The Skeptoid weekly science podcast is a free public service from Skeptoid Media, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. #673 0000017241 00000 n 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. He had opened me up with only his hands, and now his fingers were inside me. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He said that Roger only came out of hiding in 1988, shortly after President Marcos had fled to Hawaii while under house arrest. [7] It was given to the Barrow Neurological Institute of Phoenix, Arizona. Roxass brother, Danilo, attempted to resist the men and was badly beaten. My first Philippine adventure was nearly over, but there was one thing left to investigate: the natural healer who had brought Klauss friend to the Philippines in the first place. His remains were not found until seven months later.[5]. We arrived at the site to discover that the tunnel was too flooded to enter, and so we filmed what we could and moved on to the next one. We added each other on Skype and began a custom of speaking most days. Those rumors clearly didnt stop some people from continuing the search for gold. He quickly succeeded, for he was saying something about cyanide. Ken Cheatham with Roger Roxas and the golden buddha. Kidd originally left $500,000 behind. Bob assumed that Billy must be nearby. I go deep underground in an effort to try and find out I had heard many stories about this guy. None of the prospecting equipment had been taken. After some time she purchased a new home for her parents and one for herself. In order to protect himself from further abuse, he formed the Golden Buddha Corporation (GBC) with Felix Dacaney, a childhood friend who was living near Atlanta, and assigned his interest in the case to the GBC. I never expected such a gruelling journey. Keep going. Ballinger had photographed the Japanese ship, Huzi Maru, which was masquerading as a hospital ship, unloading boxes northwest of Manila, in Subic Bay. The bogtalay tree is regarded as sacred in the East. I wondered. I was to tone down my enthusiasm, and bias, for the benefit of the narrative. The intense publicity, he said, attracts curiosity seekers, it attracts other treasure hunters, and quite frankly we dont have the time to spare.. 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. Roxass wife was particularly keen to speak. April 30, 2019 It smelled remarkable. That would be too dangerous. He quickly set out to tell his own story, one that did not follow the agreed storyline. See Photos. Ill explain, but were not at the bottom yet. Local authorities never explained where they found the bodies or what they believed was the cause of death. All content 2006 - 2023 Andrew Gough. Emmanuel Soriano, Aquinos national security director, offered a note of realism. Once again, the best conversation was off camera. I thought to myself with some alarm. The doomed engineers had installed booby traps at each of the one hundred and seventy-five treasure sites either explosives and/or cyanide. I had forgotten about the legend of Japanese treasure buried in the Philippines, save for the occasional outreach of Filipinos who had seen The Truth About Yamashitas Gold and were looking to secure funding for their own excavations, when I was contacted by a very curious woman from Los Angeles. In 1975, Marcos turned to an American mining engineer named Robert Curtis. Throughout his career in mainstream journalism, Seagrave descended deeper and deeper into conspiracy mongering. The Japanese gold heist, however, would dwarf the earlier Nazi thefts and would be exploited by United States presidents from Truman to Trump, representing one of the greatest conspiracies of our time. He finished and I sat up, slightly dazed and in disbelief. Although born in the United States, Sterling Seagrave grew up deep inside China, on the border with Myanmar (then called Burma). It is not a pleasant journey to the bottom of the tunnel complex: three descents down makeshift ladders and three separate crawls on ones hands and knees. Curtis, who is now in the Philippines but insists that McDougald act as his spokesman, says that he and 10 other Americans successfully conducted a similar treasure hunt under the regime of. Their relationship was complex to say the least. They investigated and validated first-hand testimony that corroborated the existence of the golden buddha and the gold bullion. He recounted how he was struck with a sense of justice and responsibility as he retrieved the flyer, uncrumpled it, wiped off the coffee stains, and dialled the phone number at the bottom. I was fitted with wellies, an old helmet and a rusty harness that consisted of a single metal hook that latched onto a solitary harness strap on my back. 0000005640 00000 n The United States had stumbled upon the greatest treasure hoards in history, including more gold bullion than was known to be in existence, and would use this unfathomable wealth to influence world affairs, win the Cold War, launch a space programme, and create a new world order. I replied, Well, keep digging. Klaus Dona. Although Roxas presented no evidence whatsoever other than personal testimony from many of his associates all of whom had banded together as the "Golden Buddha Corporation" which existed only to pursue this lawsuit they somehow managed to win the case, and were awarded over 40 billion dollars. I felt it was a heroic, yet tragic, story and one that needed to be retold. It would later be appealed and reduced to $22 billion, because the court could not be certain of the contents of each and every wooden crate that was removed from the tunnel system behind Baguio Hospital. trailer Roxas was determined to get it out of the chamber as fast as he could, but even with a group of strong young men they struggled to extract it, until finally applying a technique involving rolling logs and rope. As the 25 May 1993 golden buddha Supreme Court trial approached, Roxas had been instructed to keep a low profile. A few days after the update released I came across that treasure hunter npc encounter where you can buy a map from him. As my interest in the mystery deepened, I reengaged with Sterling Seagrave, the almost singular voice of truth on the subject. 