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On this episode of Destination Truth,

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and this is what I'm talking about!

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Josh's team bashes through the dunes on Amivia

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to investigate a sand-covered town that locals claim is haunted.

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Definitely, it's a haunted place.

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You will get the message from the ghost and they will touch you.

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I swear someone is breathing in my ear.

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Who is in here with me?

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Next.

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Teen Truth braves Panamanian rapids in search of an unknown slimy creature making international headlines.

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It looked like nothing I'd quite ever seen before.

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In Flooded Caves, is the team hunting a monster or being hunted themselves?

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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

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

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

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But I know what I'm looking for.

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The Truth.

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Throughout history, man has faced off against nature in pursuit of prosperity,

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such as the story of the abandoned ghost town of Coleman Scop in remote southern Namibia.

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In 1908, German colonists founded Coleman Scop after discovering diamonds in the earth below.

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Today, the decaying remains of Coleman Scop are overflowing with sandy dunes

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from an unforgiving desert determined to take back the land.

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The town has been uninhabited for over half a century,

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but according to recent news reports, an unexplained presence has emerged from the sand.

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Residents of neighboring Luterats who have dared to explore this ruined village

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have returned with terrifying tales of encounters with unexplained noises

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and even physical contact with unknown entities.

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During the Diamond Era, life in Coleman Scop was dangerous and even deadly.

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The miners endured brutal working conditions and many perished in the intolerable heat.

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Are these the restless souls that have blown in with the sand and allegedly haunt this ghost town?

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My team and I prepared to travel to this inhospitable boom town gone bust.

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We boarded a plane in Los Angeles and knocked out a 9,500 mile, 20 hour long flight

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to the Namibian city of Swachupman.

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Maybe it was the jet lag, but this town definitely didn't feel like Africa.

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Something about this doesn't feel quite right.

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Where did you fly me, Josh?

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I feel like we're in Bavaria.

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Yeah.

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The strange architecture is attributed to the Germans who colonized Namibia at the turn of the last century.

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Good thing I packed my leader hoses.

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Rex took the opportunity to stock up on some hot German fashions.

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Oh my God, that's nice.

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What's amazing is the worst part of it is your actual goatee.

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Rex, you got a little something right.

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You just keep missing it.

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One of the great joys of traveling is sampling unique street food.

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However, the definition of food is known to vary from country to country.

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There's no way I'm breaking Caterpillar with you.

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Okay, let's just get crazy.

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One by one, my team choked down the lumpy larva until it was Allie's turn to dig in.

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It's good. I can have another.

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I wish it came in a combo. It's an American thing.

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Oh my God.

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We traveled on to talk with a local resident who hiked through Coleman Scop and felt a palpable presence there.

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Every house, every room has their own story.

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And so you think Coleman Scop is a haunted place?

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Yes, definitely. It's a haunted place.

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Walk between the houses. You will feel it.

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We get the message from the spirit, from the girls, and they will touch you.

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While the team secured supplies for the journey ahead, Rex and I hopped in a plane to scout out Coleman Scop in advance of our night investigation.

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To reach the sand-covered site, we flew more than 500 miles from Swacovnut to the southern village of Lutarets.

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Our flight path took us over Namibia's aptly named Skeleton Coast.

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Heavy fog and a jagged coastline make this one of the most deadly seafaring routes in the world.

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As evidence, the beaches are littered with the remnants of over a thousand shipwrecks trapped in the shifting dunes.

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That's a lot of nothing.

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Yeah, a whole lot of nothing.

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Upon reaching Lutarets, our tiny plane banked east.

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In just a matter of moments, we were flying over the abandoned ghost town of Coleman Scop.

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There's Coleman Scop right down there. See ya, Rex.

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After surveying the village from above, we had hoped to land and send the plane back for the rest of the team.

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However, unpredictable weather conditions threw a wrench in our plans.

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Yeah, Rex, it's windy down there. That airstrip's closed up.

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Yeah, we're not gonna be able to put this thing down.

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We've got it all marked on GPS. We'll just have to come on wheels.

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Since landing at Lutarets wasn't an option, we had to turn the plane around and fly all the way back to Swacovnut,

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where my team and I would have to make the entire journey in a 4x4.

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Without the benefit of a plane, it would take more than 12 hours to traverse the brutal Namib Desert,

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where daytime temperatures can exceed 150 degrees.

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Well, Rex and I took a beautiful flight, and the good news is that it's a very scenic drive.

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The bad news is that it's a very long distance.

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After endless driving through the bleak desert landscape, Ryder was getting a little antsy in the back seat.

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Look at that wild ostriches. One of the fastest animals in the world.

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I don't think they're that fast.

