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[resonant strings 
lead building orchestration]

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(male narrator) 
Welcome to "Our State,"

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a production of UNC-TV

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in association 
with "Our State" magazine--

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for over 70 years,

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bringing the wonders 
of North Carolina

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to readers across the state.

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On this edition,

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the geologic marvel

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known as Linville Caverns...

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the medieval fantasy come true

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known as Castle McCulloch...

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and the elaborate creations

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of a group of artists

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known as "Sandy Feat."

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[gentle piano melody]

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(male announcer) 
From Manteo to Murphy

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and all the small towns 
and big cities in-between,

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BB&T believes opportunity lives 
everywhere in North Carolina.

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It's a belief we've held 
for more than 130 years

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and guides us 
as we support our communities

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from the mountains 
to the coast.

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We love calling 
North Carolina home,

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♪

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[glass harp resonating]

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[flowing strings]

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(narrator) 
It started with a story.

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Back in the 1800s,

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fisherman returning from a trip 
claimed there was treasure

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buried deep 
in Humpback Mountain.

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Spurred by their curiosity,

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why fish mysteriously appeared

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out of the side 
of the mountain,

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they followed a stream 
deep inside.

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Imagine their excitement 
and disbelief

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as the light 
from their candle

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flickered off the gold hues 
of Linville Caverns.

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It must have been like entering 
into another world,

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both frightening 
and beautiful.

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For well over 100,000 years,

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water flowing through 
the mountain's limestone

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has carved out 
this underground labyrinth.

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In 1937, 
nearly a century

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after they were 
first discovered,

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a group of businessmen 
formed a corporation

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to open the caverns 
to the public.

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The business lasted 
only a couple of years

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before a devastating 
flood crippled the region.

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The caverns were hard hit,

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wiping out buildings 
and the electrical system

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that powered 
the lights inside.

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(woman, voiceover) 
It was at that time

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that my grandfather 
bought stock in the caverns,

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and he was offered 
all of the stock,

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and he bought 
the caverns that way

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and started 
rebuilding.

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(narrator) 
Now, three generations later,

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the family is still managing 
the geologic treasure

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pretty much 
along the original lines,

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making improvements 
for safety and convenience

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but preserving 
the natural beauty

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for all to enjoy.

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(Davis) 
A lot of caverns,

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their biggest draw 
is the size of their rooms,

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the size of different 
formations and stuff.

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We have a lot of color

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because of all the minerals 
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(male guide) 
Now, if you are claustrophobic,

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it's not a good idea 
to be the first one in.

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(narrator) 
Entering the caverns,

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the first thing you may notice 
is that it's a little dark,

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a little damp, and little cool.

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(Davis) 
The temperature is 52°

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and stays that way year round.

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The only place that it 
changes is just inside the door.

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(narrator) 
The perfect environment

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for all kinds of critters.

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(Davis) 
We have granddaddy longlegs.

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They hibernate in there.

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We have eastern pipistrelle 
and brown bats.

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We have salamanders.

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We have one spider that's 
named after Linville Caverns.

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It was discovered here.

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(guide) 
Now, as you're walking 
right through here,

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this is what we call 
a "bedrock table."

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Millions of years ago 
the stream ran there--

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right here.

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(Davis) 
The water temperature varies

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according to time of year 
that you're in there.

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The water, we believe, 
feeds from the outside,

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from north fork 
of the Catawba River,

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and then it flows 
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and at one point it veers off 
to feed the bottomless pool.

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It's been measured 
over 250 feet,

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and they didn't touch bottom.

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Everybody remembers 
the bottomless pool

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and total darkness.

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(narrator) 
The lights are turned off 
to give visitors a true sense

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of what it's like without 
the benefit of illumination.

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[children chattering excitedly]

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Total darkness is startling,

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except perhaps to the bats

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and the so-called blind fish.

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(Davis) 
They're not born blind

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but a sort of film-covering

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comes across their eyes

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as they stay 
in the dark for so long.

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They have sight, to a point,

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but we call them 
blind trout.

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[hammered dulcimer joins]

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(narrator) 
Linville is considered 
an active cavern.

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The formations that decorate 
the inside

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are still forming drop by drop,

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sparked by the rainfall 
on Humpback Mountain.

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(Davis) 
It takes about three days

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from the time we get rain 
on the outside

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for the water to make its way 
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and through the cracks 
and crevices

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to where 
it's dripping in there.

