03x05 - Into the Mormon Eye

[bunniefuu]

[narrator reading]

-[man 1] What'd you find?
-[man 2] [bleep]

[narrator] While excavating
a potential opening
to the cavern system

near the B-side,

Chad discovered
two gold ingots
hidden in a small cave.

Finally get to hold
[bleep] gold
in my hand.

[narrator] Searching for clues
as to where the gold
might have come from...

This is the map
of 1858.

The ranch would be
right around here.

[James] Look here.
Are you [bleep] me?

[narrator] ...James and Chad
followed an old wagon trail

that led to an abandoned
gold mine...

-[James] Oh, yeah.
-And it goes way back
in there.

[James] Oh!

[narrator] ...and realized
they might be on the path

of the fabled
Lost Rhoades mine.

[man] Hey! Look at this!
Do you know what this is?

[narrator] Back at the ranch,

Duane and Charlie
uncovered several
new dig sites

left by the trespassers...

We just keep
finding these holes.

They sneak in here
while we're not here

and it pisses me off.

[narrator] ...along
with mysterious tracks

leading from the pond.

This wasn't here yesterday.
These are fresh,
overnight tracks.

[Charlie] What
the [bleep] is this?

No, yeah.
Yeah, there's no doubt
something's going on here.

[intense music playing]

-[narrator] Blind Frog Ranch
stretches over 160 acres.
-[animals howling]

A remote and rugged area
in northeastern Utah.

It's a place
shrouded in legends

-of ancient civilizations...
-Wow, look at that.

This has to be
hundreds of years back.

[narrator] ...and a mysterious
phenomena.

[Duane] There's some kind
of dark force.

[man] We got something
really weird here.

I've never seen
anything like that.

[narrator] Duane Ollinger
has owned Blind Frog Ranch
for over a decade,

convinced that
the land holds secrets...

[man] What the [bleep]?

[narrator] ...and a massive
cache of Aztec gold
hidden underground...

We're sittin'
on something huge.

[narrator] ...rumored
to be worth more
than three billion dollars.

Your ranch is part
of the most famous
treasure hunt

that's never been solved.

[narrator] But every time
he's gotten close...

[Chad] [bleep] Look at that.

[narrator] ...the land
fights back.

What would eat
the head off of it?

[dramatic music playing]

-[man 1] Move!
-[man 2] [bleep]

-[man 3] Blinking red.
-[man 4] Close your mask.

[man 3] Let's get out, go!

[bleep] Go!

[mystical music playing]

-How's it going?
-Good.

Good.

So what are you thinking?

[man] This is the area...

Okay, good. Good.

Make yourself at home.

Hopefully, they'll kick
these guys outta here.

Uh, they don't belong.

[narrator] For weeks,
poachers have been trespassing

onto Duane's property
and illegally digging
for the treasure

under cover of darkness.

With the increasing number
of dig sites

they've found recently,

Duane has called in
the authorities for help.

[Duane] We want
these government
people comin'.

We want 'em comin',
I mean, we want 'em
to come hard.

The only way we're gonna
get these trespassers
off our land

is through
the federal agencies.

Otherwise, we'll do it
the old-fashioned way.

But it doesn't need
to come to that.

So, do they have
permission to be out here

and cut this hole
and dig it?

[Duane] So tell me
if they have the right
to come out here and do that.

[Duane] You know.
Look at the [bleep] that
they got here.

[Duane] Because
I'm the landowner,
I'm trying to say, "Get off!"

What's wrong with that?

Is there something
wrong with that?

-[Ranger] These guys--
-Not the one--
Sir, look at me.

[Duane] Look at me.

It's not right.

[Duane] You know,
I ain't gonna back off
on that one.

[Duane] Yeah.

[man 1] Yeah.

[Duane] All right. Deal.

-[Duane] See ya. All right.
-[Ranger] See ya.

[Duane] All right,
you [bleep] me.

[Charlie] Well,
what'd ya learn
down there?

Well, he says we got
every government
agency comin'.

And so, that's
a good thing.

You know, the boots
on the ground people

-are always gonna be nice.
-[Charlie] Yeah.

