But it never works out that way. She said that the second NDE had occurred relatively recently, when an elderly man had accelerated his car into her, while she was crossing an intersection, when he should have braked. See Photos. In the early 1960s, Hunter volunteered as a test subject for a psychedelic chemicals research program (MKULTRA) sponsored by the CIA and was paid . Roxas claimed that some 25 years earlier, using a map given to him by the son of a Japanese soldier, he and a team of friends discovered a cave filled with gold, including a golden Buddha, plus the skeletons of the soldiers and engineers who had been sealed inside. According to Curtis, who gave his exclusive story to Washington columnist Jack Anderson in 1978 and once offered it to adventure magazines for a fee of $50,000, he used World War II-era maps and testimony from survivors who helped to bury the treasure at the end of the war to identify 172 sites throughout the Philippines. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of up to 60 minutes for minors, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles, Jaguars, narcos, illegal loggers: One mans battle to save a Guatemalan jungle and Maya ruins, Dr. Simi is a TikTok star. Andrew Gough. In addition, American, French, Belgian, British and Australian divers are spending millions of dollars combing the bottom of the Philippine Sea in search of old Spanish galleons and other commercial ships that sank with thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars in treasure as long ago as the 1500s. I was amazed. Web. The show aired on the American History Channel in the United Statesand was well received. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Fearing that Curtis and his colleagues would expose the find, Curtis later said, Marcos and his top military aide, Gen. Fabian C. Ver, threatened to kill them. In Red Dead Redemption 2, you can run out of money fast as there are many things that you need to buy to progress further. 0
The director films Klaus in the flooded tunnel complex over two hundred feet below the surface It simply stood tall and proud and stared at me, gently nodding its head as though it had understood and had accepted its fate. Klaus interviewed him on camera, and afterwards we took turns examining the artefacts. Fortuitously, Cheatham took a photo of himself with the golden buddha. Andrew Gough, Afterwards, as we were packing up outside the priests house, Klaus was recounting to one of the other treasure hunters who had assembled that morning that he had discovered leaves deep underground in the backfilled tunnels of one of his sites. Many people died a couple of months ago not far from here, Klaus continued. 0000007779 00000 n
I had felt the same energy when I was dowsing with Klaus. Bob Curtis. In a now infamous moment of stubborn, albeit courageous, resolve Roxas returned to Baguio, and in the presence of lawyers and the media, defiantly proclaimed the golden buddha to be a fake. Japanese armies did indeed seize valuables and plunder national treasuries of southeast Asian countries. They soon discovered a ten-feet-thick concrete slab beneath a layer of dirt. I felt it was my duty to expose this sort of fraud, like I had the whole faked tomb of Mary Magdalene saga in Rennes-le-Chteau a few years earlier, and so we visited him the next morning. Follow me.. I stared at the inexplicably responsive dowsing rods in silence. That fact doesnt stop thousands of people from trying to beat the odds. Poster of the fake golden buddha (from the Roxas Museum in Baguio) Roxas never saw a penny. In another hundred and seventy-five feet, by the looks of it, you may change your mind.. A look of relief radiates from his face This is how wide you can dig. 0000005640 00000 n
Baguio Hospital, where Roxas made his famous discovery Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, 6 Mar. Each would have been an ideal candidate to contribute to the legal and organised excavation of Klauss treasure sites. All content is Skeptoid Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. It did not work that way. I laid back down and thought to myself, What the hell had I just got myself into. Andrew Gough, A leaf of the bogtalay tree In January 2016, 54-year-old Randy Bilyeu wanted to find the treasure. What could go wrong? Looking slightly perilous at the bottom of the tunnel system with Klaus Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead's finest songs, has died at age 78. Japan's imperial war efforts were incredibly expensive and Japan had little wealth of its own. The Awa Maru went to the bottom of Formosa Strait, 14 miles off the Chinese mainland with 2,007 souls and at least $500 million worth of war loot hidden aboard. Part of me understood why the director struggled with the filming, and ultimately did a poor job. Before he died, Sterling Seagraves participated in Internet forums where he told increasingly unbelievable stories about many people he knew being murdered by the CIA with all sorts of exotic spy weapons "snuffed" was the term he always used. The bad news was that nobody on the production team believed that the Japanese had buried treasure in the Philippines, let alone that Klaus was about to discover some of it. Scientists competed in their attempt to somehow prove that a soul left the body at the time of death. Later that day I drove to Klauss village. Hours later, on the plane back to London, my brain was in overdrive. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. 0000001826 00000 n
