Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest
Part One: The Wooden Road
Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest.
Episode One.
The Wooden Road.
Who built it?
Why was it built?
Where does it go?
What was its purpose?
When was it built?
These are all unanswered questions that qualify the mysterious wooden road as an unsolved mystery of the Pacific Northwest.
Bushwhack Adventures first heard about the wooden road in a vague rumour and we set out to find out whether the rumour was true or not. It wasn’t easy, but we found it. There’s a map outlining the location of this strange wooden roadway at the end of this video.
Is the wooden road the remains of an ancient flume? Used to float shake bolts down the steep mountainside? This is the most popular theory but there doesn’t seem to be a suitable water intake at the top of the structure to facilitate this use.
Is it an old logging roadway? This also seems unlikely as the grade of the wooden road approaches forty-five degrees in some places. The structure would not support heavy machinery carrying huge logs either. The wooden road is constructed entirely of Western Red Cedar planks, split by hand from nearby trees. Western Red Cedar is certainly rot-resistant, but structurally it is not the best.
Either way it must have been a major undertaking to build it, requiring many men, a camp, cooks and a large payroll. Something of substantial value must have been up at the top of it to justify the expense of building it.
Another theory is that it leads to the location of Slumach’s Lost Gold Mine and that it was used to haul down loads of gold to the shores of Pitt Lake.
The wooden road is over four kilometres in length and eventually ends where an earthen road continues on. We vowed to return one day and follow the earthen road to the final destination that would justify building such a colossal wooden structure.
Some sections of the wooden road have tumbled down and are rotting. Many nearby trees have fallen over the years and smashed parts of it. Other sections appear to be as good as new as you can see from this shot of the underside of it. Nails protrude from the top of the roadway as if to offer a clue to the use of the wooden road. Was something nailed to the surface of the wooden road that was removed when its purpose was completed?
Bushwhack Adventures challenges you to locate the wooden road, follow it to the earthen road, and then follow the earthen road to its final destination. If you are able to do this, please post your findings here on YouTube.
Part Two: The Ice Cave
Bushwhack Adventures.
Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest.
Episode Two: The Ice Cave.
Welcome to another episode of Bushwhack Adventures. In order to research this mystery of the Pacific Northwest we had to take to the air. After an exhaustive ground search for the fabled Ice Cave near Widgeon Lake, which turned up nothing, we took to the skies in a float plane to continue the search.
We departed from the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, and headed Northeast, over the famous Northshore Mountains which are very familiar to avid mountain bikers. After leaving civilization behind, the aerial search began in earnest. Bushwhack Adventures calculated that the ice cave, as reported to us by personnel of the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Forests, was in the vicinity of Widgeon Lake and had to be on a north facing slope. This would provide the necessary shade that would prevent the ice of the ice cave from melting away during the warm summer months.
There is nothing unusual about an ice cave normally. But this ice cave has the distinction of being at a very low altitude and not part of a glacier or major snowfield. Somehow it survives the long melting season of the southern British Columbia region. Whether or not climate change, or global melting, has wiped out the ice cave was always in our minds.
Finally the ice cave was spotted on our right side near the bottom of a major gulley that channels the extreme snowfall of the area down and into its bowels. The ice cave can be reached by following the old and overgrown logging road that heads up the Widgeon Creek Valley and is located at either of these two locations.
When following the old and overgrown logging road, watch for the curious and strange boulder deposits found crossing the roadway. We surmised that semi-fluid snow carried the flow of boulders and gravel slowly through the trees, leaving them here when the snow finally melted in the spring. Perched carefully upon the forest floor, the boulders appear to be some sort of upside-down creek bed. Not an avalanche, as the damage would be substantial from such an event.
If you solve this unsolved mystery of the Pacific Northwest, please post your findings here on YouTube.
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Part Three: The Jesus Head
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Unsolved Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest.
Episode Three.
The Jesus Head.
Welcome to Bushwhack Adventures.