Charlie boy,
I'm telling you
right now,

that's the most ill*gal
[bleep] thing I've ever seen
in my life.

And I'm gonna go after
the people's a*s

that gave them...
gave them [bleep] permission

to get on my
[bleep] property.

And I'm not [bleep].

[intense music playing]

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven.

The seven stone monuments.

And the biggest one
marks the cave.

[narrator] Following
the wagon trail up
to Crow Creek,

Chad, James
and Skinner

have located seven
stone pillars,

sometimes called
the Seven Sisters

or Dragonback.

That, according
to Mormon journals,
are a key landmark

that guards a cave
that will reveal
the location

of the fabled
Rhoades Mine.

[James] From the base,
we'll be able to get
a good look

at those caves we spotted.

[Ryan] Sounds good.

[exhales]

We could get on top
of the rocks over there.

[Chad] At the downed tree,
hang a right.

According to legend
and clues left behind
by Caleb Rhodes himself,

there's supposed to be
a series of caves close
to the Seven Sisters.

And inside
one of those caves,

there's supposed
to be something
that looks like an eye.

Like a petroglyph
or a carving.

And if you stand
against that wall
and look southeast,

you should be able to see
one of the entrances
to the Lost Rhoades Mine.

[narrator] Caleb Rhodes' use
of the eye as a marker

was not the first time
an eye played
a significant role

in American history.

Since 1935, the back
of a US $1 bill

has featured a pyramid
topped off with
the all-seeing eye,

also known
as the Eye of Providence,

symbolizing divine guidance.

The all-seeing eye's origin
stretches back even further

to the late 1700s,

when it was adopted
by the Freemasons,

to remind them

that God is always
watching their actions

and seeing their thoughts.

Since their founding,

Mormons have also featured
the all-seeing eye
on their temples,

and some believe
the eye also points
to one of the seven entrances

of the Lost Rhoades mine.

Let's keep following
that [bleep] to the cave.

[Chad] And it points
right towards that cave

that they're talking about
in the journal.

[James] So we're on
the right track.

[intense music playing]

[Chad] Whoa! Hold up.

[suspenseful music playing]

[James] What is it?

[Chad] Am I crazy
or are these two caves

the eyes the journal
was talking about?

It's like when you look
at that, it almost looks
like a face.

Like, two eyes
looking that way.

[James] Yeah, I see it.
That's unbelievable.

My God, that's...
Holy [bleep].

[Ryan] The eyes are on
the face of the cliff.

[narrator] As they approach
the seven pillars,

the team makes
a shocking discovery.

[James] That's insane.

[narrator] There are two caves
that form what look like
human eyes.

[James] It's not etched
into the walls.

It's actually
a natural formation.

Holy [bleep].
That might be it.

[Chad] But which one
is the eye we're looking for?

You really want to get
eyeballs on.

It would require rappelling.

-So--
-Oh, yeah, we could just
tie off right up there

-and then drop down here.
-Let's go try that one
right now.

-[Chad] Yeah, we can get--
-We can get up
to that one.

Let's try to figure out
how to get back
into that cave.

[intense music playing]

[Duane] Yeah,
we got trespassers.

So I'm gonna spy on them
while they're spying on me.

Well, this is a long range
spotting scope.

Just a Bushnell.
We used it
in law enforcement.

I'm gonna put this scope
on those guys up there,

see what the hell
they're doing.

[narrator] Three days ago,
Charlie and Duane discovered
a new poacher hole...

[Duane] We just keep
finding these holes.

You know,
these guys don't care.

They'll just start digging.

[narrator] ...and tracks
leading from the pond
to Beaver Creek.

[Duane] This
wasn't here yesterday.

These are fresh,
overnight tracks.

[narrator] Seeking
to pursue legal action,

Charlie and Duane
are trying to catch
the poachers on camera

to use as evidence
of trespassing.

[Duane] So we're
still dealing with these
claim-jumpers.

Our lawyers are saying
they can't be
up there anymore.

You know, they're supposed
to pack it up and get
the hell out.

But that doesn't seem
to be stopping them.

So hopefully, we can get
some evidence and get
the state to stop now.

What are those snakes up to,
Charlie boy?

[Charlie] They're sitting
in a black, older model,

looks like Suburban.

