Primal Darkness (2026) Movie Script
1
Out here in the wild,
nothing is given.
Everything is earned.
The land provides, but only
if you respect it.
My name is Cole
Harrington and I've been
hunting the western United
States since I
was a kid. My father taught
me to hunt the right way,
ethically, responsibly, with
respect for the
animals and the land.
Hunting isn't about trophies.
It's not about staged shots
or glamorized kills
like you see on other shows.
It's about connection to the
land, to the wildlife,
and to something
primal deep inside us.
Every hunt tells a story.
And out here nature
writes the script.
I take
pride in being an
ethical hunter.
Giving back to the
wild that gives so much to me.
This isn't just a sport.
It's a way of living.
of life and if you're here
watching well you feel it too
this is primal instinct
interesting experience one time
deer hunting not too far from
here I was kind
of thinking about it while I
was on this trip I ran into
I don't know if you call
him a hippie I guess maybe a
hippie didn't think anybody be
out as far as I
was came around a bend and
there he was barefoot his
feet like buried in the
dirt and he called attention
to me by saying he saw me
first actually I went
over to him he said he said
are you deer hunting and I
thought great he's gonna
be some protester and it's
gonna be like a big pain in
my ass right to get away
from this guy
but I said yeah I am and he
said he said that's good he
said did you find your
balance and I had no idea
what he was talking about
right and I said well I
don't know you know I don't
know I guess everybody has
their own idea of what
balance is right and he said
he said the earth has a
balance and he said if
I'm gonna be
taking something from the
earth a deer do I have a
plan to pay it back right
keep things balanced he was
out he was doing something I
don't know what the
term was earthing I don't
know I'm making that up maybe
he had his feet in
the in the soil and he was
saying that by his bare feet
being buried in the
dirt like that he was you
know he was connecting with
earth again right and he
felt like I was also
connecting with earth if I if
I as a hunter I get a deer
and I eat the
meat then I'm connecting with
the earth right but he said
uh we all have to have a balance
when we're out here otherwise
everything gets thrown off and
he asked if I if I had figured
out my balance yet and I
said well quite honestly I I
don't really know how to
answer that so I
asked him uh if he had any
kind of um thoughts on what
you know a hunter's
balance would be
and he said of course it was
very you know out there but
essentially that
he couldn't answer
that and I said well I don't
know I don't know I don't know I don't know I
don't know I don't because that's for every
person to answer for
themselves right but he said
uh if I was going
to draw blood um from one of
earth's creatures that I may
have to be willing
uh to eventually
give my blood back right to
the soil balance and he asked
if I had it figured
out and I said no
I don't think anybody really
can figure out their own
mortality you know that's the
whole point of
living
life is not knowing when it's
going to end right um and I
don't find it scary
I think it's what
makes it exciting that's what
makes the journey worth taking
uh but he just said
uh he said make
sure that you always always
replace what you take and
keep the balance
right don't take more
than you give don't give more
than you take uh and I
we left each other there and
I went on hunting I ended up
getting a deer that year and
it was great
uh but I've always thought
about that it was interesting
you know we probably
live very very
different lives I imagine he's
probably the type that uh he
may get teary-eyed if somebody
kills a spider right um which
is fine balance there's going
to be somebody like me out there
there's got to be somebody
like him otherwise we just
can't harmonize right it's all
about the
balance Jeremy I don't know
if you're going to be able
to do a whole lot
with this footage
uh I mean as you'll see as
you go through this stuff I
don't have a whole lot uh
it's been a hell
of a hunt I I spent nine
days uh man we didn't we
didn't come in to anything um
I thought maybe
the snow and the weather
would help drive them a
little bit but I don't know
if if it being a late
season hunt if maybe the
early hunters got in here and
pushed them out I don't know
if if uh the
fires that we had
earlier did something
I don't know if there's a
predator in the area or what
but uh I did all that
scouting and we had
our eyes on a couple of a
couple of good bucks and I
didn't see them once uh once
we finally got
out here so uh disheartening
for sure and I don't know
trying to end a
season of a show here
and I got I got no deer in
my hands um I don't really
know how to end this right I
guess maybe
your your technical wizardry
with the editing should
maybe be able to do something
I don't know or maybe we
scrapped this whole
final episode and
you just do a highlight reel
or something um I don't know
man I don't know
beautiful country
um I had a lot of a lot of
time to just reflect and it
was a great hunt
um you know because
everybody knows a hunt isn't
about the kill right it'd be
called killing it
wouldn't be called
hunting um and uh
I just uh I had some time
to to spend thinking on
things kind of reconnecting
get everything well I mean
who am I kidding man
everything's everything's kind
of fucked
I don't know if it's the
divorce or like the
uncertainty of what's going to
happen with the
kids or what but I wasn't
into this one at all and I
think that's why um you know
the footage
stinks and and maybe that's
why I didn't run into any
deer I don't know if I just
if my heart wasn't in it or
what um anyway man I
appreciate everything you've
done um and I'll
send you what I got and I
don't know I'll try and film
some kind of a promo
here in a minute
when I get my shit together
because I'm just not in the
best mood I want to say
thanks to all my
fans for keeping up with us
throughout this first season
of Primal Instinct it's been
a series of
ups and downs we've had some
really uh incredible and
encounters but it's been great
and it's very humbling for me
to hop online and see how many
of you are out there
supporting our efforts and how
many people we've got in the
comment section
and all the views it's been
wonderful um I do appreciate
you guys jumping
into the comments
and trying to fight the
trolls that want to uh talk
some talk some smack
to us but uh just
remember don't don't feed the
trolls you're better than them
uh thank you to everybody who
has been rocking the Primal
Instinct merch uh remember to
keep tagging us and everything
uh hit that hashtag Primal
