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Wow. Witchcraft all over this place right now.

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On this episode of Expedition X, my team heads south of the border to investigate the centuries-old

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witchcraft culture of Mexican Brujoría, where recent reports of supernatural sightings and attacks

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by dark forces have a region on edge.

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What do they do in the forest?

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So this must be the place Emilio's talking about. This is insane.

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Whoa! Go slow! You alright?

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This is blood.

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If I were to say to you names like Sabrina, Maleficent, Glinda, I would be talking about...

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Uh, high school ex-girlfriend.

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Yes, Maleficent left me at that senior prom. No, Jess!

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Witches.

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Yes, witches. And that is what today's case is all about. Witches, witchcraft, particularly in Mexico.

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Brujoría.

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Yes, that is exactly right, Phil. That's what they call it.

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Witchcraft's always been a major part of the culture in Mexico.

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Yeah. We're talking spells, we're talking curses, we're talking magic.

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These kind of traditions date back to the earliest civilizations in Mexico, but it's a tradition that carries on even today.

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And not only that, reports of supernatural phenomena in Mexico are on the rise.

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For centuries, ancient Mexican cultures like the Aztec turned to people who identify as witches and sorcerers for their positive powers of healing.

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But some witch legends also bring terror.

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Like the Tlualpuchy, who are said to be part witch and part vampire drinking the blood of infants for nourishment.

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1519, the Spanish arrive in Mexico to begin their bloody conquest.

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Those thought to be witches are burned at the stake.

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And practitioners of witchcraft move into the shadows for fear of persecution.

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During this time, Africans are brought as slaves to Latin America, with their own unique beliefs in mysticism.

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These different cultures mix and even absorb aspects of Catholicism.

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This exotic blended form of religion ultimately becomes known as brujería, the Spanish word for witchcraft.

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Far from being seen as evil, people from all over Mexico seek out brujería healers when modern medicine fails them.

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But there are legends of a darker form of this witchcraft.

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And encounters with this more sinister type of magic have become widespread in Mexico.

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Now, a senior police officer in Monterey has come forward with a terrifying encounter with what he believes was a malevolent witch.

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And this footage of what is purportedly a witch flying across the mountains makes national headlines.

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And there are many viral videos documenting alleged acts of sinister witchcraft.

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Skeptics say these videos are nothing but elaborate hoaxes.

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Believers maintain that these dark practices are on the rise.

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Which begs the question, is this the season of the witch?

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So what do you think?

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Look, I'm certainly not dismissing that there are many people who believe in the power of witchcraft.

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But those last few videos could just be kids messing around in the woods.

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There's also a lot of superstition at play here. People who want to believe something so much or fear something so much that they convince themselves it's true.

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Right?

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Here's the thing. I am one of those people that believe in the power of witchcraft.

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I may have done a spell or two or a lot.

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Are you a witch?

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I knew it.

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I knew it.

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I was just saying.

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Should we be nervous?

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Yeah, you probably should.

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When I was in fifth grade, my mom found my stash of all my witchcraft items that I was keeping in an attic where I had taken candles and carved them into the shapes of people and I was using them to cast spells.

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Wow.

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I had a book of shadows.

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So I would go to the library, I'd do a bunch of research like in old history books and stuff and write down the spells that I thought were cool.

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You clearly are a believer.

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Yeah, I'm a total believer in this stuff.

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It's a religion and it's not just me or just with Mexico.

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It's a religion that extends around the world just in variations and different forms.

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And you know, there's people that truly believe that they get blessed by a witch and their life improves or they get cursed and they get sick.

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And so for me, I'm just not going to dismiss that.

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I'm going to keep an open mind.

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Who's to say that there's not something really there?

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This really does have religious connotations for people.

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And so whether we share their beliefs or not, we certainly have to be respectful about this.

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The mission is as follows.

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I'm sending you to Monterrey, Mexico.

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That's where there has been this surge in reports of witchcraft.

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And so I want you to go down there and see if you can experience this for yourselves.

