1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 On this episode of Expedition X. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Stay on your feet! 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Woo-hoo! 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Ha-ha-ha! 6 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Jess and Phil investigate a ghostly phenomenon. 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,000 I would swear, court of law, that I witnessed this thing. 8 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 In the unforgiving swamps of Texas. 9 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Did you see that? 10 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 A light just shot right past me. 11 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Frogs over here doing nuts. 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Everything's going nuts. 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Oh, look at that. 14 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Tons of bones over here. 15 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,000 More over here too. 16 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Mysterious ghost lights that are terrifying residents. 17 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 I just wanted to scream, get me the hell out of here. 18 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Can this 100-year-old mystery finally be explained? 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Three, two, one. 20 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Holy crap! 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Or will the team unleash something... 22 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Oh, sh**, look, look, look, look, look. 23 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Terrifying and real. 24 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Do you see that? 25 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 I just saw a light float above the tree. 26 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Hurry up, come over. 27 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 All right, I'm coming your way. 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Oh, my God! 29 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Ghosts in the swamp. 30 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 My name is Josh Gates. 31 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,000 In my travels, I've experienced strange things that defy logic 32 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 and made me question everything. 33 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Oh, my God. 34 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Now, I've put together a team to investigate the stranger side of the unknown. 35 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Let's go. 36 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations. 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,000 This is incredible. 38 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 It actually found two stones. 39 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer. 40 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Cheryl, do you see that? 41 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 I just saw something right across. 42 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Together, we're searching for answers... 43 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 What is that? 44 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 ...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 45 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 This is Expedition X. 46 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Okay, Phil, you're our resident skeptic. 47 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 So what if I told you that there is a certain lonely stretch of road in Texas 48 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 where nearly every single night, 49 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 you could see an undeniable, unexplained phenomenon? 50 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 I'd say let's go to Texas. 51 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 I want to believe. 52 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Okay, Jess, I'm guessing you have heard of the so-called Saratoga Ghost Lights. 53 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 I have. 54 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Of course you have. 55 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 You are like an encyclopedia of the supernatural. 56 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Thank you very much. 57 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 And what are these things supposed to be? 58 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Well, that's the thing. Nobody knows. 59 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,000 They're these weird orbs of light that hover over this road. 60 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Some people think they're ghosts. 61 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 I've even heard UFOs. 62 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Oh, so it's that kind of story. 63 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Yes. 64 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Well, you know where I'm going to come down on this? 65 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Whenever there is something that is a physical phenomenon, like lights, 66 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I'm wondering if there is a natural explanation 67 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:50,000 that then can lead to these legends and lore of ghost or UFOs. 68 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 I'm guessing this place is pretty creepy, yeah? 69 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Oh, yeah. 70 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Oh, yeah. 71 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Saratoga, Texas lies on the edge of 300,000 acres 72 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 of alligator and snake-infested wilderness. 73 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:14,000 This imposing swath of land is known to locals as the Big Ficket. 74 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Once the sacred lands of the native Atacapa people, 75 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Europeans arrive in the 1850s and look to make their fortune 76 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 plundering the area's valuable resources of lumber and oil, 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 encroaching on an uncharted territory 78 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 that some say was never meant to be disturbed. 79 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 In 1902, the Santa Fe Railroad raises hundreds of acres 80 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 to carve tracks from Saratoga to the remote supply outpost of Bragg. 81 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Under the command of ruthless production bosses, 82 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 construction of the railroad is deadly business. 83 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 While the working conditions are inhumane, 84 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 eventually the rail line is finished. 85 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 For decades, business is booming, 86 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 but maintaining the tracks through the swamp costs countless lives. 87 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Eventually, there's a bust. 88 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,000 When the boom dies down in the 1930s and the oil wells run dry, 89 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 the rail line is pulled up and the town is abandoned, 90 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 leaving nothing behind except for this dirt road 91 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,000 and the shallow graves of the dead workers who suffered and died here. 92 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 It's around this time that people start reporting ghostly lights 93 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 that manifest in strange ways. 94 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Some witnesses describe bizarre floating orbs 95 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 that move with an eerie intelligence. 96 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Some reportedly have the power to disable electronics, 97 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 even automobiles. 98 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 And while it may sound outlandish, 99 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000 in some cases, the lights appear to take on the shape 100 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 of a headless figure carrying a lantern. 101 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Just recently, the number of sightings has exploded 102 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 and local residents are terrified. 103 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 No one, including local law enforcement, 104 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 can explain the glimmering phantoms of the Big Thicket, 105 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 and no one has for a hundred years. 106 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Phil, I can see your wheels turning already. 107 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Yeah, alligators and snakes, I'm in. 108 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 But this is a giant swamp. 109 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 This is a dynamic ecosystem we're talking about here. 110 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 So there could be all sorts of explanations there. 111 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Could even be fireflies. 112 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Phil, it is not fireflies. 113 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Fireflies don't equate to a headless ghost 114 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 carrying a lantern. 115 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 I will say some of the reports do sound a little fantastical, Jess, 116 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 but just the sheer volume of sightings, 117 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 I do feel like people are seeing something. 118 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And I'm wondering if there could be multiple explanations out there 119 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 that could actually make this a tricky one to solve. 120 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Right. I actually think the most difficult part of investigating this 121 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 is going to be the location itself. 122 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 The Big Thicket is no joke. 123 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 So your mission is to get to Texas, 124 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 find people who have experienced these ghost lights, 125 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 and then see if you can experience them for yourselves. 126 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 And if you can, figure out what the hell they are. 127 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 All right, you had me at ghost lights. 128 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 We're going to need to pack some bug spray. 129 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Lots. 130 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 The team flies to Houston, Texas. 131 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 From there, it's a 70-mile trip northeast to just outside Saratoga 132 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,000 and the infamous Bragg Road, also known as the Ghost Road. 133 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 What would it take to convince you that there's ghosts? 134 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Well, if I see a floating body with no head, 135 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 I will then say you are right. 136 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 All right. 137 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Well, we did a little bit of research on the Big Thicket area we're going to, 138 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,000 and there looks like there's a lot of stuff that can kill us. 139 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Oh, yeah. I mean, this is one of the most incredible wildernesses in the United States. 