Instinct on all your posts um
you know we love
to see it and we'll
pick some and we'll share
them on the next show I mean
you do this stuff for a
living right Jeremy
you edit and you you take
footage and people are in and
out of character and
all that and uh so
you're used to this I'm not
the whole point of this was
so you'd see the real
me and and here I
am actually in a little bit
of a dark place I guess
there's a lot of people that
can just turn their
personality on and off uh for
the camera right it's all
what the camera
sees whatever the
audience sees is what they
think is actually going on
and it's the behind the
scenes stuff that
you don't nobody needs to
hear about my anymore Jeremy
thank you I'll send this to
you we'll get
it cut
figure out what we can do
with it and I'm just ready
to get warm uh I'm
ready to come back
season two when the weather's
better I will get my head
right uh when we come back
so I'm signing
off brother I'm gonna get out
of here before the weather
gets too bad and uh
I'm really really
sorry about this going on and
on and on and on and on and
on and on it is
peaceful out here it is
in the snow and uh I should
probably get out of here
before I freeze to death
because the rest of
my good gear is back at the
truck and I walked up to
this pretty spot so I could
film this promo
and uh I'm starting to get
pretty chilly I don't think
anybody gives a about me
being cold I don't know maybe
you do I guess maybe that's
what reality television is
right I'm having
trouble adjusting to all of
this stuff because I'm used
to just looking at
everything through a
rifle scope now I'm I'm out
here uh vlogging which is not
a term I expected
to be uh really
privy with and something I'd
be doing much of but hey
look at here we are 140
something thousand
people later following our
exploits I guess we're doing
something right huh
what's up ladies Rick yes sir
Cole nice to meet you nice
to meet you hey so
uh I take it you're
the one who sent the email
about the mountain lion yeah
yes sir all right
um you want to show
me the the livestock or uh
well it's not here this this
is my main property
here okay um it's
a little ways that it's it's
a long ways out actually so
I'm gonna take
you over there and
if you're up for a long
drive yeah I know it's fine
uh honestly I appreciate it I
I need the
channel anyway um and and
getting to go after maybe a
problem outline and
kind of be good for
my viewers you know so yeah
I appreciate it um God it's
a lot busier here
than it ever used to
be as freaking traffic I
would have been here a lot
earlier but yeah it's you
know it's casino
owner puts in this Parkway
you know for all the
subdivisions that are going in
up there it's you
know this is what it is I know
keep encroaching further and
further out that sounds good
um I mean how far
are we talking a
couple hour drive or yeah
it's about four and a half
five hours okay good
ways out there all
right uh Lawton kind of
Lahontan Basin area yeah yeah
right right around
there um and you
know um like I said in the
email I'm a fan of the show
yeah you know truly I
appreciate it yeah
um just when we get out
there can you please just do
me a favor and try not to
film too much of my
life you know uh you're
you're a married man you know
um I'm sure the last thing
you want is for
your family and everything to
be all over the internet so
I'm a bit of a
private guy so if we
can just try and you know
keep it a little bit private
I'd appreciate it
yeah yeah I totally
understand honestly this thing
I uh I'm not married anymore
I just haven't really had the
guts to take the ring off
yet and uh you know how it
goes if I could find a way
to get this one off
uh if you've got those uh
those photos that you emailed
over with the the animals or
whatever if
you've got them maybe in like
a little higher definition um
it's for the channel
it's everybody
complains about the quality of
everything so maybe I'll shoot
you my email uh and
we can get those
um you know the ones you
sent with the the dead elk
and the cows and everything
so yeah for sure
I can I can text those over
to you email them to you
whatever you need yeah okay
well that works
um sweet well it sounds like
we had a long ass drive
so let's uh let's get out of
here huh yes sir all right
thanks so back there
um that's pretty
much where we're going to be
headed into it's it's hilly
country it's Rocky
country it's where
big cats like to hang out so
that's where we're going to
go kind of Scout today uh as
you'll notice
I got a rifle on me that's
because we actually have not
been issued a permit
yet we applied for
a depredation permit based on
the ranchers um you know
claims of of livestock being
taken but state hasn't issued
one yet so I
can't actually legally be out
there hunting yet um because
we're not permitted
but I got to do
this thing legal you know I
mean that's kind of been like
the entire premise
of the show right is
is uh doing things the right
way um but uh I have never
been one to do things the
stupid way so we're
totally um not going in uh
completely empty-handed so one
of the big complaints that I
had from the
first season was uh trying to
self-film everything was a
huge pain in the ass
and uh now I have
upgraded to a very cool POV
body cam so now we'll be
able to get some
really epic stuff
love that hands free baby
sometimes this place just
feels like it was forgotten
by time you know
I think one of the more
impressive things with the big
cats is uh how
incredibly strong they
are even when they don't look
it even a small a small
amount lion you know around
70 80 pounds
can hoist triple its body
weight straight up up into
these rocks up a tree
hauling off you know calves
and young cattle um it's not
out of the realm of
possibility at all
I'm gonna go a little further
in see if I can locate a
Dan or something might be a good
indicator uh where they're
hanging out so stay tuned you
guys gotta see this
this is interesting
looks like it's dead not that
it's out of the ordinary to
find stuff like this out in the
desert but we are
way way out here
so uh to be honest I'm a
little surprised you know a
lot of hunters they
they go way up into
these rocks and stuff and
they they misjudge everything
and uh and they
fall so we'll take
this with us see if uh can't
get it charged up and see
what's on it one of
the more concerning
things about this actually is
that uh this is a new phone
I've got the same
charging port on my
phone and I've got a charger
back in the truck
so I can get this thing
going um it did not take
much weather damage I mean
the screen's cracked a
little bit but uh when I hit
the power button it actually
is giving me an
indicator to plug
it in so there's still
electronics working reason I've
