1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,500 On this episode of Destination Truth, my team bashes across Kazakhstan to investigate sightings of a crashed alien spacecraft and a potential government cover-up. 2 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,500 After you found the sphere, what happened to it? 3 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:15,000 I thought it somehow found out and took them away. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Deep in the surrounding forests, I search for evidence of UFOs and have an otherworldly encounter. 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Ryder, look up in the sky right now. 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 I mean, that's way too fast to be a plane. 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Next, Team Truth cruises across Sweden to pick up on the 500-year-old mystery of a terrifying lake creature. 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Diving to murky depths and exploring the coastline at night, we discover that we're not alone in these frigid waters. 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Whoa, on the surface! Right over there! 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Looks like something greased the surface! 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Hold on! 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 I'm Josh Gates. In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things and I've done some things I can't quite explain. 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for. 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 The Truth 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,000 When you think of UFOs, you probably think of places like Roswell. 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:17,000 But the highest number of UFO sightings worldwide comes from Kazakhstan in Central Asia. 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 A lot of articles and eyewitness accounts come out of the western part of the country. 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Same here. I have a town in western Kazakhstan that actually believes that a UFO fell from the sky. 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Sounds like we should check it out. 21 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Not only have eyewitnesses recorded strange lights in the skies, spectacular vapor trails and bizarre flying saucers, 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 but two metallic spheres were said to have crashed to Earth in a fireball. 23 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Eyewitnesses near the remote village of Rosdonia now claim that alien beings are hiding in nearby forests. 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Strange creatures have been spotted in the remote wilderness where Central Asia's mountains merge with dense forests. 25 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 These foreign visitors are set to move primarily at night. 26 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 According to eyewitnesses, the beings are tall and humanoid, with bulbous heads and large eyes. 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,000 They are reported to be extremely thin with milky translucent skin. 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:12,000 With terrified locals convinced that extraterrestrial visitors have taken up residence and livestock having gone missing in the area, 29 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,000 I assembled a team, loaded up our gear and headed east to investigate. 30 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 From Los Angeles, we flew 7,000 miles to Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan. 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:31,000 This former capital has undergone major changes since the fall of the Soviet Empire, but remnants of the Cold War era are everywhere. 32 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Nothing like that warm and fuzzy Soviet architecture. Just as many guns as you can put in there. 33 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Pretty much as close to the Klingon homeworld as you're going to get. 34 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Considering the political changes in Kazakhstan, I was surprised to see its youngest residents training to drive tanks for the military. 35 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 But as we traveled across the city, we stumbled into a vibrant arts district. 36 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Make sure you get the facial hairs just right. Does it look like me? Be honest. 37 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 I've never seen this side of you before. Literally. 38 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Can I see? 39 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Oh, sir, I don't know how you did it, but it looks just like me. 40 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:18,000 After our cultural diversion, it was time for our first interview at Top Kok Tobe, the mountain peak which overlooks all of Almaty. 41 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Here we go. 42 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 It feels safe to be this thing. 43 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:29,000 I'd arranged a meeting with a local man who claimed to have recently photographed a mysterious object flying above the city. What did you see? 44 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Me and my wife, we were up on this mountain and we saw the mountain. 45 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:42,000 We saw something strange in the sky and it was lights and they were moving really strangely. 46 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 What do you think you saw? 47 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Unknown flying objects. After I saw the lights, I was convinced that alien exists. 48 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,000 The mountain peak isn't just renowned for UFO sightings, it's also famous for its local amusement park. 49 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Tristan tried to muscle up against the strongest member of the team, that being Ryder. 50 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 He used to call me Thor on the rugby team. 51 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Ryder gets a 280. 52 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 This is how it's done, Ryder. 53 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Oh my God! Did you just hit yourself in the face? 54 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Thing has quite a recoil on it. 55 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Oh my God. 56 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Back at ground level, we headed to the Almaty train station. 57 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:30,000 The lights seen over the city were shooting west, in the direction of the most compelling eyewitness reports. 58 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:37,000 From Almaty, we'd travel over 2200 miles across the nation by train, a minor detail I had yet to share with the crew. 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Alright guys, we're headed to the far western part of the country, we're going to the city of Yoralsk. 60 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 It's gonna take us about three days to get there. 61 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 What was that? 62 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Sorry, you mumbled something right there. 63 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Oh, I just thought it was gonna take about three days to get there. 64 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 What was that? 65 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Don't worry about it. 66 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 It seems like you're speeding over a really important part right there. 67 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 I'm gonna head to the dining car. Anybody need anything? 68 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Cool. 69 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 After the initial shock war off, the team and I settled in for the long ride. 70 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:03,000 We rode the rails across the vast plains of Central Asia, using the time to hone our investigation skills. 71 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,000 One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war. 72 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Oh, oh, God, what do you eat? 73 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:18,000 And after nearly 72 hours, we arrived at the train station in Yoralsk where Ryder had secured us a car. 74 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Ryder, this is a great car. 75 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 I know, right? 76 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Oh, yeah, no, this one's good too. 77 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 So roomy. 78 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Yeah, it's roomy. 79 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 One of the problems with renting a bus, strangers tend to get on it. 80 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 This is not a public bus. 81 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Welcome to the team. 82 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Do you like hunting monsters for a living? 83 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,000 After dropping off the local, we carried on to the outskirts of Yoralsk. 84 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:01,000 I had arranged to meet a man who claimed to have spotted the UFO, and just days later, saw a strange creature in the woods. 85 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:09,000 He was hunting in the woods, and he saw some strange lights up ahead. 