FIRST INVESTIGATION: "KING TUT'S CURSE", EgyptFor 1000's of years the mummified Kings of ancient Egypt laid hidden beneath the desert until Josh's predecessors cracked open the tombs where curses written on the walls threatened anyone that disturbed the Pharos right to rest in peace. Howard Carter first opened King Tut's tomb in 1923. Several members of his team died by years end and were the first victims of the Pharos curse. Many people after that tragic event that were curious about King Tut's tomb, also met with a tragic end. Just recently a team conducting a CT scan on King Tut was met with a rare sandstorm and complete failure of their equipment. Since then guards have seen strange lights, apparitions and heard strange voices in the Valley of the Kings. Josh was surprised when the Egyptian government granted his partition to spend the entire night investigating King Tut's tomb alone, a world wide first.
They flew more than 7,000 miles through 10 time zones, landing in Cairo, Egypt. As soon as they touched down, Josh headed over to the Egyptian museum where there is a vast amount of priceless relics. Over 4,000 of Tut's personal items have been excavated from his tomb and brought there for display. Josh was required to meet with the director of antiquities, Mustafah, to give them the keys to the tomb. He asked him if there was any truth to the curse and Mustafah said that it was something he couldn't deny. There was some kind of power but he didn't know what it was. The next morning they flew south from Cairo to the city of Luxor. This ancient capital of Egypt sits across the banks of the Nile from the Valley of the Kings. Josh meets up with Ramy, an Egyptologist, who tells him that the Valley of the Kings is essentially a graveyard with many kings buried down there. It is a very spiritual place. Josh asked if anyone ever filmed there before and he said never, they would be the first. The idea for filming there at night is very scary and would be provoking the curse. After shopping, they ate some of the local cuisine which consisted of testicles, brains and a bull penis. The next day Ramy takes Josh to meet a local guard who has seen ghost like apparitions and strange lights across the valley along with other guards. He tells Josh that he shouldn't be alone while in the Valley of the Kings because it was too dangerous. They leave Luxor, go across the Nile, through the Valley of the Kings, and then the mountain pass that leads to Tut's tomb. They use camels to get there which doesn't make Josh very happy.
INVESTIGATION: They set up base camp right outside the entrance to King Tut's tomb. Josh and Jael set out to sweep the area surrounding the tomb using the thermal imaging camera. Jael kept hearing noises near a tomb so they went to investigate. Josh catches a shadow moving on the thermal camera. After exploring the perimeter they head down to the tomb. Two of his crew was not feeling very good. Before they could go down to where the tomb was, a sudden sandstorm stops them. After the sandstorm subsides, they head down. They finally reach the body of Tut and hear noises near it. Josh gets a high EMF reading over the area where Tut was found and there was no reason for the high reading. He hears another sound down the corridor which sounds like a person. Josh and Rex chase the noise down and find that one of his crew feel down sick. After taking him back to base camp, they do the isolation in the room with Tut. Josh gets locked in first and hears all kinds of weird noises. He keeps hearing something outside the door and with everyone at base camp, he sends Mike down to corroborate his story. Mike gets locked in and hears sounds from the other side of the tomb. Mike's experiences shortness of breath and has an asthma attack. Rex heads down and they bring him back up. With his team dropping like flies they take the evidence back to Los Angeles for analysis. Mike picked up on audio Josh talking and what sounded like a voice saying "out". Also while Josh was alone, they picked up the sounds of footsteps on audio. The trap camera mounted in the tomb caught in one picture a translucent white light on the corner of the photo.
The second investigation on the "Skunk Ape" will be posted later today.
~Julie~
