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On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh heads to an abandoned mining town in northern Japan,

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where the last remaining residents are believed to be spirits from beyond the grave.

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He saw a girl on the forest floor.

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Following reports that ghostly apparitions can be witnessed at this forsaken settlement,

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the team embarks on a frightening investigation.

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Come here! Come here!

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Next, team Truth traverses the globe, touching down in the untamed African plains of Tanzania.

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Oh my god!

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Far from civilization, these tribal warriors are living in fear of a massive beast they say strikes without warning.

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Small muscle of an lion and very long claws.

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Deep in the savannah, Josh squares off with an unknown predator.

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I just saw something at the very back of that field.

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Whoa, right there!

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Alright, alright, alright, alright!

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Very, very, very, right here!

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Hold on!

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I'm Josh Gates.

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In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things, and I've done some things I can't quite explain.

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Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries.

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I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for.

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The Truth.

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In this economy, it's a story that's all too familiar.

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A city is built upon a single industry, the business goes bust, and the place turns into a ghost town.

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And a ghost town is exactly what the Japanese coal mining city of Haboro has become, in more ways than one.

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On the remote northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, thousands of people died working in deplorable conditions at Haboro.

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In the 40 years since the mine has closed, countless reports of mysterious lights, unexplained noises,

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and ghostly apparitions have left the residents of the neighboring town convinced that Haboro is haunted by the ghosts of the miners who died there.

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Many of those who worked at Haboro met gruesome ends, asphyxiated or buried alive.

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Many of the miners were slave laborers, Korean prisoners of war who were literally worked to death.

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Investigating Haboro would be a major challenge.

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The weather on Hokkaido Island is inhospitably cold, and the site would be hard to reach on snowy mountain roads.

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Furthermore, the forgotten town's decaying buildings teeter on the verge of collapse.

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With a dangerous investigation ahead, we assembled our team, packed up our cold weather gear, and headed to the Far East to investigate this boom town gone bust.

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Our journey began as we flew 5,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean and landed in Tokyo.

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We still had a long way to go to reach Haboro and only a few minutes to catch the next train.

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Well at least this part's not confusing.

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Reading Japanese subway maps is challenging.

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There are so many colors.

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Operating a Japanese ticket kiosk is downright impossible.

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Uh, okay, we can do this.

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Yeah, that one.

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I don't know if I'm buying a train ticket or launching a space shuttle right now.

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That one.

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Tickets!

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With tickets finally in hand, we had less than four minutes to catch the last train out for the night.

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We're going to be drunk, Alvin!

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No time for pastries, let's go.

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We're gonna miss it!

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You little lady!

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Made it. I was close.

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Oh my god, I'm still sweating, dude.

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They don't call the bullet train for nothing. You gotta move fast.

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As the bullet train pulled out of the station in Tokyo, my crew and I settled in for our long journey.

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First, we sped north at 200 miles an hour toward the town of Omori, where we'd change trains

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and continue through the longest underwater tunnel in the world,

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more than 800 feet below sea level to the island of Hokkaido,

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before finally arriving in the city of Sapporo.

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Once we finally caught our breath, we crammed ourselves, and more than 35 cases of gear,

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into the tiny sleeper car bunks.

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You guys just put a dirty duffel bag in my bed?

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With a full day of investigating ahead of us, we settled in for a few hours of sleep.

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Everyone got comfortable, some of us more than others.

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Sean, you do have pants on over there, right?

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It's too hot in here for pants on, Josh.

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Sean, when it comes to man-on-man bunking, it's never too hot for pants.

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Touché, sir. Touché.

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Touché.

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That's true.

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In the morning, our train finally pulled into Sapporo Station.

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We still had a long drive ahead of us to the reportedly haunted mining town of Haboro.

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But first, we headed to the local university to meet with Professor Yukirio Keido,

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a scholar on Japan's mining history.

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I wanted to know what he thought of the mines' haunted reputation.

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People living around the mines claim that they see spirits.

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Are there specific places they go?

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The one he knows is actually elementary school, abandoned elementary school.

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Professor Keido showed me on a map exactly where to find the elementary school.

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We quickly jumped back in the car, pressing on to Haboro.

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The trip would require a six-hour drive up the coast and into even colder weather.

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You didn't like the sleeper train?

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I would have loved it if I were four feet tall.

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Are you a little tall for this country?

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A little tall for this country?

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I'm huge in Japan and not in the good weather.

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As we approached a Japanese toll booth, the language barrier once again reared its confusing head.

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I'm trying to get to Haboro.

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Do you know what Haboro is?

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Together?

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Together we go to Haboro. You want to come with me?

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Do you want this?

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Okay, thank you.

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They're just coming with us.

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We're going together.

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See you later. Arigato!

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In the afternoon, we went to the town of Haboro.

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The town has grown quiet and eerie, with only a fraction of the population at once enjoying.

