush Canyon Motel

where he basically treated
it as his home base.

He would recharge
batteries. He would shower.

He would dump his footage.

Four weeks later, he vanished.

Him making this trip
at this specific time

was not a coincidence.

A fire was raging on the
western part of the state.

So every available
state employee,

county employee went over to
try and help battle this fire.

Most of them, however,
were on fire watch

to make sure that the
fire didn't spread

to the eastern
part of the state.

Oscar saw this as the
perfect opportunity

to be able to come and
explore what happened to Gary,

because the rangers wouldn't
be there to stand in his way.

You know, this little
community was so sick

and tired of YouTubers
and influencers

coming and invading their space.

And now, that everybody was off,

you know, fighting this
fire that was happening,

he just jumped at the chance.

It was a summer of the
most bizarre weather

because of these fires
that were occurring

on the western
part of the state.

Even though they were
hundreds of miles away,

they would sometimes create
this like unworldly haze.

And then other days,
it would be blue skies

but incredibly windy.

It was the perfect storm

and the perfect
formula for fires,

which is why everyone
was so concerned

and on fire watch.

Oscar claimed that he
had insider information.

And so after a bit of
digging, we discovered

that he has a cousin who lives
right there in Eagle County.

- Oscar had come by a
couple times in the past.

I wasn't able to
spend time with him,

but he went out and he
made a couple friends

with the locals so.

Oscar met .

He used to work, you
know, for the police.

And when they were talking,

that's how he found out about
Gary and the two ladies.

He became obsessed with it.

- Because of this
insider friendship,

he learned that law enforcement

and professional hunting guides

now believed that
Gary went missing

in a place called
Copper Creek Range.

This is what we thought
his secret information

may have been.

- We had a contingency.

It was, the plan
was really for him

to check in with me every day

through a satellite
phone that we had.

- The day that
Oscar went missing,

his plan was to camp at
the top of this mountain

that the locals
call Spook Mountain.

He was just supposed to
camp there one night,

and then he was gonna
go back into town,

visit with his cousin
Manny for a few days

before heading back to Mexico.

- When I first knew
something was wrong,

it was, you know, when he
had called me the day before

and let me know that he
had gone into his camp,

he was supposed to check
in with me the next day,

but he, he didn't.

I tried reaching
him multiple times.

He didn't respond.

I knew right where to go
because of the satellite phone.

- Manny arrives and there
is no sign of Oscar.

And not just Oscar,

I mean there's no sign
that Oscar even camped.

There's no tent.
There's no camping gear.

There's nothing.

It's as if Oscar
never even arrived.

- His phone says
he's right here.

I looked and...

There was a phone,
satellite phone

with the bright green tag on it.

The phone was buried.

- Manny was very reluctant
to call the police

because so many people, as we
know, have come to this town,

you know, wanting to figure
out what happened to Gary,

and then they end up
needing rescuing themselves.

And this is basically
just the last thing

that this town needs right now.

- So, I left and went
directly to his motel.

You know, my truck isn't there.

And so, I went to the front desk

and asked the lady if I
could go check his room.

She looked up at me

with this weird
look on her face.

She said,

"Honey, he checked
out a week ago."

I was, I was stunned.

What the hell is going on here?

And then I was pissed.

You know, he had my
truck. We had a deal.

- This is when Manny
goes to the police

and the police refuse
to do anything,

because Oscar willingly
checked out of his hotel.

I mean, he's a grown man
and he can do what he wants.

This is when he turns

to a well-known private
investigator in the area,

who you might remember
from Gary's story.

- I wanted to figure out
what would be the one thing

that Oscar would keep
from his cousin and why.

- As this was all unfolding,

we find out that Oscar
tried to reach out

and visit Beverly Hinge.

Now, for those of
you who don't know,

Beverly Hinge is
Gary Hinge's sister.

And Gary Hinge is the reason

we're all discussing this story.

I mean, he's the reason
this all started.

And Beverly was in no shape
to be meeting with anyone.

- Since Gary's disappearance,

Beverly has been
getting messages

from people all over the world

telling her they know
where Gary's remains are.

I keep telling her,
"These people don't know.

They're strangers."

There's one person

that has been
relentlessly messaging her

over and over.

The cops can't
figure out who it is.

I don't know who it is,
but they are relentless.

And

Beverly went out
looking for her brother

in the high desert.

She got lost herself

and by the time she was
rescued, she was dehydrated.

She has been suffering from
multiple organ failures,

and she had to be hospitalized.

