1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 On this episode of Destination Truth, 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Josh and his team embark on an expedition to Easter Island 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 for the world's most remote paranormal investigation, 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,000 chasing reports that evil spirits inhabit the island's massive statues. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 The island itself, accept you or reject you. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Can the team unearth evidence of these malevolent ancient spirits? 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Somebody out here with us? 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Right there, right there, come on. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Or will the island's secrets prove too powerful for Josh to decipher? 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Ah, f***, what? 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 What? You can't go away. 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Next, team Truth voyages to New Zealand 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 where locals say a monstrous bird-like creature has survived extinction 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 and is lurking deep within the fjordland. 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 When they get cornered, they can actually disembowel hunters. 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,000 As Josh tries to uncover the truth behind this vicious beast, 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 the investigation takes him dangerously close to the edge. 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Whoa! F***! 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Hold on! 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 I'm Josh Gates. 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 and I've done some things I can't quite explain. 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000 in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries. 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 but I know what I'm looking for. 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 The truth. 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 With six billion people on the planet, 29 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 finding some peace and quiet can be a challenge. 30 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 But if you take a magnifying glass to this round globe of ours, 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,000 you might just find a tiny speck of land in the Pacific 32 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 that is about as isolated as one can get. 33 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Easter Island is the world's most remotely inhabited island 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 with its closest human neighbors 1,200 miles away. 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 But as lonely as it is, 36 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 even Easter can feel crowded 37 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 with hundreds of colossal statues standing guard around the island. 38 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 These 75-tonne stones, called Moai, 39 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 were carved from volcanic rock 40 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 and were mysteriously transported to ceremonial altars all over the island. 41 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 The Moai are said to be inhabited by the spirits of the dead island chiefs 42 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,000 they represent, giving them intense supernatural powers. 43 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 The island natives, called Rapa Nui, 44 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 report strange feelings, sounds of voices, 45 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 and apparitions in the presence of the statues. 46 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Though Easter Island is a skint 15 miles long, 47 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,000 it is lured over by more than 800 immense mollusks scattered along the coast. 48 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Recent paranormal reports are concentrated 49 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 at the island's largest ceremonial altar, called Angariki. 50 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Strange events have also been reported at the nearby Rahu-Rakukwari 51 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 and a neighboring forest. 52 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 My plan was to investigate all of these potentially paranormal hotspots. 53 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Ready to kickstart the most remote paranormal investigation ever conducted, 54 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 we packed up our gear and headed to South America. 55 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Reaching Easter Island takes effort. 56 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 We flew 13 hours to Santiago, Chile, 57 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 and then 5 more hours over the vast Pacific 58 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 to land on this speck of an island. 59 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 We touched down one of the most remote airports in the world 60 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 and drove south to Hengaroa, the only town on the island, 61 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,000 where the earliest Polynesians here lived more than 1,500 years ago. 62 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 The native Rapa Nui script seen all over the island 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 is one of the last untranslated languages of the world, 64 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 having been lost to history. 65 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,000 While in the car, I found out my team may have been more familiar with Easter Island than I thought. 66 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Can you guys speak Rapa Nui? 67 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 We can rap, I can be. 68 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,000 We're a nature civilization a long time ago. 69 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,000 We cut down on the trees and now we don't flow. 70 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 We're gupping up bully goblins, we're floating in your eyes. 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 We get up in your plane and you know I come across. 72 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 You guys are great. 73 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 You'll be able to communicate with the locals, I'm sure, with no problem. 74 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 With my expert translators in tow, 75 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 we set out to speak with eyewitnesses on the island. 76 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 This local painter's night of camping 77 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 at the mysterious Tongariki altar became a frightening encounter. 78 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 I understand that you had a strange experience here on the island. 79 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Yes, I had an experience, a single beauty. 80 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 I saw some shadows going through his tent. 81 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 There were shadows, there were people going by, many, many people. 82 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 He started hearing some voices, 83 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,000 but the strange thing of the voices was the ancient Rapa Nui language. 84 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Do you think that these were ghosts? 85 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,000 I think they are spirits that live in the city. 86 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Absolutely, there are no other explanations. 87 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 There are spirits, guardians of that place. 88 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Rapa Nui tribal leader, Ayo Hawa, is all too familiar with the spirit guardians. 89 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 He says they're the ghosts of his ancestors that protect the island. 90 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Is there a negative or dangerous element to some of these spirits? 91 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 They are all too familiar with the spirit guardians. 92 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Why is he cutting my head off? 93 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,000 He said that we can feel sometimes some bad spirits. 94 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,000 And sometimes you can feel it when you go around on the island, 95 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,000 usually in the dark places, like a bad spirit, like demons. 96 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 We call that Akuwaku. 97 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Akuwaku. 98 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 He claimed that the power of the spirits is undeniable, 99 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 and should not be taken lightly by me or my team. 100 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 To ensure our safety, he performed a protective tribal dance. 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Feeling hopeful that the many spirits in the island now welcomed us, 102 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,000 we drove three miles inland and arrived at the Ranou Akuwaku quarry. 103 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 On the slopes of this extinct volcano is Easter Island's most jaw-dropping attraction, 104 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 also called the nursery. 