86 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 He went to find them, and then he saw something strange moving in the woods. 87 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 What did it look like? 88 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:24,000 It's human-like, but not exactly like humans. It looked very strange, like an alien. 89 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,000 I also wanted to meet the man who actually found the mystery spheres that crashed to Earth. 90 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 We traveled deeper into the country where the impact occurred. 91 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 What exactly did it look like, the thing he found? 92 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:44,000 It was a hollow metallic sphere, approximately 60 centimeters in diameter. 93 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 And so after you found the sphere, what happened to it? 94 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Authorities somehow found out and took them away. 95 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 The farmer's story left me with more questions than answers. 96 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 If I wanted to discover the origins of the spheres, I need to confront the government. 97 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:08,000 I threw caution to the wind, made an appointment at the appropriately named Department of Emergency Services, and settled in for a tense meeting. 98 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I'll start in a minute. 99 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I will start. 100 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Okay. 101 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Two years ago, approximately in this time, in my month. 102 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 The villagers showed them two spherical objects. 103 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,000 They did not have a clue, they did not understand what these objects were. 104 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Their first thought was that this is something that came from space. 105 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 So what became of the spheres? 106 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 The spheres were taken to a warehouse. 107 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Where is that warehouse exactly? 108 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,000 This warehouse is located just outside of this building. 109 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 But they're here? They're actually in this building? 110 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 They're actually here. 111 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 And is it possible for us to take a look at them? 112 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 I think we should take a look at them. 113 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Is it open? 114 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Yes, it is. 115 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Yes? Let's do it. 116 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Come on. 117 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,000 I was led through the back rooms of the complex to a secure warehouse where the officials revealed the sphere. 118 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 It looks like this side has been blasted open though. 119 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 It looks like the metal has been melted away. 120 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 And do you know what the metal is? 121 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 No, they don't know for sure what the metal is. 122 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,000 The villagers tried to break it with all possible tools, but they couldn't even leave a scratch on it. 123 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Okay. 124 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:39,000 To my surprise, the government officials allowed me to photograph the orb and take a loose chip of metal that fell off the sphere for a little bit. 125 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:46,000 The most recent sightings were reported far from the city in rough terrain and deep woods where farmers claimed to have seen alien activity. 126 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Fortunately, I had an old friend in Kazakhstan who owned the Cold War version of a used car lot. 127 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 I owe you one, Vladimir. 128 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Okay, here we go. 129 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Ryder, looks like it's pretty wet up ahead. 130 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Why don't you keep the high ground? 131 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 We'll try to cut through this marsh. 132 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Sounds good. 133 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 We're getting left now. 134 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Hang on! 135 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 I'm going to get the car. 136 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 I'm going to get the car. 137 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 I'm going to get the car. 138 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 I'm going to get the car. 139 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 I'm going to get the car. 140 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 I'm going to get the car. 141 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Alright. 142 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Come on, come on. 143 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Now we're stuck. 144 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Ryder, we're jammed up out here. I can't move. 145 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Well, I think we're going to need a tow. 146 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Yeah, copy that. Trissann's going to jump out with a tow line. 147 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 See if we can wince you out of there. 148 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Go back! 149 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Okay, hang on it. 150 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:04,000 Okay, go ahead! 151 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Right, here we go, nice and slow. 152 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Weather's looking good. 153 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 154 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Thanks to Tristan's toe, we were back on terra firma and ready to roll. 155 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:31,000 After a short drive, we reached the edge of the forest and the heart of our investigation. 156 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 We quickly unpacked the tanks and established a base camp. 157 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Locals claimed to regularly see lights in the sky as well as mysterious creatures in the forest interior. 158 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:45,000 We therefore strung out infrared and trap cameras around the site to try to capture evidence of either. 159 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:51,000 The camp two is good to go. 160 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 There's so many sightings that come from this one country. 161 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,000 It's kind of this amazing phenomenon. Why do so many of them come from Kazakhstan? That's the question. 162 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 I don't know, I guess it's what you're trying to figure out. 163 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:10,000 That's right. Although if we do find an alien, I'm hoping for something of the Wally kind of variety. 164 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 What's that noise? 165 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 What's that? 166 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Where does it come from? 167 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 It's coming from out over there. 168 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Adam, what is that? 169 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,000 I have no idea. 170 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:31,000 It's like a deep metal raw. 171 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 And now it's just gone. 172 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Completely vanished. 173 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Oh, I got something on the thermals. 174 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Dave, behind you, behind you! 175 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I got something on the thermals. 176 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Dave, behind you, behind you! 177 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Where is it? We're dead ahead. Right ahead of you at the top of that field. 178 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 You see it? No, I'm not picking up anything on the afterscore. 179 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I just saw it one second ago. 180 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,000 It was at the far end of that field. It almost looked like somebody was standing there for a second. 181 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 We're on the middle of nowhere, Josh. 182 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Let's get over to the end of that field, see if we can figure out what that was. 183 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:26,000 You know, I would say I'm definitely a skeptic when it comes to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. 