- What Beverly endured

after the disappearance
of her brother,

no one should ever
have to go through.

- After we did the
first interview,

I thought people would call in

and offer information, tips,

anything that would help
with this going on with Gary.

I was shocked, horrified

when people started

giving me backlash
and blaming me

and, and just the,
the bullying it,

I just never dreamed
that would happen.

And you know, Gary
being such a,

a soft soul having to
go through all that.

- If you could
say something to the people

that put you in this position,

what would you say to them?

- That-

- Why don't
you look right into this

camera.
- Okay.

- And tell,
speak directly to them.

- Those who

have social media,

a lot of them, it's
their only company.

And please, please have a heart

and think about what
you're saying to them.

You don't know what
frame of mind they're in.

- To not be provoked.

It broke me then.

It, it broke me then.

I mean, it crippled me.

Um, but I'm okay.

- Beverly has been called
every name in the book

by complete strangers
from all over the world,

and these people
don't even know her.

As somebody who's gotten
to know her over the years,

I can tell you that
she loved her brother

and she would've done
anything, anything

to move mountains for him.

- Right away, Bill
and Manny both decide

to post Oscar's photo
on social media,

different Facebook
groups, et cetera,

because it is the
quickest way, you know,

to get the word out
that someone is missing.

And immediately, they
hear from Dolly Broadbent,

who we interviewed
for the Minerva story.

That day, I had to
go grocery shopping

and just as I was
coming up to the gates,

that's when I met Oscar.

He had been emailing
me, you know,

but I really didn't take it
serious that he was gonna come.

So, I just kind of ignored him.

He was really determined

to come see Majesty Ranch.

I had to lie to him

and tell him I was
going to Salt Lake City.

- Oscar got in
contact with Dolly

through different online
forums, basically.

After he learned about
Gary's disappearance

and became just
obsessed with the story.

He joined all these different
groups and different forums.

And in one of them,
Dolly posted a bunch

and she posted a lot
of different stories

that took place on her
property, Majesty Ranch.

- When I was growing up,

I knew there was
something going on.

And my parents did a
really, really good job

in sheltering my sister and I.

But there were some things

that they just
couldn't hide from us.

A lot of times before
anything would happen,

we would hear the sound

and it was like a
tink, tink, tink.

And we couldn't tell
where it was coming from.

You know, one minute, it would
sound like it was coming from

over there or over there.

But then when my parents
and my uncle heard,

my dad and my uncle came

and rushed my sister
and I in the house.

And they told us to stay in
the room and lock the door

and we wouldn't be able to
come out until the next day.

The one thing that to this
day that really frightens me

is my sister and I were woken up

to the sound outside
of our window.

It sounded like crying,
but it was a man's voice

and it was deep and agonizing.

We ran to my parent's room

and my dad went running
outside with his shotgun.

When he came in, we could
tell he had seen something.

We were homeschooled,

but when we'd go into town,

we could just tell what
people were thinking of us.

My dad was really affected
by all this, you know,

and by the way,
we all got treated

and nobody believed
him or believed us.

And so, he started
documenting things.

He had a box

and it was full of everything
that he had collected.

So, the box came up missing

and he used to hide
it in the barn,

and the county officials
came to do an inspection.

He was convinced that the
county officials had stolen it

during the inspection.

- In Eagle County,

they really depend on tourists

and outdoor activities,
hunting, fishing.

So I don't think they
really wanna advertise

that people are
disappearing out here.

- Not long after
Dolly called to inform them

that Oscar had shown
up at her ranch,

they received a very
interesting phone call

from a man named
Jonathon Monast.

- Jonathon called because
he wanted to tell me

that he had encountered
something out in the desert.

He didn't know if it was Oscar,

but he thought it was important.

I thought he was telling
the truth, definitely.

And he was definitely spooked.

- I like riding out there.
It's a nice quiet area.

It's just a, I
guess better word,

desolate area to ride.

I went out that far that night

because I needed
to clear my head

and really, there's no better
way than me and my bike.

So, I was going
slower than normal

because the road work, you know.

I saw a couple of
signs coming up.

And then as I came on it, you
know, the road was all dug out

and it was just loose
gravel patches dropped down.

Almost laid the bike down.

I got through there.

Just kept going slow,

didn't know if there was gonna
be more road work coming.

At the end of the road work,

right after I had
just gotten past it,

I went to go open the bike back
up and pick my speed way up

and that's, that's
when I saw it.

It looked like there was a man,

like a crumpled up man,
on the side of the road.

