1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,720 On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh journeys to the dark jungles of Java in search 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,940 of a terrifying bad creature harassing the residents there. 3 00:00:09,940 --> 00:00:13,980 Right there, right there, there, there, there, really big, with a thermal. 4 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:18,560 Next, the team heads to a remote corner of the Philippines where locals are seeing monsters 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,560 in the water. 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:24,040 There's a lake with a monster and a sunken town and dead bodies in it. 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:29,600 Will Josh get to the bottom of these slippery sightings or succumb to these terrifying waters? 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:30,600 Something under us, large hit. 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,960 I got a thermal hit, something in the water. 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,320 I'm Josh Gates. 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,200 In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things which have raised strange questions. 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:47,720 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers. 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,720 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for. 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,360 The truth. 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,040 Remember the first time you saw the Wizard of Oz as a kid? 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,560 A heartwarming story for children full of terrifying flying monkeys. 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,640 Well, people in Indonesia are confirming that my childhood nightmares are coming true. 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,720 A flying primate called the Ahul is said to be terrorizing the skies over the island 19 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,720 of Java. 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,320 Although Indonesia is home to some of the world's largest bats, witnesses say the Ahul 21 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:18,360 is something much more frightening, an aggressive creature with a wingspan that would make even 22 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,120 the wicked witch jealous. 23 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,600 Using all available eyewitness reports, my team and I were able to create a forensic 24 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,280 model of this flapping feed. 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,880 The Ahul is mostly spotted at night and is said to live in the dense interior of the 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,600 Java rainforests. 27 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,880 Reports claim that the creature has a monkey's head and a nearly four foot long torso that 28 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,720 is covered in short gray fur. 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,400 But the feature that has people running for cover is the Ahul's reported 12 foot wingspan. 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,480 Nearly every report cites the creature lives around rivers and remote caves and makes a 31 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,120 strange call that can be heard for miles by locals. 32 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,000 Putting my childhood fears aside, my team and I loaded up our investigation equipment 33 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,280 and headed out. 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,600 We flew 14 hours from Los Angeles arriving in Jakarta very early the next morning. 35 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,400 Luckily the airport was well staffed with extremely eager luggage porters. 36 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,400 Why are you standing so close together? 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,680 I don't understand, just space out a little bit. 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,680 Let's go! 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:10,680 Where are we going? 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,680 Here we go! 41 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,360 As usual, our military grade night vision cameras were hit at customs and part of our 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:23,400 crew got held up at the airport trying to explain that we were just here to hunt monsters. 43 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,640 Even to get a head start on the day, the rest of the team and I acquired a jeep and 44 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:31,000 began our journey to the jungle village 80 miles south of Jakarta where many people claim 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 to have seen the Ahul. 46 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,120 This eco region has been largely diminished by farming and population growth, but huge 47 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,880 tracts of unexplored forests remain here and after hours of driving on remote unpaved 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,840 mountain roads, we found ourselves faced with a major setback. 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,640 Not the most reliable vehicle in the world. 50 00:02:49,640 --> 00:03:01,640 I think he's got enough. 51 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:03,200 Oh, that is not good. 52 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,200 The fuel pumps broke. 53 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,200 Where do we get a fuel pump from? 54 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Chicken niki... 55 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,200 Om se? 56 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,200 Chicken niki? 57 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,200 Yeah, chicken niki. 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Are you just making up words now, Bondi? 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Yeah. 60 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Okay. 61 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,700 This thing is smoking like a cigarette. 62 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:14,700 No, I think. 63 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:15,700 What do you think? 64 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:18,200 You rented this thing from a couple of Ahuls. 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,200 Ah! 66 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,200 Put your back into it, Ryder. 67 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,640 Will you please? 68 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:28,240 We pushed our broken down jeep to the side of the road and followed a map to a remote 69 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,440 ranger station nearly five kilometers away. 70 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,680 I guess you stop the road and five clicks later we should come to the town. 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,720 Make it sound real easy. 72 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,080 Well, it's got to be easier than driving in this car. 73 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,960 With darkness upon us, Ryder and I pressed on to find accommodations while our local 74 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,640 helpers stayed behind to work on the jeep through the night. 75 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,520 We hiked for hours and finally reached a really welcoming looking building on the edge 76 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,520 of the forest. 77 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 A research station. 78 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,520 It's like I've been lost all this time. 79 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,520 Hello? 80 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,400 Hey, we're calling this home for the night. 81 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,840 Happy to have not been murdered in our sleep, we awoke to the sounds of our jeep, up and 82 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,440 running with a new fuel pump and carrying the rest of my crew who finally made it out 83 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:08,440 of customs. 84 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,200 Back on the road, we made the rest of the journey to our destination. 85 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,760 I wanted to get word out to the villagers that we were looking for people with information 86 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,080 about the Ahool, so I used their version of mass communication. 87 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,320 Citizens, I'm looking for an Ahool. 88 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,320 Anybody see me, Ahool? 89 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,320 You got it? 90 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:33,320 You might be asking yourself why are you guys attaching a giant megaphone to a palm tree? 91 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,320 Show of hands to anybody here from Jakarta. 92 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,280 What's the deal with airplane food? 93 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:40,560 Seriously. 94 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,120 My stand up routine wasn't exactly getting big laughs here, so I got back to our investigation. 95 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,360 The Ahool gets its name from the owl-like call the creature makes. 96 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,400 This man says he witnessed the Ahool early one morning eating mushrooms in the forest. 97 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:58,840 And when you saw the creature, did it make any sort of noise? 98 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:00,520 That is the sound of the Ahool. 99 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 This man said he too had a recent encounter with the Ahool. 100 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:11,880 It was catching fish. 101 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,560 It was catching fish in the river. 