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On this episode of Expedition X.

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You're up here.

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You really get a sense of how big

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and undertaking this canal was.

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was a monumental

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and deadly feat of American engineering.

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All those men down here,

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I mean those bodies floated all the way down the Potomac.

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But today, this historic waterway

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and its crumbling ruins are said to be a hotbed

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of paranormal activity.

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That was a scream.

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Locals are reporting violent encounters

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with mysterious spirits.

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There's this figure.

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All of a sudden he turns around and looks at me.

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Oh my God!

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It's my team's most terrifying investigation yet.

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Did you die here?

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What the hell was that?

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Phil, the alarm went off.

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As Jess and Phil confront a dark chapter

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in our nation's history.

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Family where the bodies are kept?

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Oh my God, something's talking to me!

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Ghosts in the canal.

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My name is Josh Gates.

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In my travels, I've experienced strange things

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that defy logic and made me question everything.

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Oh my God.

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Now, I've put together a team to investigate

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the stranger side of the unknown.

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Let's go!

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Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations.

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This is the corner for actually found stonestones.

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Jessica Chobot's paranormal research

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has made her a true believer.

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Phil, do you see that?

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I just saw some papers across.

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Together, we're searching for answers

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What is that?

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to the world's most extraordinary mysteries.

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This is Expedition X.

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So, what if I told you that many people believe

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that the most haunted spot in America

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is not an old house, it's not a hotel,

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it's not even some old West ghost town.

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Instead, it's a 184 mile stretch of water and wilderness

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known as the C and O Canal.

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I would say, you've got me.

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I have not heard of this before.

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Did you just tell Jess?

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I got you!

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Yeah, yeah, I got me.

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Wow, that's tough to do.

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This is a place that a lot of people don't know about

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and a lot of these haunting stories there

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have never been investigated.

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But, ghosts are no ghosts.

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This canal is a terrifying slice of American history.

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1785, Mount Vernon, Virginia.

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With the bloodshed of the Revolutionary War behind him,

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General George Washington sets his mind

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to bringing trade goods inland from the eastern seaboard

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to ports along the Ohio River.

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First, he must improve the navigability of the Potomac River.

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Washington enlists a workforce that hand-digs

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a series of canals that run parallel to the Potomac

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to skirt five treacherous waterfalls.

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signs a bill to pick up where Washington left off.

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The new plan is to build the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,

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which results in a massive 184-mile waterway

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stretching from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland.

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$367 million in today's dollars.

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is the loss of hundreds of workers' lives during its construction,

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with a workforce often paid in whiskey and cigarettes,

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drunken brawls, and deadly riots break out,

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and even cold-blooded murder are all too common.

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1861, the Civil War.

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More blood spills into the canal

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when over 200 Union soldiers are massacred

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on the bank of the Potomac at the Battle of Balls Bluff.

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In the days and weeks that follow,

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ghostly screams and apparitions of soldiers

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believed to be fleeing the battle

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are reported in the neighboring C&O Canal.

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and today, almost a century later,

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paranormal encounters are regularly reported here.

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Some believe it is the wandering spirits of slain soldiers

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that haunt the area.

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While others are convinced it is the tortured souls

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of former canal workers who suffered violent deaths.

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near an abandoned lockhouse on the canal.

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There's this figure just standing there,

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staring out at the water,

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and all of a sudden he turns around and looks at me.

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This stone-cold expression, then he was just gone.

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Many believe these phantoms

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and the concentration of paranormal energy

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are an echo of the C&O Canal's violent history,

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and the reason ghostly incidents

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are being reported to this day.

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So, look, this is undoubtedly a fascinating time

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in American history, and there was a lot of tragedy,

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there was a lot of death,

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but this canal is along the Potomac River.

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There's gonna be a lot of wildlife there.

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I just wonder if those are all just cases of misidentification.

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Okay, so you're telling me you think birds and deer

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are being misidentified as a ghost?

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What's the canal being used for today?

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You know, the canal era obviously gave way

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to more efficient modes of transportation,

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and the C&O Canal was basically abandoned,

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except for the ghosts.