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I'm going to link you up with that police officer who claims to have had this terrifying encounter with a witch and we'll start there.

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You know, but can you separate fact from fiction?

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Is there anything to this?

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Can it all be dismissed?

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Is Mexico really under threat of witchcraft?

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I mean, we'll find out.

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We're on it.

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It's a five hour flight from New York to Monterrey, Mexico, the country's third largest city.

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It's a cosmopolitan mecca.

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However, modern comforts are not on our to-do list.

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I've arranged for Phil and Jess to meet our first witness in the mysterious Mercados,

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where myth and magic are on full display.

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Leonardo Samañego is a retired police officer who served on the force for over a decade

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and says he experienced one of Mexico's most famous witch sightings.

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A black person who looks like a witch.

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A witch?

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For sure.

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Can you tell us the story?

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So what happened?

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I'm a police officer here and I was working the night shift one night.

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It was about three in the morning.

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I saw what I thought was a trash bag hanging up in a tree.

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But then it fell down to the street.

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And that's when I saw arms sticking out of it.

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And it was just hovering in the air.

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Its bag was facing me at first, but then I turned on my sirens.

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And it turned around to look at me.

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Then I shined my brights on it and it came rushing towards me.

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So I put the car in reverse, then it started flying at me.

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I was scared to death.

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I got on the radio and said there was a woman dressed in black approaching my car.

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The eyes were all black.

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It hit my windshield and pushed me into the other seat.

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The heck? So then how did you get away?

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Eh, no, sir.

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I had to be woken up when backup arrived at the scene.

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I don't know how long I was out.

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My commander woke me up and my shirt was so thin and sweat.

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Good witches and good witches.

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This side, well, here there are people who dedicate themselves to cleaning it, to removing the sand.

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Since Leonardo's encounter, he's become a true believer in supernatural witchcraft.

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He's researched several locals who say that they're witches.

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At our request, he's arranged a meeting with the person he believes is the real deal.

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Hola.

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Hola, Emilio.

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Pásenle, por favor.

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Gracias.

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We can go in.

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Emilio Salas identifies as a bruja blanca, which translates to white witch.

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Emilio typically practices healing and medicinal spells.

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With all manner of symbols ranging from witchcraft to voodoo to Christianity, whatever you believe in, it can probably be found in his home.

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I know you practice white magic, but are there any witches that practice dark magic?

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Why here?

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There's a witch forest.

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So what do they do in the forest?

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So what do they do in the forest?

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Emilio tells us where to find this forest of witches, but before we go, he gives us a protection spell.

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He gives us strength and power, giving us light, giving us strength, and giving us protection and liberation.

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I will go through the forest, through the channel, through the channel, through the magic words of great power and great value that will happen to us both at night and day.

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We're at the forest well beyond Monterey City Limit, and once there, we have to traverse over 15 miles of rugged terrain.

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So we switched with tougher set of wheels.

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What's the problem?

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We got ourselves a little river.

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I just want to test to make sure it's not too deep.

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It gets a little deep.

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Big rock over here, I'm wondering if we could just make it.

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The branches are too low.

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I think we should cut right there, and that way we avoid all the deep stuff.

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I'll go my route, you go your route.

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See you on the other side.

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Alright, you will.

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You will.

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You will, Phillip.

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Let's go!

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We're looking for structures deep inside the forest where dark magic is allegedly practiced.

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These structures lie far beyond the main trail, so we eventually have to ditch our ATVs and proceed the old-fashioned way on foot.

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You know what this looks like to me, Jess?

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What?

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End of the road.

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We got black bears out here.

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Alright.

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Did you bring the bear spray?

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Nope.

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There's, I think, over a dozen species of owls that can be found around here.

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That is something that could contribute to the lore of this forest.

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Oh!

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There we go!

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Look at this old structure.

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There's definitely stuff out here.

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Oh yeah, in the middle of nowhere.

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Signs of old structures here confirmed, but what kind of signs of witches were we looking for?

