04x01 - Death Rumble

[bunniefuu]

[Chad] The signal said that that
beacon is right in this body of water.

[groans] Jesus.

[Chad] I didn't know they were
all connected, which is crazy.

- We're this far away...
- [man 1] Yeah. This could be leading right back.

Yeah, this could be
one of the entrances.

And it might be deep.

Do you think you
could dive that?

- Yeah.
- [man 2] Let's do it.

[Chad] This is the risk we
have to take to find this gold.

This could be another entrance to
a whole underground cave system.

I'm showing 3,000 pounds.

Three thousand left?

And we might find
that b*tch today.

So right here,
all along this wall,

- that's the area we gotta check.
- [man 2] All right.

[man 1] Good luck, Chad.

- It's deeper than I thought.
- He's way down there.

[man 2 speaking]

[Chad] Oh, my God!

[chuckles] Yeah,
this is [bleep] wild.

[bleep] yeah!

[laughter]

Holy [bleep].

This is the cave.

[narrator] Northeast Utah
is a place of mysteries.

Including legends of treasures

buried by long
dead civilizations.

[man] Oh, wow, look at that.

This has to be
hundreds of years back.

- [narrator] Unexplained phenomena...
- [groaning]

What the hell is that?

[narrator] ...that defy
human understanding.

I've never seen
anything like that.

[narrator] All these mysteries
meet at a crossroads.

A 160-acre property
known as Blind Frog Ranch.

Duane Ollinger has owned Blind
Frog Ranch for over a decade.

And each year, he's
drilled closer to the truth...

Hell, yeah, he can
go faster than that.

It's working!

[narrator] ...and
long lost Aztec gold

he believes is buried
deep beneath his ranch.

[man] It's freaking massive.

Could the Aztecs
have discovered this?

[narrator] But the
closer he gets...

[Chad] Whoo! Feel alive, boys!

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

[narrator] ...the more
the land fights back.

[Charlie] What would
eat the head off of it?

Weird [bleep] goes
on around here.

- [man 1] It's blinking red.
- [man 2] Poison gas.

Get out! Go! [bleep] Go!

[narrator] But Duane
will move heaven

- and earth.
- [man] Fire in the hole.

[all exclaiming]

[narrator] ...until he gets to
the bottom of the mystery...

[Charlie] We've
started this whole deal

and we're sure as
hell gonna finish it.

[narrator] ...and solves
what's lurking below.

[Eric] Holy [bleep].
There's something in there.

[Chad] Hell yeah!

[clamoring]

[narrator] ...at
Blind Frog Ranch.

[Eric] So nice out here.

Yeah. Beautiful, isn't it? A
lot less snow than last year.

For the last ten years, I've been
helping my dad try to find this Aztec gold

that he believes is
underneath the ranch

in the cave system.

[over radio] Perfect. Let's
start digging over here.

We've come so freaking
close to finding it,

and we've uncovered
so many clues.

I know the gold is down there.

Look at that.

Look how far that goes.

But, man, it has not been easy.

[thunderclap]

It's like the land
knows something.

[Duane] Oh... We
might be sinking.

Like it's fighting us, trying
to hold on to this treasure.

[man] Look at
that son of a b*tch.

[Chad] It's like the
insides are gone.

But this year, nothing
is going to stop us

from getting into those caverns

and finding that gold.

We know from imaging
that we did last year,

that there's a huge chamber
underground that's shaped like a keyhole.

We think it's man-made
and it's massive.

Like a quarter mile long.

But we weren't able
to find an entrance...

[man] No drilling now?

Time to call it. Shut it down.

[Chad] ...until I
found that south cave.

Look at this.

There's a cave.
There's an opening.

It's a narrow tunnel
that goes underground

right towards the keyhole.

It opens up into a massive cave.

Like we go in
this tight a*s cave.

Went through it
about a hundred foot,

and then it just opens up
to this huge cavern, man.

And then, in the
back of the cavern,

we found these, like,
big hewned logs, like,

- man-made cut logs.
- Oh, no kidding! Wow.

So if those were hand-cut,

- they could be hundreds of years old.
- Yeah.

Oh, my God! Look it!
Look it! Look it! Look it!

This is actually hewn.
Somebody made this.

So far, we haven't found
where the south cave

connects to the keyhole chamber.