Emmanuel Soriano, Aquinos national security director, offered a note of realism. Valmores knew where the gold in the region was buried, and although he never violated Prince Takedas trust for his own benefit, he emphatically supported Roxass mission and wanted to help. In the years that followed the broadcast of The Truth About Yamashitas Gold I continued to be inundated with requests from Filipino treasure hunters who naively believed that, with a little cash and a metal detector, they could discover a treasure, just like Roxas had. It was a sense of danger, a feeling that you are being watched, and that you are uninvited. Most of it, he said, is Curtis own money. This was but the precursor to the sobering conditions I would encounter when I explored Klauss first tunnel-system site. With the Baguio treasure hoard now lost to Marcos, Roxas went into hiding for the next ten years, awaiting the day when he could fight for his treasure once more. I had retreated to a solitary place inside my head where I was contemplating the whole astonishing quest when I heard Klaus attempting to get my attention. I was also disappointed to learn that the History Channel had made a reality TV series about a team of questers seeking Japanese treasure in the Philippines, after every channel and production house informed me it was a bad idea. Theyre sand traps. 0000001139 00000 n
I, on the other hand, was experiencing a fair bit of disappointment. The first indication of a secret treasure came in April 1971 when a Filipino locksmith found a 1-ton. But then, at 11 p.m. on Feb. 22, the tunnel caved in, killing two Filipino workers and focusing national attention on the depth of McDougalds undertaking. In particular, I was keen to investigate one mans courageous efforts to unearth Japanese buried treasure, and the tons of gold bullion that accompanied it. Did the Japanese deposit immense quantities of gold in the Philippines? I could do that, I thought. %%EOF
Roxass quest continued to attract other like-minded seekers. See Photos. Still, this was easier than hiking through the thick underbrush. Amelia also recounted how the spirit of Roxas had instructed her to wake up and look at her Facebook page, and in doing so she would discover someone who could help the Roxas family reclaim what was rightfully theirs. It was apparent to Roxas that Judge Pio Marcos was the informer, not the mastermind behind the siege, for his nephew, President Marcos, had long sought confirmation of the existence of Japanese treasure hoards in the Philippines. For the Ft. Santiago dig is just one of the many treasure hunts now being conducted in the Philippines, as the government increasingly hopes to save its moribund economy through archeology as well as increased productivity. Much to their horror, the driver then performed a three-point turn and accelerated at the Seagraves, forcing them to dive into the ditch where they collected themselves before running for cover in nearby woodland. Marcos had whet his now insatiable appetite for gold and the riches and power that it brought. I wanted to leave, but the caretaker said I mustnt; the healer had sent me, and I needed to complete his process. In 2016 in Bolivar, Venezuela, 28 men who worked as gold miners left their homes to hunt for the precious metal and mysteriously disappeared. Klaus riding safely; shotgun in his chauffeured tricycle Klaus extended his elbows and fixed his clenched fists against his chest. Roxas reported the incident to the police, who predictably ignored his pleas. Klaus was already at the bottom as I made my way down slowly, cautiously, and deliberately. Japan probably had no surplus from any foreign plundering, and it made no sense to send anything valuable to the Philippines where they knew it was soon going to fall into American hands. 