And they're just
sitting there, watching.

You think you can
spy on me

and I can't spy on you?
You're full of [bleep].

I can't get a visual
on their faces right now.

But I'll tell you, Duane.

These boys
are looking to strike.

Let's go put out
a couple more trail cams

and see if we can't catch
the, uh, poachers

in the act of coming
in here at night.

I'll need the evidence of...
of actual trespassing because,

you know, that's, uh,
that's definitely a law

that I can prosecute
them on.

You know, I'm worried
about these trespassers

because every time
we start a new dig,

they sneak in here
while we're not here
and then they dig.

We have to be very careful
until we can get them
the hell outta here.

[John] Now, we're pretty
high up here.

-How are we looking, John?
-Good.

[narrator] Just north
of the ranch,

Chad is preparing
to rappel 250 feet

down the cliff-face
of the seven pillars

in an attempt
to access the caves.

On the left, we have
a crazy, treacherous,
like, steep hill

covered in loose rocks.

I mean, it's a recipe
for a rock slide
right there.

And on the right,
we have a cave
right in the middle

of this super tall cliff.

So we either
have to climb up

or we have to lower
ourselves down
from above.

[John] We'll start
rigging up over here.

But that's why
we brought John along.

He's a climbing expert.

When we get down there,
we're gonna see if we can
get in that cave.

Maybe it opens up.
That'd be awesome.

[James] Should I help
feed it? Or you're good?

Okay.

See, right now,
we're up to about,
like, 9,000 foot elevation.

And our drop is about
250 feet, so it's no joke.

[indistinct conversations]

[John] Okay.

I'm going down first.

And then I'll guide you in
from the ledge just below
the cave.

What a view, huh?

-Yeah, boy!
Let's do this [bleep].
-[radio beeps]

[intense music playing]

[narrator] For Chad
to enter the cave,

rappelling expert
John Gillham must execute
a pendulum traverse.

A maneuver where
he will anchor the line

and use the rope
to swing Chad
into the cave mouth.

[Chad] Rappel on!

We ride together,
we die together.

So what am I looking for
when I go in the cave?

You're looking
for the eye.

Apparently, it's either
etched in or it's
a natural feature.

-The Mormon journal's
a bit hazy about that.
-[Chad] Got you.

[Ryan] Remember,
from below, we thought
this whole cliffside

looked like a face
with two eyes.

So right now,
it's all about
figuring out

if it's the left
or the right cave
that has the clue.

[narrator] At the top
of the seven pillars,

Chad is preparing
to rappel down the cliff

and into the mouth
of one of the caves,

which might hold a clue
to the location of the fabled
Mormon Lost Rhoades Mine.

[Chad] It looks like
this first cave
is pretty shallow.

So if I can get
in front of it,

we should be able
to get a good look inside.

[Ryan] All right.

[Chad] Man, they're not
exactly making this easy
for us.

[James] That's why
nobody's found it yet.

[breathing heavily]
Rappel on!

We ride together,
we die together.

[intense music playing]

[Chad grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[James] How's it feel?

[Chad] Whoo!
Feel alive, boys!

[whoops]

It's kinda like
casting a fishing line,

trying to get
in that right spot.

Fly fishin' with Chad.

[Chad straining]
Right in here.

[John] Definitely swinging
on rappel...

[breathing heavily]
...and literally thrusting
yourself in...

is going to be tricky.

I'm hoping maybe it'll be...
be a little graceful for us.

Just go nice and smooth
as possible.

[radio beeps]

[bleep] Copy that.
Swinging the line.

[intense music playing]

Come on.

[narrator] Rappelling expert
John Gillham is attempting
a pendulum maneuver,

using momentum
to swing Chad
into the cave mouth.

-[grunts] [bleeping]
-[radio beeps]

[bleep]

[dramatic music playing]

[radio beeps]

[bleep]

Uh, go for Chad.
You okay?

[radio beeps]

With that overhang ledge,
we're trying to get over here.

We swing,
and then you try
to grab something,

and you just lose it.

I mean, it's no joke.

[radio beeps]

-If there's a way in,
I'll get in.
-[radio beeps]

So I've never gone--
I've never gone rappelling.