184 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000 But I don't know what would happen if we came upon some other being. 185 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 I mean, already it's hard enough to work with Kyle. 186 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:37,000 So rude. 187 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Oh, you're kidding me. My camera light just went out. 188 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Can you plug me back in? 189 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Oh, yeah, sure. 190 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 It's good? 191 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Yeah. 192 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Okay. 193 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Kyle? 194 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Kyle? 195 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Kyle? 196 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 He was just right here. 197 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Kyle? 198 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 He's really freaking me out. 199 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Kyle! 200 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Katie, anything? 201 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,000 No, nothing. I mean, he couldn't have even gone this far. 202 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Ryder for Josh? 203 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Yeah, go for Josh. 204 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Hey, Josh, Katie and I stopped down to fix my camera. We turned around and Kyle's gone missing. 205 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 What do you mean he's missing? 206 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 I mean, we turned around and he's nowhere to be found. 207 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:36,000 We haven't seen his IR light from his astroscope. We haven't seen him. Nothing. No sign of him at all. 208 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Okay, we'll be right there. Come on, guys, let's go. 209 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Kyle? 210 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Josh, for Kyle, come in. Can you read me on this channel? 211 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Kyle! 212 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Tristan, do you see him on any of those infrared cameras? Is he anywhere around base camp? 213 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Got no sign over here. I'm looking, though. I'll keep my eyes out. 214 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Kyle! 215 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Kyle! 216 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Where are you? 217 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Josh! 218 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Ryder! 219 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Kyle, are you okay? 220 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Yeah, I'm fine. I just got completely turned around. 221 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Wheeler, what happened? 222 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,000 I just got real disoriented, I think. It's really weird to me, too, because I think I usually have a good sense of direction. 223 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:24,000 It's not like me to get lost. And it's also not like me to, like, just kind of wander off. 224 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,000 All right, well, we know the locals think that there's, you know, strange magnetic energy in these woods, weird stuff going on, 225 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:36,000 so everybody stay tight, everybody stay together. Here's the thing. Totally just be completely honest. 226 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Yep. 227 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Were you, Emily Probe? 228 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I don't want to talk about it. 229 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 I really don't want to talk about it. 230 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 I really don't want to talk about it. 231 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 I really don't want to talk about it. 232 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:52,000 We are in the middle of nowhere right now. 233 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Love to get the night vision goggles out and see if I can spy something that we're not able to see with our human eyes out here. 234 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Whoa! 235 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 What? 236 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 What do you got? 237 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Something just almost looked like it fell from the sky. Kind of halfway up my frame, down to the ground. 238 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,000 We should definitely check this tape because it's, I got it for sure. 239 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Just on top of all teams, I just saw something fall on the thermal surveillance camera. 240 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Is anybody nearby to go check it out? 241 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 That must be what we just saw. 242 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Look, if this thing came out of the sky, it may have some kind of metallic signature. 243 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 We'll grab the metal detector, let's sweep this field and see if we can figure out what it is. 244 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Copy, we're on it. 245 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Let's go, Katie. 246 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Katie, you have the tri-field out? 247 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 I do. 248 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Any kind of strange changes in the magnetic field around us? 249 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Nothing so far. 250 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Alright guys, let's fan out. 251 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 We're at you, head to the right, take the thermal imager. 252 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Adam, look for any impact craters over there. 253 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 I'll go down the center line with the metal detector. 254 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Copy that. 255 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Guys, I got something, come here. 256 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Some sort of metal, has a look on the thermal. 257 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000 It's hot. 258 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Is it? 259 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Yeah, look. 260 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,000 It is hot. 261 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Look. 262 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Way hotter than anything around it. 263 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Yeah, everything's blue, except for that. 264 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 In the middle of this field at this time of night, it's freezing cold, why is that still hot? 265 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 You're absolutely right, this thing should be ice cold by now. 266 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Alright, let's look around and see if we can find any more pieces of whatever this thing was. 267 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Okay. 268 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Check this out, look at this. 269 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 It's all burned out, see that? 270 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Yeah, it doesn't look like campfire. 271 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 No, it doesn't. 272 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 But it also doesn't look quite like an impact crater. 273 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000 No. 274 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 You know, it doesn't seem like anything hit this like force. 275 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Keep looking around. 276 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Check out the moving light up there. 277 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 You see? 278 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Right there. 279 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Oh my god. 280 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 It's not a plane. 281 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 That is not a plane. 282 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Ryder, look up in the sky right now, crazy light going across the sky. 283 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Oh my god. 284 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Josh, we copy. 285 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Look right there, right there, right there. 286 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Two things, there's two things. 287 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Oh, it's so weird. 288 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Copy that, we see the thing behind you as well. 289 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 We're looking at both of them right now. 290 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Look how fast that one's going. 