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- [Simon] Never in my wildest dreams

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did I think when I told Gary
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did I think it was gonna be this.

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- [Gal] I can't imagine

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what Gary must have been going through

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and how he must have felt

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being so alone and so far out there.

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- [Beverly] He said
that the longer he stood

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and looked at it,

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the more spooked that he
got the feeling of dread,

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the sixth sense that he
needed to get out of there.

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(thunder roaring)

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(thunder roars)

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(thunder roaring)

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- I first knew something was wrong

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when I was on the phone with my publisher,

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and Simon kept trying to call in.

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And so once I was off the
phone with my publisher,

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I called Simon who's Gary's roommate.

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And he told me that
Gary was two days late.

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That's not Gary,

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you know, Gary,

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would never leave Tuca that long,

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especially knowing that
Simon had to go out of town.

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That's when I knew that
there was something wrong,

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and I needed to get there.

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So I packed up and left Panaca
and headed straight to Ruth.

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I needed to see what was going on

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and make sure that my brother was okay.

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And to take care of Tuca
until he could get back.

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I really thought he would be back.

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- I first met Gary when
they were having an event

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at the Nevada Northern Railway.

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And we both just kind of,
wandered in each other's paths,

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and started talking about trains,

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and, we were both looking
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I was trying to find a place for work,

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he was in between places,

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and we kind of just
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- The first time I heard
the name, Gary Hinge,

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I believe was when I was working
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It was um..

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I was an investigative reporter,

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it was my first job right out of the gate,

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and my producer came
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we have to cover this,

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I think it's a good
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because the TV stations, the news,

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had stopped recording on it.

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And so this was a way
for us to get exclusives

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and to keep the story going.

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Because according to everyone
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and reporting about it,
it had just gone cold.

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- If you want me to
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the best way to describe him is,

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if there was a little lady that said,

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can you please watch my purse,

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no matter where they were at,

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Gary would sit there and
he would watch her purse

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and make sure that it was
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That was just the type
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he was trustworthy and amazing.

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Amazing.

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- So Gary loved the outdoors,

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I mean, he was the king of outdoors.

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Let's just say that.

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And I think a lot of people
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Like he lived this
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that I think, those who
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stuck behind a desk,

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I think, really admired that about him.

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- Super smart, but definitely private,

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he kind of just kept to himself.

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then he was working on his model railroad.

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yeah, just really kept
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making his videos.

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Super funny, though (chuckles slightly)

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definitely could make you laugh

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with a couple of his one liners.

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- I started to learn
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that he was an extremely
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He's one of those people that was so smart

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that kind of had a hard time
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So he mostly just kind
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and yeah, fascinating.

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The more I found out about him,

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the more I wanted to keep
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Gary had found his dream job,

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being such an avid outdoors man,

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he started to work for a startup
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Now what they do is,

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they map out really remote
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So they track wildlife, weather, terrain,

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and I mean, Gary was in heaven doing this.

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- He loved to be by himself
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he loved hiking,

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and being adventurous,

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any train, he was drawn
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- [Gary] Hey guys filming
another little YouTube video,

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at one of my favorite places.

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If I had more time I would
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but this is the Nevada Northern
Railway Museum, here in Ely.

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And it's kind of an old little copper mine

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just preserved and left.

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They do some cool stuff, though,

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like you can sleep in this
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the big copper mine in the area,

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right outside my home in Ruth.

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It's kind of a neat
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they just kind of let you walk around.

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And you know how much I love
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gotta do something in the winter time

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and you can't be outside as much.

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- So I was really excited
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seeing that it was my first story.

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And it also took place

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in this tiny little town called Ruth.

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And so I grabbed the phone book,
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And I wanted to talk to
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that would talk to me.

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- I first knew something was off

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when he asked me to watch his dog Tuca

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before he went out on one of his trips.

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And he never leaves Tuca.

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He always takes the dog with him,

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so I thought that was kind of weird.

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And he was acting super stressed out

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even keeping to himself even more.

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When he didn't come back after two days,

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I thought that was really strange.

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I had a flight to catch,

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so I just called Beverly to get the dog.

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- After I got off the phone with Simon,

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I tried Gary, and there was no answer,

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so I hurried and left and
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And it's only a couple hours away,

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so when I got there,

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Simon and Tuca were
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Simon really needed to get
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so I asked him where Gary had gone to,

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and Simon didn't know, his
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he just knew that he was on an expedition.

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To me that wasn't right,

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so I tried Gary a couple of more times,

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and all it did was go to voicemail

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and something was definitely wrong.

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And so I called the police and waited.

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- So I got Beverley's phone number,

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and this is the only time
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And she was pretty angry with me,

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once I told her that I was a reporter.

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And she did not want to
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or our show, which I thought
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because, the news stations,

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they had stopped recording on this,

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and we were the only ones doing anything,

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and I thought this is a way
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I don't understand why

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you don't want to give me the time or day,

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but she didn't, and she quickly hung up.

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And that was the only time
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- Gary became so obsessed
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he would watch the Discovery Channel,

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he would watch YouTube,

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he would study it and find
the most remote places,

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no cell service, no provisions of any kind

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other than what he took.

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And it used to scare
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I mean, I was petrified for him,

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and I would worry so much.

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it was Gary.

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- [Gary] So guys, I'm here hiking around,

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and this is one of the cool secrets

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I have in the wilds in Nevada

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is this cemetery from the
late 1800s old mining camp,

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but I won't disclose the
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Don't want anyone getting lost out here,

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but you can see all these
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unmarked graves with no names now.

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Give you an idea of
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is that mountain way over there

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is my truck's on the other side of it.

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So hiked over that mountain

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and I'm way out this
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- I wouldn't say what
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These were multiple day,
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- In the beginning, what gave me hope

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was the fact that when
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much, much younger, like second grade,

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we all went camping, and Gary
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And we searched for him
and searched for him,

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and we were all so worried, mom
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I was terrified.

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We didn't wanna leave the mountain

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to go and get cell service or anything,

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we just went looking for him.

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And we looked for him all night.

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And the next morning we came
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thinking, we're gonna tell them look,

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keep an eye out for this second grader,

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this second grader that was missing

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and we walk up and there
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playing with the animals.

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He'd known that if he got
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he would be okay,

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that mom and dad would
come and look for him.

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And he was so resilient, it
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- So after speaking to a
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I started to learn a little
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and Beverly's relationship
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So she had a lot of anger towards Gary.

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She really blamed him
for their parents' death.

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And then when their parents did pass away,

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she was stuck, still raising Gary

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and so she held quite a lot
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- Well, I was mad at
Gary when mom dad died,

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they were out on a fishing trip

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and mom and dad liked to
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And so they went out
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where they could see it,

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so they could get back to shore safely,

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back to camp without hitting any rocks.

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Old Gary decided

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that he was gonna go
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and so, and he went exploring.

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And while he's out there
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so that he could see what he was doing.

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Meanwhile, mom and dad

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decided that they were gonna come back in

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and call it a night.

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So they headed for the lantern.

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Not knowing that Gary had
moved it while he was exploring

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and so they followed the light.

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And, it was the wrong spot.

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They didn't make it back
because they hit the rocks,

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and had Gary not hang the
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and left it where it needed to be,

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there wouldn't have been any problems.

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- I just felt super bad for Beverly.

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You know, I could just hear her

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inside Gary's room, sobbing.

257
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- You know, you're really
making me miss my brother, Gary.

258
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(sentimental music)

259
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- [Gal] Kept hearing people
refer to Gary as a hiker.

260
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And in my opinion, I don't
really think that's correct.

261
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Because, to me, Gary's
more of a survivalist,

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he would go out into the
wilderness for a week or two on end

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with just a backpack.

264
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He's kind of like the
MacGyver of the wilderness,

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just to survive and live off of the land,

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and filter his on water.

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So, to hear them just be like,

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oh, he's just a hiker gone missing.

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He's not.

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- When Gary and I first
started living together,

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I actually went out with
him on one of these things.

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And I just kept telling myself
the entire time, never again.

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Gary wouldn't let us bring
enough food or water,

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and it was the most miserable experience.