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We set off to meet with Toshiyakudo, who had an unexplained sighting at Haboro just days earlier.

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He went to Haboro Mine and there's an empty apartment building.

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We went to the town of Haboro and we saw a small town.

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We went to the town of Haboro and we saw a small town.

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We went to the town of Haboro and we saw a small town.

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And there's an empty apartment building.

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When he looked up on the fourth floor, he saw a young girl looking at him from one of the windows.

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It is believed that the fourth floor is the path where the spirits go through.

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And do you think that these spirits, that these ghosts are dangerous?

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People say that near the mine shaft, they see men in uniform.

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And the men in uniform will say, don't come, don't come.

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Next we met with Katsuhiro Miwa.

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His curiosity led him to explore the old apartment blocks in Haboro

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and he claims to have captured photographic evidence proving that the buildings are haunted.

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What did he say?

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What did you see in Haboro?

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First, in our company.

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He was taking pictures at Haboro and when he went to develop the pictures, he saw a girl on the fourth floor.

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And do you think that I'll be able to spend the entire night at the Haboro Mines?

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Frankly speaking, you should not do it.

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And why do you think I should not do it?

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Because there's spirits and also bears.

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There's bears?

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There's bears.

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Dangerous bear?

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Very dangerous.

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How do we choose these places?

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Why can't we ever do like a haunted ice cream parlor?

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With the information that the ghost town was patrolled by hungry bears,

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we needed to make one more stop before our night investigation.

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Okay, guys look for anti-bear supplies. Split up.

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If I have this on my chest, the bear won't attack me because that's uncool and unfair.

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There's all kinds of stuff for bears around here.

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Yes, well we could really use some guns, huh?

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Seriously.

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I got some bits.

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Equipped with the best bear defenses the department store had to offer,

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we set our sights on the ghost town of Haboro.

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We traveled deep into the forests as far as the roads allowed.

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With rain beginning to fall, we transferred our gear to snowmobiles to get to the scene of the investigation.

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We've probably got at least two miles of snow covered road between here and the area we want to set up in.

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Bobby and I will put gear and people on the machines.

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We'll find an area where we can set up, get dry, and then we can start work, yeah?

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The Haboro ruins are completely cut off from the outside world.

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Years of neglect have left the many buildings here in a state of terrible decay.

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Officials closed the access road to prevent outsiders from exploring the hazardous ruins,

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meaning we'd be on our own.

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As we emerged into a large clearing, we finally came face to face with the ruins of Haboro.

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The ghostly buildings sprawled out over a huge area.

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With the weather forecasted to get worse, we took shelter in the remains of the old hospital,

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which would serve as our base camp for the night.

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Guys, it looks like a lot of the floorboards are just rotting out in the main building,

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so let's stay on the concrete area out here in the foyer.

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Let's get face camp set up. It's going to be a cold one.

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We activated IR cameras around the buildings where eyewitnesses reported activity.

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Vanessa would remain in the old hospital to monitor anything paranormal in the field.

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Guys, we really have our work cut out for us tonight.

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Obviously the elements are working against us a little bit. It's really rainy.

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We're going to try to move throughout the site, get to as many areas as we can.

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People say they see figures here, they see strange lights, they hear noises, they hear voices.

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Vanessa, just keep in touch with us. Let us know what you see in those IR cameras.

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So the bear walks in here, you're going to do what?

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Screen.

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And then?

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Run.

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Just like we practiced.

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It's like the old apartment complex. There's a ton of units too.

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Look at this place. It's literally just falling apart.

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I'm touching all the people that occupy just from those buildings.

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I know, there must have just been thousands of people here.

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They say that you come through here, you see people in the windows.

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We've heard a bunch of reports that you can see a little girl up on that fourth floor.

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So far I haven't seen much. Some curtains flapping.

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Come here, come here, come here.

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They say that you come through here, you see people in the windows.

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Come here, come here, come here.

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I just got a hit on this thermal imager inside this building.

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What was it? What did it look like?

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It just looked like heat, it looked like something that was alive.

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Let's get in there. Come on.

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We're funny, we're home.

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Broken glass.

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We'll run it out in here.

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What's down there?

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It's just in awful shape.

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Oh, okay, come on.

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I'm almost laying in the basement.

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Look at this.

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That's the floor.

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Everybody be very careful where you walk.

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There's the giant smoke stack.

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It used to power the whole plant, it looks like.

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Oh, look at this thing.

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What is this thing?

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I bet this is the coal hopper.

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You see the holes up there on the ceiling?

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Yeah.

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That's where they filled the coal right in the train cars.

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Is that a bear plant?

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Look at that.

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Three cars right there?

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Well, we knew that there were bears in this region,

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but I didn't think they were coming down into these mining structures.

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It looks like they're calling these places home too.

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Did you hear that?

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I swear I heard people talking.

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Sean, did you hear that?

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Yeah, I definitely heard that, dude.

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Dude, it was a full-on conversation.

