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I found something!

You guys check it out, it's...

well it's a something.

Wow, a perfectly preserved coprolite.

No way!

How awesome is that!

Very!

Coprolites are perfect for studying early mankind's diet.

Really? What is it?

Petrified poop, notice the seeds.

You know, I thought that we were going to be discovering

ancient temples and ducking blow darts and waving

torches at stuff.

I didn't think I'd be touching people's seeds.

There were no ancient temples in the Virginia colony of

Roanoke, just 120, men, women and children who vanished in

1587, leaving behind one of the greatest mysteries

in American History.

What do you think happened to them?

Every field scientist I know including your parents dream

of solving this particular missing person's case but

no one ever has.

Sort your finds and show them to our experts.

Hey Bartlett, shoot me a spritz, bro.

What?

No, it's an organic custom pest repellant formulated for

my body chemistry.

You can't... it's not water.

Ever heard of Melanoma?

No, why? Is she hot?

Oh, Henry Griffin.

Your parents reputation precedes you so I'm already impressed.

Wait until you see this Professor Santana.

Wow, hmmmm...

Violet?

Well, I would classify this particular specimen as

a first rate punking.

Oh, ho ho.

Made in China.

Are you sure you're a Griffin?

But you love stuff in China.

No problem Jasper, we're even.

Even? Even, how?

That coprolite is a fossil the other one's Henry put down

there were a bit fresher.

Its tough being in the shadow of an accomplished scientist,

isn't it?

What do you mean Gunnar?

It's just that I can relate.

Your parents are archeologists?

My dad is, was, who knows?

Anyways, he prefers to be called a history detective.

What's the story with Gunnar's dad?

Sven Erickson?

Oh, he was famous, almost.

He walked out on his family when Gunnar was

still in pull-ups.

He walked out to where?

My dad said that Sven was kind of a perpetual drifter.

Hey speaking of perpetual drifteters, Henry's parents are

coming to DC for parent's weekend.

Oh no way, you must be so excited.

I am, except for finding nothing on this dig to impress them.

And having to wear a tie to the parents welcome brunch.

Ow, why are these flying piranhas only eating me?

My parents found a Neanderthal burial site Kurdistan,

a Hong Dynasty temple in China, the Ashaninka tribe of Peru

and what have I done?

Besides spiking Jasper's insect spray with lactic acid?

Lactic Acid? That's a mosquito magnet.

You want a punk war Griffin?

You got a punk war!

Griffin!

Today, I'll prove I'm a Griffin.

Huh?

Whoa!

Help! Help!

Heeeeelllllppp!

Henry?

Henry?

Henry?

Come on, where are you?

Whoa, I think something moved.

Nope, it's a log.

This isn't funny, Henry!

Henry!

My feet are wet.

This part of the island is off limits.

Which is exactly why we're looking for Henry for here.

Seriously, he needs one of those GPS chips they put in cats.

Jasper.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold up.

Hold up? Henry's drowning.

No, no, no, that's what he wants us to think.

Okay Henry, how clueless do you think I am?

There's no way somebody like you would step in quick sand,

now come on.

Show yourself!

I think he's trying.

What is that?

A hammer?

Henry, okay I get you out.

Argh, what's up guys?

What's up? You're in quick sand!

Okay, give me your other hand.

I can't its busy.

How can it be busy?

Why are you so heavy?

I found something else.

What is that?

A mummy?

I think we just found one of the lost colonists from Roanoke.

That's pretty crazy, eh dad?

Mummified bodies are found in European bogs quite often,

rare to find one here.

Now I suppose the quick sand might do the trick.

What trick?

No oxygen, no bacteria, no sunlight an ideal chemical

environment for natural preservation...

Christmas field study.

Titus Bull Burial Site.

Congratulations Henry.

Do you really think it could be a Roanoke colonist?

Well we'll find out as soon as the museum completes

its analysis.

Henry, you might have solved one of the oldest mysteries in

American history.

Careers are made on much less.

Mr. Griffin, I am impressed.

A find like this could put you in league with,

well your parents.

JASPER!

Hey bring back my clothes.

FIRE!

Come on, let's see some real streaking!

Fire...

Okay, okay!

Are you okay?

Well, only Henry Griffin would risk his life to save someone

that's already dead.

Only Henry Griffin would do it wearing

nothing but sandals and a smile.

Where's my hammer?

Well, I was going to punk you but since my dad is on the war

path I thought you may need something to defend yourself.

It is true you ran into that van?

Well, I'm sorry uncle B, I couldn't let him burn.

I suppose in my day I might have pulled the same stunt.

What day was that April fools?

Believe it or not, I earned my calluses the old fashioned

way, by digging.

You mean digging through filing cabinets right?

Has that been catalogued?

Well, in all the excitement I kind of forgot about it.

It was in the sandpit.

Then it's important, make sure it gets to the division of

Archeology but then if it gets there after you show it to

your parents, well it's spent 500 years in quick sand.

What's another few days.

Thanks uncle B.

Did I do my family name proud?

Aside from going to a off limits area, almost drowning

in quick sand and nearly burning to death?

Sure, very proud.

Why didn't you just shower at the dig site?

Because I know your tricks, I at least left you with a towel.

You wouldn't have left me with anything.

Actually, I had planned on a tube sock.

I really can't stand looking at myself naked so I think

our classmates are out of the question.

Speaking of classmates, how well do you know

Gunnar Erickson?

Well, we used to hang out in grade school and after his

father left my dad kind of became like a mentor to him

even pushed him to go into archeology.

Do you think he set fire to the van?

Why?

Besides that van had a history of malfunctioning it was after

all government property.

Except the fire didn't start inside the van.

It started underneath it.

And you know this how?

Gunnar Erickson was using the same sort of stove at the dig.

Well, why would he want to murder a mummy?

I never said he did but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

I wish I could help you but somebody stole my stove.

Are you sure it was mine that started the fire?

Well that's the weird thing.

After the fire was out I went back to get the stove

but it was gone.

Because that actually belonged to my dad, in fact I stole it

from his exhibit.

Your dad has an exhibit?

Sort of, I'll show you.

See this mannequin?

All this gear was my dad's of course he never stayed in one

place for this long.

Boss glasses though.

Yeah, he was a real rock star.