102 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,600 The man pointed us to a nearby trailhead that would lead us to an area that he said was 103 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,560 full of caves where the Ahool was known to live and where he spotted the creature just 104 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:23,560 days ago. 105 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,400 But after our battle at customs and broken down jeep, I had a score to settle here in 106 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,400 Indonesia. 107 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,720 I cannot help but notice that you appear to have in the middle of this village a fairly 108 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,200 impressive volleyball court. 109 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,400 I happen to have with me Ryder who is a hell of a volleyball player. 110 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:43,160 Is it possible that she could square off against your best volleyball player in town? 111 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:50,920 This Ulan versus Ryder and if possible I would like the match to be to the death. 112 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:51,920 Don't let us down. 113 00:05:51,920 --> 00:06:06,120 Loser gets executed. 114 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,920 After defeating the locals and deciding to spare them from execution, we put off our 115 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,320 search for the Ahool to search for some lunch on our way out of town. 116 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,320 What is this? 117 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:15,760 Looks like a pretty delicious pancake. 118 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:16,760 Can we have one of these? 119 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:17,760 That's about it. 120 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:18,760 That's really good. 121 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,760 Take note, IHOP, I've got your newest menu item for you. 122 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,160 Ryder, here are your choices for your pancake. 123 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,160 Sugar. 124 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Okay. 125 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,160 Nuts. 126 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,160 Chocolate sprinkles. 127 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,160 House paint. 128 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,000 With full stomachs, we continued on to the trailhead several miles south of the village. 129 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,040 From there we would hike deeper into the jungle to find the caves where the Ahool is 130 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,040 said to live. 131 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:42,480 Well, that doesn't look good. 132 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,040 A minor roadblock forced us to hike the rest of the way. 133 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,840 Get your walking shoes on, people. 134 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:58,200 Alright. 135 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:03,880 We found the trailhead but we had no idea what was in store. 136 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,840 The Rocky Riverbank became narrow and sheer, making it impossible for us to continue our 137 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:08,840 hike. 138 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:13,080 The only way we could move forward was by taking the low road. 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:22,080 The wet low road. 140 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:43,160 I think this is great. 141 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,160 It's a clearing. 142 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,440 Obviously, we're a little bit off the main trail. 143 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,480 Got a little bit of room to set up. 144 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,320 Let's start breaking out the cameras here right near the river where we want to be in 145 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,320 a nice open clearing. 146 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,360 And then we can venture out once the sun goes down to try to find these caves that we've 147 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:57,360 heard about. 148 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,360 Alright, let's start getting set up. 149 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,320 As daylight faded, we set up our base camp at a forest clearing near the river and only 150 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:10,360 a few kilometers from the caves where the Ahool had been spotted. 151 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,960 Since locals have claimed to see the Ahool feeding by the river, we set out some fish 152 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:14,960 to entice his appearance. 153 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:15,960 How's that look, appetizing? 154 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:16,960 Yeah. 155 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,760 Alright, Casey, where are we at with our setup tonight? 156 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,760 We are up and rolling. 157 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,120 We've got a camera on the fish that you guys set down by the river. 158 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,480 We've got two other cameras set down this path here. 159 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,440 Are any of them golds to pick something up on one of these cameras or with our thermal 160 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,440 imager? 161 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:37,720 We're going to be listening for that characteristic sound that is named for Ahool. 162 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,240 We're on safety. 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,640 We have no medevac here, so if someone gets hurt, we've got a long ways to go. 164 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:44,880 So be safe. 165 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,840 The plan was for Casey and Ryder to monitor the cameras back at base camp while Jared 166 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,320 and I made a sweep of the area to find the cave where our eyewitnesses believe the creature 167 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,320 lives. 168 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,320 Let's catch in a hole. 169 00:08:55,320 --> 00:09:03,200 This shirt is dark out here. 170 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,720 There's just no moonlight or anything coming in through the canopy. 171 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,720 So far, nothing flying around, no bats, nothing? 172 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,720 Nothing. 173 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,040 I mean, really, I can't see out past maybe a couple arms length. 174 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,400 It's like even with a light, you can barely see out into the darkness. 175 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:25,840 Oh my God, look at that. 176 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,960 Josh, we got a critter cruising around the fish. 177 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,600 Can you identify what it is? 178 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,600 I'm not sure. 179 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,120 It's spotted. 180 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,040 It's got a long tail, small feline. 181 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,040 It's sniffing around. 182 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,040 It just cruised off. 183 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,680 Okay, I think we're going to turn this thing around and start heading back towards you 184 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,680 guys. 185 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:42,680 Copy. 186 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,840 Quick, line out there. 187 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:47,840 Yeah? 188 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Not picking up too much. 189 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,840 All right, so Ryder and I are going to continue down the trail trying to find these caves 190 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:52,840 that we've heard about. 191 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:07,840 Careful of snakes. 192 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,840 That was fine. 193 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Whoa. 194 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,640 Okay, see what we got? 195 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,640 It looks like a big cave opening here. 196 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,640 It's sort of obscure. 197 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,640 There's a lot of vines coming down, but it looks like a pretty substantial opening. 198 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,640 Certainly large enough for a big animal to come in and out of, so we're going to go 199 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:26,640 check it out. 200 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,640 Okay, so this is definitely the cave the locals told us about. 201 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,640 It is huge. 202 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,640 If I were in a hole, that's fine with me. 203 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:39,640 Here. 204 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:40,640 Okay. 205 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,640 Here's where you're going to go. 206 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,640 There are a lot of bats in here. 207 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,640 I'm going to go check it out. 208 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:50,640 Okay. 209 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:51,640 Okay. 210 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:52,640 Okay. 211 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,640 Okay. 212 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Okay. 213 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:55,640 Okay. 214 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:56,640 Okay. 215 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:57,640 Okay. 216 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:58,640 Okay. 217 00:10:58,640 --> 00:10:59,640 Okay. 218 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,640 There are a lot of bats in here. 219 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,640 Oh, they're close. 