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On this episode of Expedition X,

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my team journeys to a remote tropical paradise.

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Get ready for the most beautiful waters, Emperor.

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But locals say the island's blue holes hide a mysterious aquatic beast.

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I don't swim in the blue hole because they live in the blue hole.

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A strange hybrid creature that's not only aggressive.

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And out of the clear blue sky, boom! Until my finger right open.

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It's downright deadly.

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I had family friends that went diving in the blue hole.

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And they never came back.

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Phil and Jess brave the dangers of the deep.

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The water here feels completely different.

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Like it's sucking me in.

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And possibly expose a decades old military secret.

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Due to the secret nature of the work there, he didn't talk about it.

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It's a mission to reveal...

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Oh, I got something, Phil!

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The beast of Andros Island.

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My name is Josh Gates.

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In my travels, I've experienced strange things that defy logic

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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 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 incredible.

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We've actually found two snows.

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Jessica Chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer.

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If you're here with us, knock again.

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Together, we're searching for answers...

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What is happening here, Jess?

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...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries.

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This is Expedition X.

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Jess, Phil, I have to say, I feel bad about some of the really challenging places that I send you.

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No, you don't.

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I feel kind of bad.

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And for this next investigation, you're actually going to be going to the Bahamas!

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Oh, that's great!

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Pack your bags.

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Yes, I'm going to be on the beach.

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I'm going to get tropical drinks with the little umbrellas.

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This is going to be perfect.

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Yeah, you're not exactly there to work on your tan.

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It may actually be your most dangerous investigation ever.

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How do you feel about shark-infested waters?

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Wait, are we going to look for a shark?

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You're half right.

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Situated in warm Atlantic waters near the Caribbean Sea,

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Andros is the largest of the 700 islands that make up the Bahamas.

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Not exactly a beach resort hotspot,

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This mostly undeveloped hidden paradise is dotted with unusual geologic formations known as blue holes.

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They formed during the Ice Age as glacial runoff carved caves into the limestone

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That later collapsed and flooded as sea levels rose.

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There are over 200 of these sunken caverns located both inland and offshore.

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Famed oceanographer and one of my personal heroes Jacques Cousteau

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Was instrumental in demonstrating that many of the inland blue holes

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Are connected by an underground labyrinth to the blue holes in the ocean.

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Few of these blue holes have ever been fully explored.

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They're deemed too dangerous, not only because they can be several hundred feet deep,

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But because some locals believe that inside the blue holes hides a mysterious and deadly creature.

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A legendary sea beast with a head resembling a shark's and the long powerful arms of an octopus.

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They call it the Lusca.

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Disappearances of swimmers, divers and fishermen are often blamed on the Lusca.

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But details of its origin are like the depths of a blue hole, murky.

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1896, a badly decomposed six-ton carcass washes up on a beach in Florida northwest of Andros.

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And over the next century, scientists debate whether it could be a giant octopus, squid or whale.

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Whatever it is, it fuels the sea monster legend.

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Many locals believe that modern sightings of an octopus shark hybrid

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Are somehow tied to an abandoned military facility on the island.

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Others say the Lusca is a relative of the giant squid,

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Which was once thought to be pure fiction until carcasses were documented in the mid-1800s.

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The first live specimen wasn't captured on film until 2005.

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So is it possible that the Lusca could be more than just a terrifying local legend?

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And now, with the number of reported creature encounters on the rise,

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Swimmers, divers, fishermen and investigators best beware of the blue holes.

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Okay, who is ready to go look for a Lusca? Phil?

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Come on, what are we talking about here? The head of a shark and the body of an octopus?

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Yes! A shark-to-puss, Phil. It sounds like something out of a comic book.

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I mean, it does sound a little far-fetched, but locals there, they've been claiming that they see something

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They can't explain from the bottom of these blue holes for generations.

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They don't know what it is. So the question to me is, what is it?

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Right, they're seeing something.

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What I do know about these blue holes is that they're incredibly dangerous to explore.

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They are deep, they're really dark, super technical dives.

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So if you are in or around them, and you're thinking about the Lusca,

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And you see something you can't identify, your mind might play tricks on you.

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So a case of misidentification, but what would that be?

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I don't know. I mean, imagine seeing an octopus swimming by you in profile.

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If its body is all together, it could look almost like a shark, too.

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The folks on the island, they know their sea life.

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They know the difference between a shark and an octopus,

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And they're saying specifically that they're seeing something they can't explain.

