>> reporter: rocky ramos liked to drive his truck up to the outskirts of the angeles national forest, a place where people tend to toss things like ol tvs, maybe some furniture. rocky liked to poke around up here. always with his dog buddy by his side. >> be mad if i didn't take him. >> reporter: in october, 2014, they were just five minutes into their hike when something curious happened. >> we were walking up this little area right here and he runs to a bush and i go, buddy, stop. and he's just looking at the bush. he won't leave it or anything. so we go up there and we're looking and it's l...