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(narrator) 
A drop emerges

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from the cracks and crevices

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carrying the basic 
ingredient needed

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to create 
the underground marvels--

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the mineral calcite.

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No longer able to hold 
the minerals collected

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as the water 
percolates downward,

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the drop deposits 
its tiny mineral load

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as a single crystal.

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Billions and billions 
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formations take shape.

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It's easy to see shapes

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in the formations 
the drops have made--

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drying tobacco leaves...

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or a wedding scene 
with bride, groom, and priest.

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(Davis) 
We've had people

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that have wanted 
to have weddings there.

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We did have one couple.

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They weren't 
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but they sort of said 
a few vows there.

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In this caverns,

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unlike others 
where you stand back

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and look at large rooms 
and large formations,

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here, you're right next 
to formations,

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but that gives you 
a better look and a better view

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of what's actually going on 
in the caverns.

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This is our 
Guess What formation.

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It's the one formation that 
we ask all our visitors to name

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because it looks like 
so many different things.

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Behind me 
is the Frozen Niagara

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This is the largest

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and oldest stalactite 
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starting from up 
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and forming down.

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Just down in this corner 
is the heart of the caverns;

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it looks like a heart.

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And above your heads 
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of George Washington.

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We ask from the beginning

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that you don't touch 
the formations.

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When you touch it,

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the oil from your skin 
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and that prevents the mineral 
from adhering to the rock

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to cause it 
to grow anymore.

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And in the narrowest sections

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we don't mind people 
touching the formations

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because we don't want it 
to close up any tighter.

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(guide) 
Watch your heads 
as you come along.

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(Davis) 
So there are low rocks 
and low places

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where you do have to duck 
and watch your head.

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And there's one; 
we call it the headache rock.

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Most people hit that.

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You're looking at the fish

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and don't realize 
that rock's there.

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We've all hit it too,

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most of us.

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I definitely have, 
heh, heh!

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(narrator) 
Modern improvements 
such as electric lighting

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have made the beauty 
of this cave readily visible.

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It's hard to imagine, however,

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what early explorers 
might have seen,

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with only a candle 
or tiny hand lantern

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to light their way.

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(Davis) 
In 1884,

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Thomas Edison sent a team

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headed by William-- 
W.E. Hidden.

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He was in search of platinum

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to be used in Edison's 
incandescent bulb,

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and he was 
in Linville Caverns.

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He went as far back 
as you can possible go,

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past where a tour goes.

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And didn't find the platinum 
he was looking for,

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but everybody in his team

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scratched their names 
on the rock back there.

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So it's called 
"Signature Rock."

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(narrator) 
W.E. Hidden might not 
have found platinum,

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but he's credited 
with discovering

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another mineral in the area

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that's since 
been given his name--

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hiddenite.

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This far back 
in the caverns

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your senses have a tendency 
to play tricks on you.

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(Davis) 
When you're in there,

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especially getting towards 
the back of the caverns,

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and you know you're 
the only ones in there,

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you can hear--

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it sounds almost 
like a woman singing

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way back in the back.

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It's just the water 
coming across the rocks,

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but it scares a lot of people.

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(narrator) 
The watery siren

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echoes her song into the 
darkest part of the caverns.

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(Davis) 
There is more to the caverns.

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It goes back 
about the same amount

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that the public sees.

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We don't intend 
to do any more opening

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of the caverns

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because it would endanger 
what's already there.

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(narrator) 
And what is there

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has been hundreds of thousands

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or, perhaps, millions of years 
in the making.

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It's hard to comprehend 
the extreme age

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of something like 
the Linville Caverns,

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but it's not hard 
to be thankful for the care

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the attraction has received

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from Sarah Davis 
and her family

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over many decades.

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It's pretty well assured 
that future visitors

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will see just as much beauty 
and spectacle

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as people visiting 
Linville Caverns today.

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[bells punctuate 
flowing strings]

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[serene harp melody]

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♪

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[violins drone 
as tambourine thumps]

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♪

268
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(narrator) 
Richard Harris is a man

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who knows how to dream...

270
00:11:58,534 --> 00:12:00,368
and this particular dream

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began when he 
was ten years old.

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00:12:03,301 --> 00:12:05,334
(Harris) 
The way I found the castle was,

273
00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:07,201
I was riding 
my bicycle out here

274
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from High Point 
with three of my buddies,

275
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and we stopped 
at Kersey Valley Grocery.