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So, to get to the bottom of this, I am sending both of you to Andros Island in the Bahamas,

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First to meet with an eyewitness who not only claims that he saw a Lusca, but that he survived an attack.

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And Phil, you're going to learn all about these blue holes because you're going to dive in

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and get to the bottom of what the Lusca really is.

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And could it be the thing responsible for swimmers and divers disappearing?

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You up for this?

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Absolutely.

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See, I knew you guys couldn't turn down a free trip to the Bahamas and a terrifying mystery.

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Can I still drink some tropical drinks?

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After, yes. If you survive.

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Goals.

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Good luck.

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From New York, the team flies three and a half hours south to Nassau.

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The capital of the Bahamas.

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Then, it's another three hours by boat to Andros Island.

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There it is. There's Andros.

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Get ready for the most beautiful waters.

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I mean, this is gorgeous right here.

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Oh, look at that shipwreck.

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I know. What's that all about?

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You know what you're telling out.

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Lusca.

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We dock and head to meet the witness Josh told us about.

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Sammy Roming is the owner of a local watering hole.

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All right. How you guys doing?

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Looks like I'm about to get that drink.

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Welcome to Sammy's, man.

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I'll take a beer, please.

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The Bahamian way.

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Like it.

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Nice.

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So, we are here because we're really interested in this mystery of the Lusca.

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Let me tell you, I got the mark to show.

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You've got a mark?

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What do you mean, a mark?

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The mark to show.

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On my hand, right here.

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See that stitch hole right there?

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Let's go right there.

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I had like maybe 10 stitches in there.

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Let me tell you my story.

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I was in a blue hole.

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I got big fishing line, big eyes, hook like that.

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I hook it on and I throw it in.

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And I was holding a spool and out of the clear blue sky.

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Boom.

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I mean, that's popping on my hand.

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Boom.

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Until my finger right open.

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If I'm not going to get that, I'm going to get that.

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My finger right open.

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So, it came up from the bottom and then snagged you and then like went back down?

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It snagged the line from the bottom.

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And I say, holy s***, what's that?

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So, all of a sudden I saw this big riffle and come back on top of the water and just swim

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But I didn't get to see exactly what the face of this thing, but I saw the backside of it.

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It looked almost like an octopus and this thing was like humongous.

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So then what makes you think it's a luska and not necessarily just an octopus or a squid?

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There's no big squid like that around here.

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This thing was huge.

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When I say huge, I'm talking about, his tana cus was about six feet.

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An octopus with six foot appendages would be considered huge around here.

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whose arms typically don't grow past two or three feet long.

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Have you gone back there and tried fishing again?

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Because I know what I see at that blue hole.

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That's why me, I don't swim in the blue hole because they live in the blue hole.

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Do you have anybody else that you know that has stories?

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I mean, this whole island actually, I'm kind of in the corner of it, this thing.

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Sammy offers to spread the word that we're looking for the luska.

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A lot of crazy stuff around here, you know?

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You just got to go and experience it for yourself.

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We follow Sammy's directions toward the remote blue hole, where he was nearly reeled in by the creature.

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In order to get to the bottom of what's in this blue hole, we need to get to the bottom of the blue hole itself.

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So we've brought along our scuba gear.

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Can you carry the tank and stuff?

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Come on, Pacmule.

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Sammy says it's about half a mile off the road down a rocky path, not that there's actually much of a path.

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You're feeling bark?

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This is poison wood.

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This is basically like Bahamas poison ivy.

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It's all over this forest.

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This is a hike.

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Luckily, I'm well-practiced in the art of machete.

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How about I hop across and you can pass me that stuff over?

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It works.

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Does that work?

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Got it.

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This is amazing.

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Reaching depths of several hundred feet, most blue holes connect to the ocean via an underground labyrinth of tunnels.

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I brought the comms so that I can keep track of you.

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But I also brought the ROV.

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Honestly, the more eyes, the better down there.

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Yep, I agree.

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I doubt that an isolated sinkhole would have enough food to sustain something large.

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Comms are set.

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Be on the ready.

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If there really is a massive creature here, octopus or otherwise, I'm thinking it'd have to travel to and from the ocean through an underwater tunnel.

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So I'm looking not just for signs of whatever marine animal Sammy encountered in this blue hole, but also a tunnel it could have used to get here.

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Jeff, can you read me?

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Yeah, I got you.

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This is crazy.

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You can literally see where the freshwater meets the saltwater.

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As freshwater from rain collects on the surface, denser saltwater is trapped below.

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In the murky middle layer where fresh and saltwater mix, a toxic gas called hydrogen sulfide can build up from all the decaying plant matter.