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Sigils written somewhere on the walls or on the ground, signs of an offering, candles, pile of herbs,

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little mini shrine.

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Hey, look at that.

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It looks like a hip bone.

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Yeah, looks like a hip bone.

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What the f***?

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Did you hear that?

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I did!

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I totally heard that.

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We found bones, but it could just be incidental.

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I mean, it's awfully clean.

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I'm not seeing any signs of any writing or sigils or, you know, anywhere where their candle wax would have been used.

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Okay.

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It just seems weird that there's just one random hip bone.

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Do you want to just follow this path?

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Yeah.

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Alright, watch out, there's a bunch of spikes over here.

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Alright.

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I'm not touching.

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Oh, check it out.

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Wow.

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So this must be the place I knew I was talking about.

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Keep in mind, you don't know if there's anyone there right now.

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So what, you want to not go?

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I'm just saying, let's be careful.

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Can you see inside the windows?

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As far as I can tell, it looks empty.

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What's going on here, people?

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So what the hell are you going to find inside this cabin?

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Let's find out.

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Even though the cabin looks empty for the time being, we stay on high alert as we don't know who could return at any moment.

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Hello?

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Wow.

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There's candles everywhere.

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Yeah.

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Oh my god.

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Blood?

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I mean...

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Look where you're stepping on.

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Look where you're stepping on.

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This is a circle.

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And a gigantic pentagram.

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This is insane.

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Check out bones inside this.

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Even I can tell that this is essentially witchcraft all over this place right now.

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Ooh.

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I just got goosebumps.

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Why?

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That moth, it's called the Black Witch Moth.

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I'm 100% serious.

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This is called the Black Witch.

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I've been looking for this moth since we've been here because it's used to symbolize witchcraft.

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Check out that pattern on the inside.

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The eyes blinds in there.

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Yeah.

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Everything in here can be a symbol.

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What do you think this offering is?

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I have no idea.

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I mean, that's rum.

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There's this blue stuff?

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No clue.

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You've got the sample kit.

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Let's take samples of everything.

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This powder, I do not want to inhale.

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Phil pulls out the evidence kit and starts collecting samples.

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I snapped photos of the leftovers from whatever ritual took place here.

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Let's spray the bones.

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Phil then sprays the floor with luminol.

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If what we're seeing is in fact blood,

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It's off?

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the luminol should make it light up under our UV flashlights.

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So the bones themselves seem clean?

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Look at all this splatter around.

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Yeah, I see that.

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It's like the suitcase had something dead inside.

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The candles on the floor appear to be placed in the star-like pattern.

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So we get the idea to see what this place looks like with all of them lit.

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One last candle.

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This is such a bad idea.

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With the candles lit, I prepare to recite the conjuring chant that Emilio gave us earlier today.

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In hopes that we might summon a bruja.

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What can go wrong?

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For a re, for maya, for a ruka, vanga sa vanga.

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For a re, for pacha, for kana, for maya, for a ruka, vanga sa vanga.

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Now what?

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You tell me.

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Did you hear something move?

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It sounded like a breath over there.

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Shh.

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It sounded like it was right through here.

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Hello?

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What the f*** is that?

252
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Where did I just-

253
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This is where the store just moved.

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HELL!

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Something just fall.

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That came back from over here, yeah?

257
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How was it?

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I'm seen enough to tell me that something very dark is going on here.

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I would like to leave.

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Okay.

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Okay. Got the flare?

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Yeah.

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I'm going to go get it.

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After making it out of the forest of witches in one piece,

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I've arranged to meet an eyewitness who claims to have had a truly bizarre witch sighting.

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Hola!

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Hi, Diana.

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Diana Peralacapa has become somewhat of a local celebrity around here.

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After capturing on video what many locals claim is a witch flying next to a high ridge line,

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some believers have even famously dubbed it simply La Bruja de Manoré.

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We've seen your video. It's very interesting.

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Isn't it?

273
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Did you take it right around here?

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Yes, right there.

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So you mean literally this mountain ridge right here?

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Right here. In fact, I have a picture here.