And, you know, they were,
it was moving around.

My first thought in passing it

was that there must be
an accident or something.

But then, I, I quickly realized
that there wasn't any cars,

there was nothing.

So, I thought maybe it
was another motorcyclist

that, you know, his bike had
gone possibly off the road

into the ditch, didn't
really know exactly

what to think about it.

My headlights are
lighting up the area.

He was gone.

And I start hearing what
sounds like footsteps.

- Hello.

Anyone out there?

I called out a few times trying
to get anyone's attention.

- Hello.

At that point, I decided to
start walking up the hill.

'cause I was thinking maybe
they've got a concussion

or, you know, something
else is wrong.

I look up the hill
a little ways,

kind of in that direction,

and there's just this massive
cave on the side of the hill.

That's when I saw him again.

And as he went into the cave,

it, there's, I can't
really describe it,

but there was just something
really, really off about him.

It definitely creeped me
out, everything about it.

But I always carry a gun with me

and so, I went to go
check it out still,

just in case it was
someone that needed help.

Hello?

You know, from the road, it
looked like a pretty big cave,

but when you get up to it,
it's actually really shallow

and, you know, I could see
the whole thing, all of it.

There's nowhere he
could have gone.

- Oscar was raised
by our grandparents

and, you know,

my grandpa was his hero.

Our grandpa's death, you
know, pushed him over.

He was already struggling.

And then, you know, that
seemed to snap something.

Oscar's dad was never
really in the picture.

And, you know, my aunt,

she was a very troubled person.

It took its toll on him.

- This trip meant
a lot more to Oscar

than just figuring out
what had happened to Gary.

This trip started

because Oscar wanted
to leave a life behind,

and that life was
basically a 10-year battle

with depression and alcoholism.

And he just wanted
to start new, fresh.

I mean, he dyed his hair.

This was a whole new
beginning for him.

- I was scared that he had
done something to himself.

- First break was the
cops put out an APB

and it worked.

They found Oscar's
truck on a dirt road,

outside of Copper flat.

- Copper Flat is a small,
unincorporated town,

which is about a hundred
miles northeast of Cypress,

which is where he was
originally staying.

- He had rented a room there.

- I was sick to my stomach

when Bill was opening the door.

I was afraid what we were
going to find in there.

- It looked like he had
just dropped off his stuff

because his bed looked like
it hadn't been slept in

and he left his
computer, his journals,

and his hard drives.

- So
beautiful out here,

but also what is out here?

- In these early
videos, we see Oscar

and he is just bursting at
the seams with excitement.

I mean, he is over the moon

to be able to be here in Nevada
doing his own investigation

and you can clearly see that.

- Here's the proof, I'm here.

Let's see what I find.

It's beautiful.

- Manny and I start going
through Oscar stuff,

just trying to find
anything that we can

to help us figure
out where he is.

- I didn't wanna read
his private stuff,

but if you know,

it was gonna help find him then.

- Manny didn't share
any intimate details

of Oscar's journal.

He only shared, you
know, the important stuff

to help the investigation along.

But he did share one
entry that I found really,

it was really, it
was really touching.

"What I'm doing out here
might not be the safest thing

I've ever done, but for the
first time in a very long time,

I remember what it feels like
to live outside of the space

in my head.

This journey has saved me
from being too far gone."

- Here she is, Number 81.

Yeah.

Wo!

Yeah, baby.

Yeah.

Yeah.

- It was a huge relief
to see him have fun.

- Ooh, it's like a
musical instrument.

Hey.

- I thought, "Okay,
he's gonna be okay."

- His first few days,

he just wanted to
be in Gary's shoes.

- Okay, nobody warned me

about how cold it gets
in the high desert,

like it's pretty cold up here.

But anyway, I, I don't care

because so I was trying to
find one place that Gary was at

and I found another.

This is just crazy.

Like I, again, like so thankful
to the people at Cypress,

to everybody that pointed
me in the right direction,

and I,

I just feel like I'm
really onto something here.

- Then, he camped in the
Copper Creek Range area

for a few days.

- So, the structure right here

used to actually be
a bank back in 1872,

and it burned down
in the crazy fire.

No, I'm just fucking with you
guys. I just made that up.

I, I don't know, but looks
like it'd be a safe thing.

I don't know what it is.

The problem with finding
the same cabin as Gary

is that there's still so
many of these structures

from the Gold Rush days,

and they're scary as
fuck, I'm not gonna lie.