But I'm sure that's the way in.

I just need some help
finding that connecting tunnel.

- I've missed being out here.
- Yeah.

We asked our geologist,
Eric Drummond,

to come out to Blind Frog Ranch.

I want to take him
to that south cave

and see if he can find a way
into that keyhole chamber.

Nice. I want to see it.
I want to get in there.

Yeah. You're gonna love it, man.

It's gonna blow your mind.

The past year, I've been
working all over the world,

you know, looking at
prospects here and there.

There's a lot of
things out there to find.

But finding Aztec gold right
here at Blind Frog Ranch,

that would be the
find of a lifetime.

So I'm really excited
to be back out here

and help these
guys figure it out.

[narrator] According to lore,

when the Spanish army invaded
the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519,

the Aztec emperor sent
his fortune of gold northward

to hide it from Cortes.

The treasure is estimated to contain
over 3,000 pounds of gold bars,

artifacts and jewelry

worth more than
$3 billion today.

Scholars have long believed

that it was hidden underground

somewhere in northeast Utah.

[Duane] There they are.

There's two outlaws right there.

So we're just about getting
ready to start digging here

on Blind Frog Ranch again.

We've been waiting all winter

to come back and find the gold.

We really think that Aztec gold

is stored in that
keyhole chamber.

So getting in there,
that's gonna be

the biggest step
we'll do this year.

-[laughter] -Good
to see you again.

[Eric] Good to be here.

I've been working with the
guys for the last two years

trying to help them find gold.

We've got a lot of unfinished
business here to figure out.

Charlie, we'll get that map.

- Let's show this to Eric.
- [Charlie] Yeah.

Here's the
keyhole-shaped cavern,

and that's why we dug here.

Bead Site right here and here's
the south cave, right in here.

My money's on that south
cave. That's our best option.

You know, that Bead
Site's got artifacts.

It's got so much stuff going on.

[narrator] Last year, Duane and
the crew discovered ancient artifacts

and smoke chimneys

at a location known
as the Bead Site.

That's a great find. I'll go
put that over with the others.

[narrator] These discoveries not
only indicated human habitation,

but a possible entrance
into the keyhole cavern.

And as we dig down, I
think we'll find the dome.

Don't forget, the Bead Site is right
over the tails of the keyhole chamber.

I mean, but we've already
found the tunnel right here.

There's no telling how
old it is, or who created it.

We're talking wood
that's been placed in there

from somewhere that
we have no idea about.

I think what we need
to do is just split up then.

[narrator] The team
has decided to explore

two different possible ways
into the keyhole chamber.

The south cave,

which sits below the head
of the keyhole chamber,

and the Bead Site,

which sits right above the tail
side of the underground cavern.

All right, we get the south
cave, y'all get the Bead Site.

It's a race to the treasure.
Whoever loses, buys us beer.

All right. Deal.

All right. Well,
we got two sides.

No bull [bleep] here, fellas.

If we can help y'all down on
the other end, we will, and...

we won't need y'all's help.

[Chad] Yeah. This
is the spot right here.

- [Eric] We're going up here?
- [Chad] Yep.

[Eric] Wow.

- Right in there. Now I see it.
- [Chad] Yeah, yeah.

[Eric] I mean, it's no wonder
we've never found this before.

- [Chad] Yeah.
- It's just so small. It's so well hidden.

So Chad and the crew
brought me out here to see

where the south cave
connects to the keyhole chamber.

So I'm gonna do
a full assessment

for any entrances or tunnels
they may have missed.

And I'm gonna grab
some soil samples.

Oh. Certainly is small.

Right?

And look for signs
of human activity,

which might point
to a hidden tunnel.

These lines here,

- that's the bedding of the sandstone.
- Right. Right.

But this right here, you see how

- it's all fractured up?
- Uh-huh. Yeah.

- It's a zone of weakness, obviously.
- Uh-huh.

And I also want to get a sample of
those logs that Chad told me about.

All right.

- Let's do it.
- Let's do it, man.

- [Eric] It's dark.
- [Chad] Hold on. Let me get my light on.

[Eric] Get your light on, Chad.

- Here we go.
- [Chad] Let's go. Let's get in there.

Let's check this out, man. I've
been waiting to show you this [bleep].