105 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 There are more than 400 statues littered here. 106 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 This is where every single Moai was carved 107 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 and where the locals believed their supernatural powers were born. 108 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Francisco Ica is a park ranger who refuses to enter the quarry at night 109 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 after a terrifying experience here. 110 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Under the 90s, he started hearing some voices, and he was quite afraid. 111 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Voices like people working here giving instructions, 112 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 move the stones, go that way. 113 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 The island itself accept you or reject you. 114 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 And what happens if the island rejects you? 115 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 You can have the worst experience in your whole life. 116 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 He went on to tell me that in order for the island to accept us, 117 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 we would need assistance. 118 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 He directed us to a local medicine woman who reportedly holds a potent key 119 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 to being accepted by the island's spirits. 120 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Papa Tzipano Hereveri is a traditional Rapa Nui healer 121 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 and says in order to be accepted by the spirits, 122 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I had to imbibe an herbal tea made from an exotic island plant. 123 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 There is a plant called the Matua Poa. 124 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Our ancestor left it to us. 125 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,000 This is a plant we find only in few places on the island. 126 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Usually down the volcano, the crater of Poa Ike, 127 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 you have to find it and bring it back to her, 128 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 and then she will mix it and prepare it for you. 129 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,000 The healer drew us a depiction of the plant as well as a map with markers 130 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 to guide us to a remote cliffside cave where it grows. 131 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Right, you got the map, I've got the drawing of the plant. 132 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 We're headed towards the volcano, and what could possibly go wrong with this plant? 133 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 We could die trying to find a plant to drink a tea to go on an investigation. 134 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 It's similar to the rings except I'm just trying to get something to drink. 135 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Papa was only able to arrange two horses, 136 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 so Ryder and I had to face this adventure alone, 137 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,000 and we galloped off across the volcanic hills to recover this rare plant. 138 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Ryder is the first marker! 139 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 This is the first marker on the map. 140 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 You head around this, and then we go on to the right. 141 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Yeah? Let's go. 142 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Yeah! 143 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 As in common weather set in, we struggled to locate all the symbols on the map 144 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 and navigate our horses around the valley and up the steep volcano. 145 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 There's a face, eyes, nose, open mouth. 146 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,000 We go right from here into the valley, yeah? 147 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Yup, that's it. 148 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 That must be it right there where that rock formation is. 149 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 See it? 150 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Yup. 151 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Once we made it to the cliffs, we descended a muddy and treacherous ledge 152 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 perched a thousand feet above the rocky shoreline. 153 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 There it is. 154 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Oh, gosh. 155 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,000 I searched the inside of the tiny cave, which was barely big enough to crawl through, 156 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 while Ryder scoured the outside of the cliff. 157 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I don't see it again. It's pretty dark in here. Very muddy. 158 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Nothing growing in here. No sunlight coming in at all. 159 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Hey Josh, I think I've got something out here. 160 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 You found it? 161 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 I think so. 162 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Help, stop coming out. 163 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Looks like it. 164 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 What do you got? 165 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Look at this right here. 166 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Ryder, I think that's it. That's a match. 167 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,000 And with the plants in hand, we raced back to meet the healer in a seaside cave 168 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 where she examined our find and confirmed that we had indeed chosen wisely. 169 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 She muddled up the leaves and root of the plant, boiled it, 170 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:18,000 and served us a herbal tea designed to increase our chance of witnessing the paranormal phenomena on the island. 171 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Time would only tell if the spirits would reveal themselves, 172 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 but the tea did have one immediate effect. 173 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 My tongue is numb. 174 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Stuff is fast. 175 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 With the day nearing an end, we met up with the rest of the team 176 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 and made our way to the infamous Tongariqi Altar. 177 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Alright guys, there's Tongariqi. Let's get the gear ready and get the base camp set up before it gets dark. 178 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:42,000 We unpacked and began setting up for the first overnight paranormal investigation in the history of this remote island. 179 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 In terms of our investigation area tonight, we actually have quite a lot of ground to cover. 180 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 We're not that far from the main altar, Ahu. 181 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 We're also going to sweep the main quarry here. 182 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 We've heard that there are some eucalyptus forests around here. 183 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 There are caves in different areas, so we'll want to send teams out in different directions tonight 184 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 to try to cover as much ground as possible. 185 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 We're on the most remote inhabited island in the world. 186 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,000 There's an aircraft that comes in to transport people to a mainland hospital once every two days, 187 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 so really watch for yourself tonight. 188 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Let's get to it. Come on. 189 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 We cabled four remote cameras 400 feet in different directions 190 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,000 to give us infrared eyes onto the altar and surrounding area. 191 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Beyond those, we positioned multiple trap cameras designed to snap photos if anything crossed in front of them. 192 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Do you have a good signal from this camera? 193 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Yep, that looks great. 194 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Vanessa would monitor all of the equipment throughout the night. 195 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Unable to cover all the recent sightings locations with cameras, we needed to split up. 196 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000 I sent Rex Bobby and Gabe to a remote forest atop a volcano that overlooks the site, 197 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 where locals report seeing dark shadows. 198 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,000 And rider Evan Mike and I went to investigate the Tungariki altar, 199 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,000 where locals report hearing the sound of voices and encounter ghostly forces. 200 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 God, look at them. They're really creepy at night. 201 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 They don't have any trap-looks. 202 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 I've had it in these cities over the years. 203 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 They don't have umbrellas in their heads. 