1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,240 On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh journeys to the dark jungles of Java in search 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,440 of a terrifying bad creature harassing the residents there. 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,080 Right there, right there, right there, right there, right there, really big, with a thermal 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,080 power. 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,080 Next, the team heads to a remote corner of the Philippines where locals are seeing monsters 6 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:19,080 in the water. 7 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:23,600 There's a lake with a monster and a sunken town and dead bodies in it. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,880 Will Josh get to the bottom of these slippery sightings or succumb to these terrifying waters? 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,440 I'm under a large hit. 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,480 I got a thermal hit and something in the water. 11 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:35,880 I'm Josh Gates. 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:41,080 In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things which have raised strange questions. 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:47,280 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers. 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,240 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for. 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,200 The truth. 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,080 After the first time you saw the Wizard of Oz as a kid, a heartwarming story for children 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,120 full of terrifying flying monkeys. 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,160 Well, people in Indonesia are confirming that my childhood nightmares are coming true. 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,280 A flying primate called the Ahul is said to be terrorizing the skies over the island 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,280 of Java. 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,920 Although Indonesia is home to some of the world's largest bats, witnesses say the Ahul 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,920 is something much more frightening, an aggressive creature with a wingspan that would make even 23 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,680 the wicked witch jealous. 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,160 Using all available eyewitness reports, my team and I were able to create a forensic 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,840 model of this flapping feed. 26 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,440 The Ahul is mostly spotted at night and is said to live in the dense interior of the 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,160 Java rainforests. 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:35,440 Reports claim the creature has a monkey's head and a nearly four foot long torso that 29 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,280 is covered in short gray fur. 30 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,960 But the feature that has people running for cover is the Ahul's reported 12 foot wingspan. 31 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:46,040 Nearly every report cites the creature lives around rivers and remote caves and makes a 32 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,680 strange call that can be heard for miles by locals. 33 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,560 Putting my childhood fears aside, my team and I loaded up our investigation equipment 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:53,560 and headed out. 35 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,160 We flew 14 hours from Los Angeles arriving in Jakarta very early the next morning. 36 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,080 Luckily the airport was well staffed with extremely eager luggage porters. 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:15,920 As usual, our military grade night vision cameras were hit at customs and part of our 38 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:19,840 crew got held up at the airport trying to explain that we were just here to hunt monsters. 39 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,200 Wanting to get a head start on the day, the rest of the team and I acquired a jeep and 40 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,560 began our journey to the jungle village 80 miles south of Jakarta where many people claim 41 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,560 to have seen the Ahul. 42 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,640 This eco region has been largely diminished by farming and population growth, but huge 43 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:41,440 tracts of unexplored forests remain here and after hours of driving on remote unpaved 44 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,400 mountain roads, we found ourselves faced with a major setback. 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,720 The most reliable vehicle in the world. 46 00:02:58,840 --> 00:02:59,840 Don't be a fool. 47 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,160 I think he's got a knife. 48 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,160 Oh, that doesn't look good. 49 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,480 The fuel pumps broke. 50 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,760 Where do we get a fuel pump from? 51 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,760 Chicken niki. 52 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 Om se. 53 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:07,760 Chicken niki? 54 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:08,760 Yeah, chicken niki. 55 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:09,760 Are you just making up words now, Bondi? 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:10,760 Yeah. 57 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,760 Okay. 58 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,760 This thing is smoking like a cigarette. 59 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,760 No, I think. 60 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:14,760 What do you think? 61 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,760 You rented this thing from a couple of Ahules. 62 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Ah! 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,760 Put your back into it, Ryder. 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,200 Will you please? 65 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,800 We pushed our broken down jeep to the side of the road and followed a map to a remote 66 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,120 ranger station nearly five kilometers away. 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:35,160 I guess just up the road and five clicks later we should come to the town. 68 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,160 Make it sound real easy. 69 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,640 Well, it's got to be easier than driving in this car. 70 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,520 With darkness upon us, Ryder and I pressed on to find accommodations while our local 71 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,200 helpers stayed behind to work on the jeep through the night. 72 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,240 We hiked for hours and finally reached a really welcoming looking building on the edge of 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,240 the forest. 74 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,240 A research station. 75 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,080 It's like I've been lost all this time. 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,080 Hello? 77 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,960 And we're calling this home for the night. 78 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,360 Happy to have not been murdered in our sleep, we awoke to the sounds of our jeep, up and 79 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,000 running with a new fuel pump and carrying the rest of my crew who finally made it out 80 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,320 of customs. 81 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,760 Back on the road, we made the rest of the journey to our destination. 82 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,280 I wanted to get word out to the villagers that we were looking for people with information 83 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,640 about the Ahul, so I used their version of mass communication. 84 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,880 Citizens, looking for an Ahul. 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:23,880 Anybody seeing the Ahul? 86 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:24,880 You got it? 87 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,800 You might be asking yourself why are these guys attaching a giant megaphone to a palm 88 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:30,800 tree. 89 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,800 Show of hands, anybody here from Jakarta? 90 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,640 What's the deal with airplane food? 91 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,120 Seriously. 92 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,720 My stand up routine wasn't exactly getting big laughs here, so I got back to our investigation. 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,920 The Ahul gets its name from the owl-like call the creature makes. 94 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,960 This man says he witnessed the Ahul early one morning eating mushrooms in the forest. 95 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:58,400 And when you saw the creature, did it make any sort of noise? 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,100 That is the sound of the Ahul. 97 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,200 This man said he too had a recent encounter with the Ahul. 98 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:11,440 It was catching fish. 99 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,120 It was catching fish in the river. 