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On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh and his team trek to the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile,

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where locals claim abandoned mining towns are haunted by the restless spirits of the workers who died there.

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Hey!

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I just lost someone on the hallway.

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Guest investigator, Allison Scaliotti, from Warehouse 13 joins the team.

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I do not believe I'm doing this.

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With compelling evidence, can Josh determine if this abandoned town is haunted?

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That's the scariest thing ever.

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Oh my gosh.

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Next, Team Truth's journeys to the island nation of New Zealand,

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where villagers reported terrifying aquatic creatures tormenting their waters.

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Whatever it is, it's to be feared.

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Deep within the volcanic lakes of the North Island,

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Team Truth tangles with something unknown below the surface.

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Whoa!

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Something's trafficking my leg.

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It's a form!

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Hold on!

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I'm Josh Gates.

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In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things,

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and I've done some things I can't quite explain.

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Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology

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in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries.

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I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me,

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but I know what I'm looking for.

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The truth.

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The word desert didn't always mean a sea of sand with camels and mirages.

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Its Latin root means an abandoned place,

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and there is no place more abandoned than two neighboring ghost towns

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buried deep within the deserts of northern Chile.

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The forgotten towns of Lenoria and Humberstown

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were two of hundreds of mining camps that flourished during a 19th century

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nitrate mining boom.

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Conditions in both towns were terrible,

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with treatment bordering on slavery.

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Many workers, including young children, suffered horrible deaths.

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And now, locals from the nearby city of Ikeke

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fear to travel to these forsaken towns, claiming both are haunted.

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Witnesses report that the dead rise from their graves at night

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in a cemetery at Lenoria.

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It is also said that photos taken at Humberstown

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reveal ghostly images of dead miners.

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Knowing this would be a complex case,

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I asked for a little backup,

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and Allison Scaliotti, star of Syfy's warehouse 13, answered the call.

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We made arrangements to meet Allison south of the border,

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and my team and I set out on a paranormal investigation

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into the deserts of South America.

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We traveled south 10 hours from Los Angeles to the city of Ikeke.

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Down at baggage claim, we noticed Evan was rocking a new look.

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Can I ask you a question?

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Yes.

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Why are you wearing a totally see-through shirt?

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Just silk.

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There's a lot of nipple happening right now.

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Somebody get Evan a coat, please.

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It's like he's in a production of Cabaret.

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After getting some clothes on Evan, we left the airport

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and headed into the city.

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Boasting cobblestone streets and Georgian-style buildings,

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Ikeke was once a glitzy town,

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made rich by the mining operations in the distant desert.

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In the city center, we met up with warehouse 13's

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tech whiz Allison Scaliotti.

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What did you do?

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I upgraded the whole McGill-a.

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Could you digitally reconstruct that?

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Couldn't any genius whisk it?

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Welcome to Chile.

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Thank you. Thank you for having me.

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I barely know you, but I feel like I want to call you Skaggs.

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Is that okay?

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I've been trying to get people to call me that

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since I was in about the third grade.

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It's happening right now.

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Let's go.

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Let's go Skaggs.

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On our way to meet with eyewitnesses,

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we passed through a sprawling local market,

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where seafood was fresh and uncooked.

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You want some raw fish?

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In this heat, it really takes the edge off, Gabe.

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Skaggs got a real taste of destination truth fine dining.

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It's a giant bucket of raw fish guts, and it's delicious.

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Are you going to be sick right here?

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Uh-huh.

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Don't puke on camera.

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Rule number seven.

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I didn't get the rule book.

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You don't get the rule book?

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Across from the market,

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we stopped to watch a group of dancers.

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This ritual was originally performed as an offering

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to the devil of the mines,

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by workers looking to appease hardship and avoid death.

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The dark prince himself took a liking to our special guest.

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It's celebrations like this that give a key gay

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its unique cultural spirit,

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and we couldn't help but join in the fun.

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Across town, Hernán Baca, the manager of the 7

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lavish theater that catered to mining feito,

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has encountered a strange activity in both ghost towns many times.

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In rä white d-, region Simsным어가 a dist çalışals,

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This is a cemetery in La Noria.

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The people who are buried there came out from the ground

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and begin to walk through the town and the cemetery.

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When you go where the sun goes down, you can see ghosts.

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Next, I spoke to Mauricio Squero,

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who runs the Palacio Astoreca mansion.

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It was once the home of the family

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who owned the mine at La Noria.

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Many believe the spirits in the ghost towns

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are tortured over the maltreatment

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they received by these mine owners in Iquique.

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Why do you think that these mining towns are so haunted?

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In La Noria, in the case of La Noria,

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it is also a town that was once in Europe.

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Many people take photographs and tend to see ghosts in the light.

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She says she witnessed the paranormal activity in these two mining towns on many occasions.

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Do you believe that Hummerstone is a haunted place?

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She hears whistling, voices, children playing around.

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She saw a shadow, but like a human walking directly into the church,

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she believes it's a ghost from people who lives in Hummerstone.

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We traveled out of Iquique and soon found ourselves in the vast Atacama Desert.

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Locating these mining towns is easier said than done.

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Hummerstone is near a well-traveled desert road,

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however, La Noria is well camouflaged deep in the desert dunes.

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With no real planes available in Iquique to locate the ruins from the air,

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we decided to introduce our special guest to a classic destination truth for condos and air.

