Search for the Lost Giants (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Chasing the Bones - full transcript

[suspenseful music]

♪

[eagle calls]

male narrator: TONIGHT ON

SEARCH FOR THE LOST GIANTS...

THEY EXHUMED A NATIVE CHIEF

OF GIANT STATURE,

AND THE TEETH WERE ALL DOUBLE.

THAT, TO ME, IS THE TYPE OF SAND

THAT IS NOT FOUND IN GOSHEN.

THIS IS FAIRLY REMARKABLE.



THE TUNNEL IS PLAYING

MIND GAMES WITH US.

OH!

THAT SKELETON COULD EVEN BE

IN THIS HOUSE.

ALL RIGHT, SHIELD YOUR EYES.

Narrator: FOR MILLENNIA,

HUMANKIND HAS TOLD TALES OF GIANTS

THAT ONCE WALKED TO EARTH.

OZARK CAVES IN ARKANSAS 9-FOOT,

PROVO, UTAH, ARE 8'6".

Narrator: JIM VIEIRA BELIEVES

IT MAY BE MORE THAN JUST MYTH.

THE BIG MYSTERY:



WHERE ARE THE BONES?

JIM AND HIS BROTHER BILL...

HERE WE GO, BROTHER.

Narrator: WANT TO GET TO THE TRUTH...

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT SLIPPED

THROUGH THE HANDS OF HISTORY.

WHOA!

HOLY [bleep].

[suspenseful music]

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[heartbeat]

OKAY, WE GOT A BUSY WEEK.

GOT A LOT TO DO.

HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?

IT WAS AWESOME.

THERE'S A PICTURE FOR YOU.

LOOKS LIKE YOUR SKULL.

[laughter]

narrator: THE VIEIRA BROTHERS

HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE OZARK MOUNTAINS

OF ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE

OF A 6-FOOT GUY NEXT TO AN 8-FOOT SKELETON.

THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH?

Narrator: IN MISSOURI, JIM FOUND A PHOTO

OF AN ALLEGED GIANT... >> THAT'S AMAZING.

LAID OUT NEXT TO A 6-FOOT MAN.

BRAD, CHECK THIS OUT.

Narrator: BILL FOUND A LARGE TOOTH.

IT DEFINITELY HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS

OF A HUMAN TOOTH, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS.

Wow, THAT'S HUGE.

WE WANT TO GET IT TESTED.

AND GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER OF WHAT IT IS.

WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED, YOU KNOW?

I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING.

YEAH, SO WE'RE FIRED UP

TO BE BACK, REALLY.

Narrator: NOW THAT

THE VIEIRAS HAVE RETURNED

TO NEW ENGLAND, THEY HAVE

TWO LEADS TO FOLLOW UP ON

IN THEIR QUEST TO PROVE

THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS.

I KNOW YOU AND I WANT TO GO

TO ROCKINGHAM, VERMONT,

AN ACCOUNT OF DOUBLE ROWS

OF TEETH IN A JAWBONE

THAT COULD FIT OVER THE FACE.

Narrator: A SMALL VERMONT

LIBRARY HAS GRANTED JIM ACCESS

TO OLD RECORDS THAT COULD POINT

TO THE LOCATION

OF A MISSING GIANT SKELETON.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING BACK

TO GOSHEN, YOU KNOW.

OH, YEAH, RIGHT?

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET

TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

Narrator: THE BROTHERS ARE

ALSO EAGER TO FOLLOW UP ON CLUES THEY FOUND

AT THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL,

CLUES THAT POINT TO THE POSSIBILITY

OF A HIDDEN CHAMBER,

A CHAMBER THAT COULD CONTAIN

GIANT EVIDENCE.

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.

WE HAVE A MEETING WITH AN ARCHAEOLOGIST,

AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONVINCE HIM

TO DO A DIG OUT THERE, WHICH IS EXCITING.

WE COULD MAKE A DISCOVERY

IN REAL TIME HERE, YOU KNOW?

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING

INTO THIS FOR 200 YEARS,

AND WE COULD BE THE ONES

THAT HAVE FOUND SOMETHING NEW

IN THIS GOSHEN TUNNEL.

IT'S GETTIN' REAL.

SO LET'S HIT IT.

LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT.

Narrator: JIM AND BILL HEAD TO

THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS,

WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY SENT

THEIR GOSHEN FINDINGS.

I'M NERVOUS, BECAUSE THIS IS

WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

[groans]

I'M GONNA PUKE ALL OVER YA.

[laughs]

YEAH.

Narrator: IF THEY WANT TO

TEST THEIR HYPOTHESIS

THAT THE GOSHEN TUNNEL CONTAINS

A BURIAL CHAMBER,

POSSIBLY EVEN ONE CONTAINING

EVIDENCE OF A GIANT...

narrator: JIM AND BILL NEED

ARCHAEOLOGIST ERIC JOHNSON TO

AGREE TO EXCAVATE AT THE SITE.

HELLO.

ERIC?

YES.

I'M BILL VIEIRA.

THIS IS MY BROTHER JIM.

HI, BILL. JIM.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

HAVE A SEAT.

HERE IS THE JIM WHITTLES MAP

OF THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.

OKAY, YEP.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN,

WE FOUND WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS...

WE CALL IT A ZIPPER IN MASONRY.

OUR GOAL AT THIS POINT

IS TO TRY TO CONVINCE HIM

THAT THERE MIGHT BE A HIDDEN SIDE SHAFT

THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT IS,

GET HIM INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT.

SO WE BROUGHT IN A GEOPROBE

TO GO DOWN AND DO A SOIL SAMPLE.

AT ABOUT 12 FEET, IT HIT SOMETHING HARD.

[metal clangs]

AND AT THE VERY END OF IT WAS SAND.

Narrator: SIGNIFICANT

BECAUSE SAND IS SOMETIMES

ASSOCIATED WITH ANCIENT BURIALS.

SO WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE

A SIDE SHAFT OR A CHAMBER

COMING OFF OF THIS SOUTH TUNNEL.

MAYBE.

WE'RE DESPERATE TO GET IN HERE.

WE'RE REALLY ANXIOUS TO SOLVE THIS MYSTERY.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT SOME

TANTALIZING HINTS THAT

THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE.

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH YET

TO REALLY JUSTIFY DIGGING.

THE SOILS UP HERE

GET REALLY COMPLICATED.

THERE'S POCKETS OF SAND FOUND NATURALLY.

WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE

IS SOMETHING MORE DEFINITIVE.

