I Investigated A Supposed Secret Door At The Grand Canyon
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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In this video, I make a visit to the Grand Canyon to debunk an article posted by the platform Unilad. They claim that an alien entrance was found on Google Earth at the Grand Canyon. I live close to the Grand Canyon so I thought I would go see what I could find!
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Article from Unilad:
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Video source from the Arizona Gazette article:
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Note: Some images used in this video were created by AI photo generators.
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If I were an alien trying to hide the entrance to my secret underground base... I'd make it look like a natural rock formation... 😉
exactly!
@@hatapakoekoe Yeah that only amounted to like some side boob action. Debunked about a mile or more away with a side shot? Never got near the thing.
@@JamesW76 looks natural but yes you would have to go closer before debunking it I agree.
I'm loving that you go and check out these places; even if you can't get to them. The journey is the fun. Thanks for this journey!
Thank you, Janet! Even though this wasn't much, any visit to the Grand Canyon is always worth it.
@@TheTrekPlanner Amen! I miss it!
@@TheTrekPlanner Though any journey isn't as enjoyable if it's too windy or cold...
Agree but I would have got closer, the trip was not finished
Never ever stop wondering and looking.
Keep on Trekkin!
“No drone flying” on national parks, “there is nothing to see here, move along”. The government and its entities are dirty, filthy dirty!🤬
Because people don’t want to go to beautiful outdoor places and have their experience ruined by drones constantly flying overhead. Not a conspiracy 🤡
@@skibum6220 u go ahead and keep thinkin that.
@@Se7enmax9 I will. Because it’s the truth. If drones were allowed in national parks the skies would be overrun. But sure, it’s actually to keep people from finding Egyptian ruins in America. 🤣🤣
And how many places where drones are allowed have you been that is overrun with drones??? If it is 20ft away you can't hear it, and if it's 100 ft away, you can barely see a drone. And by the way they are technically called quadcopters.. drone is a military self flying plane.
@@skibum6220what you're saying is it's being treated like the Mona Lisa....the flashes will ruin the paint over time and drone flying in national parks will cause an air flux and mess with nature? Is this the argument you sheep?
In 1976, I carried my infant son on my back down Bright Angel Trail, and up the other side. I wasn't too long out of the Army, and in good shape. I thought. The going down wasnt bad, but climbing back out of that crack with my son and another 30 pounds of kit on my back was a hell of a climb.😮
Did the same alone. 5 am and back up top around 4:00 pm. My thighs and butt were screaming the next day. I was hoping to Mt Bike in Sedona. Couldn't lift my leg to get on. I had to stop away from the gas pumps to stretch out on my way Back to Sac, CA so i could walk. My Dad had driven us out from NJ when I was 6 for a summer trip out west. He took us to a location and told us to spit over the edge because it was a mile down to the bottom. I swear I found the same spot 30 years later and spit again. I called my Dad from Kingman to the UP of MIchigan on my way back and told him about it. He laughed and asked how I had remembered that because he did. I said "how often did you tell us to spit anywhere? ". That was monumentus.
Gazing into the Grand Canyon reminds me of what it's like to gaze into the pits of hell. The view is so inviting and tantalizing. It just begs you to enter. Yes, go ahead, continue denying the truth that all humans are little evil Putins in no need of a Savior and the blood of Jesus. Just look at how luxurious and beautiful sin and hell are.
Could you rent a donkey or a 4 wheel drive radio flyer?
@@samfrancisco8095it's so hot the spit just vaporizes
@@user-qf7ud5de9h My father rented a donkey but that was in the late 60's when animal rights wasn't a thing.
Respect to Kinkaid for finding a giant secret Egyptian underground complex but not disturbing a single artifact to bring back as proof
😂😂😂😂Yeah. Thoughtful guy.
If you read his story the boat with everything in it capsized in the rapids & they lost a man, regardless of what he found or didn’t after his man died the trip was over as recovering his body became the main goal, Kinkaid was a good man & early explorer who mapped out the Grand Canyon FIRST, he doesn’t deserve disrespect, he also was missing a arm, the guys impressive
He knew about the curse.
I bet he didn't even step on any crypto biotic soil.
My mom put down outdoor carpet at the front door about 20 years ago.... I think the part that hasn't been walked on is developing C-B Soil now.