1988. Such a thing is well proven to be one way that intelligence agencies move funds around. It was a very difficult meeting to secure and I was essentially vetted before being granted an audience. Affiliation ASCAP Comments Singer-songwriter, poet, translator and occasionally recording artist, born Robert Burns. Others shared how he had ever so slightly removed their eyeballs, cleaned them, and put them back, fully restoring their vision in the process. The schoolteacher who taught here was a very cunning woman. The leaves of the bogtalay tree were placed in the cement backfill of the treasure tunnels by Japanese Shinto priests Sen. Ernesto Maceda, one of the more skeptical critics of the hunt, asked McDougald whether he still plans to finish his book on hidden wealth. The cobra was violently thrashing about. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins, but the thought of stumbling upon buried treasure is seductive to everyone. I never expected such a gruelling journey. For years Fuchigami studied his fathers treasure map and secretly searched for the entrance to the site. Charles McDougald looked every bit a real-life Indiana Jones one recent afternoon as he sat cross-legged outside the World War II-era Japanese torture chamber where he and half a dozen other American treasure hunters are convinced lie buried more than 400 tons of gold worth at least $7 billion. Many believed the whole Golden Lily affair was pure fiction, and yet United States President George Bush was on record as saying the Philippines was the richest nation on the planet. I was intrigued and found myself engrossed in the mystery once more. He simply slit her open with his fingers. Andrew Gough, I informed the site manager that he was digging on the spot where Roger Roxas had made the most famous discovery in the history of Yamashitas gold, to which he curtly replied, Yes, I know. The sheer brutality of the working conditions is what struck me the most; the small, incremental gains that each day brought; hand and chisel, hauling rubble from the reclaimed tunnel backfill back up to the top. The old woman was sensational and described how she and her family had hidden in the hills as the Japanese processed by with an ox pulling a cart that contained what appeared to be a heavy box. The Japanese strategy was two-fold: strip the East of their cultural identity, while returning priceless treasures back to Japan to fund their military, political and economic world dominance for the next thousand years. Descending into another of Klauss amazing tunnel systems Andrew Gough. Andrew Gough. Burning Shinto-priest incense that was discovered in the backfilled tunnels deep underground No-one was interested. Wait a minute not so fast, I quipped. I had met Klaus in 2010, when we had both presented at an alternative-history conference called Megalithomania, in Glastonbury, England. To come this close and not visit it would be such a shame, I thought. Marcos became the mastermind of a covert gold retrieval operation and acted in partnership with both the Japanese and the United States Central Intelligence Agency. You climb down and back up each of these sites twice a day? I asked in disbelief. He was integrity personified. Marcos men were elated, and they never enquired about the other one hundred and thirty-five treasure maps. Cite this article: 0000003204 00000 n
We said goodbye to Klaus and Patrick and drove to Manila for the final shoot of the day, my studio interviews. Few would persevere and dig that deep, especially after finding so many valuables at the intermediate level. Since that day, the location has been known as Headless Creek in Deadmen Valley. Cathcart proceeded to tell me in his gentle manner how forthright and convincing Roxas was, and what a surprising amount of evidence there was to support his claims. Seagrave, S., Seagrave, P. Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold. Their relationship was complex to say the least. Bob Curtis. 0000005407 00000 n
2023 Skeptoid Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Andrew Gough. She recounted that she ran for cover when she feared she had been spotted. They chose to go on a day when it was 46 degrees Celsius (115 F), but they didnt bring their cell phones with them. It was clear, however, that as brilliant as Jose was at Second World War history, he was pretty much winging it with the rest. Fineman, M. "Japanese War Loot Sought: Gold Diggers May Help Manila Pay Off Huge Debt." The director was also our health and safety manager for the shoot, and he opted to leave the cameraman behind and do the filming at the bottom of the tunnel complex himself. In the ensuing days Klaus reshot the tunnel footage himself (on his phone) and I re-did my studio interview at the more civilised time of 10am, and with my good friend Burgess directing. Andrew Gough. Is it the healer, the region, or something else that made the place so naturally powerful? In the Philippines treasure reclamation requires a permit that entitles the government to 30% of the findings. Robert Hunter, the longtime lyricist for Grateful Dead, died on Sept. 23, 2019; he was 78. Unfortunately, some people never come back. Lansdale could not believe his luck and promptly informed US General Douglas MacArthur, who