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The one thing I did like about it

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was we kept on finding these 1800's

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abandoned mining kind of structures,

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which was super cool.

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- This wasn't a normal search and rescue.

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Because, Gary didn't tell
anybody where he was going

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on his excursion.

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And he would go really
deep into the wilderness,

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and he'd be gone for a week or so,

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so no one had any idea
where to even start looking.

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And so police decided the best way,

286
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or the only thing they could think of

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was to maybe check his cell phone,

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and his cell phone pings in which tower.

289
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And it looked to be as he
had turned his cell phone off

290
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shortly after leaving his home.

291
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- When Beverly showed up to get the dog.

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Yeah, I regret that now, I
kind of lashed out at her.

293
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- I was so put off when I got to town,

294
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and he was so antsy to get out of there.

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And, being my brother's roommate,

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not even asking where he was gonna be,

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or, if there was gonna,

298
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you know any issue that
might set up a red flag

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if he didn't come home.

300
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He had his dog and everything,

301
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and he knew he needed to be out of town.

302
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I just didn't,

303
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I didn't feel right about it,

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it just didn't feel right.

305
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And, a week or so before
that, Gary had confided in me

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that him and Simon weren't
getting along very well,

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and so he wanted to move out.

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And so I just,

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it just didn't feel right,
so I let the cops know.

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You know, I just don't trust him,

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there's just something to
not be concerned at all,

312
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where your roommate's gonna be.

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And more worried about getting on a plane,

314
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than somebody missing that's
supposed to be your friend,

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close to you?

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No.

317
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- We never talked about that,

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he never told me where
he went hiking, ever,

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he never mentioned it.

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And even if we did talk about it,

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I'm pretty sure he probably
wouldn't have told me, so.

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But at the beginning, I understood

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she needed someone to point the finger at

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and she was super upset, understandably.

325
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But after some time, it
just kind of got old,

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so I called her and I now told her that,

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there's no way I would have
known and just by the way,

328
00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:49,563
you're his sister, so why didn't you know?

329
00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:53,442
- When I first reported Gary missing,

330
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the police were wonderful,

331
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they were really on top
of it, they did an APB,

332
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be on the lookout for his truck, himself,

333
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Park Rangers, Fish and Game, everything.

334
00:20:08,123 --> 00:20:09,541
You know, we live in a small town,

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people don't go missing all the time.

336
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And so this was a big deal,

337
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and they really took it seriously,

338
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they had it everywhere.

339
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I was embarrassed that I didn't know

340
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exactly where he was at,
you know, I'm his sister,

341
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I should have known.

342
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I should have known.

343
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(sentimental music)

344
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- [Simon] My first thought when
I heard he was missing was,

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oh, it'd be near impossible to find him.

346
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Either, he finally just injured himself,

347
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or maybe he had eaten something

348
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that he didn't know was
gonna make him so sick.

349
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- It'd been two days since
I'd reported the missing

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and I hadn't slept more than
10 to 15 minutes at a time.

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I had people calling and were so concerned

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and wanted to know where
to start looking for him.

353
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But not knowing where he was at,

354
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where would I have them look?

355
00:21:48,181 --> 00:21:52,352
And then the phone call came,
they'd found Gary's truck.

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(ominous music)

357
00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:17,461
(thunder roaring)

358
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And I got such a sinking feeling,

359
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such a sick to my stomach feeling

360
00:22:28,263 --> 00:22:32,642
that this was now very real.

361
00:22:32,642 --> 00:22:35,312
(thunder roars)

362
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After the cops called in,

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and let me know that
they'd found this truck,

364
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they came and picked me
up and took me to it.

365
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It was about 55 miles out of town,

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and we got there and seeing his truck,

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I was so hopeful, you know, thinking,

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he probably fell,

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maybe broke an ankle, stuck in a ravine,

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can't get himself out.

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But I had hope.

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I really had hope that we
were gonna find him okay.

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- It just wasn't in a place
where Gary would have left it.

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Like it wasn't in a spot where he wanted,

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which he would wanna go to explore.

376
00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:25,737
- While I was sitting there,

377
00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:28,949
watching them process Gary's
truck, I was looking around,

378
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this wasn't Gary,

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he loved to explore vast
forests, rocky hills,

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beauty, not just a rolling hill of dirt.

381
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It just, something wasn't right.

382
00:23:53,682 --> 00:23:56,434
(gunshot blasts)

383
00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:04,901
(gunshot blasts)

384
00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:09,823
(car engine roaring)

385
00:24:09,823 --> 00:24:11,825
- I'm a private investigator.

386
00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:15,579
I was hired by Beverly shortly
after Gary's truck was found.

387
00:24:17,664 --> 00:24:20,417
The High Desert as you can see,

388
00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:26,548
it's very beautiful,

389
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:31,553
it's very majestic, has mountains,
valleys, plains, forests,

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00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:34,055
it has it all.

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But it's also quite dangerous
and very unforgiving.

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00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:40,145
- So after Gary's truck was found,

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00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,317
a search began and people really rallied.

394
00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:47,861
(upbeat music)

395
00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:49,738
- [Bill] Gary went missing

396
00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:52,240
in the hottest part of the summer.

397
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,952
And what we see most of the
time in disappearance like his

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is people suffering from heatstroke,

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dehydration, sometimes even injury.

400
00:25:06,796 --> 00:25:08,298
- [Beverly] People started showing up

401
00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:11,176
and then more people started showing up,

402
00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:14,262
and next thing I know,
it's a whole whirlwind,

403
00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:18,892
there were people there
that I didn't know,

404
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,020
that Gary didn't know,

405
00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,940
there were people bringing drones,

406
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:26,691
all kinds of search and rescue.

407
00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:30,028
It was the most humbling experience

408
00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:35,033
to know that these strangers
were out there helping

409
00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:39,204
to try to find my brother
and bring him home.

410
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,958
(intense music)

411
00:25:52,008 --> 00:25:55,845
- So once Gary's truck
was found, Beverly was,

412
00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,057
let's just say she was very vocal

413
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:02,560
about how the truck seemed to be parked

414
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,271
in a suspicious location,

415
00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:05,605
like she was just convinced

416
00:26:05,605 --> 00:26:08,191
that her brother had not parked it there,

417
00:26:08,191 --> 00:26:09,985
her brother wouldn't park it there,

418
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,779
and she would not stop talking about it.

419
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,951
So the cops eventually looked into this.

420
00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:19,661
- The clock was ticking.

421
00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:22,956
They very much needed to find
Gary as soon as possible.

422
00:26:23,832 --> 00:26:27,877
Beverly, on the other hand,
was very much in their way.

423
00:26:27,877 --> 00:26:32,882
She was in the way, and she
was really messing things up.

424
00:26:33,508 --> 00:26:36,094
- Searching the high desert isn't easy,

425
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:37,429
I mean, it's not an easy task.

426
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:38,346
People think it is,

427
00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:40,932
people think you can just get
up in the air in a helicopter

428
00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:45,937
and fly around and look at
the ground and see someone,

429
00:26:46,563 --> 00:26:51,151
but once you're on the ground,
there's abandoned mines,

430
00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:53,653
there's bushes and tree cover.

431
00:26:53,653 --> 00:26:56,239
And it's super difficult.

432
00:26:56,239 --> 00:27:00,118
So finding someone, it's not
easy as people think it is.

433
00:27:01,494 --> 00:27:03,246
- [Gary] Oh my god, sheep.

434
00:27:03,246 --> 00:27:04,080
(sheep bleating)

435
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,624
Hi sheep.

436
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:06,708
Look at all the sheep.

437
00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:09,377
Sheep are a lot nicer than people.

438
00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:11,796
(sheep bleating)

439
00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:13,131
(feet rustling)

440
00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:14,090
Hey little sheep,

441
00:27:15,675 --> 00:27:16,718
look at all you guys.

442
00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:19,846
(sheep bleating)

443
00:27:19,846 --> 00:27:23,933
Roaming the land, doing
what you need to do.

444
00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:26,770
(ground rustling)

445
00:27:28,605 --> 00:27:30,690
Jeez, they all ran away from me.

446
00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:32,484
Can't even make friends with sheep.