Bro don't talk about your mum like that
I'm kinda disappointed you didn't go all the way out to the rock! From your distance I can already hear people typing that "it doesn't prove anything."
This
Everyone knows that secret bases hide their doorways well ....
He is a wuss.
There's a pretty good chance that lizard people were threatening him. He just didn't put it in the video.
That's gotta be the ditziest thing I've ever heard!
Even though you weren't able to get close, the angle you were able to get for your photos is more informative than what a satellite camera would pick up. It is interesting how the boulders have such perfect angles, but looking at the cliffs all around, it seems like it might be more common in that location than one might think. Gorgeous scenery! Thanks for this Trek!
If you go back in time on Google Earth, you can kind of see that it isn't anything there. Thanks for watching!
I believe the reason many speculate that the Grand Canyon has Egyptian ruins, is because a early 1900s woman geologist and archeologist gave the rock formations Egyptian names, like the Tower of Ra, etc. So eventually tourists and others thought the names were from Egyptians living in the canyon before the biblical flood.
I spent twenty winters November to March between 1983-2003 backpacking the entire Grand Canyon. Never saw any ruins except for that of the indigenous peoples who made the canyon home for 1000s of years. And I've backpacked 15,000 miles in its depths and rims.
some people want to believe anything weird , i say, possibly they have boring lives?
Gary that’s so epically cool you have trekked so voluminously throughout our Canyon so Grand! It’s SUCH a mysterious construct unlike absolutely anything else on this planet!! Take us with ya on a utube vid, won’t you??!!!🙌🙌😃😃😃
just like Bigfoot and all the other urban myths. I've surveyed tens of thousands of acres, maybe hundreds of thousands, in mountainous timberland at the heart of bigfoot country. Thousands of wildlife cameras and trail cams and security cams. Foresters and -ologists and Instagrammers and hunters and hikers everywhere. No sign of bigfoot. No bones, no nothing. Found skulls of all sorts of animals in the woods, from mink to elk, bear, bobcat, coyote, mountain lion. No bigfoot.
Sounds like you know what you're talking about
WOW!!! That’s impressive!
That was fun! How wonderful you live so close to the Grand Canyon that you can make it a day trip! Beautiful part of our planet.
I really need to visit more often!
Actually visiting the sites, looking at them critically, and debunking the most outrageous claims is just good video. Keep it up.
He didn't debunk everything except it being natural not sculpted because he couldn't get a good shot into the gap to prove there wasn't a cave into the hillside.
standing over 600 yards away is not "visiting the site"
@@betornween Honestly, it wouldn't be too amazing if there was a cave. I imagine there are a number of caves throughout the Canyon, but they're all just natural occurrences.
debunking content is some of the worst content on the internet
@@DevinDTV It's called getting at the truth of whatever you're debunking. Very worthwhile thing to do.
The 'egyption' looking ruins in the grand canyon cited in the 1904 article are in an exclusion zone you are not allowed to visit, and given how steep the canyon walls there are, would probably be pretty dangerous even if it wasnt. The region was given "egyption sounding" names, and likely contained a lot of pueblo style ruins. There was carved stone disks removed from the cave listed in the article; others have turned up in other places and sometimes get passing mentions in 'oopa' articles. So it was probably a real cave, which had probably been used to store items in ancient times when the canyon water level was higher, just there was a bit of hyperbole over how significant the artifacts are. Part of the reason the smithonian has little to no records of the place (aside from a lot of very poor housekeeping and fires over the years) is likely when they sent a team over, it did just turn out to be more ancient pueblo or precursor ruins - which even by 1904 would be considered pretty old hat and unexciting by then - since everyone 'looking' for the 'records' would be searching for 'egyption' /ruin/mummy references of course they found none. In any case, the article inspired people to use egyption inspired names for the geological features in the area, but it also meant people are restricted from exploring the area to preserve the ruins... then everyone forgot why the exclusion zone was put there in the first place, making it all seem more mysterious than it actually is.
Well if no one is allowed in...guess we can speculate all we want.
In the 1800s newspapers were pretty reckless and exaggerated or even made up stories to boost circulation on slow days. Especially when was inaccessible or hard to verify.
