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Off The Record: Finding Mike Song's Dad (Pt. 2)

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0:00 [Music] welcome back to another suspenseful episode of the careful boys where today we have Mike song in the building Mike Mike and this is part two of where did Daddy go I that um so we're at a morning now um and so we're going through the whole night um and then and then throughout the night you just getting done saying that all these like Avengers of hikers came out even against like what the police recommended they're like I'm Paul bun and I can do what I want and then yeah yeah so they sent out they and then in the morning um and like we're not in contact with them while they're obviously while they're hiking right but once they're back from the mountain uh

0:51 like we get feedback from everyone and they're like oh you know we didn't see anything but here's like uh our all our tracking you know and then uh obviously I'm in contact with the police department the entire time uh overnight I'm still like calling with them cuz they're just asking all sorts of stuff right uh and then um I go and meet them in the morning so this is day three now right wow CU there's day one day two is when we put out the social media blast and all that the night of day two is when the Paul bunions go out at night and then um day three is getting like this is when your mentality starts to like kind of shift you know or you're just kind of I don't know like mental protecting yourself for like try to except the worst um and so like me and my sister

1:44 were like there was like two obligations of like all right who's going to like watch the like the family business you know and who's going to go to the mountain and then um my sister watched the business and then I went up to the mountain and all the homies like you know all the KES everybody was just like we'll go with you in the morning but then like um the police were all like you know we don't want any sort of dancers we no ████ dancers ruining everything coming to the mountains getting injured and ████ it's like we don't want more weaklings up here dancers are known to ruin search parties did you even sleep within those two days oh barely man yeah yeah I might have like nodded off the first night um and then yeah second I don't think I said I would have been sick to my

2:35 stomach if it was my mom but if it was my dad I would have been hoping he was gone dude but for the views in the morning they wanted you to limit how many people to come through they said don't bring anyone and so all the homies were like we'll going and help and um I was uh I was like all right I don't want to like go by myself though my sister can't go I'm not going to take my mom yeah and so I hit up Aunt and I was just like all right what makes the most sense also is like in my head ant's also an eagle scout so like just like you know like no dilly-dallying you know that's true out the dance Powers but I have to do it to oh ████ oh it's kind of fire the other Dancers just have their Jordans on

3:27 and wrong shoes and their Blazers yeah dressed to dance let's keep talking about the dancers one's probably wearing like a like a Kobe jersey after Anthony got his canteen and sash ready and so after after uh my badges I remember remember going to his Pad in the morning this is like we might have met at like 3:00 a.m. or something to drive up um and then we drive up um oh at 3:00 in the morning uh yeah to get there by like 6 yeah it might have been 4:00 a.m. I don't remember now I don't know if we got there at 5: we trying to get there at Sunrise right yeah and so um oh and then also I'm like meeting a bunch of news reporters there too right because at this point we don't have any feedback about my dad and so

4:18 like let's just continue putting the word out cuz who knows right oh wait one really important detail when he told me we're going to leave early in the morning I was like I better make some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ████ yeah smart made five of them all of them were eating by the time we were done you need calories you're hiking dude cuz he cuz he wasn't even thinking about ████ food he probably to eat for three days so I'm like dude when was the last time you ate you should eat that's hey D you're a good guy you should have brought a hot water in a Stanley Cup with Kinder bang noodles oh ████ another Miss missed opportunity all right continue with the story should have been plugging this whole time you guys suck at business we ████ up man that was our big chance ████ ████ pick it up at Amazon um and so we're we're uh we're going up and um

5:09 yeah I'm I'm like telling a also like I'm kind of preparing for the worst also you know and just to kind of like have those conversations of just like you know if this happens like you know that kind of stuff and then um we get to the mountain and then I just random Side Story it's just it's interesting to see like news reporters and like the the different experience of news reporters where like some people who are just in your face they like not sensitive about the situation I don't wow but then don't dance daddy don't dance Daddy yeah but then I'm not even thinking that that was insensitive cuz I'm not even there until I talked to the second person who was like hey are you like cool to talk right now like you know and then when I feel that I'm like oh cool oh yeah okay that was wag yeah yeah comparatively like

6:00 yeah I couldn't even discern that so what which which one was the better one the more experienced or the less experienced which one was the more more chill which one do you think I don't know cuz I think the more experienced one was like ah somebody's head got blew off like hours ago and then they're just desensitized that's what I would think oh you know with with that uh kind of ideology I don't know actually I was making assumption as well I don't know who had more experience it just feels like the one who was more like way more had way more empy in the situation my assumption is that she had more experience than the other one but you're right other one could have just been jaded and was like ████ it um but I got to get to my 3:00 car accident man ████ this one's bigger whole family died you that's it it's like night crawler your future