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I've said it before, if you go someplace spooky

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and you think you're gonna see a ghost,

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you're gonna convince yourself that you're seeing a ghost.

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that ghosts appear where there is tragedy,

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and this place was soaked in blood.

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Your mission is to get to Virginia,

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get to the C&O Canal,

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bring your enthusiasm, your skepticism,

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and see if you can experience

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what people have been reporting here for generations.

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All right, we're on it.

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How's it doing?

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Happy hunting.

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On their way to Virginia,

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my team drives 238 miles from New York City

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through Potomac, Maryland,

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a town that during the Civil War

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played host to over 18,000 Union troops.

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in the United States,

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and a scenery as you drive along the Potomac

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is also, well, kind of perfect.

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Well, isn't this a nice bit of Americana?

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It's beautiful out here.

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Running alongside the Potomac here

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is the mostly derelict C&O Canal,

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which abandoned operations nearly 100 years ago.

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and it's kind of sad because so many people

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put so much effort into building it.

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The Battle of Balls Bluff,

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that was what, 15 miles north of here?

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What an unfortunate name.

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The Balls Park?

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Yeah, exactly because of the Balls Park.

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Real mature, Jess.

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Not the Bluff Park.

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near the site of the infamous Battle of Balls Bluff.

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I think the spirits of the slain soldiers

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could explain why many believe this area

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is the epicenter of paranormal activity on the canal.

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So we've arranged a meeting with Suzanne Trussell,

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an archaeologist and consultant

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with the Allegheny County Historical Society.

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So she said she wanted to meet us at the top of the trail.

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So let's get up there.

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It'll give us a great vantage point.

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We're hiking to an elevated perch

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that will give us a great view up and down the Potomac River,

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and would have provided an unparalleled scouting location

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for soldiers during the Civil War.

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Suzanne, hello!

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Did I tell you I was scared of heights?

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Suzanne's extensive study of the area's history

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has revealed new evidence that proves people

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have been reporting ghostly encounters here

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since as far back as the Civil War.

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Well, Suzanne, I'm not going to say this was the easiest place to get to.

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I wonder if you'd be able to see the Potomac River here behind us.

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Seeing this treacherous section of the Potomac River,

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you quickly understand why they needed to build the CNO canal

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to skirt around it,

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and just upstream from here is the historic battle site of Ball's Bluff.

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This battle was a complete catastrophe for the Union.

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We now have two armies facing each other separated only by a river.

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They don't know how many soldiers each side has.

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The Union Army sends a small troop over.

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The problem was the river.

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They couldn't get reinforcements over.

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Their commander, Edward Baker, was shot,

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and it was just pandemonium.

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On October 21st, 1861, the Battle of Ball's Bluff

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saw more than 200 Union soldiers killed

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and almost a thousand gravely injured or captured

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while fleeing Confederate guns and cannon fire,

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with soldiers leaping off 100-foot cliffs down to the Rocky River below.

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This has been referred to as the most atrocious military murder

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Suzanne, you said you found something in the archives you wanted us to see?

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Well, I have a soldier's journal here. I want you to take a look at.

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Oh, nice.

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There's an entry in there I want you to read.

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It was written about a year after the battle.

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October 1862.

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We were sent on picket on a strip of land

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between the Potomac and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,

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nearly opposite of Ball's Bluff.

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Never were such weird sounds heard at the spot in the Blackness of Night.

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Mones, groans, growls, and screeches.

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Those men who were tremendously agitated.

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Some of them heard the slashing of oars

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and strained their eyes nearly out of their sockets to see who was coming.

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There was something weird and ghastly about this place

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So he's reporting about people seeing and hearing ghosts.

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Do you believe that there's ghosts here?

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People do report hearing sounds and feeling things.

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So there's something that some people are picking up on.

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Ball's Bluff is quite a spot in the landscape.

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And the terror of just fleeing all hell Mary out of there.

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I could see where that would imprint the landscape a bit.