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There are people in here talking.

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Basically, for Josh?

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Go for Josh, Vanessa.

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We're pretty deep inside one of the apartment buildings really far from this campus.

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Hey, what's that?

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Vanessa, hold on, we just had a really loud banging noise in this apartment building from the fourth floor.

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I need to call you back, hold on.

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Hold on.

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Up we go.

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We've heard the fourth floor is obviously the place where you see this little girl.

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This is the room.

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What?

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There's a shrine up here.

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There's a shrine up here?

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Yeah, there's a shrine in this room.

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This is where I saw that thermal hit right through this open window.

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The only room with a shrine with anything in it is this room.

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I got an old newspaper over here.

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These look like obituaries.

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Look, look what I just found.

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This looks like a picture of the girl.

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That is wild.

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Let's do an EVP session.

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Break down the digital recorder.

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See if we can pick anything up.

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Is there anybody here with us?

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Do you hear that?

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I'm tapping.

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Uh-huh.

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It's close.

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It's in this room.

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Are we sitting in the place that you called home?

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K2 meters moving.

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This shouldn't be moving at all.

244
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There's no electricity in this building.

245
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We've accounted for a gear.

246
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What's making that go off?

247
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It's not doing it.

248
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It's not doing it.

249
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Now it's stopped.

250
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Okay.

251
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000
Looks like it's quieted down now.

252
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Let's pack it up.

253
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000
Keep moving.

254
00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000
Guys.

255
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000
Yeah?

256
00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000
I just saw something on this thermal imager I've never seen in my entire life.

257
00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000
It just started pulsing heat.

258
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000
It just started pulsing at it in the middle of the room.

259
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000
I've never, ever, ever seen this thing do that before.

260
00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000
Now there's nothing.

261
00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000
It's just cold.

262
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000
Let's go.

263
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000
All right.

264
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000
Well, I guess it's a great time for an old EVP.

265
00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000
What do you say, boys?

266
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000
It's going to be hard with all the water noise,

267
00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000
but if you guys were hearing voices, let's do it.

268
00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000
Is there anybody in here?

269
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000
Will you give us a sign of your presence?

270
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000
Did you just hear that?

271
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000
Yes.

272
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,000
It sounds like a high-pitched voice, and it's like just talking.

273
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000
It's a little girl.

274
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Like a ton of like, a little kid.

275
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000
Yeah.

276
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Just went like, oh, no.

277
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000
She's freaking crazy.

278
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000
Vanessa, we're going to take the snowmobiles,

279
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check out some of these access roads,

280
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see if we can't get to some of these other buildings.

281
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We'll stay in touch along the way.

282
00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,000
We might lose you, though.

283
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000
We might get lost.

284
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000
We might get lost.

285
00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000
We'll stay in touch along the way.

286
00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,000
We might lose you, though.

287
00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000
We might go out of range.

288
00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000
All right, copy that.

289
00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000
Please don't run into a bear.

290
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000
Hey, guys, look at this.

291
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000
You see those animal tracks?

292
00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000
Oh, boy.

293
00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000
So far, no bears.

294
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000
But believe me, I'm watching this thermal image

295
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000
or like a hawk.

296
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000
I hope so.

297
00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000
Oh, wait, I got something up here.

298
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000
That's the school.

299
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000
That's the old elementary school.

300
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000
I got a broken window over here, guys.

301
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000
Oh, my God.

302
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000
Okay, guys, come on in.

303
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000
Got it?

304
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000
Yeah.

305
00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000
Be real careful.

306
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000
Bear!

307
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000
Stuff bear.

308
00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000
False alarm.

309
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000
Stuff bear.

310
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000
I bet.

311
00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000
I hate you, Josh.

312
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000
I just...

313
00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000
I hate you.

314
00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,000
Why would that be the middle of the school?

315
00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000
I mean, this might win the award

316
00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000
for craziest place I've ever been in my life.

317
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000
Look at this.

318
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000
I've never been in my life.

319
00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000
He's got a guy that's got a bear.

320
00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000
Look at this.

321
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000
That's a bear.

322
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000
That's a bear.

323
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000
I've never been in my life.

324
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,000
I mean, this might win the award for craziest place I've ever been in my life.

325
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000
Hey, look at this.

326
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,000
I mean, what kind of school was this?

327
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000
Let's try out the second floor, see if it holds.

328
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000
This place is terrifying.

329
00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000
Hey.

330
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000
Hey, guys?

331
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000
Get up here!

332
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000
I just heard something up here for real.

333
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000
I'm a little flipped out.

334
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,000
I'm not getting a hi-hurt, but it sounds like a voice up here.

335
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000
What kind of voice?

336
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:52,000
Just like a mumbling, and I realized that I was the only one up here and you guys were still on the second floor.

337
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000
I heard footsteps down there.

338
00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000
There can't be anybody in this building.

339
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000
Dude, I think there's somebody walking around downstairs.

