1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh heads to the Kingdom of Cambodia for the first-ever paranormal investigation of the world-famous Anchor Watt. 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Chasing reports that this 800-year-old temple is home to angry spirits, the team has a terrifying encounter in the crumbling ruins. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Whoa, what? What? Right there? What? 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Next, the team travels to British Columbia to search for Canada's legendary light creature, Ogopogo, beneath the surface of these freezing waters, while the team come face-to-face with a massive monster. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Whoa, just saw something pass, right underneath me! 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Hold on! 7 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:42,000 I'm Josh Gates. In my travels I've seen some unexplainable things, and I've done some things I can't quite explain. 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries. 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for. 10 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 The truth. 11 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:03,000 It is unusual for a country's most treasured national landmark to also be a paranormal hotspot, 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:10,000 but that's exactly the case in Cambodia where visitors to the hallowed Anchor Watt Temple have reported countless paranormal encounters. 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:17,000 The Anchor Complex covers a staggering 40 square miles of courtyards, palaces, and religious shrines. 14 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 At the center of it all sits Anchor Watt. 15 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Originally a 12th century Hindu temple, later Buddhist, it is the largest religious building in the world. 16 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Cut off from the mainland by a 600 foot wide moat, the temple is designed to resemble the peaks of Mount Meru, the home of powerful Hindu deities. 17 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Multiple concentric walls and courtyards lead to five massive spires. 18 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 The central tower is the height of a 25 story building. 19 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Carvings of gods, demons, and depictions of heaven and hell adorn the walls of the sprawling complex, which is believed to have been used as a funerary temple. 20 00:01:52,000 --> 00:02:02,000 At various locations throughout the site, eye witnesses report hearing disembodied voices and agonizing screams, as well as seeing glowing balls of light through the sacred hall. 21 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 We were honored to be the first team ever to be granted permission to film in Anchor Watt after sundown. 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 We quickly assembled our equipment, grabbed our gear, and headed out for this historic investigation. 23 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 We flew 8,000 miles west from Los Angeles to the Kingdom of Cambodia. 24 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Ali and I were eager to claim our luggage. 25 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Got it! 26 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 It's the ride! 27 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 It's all my toiletries! 28 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Fair enough. 29 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:35,000 And with our bags all accounted for, we had a spring in our step and were on our way. 30 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 We made the short drive from the airport to the colorful city of Siam Reap. 31 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Here, the thick jungles and untamed wildlife seem to coexist alongside sputtering motorcycles and French colonial architecture. 32 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Ali made friends with the locals. 33 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 And we even bumped into Destination Truth's future cameraman. 34 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Shoot him. 35 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 And now shoot him. 36 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Right over there, nice smooth pan. 37 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Keep his kid is way better than you. 38 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Josh, it doesn't take much to be better than me. 39 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 I think you're replaced, kid. 40 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 The tranquility of Siam Reap stands in stark contrast to Cambodia's recent history. 41 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000 In the late 20th century, the Khmer Rouge ruled this country with an iron fist, 42 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 killing more than 2 million of their own people. 43 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Since the fall of the regime, there are signs everywhere that life is once again beginning to prosper. 44 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Unfortunately, the same could not be said for our new ride. 45 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 It's making some very weird noises. 46 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Gates? 47 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Yep. 48 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 The wheels about to fall off. 49 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 This thing is a piece. 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Gates, I think we need a vehicle change. 51 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Cambodia style. 52 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Meep, meep, meep, meep, meep. 53 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 I could probably be arranged. 54 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 I know a guy. 55 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,000 With the streets of Cambodia, chock full of motorcycles, we decided the locals might be on to some. 56 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,000 We traveled to the outskirts of the city to meet with a man who said he had a violent physical encounter 57 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 with one of the spirits of the temple. 58 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 What exactly did you see? 59 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 I saw a huge man. 60 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 He was 3 meter high. 61 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,000 He tried to carry me, and then I tried to put him away but I cannot push him. 62 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 He wasn't the only person who said a spirit had attacked him at Angkor Wat. 63 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 This former soldier was accosted while sleeping at the temple. 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:26,000 He was sleeping in the doorway and spirit kicked him down the stairway. 65 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 And was he hurt? 66 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,000 He was unconscious for 2 or 3 hours. 67 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Not wanting to waste any time on the way to our next interview, I grabbed some fast food. 68 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 This is perfect. 69 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Do you guys have any specials today? 70 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,000 I'll take a cheese steak, extra cheese, peppers, hold the onions. 71 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 I'm going to need that to go. 72 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:52,000 We sped on through the countryside and into a nearby village where we sat down with a respected female shaman 73 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,000 who claimed to have intimate knowledge of the spirits of the temple and how I could see them. 74 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Where in Angkor Wat should I go to find the spirits? 75 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 I'm late, but I'm not going to see them. 76 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 I'm not going to see them. 77 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 I'm going to see them. 78 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:15,000 If you would like to see the spirit, you need to make the offering with five types of fruit, 79 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:20,000 especially the incense and special candles. 80 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 She gave me a list of the offerings I'd have to bring to Angkor Wat. 81 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,000 I'd have to travel to two of Cambodia's most sacred temples to get the incense and candles. 82 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 But the food offerings would be available at the nearby market. 83 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Unfortunately, a day on the bikes had left us all a little dusty. 84 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 I am filthy. 85 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I did a tray of brownies just explode in your face. 86 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 No, I just got one of those Cambodian spray tans. 87 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 How's it look? 88 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 It's pretty even. 89 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Yeah, no, it looks natural. 90 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 All right. 91 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 We split up to get our first and easiest to obtain offering, five different types of fruit. 92 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Mini mango. 93 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Dragon fruit. 94 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Nishin. 