[narrator] To get
to the south cave,

Chad and Eric must
crawl one after the other,

over 150 feet through
a tight passageway

that is barely three
feet in diameter.

Once at the south cave,

Eric will survey the area

for any potential tunnels
to the keyhole cavern.

[grunts]

What the [bleep]?

It's tight, yeah?

I forgot how narrow this was.

[Eric] How much farther, Chad?

[Chad] Uh, we're about
a quarter way there.

-[Eric] [bleep] -[Chad] It's
worth it, I promise, man,

[grunting]

All right. It opens
up a bit here, Eric.

- This is the fork in the cave.
- [Eric] Okay.

[Chad] I want you to see this.

You can see where
this goes in there.

And there's some rocks
that are blocking it off.

[narrator] Seventy-five feet along
the passageway to the south cave,

there's a fork that
points to the west.

But it's unknown
where it actually leads.

[Eric] That looks really tight.

We're not gonna be
able to get in there.

[Chad] Yeah, let's keep moving.

It starts to widen up a
little bit further over here.

- Here it is, man. We're finally here.
- [Eric grunts]

[Chad laughs]

[grunting and panting]

[Chad laughs]

Look at this [bleep], man.

[Eric] Oh, h*, h*, my!

I can see it already.

- Look at this!
- [Chad laughs]

Wow!

Holy cow!

- This is huge.
- [Chad] Isn't this wild?

[Eric] Oh, my God!

This place is amazing.

[Chad] Just wait till
you see the rest of it.

[narrator] Coming up
on Blind Frog Ranch...

- Holy [bleep]! Something moved in there.
- [Chad] What?

Light, light,
light. Right there.

Damn, look how big
that son of a b*tch is.

That's a [bleep] wolf.

Charlie, you got your g*n?

[Eric] Oh, h*, h*,
my! This is huge!

[Chad] Isn't this wild?

Look at this.

And it goes way
back this way, too.

[Eric] Chad, look
at these stalagmites.

[Chad] Wow!

Forming from the ground
water percolating down,

freezing.

Oh, look at that.

- That's amazing.
- [Eric chuckles] Yeah.

This place is amazing.

Wow!

[narrator] Ground water
seeping into the cave from above

has formed stalagmites.

As they form, the ice
captures oxygen inside,

which fluoresces when
ultraviolet light passes through,

making the ice appear to glow.

But the source of
the water is unclear.

The dry rock formation
above the cave

should be shedding water
away from the caverns.

Instead, a steady
supply of ice cold water

is slowly seeping into the
cavern from parts unknown.

[Chad] That is so [bleep]...

[Eric] It's beautiful.

Most caves have a
year-round temperature

of about 55-60
degrees Fahrenheit.

And that's because they're insulated
from the surrounding weather.

And this cave has
stalagmites that are frozen.

And so that, to me, indicates

that there is both water
and cold air coming in.

So we have some
openings somewhere.

It could be a lead.

Over time, the water seeps in
and carves out these caverns.

But honestly, it's still
carving as it settles.

There may even be
more voids below us.

[Chad] Wow.

These are the logs.

- Here they are right here.
- Wow.

The logs are huge.

Yeah. It's like, how
did they get in here?

Absolutely no way they could
have gotten in through that opening.

[Chad] Yeah. They had to
get in some other way, though.

Let's get a sample of these.

We might be able
to carbon date these.

We can see if it's similar
wood as the box in the pond.

[Eric] Yeah.

[narrator] Four years ago,
Chad discovered a wooden box

in a water-filled
cavern on the ranch.

The box was made with


which is consistent with
being from the Aztec empire.

If the timbers in the south cave

are the same species and age,

it could be further evidence

that the Aztecs were in Utah
and on Blind Frog Ranch.

[Eric] Bag it, tag it,
send it off to the lab.

That'll work.

[narrator] The team will
analyze the wood samples

using radiocarbon dating
to determine the age

and dendrochemistry analysis
to determine the tree species.

[Eric] I'm wondering if
the Aztecs were in here

using this as shoring.

But I just... Why did they stop?

[exhales]

This should be enough.

We'll get some
answers here, hopefully.

Let's keep going.

[Chad] Back here
was the hollow spot that

when you bang on it, it's
like a false floor right here.