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The unique thermal updrafts in this area allow gliders to stay aloft for hours

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and to cover distances of more than a hundred miles.

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How you doing?

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Oh my God, we are really high.

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My plan was to locate the hidden mining town from the air,

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mark its location on handheld GPS,

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and then once back on the ground, navigate there with our gear.

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Hey, Josh, you see anything?

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Right there! There it is!

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Yeah, I can see it right there, the outline of the walls, a dark spot over there.

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Alright guys, it's marked on GPS! Let's get back down!

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Yep, so we treated our guests to our destination truth.

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With both locations now identified, we packed our equipment and ATVs

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that could more easily handle the rugged desert terrain.

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That's right.

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We navigated the dusty back roads by GPS, ending up deep in the desert,

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surrounded by nothing but sandy peaks and bone drive alleys.

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With sunsetting, we finally located the ruins of La Noria in the distance.

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We were amazed to find an entire city later in the day,

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we were amazed to find an entire city laid to waste

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with endless streets and hundreds of buildings.

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It was time to get to work.

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Okay guys, this is it! Let's get all the gear off.

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We're going to lose light real soon.

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Let's work on getting the base camp set up.

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We can get some shelter for the wind in here.

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Maybe get a fire going as well.

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We began stringing out cables and powering up monitors at our base camp.

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We then stationed full remote cameras 400 feet in different directions

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to give us infrared eyes down the main thoroughfares.

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Beyond those, we set up a virtual perimeter around the city center.

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Its sensitive motion detectors would signal Vanessa if anything entered town.

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Here in La Noria, this is a big abandoned nitrate mining town.

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And obviously as you can see, it's in pretty bad shape, right?

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We know there's a large cemetery here where a lot of the eyewitnesses have, you know, have reports.

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The people that we've talked to have said that the residents, the people who used to live here,

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that they still have a presence here.

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Tonight we need to see if we can experience those things for ourselves.

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We got a lot of work to do tonight.

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Aye aye, Kevin.

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Let's go.

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With lots of ground to cover, we decided to split up.

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I would lead a team with Skag's, Mike and Evan to the north side of the site

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where it is said you can hear disembodied voices and the sounds of footsteps.

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Rider, Rex, Bobby and Gabe explore the south side of town

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where there have been reports of apparitions wandering the streets.

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Pretty creepy spot, huh?

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Oh my God.

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What's amazing is that even though a lot of the actual buildings are gone,

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just the foundations remain, there's so much stuff just laying around, you know,

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that you can see from when this place was a functioning town.

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The street looks particularly bombed out.

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Let's take a peek, see what's going on in some of these places.

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This looks like my first apartment in here.

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Oh my God.

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Those are bones, dude.

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Yeah, they are.

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I can't believe I'm doing this.

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Oh man, look at this.

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I think that this guy's long dead.

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This is pretty crazy, Evan.

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Good find.

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This is a little kid's shoe.

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This is not like a Nike sneaker, see? It's like an old handmade leather shoe.

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People think about mines as like places where, you know, people worked,

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but there were also places where people lived.

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I mean, this town was families of kids.

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So people said they've heard children laughing, playing, running around.

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Yeah, let's keep moving.

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This looks like the ancient town here.

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Oh, no, more buildings in this corner, see?

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Uh-huh, we're getting anything?

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Yeah, you should have a weird heat signature down there.

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See that? I like it a little bit with a pulse to it.

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I don't know what that is.

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I'll switch it out over here.

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You saw that one there, yeah?

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Yeah.

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And it's gone.

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Are you kidding?

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No.

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I mean, I saw something in the thermal like right in here.

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Yeah.

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For a split second, there was something that looked like a person here.

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I don't know what that was.

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All right, let's keep moving.

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Oh, wow.

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Does it look like something's buried in here?

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And that like this area's been dug up and that area's been dug up?

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Like, look at the shape of this.

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Doesn't that look like that could be like some sort of like a grave?

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These look like shallow graves.

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But there's a bit of work.

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Okay, guys, I'm gonna snap off a couple photos.

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If anything's out here, this could be catching some evidence for us.

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Let's start walking in through some of these structures.

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There's a cemetery.

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Okay.

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Here we go.

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Oh, my God.

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Oh, my God.

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There's a cemetery.

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Here we go.

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Oh, my God.

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What do you got, Alson?

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Oh, my God.

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That is an entire skeleton.

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Oh, no.

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It's still laying close.

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I see it.

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I know it was a disremin.

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That is disturbing.

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I cannot believe I'm doing this.

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Oh, God.

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Oh, boy.

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There's hair on that woman.

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This place is unbelievable.

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This place literally gets worse by the second.

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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There's more bones over here.

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Very careful where you step.

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Another part of a coffin.

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I mean, the truth is, if you tried to describe this to somebody,

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they wouldn't get it.

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They wouldn't understand.

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They wouldn't believe it.

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Josh, do Ryder come in?

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Go for Ryder.

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Ryder, we found the town cemetery.

259
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How is it?

260
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I honestly, I don't think I could describe it to you.

261
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I just, it's just a never-seen-place-like-this-in-my-life.

262
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You guys should make your way up here as soon as you can.

263
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I'm going to call Vanessa to bring us in here.

264
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If we're going to find any ghosts in the Noray,

265
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I think we're standing at ground zero for that right here.