[chuckles] Now I'm going
off a 200-foot drop.

[Ryan] So at what point
do I get to back out?

Start backing out
once I get this off you.

'Cause then
you're on the main line.

Oh, I meant backing
out of doing this whole thing.

Yeah, it's okay.
It's... nice and slow.

[sighs]

[John] On belay!

-[dramatic music playing]
-[Ryan breathing heavily]

He's looking good!

[triumphant music playing]

[John] Holy [bleep].



[James] He's looking good.

[grunts] [bleep]

Holy [bleep].

[suspenseful music playing]

How's it going?

[music intensifies]

[pensive music playing]

[Ryan] I had
so much adrenaline going.
[bleep] that was crazy.

I couldn't see any symbols
or anything else.

The first cave
was so shallow

there was no way
you could stand in there
and look out.

[Chad] We struck out
with the right cave

but luckily we have
one more to explore.

The problem with the left side
is one wrong step

could trigger a rock slide.

[narrator] The left eye cave
sits at approximately
8,800 feet elevation.

And reaching it involves
a steep climb

through loose rocks
and sand.

-[rocks thudding]
-[bleep]

-[bleep]
-[Ryan] You all right?

[James] I mean,
the entire [bleep] thing
just collapsed.

-All of it.
-It did, yeah.

[James] [bleep]

The whole g*dd*mn
side of the hill
gave way.

[Chad] Everybody
be careful where you step.

These rocks
will slide right down.

[James] Yeah, all right.
[bleep]

[tense music playing]

[Ryan] How's your shoulder?

[James panting] This is...

It's hard to get up.

Do you want me
to take the... detector?

James, you good?

You all right?

[James continues panting]

[Ryan] Hey, you need anything?

Get a water.

Take a seat, man.

[Chad] Yeah, nice and cool.
You all right, James?

Your heart?
Oh, it is?

[bleep]

[heart beating]

[Ryan] Well,
he fell earlier.

-[Chad speaking indistinctly]
-And this is a... this is
a really difficult hike.

Comin' up on the sand.

And the... the altitude.

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[Chad] James, tell us
what you need, man.

Do you need water?

-Now, I'm startin'
to hear again.
-[Chad] Okay, good.

-Maybe you're just
over exhilarated, maybe?
-Uh, yeah.

There you go.
I caught my breath finally.

Yeah, I can breathe.

-[Chad] Yeah.
-Couldn't breathe.

[James] I think
laying down helped.

I suddenly started
blacking out and sweating

and I couldn't
hear anybody.

You know, when I'm flying,
like in the airplane,
sometimes [bleep] happens,

like, if you pull heavy Gs,
all the blood can go down
to your feet

and you can just pass out
just like that, man.

So you gotta clench up

and to keep the blood
up top.

So when you laid down,

-I think the blood started
pumping to your head.
-[James] Yeah.

Instantly, it started
feeling better.

Couldn't breathe.
That's never ever happened.

You know, I'm not sure
if it was the fall
or the altitude.

I seriously thought
I may have been
having a heart attack.

[exhales]

Look at this place out here.
It's as rugged as it gets.

They would've probably had
to call in a helicopter evac
for something like that.

The rest and the water
helped a little bit.

I'm all right.

Man, look at this place.

This is huge.

If you were to put your back
against the wall here,

and if you look
out there...

What are we looking for?
We looking for...

On the map, we can see
what looks like a ridge
and some taller trees.

I mean, that's clearly a ridge
and those tall trees run
right up the hidden canyon.

[James] Oh, wow.

Yeah, I see it.

You'd have to be up here
in order to sit that.

[narrator] Following the gaze
of the eye cave southeast,

the team sees a hidden canyon
about two miles
across the valley.

That's where
we need to go.

Let's do it.

[intense music playing]

Mm.

I thought I saw
something over there.

We'll catch 'em.

[narrator] For the past
few days,

Charlie has been
surveilling the property,

hoping to catch
the poachers trespassing

onto Blind Frog Ranch,

so they can pursue
legal action and get them
removed from the area.

[Charlie] I'm gonna
take you down here
to a spot where

I actually saw
something really weird.

