Search for the Lost Giants (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Unraveling the Mystery - full transcript
Brothers Jim and Bill Vieira discover a previously unknown hidden chamber where they believe a giant skeleton may be buried.
[ominous music]
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HERE IT IS, RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A SPOT
WHERE A SKELETON WAS EXHUMED.
THE ACCOUNT IS THAT THE
JAWBONE WAS SO LARGE IT COULD
FIT OVER THE FACE OF A FINDER.
THIS SKELETON WASN'T JUST TALL,
IT WAS GIANT.
SO WE'LL TAKE SOME BIG,
LONG SCANS AND LOOK FOR
DISTURBANCES, ANOMALIES,
ANYTHING IN THERE THAT MAY
STRIKE US AS ABNORMAL.
EXCELLENT.
[electronic beeping]
male narrator: BROTHERS JIM
AND BILL VIEIRA ARE BEGINNING
THE QUEST OF A LIFETIME.
THAT'S A GOOD FIT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS ARE
STONEMASONS IN A SMALL MASSACHUSETTS TOWN.
BUT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
JIM HAS DEVOTED EVERY SPARE
MINUTE TO UNRAVELING A FANTASTIC MYSTERY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
SCIENCE-FICTION, BUT THE BOTTOM
LINE IS, I BELIEVE IN GIANTS.
THAT'S IT.
IT'S A WILD STORY THAT STARTED
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S NO WAY A COLONIAL
FARMER BUILT THIS THING.
Narrator: JUST A FEW MILES
FROM THEIR HOME, JIM AND BILL
NOTICE STRANGE STONE WALLS AND TUNNELS.
THERE ARE NO CHISEL MARKS.
IT'S NOT QUARRIED STONE.
I MEAN, IT JUST BLEW OUR MINDS.
Narrator: BASED ON THEIR
OF STONEWORK, THE VIEIRAS
BELIEVE THAT THESE STRUCTURES
COULD BE MUCH OLDER THAN THE
COLONIAL RUINS FOUND THROUGHOUT
NEW ENGLAND.
COULD THESE STONE STRUCTURES
THAT WE FOUND BE PART OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION?
Narrator: IN AN ATTEMPT TO
SOLVE THIS MYSTERY, JIM STUMBLED
UPON A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT THAT
WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
I STARTED TO READ THROUGH
TOWN HISTORIES OF MASSACHUSETTS.
DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1895.
WHAT I ENDED UP FINDING WAS
AN EVEN STRANGER PHENOMENON.
ON PAGE 78, I FOUND AN ACCOUNT
OF A SKELETON UNEARTHED BY
A FARMER IN DEERFIELD, MASS...
8-FOOT TALL... DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.
AND I WAS... I WAS STUNNED,
AND I SHOWED BILLY, AND...
I GAVE HIM A WTF.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, YOU KNOW?
8-FOOT TALL, DOUBLE ROWS OF
TEETH: IT SOUNDED LIKE A MONSTER.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
I'M SKEPTICAL, AND I SAID,
"IT'S JUST STORYTELLING.
GET THAT AWAY FROM ME."
[laughter]
BUT JIM, ONCE HE GETS ON A
MYSTERY, THERE'S NO LETTING GO.
Narrator: JIM COMBED THE TOWN
LIBRARY FOR MORE CLUES.
HE UNCOVERED THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SCRAPBOOK OF REVERED LOCAL
HISTORIAN GEORGE SHELDON.
AND I OPEN IT UP.
I STARTED TO SEE GIANT SKELETON
ACCOUNTS CUT AND PASTED IN THE SCRAPBOOK.
AND THAT WAS MY DA VINCI CODE MOMENT.
I STARTED COLLECTING THESE
ACCOUNTS OF GIANT SKELETON
FINDS: OZARK CAVES IN ARKANSAS, 9-FOOT,
BURLINGTON, IOWA, 7'6 ", PROVO, UTAH, 8'6",
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 8-FOOT,
BURRILLVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, SALEM, OREGON,
SPARROW MOUNTAIN, OKLAHOMA,
WOKINGHAM, VERMONT, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
DUDE, YOU GOT TO TAP THE BRAKES.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK YOU'RE WHACKED.
WHY IS ANYBODY GONNA THINK I'M WHACKED?
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BIG JIM
HAS BE REELED IN.
HE'S COMPLETELY OBSESSIVE.
EVERY DAY HE'D COME UP WITH
A NEW GIANT ACCOUNT.
I'M LIKE A FREAK SHOW.
I JUST CAN REMEMBER VOLUMES OF INFORMATION.
I'M LIKE A MUTANT, YOU KNOW?
TOTALLY.
[laughter]
BUT TO DATE, WE PROBABLY HAVE
ABOUT 1,400 OR 1,500 ACCOUNTS
AND GOING, FROM CATALINA ISLAND,
CALIFORNIA, TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD.
DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH,
7-FOOT AND TALLER SKELETONS REPORTED.
NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST,
L.A. TIMES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON REPORTED GIANT
BONES IN VIRGINIA.
EVEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TALKED
ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF GIANT BONES.
AT A CERTAIN POINT, I...
RELUCTANTLY STARTED TO BELIEVE.
Narrator: BUT IF ALL THE
ACCOUNTS ARE TO BE BELIEVED,
WHAT IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE
ENORMOUS SKELETONS?
ARE THESE COLOSSAL CREATURES
EVIDENCE OF A LOST WORLD
THAT'S REMAINED HIDDEN
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS?
THERE'S DIFFERENT THEORIES.
ONE IS THAT THERE WAS A ROYAL
CLASS OF GIANT NATIVE AMERICANS.
THIS CIVILIZATION RADIATED OUT
FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY,
BUILT GEOMETRIC FORMS
AND MASSIVE, PYRAMID-LIKE
STRUCTURES, BURIAL MOUNDS.
BUT ALSO, THE NATIVE AMERICANS
SPOKE OF AN ANCIENT ENEMY,
OFTENTIMES PORTRAYED AS A
CANNIBALISTIC RACE OF GIANTS.
BUT THE STORY DOESN'T END THERE.
EVERY CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD
HAS MYTHS AND LEGENDS ABOUT GIANTS.
YOU HAVE GOLIATH, THE TITANS,
THE CYCLOPS OR GRENDEL.
PAUL BUNYAN AND JACK AND THE BEAN STALK.
IT'S IN THE COLLECTIVE
IMAGINATION OF HUMANITY FOR SOME REASON.
Narrator: COULD SEVERAL
MILLENNIA OF FOLKLORE AND
MYTHOLOGY BE ROOTED IN AN
INCREDIBLE REALITY?
WAS THERE AN ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
THAT ONCE BUILT ASTONISHING
STONE MONUMENTS AND ENTOMBED ITS
GIGANTIC DEAD?
IF SO, THEN WHERE IS THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE?
WHERE ARE THE GIANT SKELETONS?
MUSEUMS HAD THESE BONES.
THEY WERE IN THE RECORDS.
THERE'S LITERALLY A THOUSAND
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS, BUT TO DATE
THERE IS NOT ONE VERIFIED GIANT
BONE AT A MUSEUM.
THAT'S THE BIG MYSTERY.
WHERE ARE THE BONES?
Narrator: ONE EXPLANATION
COULD BE THAT REPORTED GIANT
BONES WERE AMONG THOUSANDS OF
SKELETONS RETURNED TO NATIVE
TRIBES ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
REPATRIATION LAWS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT
SLIPPED THROUGH THE HANDS OF HISTORY.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THEORY.
SOME BELIEVE THERE WERE
SCIENTISTS AROUND THE TURN
OF THE 20th CENTURY WHO
DELIBERATELY CONCEALED THESE
ALLEGED GIANT FINDS.
THERE IS A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WERE
ACTIVELY TAKEN AWAY.
THEY'RE IN SOME DARK CORNER,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MATCHING UP
WITH SOMEBODY'S VERSION OF HUMAN HISTORY.
I HAVEN'T VISITED THE SECRET
WAREHOUSE, BUT THERE'S A GOOD
CASE TO BE MADE.
Narrator: DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD, ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND
EXPLORERS WHO WORKED TO COMPILE
EVIDENCE OF GIANTS WERE LARGELY
DISMISSED BY THE SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT.
THE WHOLE TOPIC IS RADIOACTIVE.
ACADEMICS KNOW, DON'T TOUCH IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL DRIVEN
TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FIELD,
'CAUSE NOBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.
Narrator: NOW THE VIEIRAS
HAVE DECIDED TO PUT THEIR
STONEWORK ASIDE FOR THE SUMMER,
TAP INTO THEIR SAVINGS...
HERE WE GO, BROTHER.
Narrator: AND DEDICATE
THEMSELVES FULL-TIME TO THIS QUEST.
GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND ACCOUNTS
TO FOLLOW UP FROM MASSACHUSETTS
TO OHIO AND MISSOURI AND NEVADA.
Narrator: THEY'LL USE
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND
DELVE INTO LONG-HIDDEN RECORDS
TO ANSWER, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
A QUESTION THAT COULD CHANGE
THE WAY HUMAN HISTORY IS WRITTEN.
ARE GIANTS MORE THAN JUST MYTH?
IT MIGHT BE A CRAZY NOTION,
BUT IT'S REALLY A MYSTERY
THAT I COULDN'T LEAVE ALONE.
WE CAN SEE PRETTY DEEP ON IT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS' FIRST
TASK ON THEIR QUEST:
TO EXAMINE THE VERY SITE THAT
SPARKED JIM'S OBSESSION.
NOTHING OVER HERE.
Narrator: IN 1895, HISTORIAN
GEORGE SHELDON DOCUMENTED THE
DISCOVERY AT THIS VERY SPOT OF
AN 8-FOOT GIANT SKELETON.
THE VIEIRAS ARE THE FIRST TO USE
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
AT THE DEERFIELD SITE.
THEY'RE HOPING TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT COULD CORROBORATE SHELDON'S ACCOUNT.
WE KNOW IT'S A LONG SHOT,
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRAVE
GOODS, A STONE-LINED GRAVE,
ANYTHING THAT COULD INDICATE
THAT THIS WAS THE BURIAL SITE OF
THAT GIANT SKELETON.
I'M NOT AS CONVINCED AS JIM
ABOUT GIANTS.
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY BROTHER.
IF WE CAN FIND ANYTHING IN
DEERFIELD THAT VERIFIES THIS,
THEN I'LL BE GOOD TO GO ON THIS MISSION.
OH, MAN.
Narrator: FOR THE VIEIRAS,
THIS SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE IS NOT
ONLY ACADEMIC, IT'S PERSONAL.
JIM STARTED DOING THESE TALKS.
HE WAS JUST SHARING WHAT HE
LOVED WITH PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO WEAVE A STRANGE
TALE, AND I JUST ASK FOR AN OPEN MIND.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT STONE
STRUCTURES AND THE POSSIBILITY
THAT SOME OF THESE WERE PRE-COLONIAL.
LOOK AT HOW ELABORATE THAT IS.
I ALSO TALKED ABOUT ENCOUNTERING
ALL THESE GIANT REPORTS.
SO NOW I GOT A BLACK BELT IN GIANTOLOGY.
[cheers and applause]
narrator: VIDEOS OF JIM'S
TALKS WERE POSTED ON THE INTERNET.
EVERY DAY WE'RE LIKE, "OH, 2,000 HITS!
20,000 HITS!
115,000 HITS!"
narrator: BUT THERE WERE SOME
IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WHO
DISMISSED JIM AND HIS THEORIES.
HE GOT ATTACKED.
IT HIT ME RIGHT IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS.
I GOT CALLED ALL KINDS OF
NAMES: A FREAK AND A PSEUDO-SCIENTIST,
A MORON, AN IDIOT, A FOOL.
"YOU'RE ONLY A STONEMASON."
narrator: FOR BILL, THESE
ATTACKS WERE A STRONG REMINDER
OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHER.
MY DAD WAS A GREAT GUY.
HE PASSED AWAY JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
HE TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY.
WHEN THESE MEAN-SPIRITED
RESPONSES STARTED COMING IN,
I KNEW THAT HE'D WANT ME TO
STICK UP FOR MY LITTLE BROTHER.
REALLY, FROM THAT POINT FORWARD,
I SAID, "I GOT YOUR BACK,
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TAKE ON SOME BULLIES."
narrator: THE ONLY REMAINING
CLUES OF THE DEERFIELD GIANT
ARE WORDS ON A PAGE.
SO FAR, NOTHING COMPLETELY
OUTRAGEOUS IN HERE.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS NEED
EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING WAS ONCE
BURIED HERE.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
I'M GETTING WEIRD DATA HERE.
WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
YOU... DO YOU HAVE ANY WORD TO,
WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL
EXCAVATION TOOK PLACE?
IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
WOW.
SOME MORE FLAT CHARACTERISTICS OVER HERE
AS WELL.
THIS WHOLE FLAT RECTANGLE
BURIED BELOW HERE.
COULD YOU TELL IF IT WERE A SLAB?
YEAH, EXACTLY, LIKE A...
LIKE A STONE SLAB OR A...
IT COULD BE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO FIND.
STONE SLABS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH GIANT SKELETON FINDS.
IS IT GIVING YOU ANY
INDICATION OF ITS SIZE?
ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET LONG...
4 FEET WIDE OR SO.
HUH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING OUTLINE.
EXCAVATED EARTH, LARGE STONE
SLAB... THIS SOUNDS
LIKE A BURIAL SITE TO ME.
I'M LOOKING AT JIM, AND I'M
THINKING, "MY LITTLE BROTHER
MIGHT BE ON TO SOMETHING.
THIS MIGHT BE FOR REAL."
narrator: IN THE HILLS OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, BROTHERS
JIM AND BILL VIEIRA ARE HUNTING
FOR PROOF OF JIM'S THEORY THAT A
LOST CIVILIZATION OF GIANTS ONCE
SPANNED THE CONTINENT.
HERE WE GO.
Narrator: THE BROTHERS ARE
SCANNING A SITE WHERE, IN THE
LATE 19th CENTURY, A LOCAL
HISTORIAN DOCUMENTED THAT AN
8-FOOT SKELETON WAS FOUND.
SOMETHING HAS BEEN LAID THERE
IN A FLAT WAY.
Narrator: USING GROUND-
PENETRATING RADAR,
THEY'VE LOCATED WHAT SEEMS TO BE
A STONE SLAB 12 FEET LONG AND 4 FEET WIDE.
BUT, THERE'S NO STONE HERE,
SO IT'S LIKE IT WAS ALL BROUGHT IN.
ONE THING THAT IS STRIKING:
THERE'S NO STONE IN THE AREA,
SO WHEN JIM JAMES SAID
THERE'S A LARGE STONE SLAB HERE,
THAT MADE MY RADAR GO OFF.
Narrator: A LARGE STONE SLAB
IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO
NATURALLY OCCURRING STONE?
ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THAT
IT'S A BURIAL SLAB.
USED IN ANCIENT NATIVE BURIALS
AS FAR BACK AS 1200 A.D.,
STONE SLABS WERE USUALLY
TAILORED TO FIT THE SIZE OF THE DECEASED.
FOR EXAMPLE, A 6-FOOT INDIVIDUAL
WOULD BE COVERED WITH A 7-TO 8-FOOT SLAB.
A 12x4 STRUCTURE IN AN AREA
WHERE THERE'S NO STONE, IT'S QUITE ODD.
Narrator: IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
THE VIEIRAS HAVE DISCOVERED THE
STONE-LINED GRAVE WHERE THE
DEERFIELD GIANT ONCE LAY?
WOW.
WOW.
[laughter]
I'M THINKING WE JUST STOLE GAME ONE.
THAT'S HOW I SHOW LOVE.
THIS IS SO EXCITING.
THIS COULD BE THE START OF
SOMETHING BIGGER.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, TO GET CONFIRMATION.
"CONTINUE YOUR SEARCH,"
IS WHAT IT'S SAYING TO ME.
WELL, LET'S TAKE THIS INTO THE FINISH LINE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: IT'S A PROMISING
FIND, BUT THE AREA IS A
PROTECTED NATIVE AMERICAN SITE,
WHICH MEANS THAT JIM AND BILL
CAN'T DISTURB THE GROUND.
BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT WHAT
THEY'VE FOUND IS ENOUGH TO TAKE
TO THE SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANKS FOR HEARING US OUT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS REACH
OUT TO ESTEEMED ANTHROPOLOGIST
TODD DISOTELL, FROM NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF HUMAN ORIGINS.
WE'VE ACCUMULATED ABOUT 1,500
INDIVIDUAL REPORTS IN NEWSPAPERS
AND TOWN HISTORIES ABOUT THESE
GIANT SKELETONS.
IF WE WANT THIS QUEST TO BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO GET
MAINSTREAM SCIENTISTS ON BOARD
TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
FIND AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO PROVE THE CASE.
IS THERE A THEORETICAL
POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS GIANTS WITH DOUBLE
ROWS OF TEETH IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE?
I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S
EXTREMELY UNLIKELY.
BUT UNLIKELY BECOMES ABSOLUTELY
TRUE WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
YUP.
SINCE 2000, PALEOANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE
DISCOVERED EIGHT NEW SPECIES OF HOMINIDS.
I'LL TAKE ONE OF THESE OVER
1,000 EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND
TEXTUAL DESCRIPTIONS.
AND THEN BAM, I'M THERE.
MAINSTREAM SCIENCE MAY NOT
AGREE WITH MY THEORIES,
BUT MY INTUITION TELLS ME THAT
THERE'S TRUTH IN THE STORIES
THAT THEY TELL, THESE MYTHS
AND LEGENDS ABOUT GIANTS.
SO WE NEED TO FIND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE MAINSTREAM
SCIENTISTS OTHERWISE.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS'
DISCOVERY OF THE STONE SLAB IN
DEERFIELD LEADS JIM TO THINK
THAT ANOTHER LOCATION IN
A NEARBY TOWN MIGHT BE THE KEY
TO FINDING EVIDENCE OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION THAT MAY ONCE HAVE
BURIED GIANTS.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S EVER
FOUND A ROOM DOWN THERE.
GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.
Narrator: GOSHEN,
MASSACHUSETTS IS JUST 20 MILES TO THE WEST.
THERE, BURIED IN A WOODED
HILLSIDE, NEXT TO A COLONIAL-ERA
CEMETERY, IS A MYSTERIOUS
UNDERGROUND STONE STRUCTURE,
WHICH SOME BELIEVE COULD BE
ANCIENT IN ORIGIN.
IT'S A STRANGE SITE.
I'VE BEEN FASCINATED WITH IT FOR
ABOUT 15 YEARS.
Narrator: FIRST DISCOVERED IN
THE LATE 1800s, THE GOSHEN
TUNNEL IS COMPRISED OF A STONE
SHAFT 15 FEET DEEP.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT RUN
TWO SIDE TUNNELS... ONE NORTH, ONE SOUTH.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING
BURIED SO DEEP WITH SUCH
OUTRAGEOUSLY HEAVY STONES,
AND JUST THE ENORMITY OF IT
BEGS FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO JIM,
THE STONEWORK IN THE TUNNELS IS
SIMILAR TO ANCIENT STRUCTURES
WHERE GIANT SKELETONS WERE
REPORTEDLY FOUND.
AND WHAT'S MORE, LEGEND HAS IT
THAT THIS STRUCTURE CONTAINS
A SECRET CHAMBER THAT'S NEVER
BEEN OPENED... A CHAMBER THAT JIM AND BILL
BELIEVE COULD CONTAIN THE
GIANT EVIDENCE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
NON-INVASIVE.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IT DONE.
IF THIS IS AN ANCIENT BURIAL
SITE, WE DON'T WANT TO DESECRATE
IT IN ANY WAY OR DISTURB IT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DOCUMENT
IT AND GET TO THE TRUTH.
Narrator: UNLIKE AT
DEERFIELD, THE VIEIRAS WILL BE
ABLE TO FULLY EXPLORE THE GOSHEN
TUNNELS' DEPTHS.
HAVE A SEAT.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR COMING.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL HAVE
PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO HELP THEM
INVESTIGATE THE GOSHEN SITE.
THIS TUNNEL HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN... I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE
THIS FOR MANY YEARS.
HUGH NEWMAN, BRITISH GIANT
HUNTER AND EXPERT IN ANCIENT STONEWORKS.
HUGH'S BEEN ALL AROUND THE
WORLD TO MEGALITHIC SITES...
GOBEKLI TEPE, PUMAPUNKU, EVERYWHERE.
SO I THINK HE'S A PERFECT
CANDIDATE TO HELP US.
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: LUKE SCALISE IS A
STONEMASON AND WILDERNESS EXPERT.
HE'S DEFINITELY THE GUY YOU
WANT ON YOUR SIDE IF YOU WERE
LOST IN THE WOODS FOR THREE
WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS DRAWING IS SUPPOSED TO
SHOW WHAT'S DOWN THERE SOMEHOW?
Narrator: MIKE SCALSKI,
A LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND BUSINESS OWNER.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE FROM WAY BACK.
HE'S A PIECE OF WORK.
HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THESE
DIFFERENT MACHINES.
HE ALWAYS THINKS OF CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT
PRESENT THEMSELVES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO
GO INTO GOSHEN TOMORROW.
AND OUR MISSION IS?
TO FIND THE TRUTH.
DID GIANTS EXIST?
WE WANT TO EXPLORE THOSE
TUNNELS, FIGURE OUT WAYS TO FIND
THIS CHAMBER.
SO THIS IS JIM WHITTAL'S
DRAWINGS FROM THE EARLY '80s,
LAST GUY IN THE TUNNEL.
Narrator: THE LAST ATTEMPT TO
FIND THE SECRET CHAMBER WAS MADE
IN 1980, DURING AN EXCAVATION
LED BY MAVERICK ARCHAEOLOGIST JIM WHITTAL.
WHITTAL AND HIS TEAM UNEARTHED
WHAT HE BELIEVED WERE SEVERAL
ANCIENT ARTIFACTS FROM THE SITE,
INCLUDING A POSSIBLE STONE HOE
AND A STRANGE CIRCULAR DISC.
BUT THEIR EXCAVATION ENDED
BEFORE THEY COULD FIND THE
LOCATION OF ITS ELUSIVE CHAMBER.
WITH NEW TESTING, WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGY, WITH NEW EXPERTISE,
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PIECE TOGETHER
THIS MYSTERY.
WHAT'S ACCESS LIKE?
IT'S BEEN CLOSED UP FOR 31 YEARS.
THERE'S A FLAGSTONE AND A
BOULDER ON TOP OF THE SHAFT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE,
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE MAN WITH ALL
THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.
YOU KEEP SAYING EXPERTISE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR GIANT
SKELETONS BEFORE.
[laughter]
BUT THERE'S NOTHING I'D LIKE
MORE THAN TO SEE SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE IN THERE.
THE MOTTO OF MIKE'S COMPANY
IS "NO JOB TOO ODD,"
WHICH IS IRONIC OF COURSE.
I WOULD THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD
THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PARTICULARLY ODD.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
THE VIEIRAS SET OUT FOR THE
GOSHEN TUNNEL, A SITE THAT'S
HELD ITS SECRETS FOR HUNDREDS,
PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
I GOT TO ADMIT, I'M NERVOUS.
I KNOW.
I'M JUST BEING HONEST.
Narrator: THEY'RE ABOUT TO
EMBARK ON THE MOST EXTENSIVE
EXPLORATION OF THE TUNNEL SITE
EVER CONDUCTED.
OTHERS HAVE FAILED BEFORE US,
SO WHO'S TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ANY LUCK FINDING A NEW
CHAMBER OR ANY EVIDENCE OF
GIANTS IN THE GOSHEN TUNNEL?
WE'RE PUTTING OUR NECKS
WAY OUT THERE, AND...
WE MIGHT ROLL SNAKE EYES.
HERE WE ARE.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, MIKE.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M HANKERING TO GET IN THERE.
GIANT BOULDER ON TOP OF OUR TUNNEL.
Narrator: AFTER THE LAST
EXCAVATION IN 1980, THE PREVIOUS
OWNER OF THE TUNNEL DECIDED TO
CAP THE OPENING WITH A MASSIVE BOULDER.
NO ONE KNOWS WHY.
WAS IT SUPERSTITION?
WAS HE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT FIND
ITS WAY OUT?
WHATEVER HIS REASON, HE TOOK IT
WITH HIM TO THE GRAVE.
MY CLOSE GUESSTIMATION IS,
IT WEIGHS ABOUT 6,000 POUNDS.
WHAT'S THE CAPABILITY OF YOUR MACHINE?
6,000 POUNDS.
OH, MAN.
WE'RE PUSHING IT.
WE'RE PUSHING IT RIGHT TO THE MAX.
WORK YOUR MAGIC.
DRAG THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
THIS IS A CRAPSHOOT.