- They always say that you
have to hit rock bottom

before you ask for help,

and Oscar definitely
hit rock bottom.

He was in the hospital twice.

One of those times,
he almost died.

And that was the catalyst
that pushed him forward

to crawling out of this hole
of darkness that he was in.

And really overcoming the stigma

that, you know, men
and mental health

and men can't ask
for help and change.

And Oscar wanted to change.

- Sheesh, still got it.

It's been a while
since I lit a fire.

My grandfather was the first man

that taught me how to light one,

so shout out,

shout out to you, grandpa.

Anyway, I know I don't have
that many followers out there,

and honestly, I'm not
doing this for followers.

Without getting
too much into it,

the past 10 years have
been fucking rough, man.

Honestly, just a lot of
pain, a lot of struggle.

And I don't know, when
I heard Gary's story

and everything that's going
on out here, I was just like,

man, it just ignited my
curiosity in the world again.

You know what I mean?

Like, I was just like,
I felt fucking alive

and it just, I knew

I had to come chase
this, you know?

Honestly, I wanna
find the cabin,

but even if I don't, I just
wanna find some sort of answers,

like something, just anything.

It, it's just, you know,

I was drowning my
feelings so much

that I just was so
numb to everything.

Such a dark place, like
honestly, I don't think anything

could fucking scare me anymore.

And maybe that's why
you guys are asking,

"Why is this fool
doing this at night?

Like, why is he out
here right now?"

Because I am not about
to be asleep in a tent

while, you know, who knows what
could be going on out here.

So, I'm staying awake.

I'm up ready for any
challenge that comes my way.

And I'm just realizing

that chasing this mystery

is more exciting than
anything I could ever find

in a bottle.

Woo!

Woo!

Hey!

But anyway,

I'm out here.

I'm grateful for everybody
that's following my journey,

and I hope we find answers.

But in the meantime, I'm
gonna be cooking a hot dog

like a true American and
hopefully, I don't burn myself

or the forest doing it.

All right, catch y'all soon.

- The Copper Creek
Range was uneventful.

So, Oscar came up with a plan
to go to the last location

where anything
mysterious had happened

and that was the Reinhold Mine,

where Ameliana Brasher
had disappeared.

Not long after we released

our coverage of
Minerva and Ameliana,

law enforcement revealed some
new and disturbing details

that they had discovered in
the body cam footage of the EMT

that was searching the
mining camp for Ameliana.

After hearing what sounded like
a woman screaming for help,

he rushed into the mill.

That's when things took a turn.

Everyone obviously
saw the figure

at the bottom of the stairs,

but no one saw the figure
standing in front of the EMT.

The second that the
light leaves his hands.

You see a figure standing there.

And then as fast as it appears,

it's gone.

- All right, well, I've been
camping out here for a week

and haven't seen anything

except for a couple
of elk and some deer.

Saw those wild horses, but
no mountain lions thankfully.

I've really been thinking
about heading back to Mexico

and really not
falling into the same,

and not falling into
the same type of trap,

you know, bullshit
that I was in.

And you know, I realized

that in my journey
trying to find Gary,

I kind of found myself and...

Hello.

Hello.

- "There is a presence here.

To deny that, that
would be a lie.

I can't take one step without
the feeling of being watched."

- I wanna see what do
these cables lead to.

See what I find.

I fucking made it.
It's crazy up here.

You could see the lower mill.

It's a cave or mine

has someone try
to cover up here.

I moved the branches.

- Definitely gonna
camp out here tonight.

I won't make it
down before dark,

so I'm gonna build a big fire
and we'll see what happens.

- As the hours went on,

Bill and Manny were receiving
phone calls and messages.

But unfortunately, these people

were just looking
for information

or trying to find a
way to be involved.

Manny was starting to lose hope,

but then he turned to a
page in Oscar's journal.

- Manny, all of a sudden he's
going through the journal

and he shoots up and he's,
he turns to me and goes,

"I think I found something."

And I just say,
"Well, what is it?"

And he says, "What is FP?"

- "I'll never forget the
first time I heard it,

my laptop disconnected
from my headphones

and the sound was
blaring from my speakers

or I never would've heard it."

That sound could
only mean one thing,

Gary was on FP land.

- This could mean

that Gary was on Freight
Pacific land when he vanished.

- Yeah.

You see that shit?

I ran straight up to it's tits.

I'm getting on
this motherfucker.

Yeah.

- Private Freight Pacific Land.

- Like we showed in
our original coverage

of Gary's disappearance,
law enforcement

then released some
of his final footage.