220 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:10,640 I mean, these bats are flying all over the place right now. 221 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,640 I see rats coming down. 222 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,640 I see one, two, three of them. 223 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,640 Let's press on. 224 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,640 They're coming so close. 225 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:33,640 Hi. 226 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,640 How are you? 227 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,640 You see a way down there? 228 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,640 Oh, you're kidding me. 229 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,640 How deep is that? 230 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:43,640 It's deep. 231 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,640 They're almost dark except for the bats. 232 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,640 Whoa, what is that? 233 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:55,640 It sounded like someone coming through that chamber. 234 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,640 I thought I just got eyes over there. 235 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:00,640 I got small bats. 236 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:01,640 That's it. 237 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,640 I feel like I shouldn't be standing right now. 238 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,640 It feels like it's right on top of us. 239 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,640 Whoa, right there. 240 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:09,640 Right there. 241 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:10,640 Right there. 242 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:11,640 Right there. 243 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:12,640 What? 244 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,640 Just think really big up on the thermal. 245 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,640 What? 246 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,640 Just think really big up on the thermal. 247 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:18,640 What? 248 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,640 Just think really big up on the thermal. 249 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:21,640 What? 250 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:22,640 What? 251 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:23,640 What? 252 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,640 Just think really big up on the thermal. 253 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,640 I just saw something big. 254 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,640 Like right at this level, but bigger than a bat. 255 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,640 I just saw something cruise through. 256 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,640 Josh, the base camp coming, Casey. 257 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,640 I just saw something really big cruise by on the thermal. 258 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,640 Wow, did you get a clean shot at it? 259 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,640 We don't see any evidence of what it is. 260 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,640 We're going to look around a little bit more. 261 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:52,640 Stop it on thermal. 262 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:54,640 Josh, your base camp, come in. 263 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,640 Go ahead, Josh. 264 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,640 We've looked around further. 265 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,640 We don't see any evidence of what went by on the thermal. 266 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,640 We're about to head back out of the chapel to continue our sweep. 267 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,640 See you guys when you make your way back. 268 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:20,640 We just got drilled with this giant spider web. 269 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,640 Good. 270 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Good. 271 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,640 Good. 272 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,640 Spider web. 273 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,640 How can you be walking in the spider webs? 274 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,640 I'm like a doorway. 275 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,640 You just keep smacking and leaving it in my face. 276 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,640 Ratter, it's hard for me to investigate when you complain so much. 277 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:38,640 What? 278 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:39,640 Nothing. 279 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,640 Nothing at all. 280 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:48,640 Oh, my God. 281 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,640 We found some sort of structure. 282 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,640 It looks like some sort of scaffolding that goes up to the canopy, 283 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,640 but it's surrounded by a fence and barbed wire. 284 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,640 There might be another way up it, 285 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,640 but it looks like it's going up in the trees at least. 286 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,640 What the hell is this thing? 287 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,640 It'll see through a little bit more. 288 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,640 A little bit hard to tell from here on the outside of it 289 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,640 that barbed wire certainly doesn't look safe. 290 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,640 There you are, tennis shot. Holy s***, that thing goes up high. 291 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,640 The metal framework to the structure above was rusted and disused, 292 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,640 and despite concerns about the death trap staircase, 293 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,640 this represented our best option to get up through the tree line 294 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,640 and get a view of the night sky. 295 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:29,640 No. Looks like they left here in a hurry. 296 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:35,640 We are in. We came around the backside of it and cleared some brush, 297 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,640 and the gate is rusty, but it's not hinged anything, 298 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,640 so we just kicked it open. 299 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,640 Are you guys going to start ascending? 300 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:44,640 We're going to try to go up now. 301 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,640 I don't know what the condition of the thing is, 302 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:47,640 but we'll see if we can go up it now. 303 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,640 Ow, barbed wire. 304 00:14:49,640 --> 00:15:09,640 Okay, this is getting a little bit high off the ground. 305 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,640 This is the last time I've seen a water process. 306 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,640 I would say a while ago. 307 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,640 Sounds great. 308 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:32,640 Did you want to go first? I didn't mean to. 309 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,640 I thought it was going to be a frasky. 310 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,640 How far does it go? 311 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Pretty far. 312 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,640 There's a platform at the opposite side just like this one. 313 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,640 I'm going to try to get it to go up. 314 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,640 This is Josh. I just got bit by a spider. 315 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,640 Can you just grab it? 316 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,640 You can see it. That's the problem. 317 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,640 There's a pretty big web here, 318 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,640 and I just put my hand up into it 319 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,640 and my hand went on that damn thing and it bit me. 320 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,640 It could be nothing. It could be something. 321 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,640 So let's figure that out. 322 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,640 The other thing is once you do have symptoms, 323 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,640 keep your hand below your heart 324 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,640 and stop the fan up from traveling. 325 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,640 Where are you? 326 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,640 I have a visual on the spider now. 327 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,640 Let me see if I can describe it to you. 328 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:47,640 Brown-black. 329 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,640 Its back looks yellowish-brown. 330 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,640 We're just pulling out of the base camp. 331 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,640 We've got maddox supplies. 