I'M HUMBLE ENOUGH TO BE WRONG
AND HAVE BEEN WRONG MANY TIMES,
BUT AFTER WE FOUND WHAT WE
THINK IS SOME KIND OF STONE
STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A
GIANT BURIAL IN DEERFIELD,
WE FELT COMPELLED TO INVESTIGATE THIS SITE.
ARE WE READY?
OKAY NOW, IF THIS ROCK STARTS TO
FALL, DON'T TRY TO CATCH IT.
GOOD ADVICE, MIKE.
IF THAT BOULDER SLIPS AT ALL,
BE LIKE INDIANA JONES, BUT IN A BAD WAY.
[straps creaking]
I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE
THE WAY IT SPUN.
WHOA!
JESUS.
WHEN I SEE THE BOULDER COME OFF,
I START TO FEEL THIS ELECTRIC SENSE.
ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
MY THOUGHT WAS, "OH, [bleep],
WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS."
NICE.
WOW.
Narrator: BROTHERS JIM AND
BILL VIEIRA... >> LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: ARE TAKING A BIG
STEP FORWARD IN THEIR QUEST TO
PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS.
THAT'S WICKED COOL.
Narrator: THE STONEMASONS
FROM SMALL-TOWN MASSACHUSETTS
ARE AT A PLACE STEEPED IN MYSTERY.
IT'S CALLED THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.
HOLY [bleep].
WOW.
Narrator: NO ONE KNOWS WHO
BUILT IT OR WHAT IT WAS USED
FOR, BUT JIM BELIEVES THIS SITE
MAY CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION OF GIANTS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS
MEANT TO BE HIDDEN.
THAT'S THE THING.
THE GOSHEN TUNNEL FITS THE
CONTEXT OF THESE STRANGE
UNDERGROUND STONE PASSAGEWAYS
AND CRYPTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT YIELDED GIANT SKELETONS.
IN THE SMITHSONIAN ETHNOLOGY
REPORTS, THERE ARE 17 ACCOUNTS
OF 7-FOOT AND TALLER SKELETONS.
Narrator: FINDING SUCH
EVIDENCE AT THE GOSHEN SITE
WON'T BE EASY, SO THE VIEIRAS
CALLED IN THE ONE REMAINING TEAM
MEMBER FROM THE LAST EXCAVATION.
YOU MUST BE BILL.
RICK?
GOOD CALL.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
JIM, HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?
LAST GUY IN THE HOLE.
LAST GUY IN THE HOLE.
VERY GOOD.
Narrator: RICK LYNCH WAS PART
OF JIM WHITTAL'S FIELD TEAM,
WHICH 30 YEARS AGO WERE THE
LAST PEOPLE TO STUDY THE SITE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
I'VE BEEN HERE.
RICHARD LYNCH, HE'S JUST
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION,
AND HE'S OPEN-MINDED.
HE DOESN'T REALLY BELIEVE
IN GIANTS, BUT HOPEFULLY
WE CAN FIND SOMETHING
AND TRY TO CONVINCE HIM.
GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE OUR
ORIGINAL PLANS OF THE STRUCTURE FROM 1980.
THIS IS THE SHORT TUNNEL.
THIS IS THE NORTH TUNNEL.
AND THEN THERE'S A MUCH LONGER
SOUTH TUNNEL.
THE OLD GOSHEN LAW WAS THAT
THE TUNNELS ARE 120 FEET LONG.
BUT WE ONLY GOT SO FAR DOWN THROUGH THERE.
LEGEND HAS IT THERE'S A ROOM
AT THE END OF IT.
THAT PART OF THE THEORY
PERMEATES EVERYTHING,
THAT THERE IS AN UNDERGROUND ROOM.
Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW,
NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE
TO PROVE THE CHAMBER'S
EXISTENCE, BUT THE VIEIRAS
ARE COUNTING ON THEIR
STONEMASONRY BACKGROUND,
AND SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY, TO FIND IT.
JIM WHITTAL TRIED TO FIND
THE CHAMBER, AND HE ENDED UP FAILING.
GOSHEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
THEY TRIED AND FAILED.
BUNCH OF FARMERS DRUNK ON
MOONSHINE, THEY TRIED AND FAILED.
SO WE HOPE TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY NOT FAIL.
I DON'T NEED NOTORIETY...
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE ONE
TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
SO LET'S DO THIS.
HEY BIG HERO, YOU WANT TO
GO DOWN FIRST OR WHAT?
YEAH, SURE.
Narrator: A MORE EXPERIENCED
STONEMASON THAN JIM; BILL WILL
GIVE THE TEAM A FIRST ASSESSMENT
OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF CREEPY.
IF WE HEAR YOU SCREAMING, DON'T WORRY,
WE'LL CALL SOMEBODY.
SHUT UP.
ALL RIGHT.
NORTH TUNNEL.
BEAUTIFUL.
THERE'S NO TOOL MARKS.
THERE'S NO MORTAR BINDING THE STONES.
IT HAS NONE OF THE EARMARKS
OF A COLONIAL CONSTRUCTION.
WANT ME TO TAKE A PEAK
INTO THE SOUTH TUNNEL?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT RIGHT AWAY,
THE VIEIRAS ARE HIT WITH AN OBSTACLE.
A LOT OF STONES HAVE COME LOOSE.
A LOT OF DEBRIS HAS BUILT UP OVER TIME.
CAN YOU GET THROUGH?
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME
EXCAVATION DOWN HERE TO GET INTO
THE LOWER TUNNEL.
Narrator: THE TEAM MUST CLEAR
ALL THE RUBBLE BEFORE THEY CAN
EXPLORE FURTHER.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BURNING DAYLIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS,
WE'RE GONNA USE A ROPE LADDER TO
PULL SOME OF THESE STONES WITH
MIKE AND THE GUYS.
GET IN THE HOLE.
UP AND OUT.
HEY, JIM?
COME HERE FOR A MINUTE.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE
INSCRIBED BOULDER UP HERE?
NO.
LEGEND HAS IT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SITE.
REALLY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CAN YOU TAKE ME THERE?
IT MIGHT BE A CLUE,
EDGAR ALLAN POE STYLE.
OKAY, WE SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE.
YEP, HERE IT IS.
WHOA.
WHAT IS THAT?
HASN'T CHANGED IN 35 YEARS.
THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
THIS IS EVERY BIT AS BIG
A MYSTERY AS THE CHAMBER IS.
SO THERE COULD BE
A CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS
AND THE GOSHEN CHAMBER?
I THINK THERE PROBABLY IS.
THAT IF YOU CAN SOLVE THIS
RIDDLE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE CHAMBER.
Narrator: COULD THIS STRANGE
INSCRIPTION BE A CLUE TO
UNRAVELING THE SECRETS OF THE
GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL?
THAT'S PRETTY WEIRD, ISN'T IT?
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THESE DO LOOK
LIKE RELATIVELY MODERN
LETTERING, BUT THEY'RE NOT
MAKING ANY SENSE TO ME.
Narrator: WHAT MESSAGE IS
THIS STRANGE CODE TRYING TO CONVEY?
IS IT A WARNING?
COULD IT SOMEHOW SPEAK
TO THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS?
THERE'S REPORTS OF GIANT
SKELETONS BEING FOUND WITH
STRANGE WRITING ON TABLETS,
IN SARCOPHAGUS LIDS,
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE WHAT WE FOUND IN GOSHEN.
IT JUST FASCINATES ME,
THIS STRANGE LITTLE SUN SYMBOL
OR ZERO OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS.
IS IT ZED, OR "Z"?
LOOK AT THAT.
JUST SITTING THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE CODE.
WE'VE TRIED TO INTERPRET IT,
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NOBODY'S
REALLY COME UP WITH ANYTHING.
Narrator: JIM DOCUMENTS THE
PUZZLING SYMBOLS FOR ANALYSIS,
HOPEFUL THAT THE ANSWER TO THIS
RIDDLE WILL FURTHER THEIR
INVESTIGATION AT THE GOSHEN
TUNNEL, PERHAPS EVEN REVEAL
THE LOCATION OF THE TUNNEL'S
MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER.
THE VIEIRAS BELIEVE IT MAY LIE
AT THE END OF THE SOUTH TUNNEL.
ALL RIGHT, SOUTH TUNNEL.
BACK AT THE SITE, THE TEAM
HAS MADE PROGRESS UNBLOCKING ITS ENTRANCE.
THE SOUTH TUNNEL WAS CLEAR,
AND WE COULD PROCEED.
GEE, THIS PLACE IS SMALL.
OH, BOY.
WHOA!
HOLY [bleep]!
Narrator: IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS...
LET'S GO DOWN EXPLORING.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL VIEIRA
ARE DESCENDING INTO A TUNNEL
THAT THEY BELIEVE COULD BE A
REMNANT OF A LOST CIVILIZATION.
A CIVILIZATION THAT BURIED THEIR
GIANT RULERS IN CHAMBERS
CONSTRUCTED OF STONE.
GO KICK SOME ASS, BAM.
Narrator: THE STONEMASON
BROTHERS ARE THE FIRST TO ENTER
THE GOSHEN TUNNEL... >> WOW.
Narrator: IN NEARLY 30 YEARS.
THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH, MAN.
ANY LAST WORDS?
FEED KITTY.
[laughter]
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: MAVERICK
ARCHAEOLOGIST JIM WHITTAL'S TEAM
MADE IT 70 FEET INTO THE SOUTH
TUNNEL BUT NEVER FOUND EVIDENCE
OF THE LEGENDARY SECRET ROOM.
LET'S DO THIS.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS HOPE
THEY CAN EXPLORE FURTHER.
THEY'RE RIGHT IN THERE NOW.
MAN... >> THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
5 FEET IN.
HOLY [bleep].
THIS IS WHACKED.
NO WAY.
WOW, I JUST... >> I KNOW, I'M KIND OF...
THINK OF THE WEIGHT ON TOP OF US RIGHT?
DON'T.
DON'T MAKE ME THINK ABOUT IT.
15 FEET IN.
MY FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN WE
GOT DOWN INTO THE TUNNEL WAS
THAT IT'S JUST SUCH AN
OUTRAGEOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I THINK IT'S CAPSTONES.
AS A STONEMASON, I WOULD THINK
IT WOULD TAKE A LARGE CREW
OF PEOPLE MONTHS ON END TO BUILD THAT.
PRETTY WILD.
IN ANCIENT AMERICA, WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
ENORMOUS EFFORT TO CREATE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S ALMOST
ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL
OF A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THEIR
SOCIETY, SO MY MIND RUNS TO THE
THOUGHT, "IS THIS A BURIAL PLACE
OF A GIANT RULER?"
55 FEET.
IT'S PRETTY MIND-BLOWING.
AS WE TRAVEL DOWN TO THE END
OF THE TUNNEL, THE SUSPENSE BUILDS.
OUR MINDS BOTH STARTED RACING
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING QUITE
EXTRAORDINARY HERE.
60 FEET.
HEY, HUGH.
YEAH.
THEY'RE AT 60 FEET.
SO THEY'RE REALLY AMONGST THE
SKELETONS NOW.
I CAN SEE TO 70.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S AN OBSTACLE.
BUT 60 IS AS FAR AS WE'RE GOING.
IT'S CAVED IN.
NO WAY OF GETTING THROUGH.
Narrator: THE TUNNEL
CONTINUES, BUT THE END REMAINS
JUST OUT OF REACH.
THERE WAS JUST A COLLAPSED
BIT THAT YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE HEAD
BACK THAT YOU SEE?
NO.
IT'S A CURVEBALL, BUT WE JUST
GOT TO RETHINK THINGS A LITTLE
AND COME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
COULD THERE BE SOMETHING ON THE...
THE OTHER SIDE?
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
THAT'S IT.
Narrator: TURNING BACK DOWN
THE TUNNEL, THEY CONTINUE TO
SEARCH EVERY SURFACE FOR CLUES.
WHOA!
Narrator: SOMETHING CATCHES
BILL'S ATTENTION.
A VERTICAL SEAM.
I WONDER WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
Narrator: IT'S A CLUE THAT
PERHAPS ONLY THE TRAINED EYE OF
A STONEMASON WOULD PICK UP ON.
47 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE
OF THE SHAFT I SAW WHAT
WE CALL IN STONEWORK A ZIPPER.
Narrator: A ZIPPER IS FORMED
WHEN STONES ARE LAID ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
CREATING A WEAK POINT OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE ZIPPER INDICATES THAT
THERE MIGHT BE A SEPARATE
STRUCTURE THAT WAS WALLED OFF
AFTER THE FACT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL?