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Ryder, stop trying to race every animal in the world. You are not faster than an ostrich.

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I bet Ryder's faster than an ostrich.

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Let me out of this car. I'll show you what I can do.

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Ready?

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No, no, no!

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Those ostriches are fast.

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She didn't catch my breath.

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Our long day on the road came to an end with our arrival in the coastal village of Luturitz,

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wasting no time we tracked down a local woman who claimed to have seen a ghostly apparition in Coleman's Cup.

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And what does she look like, describe her for me?

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Long blonde hair, white gown. You can see the feet, you can see the ends.

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It was almost like she's floating.

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And do you think it was a ghost?

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Yeah, I think because the time when I looked back at my friend and then I looked back again, she was gone.

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There was no one to be found.

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A lot of people actually seen strange things at Coleman's Cup.

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We met with another local resident who had a tale that she was eager to share.

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My son doesn't like to go where the butchery was.

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One morning he went in there. He said he heard voices and people and he said it smelled like meat or blood.

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Do many people spend the night at Coleman's Cup?

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Nobody. Nobody?

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No. Nobody's supposed to go there.

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Despite her ominous warning, we forged ahead to investigate the unusual happenings of Coleman's Cup.

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With deserts on every side, we decided to travel there in some vehicles a little more appropriate for the task.

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And this is what I'm talking about!

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That door is together before sunset!

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Okay, we're here.

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Just before nightfall, we arrived at Coleman's Cup, which has to be seen to be believed.

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Massive drips of sand engulfed the entire city, infiltrating buildings and consuming some structures altogether.

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With the sun setting behind the dunes, we raced to set up our base camp.

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We centered our operation in an abandoned building to protect our gear from the intrusive sand and wind.

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We then placed four IR cameras in some of the village's most notorious hotspots, including the barracks, the hospital and the mining offices.

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Works for Tony, infrared camera 3 is up. Walking it down.

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Motion-activated trap cameras were then deployed along the main thoroughfares.

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Two teams would split up to investigate the site, while Tony would remain at base camp to monitor the surveillance equipment.

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Look at this. I got Gael, Ryder and Allie. This is like my dream team.

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I got all my ladies. This is like Josh's angels.

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This place is an investigator's dream. It's like so many buildings.

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Usually you just go investigate one of these.

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Let's take one of the big houses. It's the resident of the stores manager.

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Now if that doesn't look haunted, I don't know what does.

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The structure looks pretty sound from the outside. Let's try the front door.

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Oh my god.

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All right, you two check out upstairs. Allie, let's check down the halls.

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All right.

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Let's go slow.

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It looks like it gets worse as we go up.

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Hello?

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This goes on and on, room after room.

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I don't know why I just get a strange feeling in here.

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I think this is a good place to take out the dry-filled meter.

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Yeah, good idea.

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Okay, I'm getting a good base reading. Just let it settle.

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This is a good spot to use that because there's no electricity anymore.

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There's no machinery whatsoever. If there's any kind of electromagnetic energy,

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I'll definitely pick it up.

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This is really creepy in here.

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Hey, hey, hey. Come look at this.

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This try-field is going crazy right now.

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Look at it.

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Oh my god.

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It's definitely picking up some sort of electromagnetic field right near.

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Oh my god.

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Where is it?

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Come look at this.

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This try-field is going crazy right now.

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Look at it.

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Oh my god.

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It's definitely picking up some sort of electromagnetic field right near.

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Hey, hey, hey.

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Oh my god. Where is it?

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Guys, where are you?

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Josh, can you hear that?

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What?

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It sounds like there's someone outside.

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There's nobody out here.

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Might have been a piece of debris or something just kicked by.

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Let's make our way to the next building that's over here.

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We'll get inside, get some shelter from the wind and continue to search.

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What are you doing?

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We're going to find a camp here.

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We're going to get some shelter from the wind and continue to search.

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Let's get out of here and get the camp.

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Hey, hey, hey.

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Where are you?

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Josh, can you hear that?

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What?

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The school should be down here.

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We'll see if they hear weird noises in the school.

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Definitely high on our list to check out.

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Oh, I just got the willies in here.

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Be a great spot for an EVP session.

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This is an EVP session.

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Aaron, Josh, Jial, Ali, and Kyle present.

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Anybody here?

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I have a device here that measures low frequencies.

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Can you make the lights on this machine?

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Go off.

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If there is a presence in this room,

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please repeat this sound.

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Did you see that?

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The GF phone's picking it up too.

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Oh, oh, I heard it again.

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It seems to really be responding to what you ask.

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That's kind of scary, Ryder.

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If there is a presence here, can you show yourself?