266
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Yeah, copy that.

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To hone in on one of the places where locals report the most

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paranormal activity, we decided to take turns doing isolated

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30-minute EVP sessions in the cemetery.

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Vanessa would set up a mobile base camp nearby where the rest of the team

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could monitor the sessions from close range.

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Is anybody here?

273
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If you're here, can you show yourself?

274
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Can you make a noise or give me some indication of your presence?

275
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This is crazy.

276
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Why would anyone come in here?

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Ratter for Josh.

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It's not this 30 minutes.

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Your time's up.

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You got to be honest.

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If I was told I'd be doing this on this trip,

282
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I might have reconsidered saying yes so quickly.

283
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Is there anyone here?

284
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Now I just heard a voice.

285
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Are you guys talking?

286
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I don't know if you're staring at me on the screen.

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Would you hear?

288
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I heard a male voice mumbling maybe off to my left and behind me.

289
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I feel a really strong presence behind me, you guys.

290
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I'm ready for this to be over.

291
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All right, Skag, it's your time's up.

292
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You can get out of there.

293
00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:10,700
If you're here, can you maybe say something for me?

294
00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,700
What is that?

295
00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:23,700
What is that?

296
00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:25,700
Hello?

297
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Is that one of you guys coming up here?

298
00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:29,700
No, we're all here.

299
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Right behind the IR camera, right in front of me.

300
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I can see a head and I can see shoulders.

301
00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:41,700
I don't know what that is. Hello?

302
00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:45,700
Rider, Evan is running up to you right now.

303
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I'm going to go up on him and he'll be able to get out of the city.

304
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If I don't get out of the city, I'm going to freak out.

305
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Who's right here? Right here.

306
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Will you stand like right here?

307
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If you're in an open grave, who's right here?

308
00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,700
You can see an open grave right there?

309
00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:05,700
The only thing I see is a skull.

310
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It's so weird.

311
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Whatever it was was standing right there.

312
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Alright, get me out of here.

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With Rider shaken, we let our equipment continue to record in the cemetery

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while we fired up the ATVs to investigate Lenoria's sister city.

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Locals report the abandoned mining town of Humberstone

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is overflowing with paranormal activity,

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so we sped through the desert to reach the site.

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While Humberstone is just as deserted as Lenoria,

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its buildings were preserved by the government

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and are in significantly better condition.

321
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Okay guys, welcome to Humberstone.

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Let's get the pack's on, get the gear out and get sweeping.

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I took a team with Allison, Rider, Mike and Evan

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to investigate the church and school

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where eyewitnesses report seeing human-like figures

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and hearing sounds of children laughing.

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Rex, Bobby and Gabe would investigate an old barn

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where strange lights have been reported.

329
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So guys, this is Humberstone.

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It's obviously in much better condition than Lenoria is.

331
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We just wanted to come over here because we heard a lot of other reports in this area

332
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about sightings and ghosts,

333
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and obviously this gives us a better idea

334
00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:15,700
of what these mining towns would look like.

335
00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:18,700
Okay, so this is the old church.

336
00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:21,700
Okay, here we go.

337
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Spices.

338
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Kind of creepy.

339
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One of the things that we need to do tonight

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in every building we go into is take still photos

341
00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,700
because we've heard that actually when you look at them later,

342
00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:41,700
sometimes you see figures of an actual people claim ghost show up in these photos.

343
00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,700
Okay, let's keep up, guys.

344
00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,700
Rex, we're on the lot colder here.

345
00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,700
That looks like somebody could be buried.

346
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That looks like it was dug out as a grave.

347
00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:13,700
Yeah.

348
00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:14,700
Well, it's colder here.

349
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59.6, 59.4, 59.3.

350
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It's almost a 6 degree difference in temperature.

351
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Let's see what's down there.

352
00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:29,700
Okay, I think these will clear.

353
00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:32,700
We'll close ourselves onto the DDP system here.

354
00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:36,700
Is there anybody in here with me?

355
00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,700
Do you feel that you're still trapped here?

356
00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:43,700
I'm a chill.

357
00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:54,700
Oh, f***.

358
00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:55,700
Thanks for Bobby.

359
00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:56,700
Yeah, go ahead, Rex.

360
00:17:56,700 --> 00:18:00,700
Is there anybody above me right now?

361
00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:08,700
No, no one gave me my hairball outside about 30 feet from the structure.

362
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:13,700
It sounds like there's something up above me in the barn.

363
00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:17,700
Do you want us to come back in and get you out of there?

364
00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:18,700
Yeah.

365
00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:19,700
Alright, then.

366
00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:20,700
We're on.

367
00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:25,700
I'm still shaking right now.

368
00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:33,700
I'm amazed how big this town is.

369
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Just street after street of buildings.

370
00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,700
This is the school.

371
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We've heard that they've seen children in here in different rooms,

372
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like sitting at their desks and working.

373
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So a lot of visual sightings in here.

374
00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:50,700
You know how much I hate school.

375
00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:51,700
I know.

376
00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:54,700
It looks like there's a lot of classrooms in here, so why don't we split up?

377
00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,700
Allison, you and Ryder are heading to the east wing of the school,

378
00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:57,700
and Mike and I'll search over here.

379
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Stay in touch with your walkie-talkie on channel 5.

380
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Wait, wait.

381
00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:02,700
That's good. It's nice knowing you.