95 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Jackfruit. 96 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Pineapple. 97 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Wanting to look my best for our big night in the temple, I veered into Cambodia's version of the salon to have my nails done. 98 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 I said, girl, you need to get rid of that man. 99 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 You know what I'm talking about. 100 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 It is hot in here. 101 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Woo. 102 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Make sure you square those off. 103 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:23,000 And before we got back on the road, we made one more stop because when you see a sign like this, you just have to investigate. 104 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 I put my feet in here. 105 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Yeah. 106 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 And the fish eat my feet. 107 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Yes, eat your feet. 108 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 They make a new one. 109 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 It's good. 110 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 They make a new foot. 111 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 And does it hurt? 112 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 It's buddy. 113 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Happy, happy. 114 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Sir, I have a question for you. 115 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Are you a crazy person? 116 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 No. 117 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Is this one of your old customers? 118 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 No. 119 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Come on, guys. 120 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 How bad could it be having a fish eat your foot? 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Sir, this is insane. 122 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 This is a terrible idea for a business. 123 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,000 After my Southeast Asian mani pedi, we got back on the motorcycles and continued our quest for the offerings. 124 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 For the incense, we were instructed to travel to the distant Bang Malia temple. 125 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:05,000 This crumbling sister city to anchor what lies deep in the jungles where it is being reclaimed by nature. 126 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:12,000 The caretaker of the temple arranged a traditional ceremony to ward off the evil spirits of the temple. 127 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:19,000 A traditional ceremony to ward off the dangerous spirits that haunt anchor water. 128 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:31,000 As the ceremony concluded, we were presented blessed incense from the temple. 129 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:37,000 We sped away to the last stop on our shopping list, sacred candles from the Bayon temple. 130 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Its 216 gigantic stone faces have survived here for over 800 years. 131 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:57,000 With our collection of offerings complete, we jumped back on our motorcycles and raced to anchor water. 132 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:03,000 With the tourists gone, we arrived at the complex and crossed the broad mode that guards the temple. 133 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,000 We would now be cut off and utterly alone inside the massive compound. 134 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Before nightfall, we established our base camp in an outer courtyard and made preparations for the inaugural investigation of anchor water. 135 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,000 We set up four IR cameras and pointed them down interior hallways and exterior courtyards of the main temple. 136 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Vanessa would monitor the cameras from base camp and alert us to any unusual activity. 137 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Alright guys, well, we have a lot of ground to cover tonight. 138 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 This is the largest religious building in the world. 139 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,000 People have reported strange lights, sounds of voices, sounds of screaming. 140 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:41,000 I think tonight is really about us trying to figure out if any of that can be validated or if any of it can be recorded. 141 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 And let's get to it guys, yeah? 142 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Once the sun went down, we started exploring the temple. 143 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Bobby, Sean and Dan ventured inside the structure while Ali, Gabe, Mike and I would begin by searching the perimeter. 144 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,000 With each of these concentric galleries that you pass through, you get closer and closer to the holiest part of the site, which is the mountain. 145 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Very few people would ever have been allowed to go up there. 146 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Nothing on the thermal. 147 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Guys, once we get inside the inner galleries, it's going to turn into a really dark maze. 148 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Here we go. 149 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,000 You guys want to go left, straight or right? 150 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Choose your own adventure, I guess. 151 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Well, I'm going to choose straight. 152 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 So basically these hallways ring the whole site. They're these geometric courtyards. 153 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:37,000 We need to get to the center of the site, which is the highest part of the temple, and make our offering there. 154 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Guys, I got something on the thermal in here. 155 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 A statue. 156 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Huge statue of the fish. 157 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 There's still incense burning and candles. 158 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 So many people still come here to worship. 159 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Alright, let's keep moving. 160 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 The hallways just going forever. 161 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Gallery of Buddhas. 162 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 A lot of them have been decapitated. 163 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 So amazing. 164 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Beautiful. 165 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Get in there. 166 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 The hallways just going forever. 167 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Get in there. 168 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 I just had somebody walk by on this thermal. 169 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Hello? 170 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I swear to God, somebody just walked right across there. 171 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Is someone there? 172 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Hello? 173 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Oh, I just saw something. 174 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 I saw something go in here. 175 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Okay, what did you see? 176 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 It sounds like a white shape goes through this pillar and into the pool. 177 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 There's nothing on the thermal in the pool. 178 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 There is nobody here, it's a wide open courtyard. 179 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Hello? 180 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 If you were in the inner courtyard, is Bobby's team anywhere near us? 181 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 No. Bobby's team is on the external courtyard. 182 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Nowhere near you guys. 183 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 I just saw what looked like a human figure on the thermal imager. 184 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 It just was like a dark shape that just moved in between two of the columns. 185 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 We chased it down, it is not here. 186 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 I'm going to keep looking to see if we can track it down 187 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 and make our way towards that inner temple. 188 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,000 There's supposed to be some type of underground temple. 189 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Let's go. 190 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000 This place is pretty intense. 191 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 It's like a separate chamber or something. 192 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 What's that? 193 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I've never heard that before in my life. 194 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 I don't hear it anymore. It must be an animal. 195 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Sean, this is one of the ceremonial pools. 