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The little old lady 
behind the counter,

277
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I always remember 
what she said.

278
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I was ten years old, 
and she said,

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"You boys wouldn't want to see 
an old, haunted castle

280
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down in the woods, 
would ya?"

281
00:12:21,768 --> 00:12:24,067
Well, of course, 
we all came tearing down here,

282
00:12:24,167 --> 00:12:25,768
and it looked very much

283
00:12:25,868 --> 00:12:28,368
like an old haunted 
ruin of a castle.

284
00:12:28,468 --> 00:12:31,701
(narrator) 
The pile of ruins 
he saw that day was the remains

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of an old Randolph County 
gold-stamping mill

286
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built in the 1830s

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by a Scotsman 
named Charles McCulloch.

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♪

289
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It was abandoned 
after the Civil War

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and fell into ruin,

291
00:12:45,867 --> 00:12:48,167
and it was 
the early 1980s

292
00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,734
before Richard could revive 
his boyhood dream

293
00:12:50,834 --> 00:12:52,634
to buy the property

294
00:12:52,735 --> 00:12:55,400
and reconstruct what he called 
"Castle McCulloch."

295
00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:57,735
♪

296
00:12:57,835 --> 00:13:00,067
(Harris) 
We had to rebuild everything,

297
00:13:00,167 --> 00:13:02,768
and we built about 20% 
of the stone back.

298
00:13:02,868 --> 00:13:06,167
We laid over a million pounds 
of stone in the restoration.

299
00:13:06,267 --> 00:13:07,967
I once calculated

300
00:13:08,067 --> 00:13:11,101
it took in excess 
of 1 billion hammer blows

301
00:13:11,201 --> 00:13:13,468
to quarry the stone.

302
00:13:13,568 --> 00:13:15,935
(narrator) 
Chisel marks from 
the stonemasons' hammers

303
00:13:16,035 --> 00:13:20,601
are visible today 
on the heavy granite blocks,

304
00:13:20,701 --> 00:13:23,867
and because the old building 
had housed a steam engine,

305
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the windows 
were nothing more

306
00:13:25,768 --> 00:13:29,067
than just open holes 
for ventilation.

307
00:13:29,167 --> 00:13:32,600
But of course, 
a castle has to have windows,

308
00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,534
so Richard made some.

309
00:13:35,634 --> 00:13:37,401
(Harris) 
That's English leaded glass.

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We added the crystal and 
stained glass over the door.

311
00:13:40,934 --> 00:13:43,167
Of course, 
we put in the chandelier,

312
00:13:43,267 --> 00:13:45,102
and we added 
the iron railings.

313
00:13:45,202 --> 00:13:48,101
There were no railings around 
when there was a steam engine.

314
00:13:48,201 --> 00:13:49,967
The oiler would walk 
on those balconies.

315
00:13:50,067 --> 00:13:51,834
There was no wooden 
structure remaining

316
00:13:51,934 --> 00:13:53,534
when the building 
was restored,

317
00:13:53,634 --> 00:13:55,668
so all these beams 
were cut new.

318
00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:57,634
This one weighs 
about 8,500 pounds.

319
00:13:57,735 --> 00:14:01,067
The paneling in the back 
was a replica of paneling

320
00:14:01,167 --> 00:14:03,835
that's in the Lost Colony 
Museum near Manteo.

321
00:14:03,935 --> 00:14:05,768
I like the simplicity 
and everything.

322
00:14:05,868 --> 00:14:08,935
It was the period 
that I wanted for the castle.

323
00:14:09,035 --> 00:14:11,267
(narrator) 
And in case you hadn't noticed,

324
00:14:11,368 --> 00:14:15,368
Castle McCulloch 
also has a moat.

325
00:14:15,468 --> 00:14:18,234
It's not hard to imagine 
some fair maiden

326
00:14:18,334 --> 00:14:20,534
crossing over to safety 
in the castle,

327
00:14:20,634 --> 00:14:24,001
which brings us 
to the next part of the story

328
00:14:24,101 --> 00:14:25,700
because, 
in Richard Harris's mind,

329
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,501
there's much more 
to a castle

330
00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:29,368
than just four walls 
and a moat.

331
00:14:29,468 --> 00:14:32,035
I really wanted to create 
what I'd seen in Europe,

332
00:14:32,135 --> 00:14:34,468
where a whole little valley 
was created with bridges

333
00:14:34,568 --> 00:14:36,267
and dams and waterfalls 
and fountains.