And whatever it was,
I even got a photo of it.

This is it.

Right down there
in that body of water.

You know, I was patrolling
the property this morning,
doing some surveillance

and checking the trail cams
for trespassers and...
right down there,

in these weeds,
sounded like water moving.

And I was able
to grab my phone

and this is what I got.

But that's a huge...
whatever it is.

And there were no legs
that I could see whatsoever.

It looks like the tail
of its back here.

But that's only about
out of the water.

The other half
is driving straight down.

I don't know
what in hell it was.

I've never seen
anything like it
in my life.

That's a serpent-looking
thing.

But it's got scales
like an alligator would,

all along its back.

But I'll tell you one thing.
It definitely wasn't
the trespassers.

[intense music playing]

[James] Hey,
I'm starting to see
a lot of mineralized rock.

[Ryan] Really interesting.

See all that?
They're quartz veins, Ryan.

[Chad] Quartz
leads to gold, huh?

[James] Yeah.
That's what they
would've followed.

[narrator] Chad,
James and Ryan

are following the gaze
of the Mormon eye

to a canyon they spotted
two miles southeast.

[Ryan] I think
we're in the right area.

What is that?

You guys see kind of what
looks like a stacked
row of rocks?

Yeah, looks different
than everything else.

[mysterious music playing]

[Chad] Kind of looks
like where you found
the gold ingots.

I see almost what looks like
a stacked row of rocks
up here.

And above that...

it looks to be
some kind of a depression

-or a void.
-[James] Let's check it out.

[grunts]

There's a lot of what looks
like tailings over here.

Like [bleep] was dumped.

All this crushed up rock
like this? That's not normal.
No way.

Yeah, it looks like
they were mining.
[bleep] Look here.

[Ryan] It's like
everything caved in.

That was the overhang.

They blew that up
and filled this whole [bleep]
full of rocks.

It's obviously something
important that they
covered up.

[James] I think
you're right on the money.

Here.

-Are you seeing anything?
-[Ryan] It's too tight.

Wait. Guys, you can feel
cold air coming out
from down here.

[Chad] Are you [bleep] me?

-That's how you know
there's a cave or not.
-[Ryan] Yes, exactly.

[Ryan] You can feel
the movement
of ice-cold air.

[Chad] It is 100%
there is a cave.

Feel that. Feel it.
It's like an ice cube.

-Feel it.
-It's... freezing.

Holy [bleep].

[narrator] The strong flow
of cold air sucking
into the hole

indicates a substantial
cavern underground.

Differences between
underground and surface
temperatures

create a pressure system

that can be used to estimate
the size of the cavern
network below.

[Chad] Look at that.
It's sucking it in.

-[James] Look where it's
going. It's going right down.
-[Chad] It's pushing down.

It's going down
that way.

-[Chad] Yeah, to the south.
-[James] Right towards
Blind Frog!

Yeah, there... there's
something metal down here.

Pull it up, dude.

[Chad] What the [bleep]
is that?

That's an iron spike, look.

-[Chad] Like a railroad spike?
-[James] Yeah.

[Ryan] Someone hitted it
with a hammer.
It's all deformed.

[Chad] That could be
a [bleep] railing system.

[James] Yeah,
that's exactly what it is.

They had a [bleep] railing
system in here, hauling this
[bleep] outta here.

This is definitely
a mine shaft of some kind.


and covered.

They're hiding
something, obviously.

[narrator] The discovery
of an ore cart rail tie
and a tailing pile of quartz

indicate that this
collapsed cave
was once a mine.

The question is,
could it be one
of the seven entrances

to the Lost Rhoades Mine

mentioned in Mormon journals?

We found all these
tailings all over
the place.

And then we find
this iron spike.

It's at least 19th century,
from all the oxidization
that has occurred.

It looks like
a collapsed mine.

This is an entry
into the underground system.

This is what
we've been looking for.

My God, this whole thing
is just gonna keep collapsing.

There's no way
I can keep pulling out
these little pebbles

and make any kind of headway.
It's gonna take
something bigger.

-Yeah.
-We need equipment in here.

[Ryan] Is there
even a way to get
an excavator up here?