340
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000
There can't be anybody in this building.

341
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000
I swear, I just heard footsteps down there.

342
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000
It's way too cold. We're in the middle of nowhere.

343
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000
There's no way somebody's in here.

344
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000
Hello?

345
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000
Is anybody here?

346
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,000
Hello?

347
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000
You know what's really weird?

348
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000
Is that this staircase looks like my high school.

349
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000
There's just straight up somebody in here.

350
00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000
It's just a land of door.

351
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000
This ain't far anymore.

352
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,000
We keep hearing something walking around,

353
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000
but there's nobody here.

354
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000
I think something's playing with us.

355
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000
This is one of the pre-kiest places I've ever been.

356
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000
Stopped.

357
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000
I don't see much of my way of activity.

358
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000
Josh, for Vanessa, come in.

359
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000
Go ahead, Josh.

360
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000
I just want to let you know that we're inside the school.

361
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000
It's pretty creepy in here.

362
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000
We've heard a lot of strange things happen.

363
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000
We've heard a lot of weird noises.

364
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,000
We kind of don't feel like we're alone in here.

365
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000
I don't know how else to describe it.

366
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000
It's just there's definitely something or someone

367
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000
moving around in here.

368
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000
We'll check in with you in a bit.

369
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000
Alright guys, it's getting late. Let's get back to those snowmobiles.

370
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000
Head for home.

371
00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000
With night nearly turning today,

372
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,000
the team and I headed back to base camp and we packed up our gear.

373
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000
It had been a disturbing night and we were anxious

374
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000
to go back to Los Angeles to analyze our evidence.

375
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,000
With seemingly compelling video and audio recordings,

376
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000
we met up with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson

377
00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000
to get their expert views on our findings.

378
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,000
We did a number of EVP sessions at Havoro.

379
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000
That's an interesting result when we amplified the recordings.

380
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000
This is an EVP session that my team was conducting

381
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000
in one of the apartment buildings.

382
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000
Are we sitting in the place that you called home?

383
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000
Are we sitting in the place that you called home?

384
00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000
Oh yeah, right there.

385
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000
It's a whisper.

386
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000
It sort of sounds like someone's saying yeah.

387
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000
Right, which is kind of ironic because in Japanese, yeah,

388
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000
means no.

389
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000
That's how they say it.

390
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000
So this ghost is messing with me.

391
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000
Well, you just, you have such a language barrier there.

392
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000
It's so different, but it definitely sounds like you caught something.

393
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,000
There's a long drawn out whisper that has a couple different syllables to it.

394
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000
There's definitely something interesting there.

395
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,000
This is a recording from my other team's EVP session.

396
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000
And there's a lot of background noise,

397
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000
a lot of static you have to cut through and we amplified it.

398
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,000
But it does sound like we get a really clear response in this recording.

399
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000
Take a listen.

400
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000
Is there anybody in here?

401
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000
No.

402
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000
Is there anybody in here?

403
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000
No.

404
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,000
When I listen to that, I really distinctly hear what sounds like someone saying no.

405
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000
Yeah, you can't miss that.

406
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000
No, it, no.

407
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000
There's definitely a voice and you get a direct response,

408
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000
which I mistakenly sounds like a no.

409
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:57,000
This is actually a video recording of my other team where they think they hear a girl's voice.

410
00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000
Will you give us a sign of your presence?

411
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000
Whoa!

412
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000
Yeah, really loud yell.

413
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000
It sounds like a high-pitched voice and it's like just talking.

414
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000
It's a little girl.

415
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000
It's like a little kid.

416
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000
He's right.

417
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000
What do you make of that?

418
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000
I think that your investigator is nailed it.

419
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000
It sounds like a little girl.

420
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000
It sounds like she's yelling and it sounds like there's an echo to it,

421
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,000
but they're saying it sounds like they're hearing talking continually.

422
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000
It's interesting.

423
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000
Yeah.

424
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000
That would rule out an animal.

425
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000
It was our thermal footage that made the biggest impression.

426
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,000
There are these reports that on the fourth floor of this building,

427
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000
a little girl is always seen.

428
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,000
We got this clear thermal hit up on the fourth floor.

429
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000
So far, I haven't seen much.

430
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000
There's some hurt and slapping.

431
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000
Oh!

432
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000
Come here, come here, come here.

433
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000
Wow.

434
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000
It's a pretty wild, right?

435
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000
It's a good piece.

436
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000
I like that.

437
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000
The thing for me is because it's broken up by sections of the window framing

438
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000
and some trees in front of the window,

439
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000
it's hard to get a clear image of what you're seeing there,

440
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000
but the one thing that makes this video so much more interesting

441
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
is that I'm going to go ahead and try to get that piece out.

442
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000
I'm going to try to get it out of here,

443
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000
and it's pretty hard to get that picture out of here,

444
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000
and there's an image there.