140 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 The Big Thicket is brimming with diversity. 141 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 It has eight separate ecosystems side by side. 142 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Including savanna, swamp, forest, and desert. 143 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 There are more than 300 species of animals that call it home, 144 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:53,000 including alligators, bears, venomous snakes, panthers, and red wolves. 145 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:59,000 It's an inhospitable and deadly environment that's sure to keep the team on their toes. 146 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 I still don't understand why a ghost can't haunt a spa. 147 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Why does it always have to be in the worst place imaginable? 148 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 I think that's kind of part of the mystery here. 149 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:14,000 When nature really fights you back and it's very tough for humans to survive, 150 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 stories start to form about the region. 151 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Jess and Phil arrive at the entrance to the so-called Ghost Road 152 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,000 to meet with local resident Carrie Sellestine. 153 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Carrie claims that during recent passage along this stretch of road, 154 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 she came face to face with the chilling phenomenon. 155 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:36,000 She insists on warning the team before they start their investigation. 156 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 So this is it, the Ghost Road? 157 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Yeah, it is. 158 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 So walk me through your experience that night. 159 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,000 It was hot and muggy, and we turned down this road, 160 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 went up about, I don't know, close to a mile or so. 161 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,000 And all of a sudden, I see this green glow. 162 00:07:52,000 --> 00:08:00,000 As it got closer, I just see this outline of a person. 163 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Just hovering over the middle of the road. 164 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Could you see his face at all? 165 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 That's what disturbed me the most about it. 166 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,000 He didn't have any in his head. 167 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 How close was he at that point? 168 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,000 I'd say he was about 50 feet away by then. 169 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 What happened? 170 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,000 I just wanted to scream, but I couldn't speak, and I realized that I'm shaking. 171 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 And finally, he just disappeared. 172 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 And I was just, I mean, get me the hell out of here. 173 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 I said he ain't got no head. 174 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Were there any other details you could glean from him? 175 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:43,000 He was wearing overalls like the old-timey breaksman used to wear. 176 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Have you come out here since then? 177 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 No way. 178 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 One time was enough for me to go up this road. 179 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Well, that's actually our plan. 180 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Yeah. 181 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 So any advice? 182 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Definitely be careful because I know for certain there's something out there. 183 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 After hearing Carrie's story, we wait for nightfall, 184 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,000 when most of these glowing phantoms and orbs are reported. 185 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,000 So in pitch darkness, we begin our journey down the infamous Ghost Road, 186 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 a gloomy stretch of flat dirt track that has inspired fear for nearly 100 years. 187 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 This place is creepy. 188 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 This is kind of spooky. 189 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Like if you're ever going to see a ghost in the middle of nowhere, 190 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,000 this would be a prime place. 191 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Yeah. 192 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 They're just more black and more black. 193 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Everything looks the same. 194 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Yeah. 195 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 I'm like, how much detail can you actually pick up at 50 feet? 196 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:44,000 But she was clearly terrified, so she definitely saw something. 197 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I'm not as concerned about running into a ghost 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,000 as much as I am coming face to face with one of the many large predators of the big thicket. 199 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:57,000 There's dense vegetation looming over every inch of this dark and narrow road. 200 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 There could be a bear or a panther 10 feet into the tree line, 201 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 and we wouldn't see it until it's too late. 202 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 All right, I think we've gone about a mile in here. 203 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 All right. 204 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Wow. 205 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 This is the area where she saw it. 206 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Gosh, look at how dense the canopy is up here. 207 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Oh. 208 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 And big spiders up there. 209 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Big spiders? 210 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 No, thank you. 211 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Listen to how much is live out here. 212 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,000 We're undead. 213 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 I want to check for any EMF out here. 214 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Okay. 215 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,000 EMF detectors were designed to measure electromagnetic fields, 216 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 often from power lines and other man-made equipment. 217 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Paranormal investigators believe that spirits also release energy that can be detected with this. 218 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Yes, if we get a big reading on this, 219 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:02,000 that's going to be super weird because there is literally nothing out here that should set this off. 220 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:15,000 We pace up and down the road for well over an hour, 221 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 but both the EMF reader and the skies are silent. 222 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,000 I was hoping to see something, but I'm getting nothing off this EMF reader. 223 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 She did see whatever she saw coming from that direction. 224 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Well, that's where Bragg the old train depot was. 225 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Just a few miles down the road, the Bragg train depot was a once bustling hub of industry, 226 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,000 and it went belly up almost as fast as it was established. 227 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Some believe the headless apparition and other mysterious orbs of light seen in the area 228 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 might be the wandering spirit of former laborers, 229 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:59,000 who died here as a result of the brutal working conditions during construction of the railroad. 230 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,000 I'm hoping we have better luck at the sight of the old depot. 231 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Here we go, I think this is it. 232 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Well, there's not much left. 233 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Well, yeah, it's nothing to brag about, but we should still explore it, Phil. 234 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 How long have you been holding on to that joke, Jess? 235 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Gosh, all day. 236 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Wow. 237 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Welcome to Bragg. 238 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Bragg sprang up almost overnight as a supply outpost for the local oil and lumber companies. 239 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:32,000 When the rail line was abandoned in the 1930s, though, the town was dismantled and scavenged, 240 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,000 leaving little evidence that it ever existed at all. 241 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Besides some scattered railroad material, it's completely empty. 242 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 There's bones all over the place. 243 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Yeah, tons of bones over here. 244 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Yep, more over here, too. 245 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Oh, look at the snake! 246 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Oh my God! 247 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Oh, look at that. 248 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Oh boy. 249 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Oh, all right, stay back. 250 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 What is that? 251 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 It's a cottonmouth. 252 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Definitely venomous snake. 253 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Wow, that is the one we do not want to step on. 254 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Cotton mouths or water moccasins are a venomous species of pit viper. 255 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Adults can grow up to five feet long and are capable of delivering a dangerous bite. 256 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,000 If we're not careful out here, any wrong step could bring a painful end to this investigation. 257 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 All right, well then, let's go. 258 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 I say we go grab our equipment, see what we can find. 259 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Sounds good. 260 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Considering how dark it is, I'm eager to break out our highly sensitive thermal imager. 261 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Anything that displaces heat, even strange balls of light, should show up here. 262 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 How's it looking? 263 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Nothing yet. 264 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Not to be outdone by Jess, I've got a pair of military-grade night vision goggles that use the infrared spectrum to help me see in the dark. 265 00:13:54,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Whatever people are witnessing out here, I'm convinced it's a product of this wild environment. 