Narrator: IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY

AN EXCAVATION,

THE BROTHERS MUST FIRST FIND OUT

IF THEIR SAND IS NATIVE TO GOSHEN OR NOT.

AND SECOND, FIND MORE EVIDENCE

THAT THE AREA WHERE THEY FOUND THE SAND

IS IN FACT CONNECTED

TO THE REST OF THE TUNNEL.

IF THAT CASE IS STRONG

ENOUGH, THEN I THINK

IT WOULD BE WORTH INVESTING

THE TIME AND MONEY FOR

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION.

MAKES SENSE.

SURE, IT'S A BIT OF A SETBACK,

BUT I REALLY THINK WE'LL GET HIM ON BOARD.

WE JUST HAVE TO PUSH THROUGH

IN THE BITTER END.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

Narrator: WHILE JIM AND BILL

PLAN THEIR NEXT MOVE BACK AT GOSHEN...

12 DEGREES AND THEN...

narrator: TEAM MEMBERS ARE

MAPPING THE TUNNEL

TO PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL

OF AN EXCAVATION... >> BRINGS US RIGHT DOWN

THROUGH HERE.

YEAH.

Narrator: WHEN THEY MAKE

A DISCOVERY THAT DEEPENS THE MYSTERY...

IT JUST KICKED OFF.

Narrator: A BIZARRE

COMPASS READING OVER THE TUNNEL.

HOW'S IT GOING?

WHAT'S GOING ON, SEAN?

SEAN.

IT'S GOING WELL.

HOW YOU DOIN', BROTHER?

I'M WELL, THANKS.

SO I'M CHECKING MY SANITY HERE,

FOR SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW

WHAT I READ DOWN THERE.

Narrator: READING A COMPASS

IS SECOND NATURE TO TEAM MEMBER

AND WILDERNESS GUIDE SEAN ASHCRAFT.

SO IF I FOLLOW MY BEARING

AND I WALK THE LINE...

OH, IT STARTS TO KICK OFF RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

HOW MANY DEGREES IS THAT SHIFTING OFF?

THAT'S ALMOST 10 DEGREES

FROM MAGNETIC NORTH.

10 DEGREES... OOPS.

12 DEGREES AND... BACK ON.

BOOM.

THIS IS A REALLY WEIRD SPOT.

THIS 6-TO-8-FOOT SECTION IS ABNORMAL.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S DRAWING

MY COMPASS IN THAT DIRECTION.

WHAT WAS ODD WAS THE AREA

WHERE HE'S GETTING THAT PULL

ON THE COMPASS WAS THE AREA

WHERE THE ZIPPER IS.

IT... IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE

A COINCIDENCE TO BE HAPPENING

RIGHT IN THIS AREA, WE THINK SOME FORM

OF A CHAMBER IS.

SO IT WAS JUST ADDING MORE TO THE MYSTERY.

I WANNA JUST DO A COUPLE

OF TESTS AROUND THIS AREA.

Narrator: TEAM MEMBER

HUGH NEWMAN HAS SPENT YEARS

STUDYING ANCIENT STONE SITES

AND THE ENERGY SOME BELIEVE THEY EMIT.

HE EMPLOYS AN MAGNETOMETER,

A DEVICE USED TO MEASURE CHANGES

IN MAGNETISM LEVELS.

OKAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY

PICKING UP SOMETHING HERE.

OH, MY GOD, THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE INTENSE.

WOW.

IT'S GONE MENTAL.

I MEAN, IT... IT'S CLEARLY

SOME SORT OF A MAGNETIC ANOMALY.

MAGNETIC ANOMALIES HAVE BEEN

FOUND AT A LOT OF THESE CHAMBERS.

YEAH.

A LOT OF THEM.

THAT COULD BE WHY THEY CHOSE THIS SPOT.

Narrator: THE NEEDLE

OF A COMPASS PULLS NORTH

DUE TO THE EARTH'S NATURAL MAGNETISM.

BUT SOME SITES SEEMS TO EXHIBIT

MAGNETISM OF THEIR OWN

THAT GEOPHYSICISTS REFER TO

AS MAGNETIC ANOMALIES.

ANCIENT PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF MAGNETISM

BECAUSE OF THEIR FAMILIARITY

WITH LODESTONES,

NATURALLY MAGNETIZED PIECES OF IRON ORE.

SOME ANCIENT CULTURES

REGARDED MAGNETIC SITES AS SACRED PLACES

AND RESERVED THEM FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

COULD THE GOSHEN TUNNEL

BE ONE OF THOSE PLACES?

IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE

OUT THERE, BUT BURIAL SITES

ARE CHOSEN FOR THEIR

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES

ALL OVER THE WORLD...

THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT, TIAHUANACO,

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

Narrator: IF THESE ANCIENT

PEOPLE BUILT TOMBS

ON MAGNETICALLY ANOMALOUS SITES,

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A CIVILIZATION

LIVING IN ANCIENT AMERICA

MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPELLED TO DO THE SAME?

[thunder crashes]

narrator: MIGHT THEY HAVE

SOUGHT OUT A SACRED PLACE

IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AN ELABORATE TOMB

TO PROTECT SPECIAL BONES.

BONES THAT, IF JIM'S RESEARCH IS CORRECT,

MAY HAVE BELONGED TO A GIANT RULER?

SOMETHING'S HAPPENING HERE.

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S BEING

PICKED UP BY THIS DOES SUGGEST IT HAS

QUITE A LOT OF ENERGY,

QUITE A LOT OF POWER, WHATEVER IT IS.

IT'S WEIRD, FOR SURE.

IT DOES FEEL LIKE THE TUNNEL

IS PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH US.

Narrator: BROTHERS, JIM AND BILL VIEIRA

ARE ON THE HUNT FOR EVIDENCE

OF A LOST CIVILIZATION OF GIANTS.

AT THE GOSHEN TUNNEL

IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS...

THAT'S ALMOST 10 DEGREES.

Narrator: THE BROTHERS HAVE

IDENTIFIED A STRANGE

MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE...

IT'S GONE MENTAL.

Narrator: DIRECTLY OVER

THE ZIPPER AREA OF THE SITE.

THIS IS A PRETTY AMAZING

POTENTIAL SITE HERE.

TIME WILL TELL, YEAH.

YES.

Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,

BILL SPEARHEADS THE EFFORT

TO GATHER EVIDENCE TO PRESENT

TO UMASS ARCHAEOLOGIST ERIC JOHNSON.

