1 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:04,470 what's up guys ryan sprague here and i'm 2 00:00:07,909 --> 00:00:06,319 just dropping in to remind you about our 3 00:00:09,830 --> 00:00:07,919 patreon campaign 4 00:00:11,990 --> 00:00:09,840 somewhere in the skies is always free to 5 00:00:13,350 --> 00:00:12,000 consume but it's not free to create 6 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:13,360 so if you want to help the show on a 7 00:00:17,510 --> 00:00:15,120 monthly basis we have 8 00:00:19,189 --> 00:00:17,520 tons of rewards for you in return 9 00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:19,199 including shout outs on the show and 10 00:00:22,870 --> 00:00:20,160 website 11 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:22,880 bonus content and episodes and free 12 00:00:26,070 --> 00:00:23,760 merch 13 00:00:26,790 --> 00:00:26,080 want to be my guest or pick a topic for 14 00:00:28,950 --> 00:00:26,800 the show 15 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:28,960 you can do that too so if you'd like to 16 00:00:34,549 --> 00:00:31,039 learn more and to help support the show 17 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:34,559 visit patreon.com summerskies 18 00:00:56,830 --> 00:00:50,650 this is somewhere in the skies with ryan 19 00:00:59,330 --> 00:00:56,840 [Music] 20 00:01:14,630 --> 00:00:59,340 sprague 21 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:16,789 in a sleepy corner of southwestern 22 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:18,880 puerto rico flanked by the sierra 23 00:01:23,429 --> 00:01:20,560 bermeja mountain range 24 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:23,439 lies the village of lahas just beyond it 25 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:24,400 the pr 26 00:01:27,749 --> 00:01:27,040 303 highway approaching the vicinity of 27 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:27,759 the village 28 00:01:32,149 --> 00:01:30,680 a sign proudly announces ruta 29 00:01:36,550 --> 00:01:32,159 extraterrestry 30 00:01:37,910 --> 00:01:36,560 the sign is deadly serious in 2005 the 31 00:01:41,429 --> 00:01:37,920 mayor of lahas 32 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:41,439 marcos tarin irizarry pagan symbolically 33 00:01:46,389 --> 00:01:43,280 declared pr 303 34 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:46,399 the extraterrestrial route this 35 00:01:49,670 --> 00:01:47,200 announcement 36 00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:49,680 as far as a number of longtime residents 37 00:01:54,469 --> 00:01:51,200 of lahaz were concerned 38 00:01:55,350 --> 00:01:54,479 was a long time coming anomalous aerial 39 00:01:57,830 --> 00:01:55,360 phenomena 40 00:01:59,350 --> 00:01:57,840 and encounters with strange creatures 41 00:02:00,230 --> 00:01:59,360 have been occurring along this stretch 42 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:00,240 of highway 43 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:02,320 and around the mysterious bermeja 44 00:02:06,550 --> 00:02:03,280 mountain range 45 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:06,560 since the mid 1980s that's 46 00:02:11,029 --> 00:02:08,399 when according to local knowledge 47 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:11,039 earthquakes the rumble of explosions 48 00:02:14,070 --> 00:02:13,440 and what sounded like drills began 49 00:02:17,110 --> 00:02:14,080 shaking 50 00:02:19,589 --> 00:02:17,120 the countryside these events 51 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:19,599 seem to coincide with the installation 52 00:02:23,589 --> 00:02:20,560 of the lajos 53 00:02:24,630 --> 00:02:23,599 aerostat radar balloon near the mountain 54 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:24,640 range 55 00:02:28,309 --> 00:02:27,120 the us military's official word on this 56 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:28,319 balloon's purpose 57 00:02:32,630 --> 00:02:31,360 is that it detects drug smugglers but no 58 00:02:34,150 --> 00:02:32,640 information about the balloon's 59 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:34,160 activities or data 60 00:02:37,750 --> 00:02:36,560 has been released to the public 61 00:02:41,509 --> 00:02:37,760 prompting doubt 62 00:02:43,509 --> 00:02:41,519 and questions from lahas residents 63 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:43,519 