I'll show you.

- [Chad] Did you hear that?
- Yeah, it does sound hollow.

Maybe that's how they
got those logs in here.

Maybe someone
purposely buried it

so we can't get in there.

And look at that, too.

-[Eric] Yeah, that
goes... -A ways in there.

- I think that tunnel fork we saw back in there...
- Oh, at the cave. Yeah.

And this area here are both
good candidates to dig out.

Yeah, I think so.

My best guess
at this point is that

either the tunnel fork or
the hollow sounding floor

could lead us to that
connecting tunnel.

Next, we'll do a scan
with a magnetometer

to pinpoint where
to start excavating.

We'll pack her up
here and get out.

[Duane] Bob, how's it going?

- [Bob] How have you been?
- Good, good.

Glad to see you again.

Well, it's time to figure
this deal out here.

[narrator] Duane and Charlie
have invited scientist Bob Morton

to help them
examine the Bead Site,

an area that sits above
the tail end of the keyhole.

Over the years, Duane and
his team have discovered

many indigenous
artifacts at the Bead Site.

They also noticed what
appeared to be smoke vents

on the side of the rock.

Even over there, like, vents.

These little holes
where smoke goes up.

[narrator] All these clues
lead Duane to believe

the area may hold an entrance
to the underground chamber.

Ever since we've been here,
we've always thought that

those smoke marks
were vent holes from

humans somewhere down below us.

[narrator] Duane has asked Bob
to test the material on the walls.

If it is soot from
human activity,

then it would indicate
that people were living

somewhere under the
Bead Site rock formation.

Perhaps within the
keyhole chamber.

Yeah, this soot is nowhere
else to be found on this property.

- Really?
- Mmm-hmm.

I'm Dr. Bob Morton. I'm a
professional analytical chemist.

What's interesting
about coming back here,

is you find things
that are extraordinary

and you scratch your head.

And you're trying to figure out

what in the heck is going
on, and how are they related?

We'll take a sample

and we'll analyze it
and find out what it is.

So your test should be able to

tell us maybe an age
factor of this soot?

If there's carbon there.

Whether we see evidence
of burnt plant material.

[narrator] When logs are burned,

they leave behind
elemental carbon

in the form of ash,
soot and charcoal.

If the black material
turns out to contain carbon,

that means some
settlement, possibly Aztec,

was stoking fires deep
below the Bead Site.

And the material residue
would also allow Bob

to determine the age of the
soot through carbon dating.

[Charlie] So what kind of hi-tech
doodad have you got for us today, Bob?

Razor blade, plastic cup,
and let's not forget the lid.

That's all you need
to take your specimen.

And right now, it's this
black layer right in here

that we want to get

off the rock and collected.

[Charlie] Bob, we definitely want to
get samples out of this soil over here too.

[Bob] Okay.

[Charlie] The difference in the
soil over here, you can see it's soot.

The deeper I dug
here, the darker it got.

[Bob] This is really
an interesting area.

[Charlie] There's beads
everywhere here, Bob.

- [Bob] Oh, really?
- [Charlie] Mmm-hmm.

[Bob] Let's see if
we can pick up a few.

There's a turquoise
one right here.

Each color represents
a different formula

that back in ancient
times, like 500 years ago,

those were trade secrets.

Here's a red one.

And that color is indicative
of glass made with gold.

- Really?
- [Bob] Uh-huh.

Another bead.

Uh, there's another bead.

We damn sure call it the
Bead Site for a reason, Bob.

[Bob] There's a lot
of information here.

I'm gonna go back to the lab,

and we're going to
look at these materials

so we understand where they
came from and what they are.

There's about to be something
interesting that you're going to find.

[James] This is amazing.

Over here used to be
Montezuma's palace.

[narrator] Over 1,500
miles away in Mexico City,

ancient civilizations
expert James Keenan

has been sent by
Duane to search for clues

about the ancient artifacts
they've been finding on the ranch.

So I'm headed to
meet a local historian

who's very knowledgeable
in the Aztec culture.

[narrator] Last year...

We sure as hell
got the right guy.

[narrator] ...James
joined Duane's team...

We have history and knowledge
lost right below our feet.

[narrator] ...and helped to push
Duane's investigation forward.

What do you need
to protect a vault?