WE WANT TO DO AN EXCAVATION

AT THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL,

BUT WE HAVE TO CONVINCE

ERIC JOHNSON THAT THERE'S A

MYSTERY WORTH SOLVING.

Narrator: THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT

WILL BE TO ANALYZE THE SAND

THEY FOUND AT THE SITE,

SAND THAT THE VIEIRAS BELIEVE

MAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN

BY THE BUILDERS OF THE TUNNEL

AND COULD BE EVIDENCE

OF AN ADDITIONAL CHAMBER.

BUT WHY SAND?

COULD IT BE A BUILDING MATERIAL?

OR COULD IT HAVE A CEREMONIAL PURPOSE,

LIKE PREVIOUS TUNNEL EXPLORER

RICK LYNCH SUGGESTS?

THIS KIND OF SAND IS MORE

CONDUCIVE WITH A BURIAL.

IF YOU PLACED A BODY

IN VERY FINE SAND, IT'LL

PRESERVE THE REMAINS BETTER.

Narrator: IF RICK LYNCH IS

RIGHT, IT COULD MEAN

THAT WHAT THE BROTHERS FOUND IS A CRYPT,

POSSIBLY EVEN THE CRYPT OF A GIANT.

[knocks on door]

MICHAEL? HI.

MIKE JERCINOVIC.

BILL VIEIRA.

PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

Narrator: BILL TURNS TO

DR. MICHAEL JERCINOVIC,

A UMASS GEOSCIENTIST WHO SPECIALIZES

IN TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS.

WE DID A GEOPROBE.

WE WENT DOWN ABOUT 10 FEET

AND FOUND NOTHING BUT CLAY AND THEN THAT.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK.

THAT, TO ME, IS A TYPE OF SAND

THAT IS NOT FOUND IN GOSHEN.

UH-HUH.

SO WE'RE WONDERING IF THAT

CAME FROM A DIFFERENT AREA.

I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE

A LOOK AT THIS AND NARROW THAT DOWN.

Narrator: MICHAEL WILL

ANALYZE THE SAND TO DETERMINE

ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE.

BASED ON ITS PURITY,

HE WILL ATTEMPT TO SHED LIGHT

ON WHETHER IT'S NATURALLY PART OF THE SOIL

OR IF IT WAS PLACED THERE.

THERE'S QUITE A STORY IN THESE GRAINS.

AND IT'S UP TO US TO FIGURE OUT WAYS

OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

I'M ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT.

Narrator: MEANWHILE,

50 MILES DUE NORTH...

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HIT

A COUPLE PLACES IN ROCKINGHAM.

Narrator: JIM AND TEAM MEMBER

HUGH NEWMAN

ARE HUNTING FOR A GIANT SKELETON

REPORTEDLY UNEARTHED 160 YEARS AGO

BUT WHICH EVENTUALLY VANISHED.

I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE TOWN

HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM, VERMONT, 1907.

YEAH.

Narrator: JIM IS HOPING

OBSCURE TOWN RECORDS

WILL HELP THEM TRACK DOWN THE DISCOVERY

MADE ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

JUST OUTSIDE OF ROCKINGHAM, VERMONT.

[eagle calls]

SO THIS IS THE SITE IN QUESTION.

THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

[eagle calls]

SO IN 1849,

THEY BUILT THE CHESHIRE RAILROAD HERE.

AND WHEN THEY UNCOVERED THE LEDGES,

RIGHT ABOVE THERE, THEY FOUND SOMETHING

THEY DIDN'T EXPECT.

Narrator: THE WORKERS WERE

BUSY WITH THE ARDUOUS TASK OF BUILDING

THE CHESHIRE RAILROAD LINE

THROUGH HILLS THAT WERE SO ROCKY

THAT BLASTING WAS REQUIRED.

WHILE CLEARING AWAY DEBRIS,

THE MEN UNWITTINGLY UNCOVERED

A NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND.

ONE OF THE SKELETONS WAS UNIQUE.

THEY EXHUMED A NATIVE CHIEF

OF GIANT STATURE.

Narrator: THE SKELETON WAS

NOT ONLY GIANT, BUT POSSESSED OTHER UNIQUE

ANATOMIC ATTRIBUTES AS WELL.

HE WAS NOTED TO HAVE

A MASSIVE JAWBONE THAT COULD

FIT OVER THE FACE OF THE FINDER

AND DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

FROM THERE, WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.

IT'S AN OPEN MYSTERY RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW IT CAME FROM HERE.

NOW, IT'S LIKE A POSTINDUSTRIAL WASTELAND.

Narrator: AND JUST ACROSS THE RIVER,

ANOTHER CLUE.

THERE'S A PETROGLYPH SITE

ON THE OTHER SIDE.

RIGHT THERE, SEE?

OH, YEAH.

SO YOU COULD SEE, LIKE,

A DOZEN OF THESE ROUND FACES

WITH ANTENNA-LIKE PROJECTIONS

COMING OUT OF THEM.

YEAH.

Narrator: DISCOVERED

IN THE 1800S, THE CARVINGS

ARE BELIEVED TO BE HUNDREDS,

OR PERHAPS EVEN THOUSANDS, OF YEARS OLD.

SOME SAY THEY WERE CARVED BY

MEMBERS OF AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,

THE ABENAKI, TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS

OR TO COMMEMORATE A BLOODY BATTLE

THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR THE RIVER LONG AGO.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THEORY.

ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE PETROGLYPHS

HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR WORN AWAY,

EARLIER SKETCHES DEPICT

ADDITIONAL SKULL-LIKE SYMBOLS,

LARGER THAN THE REST AND POSSESSING DETAILS

THAT RESEMBLE PROTRUDING TEETH.

SO THE QUESTION WE NEED TO FIND OUT IS,

WHERE ARE THE BONES NOW?

OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR

THE ROCKINGHAM TOWN LIBRARY.

OKAY.

Narrator: JIM AND HUGH

HEAD TO THE LIBRARY

IN HOPES THAT THE RECORDS

HOUSED THERE WILL VERIFY

THE EXISTENCE OF THE SKELETON

AND PERHAPS SHED LIGHT

ON WHAT BECAME OF IT.

WOW, WHAT A PLACE.

WE ENTER THE SPACE

WHERE ALL THESE DOCUMENTS ARE

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVEN'T

BEEN REALLY LOOKED OVER

IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

THIS IS LIKE MY OLD ATTIC AT HOME.

THEY'RE JUST IN THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY.

SO WHERE... WHERE ARE WE GONNA START HERE?

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF STUFF TO...

WELL, WE PROBABLY WANT TO GO

THROUGH THESE FILES.