445
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000
So I'm going to get it out of here,

446
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000
and I'm going to try to get it out of here,

447
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,360
It's hard to get a clear image of what you're seeing there, but to me it looks like there's possibly someone standing in that window

448
00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:21,620
Honestly, it looks like a head. It looks like a torso and a hand. Yeah

449
00:22:21,620 --> 00:22:26,220
And it looks like something like almost a window frame is blocking out certain parts of it

450
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,720
That's a that's a really nice catch

451
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:35,520
It clearly looks like he's in the building not in the tree by the way the camera moves and its position as you move

452
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,160
I think somebody's in that window. I think that's a great catch

453
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:45,480
Our journey had taken us thousands of miles to the frigid shores of Hokkaido Island here a nearly forgotten chapter in Japan's history

454
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,480
Is being buried beneath the falling snow?

455
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:53,560
Hiboro is not alone. There were at one time more than a hundred mines in operation in Japan today

456
00:22:53,560 --> 00:23:01,560
There are two to date more than 10,000 workers including slave laborers have died in these facilities at the crumbling remains of Hiboro

457
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,600
They seem to make their presence known to anyone who dares to come and listen

458
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600
Are you sitting in the place that you called home?

459
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:16,560
On a continent boasting an unmatched wealth of wild animals the African nation of Tanzania may have the most riches of all

460
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:25,360
During the Great Migration alone more than 1.6 million zebra, wildebeest and gazelles travel across the country in search of food and water

461
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:33,240
Now hundreds of years of mythology and recent eyewitness reports are leading many to believe that a mysterious beast has been living on

462
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:42,120
Catalog in the Tanzanian wilderness the Ming Wa is a massive predatory feline that locals believe is larger and more ferocious than any big cat in Africa

463
00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:46,880
We combined all available eyewitness data to generate a virtual dossier of the creature

464
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,680
Legend says that the Ming Wa prowls the grassy plains of Tanzania's seemingly endless savannas

465
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,640
Gray fur provides perfect camouflage for this nocturnal carnival

466
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,720
The Ming Wa is reported to be massive

467
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:05,000
Tipping the scales at more than 400 pounds bearing huge claws a powerful jaw and enormous teeth

468
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:10,920
Local tribes believe the beast is a man eater with a roar reportedly similar to a lion and cat like tracks

469
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:17,120
The Ming Wa could be Africa's largest and most elusive undiscovered feline with plenty of known predators

470
00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:24,640
This would be an extremely dangerous investigation after all in the extreme wilderness of the Serengeti the hunters can quickly become the hunted

471
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:31,240
We flew 9600 miles eastern Los Angeles and landed in the bustling African city of Arusha

472
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,640
Located on the edge of Tanzania's stunning national parks

473
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:41,760
We had no problem tracking down a rugged 4x4 for our journey into the wild we piled into the car ready to hit the ground running

474
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,040
Busted starter motor

475
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,280
Guys

476
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,440
You're gonna have to push it not to pop the clutch you ready

477
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,560
Once we got our car started we began our investigation with a visit to Tanzania's natural history museum

478
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:18,720
Considering the country's abundance of exotic wildlife the museum's initial offerings left me a little underwhelmed here

479
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,720
It is folks the absolute worst display in any museum in the world

480
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:33,120
This is a fascinating piece this is actually the first recorded time in history that anybody ever used the old yawn arm move on a first date

481
00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:38,640
But you know she's hip doing he's so busy trying to make a move though that he doesn't see the volcanoes about to kill the most

482
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,960
worst first date ever

483
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:49,280
I met with the museum's curator who showed me photographs of recently discovered cave drawings

484
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:56,640
Tribes have very specific ways of representing each predator and these particular drawings appear to show an animal unknown to science

485
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,640
When you look at this what what does this indicate to you?

486
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,160
There are that I say war between these two

487
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:09,360
From the human and the design you think this is a lion. No to me. This is different than a lion

488
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,640
Look at the clouds too many and also the way tail looks

489
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,360
It's too long it's possible

490
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:22,800
Creature can be found but we haven't seen or it has been seen here in the past

491
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,000
Disappeared

492
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:30,360
Before we headed into the rugged Tanzanian countryside we needed to learn more about the treacherous terrain ahead

493
00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:36,760
I arranged a meeting with Richard Beattie a hunter and guide knowledgeable in the Minghua legend and the danger-filled grasslands

494
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,040
We'd be exploring Richard where would you direct me if I was looking for the creature?

495
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,800
You know, I think you need to go somewhere where

496
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,480
Civilization hasn't really reached yet somewhere that's still quite remote

497
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:52,880
I think probably the best people to talk to would be something like the Huzabe people there are a nomadic hunter-gatherer tribe

498
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,040
I mean if anybody's still seeing this thing around and they're the people who would have that information

499
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:58,640
How do I find them?