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To a diver, hydrogen sulfide can cause skin irritation, dizziness, nausea, and in long enough exposure, even delirium and death.

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I wonder if hydrogen sulfide-induced delirium could explain some of the monster reports from divers.

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Is there any fish or anything like that in there?

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There's a snapper down here.

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The Kubera Snapper is a mostly marine species and likely wouldn't be found here if this blue hole wasn't connected to the ocean.

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Repeat that.

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Bill, can you hear me? Copy.

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Are you okay?

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Hang on, I see something.

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Holy s***!

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Hang on, I see something.

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Holy s***!

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Bill, quick walkie-check.

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Can you hear me at all?

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I think I found a big cave.

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You found a cave?

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Okay, be careful! Can you act full-fled-

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The water here feels completely different. Like it's sucking me in.

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How far back does it go?

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I don't know. Doesn't look safe to go in there.

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You want to grab the ROV and see how far back that cave goes?

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Yeah, for sure. Send it down.

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Who knows how deep or narrow this blue hole gets, or whether the Laska Samysau might be hiding in the cave Phil found.

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But the ROV can safely go where Phil can't.

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I see the cave. I'm at the entrance.

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It's a narrow cave, but an octopus can fit into some very narrow places because it has no bones.

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The only rigid part of its body is the beak, which is made of chitin, the same hard substance as an insect shell.

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As long as an octopus's beak can fit through a crack, the rest of its highly malleable body can maneuver through as well.

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That means even an unusually large octopus could squeeze into this tight cave.

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I feel like I'm constantly fighting against a current. I keep thinking I'm getting hung up on some of these rocks, but then I look and I'm actually fine. I'm just getting pulled around.

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Look at that. I mean, how could I not go through here? I think I can fit it in there.

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Oh, I'm going to get that ROV stuck.

249
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Okay, come on. Where are we? There we go. We're out.

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That's as far as I can go. Any further, we may lose the ROV. I'm bringing it back up.

251
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Copy that.

252
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ROV's up.

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That thing was so dude-run there, Jess.

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Easily something can fit through there.

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It's feasible. It's feasible for a less-could-be in here, or at least come here, use it as a feeding ground, hang out for a while, and then ditch out and go somewhere else, which could also explain multiple sightings.

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I definitely think this particular cave system connects to the ocean.

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Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

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I think it has to.

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Yeah.

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While we were investigating the inland blue hole where Sammy had his frightening encounter, I got a message from another local.

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So I think us being here on the island looking for the Lescas making the rounds. One of the locals, this lady named Charlene, she reached out to me.

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I figured we could go meet up with her where she works. In a weird twist, guess what the restaurant she works at is called?

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Uh, what?

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Lucky Lesca.

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Oh, interesting choice.

266
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There's the lucky Lesca.

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Charlene Wims was born and raised on Andros. In addition to running the restaurant, she's also a police officer.

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From a little girl, always hear my mom speaking of the Lusca. I thought it was just, oh, it was something that they were making up, and they didn't want us to go to the holes.

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But I had family friends that went out on a boat. These were actual divers, and they went diving in the blue hole in the ocean.

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And they never came back.

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So what's the theory behind what happened to them?

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Well, up to today, we have no story. They had divers coming to go and look for them. They dove all of those blue holes, and they found absolutely nothing.

273
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Could it not have been a shark or something like that?

274
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Well, they found no time, no swim gars, which make me believe that there is a Lusca.

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I would think even with a shark, you would still have tanks and other equipment left over, even if it was torn up.

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So I guess if they completely disappeared, the idea is that the Lusca took them into one of the caves or tunnels, and that's where it's hiding.

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So where's the location of the blue hole?

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The location of the blue hole is about two miles off of Small Hope Bay.

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Charlene gives us the location and suggests where we can grab a boat to take us to the offshore blue hole where the divers disappeared without a trace.

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I'm wondering if this blue hole could be the marine lair of the Lusca, and somehow connected to the inland blue hole where Sammy had his run in with the beast.

281
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So much of this, I initially just thought, was stories to keep kids from drowning in the blue holes. They're dangerous, I get it.

282
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But now we're hearing about people dying from a supposed Lusca.

283
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Charlene's story was kind of tough to hear.

284
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Yeah, definitely.

285
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The list of known ocean predators here that have the ability to kill and consume a human is pretty short, and most of the names on that list end in shark.

286
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I've dived in the Bahamas before and know that these waters are home to tiger sharks, bull sharks, and the occasional Great White.

287
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If we're going to investigate deadly diver attacks, we're going to need some experience backup.