I'LL CHECK THROUGH THIS, TOO.

I'LL START WITH THIS, YEAH.

NO PROBLEM.

GET TO WORK.

OH, MY GOD.

Narrator: MEANWHILE, BACK AT UMASS...

OH BOY, SCIENCE TOYS.

Narrator: BILL AND GEOPHYSICIST

MICHAEL JERCINOVIC ARE BEGINNING

TO ANALYZE THE SAND JIM AND BILL FOUND

BURIED DEEP BENEATH THE EARTH

AT THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.

OKAY, THE SAMPLE'S READY.

LET'S PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

EXCELLENT.

Narrator: MICHAEL PLACES

THE SAMPLE UNDERNEATH

A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE,

CAPABLE OF MAGNIFYING AN IMAGE

UP TO 500,000 TIMES.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TRY TO GET AN IDEA

OF WHAT THESE SAND GRAINS ARE COMPOSED OF.

WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF SILICON DIOXIDE

THAT'S IN THERE?

Narrator: PURE SAND,

LIKE THE KIND TYPICALLY FOUND

ON A BEACH, IS COMPRISED

PRIMARILY OF SILICON DIOXIDE,

ALSO KNOWN AS QUARTZ.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT

OF QUARTZ AND NOT MUCH ELSE,

THAT'S A VERY PURE SAND.

Narrator: IF THE GOSHEN SAND

IS MOSTLY QUARTZ,

CHANCES ARE IT WAS BROUGHT

TO GOSHEN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

FOR A PURPOSE.

I'M JUST GONNA SURVEY THIS

SAMPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE

AND SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE.

IT'S BROKEN, THERE ARE SMALL DEPOSITS

ON THE OUTER SURFACE, SO LET'S JUST SEE

WHAT THIS IS MADE OF.

THIS MATERIAL IS...

QUARTZ, THE PRESENCE OF NO OTHER

ELEMENTS IN THERE.

SO THIS IS A VERY PURE QUARTZ GRAIN.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS GRAIN IS.

LOOKS LIKE QUARTZ.

WHAT ABOUT THIS GUY?

MORE QUARTZ.

THAT IS QUARTZ.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF QUARTZ HERE.

GRAIN AFTER GRAIN, THE PURITY OF THE QUARTZ

IN THE SAND IS... IS FAIRLY REMARKABLE

AND I'D SAY UNEXPECTED.

SEEMS ODD TO ME GEOLOGICALLY.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO EXPLAIN

THE PRESENCE OF A SAND LIKE THIS

THAT'S SITTING UNDERNEATH 10 FEET OF CLAY.

NOW, THE SAND'S SIMILAR

TO SOMETHING THAT YOU'D SEE

IF YOU JUST WENT OUT

TO AN AVERAGE BEACH SOMEWHERE.

Narrator: PURE QUARTZ?

THE KIND BEACH SAND IS COMPOSED OF?

THE NEAREST BEACH IS OVER 100 MILES AWAY.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, HOW DID IT END UP

IN THE FOREST OF GOSHEN

BURIED MORE THAN 10 FEET BENEATH THE EARTH?

THEY TRUCKED THIS SAND ALL THE WAY HERE,

FOR WHAT REASON?

Narrator: COULD IT BE THAT

THE ONES RESPONSIBLE

FOR BRINGING THIS SAND TO GOSHEN

USED IT FOR A VERY SPECIAL PURPOSE,

TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE TOMB OF A GIANT?

BUT CAN THE VIEIRAS

DEFINITIVELY CONNECT THIS SAND

TO THE GOSHEN TUNNEL ITSELF

AND A POSSIBLE HIDDEN CHAMBER?

Narrator: IN ROCKINGHAM, VERMONT...

NOT THAT ONE.

Narrator: GIANT HUNTERS

JIM VIEIRA AND HUGH NEWMAN

ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN

A MISSING GIANT SKELETON.

ONE THAT WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN 1849.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE RECORDS,

LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS,

DIFFERENT WRITTEN INFORMATION,

DIFFERENT CORROBORATIVE PROOF

OF THE SKELETON ACTUALLY EXISTING.

OH, HERE WE GO.

"THE BUILDING OF THE RAILROAD."

THIS IS HANDWRITTEN.

MUST BE VERY CAREFUL.

WE PULL OUT THE FOLDER

WITH THE HANDWRITTEN RECORDS

OF LYMAN SIMPSON HAYES, WHO WAS A VERY

WELL-RESPECTED HISTORIAN.

Narrator: LYMAN SIMPSON HAYES

WAS A NEWSPAPER WRITER IN THE LATE 1800s,

WHO PENNED A SERIES OF ARTICLES

THAT WOULD LATER BE COMPILED

INTO AN 800-PAGE VOLUME

KNOWN AS THE TOWN HISTORIES OF ROCKINGHAM.

AND IT'S HIS ORIGINAL ACCOUNT

THAT EVENTUALLY WENT IN THE TOWN HISTORY.

"WHEN THE EARTH WAS REMOVED,

A REMARKABLE HUMAN SKELETON WAS FOUND.

THE JAWBONE WAS OF SUCH SIZE

THAT A LARGE MAN COULD EASILY

SLIP IT OVER HIS FACE.

AND THE TEETH, WHICH WERE ALL DOUBLE"...

LOOK AT THAT.

HE PUTS "ALL."

WOW. HE WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH,

THIS ANATOMIC ANOMALY

IS MENTIONED AND ASSOCIATED

WITH SO MANY GIANT ACCOUNTS.

TOWN HISTORY OF DEERFIELD,

MENTIONED AN 8-FOOT SKELETON

WITH DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

THE BATES MOUND, OHIO, THREE SKELETONS

ALL WITH DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND,

MASSIVE JAWBONES, DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS., 8-FOOT SKELETON,

DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

Narrator: BUT DOUBLE ROWS

OF TEETH ARE NOT THE ONLY ANATOMIC ANOMALY

ASSOCIATED WITH GIANTS.

THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES

AND ACROSS CULTURES,

BEINGS OF GIANT STATURE

HAVE ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH

STRANGE ANATOMIC DEVIATIONS.

THE CYCLOPS, THE MAN-EATING GIANT

IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY,

WAS DESCRIBED AS POSSESSING

ONLY ONE CENTRAL EYE.

AND IN THE BIBLE, THE GIANT OF GATH,

FROM THE SAME TOWN AS THE FAMED GOLIATH,

WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SIX FINGERS AND TOES.