got a little cause for alarm is
uh University in Nevada Reno
had two anthropologists that
went missing just a few
weeks ago and it's not far
from this area that a lot of
people speculated
they were there was
there was some talk that maybe
uh because they were a
romantic couple that um the
boyfriend may have been a
suspect but anybody
that spent any time up here
knows how dangerous it is and
you can go up too
high take a spill and
fall into a crevice uh real
easy nobody ever find you
plus there's mine shafts all
over in this
area people go down there all
the time kind of heating the
warnings and uh
they don't come back
out so this makes
me think that uh
we could potentially be on to
something and depending on
what's on this I
may be since I'm
out here right I might
abandon this whole lion thing
and go on more of a search
and rescue mission
so yeah just letting you know
Jeremy when you get all this
footage I have no
idea what is gonna be
on this by the time it's
done but uh this could be
for some pretty compelling
television so stay
tuned I'm gonna get him this
time again oh yeah
you know I'm not giving up
till I catch at least one
lizard on this trip
these guys are fast well I
guess we answered the question
who's faster than a lizard not
like the Western fence lizards
back home good try though
better luck next
time what'd you say
about the Moss again that's
not Moss it's lichens it's
lichens well I was saying
that it's got great
incredible
quality up here for these to
be able to grow they only
grow in good quality air you
know for someone
so worried about in her
office romance you sure are
getting a lot of it on
camera hey yeah come
on it's just you know what's
the University gonna think who
cares what a bunch of old fuddy
duddies in an air-conditioned
office are gonna say well
it's more than just old fuddy
duddies and
our relationship
if we had one it's more you
know my career this research
if we don't do it
correctly if we're
wrong about the theory well
then everything could go up
into smoke you know you're
always so worried
about what could go wrong you
ever consider what could go
right go on let's take a break
absolutely come on supposed to
be getting landscape
oh right right right right I
did a research trip after all
sure sure right well
I you're right I
mean it is you're enjoying
the adventure you know with
you I just I don't want to
lose all this you
know you know there's been
plenty of that wasn't the
word quite I was looking for
but yes there's
been lots of archaeological
uh huh
And what about those ghost
hunters that were married?
Okay.
Ghost hunting and anthropology
are not even in the same realm.
One is a science and the
other is debunked theory after
debunked theory after
debunked theory.
I mean, come on.
I just want our colleagues
and the other professors at
the university to
take me seriously.
To take us seriously.
Well, I mean, with everything
we might find out here, I
think they will
take us seriously.
We can get that paper turned in.
I mean, some of what we're
finding out here is
pretty groundbreaking.
You know, if we go down for
this, I'm blaming you. Worth it.
I sure do.
Check this out.
Oh, that's so exciting.
What you got? Oh, head.
Look how it's so carefully made.
Look, it's got fluting. Oh, my.
Oh, my God, it's got fluting.
You know, if you stare at
that any harder, it's going
to burst into flames.
Oh, come on.
I mean, fluting wasn't
originally found until around
11,000 years ago.
So if this is 20,000, 30,000
years, according to the rings
that are left here
from the sandstone,
then this could really short
my theories on whether that,
you know, shelter.
Shelter way before we ever
thought possible.
Given some of the formations
around here,
it makes me wonder,
if we, you know, maybe the
Ice Age was a little
different around here.
I wonder if early man around
here went underground instead
of just wandering.
I mean, think about it.
The Ice Age wouldn't have
just been about surviving the
cold and surviving
the fauna and flora.
It was survival in general,
from extreme hunger, from
weather phenomena.
I mean, could you imagine if
it wasn't just finding shelter
in caves, but structured homes?
Like long-term survival.
Exactly.
If we're right about this,
this could change everything
for us, Micah.
You know, I really love
seeing you like this. Like what?
Oh, you come so alive when
you're discovering new things
and getting to talk about
your theories in
your papers. Come on.
Be professional.
Come on, Micah.
Oh, oh, right.
The arrowhead, right.
Yes, the arrowhead.
I mean, look, it's not even
made of the same sandstone or
rocks that are
found around here.
They would have had to have
traveled miles and miles to
bring this here. That's true.
I wonder what else we can
find around here.
Yeah.
Maybe there's some evidence of
agricultural work.
Oh, that would be incredible.
Oh.
Remind me to get this in a
specimen box
whenever we get back.
It belongs.
To our museum.
Well, I like that
movie. Oh, crap.
Oh.
Well, don't get,
don't walk up to it.
People are sick.
Look, this isn't, what kind
of nonsense is this?
Weird and disgusting
is what it is.
Yeah, weird and
disgusting is right.
And fresh.
Someone recently did this.
Well, it's obviously not real.
Obviously not ancient.
Obviously disgusting.
What's that song teenagers
scare the living shit out of?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's a good point.
Probably teenagers.
Probably drunk college kids.
Violet Gart.
Look at that freaking pile of
beer cans over there.
And none of this
even makes any sense.
Appropriate pictograph.
And it's not even
an appropriate rip.
All right, Miss Skeptical.
Oh, come on.
You know that nothing pisses
me off more than fake science.
Well, I didn't catch a live
lizard, but I guess
technically speaking, I did
catch a reptile.
What did you call
me? Oh, please.
I'm surprised you didn't keep
that, say.
Yeah, yeah, we'll go with that.
Definitely not in my
backpack. You did.
You know I did.
You know, it's the fact that
I know you did that just, ah.
You're that hungry.
You know, lunch doesn't sound
like too bad of an idea.
I need to remember to start
packing better rations if
that's the case.
Yeah.
I can't live off granola bars
and trail mix. Excuse me.
Those MREs were perfectly
sawdust serviceable.
Yeah, you know, if I could
find a rock or something.
Hey, that just
helps you digest it.
Put some hair on your chest.
I'm not the one that needs
hair on his chest.
You would know.
At least it's a
good day for this.
Yep.
Hey, Micah, check it out.
Sagebrush.
Wow.
Wow.
Sagebrush.
Wow.
You're killing me, Anna.
Hey, at least I didn't say
vertical log again.
You're adorable when you're
ridiculous, you know that?
Oh, come on, you're impossible.
