Episode Summary
Is the Durupinar formation in the mountains of Ararat really Noah's Ark? Andrew Jones, the American "guardian of the Ark" and founder of Noah's Ark Scans, joins TopLobsta and David Lee Corbo "The Raven" on Nephilim Death Squad from Eastern Turkey, where he lives a few miles from the boat-shaped site. Andrew has been going to Durupinar since 1997 and moved to Turkey in 2020 to push the project forward. He walks through 30 years of scans at the site: the 2014 ERT survey that reached 38 meters and showed layers he says look like three decks, the digital radar that found right angles about 20 feet down, and this year's expedition, which Turkish officials unanimously approved, with core drilling that he says went down 60 feet without hitting bedrock or a solid block of rock. Just dirt. He explains why the formation is 515 feet long, which he says equals 300 royal Egyptian cubits, why declassified satellite photos from 1955 to 1984 show the boat shape holding together while the mudflow around it keeps moving, and why the Bible says the "mountains of Ararat," not the volcano on Mount Ararat itself. The guys also get into the geology critics, Ron Wyatt's old radar work, whether the animals could fit, and the theories that it's a Roman replica or a Mongolian fort. Then the story turns dark. Andrew describes two nights of men pounding on his apartment door at 2 AM and threatening to kill him, and the morning a friend video-called to show him the metal door kicked in and every hard drive in his office gone, while his clothes and kitchen were left alone. He talks about who might not want this research done, the rumor in Turkey that the core samples were stolen and sent to America, the hunt for ancient DNA, what irrefutable proof would look like, and the giant skeletons local villagers say they dug up near the Ark and buried again. Do you think Durupinar is Noah's Ark? Tell us in the comments. 🛶 Support the Noah's Ark expedition: https://GiveSendGo.com/NoahsAr... 🔎 Noah's Ark Scans: https://noahsarkscans.com Support the show (early access, ad-free episodes, community, weekly Bible studies): https://www.patreon.com/Nephil... Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NephilimDeathSquad Merch: https://www.toplobsta.com Chapters (times include the opening trailer, as heard in the RSS feed): 00:00:00 Trailer 00:01:00 Intro, Patreon & Truth or Con Dallas 00:03:22 Meet Andrew Jones of Noah's Ark Scans 00:04:34 Why an American Moved to Eastern Turkey 00:05:34 30 Years at the Durupinar Site 00:06:31 ERT Scans: Three Decks Down to 38 Meters 00:08:19 Permits, the 2016 Coup & Delays 00:09:42 Digital Radar & Right Angles 20 Feet Down 00:13:07 Armchair Critics vs. the Ground Truth 00:15:29 Ron Wyatt & the Abandoned Visitor Center 00:16:39 Bedrock, Syncline or Mud? The Geology Debate 00:18:56 Core Drilling: 60 Feet Down and Still Dirt 00:22:43 Declassified Photos: The Boat Doesn't Change 00:25:09 Exactly the Size of Noah's Ark 00:26:03 515 Feet = 300 Royal Egyptian Cubits 00:29:14 Mountains of Ararat vs. Mount Ararat 00:33:11 Seashells on the Mountaintops 00:35:33 Two of Every Kind: Could the Animals Fit? 00:41:20 Why Critics Can't Concede 00:43:16 A Roman Replica or a Mongolian Fort? 00:46:22 The Break-In: Threats at the Door at 2 AM 00:50:52 "Andrew, Someone Broke Into Your Ap