291 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 What am I looking at? 292 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Look right there, right there, right there. 293 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Two things, there's two things. 294 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000 What am I looking at? 295 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 That's real. 296 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 What is that? 297 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I can't hit anything. 298 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 It's completely solid. 299 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Josh, what are we looking at right now? 300 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 I don't have a clue. 301 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 I don't know what that is. 302 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 It's way too bright to be a plane. 303 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 It's way too high and it's way too fast. 304 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 And it's gone. 305 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Do you guys have eyes on them anymore? 306 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 They're gone. 307 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 That first one just straight overtook it and passed it. 308 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 They're completely gone. 309 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 They just went from one side of the sky to the other. 310 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 I'm not a crazy person. 311 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Just a rainy rider arranged for me to be checked into a mental institution as soon as possible. 312 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Well, if you're crazy, I guess we're all gone because that was it. 313 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I'm done. 314 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 What was that? 315 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,000 I have no idea. 316 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 I have the chills right now. 317 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 That was not a shooting star. 318 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 That was not a fighter jet. 319 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 That was not a stealth jet. 320 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 That was not the space station. 321 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Ryder, I don't know what to say. 322 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 We're going to head towards the section of sky that those two objects flew over to. 323 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 No, we're not. 324 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 We're calling in, man. 325 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,000 That's what else do you want to go find? 326 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 They're gone, man. 327 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Case closed. 328 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Those were aliens. 329 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 We're done. 330 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 That's the end of the show. 331 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,000 This is aliens. 332 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Check. 333 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Found them. 334 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Still in shock, we packed up our gear and the next morning fired up the tanks and headed for civilization 335 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 and the long flight back to Los Angeles. 336 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,000 We began with metal analysis of the strange sphere and the fragment recovered in the field. 337 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Exhaustive testing revealed that the objects were crafted of an extremely pure grade of titanium. 338 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Even more intriguing, the lab confirmed that the metal was subjected to intense heat and exhibited melting, 339 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 supporting the theory that it punched through the Earth's atmosphere. 340 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,000 For more answers, we took our wealth of evidence to seasoned UFO investigator Steve Morello. 341 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:31,000 We began by showing him images of the strange objects seen above the capital of Kazakhstan. 342 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 What do you think we're looking at here when you see these? 343 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 What's your impression? 344 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:40,000 To the untrained eye, this could look like something alien or something strange. 345 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 I mean, it's glowing. 346 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 It's kind of dramatic looking. 347 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 More than likely, it's a missile shot. 348 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 You can see a trail. 349 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:53,000 This is taken at sunset, so the sun is glinting off the particulate left by the missile. 350 00:19:53,000 --> 00:20:00,000 And there is a space for it very close to this area, so it's very possible this could have been one of their shots. 351 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,000 In fact, the nearby Cosmodrome is the world's largest space facility, 352 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 propelling as many as 50 rockets into orbit each year. 353 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 It also explains the mysterious sphere we photographed. 354 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Since technical schematics from the Cosmodrome revealed that the object is likely a Russian satellite, 355 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:22,000 a modern-day relative of Sputnik, the first man-made object in space that sparked man's UFO fears to begin with. 356 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,000 With the sphere ID, we then turned to the two sets of lights we observed. 357 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,000 What was really interesting to us are two different sets of lights that we saw during our investigation, 358 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 the first of which was seen kind of low in the sky. 359 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Take a look at this. 360 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Whoa, something looked like it fell from the sky. 361 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:45,000 The fact that it's kind of falling in a downward motion and then sort of extinguishes could be meteorite, 362 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:50,000 something like that, coming into the Earth's atmosphere, burning up and then extinguishing. 363 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 The second set of lights, however, wasn't so easy to dismiss. 364 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 This last piece of footage is something that everybody on my team saw. 365 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Two sets of lights, one really bright, and I have to tell you, I'm an open-minded skeptic, 366 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 but I have no idea what this could be. 367 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Okay. 368 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Take a look. 369 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Oh my God, look at that. 370 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 What am I looking at? 371 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 That's real? 372 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 What is that? 373 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 What is this? 374 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Don't know. 375 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Unidentified object. 376 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Normally, planes have navigation lights. 377 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 You're not seeing that here. 378 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000 You're seeing constant light. 379 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 One of them is brighter than the other. 380 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 This is not flares. 381 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 This is something strange. 382 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 I think you have something different. 383 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 I don't know what it is, but it's something unidentified. 384 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Well, you're going to make a believer out of me. 385 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,000 This is really something that I can't put to bed. 386 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 You'll see him again. 387 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 They're out there. 388 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 You just have to keep your eyes to the sky. 389 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 UFO sightings are a worldwide phenomenon, 390 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 but beyond the hoaxes and misidentified artifacts, 391 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 is there something real? 392 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Planet-hunting astronomers have now identified thousands of distant Earth-like worlds, 393 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,000 and it seems increasingly likely that extraterrestrials may exist. 