You like it.
It's the only reason I could
think you'd be out here in
the middle of nowhere with me.
Middle of nowhere, indeed.
Put that right there.
Now you have some flowers
behind your ear.
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Now I can see you from anywhere.
I think maybe we should have
brought the orange tent.
I think this should be fine.
I think I see a spot
we can clear off.
Sounds good to me. High ground?
High ground.
We'll set up camp over there.
All right.
Come on.
Check it out.
We've got two
different species here.
I'm really liking
what I'm seeing.
Oh, my God.
George.
It's a shame we're not here.
We can't cultivate it.
Imagine the beautiful portraits
you could make with
these if you could.
You know, I never
considered that.
Right?
Funny.
I didn't think the species
grew here on the West Coast.
Might as well get moving again.
Great.
Now we're getting stalked by
coyote noises and we're
wrestling outside of the tent
in the smallest
tent you could find.
You told me to be economical
about this.
I was being economical about
it and then...
It's just wild animals.
Goodness gracious.
Oh, and that's supposed to
make me feel better whenever
we don't have anything to get
rid of the wild
animals. All right.
I'll get them out of here.
They're full moon tonight.
They're active.
Oh, please.
I mean, no, that's not really...
Just keeping you on your toes.
More like on my ass.
Well, if this turns out to
be false, I'll be putting you
on that in a minute.
Oh, you jerk.
What?
What? I'm Cowpocalypse.
I'm here to haunt you.
Where did you get that?
What?
It was just outside.
What do you mean it
was just outside?
It was just outside the tent,
like five feet away.
We cleared this entire site.
What do you mean it was just
five feet away?
It was just five feet.
I'm sure something just
dragged it over here.
What would drag over a
completely dry cow skull?
I'll be right back.
Don't go out there.
We got to get it
away from the tent.
Oh, God. Stay put.
I will be right back.
It better be.
Micah, I guess it's not funny.
Look, now you've completely
ruined the tent.
Oh, so you've ruined the tent
for a cow joke.
Micah, that's not funny anymore.
Stop it.
Micah?
Active mind community.
What do we have here?
And so he got a clean cut
on the neck there.
That's a paw.
Clearly the work of poachers.
That's a bear. All right.
We don't even have black
bears this far out
into the desert.
So somebody hauled it up here
clearly and dumped it.
But that's definitely
not an animal.
That is.
Clear as day.
Somebody cut that.
It's a really sharp instrument.
You can see.
Sawed it right off.
Took the paw.
This shit makes me sick.
Guys like me, the true
hunters, we've been
anti-poacher, you know, since
our upbringing.
Because this is the kind of
shit that people who aren't
hunters, they get
it confused with.
And they think that, you
know, this is what
guys like me do.
This is absolutely not.
This is what guys like me
want to fight against.
What a shame.
One thing about Nevada.
It can be really, really cold
in the mornings.
And then it can get really,
really hot in the afternoons.
Well, if that's not an
interesting structure there.
I've seen a lot of things
while I've been out here.
But I can 100% say I have
never seen whatever the hell
this is supposed to be.
Now, if I'm not mistaken,
that's a human skull.
Well, Jeremy, I don't know if
we ever thought we'd have
something like this
to put on camera.
But it's too interesting to
not include.
There's a pretty big
population of Native
Americans up here.
And I would imagine, you
know, maybe this is some kind
of a burial site.
I know it's probably different.
It's kind of jarring to
viewers that there's human
remains hanging from it.
But many of the different
cultures around here, they
have different ways of kind
of honoring their dead.
So, you know, who am
I to judge, right?
Not that I'm not
going to call this in.
Local law enforcement may not
know about this one,
especially since
we're so far out here.
I may have to get a hold of
that rancher, too,
and let him know.
Because he may have tribe
squatting on his place.
I don't know.
Maybe he knows about this.
I don't know.
I would assume he wouldn't be
hanging human body parts from
a totem structure.
But, you know, again, well,
our journey
continues. Is, remain.
This is definitely where I
think somebody might be if
they did somehow survive.
Okay.
People have definitely been in
here before.
Because that's not
natural mine stuff.
Damn.
Okay.
Hello?
Ma'am?
So, I got up high enough to
get a little bit of service.
I contacted the
Lahontan sheriff.
There's no way they're going
to be able to send anybody out.
We're way too far out.
And they're way
too understaffed.
So, the plan is they want to
come take a look at the
human remains tomorrow.
They're asking me not to
touch it, obviously.
They asked if I'd be willing
to just stay up here overnight.
Which is fine.
Because, quite honestly, if
that cat did this, we got a
man-eater in our hands.
And he's going to
come back at night.
So, it's to give me at least
an opportunity to see if he's
coming and going from that mine.
Yeah.
So, anyway, the plan is I'm
going to stay up here tonight.
Just kind of keep
going. Keep watching.
If it is, in fact, that cat,
I'll get out of here.
I'll go get all my stuff to
be prepared for a real hunt.
And we'll come back out here
and we'll take him down.
If he's coming in and out of
there, it's a den.
So, there's no way he's going
to abandon it at this point.
Especially if it's taking food
in there.
So, stay tuned.
If this ends up turning into
a missing persons episode,
especially if I can.
I know they said not to go
in and disturb any other
remains or anything.
And I'm not.
But that cell phone footage
has a girl and a guy.
And there's no way that that
foot belonged to that guy.
And I just feel like it
wouldn't be me if I didn't
at least take one more look
through there.
See if I can't
locate him. You know.
And then tomorrow I'll let
the sheriff's office
do their thing.
But I'm going to take one
more quick walk through there.
But I'm going to go hands free.
So, I'm going to put
my helmet rig on.
And we'll see what we can find.
If anything, at least all
know, you know, that I gave
it my best shot here.
So, especially if the guy is
still alive in there.
There's no way I'm going to
be able to live with myself
if I don't go check.
So, wish me luck.