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Oh.

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Are you OK, Ryder?

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Yeah, I'm just having a little chopper breathing.

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We mean no harm.

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We just want to know if you're here.

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I don't feel good.

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What's wrong?

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It feels like just something's closing around my lungs.

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OK, let's get you out of this room.

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I'm not breathing.

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Oh.

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Get out of there.

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You OK?

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Oh, you OK?

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OK, I can't take this off.

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Can't take this off.

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Here.

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Here.

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Maybe we should get her outside.

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This place is kind of crazy.

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You OK?

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Yeah.

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You need your inhaler?

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I don't think so anymore.

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Oh.

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You just needed some fresh air.

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It felt like a fist was closing over my lungs.

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You OK now?

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I'm feeling better now that I'm out of that room.

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I just need to take it slow for a while.

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OK, let's do this.

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Let's leave the digital audio recorder's running in there.

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Yeah.

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Let's get her back towards base camp.

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This looks like the old hospital.

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What is this?

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Stairs?

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Yeah, looks like a bit of a trap door.

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Down we go.

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Looks like a basement down here.

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I wonder if this is where they took the bodies.

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This is the more concerning VP session down here.

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OK.

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All right, Rex, we got no wind.

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No openings down here.

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We're completely closed in.

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If we catch anything, that's not one of us.

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Is there anybody here with us?

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If you are here, can you give us some sort of sign?

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That's footsteps.

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It's right above us.

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I'm just leaving the recorder recording.

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I'm hiding the light over there.

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Watch your head.

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Watch your head.

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Oh my God!

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Oh my God!

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There was a person right there, right here by this window.

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And they're gone.

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They just started bleeding?

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I want to get you back.

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I'm going to get you back.

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I'm going to get you back.

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I'm going to get you back.

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I'm going to get you back.

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Are you leaving?

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All right, I want to get you back to base camp.

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I'm OK.

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Let's just put you down.

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Yeah, I just need some water.

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I think this is the butchering.

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Let's check this out.

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This is the freezer room that we've heard about.

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Need hooks.

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This is definitely a freezer room.

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They say that people have a bad vibe in this room.

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I can feel it right now.

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It feels weird in here.

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I think we should just isolation session.

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I agree.

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Tony rigged various cameras inside the butchery

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where locals have reported the most paranormal activity.

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I would conduct the first 30 minute isolation session

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while the rest of the team gathered at base camp

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to monitor the footage.

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I'm in the door is shut and I am going dark.

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Copy that. Starting your clock now.

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Looks pretty quiet in there.

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Yeah.

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Hey Josh, are you OK?

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No, the room just smells sort of musty, a little bit hot.

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It just feels like a tomb in here, really silent.

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OK, Josh, your time's up.

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We're going to come get you.

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Yeah, please do.

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It is not comfortable in here.

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Is there anyone in here with me?

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She's looking around.

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Probably trying to get her eyes to a chest.

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Rider, I swear, I felt like something may have just

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whispered in my ear.

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It was like a breath.

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OK, try to reset for a second and do what happens.

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She's out.

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Oh, there it was again.

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Did it sound like a man's voice?

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Yes, and it's really freaking me out.

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I'm going to try to settle for a moment,

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but I don't know how much longer I have in here.

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OK, copy that.

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Just settle up and we're right here.

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Who is in here with me?

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I swear, someone is breathing in my ear.

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All right, I'm headed over right now to pull you out of there.

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Thank you.

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After letting a very relieved Gael out of the butchery

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and with the sun nearly on the eastern horizon,

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the team and I rendezvoused at base camp,

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assembled our gear, and started the trip back to Los Angeles

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where we would analyze our findings.

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We started by offloading and analyzing our motion-activated trap cameras.

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We had trap cameras obviously set up all over Coleman Scop.

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The one thing we got of interest is this.

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This is a sort of before photo,

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and then a couple of seconds later we get this.

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Wow, that's a lot brighter than just a dust particle.

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Of course, the first thing I think is that, well,

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maybe it's a flashlight, you know, for somebody on the team.

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But there's no shape of anyone behind it.

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It's just floating there.

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Nothing happens before this, nothing happens after.

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So I don't think we can conclusively say this is paranormal,

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but I think we can call it abnormal.

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You know, we don't readily have an explanation for this,

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and I don't think it's a member of our crew.

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We spun back the footage of Rex's visual encounter.

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Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

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There was a person right there.

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But unfortunately, our cameras didn't see what he saw.

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His subsequent bloody nose was difficult to evaluate.

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Well, there's no way to tell if this happened just from stress

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of the occurrence, but because a lot of people reported

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physical effects being in this area,

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it's possible that it is paranormal,

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but I would say it's inconclusive.