Narrator: IS THE SOUTH TUNNEL
ACTUALLY AN ELABORATE DECOY
CONCEALING THE TRUE LOCATION OF
A BURIAL CHAMBER BEHIND THE ZIPPER?
A BURIAL OF A GIANT?
PROMINENT ROYAL BURIALS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE OFTEN
BEEN HIDDEN SO LOOTERS WOULDN'T
GET TO THEM.
SO THE THOUGHT ENTERS MY MIND,
"IS THERE A SIDE TUNNEL THAT IS
SEALED OFF AND MEANT TO NOT BE FOUND?"
narrator: IN ANCIENT CULTURES
FROM EGYPT TO CHINA, LEADERS
WERE OFTEN INTERRED IN
MAGNIFICENT TOMBS, BUT THEIR
ACTUAL BURIAL CHAMBERS OFTEN
REMAINED HIDDEN, SEALED OFF AND
CONCEALED TO PROTECT THE SACRED
ROYAL BURIAL.
BEHIND THAT ZIPPER COULD
POSSIBLY BE A TOMB OR THE
CHAMBER THAT HOLDS GIANT EVIDENCE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: IN GOSHEN, MASSACHUSETTS...
PRETTY WILD.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL VIEIRA
ARE SEARCHING FOR PROOF OF A
MYSTERIOUS LOST CIVILIZATION
RULED BY AN ANCIENT RACE OF GIANTS.
THE VIEIRAS' HUNT FOR EVIDENCE
HAS BROUGHT THEM TO THE DEPTHS
OF A MYSTERIOUS STONE TUNNEL... >> WHOA.
Narrator: WHERE THE TWO
STONEMASONS HAVE MADE
AN INTRIGUING DISCOVERY...
THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS BLOCK
IS PUT IN AFTER THE FACT.
Narrator: A SO-CALLED ZIPPER
IN THE TUNNEL WALL.
THE BROTHERS THINK THIS ANOMALY
MAY BE HIDING THE ENTRANCE TO
THE TUNNEL'S LEGENDARY HIDDEN
CHAMBER, WHICH JIM BELIEVES
COULD BE A CRYPT FOR A GIANT.
WOW.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THE INTEGRITY WOULD BE UNDERMINED.
SO WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT.
STRENGTH AND HONOR.
OH, JESUS CHRIST.
SO HERE WE ARE.
A ZIPPER IS HERE AROUND 47 FEET, RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT
THIS IS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE TUNNEL.
SO WHAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET DOWN THERE?
IT'S PROBABLY 10 OR 12 FEET DOWN.
YOU GOT TO DRILL DOWN THERE, RIGHT?
YOU CAN'T DIG IT OUT.
UNLIKE THIS, WHICH YOU CAN CLIMB IN.
WE'D WANT TO GET A CAMERA DOWN
THERE SOMEHOW.
SO LET'S GO THE NEXT STEP... >> UH-HUH.
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME
SORT OF BORING MACHINE THAT'S
GONNA GIVE US A PERMANENT HOLE
THAT WE CAN EXPERIMENT WITH.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'LL GET ON IT.
Narrator: WHILE BILL TRACKS
DOWN A BORE HOLE DRILL TO PROBE
THE GOSHEN SITE, JIM TRIES TO DECIPHER THE
STRANGE INSCRIPTION THEY FOUND
CARVED INTO A STONE NEAR THE TUNNEL.
HEY, JIM.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
Narrator: A NOTED AUTHOR,
DAVID BRODY IS THE FORMER
DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND
ANTIQUITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
AND HAS STUDIED NUMEROUS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE SITE.
THE THOUGHT IS, DOES IT HAVE
ANY ASSOCIATION?
YEAH, THIS IS LATIN SCRIPT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY
IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME MEANING
OR HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANCE.
IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING
I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THIS IS A STONE WE FOUND UP IN
THE CATSKILLS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT'S THE SAME KIND OF LATIN
LETTERS, AND WHAT THESE ENDED UP
BEING WERE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE SIGNS.
SO THIS MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF,
LIKE, DIRECTIONAL MARKER.
THIS "SB" MIGHT BE A "SOUTHBOUND."
narrator: THE GOSHEN TUNNEL
LIES SOUTH OF THE INSCRIPTION STONE.
"BUR," BURIAL?
"BP," BURIAL PLACE?
Narrator: COULD THIS CODE BE
A KIND OF MAP LEFT BY AN EARLY
EXPLORER OF THE TUNNEL?
OUR THOUGHT IS THAT IT COULD
BE POINTING TO A BURIAL CHAMBER.
IT'S POSSIBLE.
YOU OFTENTIMES SEE THESE
CARVINGS THAT ARE DIRECTIONAL
MAPS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JIM.
HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST TAKE IT
HOME AND PUT IT IN SUPER
COMPUTER, AND MAYBE WE CAN RECONVENE.
THERE'S A REAL STORY THERE,
WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.
FINGERS CROSSED.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE ABLE TO CRACK THE CODE.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
THE VIEIRAS RETURN TO THE GOSHEN
SITE WITH A CORE DRILL.
THEY PLAN TO DRILL DOWN NEXT TO
THE TUNNEL'S ZIPPER, RIGHT ABOVE
WHERE THEY THINK THE HIDDEN CHAMBER MAY BE.
BILL VIEIRA.
TIM MAFLASH, MARTIN DRILLING.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
COME ON DOWN.
WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON OVER HERE?
WELL, THAT'S A LONG STORY.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE GOSHEN
MYSTERY TUNNEL.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER
TUNNELS THAT MIGHT BE OFF OF IT.
OKAY.
WE'RE LOOKING MAYBE FOR A
VAULT OR A CHAMBER OR A VOID, YOU KNOW?
SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
AWESOME.
WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.
IT'S LIKE THE MARS ROVER OR
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
RIGHT ABOUT THERE?
YEAH, JUST GET RIGHT ON IT.
Narrator: THE MACHINE WILL
PROBE DOWN 4 FEET AT A TIME.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT,
IF ANYTHING, WILL IT HIT?
SO THE RAIN STARTS COMING DOWN.
IT'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE DARK.
AND WE HAVE A FAIRLY CRAZY PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT TRYING TO FIND GIANTS.
RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, I LOOKED
AT BILLY, AND WE WERE BOTH
THINKING THE SAME THING.
YEAH, WE MIGHT BOTH LOOK LIKE
ASSES WHEN THIS IS DONE.
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
THE FIRST COUPLE FEET IS PRETTY
SOFT RIGHT NOW.
[machinery ratcheting]
WE KNOW THIS IS WHERE THE
RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
WE'RE GONNA FIND SOMETHING,
OR OUR LUCK HAS RUN OUT.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THE INSIDE OF THE TUBE AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S A PLASTIC SLEEVE THAT
CONTAINS THE MATERIAL, SLICES IT OPEN.
IT'S A CROSS-SECTION OF THE SOIL.
I MEAN, YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF TOPSOIL HERE.
ABOUT RIGHT HERE IT GOT A LITTLE
TOUGHER... YOU COULD SEE THE COLOR CHANGE.
SO NO EVIDENCE OF STONE?
NOT YET, NO.
A COUPLE MORE RUNS AND SEE WHAT
WE GOT DOWN AT 12.
[machinery whirring]
[machinery ratcheting]
BETWEEN 2 FEET ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO 8 FEET, IT'S ALL THE SAME MATERIAL.
4 MORE FEET WILL GIVE US OUR
ANSWER THOUGH, RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
Narrator: IN ONE LAST
ATTEMPT, THEY PUSH THE DRILL TO
ITS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 12 FEET.
I'M HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME
ON THIS ADVENTURE WITH JIM,
I STOPPED THINKING ABOUT IT AS
JIM'S QUEST, AND NOW I'M
THINKING OF IT AS OUR QUEST.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO END.
[machinery ratcheting]
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MACHINE
GOING DOWN, 1 FOOT, 2 FOOT, 3 FOOT...
AND I'M SAYING, GAME OVER.
[machinery ratcheting]
[metallic clank]
THAT'S HARD.
WE JUST CAME DOWN ON SOMETHING
PRETTY HARD RIGHT THERE.
OH, THAT IS INTERESTING.
BAM.
THERE'S SOMETHING.
LET'S PULL IT UP AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE TO THERE.
I GOT SAND ON IT.
SAND.
Narrator: WHY WOULD THERE BE
SAND BURIED 11 FEET DOWN AT THE
SITE OF THE GOSHEN TUNNEL?
IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO WE'RE THINKING, WAS THERE
SAND BROUGHT IN?
SO THAT SAND IS SITTING ON
TOP OF SOMETHING.
SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING
ON, THAT WE'VE HIT POSSIBLY
ANOTHER STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TUNNEL.
THIS IS CRAZY.
Narrator: IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRA BROTHERS
ARE EXPLORING A MYSTERIOUS
TUNNEL, HOPING TO FIND A HIDDEN
CHAMBER, ONE THAT MAY CONTAIN
THE SKELETON OF A GIANT.
YEAH, WE JUST CAME DOWN ON
SOMETHING PRETTY HARD RIGHT THERE.
Narrator: USING A CORE DRILL,
THEY BORED DOWN AND DISCOVERED
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED 11 FEET DOWN... SAND.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
LOWER THIS DOWN, JUST LIKE A SNAKE.
Narrator: THEY LOWER A CAMERA
DOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE HIT.
INTO THE EARTH.
NICE AND SLOW.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
KEEP IT STEADY.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE BOTTOM.
RIGHT ABOUT... WHOA.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S SHINY.
THAT'S STONE.
HOLY [bleep].
LIKE, THAT IS STONE.
ARE WE ON THE TOP OF A CHAMBER?
Narrator: THE BROTHERS MAY
HAVE JUST FOUND THE LEGENDARY
SECRET ROOM OF THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.
RICK.
HEY, GUYS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Narrator: THEY BRING THEIR
DISCOVERY TO RICK LYNCH.
I HEAR YOU GOT SOME NEW NEWS.
WE DO.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.
Narrator: AS A MEMBER OF
JIM WHITTAL'S FIELD TEAM,
RICK HAS BEEN PRESENT
AT MULTIPLE EXCAVATIONS
THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.
THEY HOPE THAT HE CAN HELP THEM
INTERPRET THEIR FINDINGS.
WE DECIDED TO BRING IN A GEOPROBE.
OKAY.
AT 10 FEET DOWN, WE HIT SOMETHING HARD.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS KIND OF SAND IS MORE
CONDUCIVE WITH A BURIAL.
REALLY?
IF YOU HAVE A BURIAL AND YOU
PLACE THE BODY IN VERY FINE
SAND, IT'LL PRESERVE THE REMAINS
BETTER, WHEREAS IF YOU JUST
THROW IT INTO THE ACIDIC SOIL
OF NEW ENGLAND, OKAY,
YOU KNOW, IT'LL DECOMPOSE
WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT
MAYBE THAT YOU DID FIND SOMETHING.
THIS IS AMAZING, AND MAYBE
THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY THAN
WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
Narrator: IT'S A CRITICAL
FIRST STEP, BUT THIS FIND COULD
BE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
THERE COULD BE MORE EVIDENCE OF
A LOST CIVILIZATION BURIED DEEP
IN THE MASSACHUSETTS WOODS...
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S THE VIEIRAS' MISSION TO
UNCOVER EVERY LAST CLUE.
BUT CAN THEY PROVE THAT GIANTS WERE REAL?
WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL WE
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MYSTERY
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Narrator: THIS SEASON ON
SEARCH FOR THE LOST GIANTS...
SOME OF THESE OLD ACCOUNTS,
IT'S LIKE A TREASURE MAP.
I'M BEING LED DOWN A PATH TO
GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TRUTH.
OH, BOY.
A LITTLE PASSAGEWAY.
AN 8-FOOT GIANT, DUG UP
RIGHT OVER THERE.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT SOMETHING IN HERE.
IT'S ALL IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD.
OH, THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT IS A PHOTO, AND THAT'S
A GAME CHANGER IN MY BOOK.
EVERY STEP IS LENDING
CREDIBILITY TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WHOO!
WOW.
THIS IS CRAZY.
AND THE TEETH, WHICH WERE ALL DOUBLE.
THAT IS ONE BIG JAWBONE THAT
WOULD CARRY A TOOTH LIKE THAT.
WHOA, IT'S POURING OUT.
WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
WOW, THIS STUFF'S THICK.
THE SKELETON COULD EVEN BE IN
THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS MADE OF KRYPTONITE.
YOU BELIEVE IN GIANTS?
I DO.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
I DO.