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Hey Josh.

289
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Hey team.

290
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Looks like you're enjoying the Bahamas. Look at that. It's paradise.

291
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Phil, did you do a dive in a blue hole?

292
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Oh yes.

293
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It's dark and murky. It's like a totally different world.

294
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It really is, but the big question is, did you see a Lusca?

295
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No Lusca yet, but Phil did see saltwater fish in the inland hole and a cave that probably connects with the ocean blue holes.

296
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Yeah, so there's a big blue hole out here where some divers disappeared.

297
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So we're going to go dive.

298
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But we'll need some support.

299
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People don't call the Bahamas the shark capital of the world for nothing.

300
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You're definitely right to be cautious, Phil.

301
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As I'm sure you know, there are more than 40 different shark species there, including some serious apex predators.

302
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I'm going to let Phil do the diving.

303
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Thanks Jess.

304
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You're welcome.

305
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Well you are in luck. I've been diving down there a lot and I have a contact at Shark Week Buddy of Mine.

306
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And if you want to dive in the Bahamas, this is the guy. So I'm going to connect you with him and be careful down there, okay?

307
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You got it.

308
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Bye Josh.

309
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See you Josh.

310
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Bye bye.

311
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We grabbed the rest of our gear and connect with Josh's dive contact, Chris Carroll, a Bahamian marine scientist who specializes in the ocean life here.

312
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Nice to meet you.

313
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Nice to meet you too.

314
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Including shark, octopus, and I'm hoping something in between.

315
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Have you ever heard of anything called the Lusca?

316
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I have heard stories.

317
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Divers afraid to go in the water of chance of them being eaten or snatched by this mysterious creature.

318
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Do you think it's actually half shark, half octopus, or do you think it's something that's actually based off of a real animal?

319
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With the sharktopus part of it, I think that's a bit, for me, far-fetched.

320
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What it could be is a hammerhead shark eating a very large octopus.

321
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And some people may have seen that and they see the tentacles and the sharks, mouth and the sharks swimming away.

322
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And they may have seen that and be like, what is that?

323
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That's what I chunk it up to be.

324
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Sharks are known to prey on octopuses, so it makes perfect sense that people reporting a creature with the head of a shark and flailing cephalopod appendages could have actually witnessed natural predation in action.

325
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Should we gear up?

326
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Get ready?

327
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000
Yes, let's do it.

328
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Let's get in.

329
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Okay.

330
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Sure, it's an interesting theory from another scientist, but with so many luska sightings, they can't all simply be seeing a shark eating its lunch.

331
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We close in on the coordinates Charlene gave us for the blue hole where the divers were last seen.

332
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And as we take our first look at the submerged blue hole, I'm suddenly extra glad we brought reinforcements.

333
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000
Holy sh**.

334
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Oh boy, right there.

335
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Diving with sharks is serious business.

336
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There's safety in numbers, so marine scientist Chris Carroll and I, along with our cameraman and a safety diver, are going down as a group.

337
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Having extra eyes underwater reduces the risk of a sneak attack from these ambush predators.

338
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How's that feel?

339
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Good?

340
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It's good.

341
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The plan is to stay alert and respectful of these amazing creatures.

342
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Test, test, test, Phil, do you copy?

343
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I copy.

344
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We're okay down here.

345
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Don't get eaten.

346
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There are sharks everywhere.

347
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Oh my gosh.

348
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I'm so sorry.

349
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000
I'm sorry.

350
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000
I'm so sorry.

351
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000
I'm so sorry.

352
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000
I'm sorry.

353
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000
I'm sorry.

354
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000
I'm sorry.

355
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000
I'm sorry.

356
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000
I'm sorry.

357
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,000
I'm sorry.

358
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000
I'm sorry.

359
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000
I'm sorry.

360
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Oh my gosh.

361
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In 2011, the Bahamas declared its entire marine habitat is shark sanctuary.

362
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Aside from the potentially deadly tiger and bull sharks, this water is teeming with hammerheads, oceanic white tips, and Caribbean reef sharks, which are pretty much surrounding me right now.

363
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Though unprovoked attacks on swimmers and divers are rare, they do happen.

364
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,000
Whoa, these guys are getting a little too friendly.

365
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Heading to the hall now.

366
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000
Copy that.

367
00:22:52,000 --> 00:23:01,000
Keep your eye on those sharks and keep your eyes open for any caves where a monster could live or tunnels where it could be using to travel inland.

368
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A recent study found that more than half of Americans are absolutely terrified of sharks, though most people will never actually encounter one.