266 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 See anything yet? 267 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Nothing. 268 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Why don't we leave this area? 269 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 I want to go back and check out the ghost road. 270 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 That's probably our best bet. 271 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Sounds good. 272 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Any signs of animals after lighting things up? 273 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Nope. 274 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Which is surprising because you can obviously hear them. 275 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 What the hell was that? 276 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Something happening? 277 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Yeah, just saw a light and it shot right up into the sky. 278 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Oh, did you guys see that? 279 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 There's a phosphorescent ball right there. 280 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Where? 281 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Flash, right down there. 282 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Went right across. 283 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 I thought that's what you were talking about. 284 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 No, I saw something in here. 285 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Go right up. 286 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 So you just saw something go up. 287 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,000 I just... 288 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 You saw something down there? 289 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Same time. 290 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Right when she said that I saw a flash, it was like a kind of a phosphorescent glow right across. 291 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 About 300 yards down. 292 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 That's so weird. 293 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Jess and Phil are in the big thicket of Texas investigating reports of strange ghostly lights 294 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,000 haunting an eight mile stretch of country road north of Saratoga. 295 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 What the hell was that? 296 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,000 I just saw something in there and it flew right up into the sky. 297 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Oh, you guys see that? 298 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Jess and my trusted cameraman, Evan, each saw something they can't explain. 299 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Right when she said that I saw a flash, it was like a kind of a phosphorescent glow right across. 300 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 About 300 yards down. 301 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 Did you get in on your camera? 302 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Yep. 303 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Did you get on the flare? 304 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Yeah, I think so. 305 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Let's check the flare. 306 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Okay, let me play it back. 307 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,000 See? 308 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 Right there. 309 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Oh, yeah. 310 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Oh, I got it. 311 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 That was quick. 312 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Did I just film a ghost light? 313 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 That was super fast. 314 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,000 When I see that, it looks small, fast, and hot. 315 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 So I'm thinking that's a bat. 316 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 No, wait, I saw it out of the corner of my eyes. 317 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000 It was glowing. 318 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Evan, you caught yours, right? 319 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Yeah. 320 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 All right, well, let's review Evan's footage. 321 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Yeah. 322 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 All right, hold on. 323 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Let me get it. 324 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 There you go. 325 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 What is that? 326 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Look at that. 327 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Is that the moon? 328 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Oh! 329 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 That was cool. 330 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 That was not a bat, and that is not what I saw. 331 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 It almost looked like a fireball glowing, 332 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 and the way it, like, disappeared like that at the end. 333 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 We've officially seen some weird lights, 334 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 and we got it on tape. 335 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,000 For my money, we just encountered the Saratoga ghost lights, 336 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 not once, but twice. 337 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 And while they didn't appear as a headless apparition, 338 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 we're off to one hell of a start. 339 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 So we decide to call it a night and get some beauty rest 340 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,000 so we can start fresh first thing in the morning. 341 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,000 So, I had a bit of a revelation about last night. 342 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Yeah. 343 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 I'm thinking Willow the Wisps. 344 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Like, the lights people think are fairies from folklore? 345 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 Oh, yes. 346 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 A lot of people describe them not just as fairies, 347 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 but this may sound familiar, 348 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 ghosts like lights over bogs and marshes. 349 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 And where we were last night was super boggy. 350 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,000 So then how did the lights actually get made? 351 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Essentially, there's a lot of methane gas 352 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,000 that forms under the water by rotting and decomposing 353 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000 plants and animals. 354 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 When that methane is released, 355 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,000 it can ignite and possibly create a glowing fireball. 356 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,000 So we could just have a case of gassy nature. 357 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Seriously, I'm going to get this earth farts. 358 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Essentially, yeah. 359 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,000 And I feel like this is something we can actually test 360 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,000 out here. 361 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 That sounds cool. 362 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Who knew? 363 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Wetlands across the globe 364 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,000 release nearly 250 million tons of methane per year. 365 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,000 And the ghost road sits right in the middle of 35,000 acres 366 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 of wetlands. 367 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 I believe it's possible that large methane bubbles 368 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 are being released from the bog situated deeper in the swamp 369 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 away from the road. 370 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Time to get dirty. 371 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Hang on, Phillip. 372 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 We're through here? 373 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Yeah, we're going. 374 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,000 It's pretty beautiful back here. 375 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Yeah, it is. 376 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 It's a little bit of a city. 377 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,000 It's a little bit of a city. 378 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 It's a little bit of a city. 379 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 It's a little bit of a city. 380 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 It's pretty beautiful back here. 381 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Yeah, it is. 382 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Right up here, kid. 383 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Right here? 384 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,000 To conduct my test, I need to find a place that is deep enough 385 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 to access the methane, but safe enough that we won't get ambushed 386 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 by an alligator. 387 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 All right, let's do it. 388 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Let's see if we can find a good place to get in. 389 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Check it out right here. 390 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Right here? 391 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Right here is the spot. 392 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 So how do you propose we do this? 393 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Well, we're going to have to get in the water. 394 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,000 So first things first, we should get the waders on. 395 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000 These swamps are filled with nasty bacteria, insects, 396 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 copperheads, and a lot of things that could put a hurt on us. 397 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:39,000 So we're going to strap on waterproof waders for protection. 398 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 What is that? 399 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 This is the magic gas trapper. 400 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 It looks like a beer bong. 401 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Yes, real mature. 402 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 But it totally does. 403 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 But we're going to use it to trap gas. 404 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 How are you going to make that happen? 405 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I'll show you. 406 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 All right, going in. 407 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 All right, I'm coming in. 408 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,000 All right, there's a lot of logs under the water, so be careful. 409 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 I don't even know where to put my foot. 410 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Ew, it's so gross. 411 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Ew. 412 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 I don't like this at all. 413 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 You got it. 414 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. 