Narrator: AND PETROGLYPHS

CARVED BY ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICANS

IN WHAT IS NOW MODERN-DAY UTAH,

POINT TOWARD A RACE OF BEINGS

WITH ADDITIONAL TOES.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

AND WHY ARE THESE STRANGE

ANATOMIC ANOMALIES REFERENCED

IN ARTWORK AND LITERATURE ACROSS CULTURES.

ARE THEY DESCRIBING BEINGS THAT LONG AGO

WERE WIDELY KNOWN TO EXIST?

I CAUGHT A LOT OF HEAT

FROM PEOPLE, LIKE,

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"

BUT THERE'S AN AIR OF SYNCHRONICITY TO THIS

AND IT... COULD IT LEAD

TO SOME ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW,

BUT MY INTUITION TELLS ME

THAT THESE THINGS ARE LINING UP

BECAUSE THE STORY WANTS TO BE TOLD.

Narrator: IF JIM AND HUGH

ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIND A SKELETON WITH

THESE ANATOMIC ANOMALIES,

IT WOULD SHIFT OUR CURRENT

UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN HISTORY.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION, CHURCHES.

YEAH, NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

OH, THIS... HEY, JIM, CHECK THIS OUT.

1886.

HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

"DURING THE CONSTRUCTION

OF THE CHESHIRE RAILROAD,

SEVERAL HUMAN SKELETONS WERE EXHUMED.

AMONG THEM WAS ONE, ANSWERING BY HIS

HUGE PROPORTIONS.

THESE BONES WERE PROCURED

AND WIRED TOGETHER BY ONE DR. ROBBINS

OF BELLOWS FALLS."

OKAY.

"AND ARE NOW IN

THE POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILY."

SO MAYBE THAT'S THE GUY

WE NEED TO HUNT DOWN...

DR. ROBBINS OR HIS FAMILY.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SO...

IF YOU COULD POINT ME IN A DIRECTION,

I'D APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

ARTEMAS ROBBINS.

Narrator: FUELED BY

THE DISCOVERY, JIM HUNTS

THROUGH BIRTH RECORDS,

DEATH RECORDS, AND CENSUS DATA

IN AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE

DR. ROBBINS' LINEAGE.

DAUGHTER, HERE WE GO.

LOUISA ROBBINS.

LOUISA ROBBINS MARRIED DANIEL B. JOHONNOTT.

Narrator: IF JIM CAN

SPEAK TO A LIVING RELATIVE...

ARTEMAS ROBBINS JOHONNOTT.

Narrator: THE SKELETON OF A GIANT

COULD BE WITHIN HIS REACH.

SON.

IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING PROSPECT, YOU KNOW,

IT ACTUALLY COULD BE SOMEWHERE

OR THERE COULD BE THOROUGH RECORDS OF IT.

THERE COULD BE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT.

MARRIED ELIZA BILLINGS.

AND IT COULD REVEAL THIS

ANOMALY OF A MASSIVE JAWBONE

THAT COULD FIT OVER YOUR FACE

WITH DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

BINGO.

THE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

OF ARTEMAS ROBBINS,

CAROLINE WELLINGTON JOHONNOTT,

BORN IN 1897.

Narrator: JIM FINDS THAT

DR. ROBBINS' LINEAGE CAME TO AN END

WITH THE PASSING OF

HIS GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER,

CAROLINE WELLINGTON JOHONNOTT, WHO RESIDED

IN NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIVED AT THIS HOUSE UNTIL AT LEAST 1945.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

Narrator: CAROLINE CAN

NO LONGER SHARE HER STORY,

BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HER FORMER HOME

MIGHT HOLD A CLUE?

HUGH, GET YOUR GEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO NEWTON.

Narrator: AFTER CONTACTING

THE CURRENT HOMEOWNER,

JIM AND HUGH HEAD 100 MILES

DUE EAST, TOWARD NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SO THIS IS

CAROLINE WELLINGTON JOHONNOTT'S

LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE.

WE'RE HOPING WE CAN FIND

SOMETHING HERE, SOME RECORDS,

SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THIS STORY.

PERHAPS THAT SKELETON FROM ROCKINGHAM

COULD EVEN BE IN THIS HOUSE.

Narrator: ONE SKELETON

COULD BE ALL JIM NEEDS TO PROVE

AN INCREDIBLE POSSIBILITY...

THAT MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF GIANTS

FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

ARE NOT MERE FANTASY, BUT BASED IN REALITY.

I THINK IT'S THIS ONE.

LET'S GO AND CHECK IT OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

HOPE THESE PEOPLE

DON'T THINK WE'RE WHACKED.

I FEEL LIKE A SALESMAN

FROM THE CHURCH OF GIANTOLOGY.

[knocks on door]

HELLO, SIR. I'M JIM.

WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

THIS IS MY BUDDY HUGH NEWMAN.

HOW YOU DOING?

WELL, COME ON IN,

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO I GUESS MAYBE IF YOU GUYS

COULD TELL US ABOUT ANY HISTORY

YOU KNOW OF THE PLACE.

Narrator: JIM ASKS

THE HOMEOWNERS WHAT THEY KNOW

ABOUT FORMER RESIDENT

CAROLINE WELLINGTON JOHONNOTT.

WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN THE EARLY '90s,

AND WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FAMILIES

THAT LIVED HERE BEFORE THAT.

MM-HMM.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOUND VERY MUCH.

YEAH.

PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY THING

WE'VE FOUND ACTUALLY

ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES,

AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

I'LL... I'LL GET THEM.

OH, AWESOME.

WOW.

WE MOVED IN 20 YEARS AGO.

WE HAD NO IDEA WHO THESE WERE.

IT'S GOT SOME WRITING ON THE BACK HERE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

NO!

THERE'S ACTUALLY A DATE OF 1920.

IT'S IN PENCIL.

YOU CAN JUST SEE IT IN THE RIGHT LIGHT.

ALL THE NAMES, OBVIOUSLY,

OF THE PEOPLE HERE.

I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT.

YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

DAUGHTER, SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER.

ARTEMAS JOHONNOTT.

JOHONNOTT?

Narrator: ARTEMAS ROBBINS

JOHONNOTT... THE GRANDFATHER

OF CAROLINE WELLINGTON JOHONNOTT

AND THE GREAT-GRANDSON

OF DR. ARTEMAS ROBBINS.

AND THESE WERE HERE?

THESE WERE HERE WHEN WE MOVED IN.