332 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,640 Hopefully we'll make it time to be there in half an hour. 333 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,640 How are you? 334 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,640 Good, buddy. How are you? 335 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,640 I feel okay. Got me right in the edge of my finger there. 336 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,640 It did that, huh? Let's see it. 337 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,640 It's right inside that leaf. Be super careful. 338 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,640 That spider obviously has venom. 339 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,640 That's how it kills its prey, 340 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,640 and you don't have any symptoms at this point. 341 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,640 Just get you cleaned up and keep an eye on you. 342 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,640 Okay. Well, Indonesian spider bite. 343 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,640 Done. 344 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,640 The great thing about being up here is that this puts us 345 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,640 in a totally different environment where we have reports 346 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,640 that this creature might live. 347 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,640 Something of this size flying through the night sky. 348 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,640 We're definitely going to have a chance of seeing it up here. 349 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,640 We'll leave you here to monitor these cameras for a little bit. 350 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,640 You should be able to reach us by walkie from up here. 351 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,640 You're safe. 352 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,640 While Ryder remained in the canopy, 353 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,640 the rest of the team descended to continue the search on the ground. 354 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,640 We're tracking back towards camp. We have a viper and a tree. 355 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,640 Certainly be very alert up there. 356 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,640 Copy. I'm surprised I wasn't going inside. 357 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,640 Yeah, he's actually pretty pissed off already. 358 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,640 He tried to strike when we walked by him. 359 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,640 Yep. 360 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,640 It's a viper. Very poisonous. 361 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,640 Yeah. 362 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:28,640 Very dangerous. 363 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:29,640 Oh, it would kill us. 364 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,640 It would kill someone out here. 365 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,640 It's just too far. 366 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:34,640 Ah, f***. 367 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,640 I got a big tech inside my leg. 368 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,640 That's just a clot of blood. 369 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Oh, I know what you have. 370 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:42,640 A leech was on you. 371 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:43,640 It fell off. 372 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:44,640 Feeding fell off. 373 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,640 That would give me a hickey. 374 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,640 I'm getting worked over tonight. 375 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,640 I got spiders, leeches. 376 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,640 Is that a f***ing leech up here? 377 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:56,640 That's disgusting. 378 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,640 Ryder for gates, you know that leeches can be up in the canopy? 379 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,640 I'm up here. I just pulled a leech off me. 380 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,640 And I'm not seeing anything. 381 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,640 Can somebody get me out of here? 382 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,640 Leeches up here, I'm all f***ing alone. 383 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,640 I mean, I'm hanging by the f***ing thread in my teeth. 384 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,640 Up here. I'm serious. 385 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,640 Anything happening in the camera up there? 386 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,640 I know here are some insects and some bird calls, 387 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,640 but I'm not the best at starting to see the holes. 388 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,640 So we're going to sweep with the parabolic dish. 389 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,640 Can you bring me a minute? 390 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,640 Okay. 391 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,640 Something rusting around back there. 392 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,640 I'm trying to get it on the thermal, but it's... 393 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,640 It's like I can't penetrate this thing more than about 10 feet. 394 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,640 It's just too thick. 395 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,640 But I do hear something for sure moving around back there. 396 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:53,640 Just heard something. 397 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,640 I want to say it was like an owl, was like a hoot. 398 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,640 And that was it, just one, one beat, was like an owl. 399 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,640 It's too difficult for me to see, very high up in the trees. 400 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,640 It's frustrating. 401 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,640 It's packing in, come on. 402 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,640 You know, this is a difficult story. 403 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,640 We think we did the best we could. 404 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,640 Let's circle the wagons and not get bit by any vipers and get some sleep. 405 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,640 Tomorrow we'll try to safely hike out. 406 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,640 As night turned today, we began the journey back toward civilization 407 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,640 into our headquarters in Los Angeles, 408 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,640 where we scoured our footage for evidence of the Ahul. 409 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,640 Our recordings were played for Mike D, 410 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,640 retired curator and current docent at the LA Zoo. 411 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,640 We hoped that his analysis could help uncover the identity of the animal 412 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,640 we heard in the jungles that night. 413 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,640 Now see, that's interesting, because do that again. 414 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,640 See, you got that high-pitched thing and then that. 415 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,640 I've spent time in the Indonesian jungle, 416 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,640 and I've not heard that particular noise, 417 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,640 but I've heard noises that were very similar to that. 418 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,640 You could have owls, you could have night hawks, 419 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,640 even our great horned owls and other owl species. 420 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,640 They have a sound that's very similar to that. 421 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,640 It could be a mammal of some kind. 422 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,640 It's always a possibility, but not likely. 423 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,640 I think it's probably an owl. 424 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,640 Upon further review, we also discounted the thermal footage from the cave, 425 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,640 which appears to have been abacked, 426 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,640 which swept by us close enough to appear much larger than it actually was. 427 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,640 And perhaps this is an experience common to other eyewitnesses. 428 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,640 After all, it's hard to reconcile the various first-hand reports we gathered 429 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,640 with the lack of scientific evidence for the Ahul. 430 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,640 Certainly, as Mr. D suggests, 431 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,640 a percentage of locals who believe in the creature 432 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,640 are simply hearing the call of the local owls 433 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,640 or are seeing large bats, which they assume are some sort of monster. 434 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,640 As to the people who claim to have laid eyes on the creature, 435 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,640 it's hard to know what to make of their stories, 436 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,640 but my gut tells me there's more superstition than actual sightings here. 437 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,640 But who knows that many unexplored caves 438 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,640 and quickly vanishing rainforests of Indonesia 439 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,640 might also be harboring a winged secret just waiting to be discovered. 