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Also, Ryder and Gael each had intense experiences

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during our investigation.

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For Ryder, the night took a physical toll.

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I don't feel good.

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It feels like just something's closing around my lungs.

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The most important thing, obviously, is that you're okay,

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but from an evidence point of view,

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the question becomes, what can we do with this?

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Could this just be because we're in this incredibly dry, dusty place?

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I have asthma, and I've had it for a very long time,

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but this was not an asthma attack.

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It really felt as though something was compressing my lungs.

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This was the first time I literally felt

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like some forces were working against me.

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For Gael, the sound of voices seemed to fill the air

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during her isolation session.

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It just kind of felt almost like a warm,

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sort of breeze or wind that was going past the left side of my head.

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It was distinctly a whisper.

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Well, so what we did is we went back right before your reaction,

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and we amplified the audio to see if we could hear what you heard.

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Give a listen.

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Who was in here with me?

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Oh, my God.

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What we did is we went back right before your reaction,

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and we amplified the audio to see if we could hear what you heard.

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Give a listen.

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Who was in here with me?

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Oh, my God.

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Wow.

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That's really scary.

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I remember that distinctly it was a male voice.

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Unfortunately, we can't decipher what it says,

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but it really sounds like speech.

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It sounds like somebody's whispering in your ear.

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Well, I'm really glad that there's corroborating evidence

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because, you know, I definitely heard something,

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and I'm just glad that we were able to record it.

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Gio, this proves that you're not a crazy person.

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Well, I think you're a crazy person for locking me in a butcher's freezer.

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It proves that, too. It proves both of those.

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That's a great point.

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It's a great point.

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Namibia is a place where time seems to stand still.

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Its cities are relics of a colonial age,

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and along its barren coast,

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ships are forever frozen on their course.

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But there is no place on earth where the sands of time

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can be so literally observed,

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as in the slowly sinking city of Kolmetskap.

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Its residents, though long turned to dust, are still seen,

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Oh my God!

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felt,

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It feels like just something's closing around my lungs.

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and heard.

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There's more exploration to be done here,

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but for those so inclined to make the journey,

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be sure not to stay too long,

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or you too might find yourself buried by sand

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and trapped in time.

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In the remote Panamanian village of Saro Azul,

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a group of boys had a terrifying face-to-face encounter

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with a slimy, hairless beast

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that emerged from a riverside cave near where they were playing.

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When the creature aggressively advanced at them,

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the terrified boys hurled rocks in self-defense,

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killing the beast.

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They took photos of the creature and ran home to tell their parents.

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When they returned to the river, the animal had washed away.

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Dubbed the Saro Azul monster,

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the photos found their way online

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and spawned a heated debate about the creature's origin.

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Was it a mutation?

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An undiscovered species?

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Or perhaps even an alien?

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Using the boys' photographs and eye-witness descriptions,

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we created this 3D animation of the Saro Azul monster.

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The animal is entirely hairless,

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with smooth, slimy, opaque skin.

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The lack of pigment could be a result of its habitat in nearby caves.

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The creature walks on all fours,

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and its compact, muscular body packs extreme strength into a small package.

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Just three feet in length,

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the diminutive creature's massive claws are its primary defense.

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The sharp talons seem perfectly designed to rip flesh from bone.

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With the local community demanding answers about the Saro Azul monster,

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I was eager to determine what this creature was once and for all.

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So we assembled a team and prepared for the sweltering Panamanian jungles

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in search of this mysterious and unidentified beast.

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Our trip began in Los Angeles with a brisk 1900-mile flight south to Panama City.

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On the bustling streets of the capital,

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locals commonly commute in outrageous multi-colored buses.

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And I used my finely crafted skills of negotiation to commandeer one all for ourselves.

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Okay guys, I found a ride, let's go!

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Josh, did you steal this?

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Just get in the bus, no questions!

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What do you do with the kids?

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Kids are fine, everybody's just getting the bus.

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Here we go guys.

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I might have stolen this bus.

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With the fuzz possibly on my trail, we hit the road.

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Unfortunately, the memories brought on by riding in a refurbished school bus

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sucked the crew into a nostalgic time warp.

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Paddy cake, paddy cake, baby girl's man.

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Hey, I saw that!

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I can see you in this mirror, I will pull this bus over.

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You understand me?

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Aaron Ryder, in your seat please, facing forward.

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God, it's like driving a bunch of children around.

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The crew fell back in line as we reached our first stop.

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In need of supplies for the journey ahead, we ventured into the city's central market.

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Panama City?

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Panama Hat, like Hannibal Lecter.

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Ryder, how's your Spanish coming?