196 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Looks like a good place for an EVP session yet. 197 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Yeah. 198 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Are we welcome here? 199 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Will you give us a sign of your presence? 200 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Sounds like a human scream. 201 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 There it is again. 202 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Wow. 203 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Do you want us to leave? 204 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yeah. 205 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 That sounded like wood being thrown into the rock. 206 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 It sounds like storm from up there. 207 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 If that's you, can you make some more noise please? 208 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I don't know. 209 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 I don't know. 210 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 I don't know. 211 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I don't know. 212 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 We're not hearing anything now. Just those crickets. 213 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 The thing is high. 214 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,000 This is the holiest part of the site. 215 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,000 All looks like a nice, easy staircase to climb. 216 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 No wonder not many people went up there. 217 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Guys, it says no access. 218 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 It also says no baseball caps. 219 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 What? 220 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Where did that even come from? 221 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Fine. 222 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Alright guys, steep climb to the top. 223 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Yeah, I'm not feeling so hot about these stairs. 224 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,000 One step at a time. 225 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,000 A lot of stairs here at Anchor One. 226 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 It's part of my new exercise program. 227 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Okay guys, this is the central tower. 228 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Make our offering here. 229 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 And do an EDP session and get out the EMF detector. 230 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 See what we get. 231 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 So here are our fruits. 232 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,000 We have our pineapple, mango, jackfruit, hoochie and dragon fruit. 233 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 There's something in the center. 234 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 That's... 235 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Josh, that looks like a romantic picnic. 236 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000 It is a romantic picnic for the gods. 237 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Okay, let's break out the recorder. 238 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Is anybody here? 239 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Can you give us some sign that you're here? 240 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 That sounds like a voice. 241 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 It did sound like a voice. 242 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 243 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 244 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 245 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 The candles are out. 246 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Is that you? 247 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Did you just blow out the candles? 248 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 It's so dark. 249 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Hello? 250 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 It sounds like voices, listen. 251 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 There's like so many different noises. 252 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Whoa, light! Light, right there! 253 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Shhh! 254 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Okay, let's go. 255 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 I just saw a light right back there. 256 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Right over there. 257 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Go, go, go, over there. 258 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 I saw one light right in here, like a little pinprick of light. 259 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Coming from this side of this well, 260 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 I saw it right through these columns, like right in here somewhere. 261 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 I mean, there's nobody up here. 262 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 We just climbed up a crazy staircase to get here. 263 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 We're definitely alone. 264 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 And now it's gone. 265 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 I'm gonna go get a light. 266 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 I'm gonna go get a light. 267 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I'm gonna go get a light alone. 268 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 And now it's gone. 269 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 What is going on up here? 270 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Let's recover that digital audio recorder and the EMF detector 271 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 and keep exploring up in this upper level. 272 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 We continued our search for the source of the light 273 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 for several more hours, but it never returned. 274 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 With the sun coming up, 275 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 we packed up our gear and headed to Los Angeles 276 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 to continue our investigation 277 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 by analyzing our recordings from the temple. 278 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 At our headquarters, we poured over hundreds of hours 279 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 of video and audio recordings, 280 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 scouring every frame and every sound 281 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 for evidence of the paranormal. 282 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 We sat down with Mike to review our audio findings. 283 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 There's a few things in here that I just can't explain. 284 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 So I want to play them for you guys and see what you think. 285 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Is anybody here? 286 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Is anybody here? 287 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Well, that sounds like a speech. 288 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 That sounds like someone talking. 289 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 One more time. 290 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Is anybody here? 291 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Is anybody here? 292 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 That's someone saying keep off. 293 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Is anybody here? 294 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 That to me sounds like a voice. 295 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 That's very clear. 296 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Is anybody here? 297 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 It sounds like someone's there and someone's talking. 298 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 This is from an EVP where Bobby's asking the question. 299 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Okay. 300 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 He wants to leave. 301 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Yes. 302 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Right there. 303 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Clear yes. Someone says yes. 304 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 He wants to leave. 305 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 You're asking a question. 306 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 We hear a logical response that they didn't hear 307 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 at the time of the recording and you amplify the sound. 308 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 There it is. 309 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 It doesn't get any more clear distinct than that. 310 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 But it was our thermal evidence that was the hardest 311 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 to reconcile. 312 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Oh! 313 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Come here. 314 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I just had somebody walk by on this thermal. 315 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 See that? 316 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Watch that one more time. 317 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 That's the shape of a human body. 318 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 I mean, it looks like somebody walks by, right? 