415 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Oh, these big spiders. 416 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 This is all of your favorite things. 417 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 All of these everything I hate in the world. 418 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Mosquitoes, spiders, and do you see that log over there? 419 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 I can't tell if it's a log or if it's an alligator. 420 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 What? 421 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 No. 422 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Then hurry up. 423 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 What do you need us to do? 424 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Oh, we got rain. 425 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 All right, should we do this? 426 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Yeah, let's do this. 427 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Cool. 428 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 So here's how it's going to work. 429 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,000 I'm going to stick this dome into the water. 430 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 And then we're going to stomp around. 431 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 OK. 432 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 And as we stomp, we're actually going to be releasing 433 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 some of that methane underneath this bog. 434 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 And it'll start to displace the water. 435 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Once there's some gas in here, we'll release it. 436 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Uh-huh. 437 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000 And then we'll light it on this end. 438 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Hopefully we'll get a flame. 439 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 All right. 440 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 So what, we just put it down on the water and stomp around? 441 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Yeah. 442 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Oh, look at that. 443 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Oh, I've seen it. 444 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Oh, we're getting some gas in here. 445 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000 This is great. 446 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Tons of it. 447 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 All right, I think we got some good gas here. 448 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Well, I've got the lighter ready. 449 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 All right, we're going to test this out. 450 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,000 When I woke up this morning, I might have stayed in bed 451 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,000 had I known I'd be lighting swamp farts on fire 452 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 with Mr. Wizard over here. 453 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 You ready? 454 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Ready. 455 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Right on the hole. 456 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Three, two, one. 457 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Whoa! 458 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Holy crap! 459 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Oh. 460 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Oh my god! 461 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 My gosh! 462 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 I felt that. 463 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 We just lit some swamp gas. 464 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 That was amazing. 465 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 That was really cool. 466 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,000 So can you imagine if there was a big enough pocket of methane 467 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,000 underneath a bog like this, it all gets released at once. 468 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 That would be a big flame floating into the sky, 469 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 a Saratoga light. 470 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,000 So I hate to rain on your parade. 471 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Yeah. 472 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 But we're the ones that had to light it. 473 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,000 People are seeing these lights above swamps. 474 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Who's lighting that gas? 475 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 There's a few possibilities. 476 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Yeah. 477 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 One of them being there's other natural gases, 478 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:23,000 one called phosphine, that could form also in an environment 479 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,000 like this that ignites essentially once it touches air. 480 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,000 So if the timing is right, if you get a methane bubble 481 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 and some of this other type of gas and you get that ignition, 482 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 big flame. 483 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 So it's rare, but not impossible. 484 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Exactly. 485 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000 And if someone sees it in a place like this, 486 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 with the lore of a place like this, 487 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000 they're going to think they're seeing a ghost. 488 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 The experiment demonstrates that some of the sightings here 489 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 could be a rare methane-fueled fireball. 490 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 But there's no way it accounts for hundreds of incidents. 491 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,000 And they definitely don't explain what I caught on camera. 492 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,000 So after we leave the swamp and honestly take a long shower, 493 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 we want to meet up with one of the most credible local eye 494 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,000 witnesses in the area, a man with a badge. 495 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 All right, I think this is him. 496 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 We're waiting at the entrance of the ghost road 497 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 to meet with former Sheriff's deputy Donnie Goley, 498 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 a longtime resident of the Big Thicket. 499 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Goley's worked with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office 500 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 for nearly two decades and grew up just a few miles 501 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 from the ghost road. 502 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 How you guys doing? 503 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Good. 504 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Very good. 505 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Good, good. 506 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 It's good to see you. 507 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Nice to see you. 508 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 As law enforcement, not only is he a trained observer, 509 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 he was overseeing a prisoner word detail on Bragg Road 510 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 when he encountered a ghostly light in broad daylight. 511 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,000 You had quite the experience out here, so give me the scoop. 512 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,000 I had six inmates with me and we come out to Bragg Road 513 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 to do some cleaning. 514 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:52,000 And I look past one of my inmates and I see a glowing oval 515 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,000 and it shot right across the road and just melted into the tree 516 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 line. 517 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 It was the most crazy thing I've ever seen in my life. 518 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 It was insane. 519 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Wow. 520 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 The team is investigating the Saratoga Ghost Lights, 521 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,000 a prolific and ghostly phenomenon. 522 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,000 They're meeting with police officer and eyewitness Don Gully, 523 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 who saw the phenomenon on Bragg Road, 524 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 aka the ghost road. 525 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,000 It was about 2.30 in the afternoon. 526 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 It was overcast. 527 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 It's kind of like this, actually. 528 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,000 And I look past one of my inmates and I see a glowing 529 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 sort of amber color oval in the road. 530 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,000 It was extremely bright. 531 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:46,000 And it started from the tree line, shot straight across the road 532 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 into the tree line over here. 533 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 That's where I thought. 534 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Wow. 535 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 It went so fast it actually left the trail, 536 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 kind of like a sparkler at night. 537 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 And I went, oh my god. 538 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000 I turned to the guys and I said, did you just see that? 539 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 One of the guys will never forget. 540 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 He's standing there and his jaw was literally hanging open. 541 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 The next thing he did, it come up out of the road 542 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 and it did sort of like a horizontal figure eight 543 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 looking move and then went back into the woods 544 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 and that's the last thing it did. 545 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 We were just blown away. 546 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 We were just sitting there going, 547 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 you can't believe we just saw that 2.30 in the afternoon. 548 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 And so you saw it shoot off into the tree line. 549 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 So what's down around that area? 550 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 You got woods, you've got big holes and such as that. 551 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Some more swamps and bogs and things of that nature. 552 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Right. 553 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Before you saw what you saw, did you believe the rumors 554 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 of the road? 555 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 No, sir. 556 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Not at all. 557 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 So what did you think you were seeing? 