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. He left Colorado in search of the lost gold mine in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. Robert Curtis had paid a very high price for becoming involved in gold recoveries with Ferdinand Marcos, but he was stubborn, and he still had the only copies of the full set of Japanese treasure maps to have surfaced since the war. Darrell is best known among the media for his TV show entitled "Cooper's Treasure", broadcast on Discovery . All I remember is, there I was, possibly a short distance away from some of the greatest lost relics in history, and all I wanted to do was leave. At a hearing Friday by the Philippine Senate into the treasure hunt, McDougald said that his group is using a sophisticated detection device that pinpoints the depth and density of buried metals. When he finally went to look for them, he came upon the skeletons of Willie and Frank lying next to a creek where they had set up camp. The comprehensive excavation proposals that I had developed upon my return had been rejected. I had never been and was excited to take it all in. We said goodbye to Klaus and Patrick and drove to Manila for the final shoot of the day, my studio interviews. Let us email you a link to each week's new episode. 1 Mar 2023. Those who did not kill themselves ritually would gradually suffocate, surrounded by gold bars. Torturing surrendered military leaders was a war crime, but those of minor rank were considered fair game. Beyond that is where the cyanide is hidden.. The relationship would end badly. Lets put it this way, McDougald said. I wondered if he was employed by the same people that had assassinated Roxas? Even one, the political scientist Chalmers Johnson who was a China specialist and shared the Seagraves' distrust of Japan, could not get entirely on board with their quest. 0000002177 00000 n 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. International Precious Metals has a year-long permit to hunt for treasure, estimated to be as much as $200 billion in gold that the Japanese looted from the country. If Amelia is correct, was this an orchestrated effort to reclaim the treasure? 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. Andrew Gough. Absolutely not, the healer said. This is something I was told had happened to other treasure hunters as well. It is not a matter of if he will succeed, but when, and I believe it will be soon. Remarkably, Roxas never revealed the location of his treasure site, for he knew that doing so would result in his death sentence. The disease spread quickly. Obviously, this challenge made it into the press. Andrew Gough. Imelda Marcos now claims her husbands wealth came from Yamashitas gold. Eventually, he became so exasperated that he burned the map out of frustration. Within hours Roxas was dead. Is this what Klaus should expect to find in his treasure chambers? Yet Hunter, who passed away on Monday evening at the age of 78, did . He heard of what the locals called Second World War ghost ships; large Japanese freighters that arrived in the evening and, after unloading countless boxes into a tunnel system, had disappeared by daybreak. Cobra blood is thought to contain vital regenerative qualities and is said to bond the drinker to the cobra family Curtis fled back to the US in the late '70s, claiming he had destroyed his maps and escaped the Philippines ahead of Marcos's assassins. Finally, in the spring of 1970 Roxas and his team identified the tunnel area entrance and began an arduous seven-month excavation. He simply slit her open with his fingers. They were in their sleeping bags, but their heads were missing. Within hours of the news becoming public, the Philippine Senate adopted a resolution urging Aquino to bar foreigners from hunting for treasure in the Philippines. What struck me instantly was how deep Klaus had dug since I first visited. 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. Andrew Gough, Patrick interviews Roger Roxass son, Henry The Japanese Massacre of Nanjing, the then capital of China, 1937. Frustratingly, he was unable to recapture what she had so convincingly and spontaneously said previously, leading the director to believe we had made it all up. I was later told he had decided he did not like me before we ever met. Andrew Gough. Thats incredible, but tell me more. I knew we were essentially talking to the taxman about poetry. I sat on the bed trying to make sense of what had just happened, when the healer informed me that I needed to stop on my way to the airport and drink a cobras blood in order to complete my healing process. Then, at an infamous event, where President Marcos ordered the slaughter of his opponents at a political rally and blamed the ensuing grenade attacks on the Communists, Roxas escaped once more. See Photos. And yet, from the claims of the Seagraves, to those of Curtis and McDougald, to those of Roxas and his team of lawyers, and the stories of all the other countless seekers of the treasure over the decades, not one single speck of gold has been found, nor any piece of corroborating evidence of any kind. It was difficult to be certain, but I knew what I believed. They know the Philippines well, but are unreliable on Japan and do not read Japanese. Within days of my return to England the director was sacked for mismanaging the episode and