A closer investigation with a quadcopter would be more definitive. But the absence of any waste rock piles below the apparent opening and the sturdiness of the bedrock implies its not likely an opening to a tunnel or mine of any kind.
Public land that the public is not allowed access, got it.....🤬
Come into the canyon and you'll see no exclusion zone exists.
This whole thing was completely debunked decades ago. The Smithsonian scientist mentioned in the article never worked for them (he didn't exist). There's more as well.
If you think today's "news" is filled with garbage, you need to study what it was like back then. Newspapers commonly printed made up stories to get folks excited and buy more papers. Plus, in a smaller town like the one the article came from, they had to find ways to fill up the page.
One must also consider the influence of the LDS church and some of their more exuberant members. Lots of "amazing" discoveries have happened in the region to try to prove parts of the Book of Mormon. (Note: I was raised LDS, so not a hit on the church proper, just an observation based on other "discoveries"). And Arizona has had a large LDS population for a very long time.
Hikers, climbers and such are restricted from going into a lot of areas for their own good, and to protect the local environment - including ruins. It is REALLY easy to die in the canyon, and folks die there every year. Thus, you have to manage/mitigate the risks somehow.
I am an old man but I remember reading (don’t ask for references, long lost from memory) about many native tribes believe their ancestors came from the earth and a cave in that region of the Grand Canyon was were they came out of the earth from. They went on to build Chaco canyon and expanded eventually building the pyramids of central America, etc.,etc.
very interesting adventure.
Your memory is in tact!! ❤
I've been to the South Side of the Grand Canyon several times over my life. Been to all the tourist areas and one thing I can say to people that have never been there is it's one thing to see these pictures and videos but it is a whole lot more Grand to see it in person. It's absolutely amazing. I have never been to the north rim. Unfortunately I was in that area in November 2012 and they had just closed it for the season.
North Rim is so worth a visit!! went there for Christmas with the Fam and it was like a fairytale with the snow and those insane vista views!!!
I’ve seen it in virtual reality so I know what you mean
0:31 this zoom in is spectacular. See, to me this looks like several layers of masonry, that is so old it’s washing away all remnants. That doesn’t look natural. It looks like something grand, that went through a massive cataclysm. With soooo many ancient sites having vitrification evidence, maybe an ancient nnnnuuuuuuccccllleeeaaarr wwwaarrrrr occurred in our distant past, and all historical evidence was erased and all technology erased. Basically we were reset back to the dark ages.
Am I alone in thinking this? There’s a lot of proof it’s more logical than what we’re told by mainstream.
Thanks for the video brother
The mystery can’t be solved without seeing in person the rock. Not from afar, no discovery is made from afar, it’s direct.
I know one thing the view was spectacular. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed the video.
Thank you, Rick!
I wouldn't be surprised if they were in the Grand Canyon somewhere. But this looked pretty natural to me. The scenery was gorgeous. And the adventure was fun. Two thumbs up for me.
10:03 if you look at the wall closely, you can see shapes on the front. Without zooming in more with better resolution, there’s no way of telling if that’s natural, or in fact something carved into the rock.
🤯🤯🤯 I see it!
If a YT video title or newspaper headline is asking a question, 99.9% of the time, the answer is "no".
Great video, I don't comment often but I love following your adventures. Keep up the great work!
I'm glad you commented! Thank you so much! 🙂
That was great! I'm glad that you checked out that rumor and was able to debunk it. We have lots of interesting ancestral history of our own to investigate without trying to create fake ones!
The Grand Canyon is beautiful, but it has been a long time since I was last there. Thanks for the hike and the views!
He didn't debunk anything.
It wasn't a scientific quest, he simply proved that there was nothing apparently there. There was no visible, noticeable trace of anything other than the geological rock. There are lots of other sites with evidence of some kind of activity, petroglyphs, structures, and pottery that we can speculate about.
@@ginkodragon He took a video and pictures from over 600 yards away, that is not proof.
@@johnt.848turn off ancient aliens and touch some grass buddy. It’s not too late!
There IS a cave in the Grand Canyon that has Egyptian artifacts, this just isn't the place. It's a cave on a canyon wall that is very steep and the earth is reddish looking. No one can get anywhere near it because it is purposely blocked from exploration.
No there isn’t. Why you lying?