440 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,640 Remember in the beginning of Jaws 441 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,640 when that hot drunk girl decides to go skinny-dipping 442 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,640 only to get chewed up out in the middle of the water? 443 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,640 Well, that's what the Aida Indians 444 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,640 in an isolated Filipino village think might happen to them. 445 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,640 They say their waters are being terrorized 446 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,640 by a serpentine creature they call the Pinatubo Monster. 447 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,640 This new addition to their waters has even caused the local tribesmen 448 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,640 to put a halt to fishing and swimming in the river, even skinny-dipping. 449 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,640 With locals threatened with starvation from losing their only food supply, 450 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,640 this was a priority job for the DT team, 451 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,640 and we decided to dive head-first into this important investigation. 452 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,640 We compiled the many eyewitness descriptions 453 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,640 and rendered the consistent elements into this computerized model of our suspect. 454 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,640 The Pinatubo Monster is said to inhabit a river basin and lake 455 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,640 near a small rural village in the Zambales region of the Philippines. 456 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,640 Witnesses say it moves through the water very quickly in an undulating motion. 457 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,640 The creature is estimated to be 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. 458 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,640 It's reported to have scaly skin as black as ink with a row of dorsal fins 459 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,640 along the top of its body and flat pectoral fins 460 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,640 which grace through the water like wings. 461 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,640 Its face, which is rarely seen, is rumored to resemble that of a catfish. 462 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,640 Rendering complete, my team and I packed up our underwater gear 463 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,640 and headed out to the Philippines in search of this aquatic phenomenon. 464 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,640 We flew 13 hours to the city of Manila. 465 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,640 Rider, all of this is your underwear? 466 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,640 Really comfortable, really breathable, great for the job. 467 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,640 After clearing customs, we made our way out of the capital. 468 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,640 To reach the lake, we'd have to travel north to acquire supplies 469 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,640 before staging out to the remote Aida Indian village. 470 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,640 In this country's brilliant mode of transportation, 471 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,640 the Indonesian Partridge family bus with optional 12-person roof rack. 472 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,640 Since the fisheries department did almost nothing by way of a real investigation here, 473 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,640 this job sounded like a cakewalk, except for one small problem. 474 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,640 An now abandoned local gold mine leaked high levels of mercury into the Aida's lake, 475 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,640 though only questionably safe, fishing here is a necessity for the locals. 476 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,640 But direct exposure to concentrations of this water could be deadly poisonous. 477 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,640 I was starting to see why nobody was helping these people. 478 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,640 We stopped in a small town along the way to find a regional dive master 479 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:19,640 who could assist us with gear and give us the scoop on these purportedly dangerous waters. 480 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,640 What is this? 481 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,640 Lord of the Flies? What am I going to do with a conch shell? 482 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,640 He wants to sell you what? 483 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:25,640 50. 484 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:26,640 For what? 485 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:27,640 This whole thing. 486 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,640 What are you going to do with 200 necklaces with shark teeth? 487 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,640 You're going to open up your own shop here? 488 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:32,640 Yeah. Look at that skull. 489 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,640 All stocked up on souvenirs we finally found our man. 490 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,640 And so what happened with the mercury? 491 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:38,640 Mercury is still there. 492 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,640 The water is still contaminated. 493 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,640 Most of the residents said it's a dangerous... 494 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,640 Do you think the residents who live there are still afraid of this monster? 495 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,640 They're always asking about the assistants. 496 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,640 They want assistants. 497 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,640 Yeah, to find the truth. 498 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,640 If there is a monster out there. 499 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:00,640 During the time of mountain up over eruption, the village is gone. 500 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:01,640 Where is it? 501 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:02,640 At the bottom. 502 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,640 It's underwater? 503 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,640 Yeah. 504 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:05,640 Are there bodies down there still? 505 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,640 Yeah. 506 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:07,640 Okay. 507 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,640 There's a lake with a monster and a sunken town and dead bodies in it. 508 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,640 And high levels of mercury. 509 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:14,640 Yeah. 510 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:15,640 You should make a travel brochure for this place. 511 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,640 It sounds incredible. 512 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:17,640 Yeah. 513 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,640 After hearing more warnings about the lake, we prepared our equipment list 514 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,640 and suddenly my team had some major safety concerns. 515 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,640 Unless it's verified certain from someone who is qualified to say 516 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,640 this mercury level is low enough for anyone to swim in it. 517 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,640 We're not going to get that kind of watertight guarantee 518 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,640 that there's not dangerous mercury levels in the water. 519 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,640 Jets reservations weren't without merit, 520 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,640 but by limiting our dive time and avoiding ingesting any of the water, 521 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,640 in the end we were willing to balance the risk against the possibility 522 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,640 of getting to the bottom of this mystery. 523 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,640 All geared up, we headed out into the jungles and toward the village. 524 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,640 We traveled along rough mountain roads and along the basin of the Ticus River, 525 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,640 which feeds into the lake where the Pinatubo monster is known to live. 526 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,640 Along the way, we stopped and spoke to local fishermen 527 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,640 to find out if they had seen the creature. 528 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,640 This man said he saw the Pinatubo on a recent expedition. 529 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,640 How old is my video? 530 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:12,640 It moves like in a curve. 531 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,640 Like it slithers almost. 532 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:14,640 Slithers, yes. 533 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,640 And how big was the creature? 534 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:16,640 A little. 535 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,640 We're talking about now the width first. 536 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:19,640 Oh, the width? 