for essentially hijacking the narrative of the agreed storyline. The director was oblivious. Together they wrote a number of books on Asian histories which purported to be nonfiction, most of which portrayed either the CIA or Japanese figures as the villain, and all of which expressed a deep suspicion of all things Western and Japanese. Valmores was entrusted with detailed maps of each of the 175 treasure sites, a privilege that President Marcos would later exploit. In hindsight, Roxas had been aware of the implications of this clandestine relationship, but had had no choice in the matter. Andrew Gough. He was never seen again. Roxas at the Golden Buddha hearing (from a clipping at the Roger Roxas museum in Baguio) Oh, and I meant to ask, how deep had your dad dug when he discovered the golden buddha near Baguio hospital, Patrick asked matter-of-factly. Fuchigami recounted a time when his father had taken him to a treasure tunnel behind Baguio Hospital, and explained how the tunnel tracks and handrails had been used for transporting large quantities of gold. Non-indigenous artefacts discovered buried near Manila I was intrigued and thought I had nothing to lose, and so I decided to email him one last time. 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. This show is made possible by financial support from listeners like you. Klaus confided that he was working on four different sites and shared the many clues and symbols that he had discovered in each. We started filming after 11pm and finished at 2am; hardly condusive to peak performance, but it was nice of the director to squeeze me in. Bizarrely, the non-believer of a director was not interested in trying to speak to the old woman, who was only over yonder. See Photos. And over here we have a marker stone, Klaus added in his patented Austrian deadpan. It simply stood tall and proud and stared at me, gently nodding its head as though it had understood and had accepted its fate. Before long they gained access to the tunnel system, including tracks, rails and side tunnels. Andrew Gough. See Photos. Still, this was easier than hiking through the thick underbrush. What if the so-called carer had been planted by a covert government agency? It is currently on Klauss list, and he is the only one with a permit for the region. "Yamashita's Gold." Andrew Gough. No explanation was offered as to why the map's original owner simply gave it away. Conventional military site treasure symbols. After working on my prostate, the healer opened up my liver, heart and spine in the same manner with only his hands. Its a known Japanese symbol that means the seeker is going to love what is below, he added in his hypnotic Austrian drawl. I could hardly move. Did the Japanese deposit immense quantities of gold in the Philippines? Roxas was cautious of Oihara and his fascination with the golden buddhas neck. Part of me understood why the director struggled with the filming, and ultimately did a poor job. Andrew Gough, Exhausted, after returning to the surface Podcast transcript | Subscribe. Torn Treasure Map 2: Top right side of the map, inside a drawer of the house called "Manito Glade". Regarding the Black Eagle Trust Fund, evidence also fails to show that any such program existed with that name but I'm not pointing a finger at anyone for making it up out of nothing. He was there as the Imperial Japanese army ransacked much of China and southeast Asia, and he was there for the duration of World War II; and he grew up knowing little about the Japanese besides that they were the world's aggressors, and the brutal assailants of a peaceful people. Norman Tony Darcus: a Las Vegas investor who visited the Philippines and was shown secret tunnels where gold bullion was awaiting transportation to the United States. I had tried dowsing before with little or no success. Patrick is a great guy, an avid treasure hunter, and was to interview Henry Roxas for the show. Typically, they had left a marker, such as a small buddha, around ten to fifteen feet underground. They soon discovered a ten-feet-thick concrete slab beneath a layer of dirt. Imagine countless fabulous tunnels bored through the green mountains of the Philippines, all filled with mind-boggling stacks of gold bullion and other riches, all waiting there even today for some lucky adventurer to discover them. I knew only a little about the story, let alone the fact that Peggy and her husband Sterling were the worlds most prolific experts on the subject, and had documented the whole sordid affair in their seminal book, Gold Warriors; Americas Secret Recovery of Yamashitas Gold. During Fridays Senate hearing, several senators indicated that they plan to pursue criminal charges against the treasure hunters for violating an old law against desecrating national shrines, of which Ft. Santiago is one of the most famous. It was January 2016, and my interest in the story had waned once more. There, some say, it remains today waiting for someone possibly for you to find it and walk away. Sadly, the worst scenario materialised. Andrew Gough, Henrys father with the famous detachable buddha head photo Japanese armies did indeed seize valuables and plunder national treasuries of southeast Asian countries. Curiously, his death was not announced publicly until ninety days later. It could have happened to General MacArthur, you know. Rodger is also known as the father of Darrell Miklos, a TV personality and a treasure hunter too. Bob Curtis. It was clear, however, that as brilliant as Jose was at Second World War history, he was pretty much winging it with the rest. It is that machine, he said, that has made his group so certain of the amount of buried treasure that lies beneath Ft. Santiago. I, on the other hand, was experiencing a fair bit of disappointment. After looking