Man Accidentally Uncovered A Secret Facility That Reveals Our Biggest Fear

man accidentally uncovered a secret facility that reveals our biggest fear [Music] but before we start please make sure to subscribe to did you know and hit the bell so you never miss an upload from us also leave a like right now whether it's a dollar bill or a lost winter glove finding something on the cold cement of a parking lot garage floor isn't likely to change your day all that much still every now and then a seemingly worthless item can turn into something so much more just ask Garrett Graff a historian and political author Graff didn't think much of the item one of his work colleagues found on the floor of a parking garage but upon closer inspection he saw something on the object that piqued his journalistic curiosity what followed was a life-changing multi-year hunt into some of America's most deeply buried secrets political writer Garret Graff has covered a lot of hot-button issues in his lifetime from the war on terror to the 2008 US presidential election but perhaps his most eye-opening research started when his friend handed him something peculiar it was a government ID for someone from the intelligence community Graff said and he gave it to me since I write about that subject and he's like I figured you can give this back to the guy the friend he noted had found the ID on a parking garage floor right away Graff noticed something peculiar about the ID step-by-step driving instructions covered the back of it so Graff inquisitive journalist that he was used Google Maps to locate the directions and destination and the results surprised him the directions led him to a mountain peak just over 70 miles outside of Washington DC there at a peak known as Raven Rock the road Geist and it led to the face of the mountain and then nothing Graff recalled everything else he saw once he made the trip out there you can see very clearly these big concrete bunker doors he said this little guard shack chain-link fence and then this set of concrete bunker doors beyond what had he just found it was a facility that I had never heard of and that was not any map Graff elaborated his inner historian and journalist totally was freaking out he started researching what he found as soon as he could he didn't know it when he first stumbled upon the structure but the directions had led him to Raven Rock Mountain complex also known as site R to put it more bluntly he'd found a nuclear fallout shelter Graf's research turned up plenty of information on the United States government's nuclear war contingency plan some of the comforting some of it horrifying and all of it fascinating for example the Truman administration sanctioned construction on the bunker in 1951 once the Cold War with the Soviet Union started warming up they used a construction team who'd carved out in New York City subway tunnels to do the job so how'd they keep it a secret laborer gene Bowman who has paid a dollar 35 per hour in 1951 to bore through the granite of raven rock put it this way they just said they were building a tunnel wasn't nobody interested in what they were doing once dug however it didn't look like a simple tunnel in his interview with NPR Graff described the raven rock complex as a free-standing city built inside of this mountain intended to be a backup pentagon site our boasted two 34:10 blast doors capable of four ting nuclear bomb blows beyond the blast doors and inside the heart of the rock 100,000 feet of office provided all the room military officials would need to operate infirmaries cafeterias and utility areas allowed for up to 1,400 America's VIPs to live somewhat comfortably with a catch with the president his or her cabinet officials and military personnel inhabiting the bunker there was no room for spouses this led to a famous exchange between then Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren and another official handed an ID badge for access to Raven Rock Justice Warren realized there wasn't one for his wife when told she wouldn't be allowed in the Justice handed back the ID and said you'll have room for one more important official believe it or not Raven Rock wasn't just a place for the elite and powerful to hobnob as the world around them fell apart has Graff discovered officials set up very specific operation plans for every federal branch even the IRS and post office yep even in the case of nuclear destruction the government wasn't going to let people off the tax hook so easily the IRS had a post bomb plan that covered how to appropriately tax damaged rather vaporized property and where would people get money to pay taxes in an apocalyptic Society Uncle Sam had a plan for that too officials stashed away publicly scorned at $2 bills in another bomb shelter to redistribute as currency other federal departments had assigned duties as well the parks department would set up refugee camps the Department of Agriculture would divvy up rations and the post office was charged with finding out who died in the blast at the time of the Cold War a nuclear attack felt so imminent that Raven Rock had been fully manned and operated 24 hours a day up until 1992 operations were picked up and modernized once more after the September 11 attacks in 2001 they again run 24/7 though the ID card Graff received listed directions to only one secret bunker his research uncovered have a dozen or so other doomsday shelters like one beneath the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia here each more or less the same and function and design in Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs lie another hidden doomsday bunker like Raven Rock this complex was built in the 1950s and has served as the command post responsible for defending both Canada and the US from air attacks Kraft said Cheyenne Mountain had reservoirs of water in fuel doctors offices gyms and even a Subway sandwich joint so in the event of a nuclear attack whoever was working the cash register at the time earned a spot among the surviving elite through all of his research though Graf learned something unsettling if you're trying to preserve and restart the government after an attack he explained to NPR it becomes this very existential question about what is America as far as Graf could tell the bunkers provided a disturbing answer the civilian population will be left to itself for weeks or months at a time he said and a small number of senior government officials will be spirited out to these bunkers in other words the government's plot to rebuild post nuclear war America didn't really include the people preserving artifacts and the system of government took precedent but in a time of chaos what else could be done Graff dove deeper into his findings in a book he titled Raven Rock the story of the US government secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die to think his journey into some of the country's biggest secrets started with just a lost ID badge but seriously what would you do if the world was about to end most of us would probably just cross our fingers and hope for the best but there are a few individuals out there who have gone to extreme measures to prepare John Hay had it all he was the co-founder of the popular tea brand celestial Seasonings and owned lucrative real estate all over the country still there was one lingering fear that kept him up at night nuclear annihilation after a period of de-escalation tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union shot back up in the early 1980s both sides were stockpiling weapons and mobilizing troops all over the globe however hey was sure that the Soviets were poised to strike first and that the entire world would soon turn a bright shade of red America couldn't protect him from this threat but hey could protect himself he was a born self-starter a former Marine hey belt celestial from the ground up by picking herbs in the Rocky Mountains and stuffing them into hand-sewn bags in 1983 he turned his attention to the tranquil Ozark Mountains in Arkansas he purchased 240 acres of empty land for a mere one hundred forty six thousand dollars so how would this keep him safe well hey wasn't so much interested in the woods as he was the gigantic limestone cave that ran beneath them he believed it had the potential to house the ultimate fallout shelter construction began immediately however relations between America and the USSR soon improved and it became increasingly unlikely that any nuclear war would take place what could he do with his half-built bunker hey a shrewd businessman as always knew how to adapt under changing circumstances maybe his underground abode could be used not just for survival but for recreation he drew up a new plan after a few more years of intense construction and furnishing the Beckum creek cave Lodge was born what was once a bomb shelter was now a subterranean high-end hotel hey naturally felt quite pleased with its transformation I didn't want to come through the war like Tina Turner in Mad Max he said so I created Tinseltown to stay in one of the caves four bedrooms guests have to shell out as much as $1,600 per night although the rate is as steep as the mountains surrounding the hotel the price is worth it each morning you can take a hot shower that will wash away the problems and worries that you brought from above ground that's right you can stay clean even when you're living in a cave you can relax and watch a movie on the 75 inch LED TV mounted on the limestone walls the lodges thermal heating will keep you nice and cozy even in the dead of winter later on you could head over to the state-of-the-art kitchen to enjoy a classy dinner and good company unlike most bomb shelters the Beckham creek cave Lodge has way more than just canned goods of course guests aren't confined to the indoors you can hike around the Ozarks and if you're lucky catch a glimpse of the region's majestic wildlife there's plenty of nature still present inside the hotel - the lodge preserves some of the original cave features like these - leg tights hanging from the ceiling as well as this waterfall and the Beckham's guests never have to be afraid should the danger of a nuclear attack every surface the hotel can seal all the openings in the cave with concrete blocks like any eccentric millionaire worth his salt hay also installed a helipad that could really come in handy for all those instances when the average Joe travels by helicopter if you dream of making this luxurious cave your own you're in luck the property recently went on sale for the sum of 2.75 million dollars one lucky person can make the Beckham creek cave Lodge their own private retreat just imagine sitting by the fire on the front deck with nobody around for miles and miles you could sip a mug of herbal tea and be grateful that John haze paranoia created such a special place you

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Length: 12min 30sec (750 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 08 2019