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The Union Soldiers Journal proves that paranormal activity

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has been reported here since the time of the Civil War.

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And it coincides with a slew of recent reports from this area.

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Our investigation will begin at the spot that potentially started it all.

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The battlefield of Ball's Bluff.

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Well, so we hike up to the top.

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After hearing more about the battle earlier today,

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I had an idea and arranged for a surprise at the top of the bluff.

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You know how you kind of ask me to get more into this like whole paranormal thing?

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All the time?

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I decided to play along a little bit and I got us a trigger item.

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You did not.

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I did.

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Did you really?

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I did.

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Oh my God, you got us a cannon?

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Just like they used 150 years ago.

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This is awesome.

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You're gonna light this thing up?

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Oh my God, yes!

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A trigger item is an object that might be meaningful

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or have historical relevance to the spirit you're trying to contact.

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The fact that Phil is suggesting we use one

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either means he's finally coming around as a believer

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or he just likes to blow shit up.

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And now is the fun part.

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I need a charge.

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If any spirits of fallen soldiers still roam this area,

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the sound of cannon fire just might get their attention.

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So now, we're officially loaded.

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What if this doesn't wake up the ghosts in this area?

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I don't know what will.

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All right, ready?

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Ready.

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Three, two, one!

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All right, ready?

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Ready.

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Three, two, one!

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Why?

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Holy crap!

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Oh, I felt that in my bones.

283
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I'm surprised it didn't get knocked over.

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Well, I think we've officially woken up any spirits for miles.

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I say we head back down the ridge towards the water

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and see if this stirred anything up.

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I'm hoping the cannon fire triggers a paranormal response

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from any Civil War soldiers that died here.

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Near the water's edge, I conduct a call and response session

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with a digital scanning device.

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Paranormal researchers believe that spirits are able to communicate

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through radio frequencies.

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Is there anyone here with us right now?

294
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Are you a soldier here?

295
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Did you die during the Battle of Balls Bluff?

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If the spirits of slain soldiers are with us,

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they're not making themselves known here on land.

298
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Oh, I get much.

299
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So I'm ready to move our investigation to where most of the deaths

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from the Battle of Balls Bluff actually occurred.

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In the water.

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There's rumors of spirits all up and down this river,

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so what better way to search for them

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but by floating down the Potomac?

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Our destination is five miles downriver to Lockhouse 25,

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a 200-year-old canal house where just a few days ago

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a strange apparition was reported.

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Right, you ready?

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Ready.

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It's real heavy.

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Come on, your workout.

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As we travel south, we'll stay alert for any unusual activity

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along the riverbank.

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The soldiers that died during that battle,

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those bodies floated all the way down the Potomac.

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There could be any number of hauntings by the canal.

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Like, who knows?

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Look right here.

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Oh, what is that?

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I think that's part of the canal.

321
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Who knows what old equipment is left in there?

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And as the tide changes, it can be making some noises.

323
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So what you're telling me is that the sounds that people are

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reporting hearing of wailing in ghosts in this area

325
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is actually old machinery.

326
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I think it could explain some of it.

327
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I am really glad that you said it explains some of it.

328
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Yeah.

329
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But not all of it.

330
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Let's turn on the night vision, scan the trees, scan the shoreline,

331
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scan the ruins, and see what we can see.

332
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Okay.

333
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All right.

334
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All right, cameras.

335
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Let's go to night vision.

336
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Over there.

337
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That was a scream.

338
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Oh, yeah, that was a total scream.

339
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And that was not the canal creaking.

340
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Did you see anything through the night vision?

341
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I don't see anything.

342
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I think we gotta get on shore.

343
00:15:51,000 --> 00:16:04,000
Oh, it's about to come down hard.

344
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000
Let's get our stuff on.

345
00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,000
That scream sounded like it came from the direction of Lockhouse 25.

346
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Oh, check that out.

347
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000
Look at that.

348
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Oh.

349
00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000
Look at that.

350
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000
I think that's it.

351
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All right, let's find a way up.

352
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000
Oh, my gosh.

353
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000
Look at this place.