558 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 This thing, for lack of better terms, 559 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 almost had an intelligence to it. 560 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000 I can tell you this much. 561 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,000 I would sit in a courtroom with my right hand raised, 562 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,000 my hand on the Bible and I would swear in a court of law 563 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 that I witnessed this thing. 564 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Wow. 565 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I'm telling you, it happened. 566 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Not only was this in the middle of the day 567 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 with multiple witnesses including law enforcement, 568 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,000 but the ghost light was performing aerial acrobatics 569 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000 that would be impossible for a methane fireball. 570 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Sorry, Phil. 571 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 The light shot off deeper into the swamp, 572 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 an area where other people along the ghost road 573 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 have seen lights congregating in the distance. 574 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000 So to see for ourselves what's out there, 575 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 we need to catch a ride. 576 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Hi there. 577 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Captain Sally Haynes has agreed to take us deep 578 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000 into these dangerous wetlands at night, 579 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000 when this phenomenon can be seen more easily. 580 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 You're going to want to keep an eye out 581 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,000 in this low-lying vegetation here for alligators. 582 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,000 During construction of the railroad and the outpost of Bragg, 583 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,000 many workers lost their lives in a myriad of gruesome ways. 584 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Is it possible that the swamps' former residents 585 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 still haunt this place, 586 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 appearing as a glowing apparition 587 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 or a pulsing ball of pure paranormal energy? 588 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 And if that isn't enough to worry about, 589 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,000 there's no shortage of other dangers here. 590 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Hey, guys, I want to show you up here. 591 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 These are some hog tracks. 592 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 We've got a lot of wild hogs in this area. 593 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 Is there any danger or have they ever tried to get onto the boat? 594 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Oh, my gosh, yes. 595 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Sometimes they're four or five hundred pounds, 596 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 so keep an eye out. 597 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 We don't want them in the boat. 598 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 As darkness falls over the swamp, 599 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,000 retreated by a slew of nocturnal hunters 600 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 looking for their next meal. 601 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Alligator! 602 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,000 Where? 603 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Right there, right there. 604 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Wow, look at that. 605 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 He looks big. 606 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 How are you? 607 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Nice. 608 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 There's one over there hiding. 609 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 From large reptilian predators 610 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 to swarms of insects, 611 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 these wetlands are teeming with life. 612 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 There's some more down there. 613 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 I know Jess believes these lights 614 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 are paranormal, but with all this animal activity, 615 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,000 I'm still convinced we'll find a natural explanation. 616 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,000 All right, so guys, I want to drop you off here 617 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,000 and let you check it out. 618 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,000 You're not going to leave us here, right? 619 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 I won't leave you, but I'm not getting off. 620 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000 All right. 621 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000 Good luck. 622 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Thanks. 623 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,000 The Sheriff's deputy reported that the light he witnessed 624 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 traveled deep into the swamp. 625 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Now, miles from civilization, 626 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 I'm hoping this could be ground zero 627 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 for the ghost light phenomenon. 628 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Wow. 629 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,000 You hear this place? 630 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 Yeah. 631 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000 I feel like I've gone back in time 632 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,000 and I'm in the land of the dinosaurs. 633 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 These big palms and everything. 634 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Wow. 635 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,000 What the f***? 636 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Oh, sh**. 637 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Oh, sh**. 638 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Oh, my God. 639 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Oh, my God. 640 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 That is a cotton mouth right there. 641 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Oh, sh**. 642 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Look at that. 643 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Right off the boat. 644 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 I should probably put on the snake gators. 645 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Good idea. 646 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Snakes often hide underground level vegetation, 647 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 making our feet and lower legs extremely vulnerable. 648 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,000 By wearing these gators, 649 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:12,000 we can lower the risk of a snake bite piercing our skin. 650 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000 All right, I'm gatored up. 651 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000 Do you have the trail cams? 652 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Got the trail cams. 653 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 All right, why don't we set them up 654 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,000 and see if we can get them out? 655 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,000 We'll just set them up and see if we can catch some lights. 656 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 We're setting up a series of infrared 657 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 motion sensor trail cameras 658 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,000 in a cross-line detection pattern 659 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,000 to capture a 360 view of this area. 660 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,000 If the Saratoga lights do originate anywhere around here, 661 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,000 we should be able to capture them on camera. 662 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000 Okay, we got the trail cams up. 663 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,000 Yep. 664 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,000 I feel like we should try to cover 665 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,000 as much territory as possible. 666 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,000 We should split up. 667 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,000 All right, so what direction do you want to go? 668 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000 I'll go in. 669 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,000 We'll keep the deeper forest 670 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000 if you want to kind of stay on the periphery. 671 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,000 We'll just try to stay in contact. 672 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Mm-hmm. 673 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,000 Looks for me. 674 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,000 All right. 675 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,000 Heading in. 676 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Don't get eaten. 677 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,000 Don't get bit. 678 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,000 I'm looking for anything that could be responsible 679 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,000 for the sightings, including fireflies 680 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 and even glowing click beetles 681 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 that are native to this area. 682 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Let's try this way. 683 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000 Where's my jungle machete when I can use one? 684 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000 Ooh. 685 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Check this out. 686 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 Wow, look at all these mushrooms. 687 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000 While they might not look like ghosts up close, 688 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,000 some species of fungi actually glow in the dark. 689 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 There are more than 80 varieties 690 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,000 of biluminescent mushrooms known around the world. 691 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,000 These contain a compound called oxylocephrine 692 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 that emits a glowing green light, 693 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000 the same eerie green that has been reported 694 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,000 as a headless apparition on the ghost road. 695 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,000 The only way to tell if they glow in the dark 696 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,000 is to turn off the lights, so let's try it. 697 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 Not these ones. 698 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 We'll keep searching. 699 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000 See, got some hot spots in there for sure. 700 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Something's been here recently. 701 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 Right now, I'm using the FLIR camera 702 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000 that can detect thermal signatures in the dead of night. 