334
00:14:36,368 --> 00:14:37,968
So I set about that,

335
00:14:38,068 --> 00:14:40,768
and we've been building on it 
for 20 years now.

336
00:14:40,868 --> 00:14:43,201
So far, we have 
a nice granite lake,

337
00:14:43,301 --> 00:14:45,468
a fountain, 
a couple buildings.

338
00:14:45,568 --> 00:14:48,334
I won't be finished 
till I'm dead, I think.

339
00:14:48,434 --> 00:14:50,201
(narrator) 
The unstoppable Mr. Harris

340
00:14:50,301 --> 00:14:53,668
has crafted a medieval 
wonderland at Castle McCulloch

341
00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:56,034
and also built 
a thriving business.

342
00:14:56,134 --> 00:14:57,568
The place is now

343
00:14:57,668 --> 00:15:00,601
North Carolina's largest 
wedding venue.

344
00:15:00,701 --> 00:15:02,967
(man) 
We welcome all who have come

345
00:15:03,067 --> 00:15:04,968
to share in this 
sacred occasion.

346
00:15:05,068 --> 00:15:08,401
(narrator) Countless brides have 
been married in the Great Hall.

347
00:15:08,501 --> 00:15:10,601
[light violin tune]

348
00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:12,968
Before long, the wedding 
business was so successful

349
00:15:13,068 --> 00:15:15,600
that Richard needed to have 
more than one place

350
00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:17,967
to stage a wedding,

351
00:15:18,067 --> 00:15:21,134
and thus, 
the Crystal Garden was born.

352
00:15:21,234 --> 00:15:23,434
It's an exuberant bit 
of architecture

353
00:15:23,534 --> 00:15:26,433
fashioned after Queen 
Victoria's Crystal Palace,

354
00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:28,134
and as usual,

355
00:15:28,234 --> 00:15:31,234
Richard's creative juices 
were flowing freely.

356
00:15:31,334 --> 00:15:32,935
(Harris) 
A friend of mine

357
00:15:33,035 --> 00:15:35,468
gave me $50,000 worth 
of this beveled glass--

358
00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,134
very expensive stuff--

359
00:15:37,234 --> 00:15:40,734
and so I designed the building 
just for the glass.

360
00:15:40,834 --> 00:15:42,868
[gentle harp melody]

361
00:15:42,968 --> 00:15:44,701
(narrator) 
The centerpiece of this room

362
00:15:44,801 --> 00:15:47,267
is a giant chandelier 
Richard made in his workshop

363
00:15:47,368 --> 00:15:49,434
when he discovered 
that buying one like it

364
00:15:49,534 --> 00:15:52,934
would cost upwards 
of $60,000.

365
00:15:53,034 --> 00:15:55,768
Now the property 
boasts seven locations

366
00:15:55,868 --> 00:15:59,567
to have a wedding, 
either indoor or out.

367
00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:01,901
And as you might suspect,

368
00:16:02,002 --> 00:16:04,468
given Castle McCulloch's 
many attractive features,

369
00:16:04,568 --> 00:16:06,134
there's a whole lot more

370
00:16:06,234 --> 00:16:08,234
that goes on here 
than just weddings.

371
00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,134
Well, now which 
way do we go?

372
00:16:10,234 --> 00:16:12,667
Pardon me-- 
that's a very 
nice way.

373
00:16:12,767 --> 00:16:14,301
(narrator) 
In the fall,

374
00:16:14,401 --> 00:16:16,533
talent from the Community 
Theatre of Greensboro...

375
00:16:16,633 --> 00:16:17,801
Hooray!

376
00:16:17,901 --> 00:16:20,134
(narrator) 
transforms both grounds 
and buildings

377
00:16:20,234 --> 00:16:23,002
into an exciting 
Land of Oz adventure.

378
00:16:23,102 --> 00:16:25,934
[Dorothy and Scarecrow] 
♪ Weee're off 
t  o see the wizard ♪

379
00:16:26,034 --> 00:16:27,801
♪ The wonderful 
Wizard of Oz ♪

380
00:16:27,901 --> 00:16:30,201
(narrator) 
No matter where Dorothy 
and her young friends

381
00:16:30,301 --> 00:16:33,034
may go in their search 
for the Wizard of Oz,

382
00:16:33,134 --> 00:16:34,767
there's always 
a fantastic setting

383
00:16:34,867 --> 00:16:36,568
available 
for the story...