204 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:02,000 They're really stylized, but at the same time, you know, there is something kind of lifelike about them. 205 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 You know, you feel like at any moment when it's going to open its eyes. 206 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Vanessa to Josh. 207 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Hey, Josh, I just have a question for you. 208 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:16,000 These scorpions that are scurrying around base camp, one of them bites me about how long before I die? 209 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 Sorry about that. I didn't realize there were scorpions over there when we built base camp. 210 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Stay elevated off the ground and just keep your eyes open. 211 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Yeah, okay. I'll just yell for help when I get back, okay? 212 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Alright. Let's check out the other end of the altar. 213 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:40,000 It's getting soaked, Ryder. 214 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Oh, hold on, hold on. Hey, come here. 215 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 So, there's another mow-eye. Hold on. Let's see them in. 216 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Yeah, for sure. See it? 217 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Mm-hmm. 218 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:55,000 It still shows up hotter on the thermal than everything around it, which is interesting. 219 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:00,000 And right now, with this cold rain coming down, I can't believe anything. It's a temperature differential. 220 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 What is that? 221 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Is that light? It just pulsed on for a second. 222 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 There's nobody out here. There's nothing down the regenerator light source. 223 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 It's weird because the ocean's right there. It's the beach. 224 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Yeah, it looks like it's in the field between here and the ocean. 225 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Right there, right there. I see it again. Right there. 226 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Where? Right there. See it? 227 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 What is that? 228 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Is that light? It just pulsed on for a second. 229 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Looks like it's in the field between here and the ocean. 230 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Right there, right there. I see it again. Right there. 231 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Right there. See it? 232 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 It's right over here. It's like a crazy flow. 233 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 What is that? 234 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:51,000 It's a mowai. It's a huge mowai. Look at it. 235 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 That light was coming from somewhere over here. 236 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,000 I mean, not necessarily here, I guess, but there's nothing behind this 237 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 that leads out to the ocean beyond it. 238 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 There's no boats out there. There's no houses here. There's no people here. 239 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Evan, what's going on? 240 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 What the f*** is wrong with you? 241 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 You're f***ing hands all over me. There's nothing on you. 242 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 You sure? Look at you. You're like a maniac. 243 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 You're looking at that bug and I f*** this freak out. 244 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 F***ing hand all over me. 245 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Do you think it's possible that a bug went down your shirt? 246 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 It didn't feel like a bug. It just felt like a hand. 247 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 It kind of came up like this. Oh, man. 248 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Did it feel like you were being grabbed? 249 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 It felt like a hand. It didn't feel like it was grabbing me. 250 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 You just went straight up bananas. Nothing mattered. 251 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Camera, goodbye. Audio pack, goodbye. Just you ditched everything, dude. 252 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Can you feel like something on you that shouldn't be? 253 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 I don't know. Just flipped out. 254 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,000 Let's get Evan re-combobulated and let's keep moving. 255 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Okay, let's make our way to where the quarry to investigate the paranormal reports there. 256 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 We need to cover as much ground as we can. 257 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Check the forest and see if we find here. 258 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,000 It's kind of odd that there's a horse going up the top of a hole. 259 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,000 This whole area is supposed to be really spiritual. 260 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Let's make sure we pay attention to how we're feeling. 261 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Yeah, I think so. 262 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,000 It's amazing how they can get to the quarry. 263 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And by the way, it's volcanic, you know. 264 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Yeah. 265 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Man, it's getting really bad out. 266 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 What, Bobby? 267 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 What? 268 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Did you just call my name? 269 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 No. 270 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Hello? 271 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 I just wanted somebody to call my name. 272 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 You're not to call my leg. You really didn't call my name? 273 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:08,000 No. I thought when you said, yeah, I was like, what are you talking about? 274 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 You sound like a guy asking to sing in there. 275 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 I sound like a whisperer, like, here, Rex. Like Rex. 276 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 That is freaking cool. 277 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Yeah, looks like we finally made it to the quarry. 278 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 So this is the crater lake. 279 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 See if we can just get a little slier. 280 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 This would have been the old volcano on the other side of the quarry. 281 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 There should be more Moai statues up here along the cliffs. 282 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Let's keep moving this way along the inside of the crater. 283 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 You picking up anything on the thermal? 284 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,000 It's funny, the actual statue heads run a little bit hotter than the rest of the stuff around them. 285 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 I just wanted to say that I loved you in Night at the Museum. 286 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 I'm letting it in here. 287 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Okay. 288 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 It kind of looks like we're in a small forest. 289 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,000 You got lost in here. It's like a corn maze. 290 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Only banana trees. 291 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 This whole area freaks me out. 292 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Hey, Ryder! Holy s***! 293 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Ryder, check this out! 294 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Check that out. Isn't that amazing? 295 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,000 We know that the Aku-Aku spirits have been associated with caves. 296 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,000 They believe that those spirits live in dark underground places, hidden places. 297 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Get some arrow down here. Be careful. 298 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Holy s***! 299 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 You see something? 300 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 That's so weird. 301 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 Watch that wall. 302 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 You see that? 303 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Oh, wow. That's the water. 304 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,000 My light hit the water and it started making all sorts of crazy shapes on the walls. 305 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 That's cool. 306 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 I'm starting to see why not many people thought that evil spirits might have lived in these caves. 307 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Let's do an eating session. 308 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,000 We'll see if we can pick up anything that we can't eat with our ears. 309 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Right here. That's classroom. 