319 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 And that's what I was reacting to in the moment. 320 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 And we clearly didn't see a person or animal there. 321 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Based on the height of the columns, which are about 15 feet, 322 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 we can extrapolate that that's about a six foot figure 323 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 that we've got on the thermal integer right there. 324 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 What's wild too is that it doesn't appear to be getting off heat. 325 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 If it was a person, you would expect it to show up 326 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 as white or red on the thermal integer. 327 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,000 And it's not. It's blue and black. 328 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 But there's certainly a disturbance there. 329 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Something moves across the frame. 330 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 And it looks a little bit like a person. 331 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 From a mighty kingdom to a ruined empire 332 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 to a nation nearly destroyed by tyranny, 333 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Cambodia is at this very moment being reborn. 334 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Cambodia is at this very moment being reborn. 335 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Cambodia is at this very moment being reborn. 336 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 At its heart is Angkor Wat, 337 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 a stone sentinel that has somehow survived 338 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 this tumultuous history. 339 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Our evidence corroborated eyewitness accounts 340 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 of stream sounds and phantom lights 341 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 indicating a paranormal presence here. 342 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 The spirits of those long forgotten 343 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 may well still resonate 344 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 from within these weathered stones. 345 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Is anybody here? 346 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 It's awesome. 347 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Destination Truth headquarters isn't your typical workplace, 348 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 and the water cooler talk around here 349 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 is, well, a little different. 350 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 The buzz around the office today is about a fisherman 351 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 who vanished without a trace 352 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 from his small boat in Canada's Lake Okanagan. 353 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Eerily, the man disappeared 354 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 in the exact spot where locals recently reported sightings 355 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 of a legendary lake monster 356 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 known as Ogopogo. 357 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Along with eyewitness sightings, 358 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 bizarre video footage of what appears 359 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 to be something massive swimming at the surface 360 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 has also been documented here. 361 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Written accounts of the beast date back to the 1800s, 362 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 but the story of Ogopogo 363 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 stretches back nearly a thousand years. 364 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 For generations, Canada's indigenous 365 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 First Nations people told tales 366 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 of a giant serpentine creature 367 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 that lurked in the depths of the lake. 368 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Today, the lake is bordered 369 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 by the charming town of Kelowna, 370 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 transcending native folklore. 371 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Thousands of modern-day run-ins 372 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 have been documented here. 373 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Lake Okanagan is enormous, 374 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 but remote Rattlesnake Island, 375 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 a lonely rock outcropping in the lake, 376 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 has been the epicenter of the majority 377 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 of sightings of the elusive beast. 378 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 We researched countless testimonies 379 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 and rendered this 3D interpretation 380 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 of the most frequently reported lake monster 381 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 in the world. 382 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Ogopogo is spot-disrupting the surface 383 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 of the otherwise sleepy waters of Lake Okanagan. 384 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Witnesses report seeing 385 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 razorback humus crashing above the waterline. 386 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Below the surface, though, 387 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 the massive creature is believed to be 388 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 30 to 60 feet in length 389 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 with a slender body and long tail. 390 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 The head is seldom seen, 391 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 as dragon with sharp teeth 392 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 and powerful jaws. 393 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Four flippers are believed to quickly 394 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 propel the creature through the water 395 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 as it advances upon its prey. 396 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Investigating these freezing waters 397 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 in the winter off-season would make diving 398 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 a potentially treacherous enterprise. 399 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Nevertheless, we've packed up our underwater gear 400 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 and headed to the great white north 401 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 in search of Ogopogo. 402 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Our journey started 403 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 with a leisurely 1100-mile flight 404 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 from Los Angeles to our northern neighbor 405 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Vancouver, Canada. 406 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 After touchdown, we loaded up 407 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 our 4x4 and hit the road. 408 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Vancouver is ranked as one of the most 409 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 livable cities in North America, 410 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 which of course means we didn't stop there at all. 411 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 It's alluring glass towers whipped by our windows 412 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 as we drove toward the entirely 413 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 less livable shores of Lake Okanagan. 414 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Our trip would take us northeast 415 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 to the frigid town of Kelowna. 416 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 We used our time in the car 417 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 to learn about the country from our team's 418 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 resident Canadian. 419 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 I'm a Canadian, I want to blend with the locals. 420 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Show me the ropes, what do I do? 421 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 My mom sent me one of my hats 422 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 when I was a teenager. 423 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 It says that you love Canada. 424 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 This is the greatest. 425 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 This is amazing. So really, she's re-gifting. 426 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 I think she's letting you borrow it. 427 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 It's actually used old hat. 428 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 And it smells like lamb, it really does. 429 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 It smells like a lamb chop. 430 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 And I'm supposed to wear this because this is going to make me look more Canadian? 