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Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe

Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe

Canceled Trips, Site Filming Fees & a Lost Civilization with Mike Collins — Part 2 of 3 | Classics Rotation

Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe · Nov 8, 2026 · 20:31

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Mike Collins of Wandering Wolf Productions explains how trips to Easter Island, Göbekli Tepe and Gornaya Shoria in Russia all fell through, and why India remains the country he most wants to see. He and the host then compare how ancient sites are policed and monetized, and Mike lays out his theory of a lost worldwide civilization.

Mike says Easter Island was dropped because of lockdowns in Santiago, Turkey because of military activity near the Syrian border, and Russia because of the war in Ukraine. The host recalls a month in India that included Mahabalipuram, where cows wander the ruins and visitors can walk right up to everything, and contrasts it with a recent visit to Palenque, where none of the pyramids could be climbed. Mike says more sites now charge extra for cameras and filming gear, credits local approval for his close drone flight over Pumapunku, describes flying his drone up to the Leshan Giant Buddha in China from across the river, and advises leaving breathing room in a travel schedule. Asked what he thinks happened in history, Mike says he believes an advanced worldwide civilization shared technology, was largely wiped out by a reset or cataclysm, and that later cultures inherited and built on its structures, pointing to the oldest stonework being the most advanced. The host offers what she calls her "conspiratorial" view that whoever built Sacsayhuamán may be connected to UFOs or hidden civilizations. Mike says nearly every old church he has seen in South America sits on an earlier sacred site, and the host asks why extremists would destroy ancient works such as the Sumerian bull statues in Iraq and the giant Buddha in Afghanistan, calling it a systematic destruction of history. Mike says he will never be a Graham Hancock but wants people to start asking questions, and the host describes leaving New York City survival mode, becoming a flight attendant and making travel a priority. These are the speakers' own views.

This is an archival replay, not current news. Original YouTube publish date: June 13, 2022. Source timestamps: 0:21:29.400–0:42:01.900. Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSNTcJ-qalM

Original YouTube description:
Mike and I discuss travel and what it takes to buy that plane ticket and get out there and record these ancient sites. Mike has a great channel and he showcases some amazing ancient ruins and sites that even if you think you know and have seen everything from that place, wait until you see his footage of said site!

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