310 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Is there anybody here? 311 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Are you Aku-Aku? 312 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,000 They came to the water with me. That was it. 313 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 That was it. 314 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 AAAAAAAA 315 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 AAAAAAAA 316 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Is there anybody here? 317 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 That was it. That was it. 318 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Can you make sure that we can see him? 319 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 We're in an underground, f***ing cave. 320 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 My food will be here. 321 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 I'm right here. 322 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Here's your food. Somebody's back here. 323 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 I have chills all over my body. 324 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Help us out. 325 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Hello? 326 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I don't see anything. 327 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Seems like the fire that we get in the cave from where that activity picks up. 328 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Right on this, keep going to the back of the cave and see what happens. 329 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Are the drops bigger or is that just me? 330 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I think they're bigger. 331 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,000 I feel them hitting my hand and it's like someone dropping a sack of nickels on me. 332 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Whoa, whoa. Right there. 333 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 You look like somebody's walking. 334 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Is somebody out here with us? 335 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,000 I could have sworn somebody was sitting right there. 336 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Right there. Right there. Come on. 337 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Dude, I saw legs, like bare legs, 338 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 standing like this and they turn and start to walk this way. 339 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 And then that's when I started to run over here and they just disappeared. 340 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,000 You know what, Rex? I'm not getting anything either on this tri-field meter. 341 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 All right. 342 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Let's get out of here before this equipment gets trashed. 343 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Let's get the tri-field meter out. 344 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 See if we can give me strange readings. 345 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I'm just curious if they ever hurt my entire life. 346 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 That was like a much greater bone. 347 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Yeah, like an alpha on an alpha on an alpha. 348 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,000 If you guys weren't on right here, I would have thought I was going to give. 349 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 What? 350 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 You're going nuts. 351 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Either there's somebody coming down in this cave or I'm going to lost. 352 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Whoa! 353 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I'm going to lose. 354 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 I'm going to lose. 355 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I'm going to lose. 356 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Or I'm going to lose. 357 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Whoa! 358 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 You're going to lose. 359 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 I mean, there's very few people who live on this island. 360 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 We're out in the middle. 361 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Come closer. 362 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Hello? 363 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Someone's down here. 364 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Someone's down here. 365 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 This is the back of the cave. 366 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Let's go back to the entrance and see what the front door is. 367 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Hello? 368 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Whoa! 369 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 There's no one down here. 370 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 That's flooded. 371 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 That's flooded. 372 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 It's not coming from there. 373 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 And here's where we came in. 374 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 How in the hell is that possible? 375 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 We got a ton of recordings of the very best. 376 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,000 All right, well, before these cameras are completely disturbed by the water, let's get top side. 377 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 All right. 378 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Let's get back to base camp. 379 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 The relentless rain was doing a number on our equipment, 380 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 but with plenty of interesting evidence already in hand, 381 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 we hiked back to camp, packed up our gear, 382 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,000 and began the long journey back to the states where we would examine our findings. 383 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:25,000 I met Mike and Ryder at our West Coast offices where we began reviewing our video evidence. 384 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Oh, wow. 385 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 I have no idea what that is. 386 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 It's almost like a star. 387 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Do we have any idea of the scale of how big this is, 388 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 or... 389 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000 It was quite a distance away. 390 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 What we assumed was just the field. 391 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Right. The reason that this to me isn't a bug or a herd 392 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 is that we all observed it as light. 393 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000 To me, that's a real mystery. I really can't explain what that is. 394 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Next, we turn to the analysis of our EVP session within the cave. 395 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 It's like really something. 396 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:04,000 It's like a kind of a low moan that just runs right underneath Ryder talking. 397 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 That's right, and it's really distinct, and it's pretty loud. 398 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000 The banging noises, that to me I have to kind of dismiss 399 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 because we're in a really dynamic environment. 400 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,000 We're in a cave, rocks can be falling, we're hearing water, you know? 401 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 It's the voices that begins to get interesting for me. 402 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 That's the stuff I think we can consider. 403 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 We have some more recordings from the cave that sound like voices as well. 404 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 I want you to look at the video. 405 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 If you guys weren't all right here, I will follow you. 406 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:40,000 That is clearly the sound of moaning. 407 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Straight up Halloween moaning. 408 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Right out of the Halloween cassette tape, sound effects. 409 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Right. It's one thing that it sounds like voices, 410 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,000 but once you consider that we've got these tri-field hits going as well, 411 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 it becomes much more compelling. 412 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,000 I certainly can't discount that it could be an animal. 413 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000 At the same time, it sounds like someone talking or someone moaning, you know? 414 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 I agree. 415 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 What else we got? 416 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 This one's really interesting. 417 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 I think I might have actually gotten a response to a question that I asked. 418 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Okay, let's hear it. 419 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Oh! 420 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Anybody back there? 421 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Oh my God. 422 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 I think I might have actually gotten a response to a question that I asked. 423 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Okay, let's hear it. 424 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Oh! 425 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Anybody back there? 