♪
HERE IT IS, RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A SPOT
WHERE A SKELETON WAS EXHUMED.
THE ACCOUNT IS THAT THE
JAWBONE WAS SO LARGE IT COULD
FIT OVER THE FACE OF A FINDER.
THIS SKELETON WASN'T JUST TALL,
IT WAS GIANT.
SO WE'LL TAKE SOME BIG,
LONG SCANS AND LOOK FOR
DISTURBANCES, ANOMALIES,
ANYTHING IN THERE THAT MAY
STRIKE US AS ABNORMAL.
EXCELLENT.
[electronic beeping]
male narrator: BROTHERS JIM
AND BILL VIEIRA ARE BEGINNING
THE QUEST OF A LIFETIME.
THAT'S A GOOD FIT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS ARE
STONEMASONS IN A SMALL MASSACHUSETTS TOWN.
BUT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
JIM HAS DEVOTED EVERY SPARE
MINUTE TO UNRAVELING A FANTASTIC MYSTERY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
SCIENCE-FICTION, BUT THE BOTTOM
LINE IS, I BELIEVE IN GIANTS.
THAT'S IT.
IT'S A WILD STORY THAT STARTED
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S NO WAY A COLONIAL
FARMER BUILT THIS THING.
Narrator: JUST A FEW MILES
FROM THEIR HOME, JIM AND BILL
NOTICE STRANGE STONE WALLS AND TUNNELS.
THERE ARE NO CHISEL MARKS.
IT'S NOT QUARRIED STONE.
I MEAN, IT JUST BLEW OUR MINDS.
Narrator: BASED ON THEIR
OF STONEWORK, THE VIEIRAS
BELIEVE THAT THESE STRUCTURES
COULD BE MUCH OLDER THAN THE
COLONIAL RUINS FOUND THROUGHOUT
NEW ENGLAND.
COULD THESE STONE STRUCTURES
THAT WE FOUND BE PART OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION?
Narrator: IN AN ATTEMPT TO
SOLVE THIS MYSTERY, JIM STUMBLED
UPON A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT THAT
WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
I STARTED TO READ THROUGH
TOWN HISTORIES OF MASSACHUSETTS.
DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1895.
WHAT I ENDED UP FINDING WAS
AN EVEN STRANGER PHENOMENON.
ON PAGE 78, I FOUND AN ACCOUNT
OF A SKELETON UNEARTHED BY
A FARMER IN DEERFIELD, MASS...
8-FOOT TALL... DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.
AND I WAS... I WAS STUNNED,
AND I SHOWED BILLY, AND...
I GAVE HIM A WTF.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, YOU KNOW?
8-FOOT TALL, DOUBLE ROWS OF
TEETH: IT SOUNDED LIKE A MONSTER.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
I'M SKEPTICAL, AND I SAID,
"IT'S JUST STORYTELLING.
GET THAT AWAY FROM ME."
[laughter]
BUT JIM, ONCE HE GETS ON A
MYSTERY, THERE'S NO LETTING GO.
Narrator: JIM COMBED THE TOWN
LIBRARY FOR MORE CLUES.
HE UNCOVERED THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SCRAPBOOK OF REVERED LOCAL
HISTORIAN GEORGE SHELDON.
AND I OPEN IT UP.
I STARTED TO SEE GIANT SKELETON
ACCOUNTS CUT AND PASTED IN THE SCRAPBOOK.
AND THAT WAS MY DA VINCI CODE MOMENT.
I STARTED COLLECTING THESE
ACCOUNTS OF GIANT SKELETON
FINDS: OZARK CAVES IN ARKANSAS, 9-FOOT,
BURLINGTON, IOWA, 7'6 ", PROVO, UTAH, 8'6",
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 8-FOOT,
BURRILLVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, SALEM, OREGON,
SPARROW MOUNTAIN, OKLAHOMA,
WOKINGHAM, VERMONT, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
DUDE, YOU GOT TO TAP THE BRAKES.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK YOU'RE WHACKED.
WHY IS ANYBODY GONNA THINK I'M WHACKED?
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BIG JIM
HAS BE REELED IN.
HE'S COMPLETELY OBSESSIVE.
EVERY DAY HE'D COME UP WITH
A NEW GIANT ACCOUNT.
I'M LIKE A FREAK SHOW.
I JUST CAN REMEMBER VOLUMES OF INFORMATION.
I'M LIKE A MUTANT, YOU KNOW?
TOTALLY.
[laughter]
BUT TO DATE, WE PROBABLY HAVE
ABOUT 1,400 OR 1,500 ACCOUNTS
AND GOING, FROM CATALINA ISLAND,
CALIFORNIA, TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD.
DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH,
7-FOOT AND TALLER SKELETONS REPORTED.
NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST,
L.A. TIMES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON REPORTED GIANT
BONES IN VIRGINIA.
EVEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TALKED
ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF GIANT BONES.
AT A CERTAIN POINT, I...
RELUCTANTLY STARTED TO BELIEVE.
Narrator: BUT IF ALL THE
ACCOUNTS ARE TO BE BELIEVED,
WHAT IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE
ENORMOUS SKELETONS?
ARE THESE COLOSSAL CREATURES
EVIDENCE OF A LOST WORLD
THAT'S REMAINED HIDDEN
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS?
THERE'S DIFFERENT THEORIES.
ONE IS THAT THERE WAS A ROYAL
CLASS OF GIANT NATIVE AMERICANS.
THIS CIVILIZATION RADIATED OUT
FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY,
BUILT GEOMETRIC FORMS
AND MASSIVE, PYRAMID-LIKE
STRUCTURES, BURIAL MOUNDS.
BUT ALSO, THE NATIVE AMERICANS
SPOKE OF AN ANCIENT ENEMY,
OFTENTIMES PORTRAYED AS A
CANNIBALISTIC RACE OF GIANTS.
BUT THE STORY DOESN'T END THERE.
EVERY CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD
HAS MYTHS AND LEGENDS ABOUT GIANTS.
YOU HAVE GOLIATH, THE TITANS,
THE CYCLOPS OR GRENDEL.
PAUL BUNYAN AND JACK AND THE BEAN STALK.
IT'S IN THE COLLECTIVE
IMAGINATION OF HUMANITY FOR SOME REASON.
Narrator: COULD SEVERAL
MILLENNIA OF FOLKLORE AND
MYTHOLOGY BE ROOTED IN AN
INCREDIBLE REALITY?
WAS THERE AN ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
THAT ONCE BUILT ASTONISHING
STONE MONUMENTS AND ENTOMBED ITS
GIGANTIC DEAD?
IF SO, THEN WHERE IS THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE?
WHERE ARE THE GIANT SKELETONS?
MUSEUMS HAD THESE BONES.
THEY WERE IN THE RECORDS.
THERE'S LITERALLY A THOUSAND
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS, BUT TO DATE
THERE IS NOT ONE VERIFIED GIANT
BONE AT A MUSEUM.
THAT'S THE BIG MYSTERY.
WHERE ARE THE BONES?
Narrator: ONE EXPLANATION
COULD BE THAT REPORTED GIANT
BONES WERE AMONG THOUSANDS OF
SKELETONS RETURNED TO NATIVE
TRIBES ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
REPATRIATION LAWS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT
SLIPPED THROUGH THE HANDS OF HISTORY.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THEORY.
SOME BELIEVE THERE WERE
SCIENTISTS AROUND THE TURN
OF THE 20th CENTURY WHO
DELIBERATELY CONCEALED THESE
ALLEGED GIANT FINDS.
THERE IS A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WERE
ACTIVELY TAKEN AWAY.
THEY'RE IN SOME DARK CORNER,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MATCHING UP
WITH SOMEBODY'S VERSION OF HUMAN HISTORY.
I HAVEN'T VISITED THE SECRET
WAREHOUSE, BUT THERE'S A GOOD
CASE TO BE MADE.
Narrator: DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD, ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND
EXPLORERS WHO WORKED TO COMPILE
EVIDENCE OF GIANTS WERE LARGELY
DISMISSED BY THE SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT.
THE WHOLE TOPIC IS RADIOACTIVE.
ACADEMICS KNOW, DON'T TOUCH IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL DRIVEN
TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FIELD,
'CAUSE NOBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.
Narrator: NOW THE VIEIRAS
HAVE DECIDED TO PUT THEIR
STONEWORK ASIDE FOR THE SUMMER,
TAP INTO THEIR SAVINGS...
HERE WE GO, BROTHER.
Narrator: AND DEDICATE
THEMSELVES FULL-TIME TO THIS QUEST.
GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND ACCOUNTS
TO FOLLOW UP FROM MASSACHUSETTS
TO OHIO AND MISSOURI AND NEVADA.
Narrator: THEY'LL USE
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND
DELVE INTO LONG-HIDDEN RECORDS
TO ANSWER, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
A QUESTION THAT COULD CHANGE
THE WAY HUMAN HISTORY IS WRITTEN.
ARE GIANTS MORE THAN JUST MYTH?
IT MIGHT BE A CRAZY NOTION,
BUT IT'S REALLY A MYSTERY
THAT I COULDN'T LEAVE ALONE.
WE CAN SEE PRETTY DEEP ON IT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS' FIRST
TASK ON THEIR QUEST:
TO EXAMINE THE VERY SITE THAT
SPARKED JIM'S OBSESSION.
NOTHING OVER HERE.
Narrator: IN 1895, HISTORIAN
GEORGE SHELDON DOCUMENTED THE
DISCOVERY AT THIS VERY SPOT OF
AN 8-FOOT GIANT SKELETON.
THE VIEIRAS ARE THE FIRST TO USE
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
AT THE DEERFIELD SITE.
THEY'RE HOPING TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT COULD CORROBORATE SHELDON'S ACCOUNT.
WE KNOW IT'S A LONG SHOT,
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRAVE
GOODS, A STONE-LINED GRAVE,
ANYTHING THAT COULD INDICATE
THAT THIS WAS THE BURIAL SITE OF
THAT GIANT SKELETON.
I'M NOT AS CONVINCED AS JIM
ABOUT GIANTS.
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY BROTHER.
IF WE CAN FIND ANYTHING IN
DEERFIELD THAT VERIFIES THIS,
THEN I'LL BE GOOD TO GO ON THIS MISSION.
OH, MAN.
Narrator: FOR THE VIEIRAS,
THIS SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE IS NOT
ONLY ACADEMIC, IT'S PERSONAL.
JIM STARTED DOING THESE TALKS.
HE WAS JUST SHARING WHAT HE
LOVED WITH PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO WEAVE A STRANGE
TALE, AND I JUST ASK FOR AN OPEN MIND.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT STONE
STRUCTURES AND THE POSSIBILITY
THAT SOME OF THESE WERE PRE-COLONIAL.
LOOK AT HOW ELABORATE THAT IS.
I ALSO TALKED ABOUT ENCOUNTERING
ALL THESE GIANT REPORTS.
SO NOW I GOT A BLACK BELT IN GIANTOLOGY.
[cheers and applause]
narrator: VIDEOS OF JIM'S
TALKS WERE POSTED ON THE INTERNET.
EVERY DAY WE'RE LIKE, "OH, 2,000 HITS!
20,000 HITS!
115,000 HITS!"
narrator: BUT THERE WERE SOME
IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WHO
DISMISSED JIM AND HIS THEORIES.
HE GOT ATTACKED.
IT HIT ME RIGHT IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS.
I GOT CALLED ALL KINDS OF
NAMES: A FREAK AND A PSEUDO-SCIENTIST,
A MORON, AN IDIOT, A FOOL.
"YOU'RE ONLY A STONEMASON."
narrator: FOR BILL, THESE
ATTACKS WERE A STRONG REMINDER
OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHER.
MY DAD WAS A GREAT GUY.
HE PASSED AWAY JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
HE TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY.
WHEN THESE MEAN-SPIRITED
RESPONSES STARTED COMING IN,
I KNEW THAT HE'D WANT ME TO
STICK UP FOR MY LITTLE BROTHER.
REALLY, FROM THAT POINT FORWARD,
I SAID, "I GOT YOUR BACK,
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TAKE ON SOME BULLIES."
narrator: THE ONLY REMAINING
CLUES OF THE DEERFIELD GIANT
ARE WORDS ON A PAGE.
SO FAR, NOTHING COMPLETELY
OUTRAGEOUS IN HERE.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS NEED
EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING WAS ONCE
BURIED HERE.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
I'M GETTING WEIRD DATA HERE.
WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
YOU... DO YOU HAVE ANY WORD TO,
WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL
EXCAVATION TOOK PLACE?
IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
WOW.