100 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,120 The man pointed us to a nearby trailhead that would lead us to an area that he said was 101 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,080 full of caves where the Ahul was known to live and where he spotted the creature just 102 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,080 days ago. 103 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,920 But after our battle at customs and broken down jeep, I had a score to settle here in 104 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:27,920 Indonesia. 105 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,280 I cannot help but notice that you appear to have in the middle of this village a fairly 106 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:32,280 impressive volleyball court. 107 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:37,960 I happen to have with me a rider who is a hell of a volleyball player. 108 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,720 Is it possible that she could square off against your best volleyball player in town? 109 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:50,480 Miss Ulan versus rider and if possible I would like the match to be to the death. 110 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:51,480 Don't let us down. 111 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:52,480 Loser gets executed. 112 00:05:52,480 --> 00:06:09,480 After defeating the locals and deciding to spare them from execution, we put off our 113 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,880 search for the Ahul to search for some lunch on our way out of town. 114 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:13,880 What is this? 115 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,280 Looks like a pretty delicious pancake. 116 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:16,280 Can we have one of these? 117 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:17,280 That's about it. 118 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:18,280 That's really good. 119 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:21,320 Take note, I hop, I've got your newest menu item for you. 120 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,040 You better hear your choices for your pancake. 121 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,720 Sugar, nuts, chocolate sprinkles, house paint. 122 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,560 With full stomachs we continued on to the trailhead several miles south of the village. 123 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,800 From there we would hike deeper into the jungle to find the caves where the Ahul is said 124 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:36,800 to live. 125 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:42,040 Well, that doesn't look good. 126 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,360 A minor roadblock forced us to hike the rest of the way. 127 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,440 Get your walking shoes on people. 128 00:06:48,440 --> 00:07:03,400 We found the trailhead but we had no idea what was in store. 129 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,400 The Rocky River Bank became narrow and sheer, making it impossible for us to continue our 130 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:08,400 hike. 131 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,640 The only way we could move forward was by taking the low road. 132 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:41,760 The wet low road. 133 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:42,760 I think this is great. 134 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:43,760 It's a clearing. 135 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,960 Obviously, we're a little bit off the main trail. 136 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,040 Got a little bit of room to set up. 137 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,880 Let's start breaking out the cameras here right near the river where we want to be in 138 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:52,880 a nice open clearing. 139 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,040 And then we can venture out once the sun goes down to try to find these caves that we've 140 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,040 heard about. 141 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,960 All right, let's start getting set up. 142 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:03,920 As daylight faded, we set up our base camp at a forest clearing near the river and only 143 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:09,960 a few kilometers from the caves where the Ahul had been spotted. 144 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,120 As locals have claimed to see the Ahul feeding by the river, we set out some fish to entice 145 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,120 his appearance. 146 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:16,120 Does that look appetizing? 147 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,120 Yeah. 148 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,320 All right, Casey, where are we at with our setup tonight? 149 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,320 We are up and rolling. 150 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,640 We've got a camera on the fish that you guys set down by the river. 151 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,640 We've got two other cameras set down this palace here. 152 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,000 Are any of them golds to pick something up on one of these cameras or with our thermal 153 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 imager? 154 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,720 We're going to be listening for that characteristic sound that is named for Ahul. 155 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:38,800 We're on safety. 156 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:43,160 We have no medivac here, so if someone gets hurt, we've got a long ways to go. 157 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,400 So be safe. 158 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,400 Our plan was for Casey and Ryder to monitor the cameras back at base camp while Jared 159 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,720 and I made a sweep of the area to find the cave where our eyewitnesses believe the creature 160 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,720 lives. 161 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:54,720 Let's catch a hole. 162 00:08:54,720 --> 00:09:02,720 This shirt is dark out here. 163 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,240 There's just no moonlight or anything coming in through the canopy. 164 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,320 So far, nothing flying around. 165 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,320 No bats, nothing. 166 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,560 I mean, really, I can't see out past maybe a couple arms length. 167 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:16,040 It's like even with a light, you can barely see out into the darkness. 168 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,040 Oh my God, look at that. 169 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,040 Holy s***, Josh. 170 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,440 We've got a critter cruising around the fish. 171 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,200 Can you identify what it is? 172 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,200 I'm not sure. 173 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,800 It's spotted. 174 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:33,800 It's got a long tail. 175 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,800 It's a whole different kind of thing. 176 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:35,800 Small feline. 177 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,800 It's sniffing around. 178 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:37,800 It just cruised off. 179 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,280 Okay, I think we're going to turn this thing around and start heading back towards you 180 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:41,280 guys. 181 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,280 Copy. 182 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,280 Quick, quiet out there. 183 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,280 Yeah? 184 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:48,280 Not picking up too much. 185 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,280 All right, so Ryder and I are going to continue down the trail trying to find these caves 186 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,280 that we've heard about. 187 00:09:52,280 --> 00:10:04,280 Careful of snakes. 188 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:11,280 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 189 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:17,960 Okay, see what we got? 190 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,360 It looks like a big cave opening here. 191 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,360 It's sort of obscure. 192 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,480 There's a lot of vines coming down, but it looks like a pretty substantial opening. 193 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,400 Certainly large enough for a big animal to come in and out of, so we're going to go check 194 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,400 it out. 195 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:38,400 Okay, so this is definitely the cave the locals told us about. 196 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,400 It's huge. 197 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,400 It is huge. 198 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,400 If I were in a hole, that's how it would look. 199 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:42,400 Okay. 200 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,400 Here's where you found it. 201 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,400 Okay. 202 00:10:44,400 --> 00:11:01,400 There are a lot of bats in here. 203 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Oh, they're close. 