382
00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:03,700
You too.

383
00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:12,700
This would have been my spot in class.

384
00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:14,700
Back in the classroom.

385
00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,700
Lane Lo, teacher can't catch me,

386
00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:19,700
just looking notes to the cute minor's daughter.

387
00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,700
Why don't we sit down and set up for an EVP session?

388
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,700
I'm going to turn my light off.

389
00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:44,700
Is there anyone in here?

390
00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:51,700
If you're here, can you give us a sign?

391
00:19:51,700 --> 00:20:01,700
I don't know if it's just my eyes messing with me,

392
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:07,700
but I see this really strange light, and then it disappears.

393
00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:09,700
Where is it coming from?

394
00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:12,700
What the f*** is that?

395
00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:16,700
What does it look like?

396
00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:19,700
It's just like a really damn speck of light.

397
00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:22,700
Did you go to school here?

398
00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:25,700
Do you hear that?

399
00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,700
Yeah, low click.

400
00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:29,700
I don't know what that was.

401
00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:31,700
I figured that might be Josh.

402
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,700
Scared for Josh?

403
00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:36,700
Go for Josh.

404
00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,700
We're hearing a faint rustling in the west wing of the school,

405
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:42,700
wondering if that's you.

406
00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,700
No, I'm just in here with Mike and Evan,

407
00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:46,700
we're being very, very still.

408
00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:47,700
Right when you called,

409
00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,700
Mike saw some sort of faint light out of the hallway.

410
00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,700
We're just going to sit here for a few more minutes

411
00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:54,700
and keep observing it.

412
00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:57,700
It's coming from the door across the hall.

413
00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:07,700
The idea is really strange light.

414
00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:10,700
It's coming from the door across the hall.

415
00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,700
Holy s***!

416
00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:17,700
What on earth was that?

417
00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:18,700
Are you guys okay?

418
00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,700
Someone's in the hallway.

419
00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,700
I just saw someone in the hallway.

420
00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,700
Straight up I just saw a face

421
00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:28,700
or a like a brown heat signature like right here.

422
00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:29,700
Hello?

423
00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:37,700
Right here.

424
00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,700
Mike said he saw like a light out here in the hall

425
00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,700
and I saw like right behind the door

426
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,700
what looked like a person looking in the thermal.

427
00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:45,700
Just like a head.

428
00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,700
Now what's out that door down there?

429
00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:48,700
It's just outside.

430
00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:52,700
There's no one else out here but us.

431
00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:00,700
I don't see anything else on the thermal.

432
00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:02,700
Josh for Bobby, come in.

433
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,700
Yeah, go ahead Josh.

434
00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:06,700
Alright guys, sun's starting to come up.

435
00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,700
Let's wrap everything out up there.

436
00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:09,700
We'll meet you in the city center.

437
00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:10,700
We'll see you there.

438
00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:12,700
Alright, coffee time. See you soon.

439
00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:15,700
We hopped on the ATVs and made our way back to Lenore.

440
00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,700
We experienced many strange things while investigating

441
00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:20,700
throughout these deserted towns

442
00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:22,700
but with day breaking we packed up our gear

443
00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:25,700
and headed back to our west coast offices in Los Angeles.

444
00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:29,700
I sat down with Mike and Allison

445
00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:31,700
to examine our audio and video evidence.

446
00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:33,700
We reviewed the photos we took during the night

447
00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:36,700
and found an eerie mist in more than a few.

448
00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,700
As interesting as these anomalies were,

449
00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:41,700
we didn't have enough solid evidence to call them paranormal.

450
00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:43,700
Next we turned to our thermal evidence

451
00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,700
captured in the school at Humberstone.

452
00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:47,700
This I don't have a good answer for.

453
00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:48,700
This is creepy.

454
00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,700
We get this really brief image that flickers by the window

455
00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:53,700
which flipped me out when I was sitting there.

456
00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,700
It's giving off heat, it's separate from the doorway

457
00:22:55,700 --> 00:22:56,700
and then it leaves.

458
00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,700
It looks like someone just walked by the window.

459
00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:00,700
That's creepy.

460
00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:02,700
I just got chills a little bit.

461
00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:04,700
You see it and then it clears the frame

462
00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:06,700
and you can see what almost looks like an arm.

463
00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,700
When I look at that, I see little kid

464
00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:12,700
wandering the halls between classes or something.

465
00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:14,700
And that has all the hallmarks of something

466
00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:16,700
that's giving off heat the way that a person would.

467
00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:18,700
That's one of the most compelling things

468
00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:20,700
I think I've ever seen on thermal imaging.

469
00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:23,700
Finally, we analyzed all of our audio recordings from the night

470
00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:26,700
and found something surprising during Rex's call in response.

471
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,700
It sounds like he's been in a lot of trouble

472
00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,700
when he was in the classroom.

473
00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:32,700
It's a little bit of a surprise to see

474
00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,700
Rex's call in response.

475
00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:36,700
It sounds like he gets some interesting responses

476
00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:38,700
to his questions.

477
00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,700
You feel that you're still trapped here.

478
00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:42,700
Right there.

479
00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:44,700
It sounds like, no.

480
00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:46,700
It's creepy, right?

481
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,700
Very creepy.

482
00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:50,700
But it was an unsettling piece of audio evidence

483
00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,700
from my solo EVP session

484
00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,700
that really caught our attention.