426 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Oh! 427 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Oh! 428 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Oh! 429 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Oh! 430 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Anybody back there? 431 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Oh my God. 432 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Literally, it sounds like someone says no. 433 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 This was something that I didn't hear in the field. 434 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 I don't remember reacting to it or hearing it. 435 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:35,000 I really had to dig through the audio and really amplify this section to get this response. 436 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Let me hear it again. 437 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Hello! 438 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Anybody back there? 439 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,000 It actually sounds like there's this disembodied voice answering Mike's question, 440 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 saying, no, I can't show myself. 441 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Anybody back there? 442 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Anybody back there? 443 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Oh! 444 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Our Pacific adventure steered us to the distant shores of Easter. 445 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,000 We were exposed to the nearly forgotten Rapa Nui culture that propelled us on a wild 446 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:02,000 quest and brought us face to face with the iconic living faces of this mysterious culture. 447 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Easter Island is disproportionately famous considering its minuscule square footage. 448 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,000 It is the celebrity status of its many statues that makes it difficult to cut through more 449 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 than a thousand years of myth and superstition. 450 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:18,000 But the strange evidence we observe and hope and reactions we experience corroborate eyewitness 451 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:23,000 reports and lend real credence to the belief that the original inhabitants here may not 452 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:28,000 have been carving these monoliths to appease invisible deities, but to reckon with a paranormal 453 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 presence that may still reverberate on lonely Easter Island. 454 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,000 If you're a fan of The Lord of the Rings, you'll recognize New Zealand's breathtaking 455 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,000 landscapes as the home of those hairy-footed hobbits. 456 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,000 But far beyond the movie sets on the South Island is said to live a creature that is 457 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 right out of Tolkien's trilogy. 458 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Local saying the gigantic ancient bird thought to have gone extinct over 500 years ago is 459 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,000 back and has a score to settle with the people who hunted it. 460 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,000 The Moe is one of the largest flightless birds to have ever existed and once flourished on 461 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 New Zealand's South Island. 462 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:06,000 Indigenous Maori people hunted the creature to extinction in the late 1500s or did they? 463 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Reports have emerged that hunters and backcountry hikers have recently encountered this massive 464 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,000 bird, calling into question the Moe's scientifically accepted vanishing act. 465 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Cytons take place in New Zealand's New Zealand, a gargantuan national park that encompasses 466 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 the entire southwest side of the island. 467 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:29,000 At more than 5,000 square miles, many reports occur in the endless maze of thick rainforests. 468 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Another area of interest lies much higher up, a top glacial mountain ranges where moa bones 469 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 and remains of nests have been recently recovered. 470 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Both of these areas are virtually uninhabited by humans and could be perfect places to conceal 471 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 the population. 472 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Lucky for us, we have historic references for the Moa in the form of recovered skeletons. 473 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Witnesses corroborate seeing a fast moving bird in the deepest forests of the Fiornland. 474 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Towering over eyewitnesses, the Moa stands up to 12 feet tall. 475 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,000 The bird is covered in thick, colorful feathers, though the body itself is completely wingless. 476 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:09,000 New reports claim the bird has an aggressive demeanor and attacks using its large, powerful 477 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 neck and vicious knife and beak. 478 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:16,000 For more close range combat, the bird relies on its large, three-toed claws. 479 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Fueled by the prospect of discovering evidence that the Moa is still alive and kicking, my 480 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:25,000 team and I packed up our gear and headed off to New Zealand for a little bird watching. 481 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,000 From Los Angeles, we flew 16 hours to the South Island of New Zealand. 482 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:36,000 In this former British colony, the native tongue may be English, but the accent can be tough to understand. 483 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Good thing for us, our tech manager Vanessa is a local. 484 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 The entire episode I only want to hear Kibbe accent on here. 485 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Is that possible? 486 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Yes. 487 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 You mean to know? 488 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 No. 489 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 That's tough. 490 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 No. 491 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Now? 492 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Christchurch is often referred to as the gateway to the Antarctic due to its location at the bottom of the 493 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,000 civilized world. 494 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,000 I've made arrangements to meet the curator of the Canterbury Museum in the center of town, 495 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 a place we'd only find if I could get my GPS unit to stop yelling at me in Chinese. 496 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,000 What upon the day? 497 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 It speaks everything but English. 498 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Metra, bonito. 499 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 I think I just spore it, mate. 500 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Or Talborite. 501 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 I think I just ordered a burrito on for this thing. 502 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 So do you know what's called a ride? 503 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 That's like a star word, mate. 504 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 But pushing a propeller fully. 505 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 What? 506 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Maitan and kunst. 507 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 It's like the it's a small world of GPS units. 508 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Abandoning technology, we winged it and made it into town. 509 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Within the museum, we discovered an entire gallery devoted to the 12 species of moa that once lived here, 510 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 both small and large. 511 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:39,000 Deep in the museum's collections, I met with Paul Schofield, curator of vertebrate zoology, 512 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 who gave me a close-up view of one of these massive creatures. 513 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 So here we have the bones of Giant Moa. 514 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,000 It's up there towards the size of a dinosaur's bone. 515 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Would the Giant Moa have been a dangerous bird to hunt just because of its size? 516 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:58,000 When they get cornered, they use their huge feet to gouge and it can actually disembowel hunters. 517 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Many sightings of the creature are reported deep in the Theorland Mountains. 518 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,000 So to get there, we would have to leave Christchurch and head southwest 300 miles. 519 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,000 The narrow winding roads would take us through high mountains, untouched forests, 520 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 and past low glacial lakes. 521 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:18,000 One creature that wasn't hard to find here was the healthy population of sheep roaming wild throughout the New Zealand countryside. 522 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Vanessa, how hard did it catch a sheep? 