204 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:19,400 I see rats coming down. 205 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:24,400 See one, two, three of them. 206 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Let's press on. 207 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:35,400 It's so close. 208 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:40,400 You see way down there? 209 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,400 No. 210 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Oh, you're kidding me. 211 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,400 How deep is that? 212 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,400 It's deep. 213 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:45,400 They're almost dark except for the bats. 214 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,400 Whoa, what is that? 215 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,400 It sounded like someone coming through that chamber. 216 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:48,400 I thought I just got eyes over there. 217 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:49,400 I got small bats. 218 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,400 I got small bats. 219 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:51,400 I got small bats. 220 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,400 I got small bats. 221 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:53,400 I got small bats. 222 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,400 I got small bats. 223 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,400 I got small bats. 224 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,400 I got small bats. 225 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:57,400 I got small bats. 226 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,400 I got small bats. 227 00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,400 I got small bats. 228 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:00,400 I got small bats. 229 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,400 That's it. 230 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,400 I feel like I shouldn't be standing right now. 231 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:10,400 It feels like it's right on top of us. 232 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:11,400 What? 233 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:21,400 Just like really big on the thermal. 234 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,400 What? 235 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,400 Just like really big on the thermal. 236 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,400 I just saw something big. 237 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Like right at this level but bigger than a bat. 238 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,400 I just saw something cruise through. 239 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,400 Josh, the base camp, come in, Casey. 240 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,400 Just saw something really big cruise by on the thermal. 241 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,400 Wow, did you get a clean shot at it? 242 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,400 We don't see any evidence of what it is. 243 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:50,400 We're going to look around a little bit more. 244 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,400 Stop it on thermal. 245 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Josh, the base camp, come in. 246 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,400 Go ahead, Josh. 247 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,400 We've looked around further. 248 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,400 We don't see any evidence of what went by on the thermal. 249 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,400 We're about to head back out of the jungle to continue our sweep. 250 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,400 See you guys when you make your way back. 251 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:28,400 We just got drilled with this giant spider web. 252 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,400 How can you be walking in the spider webs? 253 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,400 I'm like a doorway. 254 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,400 You just keep smacking the leaves into my face. 255 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,400 Right here, it's hard for me to investigate when you complain so much. 256 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,400 Nothing. 257 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,400 Nothing at all. 258 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Oh, my f***. 259 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,400 We found some sort of structure. 260 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,400 It looks like some sort of scaffolding that goes up to the canopy, 261 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,400 but it's surrounded by a fence and barbed wire. 262 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,400 There might be another way up it, 263 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,400 but it looks like it's going up in the trees at least. 264 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,400 What the hell is this thing? 265 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,400 It's a little bit hard to tell from here on the outside of it. 266 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,400 The barbed wire certainly doesn't look safe. 267 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 There, you're taking this shot. 268 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,400 Holy f***, that thing goes up high. 269 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,400 The metal framework to the structure above was rusted and disused, 270 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,400 and despite concerns about the death trap staircase, 271 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,400 this represented our best option to get up through the tree line 272 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,400 and get a view of the night sky. 273 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:32,400 No. Looks like they left here in a hurry. 274 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,400 We are in. We came around the backside of it and cleared some brush, 275 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,400 and the gate is rusty, but it's not hinged anything, 276 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,400 so we just kicked it open. 277 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Are you guys going to start at the same time? 278 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,400 We're going to try to go up now. 279 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,400 I don't know what the condition of the thing is, 280 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:46,400 but we'll see if we can go up it now. 281 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,400 Ow, barbed wire. 282 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Okay, this is getting a little bit high off the ground. 283 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,400 Is the last time someone crossed us? 284 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,400 I would say a while ago. 285 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,400 Sounds great. 286 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,400 Did you want to go first? I didn't mean to. 287 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,400 Cleverton-Fraski? 288 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,400 How far does it go? 289 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,400 Pretty far. 290 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,400 There's a platform at the opposite side just like this one. 291 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,400 I'm going to try to get it to the right side. 292 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,400 This is Josh. I just got bit by a spider. 293 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,400 Can you describe it? 294 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,400 I didn't see it. That's the problem. 295 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,400 There's a pretty big web here, 296 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,400 and I just put my hand up into it 297 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,400 and my hand right on that damn thing and it bit me. 298 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,400 It could be nothing. It could be something. 299 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,400 Let's figure that out. 300 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,400 Where are you? 301 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,400 I have a visual on the spider now. 302 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,400 Let me see if I can describe it to you. 303 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,400 Brown-black. 304 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,400 Its back looks yellowish-brown. 305 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,400 We're just pulling out a big gap. 306 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,400 Now we've got Maddox supplies. 307 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,400 Hopefully we'll make it time to be there in half an hour. 308 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,400 How are you? 309 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,400 Good, buddy. How are you? 310 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,400 I feel okay. It got me right on the edge of my finger there. 311 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,400 It did that, huh? Let's see it. 312 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,400 It's right inside that leaf. Be super careful. 313 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,400 That spider obviously has venom. 314 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,400 That's how it kills its prey, 315 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,400 and you don't have any symptoms at this point. 