431 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Sure, false I look more Canadian now. 432 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 I'm here to find the Ogopogo. 433 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Okay? 434 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 With my Canadian makeover complete, 435 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 we settled in for the steep climb 436 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 up the breathtaking Kokahala Highway. 437 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 But this being destination truth, 438 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 I should have expected that a familiar problem 439 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 would once again rear its ugly hat. 440 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 So the engine is overheating. 441 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 It sounds nice though, doesn't it? It sounds healthy. 442 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 And... 443 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 we're overheating. 444 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Oh yeah. 445 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 I mean, it's just a board skate. 446 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Can we get a car that works? 447 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 It's unbelievable, right? It's just getting old now. 448 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Fellas, let me show you how it's done. 449 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Please. 450 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Maybe you should show some legs. 451 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 These calves can stop any vehicle. 452 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Oh! 453 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Oh! 454 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 What was it that made you stop? 455 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 The hat. 456 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 The hat helped! Unbelievable. 457 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 With a little MacGyver improvising, 458 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 we devised a plan to give our car 459 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 a much needed transfusion. 460 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 It's actually working. 461 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Yeah, dude. 462 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 Look at that. Deliciousness. 463 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Huh? Take that, Bear Grylls. 464 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 I can drink my own pee. 465 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 You choose not to. 466 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Gross. Stop doing that. 467 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Nobody wants to see it. Bear. 468 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Back on track, we made our way through the High Mountain passes 469 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 where we were treated to some Canadian winter weather. 470 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 As we descended into the valley beyond, though, 471 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,000 we were happy to arrive in the slightly warmer climate of Kelowna. 472 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Ogo Pogo was alive and well 473 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 on the streets of town from statues 474 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 and team mascots to souvenirs and clothing. 475 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Uh, oh, gosh. 476 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 We have a Kelowna shirt with Ogo Pogo on it. 477 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 What are these colorful ones back here? 478 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 These ones are kids. That's okay. 479 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 You have a 16 XL for this kid? 480 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Wow. Wow. 481 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 And this is a two. 482 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 At the nearby Okanagan Heritage Museum, 483 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 hundreds of photos document 484 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 the town's long-standing obsession with the legend. 485 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 To this day, there's an average of six sightings 486 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 of the creature every year. 487 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Many of those sightings have been meticulously collected 488 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 by Arlene Gull. 489 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 One of the world's foremost Ogo Pogo experts, 490 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 she has written three books on the creature 491 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 and has had a firsthand encounter of her own. 492 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Tell me about your sightings. What did you see? 493 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Just imagine a 1940 submarine surfacing. 494 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 That's exactly what I saw. 495 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Something surfaced and it waved 496 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 rolled off the back of this very large object. 497 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 And in your mind, is there any doubt 498 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 about whether or not this creature is real? 499 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 There's absolutely no doubt in my mind. 500 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 To me, this creature is a reality. 501 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 There are thousands of people that have seen it. 502 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Arlene directed us to a lifelong Kelowna resident, 503 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 who was an Ogo Pogo skeptic until she had a sighting of her own 504 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 just last month. 505 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Describe exactly what you saw. 506 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 It did have three humps. 507 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000 It did come out of the water about three feet. 508 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Is there any doubt in your mind what you saw? 509 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 No. 510 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 For Bill Steakhoek, his Ogo Pogo sighting 511 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 fueled a lifelong obsession with the creature. 512 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,000 I would say that what we saw was probably at least 60 feet long. 513 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Wow. Yeah. 514 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 And tell me about Rattlesnake Island. 515 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Seems like a lot of eyewitness sightings happen in that area. 516 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Is this a dangerous spot to be diving in? 517 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Absolutely. Absolutely. Because of the drop-offs, 518 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 you're going to be looking for caves on the way down. 519 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 You got to remember, you get down to 60 or 70 feet, 520 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 it's getting pitch dark. 521 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 With the caves around Rattlesnake Island, 522 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 the most likely habitat for Ogo, 523 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 we set out to survey the lake. 524 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Measuring 83 miles long and up to 3 miles wide, 525 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Lake Okanagan encompasses an area twice the size of Washington, D.C. 526 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 We would use a seaplane to aid our search. 527 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Ali gave an eye, climbed aboard to canvas the lake from above. 528 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 We brought along the FLIR thermal imagers 529 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 and for heat signatures from any large aquatic creatures. 530 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Bobby and Mike made their way up the eastern shore by foot, 531 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000 while Sean and Dan scoured the western side. 532 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,000 With my group in the air and teams on both shores 533 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 in the vicinity of Rattlesnake Island, 534 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:58,000 we would use GPS-enabled two-way radios to triangulate our evidence. 535 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Josh, are you getting anything on the flare? 536 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Nothing yet on the thermal. 537 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 It just looks cold down there. 538 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Gabe, you'll see Rattlesnake Island down there. 539 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Not a very exciting looking island, though. 540 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Oh, Josh, I see a couple of splashes up there on the left, 541 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000 right past the NET, right up there on the left. 542 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Right there, right there, right there! 