Freakin' geological castle.

[narrator] ...which ultimately
led them to the discovery of gold.

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

[narrator] And today, he's
meeting with local historian Julio

to try to understand
how gold made its way

from the Aztec
capital city to Utah.

-[James speaking
Spanish] -[Julio] Oh!

- James! [speaking Spanish]
- [in English] How you doing, Julio?

[speaking Spanish,
then English] Doing great.

[James] We're here
at Templo Mayor,

which was the main
temple of what was formerly

the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan,

which is now Mexico City.

- [Julio] Well, let's take a look inside.
- I'll follow you.

Julio's a colleague of mine that
knows a ton about Tenochtitlan

and the artifacts that
were discovered here.

I've been
corresponding with Julio

and sharing some of
our findings at the ranch.

Look at that.

And he believes
that the Aztec gold

could have made its way
from Tenochtitlan up to Utah.

Quite possibly below
Blind Frog Ranch.

So here it is.

That's what you
were looking for.

This is it. This is the
few gold that's left.

All that was used by
the indigenous people.

Only the high priests,
only the leaders

important people
were able to wear

these kind of artifacts,
like you see these.

Here we see the bar, that
was done by the Spaniards.

So that they could
run away with it.

They could get
it out of the city.

[narrator] In 1519,

when the Spanish,
led by Hernan Cortes,

invaded the Aztec
Empire in Mexico,

they attempted to steal
four tons of Aztec treasure

by melting the gold into bars

and hiding it under their armor.

They were thwarted
by the Aztec emperor.

And historians
believe the Aztecs

then sent the
treasure north to hide it

somewhere in Utah.

[Julio] So as far as the
original gold Aztec artifacts,

not much was
left in Tenochtitlan,

We know there's a lot more,

but we're not exactly
sure where it is.

[James] And if the
Aztecs recovered it

and fled north
through Utah, I mean,

the rest of it could be
under Blind Frog Ranch.

This is what we're looking for.

[Chad] All right, here we go.

[panting and
grunting] All right.

We're almost there.

Eric, you wanna check out
that tunnel fork on the way back?

[Eric grunts] Yeah.

[Eric] Are we there?

[Chad] Yeah. Here's
the fork right here.

It's tight, isn't it?

[Eric] Yeah.

I just want to see if it could be
an entrance to the keyhole cavern.

I got the endoscope here.

[Chad] Perfect. Yeah.
Bring it up here. Can I grab it?

[Eric] Yeah. You
have to get that.

- I got it.
- Got it?

- I think.
- All right.

Got it, man.

[Chad] When I
first crawled in there

and saw this side
tunnel, I thought

that's way too
tight to fit through.

But everything is
on the table now.

If we could somehow
widen that entrance,

this could be our ticket
into the keyhole cavern.

It looks like a partial
collapse in there, doesn't it?

Yeah, it does.

Either a cave in

or someone tried to
do it purposely to hide it.

[Eric] Let's send that
endoscope in there.

All right. Perfect.

[Eric] And let's see
what we can see.

Just feed it through.

And I'm seeing it right here.

It's looking good.

[Chad] I'm gonna climb
in to get a little further in,

straighten this endoscope out.

[Chad grunts]

[Eric] Yeah, a little
bit more, brother.

[Chad grunting and panting]

[Eric] How's it going, Chad?

How far you got it down in?

- I'd say ten foot right now.
- Okay.

I'm trying to feed it,
but it's flopping around.

[Eric] There we go.

All right. You see
anything, Eric?

[Eric] It kind of looks
like it opens up in there.

Can you get it in any more?

[Chad] Okay.

I'm trying to feed...

Holy [bleep], Chad! Chad,
something moved in there.

[Chad] Rocks moving? What?

[Eric] No, there's
an animal in there.

- [Chad] In the back?
- Yes!

[bleep]

[Chad] Let me see that camera.

- There you go.
- So I can see in there.

I don't see anything.

What'd it look like?

Just a blur, but it
was something big.

There was something
moving around?

It was a blur, but I
have no idea what it is.

[Chad] Let me rewind this.

Holy [bleep].

[bleep]

[Chad] Is that a mountain lion?

[Eric] Mountain lion or
a coyote? I don't know.

You know, the
bigger question is,

how the hell did
it get in there?