returned to the Philippines to inspect the extraordinary discovery for himself. The cobra settles down in its mesh cage I could hardly move. A STEM-focused 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. Roxass bodyguards were forced to lie on the floor at gunpoint, along with the rest of the Roxas family, while Marcoss men confiscated not only the golden buddha and the precious stones that had filled its retractable head, but the remaining seventeen gold bars, samurai swords, old coins, and even his childrens piggy bank. He remembered being perturbed, and as he swivelled his chair to take a seat at his desk, he noticed the GBC flyer was still in the rubbish bin. Johnson, C. "The Looting of Asia." The process was known as sanctifying, and via a series of chance encounters Marcos was led to the American metallurgist, Robert Curtis. Executive Secretary Catalino Macaraig said 80 treasure-hunting permits had been granted in the last year from among the two to three applications received each day by the office of the President.. After her second NDE she began to have prophetic dreams, and claims to have been in regular contact with the spirit world. Prior to his death, Fuchigamis father presented him with a coded map of the treasure complex. His bank account had also been rewarded. 0000000016 00000 n
Andrew Gough, Exhausted, after returning to the surface Andrew Gough. I stuffed a generous amount of notes into a contribution vase, said goodbye to Klaus and headed for the airport, via a cobra farm. Since he was a professional fur trapper, he surely felt confident in his ability to hunt and survive in the wilderness. He had a copper mining company and also staked a claim on plots of land that he used to mine gold. I stared at him with a knowing look one that could not conceal the fact that I was now questioning his identity. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California home with his wife . I was further astounded by the conversation that continued off camera. In reviewing their 2003 book, he wrote: The Seagraves are not fully reliable as historians. Europe and others push for a standard lunar time zone, Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigerias presidential election, appeals for unity, A 5,000-year-old restaurant highlights Iraqs archaeological renaissance, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff. Bob Curtis. Slowly putting his ruined life back together, he moved from Reno to Las Vegas . He left Colorado in search of the lost gold mine in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. The award was later substantially reduced and nothing was ever collected. Amelia with me at Soho House, Los Angeles As a result, experienced treasure hunters do not use explosives or, for that matter, motorised devices. Their uncle, Charlie McLeod, was worried because they never wrote home. Cobra blood is thought to contain vital regenerative qualities and is said to bond the drinker to the cobra family Torturing surrendered military leaders was a war crime, but those of minor rank were considered fair game. I didn't wana lose the map so I quickly hogtied the npc and stole the map. I am sorry that you must die for me, I repeated, over and over. There, some say, it remains today waiting for someone possibly for you to find it and walk away. I arrived late, dined with Klaus, and the following morning he and his trusted colleague picked me up in the quintessential Philippine vehicle of choice, a motorised tricycle. 0000002983 00000 n
One such individual was Eusebio Okubo, who as a young man had served as an interpreter for General Yamashita while he was stationed in Baguio. Today, only $1.4 million has been paid out to the Roxas estate. But in war someone has to lose. His bizarre and frightening experience lasted mere seconds. The vaults would remain secret. In the background I continued to promote a treatment I had written for a reality TV show, that I would present, that would feature the quest for Japanese treasure in the Philippines, and sent it to all the usual history shows and their production companies. Ten days later she was cured. 32 25
McDougald, who has lived here for more than a decade and secured his doctorate in business from the University of the Philippines in 1983, is not the moving force behind the dig. In fact, in Klauss humble village there was a new cemetery under construction when I visited the first time that would make Forest Lawn blush with envy. We had adjoining rooms in the hotel and shared a laugh. No problem. What does it mean?. This is something I was told had happened to other treasure hunters as well. Dont get me wrong. They investigated and validated first-hand testimony that corroborated the existence of the golden buddha and the gold bullion. Andrew Gough. Is that really necessary? Treasure comes in two forms: Treasure Maps Unique Gold