354
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Lockhouse 25 was originally built to house the family who operated the adjacent lock

355
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to allow cargo vessels to pass.

356
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But this lockhouse saw its share of tragedy as well as trade.

357
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During the Civil War, the residents was quickly converted into a makeshift triage hospital

358
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and morgue for wounded and dying soldiers.

359
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Today, this historic property has been preserved by the National Park Service.

360
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This place is unreal.

361
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We have potential civil war soldiers that might have stayed here or died in this area.

362
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I feel like this is what I want to explore.

363
00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,000
We also know that right outside here, people are hearing noises.

364
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We heard for ourselves what sounded like a scream.

365
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So I want to get in the canal and see if I can just find some kind of explanation,

366
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natural or otherwise, for what people experience here.

367
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000
So you want to sweep the outside and I'll sweep the inside?

368
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000
Yeah, sounds good.

369
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Next to the lockhouse is a portion of the canal that once contained an old lock.

370
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These structures once allowed cargo boats to travel upriver and navigate elevation changes.

371
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Boats would enter the lock, the operator would close the gate and the water would rise.

372
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When released, the water would surge out and create enough momentum to propel the boat forward.

373
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Today, the lock is in ruin, a shell of its former self.

374
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:15,000
And I believe some of the strange noises people report in the area could be coming from the wind

375
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,000
or wildlife echoing inside this chamber.

376
00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000
Oh, f***, look at that.

377
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000
Oh, my God.

378
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000
Look at the size of that.

379
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That is a huge snapping turtle, which has insane bite force, can easily take off a finger.

380
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So I'm going to be very careful when I'm in this water.

381
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It gets deeper.

382
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000
Okay.

383
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,000
It's a leopard frog right here.

384
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I guarantee you if this frog called out right now, it would sound so weird in here.

385
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000
Look at the walls of this place.

386
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This thing is like an audio funnel, the way it just shoots out noise and distorts it.

387
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It just plays a trick on the ear and in a place with this much history, this much tragedy,

388
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this many rumors of ghosts that could explain why people think this place is haunted.

389
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All right, let's just get started.

390
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000
Who's here?

391
00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:00,000
Are there any Civil War soldiers in this home?

392
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,000
We're getting something, but it's so faint, I can't tell what they're saying.

393
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000
What's your name?

394
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000
Oh, my God.

395
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,000
Daniel, are you a soldier?

396
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,000
Did you die during the Battle of Balz Bluff?

397
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Did you work on the canal?

398
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18 years.

399
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18 years.

400
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It's a keep moving.

401
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,000
Do you not want us here?

402
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000
Whoa!

403
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000
What the f***?

404
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000
That was downstairs.

405
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000
You're in.

406
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000
What's going on?

407
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000
Daniel, are you okay?

408
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000
Daniel, are you okay?

409
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000
Daniel.

410
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000
Are you okay?

411
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000
Daniel, are you okay?

412
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000
Daniel, are you okay?

413
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

414
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,000
What the hell was that?

415
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,000
Hear it again, hear it again.

416
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,000
I get you not. It sounds like there are footsteps here.

417
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,000
I don't know what's going on down here.

418
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000
Whoa!

419
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000
Something moved.

420
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000
God, this place.

421
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000
Okay.

422
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,000
Whatever I saw out of the corner of my eye was likely just an animal,

423
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000
but I'll admit, it got my hair standing on end.

424
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000
Oh, look at this.

425
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000
Holy f***.

426
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000
We have an entire tunnel.

427
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000
I can't even see the end.

428
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000
For a few months, this was a field hospital

429
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000
that tended to soldiers with gruesome injuries,

430
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000
which in most cases proved fatal.

431
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000
I followed the sound of the basement,

432
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000
a place that back then was filled with the dead.

433
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000
This is definitely where the bodies are kept.

434
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000
Is there anybody down here with me?

435
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
Daniel, are you here?

436
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,000
I really want to figure out where this tunnel leads,

437
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,000
because after feeling this thing goes underneath the lockhouse

438
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,000
and in my mind that would explain so much what people are hearing.