Get your shit together.
Out here in the wild,
nothing is given.
Everything is earned.
The land provides, but only
if you respect it.
My name is Cole
Harrington and I've been
hunting the western United
States since I
was a kid. My father taught
me to hunt the right way,
ethically, responsibly, with
respect for the
animals and the land.
Hunting isn't about trophies.
It's not about staged shots
or glamorized kills
like you see on other shows.
It's about connection to the
land, to the wildlife,
and to something
primal deep inside us.
Every hunt tells a story.
And out here nature
writes the script.
I take
pride in being an
ethical hunter.
Giving back to the
wild that gives so much to me.
This isn't just a sport.
It's a way of living.
of life and if you're here
watching well you feel it too
this is primal instinct
interesting experience one time
deer hunting not too far from
here I was kind
of thinking about it while I
was on this trip I ran into
I don't know if you call
him a hippie I guess maybe a
hippie didn't think anybody be
out as far as I
was came around a bend and
there he was barefoot his
feet like buried in the
dirt and he called attention
to me by saying he saw me
first actually I went
over to him he said he said
are you deer hunting and I
thought great he's gonna
be some protester and it's
gonna be like a big pain in
my ass right to get away
from this guy
but I said yeah I am and he
said he said that's good he
said did you find your
balance and I had no idea
what he was talking about
right and I said well I
don't know you know I don't
know I guess everybody has
their own idea of what
balance is right and he said
he said the earth has a
balance and he said if
I'm gonna be
taking something from the
earth a deer do I have a
plan to pay it back right
keep things balanced he was
out he was doing something I
don't know what the
term was earthing I don't
know I'm making that up maybe
he had his feet in
the in the soil and he was
saying that by his bare feet
being buried in the
dirt like that he was you
know he was connecting with
earth again right and he
felt like I was also
connecting with earth if I if
I as a hunter I get a deer
and I eat the
meat then I'm connecting with
the earth right but he said
uh we all have to have a balance
when we're out here otherwise
everything gets thrown off and
he asked if I if I had figured
out my balance yet and I
said well quite honestly I I
don't really know how to
answer that so I
asked him uh if he had any
kind of um thoughts on what
you know a hunter's
balance would be
and he said of course it was
very you know out there but
essentially that
he couldn't answer
that and I said well I don't
know I don't know I don't know I don't know I
don't know I don't because that's for every
person to answer for
themselves right but he said
uh if I was going
to draw blood um from one of
earth's creatures that I may
have to be willing
uh to eventually
give my blood back right to
the soil balance and he asked
if I had it figured
out and I said no
I don't think anybody really
can figure out their own
mortality you know that's the
whole point of
living
life is not knowing when it's
going to end right um and I
don't find it scary
I think it's what
makes it exciting that's what
makes the journey worth taking
uh but he just said
uh he said make
sure that you always always
replace what you take and
keep the balance
right don't take more
than you give don't give more
than you take uh and I
we left each other there and
I went on hunting I ended up
getting a deer that year and
it was great
uh but I've always thought
about that it was interesting
you know we probably
live very very
different lives I imagine he's
probably the type that uh he
may get teary-eyed if somebody
kills a spider right um which
is fine balance there's going
to be somebody like me out there
there's got to be somebody
like him otherwise we just
can't harmonize right it's all
about the
balance Jeremy I don't know
if you're going to be able
to do a whole lot
with this footage
uh I mean as you'll see as
you go through this stuff I
don't have a whole lot uh
it's been a hell
of a hunt I I spent nine
days uh man we didn't we
didn't come in to anything um
I thought maybe
the snow and the weather
would help drive them a
little bit but I don't know
if if it being a late
season hunt if maybe the
early hunters got in here and
pushed them out I don't know
if if uh the
fires that we had
earlier did something
I don't know if there's a
predator in the area or what
but uh I did all that
scouting and we had
our eyes on a couple of a
couple of good bucks and I
didn't see them once uh once
we finally got
out here so uh disheartening
for sure and I don't know
trying to end a
season of a show here
and I got I got no deer in
my hands um I don't really
know how to end this right I
guess maybe
your your technical wizardry
with the editing should
maybe be able to do something
I don't know or maybe we
scrapped this whole
final episode and
you just do a highlight reel
or something um I don't know
man I don't know
beautiful country
um I had a lot of a lot of
time to just reflect and it
was a great hunt
um you know because
everybody knows a hunt isn't
about the kill right it'd be
called killing it
wouldn't be called
hunting um and uh
I just uh I had some time
to to spend thinking on
things kind of reconnecting
get everything well I mean
who am I kidding man
everything's everything's kind
of fucked
I don't know if it's the
divorce or like the
uncertainty of what's going to
happen with the
kids or what but I wasn't
into this one at all and I
think that's why um you know
the footage
stinks and and maybe that's
why I didn't run into any
deer I don't know if I just
if my heart wasn't in it or
what um anyway man I
appreciate everything you've
done um and I'll
send you what I got and I
don't know I'll try and film
some kind of a promo
here in a minute
when I get my shit together
because I'm just not in the
best mood I want to say
thanks to all my
fans for keeping up with us
throughout this first season
of Primal Instinct it's been
a series of
ups and downs we've had some
really uh incredible and
encounters but it's been great
and it's very humbling for me
to hop online and see how many
of you are out there
supporting our efforts and how
many people we've got in the
comment section
and all the views it's been
wonderful um I do appreciate
you guys jumping
into the comments
and trying to fight the
trolls that want to uh talk
some talk some smack
to us but uh just
remember don't don't feed the
trolls you're better than them
uh thank you to everybody who
has been rocking the Primal
Instinct merch uh remember to
keep tagging us and everything
uh hit that hashtag Primal