6:50 crime What's happen at 3. get to it get to it dude it's just missing drive all the way up the ████ Mountain for this one you know what I mean it's like when the news reporter is like I have to do the snow one again but that's hella true cuz you know even afterwards like I started following like some of the uh the reporter that I liked for a bit that was like helpful and then like once I follow them and I'm just seeing every day their post is like oh ████ murder here this crazy thing here I'm like this is your every day like and then honestly I was even more impressed that she could still slow it down like with me you know I'm like cool that was like really was really dope true I would have been the shut up journalist shut up you know someone else just ████ dude they had it way worse than you did answer the ████ question man the microphone shut [Laughter]

7:40 up that's just kidding news right there you go to a trashy and you're like yo so how was it and then they're like it's sad I I don't know what what's going to happen to my family shut a fool dude not even that serious you're whack good think good think you need get someone like that man yeah yeah the first lady wasn't that bad Shut up Mike she's actually really nice too um so anyways that's like be after talk to the ████ news people um there's like this blockade that we got to go through um but we start this is also when we start seeing like all these other people start trickling just randos right and then this is when we're seeing like hardcore ████ MacGyver Paul bun right and there's this one dude straight

8:31 out of a ████ movie he looked like ████ doc from Back to the Future yeah Mike we're going to find your dad like like he literally old man jigs he said he drove down I think he said he drove down from San Bernardino or something ████ and and he had like ████ just like chained to the top of his like car and he was like I heard about your story like on the news and I just thought like I'd come out and help search so like I know I know all these mountains like the back of my hand like and I was just like what the ████ but what's crazy is that they didn't let him in he got lost H oh they didn't even let him in they didn't let him in ████ that's why and I was like what about even this guy cuz like now at this point the cops have to like do the search and they just don't want a bunch of people that aren't like in their Intel and everything like that you know what I mean so it I get it but it was also

9:22 crazy to just see people show up that's really cool so were you guys allowed to go search yeah of course so we we go and then so there's like this block okay and then when we go um and then we see the parking lot which is the beginning of the trail uh like first feeling was definitely like kind of like that chilling feeling of um the confirmation of damn that's actually my dad's car no cars in the parking lot and there's like hell of snow on and ice on it and stuff like thatting there like if there was any inkling of like maybe he's not here it's like this ████ C like ████ did you pick the snow off and see if he was inside what are you doing over here you would have been you caught

10:12 me well yeah what if you knocked out in the back seat the whole time you know now you [Laughter] hide one two dude I wish it was that simple dude my dad pull this ████ all I have to do is tell the news that there's a there's a reward for his like appearance and he'll be like can I collect a reward your dad's just that greedy yeah yeah seeing the car must have been like that's when it's real yeah it was it was covered in snow yeah yeah so what are the odds too like it barely snows out in Southern California one day it did the helicopters end up going yeah so they went that morning yeah yeah they all going and just like more things you random things you end up learning about this process that you don't think about is that like the majority of search and

11:04 rescue is volunteers wow so that's another thing about them like you know the chain and the the complexities of like you know for you you're just like just ████ send them like go but they're like we got to like some people have work and like get work off of this stuff you know like truly it's like it's not like the movies yeah it's literally just like all this brand of human hikers search and rescue I'm like damn these are the best ████ humans on the planet you know what I mean and they're like not doing it for any ████ shine this is literally they're not on social media they're literally just there to help they hear it from some other angle and then they're there and they show the ████ up damn win and then they you know success and then back to work yeah you know what I mean and that was like their win REI yeah dude they're that's crazy

11:54 imagine they're like working at Johnny Rockets and ████ and then they're like can't imagine a guy from there doing anything cool I saved a life a ████ mountain lion bit this guy in a ass and then he had to hide and then we had to go find him and we found him cuz he got bit in the ass well he got bit in the ass he couldn't walk anymore so he fell on the ground and then he he had to hide it's so stupid dad M be me the ass oh I got ████ bit of the ass dude just lays down oh ████ that's the dumbest thing have you guys seen that hiker with the LI M lion just chasing them just ████ throwing rocks he goes stop get out I was like d just for like

12:44 a mile dude don't worry about that mik go ahead don't worry about that uh okay so so you see his car and then you guys start you guys another the planet yeah um learning about like search and rescue and again I feel like I've been saying like you know regarding the police sheriff's departments like as if they weren't like prioritizing this but like you know when I got there again and even though there's like the skilled um hiking clubs and hikers like the guys that I ended up talking to from the Department were like you like we know these mountains like the back of our hands you know they're really like making me feel like okay cool like these guys might not be everybody but the guys that were on in charge of that mission you know what I mean I'm like these guys are ████ legit like at least they're making me feel that and I feel like everything's like on point you know