369
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Even in areas where sharks are more common, I think it's possible fear can alter perception to the point that some might believe they've seen a monster.

370
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Perhaps witnesses are leaning into the Luska legend when they see either a larger than average octopus or, as Chris suspects, a shark eating an octopus.

371
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Okay, this is the edge of the blue hole.

372
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Let's go.

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So I'll be searching the blue hole where the divers disappeared for signs of an oversized predator.

374
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I see an octopus.

375
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Wow, that is a fearful animal.

376
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How big is it?

377
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Is it Luska big?

378
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Maybe two, two and a half feet long.

379
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Definitely not a Luska.

380
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Octopuses are masters at marine hide and seek.

381
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They have cells called chromatophores in their skin that allow them to adjust their color and papillae that change their texture, all to better match their environment.

382
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000
Amazing creature.

383
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If a Luska can camouflage itself, maybe that's how it's managed to remain so elusive over the years.

384
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And if it also has the intelligence of an octopus combined with the power of a shark, that is one formidable beast.

385
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:32,000
But you don't have to be a biologist to know that sharks and octopuses are very different animals.

386
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,000
It gets me wondering how such a hybrid could come to exist.

387
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Do you see any caves or channels that lead to any of the inland blue holes?

388
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Where a Luska can live or hide?

389
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000
Still looking.

390
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000
Oh wait, I think we found a total entrance.

391
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000
It's pretty dark at this depth.

392
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Let's send in the ROV to get a better look inside.

393
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,000
Chris knows what's down here. You can get back on the bottom point the way.

394
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:08,000
Okay, you stay there, send Chris up. I'll have him sit next to me and help me guide the ROV around.

395
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000
We'll figure out how to tackle this thing.

396
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,000
Copy that. The cave's kinda hidden.

397
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Find me with the ROV and I'll get you to the entrance.

398
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000
Alright, copy.

399
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:26,000
While we're waiting for the ROV to arrive, the crew and I stay on the lookout for the return of any sharks.

400
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:34,000
Most sharks are crepuscular hunters, meaning they seek prey at dawn and dusk.

401
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,000
And with sunsets quickly approaching, I'd rather not be down here when the dinner bell rings.

402
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000
ROV in the water really quick?

403
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000
What?

404
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000
ROV's in.

405
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000
So towards the front, straight down.

406
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000
That's a fill.

407
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,000
That's a fill.

408
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000
Follow them into the crevice, into the crack.

409
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:21,000
This is the one I wanna check out. Feeling a current here.

410
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:29,000
I wonder if this current is flowing into an inland blue hole, like the one where Sammy was attacked by what he believes was Alaska.

411
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:39,000
What he encountered could have been a misidentified ocean animal that found its way inland through this tunnel. But what is it?

412
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000
That's it, that's the crevice right there.

413
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000
This is the end of the line for me. Good luck.

414
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:50,000
If some kind of strong creature dragged divers in here, good chance they wouldn't be found.

415
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,000
I mean it's like pure darkness.

416
00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:01,000
If you go down, then you're gonna see another opening, but it's too small for us to go down without gear on.

417
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,000
Let's drop down.

418
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000
Jess, how deep are you?

419
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000
We're at 38.8 meters depth.

420
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:19,000
That looks pretty tight. Actually, let me see if I can get this RV to, that might be losing this bad boy today.

421
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000
Oh, okay, I don't think we went down this deep. This is new.

422
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000
Who knows what's down there.

423
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,000
Got plenty of line, right?

424
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,000
We have tons.

425
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:43,000
This is nice, because I have a little bit of the side of the rock wall in the viewfinder, which is helping me kind of get some bearings.

426
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000
Oh, I just got hit by something.

427
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000
What do you think it was?

428
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,000
Oh, I don't know. I mean, I can't tell if I landed on something or if something grabbed the ROV.

429
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,000
How deep are we?

430
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,000
We are at 50.4 meters.

431
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000
Oh, see? Okay, something's grabbing it. Oh my God, something grabbed it.

432
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000
Oh my God, something grabbed it.

433
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000
I'm not even touching the controllers right now.

434
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,000
Something's dragging it.

435
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,000
I mean, something's definitely attacking the ROV.

436
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000
Or something's attacking the line and messing with it.

437
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,000
Look at this.

438
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,000
That is really weird.

439
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000
Bill, do you see any movement right now in that crevice?

440
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
Something's messing with the ROV.

441
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000
I can't see anything. It's getting pretty dark.

442
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000
Look at the flow of the particles in the water. Look how fast they're flowing.