WE'RE AT THE RIGHT PLACE,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

Narrator: THE PHOTOGRAPHS

PROVIDE JIM WITH PROOF THAT THIS WAS INDEED

CAROLINE JOHONNOTT'S HOME,

AND AFFIRM THE POSSIBILITY

THAT IF DR. ROBBINS DID PASS

THE SKELETON DOWN TO HIS FAMILY,

IT COULD'VE ONCE RESTED

INSIDE THIS VERY HOUSE.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS HOUSE HAS

BEEN RENOVATED EXTENSIVELY.

HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED

ANYTHING ODD OR STRANGE WITH THE HOUSE?

THERE'S ONLY ONE SORT OF ODDITY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A RUBBLE BASEMENT,

AND, WELL, THERE IS THIS GAP,

YOU KNOW, 8 FEET BY 4 FEET

THAT IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED.

IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF INTRIGUED US.

WATCH YOUR HEADS.

SO THIS IS ALL DRY-LAID

STONE, THIS WHOLE BASEMENT?

YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S A PIECE OF WORK.

YEAH, THEY DON'T DO

ANY OF THESE ANYMORE.

THAT IS THE AREA THAT'S AN UNKNOWN CAVITY

IN THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS

THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT ISN'T.

Narrator: AN ANOMALOUS SPACE

IN THE BASEMENT, BETWEEN THE INTERIOR WALL

AND THE EXTERIOR FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE.

WHEN JOSH MENTIONS

AN 8-BY-4 SPACE IN THE WALL,

I IMMEDIATELY THINK THAT

MANY WILD THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND

IN HOUSES... AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMY,

AN UNSIGNED VAN GOGH...
YOU START TO WONDER,

COULD THIS BE A PLACE

TO HIDE SOMETHING VALUABLE?

FOR INSTANCE, A GIANT SKELETON

WITH DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH?

Narrator: GIANT HUNTERS

JIM VIEIRA AND HUGH NEWMAN...

WATCH YOUR HEADS.

Narrator: ARE FOLLOWING

THE TRAIL OF A GIANT SKELETON,

REPORTEDLY UNEARTHED IN VERMONT IN 1849.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS

THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT ISN'T.

Narrator: THE CLUES

HAVE LED THEM TO A MYSTERIOUS

ENCLOSED SECTION OF A BASEMENT,

IN A HOME THAT WAS ONCE OWNED

BY THE FAMILY WHO POSSESSED THE SKELETON.

I THINK THE MOVE IS TO CALL THE GPR GUY.

Narrator: JIM HOPES THAT

GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR WILL

BE ABLE TO HELP HIM DETERMINE

IF ANYTHING IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE WALL.

SO THIS IS THE AREA IN QUESTION HERE.

LET'S SCAN THIS WALL AND SEE

WHAT KIND OF DATA WE GET.

COOL.

[device beeping]

narrator: THE DEVICE OPERATES

BY FIRING RADAR WAVES THROUGH A SURFACE

WHICH REFLECT BACK, INDICATING OBJECTS

THAT LIE BENEATH.

[device beeps]

SO IT APPEARS A LITTLE

BRIGHTER OVER IN THIS SECTION.

[device beeps]

YEAH, SEE HOW IT'S A LITTLE BRIGHTER?

YEAH.

IF I SEE A VOID, IT COMES OFF

REAL BRIGHT SOMETIMES.

Narrator: THE LIGHTER AREAS

ON THE GPR'S MONITOR CLEARLY SHOW A VOID,

A SPACE POTENTIALLY LARGE ENOUGH

TO HOLD THE REMAINS.

SHOWING ANY SIGNS

OF ANY BONES OR SKELETONS?

NO. JUST DUE TO THIS...

THIS ROUGH SURFACE, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.

Narrator: HOWEVER, THE WALL IS TOO ROUGH

TO GET A MORE DETAILED READING.

THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO TELL

WHAT IT IS UNLESS YOU GO IN AND EXPOSE IT.

WE'D LIKE TO FIND OUT.

I DIDN'T HAVE A REASON

TO BE CURIOUS BEFORE,

BUT NOW I MIGHT BE WILLING

TO TAKE A CHISEL TO IT.

WE LIKE THAT TEAM PLAYER ATTITUDE.

Narrator: IF THE SPACE

DOES CONTAIN GIANT EVIDENCE,

THEIR ONLY CHANCE OF GLIMPSING

IT IS TO WIDEN A SMALL HOLE

AT THE TOP OF THE WALL.

TAKE A LOOK IN THERE.

YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THERE, JIM?

YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING,

YOU JUST SEE STONE.

IT'S FRUSTRATING.

THIS STONE IS WEDGED IN THERE

LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.

I CAN'T FRICKING BELIEVE IT.

WANNA TRY?

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, SHIELD YOUR EYES.

IT'S MADE OF KRYPTONITE!

WHEW!

YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THERE, JIM?

THAT'S WICKED COOL.

YOU CAN SEE DEFINITELY

QUITE A WAYS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY

GOES BACK SEVERAL FEET.

Narrator: BUT ASIDE

FROM ROCKS AND DEBRIS, THE VOID IS EMPTY.

WHETHER THERE WAS SOMETHING

HERE AT ONE POINT, IT'S GONE NOW.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE A BIG GAP

IN THE BACKGROUND THERE.

SOME KIND OF SPACE.

LOOK AT THIS DOWN HERE,

THIS SEAM ACROSS, YOU KNOW.

THIS IS A FAIRLY SIZABLE PATCH RIGHT HERE,

RIGHT IN THE AREA IN QUESTION.

FROM A STONEMASON'S PERSPECTIVE,

YOU COULD SEE THAT IT WAS

OPENED UP ALMOST AND... AND PATCHED OVER

AT A LATER DATE.

IT'S CERTAINLY MYSTERIOUS.

YEAH, MARCIA'S ALWAYS

WONDERED WHY THERE'S PATCHING

AS IF SOMEBODY HAD

ACTUALLY REMOVED THOSE ROCKS

AND PUT THEM BACK IN AGAIN.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS,

DID THEY TAKE SOMETHING OUT?

Narrator: COULD JIM AND HUGH

HAVE JUST LOCATED THE HIDING PLACE

OF DR. ROBBINS' GIANT SKELETON?

AND IS THE PATCH ON THE WALL

EVIDENCE THAT THE BONES WERE REMOVED?

THE PICTURES,

THE CORROBORATION, THE SPACE...

IT'S LIKE WE'RE GETTING DRAWN

CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TRUTH,

BUT IT'S JUST OUT OF OUR GRASP.

IT'S LIKE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

IS ONE STEP AHEAD OF US.