316 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,400 So let's just get you cleaned up and keep an eye on you. 317 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,400 Okay. Well, Indonesian spider bite. Done. 318 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,400 The great thing about being up here is that this puts us in a totally different environment 319 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,400 where we have reports that this creature might live. 320 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,400 Something of this size flying through the night sky. 321 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,400 We're definitely going to have a chance of seeing it up here. 322 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,400 We'll leave you here to monitor these cameras for a little bit. 323 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,400 You should be able to reach us by walkie from up here. 324 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,400 We'll see you in a couple. Be safe. 325 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,400 While Ryder remained in the canopy, 326 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,400 the rest of the team descended to continue the search on the ground. 327 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,400 We're tracking back towards camp. We have a fight burning a tree. 328 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,400 Certainly be very alert up there. 329 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,400 Copy. I'm surprised I wasn't on the spot. 330 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,400 Be safe. 331 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,400 Yeah, he's actually pretty pissed off already. 332 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,400 He tried to strike when we walked by him. 333 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,400 Yep. 334 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,400 It's a viper. Very poisonous. 335 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:26,400 Yeah. 336 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:27,400 Very dangerous. 337 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:28,400 Oh, it would kill us. 338 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:29,400 He'd kill someone out here. 339 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,400 It's just too far. 340 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,400 Ah, f***. 341 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,400 I got a big tech inside my leg. 342 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,400 That's just a clot of blood. 343 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,400 Oh, I know what you have. 344 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:41,400 A leech was on you. 345 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,400 It fell off. 346 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,400 Feeding fell off. 347 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,400 That gave me a hickey. 348 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,400 I'm getting worked over tonight. 349 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,400 I got spiders, leeches. 350 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,400 Is that a f***ing leech up here? 351 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:55,400 That's disgusting. 352 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Fire brigade, did you know that leeches can be up in the canopy? 353 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,400 I'm up here. 354 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,400 I just pulled a leech off me, and I'm not seeing anything. 355 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,400 Can somebody get me out of here? 356 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,400 Leeches up here. I'm all f***ing alone. 357 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,400 I mean, I'm hanging by the f*** right in my teeth. 358 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,400 Up here. I'm serious. 359 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,400 Anything happening in the cameras up there? 360 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,400 You know, here in some insects and some bird calls, 361 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,400 but nothing is distinct to some of the others. 362 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,400 So we're going to sweep with the parabolic dish. 363 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,400 Yeah, you're freaking me out. 364 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,400 Something rusting around back there. 365 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,400 I'm trying to get it on the thermal, but it's... 366 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,400 It's like I can't penetrate this thing more than about 10 feet. 367 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,400 It's just too thick. 368 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,400 But I do hear something for sure moving around back there. 369 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,400 I just heard something. 370 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,400 I want to say it was like an owl. It was like a hoot. 371 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,400 And I was like, just one, one beep. It was like a hoot. 372 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,400 It's too difficult for me to see. 373 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,400 Very high up in the trees. 374 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:07,400 It's frustrating. 375 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,400 Let's pack it in. Come on. 376 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,400 You know, this is a difficult story, 377 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,400 and we think we did the best we could. 378 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,400 Let's circle the wagons and not get bit by any vipers and get some sleep. 379 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,400 Tomorrow we'll try to safely hike out. 380 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,400 As night turned to day, we began the journey back toward civilization 381 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,400 into our headquarters in Los Angeles, 382 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,400 where we scoured our footage for evidence of the Ahul. 383 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,400 Our recordings were played from Mike D, 384 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,400 retired curator and current docent of the LA Zoo. 385 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,400 We hoped that his analysis could help uncover the identity of the animal 386 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,400 we heard in the jungles that night. 387 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,400 Now, see, that's interesting, because do that again. 388 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:50,400 See, you got that high-pitched thing and then that. 389 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,400 I've spent time in the Indonesian jungle, 390 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,400 and I've not heard that particular noise, 391 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,400 but I've heard noises that were very similar to that. 392 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,400 You could have owls, you could have night hawks, 393 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,400 even our great horned owls and other owl species. 394 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,400 They have a sound that's very similar to that. 395 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,400 It could be a mammal of some kind. 396 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,400 It's always a possibility, but not likely. 397 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,400 I think it's probably an owl. 398 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,400 Upon further review, we also discounted the thermal footage from the cave, 399 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,400 which appears to have been abacked, 400 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,400 which swept by us close enough to appear much larger than it actually was. 401 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,400 And perhaps this is an experience common to other eyewitnesses. 402 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,400 After all, it's hard to reconcile the various first-hand reports we gathered 403 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,400 with the lack of scientific evidence for the Ahul. 404 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,400 Certainly, as Mr. D suggests, 405 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,400 a percentage of locals who believe in the creature 406 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,400 are simply hearing the call of the local owls 407 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,400 or are seeing large bats, which they assume are some sort of monster. 408 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,400 As to the people who claim to have laid eyes on the creature, 409 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,400 it's hard to know what to make of their stories, 410 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,400 but my gut tells me there's more superstition than actual sightings here. 411 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,400 But who knows that many unexplored caves 412 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,400 and quickly vanishing rainforests of Indonesia 413 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,400 might also be harboring a winged secret just waiting to be discovered. 414 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,400 Remember in the beginning of Jaws 415 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,400 when that hot drunk girl decides to go skinny-dipping 416 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,400 only to get chewed up out in the middle of the water? 417 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,400 Well, that's what the Aida Indians 418 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,400 in an isolated Filipino village think might happen to them. 419 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,400 They say their waters are being terrorized 420 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,400 by a serpentine creature they call the Pinatubo Monster. 