locals have reported red lights 64 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:44,640 traveling above 65 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:47,840 lahas's hills but the stories don't 66 00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:49,040 begin and end with 67 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:51,920 the village of lajos or distant red 68 00:02:55,990 --> 00:02:52,720 lights 69 00:02:59,589 --> 00:02:56,000 or even rumbling sounds or explosions 70 00:03:02,830 --> 00:02:59,599 puerto rico has a prolific relationship 71 00:03:05,110 --> 00:03:02,840 and history with ufos and the 72 00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:05,120 unexplained and those born there 73 00:03:10,309 --> 00:03:07,599 also have a special relationship with 74 00:03:13,750 --> 00:03:10,319 the many mysteries of the island 75 00:03:15,350 --> 00:03:13,760 yami gonzalez is an educator researcher 76 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:15,360 and the host of the cryptid 77 00:03:19,430 --> 00:03:18,480 chat podcast where she explores various 78 00:03:21,670 --> 00:03:19,440 topics from 79 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:21,680 cryptids to the supernatural and 80 00:03:26,630 --> 00:03:23,760 sometimes ufos 81 00:03:27,990 --> 00:03:26,640 she is also proud to call puerto rico 82 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:28,000 her birthplace 83 00:03:32,949 --> 00:03:31,120 i am born and bred in puerto rico my 84 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:32,959 entire family both my mom's side and my 85 00:03:35,350 --> 00:03:34,560 dad's side of the family are from puerto 86 00:03:37,430 --> 00:03:35,360 rico 87 00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:37,440 i was born in the rio piedras area so 88 00:03:41,750 --> 00:03:38,560 that's around 89 00:03:43,509 --> 00:03:41,760 san juan the capital of the island we 90 00:03:46,309 --> 00:03:43,519 lived there for about a year 91 00:03:47,270 --> 00:03:46,319 year and a half i lived with my parents 92 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:47,280 surrounded by 93 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:50,640 two both very large hispanic families 94 00:03:54,550 --> 00:03:51,760 that showered over 95 00:03:56,309 --> 00:03:54,560 their first grandchild but i have all 96 00:04:00,390 --> 00:03:56,319 the stories that my parents 97 00:04:02,789 --> 00:04:00,400 share from that specific time period 98 00:04:04,550 --> 00:04:02,799 before we moved into the states but i 99 00:04:06,869 --> 00:04:04,560 did come back to visit 100 00:04:08,309 --> 00:04:06,879 um when i was younger and could actually 101 00:04:10,869 --> 00:04:08,319 really experience 102 00:04:12,949 --> 00:04:10,879 it there so we've i've visited some of 103 00:04:15,670 --> 00:04:12,959 like the capital areas and some of the 104 00:04:17,990 --> 00:04:15,680 places that like my mother grew up in 105 00:04:19,749 --> 00:04:18,000 so it was it's a absolutely beautiful 106 00:04:22,069 --> 00:04:19,759 island and i hope that once 107 00:04:23,590 --> 00:04:22,079 pandemic calms down a little we've been 108 00:04:26,710 --> 00:04:23,600 meaning to go right back 109 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:26,720 and i would like to explore even more of 110 00:04:29,590 --> 00:04:28,240 what the island has to offer because 111 00:04:30,629 --> 00:04:29,600 even though it's a small island there's 112 00:04:33,110 --> 00:04:30,639 a lot 113 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:33,120 that can be seen there it has so much 114 00:04:38,550 --> 00:04:34,320 history so much 115 00:04:41,590 --> 00:04:38,560 culture super great food amazing people 116 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:41,600 um it's just wonderful my my family is 117 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:42,960 like i said they're both 118 00:04:46,629 --> 00:04:45,280 deep roots to the island their families 119 00:04:49,430 --> 00:04:46,639 have been there as long 120 00:04:51,270 --> 00:04:49,440 as we can remember my dad's side of the 121 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:51,280 family they are from the more central 122 00:04:55,830 --> 00:04:52,960 part of the island so the more 123 00:04:57,590 --> 00:04:55,840 um rural areas so he grew up with a 124 00:04:59,670 --> 00:04:57,600 different lifestyle my