439
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000
So...

440
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000
Oh, it's cold.

441
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000
Holy s***, there's some big spiders in here.

442
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000
That's huge.

443
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000
If you're there, let me know.

444
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000
Oh, f***, something touched me!

445
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000
Holy s***, I'm out of here.

446
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000
I think this is getting pretty deep.

447
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000
I found the exit.

448
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000
Okay.

449
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000
Oh, my God.

450
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000
You see that?

451
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000
That's the house.

452
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000
I just went underneath the house.

453
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000
Underneath the house?

454
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000
Jess!

455
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000
Phil!

456
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000
Oh, my God.

457
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000
I totally got pushed by a ghost.

458
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000
Uh, what?

459
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000
I was down at that basement and something totally, like,

460
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000
checked me.

461
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000
Come on.

462
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000
Yes.

463
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000
Come on, Jess.

464
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000
I got it all on tape.

465
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000
What happened with you?

466
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000
Well, for one thing, I got inside the canal.

467
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000
The sound just bounced around so weird down there.

468
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000
Additionally, I just crawled underneath the house.

469
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000
What? No, you did not.

470
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000
The noise just bouncing around underneath the house

471
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000
could make you hear something in the house.

472
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000
What do you think you're dealing with inside there?

473
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000
I don't think we're dealing with Civil War soldiers.

474
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000
Why not?

475
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,000
I specifically asked, are you a Civil War soldier?

476
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000
Are you part of the Battle of Balls Bluff?

477
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000
No response at all.

478
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000
The minute I said, what was your name

479
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000
and how long have you worked here at the canal?

480
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000
I got Daniel in 18.

481
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000
Okay.

482
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,000
After a long investigation,

483
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000
we returned to the boat and head up river.

484
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000
The spirit that called himself Daniel

485
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000
didn't identify himself as a soldier.

486
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000
So I'm left wondering if the paranormal activity

487
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,000
along the canal is a result of the canal workers

488
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,000
who died from the intolerable work conditions.

489
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000
As a new day dawns,

490
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000
we're greeted by a message from Josh asking us to check in.

491
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,000
Hey, Phil and Jess, what's the 411 on the CNO?

492
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,000
How's it going?

493
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,000
I went in the canal, I went in some of the old tunnels,

494
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000
and I've just been finding that the acoustics

495
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000
play some really weird tricks on you.

496
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,000
So I've really been leaning into that as an explanation

497
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000
for some of the moans and creaks and screeches

498
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,000
that people are hearing.

499
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000
But then on the other hand, Jess had a brush with something.

500
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000
I was doing a call and response in the lock house basement.

501
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000
Something slammed into me.

502
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,000
Oh, f***!

503
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000
Oh my God, something touched me!

504
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000
Oh, you mean literally?

505
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,000
Literally.

506
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000
You're not the only person to have experienced something like this.

507
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,000
There was another encounter that a woman had

508
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,000
about 100 miles north just recently

509
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,000
at a very infamous location known as the Paw Paw Tunnel.

510
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000
Another person claimed that they had an attack.

511
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000
Well, I'm not claiming because mine happened.

512
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,000
I believe you, and you, I think, have to get to this tunnel

513
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000
to investigate.

514
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,000
Yeah, we're on it.

515
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000
With no time to lose, I've arranged a helicopter

516
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000
to take Phil and Jess to the Paw Paw Tunnel

517
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,000
so they can meet the new eyewitness before nightfall

518
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,000
because she's scared to talk near the tunnel after dark.

519
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000
Woo, there we go!

520
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,000
And since the team wants to focus on the former workers

521
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000
that died building the canal,

522
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,000
they can finally see the scope of what those laborers built.

523
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,000
When you're up here, you really get a sense of how big

524
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,000
and undertaking this canal was.

525
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,000
This is rough, rugged, hilly terrain.

526
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000
Not very easy to work in.

527
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000
We're traveling about 100 miles northwest

528
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000
from the site of the Battle of Balls Bluff,

529
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000
where we were last night, to the Paw Paw Tunnel,

530
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000
just over half of the canal's total length.