523 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 So hard. 524 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Really? 525 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Yeah, I've enjoyed my whole life. 526 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 I will catch a sheep and I will knit DT sweaters. 527 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 You think you can catch a sheep? 528 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,000 Absolutely. 529 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:34,000 I took Ryder up on this, making a path that she'd have to cook me dinner if she came up empty-handed. 530 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 Does he have any chance of this? 531 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000 None. 532 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,000 What's that about? 533 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 The key is to think like a predator. 534 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:47,000 You have to single one out the weakest, the oldest. 535 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 That's like your dating strategy. 536 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Exactly. 537 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Yeah. 538 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Nope. 539 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000 With Ryder sheepishly back in the car, we continued our long drive south. 540 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000 After seeing some unusual road signs, we pulled over to meet with Patty Freeney, 541 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:04,000 a local who gained international attention after claiming he came face-to-face with a massive moa 542 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000 while hiking in the remote mountains. 543 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,000 So I came down to Steep Bank and I suddenly realized that's odd. 544 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 He was this enormous bloody big bird with his head sticking up. 545 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 I sprinted after him with a camera, you know, to get the photograph, 546 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 which I did got a fuzzy photograph on. 547 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 We all knew it was a moa. 548 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Is there any doubt in your mind as to what you saw? 549 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000 None, what at all. 550 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,000 None, whatever. 551 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000 To investigate the mountainous peaks of southern New Zealand, 552 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 we continued our drive to Queenstown. 553 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Originally in 1860's gold mining camp, this settlement is now known as the Adventure Capital of the World. 554 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Notorious for its high-action, blood-pumping extreme activities. 555 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,000 I wasn't here to bungee jump though. 556 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 I was here to catch a moa. 557 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Recently, bones from the giant bird had been recovered in the high peaks of the Fjordlands. 558 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Getting to this area is no easy task and we had to source a helicopter and crew to fly us there. 559 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,000 As we ascended above the jaw-dropping scenery of Queenstown and flew above the region's pristine alpine lakes, 560 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,000 we quickly entered a world where water has turned to endless flows of ice and snow. 561 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000 It was here that local explorers found physical evidence of the moa 562 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,000 and our mountaineering guide directed us to the exact area where these skeletal remains were recovered. 563 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 We're all about to start looking for our country. 564 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Is there any ice? 565 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000 You gotta be hard to spot. 566 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000 The fine and fine are put in and out. 567 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Landing a helicopter atop thin and unstable glacial ice is extremely dangerous, 568 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000 but necessary if we were going to investigate the area. 569 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Once we set down, we attached crampons, grabbed ice axes, and headed out onto the massive glacier. 570 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 We just came up with this glacier. 571 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000 Let's go back down towards the head of it, explore down there where the ice field ends 572 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,000 to see if we can dig up. 573 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,000 We definitely found moa bones in this area, so let's have a look around and see what's happening. 574 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000 We set out from the chopper rope together, a potentially life-saving technique. 575 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:48,000 In this crevasse-riddled landscape, our plan was to canvas the area looking for any signs of the creature. 576 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,000 We already knew that these birds were very deep in this frozen landscape hundreds of years ago, 577 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,000 and it has been theorized by some that a modern moa may have adapted to this extreme climate. 578 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Lots of cracks. 579 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,000 Be very careful. 580 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000 Keep that rope tight. 581 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Evan, I got a few ice cave over here. 582 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,000 Here we go. 583 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,000 Evan, nothing down there. Let's keep moving. 584 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:30,000 The terrain became treacherous as we continued the long hike into the glacial mountains. 585 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 No! 586 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,000 You okay? 587 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Yeah, you alright? 588 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Yeah. 589 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000 With Evan keeping me from slipping into oblivion, we spent the rest of the day scouting the area, 590 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,000 but didn't turn up any physical remains or signs of living specimens. 591 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,000 With the day getting short and the weather turning, we headed for the chopper. 592 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 You guys ready to get the hell out of here? 593 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Let's get an agent down. We're looking out here. Let's get out of here. 594 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:21,000 No moa, but a good effort. I think if we're going to find it, it's going to be at a lower altitude. 595 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:26,000 Having explored the high peaks of the fjordlands, it was time to search at ground levels. 596 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,000 We drove through the remote forests, the town of Teanu, where the road eventually ends. 597 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:37,000 We still had over 20 miles of uninhabited and unexplored terrain ahead of us before we reached the heart of the backcountry reports. 598 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000 So we split up into two unique vehicles. 599 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:48,000 I sent Ryder, Gabe and Mike to secure a seaplane and get eyes in the air while I led a team with Evan, Vanessa and Bobby to explore the shoreline by boat. 600 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:56,000 We would then work together to scan the entire area and reach the epicenter of Moa sightings deep in the wilderness where we would set up for our investigation. 601 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:01,000 Alright Ryder, let's head up river. You got a great bird's eye view from there, the wilderness. 602 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000 Let me know if you see any movement in the tree line. We'll keep our eyes on the coast. 603 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Copy that. We're doing a quick scan of the beach line. It's pretty quiet up here. We haven't seen anything yet. 604 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Ryder on my GPS, you should be right on top of us. I cannot have a... 605 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000 Have you guys ever got an air cap on a set number four? 606 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,000 Ryder, I am coming for you. You better be on your toes. 607 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000 Just a little off the top. 608 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,000 We searched the entire 20 mile stretch of land with no sign of the Moa. 609 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Alright Ryder, according to the GPS, we should be closing in on the location of some of these remote eyewitness sightings. 610 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,000 Let's try to find a place to put that plane down and get this boat up on shore. 611 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,000 We're going to take it down here, meet up with the other team. 612 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:53,000 We docked our vessels, unpacked our gear and quickly pressed on into the forest. 