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Bueno.

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Really?

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What do you got?

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Quiero, mayonnaise, and mi pelo.

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That means you want mayonnaise in your hair?

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Maybe I do.

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Why don't you just stick with this?

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Back on the road, we motored on towards Sarawazul,

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stopping briefly for a minor obstacle, the Panama Canal.

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Arguably the greatest engineering feat in human history,

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this 50-mile-long man-made channel divides the Americas

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and links the world's largest oceans.

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In these massive locks, boats are lowered 85 feet to match the water level of the Pacific.

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This critical passage is used to transport everything from food and oil

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to middle-aged dudes who like to hang out in Speedos.

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Put some pants on, buddy.

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Back on the bus, we headed to our next destination.

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I arranged a meeting with Dr. Tony Coates

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from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

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He was quick to highlight that millions of years ago,

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Panama was filled with unusual animals

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when North and South America smashed into one another.

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This cavalcade of animals went from South America to the North,

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and about the same number of families went from North America to the South,

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which literally changed the world.

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And new species are being discovered all the time.

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With so much biodiversity here, I wanted to ask the doctor

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what he thought of the photos of the Saro Azul monster.

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What did you think you were seeing?

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Well, it looked like nothing I'd quite ever seen before,

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and it's sort of perplexing.

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Do you think it's possible that the people in Saro Azul

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have seen an undiscovered animal?

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I'd have to say it's possible.

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Doing geology of this part of the world,

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I've spent a lot of time living with the embidder.

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The embidder are the Indians that occupy the eastern part of Panama,

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so if you go in the field and you want to know where species X or species Y is located,

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ask an embidder, hunter, and they know.

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I took the doctor's advice and planned to visit the Embora people

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to learn if they were familiar with this unique animal.

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But before I could seek them out,

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we first traveled to the small town of Saro Azul where the monster was discovered.

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Once we arrived, we tracked down the boys who killed the creature

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to hear about their terrifying experience.

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He felt that something touched him, like grabbed him by the foot,

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so they all jumped out of the river.

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Do you think it was trying to attack you?

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Yes, it did look like it wanted to attack them

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because the creature actually followed them.

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They've never seen anything like this before.

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They're thinking it's quite possible that there are more of them in the cave.

504
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:18,600
After hearing their story, one of the boys led us to where they encountered the creature.

505
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,600
However, when we neared the area, he pointed us on, not eager to go any further.

506
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,600
We're down here.

507
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,600
Okay. Gracias.

508
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,600
Alright guys, this is it.

509
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,600
Upon reaching the river basin, we split into two teams and canvassed the area,

510
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,600
looking for any trace evidence of the animal or any caves that could provide a suitable habitat.

511
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,600
Hey guys, I think I found the cave. Come here.

512
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,600
Gates, how'd you get down there?

513
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,600
I'm a world-famous explorer, Rex.

514
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,600
Ryder, can I get that thermal imager?

515
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,600
How did you get over there?

516
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,600
I keep telling people I'm a world-famous explorer.

517
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,600
It's tough to get anything on the thermal. It's so humid here.

518
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,600
It looks like a definitely hot place.

519
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600
It's just hard to tell how far.

520
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,600
Alright, you should be able to read me from there, yeah?

521
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:09,600
Yeah.

522
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,600
I'll try to squeeze in as far as I can.

523
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,600
I'm using the thermal. I can see it goes back further,

524
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,600
but I definitely can't squeeze through there. It's real narrow.

525
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,600
Yeah, I think it's worth it to go look and see if there's another entrance or opening.

526
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,600
Unable to gain access to the narrow caves,

527
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,600
we decided to try to enter this network of passages from their opposite side.

528
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,600
Just to the north of Sarawazul lies the neighboring Shagras National Park.

529
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,600
This massive 300,000-acre preserve of dense tropical rainforest

530
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,600
is a virtually untapped world of extreme biodiversity.

531
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,600
Locals believe the mysterious creature may live here,

532
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,600
undetected by man for thousands of years.

533
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,600
Shagras is also the home to the Embraer Indians,

534
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,600
who live isolated from the modern world.

535
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,600
I wanted to reach their remote tribal village,

536
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,600
and there was only one way to get there.

537
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,600
Here we go! Alright everybody, hang on!

538
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,600
The Shagras River leaves directly into the heart of the jungles,

539
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,600
but navigating these fast waters full of deadly swirling eddies

540
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,600
and class 5 rapids wasn't without risk.

541
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,600
We weren't on the river long before we found ourselves short one camera.

542
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,600
You asked Kyle!

543
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:17,600
Oh my god, Kyle!

544
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,600
Kyle's there, Kyle!