[Chad] If there's an
animal back there,

the tunnel must widen
and connect somewhere.

Yeah, yeah.

[Chad] [bleep], man.

It's like, weird [bleep].

[Eric] I don't know what it was,

- but let's push on and get out of here.
- Let's go.

[Eric] We're gonna have to come
back to get a better look at that tunnel.

[Chad grunting]

Come on, Chad.

[Chad] Yeah, we
got two more turns,

and we'll be out.

All right, we're at
the end right here.

[Chad] Yeah.

All right,

All right, man. [sighs]

- Shh!
- [rumbling]

Out, Chad. Out!

[Chad] What the hell is that?

I don't know. Just keep
going before we get trapped.

[Chad] I'm going! I'm going!

Go! Go! Go!

[both grunting]

[bleep]

[Chad] Eric!

[Eric] Chad! Chad!

Argh! [bleep]

[bleep]

[Eric] Damn it! Chad!

[bleep]

[Chad] Need a little help here.

[bleep] Damn!

[Eric] Let's go, Chad!

[Chad grunting]

[Chad] What the
[bleep] happened?

- It was like a rumble that started shaking.
- [Eric] Yeah. What is it?

Was it like a [bleep]
earthquake or something?

I don't know.

[Eric] To me, it sounded
like a big collapse

somewhere deep in that system.

The important thing is
you got out of there. Man!

Ah, [bleep].

We gotta go in
there real carefully.

Phew!

Hoo!

We'd better [bleep]
tell my dad and Charlie.

Hey, Bead Side,
Duane and Charlie.

Y'all hear me?

[radio static]

Duane, Charlie, you copy?

There was like a rumble
over here. Did you hear that?

What was that?

Yeah. We were inside the
cave when we heard that.

Scrambled out. We're good.

[Chad] Copy that.

- [James] I'll follow you.
- [Julio] Vamos.

[narrator] Back in Mexico
City, local historian Julio

has taken James to the archives

to examine ancient
maps for clues

as to the path the Aztecs
might have taken north

with their gold while
fleeing the Spanish.

Mexico City is basically here,
and they kept going up north.

[James] Through the desert.

[Julio] They had to take
their treasures with them.

And it was very
difficult for them

to go just up straight north

because they couldn't go
towards the Gulf of Mexico

because it's jungle there.

So they would have
headed a bit west.

New Mexico, Arizona, and then
they ended up in that region of Utah.

Years later,

Spanish explorers came to
the same area of northern Utah,

and they made a map of
something incredible they discovered.

And this is that map.

So here in this map,

we can see the north
of the region of Utah.

[James] What does it say here?

[Julio] It says...

[reading in Spanish]

[in English] So, from
the shores of this lagoon,

the Indians of Mexico went
out to found their empire.

This is the place of origin

in that region of Utah.

What Julio translated
from this map

is quite possibly the
most incredible findings

I've ever heard in all
of my Aztec research.

It basically says

that the Aztec people
originated in Utah.

For years, the historians
were wondering,

why would the Aztecs
bring their gold to Utah?

Well, it was because they were
bringing it to their ancestral homeland.

Which translates as "the
place of the seven caves."

[narrator] According
to their legends,

the Aztecs' ancestors

originated in a place
called Chicomoztoc

or the Place of the Seven Caves.

Though the exact
location was lost long ago,

this Spanish map places
Chicomoztoc in Utah.

[Julio] This is a
drawing of Chicomoztoc.

[James] Holy [bleep].

[Julio] So here we can
see the seven caves,

the mountain,

and we see that there's
surge plains on top

You even see these
people using a coyote skin,

and that's totally
from the north.

[narrator] Julio has shown James

an Aztec illustration
of Chicomoztoc,

an underground civilization
that was believed to house

the seven tribes that
formed the Aztec people,

a location they left
in the 13th century

to form their empire
in central Mexico.

For James, this
is the first time

he's seeing this depiction
together with the Spanish map

that states that
Chicomoztoc is in Utah.

This drawing is incredible.
There's all these details.

But what stuck
out to me the most

is that there's
these seven caves.

Utah history is
filled with rumors

of a Mormon gold mine
with seven entrances

known as the Lost Rhoads Mine.

Last year, we were tracking
clues to the Rhoads Mine

through seven caves.