13:35 they're just like laying out what they've done Etc and so um yeah we're it's just like a waiting game constantly like checking in and then um I don't know however many hours go by um and then we're just eating peanut butter jelly sandwich were you guys walking trails and stuff and then like no we ended up not even going we were just there but they were like no like we'll just handle you know and like when we're kind of like seeing like what it looks like too we're like there's no point in it's like ████ snowy still you know like what the ████ are we going to do and they got all these ████ guys going you know it's just like who's going to babysit us really you know what I mean no dancers allow and you didn't even have the claw shoes claw shoes are important and so um yeah it was just a a waiting game and just keep like checking back in with

14:25 them uh and then finally like one of the the sheriffs comes back uh and it was just like that feeling of like you know like summons you over and you don't know like what the news is going to be and this dude was white so he just thought we was Brothers oh yeah they were just like your guys's dad your guys dad and or they find me like Hey where's your brother cuz like Mike come here Mike I got to talk toone Talking Like news reporters and different ████ like that I let me go get my brother was Anthony song live on the scene just was all crying and ████ I was like dude I miss my my dad but let me have my brother talk about it he can't wait to give be be on camera yeah it's real ████ up kabb noodles.com he's wearing all the K merch like we got the new bomber jackets in stock highly requested you know keep

15:17 you warm I wish he was wearing this jacket my god oh ████ you know it's ironic I did wear a kja sweater that day yeah you should be the only sweater you really have you should have any other on why would you need any other the ones that you can get from store.com I don't have a quest hoodie dude that that won't keep you warm so what time was this when the sheriff called you over like what time did they um I I don't know maybe no this was like 3M 3 a little earlier oh wow that much time had passed already maybe I don't know I think it was earlier than that okay maybe so he calls you morning that's for sure wasn't like afternoon uh sometime how does he call you over though is he like so there's like a blockade and the blockade is where like the uh the M uh Pine Mountain Club people were that I was in contact with all night and they weren't letting them in and so I'm like in contact with them cuz they're piecing

16:08 things together like maybe you could have gone here and so I'm just chatting with them and then uh everyone else is like all the police are like further closer to the beginning of the trail and then they kind of like wave us over and then um they wave us over I'm just like all right you know prepare for the worst and then um he he like said up like a movie cuz he paused he was like so we found your dad oh oh come on you know still your just there yeah but he paused and it felt like eternity yeah man what the ████ why did he say it like that he had heartburn I got go to the bathroom for a sec hold on we found your dad but hold on roast feel like cops have a good sense of humor where they just like get a l to that wh bird surprise you know and then yeah and then

16:59 he was just like and and he's okay thank god what the oh my God what a way say he's okay way toer yeah and I was just ████ like oh my God I just ████ fell ████ dude where did he find I ████ fell too why you want to catch him why did you catch him it they both they go they go a couple of Brothers just on top each others pain the other Falls to but it's crazy because like the whole time you like when you're cuz I was I was just witnessing this guy go through it right I it's my dad too but um but it's like even for me I'm trying to work through like what's the best way to be a supportive friend because like you can't be like hey man prepare for the worst and you also can't give hope where it's not supposed to be there he's totally

17:49 fine he's righta hanging out like you're just trying to go along with the Terminator mode too what can be done and like ████ the emotions like what do we need to do so the whole time you're just holding yourself together and then finally this moment of like relief hits and both of our ████ knees just Buckle The Tears start rolling down both of our faces cuz like you don't have to hold yourself together anymore you know and the reporter's like what are your thoughts what are your thoughts about what happened and I was like my brother's checking up let me speak for him get your back noral all the 50% off sale cuz we found that's sick we ████ up we ████ up the new flavor Pine Mountain daddy found discount oh my God we're doing a blowout sale to celebrate this moment but then

18:39 how long how long from from when you found out until you saw your dad like face to face and where did they find him I'll get to that which is also crazy uh so was the third day so it was a Monday I don't know if it was a Monday actually but it was a something night let's say it was a Monday and then I found him on a Wednesday Wednesday afternoon yeah so three days two nights he made it yeah and um and so yeah so the story of him getting found uh he didn't even get found by the search party right so he made his way onto a road and he waved down a car and when he waves down the car the driver uh sees him and he goes I seen you on the news shut up I know who you are shut up dude and so he ████ takes my dad into his like some rich dude and then he

19:30 takes my dad in and like lets him take a shower whines and dines him the rich guy don't got Wi-Fi or what yeah no no call oh he called he did he find what day was your dad on the road the rich gu like like yeah within like an hour like instantly like he finds it as soon as he finds a road and he's like waving cars down um said person sees him was that in the middle of the night some great this was like probably an hour or 2 hours I'm assuming that morning when we were on the mountain like so like so he spent the night in the forest oh yeah two nights two nights in the forest yeah but then when they found okay so I got to hear that part but when they found your dad he it was it was already on the news that's why the the guy saw it right obious yeah yeah and so so that guy called it uh so there was the second day