ROFL. Blocked huh...how convenient
😂😂😂 sure there is
Wow, you live near the Grand Canyon! You know ... now we are all expecting to see more videos on the Canyon. Please 🙏
Well, except he can't use the drone there! That's how we get to view inaccessible ruins and get a drone's-eye-view of the landscape.
Already have a lot of things marked on my Grand Canyon map ;-) Some really really interesting things that are extremely remote. I'm working on plans to backpack to a few of them
@@TheTrekPlanner havasu falls?
It is one thing for the government to restrict access because of safety, but with drone tech nowadays everything should be available on video for us.
Is it illegal to fly a drone in the canyon?
I saw a video a few days ago of a guy who flew his drone around the exact same spot at 5:11. He got some great footage.
You really want to go national parks and have 500 drones buzzing around?
Why post bullshit like this ? Hokie for sure.
I agree that videography of trails should be documented and provided for those who cannot get to or use the trails. Off trail use, however, in areas where people may not be allowed to go, should not. Sometimes it's because they're protecting wildlife, plants, or geological formations. Taking video and making it publicly available could jeopardize those protected areas by showing people they exist or how to get there. I wish we could trust everyone to not take advantage of or ruin our precious public lands, alas that's not the case. ❤ But definitely, tech should be used to help those explore these areas who otherwise couldn't!
he's *not saying* it was ancient Egyptian aliens
(because everyone knows that Martians are really Norwegians, not Egyptians)
The story about the two Egyptian prince's going to Australia is often dismissed because people seem to think it's like they booked a flight from Luxor to Alice Springs. My theory is that since they had something like 50 siblings and were no where near the top of the heap they asked pops for a caravan and a few chests of gold to spread the wisdom of their god-king father then just kept asking the locals, "What's over the next hill/river/sea?"
The possibility of an ancient ship from the Mediterranean ending up in the Americas with at least one survivor is not zero.
If they were Egyptian then they wouldn't be aliens. 😏
😂😂👏👏
My long-standing belief is they dynamited any archaeological evidence that would conflict with the preexisting history.
If you had found something of significance indicating a past not known to us, do you really think you’d be able to post it? Haha just kidding, really guys I was joking. Guys… where are you taking me?
Jeff, it's been two hours since we heard from Jake. I'm very afraid they got him. There's been a black helicopter following me, I might be n
@@oceangaler😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Lol :o
I think you are right. Just split rocks. The landscape is fantastic, it's so interesting. I dabble in painting, and that's so inspiring. Thank you for another great adventure 😊😊
I love this. I'm hooked on the whole GE Kinkaid story, especially now that I call Arizona home. The whole story seems to be an ancient "click bait" article, before click bait was cool :)
But that doesn't make it any less fascinating, you can let your imagination run wild as you hike to this spot. "What if?"
I never get tired of the Canyon, once it cools down a bit, I'm grabbing the kid and a camera and we'll set off on our "expedition" to search for Kinkaid's Egyptian cave.
Another great video mate.
There's a lot to the story. Jeff is on the wrong side of where Kincaid was. G. E. Kincaid and S. A. Jordan was on the expedition. Jordan was supposed to work for the Smithsonian. They say there is no record of him. So may S. A. is not his real name. David Starr Jordan worked for the Smithsonian. He was the founding president of Stanford University and really into fish. He was born David Jordan and he added Starr as a middle name after attending an all girls high school. Someone important to his mother named Thomas Starr King is why he added Starr to his name. His mentor Luis Agassiz and he have a mountain and lake named after them in Utah. Lake Jordan and Mt Agassi are right next to each other up northwest of skinwalker ranch. So the S is for Star, and A is for Agassiz. Kincaid is a street in Mount vernon, WA. Goes from 1st and Cleveland up to 18th. I can not find out who the st. is actually named after. However, at 1st and Kincaid is the historic Lincoln theatre, which the architecture looks like Solomons temple. In a roundabout way. If they did find anything in the Grand Canyon, it's not there anymore.
Family of mine knew both men. Warner Eliphelet rollins. In 1917, the Santa Fe railroad put him up in El Tover Hotel so he could paint the Grand Canyon. It was El Tover crystal canyon where the cave was found. Warner died in 62 in Winslow, AZ before I was born. Eliphelet was king David's youngest with bathsheba. 1 chronicles 3:8.