[Chad] 100% there's a cave.

This is definitely a mine shaft.

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

We have a keyhole cavern system

underneath Blind Frog Ranch.

And it's 90% the same thing.

I think when you
put it all together,

it just helps solidify

how important all
this evidence is.

Not only could Blind Frog
Ranch be sitting on top of the gold,

Blind Frog Ranch
could be sitting on top

of the lost civilization
of Chicomoztoc.

I have got to
show this to Duane.

He needs to hear it, see it.

This is major.

[Duane] Come on in, fellas.

Let's get Bob up on the...

on the computer.

[narrator] Duane has called
the crew back for a meeting.

[Chad] Bob, how's it going?

Hey, Chad. Good to see you.

[narrator] Bob
Morton has completed

his X-ray fluorescence,
or XRF, analysis

of the vents at the Bead Site.

Now, he's ready to
share his findings.

[Bob] ...what you thought
was chimney smoke.

We analyzed by X-ray
fluorescent spectrometry.

And I have some answers for you.

Okay. All right.

[Bob] Black plumes from the
rock around the Bead Site...

[scraping]

What we found was...

it comes back as

charcoal and
charred plant material.

[Chad] I'm glad
you said that. Damn.

[Duane] Hell, yeah.

[Bob] This verifies
what you were thinking.

[narrator] Bob's analysis
not only indicated

the black soot came
from man-made fires,

but the carbon
dating of the material

puts it at roughly


the same time period the
Spanish attacked Tenochtitlan,

sending the Aztecs
north with their gold.

Well, Bob, that's
good information.

Appreciate all that.

Anytime.

Bob just gave us
a hell of a result.

This tells us that someone was
living down below the Bead Site

at the time of the Aztecs.

The next step is to
dig that Bead Site up.

- Thanks, Bob. See you.
- Bye.

[creature growling]

- [Chad] What is that?
- [Charlie] Like an old bear.

Charlie. Light, light, light.

Right over there.

I heard something
right over there.

Right here.

[Charlie] I don't see anything.

[Chad] There. Holy
[bleep]. I see it moving.

That thing's [bleep] huge.

[Charlie] Damn! Look how
big that son of a b*tch is!

- [Chad] You see its eyes?
- [Charlie] See its eyes?

[Chad] I got night
vision. Hold on.

Shut that off. Hold on.

Look at that.

That's a [bleep] wolf.

[Charlie] There ain't no wolves
within 300-400 miles from here.

[Chad] That's a
[bleep] wolf right there.

[Charlie] I don't see it.

[Chad] Right there.

You got your g*n?

What the [bleep].

What the [bleep].

He's gone. I don't
see him anymore.

I just saw him right
here and he's gone.

He just [bleep]
disappeared, man.

What the [bleep].

-[wolf howling in distance] -Blind
Frog Ranch. Something's out there.

[narrator] Blind Frog Ranch
is located 30 miles away

from the notorious
Skinwalker Ranch

deep in the Uinta Basin,

a hotbed for
paranormal activity.

Native Americans
and early settlers

spoke of unnatural creatures,
unexplained disappearances,

and a strange rumbling
noise in the mountains...

[rumbling]

that foretold
death and disaster.

[thunderclap]

Reports persist of UFOs...

[man] That one right
there, look at that.

[narrator] ...crop circles,

cattle mutilations...

[Charlie] This sumbuck was
ripped open from the belly.

- [narrator] ...and shape-shifting creatures.
- [creature howling]

[Chad] We've seen
some weird [bleep] here

and faced danger along the way.

- [man 1] Poison gas.
- [man 2] Let's get out. Go!

- Go!
- [Chad] But we're not stopping.

In fact, we're just
getting started.

- I'm back. Thank you.
- [Charlie] Welcome back, James.

I got a lot of stuff
to show you all.

[Duane] Yeah. Yeah.

[narrator] James has returned
from his trip to Mexico City,

eager to share his findings
with Duane and the team.

What have you got
going on here, James?

So if we talk about
the Aztec history,

I've always told
you all that I believe

that they originated from here.

But down in Mexico,

I found proof.

This map was made
in the early 1800s.

And what we are looking at

is this area from what
the Spaniards had seen,

and what they have been
through on their expeditions.