This mystery of the Pacific Northwest is a strange one, even for us here at Bushwhack Adventures. We didn’t believe it at first and were sceptical, to say the least. But we followed up a couple of leads and in the end were not disappointed.
After a gruelling bushwhack we arrived at the lake where it is said that the head of Jesus Christ appears from time to time. At first we found nothing, but later in the day, near dusk, there it was. The head of Jesus Christ the almighty.
Later that night a strange star, or unidentified flying object, appeared in the dark sky. It did not appear to be moving and after an hour or so it vanished.
In the morning the Jesus Head was gone, replaced by an ordinary shoreline of an ordinary alpine lake. Where it went will remain a mystery. A mystery of the Pacific Northwest.
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Part Four: The Spear of Destiny
The Spear of Destiny.
During the crucifixion of Jesus Christ Roman soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already, so they didn’t break his legs. One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out. The mixture splattered in the soldier’s face, restoring his vision, which had been failing. The Spear of Destiny is believed to have acquired tremendous mystical power. Some claim that it has the power to heal, while others insisted that anyone who possesses it is virtually invincible. This theory may hold some validity considering the success of military leaders who had the spear within their possession.
The staff of the spear has long since disappeared. All that remains now are the Spear’s head (in two sections), and a bolt used to connect the two sections. The bolt is rumoured to be one of the actual nails from the True Cross. The spearhead is bound with gold, copper, and silver threads. Recent evidence suggests that the Spear of Destiny cannot be damaged or destroyed by any conventional means.
A legend grew around the Spear of Destiny that whoever possessed it would be able to conquer the world. A leader who possessed the Spear of Destiny was said to be invincible.
A grand total of 45 additional emperors, military leaders, and rulers spanning a period of more than one thousand years have claimed the Spear of Destiny as a possession. Century after century, the legend of the Spear of Destiny has been fulfilled for good or evil.
One of the earliest documented uses of the Spear of Destiny is credited to Attila the Hun, who acquired it as he cut his path of destruction through Europe.
According to the legend, Charlemagne carried the spear through 47 successful battles, but died when he accidentally dropped it.
Barbarossa met the same fate only a few minutes after it slipped out of his hands while he was crossing a stream.
Many were terrified that Napoleon would seize the Spear of Destiny and rule the world with it. Napoleon attempted to seize the Spear of Destiny after the Battle of Austerlitz, but it had been smuggled out of Vienna just prior to the battle, so he never managed to obtain it.
The point of the spear’s blade was apparently broken off following the Persian conquest of Jerusalem in 615 A.D. Some claim that the spear was taken apart on purpose and sent to opposite ends of the world to ensure that it would never be put back together and give anyone the power to rule the world.
Adolf Hitler seized the Spear of Destiny in the name of the Third Reich on March 12th, 1938, the day he annexed Austria. It was shipped via an armoured SS train to Nuremberg on October 13th.
1945, the American army invaded Nuremberg and took possession of the Spear of Destiny when vault was discovered by American Army officers. The Spear of Destiny came into the hands of US General George Patton. Within 90 minutes of the United States capturing the Spear of Destiny, Adolf Hitler committed suicide. In the months that followed, America unleashed the most destructive force ever known to man: the atomic bomb. While in possession of the Spear of Destiny, America became the undisputed ruler of the world.
According to witnesses,But the B25 Mitchell bomber carrying the Spear of Destiny never made it to Vancouver. Upon approach to the airport near Vancouver it crashed into a mountainside during a severe winter storm and disappeared under the ice and snow. The bomber was also rumoured to be carrying over $800,000 in cash and gold.
Is it still up there high above Pitt Lake? Or did the military search and rescue authorities keep it for themselves?
Much of the wreckage of the crashed B25 Mitchell bomber, being at a fairly high altitude, is buried under year-round ice. This includes the main fuselage which may or may not contain the extremely valuable cargo. Will global warming and the resulting melting of the icepack reveal what the B-25 Mitchell bomber was carrying within?