Instinct on all your posts um
you know we love
to see it and we'll
pick some and we'll share
them on the next show I mean
you do this stuff for a
living right Jeremy
you edit and you you take
footage and people are in and
out of character and
all that and uh so
you're used to this I'm not
the whole point of this was
so you'd see the real
me and and here I
am actually in a little bit
of a dark place I guess
there's a lot of people that
can just turn their
personality on and off uh for
the camera right it's all
what the camera
sees whatever the
audience sees is what they
think is actually going on
and it's the behind the
scenes stuff that
you don't nobody needs to
hear about my anymore Jeremy
thank you I'll send this to
you we'll get
it cut
figure out what we can do
with it and I'm just ready
to get warm uh I'm
ready to come back
season two when the weather's
better I will get my head
right uh when we come back
so I'm signing
off brother I'm gonna get out
of here before the weather
gets too bad and uh
I'm really really
sorry about this going on and
on and on and on and on and
on and on it is
peaceful out here it is
in the snow and uh I should
probably get out of here
before I freeze to death
because the rest of
my good gear is back at the
truck and I walked up to
this pretty spot so I could
film this promo
and uh I'm starting to get
pretty chilly I don't think
anybody gives a about me
being cold I don't know maybe
you do I guess maybe that's
what reality television is
right I'm having
trouble adjusting to all of
this stuff because I'm used
to just looking at
everything through a
rifle scope now I'm I'm out
here uh vlogging which is not
a term I expected
to be uh really
privy with and something I'd
be doing much of but hey
look at here we are 140
something thousand
people later following our
exploits I guess we're doing
something right huh
what's up ladies Rick yes sir
Cole nice to meet you nice
to meet you hey so
uh I take it you're
the one who sent the email
about the mountain lion yeah
yes sir all right
um you want to show
me the the livestock or uh
well it's not here this this
is my main property
here okay um it's
a little ways that it's it's
a long ways out actually so
I'm gonna take
you over there and
if you're up for a long
drive yeah I know it's fine
uh honestly I appreciate it I
I need the
channel anyway um and and
getting to go after maybe a
problem outline and
kind of be good for
my viewers you know so yeah
I appreciate it um God it's
a lot busier here
than it ever used to
be as freaking traffic I
would have been here a lot
earlier but yeah it's you
know it's casino
owner puts in this Parkway
you know for all the
subdivisions that are going in
up there it's you
know this is what it is I know
keep encroaching further and
further out that sounds good
um I mean how far
are we talking a
couple hour drive or yeah
it's about four and a half
five hours okay good
ways out there all
right uh Lawton kind of
Lahontan Basin area yeah yeah
right right around
there um and you
know um like I said in the
email I'm a fan of the show
yeah you know truly I
appreciate it yeah
um just when we get out
there can you please just do
me a favor and try not to
film too much of my
life you know uh you're
you're a married man you know
um I'm sure the last thing
you want is for
your family and everything to
be all over the internet so
I'm a bit of a
private guy so if we
can just try and you know
keep it a little bit private
I'd appreciate it
yeah yeah I totally
understand honestly this thing
I uh I'm not married anymore
I just haven't really had the
guts to take the ring off
yet and uh you know how it
goes if I could find a way
to get this one off
uh if you've got those uh
those photos that you emailed
over with the the animals or
whatever if
you've got them maybe in like
a little higher definition um
it's for the channel
it's everybody
complains about the quality of
everything so maybe I'll shoot
you my email uh and
we can get those
um you know the ones you
sent with the the dead elk
and the cows and everything
so yeah for sure
I can I can text those over
to you email them to you
whatever you need yeah okay
well that works
um sweet well it sounds like
we had a long ass drive
so let's uh let's get out of
here huh yes sir all right
thanks so back there
um that's pretty
much where we're going to be
headed into it's it's hilly
country it's Rocky
country it's where
big cats like to hang out so
that's where we're going to
go kind of Scout today uh as
you'll notice
I got a rifle on me that's
because we actually have not
been issued a permit
yet we applied for
a depredation permit based on
the ranchers um you know
claims of of livestock being
taken but state hasn't issued
one yet so I
can't actually legally be out
there hunting yet um because
we're not permitted
but I got to do
this thing legal you know I
mean that's kind of been like
the entire premise
of the show right is
is uh doing things the right
way um but uh I have never
been one to do things the
stupid way so we're
totally um not going in uh
completely empty-handed so one
of the big complaints that I
had from the
first season was uh trying to
self-film everything was a
huge pain in the ass
and uh now I have
upgraded to a very cool POV
body cam so now we'll be
able to get some
really epic stuff
love that hands free baby
sometimes this place just
feels like it was forgotten
by time you know
I think one of the more
impressive things with the big
cats is uh how
incredibly strong they
are even when they don't look
it even a small a small
amount lion you know around
70 80 pounds
can hoist triple its body
weight straight up up into
these rocks up a tree
hauling off you know calves
and young cattle um it's not
out of the realm of
possibility at all
I'm gonna go a little further
in see if I can locate a
Dan or something might be a good
indicator uh where they're
hanging out so stay tuned you
guys gotta see this
this is interesting
looks like it's dead not that
it's out of the ordinary to
find stuff like this out in the
desert but we are
way way out here
so uh to be honest I'm a
little surprised you know a
lot of hunters they
they go way up into
these rocks and stuff and
they they misjudge everything
and uh and they
fall so we'll take
this with us see if uh can't
get it charged up and see
what's on it one of
the more concerning
things about this actually is
that uh this is a new phone
I've got the same
charging port on my
phone and I've got a charger
back in the truck
so I can get this thing
going um it did not take
much weather damage I mean
the screen's cracked a
little bit but uh when I hit
the power button it actually
is giving me an
indicator to plug
it in so there's still
electronics working reason I've