394 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,000 And much closer to home, in the barren outlands of remote Kazakhstan, 395 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 we also search for alien life. 396 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 But alien life might already be here. 397 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 What am I looking at? 398 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 In Sweden, the belief in a massive beast called the Great Lake Monster 399 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,000 is so popular that the government protected the animal by law. 400 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Okay, we're going after Sweden's Loch Ness Monster. 401 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Reports of this thing go back more than 350 years. 402 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 We've got hundreds of different eyewitness accounts. 403 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Really, really impressive. 404 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Yeah, it's incredible. 405 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,000 We took all the data from those reports and created a model of the creature. 406 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Check it out. 407 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 The animal lurks in the deepest waters of Lake Storzion, 408 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 feeding on the abundant marine life. 409 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Ripping through the water with stealthy speed, 410 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 it measures more than 20 feet in length. 411 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,000 According to eyewitnesses, the beast's head is dragon-like in appearance. 412 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,000 A formidable predator, the Great Lake Monster crushes its prey in its muscular jaws 413 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 and tears through flesh with its protruding teeth. 414 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Its sleek body is long and snake-like 415 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:59,000 and is capable of generating a burst of speed or delivering an immobilizing blow. 416 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:04,000 To make matters worse, Lake Storzion, the creature's purported home, is freezing cold. 417 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Nevertheless, the team and I packed up our dive gear, underwater equipment, 418 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 and a flask of whiskey and headed east in pursuit of Sweden's only monster 419 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 with diplomatic immunity. 420 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:20,000 We flew across the Atlantic to Scandinavia and touched down in Oskarsson, Sweden. 421 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Situated on the northern banks of Lake Storzion, 422 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 this city is home to the northernmost Viking runestone in the world, 423 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:33,000 a thousand-year-old marker that shows a serpentine creature in the lake. 424 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Famished, we popped into a local festival on the way to our first interview. 425 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Ryder opted for a burger. 426 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 It's 100 percent those meats. 427 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Yeah, bullwinkle tastes delicious. 428 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000 And the local licorice was irresistible. 429 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Oh, yeah. 430 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 I stay with that. I stay with that. 431 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,000 After grabbing a bite, we also made quick work of grabbing the lake monster. 432 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 I caught the lake monster. 433 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 I saw that. That was impressive. 434 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Yeah, I didn't think I'd be able to reel him in with this tiny fishing rod, but I did. 435 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Yeah. 436 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Where were you? 437 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Oh, I'm just, you know, I was out there swimming in my 1950s bathing suit. 438 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Looking good, though. 439 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Well, case closed, I guess. 440 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000 All right. 441 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Just behind the fair, we made our way to the Joppley Museum, 442 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 which chronicles the history of the region. 443 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Exhibits about the great lake monster were everywhere, 444 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 including actual traps used to try to snare the beast. 445 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 There was even a lake monster slide to reach the lower gallery. 446 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 That creature is really dangerous. 447 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Deep in the archives, we spoke with the museum's curator. 448 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,000 So tell me about what you've archived here in the museum. 449 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,000 It's mostly observations. 450 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,000 The first written document is from 1635. 451 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 This is one from 1898. 452 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Wow. 453 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,000 He describes seeing an animal out in the lake with humps, 454 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 moving very fast in the water. 455 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 How many articles do you think you have here in total? 456 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 I think we have around a thousand. 457 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 A thousand articles? 458 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Yeah. 459 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 And as a curator here, what do you think? 460 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 You think it's real? 461 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 I'm pretty sure that the people who have seen it, they've seen something. 462 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,000 She pointed me south toward the most recent reports of the creature. 463 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000 The drive took us along the shores of the lake, 464 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,000 and after 50 miles, we reached the town of Spenstivik. 465 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:38,000 It was clear that the lake monster had made quite an impression in this community. 466 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Our next stop is a couple, 467 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,000 two eyewitnesses who recently saw the creature from their house. 468 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,000 So tell me exactly what you saw. 469 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I looked out the window and saw the creature. 470 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 I looked out the window and saw the creature coming. 471 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 They were watching TV, 472 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,000 and suddenly through the window they see something moving. 473 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,000 He ran down to the patio, grabbed his camera on the way, and took a photo. 474 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 Can I see the photo that you took? 475 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 This is the beginning. 476 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Oh wow. 477 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Look at that! 478 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000 They were watching TV, 479 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000 and suddenly through the window they see something moving. 480 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,000 He ran down to the patio, grabbed his camera on the way, and took a photo. 481 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Can I see the photo that you took? 482 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 I have a harpoon. 483 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Oh wow. 484 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Look at that! 485 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 So there's this large object moving across the lake, 486 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000 and when you saw this, what did you think this was? 487 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,000 We usually see large birds coming and coming. 488 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 This was something mysterious, moving over the lake. 489 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 It was not the log or birds. 490 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 There is something out there. 491 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000 We weren't the only people looking for proof of the Great Lake Monster. 