443
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:46,000
And they all seem to be flowing kind of down in that direction and then they get caught in that little whirlpool area.

444
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,000
I think we've reached a point where the current is at its strongest.

445
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000
It's getting sucked around like it's in the washing machine.

446
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,000
Would that mean that that's a channel that leads to one of the inland blue holes?

447
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000
Very well.

448
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:05,000
This hidden tunnel could explain how the Leska has been attacking people in both the inland and offshore blue holes,

449
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,000
while also managing to stay so elusive.

450
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:12,000
Whatever's down there, it's going to destroy my robot.

451
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
Or worse.

452
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000
Phil, do you copy?

453
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
I'm having problems with the ROV.

454
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000
I'm going to bring it back up before I lose it.

455
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000
Copy. I'm heading up as well.

456
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Alright, we're at eight meters and rising.

457
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,000
Got it.

458
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,000
Woo!

459
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000
Okay, Jess, what do you see?

460
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,000
Well, I mean we got past where you guys had originally dove.

461
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000
And then it just started spinning everywhere.

462
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000
Flipping, flopping, spinning around. I couldn't control it at all.

463
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,000
At all.

464
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000
So I don't know, maybe something was yanking on it.

465
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,000
I mean, there definitely were a few times where it felt like something had hit it.

466
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,000
Weird.

467
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000
Yes. I mean, I was down to 50 meters.

468
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Wow.

469
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,000
And then everything went to ****.

470
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,000
Was there a giant shark-clash octopus in there?

471
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,000
I mean, maybe it definitely got hit by something.

472
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,000
I know Jess thinks a luska hiding in the cavern could have attacked the ROV

473
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,000
and possibly the divers that went missing.

474
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:25,000
But I felt that strong current firsthand and at high tide, that pull would be even stronger.

475
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:30,000
That makes me think the current could have possibly played a role in the divers' disappearance,

476
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,000
dragging and trapping them deep inside a rocky tunnel.

477
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000
It could also be what dragged the ROV.

478
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,000
All right. Let's pack it up.

479
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,000
The current might explain what happened to the divers,

480
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,000
but it doesn't explain the generations of luska sightings.

481
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,000
I think we need to expand our search for clues.

482
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:52,000
I recall Josh mentioned that some locals believe the monster reports over the past few decades

483
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,000
are tied to a now-abandoned military facility on the island.

484
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,000
To find out if any work they were doing there could somehow be connected to the luska,

485
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,000
I've tracked down a former high-security clearance contractor who worked there.

486
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000
What was your job with the military base?

487
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:16,000
I was involved in the recovery of spent torpedoes at the conclusion of a test.

488
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000
We understand there's a lot about your job you cannot talk about,

489
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:25,000
but we were hoping to gain some insight into what type of military activity was happening here on Andro-Island.

490
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:30,000
Weapons testing, sea trials, war games, things of that nature.

491
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,000
Were you ever aware of any kind of experiments on animals?

492
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,000
There was some activity with marine life.

493
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:44,000
They've used dolphins and other animals in some techniques.

494
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,000
It wasn't part of what I did, but I am aware of it.

495
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:53,000
Due to the secret nature of the work there, there were a lot of things that you would kind of see and be aware of,

496
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,000
but you were supposed to just ignore it, you didn't talk about it.

497
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,000
Did you ever see anything, I guess, out of the ordinary in the waters out here?

498
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,000
There was a lot of animals in the waters, particularly a lot of sharks.

499
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000
They always seemed to be attracted to that area.

500
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000
That's interesting.

501
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:15,000
So, I guess, given the compartmentalization of the top secret research that was happening there

502
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:20,000
and you add on history of using, I don't know, dolphins and other marine life and research,

503
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,000
do you think it's possible that some of that research was happening here on this island?

504
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000
You know, you can't rule it out.

505
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000
Yeah. Perfect.

506
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,000
So, if we wanted to go and check out this facility, where would we have to go on the island?

507
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000
Like, what should we look for?

508
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,000
Dave gives us the approximate coordinates of the old military site,

509
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000
a location that we agreed not to reveal.

510
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000
Well, thanks for the leads, Dave.

511
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,000
Glad to help.

512
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000
Well, that was some good intel.

513
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,000
Yeah, I...it's...here's the deal.

514
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:53,000
Do I think the military was experimenting and made some sharp octopus hybrid?

515
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000
No.

516
00:32:54,000 --> 00:33:01,000
Do I think top secret activity around here could easily be playing a role in the Luska legend?

517
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,000
Yeah.