485
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:56,700
This one's a little bit more compelling, so listen closely.

486
00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:58,700
Is anybody here?

487
00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,700
That's the scariest thing I've heard.

488
00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:05,700
Oh my God!

489
00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,700
It sounds like somebody saying, I am.

490
00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:09,700
Wait, wait, wait, wait. One more time?

491
00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:11,700
Is anybody here?

492
00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:16,700
I certainly can't explain away something like this recording.

493
00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:19,700
To me, that's, you know, the cherry on top of

494
00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,700
a pretty spooky adventure.

495
00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:23,700
We bid adieu to our good friend Allison

496
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,700
and close the casebook on our Chilean investigation.

497
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:27,700
Our expedition to South America

498
00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:29,700
brought us to a picturesque historic city

499
00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:32,700
that was the public face of Chile's mining industry.

500
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,700
But beyond the dunes and deep in the sweltering deserts,

501
00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:38,700
one can find the true price of this deadly enterprise.

502
00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:41,700
Our night allowed us to wander the streets of yesteryear

503
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:44,700
and bear witness to the silent ruination of entire towns.

504
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,700
We experienced strange sights and unexplained sounds

505
00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:49,700
that align closely with eyewitness testimony.

506
00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:52,700
For those brave enough to set foot in what I can only describe,

507
00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,700
as the scariest cemetery owner, be warned,

508
00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:58,700
the workers that toiled and died here are prone to unrest

509
00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:01,700
and might just have a little life left in them.

510
00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,700
Is anybody here?

511
00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:07,700
The most complicated creatures to verify

512
00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:10,700
are often those that reside at the shadowy intersection

513
00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:12,700
of myth and superstition.

514
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,700
The Māori people of New Zealand have long spoken

515
00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,700
of an entire menagerie of tribal guardians

516
00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,700
and predatory beasts, including an aquatic monster

517
00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,700
known as the Tani Whā.

518
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,700
Sightings of these creatures are nothing new,

519
00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:26,700
but when the country's largest highway was actually diverted

520
00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,700
to avoid crossing over the habitat of one of these animals,

521
00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,700
I was suddenly paying much closer attention to the story.

522
00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:34,700
Commonly depicted as serpentine aquatic creatures,

523
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,700
Tani Whā have long been rumored to reside

524
00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:38,700
in the remote waterways of New Zealand.

525
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:41,700
To the Polynesian Māori who first settled this island nation,

526
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,700
it is both protector and destroyer,

527
00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,700
a respected, albeit lethal animal.

528
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:47,700
Recent sightings are centered around

529
00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:49,700
the highly volcanic region of Rotorua,

530
00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:51,700
deep in the Māori heartland of New Zealand.

531
00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:54,700
Witnesses have come forward along the Kaituna River,

532
00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,700
as well as the crater lake of Okareta,

533
00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:58,700
which sits nearby.

534
00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:00,700
Utilizing data from eyewitness reports

535
00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:03,700
as well as richly detailed carvings and tribal representations,

536
00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:06,700
we created a living image of this Māori mystery.

537
00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:09,700
The Tani Whā is said to protect bodies of water

538
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,700
throughout the North Island.

539
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,700
Difficult to see from land, below the surface

540
00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:15,700
they reveal themselves as fast and fearsome,

541
00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,700
with a thick cylindrical body

542
00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,700
and a powerful serpentine tail.

543
00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,700
Reaching up to 10 feet in length,

544
00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:24,700
many reports claim the body is milky white in color

545
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,700
and that its mouth is filled with rows of dagger-like teeth.

546
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,700
It's said to hide in dark caves and crevices.

547
00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,700
The creature swims openly at night,

548
00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:34,700
attacking anything unlucky enough to be taught its path.

549
00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:37,700
Be eager to determine if there was any truth to the Tani Whā,

550
00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:40,700
we've packed up our gear and we're bound for Māori New Zealand,

551
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:43,700
a land cloaked in myth and bonds.

552
00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:46,700
We took off from Los Angeles where we flew 13 hours

553
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:48,700
to the North Island of New Zealand.

554
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:52,700
We touched down in Auckland, an area first settled by the Māori

555
00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,700
in the 1300s, which has since transformed

556
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,700
into the largest and most cosmopolitan city in New Zealand.

557
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:59,700
With megayats, up-arquit restaurants,

558
00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:01,700
and boutique shopping along the waterfront,

559
00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:04,700
we were certainly far from traditional Māori territory.

560
00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:07,700
Still, we did manage to be welcomed with open arms

561
00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,700
by the local Hauri Christians.

562
00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:39,700
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go

563
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,700
The drive would take us south away from the city and past endless pristine landscapes.

564
00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:48,700
Along the way we crossed the Waikato River where the National Highway was diverted.

565
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,700
Beyond this bridge we were now in Tani Faw Country.

566
00:27:53,700 --> 00:27:57,700
Rotorua is a city that is literally built inside of volcanic caldera.

567
00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:03,700
Here geysers explode, the ground emits sulfurous steam, and thermal springs heat this beautiful and boiling landscape.

568
00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:08,700
This whole place is basically a burning cauldron of death, which of course makes it the perfect place to build a playground.

569
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:12,700
But that's lava, don't touch that.

570
00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:18,700
I had arranged to meet with Taweri Morehu, a local Maori who we hoped could tell us more about this elusive creature.

