Digging Up The Secrets Of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush

Fred Hurt Really Did Turn On His Fellow Cast Members

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One of the best “characters” to appear on Gold Rush was “Dakota” Fred Hurt. He was a regular on the first four seasons and then he decided to turn on his co-workers and production crews. Hurt created a lot of TV-worthy drama and it apparently wasn’t scripted.

The Gazette Review reports that Hurt bought up all of Porcupine Creek’s land and then told everything to get off his land. We don’t know if this guy is a real-life villain or an actual outdoorsman who was sick of watching the show’s producers destroy natural resources for the sake of TV ratings.