447
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:35,904
(sheep bleating)

448
00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:40,200
- The officers didn't want me
to participate in the search.

449
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:46,915
They thought it was best that
I stay home at Gary's place

450
00:27:46,915 --> 00:27:51,920
in case he tried to contact
me, call or show up.

451
00:27:52,879 --> 00:27:56,174
- I was very much familiar
with the lead investigator.

452
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:57,967
We had worked together before,

453
00:27:57,967 --> 00:28:00,387
and we were definitely
familiar with each other.

454
00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:04,140
I called him to kind of check up on things

455
00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:08,019
and see where the
investigation was headed,

456
00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,772
and if they had any new information.

457
00:28:10,772 --> 00:28:13,733
He told me that they had made
a discovery in the truck.

458
00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:16,236
(ominous music)

459
00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:27,330
But since I was not
formally hired by Beverley,

460
00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:30,041
I had to contact her first

461
00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:32,544
before they would discuss
the matter with me.

462
00:28:34,170 --> 00:28:38,383
- I was hopeful that they had good news,

463
00:28:40,343 --> 00:28:45,348
that the officer asked me
if Gary had any enemies,

464
00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:50,019
or if I knew anybody
that may wanna hurt him.

465
00:28:52,605 --> 00:28:54,649
I asked the officer why,

466
00:28:56,192 --> 00:28:57,152
why would he,

467
00:28:58,027 --> 00:28:59,237
why would he ask that.

468
00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:04,242
And in confidence, they told
me that they had evidence

469
00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:12,709
that Gary did not drive
his truck out there.

470
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,588
(droning music)

471
00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:28,683
- So I waited a couple of hours

472
00:29:28,683 --> 00:29:31,728
and went over to Gary's house
where Beverly was staying,

473
00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:34,606
and she was absolutely hysterical.

474
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:37,400
She told me that the
police had informed her

475
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,988
that in Gary's truck they
had discovered prints

476
00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:47,869
on top of Gary's all over,
on top of the steering wheel,

477
00:29:47,994 --> 00:29:50,705
the dashboard, the gear

478
00:29:50,705 --> 00:29:55,710
and what was most surprising or alarming

479
00:29:56,002 --> 00:30:01,007
was that they discovered
footprints, bare footprints,

480
00:30:01,674 --> 00:30:06,679
and they were scarred and unidentifiable,

481
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,517
which even added more to the mystery.

482
00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:14,187
(mystery music)

483
00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:19,776
- The footprint was,

484
00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:26,491
he said that it was barefoot.

485
00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:40,088
- So someone drove Gary's truck barefoot.

486
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:44,133
And it just doesn't sit well with me,

487
00:30:44,133 --> 00:30:46,553
because it's like, what happened?

488
00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,138
Why was this person not wearing shoes?

489
00:30:50,723 --> 00:30:51,933
What was going on?

490
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,060
Like, it's just odd,

491
00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:56,396
and it's very,

492
00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:59,190
I don't know, it's just,

493
00:31:00,233 --> 00:31:01,943
it made my skin crawl.

494
00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:03,820
(feet rustling)

495
00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:06,281
- [Gary] Oh, look at the little baby deer.

496
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:09,158
That's kind of cool to see,
you don't see that too often.

497
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,966
(train engine roaring)

498
00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:33,141
(train hooting)

499
00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:36,394
(train engine roaring)

500
00:31:42,817 --> 00:31:46,362
- You know, I hadn't been
sleeping and everything,

501
00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:49,157
and my mind was just reeling,

502
00:31:50,658 --> 00:31:52,327
I had a lot of things
going through my head,

503
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:53,745
different scenarios.

504
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:57,123
Maybe he picked up a friend?

505
00:31:58,916 --> 00:32:02,170
Maybe somebody stole his
truck while he was out hiking?

506
00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:06,633
Or maybe he picked up a hitchhiker,

507
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:11,638
and the hitchhiker had
done something to him.

508
00:32:16,184 --> 00:32:17,477
I don't know, at this point,

509
00:32:17,477 --> 00:32:20,063
so many things were just
going through my head,

510
00:32:20,063 --> 00:32:24,192
just over and over again,

511
00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:28,780
which didn't help me try to get any sleep.

512
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:33,785
(train engine roaring)
(train hooting)

513
00:32:39,832 --> 00:32:43,419
- So Beverly, still
wanted me to vet out Simon

514
00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:47,298
because she still thought
he was very suspicious.

515
00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:48,508
And I did too.

516
00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:49,550
I looked into him again,

517
00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:54,138
and lo and behold, he was
ruled out as a suspect.

518
00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:57,225
But through that process,

519
00:32:57,225 --> 00:33:01,062
I actually learned that
Gary had been talking

520
00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:03,898
to someone that he met on
a Facebook Messenger group.

521
00:33:05,191 --> 00:33:07,402
They had been corresponding
with each other

522
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:09,946
through a local sellers group,

523
00:33:09,946 --> 00:33:13,324
and I guess they had been
commenting on each other's posts

524
00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:14,492
and one thing led to another

525
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:18,204
and they became more than friends.

526
00:33:19,288 --> 00:33:24,252
When I confronted this person,
he was very much terrified,

527
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:25,712
didn't wanna talk to me,

528
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:27,088
didn't wanna have anything to do with me

529
00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:28,089
or the investigation.

530
00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:29,841
And I told him, if you don't talk to me,

531
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,467
you're gonna have to talk to the cops,

532
00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:33,469
and they're gonna really bust your ass.

533
00:33:33,469 --> 00:33:35,304
And I think he was terrified

534
00:33:35,304 --> 00:33:37,015
of being outed in this community,

535
00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:42,937
because it's such a small
town, not a lot of gay people.

536
00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:46,858
And so he did talk to me, he told me that,

537
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,986
he didn't have anything to
do with Gary's disappearance.

538
00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:54,532
He was sad and upset that
Gary had disappeared,

539
00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:57,076
he didn't know what happened to him.

540
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:58,536
I guess I did believe him.

541
00:33:59,746 --> 00:34:01,581
He really didn't wanna discuss it,

542
00:34:01,581 --> 00:34:04,375
but ultimately, when I
did check out his alibi,

543
00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,211
he was cleared as a suspect.

544
00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:08,504
(sheep bleating)

545
00:34:08,504 --> 00:34:11,340
(ground rustling)

546
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:15,636
- Hey guys, now that I'm
done chasing sheep around

547
00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:17,722
like a crazy person in the mountains.

548
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:21,225
I've seen a lot out here, mining camps,

549
00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:26,230
mines, abandoned towns,
buildings, remnants of the past,

550
00:34:26,689 --> 00:34:29,233
but the coolest and my
favorite personally,

551
00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:31,736
is all the Native American remnants,

552
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:33,404
I love finding arrowheads

553
00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:36,741
and seeing petroglyphs on mountain sides.

554
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:39,535
Just old writing from the native people

555
00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:43,122
who lived here long before
any settlers moved in.

556
00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:45,249
To me, that's the coolest stuff to see.

557
00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:47,502
But it's getting dark
now, the sun's setting

558
00:34:47,502 --> 00:34:50,421
I think I'm gonna call it
a night and get settled in,

559
00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:51,380
in my camp.

560
00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:53,257
(ground rustling)

561
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:56,636
- They were still processing
the crime scene and everything

562
00:34:56,636 --> 00:35:01,641
and they came across an
envelope in his center console,

563
00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,769
it had a (muffled speaking) money in it.

564
00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:10,942
To me that said that whoever he was with,

565
00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:15,154
wasn't there to take his money

566
00:35:15,154 --> 00:35:17,782
or anything that he might have had.

567
00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:23,246
(sentimental music)

568
00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:39,846
I woke to the police
officers knocking on my door.

569
00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:46,978
And they were informing me that
they called off the search.

570
00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:50,690
And while they're explaining things to me,

571
00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:53,401
I'm seeing them talking,

572
00:35:56,362 --> 00:35:58,155
I'm not comprehending any of the it,

573
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:03,286
everything was just kind of flashing.