571
00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:22,700
And do you think that most Maori have a belief in or a respect for the Tani Faw?

572
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:26,700
All of the older generations respect the Tani Faw.

573
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:31,700
We're not quite sure whether it's animal or whatever, but whatever it is, it's to be feared.

574
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:34,700
The Tani Faw we believe is very dangerous.

575
00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:38,700
He went on to tell us about recent sightings along the Kaituna River.

576
00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:43,700
We set out to conduct a daytime investigation and headed north to the head of the river basin.

577
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:48,700
Our plan was to raft down a lengthy section of the river while searching for any signs of the Tani Faw.

578
00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:54,700
Everybody keep your eyes open for a Tani Faw, here we go people.

579
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,700
We scan the river looking for any sign of the creature or its habitat.

580
00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:06,700
The Kaituna is one of the longest rivers in New Zealand and is home to some serious white water that is definitely not the Tani Faw.

581
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,700
Help!

582
00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:41,700
With rider, safe sound and soaking wet and with no evidence of the creature,

583
00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:46,700
we traveled on to meet the undisputed experts in the Tani Faw, traditional Maori people.

584
00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:51,700
The drive would take us 20 miles deep into the forested backcountry of the North Island.

585
00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:56,700
Indigenous Maori villages are now well integrated with visiting tourists,

586
00:29:56,700 --> 00:30:01,700
but partaking in their customary greeting ceremony is still a little intense.

587
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:11,700
What happened to the old doorbell?

588
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,700
Once inside, we were treated to a snapshot of traditional Maori life.

589
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:17,700
Here we go, tattooing is a sacred practice in Maori culture

590
00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:21,700
and people without these markings are considered to be without status or worth.

591
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:25,700
So to be accepted by the group, I acquired my very own face tattoo.

592
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,700
This is, this, this comes off, right?

593
00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:29,700
He's tapping his tattoo on your forehead.

594
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,700
You look down.

595
00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:35,700
How's it look? Is it subtle?

596
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:36,700
Very subtle.

597
00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:37,700
This might have been a mistake.

598
00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:38,700
Sorry mom.

599
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:44,700
I was directed to tribal leader Brennan Hueppa, who says he and his people have seen the Tani Faw repeatedly in nearby waters.

600
00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:50,700
Tani Faw, there are many things to others, a creature, a monster, but to us they're guardians.

601
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,700
Where would be places where Maori would believe that Tani Faw are?

602
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:56,700
Where are the sacred areas in terms of water?

603
00:30:56,700 --> 00:31:00,700
We have lots of rua or anna or caves under our waters.

604
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:05,700
Some people have claimed to have seen them, more than 40 have seen them.

605
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:11,700
He went on to tell me about a small cave in Lake Okareta where a Tani Faw was last seen just days ago.

606
00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:18,700
With our investigation site determined, we quickly drove a narrow back roads to Lake Okareta, the epicenter of the most recent sightings.

607
00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:23,700
At the lake we unpacked the car and I sent Ryder to source two vessels for the investigation.

608
00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:24,700
Vote number one, great.

609
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:26,700
Vote number two, problem.

610
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:29,700
Oh my sweet god, what is this Ryder?

611
00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:31,700
It's a waka.

612
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:32,700
What is a waka?

613
00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,700
It's a traditional Maori boat.

614
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:36,700
I thought a waka was with fozibris out of the muppets.

615
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,700
No, no, that's a waka waka.

616
00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:39,700
This, just one waka.

617
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:40,700
Single waka.

618
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:47,700
On second thought though, the waka would at least give us a measure of stealth and would allow us to survey the lake the way the original Maori did.

619
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:51,700
We climbed on board and paddled out to the sightings area before dark.

620
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:58,700
We located the cave where the latest sighting occurred and marked it on our GPS to investigate later.

621
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:05,700
Alright guys, it's not a setting, let's get back to base camp, make sure everything's up and running there and then we can make a plan tonight.

622
00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:07,700
We got a pretty good lay of the land now.

623
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:14,700
With day turning tonight, we headed to dry land and hurry to set up the equipment for our night investigation.

624
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:20,700
We strung out four stationary infrared cameras 400 feet around the lake that Vanessa would monitor for base camp.

625
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:21,700
That's correct.

626
00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:26,700
We would also use the thermal and underwater cameras to scan above and below the water's surface.

627
00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:29,700
And we had dive tanks on standby for an underwater investigation.

628
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:34,700
So we're on the side of the lake where people believe this pāne phā lives and where sightings have been reported.

629
00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:36,700
I think tonight's all about surveillance.

630
00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:37,700
We have two boats in our disposal.

631
00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:41,700
We have the traditional Māori waka and we also have motor boat.

632
00:32:41,700 --> 00:32:46,700
The great thing about the canoe is that we'll be able to take it into these marshy areas where the problem on the motor boat can't go.

633
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,700
It's a lot quieter, it's more stealthy.

634
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:54,700
And we can use the motor boat to actually get across the lake that'll allow us to zip from point to point and actually get to some other areas.

635
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:55,700
What was that?

636
00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:56,700
Did you guys see that?

637
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:57,700
Wait right there.

638
00:32:57,700 --> 00:32:58,700
Right across that IR camera.

639
00:32:58,700 --> 00:32:59,700
Oh there it is, there it is.

640
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,700
It just goes right by the bottom corner of that frame.