got a little cause for alarm is
uh University in Nevada Reno
had two anthropologists that
went missing just a few
weeks ago and it's not far
from this area that a lot of
people speculated
they were there was
there was some talk that maybe
uh because they were a
romantic couple that um the
boyfriend may have been a
suspect but anybody
that spent any time up here
knows how dangerous it is and
you can go up too
high take a spill and
fall into a crevice uh real
easy nobody ever find you
plus there's mine shafts all
over in this
area people go down there all
the time kind of heating the
warnings and uh
they don't come back
out so this makes
me think that uh
we could potentially be on to
something and depending on
what's on this I
may be since I'm
out here right I might
abandon this whole lion thing
and go on more of a search
and rescue mission
so yeah just letting you know
Jeremy when you get all this
footage I have no
idea what is gonna be
on this by the time it's
done but uh this could be
for some pretty compelling
television so stay
tuned I'm gonna get him this
time again oh yeah
you know I'm not giving up
till I catch at least one
lizard on this trip
these guys are fast well I
guess we answered the question
who's faster than a lizard not
like the Western fence lizards
back home good try though
better luck next
time what'd you say
about the Moss again that's
not Moss it's lichens it's
lichens well I was saying
that it's got great
incredible
quality up here for these to
be able to grow they only
grow in good quality air you
know for someone
so worried about in her
office romance you sure are
getting a lot of it on
camera hey yeah come
on it's just you know what's
the University gonna think who
cares what a bunch of old fuddy
duddies in an air-conditioned
office are gonna say well
it's more than just old fuddy
duddies and
our relationship
if we had one it's more you
know my career this research
if we don't do it
correctly if we're
wrong about the theory well
then everything could go up
into smoke you know you're
always so worried
about what could go wrong you
ever consider what could go
right go on let's take a break
absolutely come on supposed to
be getting landscape
oh right right right right I
did a research trip after all
sure sure right well
I you're right I
mean it is you're enjoying
the adventure you know with
you I just I don't want to
lose all this you
know you know there's been
plenty of that wasn't the
word quite I was looking for
but yes there's
been lots of archaeological
uh huh
And what about those ghost
hunters that were married?
Okay.
Ghost hunting and anthropology
are not even in the same realm.
One is a science and the
other is debunked theory after
debunked theory after
debunked theory.
I mean, come on.
I just want our colleagues
and the other professors at
the university to
take me seriously.
To take us seriously.
Well, I mean, with everything
we might find out here, I
think they will
take us seriously.
We can get that paper turned in.
I mean, some of what we're
finding out here is
pretty groundbreaking.
You know, if we go down for
this, I'm blaming you. Worth it.
I sure do.
Check this out.
Oh, that's so exciting.
What you got? Oh, head.
Look how it's so carefully made.
Look, it's got fluting. Oh, my.
Oh, my God, it's got fluting.
You know, if you stare at
that any harder, it's going
to burst into flames.
Oh, come on.
I mean, fluting wasn't
originally found until around
11,000 years ago.
So if this is 20,000, 30,000
years, according to the rings
that are left here
from the sandstone,
then this could really short
my theories on whether that,
you know, shelter.
Shelter way before we ever
thought possible.
Given some of the formations
around here,
it makes me wonder,
if we, you know, maybe the
Ice Age was a little
different around here.
I wonder if early man around
here went underground instead
of just wandering.
I mean, think about it.
The Ice Age wouldn't have
just been about surviving the
cold and surviving
the fauna and flora.
It was survival in general,
from extreme hunger, from
weather phenomena.
I mean, could you imagine if
it wasn't just finding shelter
in caves, but structured homes?
Like long-term survival.
Exactly.
If we're right about this,
this could change everything
for us, Micah.
You know, I really love
seeing you like this. Like what?
Oh, you come so alive when
you're discovering new things
and getting to talk about
your theories in
your papers. Come on.
Be professional.
Come on, Micah.
Oh, oh, right.
The arrowhead, right.
Yes, the arrowhead.
I mean, look, it's not even
made of the same sandstone or
rocks that are
found around here.
They would have had to have
traveled miles and miles to
bring this here. That's true.
I wonder what else we can
find around here.
Yeah.
Maybe there's some evidence of
agricultural work.
Oh, that would be incredible.
Oh.
Remind me to get this in a
specimen box
whenever we get back.
It belongs.
To our museum.
Well, I like that
movie. Oh, crap.
Oh.
Well, don't get,
don't walk up to it.
People are sick.
Look, this isn't, what kind
of nonsense is this?
Weird and disgusting
is what it is.
Yeah, weird and
disgusting is right.
And fresh.
Someone recently did this.
Well, it's obviously not real.
Obviously not ancient.
Obviously disgusting.
What's that song teenagers
scare the living shit out of?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's a good point.
Probably teenagers.
Probably drunk college kids.
Violet Gart.
Look at that freaking pile of
beer cans over there.
And none of this
even makes any sense.
Appropriate pictograph.
And it's not even
an appropriate rip.
All right, Miss Skeptical.
Oh, come on.
You know that nothing pisses
me off more than fake science.
Well, I didn't catch a live
lizard, but I guess
technically speaking, I did
catch a reptile.
What did you call
me? Oh, please.
I'm surprised you didn't keep
that, say.
Yeah, yeah, we'll go with that.
Definitely not in my
backpack. You did.
You know I did.
You know, it's the fact that
I know you did that just, ah.
You're that hungry.
You know, lunch doesn't sound
like too bad of an idea.
I need to remember to start
packing better rations if
that's the case.
Yeah.
I can't live off granola bars
and trail mix. Excuse me.
Those MREs were perfectly
sawdust serviceable.
Yeah, you know, if I could
find a rock or something.
Hey, that just
helps you digest it.
Put some hair on your chest.
I'm not the one that needs
hair on his chest.
You would know.
At least it's a
good day for this.
Yep.
Hey, Micah, check it out.
Sagebrush.
Wow.
Wow.
Sagebrush.
Wow.
You're killing me, Anna.
Hey, at least I didn't say
vertical log again.
You're adorable when you're
ridiculous, you know that?
Oh, come on, you're impossible.
You like it.