384
00:16:36,668 --> 00:16:38,567
(baritones) 
♪ Oh-ee-oh ♪

385
00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:40,967
whether on the drawbridge

386
00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,967
or in the castle itself.

387
00:16:43,067 --> 00:16:44,401
[children screeching] 
ahhhh, ahhhh...ahhhh

388
00:16:44,501 --> 00:16:47,101
(witch) 
Ring around the rosie,

389
00:16:47,201 --> 00:16:50,800
my broom 
has chosen  you!

390
00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:52,667
(Dorothy) 
No, I won't let you!

391
00:16:52,767 --> 00:16:54,368
Ahhhh!

392
00:16:54,468 --> 00:16:56,501
(narrator) 
And if you click 
your heels twice...

393
00:16:56,601 --> 00:16:58,334
(Dorothy) 
There's no place like home.

394
00:16:58,434 --> 00:16:59,868
(narrator) 
and really believe...

395
00:16:59,968 --> 00:17:01,834
(Dorothy) 
There's no place like home.

396
00:17:01,934 --> 00:17:03,434
(woman) 
Good-bye, Dorothy.

397
00:17:03,534 --> 00:17:05,167
(narrator) 
you could end up...

398
00:17:05,267 --> 00:17:06,801
in December.

399
00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:09,101
[flute and harp play 
"Deck the Halls"]

400
00:17:09,201 --> 00:17:10,701
This particular dream--

401
00:17:10,801 --> 00:17:12,967
maybe the most 
elaborate one yet--

402
00:17:13,067 --> 00:17:14,800
started back in July,

403
00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,035
when Richard 
began devising a way

404
00:17:17,135 --> 00:17:20,900
to transform the property 
into a Christmas spectacle.

405
00:17:21,001 --> 00:17:22,867
[winch 
clicking]

406
00:17:25,234 --> 00:17:26,668
That's good.

407
00:17:26,768 --> 00:17:29,401
(narrator) 
It's a sight that folks 
in Charles McCulloch's time

408
00:17:29,501 --> 00:17:32,101
could scarcely 
have imagined.

409
00:17:32,201 --> 00:17:34,567
Twinkling lights abound...

410
00:17:34,667 --> 00:17:36,700
from the castle...

411
00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,267
across the pond...

412
00:17:39,368 --> 00:17:41,267
and along Amber Bridge.

413
00:17:41,368 --> 00:17:43,700
[synthesized piano playing 
"Here Comes Santa Claus"]

414
00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,267
The castle's Great Room

415
00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:48,301
looks almost like something 
from Currier & Ives,

416
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,267
complete with Santa 
reading letters

417
00:17:50,368 --> 00:17:52,667
from his true believers.

418
00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,668
♪

419
00:17:54,768 --> 00:17:57,368
And each February, 
there is an elaborate,

420
00:17:57,468 --> 00:17:59,568
richly styled 
winter festival,

421
00:17:59,668 --> 00:18:02,500
called "Castle Carnevale."

422
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:12,500
♪

423
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:19,067
♪

424
00:18:19,167 --> 00:18:21,400
You may sit 
wherever you wish.

425
00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:24,868
(narrator) 
All of this 
plus whatever Richard Harris

426
00:18:24,968 --> 00:18:28,167
may add to his castle 
and grounds in the future

427
00:18:28,267 --> 00:18:31,767
is very much in keeping 
with the vision of a man

428
00:18:31,867 --> 00:18:34,133
who never stops dreaming.

429
00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:43,834
♪

430
00:18:46,634 --> 00:18:49,033
[shovel digging] 
chh, chh...chh

431
00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:57,900
[waves breaking] 
shhhh

432
00:18:58,001 --> 00:18:59,867
[synthesized drums 
play upbeat arrangement]

433
00:18:59,967 --> 00:19:02,034
♪

434
00:19:02,134 --> 00:19:04,568
(narrator) 
Oh, to be young again...

435
00:19:04,668 --> 00:19:06,835
with nothing 
but a wide beach

436
00:19:06,935 --> 00:19:09,934
of inviting sand 
stretching out before you.

437
00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:12,568
[guitar joins]

438
00:19:12,668 --> 00:19:15,967
When we were 6 or 7, 
maybe even 10 or 12,

439
00:19:16,067 --> 00:19:17,868
there wasn't anything 
too much better

440
00:19:17,968 --> 00:19:21,001
than time spent 
building castles in the sand.