574
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:07,874
And, I'm seeing their faces,
and I'm seeing their lips move,

575
00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:10,751
and then they're looking
at me like I'm crazy.

576
00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:15,631
And next thing I know, I'm on a stretcher.

577
00:36:15,631 --> 00:36:20,595
(heart throbbing)
(beep sounds)

578
00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:27,977
And taken to the ER where
they had to give me hydration

579
00:36:29,228 --> 00:36:34,233
and IV with fluids and
medicine that helped me sleep,

580
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,781
and for the first time
since all of this started,

581
00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:43,784
I got 10 hours of sleep.

582
00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:47,455
- This was the largest search and rescue

583
00:36:47,455 --> 00:36:49,582
that Nevada had ever seen.

584
00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:53,586
And when they finally called it off,

585
00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:55,963
everyone was just so shocked.

586
00:36:55,963 --> 00:36:59,842
But, you mean, you can't search
the entire state of Nevada,

587
00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:02,178
it's just too vast, it's too broad,

588
00:37:02,178 --> 00:37:07,141
and it had been so long that
the chances of finding him

589
00:37:07,141 --> 00:37:11,270
and finding him alive were slim to none.

590
00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:13,564
- The investigation was dead in the water,

591
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,566
we didn't have any leads,

592
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:18,569
the fingerprints in the truck
didn't match any database,

593
00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:20,821
so we didn't know what to do.

594
00:37:20,821 --> 00:37:21,656
But then.

595
00:37:22,698 --> 00:37:24,700
(intense music)

596
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,665
Gary's followers started calling.

597
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,297
And this whole thing
was turned on its head.

598
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:42,051
- So I'm at my desk,

599
00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:44,136
and I'm going through the show notes,

600
00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:45,471
I'm getting ready to go on air

601
00:37:45,471 --> 00:37:47,598
and my producer comes through
my door, and he's like,

602
00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:50,935
you have a phone call, you
have to take this phone call.

603
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:54,772
And I get on the phone, and
it's one of our listeners.

604
00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:59,318
And he's telling me that I
have to look into Gary's blog.

605
00:37:59,318 --> 00:38:03,781
He's going on and on about
this crazy story about Gary,

606
00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:08,035
and he's telling me that he
thinks he knows where he is,

607
00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:11,247
he thinks he knows what happened to him.

608
00:38:11,247 --> 00:38:15,710
And that I have to go and
look at this blog right now.

609
00:38:16,877 --> 00:38:18,337
- My friend Monica calls me

610
00:38:18,337 --> 00:38:21,507
and tells me that it's all over the news

611
00:38:21,507 --> 00:38:26,512
that all these people are
calling into the radio station.

612
00:38:26,887 --> 00:38:31,100
And she tells me that they're
talking about Gary's blog

613
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,978
and the fact that it needs to be read

614
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,938
and that there's comments and everything.

615
00:38:35,938 --> 00:38:40,151
And so once I got discharged,

616
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,652
I went straight to Gary's house,

617
00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:45,156
so I could read the blog
and see what all this was

618
00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,158
that they were talking about.

619
00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:49,702
- Unfortunately, Beverly
found out about Gary's blog

620
00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:53,247
hours before we did, and
she went right over there,

621
00:38:53,247 --> 00:38:55,416
and really messed things up.

622
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:57,960
- Hey guys, it's me again.

623
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,795
A lot of people have
been following the blog

624
00:38:59,795 --> 00:39:01,672
and new to the blog and been saying,

625
00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:04,759
I'm just trying to copy
"Naked and Afraid".

626
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:08,346
And as you can tell, I'm not
naked or afraid out here,

627
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,514
so I'm not trying to copy the show and,

628
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,852
also my ex loved that
show, so I'm sick of it,

629
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:17,646
there's a reason why
people are called exes.

630
00:39:17,646 --> 00:39:20,358
- So while I'm trying to
navigate through everything

631
00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,401
on his blog,

632
00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:24,779
going through the operator
stuff and everything

633
00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:31,160
and I finally get in there
and I realize he has 50,000,

634
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:34,371
50,000 viewers.

635
00:39:37,124 --> 00:39:39,043
I was shocked.

636
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:42,630
- Not a single person in Gary's
life knew about his blog,

637
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:44,048
which was really shocking

638
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:47,009
considering the fact that
he had 50,000 followers.

639
00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:51,430
That really says something,
if you think about it.

640
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:59,313
- Of course, I immediately
jump on my computer

641
00:39:59,313 --> 00:40:03,818
and I go to his blog, and
I'll never forget the title,

642
00:40:03,818 --> 00:40:05,653
because I actually thought
it was really clever.

643
00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:09,281
It was called "Don't
Hike With Headphones".

644
00:40:09,281 --> 00:40:11,325
- Hey guys up here at
the top of the mountain,

645
00:40:11,325 --> 00:40:15,371
as you can see, there's
the great view behind me.

646
00:40:16,664 --> 00:40:19,959
One of the questions I've got
asked on the blog a lot was,

647
00:40:19,959 --> 00:40:21,919
what dangers (muffled speaking),

648
00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:24,004
are there any threatening animals

649
00:40:24,004 --> 00:40:25,840
like rattlesnakes and mountain lions?

650
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,635
And, yeah, there're rattlesnakes
at the lower elevations,

651
00:40:29,635 --> 00:40:31,887
you might have noticed I
don't hike with headphones

652
00:40:31,887 --> 00:40:34,431
or anything on so I can listen for them.

653
00:40:34,431 --> 00:40:37,852
- And it's your basic,
survivalist type blog,

654
00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:41,230
you know, how to build a
fire, how to filter water,

655
00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:43,107
and I just start scrolling through

656
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:45,067
and I scroll and scroll
all the way to the,

657
00:40:45,067 --> 00:40:47,862
like the latest videos that he had posted.

658
00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,405
- I'm trying to navigate

659
00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:52,616
to find out where these
notifications are coming from

660
00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:56,078
because he is getting
notification after notification,

661
00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:59,540
I mean, it's ding, ding, ding, ding.

662
00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,835
- So I was driving when I
found out Gary had a blog,

663
00:41:02,835 --> 00:41:06,797
I pulled over and looked
for it on my phone.

664
00:41:06,797 --> 00:41:09,008
And the first thing that I noticed

665
00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:10,801
was that he didn't go by his real name,

666
00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:13,262
he went by Scorpion Sam.

667
00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,514
- My biggest thing I've ever ran into

668
00:41:15,514 --> 00:41:18,100
was I got stung by a scorpion,

669
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:20,603
kicking over a rock once,

670
00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:25,191
had to go to the hospital
once I got back to my truck,

671
00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:27,776
that was the day I hiked
with a swelling up hand.

672
00:41:29,403 --> 00:41:32,156
- I'm finally able to
get to the notifications

673
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:34,408
and this notification pops up

674
00:41:34,408 --> 00:41:37,870
and they're saying, I bet he found it,

675
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,625
and that something bad happened,

676
00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:47,630
and I'm thinking, they're
saying he found it?

677
00:41:48,297 --> 00:41:50,007
And something bad happened?

678
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:51,383
Found what?

679
00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:55,846
- And then came Gary's
now infamous video post.

680
00:41:57,056 --> 00:42:00,309
I have worked a lot of
strange cases in my career,

681
00:42:00,309 --> 00:42:05,022
and Gary's by far was the most unusual,

682
00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,859
just the way that he described
what he was looking at,

683
00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:12,988
what he saw, how terrified he was,

684
00:42:12,988 --> 00:42:17,993
it just really scares me.

685
00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:24,667
- So I started watching
the second to last video

686
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:25,918
on Gary's blog.

687
00:42:25,918 --> 00:42:28,671
And he's at his home
and he's sitting there

688
00:42:28,671 --> 00:42:31,090
and he's telling his viewers

689
00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:37,304
basically what he came across
on his last expedition.

690
00:42:37,304 --> 00:42:39,974
- I saw his last three videos

691
00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:40,849
and,

692
00:42:43,644 --> 00:42:44,812
what I saw,

693
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:50,568
changed everything.

694
00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:54,238
(ominous music)

695
00:43:00,661 --> 00:43:03,372
- He's pretty worked up in this video,

696
00:43:03,372 --> 00:43:06,542
you can tell he's nervous, he's scared.