492 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,000 In the center of town sits a government-sponsored organization 493 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,000 with the sole aim of finding proof of the creature's existence. 494 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,000 I met with the director and tech specialist inside. 495 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 So this is the nerve center. 496 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Right. 497 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000 This is a pretty impressive setup here. 498 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 It is. 499 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 Can you launch an attack on the monster from here? 500 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 No, we can't. 501 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,000 The center boasts real-time feeds from both underwater and surface-level cameras, 502 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 as well as a sophisticated radar system. 503 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,000 They also showed me recent recordings they captured of something in the lake. 504 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Well, we certainly see something moving in the frame here. 505 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Do you think it's one of the creatures in the lake? 506 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000 It could be one of them. 507 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 This is maybe a baby to the Great Lake Monster, yes. 508 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 This is a new picture. 509 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 No one actually has seen this. 510 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Oh. 511 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 We don't know what it is. 512 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000 We certainly see what looked like a couple of humps moving through the water. 513 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 For us, this is something very interesting. 514 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Do you think that could be the creature? 515 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 It could be the Great Lake Monster. 516 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 I want to go out and look for this creature. 517 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Where would you send me to look? 518 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000 There is an opportunity here to work together. 519 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Because this center has lots of cameras, but we can't see everything. 520 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,000 So your team can search in places where we don't have any cameras. 521 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 And any information that we find on our search, we will bring to you. 522 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,000 And if you find any other images on these cameras, you'll let us know. 523 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Of course. 524 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 With our new allies at the research center on board to help, 525 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 I headed down to the docks to kick off our investigation. 526 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 While I took a sea plane and searched from above, 527 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Katie and Richie surveyed from the shore, 528 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,000 and rider Adam, Tristan and Kyle secured jet skis, 529 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000 which would allow them to navigate quickly across the lake 530 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000 if I spotted anything unusual from the air. 531 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Hey guys, let's head out. 532 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,000 The lake is more than 150 square miles, 533 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,000 and we work together scanning as much of the surface area as possible. 534 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Josh, rider, stand here and let it go. 535 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 On the inside of the lake, right, 536 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 you can bring the cross-line up there. 537 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Let me know what you see down there. 538 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Yeah, Josh, water looks pretty clear. 539 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 I don't see anything just yet. 540 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Katie, I'll go over there and let it go over there. 541 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Negative over here, it's pretty clear. 542 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Josh, rider, I see something. 543 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 I see something just north of your location. 544 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Copy that, I'm just north. 545 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Alright, split up and split away. 546 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,000 I see you're on top, you're in the spark. 547 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,000 Copy that, Josh. 548 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 We don't see anything. 549 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 I'll see you later. 550 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,000 Whatever I had seen submerged, 551 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,000 so the team and I rendezvoused back at the dock, 552 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,000 grabbed our dive gear, 553 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000 and raced to the coordinates of the sighting 554 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 to continue the search beneath the surface. 555 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,000 We arrived at one of the research centers 556 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 nearby high-tech camera outposts, 557 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,000 where rider came ashore and set up our gear. 558 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 There we go. 559 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Okay, we're moving this submersible camera in. 560 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 With our advanced ROV submersible deployed, 561 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 Richie and I hit the icy water, 562 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000 and Dave followed behind with the camera. 563 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000 With the water only a few degrees above freezing, 564 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000 it would be vital to our safety to stay together 565 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000 in the dangerously cold lake. 566 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000 That was no stability. 567 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000 Yeah, we're experiencing the same thing 568 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 with the underwater camera. 569 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,000 Oh, just for a second, 570 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000 split in the right front of me. 571 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 I'll stay with me. 572 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Copy that, what did you see? 573 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000 It looks like a nice split in the right front of me. 574 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Startle me. 575 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000 Be careful, it could be something bigger next time. 576 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 We're crashing by the shallow water, 577 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 running on the camera, 578 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 making our way down to the deep water camera. 579 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 Copy that, visibility is really bad. 580 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Stay together and be safe. 581 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Dave, Richie, you guys got okay? 582 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000 Dave, Richie, I'm on site here. 583 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Dave, Richie, I'm on site here. 584 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Do you wait for me? 585 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 Dave, Richie, I'm on site here. 586 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000 Do you wait for me? 587 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000 Alright, guys, eyes out. 588 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 If they surface, we gotta let Josh know. 589 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000 Dave, Richie, I'm here for you. 590 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000 Dave, Richie, I'm on site here. 591 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000 Making an emergency descent to the surface. 592 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Please, accept the surface. 