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Okay, so I recognize that from the video.

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This is kind of the first ridge line it was on and then that's the second area.

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We've seen what it looks like on camera in the video.

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What did it look like to your eyes when you were there looking at this ridge line?

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Because it was against the light. It was very dark.

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Okay.

283
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This thing was always like this, like this, like this.

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It never moved nothing at all.

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But see, it was very strange because we were like 12 people

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and everybody was speaking very fast and nervous and in my video it's moving a lot

287
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because somebody was saying, come on, come on, what's that? What's that?

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What's that? What's that?

289
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And then at the end it just disappeared slowly

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and we decided it's a witch.

291
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Did you believe in witches before you saw this?

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That's a very tough question, but of course,

293
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which in the sense of a woman or a man that has a lot of power in metaphysical ways,

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the witches in Mexico, at least las brujas in Mexico,

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that they would help women in labor to have a baby,

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they would help with herbs like chaman.

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So of course that I believe in that type of witch.

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When people say that the witches are bad, I believe that also because unfortunately,

299
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there is good and bad in everything.

300
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It's an entity. It's an entity. It's a witch.

301
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Thank you so much.

302
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That was interesting. I mean, I believe she saw something, right?

303
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I'm wondering if it was a hoax, but she wasn't aware of it.

304
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I have a way of finding that out.

305
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You do? How? You ready?

306
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Oh my gosh, now I'm nervous.

307
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No time it is, Jess.

308
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No time it is. It's balloon time.

309
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It's balloon time.

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Oh my gosh, are we having a party?

311
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I've got a little theory of what she actually saw.

312
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The ridgeline where Diana recorded her witch sits in the Cerros de las Mitras mountain range.

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Its highest point is nearly 7,000 feet above sea level.

314
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Oh, we got a steep one. Let's keep going.

315
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Look at this terrain below us.

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Dried up riverbed.

317
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I bet Jess is, I don't know, drinking latte right now.

318
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Like I see jack-c***. You guys don't see anything, do you?

319
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I need you camera hand off up here.

320
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The further I ascend up the ridge, the less I'm convinced that Diana's mysterious video was a result of a staged hoax.

321
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The terrain is just too treacherous.

322
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But after a few hundred more feet of steep climb,

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I find a good clearing where I can start our experiment of trying to recreate whatever Diana captured on video.

324
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Alright Jess, I made it up to the ridgeline. I can see the neighborhood below. How's it going down there?

325
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Which ridgeline are you on?

326
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To be honest, I have no idea.

327
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I'm not expecting you to see me quite yet.

328
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,760
Okay, sounds good.

329
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,760
Yes, we have helium. It works.

330
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Our producer helps me inflate a big black trash bag, which will double as our flying witch in the sky.

331
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Alright Jess, we got a floating bag of trash ready.

332
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I'm ready. I'm watching.

333
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,760
Oh yeah, it's going. It's going good.

334
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,760
Do you see it?

335
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,760
I'm sorry Phil, I don't see anything.

336
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,760
Oh and now I feel that breeze. This witch is flying.

337
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,760
Got it, got it, got it. I see it.

338
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Oh my god.

339
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That's it. Right there.

340
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Oh look at, we got a hot coming in checking it out.

341
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,760
Okay, how does it look?

342
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I mean I could see where if somebody who's really a believer

343
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goes out and sees something like that and is trying to record on an old camera

344
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:21,760
could absolutely think they caught something strange, a la potentially a witch in real time.

345
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,760
I'm not seeing any lateral movement whatsoever.

346
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,760
Well the breeze is really inconsistent up here. I want to see that footage.

347
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,760
While our experiment wasn't a perfect match with Deanna's video

348
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I think we've proven the so-called witch in her footage has a lot in common with a rogue balloon caught in an updraft.

349
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Let's get out of here.

350
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:49,760
Oh Josh is calling.

351
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,760
Hey Josh. Hey Josh. Hey, my favorite witch in Warlock. What's going on?

352
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So we've actually had a good start on this investigation. Much more than Phil and I were expecting.