537 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,640 So the width was four or five feet? 538 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:21,640 Yes. 539 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,640 We hiked on to find another fisherman who says he almost caught the Pinatubo once. 540 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,640 It moves too fast. 541 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:29,640 It moves too fast. 542 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:30,640 Yes. 543 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,640 What do you recommend that I do to find the creature? 544 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:37,640 Just make sure that you go in the deeper end of the lake and it will be there. 545 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,640 We headed back to the bus to make our way to the lake 546 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:44,640 when I spotted our team's most precious commodity in Ryder's bag, food. 547 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,640 Open it up. 548 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:46,640 No! 549 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,640 No! 550 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:48,640 Open that front compartment. 551 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:49,640 I'm with the team mom. 552 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,640 If I don't keep that in my bag and ration it off to you guys, 553 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,640 you guys would fall apart in the damn jungle. 554 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:55,640 We are falling apart. 555 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:56,640 No, you're not hungry right now. 556 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,640 There's a granola bar in there. 557 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:58,640 There is. 558 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,640 Cashews and granola bars. 559 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:01,640 Cashews. 560 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,640 Cashews? 561 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:03,640 Of course. 562 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:04,640 Of course I do. 563 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,640 Beluga caviar. 564 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,640 You're a food hoarder and you're not a team player. 565 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,640 Oh. 566 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,640 Oh. 567 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaks us. 568 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,640 We are falling apart. 569 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,640 We pulled ourselves back together and headed out to the lake 570 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,640 where the Pinatubo monster is set to live. 571 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,640 Because many of the sightings have happened during the day 572 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,640 and despite fears that the visibility in the water was going to be very poor, 573 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,640 we decided it was high time to conduct an initial investigation of the lake in daylight. 574 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,640 We rented some boats to take us out on the water. 575 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,640 These things are sea worthy. 576 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,640 What would give you the impression that this boat is not completely sea worthy? 577 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,640 The dental floss, holding it together. 578 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,640 Finally, the reality of this investigation set in. 579 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,640 Well, that looks promising. 580 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,640 What is this structure I'm seeing here? 581 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,640 That is the church. 582 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,640 That's the roof of the church? 583 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,640 Yeah. 584 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,640 Holy. 585 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,640 With monsters, mercury and corpses beneath the water, 586 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,640 we got ready for the scariest dive of my life. 587 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,640 Lights off. 588 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,640 The lake was several miles across and we'd need to keep our dive short 589 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,640 in order to dodge the effects of the mercury. 590 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,640 Our plan was to dive from one shore by day 591 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,640 and drive to the other shore for our overnight investigation, 592 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,640 where many of the eyewitnesses reported seeing the creature from the banks. 593 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,640 Ryder operated an underwater sonar system to get a better sense of what was around us. 594 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,640 Richie would focus on our hydrophone, 595 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,640 a sensitive microphone for listening beneath the surface. 596 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,640 And Casey and I would be able to communicate to each other and to topside 597 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,640 using sophisticated ocean reef Neptune space masks. 598 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,640 The visibility down there is so bad, 599 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,640 that this thing is just picking up nothing. 600 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,640 I want to see if we can get some of these buildings. 601 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,640 Haven't picked anything up that looks, you know, 602 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,640 significant in size of the Pinot Tubo just yet. 603 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,640 We're going a little bit crazy because of all the buildings down there. 604 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:42,640 We're just picking up a lot of masses and the underwater camera hit bottom. 605 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,640 And if it's a freeze-rope, see if anything's swimming by 606 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,640 but right now it's just a lot of sediment and debris. 607 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,640 I'm not hearing anything besides the normal sounds, 608 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,640 them breathing and sort of displacing the water a little bit. 609 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,640 We'll be leaving the remains on the couch and continue our search. 610 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,640 Josh, I'm picking up something on the sonar right now. 611 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,640 It kind of looked like something long swimming under my boat right now. 612 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,640 Did you get a visual on what it was at all? 613 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:43,640 After the last sighting, I'm not picking up anything. 614 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,640 I'm not sure if it was a quick swim by or what, 615 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,640 but it's quiet again on my end. 616 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,640 Is that him now? Can you see him? 617 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,640 Yeah. 618 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:17,640 Copy, both Josh and Jared have come up to the surface. 619 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,640 Why don't you come up as well? 620 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,640 Hey there. Get your fill of the mercury or what? 621 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:26,640 Visibility is terrible. 622 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,640 I thought I saw something swim underneath me. 623 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,640 Hard to tell if it was a single object or a school of fish together, 624 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,640 but I definitely sense something pass under me. 625 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,640 With no visibility and our exposure levels to the mercury moving beyond a safe limit, 626 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,640 we decided it was time to move to the other side of the lake, 627 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,640 where an unobstructed field of view would let us canvas most of the water's surface. 628 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,640 There was just one more problem. 629 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:54,640 With darkness approaching, our drivers refused to participate out of fear of local rebels. 630 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,640 They won't hold themselves responsible. They will just not drive, so you're on your own. 631 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,640 Because this area has problems with insurgent forces and can be extremely dangerous, 632 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,640 we met with a security detail and local army officers for additional backup. 633 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:12,640 Is anybody sitting here? Is it okay if I sit here? Is that alright? 634 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,640 There is a group of people roaming around. 635 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,640 Not only the new people's army, but our military. 636 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,640 So they are patrolling around the vicinity. 637 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:28,640 If they were met together, it's a big problem. 638 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:33,640 The NPA are the new people's army, the guerrilla fighters who have caused a lot of trouble in the Philippines for a long time. 639 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:37,640 And they essentially are embedded up here. 640 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,640 Do people drive around here at night in this area? 641 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:41,640 At night? No. 642 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,640 So when does it start to become unsafe to drive in here? 643 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,640 By the afternoon. 