THIS MEN IN BLACK

THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING US

AND BEATING US TO THE SCENE.

[laughter]

SURE LOOKS LIKE IT, YEAH.

SO WE HAVE AN ENDURING MYSTERY.

WE'VE DUG IN AS DEEP AS WE CAN

GO WITH THIS HOUSE IN NEWTON.

AND NOW WE JUST FEEL COMPELLED

TO GET TO THE BOTTOM

OF THE TRUTH IN GOSHEN.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,

THE TEAM GETS TO WORK... >> THAT'S GOOD.

GET READY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.

Narrator: PREPARING TO

CONDUCT ONE FINAL EXPERIMENT,

WHICH THE VIEIRAS HOPE

WILL CONVINCE ERIC JOHNSON AND HIS FELLOW

UMASS ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO BACK AN EXCAVATION

AT THE GOSHEN TUNNEL SITE.

ANALYSIS OF THE SAND INDICATED

THAT IT WAS LIKELY BROUGHT

TO THE SITE FOR A REASON.

NOW, THE BROTHERS AND THEIR TEAM

ARE HOPING TO DEMONSTRATE

THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION

BETWEEN THAT SAND AND THE TUNNEL ITSELF...

POSSIBLY A SIDE SHAFT,

OR EVEN A HIDDEN CHAMBER,

THAT COULD CONTAIN THE REMAINS OF A GIANT.

SWEET.

THUMBS-UP.

ALL RIGHT.

AARON, GRAB THE MACHINE.

Narrator: THE TEST WORKS LIKE THIS.

A MACHINE WILL FILL THE TUNNEL

WITH NONTOXIC SMOKE.

IF THERE IS A HIDDEN CHAMBER,

THE SMOKE WILL PUSH THROUGH THE ZIPPER

AND FILL THAT SPACE AS WELL,

EVENTUALLY SEEPING AROUND THE STONES

AND UP THE GEOPROBE HOLE.

IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN,

THE TEAM WOULD INSTANTLY DETECT IT DUE TO

THE SMOKE'S UNMISTAKABLE ODOR.

AND THAT WOULD PROVE

THAT THERE IS A SIDE SHAFT,

BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY

YOU'RE GONNA GET SMOKE TO COME DOWN 15 FEET

FROM THAT TUNNEL THROUGH HARD-PACKED CLAY

AND UP THAT HOLE IF IT'S NOT CONNECTED.

DANG.

GAME ON.

THE IMAGINATION RUNS WILD

THAT THAT SMOKE IS GONNA

MAKE ITS WAY DOWN THE TUNNEL,

PAST THE ZIPPER, RIGHT INTO THE TOMB

OF A GIANT.

Narrator: BROTHERS AND STONEMASONS

JIM AND BILL VIEIRA BELIEVE THERE COULD BE

THE BURIAL CHAMBER OF A GIANT CONNECTED TO

THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.

GAME ON.

Narrator: THEY'RE PUMPING NONTOXIC SMOKE

INTO THE MAIN TUNNEL.

IF IT COMES OUT WHERE THEY'VE DRILLED,

IT COULD SIGNAL THAT THE TUNNEL IS ATTACHED

TO A SECRET CHAMBER.

NOTHING HERE YET.

Narrator: IF SO,

IT MIGHT BE THE LAST BIT

OF EVIDENCE THEY NEED

TO CONVINCE UMASS ARCHAEOLOGISTS

TO JOIN THEIR QUEST.

THE BACK PRESSURE IS

TREMENDOUS IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S GETTING WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.

LIKE, WE'VE PROBABLY GOT

AS MUCH PRESSURE AS WE'RE GONNA GET.

THAT'S RIGHT.

Narrator: 30 MINUTES INTO THE TEST,

THE MACHINE IS AT FULL BORE

AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF SMOKE.

NOTHING'S HAPPENING.

AND JIMMY AND I JUST

LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE, [sighs].

WELL, IT SEEMED PROM...

OH!

IT'S POURING OUT?

IT'S POURING, YEP.

THE SMOKE IS COMING THROUGH

THIS AREA THAT'S DIRECTLY ON TOP

OF THE TUNNEL STRUCTURE.

IT'S COMING OUT

A CREATURE HOLE THAT'S COMING

FROM DOWN IN THE TUNNEL.

Narrator: THE SMOKE BEGINS

TO FIND ITS WAY OUT THROUGH ANIMAL BURROWS

AND TREE ROOTS.

BUT THE BROTHERS NEED SMOKE

TO COME UP WHERE THEY DUG DOWN

AND FOUND THE SAND.

I THINK I CAN SMELL IT.

TAKE A SMELL.

OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY!

BILLY SMELLS THAT WHIFF OF

THE CHEMICAL SMELL OF THE SMOKE.

WE START TO REALIZE THAT

THERE IS ODOR COMING OUT.

YOU CAN GET THE PRESSURE,

TOO. YOU FEEL THAT?

IT FEELS LIKE TUNNEL AIR.

I MEAN, THAT'S A SERIOUS DRAFT.

AND THEN AIR IS STARTING TO

COME UP RIGHT IN THIS AREA WHERE

WE THINK WE HIT A CAPSTONE.

LOOK AT THAT!

Narrator: COULD THIS BE

THE EVIDENCE THAT THE VIEIRAS

NEED TO GAIN PERMISSION

TO EXCAVATE THIS SITE,

A SITE THAT COULD'VE BEEN BUILT BY GIANTS?

WHOA, THAT'S POURING OUT.

HOLY CRAP.

YEAH, RIGHT?

I'M HEDGING MY BETS,

BUT I THINK THIS INDICATES

THIS IS QUITE POSSIBLY CONNECTED.

NO, IT HAS TO BE CONNECTED.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED

IF THEY WEREN'T, HOW'S THAT?

THAT'S MY... THAT'S MY GREATEST LEAP.

IT... IT... THESE HAVE TO BE CONNECTED.

GOOD WORK.

BANG. BANG.

BANG.

[laughter]

[grunts]

narrator: WITH THE POSITIVE

RESULTS OF THE SMOKE AND SAND TESTS...

THE PURITY OF THE SAND IS REMARKABLE.

Narrator: THE BROTHERS DECIDE

TO REACH OUT AGAIN

TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT UMASS.

HEY.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M STEVE MROZOWSKI.

YOU WANNA HEAD DOWN?

ABSOLUTELY.

GREAT.

LET'S GO.

THESE RED FLAGS,

THESE INDICATE OUR KNOWN TUNNEL.

