Daddy told me that some of the men he was training with, during WWII, found a large ship in the Desert (that sounded like a Viking Ship, when they described it). Daddy never went looking for it. He was sorry, years later, that he didn't.
I know exactly where that lost ship is, and why it's there!!! It's right next to the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, which is located in the Superstition Mountains at the far western edge of Area 51. What happened was when they loaded the ship up with all the gold from the mine, it was too heavy and sank from the weight, taking all the miners and mariners with it. I've seen it from a distance while riding through the desert on a horse with no name, but no one can get too close to it because it's guarded by Bigfoot.
Nice story. I would have enjoyed it more without the drama added by the story tellers. As a man of science, the added drama is a waste of time for me. I always find it odd when people think they know what someone was thinking or feeling. How the harsh reality of life frightens the hell out of some people only strengthens my deduction of how soft people have become. I own land off grid and spend as much time there as i can. So much more enjoyable no matter how much harder life is, living is so much easier. So peaceful. No electric no water no internet no cell service not even roads. Just peace.
That actor has the most boring demeanor of any acting I've ever seen. Its borderline frustrating. He doesn't even crack a grin. "his eyes must have been bulging out his head" 😐
This was a great adventure regardless. Thank you gentlemen for this fascinating documentary. I've been an explorer in the Mojave desert with my father since age 5. We'd go exploring out in the abandoned mines out by Jawbone Cyn. & Ransburg. This brought back fond memories.💗🌞🙏
I grew up in the Salton Sea area. Didn't see a ship but that doesn't mean its not there. The desert is a strange and wonderful place especially this area. Very dangerous if your not used to it and are not prepared. Beware. It's hot.
I heard this tale from my Great Grandfather who heard it from his grand father when I was a kid back in the 50's. His tale was somewhat different. The ship was Spanish and it was traveling up the Baja Sea collecting pearls by trading with the local Natives. It wasn't carrying gold and such just pearls when it became stranded. I'm sure some specialized satellite equipment could possibly locate it's remains. And while their at it maybe they could locate the Aztec treasure buried on Isla Tiburon.
Desert magazine ran a story on the ship around 1960. The story is possible, and the ship would likely be in what was a shallow part of the sea, south of the Salton sea.
Noted something interesting; a map showed the Route Charlie Took from Cincinnati to California. Part of it was the Route 66. Mythos live on. Atlantis, Lemuria, A Route from Xenia, OH where Simon Kenton ran one of his gauntlets. This area is supposed to have a buried treasure. We as people have a fascination with legends and supposed buried treasures and artifacts,
Anyone got LIDAR or some such? I feel that could be a good starting point and it is worth a crack as I feel far more study of desert areas is needed due to many historians and archeologists etc seemingly have the delusion of 'once a desert, always a desert therefore it must be devoid of history'. Blatantly this attitude and this so-called myth being treated at least somewhat dismissively imply avoidance and blase cockiness. Kind of like was the case with Ankhor Wat and even more so with regards to all those 'lost' cities in the Amazon basin.
I was thinking the same thing! No need to end the documentary on a mystery when the data to prove/disprove either already exists or would be a straightforward way to answer this question for good
Well, Humans don't have any control over many ancient sites. The establishment doesn't want us poking around and finding more evidence of the past they will be brushing off as myth.
If you listen to the amount of time between it being seen. As the ship broke down. Nobody would see the same ship. With just the top of a hull above ground and the structures of the upper fore deck fallen down a ship might be mistaken as a Viking long ship.
I worked deep in the Australian outback and on three occasions spanning over two weeks i saw a distant lake on the horizon. After scanning a map and driving towards this lakes location one day I realised it was just a mirage.
Also abandoned in the Mohave desert: the full "Ben Hur" Roman colosseum from the chariot race, and the palace of Egypt with pyramids in the background... Hollywood has left many treasures in the desert.
The chariot race from the 1959 Ben Hur was filmed at a studio in Italy...and the 1925 scene was filmed at what is now the corner of Venice and La Cienega in L.A. You might be thinking about the Egyptian sets for "The Ten Commandments"...which was buried, not in the Mojave, but in the sand dunes near Guadalupe, CA.