543 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Oh, Josh, I see a couple of splashes up there on the left, 544 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 right past the NET, right up there on the left. 545 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Right there, right there, right there! 546 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 You see that? 547 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 548 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 What did you see, guys? 549 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000 It's going into the water. 550 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Josh and Bobby, come in. 551 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Don't move, Bobby. 552 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Yeah, we have some activity up here. 553 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Ally and Gabe just saw something dark in the water, 554 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,000 something long. 555 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000 We marked the location. 556 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 It's near Rattlesnake Island. 557 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 We're gonna put it down and regroup with the dock. 558 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,000 We raced to follow the GPS reading from Ally's sighting, 559 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000 hoping whatever we saw was still in the area. 560 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 Gabe and I would take the faster Zodiac as our dive boat, 561 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 while the rest of the crew followed behind 562 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 carrying our additional equipment in the larger pontoon boat. 563 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Josh and Bobby, come in. 564 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Go ahead, Josh. 565 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 So we're headed towards Squally Point. 566 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 We should see Rattlesnake Island pretty soon. 567 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Yeah, it looks like we're right on target, according to our GPS. 568 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Why don't you start preparing the ROV? 569 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000 We'll use that to come down with us to follow us down. 570 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000 That way you guys have eyes on us underwater. 571 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Diving in Okanagan Lake presented significant challenges 572 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 for my cameraman, Gavena. 573 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 The water temperature hovers just above freezing, 574 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000 which made waterproof dry seats a necessity. 575 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000 All right, here we go. 576 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000 Visibility is poor and over 700 feet deep, 577 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,000 the lake has ample space for a creature to live undisturbed by man. 578 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,000 We therefore brought along a deep water submersible, 579 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 remote operated by Ally, 580 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 to help take our investigation to new depths. 581 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,000 We should be right on top of the area where we had our sighting. 582 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Anything could be out here. 583 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Game, stay alert. 584 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000 All right, I just found Josh. 585 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Looks like he's pressed up against the rock wall. 586 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Checking it out. 587 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Visibility's getting worse. 588 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000 There's a huge cave out here. 589 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,000 I'm heading inside to investigate. Try to follow me with the arrow, mate. 590 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 All right, Josh, we're going to follow you in. 591 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 All right, Josh, we're right above you. 592 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Copy that. 593 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000 It's finished black in here. It's massive. 594 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Water temperature is dropping below freezing. 595 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Wow, this is some cave. 596 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,000 Any signs of life down there, Josh? You see anything? 597 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,000 The conditions are very murky. Visibility is only a few feet. 598 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,000 Whoa, just saw something pass. Right underneath me. 599 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Looks like you went straight down below. I'm going to try to follow. 600 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Go ahead and down with the ROV. 601 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000 We'll keep in touch and let you know if we see it. 602 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Copy that, mate. 603 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Josh, the dog's moved. I am in max depth here. Can you track it on the ROV? 604 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,000 Josh's abilities gained a little bit worse. We're really deep. 605 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:12,000 We've got our lights up all the way, but we're just not seeing much. 606 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,000 Gabe and I returned to the surface and the ROV continued to sweep until dusk. 607 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,000 We hoped that our mystery creature would eventually make its way back to the surface. 608 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,000 And so with darkness falling, we docked our boats on Rattlesnake Island and prepared for the night ahead. 609 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:38,000 We positioned four IR cameras along the island's perimeter, hoping to capture video of anything breaching the surface. 610 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,000 Vanessa would monitor the cameras from base camp and alert us to any activity. 611 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Guys, here's the plan for tonight. 100% of people that see this creature are seeing it here from the surface. 612 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000 We have as good a chance as anybody of seeing it tonight. 613 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Let's just get out there, use our eyes and ears, really go at this with all the tools we have at our disposal. 614 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,000 And hopefully we get lucky and we bring home some evidence. 615 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,000 Okay, let's get to it, guys. Come on, we've got a lot of work to do. 616 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 Alright, guys, we'll see you in a bit. 617 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,000 Mike, Ali and I would take the Zodiac back to the area above the underwater cave from our earlier sighting. 618 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:16,000 I'd use the night vision binoculars to scan the area for any signs of life on the water's surface. 619 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:22,000 Meanwhile, Bobby and Sean patrolled the perimeter of the island, keeping an eye out for any disturbances along the shoreline. 620 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Surface is pretty calm. No white caps. 621 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Anything break the surface, we should have a good shot of sand. 622 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000 Okay, let's start getting some of the gear broke out. 623 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:54,000 Alright, Josh, so we're sitting at about almost 72 feet of water. It's about 45 degrees. 624 00:31:54,000 --> 00:32:01,000 The thermal's up and running. Looks good. Great view of the lake. Wind's kicking up a little bit. No sign of anything moving around. 625 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:05,000 Josh, I got the hydrophone in the water. I'm listening for any activity down there. 626 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000 Something big. Definitely going to hear it. 627 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Ali, just keep watching that sonar. I'll keep watching the surface. 628 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000 Sean, it seems like everybody in this town believes that this hobo-pogo is real. 629 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:30,000 Yeah, man, I've been to a lot of places where people talk about stuff, but this place, they seem genuinely scared. 630 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 They make it seem like that thing's really there. 631 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,000 Well, it's an enormous lake. There's got to be something in here. 632 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:45,000 Josh, I'm not picking up too much on this sonar. There's a couple of fish swimming around, but not too sizable. 633 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000 Guys, guys, guys, we got something under the boat. 634 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Ali, is it moving? 635 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000 It's moving. 636 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:03,000 Josh, I'm not picking up too much on this sonar. There's a couple of fish swimming around, but not too sizable. 