SOME MORE FLAT CHARACTERISTICS OVER HERE
AS WELL.
THIS WHOLE FLAT RECTANGLE
BURIED BELOW HERE.
COULD YOU TELL IF IT WERE A SLAB?
YEAH, EXACTLY, LIKE A...
LIKE A STONE SLAB OR A...
IT COULD BE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO FIND.
STONE SLABS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH GIANT SKELETON FINDS.
IS IT GIVING YOU ANY
INDICATION OF ITS SIZE?
ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET LONG...
4 FEET WIDE OR SO.
HUH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING OUTLINE.
EXCAVATED EARTH, LARGE STONE
SLAB... THIS SOUNDS
LIKE A BURIAL SITE TO ME.
I'M LOOKING AT JIM, AND I'M
THINKING, "MY LITTLE BROTHER
MIGHT BE ON TO SOMETHING.
THIS MIGHT BE FOR REAL."
narrator: IN THE HILLS OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, BROTHERS
JIM AND BILL VIEIRA ARE HUNTING
FOR PROOF OF JIM'S THEORY THAT A
LOST CIVILIZATION OF GIANTS ONCE
SPANNED THE CONTINENT.
HERE WE GO.
Narrator: THE BROTHERS ARE
SCANNING A SITE WHERE, IN THE
LATE 19th CENTURY, A LOCAL
HISTORIAN DOCUMENTED THAT AN
8-FOOT SKELETON WAS FOUND.
SOMETHING HAS BEEN LAID THERE
IN A FLAT WAY.
Narrator: USING GROUND-
PENETRATING RADAR,
THEY'VE LOCATED WHAT SEEMS TO BE
A STONE SLAB 12 FEET LONG AND 4 FEET WIDE.
BUT, THERE'S NO STONE HERE,
SO IT'S LIKE IT WAS ALL BROUGHT IN.
ONE THING THAT IS STRIKING:
THERE'S NO STONE IN THE AREA,
SO WHEN JIM JAMES SAID
THERE'S A LARGE STONE SLAB HERE,
THAT MADE MY RADAR GO OFF.
Narrator: A LARGE STONE SLAB
IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO
NATURALLY OCCURRING STONE?
ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THAT
IT'S A BURIAL SLAB.
USED IN ANCIENT NATIVE BURIALS
AS FAR BACK AS 1200 A.D.,
STONE SLABS WERE USUALLY
TAILORED TO FIT THE SIZE OF THE DECEASED.
FOR EXAMPLE, A 6-FOOT INDIVIDUAL
WOULD BE COVERED WITH A 7-TO 8-FOOT SLAB.
A 12x4 STRUCTURE IN AN AREA
WHERE THERE'S NO STONE, IT'S QUITE ODD.
Narrator: IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
THE VIEIRAS HAVE DISCOVERED THE
STONE-LINED GRAVE WHERE THE
DEERFIELD GIANT ONCE LAY?
WOW.
WOW.
[laughter]
I'M THINKING WE JUST STOLE GAME ONE.
THAT'S HOW I SHOW LOVE.
THIS IS SO EXCITING.
THIS COULD BE THE START OF
SOMETHING BIGGER.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, TO GET CONFIRMATION.
"CONTINUE YOUR SEARCH,"
IS WHAT IT'S SAYING TO ME.
WELL, LET'S TAKE THIS INTO THE FINISH LINE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: IT'S A PROMISING
FIND, BUT THE AREA IS A
PROTECTED NATIVE AMERICAN SITE,
WHICH MEANS THAT JIM AND BILL
CAN'T DISTURB THE GROUND.
BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT WHAT
THEY'VE FOUND IS ENOUGH TO TAKE
TO THE SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANKS FOR HEARING US OUT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS REACH
OUT TO ESTEEMED ANTHROPOLOGIST
TODD DISOTELL, FROM NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF HUMAN ORIGINS.
WE'VE ACCUMULATED ABOUT 1,500
INDIVIDUAL REPORTS IN NEWSPAPERS
AND TOWN HISTORIES ABOUT THESE
GIANT SKELETONS.
IF WE WANT THIS QUEST TO BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO GET
MAINSTREAM SCIENTISTS ON BOARD
TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
FIND AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
TO PROVE THE CASE.
IS THERE A THEORETICAL
POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS GIANTS WITH DOUBLE
ROWS OF TEETH IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE?
I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S
EXTREMELY UNLIKELY.
BUT UNLIKELY BECOMES ABSOLUTELY
TRUE WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
YUP.
SINCE 2000, PALEOANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE
DISCOVERED EIGHT NEW SPECIES OF HOMINIDS.
I'LL TAKE ONE OF THESE OVER
1,000 EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND
TEXTUAL DESCRIPTIONS.
AND THEN BAM, I'M THERE.
MAINSTREAM SCIENCE MAY NOT
AGREE WITH MY THEORIES,
BUT MY INTUITION TELLS ME THAT
THERE'S TRUTH IN THE STORIES
THAT THEY TELL, THESE MYTHS
AND LEGENDS ABOUT GIANTS.
SO WE NEED TO FIND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE MAINSTREAM
SCIENTISTS OTHERWISE.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS'
DISCOVERY OF THE STONE SLAB IN
DEERFIELD LEADS JIM TO THINK
THAT ANOTHER LOCATION IN
A NEARBY TOWN MIGHT BE THE KEY
TO FINDING EVIDENCE OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION THAT MAY ONCE HAVE
BURIED GIANTS.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S EVER
FOUND A ROOM DOWN THERE.
GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.
Narrator: GOSHEN,
MASSACHUSETTS IS JUST 20 MILES TO THE WEST.
THERE, BURIED IN A WOODED
HILLSIDE, NEXT TO A COLONIAL-ERA
CEMETERY, IS A MYSTERIOUS
UNDERGROUND STONE STRUCTURE,
WHICH SOME BELIEVE COULD BE
ANCIENT IN ORIGIN.
IT'S A STRANGE SITE.
I'VE BEEN FASCINATED WITH IT FOR
ABOUT 15 YEARS.
Narrator: FIRST DISCOVERED IN
THE LATE 1800s, THE GOSHEN
TUNNEL IS COMPRISED OF A STONE
SHAFT 15 FEET DEEP.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT RUN
TWO SIDE TUNNELS... ONE NORTH, ONE SOUTH.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING
BURIED SO DEEP WITH SUCH
OUTRAGEOUSLY HEAVY STONES,
AND JUST THE ENORMITY OF IT
BEGS FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO JIM,
THE STONEWORK IN THE TUNNELS IS
SIMILAR TO ANCIENT STRUCTURES
WHERE GIANT SKELETONS WERE
REPORTEDLY FOUND.
AND WHAT'S MORE, LEGEND HAS IT
THAT THIS STRUCTURE CONTAINS
A SECRET CHAMBER THAT'S NEVER
BEEN OPENED... A CHAMBER THAT JIM AND BILL
BELIEVE COULD CONTAIN THE
GIANT EVIDENCE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
NON-INVASIVE.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IT DONE.
IF THIS IS AN ANCIENT BURIAL
SITE, WE DON'T WANT TO DESECRATE
IT IN ANY WAY OR DISTURB IT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DOCUMENT
IT AND GET TO THE TRUTH.
Narrator: UNLIKE AT
DEERFIELD, THE VIEIRAS WILL BE
ABLE TO FULLY EXPLORE THE GOSHEN
TUNNELS' DEPTHS.
HAVE A SEAT.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR COMING.
I APPRECIATE IT.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL HAVE
PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO HELP THEM
INVESTIGATE THE GOSHEN SITE.
THIS TUNNEL HAS ACTUALLY
BEEN... I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE
THIS FOR MANY YEARS.
HUGH NEWMAN, BRITISH GIANT
HUNTER AND EXPERT IN ANCIENT STONEWORKS.
HUGH'S BEEN ALL AROUND THE
WORLD TO MEGALITHIC SITES...
GOBEKLI TEPE, PUMAPUNKU, EVERYWHERE.
SO I THINK HE'S A PERFECT
CANDIDATE TO HELP US.
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: LUKE SCALISE IS A
STONEMASON AND WILDERNESS EXPERT.
HE'S DEFINITELY THE GUY YOU
WANT ON YOUR SIDE IF YOU WERE
LOST IN THE WOODS FOR THREE
WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS DRAWING IS SUPPOSED TO
SHOW WHAT'S DOWN THERE SOMEHOW?
Narrator: MIKE SCALSKI,
A LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND BUSINESS OWNER.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE FROM WAY BACK.
HE'S A PIECE OF WORK.
HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THESE
DIFFERENT MACHINES.
HE ALWAYS THINKS OF CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT
PRESENT THEMSELVES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO
GO INTO GOSHEN TOMORROW.
AND OUR MISSION IS?
TO FIND THE TRUTH.
DID GIANTS EXIST?
WE WANT TO EXPLORE THOSE
TUNNELS, FIGURE OUT WAYS TO FIND
THIS CHAMBER.
SO THIS IS JIM WHITTAL'S
DRAWINGS FROM THE EARLY '80s,
LAST GUY IN THE TUNNEL.
Narrator: THE LAST ATTEMPT TO
FIND THE SECRET CHAMBER WAS MADE
IN 1980, DURING AN EXCAVATION
LED BY MAVERICK ARCHAEOLOGIST JIM WHITTAL.
WHITTAL AND HIS TEAM UNEARTHED
WHAT HE BELIEVED WERE SEVERAL
ANCIENT ARTIFACTS FROM THE SITE,
INCLUDING A POSSIBLE STONE HOE
AND A STRANGE CIRCULAR DISC.
BUT THEIR EXCAVATION ENDED
BEFORE THEY COULD FIND THE
LOCATION OF ITS ELUSIVE CHAMBER.
WITH NEW TESTING, WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGY, WITH NEW EXPERTISE,
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PIECE TOGETHER
THIS MYSTERY.
WHAT'S ACCESS LIKE?
IT'S BEEN CLOSED UP FOR 31 YEARS.
THERE'S A FLAGSTONE AND A
BOULDER ON TOP OF THE SHAFT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE,
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE MAN WITH ALL
THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.
YOU KEEP SAYING EXPERTISE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR GIANT
SKELETONS BEFORE.
[laughter]
BUT THERE'S NOTHING I'D LIKE
MORE THAN TO SEE SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE IN THERE.
THE MOTTO OF MIKE'S COMPANY
IS "NO JOB TOO ODD,"
WHICH IS IRONIC OF COURSE.
I WOULD THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD
THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PARTICULARLY ODD.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
THE VIEIRAS SET OUT FOR THE
GOSHEN TUNNEL, A SITE THAT'S
HELD ITS SECRETS FOR HUNDREDS,
PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
I GOT TO ADMIT, I'M NERVOUS.
I KNOW.
I'M JUST BEING HONEST.
Narrator: THEY'RE ABOUT TO
EMBARK ON THE MOST EXTENSIVE
EXPLORATION OF THE TUNNEL SITE
EVER CONDUCTED.
OTHERS HAVE FAILED BEFORE US,
SO WHO'S TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ANY LUCK FINDING A NEW
CHAMBER OR ANY EVIDENCE OF
GIANTS IN THE GOSHEN TUNNEL?
WE'RE PUTTING OUR NECKS
WAY OUT THERE, AND...
WE MIGHT ROLL SNAKE EYES.
HERE WE ARE.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, MIKE.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M HANKERING TO GET IN THERE.
GIANT BOULDER ON TOP OF OUR TUNNEL.
Narrator: AFTER THE LAST
EXCAVATION IN 1980, THE PREVIOUS
OWNER OF THE TUNNEL DECIDED TO
CAP THE OPENING WITH A MASSIVE BOULDER.
NO ONE KNOWS WHY.
WAS IT SUPERSTITION?
WAS HE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT FIND
ITS WAY OUT?
WHATEVER HIS REASON, HE TOOK IT
WITH HIM TO THE GRAVE.
MY CLOSE GUESSTIMATION IS,
IT WEIGHS ABOUT 6,000 POUNDS.
WHAT'S THE CAPABILITY OF YOUR MACHINE?
6,000 POUNDS.
OH, MAN.
WE'RE PUSHING IT.
WE'RE PUSHING IT RIGHT TO THE MAX.
WORK YOUR MAGIC.
DRAG THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
THIS IS A CRAPSHOOT.
I'M HUMBLE ENOUGH TO BE WRONG
AND HAVE BEEN WRONG MANY TIMES,
BUT AFTER WE FOUND WHAT WE
THINK IS SOME KIND OF STONE
STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A
GIANT BURIAL IN DEERFIELD,
WE FELT COMPELLED TO INVESTIGATE THIS SITE.