697
00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:08,711
- As soon as his video started,

698
00:43:11,171 --> 00:43:15,884
I could tell he was troubled by something,

699
00:43:15,884 --> 00:43:18,470
something had him so unnerved.

700
00:43:19,847 --> 00:43:22,850
He was three days into his expedition,

701
00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:27,271
and he started to smell smoke and that,

702
00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:29,356
and he was out in the middle of nowhere.

703
00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:34,278
So he got curious and
started to look around.

704
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:36,989
- He comes across this cabin,

705
00:43:36,989 --> 00:43:40,951
and it's not like a nice cabin,
it's like a makeshift cabin,

706
00:43:40,951 --> 00:43:45,956
almost kind of like a
homeless type of structure,

707
00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:47,499
sticks and twigs,

708
00:43:47,499 --> 00:43:50,878
and there's smoke coming
out of the chimney.

709
00:43:52,212 --> 00:43:56,759
And Gary's not someone to
be scared of someone else,

710
00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:57,760
out in the wilderness,

711
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,765
but he said he was just
like frozen in his tracks,

712
00:44:03,265 --> 00:44:06,977
and he just felt this like sixth sense

713
00:44:06,977 --> 00:44:10,105
of basically impending doom.

714
00:44:10,981 --> 00:44:15,819
- It was the look on his
face, that really got to me,

715
00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:19,114
when he described this
cabin out in Nevada.

716
00:44:21,742 --> 00:44:25,329
- He said that the longer
he stood and looked at it

717
00:44:27,373 --> 00:44:31,627
the more spooked that he
got the feeling of dread,

718
00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:34,963
the sixth sense that he
needed to get out of there.

719
00:44:34,963 --> 00:44:38,842
- And he wanted nothing
to do with that place.

720
00:44:38,842 --> 00:44:42,346
And so, he hightails it out of there

721
00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:46,517
and he goes to sleep in his tent,

722
00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:51,105
I remember this because he talks
about how he was so scared,

723
00:44:51,105 --> 00:44:54,024
he slept with his shoes on all night.

724
00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:55,567
You know, he didn't bring his firearms,

725
00:44:55,567 --> 00:45:00,572
so he was totally just vulnerable
out there and terrified.

726
00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:07,788
And he wakes up the next
morning, and there's footprints,

727
00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:11,250
and they're barefoot footprints.

728
00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:13,460
- These two things are now connected,

729
00:45:13,460 --> 00:45:14,753
we had something to go on.

730
00:45:16,338 --> 00:45:18,340
(ominous music)

731
00:45:24,930 --> 00:45:26,890
- [Beverly] The hike back to his track,

732
00:45:26,890 --> 00:45:28,767
which took three days,

733
00:45:28,767 --> 00:45:32,187
he felt like somebody was following him.

734
00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:34,565
(ominous music)

735
00:45:35,149 --> 00:45:38,986
- So this was a really sad story to me,

736
00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:42,156
to see Gary's followers turn on him,

737
00:45:42,156 --> 00:45:44,908
that blog was everything to him.

738
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:49,913
He really admired them,
and their comments,

739
00:45:52,499 --> 00:45:54,835
it was something really special to him.

740
00:45:54,835 --> 00:45:59,840
And to see them go from
loving him to bullying him,

741
00:46:00,507 --> 00:46:03,635
calling him a loser, a liar,

742
00:46:03,635 --> 00:46:07,556
and putting him down, it
was really sad to see.

743
00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:12,227
- And the comments are like,

744
00:46:12,227 --> 00:46:15,898
everyone's kind of just
like, well, go back,

745
00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:18,400
take video, show us this place,

746
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,195
does this place even
exist, is this even real?

747
00:46:21,195 --> 00:46:23,822
And he's getting like
really hit by his followers,

748
00:46:23,822 --> 00:46:26,784
basically, they're kind of bullying him,

749
00:46:27,659 --> 00:46:30,329
they don't believe that
he came across this,

750
00:46:30,329 --> 00:46:33,832
they go to his blog for a reason,

751
00:46:33,832 --> 00:46:35,667
and now they feel like he's just

752
00:46:35,667 --> 00:46:38,587
getting into ghost stories or something.

753
00:46:38,587 --> 00:46:39,421
And so they,

754
00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:45,260
I really feel like he fell
into a bit of cyber bullying

755
00:46:45,260 --> 00:46:50,140
and the fact that they were not gonna be

756
00:46:50,140 --> 00:46:51,850
his faithful followers anymore,

757
00:46:51,850 --> 00:46:56,480
unless he goes back and
proves that he saw this,

758
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,398
he experienced this.

759
00:46:58,398 --> 00:47:01,068
(air whooshing)

760
00:47:04,071 --> 00:47:07,616
- You know, it broke my
heart to read the comments

761
00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:12,621
that said that he was
nothing but a lonely loser,

762
00:47:12,829 --> 00:47:16,416
and that all he was doing

763
00:47:16,416 --> 00:47:20,712
was trying to get
attention by making shit up

764
00:47:20,712 --> 00:47:23,799
and that they didn't believe him.

765
00:47:25,592 --> 00:47:27,761
- I actually didn't know about the blog,

766
00:47:28,595 --> 00:47:31,348
but I knew he was doing something

767
00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:36,228
because he was always in
the backyard making videos,

768
00:47:36,228 --> 00:47:38,438
telling the camera how to make a campfire,

769
00:47:39,898 --> 00:47:41,608
or I always heard him in his room

770
00:47:41,608 --> 00:47:43,694
like giving survival tips and things.

771
00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:47,239
- [Gary] Hey, guys, just
walking through the woods here.

772
00:47:48,115 --> 00:47:50,742
It's a beautiful day in
the backwoods in Nevada.

773
00:47:50,742 --> 00:47:52,661
But a lot of people asked what I would do

774
00:47:52,661 --> 00:47:54,079
if I got lost back here,

775
00:47:55,247 --> 00:47:59,501
I had to spends several
more days than I planned on,

776
00:47:59,501 --> 00:48:00,836
I guess first thing I would do

777
00:48:00,836 --> 00:48:04,673
would be find a nice nutritious cow patty,

778
00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:07,759
because there're so yummy.

779
00:48:07,759 --> 00:48:11,054
I'm just kidding, you
don't wanna eat cow shit.

780
00:48:11,054 --> 00:48:11,972
That will be bad.

781
00:48:12,806 --> 00:48:15,893
But there are ways you can
scavenger for food out here.

782
00:48:17,311 --> 00:48:20,272
(train engine roaring)

783
00:48:20,272 --> 00:48:23,483
(train hooting)

784
00:48:23,483 --> 00:48:26,194
- I'm so upset by everything and,

785
00:48:27,112 --> 00:48:31,783
I wanted to download this

786
00:48:31,783 --> 00:48:35,495
and do what I could so that
I could take it to the cops,

787
00:48:35,495 --> 00:48:40,500
and during all the frustration
and the upset and everything,

788
00:48:42,794 --> 00:48:45,005
I accidentally deleted it.

789
00:48:47,633 --> 00:48:51,011
- Beverly really beat herself
up about deleting the video,

790
00:48:51,011 --> 00:48:53,972
and I felt bad for her.

791
00:48:53,972 --> 00:48:57,684
I didn't wanna press it because
I knew she felt terrible,

792
00:48:57,684 --> 00:48:59,936
her brother was missing.

793
00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:04,149
But it was a missed
opportunity definitely,

794
00:49:04,149 --> 00:49:05,817
and a definite disappointment.

795
00:49:06,818 --> 00:49:11,782
- The last video of Gary on that blog,

796
00:49:11,907 --> 00:49:16,578
is him basically telling his followers,

797
00:49:16,578 --> 00:49:19,915
okay, here I go, I'll go back.

798
00:49:20,916 --> 00:49:22,584
And he doesn't look okay about it.

799
00:49:23,543 --> 00:49:27,965
- Gary's final video is truly haunting.

800
00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:32,427
And it is really the
beginning of a bigger mystery.