353
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:09,760
Alright so good start. On this end I've been doing a lot of research and I just got linked up with this guy named Miguel.

354
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He's a historian and he's collecting people's first-hand encounters with witchcraft.

355
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,760
And apparently in this town called Lenores just a few days ago, which is not too far from you guys,

356
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hikers there found a pentagram on the edge of town and burned candles.

357
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:31,760
That's crazy Josh. We actually found a pentagram too in some sort of abandoned ritual site.

358
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Okay but in this particular case though in the center of this pentagram they found a pile of burned cats.

359
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Look at this photo. Oh no that's not cool.

360
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Don't mess with cats. So that in the middle that's a pile of dead cats.

361
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That doesn't look good. So apparently people in this town are terrified, like legitimately terrified.

362
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They see this as evidence of some kind of dark magic and they are bringing in, Miguel tells me,

363
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a so-called white witch to banish what they see as some sort of evil entity that is at the root of all this.

364
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,760
That sounds to me like a battle of good and evil.

365
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,760
It does. That's exactly what it sounds like and they are going to go ahead with this ritual tonight

366
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and Miguel says he can get the two of you access to it.

367
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:22,760
Tonight?

368
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:23,760
Tonight. Like as soon as it gets dark.

369
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Okay. Thanks Josh.

370
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See you Josh.

371
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:36,760
I'm sending Phil and Jess to the town of Linares about a two hour drive south of Monterey.

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My team has a rare ringside ticket to a witchcraft ritual but to get there they first need to meet Miguel.

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I've arranged the rendezvous at one of the city's most historic sites.

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Welcome to Linares.

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Permanent Christian monuments were reportedly erected to protect the region from evil forces.

376
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:58,760
Hello.

377
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Hello.

378
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Welcome.

379
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:01,760
Wow.

380
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:02,760
Nice.

381
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The view of the city from the little hill.

382
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:05,760
That's gorgeous.

383
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Go ahead.

384
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,760
Okay.

385
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Miguel Angel Contreras has written several books on witchcraft and has spoken to countless witnesses claiming to have been attacked or cursed by witches practicing dark magic.

386
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And there's the cross. Look at it.

387
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,760
Wow. That's cool.

388
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We show Miguel our findings from the abandoned house two nights ago to get his expert opinion.

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Here's the star.

390
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And there's candles.

391
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What do you think?

392
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That's a witchcraft ritual.

393
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,760
Look where you step on.

394
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When a pentagram is painted, candles are placed around it and sacrifices are made for animals.

395
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It can be for various reasons.

396
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It is said that they are to lower witches.

397
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One.

398
00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:04,760
According to Miguel, four huge crosses were originally built centuries ago by a Franciscan priest, but two of those monuments are now missing.

399
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The balance of good and evil has shifted.

400
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:14,760
Possibly, you have to do something to protect Linares again from a demonic possession or curse.

401
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,760
There are two types of witches, those who do good and those who do evil.

402
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,760
This is the eternal struggle between good and evil, but between witches.

403
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:26,760
Someone puts a spell, someone is working to remove it.

404
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,760
So that's what's happening every day in these types of cities.

405
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:43,760
28 kilometers south, there is the place where Lady Nachita is doing a ritual at this moment.

406
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Okay, we got our location.

407
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:47,760
Perfect, let's head out.

408
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,760
Gracias.

409
00:30:54,760 --> 00:31:00,760
Miguel guides us deep into Vulcan de Juarez, a remote region of forest, caves and waterfalls.

410
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:06,760
The kind of secluded country that makes it a popular area for witchcraft and dark magic practitioners.

411
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Phil and I meet with Donia Nachita.

412
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:23,760
In response to the grisly sacrifice that took place here, she's preparing a ritual of her own.

413
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:38,760
Donia Nachita believes that she's able to draw the evil spirits from the bodies of any nearby bruja and then trap them with a powerful spell.

414
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To ultimately help restore the balance of good and evil.