641
00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:05,700
The color's already moving out there.

642
00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:08,700
The market time code on that will roll back later for analysis.

643
00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:12,700
We had barely just begun and already the investigation was in high gear.

644
00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:15,700
Gabe and I suited up to search under the surface.

645
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:22,700
Ryder and Vanessa would stay back at base camp and stay in touch through an underwater communication system.

646
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:26,700
Go for base camp?

647
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:36,700
Oh sh**!

648
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:38,700
What is that?

649
00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:41,700
Base camp for Josh, base camp for Josh.

650
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:45,700
We saw something large and swimming just west of base camp.

651
00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:48,700
You guys should move your position and see if you can see something from underwater.

652
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:05,700
Yeah Josh, we'll redo you.

653
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:07,700
You sound pretty panicked, you okay?

654
00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:17,700
Base camp for Josh, base camp for Josh.

655
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:21,700
We saw something large and swimming just west of base camp.

656
00:34:21,700 --> 00:34:24,700
You guys should move your position and see if you can see something from underwater.

657
00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:37,700
Base camp for Josh, base camp for Josh.

658
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,700
Yeah Josh, we'll redo you sound pretty panicked, you okay?

659
00:34:50,700 --> 00:34:52,700
What did it look like? Did you get good eyes on it?

660
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:07,700
Sounds good. We'll see you soon.

661
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:16,700
Not finding any concrete evidence near the south side of the lake, we decided to use the boats to explore the opposite shore.

662
00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,700
Rider Mike Gabe and I took the motorboat toward the north side of the lake.

663
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:24,700
While I sent Rex, Evan and Bobby out in the walka to explore the caves and inlets on the west side.

664
00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:30,700
Josh for base camp commitment.

665
00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:31,700
Go ahead Josh.

666
00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:34,700
So we're just approaching the far side of the lake.

667
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,700
We're really quiet out here in very still conditions.

668
00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:38,700
Haven't seen anything yet.

669
00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:43,700
We're going to take out the thermal imager and use the underwater camera to see if we can see down the depths of the lake.

670
00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:47,700
Alright, copy that. Let me know if you see anything.

671
00:35:54,700 --> 00:35:56,700
Okay, that's one of the planer riders.

672
00:35:57,700 --> 00:36:02,700
Oh, right there! Right there! Holy s***! I just had something huge in the thermal.

673
00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:06,700
Something just shot off in this direction and then went under the water. Do you see anything?

674
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:08,700
I just heard a bunch of splashing right ahead of us.

675
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:12,700
Whatever it was, it was red off the thermal and it just vanished. It took off like a shot.

676
00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:14,700
Hold on guys, hang on a second.

677
00:36:15,700 --> 00:36:19,700
Vanessa, we just had a huge hit on the thermal imager. We're chasing it down.

678
00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:25,700
Something big in the surface and took off like a shot and then went underwater.

679
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:29,700
Don't know what it is. I'm following on the thermal. Stand by.

680
00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:41,700
Yeah, it's got some red hot on the thermal. It just took off.

681
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,700
Whatever that was, it was right over here.

682
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,700
I'll just hang here for a little bit. We'll watch the underwater camera, keep the thermal running.

683
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:50,700
It comes back to the surface. We'll give it a good chance to see.

684
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:02,700
I don't see anything on the thermal.

685
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:18,700
God, they're all over me! Wasn't that tough?

686
00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:20,700
Oh, no!

687
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:23,700
Hurry! Hurry!

688
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:27,700
Get them out of the boat! Oh my God!

689
00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:31,700
Alright, hang on guys! Hang on, we're getting out of here!

690
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,700
They're everywhere!

691
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:39,700
They're all over my legs!

692
00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:41,700
Get off! Get off! Keep going faster!

693
00:37:42,700 --> 00:37:44,700
All over my mouth!

694
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:46,700
Look at my shirt!

695
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:48,700
They're in everything! They're right here!

696
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:51,700
They're everywhere!

697
00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:54,700
Right of her base camp.

698
00:37:54,700 --> 00:38:00,700
A swarm of bugs just came out of the trees and is literally attacking us in the boat.

699
00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:03,700
I'm not talking a million. I'm not talking two million.

700
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:07,700
I'm talking 10 million bugs are feeding our faces right now.

701
00:38:07,700 --> 00:38:10,700
I need a container of gasoline and a mat.

702
00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:14,700
I'm lighting this entire boat on fire right now.

703
00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:19,700
I'm not talking a million.

704
00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:25,700
Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!

705
00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:32,700
Let's see if we can get close and check it out and see what's going on.

706
00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:40,700
Yeah, this is the entrance to the cave.

707
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:43,700
This cave goes all the way through into a bigger cabin.

708
00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,700
We're not going to make any further boat. I'm going to have to get in and swim.

709
00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:55,700
That thing is deep in here.

710
00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:59,700
This place is f***ed up. It's okay.

711
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:06,700
It looks like there's little holes that go into the camera walls.

712
00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:08,700
That's something to hide in.

713
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:09,700
Whoa!

714
00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:11,700
Something's about to get in my way.

715
00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:15,700
That thing did you touch my leg?

716
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:17,700
I didn't touch your leg.

717
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:19,700
The water was just pushing against my leg.

718
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:20,700
That thing is f***ing in the water.

719
00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:21,700
Was it down here?