644 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,640 So from 5 p.m. on, it's dangerous? 645 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,640 Yes. It's 6 o'clock right now. 646 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,640 So what we should do is leave here one hour ago. 647 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,640 Yes. 648 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:59,640 And what happens, let's say we're driving along and we encounter a group of the new people's army guerrilla fighters. 649 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,640 You know, we are familiar with the Kidnappos ransom. 650 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,640 They would kidnap us for ransom? 651 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:05,640 Yes. 652 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:06,640 And would they steal our gear? 653 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:07,640 Maybe. 654 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:08,640 Would they kill us? 655 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,640 Yes. 656 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:16,640 And what happens, let's say we're driving along and we encounter a group of the new people's army guerrilla fighters. 657 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,640 You know, we are familiar with the Kidnappos ransom. 658 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:20,640 They would kidnap us for ransom? 659 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:21,640 Yes. 660 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:22,640 And would they steal our gear? 661 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:23,640 Yes. 662 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:24,640 Maybe. 663 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:25,640 Would they kill us? 664 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,640 Yes. 665 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:27,640 I don't want to be kidnapped. 666 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:28,640 No, I don't want to be kidnapped either. 667 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:29,640 We're losing light. 668 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,640 And it's getting more and more dangerous, so I say we leave. 669 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,640 You ready to go? 670 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:33,640 Yes. 671 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:34,640 I've got the money. 672 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:35,640 I'm going to get it. 673 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:36,640 I'll get it. 674 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,640 I'm going to get it. 675 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:38,640 I'm going to get it. 676 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:39,640 You ready to go? 677 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:40,640 Yes. 678 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:41,640 Okay. 679 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,640 With my crew scared as we quietly moved to the opposing shore of the lake. 680 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:16,640 We arrived on the other side of the lake without so much as a kidnapping, although now it looked like we'd have to grapple with nature's forces. 681 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:20,640 Thunder was rumbling in the sky and it was threatening to rain monsoon style. 682 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:34,640 But despite the weather, I set out on the lake to set up an underwater camera and an infrared surface camera on an anchored surveillance boat to catch any suspicious activity in the water. 683 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,640 Meanwhile, Casey and Ryder monitored operations from base camp on shore. 684 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,640 I set the underwater camera and the surface IR camera on the beginning of the first week. 685 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,640 Dr. Base Camp, we've swung around to the far edge of the lake. 686 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,640 A lightning storm seems to be behind us a little bit now. 687 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,640 I think we might stay and drive for a bit. 688 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,640 It looks like it's moving off into the distance. 689 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:17,640 It's pretty quiet. 690 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:18,640 No sign of anything yet. 691 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:19,640 Anything happening? 692 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,640 Any cameras over there? 693 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,640 Our underwater camera's picking up a lot of fish. 694 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,640 A lot of stuff swimming around on there. 695 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,640 Copy that. 696 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,640 We're just starting our first sweep. 697 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,640 I'll check in if anything anything happens. 698 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:30,640 Copy. 699 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,640 Richie amplified sounds along the surface by employing a parabolic dish. 700 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,640 If any animal breached the surface, even the most subtle splashing would be heard. 701 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,640 Fire up the sonar system. 702 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,640 System has power. 703 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,640 I'm setting down the transponder. 704 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:51,640 Again. 705 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:57,640 We scanned the surface of the water with a FLIR thermal imager, hoping to source a heat signature of our swimming suspect. 706 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:05,640 Dividing the lake into a grid, Casey continued to reposition the sonar in different sectors to thoroughly search for the monster. 707 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:06,640 Case, case, case. 708 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:07,640 Yeah. 709 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:12,640 Even the light. 710 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,640 I don't hear anything, but I just thought I saw something right at the surface of the water right here. 711 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,640 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 712 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,640 I got something in the sonar. 713 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:23,640 What do you got? 714 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,640 Something off to the right here. 715 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,640 Definitely a lot bigger than fish. 716 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:29,640 It's off the screen now. 717 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:31,640 How big was it? 718 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,640 Hard to tell. 719 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,640 It's a long, you know, something long string though. 720 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,640 It showed up in all red. 721 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:40,640 We have some activity out here. 722 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,640 We had a hit on the sonar system, and I thought I spotted something at the surface. 723 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:46,640 So back again. 724 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:47,640 Yeah, we see it again. 725 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:48,640 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 726 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:49,640 We see it again on the sonar right now. 727 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,640 Off to the left side this time. 728 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:52,640 You still see it? 729 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:53,640 No, it's gone now. 730 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,640 Yeah, we've had a couple of hits in the sonar, and a few things kind of bobbing at the surface. 731 00:36:58,640 --> 00:36:59,640 It's unclear what it is. 732 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,640 We are going to keep monitoring the underwater camera and let you know if we see anything. 733 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,640 We're going to keep monitoring the underwater camera and let you know if we see anything. 734 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,640 Okay, we're coming up on the support boat now. 735 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,640 All quiet over here. 736 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:27,640 We're going to take a look around. 737 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,640 Sonar is going in. 738 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,640 Sonar is pretty quiet, Josh. 739 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,640 I got a thermal hit right on my 12 o'clock. 740 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:39,640 It's a thermal hit. 741 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,640 Something in the water. 742 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,640 Josh, we just had a thermal hit on the flare. 743 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:43,640 Saw something in the water. 744 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:44,640 Are you picking anything up? 745 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:50,640 I'm not seeing anything on the underwater camera, and we're just getting your ripple, so I haven't seen anything just yet. 746 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:53,640 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 747 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,640 Base camp, we got something moving around in the water. 748 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:56,640 We just heard a splash. 749 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:57,640 Something jumped or breached. 750 00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,640 I can't tell which way, but... 751 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,640 We're pretty close to the underwater camera. 