415
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I want to catch the witches, and you want to show them to me, and God helps me.

416
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,760
So that they all stay quiet.

417
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:57,760
And how are we going to know when the witch arrives?

418
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,760
She's going to curse.

419
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:08,760
According to Donia Nachita, the flames are meant to protect us from the dark energies that her spell provokes.

420
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,760
While the smoke helps lift her incantations up to heaven.

421
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,760
I mean, three are the three evangels.

422
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:23,760
I mean, four are the four evangels that were the greatest myth and were saved in the temple of Solomon.

423
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,760
The witch didn't pass, the witch doesn't walk around here.

424
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:51,760
After several rounds of chanting and praying and no whistling observed, Donia Nachita tells us the dark spirits were not drawn out by her spells.

425
00:32:54,760 --> 00:33:04,760
The ceremony may have failed, but she tells us if we are looking to continue our investigation, there is a notorious gathering place for dark brujas to conduct their magic.

426
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,760
Before we head off, Donia Nachita places a blessing of protection over us.

427
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In case Jess is somehow successful, summoning any of the dark spirits that are terrorizing the area.

428
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,760
I think we just fall at the base of that mountain.

429
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,760
We should find that cave.

430
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:41,760
We send ourselves up for like a big load of hurt potentially.

431
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,760
This is not easy to read.

432
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,760
No, it is not.

433
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,760
I think we got ourselves a cave. Look at the size of that.

434
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,760
Oh my God.

435
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:01,760
Jess?

436
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:02,760
Huh?

437
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,760
We're going to need some rope.

438
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,760
Oh, f***.

439
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,760
Another kind of witch in Mexico is called a Nagual.

440
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Known in pre-Hispanic times as owl men and believed to appear only at night, Nagual are said to have the power to shapeshift into animals of their choosing.

441
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:30,760
The word itself comes from the Naguatl people of southern Mexico and means disguise or hidden.

442
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:40,760
In August 2020, residents of the town of Soledad de Doblado broke the pandemic restrictions to chase what they believed was a shapeshifting Nagual.

443
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A grey-eyed figure either climbed or, according to some witnesses, flew up a palm tree to hide in the large leaves.

444
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Believing this to be an evil spirit, the residents became fearful and agitated.

445
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The police eventually arrived to disperse the crowd and the alleged entity apparently escaped, not to be seen again.

446
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:07,760
The case was never solved or debunked and the fabled Nagual remains at large.

447
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,760
I say tossing a glow stick.

448
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:14,760
See how far it goes?

449
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:15,760
Yeah.

450
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:16,760
Okay.

451
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:18,760
Okay.

452
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,760
One, two, three.

453
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,760
There's water down there.

454
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,760
We have plenty of rope to repel us down.

455
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,760
Let's see how far down this thing goes.

456
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,760
But whoever's using this cave for dark witchcraft.

457
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:43,760
Whoa!

458
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:44,760
Go slow!

459
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:45,760
You all right?

460
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:46,760
I'm good.

461
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,760
Definitely does not want to be disturbed or discovered.

462
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:50,760
Fine.

463
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:51,760
Oh!

464
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,760
All right, I'm down.

465
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,760
You seeing anything down there?

466
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,760
Nothing screaming witch right now.

467
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:07,760
All right, I'm coming down.

468
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,760
I'm gonna hide underneath this boulder down here so I don't get hit by debris.

469
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:18,760
What?

470
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:21,760
Watch out!

471
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:22,760
Watch out!

472
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,760
Almost, hold on!

473
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:29,760
All right.

474
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:31,760
All right.

475
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:34,760
Woo!

476
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:35,760
Look at this place.

477
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,760
This water chest, look at that.

478
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:47,760
Look how clear it is.

479
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,760
It's gorgeous actually.

480
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:51,760
Look at this red.

481
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,760
I mean, is it just dried mud?

482
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:55,760
This is a trick to sell.

483
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:56,760
It looks like a point.

484
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:57,760
Yes.

485
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:58,760
And it goes up.