531
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000
Now the tunnel that you guys are looking for

532
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000
is right up in here.

533
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000
Right there, right there!

534
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000
There it is!

535
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000
Oh, wow!

536
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000
Look at that!

537
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000
For the construction of the CNO Canal,

538
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000
the Paw Paw Tunnel was a literal shortcut.

539
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000
Boring through over a half mile of solid rock

540
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000
and constructed using more than 6 million bricks.

541
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,000
It has been called the greatest engineering marvel of the canal,

542
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000
and with hundreds of men losing their lives,

543
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000
may be the deadliest.

544
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000
Over the years, there have been countless reports

545
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000
of mysterious shadows and disembodied voices

546
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000
emanating from inside the tunnel.

547
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000
And just two days ago,

548
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000
a local eyewitness claims she was physically attacked

549
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000
by an invisible force.

550
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000
She's agreed to go on camera,

551
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000
but due to the intense nature of her experience,

552
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000
she requested we obscure her identity.

553
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,000
Hi.

554
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,000
How nice to meet you guys.

555
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000
Thanks for meeting us here.

556
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000
That's the tunnel?

557
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000
Yeah, that's the Paw Paw Tunnel.

558
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000
So this is the spot where you said you were attacked?

559
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000
Yeah, I was here with my friends,

560
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000
and they had gone up ahead a little bit,

561
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000
so I was alone, and I came into the tunnel,

562
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000
and I felt something hit me.

563
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000
It felt like it was trying to push me into the canal.

564
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000
It felt malicious.

565
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000
Did you see anything?

566
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000
There was nobody there.

567
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000
I mean, that kind of reminds me of what happened

568
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000
to me in the lockhouse in the basement.

569
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000
Something pushed you.

570
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000
What do you think that something is?

571
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
I don't believe in ghosts.

572
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000
I, you know, I'm not sure what it was.

573
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,000
All I know is what I felt.

574
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000
Thanks for sharing your story.

575
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Thanks for listening.

576
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,000
Ready to do this?

577
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,000
Let's go.

578
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,000
All right.

579
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,000
Look at this place.

580
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000
Like, it is super dark.

581
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,000
Yeah.

582
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000
Very cold, very creepy.

583
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,000
I just, seeing the ghost is one thing.

584
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000
But that physical touch aspect,

585
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000
that just, it's a little hard for me to believe.

586
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000
Why?

587
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000
I mean, I felt something in the lockhouse.

588
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,000
That's true.

589
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,000
I actually think it's weirder trying to build this thing.

590
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,000
All those men down here in the dark

591
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000
trying to carve through bedrock.

592
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000
I mean, it had tons of cave-ins.

593
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Yeah.

594
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
I feel like that would drive, oh my God!

595
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000
What the f***?

596
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,000
What was that?

597
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000
Something just touched my leg.

598
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000
Something touched your leg.

599
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000
Jess, don't give me that look.

600
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000
I'm just saying.

601
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000
Look, look, look.

602
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000
What?

603
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,000
There's a bat right there.

604
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000
Maybe there's a bat that flew by my leg.

605
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,000
And I got just a little bit scared.

606
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000
I'm just a little bit scared.

607
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,000
Maybe more.

608
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,000
I'm just scared.

609
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000
I'm just scared.

610
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,000
I'm just scared.

611
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,000
I'm just scared.

612
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000
I'm just scared.

613
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,000
I'm just scared.

614
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,000
I'm just scared.

615
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,000
I'm just scared.

616
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,000
I'm just a little bit scared.

617
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,000
Maybe more than a little bit.

618
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,000
Look at all this water.

619
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,000
See, water is obviously seeping in from outside.

620
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000
And if water is coming through,

621
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,000
I wonder if some air could come through too.

622
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
During construction, two sets of vertical shafts

623
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000
were dug out from the hill above

624
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000
and plummeted 400 feet into the tunnel.