500
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,880
You know they're nomadic so they move around a lot

501
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,960
But one of the areas that you can probably track them down is going to be south of Mungorongoro they wander through there

502
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,720
They're gonna be hard to find them. You have to be real careful out there

503
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,080
There's a lot of wild animals and a lot of them can be after you and be quite dangerous

504
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,760
MapQuest hasn't exactly got this part of the world covered

505
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:20,400
So we did our best to get some old-fashioned directions use the lake as a guide take a left of the bush

506
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,400
Take a left at the bush right of the bear bab tree then straight on pass the giraffe

507
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:33,120
We got back in the Land Rover and started our drive a hundred miles to the west where Richard said we could find the Hodzenbee tribesmen

508
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,520
Despite the lack of cars in the road. We still encounter a traffic jam

509
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:46,280
Eventually the miles of asphalt gave way to the endless dirt roads of the untamed Serengeti

510
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:51,440
We marveled at sweeping vistas and a diversity of wildlife found nowhere else on earth

511
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:58,480
The animals that roam free here are simply a wonder and even the larger varieties can sneak right up on you. Oh my god

512
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:05,500
Elephants guys be very very quiet elephants. Mike and Bobby showed off their best doctor livings then impressions

513
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,640
Elephant

514
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,080
Come on. Don't be shy elephant. Show yourself

515
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:28,200
As we venture deeper into the plains not getting lost became the priority was it a left of the giraffes are right around the

516
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,200
Wildebeests around the wildebeests

517
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,560
Like many hours over there

518
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,640
I

519
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,720
After more than six hours of technical backcountry driving

520
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,600
We finally came across the elusive Hodzenbee tribesmen at their camp

521
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,640
We were fortunate enough to meet a traveling game ranger who lucky for us could translate their language

522
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,920
What exactly happened you you were you were attacked?

523
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,920
The animal tried to attack him and he actually shot with an arrow

524
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,540
But the animal jumps and claw his right leg

525
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,360
How can you be sure this isn't just a large lion?

526
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:33,080
The meanwhile looks like a lion, but it's more muscular than a lion is having you know big large body and very long claws

527
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,000
I can't help but notice that you're carrying a lot of arrows and a bow

528
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,400
Do I need to protect myself if I'm gonna go out here at night?

529
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:44,240
Don't teach you to use the boy and now of course, you're in the middle of nowhere. Okay. I'll give it a whirl

530
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:50,000
Yeah, let's do it. I jumped at the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an archery lesson from the best bow hunters in the world

531
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,120
All it took was a few quick pointers from the Hodzenbee to harness my innate talent

532
00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:02,660
Stop it stop it. It's unbelievable. Look right in the termite man unbelievable. Yeah. I'm a potter

533
00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,500
Harry Potter

534
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:12,300
I shoot like a wizard with my considerable archery skills falling somewhere between Gina Davis and Robin Hood

535
00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:14,740
I gave the rest of the crew a chance to try their luck

536
00:30:19,460 --> 00:30:21,460
Okay, Lego us come on

537
00:30:26,940 --> 00:30:31,820
Finally it was Mike's turn to give it a go Mike who's running the audio right now. Don't worry about it. I got a guy

538
00:30:32,660 --> 00:30:34,660
I

539
00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:51,780
Lesson complete we asked the Hodzenbee warriors to send us in the right direction literally

540
00:31:02,940 --> 00:31:11,060
We head into the area where the tribesmen said we'd have the best chance of finding the Minghua after driving 20 miles east

541
00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:14,020
We came to a stop and established our base of operations

542
00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:22,700
In the safety of an open clearing we set up monitors and recording decks

543
00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:30,380
Heather to multiple infrared cameras around the area in addition we concealed motion activated digital game cameras throughout the savannah

544
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:37,820
Finally our camp was protected by a laser perimeter fence programmed to alarm if any animal crossed its invisible barrier

545
00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:41,780
Tonight's gonna be a really challenging investigation

546
00:31:41,820 --> 00:31:45,900
We are in one of the most dangerous environments on earth to be wandering around in at night

547
00:31:46,220 --> 00:31:49,260
We're gonna divide the teams up. I'll take the four by four out

548
00:31:49,260 --> 00:31:52,820
We'll conduct sweeps in the vehicle and we'll also try to get out in foot Bobby

549
00:31:52,820 --> 00:31:57,900
You'll head out with Dan and Sean search the perimeter around base camp and then try to strike out from there Vanessa

550
00:31:57,900 --> 00:31:59,340
You'll be back here at base camp

551
00:31:59,380 --> 00:32:01,380
Ready guys? Yeah, do it

552
00:32:05,860 --> 00:32:07,860
All right, can I have the spotting light please?