441
00:19:21,101 --> 00:19:22,967
[piano joins]

442
00:19:23,067 --> 00:19:26,067
♪

443
00:19:26,167 --> 00:19:28,968
But then reality 
inevitably intervenes,

444
00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:33,001
changing sun-splashed 
dreamers into doctors, lawyers,

445
00:19:33,101 --> 00:19:35,368
salespeople, machinists,

446
00:19:35,468 --> 00:19:37,934
or architects...

447
00:19:38,034 --> 00:19:40,534
unless, of course, 
you are Ed Moore,

448
00:19:40,634 --> 00:19:43,534
a Raleigh architect, 
who regularly carves time out

449
00:19:43,634 --> 00:19:47,568
from his busy career 
to play in the sand.

450
00:19:47,668 --> 00:19:49,701
This self-proclaimed 
"sandbox CEO"

451
00:19:49,801 --> 00:19:52,034
and the other 
latter-day castle carvers

452
00:19:52,134 --> 00:19:54,567
are known 
as Sandy Feat--

453
00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:56,434
f-e-a-t--

454
00:19:56,534 --> 00:19:59,468
and from time to time, 
their work can be seen,

455
00:19:59,568 --> 00:20:02,234
at least temporarily, 
at festivals, fairs,

456
00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:05,834
and other venues 
all across our state.

457
00:20:05,934 --> 00:20:07,568
Give them a weekend,

458
00:20:07,668 --> 00:20:09,600
and they'll create 
something marvelous

459
00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:12,368
out of nothing but sand.

460
00:20:12,468 --> 00:20:14,867
Start with stacks 
of the stuff--

461
00:20:14,967 --> 00:20:17,234
16 to 24 tons of sand.

462
00:20:17,334 --> 00:20:18,768
(Moore) 
It's loose-grain sand,

463
00:20:18,868 --> 00:20:21,434
and you can back on it 
and beat on it,

464
00:20:21,534 --> 00:20:23,301
and it just doesn't 
hold its shape

465
00:20:23,401 --> 00:20:26,166
because it doesn't have 
any moisture in it.

466
00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:29,434
And when you add 
some moisture

467
00:20:29,534 --> 00:20:31,534
and you start 
packing that sand,

468
00:20:31,634 --> 00:20:34,634
then it can hold its shape.

469
00:20:34,735 --> 00:20:37,234
Add extra 
moisture to it,

470
00:20:37,334 --> 00:20:39,867
and it actually 
won't hold together.

471
00:20:39,967 --> 00:20:41,867
So we've gone 
past the point

472
00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:44,134
that we want to have 
moisture in it.

473
00:20:44,234 --> 00:20:45,835
It's kinda like 
makin' homemade biscuits--

474
00:20:45,935 --> 00:20:48,434
you can either put 
too much or too little.

475
00:20:48,534 --> 00:20:51,002
[violin leads lively 
bluegrass tune]

476
00:20:51,102 --> 00:20:53,534
(narrator) 
What will this 
"sandy feat" become?

477
00:20:53,634 --> 00:20:55,401
No doubt, 
a uniquely wonderful

478
00:20:55,501 --> 00:20:57,534
and, most likely, 
whimsical creation

479
00:20:57,634 --> 00:21:00,867
to commemorate this year's 
Festival for the Eno.

480
00:21:00,967 --> 00:21:03,900
♪

481
00:21:04,001 --> 00:21:06,667
This year's 
Eno River theme?

482
00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:08,534
The slider turtle.

483
00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:11,468
(Moore) 
You know, I wanted to capture 
something using turtles.

484
00:21:11,568 --> 00:21:12,967
Last year, 
it was--

485
00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:15,234
Last year, 
it was the 
lighting bugs.

486
00:21:15,334 --> 00:21:16,868
the lightning bugs, 
last year.

487
00:21:16,968 --> 00:21:19,301
And so we had kids 
catching lighting bugs,

488
00:21:19,401 --> 00:21:22,934
but then we had two giant 
lighting bugs catching kids.

489
00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:24,601
I decided 
that I wanted

490
00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:27,101
to have a giant turtle 
on a log,

491
00:21:27,201 --> 00:21:30,034
and I've got to have 
the shape of the turtle.

492
00:21:30,134 --> 00:21:31,434
It's kinda rounded.