637 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Guys, guys, guys, we got something under the boat. 638 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Check it out. Look how huge that is. 639 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:18,000 Right there. Look at that. Right under the boat. That's like 30 feet. It's like 20 feet long. 640 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,680 Look at that thing. I'm gonna try to listen for it. 641 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,120 Ellie, is it moving? 642 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,440 Slowly moving? 643 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,440 Okay. 644 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,880 Josh and Bobby, come in. 645 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,320 Hello, for Bobby. 646 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,040 Bobby, we got something under the boat. 647 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,880 It's only about 30 feet down. 648 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,480 We've lost a good eye from a higher vantage point of the sea. 649 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,680 Can you get up to the top of Rattle Stake Island? 650 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,080 Shoot over to us in case this thing surfaces. 651 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,880 You got it, man. We're on the move right now. 652 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:39,880 Let's go. 653 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:47,560 We got a swirer off at the top of Rattle Stake. 654 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,760 We can see our position from here. 655 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,560 Copy that. We're still tracking him on the sonar. 656 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:52,560 We do not know what it is. 657 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,480 It appears to be moving at the same speed that we are. 658 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,080 Again, no movement toward the surface. 659 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,280 Just keep an eye on it for a bit. 660 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,040 I just want to be super safe. 661 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,560 Yeah, copy that. 662 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:02,880 Danny, see anything, man? 663 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,480 No, the water looks eerie, but nothing much. 664 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,480 Got you. 665 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:10,880 Josh? 666 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:11,880 Go for Josh. 667 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:12,880 Do you have any idea what it is? 668 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:13,880 I don't know what it is. 669 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:14,880 We're only seeing it on sonar right now. 670 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:15,880 It's weird that it's keeping the same speed as the boat. 671 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:16,880 Is it deviating from that speed that you guys are on? 672 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:29,640 It appears to be moving right along with us. 673 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:30,640 Same speed, same depth. 674 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,640 Do you think it could be some giant piece of driftwood or some sea ocean over there? 675 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:36,640 It's a great point. 676 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:37,640 I mean, it could be a piece of debris. 677 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:38,640 It could be something that we're going to be able to do. 678 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,400 It could be something that's just down there that happens to be drifting at the same speed 679 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,400 we are. 680 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,400 I think we're going to just counter the piece of solid evidence until it actually changes 681 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,400 depth or speed. 682 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:48,400 Copy that. 683 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:56,400 We're going to continue on with our sweep of the rest of the island up here. 684 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:05,400 Now what? 685 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:12,400 What's going on, Gates? 686 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,400 I don't know. 687 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,400 I think there's something stuck in the back of the outboard. 688 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:21,400 Oh, it's a plastic bag. 689 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,400 There it is. 690 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,400 That's the one. 691 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,400 Oh. 692 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,400 British Columbia liquor store. 693 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,400 It's a lesson about littering, I believe. 694 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,400 Good job, Gates. 695 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:33,400 Solving mysteries. 696 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,400 One plastic bag at a time. 697 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,400 Let's get back to work. 698 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,400 What? 699 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,400 What is that? 700 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,400 Base cam to both teams. 701 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,400 Come in, come in. 702 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,400 Go for Bobby, Vanessa. 703 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,400 I just got something big on IR cam three. 704 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,400 It looks like a big shadow in the water. 705 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,400 IR cam three is looking south. 706 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,400 We're in both of your positions. 707 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,400 We're at the top of Rattlesnake. 708 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,400 We're going to run down to that position and try and launch the ROV. 709 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,400 Copy that, V. I'm motoring over there right now. 710 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,400 It's going to take us a couple of minutes. 711 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,400 Josh, it's big. 712 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,400 There's a big, dark spot. 713 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,400 I got the thermal amateur up and running. 714 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,400 And Alan's going to drop the sonar as soon as we get over there. 715 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,400 Stand by. 716 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,400 Bobby, what's going on? 717 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,400 I'm going to go get the sonar. 718 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,400 I'm going to get the sonar. 719 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:27,400 Bobby, what is your position? 720 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:33,400 We are running down to the shoreline right now and try and get that ROV in the water. 721 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,400 Alright, Josh, you're in the area. 722 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,400 Just move out of frame, but it's definitely got to be in the area. 723 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,400 It's right there where you are. 724 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,400 I can see you on IR cam three. 725 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,400 Alright, Alan, let's get the sonar back in the water. 726 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,400 Mike, get the hydrophone cooking again. 727 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,400 Alright, hydrophone's in the water. 728 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,400 The sonar's in the water, Josh. 729 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,400 I'm not seeing much quite yet, but there's all kinds of things floating around this water. 730 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,400 Who knows what's going to show up on here. 731 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,400 Alright, ROV coming out. 732 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,400 ROV coming out. 733 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,400 Go. Got her. 734 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,400 Got her. 735 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,400 Oh, there you go. 736 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:11,400 Go on. 737 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:17,400 Hey, so over is geared up ready, powered up, and we're deploying it right now. 738 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,400 Let's go. 739 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,400 Yeah, it's pretty thick down there. 740 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:31,400 Is there anything in the sighting of that shadow region, or can you get over there right now? 741 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:39,400 I'm trying. I'm trying to get down to the bottom here so I can get a point of reference. 742 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,400 I'm in like a kelp bed. 743 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:46,400 Whoa, whoa, something's pulling on it. 744 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,400 It's big. 745 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,400 Something's pulling it back. 746 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,400 Yeah, Bobby, I can feel it too, feeding out the line, and it feels like it's pulling it right out of my hand. 747 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,400 Josh, for Bobby, I can see you guys on the shore. 