518
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,000
Yeah.

519
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,000
I think we should try to find out a band and base.

520
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000
Perfect.

521
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000
We head back on our boat to explore the shoreline.

522
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:18,000
The plan is to look for evidence of any scientific research that might have been conducted on marine life.

523
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:25,000
Things like lab equipment or animal holding tanks could be clues to what was happening there.

524
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:34,000
The question in my mind is, could they have been trying to harness the unique innate abilities of both sharks and octopuses for some kind of military purpose?

525
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,000
All right, so what do you think we should be looking for besides abandoned buildings?

526
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:46,000
You know, probably have some sort of access to water, either a dock or some kind of gate that would open up to the water,

527
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,000
especially if they're doing research in the water.

528
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000
Yeah.

529
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Can I see those really quick?

530
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Yeah.

531
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,000
I just do a quick scan.

532
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000
I don't see anything.

533
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:03,000
I mean, one thing to keep in mind, too, is this thing was abandoned decades ago, so it can be overgrown.

534
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,000
Ooh, what's that?

535
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000
Check this out.

536
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,000
Wow.

537
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Okay, looks fortified.

538
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Yeah.

539
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,000
Looks very abandoned.

540
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,000
Access to the water.

541
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,000
Access to the water?

542
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Jess, I'm thinking this is it.

543
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,000
I think you're right.

544
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,000
To find out if this was some kind of military testing facility, we need a closer look.

545
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000
Check this out, Jess.

546
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,000
Wow.

547
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,000
Ooh, this is cool.

548
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000
It's way bigger than it looked from shore.

549
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000
Yeah, I mean, it extends all the way down.

550
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Well, I want to go inside.

551
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Okay, I'm going to leave the ROV here.

552
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Okay.

553
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,000
And yeah, let's see what we can find.

554
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Ooh, this is creepy.

555
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Look at all the old wires and insulation.

556
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:54,000
Gotta say, this cement has held up pretty well over time from all the storms.

557
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,000
But everything else did not.

558
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000
I'm going to go check over here.

559
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000
See anything over there?

560
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,000
I'm going to go head back and check out the outside.

561
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000
Okay.

562
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,000
Oh, yeah.

563
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,000
Look at that.

564
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,000
That rebar is sticking right out.

565
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000
We can move under this quickly.

566
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,000
Ooh.

567
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Oh, I've got something, Phil!

568
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:33,000
Recruiting wild animals for military service may seem like a science fiction plot,

569
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000
but surprisingly, it's happened.

570
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000
Or I should say, it's been attempted.

571
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:43,000
During World War II, the American military experimented with strapping miniature explosives

572
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:48,000
to Mexican free-tailed bats in something known as Project X-Ray.

573
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:54,000
The idea was that a plane would drop special shells filled with millions of these tiny bombers,

574
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,000
which would then shelter in the eaves of homes and buildings,

575
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000
which is when they would detonate,

576
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,000
igniting death and destruction.

577
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,000
And then they would be able to move around in a plane.

578
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,000
And the first time they were able to make it was when they heard the sound of a crash

579
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
and they were able to get out of the building,

580
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000
which is when they would detonate,

581
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,000
igniting devastating infernos all across enemy territory.

582
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,000
Unfortunately, at the testing site in New Mexico,

583
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:24,000
a few of these fully loaded bats escaped and roosted under a massive fuel tank.

584
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:29,000
Half of Carl's Bad Army airfield and a general's car were destroyed.

585
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,000
The army wisely decided to explore other projects,

586
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000
Oh, I've got something, Phil!

587
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,000
You got something?

588
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000
Yeah!

589
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,000
All right, give me a sec.

590
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,000
Yeah, it's a sign.

591
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
It says warning, no trespassing, government property.

592
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,000
Check it out.

593
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,000
Oh, yeah.

594
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000
I guess the only problem is...

595
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Completely cleaned out?

596
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,000
It's pretty cleaned out.

597
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,000
Yeah.

598
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,860
If this waterfront research facility was studying marine life, it would make sense that part

599
00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:57,900
of the facility might actually be underwater.

600
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:03,280
This would also keep any secret experiments away from prying eyes, but not away from our

601
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,780
ROV.

602
00:37:04,780 --> 00:37:08,900
I'm hoping we'll find some submerged signs that this place is connected to the Lusca.

603
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:09,900
All right.

604
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:10,900
Off it goes.

605
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:11,900
See what we find out there.

606
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,900
Okay, going under.

607
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:21,900
All right, seen some coral.