There's always more to the story than what is published. Like the logo for the Santa Fe railroad is an ode to the order of trinitarians and captives and Santa Fe means St Francis of assisi who helped them get their rule in 1198 ce from pope innocent 3rd. Did the Vatican get involved with the Smithsonian over what Kincaid and Jordan found and that's why it's known as a hoax?
Peace through Ahev
@@gregoryrollins59 That's awesome mate. I have never heard any of that part of the story before. I love a good "conspiracy". Especially this one and how the Smithsonian "covered" this whole story up. I don't care if it's real or a hoax or a blend of both, it's a great story and a great excuse for myself and my soon to be 9 year to go out on father son adventures to "uncover the truth" or have fun trying.
Thanks for the extra bit of info though, it was a pretty cool addition to this story.
@@126Swanky yeah enjoy, my father instilled a love for the grand canyon in me growing up. It's a wonderful place.
There is no Egyptian presence in the Grand Canyon. Zero. Zilch. nada. Touch grass man.
@skibum6220 that's funny because you obviously have never read anything about it. Was it Tibetan style or Egyptian? Are you even aware that it was once thought the ancient Egyptians came from India? That was in 1909. The fact is that Egyptian was just an assumption. What was found, if anything, was never actually identified. It may have been a cave belonging to the Hopi. We'll never really know because of hatred 😕. At the time, that was native American hatred 😕 more than anything.
If you look closely you can see King Tut out front of the doorway polishing his shoes. So that 40-year-old English guy living in his mom's basement had it nailed down tight.
Actually that was Nefertiti's other kid, Tat.
Looked more like Steve Martin to me.
@@lesheinen6116😂😂👍🏼👍🏼King Tut, “buried in his jammies!”
It’s a beautiful hike. I enjoyed the scenery, and your fun company. Thanks for the fun Jeff.
Interesting stuff! Perhaps get one of those gigapixel cameras and return to this location with a tripod for stabilization, get a series of pics of the same spot throughout the day so that the sun angle changes between pics? Would add a fascinating twist to many treks! 🙂
Some people will believe anything, and the more outrageous, the more they'll believe it.
did you notice the heiroglyphs ?
I have followed this channel from the very beginning when you posted treks to abandoned mines in Ogden LOL. You've really come a long ways, and your ability to tell a story and build suspense has VASTLY improved. Keep up the amazing work!
All of these Grand Canyon theorists need to explore the guano cave.
What is the guano cave?
@@vladimireschmith1626guano is another word for bat shit
@@vladimireschmith1626 Bat Shit….. As in Bat Shit Crazy! Can’t believe i watched the entire video for such an anti-climatic ending. Click bait?
@@douglaspierce7940 It was a debunking video, and it ended exactly as I had expected. What were you expecting?
Carlsbad Caverns?
Love the views!! And honestly, the wind sounds were perfect. It's one of the things about the desert SW that I miss. The grand Canyon is so amazing. Thanks for bringing us along!
Nah, you didn't debunk anything bud. If anything, I'm actually more curious now...
I’m surprised you could get it all out in one sentence without laughing. Ancient Egyptian or Alien ……. Well done.
Right angles occur infrequently in nature, therefore attractive
Not true. Go out and spend a day measuring fracture/joint plane angles and you'll see.
Ooooo, but what about the UFO above the Grand Canyon, hiding behind the one "cloud" in the sky?? lol 0:27
Isn't there some Grand Canyon areas that are restricted?
Most areas of the Canyon require a back country permit. The only place I know that is restricted are areas around old uranium mines, due to contamination, of which there are several.
I think you can clearly see the piece that was missing from the slot in the boulder just below it laying on its side. I'm going to speculate that when the "capstone" boulder crashed down on the larger one it dislodged a "slab"out of the middle. At the 10:05 mark. It looks like it rolled about a half of a revolution and flopped on its side. Great show! I know the area quite well. We used to be able to see the highway going up to the North Rim from our back yard.
Jeff, your videos are always getting better. Editing and such is spot on! Live the dream bud!
It’s never aliens. Our forefathers have done some awesome work that leaves us modern humans baffled. And nature itself has created miracles since time immemorial.
Mystery solved: It's the creative imagination at work. Good video!
Human:
"Are there any aliens out there and if so, who are they?"