545
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:20,600
Kyle!

546
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,600
Kyle managed to negotiate his own life,

547
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,600
Kyle managed to negotiate his way through 400 yards of raging river

548
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,600
before reaching shore.

549
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,600
With the entire team safely back in the boat,

550
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,600
we followed the river to the shores of an Embraer Indian village.

551
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,600
Leaving our rafts behind, we hiked in and were greeted by members of the tribe.

552
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,600
Hola!

553
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:41,600
Bienvenidos!

554
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,600
Bien, ¿y tú?

555
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,600
Fortunately, one of the tribe's chiefs was willing to speak with me

556
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,600
about the Sarawazul monster.

557
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,600
I was surprised to learn that the Embraer have told tales of this creature for generations.

558
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,600
I think that in the jungle, in the Amazon, there are many new things.

559
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:02,600
He has heard of the Sarawazul and what he thinks it is, is a rare undiscovered animal.

560
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,600
There's another village closer to here where his friends and family live

561
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,600
and they have seen it and heard it.

562
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:09,600
And how big is it?

563
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600
He doesn't say it was small.

564
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,600
It's very small about the size of a child.

565
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,600
We thank the Embraer for their help and set out on foot further into the National Park.

566
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,600
After several hours of hiking through the thick jungle,

567
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,600
we were nearing the sightings area the Embraer chief told us about.

568
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,600
Unfortunately, we'd have to get across one significant obstacle.

569
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,600
Okay, that's not good.

570
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,600
Okay, let's get that link the cable broken out.

571
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,600
We'll get the harnesses, the pulley.

572
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,600
I'll try to get a line across, we'll get it tightened up,

573
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,600
we'll send the crew and the gear over that way.

574
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:45,600
Yeah?

575
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,600
Yeah.

576
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,600
I took the plunge and fought my way across the raging river.

577
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,600
When I reached the other end, we rigged up the zip line.

578
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,600
Okay, it's secure.

579
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,600
And with the sun having set and darkness upon us,

580
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,600
we started ferrying the team and our gear across.

581
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:01,600
You got it, Ollie.

582
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,600
Once on the other side, we hiked on to a forest clearing to set up our base camp.

583
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,600
The team placed four IR cameras around the camp to establish a perimeter.

584
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,600
We also assembled a triangular configuration of three motion-activated sensors

585
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,600
that would create a virtual fence around the camp

586
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,600
and alert us if anything breached the perimeter.

587
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,600
Our tech manager, Tony, would monitor all this gear from base camp

588
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,600
and radio us if he saw anything unusual.

589
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,600
We have a really interesting opportunity tonight to follow up on what is a legitimate mystery.

590
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,600
We know that something came out of this water, something came out these kids.

591
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,600
They photographed it, that's all on record.

592
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,600
We're looking for material remains tonight.

593
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,600
Anything that can help us decide what it is that these kids saw

594
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,600
and whether or not there could be more of them out there.

595
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,600
There is a possibility there's something unknown here.

596
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,600
I'm going to lead a team tonight with Ryder and Ali and Kyle.

597
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,600
We're going to see if we can find those caves that the Emperor told us about that lead over to Sarawazul.

598
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,600
Chris, why don't you head out with Rex and Gabe?

599
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,600
All right, guys, let's get to work. We've got a long night.

600
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,600
This rain forest is unbelievable.

601
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,600
Just so, so massive.

602
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,600
It kind of makes you feel small.

603
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,600
The actual canopy must go up at least 80, 90 feet.

604
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,600
The forest is just so dense.

605
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,600
Whoa, stop, stop, stop! Back up, back up, back up!

606
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,600
The forest is just so dense.

607
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,600
Whoa, stop, stop, stop! Back up, back up, back up!

608
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:33,600
That's a pit-mime or very venomous!

609
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:34,600
Oh my God.

610
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,600
Right in the middle of the trail.

611
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,600
Always snakes. It's always snakes.

612
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,600
Okay, let them through the trail.

613
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,600
You hear that?

614
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,600
Yeah. What is that?

615
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,600
It definitely sounds like an animal.

616
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,600
What is that?

617
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,600
That doesn't sound too far away either. I don't have it on the thermal.

618
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,600
There's a clearing up here. We should get out the parabolic dish and see if we can pick up something else.

619
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,600
Alright, come on.

620
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,600
It definitely opens up over here.

621
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,600
Look at that. You can see the whole river from up here.

622
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,600
Let's see if we can figure out whatever it was we just heard.

623
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,600
Josh, I heard it again.

624
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,600
Yeah, you got it. What does it sound like?

625
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,600
It sounds like a howling. It's definitely coming from down by the water.