ARE WE READY?
OKAY NOW, IF THIS ROCK STARTS TO
FALL, DON'T TRY TO CATCH IT.
GOOD ADVICE, MIKE.
IF THAT BOULDER SLIPS AT ALL,
BE LIKE INDIANA JONES, BUT IN A BAD WAY.
[straps creaking]
I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE
THE WAY IT SPUN.
WHOA!
JESUS.
WHEN I SEE THE BOULDER COME OFF,
I START TO FEEL THIS ELECTRIC SENSE.
ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
MY THOUGHT WAS, "OH, [bleep],
WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS."
NICE.
WOW.
Narrator: BROTHERS JIM AND
BILL VIEIRA... >> LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: ARE TAKING A BIG
STEP FORWARD IN THEIR QUEST TO
PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS.
THAT'S WICKED COOL.
Narrator: THE STONEMASONS
FROM SMALL-TOWN MASSACHUSETTS
ARE AT A PLACE STEEPED IN MYSTERY.
IT'S CALLED THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.
HOLY [bleep].
WOW.
Narrator: NO ONE KNOWS WHO
BUILT IT OR WHAT IT WAS USED
FOR, BUT JIM BELIEVES THIS SITE
MAY CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF A LOST
CIVILIZATION OF GIANTS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS
MEANT TO BE HIDDEN.
THAT'S THE THING.
THE GOSHEN TUNNEL FITS THE
CONTEXT OF THESE STRANGE
UNDERGROUND STONE PASSAGEWAYS
AND CRYPTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT YIELDED GIANT SKELETONS.
IN THE SMITHSONIAN ETHNOLOGY
REPORTS, THERE ARE 17 ACCOUNTS
OF 7-FOOT AND TALLER SKELETONS.
Narrator: FINDING SUCH
EVIDENCE AT THE GOSHEN SITE
WON'T BE EASY, SO THE VIEIRAS
CALLED IN THE ONE REMAINING TEAM
MEMBER FROM THE LAST EXCAVATION.
YOU MUST BE BILL.
RICK?
GOOD CALL.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
JIM, HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?
LAST GUY IN THE HOLE.
LAST GUY IN THE HOLE.
VERY GOOD.
Narrator: RICK LYNCH WAS PART
OF JIM WHITTAL'S FIELD TEAM,
WHICH 30 YEARS AGO WERE THE
LAST PEOPLE TO STUDY THE SITE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
I'VE BEEN HERE.
RICHARD LYNCH, HE'S JUST
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION,
AND HE'S OPEN-MINDED.
HE DOESN'T REALLY BELIEVE
IN GIANTS, BUT HOPEFULLY
WE CAN FIND SOMETHING
AND TRY TO CONVINCE HIM.
GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE OUR
ORIGINAL PLANS OF THE STRUCTURE FROM 1980.
THIS IS THE SHORT TUNNEL.
THIS IS THE NORTH TUNNEL.
AND THEN THERE'S A MUCH LONGER
SOUTH TUNNEL.
THE OLD GOSHEN LAW WAS THAT
THE TUNNELS ARE 120 FEET LONG.
BUT WE ONLY GOT SO FAR DOWN THROUGH THERE.
LEGEND HAS IT THERE'S A ROOM
AT THE END OF IT.
THAT PART OF THE THEORY
PERMEATES EVERYTHING,
THAT THERE IS AN UNDERGROUND ROOM.
Narrator: UP UNTIL NOW,
NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE
TO PROVE THE CHAMBER'S
EXISTENCE, BUT THE VIEIRAS
ARE COUNTING ON THEIR
STONEMASONRY BACKGROUND,
AND SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY, TO FIND IT.
JIM WHITTAL TRIED TO FIND
THE CHAMBER, AND HE ENDED UP FAILING.
GOSHEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
THEY TRIED AND FAILED.
BUNCH OF FARMERS DRUNK ON
MOONSHINE, THEY TRIED AND FAILED.
SO WE HOPE TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY NOT FAIL.
I DON'T NEED NOTORIETY...
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE ONE
TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
SO LET'S DO THIS.
HEY BIG HERO, YOU WANT TO
GO DOWN FIRST OR WHAT?
YEAH, SURE.
Narrator: A MORE EXPERIENCED
STONEMASON THAN JIM; BILL WILL
GIVE THE TEAM A FIRST ASSESSMENT
OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF CREEPY.
IF WE HEAR YOU SCREAMING, DON'T WORRY,
WE'LL CALL SOMEBODY.
SHUT UP.
ALL RIGHT.
NORTH TUNNEL.
BEAUTIFUL.
THERE'S NO TOOL MARKS.
THERE'S NO MORTAR BINDING THE STONES.
IT HAS NONE OF THE EARMARKS
OF A COLONIAL CONSTRUCTION.
WANT ME TO TAKE A PEAK
INTO THE SOUTH TUNNEL?
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT RIGHT AWAY,
THE VIEIRAS ARE HIT WITH AN OBSTACLE.
A LOT OF STONES HAVE COME LOOSE.
A LOT OF DEBRIS HAS BUILT UP OVER TIME.
CAN YOU GET THROUGH?
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME
EXCAVATION DOWN HERE TO GET INTO
THE LOWER TUNNEL.
Narrator: THE TEAM MUST CLEAR
ALL THE RUBBLE BEFORE THEY CAN
EXPLORE FURTHER.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BURNING DAYLIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS,
WE'RE GONNA USE A ROPE LADDER TO
PULL SOME OF THESE STONES WITH
MIKE AND THE GUYS.
GET IN THE HOLE.
UP AND OUT.
HEY, JIM?
COME HERE FOR A MINUTE.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE
INSCRIBED BOULDER UP HERE?
NO.
LEGEND HAS IT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SITE.
REALLY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CAN YOU TAKE ME THERE?
IT MIGHT BE A CLUE,
EDGAR ALLAN POE STYLE.
OKAY, WE SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE.
YEP, HERE IT IS.
WHOA.
WHAT IS THAT?
HASN'T CHANGED IN 35 YEARS.
THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
THIS IS EVERY BIT AS BIG
A MYSTERY AS THE CHAMBER IS.
SO THERE COULD BE
A CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS
AND THE GOSHEN CHAMBER?
I THINK THERE PROBABLY IS.
THAT IF YOU CAN SOLVE THIS
RIDDLE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE CHAMBER.
Narrator: COULD THIS STRANGE
INSCRIPTION BE A CLUE TO
UNRAVELING THE SECRETS OF THE
GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL?
THAT'S PRETTY WEIRD, ISN'T IT?
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THESE DO LOOK
LIKE RELATIVELY MODERN
LETTERING, BUT THEY'RE NOT
MAKING ANY SENSE TO ME.
Narrator: WHAT MESSAGE IS
THIS STRANGE CODE TRYING TO CONVEY?
IS IT A WARNING?
COULD IT SOMEHOW SPEAK
TO THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS?
THERE'S REPORTS OF GIANT
SKELETONS BEING FOUND WITH
STRANGE WRITING ON TABLETS,
IN SARCOPHAGUS LIDS,
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY,
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE WHAT WE FOUND IN GOSHEN.
IT JUST FASCINATES ME,
THIS STRANGE LITTLE SUN SYMBOL
OR ZERO OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS.
IS IT ZED, OR "Z"?
LOOK AT THAT.
JUST SITTING THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE CODE.
WE'VE TRIED TO INTERPRET IT,
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NOBODY'S
REALLY COME UP WITH ANYTHING.
Narrator: JIM DOCUMENTS THE
PUZZLING SYMBOLS FOR ANALYSIS,
HOPEFUL THAT THE ANSWER TO THIS
RIDDLE WILL FURTHER THEIR
INVESTIGATION AT THE GOSHEN
TUNNEL, PERHAPS EVEN REVEAL
THE LOCATION OF THE TUNNEL'S
MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER.
THE VIEIRAS BELIEVE IT MAY LIE
AT THE END OF THE SOUTH TUNNEL.
ALL RIGHT, SOUTH TUNNEL.
BACK AT THE SITE, THE TEAM
HAS MADE PROGRESS UNBLOCKING ITS ENTRANCE.
THE SOUTH TUNNEL WAS CLEAR,
AND WE COULD PROCEED.
GEE, THIS PLACE IS SMALL.
OH, BOY.
WHOA!
HOLY [bleep]!
Narrator: IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS...
LET'S GO DOWN EXPLORING.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL VIEIRA
ARE DESCENDING INTO A TUNNEL
THAT THEY BELIEVE COULD BE A
REMNANT OF A LOST CIVILIZATION.
A CIVILIZATION THAT BURIED THEIR
GIANT RULERS IN CHAMBERS
CONSTRUCTED OF STONE.
GO KICK SOME ASS, BAM.
Narrator: THE STONEMASON
BROTHERS ARE THE FIRST TO ENTER
THE GOSHEN TUNNEL... >> WOW.
Narrator: IN NEARLY 30 YEARS.
THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH, MAN.
ANY LAST WORDS?
FEED KITTY.
[laughter]
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: MAVERICK
ARCHAEOLOGIST JIM WHITTAL'S TEAM
MADE IT 70 FEET INTO THE SOUTH
TUNNEL BUT NEVER FOUND EVIDENCE
OF THE LEGENDARY SECRET ROOM.
LET'S DO THIS.
Narrator: THE VIEIRAS HOPE
THEY CAN EXPLORE FURTHER.
THEY'RE RIGHT IN THERE NOW.
MAN... >> THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
5 FEET IN.
HOLY [bleep].
THIS IS WHACKED.
NO WAY.
WOW, I JUST... >> I KNOW, I'M KIND OF...
THINK OF THE WEIGHT ON TOP OF US RIGHT?
DON'T.
DON'T MAKE ME THINK ABOUT IT.
15 FEET IN.
MY FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN WE
GOT DOWN INTO THE TUNNEL WAS
THAT IT'S JUST SUCH AN
OUTRAGEOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I THINK IT'S CAPSTONES.
AS A STONEMASON, I WOULD THINK
IT WOULD TAKE A LARGE CREW
OF PEOPLE MONTHS ON END TO BUILD THAT.
PRETTY WILD.
IN ANCIENT AMERICA, WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
ENORMOUS EFFORT TO CREATE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S ALMOST
ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL
OF A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THEIR
SOCIETY, SO MY MIND RUNS TO THE
THOUGHT, "IS THIS A BURIAL PLACE
OF A GIANT RULER?"
55 FEET.
IT'S PRETTY MIND-BLOWING.
AS WE TRAVEL DOWN TO THE END
OF THE TUNNEL, THE SUSPENSE BUILDS.
OUR MINDS BOTH STARTED RACING
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING QUITE
EXTRAORDINARY HERE.
60 FEET.
HEY, HUGH.
YEAH.
THEY'RE AT 60 FEET.
SO THEY'RE REALLY AMONGST THE
SKELETONS NOW.
I CAN SEE TO 70.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S AN OBSTACLE.
BUT 60 IS AS FAR AS WE'RE GOING.
IT'S CAVED IN.
NO WAY OF GETTING THROUGH.
Narrator: THE TUNNEL
CONTINUES, BUT THE END REMAINS
JUST OUT OF REACH.
THERE WAS JUST A COLLAPSED
BIT THAT YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE HEAD
BACK THAT YOU SEE?
NO.
IT'S A CURVEBALL, BUT WE JUST
GOT TO RETHINK THINGS A LITTLE
AND COME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
COULD THERE BE SOMETHING ON THE...
THE OTHER SIDE?
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
THAT'S IT.
Narrator: TURNING BACK DOWN
THE TUNNEL, THEY CONTINUE TO
SEARCH EVERY SURFACE FOR CLUES.
WHOA!
Narrator: SOMETHING CATCHES
BILL'S ATTENTION.
A VERTICAL SEAM.
I WONDER WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
Narrator: IT'S A CLUE THAT
PERHAPS ONLY THE TRAINED EYE OF
A STONEMASON WOULD PICK UP ON.
47 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE
OF THE SHAFT I SAW WHAT
WE CALL IN STONEWORK A ZIPPER.
Narrator: A ZIPPER IS FORMED
WHEN STONES ARE LAID ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
CREATING A WEAK POINT OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE ZIPPER INDICATES THAT
THERE MIGHT BE A SEPARATE
STRUCTURE THAT WAS WALLED OFF
AFTER THE FACT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL?
Narrator: IS THE SOUTH TUNNEL
ACTUALLY AN ELABORATE DECOY
CONCEALING THE TRUE LOCATION OF
A BURIAL CHAMBER BEHIND THE ZIPPER?
