#2080 - John Reeves
The Joe Rogan Experience
December 28, 2023
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.
Speakers John Reeves, Joe Rogan, Jamie
TopicsComedy
John Reeves (0:13)
Oh yeah, no. Thank you, sir.
Joe Rogan (0:22)
Cheers, sir.
John Reeves (0:23)
Good to be seen.
Joe Rogan (0:29)
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 said on this podcast, Dirty Water Dan went out and looked for them. They found bones. They found multiple bones.
It's real.
John Reeves (0:55)
It's very real.
Joe Rogan (0:56)
So, the museum dumped bones that belong to your property out there in the East River, and they're still out there for people to find. How many pounds were dumped?
John Reeves (1:09)
50 tons.
Joe Rogan (1:10)
50 tons?
John Reeves (1:12)
50
Joe Rogan (1:13)
50 tons.
John Reeves (1:14)
And that was told to me by one of the guys that wrote that report that I read on your show.
Joe Rogan (1:19)
Good Lord, that's a lot. I didn't know it was that many.
John Reeves (1:21)
Yeah. Boxcar.
Joe Rogan (1:24)
And they found how many bones so far?
John Reeves (1:27)
I don't know.
Joe Rogan (1:28)
You don't know?
John Reeves (1:29)
I think Dirty Water Don and those guys found three so far.
Joe Rogan (1:32)
Did I say Dan? Sorry, sorry.
John Reeves (1:34)
It's either Dan or Don.
Joe Rogan (1:35)
Don. I think it's... Is it Dirty Water Dan or Dirty Water Don?
It's Don. Dirty Water Don.
John Reeves (1:41)
I'm sorry.
Joe Rogan (1:41)
That's a risky thing. The guy's diving in the East River.
John Reeves (1:45)
Yeah.
Joe Rogan (1:45)
That guy's...
John Reeves (1:47)
There's more guys out there too.
Joe Rogan (1:49)
How many guys are out there right now?
John Reeves (1:50)
I don't know how many, but I know there's others out there that are making finds.
Joe Rogan (1:55)
So, are they using spotlights? How are they seeing things at the bottom of the East River?
John Reeves (2:00)
One is a research vessel.
Joe Rogan (2:02)
A research vessel?
John Reeves (2:03)
Yeah. Whoa.
I'm in the gold mining industry, and we have a code that we don't talk about.
Joe Rogan (2:09)
So, this is one piece, and this is a jawbone, correct?
John Reeves (2:13)
Yes, sir.
Joe Rogan (2:15)
Of a step bison.
John Reeves (2:16)
I believe so.
I have never seen it, but I know he found it. That was one of the first things he found. He found some mammoth ivory.
Joe Rogan (2:23)
Yeah, and he found another bone, right?
John Reeves (2:26)
Yes, sir.
Joe Rogan (2:27)
Some sort of...
John Reeves (2:28)
Looks like a leg bone.
Joe Rogan (2:30)
Yeah.
John Reeves (2:31)
Right there, yeah.
Joe Rogan (2:32)
So, this is his... His Instagram is Dirty Water Don on Instagram, and that's another bone that they found right there.
John Reeves (2:39)
Yes, sir.
Joe Rogan (2:40)
And so, they know roughly the location, and it's kind of amazing that this stuff was dumped in... Was it the 30s?
When was this dumped?
John Reeves (2:49)
In the 40s.
Joe Rogan (2:50)
The 40s.
John Reeves (2:50)
Yes, sir.
Joe Rogan (2:51)
So, this stuff was dumped... That's outrageous.
John Reeves (2:55)
That's an outrageous photograph.
Joe Rogan (2:56)
How dare you, Don. This stuff was dumped in the 40s, and to this day, this is the first time that people have actually gone looking for things, correct?
John Reeves (3:06)
Yes, sir.
Joe Rogan (3:08)
So...
John Reeves (3:08)
It's been a dirty little secret for decades.
Joe Rogan (3:11)
Well, proven true now.
John Reeves (3:13)
Yeah, it sure has been.
Joe Rogan (3:15)
The museum still continues to deny it, though, correct?
John Reeves (3:20)
They won't talk to me.
Joe Rogan (3:24)
Why won't they talk to you?
John Reeves (3:25)
Well, when Drew and Elora and I and my wife went to New York a few years ago, they were supposed to meet with us, and they decided to have us stand out in the rain for four hours.
Really? Yeah.
Joe Rogan (3:37)
And they wouldn't meet with you?
John Reeves (3:38)
No.
Joe Rogan (3:38)
So you went all the way to New York to meet with them?
John Reeves (3:40)
Well, I went there to the Explorers Club to show the documentary. There was a screening of the documentary on the Boneyard.
Joe Rogan (3:47)
And what did they just decide that you were too problematic?
John Reeves (3:50)
I think so, yeah.
Joe Rogan (3:51)
Well, how are you problematic? I don't understand.
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