626
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,600
Can you do the clean recording of it?

627
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,600
I definitely have it, but it sounds like it's going away a little bit. We should head down.

628
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,600
Yeah, let's do it. Come on.

629
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,600
Where did that come from?

630
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,600
Oh, oh, oh, oh! Something moving in the tree.

631
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,600
In the tree right there.

632
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:04,600
You see anything back there?

633
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,600
I don't see anything.

634
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,600
I mean, there are monkeys here, so it could have been a monkey, but...

635
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,600
There's something big enough to move a large fray.

636
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:19,600
Well, we know this jungle is pretty much coming alive with activities, so let's keep our eyes peeled.

637
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,600
We'll see what else we can find.

638
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:22,600
Alright.

639
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,600
Definitely running water. Looks like a river.

640
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,600
Careful, it's kind of slick in here.

641
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,600
Alright, we know this thing was spotted coming out of the river, so let's just keep following this upstream.

642
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,600
See where it leads.

643
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,600
Oh, hold on. I got something in the thermal.

644
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,600
Oh, see how it goes up there?

645
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:50,600
Yeah, it's like a huge cavern.

646
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,600
Yeah, we got a cave here. Look at this.

647
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,600
Yeah, this thing goes way back.

648
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,600
Let's get those torches broken out, Ryder.

649
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,600
See if we can light this thing up a bit.

650
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,600
Alright, guys.

651
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:14,600
This cave system is basically leading directly toward the smaller caves we found in Saramazool,

652
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,600
so if some sort of creature came out of that cave, it stands to reason it might have come from here.

653
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,600
I see a couple of small fish and crabs in the water.

654
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,600
Yeah, well, they're small fish, there's something eating them.

655
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,600
Water coming in from the surface.

656
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,600
Unbelievable.

657
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:33,600
Okay.

658
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,600
No more torches.

659
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,600
Let's go back to Flashlights.

660
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,600
Oh, guys, look at this.

661
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:42,600
What is it?

662
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,600
What's that?

663
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:44,600
It's a big fish.

664
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:45,600
It's a big fish.

665
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,600
It's a big fish.

666
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:47,600
It's a big fish.

667
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,600
It's a big fish.

668
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:49,600
It's a big fish.

669
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:50,600
It's a big fish.

670
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:51,600
It's a big fish.

671
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:52,600
It's a big fish.

672
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,600
What is it?

673
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:54,600
It's a fish.

674
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,600
It's been ripped in half.

675
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:57,600
See that?

676
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,600
Yeah, it looks like some kind of a catfish.

677
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,600
Well, something's eating fish down here.

678
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,600
Alright, let's keep moving.

679
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,600
Well, we got lots of creepy crawlies,

680
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,600
and we got lots of bats.

681
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:12,600
Oh, heat bats.

682
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,600
No sign of the Saramazool monster yet.

683
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,600
It's getting really deep in here, guys.

684
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,600
I'm freezing right now.

685
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:23,600
It's just about...

686
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:24,600
Oh, no, there it is.

687
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:25,600
Oh, boy.

688
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,600
That is refreshing.

689
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,600
Whatever these kids saw,

690
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,600
I don't see any evidence of something that large living down here.

691
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,600
It just touched my leg!

692
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,600
Back up, back up, back up!

693
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,600
Back up where it's nowhere to go!

694
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,600
Settle for one second.

695
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,600
The heart's beating in a mile a minute.

696
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,600
Water's settled down, I don't see anything.

697
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,600
Look around and see if you can figure out what it is.

698
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,600
Oh, there are creatures down here.

699
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,600
I don't even know what that is.

700
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:12,600
It's a cave scorpion.

701
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:13,600
What?

702
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,600
It's a cave scorpion.

703
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,600
It's a cave scorpion.

704
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,600
It's a cave scorpion.

705
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,600
It's a cave scorpion.

706
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:19,600
It's a cave scorpion.

707
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,600
What?

708
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:21,600
Come on!

709
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:22,600
Stay by.

710
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,600
Starting to get tight in here, guys.

711
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,600
This is basically the end of the line.

712
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,600
Let's back it up, head back towards the surface, yeah?

713
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:32,600
I have an idea.

714
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,600
I do not feel safe anywhere in this cave right now.

715
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:36,600
Alright, bats check.

716
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:37,600
Scorpion check.

717
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:38,600
Knee leaving.

718
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:39,600
Check.

719
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,600
Base camp to anyone.

720
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,600
I have a perimeter alarm going off.

721
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,600
Is there anyone nearby?

722
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:50,600
Rex for base camp.

723
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:51,600
We're pretty close.

724
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,600
Which one's going off?