mom grew up in 125 00:05:02,710 --> 00:04:59,680 the metropolitan area though 126 00:05:03,510 --> 00:05:02,720 and her uh grandfather was actually the 127 00:05:05,909 --> 00:05:03,520 owner of 128 00:05:07,590 --> 00:05:05,919 mueblerias mendoza which they are they 129 00:05:09,909 --> 00:05:07,600 were like the ashley furniture 130 00:05:12,070 --> 00:05:09,919 of puerto rico their last name is 131 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:12,080 actually well known i didn't know that 132 00:05:16,070 --> 00:05:13,600 until i grew up 133 00:05:18,150 --> 00:05:16,080 and people would ask me about my double 134 00:05:19,270 --> 00:05:18,160 last name if i was that mendoza and i 135 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:19,280 was like i guess 136 00:05:22,469 --> 00:05:21,120 so it's very interesting that everyone 137 00:05:25,270 --> 00:05:22,479 in puerto rico is kind of tied to each 138 00:05:27,590 --> 00:05:25,280 other in one way or another 139 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:27,600 let's start with the history of one of 140 00:05:33,110 --> 00:05:29,440 puerto rico's most beautiful 141 00:05:35,510 --> 00:05:33,120 locations el juncke rainforest 142 00:05:37,189 --> 00:05:35,520 it's the largest rainforest on the 143 00:05:38,629 --> 00:05:37,199 island it encompasses a good 144 00:05:41,110 --> 00:05:38,639 chunk of like the central southern 145 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:41,120 portion of the island a very beautiful 146 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:42,320 place it feels like 147 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:45,120 you are in another world it definitely 148 00:05:47,749 --> 00:05:45,680 just 149 00:05:49,270 --> 00:05:47,759 is a different level than the rest of 150 00:05:51,510 --> 00:05:49,280 the island 151 00:05:53,029 --> 00:05:51,520 officially known as the caribbean 152 00:05:56,629 --> 00:05:53,039 national rainforest 153 00:05:57,189 --> 00:05:56,639 the 28 000 acre woodland was originally 154 00:05:59,830 --> 00:05:57,199 named 155 00:06:01,029 --> 00:05:59,840 by the indigenous tainos after the 156 00:06:03,909 --> 00:06:01,039 benevolent spirit 157 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:03,919 of their god yukyu meaning in their 158 00:06:08,390 --> 00:06:04,880 language 159 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:08,400 forest of clouds during the time spain 160 00:06:12,950 --> 00:06:10,080 was ruling the island 161 00:06:14,309 --> 00:06:12,960 the colonizers confused the name without 162 00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:14,319 junkie 163 00:06:19,749 --> 00:06:17,600 in 1905 after the spaniards had granted 164 00:06:22,469 --> 00:06:19,759 puerto rico to the united states 165 00:06:23,350 --> 00:06:22,479 the oldest reserve in the occidental 166 00:06:26,309 --> 00:06:23,360 hemisphere 167 00:06:26,870 --> 00:06:26,319 became the only national rainforest in 168 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:26,880 u.s 169 00:06:33,909 --> 00:06:30,800 territory while this lush area is 170 00:06:35,189 --> 00:06:33,919 wrapped in beauty it is also wrapped in 171 00:06:37,110 --> 00:06:35,199 mystery 172 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:37,120 with many people throughout the decades 173 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:39,680 finding their way into the forest 174 00:06:45,830 --> 00:06:42,880 but never finding their way out 175 00:06:47,670 --> 00:06:45,840 yami would learn of this from her father 176 00:06:50,790 --> 00:06:47,680 who had a unique perspective 177 00:06:54,070 --> 00:06:50,800 and connection to arjunke i found out 178 00:06:56,230 --> 00:06:54,080 years later that my dad was actually 179 00:06:57,830 --> 00:06:56,240 when he was younger he was interested in 180 00:06:59,670 --> 00:06:57,840 anjungka rainforest 181 00:07:01,110 --> 00:06:59,680 as a place that he had gone a few times 182 00:07:04,309 --> 00:07:01,120 when he was younger to 183 00:07:05,830 --> 00:07:04,319 swim in the waterfalls and the little 184 00:07:07,749 --> 00:07:05,840 lakes that they have there 185 00:07:09,350 --> 00:07:07,759 he actually took a course there to 186 00:07:13,029 --> 00:07:09,360 become a certified 187 00:07:14,710 --> 00:07:13,039 guide through a drunken rainforest and 188 00:07:16,550 --> 00:07:14,720 it was just interesting the fact like he 189 