748 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,400 I can see the light of the ROV, and I can see it. 749 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,400 I'm seeing a lot of the water, and I can see the water. 750 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,400 I can see the water, but I'm not sure where it's coming from. 751 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,400 But I don't see anything. 752 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,400 We're going to see the water. 753 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,400 I'm not sure where it's coming from, but it's coming from the bottom. 754 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:18,800 The light of the ROV and the water, 755 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,200 you guys have an image down there? 756 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,400 Start out at the bottom. 757 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,520 The men that had there on the ROV started getting talked. 758 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:28,640 And the lens started going back and forth violently. 759 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,440 And now we're stuck on the bottom. 760 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,040 We're going to head a little bit south the rover. 761 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,680 If whatever it was took off, we might have a chance 762 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,640 to see it in the new surface. 763 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:47,640 Bobby, I'm just about on top of the ROV right now. 764 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,640 I'm wondering if you guys can take a look at it out there 765 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,640 and see if there's any damage to it. 766 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:52,640 Absolutely. 767 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:53,640 I'm right up to the surface. 768 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,640 I'll get right up on top of it and take a look at it, 769 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,640 see if it's damaged at all. 770 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:57,640 Got it. 771 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,640 Yeah, she's coming up right now. 772 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,640 Get the tether when I was pulling on it. 773 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,640 It was yanking it really hard. 774 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,640 Looks like there's a couple of marks on the tether. 775 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,640 Like something might have bit onto it. 776 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:12,640 I'm not sure though. 777 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,640 The rest of the housing looks sound. 778 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,640 We're going to put it back in the water 779 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,640 once you try and fly it back over to your position. 780 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:19,640 Copy that, Josh. 781 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,640 We're bringing her back to the base. 782 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,640 We're going to continue to see if there's any damage 783 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:24,640 to the tether. 784 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,640 We're going to put it back in the water once you try and fly it 785 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:28,640 over to your position. 786 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,640 Copy that, Josh. 787 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,640 We're bringing her back to the base. 788 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,640 We're going to continue to scan the area, 789 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,640 see if whatever Vanessa saw on that IR resurfaces. 790 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,640 We'll let you know at the end and stand by. 791 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,640 We patrolled the waters around Rattlesnake Island 792 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,640 until conditions began to deteriorate, 793 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,640 and we were forced to head back to our camp 794 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,640 where we took shelter for the night. 795 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,640 In the morning, we crated up our equipment, 796 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,640 returned to the mainland, 797 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,640 and hopped a flight to Los Angeles, 798 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,640 and we brought our footage to Mike Shad 799 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,640 from the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 800 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,640 to get his expert eye on our findings. 801 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,640 First, we showed him the recent amateur footage 802 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,640 that purportedly shows Ogopogo. 803 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,640 If you just look at it at a glance, 804 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,640 it looks like you're seeing almost humps of the surface. 805 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:08,640 Exactly. 806 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,640 And I can see people making that kind of guess, 807 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,640 because as they're looking across the surface 808 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,640 and seeing it, it does look like humps. 809 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,640 I think in this particular case, 810 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:21,640 people might be seeing boatwigs, bubbles, logs. 811 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,640 Those are the kind of things I think they're probably seeing. 812 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,640 It could also be a chemical process 813 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,640 that's happening in the mud that's bubbling up in a short term. 814 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,640 It could be that something like that's happening down below. 815 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,640 Our own mysterious footage shot from above 816 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,640 was also difficult to identify. 817 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,640 It looks to me like there's something floating below the surface 818 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,640 or actually on the bottom that you're seeing all the way down to. 819 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,640 Do you think that we could be looking at something that's organic here? 820 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,640 Do you think this is something that could be alive? 821 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,640 It's possible there's something we don't know in that lake, yes. 822 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,640 In this particular footage, what I don't see, 823 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,640 Josh, is any fins, any structure, anything along those lines ahead 824 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,640 that I can distinguish what it is. 825 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,640 What do you think that the people around Lake Okanagan might actually be seeing? 826 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:05,640 Well, there is a fish called the sturgeon, which get very large. 827 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,640 They're very prehistoric looking. 828 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,640 The sturgeon is one of the oldest fish species in the world, 829 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,640 first appearing in the fossil record more than 200 million years ago. 830 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,640 They are a tantalizing possible solution to the Ogo Pogo mystery, 831 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,640 since they can grow up to 20 feet in length 832 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,640 and exhibit the same sawtooth ridges on their backs 833 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,640 and lateral fins that are described by eyewitnesses. 834 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:27,640 There's just one problem. 835 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,640 A sturgeon has never been caught in Lake Okanagan. 836 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,640 And so the question remains, what are people seeing? 837 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,640 The massive lake itself makes finding an answer no easy task. 838 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:41,640 For my part, a series of close encounters with large objects in these waters 839 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,640 left me feeling as though there could be more than one solution 840 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,640 to the riddle of Ogo Pogo's identity. 841 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,640 But with centuries of consistent eyewitness reports 842 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,640 and waters too deep to fully explore, 843 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:56,640 we may just have to wait and watch to see what emerges from the depths of Lake Okanagan.