720
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:22,700
There's something in there.

721
00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:24,700
Back up. Back up. Slow. Slow.

722
00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:25,700
F***. Slow.

723
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:26,700
Okay.

724
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:27,700
Okay.

725
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:28,700
Okay.

726
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:29,700
Okay.

727
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:30,700
Okay.

728
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:31,700
Okay.

729
00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:32,700
Okay.

730
00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:33,700
Okay.

731
00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:34,700
Okay.

732
00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:35,700
Okay.

733
00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:36,700
Okay.

734
00:39:36,700 --> 00:39:37,700
Okay.

735
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:38,700
Okay.

736
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:39,700
Okay.

737
00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:40,700
Okay.

738
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:41,700
Okay.

739
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:42,700
Okay.

740
00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:44,700
Okay.

741
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:46,700
Okay.

742
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:47,700
Okay.

743
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:48,700
Okay.

744
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:49,700
Okay.

745
00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:50,700
Okay.

746
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:51,700
Okay.

747
00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:01,700
Bobby for Josh.

748
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:02,700
Go for Josh.

749
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:04,700
Rex and Evan were exploring a cave.

750
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:05,700
Something big.

751
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:06,700
Fresh by it.

752
00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:08,700
Not sure if it's the best idea that we get in the water and go after it.

753
00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:10,700
You might want to get over here and check it out.

754
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:11,700
There's the cave.

755
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:12,700
Yeah.

756
00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:14,700
Taking us right up to the mouth of the cave.

757
00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:18,700
I was gonna be in the water camera, and we can use the thermal

758
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:20,700
to see if we can see anything around here.

759
00:40:20,700 --> 00:40:23,700
The water camera is going in right now.

760
00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:32,700
Stir a little bit in the water to see if that does anything.

761
00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:36,700
Oh, I got some neat looking fish right now.

762
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:38,700
Can you see anything on the thermal?

763
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:40,200
Can you see anything on the thermal?

764
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,600
I'm looking right down through the cave,

765
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,600
and I can't see anything at all.

766
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,600
There's certainly nothing at the surface in there.

767
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,440
And around the boat, nothing as well.

768
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,880
The aqua camp is picking up a lot of activity.

769
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,320
Unfortunately, it's just small and medium-sized fish.

770
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,240
I'm not really getting anything as large

771
00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:58,680
as the eyewitnesses were reporting.

772
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,520
We continue to scan the bottom of the lake

773
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,520
with our underwater cameras and patrol the surface all night.

774
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,480
But we had no further encounters.

775
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,860
With daylight breaking and our boat running on fumes,

776
00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:08,980
we headed for shore.

777
00:41:08,980 --> 00:41:10,260
With compelling footage in hand,

778
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:12,820
we packed up our gear to continue to search and haul.

779
00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:15,560
We ordered a trans-specific flight bound for Los Angeles,

780
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,500
where we would analyze our findings.

781
00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,460
Back in LA, we took our video evidence

782
00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:22,300
to the nearby Cabrillo Marine Aquarium,

783
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:24,600
where we met with the director and marine biologist,

784
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:25,340
Mike Schaff.

785
00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:27,140
We began with the thermal evidence we collected

786
00:41:27,140 --> 00:41:29,540
during the investigation, but it didn't prove overly

787
00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:30,340
conclusive.

788
00:41:30,340 --> 00:41:33,380
That's one of the clear now, Ryder.

789
00:41:33,380 --> 00:41:34,140
Oh, right there!

790
00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:36,080
I just had something huge in the thermal.

791
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,600
It's curious to me that you lose the heat signature

792
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,240
as it gets farther away.

793
00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:43,440
So it's hard to tell whether the organism is

794
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:44,720
going under the water.

795
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,280
It's really hard to tell on that, in that case.

796
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,760
We then turn to our night vision and infrared footage.

797
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,440
I see some undulation of the body.

798
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:55,080
I think what you're seeing is an eel.

799
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,080
And this one seems to be coming towards you.

800
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,520
So we can disregard that as a tiny body, I think.

801
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,640
I would say probably not a tiny body.

802
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,640
Do you think there's some altered explanations here?

803
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,680
There's a freshwater eel called the long-finned

804
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:06,840
eel in New Zealand.

805
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,000
And they get to be over six feet long.

806
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,200
So I can really see how somebody would look at that

807
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,440
and maybe say, wow, that's something different

808
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,640
than just a normal animal.

809
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,760
The long-finned eel found only in New Zealand

810
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:22,320
may well be a prime suspect for tani fa misidentification.

811
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,240
It is, after all, among the largest species

812
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:25,480
of eel in the world.

813
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,400
The bony rays on its pectoral fins

814
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,520
give the eel unique characteristics that

815
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,640
align closely to eyewitness testimony.

816
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,000
The tani fa has been immortalized in mounting myths

817
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,000
to such a degree that his origins are ultimately unknown.

818
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,240
We do know that the earliest Polynesians blended

819
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:42,600
the natural and spiritual world into a complex tapestry

820
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,960
of sacred creatures in an effort to understand

821
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,360
this wild paradise.

822
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,880
It is this communion with nature that defines the Maori

823
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,000
people of today.

824
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,440
And though the tani fa is likely a large eel,

825
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,280
it is also a potent symbol designed

826
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,000
to remind us of the power of the natural world.

827
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,840
Hold on!