725
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:53,600
Rex is on three.

726
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,600
It's about 600 yards west of camp.

727
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:57,600
Cover that, Tony.

728
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:58,600
We're on our way.

729
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,600
Keep an eye on those infrared cameras.

730
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:01,600
Watch your step.

731
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:02,600
Watch your step.

732
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:05,600
Keep your eyes peeled, Rex.

733
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,600
Be somewhere in this area.

734
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,600
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

735
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:13,600
Whoa.

736
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,600
Something set off our perimeter alarm.

737
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:19,600
Very slow.

738
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,600
You've got to be kidding me.

739
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,600
Where's for Tony?

740
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,600
Yeah, we, uh, think we found what set off the perimeter alarm.

741
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,600
We have a pretty good sized sloth down here.

742
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:31,600
Copy that.

743
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,600
You want me to take a picture?

744
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:34,600
Yeah.

745
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,600
Don't shine this in your eyes.

746
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:36,600
Don't worry.

747
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:37,600
I know it's bright.

748
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:38,600
I know.

749
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,600
I don't think you'll scare it away.

750
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:41,600
It's a sloth.

751
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,600
Okay, let's go.

752
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,600
Yeah, this trail's basically disappearing.

753
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,600
It's just mud.

754
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:57,600
It's like glue.

755
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,600
I know.

756
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,600
Whoa, what is that?

757
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:06,600
What is that?

758
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,600
It looks like some kind of a slime.

759
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,600
It looks really viscous.

760
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,600
Whatever left us, I think left it pretty recently.

761
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,600
They say the Sarazul monster is slimy.

762
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,600
It's definitely some sort of slime.

763
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Let's bag and tag it.

764
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,600
This is some serious ghost busters ectoplasm.

765
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,600
I'll tell you that.

766
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,600
Oh, I'm going to throw up.

767
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With the sun nearly on the horizon,

768
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we headed back to base camp and packed up our gear.

769
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We then traveled back to Los Angeles

770
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and analyzed our evidence.

771
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,600
Though our night in the rainforest was replete

772
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with strange sounds.

773
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Hear that.

774
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,600
What is that?

775
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:45,600
And close encounters.

776
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:46,600
Whoa!

777
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It just touched my leg!

778
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,600
We didn't make contact with anything definitive.

779
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,600
The excretion we collected from the forest floor

780
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,600
yielded no DNA for analysis.

781
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And so we turned to the original images

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of the Sarazul monster and to Mike D,

783
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,600
Hawaiian shirt aficionado,

784
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and former curator of the Los Angeles Zoo.

785
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,600
This creature certainly does look strange.

786
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,600
It absolutely looks strange.

787
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,600
When you first look at it, it really looks odd

788
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,600
because there's no fur on it.

789
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,600
It's got a face that reminds one of E.T.

790
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,600
and it almost looks somewhat human-like to a degree.

791
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,600
However, there is a dead giveaway.

792
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,600
The claw right down here.

793
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,600
Right over the lip of this rock,

794
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,600
we do see what looks like a really pronounced claw.

795
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,600
Sloths are the only animals that have claws

796
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,600
that are like that, they're almost like fingers.

797
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,600
So based on these photographs, I think it's a sloth.

798
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,600
A sloth with no hair.

799
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,600
And in fact, during our overnight investigation,

800
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,600
we actually found this sloth in a tree.

801
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,600
Certainly, you know, though this is covered in fur,

802
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,600
there are some comparison points here.

803
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:53,600
Lots of comparison points.

804
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,600
Number one, long limbs, distended belly,

805
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,600
and then the face.

806
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,600
You've got real small eyes, small nose holes,

807
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,600
and then of course, the giveaway is certainly the claws,

808
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,600
and that's what sloths are known for is their claws.

809
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,600
Mike went on to explain to the animals otherworldly appearance

810
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,600
and hair loss could be explained by mutation or disease,

811
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,600
and that many in the press were quick to jump to conclusions.

812
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,600
Everybody wants an explanation for whatever it is,

813
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,600
and there are still animals that we have not discovered.

814
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,600
Panama is a curious crossroads.

815
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,600
It both divides continents and connects oceans,

816
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,600
and once served as a land bridge

817
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,600
for the greatest wildlife migration in history.

818
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,600
Its jungles are difficult to penetrate,

819
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,600
populated by hardy natives,

820
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,600
and teeming with deadly serpents and strange species.

821
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,600
Is it any wonder that people believe

822
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,600
that this could be a place of monsters?

823
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,600
But the truth is often simpler than it appears,

824
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,600
and some of the most dangerous monsters

825
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,600
are the ones that reside in our imagination.

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