593 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,000 They've got to be getting pretty close to running out of air. 594 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000 Come on, guys. 595 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000 Dave and Richie, do you copy? 596 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 They must have about five minutes left. 597 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000 I don't know what else to do. 598 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 They must have about five minutes left. 599 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,000 I don't know what else to do. 600 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000 Oh, you just saw Dave pop up. 601 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 Hey, there's Richie. Richie's up. 602 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000 There they are, there they are. Dave, are you okay? 603 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Josh, we have eyes on both Dave and Richie. 604 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 They've reached the surface. 605 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,000 I repeat, Dave and Richie are safe and they've reached the surface. 606 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000 Copy that, right down. 607 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 Okay, headed back to the surface now. 608 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000 With the deep murky water hindering our chances of seeing the creature, 609 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,000 or even each other, we decided to focus our efforts topside. 610 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:01,000 With daylight fading, we zipped across the lake to prepare for the night ahead. 611 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:06,000 We found an accessible dock, unloaded our gear, and set up base camp. 612 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000 So the big challenge tonight is obviously covering this huge body of water. 613 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000 We have the underwater cameras from the research facility, which we're able to view. 614 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000 We have our own cameras set up here now. 615 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000 We've got them strung up and down the coast here. 616 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,000 We have thermal imagers running, but we're going to have to get out of these boats 617 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000 if we want to cover a significant amount of this lake. 618 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000 Couple things I want you guys to look at here. 619 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000 We know that a lot of these sightings have been in the southern part of the lake, 620 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000 but some of the more recent ones have been in this northern sector, 621 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000 so we're going to head up there to investigate. 622 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000 We'll work the Western Bank on the way up. 623 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,000 We'll come back down on the eastern coast. 624 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,000 So we'll split up into the two boats. 625 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Richie, you, myself, Adam, and Dave will head out in the dive boat. 626 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,000 And Ryder, you'll lead a team with Tristan and Kyle in the other boat. 627 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,000 Katie, we're going to keep you here at Base Camp. 628 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000 If you see anything on our cameras or on the underwater cameras from the research center, 629 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,000 you let us know. 630 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,000 Copy that. 631 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,000 You guys ready? 632 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000 Yeah. 633 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000 It's going to be cold out there. Let's bundle up. 634 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Come on. 635 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000 Okay, and we're off. 636 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Get away from the stock, guys. 637 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,000 Beautiful night. 638 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Weather's warming up, Richie? 639 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 The weather's not warming up at all, Josh. 640 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000 That's the hyper-nerdy of kicking in. 641 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,000 What are you talking about? 642 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000 This is like t-shirt weather. 643 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 That's the fresh sea breeze. 644 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 You can just feel it. 645 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000 Keep your eyes peeled. 646 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,000 We're very close to the place we decided in the airplane. 647 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000 All right, guys, I'm going to put the engines. 648 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000 Adam, let's get that hydrophone in the water. 649 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Richie, keep looking with those night vision goggles. 650 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,000 We'll see if we can hear anything beneath the surface. 651 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,000 Yeah, it's going in. 652 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000 What do you got, Adam? What does it sound like? 653 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,000 We must be in about 20 meters of water. 654 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,000 You can hear the waves just heading against the bottom of the boat. 655 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,000 Whoa. 656 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Hold on to that. 657 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,000 What do you got? 658 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,000 I'm picking up like a low ton. 659 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000 It sounds like there might be something moving around there. 660 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000 Something big? 661 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Yeah, it's a really deep, deep noise. 662 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 Whatever it is, it's moving off there. 663 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 OK, let's board it. Come on. 664 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000 OK, guys, keep your eyes peeled. 665 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,000 All right, well, I think we get the fish finder out. 666 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000 Get some sonar going. 667 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000 Maybe it's good time to drop the aquacent. 668 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000 Yeah, sounds good. 669 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000 You seeing anything on the sonar? 670 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Negative. 671 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000 Kind of some weird shadows on it. 672 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,000 A lot of weird shadows. 673 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Oh, oh. 674 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Got a fish. 675 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000 What was that? 676 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000 Really close to camera. 677 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Click something big, Jill. 678 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000 Ryder for Josh. 679 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000 Go for Josh, Ryder. 680 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,000 Looks like something in front of us is kicking up a lot of sediment. 681 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Really large objects moving by. 682 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,000 Can't really get a good, good look at them. 683 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,000 And some strange shadows coming from behind the camera. 684 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,000 Well, copy that. We're not that far from your position. 685 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,000 We're going to head over there and see if we can get under the thermal image here. 686 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 Katie, we're not that far from shore. 687 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Once you grab a camera, head down the coast and see if you can catch it. 688 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000 Copy that. We'll do. 689 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,000 OK, let's go. Let's see if we can catch a snake. 690 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000 Katie, we're along the shore now. 691 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 I don't have a visual on anything. 692 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000 The thermal looks clear. 693 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,000 Is that a BC movement? 694 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 Josh, I can't see anything right now. 695 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,000 It's just dark water. 696 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000 Richie, throw all those night fish and goggles. 697 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000 See if you can see anything moving around just off the shore here. 698 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,000 Richie, any sign of anything? 699 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 I see a lot of movement in the water. 700 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 I see lines of chalk. 