If so it would most likely be at the bottom of Salton Sea in CA. That would be the most likely spot for they would try to keep the ship at the furthest point from being stranded on the ground. So that is where I would look for it. Back then it would be just sand and soil it was not full like it is now till the farmers used it to drain for their fields and irrigation took over the valley. They call it the Salton sea because it is full of minerals and pollution from agricultural uses and the water is unable to continue out to the Colorado river and so it remains dead with no life or fish remaining in it. I think if there was a ship there any and all cargo would have been pilfered by now. Oh Charlie that is talked about in this video would need to take supplies for him and his horses/mules with enough water to keep them for months and that would be more restrictive than the food he would have to carry along as well. He would be in a no way back adventure, so he would need investors to keep shipping him supplies while he looked for the treasure. They themselves would need to make a speedy trip with with caravans of wagons so a road would need to be prepared as well so the venture could keep working and not get bogged down in the soft blowing sands of that desert. it would have been a disaster from the start. But here's another way this story can come to a either disappointing end or he makes good on his efforts or is killed and taken advantage of by those who embed themselves in his adventure and take him and everything they find and keep it for themselves; and say Charlie died on the trip, or make up a story and say his horse stumbled and he fell and broke his neck in the fall. But whatever story they come back with Charlie is no more. I do believe I could write a book and sell it as well.
The newspaper man is tuff to go with no horse and walk for 20 days in the desert.They found a 🐋 in the jungle recently so a ship in the desert doesn't sound far fetched.
Cool story! whether there really is a ship in the desert or not, the idea is tantalising and so delicious to the imagination. Just imagine if it were true and you found it.....
A small museum in Julian once possessed a map of the location of this ship along with an account of its appearance and contents as well as stories of it reported by the old natives, when we went there in 2016 the curator brought us to its place discovering it was missing. Knowing enough to locate it generally we took some good photographs of the area environs just to illustrate telling the story, but had no time or preparedness to explore that ravine... This reminds me of what we almost did!
At 70, this is the 12th story I've read about ships in the desert. Its NOT a new storyline. Its no surprise when another fictitious story gets made up, every decade or so... 😂.
good luck getting a reading on wood that is hundreds of years old. it most likely will show up as rock or other hard material, or as dense sand in some cases and blend right in to the rest of the desert unfortunately. You need pinpoint precise locations, then scan sites individually up close. To simply scan all areas of ground at once would overwhelm computer processors and it would be very difficult to discern what is what. Also, most scanning equipment only reads 10-20 ft down. It is a LOT harder than you would think to scan for ships. There are other ways to spot them without the use of expensive equipment believe it or not, and it is up to each "searcher" to figure these methods out for themselves. If you believe you might have found something, :::DO NOT DIG::: Instead, find a trusted Archaeologist to verify what you found, and go the legal route. ALWAYS REPORT AND DOCUMENT YOUR FINDS!! Going about it in an illegal way will not only ruin your life, it will ruin the chances of others finding important pieces of history for the rest of us to share and learn from. I hope this helps
The whole area has been very very extensively mapped by satellites. They can't find it because it's not there. Charlie was just one of many people in California trying to recoup their losses from making a foolish dash to the wilderness.
Some Problems. 1) Did the native American story-teller speak English? Apparently so, but this begs disbelief. 2) What about the poor horses he rode across the barren wilderness? I have little sympathy for this guy Charlie. but lots of concern for his horse(s).
Or Spanish. Mojave is a Spanish word, so obviously the area was once controlled by Mexico. Perhaps Charlie spoke some Spanish. There were also other frontiersmen, settlers, soldiers. It's not too odd to think the local tribes learned English from them.
like most deserts. the wind blows and the sand moves. would not be surprised if there is a Vicking long ship out there some where. metal detcting might be able to find it. have to find where the Sultin Sea was in the 2nd through the 7th centuries. some say the sea was man made in the 19th/20th century. others say it has come and went for the last 10,000 years. that it actually connected with the Sea of Cortez. could the long ship be in the Sea of Cortez instead?
Quicksand don't kill you! You won't drown you are less dense and float. He couldn't have known that though and it is still a scary situation especially with im relying on his horse in the desert.