It's the only reason I could
think you'd be out here in
the middle of nowhere with me.
Middle of nowhere, indeed.
Put that right there.
Now you have some flowers
behind your ear.
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Now I can see you from anywhere.
I think maybe we should have
brought the orange tent.
I think this should be fine.
I think I see a spot
we can clear off.
Sounds good to me. High ground?
High ground.
We'll set up camp over there.
All right.
Come on.
Check it out.
We've got two
different species here.
I'm really liking
what I'm seeing.
Oh, my God.
George.
It's a shame we're not here.
We can't cultivate it.
Imagine the beautiful portraits
you could make with
these if you could.
You know, I never
considered that.
Right?
Funny.
I didn't think the species
grew here on the West Coast.
Might as well get moving again.
Great.
Now we're getting stalked by
coyote noises and we're
wrestling outside of the tent
in the smallest
tent you could find.
You told me to be economical
about this.
I was being economical about
it and then...
It's just wild animals.
Goodness gracious.
Oh, and that's supposed to
make me feel better whenever
we don't have anything to get
rid of the wild
animals. All right.
I'll get them out of here.
They're full moon tonight.
They're active.
Oh, please.
I mean, no, that's not really...
Just keeping you on your toes.
More like on my ass.
Well, if this turns out to
be false, I'll be putting you
on that in a minute.
Oh, you jerk.
What?
What? I'm Cowpocalypse.
I'm here to haunt you.
Where did you get that?
What?
It was just outside.
What do you mean it
was just outside?
It was just outside the tent,
like five feet away.
We cleared this entire site.
What do you mean it was just
five feet away?
It was just five feet.
I'm sure something just
dragged it over here.
What would drag over a
completely dry cow skull?
I'll be right back.
Don't go out there.
We got to get it
away from the tent.
Oh, God. Stay put.
I will be right back.
It better be.
Micah, I guess it's not funny.
Look, now you've completely
ruined the tent.
Oh, so you've ruined the tent
for a cow joke.
Micah, that's not funny anymore.
Stop it.
Micah?
Active mind community.
What do we have here?
And so he got a clean cut
on the neck there.
That's a paw.
Clearly the work of poachers.
That's a bear. All right.
We don't even have black
bears this far out
into the desert.
So somebody hauled it up here
clearly and dumped it.
But that's definitely
not an animal.
That is.
Clear as day.
Somebody cut that.
It's a really sharp instrument.
You can see.
Sawed it right off.
Took the paw.
This shit makes me sick.
Guys like me, the true
hunters, we've been
anti-poacher, you know, since
our upbringing.
Because this is the kind of
shit that people who aren't
hunters, they get
it confused with.
And they think that, you
know, this is what
guys like me do.
This is absolutely not.
This is what guys like me
want to fight against.
What a shame.
One thing about Nevada.
It can be really, really cold
in the mornings.
And then it can get really,
really hot in the afternoons.
Well, if that's not an
interesting structure there.
I've seen a lot of things
while I've been out here.
But I can 100% say I have
never seen whatever the hell
this is supposed to be.
Now, if I'm not mistaken,
that's a human skull.
Well, Jeremy, I don't know if
we ever thought we'd have
something like this
to put on camera.
But it's too interesting to
not include.
There's a pretty big
population of Native
Americans up here.
And I would imagine, you
know, maybe this is some kind
of a burial site.
I know it's probably different.
It's kind of jarring to
viewers that there's human
remains hanging from it.
But many of the different
cultures around here, they
have different ways of kind
of honoring their dead.
So, you know, who am
I to judge, right?
Not that I'm not
going to call this in.
Local law enforcement may not
know about this one,
especially since
we're so far out here.
I may have to get a hold of
that rancher, too,
and let him know.
Because he may have tribe
squatting on his place.
I don't know.
Maybe he knows about this.
I don't know.
I would assume he wouldn't be
hanging human body parts from
a totem structure.
But, you know, again, well,
our journey
continues. Is, remain.
This is definitely where I
think somebody might be if
they did somehow survive.
Okay.
People have definitely been in
here before.
Because that's not
natural mine stuff.
Damn.
Okay.
Hello?
Ma'am?
So, I got up high enough to
get a little bit of service.
I contacted the
Lahontan sheriff.
There's no way they're going
to be able to send anybody out.
We're way too far out.
And they're way
too understaffed.
So, the plan is they want to
come take a look at the
human remains tomorrow.
They're asking me not to
touch it, obviously.
They asked if I'd be willing
to just stay up here overnight.
Which is fine.
Because, quite honestly, if
that cat did this, we got a
man-eater in our hands.
And he's going to
come back at night.
So, it's to give me at least
an opportunity to see if he's
coming and going from that mine.
Yeah.
So, anyway, the plan is I'm
going to stay up here tonight.
Just kind of keep
going. Keep watching.
If it is, in fact, that cat,
I'll get out of here.
I'll go get all my stuff to
be prepared for a real hunt.
And we'll come back out here
and we'll take him down.
If he's coming in and out of
there, it's a den.
So, there's no way he's going
to abandon it at this point.
Especially if it's taking food
in there.
So, stay tuned.
If this ends up turning into
a missing persons episode,
especially if I can.
I know they said not to go
in and disturb any other
remains or anything.
And I'm not.
But that cell phone footage
has a girl and a guy.
And there's no way that that
foot belonged to that guy.
And I just feel like it
wouldn't be me if I didn't
at least take one more look
through there.
See if I can't
locate him. You know.
And then tomorrow I'll let
the sheriff's office
do their thing.
But I'm going to take one
more quick walk through there.
But I'm going to go hands free.
So, I'm going to put
my helmet rig on.
And we'll see what we can find.
If anything, at least all
know, you know, that I gave
it my best shot here.
So, especially if the guy is
still alive in there.
There's no way I'm going to
be able to live with myself
if I don't go check.
So, wish me luck.
Get your shit together.