625
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000
They were used for ventilation,

626
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000
to haul rocks to the surface,

627
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,000
and to send supplies and bricks down.

628
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,000
And those shafts might be the key

629
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,000
to explaining all of the paranormal activity reported here.

630
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000
Is that what you're thinking is making the noises

631
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,000
that people are reporting?

632
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,000
I think the noises could explain what pushed someone to.

633
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000
There could be a shaft here.

634
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000
That causes wind to come out of this.

635
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000
And then see if we're uneven ground.

636
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000
Yeah, you get freaked out,

637
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000
catch your toe and trip.

638
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Yeah.

639
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,000
I'm not buying it.

640
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000
Maybe it was one of the dead workers.

641
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000
Phil might not buy the idea of a ghost attack,

642
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,000
but I do.

643
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,000
So I'm pulling out all the stops tonight.

644
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000
Here's what I'm thinking.

645
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000
Let's set up the laser grid.

646
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,000
I'll have this pointing out that exit on that end.

647
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,000
You have that one pointing out that exit on that end.

648
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000
That way anything that crosses in front of it

649
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000
should set off these alarms.

650
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,000
So once it's set,

651
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000
you have 30 seconds to make it out of the tunnel.

652
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000
Okay.

653
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000
Done.

654
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000
We're dealing with a ghost

655
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,000
that can generate enough force to actually push someone over.

656
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000
So it's possible that it can produce enough mass

657
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,000
to interact with a person.

658
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000
If that's the case,

659
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,000
it will trigger these laser trip wires and set off an alarm.

660
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,000
All right, time to get out of here.

661
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000
While Jess stays to commune with the spirits,

662
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,000
I'm headed outside to see if I can locate any of the old shafts

663
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,000
that might be generating strange sounds

664
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
due to air being forced in or out of them.

665
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,000
And I'm breaking up the thermal camera to help.

666
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,000
One way to detect air from the tunnel

667
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000
making its way all the way up here

668
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
is by looking for cold air.

669
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,000
So anything cold coming up from the tunnel

670
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,000
is going to really, really stand out as a deep blue.

671
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
Is there anybody in this tunnel?

672
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,000
Are you a worker here?

673
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000
Did you die here?

674
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Right here.

675
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,000
Right here.

676
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000
It's about 10 degrees colder than all of the surrounding area.

677
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000
There's definitely an opening here.

678
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,000
Oh, I got something.

679
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,000
Look at this.

680
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,000
Look at that.

681
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,000
This takes us exactly back to the time period

682
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,000
of when people were up here making bricks,

683
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000
sending them down below,

684
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,000
building out that tunnel.

685
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000
I've located one of the old shafts.

686
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000
Though its eight-foot opening is now covered up,

687
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000
I want to monitor the sounds reverberating

688
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
within the shaft itself.

689
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,000
So I've created my own device,

690
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,000
a funnel connected to a stethoscope

691
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,000
which will amplify any sounds coming from inside.

692
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,000
Oh my God.

693
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000
Holy s***.

694
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,000
This is absolutely insane what I'm hearing.

695
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000
That is wild.

696
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
This sounds like a remote.

697
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000
Let's be honest,

698
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
that's what people report hearing around here.

699
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,000
While I needed a stethoscope to hear it tonight,

700
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000
it's possible the sound coming from inside the shaft

701
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,000
could intensify under different wind and pressure conditions,

702
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,000
making it audible without the aid of special equipment.

703
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,000
Is there anybody here with us?

704
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,000
Were there many fights amongst the workers here?

705
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000
Were you angry about the conditions working?

706
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000
The clash between north and south

707
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000
was the deadliest conflict in American history.

708
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,000
And as a result, many Civil War battle sites,

709
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,000
including the location of the Battle of Balls Bluff,

710
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000
where Phil and Jess started their investigation,

711
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000
now live on in paranormal infamy.

712
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,000
But it's a lonely and notorious field

713
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,000
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

714
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
that many claim is the most haunted.

715
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000
While walking the grounds of this war,

716
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,000
visitors often report the malfunction of personal cameras

717
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,000
and cell phones, only to have them work perfectly again

718
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000
once they leave the area.