421 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,400 This new addition to their waters has even caused the local tribesmen 422 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,400 to put a halt to fishing and swimming in the river, even skinny-dipping. 423 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,400 With locals threatened with starvation from losing their only food supply, 424 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,400 this was a priority job for the DT team, 425 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,400 and we decided to dive head-first into this important investigation. 426 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,400 We compiled the many eyewitness descriptions 427 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,400 and rendered the consistent elements into this computerized model of our suspect. 428 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,400 The Pinatubo Monster is said to inhabit a river basin and lake 429 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,400 near a small rural village in the Zambales region of the Philippines. 430 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,400 Witnesses say it moves through the water very quickly in an undulating motion. 431 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,400 The creature is estimated to be 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. 432 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,400 It's reported to have scaly skin as black as ink 433 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,400 with a row of dorsal fins along the top of its body 434 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,400 and flat pectoral fins which grace through the water like wings. 435 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,400 Its face, which is rarely seen, is rumored to resemble that of a catfish. 436 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,400 Rendering complete, my team and I packed up our underwater gear 437 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,400 and headed out to the Philippines in search of this aquatic phenomenon. 438 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,400 We flew 13 hours to the city of Manila. 439 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,400 Ryder, all of this is your underwear? 440 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,400 Really comfortable, really breathable, great for the job. 441 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 After clearing customs, we made our way out of the capital. 442 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,400 To reach the lake, we'd have to travel north to acquire supplies 443 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,400 before staging out to the remote Aida Indian village. 444 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,400 In this country's brilliant mode of transportation, 445 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,400 the Indonesian Partridge family bus with optional 12-person roof rack. 446 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,400 Hello! Hello! 447 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,400 Since the fisheries department did almost nothing by way of a real investigation here, 448 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,400 this job sounded like a cakewalk, except for one small problem. 449 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,400 An now abandoned local gold mine leaked high levels of mercury into the Aida's lake, 450 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,400 though only questionably safe, fishing here is a necessity for the locals. 451 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,400 But direct exposure to concentrations of this water could be deadly poisonous. 452 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,400 I was starting to see why nobody was helping these people. 453 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,400 We stopped in a small town along the way to find a regional dive master 454 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,400 who could assist us with gear and give us the scoop on these purportedly dangerous waters. 455 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,400 What is this? Lord of the Flies? What am I going to do with a conch shell? 456 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,400 He wants to sell you what? 50. 457 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,400 For what? This whole thing. 458 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,400 What are you going to do with 200 necklaces with shark teeth? 459 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,400 You're going to open up your own shop here? 460 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,400 Yeah. Look at that skull. 461 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,400 All stocked up on souvenirs we finally found our man. 462 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,400 And so what happened with the mercury? 463 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,400 Mercury is still there. The water is still contaminated. 464 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,400 Most of the residents said it's dangerous. 465 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,400 Do you think the residents who live there are still afraid of this monster? 466 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,400 They always ask about the assistants. 467 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,400 They want assistants? 468 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,400 Yeah, to find the truth. 469 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,400 There is a monster out there. 470 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,400 During that time of mountain atu-bir eruption, the billets are gone. 471 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,400 Where is it? 472 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,400 At the bottom. 473 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,400 It's underwater? 474 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,400 Yeah. 475 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:04,400 Are there bodies down there still? 476 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,400 Yeah. 477 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:10,400 Okay. There's a lake with a monster and a sunken town and dead bodies in it. 478 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,400 And high levels of mercury. 479 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,400 You should make a travel brochure for this place. 480 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,400 It sounds incredible. 481 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:16,400 Yeah. 482 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,400 After hearing more warnings about the lake, we prepared our equipment list 483 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,400 and suddenly my team had some major safety concerns. 484 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:27,400 Unless it's verified certain from someone who is qualified to say 485 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,400 this mercury level is low enough for anyone to swim in it. 486 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,400 We're not going to get that kind of watertight guarantee 487 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,400 that there's not dangerous mercury levels in the water. 488 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,400 Jed's reservations weren't without merit, 489 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,400 but by limiting our dive time and avoiding ingesting any of the water, 490 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,400 in the end we were willing to balance the risk against the possibility 491 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,400 of getting to the bottom of this mystery. 492 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,400 All geared up, we headed out into the jungles and toward the village. 493 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,400 Along the way, we stopped and spoke to local fishermen 494 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,400 to find out if they had seen the creature. 495 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,400 This man said he saw the pinot tubo on a recent expedition. 496 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,400 It moves like in a curve. 497 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,400 Like it slithers almost. 498 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,400 Slithers, yes. 499 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,400 And how big was the creature? 500 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,400 He's talking about now the width first. 501 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,400 Oh, the width? 502 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,400 So the width was four or five feet? 503 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,400 Yes. 504 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,400 We hiked on to find another fisherman who says he almost caught the pinot tubo once. 505 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,400 But he moves too fast. 506 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,400 He moves too fast. 507 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,400 Yes. 508 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,400 What do you recommend that I do to find the creature? 509 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:28,400 Just make sure that you go in the deeper end of the lake and it will be there. 510 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,400 We headed back to the bus to make our way to the lake 511 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:35,400 when I spotted our team's most precious commodity in Ryder's bag, food. 512 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,400 Open it up. 513 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 No. 514 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,400 No. 515 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,400 Open that front compartment. 516 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,400 I'm with the team mom. 517 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,400 If I don't keep that in my bag and ration it off to you guys, 518 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,400 you guys would fall apart in the damn jungle. 519 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:46,400 We are falling apart. 