Well, you know what
this is, gentlemen?

This is the Great Salt Lake.

Do you know what these are?

Uinta Mountains.

- That's where we're at, right in here.
- Yes.

But this line is what
caught my attention.

It translates, "From
the shores of this lake,

the Aztecs left to
found their empire."

[Chad] So the Aztecs
were from here.

From Utah.

Exactly.

[laughs] [bleep]

That's great.

That's amazing.

[James] The Aztec
oral history states

they came from what's
known as Chicomoztoc.

It translates roughly
into "the seven caves."

[Charlie] Oh, wow.

[Chad] Could the Lost Rhoads
Mine be a part of these caves?

We're talking about seven
caves. I mean, it's possible.

[Chad] Hell, yeah.

[narrator] According
to local legend,

one of the seven entrances
to the Lost Rhoads Mine

was revealed to Thomas
Rhoads, a Mormon pioneer

by Chief Wakara of
the Timpanogos Nation.

The Timpanogos were known as
the keepers of the Aztec caverns,

leading some scholars to believe

that the Lost Rhoads Mine

could be connected to the
gold from the Aztec empire.

Caleb Rhoads' clues could have been
based on the legend of Chicomoztoc.

[Duane] It did have
seven entrances.

- [James] That's it. Yeah.
- Wow.

[James] But here's what's
even more interesting.

Down in Mexico, Julio
showed me this painting

from a 450-year-old codex.

This is the illustration of the
Aztec homeland, Chicomoztoc.

Keyhole cave from last year.

Seven caves Chicomoztoc.

They match up.

- It looks like the same thing.
- [Chad laughs] Same thing.

Holy [bleep].

You know, this is big, James.

[bleep] yeah.

[James] The other thing, too,

is Chicomoztoc
was supposed to be

below this bent or
curved hill or mountain.

But I think that this feature

may actually be
above the energy zone

where we have those rocks
that are somewhat bent.

[Duane] No way.

[James] And the legend also says

Chicomoztoc was near a river.

Well, that's likely Crow Creek.

So this keyhole could
be the home of the Aztecs.

[James] Correct.

This could mean the Aztecs
didn't just originate in Utah,

they originated here.

[Duane] This is major.

[Chad] Wow!

[laughs]

And what safer place to
take treasure than here?

A place they already knew about

because it was their
ancient homeland.

- It's all lining up.
- [Chad] Yeah.

[Duane] This is bigger
than we have ever imagined.

Not only are we closer than ever

to finding that treasure,

we might be sitting
on the birth site

of a whole civilization.

[Chad] We're close.
We're close, boys.

We gotta get on this.

It's gonna be a big year.

Let's get to work,
fellas. Let's go.

[narrator] This season

on the Mystery at
Blind Frog Ranch...

What are we waiting for?

[narrator] New leads have the
Ollingers bringing in a hired g*n.

- Fellas, this is Josh.
- [Bob] How you doin'?

[narrator] Fresh
eyes bring fresh finds.

- [man 1] That's dinosaur bone.
- [man 2] This is working.

We need to chase it then.

[urging horse]

[narrator] But the land doesn't
give up its secrets without a fight...

[Duane] Watch out!

[bleep]

[narrator] ...and
dangers above ground...

[Chad] Oh, man!
They keep coming!

One rock comes
down, you're dead.

[narrator] ...and below...

[Chad] It's opening up.

Everyone out! Everyone out!
Get out! Out! Out! Out! [bleep]

[narrator] ...threaten to derail

- the entire operation.
- [bleep] bro.

Further we get into this deal,

the more dangerous it's getting.

That's a long ways down.

[narrator] With the ancient
Aztec treasure in reach...

That gold is cursed.

[narrator] ...Duane and his
team are willing to dig deep...

- [man] It's gonna drain.
- [motor switching on]

[Charlie] It's pumping a lot!

Hell, yeah.

[narrator] ...push hard...

[Charlie] Let her
have it! Get it, Duane!

[narrator] ...and
put it all on the line.

[Eric] There's a lot of
predator/prey going on here.

[Charlie] Hey!

I just hope we're not the prey.

Hold on! All stop!

You got a skull?
Like a human skull?

[narrator] ...to
finally solve...

This was put here.

We got gold, boys!

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

Now you're talking.