I dunno how the hell
you bring an excavator
in here.

You'd need a Chinook.

Also, we're on BLM land.

We can't just keep digging.
We have to get
the proper permits.

We have to check to see
if anybody has a claim
in this area.

-[Ryan] That could
take months.
-[bleep]

Look at all this tailing.

They've been digging
out of this [bleep]
for years, man.

And you stick your hand
in there, it's cold, there's
a mine in there, 100%.

But to get all that [bleep]
out, we'd have to have
a major mining operation.

'Cause these are huge boulders
we gotta pull out.

We can't get equipment
in here, we gotta get
mining permits.

We gotta do
all kinds of [bleep].

I mean, it's a shame
but we just can't
dig this out.

[Ryan] The only way this thing
is gonna get opened up

is with a major
mining operation.

[Ryan] I want in.
I want in now.

-It's not gonna happen.
-Like, I'll keep
moving the boulders

-but I just--
-It's not gonna happen
right now.

[James] You just can't get
these big ones out of here
without equipment.

[narrator] Following the gaze
of the eye cave,

Chad, James
and Skinner

have discovered
a collapsed mine
about two miles away...

-[Chad] James,
look at this [bleep].
-[James] Oh, man.

[narrator] ...possibly
one of seven entrances

to the fabled
Rhoades gold mine.

The only way this thing
is gonna get opened up

is with a major
mining operation.

Look around.
We're in the middle
of nowhere.

This is an entry
into the underground system.

Unfortunately, we're gonna
have to find another way
into the underground.

We might not be able
to get in here

but look where
this tunnel is pointed.

It goes down directly
towards the ranch.

This is just one
of seven entrances

according
to the Mormon journal.

The other six
could be off BLM land.

Maybe even on
our property.

[Chad] So this might
connect to the Keyhole
Cavern system.

-Below Blind Frog Ranch.
-They're all connected.

[narrator] With
the mine entrance blocked

and inaccessible
by heavy equipment,

the team will have to find
one of the other six
recorded entrances

closer to Blind Frog Ranch.

Let's go.

Blind Frog Ranch
is right down this way.

And the cave appears
to lead directly to it.

[narrator] By following
the direction of the cave,

they hope to be able
to locate where
and if it intersects

with the Keyhole Cavern
underneath the property.

[intense music playing]

[Duane] Welcome back, fellas.

[Chad] This trip was wild.

We rappelled down
this, like, 250-foot cliff,

looking for this cave.

You guys went rappelling
without us?

[all chuckling]

[man] You couldn't
handle this, Charlie.

[Duane] Charlie
could handle it.

Yeah.

But eventually,
it led us to a collapsed cave.

So we started getting
some of the rocks out

and feel, like, cool air,
like a breeze.

The cool air, to me,
means either there's
another entrance

where it's blowing air
through the whole system.

Or there's a much deeper
cavern system below

-that it's tied into.
-Exactly.

[narrator] The volume
of airflow in and out
of a cave opening

is an indication
of the size of the cavern
system below.

The larger
the cavern system,

the stronger the airflow
will be in and out
of the cave.

This is a geological
phenomenon known
as cave breathing.

This could have been
one of the entrances
to the Rhoades Mine.

But where
is this place?

Well, that's the problem.
It's on BLM land.

And this isn't just
like some easy process.

Like, there's huge boulders

and we'd have to have
a full-scale mining
operation there.

You know, fellas,
that's all good information,

but we can't get off
our property.

We know what claim-jumpers
are doing to us

and we don't wanna be
one of those ourselves.

But the bottom line is
that that's just one entrance.

-The legend is there is
seven entrances.
-[James] Correct.

So if we can find out
wherever that tunnel leads,

maybe we can find
one of these other entrances.

That's damn good thinking,
fellas, and maybe will lead
to what we're doing here.

But right now,
we got... we got
bigger problems.

Yeah? Like what?

The trespassers,
they are a top priority.

You know, if we can
catch 'em in the act,

we can move them
the hell outta here.

[narrator] The team
heads out to sweep
the property

for evidence
of the trespassers' operation.

Charlie and Chad
climb up to investigate

what appears to be
a camp hidden
at high altitude.