703 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Whoa. 704 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,000 Check this out. 705 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,000 I don't see anything on the FLIR. 706 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Did you see that? 707 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Yeah. 708 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,000 Phil! 709 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000 Yeah, what do you got? 710 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000 A light just shot right past me, 711 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000 into the trees. 712 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000 And it wasn't a shooting star up in the sky? 713 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000 It was about five feet off the ground. 714 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000 It was a big shot. 715 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,000 It was a big shot. 716 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,000 It was a big shot. 717 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,000 It was a big shot. 718 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,000 It was a big shot. 719 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000 It was a big shot. 720 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000 It was a big shot. 721 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,000 It was a big shot. 722 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,000 It was a big shot. 723 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 It was a big shot. 724 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,000 It was a big shot. 725 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,000 It was a big shot. 726 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,000 It was a big shot. 727 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000 It wasn't a shooting star up in the sky. 728 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000 It was about five feet off the ground. 729 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000 It wasn't up in the air. 730 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Did you get on the FLIR? 731 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 I think you did. 732 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Well, keep filming. 733 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000 The sea comes back and I'm heading your way. 734 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,000 All right. 735 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Did you see that? 736 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000 Yeah. 737 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Phil! 738 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Got you. 739 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,000 A light just shot right past me, 740 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,000 into the trees. 741 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,000 We need it. 742 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Keep filming. 743 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,000 The sea comes back. 744 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 I'm heading your way. 745 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000 All right. 746 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 I don't know how much, 747 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 but I definitely got some of it. 748 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,000 All right, let's see it. 749 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,000 Let's see. 750 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000 See it! 751 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 Yeah, it went sideways. 752 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Yeah. 753 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,000 Yeah, that's what I saw. 754 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000 The one right through the tree. 755 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,000 Yeah. 756 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000 You know I'm going to ask you the same thing I always ask you, 757 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,000 but are you sure it wasn't a firefly, 758 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000 it wasn't a bat going by? 759 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,000 Anything like that? 760 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,000 It was not a firefly or a bat. 761 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:56,000 It was glowing just like that light I saw on Bragg Road. 762 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000 I'm not convinced that what Jess captured on camera 763 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000 was a ghost light, 764 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000 but we continue to search for hours 765 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000 just in case the mysterious object reappears. 766 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Eventually, we board the airboat 767 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 and head back to civilization. 768 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,000 It seems that, for tonight at least, 769 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,000 the lights of the big thickets have gone dark. 770 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000 The methane fireballs may explain 771 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000 a few of the Saratoga light encounters on Bragg Road, 772 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 but we still don't know what's behind 773 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,000 the bulk of these ghostly sightings 774 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000 and we're running out of leads. 775 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000 So we decide to connect with Josh 776 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000 and have him weigh in on the evidence we've got 777 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000 for the next few days. 778 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000 We're going to go to the next one. 779 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000 I think we've captured so far. 780 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000 Hey Josh. 781 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Hey guys, how are you? 782 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,000 See any good ghosts lately? 783 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 I mean, I think we certainly did. 784 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Yeah, it turns out the ghost light road 785 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,000 kind of earned its name. 786 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000 I mean, we've been seeing some lights. 787 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 Mm-hmm. 788 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,000 And speaking of lights, 789 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,000 we lit somebody's farts on fire. 790 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Sorry? 791 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000 To be clear, Jess, these are not my farts. 792 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 It's the swamps' farts. 793 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Basically, it seems like this swamp 794 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000 is building up a lot of methane underground. 795 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000 And if it somehow naturally ignites, 796 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000 you got a little fireball. 797 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000 That could make someone think 798 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000 they're seeing the serotonin lights. 799 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,000 So we did a little experiment 800 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,000 to see if that's an explanation. 801 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000 And was the test successful? 802 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,000 Oh yeah. 803 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000 Whoa! 804 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000 Holy crap! 805 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000 Yeah. 806 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000 We lit some swamp farts. 807 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Yeah, I was a little concerned about my eyebrows, actually. 808 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 All right, so we've got great balls of fire out there. 809 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000 I'm sure swamp gas does account 810 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000 for some of the sightings out there, 811 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,000 but the footage that you sent 812 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000 doesn't really feel like that, you know? 813 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,000 We've got this thermal hit that shoots up in the air. 814 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000 And then, almost simultaneously, 815 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,000 we've got this really bright ball of light 816 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000 that Evan caught on his camera. 817 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000 I mean, that's really hard to dismiss. 818 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000 I mean, Phil, I think even you would have to agree 819 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000 that's probably not a bird flying around up there 820 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000 and probably not a ball of swamp gas 821 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000 20 feet off the ground. 822 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,000 My best guess is it could have been like a mirage, 823 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000 like a reflection of the moonlight off the road. 824 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000 But then why does it zip off the way that it does? 825 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,000 It seems like it's moving. 826 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,000 Yeah, Phil, why does it zip off like that? 827 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000 Because it's a ghost. 828 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,000 Oh, Phil, trouble and paradise out there? 829 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,000 You can say that. 830 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000 Jess, you're convinced it's something other? 831 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Yeah, I absolutely do. 832 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000 But I think that some of them could be unexplainable, 833 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000 paranormal orbs of light that are floating around in that area. 834 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Okay, I think for me, 835 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,000 the one thermal hit that you got out in the swamp, 836 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000 that's the least conclusive to me, right? 837 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000 Because I don't know. 838 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 I mean, it looks like something just zipping through the trees. 839 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 Who's to say that's not a batter and owl or something? 840 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 But the other two pieces of evidence, 841 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000 the ones that you recorded out on the road itself, 842 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,000 are the ones that are really worth looking into. 843 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 So to help figure this out, 844 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 I've sent those videos to a friend of mine, 845 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000 a guy named Ben Radford. 846 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,000 He's a friend of mine. 847 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,000 He is an author, a researcher. 