801
00:49:35,263 --> 00:49:39,726
- Gary's last video that
he posted to his blog

802
00:49:39,726 --> 00:49:43,730
said that he was gonna go back out

803
00:49:46,316 --> 00:49:50,946
and record everything
and prove to everyone

804
00:49:50,946 --> 00:49:55,158
that this was real, that
this really existed.

805
00:50:00,914 --> 00:50:04,960
It's the last time that
he ever posted anything

806
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:06,586
or anybody heard from him.

807
00:50:08,213 --> 00:50:10,215
(ominous music)

808
00:50:18,140 --> 00:50:20,809
(air whooshing)

809
00:50:29,401 --> 00:50:31,570
- Hey guys, I'm back.

810
00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:32,612
Wanted to make a video

811
00:50:32,612 --> 00:50:35,991
about the different comments
people left on my last video.

812
00:50:38,034 --> 00:50:40,954
A lot of you were coming up
with some crazy theories,

813
00:50:40,954 --> 00:50:44,291
what was out there,
what I saw in the woods.

814
00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:47,461
Some of you don't believe it,

815
00:50:47,461 --> 00:50:49,337
some of you are asking for the location

816
00:50:49,337 --> 00:50:52,048
and wanna find it yourself.

817
00:50:52,048 --> 00:50:53,759
I'm really against people going out

818
00:50:53,759 --> 00:50:57,012
in the backwoods in
Nevada without experience,

819
00:50:57,012 --> 00:50:58,722
there's a lot dangers out there,

820
00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:02,184
from old mines to just random people

821
00:51:02,184 --> 00:51:04,436
and you can get lost easily,

822
00:51:04,436 --> 00:51:06,730
the scenery looks a lot the same,

823
00:51:06,730 --> 00:51:08,774
and if there's no trails,

824
00:51:08,774 --> 00:51:12,277
you can get lost and turn around
and be out there for days.

825
00:51:12,277 --> 00:51:14,446
And if you don't bring
enough food or water,

826
00:51:14,446 --> 00:51:15,530
you're in real danger.

827
00:51:17,407 --> 00:51:19,117
So I don't wanna give out the location

828
00:51:19,117 --> 00:51:23,079
and just be the one that
causes a whole bunch of people

829
00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:25,040
to go out in the backwoods in Nevada.

830
00:51:26,124 --> 00:51:29,169
I'll go out there, find the shelter again.

831
00:51:29,169 --> 00:51:32,130
This time, I'll bring
my camera and firearm,

832
00:51:32,130 --> 00:51:33,840
I have to do some work first,

833
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,551
but I plan on leaving on the 22nd,

834
00:51:36,551 --> 00:51:39,387
and I'll need a good six
days to be out there again.

835
00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:43,266
It's a good three days
in, and three days back,

836
00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:45,685
but we're gonna find out what this is,

837
00:51:45,685 --> 00:51:49,564
and look forward to another video,

838
00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:51,233
once we finally get out there,

839
00:51:52,275 --> 00:51:54,277
I'll have something for you guys posted.

840
00:51:58,657 --> 00:52:00,659
(ominous music)

841
00:52:01,326 --> 00:52:03,245
- He goes and that's it.

842
00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:04,538
And that's the last,

843
00:52:05,580 --> 00:52:08,041
that's the last video of Gary.

844
00:52:08,041 --> 00:52:11,545
And no one knows where he was going.

845
00:52:12,754 --> 00:52:17,175
So the search is so
vast and Nevada is huge,

846
00:52:17,175 --> 00:52:20,428
and he could be anywhere.

847
00:52:21,721 --> 00:52:23,723
(ominous music)

848
00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:37,279
This place that he talks
about could be anywhere.

849
00:52:41,867 --> 00:52:43,285
- This became a perfect storm

850
00:52:43,285 --> 00:52:46,872
because now we knew what Gary was doing,

851
00:52:46,872 --> 00:52:48,623
we just had no idea where.

852
00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:54,880
- I had no idea that he
had this whole other life,

853
00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:57,966
this blog, all these
followers and everything

854
00:52:57,966 --> 00:52:59,175
had I known that,

855
00:53:00,051 --> 00:53:04,598
I would have never, ever,
let him go back out there.

856
00:53:05,891 --> 00:53:09,019
- This whole case turned
from a missing persons

857
00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:12,898
to a huge mystery.

858
00:53:12,898 --> 00:53:14,399
Whose cabin was this?

859
00:53:14,399 --> 00:53:16,234
I mean, who lives out there?

860
00:53:16,234 --> 00:53:17,402
Where is this cabin?

861
00:53:17,402 --> 00:53:19,905
I mean, if it's in the middle of nowhere,

862
00:53:19,905 --> 00:53:23,325
what type of person lives
in the middle of nowhere?

863
00:53:23,325 --> 00:53:27,245
And if you're about to
go find that person,

864
00:53:27,245 --> 00:53:29,706
I don't know if they're gonna
be too happy to be found.

865
00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:32,167
I mean, if they're out there that far,

866
00:53:32,167 --> 00:53:34,169
they're out there that far for a reason.

867
00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:36,880
(ominous music)

868
00:53:40,425 --> 00:53:43,845
- Once the radio station
broadcasts about it,

869
00:53:43,845 --> 00:53:45,680
his blog and everything,

870
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,933
everybody just went crazy

871
00:53:47,933 --> 00:53:50,268
before the cops could even take it down.

872
00:53:50,268 --> 00:53:55,273
The conspiracy theories
were just everywhere,

873
00:53:55,482 --> 00:54:00,487
from witches to aliens,
area 51, you name it.

874
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:04,449
- People started coming
out of the woodwork

875
00:54:04,449 --> 00:54:06,451
and everyone had a theory

876
00:54:06,451 --> 00:54:11,456
as to who the cabin belonged
to, what was in the cabin.

877
00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:16,962
There were some comments about
Gary had discovered a witch,

878
00:54:16,962 --> 00:54:19,673
and she was making secret potions

879
00:54:19,673 --> 00:54:22,050
and somehow he had gotten involved,

880
00:54:22,050 --> 00:54:26,221
and I mean it was crazy.

881
00:54:26,221 --> 00:54:28,056
Other people thought it was just a hermit,

882
00:54:28,056 --> 00:54:30,558
you know someone who just
wanted to be left alone.

883
00:54:32,268 --> 00:54:34,688
People thought that maybe
it was a government,

884
00:54:35,647 --> 00:54:39,109
secret government operation, aliens.

885
00:54:41,569 --> 00:54:42,737
I mean it's,

886
00:54:43,780 --> 00:54:44,948
I could go on and on

887
00:54:44,948 --> 00:54:47,534
about the many theories
that people thought.

888
00:54:47,534 --> 00:54:49,953
- The only reasonable
explanation I could come up with

889
00:54:49,953 --> 00:54:52,998
was maybe, Gary had stumbled upon

890
00:54:52,998 --> 00:54:56,084
an illegal marijuana growing operation

891
00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:58,295
out there in the middle
of nowhere in Nevada

892
00:54:59,254 --> 00:55:03,049
and they killed him for
it, it has happened before.

893
00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:05,135
But,

894
00:55:07,721 --> 00:55:08,805
I was wrong.

895
00:55:12,851 --> 00:55:17,856
- I just couldn't shake
this sickening feeling.

896
00:55:19,399 --> 00:55:21,401
(ominous music)

897
00:55:28,408 --> 00:55:30,243
Before I knew it, the cops showed up

898
00:55:30,243 --> 00:55:32,620
and they had known all about his blog

899
00:55:32,620 --> 00:55:36,082
and I was actually on the
computer when they got there.

900
00:55:36,082 --> 00:55:40,628
And they gathered everything
up, seized everything,

901
00:55:40,628 --> 00:55:43,048
including his hard drives.

902
00:55:43,048 --> 00:55:44,674
- [Gary] Guys,

903
00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:46,134
another model train video here,

904
00:55:46,134 --> 00:55:48,762
I just got back from a flea market,

905
00:55:48,762 --> 00:55:51,097
and look what I picked up today.