for five days, they found no trace of Dametz and the case was closed. Fair enough. The bogtalay leaves were associated with an Imperial treasure, the symbolism being that while the leaves of the bogtalay tree are near its fruit, the fruit of the tunnel system are its nearby chambers and the treasure they contain. COVID origins? His bank account had also been rewarded. Shannon Quinn is a writer and entrepreneur from the Philadelphia area. When he walked back to Dametzs spot only fifteen minutes later, the doctor was gone. The healer, operating with nothing but his fingers The Japanese constructed their subterranean treasure networks with the aid of a thousand young men, mostly prisoners of war who worked three eight-hour shifts a day to create a complex series of tunnels and chambers deep underground. No one disputes that the Japanese did plunder most of the Southeast Asian countries they conquered and stored some of their loot in the Philippines, which was among the last of their subjugated territories to be liberated by the Allies. After a long morning of work, Bob and Billy decided to take an afternoon nap. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations and is a five time published author. Unfortunately they lost that war and lost the Philippines, and thus never recovered the gold. Cancel at any time: Their 2000 book The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family included their story of how Japan went about accumulating this staggering wealth from all the Asian nations they looted, via a secret initiative called Operation Golden Lily. Roxass quest continued to attract other like-minded seekers. Holes are being dug in virtually every one of the 73 Philippine provinces by treasure hunters like McDougalds group, all of whom believe that fleeing Japanese generals left behind billions of dollars in booty when Gen. Douglas MacArthurs forces retook the islands in 1945. He had spoken to the village elders and learned of locations from their first-hand accounts as to where the Japanese were observed to have buried boxes in tunnel systems deep underground. I was having a laugh with Klaus when suddenly I screamed and, for lack of a better explanation, went into shock. McDougald denied that the fort has been desecrated, except for a 4-by-2-foot hole in a wall, and contends his operation is legal. Allan Quatermain, a hunter and adventurer, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard 's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines. I unambiguously felt them probing around beneath the surface of my skin. Twenty percent of the men who moved to California during the Gold Rush died from diseases like cholera within six months of their arrival. Serendipitously, later that year I reached out to Klaus Dona, the respected ancient-history authority, to ask if he would write an article for the magazine. Maybe Amelia was right after all, I mused. That is exactly what United States Captain Edward Lansdale and Intelligence Officer Santa Romana are alleged to have done to those loyal to Japanese General Yamashita Tomoyuki, who was posted to the Philippines at the end of the Second World War. 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. After the McLeods had been gone for two years, people began to believe that the brothers had actually struck it rich and decided to start a new life somewhere else.[1]. It does not need to be any wider, Klaus added authoritatively. One even had a cobra as its spiritual guardian that Klaus had encountered before. The show aired on the American History Channel in the United Statesand was well received. On the way home Klaus instructed our tricycle driver to take us along the coastal road. He was integrity personified. It was entirely out of context of our discussion to have done so. The three men went out hiking, but there is no evidence that they ever made it out of the mountains. 20 Nov. 2003, Volume 25, Number 22: 3-6. In the early 1960s, Hunter volunteered as a test subject for a psychedelic chemicals research program (MKULTRA) sponsored by the CIA and was paid . The remains of the Shinto shrine entrance to the Japanese military headquarters in Klauss village The director was beaming with approval. Show that to your doctor back home, the healer would tell them. When he had finished his verbal dissertation, which, to be fair, included some impressive insights, the director asked him some leading questions about other aspects of the story. Andrew Gough. I was impressed and, dare I say, convinced. I inspected the impressive collection of museum artefacts that Roger Roxas had discovered and listened as Patrick interviewed Henry. I protested and attempted to leave a second time, but was restrained. I guess I had never imagined that Roxas had excavated that deep before discovering the golden buddha. After lunch, I persuaded the director to stop at the hospital on the way out of town. Marcos was ruthless. By the time I arrived at the next bamboo ladder my knees were cut and bleeding. 0000005407 00000 n Andrew Gough. 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. Anyway, it keeps me fit, he added with bravado. Whatever they did plunder had likely been well spent building the Imperial Navy well before the end of the war. Apparently, it was my destiny to help. They brought dogs and donkeys to help carry their supplies. Seagrave also shared how his offices were bugged, not by Marcos, but by Washington, and that his researchers were often confronted and intimidated by shadowy figures who demanded they cease their investigations immediately. Since that day, the location has been known as Headless Creek in Deadmen Valley. We embarked on the long drive back to Klauss village and our last night as a team. Andrew Gough. 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