848 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000 He's also a serious skeptic, Phil, 849 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,000 which I'm sure you'll love. 850 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000 He gave us some really insightful information 851 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000 about the legend of the Chupa Cobra 852 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000 when we were down in Puerto Rico. 853 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000 I think his expertise could be invaluable here. 854 00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Sounds great. 855 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,000 So I've sent him the videos. 856 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,000 I'm just waiting to hear back. 857 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:05,000 Hopefully he can shed some light on the situation. 858 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,000 Oh. 859 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,000 That one's a freebie. 860 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000 You guys can feel free to use that one out there. 861 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000 I'll think about it. 862 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000 But looking forward to connecting with Ben. 863 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,000 All right, good luck, guys. 864 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Thanks. See ya. 865 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,000 All the best. Bye. 866 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,000 A few hours and a plate of Texas barbecue later, 867 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000 we get a call from Josh's contact. 868 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Hey, Ben. How are you? 869 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,000 Hi. 870 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000 Hey there. 871 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Ben is the deputy editor of Skeptical Enquirer. 872 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,000 He spent his entire career debunking alleged 873 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000 paranormal phenomenon caught on tape. 874 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,000 And he's all too familiar with these anomalous lights. 875 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000 OK. All right, let me pull it up. 876 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000 And now he's scrutinizing the FLIR footage 877 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 from our first night on the ghost road. 878 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000 Wow. That was weird. 879 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:54,000 You've got that sort of streaking something. 880 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Yeah. 881 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000 Yeah. That's it. 882 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,000 I'm curious. 883 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,000 So in the FLIR footage, we see it coming from the bottom 884 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 of the screen going up. 885 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 But after that, did it like zoom into the sky? 886 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,000 What happened after? 887 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,000 It kind of went up over the top of the canopy 888 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 and then back towards the swamp. 889 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000 Interesting. Was it glowing? 890 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,000 It was. 891 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000 A really bright, small light in the shape of a circle. 892 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:21,000 I, you know, it's not crystal clear what that is. 893 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Something is there. 894 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000 And I don't know that I can fully explain it. 895 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000 Still a mystery. 896 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,000 Still a mystery. 897 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000 So the FLIR hit remains inconclusive. 898 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000 But what about the bright light that Evan caught on his camera? 899 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,000 If Ben Radford, a black belt among skeptics, 900 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000 doesn't have a rational explanation, 901 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:45,000 well, I think I'm about to catch a mean case of the I told you so. 902 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000 Do you mind taking a look at the second video? 903 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000 Absolutely. OK. I'm watching it here. 904 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000 That's definitely a light. 905 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000 I mean, that's not an optical illusion. 906 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000 That's, uh, that's... 907 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,000 That is a legitimate light. 908 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,000 Whatever the hell it is. 909 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:10,000 So, free down, the ghost road happens to be a highway. 910 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,000 It veers up and then goes off to the west. 911 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,000 And so I think what you're seeing might be car light, 912 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,000 like a headlight or something. 913 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,000 In most of the cases that people describe, it's a single light. 914 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,000 Usually white or red in some cases. 915 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,000 That appears for a while and then vanishes. 916 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000 It looks to me like a car light. 917 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 To me, it doesn't look like two separate headlights, 918 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,000 because to me it looked like one singular light. 919 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000 Yeah, well, you're talking about a stretch of road 920 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,000 that's, I think, six or eight miles or something. 921 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 And so from that distance, 922 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 you're not necessarily going to be able to distinguish 923 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,000 two separate high beams or even low beams. 924 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 They're going to appear in one single light. 925 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,000 If these are car headlights. 926 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000 Interesting. 927 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Ben's hypothesis is interesting, 928 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000 but I'm not fully convinced. 929 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,000 After all, how can two headlights at road level 930 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,000 appear to be a light in the sky? 931 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000 So tonight, we're heading back to the spot 932 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 where our cameraman, Evan, filmed the light 933 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,000 to pressure test Ben's theory. 934 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,000 All right, this is where we were the other night. 935 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,000 So I think this is the perfect spot. 936 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,000 Evan's camera was pointed south down the ghost road 937 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 when he filmed the mysterious light. 938 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,000 At that southern tip, the road merges with Highway 787. 939 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000 The question is, could the lights be the result 940 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000 of a car traveling north on this highway 941 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,000 as it passes the ghost road and bears to the left? 942 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,000 It's time to find out. 943 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000 What I want you to do is take the Jeep, 944 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,000 go to the end of the road, take the highway up a little bit 945 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,000 and then radio me when you're coming. 946 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000 I'll have this camera pointed that way. 947 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 I'll have the team's cameras pointed that way. 948 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000 And when you drive past the road entrance, 949 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000 maybe we'll see the same thing 950 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,000 and that could explain some of the serotonin lights. 951 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,000 Down to the end of the road, take a left, 952 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,000 spin it around, 3, 2, 1, I'm on my way. 953 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,000 All right. 954 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000 Since the ghost road is a little bit more narrow, 955 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000 since the ghost road is so straight, 956 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000 we should see her headlights at a great distance. 957 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000 But will they look normal or like something otherworldly? 958 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000 Yes, we're ready for you. 959 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,000 Try to count. 960 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000 Three. 961 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 Two. 962 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000 One. 963 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,000 The X team is hunting down the source of the Saratoga ghost lights. 964 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,000 But back in the day, it's very possible 965 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,000 they would have come face to face with something far more dangerous. 966 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,000 Throughout the 19th century, 967 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000 the big thicket was a safe haven for outlaws, 968 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,000 cunning criminals like Thomas Red-Golman, 969 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,000 aka the Red Fox, 970 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000 a violent bank robber that evaded capture for years. 971 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000 The most famous fugitives, though, were a group known as J-Hawkers. 972 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000 They were Texans opposed to slavery, 973 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,000 hiding to avoid being drafted by the Confederacy during the Civil War. 974 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:25,000 They managed to survive in that alligator-infested swamp for three years, 975 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 until a Confederate captain finally flushed them out 976 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,000 by setting fire to 3,000 acres of forest. 977 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:35,000 So one has to wonder if any of those notorious outlaws 978 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,000 encountered the same mysterious lights 979 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,000 that have been terrifying people to this day. 980 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,000 We got two cameras pointing your way. We're ready for you. 981 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000 My team is attempting to explain the source of the Saratoga ghost lights 982 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,000 and the remarkable footage captured by Evan several nights ago. 983 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,000 What is that? 984 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,000 Look at that. 985 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,000 Is that the moon? 986 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,000 Oh! 987 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000 Yes, we're ready for you. 988 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000 Okay. 989 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000 Driving towards you. 990 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,000 Copy. 991 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,000 Okay, time to see if we can finally unmask the Saratoga lights. 