WE THEN DID A SMOKE TEST

WHERE WE PRESSURIZED THE TUNNEL,

AND EVENTUALLY, WE GOT SMOKE

COMING OUT OF THIS RIGHT HERE.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS

IS SOME SORT OF OFFSHOOT

OF THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.

OKAY.

Narrator: DR. STEPHEN

MROZOWSKI IS A PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY

AT UMASS BOSTON, AND A COLLEAGUE OF

THEIR UMASS CONTACT, DR. ERIC JOHNSON.

THIS IS... IT'S... IT'S ABOUT 19 FEET DOWN.

YEAH.

WHEN YOU START GOING IN...

narrator: DR. MROZOWSKI SPECIALIZES

IN NEW ENGLAND STRUCTURES

BUILT BY NATIVE PEOPLE.

SO YOU'RE GOING IN FIRST?

I'LL HEAD DOWN FIRST,

AND THEN YOU'LL JOIN ME.

IT IS TIGHT, AND IF AT ANY POINT

THAT YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE OR UNSAFE,

THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

Narrator: THE BROTHERS HOPE

DR. MROZOWSKI WILL CONFIRM

THE POSSIBILITY THAT

THE SO-CALLED ZIPPER THEY FOUND

COULD LEAD TO A HIDDEN SIDE CHAMBER.

SHOULD I JUST GO IN?

YEAH, YOU GO RIGHT IN.

Narrator: THEY ALSO WANT HIM

TO SUPPORT THE IDEA

THAT THIS ENTIRE STRUCTURE

COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT

NOT BY EUROPEAN COLONISTS,

BUT RATHER BY AN ANCIENT PEOPLE.

I GOTTA SAY, IT'S A LITTLE SOFTER

THE FURTHER I GET IN.

IT IS A LITTLE SOFTER.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A BIT OF EROSION.

IF WE CAN'T GET STEVE

ON BOARD, AND HE DOESN'T THINK

THERE'S A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED HERE,

THEN WE'RE DEAD IN THE WATER.

Narrator: STONEMASONS

JIM AND BILL VIEIRA

ARE SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE OF GIANTS

AT THE GOSHEN MYSTERY TUNNEL.

BUT THEY'LL NEED THE SUPPORT

OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS

IF THEY'RE TO HAVE ANY HOPE

OF EXCAVATING THE SITE

AND UNCOVERING WHAT COULD BE

A CRYPT 15 FEET BELOW THE EARTH.

SOMEBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM STEVE IS,

IS THERE A WAY TO IDENTIFY

IF THIS STRUCTURE IS ANCIENT,

NOT BUILT BY COLONISTS?

CAREFUL COMING UP.

YOU DON'T WANNA HIT YOUR BACK

ON THE LINTEL STONES.

YEAH.

WELCOME BACK.

BACK TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

OH.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE

THAT SAID EUROPEAN TO ME.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHOWS

A CHISEL MARK, NOTHING.

NICE.

STEVE IS CORROBORATING

WHAT WE ALWAYS SAID, THAT THIS

IS AN AMAZING STRUCTURE.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE COLONIAL UTILITY.

THERE'S NO COLONIAL TOOL MARKS.

I JUST THINK THAT THE LEVEL

OF CIVILIZATION HERE

AND THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION

IS STUFF THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE.

YOU GOTTA WONDER ABOUT

THIS LITTLE CROSS CHAMBER,

AND WHY IS IT CLOSED UP?

I MEAN, THIS THING COULD BE HUGE.

AWESOME TO HEAR A REALLY

COMPETENT ARCHAEOLOGIST

LIKE STEVE IS AGREEING WITH US

THAT THE STRUCTURE IS CRAZY,

AND THERE MIGHT BE A SIDE SHAFT.

IT'S REALLY QUITE A THING.

WE'RE PRETTY SURE...

REALLY, DEFINITELY SURE...

THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW HERE,

SOME PART OF THIS TUNNEL

THAT NOBODY'S EVER SEEN.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT EXCAVATING?

SURE.

A LIMITED EXCAVATION,

IF IT'S AN OFFSHOOT HERE,

YOU KNOW, MIGHT REALLY BE ABLE

TO FIND THAT AND... AND MAYBE

EVEN BE ABLE TO DATE IT.

MAYBE YOU WANNA VACATION

IN GOSHEN THIS SUMMER?

[laughter]

IT'S A TROPICAL PARADISE.

Narrator: DR. MROZOWSKI WILL

TAKE HIS RECOMMENDATION

BACK TO ERIC JOHNSON AT UMASS,

SUGGESTING THAT THEY AGREE

TO EXCAVATE THE GOSHEN TUNNEL.

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN PLAGUING

MY MIND FOR YEARS AND YEARS,

AND I THINK STEVE CAUGHT THE BUG

A LITTLE TODAY, TOO.

YOU KNOW, AT SOME LEVEL,

I'M JUST LIKE YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I JUST WANNA KNOW THE STORY.

RIGHT.

Narrator: WHAT IS IT

THAT LIES BENEATH THE SOIL

AND BEYOND THE MYSTERIOUS ZIPPER

INSIDE THE GOSHEN TUNNEL?

COULD JIM'S THEORY BE TRUE?

IS IT A TOMB POSSESSING THE BONES

OF A GIANT NATIVE RULER?

THE VIEIRAS MAY BE CLOSE

TO KNOWING FOR SURE,

BUT UNTIL THEY HEAR BACK

FROM THE SCIENTISTS, THE TWO BROTHERS

WILL TAKE THEIR QUEST OUT WEST.

THERE'S OTHER SITES

TO EXPLORE AND PLACES TO GO TO.

GOTTA DO SOME MULTITASKING.

WE'RE DIVING INTO THIS BIZARRE RABBIT HOLE

AND SEEING WHAT CAN COME OF IT.

Narrator: NEXT WEEK ON

SEARCH FOR THE LOST GIANTS...

WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

SKELETON, SKELETON, SKELETON.

WHAT THE HELL.

I'VE NEVER SEEN DOUBLE ROWS OF TEETH.

BUT IT'S VERY HART TO IGNORE THE

FACT YOU HAVE SO MANY REPORTS

OF THE SAME THING.

THE THIGH BONE MEASURED

TWENTY EIGHT INCHES.

DO THE MATH,

THAT'S AN EIGHT FOOT PERSON.

THIS IS BREAKING BAD RIGHT HERE.

YES DEFINITELY.

YOU BELIEVE IN GIANTS?

I DO.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

I DO.