520 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,400 No, you're not hungry right now. 521 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:48,400 Let's follow Brinola Bar in there. 522 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,400 There is. 523 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,400 Cashews and granola bars. 524 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,400 Cashews. 525 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,400 Cashews? 526 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,400 Of course. 527 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,400 Of course I do. 528 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,400 Beluga caviar. 529 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,400 You're a food hoarder and you're not a team player. 530 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:00,400 Oh. 531 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,400 Oh. 532 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaks us. 533 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,400 We are falling apart. 534 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,400 We pulled ourselves back together and headed out to the lake 535 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,400 where the pinot tubo monster is set to live. 536 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,400 Because many of the sightings have happened during the day 537 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,400 and despite fears that the visibility in the water was going to be very poor, 538 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,400 we decided it was high time to conduct an initial investigation 539 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,400 of the lake in daylight. 540 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,400 We rented some boats to take us out on the water. 541 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,400 These things are seaworthy. 542 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,400 What would give you the impression that this boat is not completely seaworthy? 543 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,400 The dental floss holding it together. 544 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,400 Finally, the reality of this investigation set in. 545 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,400 Well, that looks promising. 546 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,400 What is this structure I'm seeing here? 547 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:43,400 That is the church. 548 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,400 That's the roof of the church? 549 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,400 Yeah. 550 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,400 Holy. 551 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,400 With monsters, mercury and corpses beneath the water, 552 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,400 we got ready for the scariest dive of my life. 553 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:03,400 Lights off. 554 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,400 You got it, Dave. 555 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,400 The lake was several miles across 556 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,400 and we need to keep our dive short in order to dodge the effects of the mercury. 557 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,400 Our plan was to dive from one shore by day 558 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,400 and drive to the other shore for our overnight investigation, 559 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,400 where many of the eyewitnesses reported seeing the creature from the banks. 560 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,400 Ryder operated an underwater sonar system to get a better sense of what was around us. 561 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,400 Richie would focus on our hydrophone, 562 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,400 a sensitive microphone for listening beneath the surface. 563 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,400 And Casey and I would be able to communicate to each other and to topside 564 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,400 using sophisticated ocean reef Neptune space masks. 565 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,400 Charlie, Casey, coming to you soon. 566 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,400 The alchemist got in. 567 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,400 The last sonar system in here and the mercury. 568 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:52,400 I can push it forward, come on, come on, a little bit and continue our sleep after Casey. 569 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:58,400 The visibility down there is so bad that this thing is just picking up nothing. 570 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,400 I want to see if we can get some of these buildings. 571 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,400 There's water coming in and structure here from the table. 572 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,400 The visibility is bad. 573 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,400 Anything on the safety marker or the hydrophone? 574 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:23,400 I haven't picked anything up that looks significant in size of the Pinatubo just yet. 575 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,400 The fish finder is going a little bit crazy because of all the buildings down there. 576 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:31,400 We're just picking up a lot of masses and the underwater camera hit bottom. 577 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,400 And if it's a river, I don't see anything. 578 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:41,400 I'm not hearing anything besides the normal sounds. 579 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,400 Them breathing and sort of displacing the water a little bit. 580 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,400 Josh, I'm picking up something on the sonar right now. 581 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,400 It kind of looked like something long swimming under my boat right now. 582 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:16,400 Did you get a visual on what it was at all? 583 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:34,400 After the last sighting, I'm not picking up anything. 584 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:39,400 I'm not sure if it was a quick swim by or what, but it's quiet again on my end. 585 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,400 I'm ascending to the surface. 586 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,400 I lost my hold with you. 587 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,400 Is that him now? Can you see him? 588 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,400 Yeah. 589 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:08,400 Copy. Both Josh and Jared have come up to the surface. Why don't you come up as well? 590 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,400 Are you there? Get your fill of the mercury or what? 591 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,400 Visibility is terrible. I thought I saw something swim underneath me. 592 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:24,400 Hard to tell if it was a single object or a school fish together, 593 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,400 but I definitely sense something pass under me. 594 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:31,400 With no visibility and our exposure levels to the mercury moving beyond a safe limit, 595 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,400 we decided it was time to move to the other side of the lake, 596 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,400 where an unobstructed field of view would let us canvas most of the water's surface. 597 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,400 There was just one more problem. 598 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:44,400 With darkness approaching, our drivers refused to participate out of fear of local rebels. 599 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:49,400 They won't hold themselves responsible. They will just not drive. So you're on your own. 600 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:54,400 Because this area has problems with insurgent forces and can be extremely dangerous, 601 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,400 we met with a security detail and local army officers for additional backup. 602 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,400 Is anybody sitting here? Is it okay if I sit here? Is that all right? 603 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,400 There is a group of person roaming around. 604 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:11,400 Not only the New Beoples Army, but our military. 605 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,400 They are patrolling around the vicinity. 606 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,400 If they were met together, it's a big problem. 607 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:24,400 The NPA or the New Beoples Army, the guerrilla fighters who have caused a lot of trouble in the Philippines for a long time, 608 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,400 and they essentially are embedded up here. Do people drive around here at night in this area? 609 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,400 At night? No. 610 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,400 So when does it start to become unsafe to drive in here? 611 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:35,400 By the afternoon. 612 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,400 So from 5 p.m. on, it's dangerous. 613 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,400 Yes. It's 6 o'clock right now. 614 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,400 So what we should do is leave here one hour ago. 615 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,400 Yes. 616 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:49,400 And what happens, let's say we're driving along and we encounter a group of the New Beoples Army guerrilla fighters. 617 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,400 You know that we are familiar with the Kidnappos ransom. 