906
00:55:52,599 --> 00:55:57,479
Got a nice little HO diesel locomotive,

907
00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:59,564
lettered for one of my favorite railroads,

908
00:55:59,564 --> 00:56:01,649
it's called the California Western,

909
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:04,736
out of Northern California.

910
00:56:04,736 --> 00:56:07,739
(plastic train rattling)

911
00:56:07,739 --> 00:56:09,949
Set that down.

912
00:56:09,949 --> 00:56:14,954
Then got this brand new steam
engine for the Santa Fe.

913
00:56:15,872 --> 00:56:17,874
(ominous music)

914
00:56:24,464 --> 00:56:27,675
- My private investigator
called and said that,

915
00:56:27,675 --> 00:56:32,680
the detectives on the case
wanted to meet with me.

916
00:56:32,722 --> 00:56:36,601
So I ended up going down
to the precinct and,

917
00:56:39,562 --> 00:56:42,607
they kept asking me, is
there anything you need?

918
00:56:42,607 --> 00:56:44,192
Have you eaten today?

919
00:56:45,318 --> 00:56:47,737
Just beating around the bush

920
00:56:47,737 --> 00:56:52,742
and I finally asked
them, what is going on?

921
00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:55,411
- [Man] It's back on.

922
00:56:55,411 --> 00:56:58,248
(dramatic chase music)

923
00:56:58,248 --> 00:57:00,083
- We are back with a break in the case

924
00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:02,252
of missing hiker, Gary Hinge.

925
00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:04,254
Was made yesterday when his backpack

926
00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:08,383
was discovered by a couple
camping in White Pine County.

927
00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:09,843
When they woke up in the morning,

928
00:57:09,843 --> 00:57:10,969
they found the backpack

929
00:57:10,969 --> 00:57:14,097
had been intentionally
placed in their campsite.

930
00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:15,640
What they found inside

931
00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:19,185
has sent a shockwave
through the state of Nevada.

932
00:57:19,185 --> 00:57:23,231
Hinge's truck was found parked
in Eureka earlier this month.

933
00:57:23,231 --> 00:57:25,442
But police now say they have evidence

934
00:57:25,442 --> 00:57:26,818
that it was parked there,

935
00:57:26,818 --> 00:57:29,821
to throw off investigators
searching for him.

936
00:57:29,821 --> 00:57:34,200
- They woke up to find Gary's backpack

937
00:57:37,495 --> 00:57:40,165
draped on a shovel that they had there.

938
00:57:42,834 --> 00:57:44,335
And when they opened it,

939
00:57:46,838 --> 00:57:49,174
Gary's belongings were in there,

940
00:57:50,842 --> 00:57:52,844
(ominous music)

941
00:57:56,848 --> 00:57:58,850
as well as a severed hand,

942
00:58:01,269 --> 00:58:02,103
Gary's hand.

943
00:58:03,062 --> 00:58:05,982
(ominous music)

944
00:58:22,874 --> 00:58:25,251
- [Bill] The way that his hand was severed

945
00:58:25,251 --> 00:58:28,171
was incredibly violent.

946
00:58:28,171 --> 00:58:32,383
The way that it was chopped
off, was just gruesome.

947
00:58:32,383 --> 00:58:34,177
- It was deliberately placed there,

948
00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:38,556
because someone wanted it to be found.

949
00:58:38,556 --> 00:58:40,058
- The forensic showed,

950
00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:44,979
that his hand had been severed,

951
00:58:46,814 --> 00:58:49,651
for more than five weeks.

952
00:58:49,651 --> 00:58:52,904
- And it was still
clutching a video camera.

953
00:58:53,780 --> 00:58:56,574
And what's even more crazy was,

954
00:58:58,326 --> 00:59:01,538
the hand wasn't like torn off from a body,

955
00:59:01,538 --> 00:59:03,957
it was a clean cut.

956
00:59:03,957 --> 00:59:05,250
- I was gutted,

957
00:59:07,794 --> 00:59:10,713
by the fact that he had suffered.

958
00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:13,716
- Once the camera was discovered,

959
00:59:13,716 --> 00:59:17,303
everybody wanted to know, is there a tape?

960
00:59:18,513 --> 00:59:20,265
And does the tape work?

961
00:59:20,265 --> 00:59:22,850
And what's on the tape?

962
00:59:22,850 --> 00:59:24,936
(camera shuttering)

963
00:59:24,936 --> 00:59:27,647
- We were very anxious for the crime lab

964
00:59:27,647 --> 00:59:29,148
to process the evidence.

965
00:59:29,148 --> 00:59:30,108
(camera shutters)

966
00:59:30,108 --> 00:59:33,778
And sure enough, when they did,

967
00:59:33,778 --> 00:59:36,072
the memory chip was still in the camera.

968
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:40,076
(camera shutters)

969
00:59:40,868 --> 00:59:45,081
(ominous music intensifies)

970
00:59:52,630 --> 00:59:56,050
It was truly terrifying to watch

971
00:59:56,050 --> 01:00:01,055
and I can't even imagine the true horror

972
01:00:01,472 --> 01:00:03,141
that he faced out there.

973
01:00:04,309 --> 01:00:08,730
- Bill calls me and the
forensic investigators

974
01:00:08,730 --> 01:00:13,693
have video of Gary's final moments

975
01:00:13,985 --> 01:00:17,780
and so they take us into a room.

976
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:20,700
- The team thought it would be best

977
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:25,079
if I sat down with Beverly and
watched the videos with her,

978
01:00:25,079 --> 01:00:28,833
because I had a relationship with her

979
01:00:28,833 --> 01:00:31,586
and I had a kind of a special rapport.

980
01:00:31,586 --> 01:00:33,171
So they thought it would probably be best

981
01:00:33,171 --> 01:00:34,922
if maybe I sat down with her first.

982
01:00:36,966 --> 01:00:38,843
- Bill started the first video

983
01:00:38,843 --> 01:00:45,475
and there was Gary shining his
light around, saying hello.

984
01:00:47,810 --> 01:00:51,981
And the innocence in his voice,

985
01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:56,527
I just,

986
01:00:58,613 --> 01:00:59,781
I couldn't do it.

987
01:01:00,907 --> 01:01:01,991
I

988
01:01:03,534 --> 01:01:04,744
I had to stop.

989
01:01:07,997 --> 01:01:11,459
And then Bill finished watching.

990
01:01:16,631 --> 01:01:18,633
(ominous music)

991
01:01:27,308 --> 01:01:29,894
- [Bill] The clips begin
like all the other clips,

992
01:01:31,187 --> 01:01:32,730
Gary's even smiling,

993
01:01:33,940 --> 01:01:36,859
but he has no idea what's about to happen.

994
01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:41,739
- Hey guys, a little video update.

995
01:01:41,739 --> 01:01:43,116
I am.

996
01:01:43,116 --> 01:01:43,950
(thunder roars)

997
01:01:43,950 --> 01:01:44,951
Oh, there's thunder.

998
01:01:45,785 --> 01:01:48,579
Storm's coming in, I
gotta make this quick.

999
01:01:48,579 --> 01:01:50,248
Got a whole nother ridge line to climb

1000
01:01:50,248 --> 01:01:53,626
before I get to the spot
where I saw that shelter

1001
01:01:53,626 --> 01:01:57,088
but I'm about halfway
there, a day and a half in.

1002
01:01:59,507 --> 01:02:00,842
We'll see what we find.

1003
01:02:02,093 --> 01:02:05,555
Climbed over one mountain range
already, got one more to go.

1004
01:02:06,639 --> 01:02:08,099
And, better make it quick,

1005
01:02:08,099 --> 01:02:11,352
because that storm's coming in fast.

1006
01:02:11,352 --> 01:02:13,104
We'll see what's on the other side.

1007
01:02:14,021 --> 01:02:14,939
I got (muffled speaking) ways to go,

1008
01:02:14,939 --> 01:02:16,107
but, weird thing is,

1009
01:02:16,107 --> 01:02:19,527
I'm already distinctly smelling the smoke,

1010
01:02:19,527 --> 01:02:21,362
like I smelled last time.

1011
01:02:21,362 --> 01:02:24,365
There's no fires around, there
shouldn't be anyone out here,

1012
01:02:25,366 --> 01:02:28,244
but it's very faint but very
distinct smell of smoke.

