On the show, he read from a draft report associated with Fairbanks Exploration, a former mining firm whose assets he acquired. The tusks were part of a vast collection of ice age fossils gathered from Alaska, said Reeves, who’s also a board member for the Alaska Railroad. But experts, including a researcher connected to a report Reeves cited when he made the claim, cast doubt on whether valuable tusks will actually be found. John Reeves, owner of the Fairbanks Gold Co., told the podcaster and his millions of listeners that the American Museum of Natural History dumped valuable mammoth tusks into New York City’s East River about 80 years ago‚ specifically around the area off 65th Street.Īfter that, people actually went looking for them.
(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)Ī Fairbanks-area miner appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast last month and sparked international headlines and a treasure hunt in a New York City waterway, raising concerns at the U.S. NYPD and Coast Guard boats patrol the East River outside the United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept.