A BURIAL OF A GIANT?
PROMINENT ROYAL BURIALS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE OFTEN
BEEN HIDDEN SO LOOTERS WOULDN'T
GET TO THEM.
SO THE THOUGHT ENTERS MY MIND,
"IS THERE A SIDE TUNNEL THAT IS
SEALED OFF AND MEANT TO NOT BE FOUND?"
narrator: IN ANCIENT CULTURES
FROM EGYPT TO CHINA, LEADERS
WERE OFTEN INTERRED IN
MAGNIFICENT TOMBS, BUT THEIR
ACTUAL BURIAL CHAMBERS OFTEN
REMAINED HIDDEN, SEALED OFF AND
CONCEALED TO PROTECT THE SACRED
ROYAL BURIAL.
BEHIND THAT ZIPPER COULD
POSSIBLY BE A TOMB OR THE
CHAMBER THAT HOLDS GIANT EVIDENCE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: IN GOSHEN, MASSACHUSETTS...
PRETTY WILD.
Narrator: JIM AND BILL VIEIRA
ARE SEARCHING FOR PROOF OF A
MYSTERIOUS LOST CIVILIZATION
RULED BY AN ANCIENT RACE OF GIANTS.
THE VIEIRAS' HUNT FOR EVIDENCE
HAS BROUGHT THEM TO THE DEPTHS
OF A MYSTERIOUS STONE TUNNEL... >> WHOA.
Narrator: WHERE THE TWO
STONEMASONS HAVE MADE
AN INTRIGUING DISCOVERY...
THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS BLOCK
IS PUT IN AFTER THE FACT.
Narrator: A SO-CALLED ZIPPER
IN THE TUNNEL WALL.
THE BROTHERS THINK THIS ANOMALY
MAY BE HIDING THE ENTRANCE TO
THE TUNNEL'S LEGENDARY HIDDEN
CHAMBER, WHICH JIM BELIEVES
COULD BE A CRYPT FOR A GIANT.
WOW.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
THE INTEGRITY WOULD BE UNDERMINED.
SO WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT.
STRENGTH AND HONOR.
OH, JESUS CHRIST.
SO HERE WE ARE.
A ZIPPER IS HERE AROUND 47 FEET, RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT
THIS IS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE TUNNEL.
SO WHAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET DOWN THERE?
IT'S PROBABLY 10 OR 12 FEET DOWN.
YOU GOT TO DRILL DOWN THERE, RIGHT?
YOU CAN'T DIG IT OUT.
UNLIKE THIS, WHICH YOU CAN CLIMB IN.
WE'D WANT TO GET A CAMERA DOWN
THERE SOMEHOW.
SO LET'S GO THE NEXT STEP... >> UH-HUH.
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME
SORT OF BORING MACHINE THAT'S
GONNA GIVE US A PERMANENT HOLE
THAT WE CAN EXPERIMENT WITH.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'LL GET ON IT.
Narrator: WHILE BILL TRACKS
DOWN A BORE HOLE DRILL TO PROBE
THE GOSHEN SITE, JIM TRIES TO DECIPHER THE
STRANGE INSCRIPTION THEY FOUND
CARVED INTO A STONE NEAR THE TUNNEL.
HEY, JIM.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
Narrator: A NOTED AUTHOR,
DAVID BRODY IS THE FORMER
DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND
ANTIQUITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
AND HAS STUDIED NUMEROUS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE SITE.
THE THOUGHT IS, DOES IT HAVE
ANY ASSOCIATION?
YEAH, THIS IS LATIN SCRIPT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY
IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME MEANING
OR HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANCE.
IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING
I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THIS IS A STONE WE FOUND UP IN
THE CATSKILLS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT'S THE SAME KIND OF LATIN
LETTERS, AND WHAT THESE ENDED UP
BEING WERE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE SIGNS.
SO THIS MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF,
LIKE, DIRECTIONAL MARKER.
THIS "SB" MIGHT BE A "SOUTHBOUND."
narrator: THE GOSHEN TUNNEL
LIES SOUTH OF THE INSCRIPTION STONE.
"BUR," BURIAL?
"BP," BURIAL PLACE?
Narrator: COULD THIS CODE BE
A KIND OF MAP LEFT BY AN EARLY
EXPLORER OF THE TUNNEL?
OUR THOUGHT IS THAT IT COULD
BE POINTING TO A BURIAL CHAMBER.
IT'S POSSIBLE.
YOU OFTENTIMES SEE THESE
CARVINGS THAT ARE DIRECTIONAL
MAPS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JIM.
HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST TAKE IT
HOME AND PUT IT IN SUPER
COMPUTER, AND MAYBE WE CAN RECONVENE.
THERE'S A REAL STORY THERE,
WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.
FINGERS CROSSED.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE ABLE TO CRACK THE CODE.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
THE VIEIRAS RETURN TO THE GOSHEN
SITE WITH A CORE DRILL.
THEY PLAN TO DRILL DOWN NEXT TO
THE TUNNEL'S ZIPPER, RIGHT ABOVE
WHERE THEY THINK THE HIDDEN CHAMBER MAY BE.
BILL VIEIRA.
TIM MAFLASH, MARTIN DRILLING.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
COME ON DOWN.
WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON OVER HERE?
WELL, THAT'S A LONG STORY.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE GOSHEN
MYSTERY TUNNEL.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER
TUNNELS THAT MIGHT BE OFF OF IT.
OKAY.
WE'RE LOOKING MAYBE FOR A
VAULT OR A CHAMBER OR A VOID, YOU KNOW?
SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
AWESOME.
WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.
IT'S LIKE THE MARS ROVER OR
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
RIGHT ABOUT THERE?
YEAH, JUST GET RIGHT ON IT.
Narrator: THE MACHINE WILL
PROBE DOWN 4 FEET AT A TIME.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT,
IF ANYTHING, WILL IT HIT?
SO THE RAIN STARTS COMING DOWN.
IT'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE DARK.
AND WE HAVE A FAIRLY CRAZY PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT TRYING TO FIND GIANTS.
RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, I LOOKED
AT BILLY, AND WE WERE BOTH
THINKING THE SAME THING.
YEAH, WE MIGHT BOTH LOOK LIKE
ASSES WHEN THIS IS DONE.
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
THE FIRST COUPLE FEET IS PRETTY
SOFT RIGHT NOW.
[machinery ratcheting]
WE KNOW THIS IS WHERE THE
RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
WE'RE GONNA FIND SOMETHING,
OR OUR LUCK HAS RUN OUT.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THE INSIDE OF THE TUBE AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S A PLASTIC SLEEVE THAT
CONTAINS THE MATERIAL, SLICES IT OPEN.
IT'S A CROSS-SECTION OF THE SOIL.
I MEAN, YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF TOPSOIL HERE.
ABOUT RIGHT HERE IT GOT A LITTLE
TOUGHER... YOU COULD SEE THE COLOR CHANGE.
SO NO EVIDENCE OF STONE?
NOT YET, NO.
A COUPLE MORE RUNS AND SEE WHAT
WE GOT DOWN AT 12.
[machinery whirring]
[machinery ratcheting]
BETWEEN 2 FEET ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO 8 FEET, IT'S ALL THE SAME MATERIAL.
4 MORE FEET WILL GIVE US OUR
ANSWER THOUGH, RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
Narrator: IN ONE LAST
ATTEMPT, THEY PUSH THE DRILL TO
ITS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 12 FEET.
I'M HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME
ON THIS ADVENTURE WITH JIM,
I STOPPED THINKING ABOUT IT AS
JIM'S QUEST, AND NOW I'M
THINKING OF IT AS OUR QUEST.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO END.
[machinery ratcheting]
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MACHINE
GOING DOWN, 1 FOOT, 2 FOOT, 3 FOOT...
AND I'M SAYING, GAME OVER.
[machinery ratcheting]
[metallic clank]
THAT'S HARD.
WE JUST CAME DOWN ON SOMETHING
PRETTY HARD RIGHT THERE.
OH, THAT IS INTERESTING.
BAM.
THERE'S SOMETHING.
LET'S PULL IT UP AND SEE
WHAT WE HAVE TO THERE.
I GOT SAND ON IT.
SAND.
Narrator: WHY WOULD THERE BE
SAND BURIED 11 FEET DOWN AT THE
SITE OF THE GOSHEN TUNNEL?
IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO WE'RE THINKING, WAS THERE
SAND BROUGHT IN?
SO THAT SAND IS SITTING ON
TOP OF SOMETHING.
SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING
ON, THAT WE'VE HIT POSSIBLY
ANOTHER STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TUNNEL.
THIS IS CRAZY.
Narrator: IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: THE VIEIRA BROTHERS
ARE EXPLORING A MYSTERIOUS
TUNNEL, HOPING TO FIND A HIDDEN
CHAMBER, ONE THAT MAY CONTAIN
THE SKELETON OF A GIANT.
YEAH, WE JUST CAME DOWN ON
SOMETHING PRETTY HARD RIGHT THERE.
Narrator: USING A CORE DRILL,
THEY BORED DOWN AND DISCOVERED
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED 11 FEET DOWN... SAND.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
LOWER THIS DOWN, JUST LIKE A SNAKE.
Narrator: THEY LOWER A CAMERA
DOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE HIT.
INTO THE EARTH.
NICE AND SLOW.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
KEEP IT STEADY.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE BOTTOM.
RIGHT ABOUT... WHOA.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S SHINY.
THAT'S STONE.
HOLY [bleep].
LIKE, THAT IS STONE.
ARE WE ON THE TOP OF A CHAMBER?
Narrator: THE BROTHERS MAY
HAVE JUST FOUND THE LEGENDARY
SECRET ROOM OF THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.
RICK.
HEY, GUYS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Narrator: THEY BRING THEIR
DISCOVERY TO RICK LYNCH.
I HEAR YOU GOT SOME NEW NEWS.
WE DO.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.
Narrator: AS A MEMBER OF
JIM WHITTAL'S FIELD TEAM,
RICK HAS BEEN PRESENT
AT MULTIPLE EXCAVATIONS
THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.
THEY HOPE THAT HE CAN HELP THEM
INTERPRET THEIR FINDINGS.
WE DECIDED TO BRING IN A GEOPROBE.
OKAY.
AT 10 FEET DOWN, WE HIT SOMETHING HARD.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS KIND OF SAND IS MORE
CONDUCIVE WITH A BURIAL.
REALLY?
IF YOU HAVE A BURIAL AND YOU
PLACE THE BODY IN VERY FINE
SAND, IT'LL PRESERVE THE REMAINS
BETTER, WHEREAS IF YOU JUST
THROW IT INTO THE ACIDIC SOIL
OF NEW ENGLAND, OKAY,
YOU KNOW, IT'LL DECOMPOSE
WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT
MAYBE THAT YOU DID FIND SOMETHING.
THIS IS AMAZING, AND MAYBE
THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY THAN
WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
Narrator: IT'S A CRITICAL
FIRST STEP, BUT THIS FIND COULD
BE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
THERE COULD BE MORE EVIDENCE OF
A LOST CIVILIZATION BURIED DEEP
IN THE MASSACHUSETTS WOODS...
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S THE VIEIRAS' MISSION TO
UNCOVER EVERY LAST CLUE.
BUT CAN THEY PROVE THAT GIANTS WERE REAL?
WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL WE
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MYSTERY
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Narrator: THIS SEASON ON
SEARCH FOR THE LOST GIANTS...
SOME OF THESE OLD ACCOUNTS,
IT'S LIKE A TREASURE MAP.
I'M BEING LED DOWN A PATH TO
GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TRUTH.
OH, BOY.
A LITTLE PASSAGEWAY.
AN 8-FOOT GIANT, DUG UP
RIGHT OVER THERE.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT SOMETHING IN HERE.
IT'S ALL IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD.
OH, THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT IS A PHOTO, AND THAT'S
A GAME CHANGER IN MY BOOK.
EVERY STEP IS LENDING
CREDIBILITY TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WHOO!
WOW.
THIS IS CRAZY.
AND THE TEETH, WHICH WERE ALL DOUBLE.
THAT IS ONE BIG JAWBONE THAT
WOULD CARRY A TOOTH LIKE THAT.
WHOA, IT'S POURING OUT.
WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
WOW, THIS STUFF'S THICK.
THE SKELETON COULD EVEN BE IN
THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS MADE OF KRYPTONITE.
YOU BELIEVE IN GIANTS?
I DO.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
I DO.