20:22 Third Day third day in the morning in the afternoon holy ████ ████ oh my god dude yeah and so um yeah so it ended up being like the irony is that like the police didn't even find him however going to like the news was like I'm sure someone would have stopped eventually but at least he doesn't look like crazy disheveled guy I would have stopped just like for real you know it's just like oh he's like I saw you on the news I love the Kindra by the way it was a trip though because when like the the cops went to go pick him up from this dude's house and then bring brought him over to this to the mountain where we were they took all the credit but no but I was like I was like Dad why you look so ████ fine right now you smell good I got mad at my dad for that too I was like dude this is like this looks weird

21:12 man because you look all ████ clean you gone gorilla ████ shower and ████ he start dirtying him up the camera's coming alsoo the cops didn't tell you they just said he's fine take ████ take a ████ give us all theant sh Your Pants Dad quick sh your pants as soon as he was getting ready at the house or whatever the guy called the cops yeah yeah he he s████ his pants but he doesn't even look dirty or he just smells like ████ he's like dude I'm outdoors I can ████ outside I don't even ████ my he looks exactly the same oh my god dude that's ████ basically what had happened was like uh it was just like a white out moment cuz they even uh I remember the Pine Mountain Club they had pulled up like camera foot of like the hiking trail cuz you know there's like some like public camera footage or whatever the ████ and

22:03 in that area when it snowed that time it just like wh it out you couldn't see more than 5T in front of you so that's how like you got lost on the road right and then you were telling me how he was telling you that like when he ████ got thirsty he would eat snow when he got hungry he would eat snow yeah I mean tell me tell me his side of theory like what happened what how did he like get lost so it was just it's not so like he had to just wait basically right you have to wait when it's like snowing and there's no Trail and so like he's already miles in and now the whole Trail is gone right wow and so uh he also just has to wait every time it's like snowing raining whatever it was every time cuz even after it snowed it's still rain those nights too right so he had to just like wait and have cover before making any progress and when he goes all the the trails are gone right and so Dam

22:54 that's just the the Journey of you maintain warmth through the night and stuff uh he made fire so the the best part is that like you know he still like because he's a skilled hiker he always has his lighter he had his like you know I think there's the the the five checklist or whatever I don't know whatever the ████ it is but he has all the Dodge du dick all that's what all the hikers ask me right like I don't know this ████ but they were always like does he have his and know like if he's a hiker he does right it's like hiker to hiker to yeah and and I'm like I don't know and I'm like I like I think my dad's a legit hiker but I don't know if he's also just like Korean man that like I don't know I don't know he could be K that's a variable I don't know Club president though I Club president pretty it's a feather your cap for sure but you just you know so he he was able to find

23:44 dry enough Kindle just burned all of his stuff oh his clothes towels and stuff yeah wow he also he also took like dried leaves and ████ and like shoved it in his ████ clothes to stay warm wow right no dry ████ no dry leaves I thought you oh my God my God I thought you brought me back to the ████ no you're like he didn't do that what the ████ I looked over he was so upset at me he's like really Anthony dried ████ leaves are you ████ ████ like that stop being on just water and just he had

24:34 snacks and he had snacks for however long and then yeah he made fire and just snow and then how did he find his way back he eventually just made his way to a road ████ this guy's a genius I was like made way back well to a road y' guess yeah like to civilization oh yeah you had to find a road somewhere dude thank God that that dude was out there driving around well I feel like there was proba I don't know I don't actually know like what kind of Road it was but I'm just going to assume there's probably a lot of people my assumption is like he would have got found you know what I mean you got to the road he would have been he's safe already but like cuz it was snowing right so what if people were just like I'm going to stay in for three straight days by that time it wasn't snowing though oh it wasn't on the on the third day it was it wasn't snowing or raining Yeah man so that was just like

25:25 the craziest thing that you never think would happen but like my my big takeaways is I ████ love the hiking Community forever and I got mad respect for just now knowing that there's people that exist that like that care and hours for for a stranger don't even know any of any love right there was your dad like you're not the only one that's on TV now I'm on TV too my dad also was like uh he was like I'm Invincible I was like ████ dude yeah what are some other takeaways that he had what else did he say what are some snow proof he's like hiking easy easiest sport in the world yeah and he was just like he was like people are calling me Iceman that's sick dude holy ████ we got

26:16 to call your death Iceman now that's so good didn't you buy him like a thing like a no more Steve green dude [Music]

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