618 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,400 They would kidnap us for ransom. 619 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,400 And would they steal our gear? 620 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,400 Maybe. 621 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,400 Would they kill us? 622 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,400 Yes. 623 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,400 Welcome back to Chapter 6. 624 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:35,400 With my crew scared as we quietly moved to the opposing shore of the lake. 625 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,400 We arrived on the other side of the lake without so much as a kidnapping. 626 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,400 Although now it looked like we'd have to grapple with nature's forces. 627 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,400 Thunder was rumbling in the sky and it was threatening to rain monsoon style. 628 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:19,400 But despite the weather I set out on the lake to set up an underwater camera and an infrared surface camera 629 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,400 on an anchored surveillance boat to catch any suspicious activity in the water. 630 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,400 Meanwhile Casey and Ryder monitored operations from base camp on shore. 631 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,400 And the surface IR camera on the beginning of our first week. 632 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 633 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 634 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 635 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 636 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 637 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 638 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 639 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 640 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 641 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 642 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 643 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 644 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 645 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,400 We're on the other side of the lake. 646 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:01,420 Behind us a little bit now. 647 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:03,420 I think we might stay and drive for a bit. 648 00:35:03,420 --> 00:35:05,420 It looks like it's moving off into the distance. 649 00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:07,420 Pretty quiet. No sign of anything yet. 650 00:35:07,420 --> 00:35:09,420 Anything happening? Are the cameras over there? 651 00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:11,420 Our underwater camera's picking up a lot of fish. 652 00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:13,420 A lot of stuff swimming around on there. 653 00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:15,420 Copy that. We're just starting our first week. 654 00:35:15,420 --> 00:35:17,420 I'll check in if anything anything happens. 655 00:35:17,420 --> 00:35:19,420 Copy. 656 00:35:23,420 --> 00:35:27,420 Richie amplified sounds along the surface by employing a parabolic dish. 657 00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:29,120 If any animal breached the surface, 658 00:35:29,220 --> 00:35:31,320 even the most subtle splashing would be heard. 659 00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:33,120 Fireing up the sonar system. 660 00:35:33,220 --> 00:35:35,820 System has power. 661 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,820 I'm sending down the transponder. 662 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:39,820 Again. 663 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,920 We scan the surface of the water with a FLIR thermal imager, 664 00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:47,720 hoping to source a heat signature of our swimming suspect. 665 00:35:47,820 --> 00:35:49,220 Dividing the lake into a grid, 666 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,120 Casey continued to reposition the sonar in different sectors 667 00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:53,920 to thoroughly search for the monster. 668 00:35:54,020 --> 00:35:55,020 Case, case, case. 669 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,020 Yeah. 670 00:35:58,420 --> 00:35:59,920 Even the light? 671 00:36:00,020 --> 00:36:02,420 I don't hear anything, but I just thought I saw something right 672 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,420 at the surface of the water right here. 673 00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:08,420 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 674 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:09,920 I got something on the sonar. 675 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:10,920 What do you got? 676 00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:12,620 Something off to the right here. 677 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,820 Definitely a lot bigger than fish. 678 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,920 It's off the screen now. 679 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,420 How big was it? 680 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:19,920 Hard to tell. 681 00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:20,920 Something long. 682 00:36:21,020 --> 00:36:22,920 You know something long string though. 683 00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:24,920 It showed up in all red. 684 00:36:25,420 --> 00:36:26,620 We have some activity out here. 685 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,620 We had a hit on the sonar system, 686 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,420 and I thought I spotted something at the surface. 687 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:32,420 Back again. 688 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,620 Yeah, we see it again. 689 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:34,420 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 690 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:35,720 We see it again on the sonar right now. 691 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:37,420 Off to the left side this time. 692 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:38,420 You still see it? 693 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,420 No, it's gone now. 694 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,020 Yeah, we've had a couple of hits on the sonar 695 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,220 and a few things kind of bobbing at the surface. 696 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:45,620 It's unclear what it is. 697 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,420 We are going to keep monitoring the underwater camera 698 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:49,920 and we don't see anything. 699 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,520 We're going to keep monitoring the underwater camera 700 00:36:51,620 --> 00:36:52,920 and we don't see anything. 701 00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:12,820 Okay, and we're coming up on the support boat now. 702 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:14,720 All quiet over here. 703 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:16,520 We're going to take a look around. 704 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:17,920 Sonar is going in. 705 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,920 I got a thermal hit right on my 12 o'clock 706 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,920 because of thermal hit, something in the water. 707 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:24,920 Josh, we're a rider. 708 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:26,920 We just had a thermal hit on the fleer. 709 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:27,920 Saw something in the water. 710 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:28,920 Are you picking anything up? 711 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,920 I'm not seeing anything on the underwater camera. 712 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,920 And we're just getting your ripple. 713 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,920 So I haven't seen anything just yet. 714 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,920 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 715 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,920 Base camp, we got something moving around on the water. 716 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,920 We just heard a splash. 717 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:41,920 Something jumped or breached. 718 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,920 I can't tell which way, but... 719 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:44,920 I'm not sure. 720 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:45,920 I'm not sure. 721 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:46,920 I'm not sure. 722 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:47,920 I'm not sure. 723 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,920 I can't tell which way, but... 724 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,920 We're pretty close to the underwater camera. 725 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:52,920 Just keep it close to the island. 726 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,920 I was okay with whatever it is, but it's fine. 727 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:55,920 Something under us. 728 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:56,920 Something under us. 729 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:57,920 Large hit. 730 00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:58,920 What is he? 731 00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,920 Long. 732 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:00,920 Not a fish. 733 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,920 Another one way closer to the surface. 734 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,920 About four feet down. 735 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,920 Something under us. 736 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,920 Something under us. 737 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:17,920 Large hit. 738 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:18,920 Long. 739 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,920 Not a fish. 740 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,920 Another one way closer to the surface. 