Alien:
"I don't know, I'm just a human like you."
That was fun! Maybe next time you'll find that alien doorway.
Looked like a split rock. That hike was beautiful. I mean I doubt you could ever find a trail with that breathtaking of a view.
You don't wanna dilly dally around too long taking in the scenery. You just never know when the flying saucers might be taking off from the secret underground base and you don't want to miss it.
They don't want you to know that America is actually Ancient Egypt
Ask the hopi about it they are star traveler's
They most certainly are not.
@@timriff3923 😁😆🤣
@@timriff3923 hopi star people
Are they related to Hopilong Cassidy? 🤔😉
There's a reason a lot of major land marks in the grand canyon are named after ancient Egypt things.
And that reason is???
Matty you might want to check out anomalous America. He reads old newspapers, one from Colorado. The governor had written back to Washington DC, pleading with them to stop the Smithsonian from stealing their mummies and artifacts. Seems like there was a lot more out here than we think there was. Also “Our Melted Reality” may shed some light on the subject.
Matty. Jon Levi is another UA-cam creator that points out the obvious.
Interesting. Beautiful scenery. Thanks for the video.
That you chose to investigate on our behalf is admirable .. thank you. Lighting and shadows can play tricks with our perceptions. ✌️
I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was definitely aliens. I am not that Giorgio aliens guy. whispers It was aliens 👽👽 also, I do love a nice red bush 😇😇
No bush is better..... once you've tried bush that has been trimmed to ground level you'll never get another twig stuck in the back of your throat or go back to the natural wild bush!
I'm with you, it very much looks only like a fallen and split massive boulder.
That was fun. And it really shows how things can get distorted on google maps because it's not very clear. I still believe the Egyptian artifacts story though. :)
Just out of curiosity what is your level of education?
@@tangowally OH STHU GHEYLORD PERSON!!!
“It’s all about the journey,” (hike). Love the North Rim, a beautiful perspective!
They want you to think it’s ‘natural’ but that’s actually just a disguise 😉
I am a 70 year old geologist and have been to the Grand Canyon several times. It looks like a chunk of rock that fell downslope and split along a planer bedding seam or joint that is now oriented in a vertical direction. Random oriented rock direction among more probable slope-parallel planer orientations but fun to explore.
I watch The Desert Drifter as well, and y'all make some very interesting vids, and all the ancestral sites, are the cherry on top!
Thank you for the adventures!
Geologist here - looks like an erosional block from the very top cliff (time 9:52). Those layers look like sedimentary deposits. The boulder on the ground (the door) looks like a chunk of rock layers on its side.
Very cool though! Love that you use Google Earth to explore (I did in my younger years, but in a geologic basis).
The little green men are obviously hiding in the green foliage.
Natural rock formation. There's stranger rock formations than that in AZ! Nice trek. Beautiful.
So sorry that I missed it, am watching the replay now……. Got distracted (Kittens) 😂. There are a lot of unknowns in the Grand Canyon; Namely the large cave that was barred up by the government where an archeologist in the early 1900’s supposedly found ancient artifacts from several races……. Seriously doubt that it’s an entrance down to an underground base more that likely an ancient cave system that may have been inhabited by the prehistoric natives or where a rock broke away and split
Well worth the trip. Stunning!
The rocks looked like a Sandwich.
This is what exploring is, Ay!
😁 Thank you Jeff
I love unconditional theories about our past
Not exactly certain, but I'm presuming that you are a normal American with the usual poor command of correct English usage and what you meant there was "unconventional" rather than "unconditional"? If so I'd have to side with you. It makes it so much easier to understand what to the rest of the world are the general insanities of the American psyche when we see the absolute millions of Yanks who harbour such loopy beliefs. Helps us sleep soundly at night safe in the knowledge that it's quite likely that some of these folks have access to the keys for a large part of the World's nuclear stockpile! Dr. Strangelove anyone? 🤔🙄😱
A split boulder is a fantastic way to disguise an entrance!
2:41, "we can't use the drone on national parkland" .. that is mindless decision making on a par with the "do not feed the bears" rule in Yosemite NP .. bears are good critters when ppl do feed 'em they are found to be gracious guests .. the "Smokies" make rules just to fuel their own egos.
