#2080 - John Reeves

John Reeves is an Alaskan gold miner who first came to public prominence on the 2012 National Geographic docu-series "Goldfathers." More recently, his ongoing search for gold uncovered the remains of thousands of Ice Age animals lying beneath the permafrost on his property. The discovery is featured in the 2019 documentary "Boneyard Alaska" and popular Instagram account @theboneyardalaska. www.fairbanksgoldco.com
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- Duration
- 2h 52m
- Broadcast on
- 28 Dec 2023
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- other
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John Reeves is an Alaskan gold miner who first came to public prominence on the 2012 National Geographic docu-series "Goldfathers." More recently, his ongoing search for gold uncovered the remains of thousands of Ice Age animals lying beneath the permafrost on his property. The discovery is featured in the 2019 documentary "Boneyard Alaska" and popular Instagram account @theboneyardalaska. www.fairbanksgoldco.com
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[MUSIC] >> The Joe Rogan, experience. >> Train by day Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. [MUSIC] >> Yeah, I know, I don't have a little taste. >> Just a little taste, Mr. Reeves. [BLANK_AUDIO] >> Thank you, sir. >> Cheers, sir. >> Good to see you again. >> Good to be seen. >> Ha-ha. [MUSIC] >> Whoo, so tell me what the fuck is going on. How is it? How's things cracking? First of all, congratulations on being proved correct. And that there are literally mammoth bones, bison bones, all kinds of bones in the East River. You set it on this podcast, dirty water, Dan went out and looked for them, they found bones, they found multiple bones. It's real. >> It's very real. >> So the museum dumped bones that belong to your property. >> Yeah. >> Out there in the East River, and they're still out there for people to find. How many pounds were dumped? Roughly? >> 50 tons. >> 50 tons. >> 50. >> 50 tons. >> And that was told to me by one of the guys that wrote that report that I read on your show. >> Good lord, that's a lot, I didn't know it was that many. >> Yeah, box car. >> And they found how many bones so far? >> I don't know. I think dirty water, Don, and those guys found three so far. >> Did I say Dan? Sorry, sorry. >> Is the other Dan or Don? >> Don. I think is it dirty water, Dan, or dirty water, Don? It's Don, dirty water, Don. That's a risky thing, the guy's diving in the East River. >> Yeah. >> That guy's. >> Yeah, there's more guys out there too.
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John Reeves is an Alaskan gold miner who first came to public prominence on the 2012 National Geographic docu-series "Goldfathers." More recently, his ongoing search for gold uncovered the remains of thousands of Ice Age animals lying beneath the permafrost on his property. The discovery is featured in the 2019 documentary "Boneyard Alaska" and popular Instagram account @theboneyardalaska. www.fairbanksgoldco.com
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