741 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,920 Hey guys, starting to think about why we're not getting much on the underwater camera. 742 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,920 We're not getting much at all. 743 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,920 We're getting a lot of fish, a lot of movement, and now it's completely dead. 744 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,920 So whatever was in the water scared the other guys away. 745 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,920 We just had two hits on the sonar. 746 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,920 They should be very close proximity to the underwater camera. 747 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,920 Yeah, whatever's down there might have scared away the fish that were there. 748 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:52,920 Back. 749 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:53,920 Another one. 750 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:54,920 What's that? 751 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:55,920 Right underneath the boat. 752 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:56,920 Same size. 753 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,920 Does it look like long serpentine? 754 00:38:58,920 --> 00:38:59,920 Yes, long and skinny. 755 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,920 All three of them actually have been long, skinny shapes. 756 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,920 Whatever it was might have circled us a couple of times and then bugged out. 757 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,920 Hey guys, Jared noticed that when you guys were getting the hits on the sonar, 758 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,920 all of a sudden the water was getting stirred up, it was getting churned pretty bad. 759 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:20,920 We had no fish in sight and now it's got back to completely still and the fish are all over the place. 760 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,920 So whatever was there I think is gone. 761 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:24,920 Copy that. 762 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,920 We're going to pull the cameras and just check them and reset them and then we're going to come into shore 763 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,920 and we'll start doing some sweeps along the shoreline. 764 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,920 It seems like whatever it is, it's hugging the shoreline pretty closely. 765 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,920 So let's try to image it from the land. 766 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:37,920 Copy that. 767 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:39,920 Shit. 768 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,920 We're going to do a sweep around the shore, this side of the lake, 769 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:56,920 because we're a lot of the eyewitnesses that they saw the creature. 770 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,920 We've been getting a lot of sonar activity and the underwater camera has been, you know, 771 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:01,920 gondoling along here. 772 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,920 So, see what we can see from the shore. 773 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:04,920 Alan and Jared, you're with me? 774 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:05,920 All right guys, let's head out. 775 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:18,920 Okay, we've tracked down the shore. 776 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,920 Don't see anything. 777 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,920 It's very muddy out here, but very still, very quiet. 778 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,920 No splashes, nothing breaching the surface at all. 779 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,920 Yeah, no splashes over here. 780 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:29,920 It's just quiet. 781 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:39,920 I don't hear a fish, but I feel like I hear a dude. 782 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:45,920 I know, I just thought I heard somebody over here. 783 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,920 Alan, is it safe to walk around here? 784 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:49,920 Yes. 785 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:50,920 It is safe? 786 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:51,920 Yes. 787 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,920 Then why are you scanning the horizon with a flashlight intently? 788 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,920 What are you looking for? 789 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:00,920 Like gorillas? 790 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:01,920 Yes. 791 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:02,920 Oh, okay. 792 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:03,920 Great. 793 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,920 Josh, do base camp come in? 794 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,920 We're pretty far from camp now. 795 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,920 That's all we heard actually. 796 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:15,920 Less of a sea monster, more of a person out in the woods. 797 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,920 No visual on anybody though. 798 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,920 And we're probably going to start heading back towards camp pretty soon. 799 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:22,920 Nothing happened here. 800 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,920 The lake is just glass still. 801 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,920 I don't know if we heard a person or not in our last week, 802 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,920 but certainly our security guys at least are very concerned that our people 803 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,920 kind of lurking around, we sort of drawn some attention to ourselves. 804 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,920 So I think he and the rest of the guys here would very much like us to kind of 805 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,920 lock this thing down and shut up the headlamps and stop kind of drawing attention to ourselves. 806 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,920 It seems like there is life in this river. 807 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,920 There is a lot of fish swimming around. 808 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,920 There may be something else. 809 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:51,920 We certainly have a lot of evidence to review. 810 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,920 Let's bring that back to the states and see what it bears out. 811 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,920 By the light of day, the threat of meeting the new people's army 812 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,920 was diminished enough to allow us to travel in relative safety back to Manila. 813 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,920 We caught a flight back to our offices where we could carefully review Casey's sonar footage 814 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,920 without lightning strikes or threat of rebel attacks. 815 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,920 Having reviewed my fair share of sonar scans on Destination Truth, 816 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,920 this current set of data revealed something interesting. 817 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,920 The scans show telltale gaps in the object moving beneath our boat, 818 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,920 meaning we were actually seeing multiple objects. 819 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,920 The tilapia fish that the Aida catch here are small and hardly a very impressive creature, 820 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,920 unless of course many of them group together in school. 821 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:33,920 We shared our hypothesis with freshwater biologist Dr. Scott Cooper 822 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,920 at the University of California in Santa Barbara to hear his thoughts on our theory. 823 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:42,920 I mean schools of 500 or more tilapia could give the impression of looking like some kind of monster. 824 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,920 He went on to explain that due to a shift in the nearby river's course, 825 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:51,920 more tilapia have recently entered the lake here and are possibly schooling in larger numbers. 826 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,920 The massive black creature that our eyewitnesses observed 827 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,920 is likely nothing more than a group of fish that appear to be much more terrifying than the sum of their parts, 828 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,920 but are in fact harmless to locals. 829 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,920 It's a lot easier to prove presence than absence. 830 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,920 It's very hard to prove that something isn't there. 831 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,920 And while we can't say for certain that there isn't a rogue creature in these waters, 832 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,920 we have transmitted our findings back to the Philippines, 833 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,920 including the Aida people assurances that they probably aren't going to be gobbled up in the lake, 834 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,920 although I'm still not recommending swimming there anytime soon.