493
00:21:31,534 --> 00:21:33,900
(narrator) 
One wonders how long 
his design will last

494
00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:36,134
before Ed 
and his artist team members

495
00:21:36,234 --> 00:21:38,701
start carving 
outside the lines.

496
00:21:38,801 --> 00:21:41,368
(man) 
Uh, that whole cylinder 
would be the back

497
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:43,434
of, like, 
a hollow tree coming up.

498
00:21:43,534 --> 00:21:45,567
(Moore, voiceover) 
Sand sculpture's 
a little bit different

499
00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:47,301
from other types of art.

500
00:21:47,401 --> 00:21:50,301
We can have two or three 
artists working together.

501
00:21:50,401 --> 00:21:51,700
They climb up 
this thing.

502
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:52,967
Exactly.

503
00:21:53,067 --> 00:21:54,568
That's how 
you get up.

504
00:21:54,668 --> 00:21:57,368
And you say, well, 
hey, that's a great idea,

505
00:21:57,468 --> 00:21:59,267
or why don't you fly with that?

506
00:21:59,368 --> 00:22:02,168
And then it's sort of blending 
of art form together,

507
00:22:02,268 --> 00:22:05,067
and that's sort of what I like 
about the sand-sculpting.

508
00:22:05,167 --> 00:22:07,101
[piano leads]

509
00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:08,934
[indistinct talking]

510
00:22:09,034 --> 00:22:11,568
♪

511
00:22:11,668 --> 00:22:15,034
(narrator) A few rough cuts here 
and there using familiar tools,

512
00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:17,334
setting the stage 
for what comes next--

513
00:22:17,434 --> 00:22:19,734
drawing the image 
out of the sand,

514
00:22:19,834 --> 00:22:23,101
so to speak, 
with finer tools.

515
00:22:23,201 --> 00:22:24,900
(Moore) 
These are just mason's trowels.

516
00:22:25,001 --> 00:22:26,568
Some of 'em are pointed.

517
00:22:26,668 --> 00:22:28,434
Some of 'em 
used to be square,

518
00:22:28,534 --> 00:22:30,301
like this, 
and you've worn it down

519
00:22:30,401 --> 00:22:31,901
because that sand 
wears it down.

520
00:22:32,002 --> 00:22:34,667
It's a wonder we have 
any fingerprints left.

521
00:22:34,767 --> 00:22:37,035
♪

522
00:22:37,135 --> 00:22:39,801
(narrator) 
Since sand-sculpting 
is a "performing art,"

523
00:22:39,901 --> 00:22:42,167
there's always 
an appreciative audience.

524
00:22:42,267 --> 00:22:44,134
(Moore) 
And people 
can watch it progress.

525
00:22:44,234 --> 00:22:46,067
They can come back 
later that day

526
00:22:46,167 --> 00:22:48,401
and see new things 
that have come out.

527
00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:50,267
They're here 
to have a good time.

528
00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:51,967
We're here to help 
entertain everybody,

529
00:22:52,067 --> 00:22:53,568
and it's for us.

530
00:22:53,668 --> 00:22:55,735
We're here to have 
a good time.

531
00:22:55,835 --> 00:22:58,568
(narrator) 
One of the craft's 
more fascinating techniques

532
00:22:58,668 --> 00:23:01,167
is how grooves 
and pockets in the sand

533
00:23:01,267 --> 00:23:05,035
are carved out to produce 
contrast and character.

534
00:23:05,135 --> 00:23:06,934
(Moore) 
Since sand-sculpting 
is monochromatic--

535
00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:08,768
you're only working 
with one color--

536
00:23:08,868 --> 00:23:10,900
the only way 
that you can create things

537
00:23:11,001 --> 00:23:12,434
is to create shadow.

538
00:23:12,534 --> 00:23:15,102
We have to be able 
to carve in and up

539
00:23:15,202 --> 00:23:18,101
and carve under something 
and make something protrude out

540
00:23:18,201 --> 00:23:21,567
to create 
a change in light.

541
00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,501
[indistinct talking]

542
00:23:23,601 --> 00:23:25,501
We do have 
to tell people

543
00:23:25,601 --> 00:23:27,034
when they're 
taking photographs,

544
00:23:27,134 --> 00:23:28,701
"Don't use your flash."

545
00:23:28,801 --> 00:23:32,634
The light goes into 
and takes away all the shadow.