613 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:58,000 After two hours of hiking, we finally arrived in the location where the recent sightings occurred 614 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,000 and in the failing rays of daylight, we set up our base camp. 615 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,000 We're here. Let's do it. 616 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:14,000 We cabled four fixed cameras, 400 feet in different directions to give us infrared eyes into the woods. 617 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:20,000 Beyond that, we positioned multiple trap cameras designed to fire photos if anything crosses in front of them. 618 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:25,000 Then, about a half mile around all of our equipment, we created a motion sensitive perimeter. 619 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:32,000 Laser sighted sensors would transmit a signal and set off an alarm back at base camp if anything tripped their invisible beings. 620 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,000 Vanessa would observe signals from all of the equipment throughout the night. 621 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,000 This is a tough investigation. This is a creature that did exist. We know this. 622 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,000 We've taken the eyewitness stories, we've looked at different testimonies 623 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:48,000 and we have traveled to the place that we think if this creature were to still be alive, this is the area where it would be. 624 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,000 Bobby, I'll lead a sweep team with Ryder, Mike and Evan. 625 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:59,000 You head out with Gabe and Rex. We'll move in opposite directions, stay in touch with you, Milwaukee, and cover as much ground as we can. 626 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,000 Stay in bed, guys. 627 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:13,000 This forest is amazing. They're like old growth. They look to be ancient. 628 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Isn't it amazing that there's no poisonous snakes anywhere in New Zealand? 629 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Amazing. It's great. 630 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,000 That just seems incredible. How'd that happen? 631 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000 They all went to Australia. 632 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Australia is dangerous. They could kill most of them. They have a breakfast. 633 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:33,000 Hey, Josh. If we were in the Lord of the Riddles right now, who would you be? 634 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,000 Ereclon. 635 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000 I would obviously be Legolas. 636 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000 You look like Legos. 637 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000 I do. 638 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,000 Dirty Elves. I love those movies. They're so whiny, though. 639 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000 Frodo, Sam. 640 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000 Why'd you talk like that? The whole movie? 641 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,000 Get off the road. 642 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000 We're in New Zealand. You don't go saying stuff like that. 643 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000 I know. It's like Sacrilege. 644 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000 Careful, kids. Steve and Harry. 645 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000 Careful. 646 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,000 Right here. 647 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 Coming. 648 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000 What do you see? 649 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000 There's something alive over here. 650 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,000 Is it a bird? 651 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,000 I don't know what it is. I just know that it's large. 652 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000 Just dead ahead this way. 653 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,000 Just docked by trees. 654 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000 I lost it. 655 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,000 I hear it over here. 656 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000 I see it! I see it! 657 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000 I hear it over here. 658 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,000 I see it! I see it! 659 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000 I hear it! 660 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000 Careful, careful, careful. 661 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000 I just came sailing right off this thing. 662 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000 It came right down through here. 663 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 I don't see anything. 664 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,000 I don't know. I lost it. 665 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000 Hey, Josh. What, what, what? Over here. 666 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000 What's up? 667 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 You look like jaw bones. 668 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,000 Definitely. Some sort of remains of an animal. 669 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Let's see what we got down here. 670 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000 That doesn't look avian to me. 671 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000 It looks like some sort of swallowing animal. 672 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,000 We should bag these bones. 673 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000 We can basically establish animals 674 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,000 that we know that are living in this area. 675 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Then we can begin to maybe debunk some of these sightings 676 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000 and, you know, find alternate explanations 677 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000 for what these people are seeing. 678 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,000 Careful. You okay? 679 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,000 The ankle is being jammed all in the ground. 680 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000 I could have just snapped my ankle right there. 681 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 So we need to watch our steps, obviously. 682 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Let's take it slow. 683 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000 Look at them mosses. It's unbelievable. 684 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000 It's like the ground has made a sponge. 685 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,000 What we just need to keep our eyes open. 686 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,000 It looks like something came through here 687 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,000 and tore this all up. 688 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000 You can see a broken branch down here. 689 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 What is that? 690 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Those noises sound close, 691 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 and they sound like they're coming from right in there. 692 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000 Break out the parabolic dish. 693 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,000 Try to get a cleaner recording of whatever that is. 694 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,000 I can hear something shuffling around out there. 695 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000 What does it sound like? Walks? Sounds like footsteps. 696 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,000 Sounds like... 697 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Sounds like up branches. 698 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 What the hell was that? What? 699 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,000 I had very impressed. That sounds like that. 700 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 No, I have an honor. 701 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 Creepy as all hell. 702 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Let's keep moving in that direction. 703 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Mike, you keep using the parabolic dish. 704 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Sure. 705 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000 We'll flip catch up to whatever it is. 706 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,000 Okay. Let's do it. 707 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000 We'll flip the end of the road here. 708 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,000 At least we know we have one of the major requirements 709 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,000 for a large antler. 710 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000 We only have a large water source. 711 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000 And not only that, it's got enough food 712 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,000 whether it eats... 713 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Just hear that. 714 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,000 That sounded like it came from the waterfront. 715 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,000 There it is again. 716 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,000 Rex for Josh's team. 717 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,000 What's up, Rex? 718 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,000 Hey, Josh. 719 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 We're hearing what sounds like a large bird. 720 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Sounds like a bird calling. 721 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,000 I didn't hear anything. 722 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,000 We're having the exact same experience. 723 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,000 We're hearing loud noises. 724 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000 We're trying to follow them. 725 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,000 Then we sort of close the direction. 