701 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Everybody keep your eyes peeled. 702 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000 Whoa, on the thermal! Right over there! 703 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 It looks like something's breached the surface. 704 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Right over there! 705 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000 Everybody keep your eyes peeled. 706 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,000 Whoa, on the thermal! Right over there! 707 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000 It looks like something's breached the surface. 708 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Right over there! Over there! 709 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,000 Hold on. I'm coming around. 710 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 Ryder, we just got a clear head on the thermal. 711 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000 Josh, Josh, we just picked up something big on the sonar. 712 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,000 Looks like it's about 14 meters down. 713 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,000 It's pretty wide in size. 714 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,000 And it looks like it's heading to the north. 715 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,000 I'll copy that. 716 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,000 We're gonna try to track it up the coast. 717 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000 See if you can stay with it on sonar. 718 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,000 Ryder, follow us! See if you can track it. 719 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000 Sun's coming up soon. 720 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000 We'll just hang with it as long as we can. 721 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Looks like the channel's got coal on it. 722 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000 We've got nothing on the sonar right now. 723 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,000 Yeah, we've lost it as well. 724 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,000 I got nothing else on the thermal. 725 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000 I think this thing might have gone. 726 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,000 Alright, let's take it back to base camp. 727 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Sun's up. 728 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000 We've got a long trip home. 729 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,000 We've got great evidence to bring with us, though. 730 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000 With numb fingers, we navigated back to the dock 731 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000 and made the long trip home to Los Angeles 732 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,000 to continue our investigation. 733 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000 We headed to nearby Pepperdine University 734 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000 to meet with biologist Dr. Lee Katz. 735 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000 We began by showing him some of the many amateur photos 736 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000 of the creature. 737 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,000 As a biologist, this image is the most interesting 738 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,000 because you see some rippling in the lake, 739 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000 which indicates movement. 740 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,000 I suspect it is a living organism, some kind of animal. 741 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,000 There are some large fish in the lake. 742 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,000 There is a pike, which is a large fish predator. 743 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000 It can be three or four feet long. 744 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000 The surveillance cameras that are set up in the lake 745 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 seem to have captured the pike. 746 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000 Do you think it's safe to say that maybe this fish 747 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000 could account for some of what people are seeing in these waters? 748 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,000 I think anytime somebody sees something more than a foot or two long, 749 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000 it gets our attention, and certainly this animal 750 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000 would be something that gets people's attention. 751 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 Other footage from the research center 752 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000 appeared to show something else. 753 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 What do you think we're seeing in these videos? 754 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000 These are interesting images to look at 755 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,000 because they're long, almost snake-like. 756 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,000 That reminds me of long strands of algae you get in freshwater lakes. 757 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,000 You'll see them kind of wafting in the current. 758 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,000 And what about these things that they actually see at the surface? 759 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Well, that's a good question. 760 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000 It's very difficult for me to tell how fast this is moving. 761 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,000 I don't see any movement by the objects that indicate swimming, 762 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000 and which leads me to think it's something drifting. 763 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 But could all of the evidence be explained? 764 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,000 The underwater footage from Ryder's boat was compelling. 765 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000 Oh, oh! 766 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Fish. 767 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 What was that? 768 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000 What was that? 769 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000 But ultimately inconclusive. 770 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,000 We then reviewed the thermal hit detected from the seaplane 771 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000 and from our overnight investigation. 772 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 When you look at this, what do you think? 773 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000 I think this is very interesting because you have a bunch of organisms 774 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,000 in there that shouldn't be giving off heat. 775 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,000 If it's a fish or a reptile, 776 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,000 you wouldn't expect a heat signal like that. 777 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000 I suspected some kind of animal, given the movement, 778 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000 given the diving activity, 779 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000 but I wouldn't know exactly what it would be. 780 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,000 At more than 15 feet long, this was no pike, 781 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 but could also not be positively ID'd, 782 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000 and therefore remains a tantalizing mystery. 783 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,000 I think there are any number of things that could be leading people to suspect 784 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000 they're seeing something unusual or out of the ordinary. 785 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:10,000 But that's not to say that a clear picture or a clear video down the road doesn't show up. 786 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000 The story of the creature in Lake Storgen 787 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,000 is one of the most compelling we've ever heard. 788 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,000 An ancient rune marks the beginning of a steady stream of reports 789 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000 that haven't led up for a thousand years. 790 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 The community is convinced, 791 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 and their government's Sanctioned Research Center is state-of-the-art, 792 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000 but it's evidence that counts. 793 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000 And what we have here is decidedly out of focus. 794 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,000 With blurry images, murky waters, and indecipherable video, 795 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,000 the culprit clearly isn't ready for its close-up. 796 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,000 Some of the sightings can now be written off as debris or known species, 797 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:50,000 but thousands of other encounters, including our own, seem to defy an easy explanation. 798 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,000 But with cameras continuing to roll 24 hours a day, 799 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,000 it's only a matter of time before something swims into frame.