02x01 - Breaking Ground

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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.

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.

- Look, look, look!

- What is that?

- It's gone.

Look at the cows.

That is the strangest thing.

There is something

going on out here.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

Here's the helipad.

We're making our

final approach in here.

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, 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.

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, this is my first time

being here, but, 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, 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.

- 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.

- Thanks, Kaleb.

- Thanks, Kaleb.

So next, Travis,

as you come out

and, rejoin the effort,

are you prepared for another

stint here at skinwalker ranch?

Well, 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.

That's exciting.

What would you propose

as far as experiments?

I would actually like

to look underneath

the surface of the ranch.

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.

I know for a fact

crap goes down when people

start disturbing the earth.

I have to say unequivocally

say no digging.

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.

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, scanning.

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.

Wow.

That's unbelievable.

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.

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

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.

- Nice.

- 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.

Dr. Lee and I have to, depart.

- You bet. Thank you.

- Thank you. - Thanks, Brandon.

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?

Yeah.

How deep do you think it is?

Well, I'm not sure.

Don't know how-how much

that stuff's piled up on there.

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.

Just diverting the stream.

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.

- Come on, dragon!

- Sorry, man. Sorry.

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.

I actually think

I may have a five-gallon

bucket over there.

Let me go see if I can find one.

I want to measure

just how much water

we're dumping in this pit.

So, with a five-gallon

bucket and a stopwatch

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.

Even as fast as that's going in,

I'm-I'm still shocked

it's not coming up faster.

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.

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.

What's up, Casey?

Welcome back, man.

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.

- Watch this stuff.

It's-it's cool when-when

it hits look at that.

Wow.

- Is that not awesome?

- Not what I expected.

- It's like the ninja turtles.

- Yeah!

- Secret of the Secret of the ooze here.

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

- Yeah.

- 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, 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, the big creek.

I'll take tom and

kandus, and we'll go hit

- this middle section right here.

- Okay.

- Sure.

- 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.

Nice.

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.

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

- 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

We'll just follow the

river down that way.

I mean, you can

follow the river back up.

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.

- Okay.

- All right.

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.

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.

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.

You know, where we

drilled is just right

Like, what, 20 feet right there?

- Yeah.

- 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.

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.

I think we should.

All right. Let's try that.

Here's the hole.

I think we can probably

see down in there.

Look. You can see

the water down here.

- 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.

I think we should.

Yeah.

I'm in mud.

Here, hold on.

I'll put a top on it.

Pull it up quick.

Well, I don't see

any green water.

No, looks pretty clear.

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?

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

- Yeah.

- 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.

So, the next logical place

that Thomas and Casey

and I are going to check

is the old cistern

behind homestead two.

You got your flashlight, right?

Yeah, I got it.

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.

- Do you see any dye?

- No, no dye.

It's curious.

We still don't know

where this water's going.

Let's head back out.

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.

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.

If somebody'd keep

an eye on the water.

Looks like normal water so far.

I'd be shocked if we

were able to see something

at this point, as much

as it would be diluted.

- Sure.

- Sure.

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.

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.

- It's super clear.

So, I guess you

don't see any green.

No, I don't.

So, the dose readings in here

have actually dropped, so

we're getting some shielding

from the concrete, probably.

But it's actually lower

- in here.

- Okay. All right.

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.

Well, that's interesting.

We haven't found anything

yet here around, 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.

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. 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.

Greetings, gentlemen.

How are you?

- Hey, Brandon.

- Hey, Brandon, we're fine.

So how did the

investigation go today,

and, what's, 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, significant.

Brandon, I'd like your

permission to be able to

bring some equipment

on and, dig that brush out,

and maybe even excavate

out some around that hole

and towards the road

where we, drilled at.

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.

Um, I really

appreciate your efforts,

but we know that things

have happened on that ranch,

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?

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.

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.

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.

You guys all loaded up in

the jeep, ready to come out?

Copy that, dragon.

We're all here.

We're on our way out. We'll be

out there in just a few minutes.

- Copy that. See you.

- Over and out.

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, 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?

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.

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.

Just wait for him to get

more of those

branches out of the way.

Yeah, that's gonna

be great to see

what's down at the

bottom of that thing.

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.

There's a lot of stuff

in that hole, man.

And, of course, there's

always the question of,

when you upset the

earth, does anything

ranch phenomenon

related take place?

Hey, Thomas?

- Yeah?

- Let's do a safety sweep

- while we got it right here.

- Okay.

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, 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.

- 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.

- 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.

It's just instantly

hacking that.

And it just goes right past it.

That's-that's almost

technologically impossible

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

- Yup.

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, 911

and my dispatch

number within a minute.

That startles me.

So, if you go to

the exotic, then,

something here is

crying out for help.

Or is it giving us a warning?

So, here we are digging

this hole, and kaleb's screen

starts opening up apps,

trying to make phone calls.

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.

When the rockets

were sh**ting off

One. Ignition.

Every time we've had

something big happening

at the ranch, it seems like

he's got issues with that phone.

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.

Wow.

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?

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.

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.

- It feels like it's just pure clay.

- It is.

Nothing?

Nothing.

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.

- 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.

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?"

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.

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?"

Kaleb, y'all keep y'all's

g*n 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 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.

- 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.

I'm telling you right now

that there-there was clearly

- something right there watching us eat.

- Yeah.

I'm turning off the

camera, by the way.

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.

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 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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

You can see the mesa

glow in that camera.

Unreal.

When you walked

inside the building,

it didn't take any data.

The temperature

around the homestead

began to drop.

You're in launch,

the electromagnetic

spectrum is going crazy, guys.

Hey, look, the cows

Something's got

the cows going nuts.

Thomas has spotted a light.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Right here.

What do you think it is?

It is a portal.

Holy!

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.

We're engaging the phenomena.

The question is, are you

willing to all accept the risks?

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.