553
00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:17,460
This tall grass is gonna make it really dangerous to walk around really hard to see what could be crouching down in there

554
00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:25,460
Guys looks like an eland up there. Oh, yeah, I see him

555
00:32:27,220 --> 00:32:29,220
It's too dangerous

556
00:32:29,460 --> 00:32:31,460
yet

557
00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:33,460
That's the kind of stuff you joke about and then you get eat

558
00:32:35,340 --> 00:32:37,340
Guys I see something up ahead

559
00:32:38,420 --> 00:32:45,060
We got an ostrich kill here looks fresh be on the lookout something just killed this very very recently

560
00:32:47,940 --> 00:32:49,940
Guys be alert

561
00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:54,140
Josh Josh Josh stop the car

562
00:32:54,500 --> 00:33:00,200
I definitely hear something walking around see anything out there alley. I don't see anything Josh

563
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:11,700
See anything out there alley

564
00:33:16,980 --> 00:33:22,860
Whatever that is, it's very very low down in the grass. It's creeping through the grass. Oh, it's creeping right full

565
00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:26,540
Alliance stand by there's another one. See next to it

566
00:33:28,820 --> 00:33:30,820
Go slow

567
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:37,700
Cheetahs unbelievable those are three male cheetahs. They must be coming in after that kill. It's so cool

568
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:42,460
It's incredible very quiet guys be careful up there. They are checking us out

569
00:33:44,020 --> 00:33:46,020
Look at them. They're just lurking around

570
00:33:46,780 --> 00:33:48,780
They attack for me

571
00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:50,820
How they can attack your cheetahs?

572
00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:53,700
She just can do anything we can fly they can read your mind

573
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:57,500
They can run 250,000 miles an hour guys. Let's give them some room

574
00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:02,660
This car is not gonna outrun a cheetah if those things decide to come after us. All right, not the man. Wah, but still a great find

575
00:34:06,220 --> 00:34:08,220
Just so dark out there

576
00:34:08,820 --> 00:34:10,820
Just pitch black. Oh

577
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:16,420
I just saw something I just saw something moving the grass right back there go to night vision. Hold on

578
00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:19,420
I

579
00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:24,980
Was right back in that tree line. I see it right there

580
00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:35,420
It's moving backwards

581
00:34:35,580 --> 00:34:40,820
It's moving backwards as we drive up. I don't want to scare with a car. Let's go out in foot guys ready

582
00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,420
Here we go

583
00:35:01,780 --> 00:35:09,060
Whatever that was crossed right back through this field I could see all the way back through the tall grass, but we'll see anything yet

584
00:35:09,060 --> 00:35:11,060
Oh

585
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:20,020
What happened? I fell into a hole over here. I have night vision on there is not a hole there. Oh

586
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,100
There was a small hole there. You're right

587
00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:29,220
Okay, just so close

588
00:35:29,220 --> 00:35:32,220
When I look over with these goggles on it's like I can see into your soul

589
00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:34,660
Can you see any of the future with this?

590
00:35:34,660 --> 00:35:36,660
Yes, Mike. I can't see into the future

591
00:35:37,340 --> 00:35:42,620
But you pipe down I know these things a little goofy, but you know, I'm trying to save you from getting by a lion

592
00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:46,300
Oh

593
00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:51,900
Right at the edge of the field the tree line. I just saw something at the very back of that field

594
00:35:52,620 --> 00:35:56,100
Okay, I'm ditching the night vision. I'm going to thermal see if we can pick it up there

595
00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:01,020
It can't have gone that far. It's got to be around here somewhere

596
00:36:01,020 --> 00:36:07,700
All right guys, let's steer clear of that tall grass over there a lot of dangerous stuff lives in there

597
00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:11,540
Can't tell if the wind is moving it or some animals are moving it

598
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:15,740
That's what makes it tricky thermal these kids is a swinging chance of seeing something running at us

599
00:36:16,540 --> 00:36:18,540
Got a water source off to the right

600
00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:21,580
Definitely could be a hot spot for animals

601
00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,980
Nice and easy

602
00:36:23,980 --> 00:36:26,940
It's like you can look everywhere you got to look down on your feet for black mambas

603
00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:31,100
You got to look for bushes that are gonna sting you and then you got to look for lions and ming-was in the grass

604
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:38,340
How big

605
00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:45,340
Let's see now looks like it might have ducked down in the grass

606
00:36:57,780 --> 00:37:04,580
Is that that's a giant skull probably was eaten right here. Let's keep rolling this way

607
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:10,860
That looks like another

608
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,900
No, see there

609
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:16,100
See another water source right over there

610
00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:18,860
Let's go down see if we can find any prints

611
00:37:19,740 --> 00:37:22,300
Seen a bunch of stuff down here, but looks like all hooves

612
00:37:23,060 --> 00:37:29,020
You have lots of hooves this is almost like there's too much foot traffic here to really make out what they are

613
00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:31,500
That means lots of food for something bigger

614
00:37:32,340 --> 00:37:34,620
Some of the largest predators in the world around here

615
00:37:35,380 --> 00:37:37,380
Welcome to get eaten beach

616
00:37:40,700 --> 00:37:45,140
Tricky thing about this thing is supposed to look a lot like a lion. There's a lot of