608
00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:22,900
Yeah, now it's all empty.

609
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:23,900
Just sand.

610
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:25,900
Ooh, what's that?

611
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:26,900
Yeah.

612
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:28,900
There's definitely structures under the water.

613
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:29,900
Yeah, for sure.

614
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:30,900
What is this?

615
00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:32,900
Oh, we got some posts under water.

616
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:34,900
That looks like a dock post.

617
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:36,900
Totally does.

618
00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:42,900
Okay, so we've got confirmation on structures, but I'm not seeing anything that says they're

619
00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:44,900
doing any experiments yet.

620
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:49,900
Yeah, I'm not seeing anything that indicates they would have made some kind of structure

621
00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:51,900
to keep something in.

622
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:52,900
Yeah.

623
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:57,900
Oh, whoa.

624
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:01,900
That's a cage, right?

625
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:03,900
That's a cage.

626
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:05,900
That looks too big to be a crab pot.

627
00:38:05,900 --> 00:38:06,900
Here's the thing though.

628
00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:10,900
There's no way that that cage is going to hold a huge Lusca.

629
00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,900
I'm not talking about a Lusca.

630
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:17,900
I'm just saying this is showing that they probably held animals out there.

631
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:18,900
Yeah.

632
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,900
Octopuses could be all sorts of things.

633
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:21,900
There's another one.

634
00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:22,900
There's another one.

635
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:23,900
Just a minute.

636
00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:24,900
There's a fish in it.

637
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:26,900
There's a fish inside it.

638
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:31,900
I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if the military was doing something with the marine life around

639
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:32,900
here.

640
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:35,900
The problem is, there's not really any good way for us to find out what.

641
00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:37,900
Nobody's going to talk.

642
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:40,900
I mean, this is as good as it's going to get.

643
00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:45,900
For me, it's really hard to say that what was happening here decades ago has to do with

644
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,900
the legend of the Lusca today.

645
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:48,900
Yeah.

646
00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:50,900
There was a lot of secrecy, obviously.

647
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:56,900
Who knows what they had in these cages, but I don't know if that relates to the boo-holes.

648
00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:59,900
I just feel like every little bit adds up.

649
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:02,900
It's just that it's not necessarily a clear picture.

650
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:08,900
I think the bottom line is there's a lot of hidden secrets in the water out there.

651
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:11,900
It's just hard to know what exactly they were doing.

652
00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:13,900
Well, I agree.

653
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:21,900
When my team returned from Andros, we reviewed the evidence to piece together what's behind

654
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:23,900
the legend of the Lusca.

655
00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:28,900
Phil and Jess might have found a possible explanation for what happened to at least some of those

656
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:31,900
reported missing in the blue holes.

657
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:36,900
The water here feels completely different, like it's sucking me in.

658
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:42,900
Perhaps they got trapped inside the tunnels connecting the inland and ocean caverns.

659
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:46,900
Jess's ROV almost fell victim to this phenomenon.

660
00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:51,900
The footage clearly shows the strength of the current, but she remains convinced that

661
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:53,900
there was something else down there.

662
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:55,900
Oh my God, something grabbed it.

663
00:39:55,900 --> 00:40:02,900
And when we examined the footage frame by frame, we did see something we can't identify.

664
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:08,900
Could that be a tentacle from a large sea beast getting handsy with an intruder in its layer?

665
00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:12,900
Or is it merely the arm of an octopus or a stray piece of kelp?

666
00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:16,900
Without more footage, we can't say for sure.

667
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:21,900
Between the former employee's testimony and what my team uncovered, there are indications

668
00:40:21,900 --> 00:40:27,900
some kind of research involving marine life was happening at a now abandoned military site.

669
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,900
Oh, f***.

670
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,900
That's a cage, right?

671
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:36,900
Is it possible that reports of an aggressive sea monster were intentionally fueled to keep

672
00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:40,900
the curious away from what was really going on in these waters?

673
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:43,900
Something that remains classified.

674
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,900
Still, we can't discount the many witness reports over the years.

675
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:55,900
But it's also hard to reconcile the existence of a sharktopus.

676
00:40:55,900 --> 00:41:01,900
So until hard physical evidence surfaces, I'll lean toward a more plausible scientific theory.

677
00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:06,900
What it could be is a hammerhead shark eating a very large octopus.

678
00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:10,900
And they see the tentacles in the shark's mouth.

679
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:17,900
For the people of Andros Island, however, the Luska remains a creature both feared and fascinating.

680
00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:20,900
Very much alive in their legends.

681
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:24,900
And in their nightmares.