719
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000
It's said that disembodied cries,

720
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,000
the sounds of horse hooves, drums and gunfire

721
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,000
can still be heard echoing in the wind.

722
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,000
Some have even insisted they've seen the spirit

723
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000
of General Robert E. Lee.

724
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Now, whether you believe in ghosts in the afterlife,

725
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,000
there's no debating that the story of the war

726
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,000
should forever be revered as hallowed ground.

727
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,000
Were you a worker here?

728
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000
Were you angry about the conditions working?

729
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000
We'll learn when off.

730
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000
Hello?

731
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000
I'm not seeing anything.

732
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
Let's do the ghost box one more time out here.

733
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,000
Was that you that set off the alarm in the tunnel?

734
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,000
I did.

735
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,000
I did.

736
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000
I did.

737
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000
I did.

738
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000
I did.

739
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000
I did.

740
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Did you hear that?

741
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000
Were you a worker here?

742
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000
Yes.

743
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,000
Were you part of any of the violence here?

744
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000
I did.

745
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Something just threw off f***ing rock.

746
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000
Phil, you copy?

747
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000
Yeah, you good?

748
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000
Something set off the alarm.

749
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Ran out here, started using the ghost box,

750
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,000
asked a few questions and then something threw a rock at me.

751
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,000
And it happened right when I said,

752
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,000
were you a part of any of the violence here in the tunnel?

753
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000
Right, Jeff. That is crazy.

754
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000
Why don't you come down here?

755
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Alright, sounds good.

756
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
So tell me what you found.

757
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,000
It's a ground status code and I swear to you,

758
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,000
when I listened to the earth,

759
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,000
I heard what sounded exactly like a moan.

760
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,000
I actually think I was able to document

761
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,000
the sound of air passing through the hill.

762
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,000
So it could be coming out through some of these cyborgs.

763
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Do you think it could be coming out strong enough to push somebody over?

764
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,000
That's hard to say, but that's my best guess right now.

765
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000
Did you hear any moans?

766
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000
I didn't hear any moans,

767
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000
but I did hear our alarm go off.

768
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,000
So something set off the laser.

769
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000
We know there are bats in there.

770
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000
I didn't want to flew out.

771
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000
It's possible, but I'm still pretty sold on the response we got from the ghost box.

772
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Right when I asked the question,

773
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,000
were you part of the violence here in the tunnels?

774
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,000
A rock was thrown at me.

775
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:51,000
Do I think that there are the remnants of that struggle here

776
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000
that can be tapped into?

777
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000
Yeah.

778
00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,000
The 184 miles that make up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

779
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000
have become synonymous with paranormal activity.

780
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,000
While the team did not capture visual evidence of an apparition,

781
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000
Jess believes she did make contact with something twice.

782
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
It's a keep moving.

783
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000
Do you not want us here?

784
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,000
Phil heard mysterious footsteps while investigating

785
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000
Sounds like there are footsteps here.

786
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,000
and seems to have been touched by something inside the Paw Paw tunnel.

787
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Oh my God!

788
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,000
After analysis of the video of the laser grid in the tunnel,

789
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,000
you can see what appears to be a shadow,

790
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,000
passed through it at the exact moment the alarm was tripped.

791
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Could the shadow have been cast by a bat,

792
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,000
or generated by a paranormal force as some would claim?

793
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,000
Phil did collect compelling evidence that the ghostly moans

794
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,000
associated with the tunnel could be attributed to the howling winds

795
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
reverberating inside the mountain.

796
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,000
This is absolutely insane what I'm hearing.

797
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
But knocking someone over?

798
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,000
That is less explainable.

799
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000
The sea and oak canal has seen more than its share of death,

800
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,000
and as paranormal reports continue to surface,

801
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:18,000
even skeptics like Phil are hard pressed to explain away everything

802
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
That was a scream.

803
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000
that is seen and felt

804
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,000
Oh my God! Something touched me!

805
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along America's Haunted Canal