752 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,640 Just keep a close eye on those in case whatever it is, it brings you by. 753 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:04,640 Something under us. 754 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,640 Something under us. 755 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:06,640 Large hit. 756 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:07,640 What do you see? 757 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:08,640 Long. 758 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,640 Not a fish. 759 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,640 Another one way closer to the surface. 760 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:16,640 About four feet down. 761 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:26,640 Something under us. 762 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:27,640 Something under us. 763 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:28,640 Large hit. 764 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,640 Long. 765 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,640 Not a fish. 766 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,640 Another one way closer to the surface. 767 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,640 Hey guys, starting to think about why we're not getting much on the underwater camera. 768 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:44,640 We're not getting much at all. 769 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:49,640 We're getting a lot of fish, a lot of movement, and now it's completely dead. 770 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:53,640 So, whatever was in the water scared the other guys away. 771 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,640 We just had two hits on the sonar. 772 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,640 They should be very close proximity to the underwater camera. 773 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,640 Yeah, whatever's down there might have scared away the fish that were there. 774 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,640 Back. 775 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:04,640 Another one. 776 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:05,640 What's that? 777 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,640 Right underneath the boat. 778 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:07,640 Same size. 779 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,640 Does it look like long serpentine? 780 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:10,640 Yes, long and skinny. 781 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,640 All three of them actually have been long, skinny shapes. 782 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,640 Whatever it was, might have circled us a couple of times and then bugged out. 783 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,640 Hey guys, Jared noticed that when you guys were getting the hits on the sonar, 784 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,640 all of a sudden, the water was getting stirred up, it was getting turned pretty bad. 785 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:32,640 We had no fish inside and now it's gone back to completely still and the fish are out of their system. 786 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,640 So, whatever was there, I think is gone. 787 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:36,640 Copy that. 788 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,640 We're going to pull the cameras and just check them and reset them and then we're going to 789 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,640 come into shore and we'll start doing some sweeps along the shoreline. 790 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,640 It seems like whatever it is, it's hugging the shoreline pretty closely. 791 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,640 So, let's try to image it from the land. 792 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:49,640 Copy that. 793 00:39:58,640 --> 00:39:59,640 Shit. 794 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,640 Yeah, we're going to do a sweep around the shore, this side of the lake, 795 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,640 because we're in a lot of the eyewitnesses that they saw the creature. 796 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,640 We've been getting a lot of sonar activity and the underwater camera's been, you know, 797 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,640 thought it along here, so, see what we can see from the shore. 798 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,640 Allen and Jared, you're with me? 799 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,640 All right, guys, let's head out. 800 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,640 Yeah, Gabe, we've tracked down the shore. 801 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:33,640 Don't see anything. 802 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,640 It's very muddy out here, but very, very still, very quiet. 803 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:37,640 No splashes. 804 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,640 Nothing breaching the surface at all. 805 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,640 Yeah, no splashes over here either. 806 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:42,640 It's been quiet. 807 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:51,640 I don't hear a fish, but I feel like I hear a dude. 808 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,640 I know, I just thought I heard somebody over here. 809 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,640 Allen, is it safe to walk around here? 810 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,640 It is safe? 811 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:02,640 Yes. 812 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,640 Don't worry, you're scanning the horizon with a flashlight, intently. 813 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,640 What are you looking for? 814 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:09,640 Like gorillas? 815 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:10,640 Yes. 816 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:11,640 Oh. 817 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:12,640 Okay, great. 818 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,640 Josh, do base camp come in? 819 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,640 We're pretty far from camp now. 820 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,640 That's all we heard, actually. 821 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,640 Last up the sea monster, more of a person out in the woods. 822 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,640 No visual on anybody, though. 823 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,640 And we're probably going to start heading back towards camp pretty soon. 824 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:29,640 Nothing happened under here. 825 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,640 The lake is just glass still. 826 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,640 I don't know if we heard a person. 827 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:43,640 We certainly are security guys, at least very concerned that our people kind of lurking around and sort of drawn some attention to ourselves. 828 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:51,640 So I think he and the rest of the guys here would very much like us to kind of lock this thing down and shut up the headlamps and stop kind of drawing attention to ourselves. 829 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,640 It seems like there is life in this river. 830 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,640 There is a lot of fish swimming around. 831 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:58,640 There may be something else. 832 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,640 We certainly have a lot of evidence to review. 833 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:01,640 Let's bring that back. 834 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,640 To see what it bears out. 835 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:11,640 By the light of day, the threat of meeting the new people's army was diminished enough to allow us to travel in relative safety back to Manila. 836 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:21,640 We caught a flight back to our offices where we could carefully review Casey Sonar footage without lightning strikes or threat of rebel attacks. 837 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:28,640 Having reviewed my fair share of Sonar scans on Destination Truth, this current set of data revealed something interesting. 838 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:35,640 The scans show telltale gaps in the object moving beneath our boat, meaning we were actually seeing multiple objects. 839 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:43,640 The tilapia fish that the Aida catch here are small and hardly a very impressive creature, unless of course many of them group together in school. 840 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:50,640 We shared our hypothesis with freshwater biologist Dr. Scott Cooper at the University of California in Santa Barbara to hear his thoughts on our theory. 841 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:56,640 Schools of 500 or more tilapia could give the impression of looking like some kind of monster. 842 00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:04,640 He went on to explain that due to a shift in the nearby river's course, more tilapia have recently entered the lake here and are possibly schooling in larger numbers. 843 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:14,640 The massive black creature that our eyewitnesses observe is likely nothing more than a group of fish that appear to be much more terrifying than the sum of their parts, but are in fact harmless to locals. 844 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:19,640 It's a lot easier to prove presence than absence. It's very hard to prove that something isn't there. 845 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:29,640 And while we can't say for certain that there isn't a rogue creature in these waters, we have transmitted our findings back to the Philippines, giving the Aida people assurances that they probably aren't going to be gobbled up in the lake. 846 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,640 Although I'm still not recommending swimming there anytime soon.