992 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,000 Ghost road should be straight ahead. 993 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,000 Alright, we got one light. We got a light. 994 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,000 That's crazy! 995 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,000 Passing the ghost road in... 996 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,000 Three... 997 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,000 Two... 998 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000 Come on, come on. 999 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,000 And one. 1000 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,000 I'm passing the ghost road and staying on the highway. 1001 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000 There it goes. 1002 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,000 There it goes. 1003 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,000 Holy s***! 1004 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,000 It matches exactly, and it looks really strange. 1005 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000 Like, it looks like a ghost light. 1006 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,000 This confirms that many ghost light sightings 1007 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,000 can be attributed to headlights in the distance. 1008 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,000 But even I'll admit, we're far from explaining everything. 1009 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,000 Jess, we got it, we got it. 1010 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000 No kidding. Alright. 1011 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,000 Hey, hold on, my camera's getting... 1012 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,000 Oh, s***! 1013 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,000 Holy s***, I just saw a freaking light! 1014 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,000 Wait, what? 1015 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,000 Phil, do you see that? 1016 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,000 Right above the tree! 1017 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,000 My God! 1018 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,000 Wait, you just saw a light. I'm not seeing anything. 1019 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1020 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,000 Phil, we just lost one of the cameras. 1021 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,000 What? Are you kidding me? 1022 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,000 No. 1023 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000 Hold up, hold up. Camera out. 1024 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,000 Hurry up, come over! 1025 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,000 Alright, I'm coming your way. 1026 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,000 What just happened? Wasn't in front of you? 1027 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,000 It's so dark. I would say it was right... 1028 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,000 kind of like right at the cusp of the tree line 1029 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000 and then it just floated a little bit up 1030 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,000 and then over the canopy. 1031 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,000 Frogs over here are going nuts. 1032 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Everything's going nuts. 1033 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,000 Animals often send out alerts when threatened. 1034 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,000 The question is, what made everything in the swamp go crazy 1035 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,000 and what made our camera shut down? 1036 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,000 One of the cameras went down right when you called me a walkie. 1037 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,000 Are you serious? That's insane. 1038 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,000 Maybe it's coincidence, maybe it's not, I don't know. 1039 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,000 People report that the ghost lights have rendered electronics 1040 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,000 and even automobiles completely useless. 1041 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,000 We may have demonstrated that some of the lights 1042 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,000 could be cars in the distance, 1043 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:44,000 but whatever I just saw overhead was definitely something else. 1044 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000 Checking for any eye shine right now. 1045 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,000 See anything? 1046 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,000 Nothing. 1047 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,000 So you saw light float into the sky. 1048 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,000 Now these frogs are going crazy out here. 1049 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,000 That's really strange. 1050 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,000 Do you really think you saw something weird tonight? 1051 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,000 I really do think that I saw the Saratoga lights. 1052 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,000 Well, I think I saw what people planned to be the Saratoga lights 1053 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,000 and I got it on tape and it was you driving by earlier 1054 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,000 making that flash and disappear. 1055 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,000 Why don't we just stay out here, you've got the camera, 1056 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,000 let's collect more evidence 1057 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,000 and maybe we'll be able to catch on camera 1058 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,000 what I caught with my own eyes. 1059 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,000 Okay, I'll keep recording. 1060 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,000 Point the camera up. 1061 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,000 I mean point the camera anywhere. 1062 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,000 I mean those things could pop up anywhere. 1063 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,000 We continue our search on the ghost road into early morning 1064 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,000 hoping the light that just saw makes another appearance. 1065 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,000 Nothing. 1066 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,000 Yeah. 1067 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,000 But no luck. 1068 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,000 The only light we'll be seeing is the sun 1069 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,000 when it breaks over the horizon. 1070 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,000 Doing all we can, we get in our car 1071 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,000 and say goodbye to the ghost road. 1072 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,000 I feel like we definitely proved 1073 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,000 that there is such a thing as Saratoga lights. 1074 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,000 We saw them. 1075 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,000 I'm pretty excited that we've been able to debunk 1076 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,000 at least part of this story. 1077 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,000 Yeah. 1078 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,000 That really intense glow that we caught down the road. 1079 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,000 Now we know exactly why that happened. 1080 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,000 And other lights seen could be methane fireballs. 1081 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,000 Yeah, but there's just so many accounts 1082 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,000 that don't fit in with those explanations. 1083 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,000 And that Officer Donnie himself said 1084 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:20,000 that it moved in such a distinct, thoughtful way. 1085 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,000 What you saw out there definitely was not headlights. 1086 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,000 I'm just not willing to jump and say 1087 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,000 that they're ghosts or anything crazy like that. 1088 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,000 I mean, I don't know why you always push back so hard 1089 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,000 on the possibility that it's something paranormal 1090 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,000 could be at work here. 1091 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,000 I want to believe that what you saw is something paranormal. 1092 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,000 But until we have better evidence, 1093 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,000 I'm going to assume that there's some natural explanation. 1094 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,000 I want to believe too. 1095 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,000 It was my favorite tagline from X-Files. 1096 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,000 I had a poster. 1097 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,000 Of course you did. 1098 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,000 The Saratoga lights have been haunting 1099 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:59,000 this desolate country road in East Texas 1100 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:03,000 for over a century, manifesting as a glowing orb to some 1101 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:07,000 and a headless, lantern-toting specter to others. 1102 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,000 Get me the hell out of here. 1103 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,000 He ain't got no head. 1104 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,000 This frightening spectacle has left both locals 1105 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,000 and law enforcement perplexed and terrified. 1106 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,000 But what is it really? 1107 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,000 While there are unexplained cases where scientific explanations 1108 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,000 fall short, some of which my team experienced firsthand, 1109 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:29,000 I'm still inclined to agree with Phil on this one. 1110 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:33,000 A nocturnal experiment showed that cars traveling in the distance 1111 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,000 are most certainly responsible for some, 1112 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,000 maybe most of these sightings, 1113 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:40,000 while other reports may have been the byproduct 1114 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,000 of a methane-fueled light show. 1115 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:47,000 Or the abundant wildlife of the big thicket. 1116 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,000 The fact is that while the world of the paranormal 1117 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,000 is filled with mystery, in the case of the Saratoga ghost lights, 1118 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,000 I think we've illuminated the truth.