1013
01:02:29,620 --> 01:02:30,663
Kind of getting creeped out

1014
01:02:30,663 --> 01:02:33,624
but not as much as I was last time yet.

1015
01:02:33,624 --> 01:02:35,376
We'll see what happens.

1016
01:02:35,376 --> 01:02:37,378
Look for another video update soon.

1017
01:02:57,732 --> 01:02:59,317
(beep sound)

1018
01:02:59,317 --> 01:03:01,986
(air whooshing)

1019
01:03:36,771 --> 01:03:38,272
(beep sound)

1020
01:03:38,272 --> 01:03:40,191
(air whooshing)

1021
01:03:40,191 --> 01:03:43,027
(rattling sounds)

1022
01:03:44,237 --> 01:03:47,073
(rattling sounds)

1023
01:04:04,757 --> 01:04:07,552
(camera rattling)

1024
01:04:09,303 --> 01:04:10,763
(beep sound)

1025
01:04:10,763 --> 01:04:13,432
(air whooshing)

1026
01:04:18,604 --> 01:04:21,440
(camera rattling)

1027
01:04:23,526 --> 01:04:25,027
(beep sound)

1028
01:04:25,027 --> 01:04:27,697
(air whooshing)

1029
01:04:48,217 --> 01:04:50,887
(air whooshing)

1030
01:04:58,644 --> 01:05:01,564
(gravel crunching)

1031
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:06,360
(air whooshing)

1032
01:05:14,744 --> 01:05:16,287
(beep sound)

1033
01:05:16,287 --> 01:05:18,956
(air whooshing)

1034
01:05:29,258 --> 01:05:32,178
All right, here's the final marker.

1035
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:43,147
(indistinct music playing)

1036
01:05:59,622 --> 01:06:03,209
(indistinct ominous music)

1037
01:06:34,865 --> 01:06:38,744
(gravel crunching sounds)

1038
01:06:38,744 --> 01:06:42,331
(indistinct ominous music)

1039
01:07:20,202 --> 01:07:21,036
(beep sound)

1040
01:07:21,036 --> 01:07:23,706
(air whooshing)

1041
01:07:29,211 --> 01:07:32,047
(rattling sounds)

1042
01:07:32,923 --> 01:07:33,758
(beep sound)

1043
01:07:33,758 --> 01:07:36,427
(air whooshing)

1044
01:07:42,641 --> 01:07:44,518
(rattling sounds)

1045
01:07:54,779 --> 01:07:57,448
(air whooshing)

1046
01:08:24,308 --> 01:08:27,144
(camera rattling)

1047
01:08:37,321 --> 01:08:40,074
(ominous sounds)

1048
01:08:49,333 --> 01:08:52,920
(indistinct ominous music)

1049
01:09:19,280 --> 01:09:22,158
(camera rattling)

1050
01:09:22,158 --> 01:09:25,744
(indistinct ominous music)

1051
01:09:33,502 --> 01:09:36,422
(fluttering sound)

1052
01:10:10,456 --> 01:10:13,375
(gravel crunching)

1053
01:10:17,212 --> 01:10:20,507
(ticking sound)

1054
01:10:20,507 --> 01:10:23,427
(gravel crunching)

1055
01:10:49,620 --> 01:10:52,039
(beep sound)

1056
01:10:55,459 --> 01:10:58,128
(ticking sound)

1057
01:11:05,052 --> 01:11:07,346
(rattling sounds)

1058
01:11:07,346 --> 01:11:10,099
(gunshot blasts)

1059
01:11:13,602 --> 01:11:16,271
(ticking sound)

1060
01:11:17,731 --> 01:11:18,649
(groaning sounds)

1061
01:11:18,649 --> 01:11:22,236
(gunshot blasts)

1062
01:11:22,236 --> 01:11:24,989
(gunshot blasts)

1063
01:11:38,877 --> 01:11:40,129
(beep sound)

1064
01:11:40,129 --> 01:11:42,506
(gunshot blasts)

1065
01:11:42,506 --> 01:11:45,259
(gunshot blasts)

1066
01:11:52,141 --> 01:11:54,351
(air whooshing)

1067
01:11:54,351 --> 01:11:56,603
(beep sound)

1068
01:11:56,603 --> 01:11:59,356
(ticking sounds)

1069
01:12:07,656 --> 01:12:10,034
(beep sound)

1070
01:12:16,123 --> 01:12:18,709
(camera rattling)

1071
01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:21,462
(ticking sounds)

1072
01:12:29,011 --> 01:12:31,847
(camera rattling)

1073
01:12:47,488 --> 01:12:48,489
(beep sound)

1074
01:12:48,489 --> 01:12:50,741
(rattling sounds)

1075
01:12:50,741 --> 01:12:53,368
(ticking sound)

1076
01:12:54,912 --> 01:12:57,581
(air whooshing)

1077
01:13:03,879 --> 01:13:06,799
(stones crunching)

1078
01:13:33,242 --> 01:13:36,078
(camera rattling)

1079
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:46,797
(camera rattling)

1080
01:13:53,804 --> 01:13:56,723
(crunching sounds)

1081
01:14:01,019 --> 01:14:04,106
(insects fluttering)

1082
01:14:57,284 --> 01:14:59,703
(Gary gasps)

1083
01:15:14,009 --> 01:15:16,678
(air whooshing)

1084
01:15:24,061 --> 01:15:27,523
- [Gal] From what you do see
from the person in the video,

1085
01:15:27,523 --> 01:15:31,151
you can tell that they have a
lot of physical deformities.

1086
01:15:31,151 --> 01:15:34,029
And it's probably one of the main reasons

1087
01:15:34,029 --> 01:15:38,909
why they chose to live where they lived,

1088
01:15:38,909 --> 01:15:42,204
they felt shunned by society.

1089
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:48,543
- [Simon] When we found
out what actually happened,

1090
01:15:51,046 --> 01:15:53,340
it was like this weight

1091
01:15:53,340 --> 01:15:57,761
had been taken off of
Beverly and I's relationship.

1092
01:15:57,761 --> 01:16:02,057
And now we're actually really close.

1093
01:16:02,057 --> 01:16:04,977
And I actually consider
her kind of a big sister.

1094
01:16:06,687 --> 01:16:08,689
(sentimental music)

1095
01:16:17,406 --> 01:16:18,240
(stones crunching)

1096
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:22,411
- [Gary] I'm just hiking
along, almost to the top.

1097
01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:25,789
Over that mountain side.

1098
01:16:29,334 --> 01:16:31,837
Still some thunder in the distance.

1099
01:16:31,837 --> 01:16:34,298
(ground crunching)

1100
01:16:34,298 --> 01:16:36,174
Amazing how far you can hike

1101
01:16:36,174 --> 01:16:39,511
and only seeing a couple of deer,

1102
01:16:39,511 --> 01:16:42,597
how much wildlife that I've seen,

1103
01:16:42,597 --> 01:16:45,142
I'm sure they see me, stay hidden.

1104
01:16:47,686 --> 01:16:52,691
But just a lot of sagebrush
and trees and peaceful desert,

1105
01:16:56,612 --> 01:16:58,196
to walk.

1106
01:16:58,196 --> 01:17:01,908
The great thing about
Nevada, wide open spaces.

1107
01:17:05,329 --> 01:17:08,540
- Everybody immediately
wants to go and search

1108
01:17:08,540 --> 01:17:09,374
for the one thing

1109
01:17:09,374 --> 01:17:12,502
that they've been told
not to go search for.

1110
01:17:12,502 --> 01:17:15,922
And so now there's this
whole band of influencers

1111
01:17:15,922 --> 01:17:20,927
who are out there wanting
to find this person

1112
01:17:22,971 --> 01:17:25,474
and post about it and blog about it

1113
01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:27,851
and make a video about it.

1114
01:17:27,851 --> 01:17:28,644
And,

1115
01:17:30,979 --> 01:17:32,105
to me that's,

1116
01:17:34,066 --> 01:17:35,567
I mean, that's terrifying.

1117
01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:40,322
(ominous music)