It's probably a good thing, you can still fly drones if you pay them studio license fees.
UNTIL SOMEONE COMES WITH NO FOOD ......
It looks totally natural and not man-made or alien made either. Thanks, Jeff for getting a better view of this rock formation!
Couldn't fly a drone right above it?..huh..🤷♂️
Maybe one does not wish to risk a $5000 fine and six months in prison...
Or having an eagle mistake it for a snack😮
You want him breaking federal laws?
The military took control of the area where Egyptian artifacts were found. Nobody can get to that area because military blocked access. It was a nice trek for you and the views were beautiful! I'm not sure how these people got the idea it was an alien base? If it was, it would be guarded for sure. Thanks Jeff for the nice views!
I found 700 tons of gold statues inside a UFO buried in an ancient secret underground research facility. But I lost it somehow because I was too high on LSD to remember anything.
Look at that and just imagine it raging with water cutting away boulders and pulverizing them into sand along the path...
Omg! That line " enough messing around..." Swear made for a laugh out!! Ur vid are BRILL. THANK U!
Thanks for taking us to the Grand Canyon. I was by it 3 times in my childhood, but my dad refused to stop so we could get through the Mojave desert at night. As a kid who had to work I could never hike through the Southwest, though I took weekend backpacks through the central Ca sierras quite often. Anyway, I agree with you that it is a natural formation. Knowing humans, they will keep thinking its an alien fortress. That's how Trump gets away with all the crap he pulls. Thanks a lot.
Clearly you can see it on Google earth and the photo they used is stretched to make it look like a door.. it's just a rock formation with a shadow.
At 9:46 you confirmed my first thought - "it's an optical illusion"
Fix a little piece of fake fur over your microphone, it should not effect voice noticeably but it will reduce wind noise. 👍
The aliens did a great job of making their secret HQ look just like a natural formation, smart!
The most important thing to know is those berries that you saw are called thimbleberries. They are quite tasty! Bears especially love them.
That has to be some of the most breath takingly stunning scenery I have ever seen.
So look forward to your videos each & every week. This one was fun!
Thanks from Australia
dang it! I really wanted you to find a colony of aliens.
Usually you risk life and limb to stand on any spot.... not sure if another day hike would be worth it, to me mystery unsolved, but I did not see anything either... except a fantastic day out in a fantastic place! Tons of natural beauty! I could feel and smell it ! Thanks, Jeff
Fatigue can be a significant problem when hiking remote areas. Always make sure to stay rested when going on long journeys.
You could not see what was in-between the split rock. There could easily be a tunnel dugout between the rocks. I agree it looks natural but historically speaking its not uncommon for humans to incorporate natural features into their homes, sacred sites, and places where important stuff was stored. So sadly this only put to rest that the rocks are likely natural in every way. But did not put to rest that it is an entrance to something. Also the article mentioned is not the only reason, there was a new discovery made in the grand canyon during covid. Hikers found a large cathedral like room carved and bricked lined and a tunnel going into the side of a small offshoot of the canyon. So more stuff has happened down there than we know.
Love the vids of your finds and adventures but this one left me disappointed in the end.
the split rocks are spring loaded, prepared for egyptian relic seekers, and yes there is a lot of stuff between them. Most of it has dried out or been eaten by coyotes and cougers.
I enjoyed the trek with you. You always make it worth watching. The canyon is beautiful. Just like I remember it from my childhood! The colors change everyday, depending on clearily of day, cloud cover, or seasons. It is truly GRAND there. Thank you for another adventure. Looking forward to the next! Take care!
The Grand Canyon is just some dirt, some rock and the worst erosion control failure ever. With a timely arrival I could have prevented that.
Super impressed with the quality of the video. Almost felt like I was right there with you on my 4k 50" monitor. The detail in rock strata at the GC is mind blowing.
Love this “mystery” trek. Your enthusiasm is contagious!!
If there is one thing I have learned in 64 years of living, it is this----we see what we want to see, we understand how we want to understand, and we remember how we want to remember. In other words, as you did, one needs to look for collaborative evidence. "Trust, but verify." It is one of the best ideas I have ever heard. It says to take them their word, but look into it and see if it is something you can prove. Most of the claims of these kinds of things (alien, ancient, Egyptian, whatever....) fall apart when you look for the proof in related areas that should show evidence of stated theory.