726 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000 They always seem like they're very close to us. 727 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,000 We do have clean recordings of it with the parabolic dish though. 728 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000 That sounds good, Josh. 729 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,000 They want to circle back to base camp along the lakefront here. 730 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000 See if you can see anything moving. 731 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Josh, guys, get over here. 732 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,000 What do you got? 733 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 I think I have a feather. 734 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Careful, it's super wet over here. 735 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 Well, that's definitely a feather. 736 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,000 I have gray in color with white spots on it. 737 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000 Perhaps bag and take bag. 738 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000 Feather, check. 739 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,000 That's great. 740 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Good eyes, Rutter. 741 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 Keep your eye open for other feathers. 742 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000 Any other material stuff. 743 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Whoa, whoa. 744 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,000 What, what, you okay? 745 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000 Mice is just jumping up at me. 746 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,000 What? 747 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,000 Mice is just jumping up. 748 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,000 That's just mice. 749 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Guys, I got a footprint. 750 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,000 Rutter, get over here. 751 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Got one? 752 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000 Yes. 753 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Look at that. 754 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000 Oh, wow. 755 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,000 Look at that thing. 756 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,000 Josh, will Bobby come in? 757 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,000 Go for Bobby. 758 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 Okay, we have a clear footprint out here. 759 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,000 We need the casting powder. 760 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,000 The gates? 761 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,000 Yeah. 762 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,000 I think I got a couple more over here. 763 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000 Hold on. 764 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Bobby, we may have some more prints. 765 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,000 Hold up a second. 766 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,000 What do you got? 767 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,000 Right here. 768 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,000 Oh, those are prints for sure. 769 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,000 Right here. 770 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Those are footprints, Mike. 771 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,000 Two more. 772 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,000 I think it's at least three that we can cast, 773 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000 maybe even a fourth. 774 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000 Bobby, just run that whole kit out here 775 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,000 with all the GPS coordinates. 776 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,000 Okay, you got it flying out to you. 777 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000 As soon as the evidence kit gets out here, 778 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,000 let's go. 779 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000 Okay, we got it flying out to you. 780 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000 As soon as the evidence kit gets out here, 781 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,000 let's start pouring molds. 782 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:36,000 Josh, found another feather. 783 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:43,000 You got that stuff right there. 784 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000 The first one's right here. 785 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000 Oh, wow. 786 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 It's huge. 787 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,000 Look at that thing. 788 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:52,000 I missed the size of my whole hand. 789 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 Short of seeing the Moa standing in front of us, 790 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000 we had a wealth of intriguing evidence on our hands. 791 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000 Bones, feathers, and now footprints. 792 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000 We began the process of casting the prints as Dawn arrived. 793 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000 We packed up our gear and fresh castings 794 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 and flew back to the States, 795 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,000 hopefully we could identify what we found. 796 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 We reviewed our trap cameras and were intrigued to find 797 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,000 that something had tripped several cameras near the prints, 798 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,000 but moved too fast for our flash to capture. 799 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,000 Though we know an animal passed by here, 800 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,000 we were left with only empty or blurry frames. 801 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,000 We cross-referenced the bird calls 802 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 with an extensive global database. 803 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 And after endless searching, we found a match. 804 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000 The Cacapo is a critically endangered bird 805 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000 with only 125 known to survive in the wild. 806 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,000 It seems as though we had a close encounter 807 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,000 with a bird nearly as rare as the Moa itself. 808 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000 We took our physical evidence to Dr. Kimble Garrett, 809 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,000 resident ornithologist 810 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000 at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. 811 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,000 The bones we collected were, as we suspected, from a mammal. 812 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 And though our feather samples matched 813 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,000 small bird species known to live in New Zealand, 814 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000 the footprints we found were from something larger. 815 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,000 This was certainly probably the most interesting thing 816 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,000 that we came across when we were out there. 817 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000 It does seem like this is from a sizeable animal. 818 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000 Could these prints be from a bird 819 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 that's known to live in New Zealand now? 820 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,000 This is larger than any bird you would normally expect 821 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000 in most terrestrial habitats in New Zealand, 822 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,000 with a possible exception of some of the larger herons. 823 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,000 But here you can see that the middle toe in this cast 824 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000 is the same length as the other toes, 825 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,000 which is not what one would expect from a Moa. 826 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000 In the final analysis, it is probably unlikely 827 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,000 that the largest species of Moa are still running around New Zealand. 828 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,000 After all, a 12-foot bird would have a hard time 829 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,000 staying off the radar, even in a place as remote as this. 830 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,000 But the smaller species could be more adaptable 831 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,000 and harder to track. 832 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,000 For me, the Moa is probably best viewed as a case for conservation, 833 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,000 a clear-cut example of our ability to wipe 834 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,000 entire species from the face of the planet. 835 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,000 And though it is likely that we will never see 836 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,000 the likes of the Moa again, it may be possible 837 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,000 that a small population have survived deep in New Zealand's interior, 838 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,000 hiding from the most dangerous predator of all, man.