486
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,760
This almost looks like a pentagram.

487
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:09,760
Phil pulls out the luminol from the evidence kit and starts spraying the cave ceiling.

488
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:14,760
Okay.

489
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,760
Let's see if it goes right up right away.

490
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:17,760
It should.

491
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:18,760
Okay, let me turn that off.

492
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:20,760
Okay.

493
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:25,760
Whoa!

494
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:27,760
Oh my gosh.

495
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,760
Look at that.

496
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:31,760
This is blood.

497
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,760
How old do you think this is?

498
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,760
This would have to be relatively new blood if it was going to still be on the wall like this.

499
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,760
That means that the site is still active.

500
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,760
You want to do the call that we got from Emilio?

501
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,760
He gave us the tool.

502
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,760
After the luminol shows these markings are made from blood, I collect some samples,

503
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,760
while Jess brings up Emilio's spirit conjuring chant on her phone one more time.

504
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:11,760
Pour au rei, pour pacha, pour kana, pour maya, pour aruca, vangas avanga.

505
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:16,760
Pour au rei, pour pacha, pour kana, pour maya, pour aruca, vangas avanga.

506
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,760
That was a whistle.

507
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,760
Tony and I, Jesus said we would know when we arrived.

508
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:24,760
There was a whistle.

509
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:35,760
Pour au rei, pour pacha, pour kana, pour maya, pour aruca, vangas avanga.

510
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:42,760
Pour au rei, pour pacha, pour kana, pour maya, pour aruca, vangas avanga.

511
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:52,760
After Jess makes one last attempt at the incantation, it appears the trail has gone cold.

512
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:53,760
I think.

513
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:55,760
I think.

514
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:57,760
I think.

515
00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,760
I think.

516
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:01,760
I think.

517
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:08,760
For centuries, Mexican witches have been believed to possess supernatural powers of healing.

518
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:16,760
My team set out to investigate whether those powers could be observed and whether a more sinister form of witchcraft really exists.

519
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:18,760
It looks like a hip bone.

520
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:20,760
I think.

521
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:23,760
I think.

522
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:25,760
I think.

523
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:27,760
I think.

524
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:29,760
I think.

525
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:31,760
It looks like a hip bone.

526
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:37,760
What ensued was one of the most ominous expeditions that Phil and Jess have ever conducted.

527
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:38,760
Look at all the splatter around.

528
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:39,760
Yeah, I see that.

529
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:48,760
The blood samples taken at the ritual site inside the deserted cabin came back as peccary, or wild boar, a common animal in the area.

530
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:49,760
This is a circle.

531
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,760
As for the strange powder.

532
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,760
This powder, I do not want to inhale.

533
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,760
Our analysis discovered that it was combustible.

534
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,760
And matched the material used in the conjuring ceremony.

535
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,760
Dona Nachita said a whistle sound marks the arrival of a witch.

536
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:09,760
Is it a whistle?

537
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,760
The ceremony itself failed to produce any such sound.

538
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:24,760
But further examination of our audio recordings confirmed two instances of a whistle during Phil and Jess's investigation.

539
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,760
The first occurred in the forest.

540
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:28,760
Looks like a hip bone.

541
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,760
Phil isolated the sound and ran it through audio analysis.

542
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:36,760
The result?

543
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:41,760
A likely match with a brown headed cowbird, which is native to the area.

544
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,760
As for the other whistle sound heard inside the cave.

545
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:54,760
The audio came back inconclusive, but it's hardly evidence of the arrival of a witch.

546
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,760
And most shocking of all, the blood found on the cave ceiling.

547
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:03,760
The sample was sent out for laboratory analysis and came back as human.

548
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,760
Some of the more viral videos of witches may well be cases of misidentification.

549
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,760
This witch is flying.

550
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:15,760
Proof of the supernatural aspects of Brujaria remains elusive.

551
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,760
No evidence to support it.

552
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,760
But to millions of believers, it is a very real force for healing.

553
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:26,760
Blending together the many ingredients of Mexico's remarkable past.