Yeah, I've been watching
these guys... up here.

Of course, they've been
watching me, too.

But let's see what they got
going on up here.

[Chad] [bleep] man,
they got [bleep] scattered
all over the [bleep] place.

[Charlie] I can see
these piles of dirt.

What the [bleep]?
Look how big this is, man.

Look at this [bleep].

[Charlie] Holy [bleep]!
Look at this.

Man.

[intense music playing]

This is way deeper
than those other ones.

I'm talking that's like


They're looking
for the treasure
like we are.

They're treasure-hunting.

They're trying to beat us
to the punch.

We spent near 14 years
up here now.

And they think they can just
run right in here and start
digging a bunch of holes.

And just walk right out
with all of the treasure,

whatever it might be.

I'm tired of this [bleep].

-[Chad] Yeah.
-This ends now.

Let's-- Let's stop
these [bleep].

-[Chad] They have
a railing system here.
-Yeah.

To pull out the dirt.

Chad and I just found
a brand new hole

that was being dug
by the trespassers
coming out here.

It's a fresh dig,
and they're probably coming
at night when we're not here.

They're seeing what
we're doing, constantly.

[narrator] Waiting
until the team leaves
for the night to dig,

the trespassers have
carefully chosen dig sites

that are around
the perimeter

in order to avoid detection.

Oh, there's no way
they could've done this
by hand.

What else would they
have done it with?

They didn't have an excavator.
There's no tracks
that excavators--

No, there's no tracks

but that's a lot
of damn work
by hand.

I don't know how many people
they had out here.

What the [bleep]?
Why here?

-I'm tired of this [bleep].
This ends now.
-Yeah.

Let's, let's stop
these [bleep].

[tense music playing]

[narrator] Meanwhile, Duane
and James have spotted

something unusual
on the property.

Here it is, James.

They got some gear.

-Charlie boy!
-[Charlie] Yeah?

Come on down here!

They got some kind
of gear up here.

-Is this theirs?
-Yeah.

-[Charlie] Well,
that's a damn tent.
-[Duane] Look at that sack.

[Charlie] Their bags.

-Yeah, bring it up here.
-Should I bring it--

[Duane] What the hell?

-[Charlie] Yeah.
-This is expl*sive wire.
Look at that.

It's dynamite, boys.

They're blowing [bleep] up
out here.

[Duane] They damn sure are.

That's on the ranch.
We gonna keep that
as evidence.

All right. Good thinkin'.

That hole up there
is 30 foot deep.

These guys ain't
[bleep] around.

They've been up here
for months.

-Yeah. [bleep]
-You know what?

This [bleep] ends now.

-It ends [bleep] now, boys.
-[Chad] Yeah.

[narrator] For Duane
to get the poachers removed
from his property,

he'll need to take matters
into his own hands

and to the courts.

Well, looks like
they left more
of their [bleep].

We damn sure got
a present for their asses.

[bleep] trespassers.

The people out here doin' it
think they have the right
to do it.

Here's how
it's gonna go down.

I'll get a hold of
the lawyers. We'll get
this [bleep] shut down.

[narrator] Next on
the Mystery at
Blind Frog Ranch...

We're gonna pop a hole
in the energy zone and see
if we can find that void.

Chad. Got some
trespassers on foot.

-Right there.
-Right there.

[Duane] [bleep]
Charlie, your right!

There they go.
They're running
right through there.

[Duane] Charlie boy,
they're haulin' a*s.

What the hell is that?

[bleep] Something k*lled this.
I don't know what the hell
it is.

Duane!

What you described,
that doesn't exist
up here in this region.

This is something very odd
I haven't seen before,
and I've seen it all.

[Duane] Here we come.

We're gonna take the rat hole
rig right down through
this ravine.

If he slips,
it's dangerous.

It's no game.

Here we go.
That'll make his [bleep]
pucker up.

Be careful of collapse.

-[Chad] This could
be unstable.
-It could be very unstable.

[bleep]

[Charlie] Starting to see
some storm clouds.

We got a [bleep] 100-foot
lightning rod stickin' up.

[thunderclap]

That lightning's
two miles away!

Oh [bleep].

-[thunderclap]
-[bleeping]