546
00:23:32,735 --> 00:23:35,768
(narrator) 
The process 
is a lot more free-form

547
00:23:35,868 --> 00:23:38,568
than you might think 
an architect would allow.

548
00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:42,168
(Moore) 
And since we modified what 
we were originally gonna do,

549
00:23:42,268 --> 00:23:45,568
we don't even have a drawing 
of this particular one at all.

550
00:23:45,668 --> 00:23:47,568
It's going according 
to the shape

551
00:23:47,668 --> 00:23:51,334
of the sand 
that we're working with.

552
00:23:51,434 --> 00:23:53,101
(narrator) 
So, somewhere in there,

553
00:23:53,201 --> 00:23:56,301
you can bet there's 
a raft of slider turtles

554
00:23:56,401 --> 00:24:00,401
ready to express themselves 
in some  nonturtlelike  way.

555
00:24:00,501 --> 00:24:02,334
(Moore) 
Well, turtles are sorta docile.

556
00:24:02,434 --> 00:24:04,901
They sit around, 
and what can ya do with 'em?

557
00:24:05,002 --> 00:24:06,701
And then we said, 
well, slider turtles,

558
00:24:06,801 --> 00:24:08,234
and that's when 
we started talking

559
00:24:08,334 --> 00:24:10,034
and saying, well, 
they could be sliding.

560
00:24:10,134 --> 00:24:11,835
Well, let's put 'em 
on a slide.

561
00:24:11,935 --> 00:24:14,501
So we're gonna have these 
turtles climbing up this stump

562
00:24:14,601 --> 00:24:17,900
to get up to the top 
to come zipping down.

563
00:24:18,001 --> 00:24:30,800
♪

564
00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:32,468
(narrator) 
Alas,

565
00:24:32,568 --> 00:24:35,968
the art of Sandy Feat 
is not meant to last...

566
00:24:36,068 --> 00:24:38,934
except as a memory 
of that perfect summer's day

567
00:24:39,034 --> 00:24:41,268
at Eno River State Park.

568
00:24:41,369 --> 00:24:44,468
(Moore) 
People say, "Don't you want 
to save it and have it,

569
00:24:44,568 --> 00:24:46,267
"you know, permanently 
covered with something

570
00:24:46,368 --> 00:24:47,834
and make it 
stay forever?"

571
00:24:47,934 --> 00:24:49,634
And I say, 
"No, not really,"

572
00:24:49,735 --> 00:24:52,166
because it's the fun 
of doing it.

573
00:24:52,266 --> 00:25:00,867
♪

574
00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:02,601
(narrator) 
A child's sandcastle,

575
00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:04,234
like their 
latest creation,

576
00:25:04,334 --> 00:25:07,368
will not survive 
the test of time and tide,

577
00:25:07,468 --> 00:25:09,668
but the wonder of it all, 
of course,

578
00:25:09,768 --> 00:25:12,334
is that you get to start 
on a new creation

579
00:25:12,434 --> 00:25:13,935
anytime you want,

580
00:25:14,035 --> 00:25:17,167
and that is a splendid 
metaphor for life itself,

581
00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:19,800
no matter 
what your age.

582
00:25:23,101 --> 00:25:25,401
[gulls calling] 
ehhh, ehhh...ehhh

583
00:25:25,501 --> 00:25:27,834
[waves crashing gently]

584
00:25:46,401 --> 00:25:48,400
ehhh, ehhh...ehhh

585
00:25:58,368 --> 00:26:00,767
slsh, slsh...slsh

586
00:26:21,001 --> 00:26:23,001
[crickets chirping]

587
00:26:26,301 --> 00:26:28,300
[waves crashing]

588
00:26:42,633 --> 00:26:44,567
[birds chirping]

589
00:26:46,701 --> 00:26:49,001
[violin leads 
stately melody]

590
00:26:49,101 --> 00:27:00,401
♪

591
00:27:00,501 --> 00:27:02,934
[piano suggests chamber music]

592
00:27:03,034 --> 00:27:11,301
♪

593
00:27:11,401 --> 00:27:13,300
[violins join]

594
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:23,867
♪

595
00:27:23,967 --> 00:27:31,801
♪

596
00:27:31,901 --> 00:27:34,533
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597
00:27:34,633 --> 00:27:36,967
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598
00:27:41,501 --> 00:27:44,134
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599
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600
00:27:52,334 --> 00:27:55,167
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604
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605
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606
00:28:10,201 --> 00:28:13,134
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607
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608
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609
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612
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