Keep up your curiousity and your efforts to get out and check it out. Along the way, you catch some great scenery on a great afternoon. How can you lose?
I reckon if you went in that cave, you would find the remains of a fire , empty beer cans and candy wrappers.
Now, I will just camp there and let all the city aliens come bring me food and water.
I almost didn't watch this video based on the title alone. I initially thought "Oh no, Trek Planner has gone to the dark side to boost his ratings"! There are just so many fantastical stories about the Canyon involving space aliens, Egyptians, flying saucers, etc ad infinitum. Non of which are true or documented. I live an hour away from the Grand Canyon in a town full of river runners, Park rangers, and hikers and authors who have spent lifetimes exploring every nook and cranny of the Grand Canyon. I was fortunate enough to accompany a scientific expedition which was part of a 10 year study financed by the Bureau of Reclamation which studied every aspect of the canyon including the flora, fauna, archaeology, water, climate, etc. I remember sitting around the campfire one night as they talked about some of these preposterous claims and conspiracies which appeal to the gullible and which have no basis in reality. A good time was had by all. I find it very interesting that these myths and legends have absolutely no basis in fact and are still alive and well. One would think that the native folks who lived in the Grand Canyon since Paleolithic times and know it well and who have have many stories about it, and continue to visit the sites where they formerly lived never mention aliens, Egyptians, 0r any kind of phenomena that might be interpreted as Egyptians or space people. But there seems to be another gullible person born every second, to paraphrase Barnum.
Couldn’t agree more. Most of the stories are just “I heard something about…” and there isn’t any shred of evidence at all. Just stories. The original article was written poorly and written just to get easy clicks and eyes. Nothing substantive about it. I knew it would end like this, but hey! I still had a great time hiking! Thanks for watching!
You've discovered a doorway into the imaginary world of conspiracy theorists. It's like a roach motel ... once you go in, you can't get out.
I think it’s a big rock, natural. Thanks for sharing.
Maybe next time you will be able to fly your drone around it. Hopefully the wind won't be blowing so hard. Great Video 👍🏼
Restricted airspace. Cannot fly drones there.
Hey Jeff, thanks for another cool video! Just a suggestion from an old Arizona hunter, you may want to consider getting a high quality spotting scope and light weight tripod. It helps greatly when you want to get a closer look from a far distance. Vortex offers a lifetime warranty on their products, which are very good quality optics for a reasonable price. I enjoy seeing the growth of your channel. Keep on Trekkin'😎🇺🇸
''I Investigated A Supposed Secret Door At The Grand Canyon By ALMOST Going All The Way There''
Regarding broken pottery I'd like to share some info I know about this. I have spent some time with a full blooded Navajo elder on the Navajo Reservation who shared some of her childhood stories with me. I was told by her, that when the white man began to explore the canyons where generations of her family have lived they did not like that they were taking the pots from the ancient ruins. The elders ask the kids to walk the canyons and throw the pots onto the rocks and canyon walls and break them so they did. The elder I was with said when she was a child her elders were still fearful of the white man even up to the 1940's, and because of that fear, the children were fearful themselves. So they went into the canyons and built places to hide if the white man was spotted coming into the canyons. I said so this is why there are pottery shards everywhere and she said yes! We did it because the elders ask us to, there are also spirits in the ruins, and we did not want the white man taking the pots for themselves and would rather see them broken. I spent two weeks with her, we would walk down to the canyon floor and I would watch her tend to her garden directing water from her spring with a hoe to water her plants. It was here she shared stories with me not just about the pottery but the many things! She and her family have found and keep many artifacts in an undisclosed place on the reservation. I remember her mentioning a Peace Pipe! I ask if she would take me to this place and she said she couldn't. I left it at that and respected her wishes. I hope this helps clear up some mysteries regarding the shards and you are correct leave them where they lay! I suspect pots have also been broken in other ways over the years I don't know! She also warned me not to go into the ruins because of the spirits and more importantly the possibility of getting the Hantavirus spread by Pack Rats which can be deadly if not treated! I love your show and drones are a game changer! I'm sure everyone can agree finding a ruin with pots and other artifacts intact would be an incredible discovery! Trek Planner please write me back I would like to know your thoughts? Hope this helps.