617
00:37:46,420 --> 00:37:48,620
Potentials for dangerous misidentification here

618
00:37:49,460 --> 00:37:52,700
Dried riverbed still a little bit of water over here on the left

619
00:37:53,460 --> 00:37:57,860
Mostly dried out still even this little bit of water is good for animals to feed

620
00:38:00,620 --> 00:38:03,220
A lot of hoofed animals looks like some gazelle

621
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,900
There's a lot of wildlife traffic down here

622
00:38:09,020 --> 00:38:13,900
Everything looks cool though. This is like the interstate highway and probably different things living out here

623
00:38:14,540 --> 00:38:16,540
They are all coming down here to drink

624
00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:20,620
Guys look at this gear

625
00:38:25,620 --> 00:38:28,460
All pretty dry but it looks like a little bit more water here

626
00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:33,420
Guys look at this gear

627
00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:36,780
Howie look at the size of this print

628
00:38:36,780 --> 00:38:42,260
Someone here here here and it looks like it steps into the water. What's across you the water then gone up this bank

629
00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:44,460
Look at the size of this thing

630
00:38:44,460 --> 00:38:46,460
There's some trash bags

631
00:38:46,860 --> 00:38:48,860
Even for a lion this is a huge print

632
00:38:50,660 --> 00:38:54,340
Okay, we'll do a casting take home for analysis

633
00:39:00,260 --> 00:39:04,180
Okay, let's let these dry mark the location on GPS and we'll come back for them later

634
00:39:04,180 --> 00:39:06,300
All right guys, let's make our way back to the four by four

635
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:15,440
We spoke to one of the natives he said that they're still finding Minghua tracks out here

636
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,520
It's got plenty of places to hide over here

637
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,440
Whoa right there

638
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:28,080
Look I've got a set of eyes right there. Oh something else. I can't tell what they are dude

639
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,800
Do not move

640
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,680
It just went down in the grass. I can't see anything in this grass man

641
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,660
Where's Josh for the truck dude we gotta get out of here Bobby for Josh

642
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:46,540
Where you guys at with the vehicle looks like we're four point two kilometers from your position what's going on over there guys

643
00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:52,020
We're not some really tall grass got a couple eyes surrounding us and can't really see where they're moving

644
00:39:52,220 --> 00:39:54,220
You really really use a lift

645
00:39:54,340 --> 00:39:58,580
Copy that Bobby and I'm on my way right now. I can see your position on the GPS tracker

646
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:04,060
I'll be there as soon as I can you guys just hang tight stay together. Do not branch off. I'm turning toward your position right now

647
00:40:04,060 --> 00:40:06,060
Hold up guys

648
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,500
See right there

649
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:12,340
Guys I see your lights. I'm coming up on you copy that you're almost here

650
00:40:13,660 --> 00:40:15,660
Hey, come on jump on jump on jump on

651
00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:19,260
You guys on yeah, okay

652
00:40:21,220 --> 00:40:26,500
It had been a long and tense night in the wilds of East Africa with the Sun about to herald a new day

653
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:30,540
We disassembled face camp and headed home to Los Angeles to review our findings

654
00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:35,500
We sat down with Mike D former curator of the LA Zoo

655
00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:40,660
Analysis of our thermal footage indicated that based on the size and movement of the animal

656
00:40:40,660 --> 00:40:44,100
We had likely been in close quarters with some sort of African cat

657
00:40:44,260 --> 00:40:50,380
But what so Mike this is a casting that we took out in the field in an area where we found a number of footprints

658
00:40:50,660 --> 00:40:52,980
What do you think this footprint looks large?

659
00:40:53,180 --> 00:40:57,740
but based on the descriptions of the Ming Wah the claws are always out and

660
00:40:58,380 --> 00:41:02,580
In this particular instance if this were the Ming Wah's footprint

661
00:41:02,580 --> 00:41:09,260
I would expect to see the claws sticking out on these four topads and I don't see that here

662
00:41:09,620 --> 00:41:13,540
based on what I see here this probably from a

663
00:41:14,580 --> 00:41:21,300
African lion and not one that you would want to mess around with because you know easily easily could kill

664
00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:27,300
Tales of the Ming Wah have spread across the African belt since time immemorial

665
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:34,020
But with less than a thousand hodza people left in the world this rich story and the people who tell it are endangered

666
00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:39,580
It is our belief that the real Ming Wah if it ever did exist is probably no longer among us

667
00:41:39,740 --> 00:41:45,860
Its fierce legend may have been born from an encounter with a strangely colored leopard or an abnormally large lion

668
00:41:46,220 --> 00:41:48,980
Our night in the Savannah was rife with close calls

669
00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:55,860
Jump on jump on jump on Ming Wah or not. This is a land of predators where man is not at the top of the food chain

670
00:41:57,300 --> 00:41:59,420
You