Bars In order to find a treasure, the player must obtain a Treasure Map, decipher it, and travel to the location depicted. Before I could comment Klaus had taken out his dowsing rods and located the entrance shaft to the tunnel system that the bent tree was pointing towards. I was having a laugh with Klaus when suddenly I screamed and, for lack of a better explanation, went into shock. One day, he got into his car and drove away. What is that, I asked. The sheriffs department brought in a search-and-rescue team with dogs. When Curtis was finally convinced that the Aquino government was sincere about protecting and encouraging treasure hunters, he organized his company and moved in, McDougald said. Many of them had pointed out that the Japanese knew they had little hope of holding the Philippines very long, and it would have been the last place they'd have sent history's biggest treasure. The treasure locations are spread all across the land of Red Dead Redemption. Was that true, or simply a misdirection to conceal the fact that her husband may have embezzled billions from the Philippine people? A Filipino man named Rogelio Roxas filed a lawsuit against Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, then exiled in Hawaii, suing them for the value of the treasure. After Oihara departed, Roxas and his brother Danilo began prising the head of the golden buddha with a wooden plank and hammer to determine if it was detachable. Within hours Roxas was dead. In addition to Okubo, Roxas gained valuable insight from Albert Fuchigami, whose father had been a Japanese officer in the Second World War. See Photos. Hours later I arrived and was greeted by the caretaker. He believed that what he had discovered was the tip of the iceberg; the proverbial teaser that the Japanese placed a short distance above the real prize; a treasure that most seekers would be thrilled with, believing they had found it all, when in fact the real treasures were hidden further below, deep underground. I thought to myself with some alarm. How to Claim a Treasure Hunter Bounty Alive in "Red Dead Redemption". In addition, he is a co-founder of Gemini Marine Exploration, the company that specializes in recovery of historical shipwrecks. As there was no easy way for others to get in contact with the families of the deceased, thousands of people simply disappeared from the lives of their loved ones.[8]. Maybe Amelia was right after all, I mused. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California home . Tunnels filled with a foot of water While he kept an active presence on the speaker circuit, he flat-out refused to appear in the usual history/mystery TV shows, claiming that they were not serious enough. Do you know about Yamashitas gold?. Lives in La Mirada, California. Curtis got plugged in and unexpectedly became far more than a mere key cog in the gold-hunting wheel, overseeing not only the retrieval and sanctifying process, but the site discovery process as well. By JOHN ROGERS September 24, 2019. Although born in the United States, Sterling Seagrave grew up deep inside China, on the border with Myanmar (then called Burma). I had tried dowsing before with little or no success. They were not only deposited in the deepest tunnel systems, they also did not offer intermediate chambers or directional validating artefacts a short distance beneath the surface. Klauss team said that every so often Japanese treasure hunters come to the village enquiring if anyone knows where that landmark is. Twenty nerve-racking minutes later we parked up and began a rather gruelling trek through cobra-infested rice paddies. A silver lining soon emerged, in that Bruce Burgess, my good friend and creator/director of Forbidden History and many other shows that I contributed to, informed me that the sixth season of the programme had been purchased by Discovery Science and they wanted to do a two-hour feature on Japanese gold in the Philippines. Despite the fact the Klaus always lights incense and states his intentions before descending, they have experienced the same sensation I have plus the even more disturbing impression that someone was tapping them on their shoulder. For Roxas, greater Manila was ripe with hiding places Hunting for topaz was just a hobby for Dametz. He said they were building an extension to the hospital. Phil never returned from his trip, so the police were called. Congratulations you are almost there. It smelled remarkable. The sudden, tragic death of Roxas overshadowed the trial, but did not negatively impact the outcome. Much to my surprise he responded straight away and said he was busy with something very important and very ancient. The massive and disproportionately large cemetery under construction in Klauss humble village Henrys pride and respect for his father touched us all. 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