In one of his last videos,

he addresses the
camera and states

that he is a day and a half in
to his hike to the structure.

This would put him far away
from any town or highway

in that part of the state.

So essentially, he is already
in the middle of nowhere.

In the following video,

he's walking and
talking to the camera.

- Got a whole
nother mountain to climb.

We'll see what it's
like on the other side.

I think I can at least
get over it by night fall.

- "It has been there all along."

- At the very end of this
clip is when Oscar caught it.

- I think I
can at least get over it

by nightfall

- Right at the end of this video

in the distance, a horn sounds.

- See what
it's like on the other side.

Think I can at least get
over it by nightfall.

- This makes Gary's decisions
make a lot more sense.

- Police decided the best way,

or the only thing
they could think of

was to maybe check
his cell phone

and his cell phone
pings and watch tower.

And it looked to be as he
had turned his cell phone off

shortly after leaving his home.

Map Nevada, the company
that Gary worked for,

supplied and tracked
all of his equipment.

It's clear now why he
turned everything off.

He was trespassing.

Getting back to Oscar,

his truck was found just
outside of Copper Flat,

which is the last town that
Freight Pacific passes through

before entering their
private expansive land.

Once a train departs copper
flat, it is in no man's land.

- From that point, everything
came together really quickly.

- "I hate lying to Manny,

but this is a last resort."

- So, we're a little
bit outside of town.

This here, I don't know
if many of you know,

is called a siding, S-I-D-I-N-G.

Not sighting.

We might have some
sightings, but so,

because there's only one
track when two trains

are coming at the same time,
one pulls over to the siding

and waits for the
other one to pass.

So, my plan is to
wait here at night

until there's two
trains passing.

There's no schedule, so
it might wait for a while,

but it'll be worth it.

I'm gonna wait till
there's a siding

and jump on that train,
which will take me out

and deep into the desert,
which I can't really get to.

- There are three
things out there.

Desert.

Old mines.

And ghost towns.

Most notably, the
ghost town of Edna.

In a joint deal, Freight Pacific
and Mantis Mining Company

purchased this land
in the late 1980s

and the rest of Edna
became a ghost town.

So then, the question became,

if Gary was this
far into his hike

then he was well outside
of any town or highway

where a train would
need to sound its horn.

So, why are we
hearing a train horn?

- As all these pieces
are coming together,

I get a phone call from the
police and they tell me,

"An FP engineer has
discovered a body

on the side of the tracks."

- They used the word body.

- And it matches
Oscar's description.

- Fuck
yeah, it actually came.

It's about one in
the morning now.

I'm fucking nervous,

but this is my only
way to get there.

I gotta be strategic. I
can't be caught up here.

All right, this looks
like a good car here.

Holy shit, okay.

I can't get caught up here.

Looks like the coast is clear.

- "I explore at night and
sleep during most of the day.

I figure it's the only
way I have a chance

of catching a glimpse
behind the veil."

"Obviously, whatever's
happening out here

is not confined to FP land.

Minerva and Ameliana on
Highway 50 prove that,

But I believe it would be
a great place to start.

"This is where Gary may
have found the cabin."

"This is where Gary may
have given up the ghost.

"I have to find Edna.

I think I know what to do."

- This is it.

- Show yourself.

Ahh.

- Oscar was found

lying on Freight Pacific
Land, clinging to life.

He was flown to Memorial
Hospital in Las Vegas.

- When I saw him before he
went to Mexico, it was crazy.

It was almost like if he
was a different person.

He was paranoid and very jumpy.

It honestly made
me really nervous.

You could see the
fear on his face.

- At the end of the day,
Oscar came here as a vlogger,

an influencer.

You know, he came to Nevada

because he wanted
a big discovery.

He wanted this big reveal
about what happened to Gary.

You know, is his footage
real or is it a hoax?

I mean, is it all staged?

The one thing that stands
out is that Gary is gone

and Minerva is gone.

Ameliana, she's gone.

But Oscar, he was found.

He's here.

Do I believe him?

You know, I, I feel
that he's authentic,

but I think that's
what we are left with.

I think that's what
we have to decide.

When we reached out to
Oscar for an interview,

he said he wasn't ready,

but he gave us permission
to use his footage

and some of his journal entries.

He also sent me this message.

Just read it?

Okay.

"I'm not ready to
talk about this yet.

I may be some time
in the future,

but I will tell you this,

no one there is safe.

Not outside, not inside.

They don't always
look like people."