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:16,560 showed us his plaque he's very proud of 190 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:16,880 it 191 00:07:20,309 --> 00:07:19,840 he never actually gave any tours but he 192 00:07:23,430 --> 00:07:20,319 knows 193 00:07:24,790 --> 00:07:23,440 he took the whole several day course 194 00:07:26,629 --> 00:07:24,800 where they were trained about the 195 00:07:28,790 --> 00:07:26,639 history of the rainforest 196 00:07:31,110 --> 00:07:28,800 where they were taught some of the roots 197 00:07:32,150 --> 00:07:31,120 and the paths and where he heard all the 198 00:07:35,270 --> 00:07:32,160 stories 199 00:07:37,270 --> 00:07:35,280 about the rainforest itself so he was 200 00:07:38,230 --> 00:07:37,280 the one that introduced me to this idea 201 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:38,240 that there's 202 00:07:41,270 --> 00:07:39,680 just something different about this 203 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:41,280 place besides it being 204 00:07:45,270 --> 00:07:44,080 just a beautiful ecological environment 205 00:07:47,990 --> 00:07:45,280 itself 206 00:07:49,909 --> 00:07:48,000 he spoke to me about how the guy that 207 00:07:52,710 --> 00:07:49,919 was teaching them their tour guide 208 00:07:54,309 --> 00:07:52,720 who had been a guide on in the 209 00:07:57,270 --> 00:07:54,319 rainforest area for 210 00:07:59,189 --> 00:07:57,280 years he shared with them how important 211 00:08:00,070 --> 00:07:59,199 it was for them to really learn the 212 00:08:02,309 --> 00:08:00,080 roots 213 00:08:04,309 --> 00:08:02,319 and the locations because they had had 214 00:08:05,749 --> 00:08:04,319 so many disappearances 215 00:08:07,350 --> 00:08:05,759 and these aren't just like 216 00:08:08,790 --> 00:08:07,360 disappearances where like somebody will 217 00:08:09,749 --> 00:08:08,800 go missing a day or two these are just 218 00:08:12,550 --> 00:08:09,759 appearances where 219 00:08:13,510 --> 00:08:12,560 people are just never ever found no 220 00:08:16,469 --> 00:08:13,520 trace 221 00:08:18,629 --> 00:08:16,479 anything at all about them and my dad 222 00:08:20,869 --> 00:08:18,639 thought that was just really strange 223 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:20,879 especially when he began to hear more 224 00:08:23,430 --> 00:08:21,680 about 225 00:08:24,950 --> 00:08:23,440 the rainforest and how there seemed to 226 00:08:27,589 --> 00:08:24,960 be strange 227 00:08:28,150 --> 00:08:27,599 phenomenon tied to those disappearances 228 00:08:29,830 --> 00:08:28,160 then 229 00:08:31,589 --> 00:08:29,840 and these are disappearances that stem 230 00:08:34,790 --> 00:08:31,599 from recent history 231 00:08:37,190 --> 00:08:34,800 all the way back to the natives that 232 00:08:39,350 --> 00:08:37,200 actually lived there on the island so 233 00:08:42,949 --> 00:08:39,360 this is a deep history that this 234 00:08:44,630 --> 00:08:42,959 place has for being just strange 235 00:08:46,470 --> 00:08:44,640 there have been many who have gotten 236 00:08:49,269 --> 00:08:46,480 lost in the dense forests 237 00:08:50,550 --> 00:08:49,279 of al-junke but fortunately found their 238 00:08:53,990 --> 00:08:50,560 way out 239 00:08:57,509 --> 00:08:54,000 a prime example was in 1997 when darby 240 00:08:59,750 --> 00:08:57,519 williams a dean at an ohio university 241 00:09:01,829 --> 00:08:59,760 traveled to puerto rico for a research 242 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:01,839 and fundraising trip 243 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:04,720 he decided to head to olgunke by himself 244 00:09:08,310 --> 00:09:05,600 to hike 245 00:09:09,110 --> 00:09:08,320 everything was fine until he decided to 246 00:09:11,990 --> 00:09:09,120 leave 247 00:09:13,269 --> 00:09:12,000 on his way out he met and followed a few 248 00:09:15,590 --> 00:09:13,279 other hikers who 249 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:15,600 told them that they knew a shortcut it 250 00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:17,600 started raining profusely 251 00:09:21,350 --> 00:09:19,360 and williams couldn't keep up with the 252 00:09:24,870 --> 00:09:21,360 other hikers and eventually 253 00:09:27,750 --> 00:09:24,880 lost his way more than 60 police 254 00:09:29,990 --> 00:09:27,760 civil defense officials and park rangers 255 00:09:32,790 --> 00:09:30,000 had searched for williams 256 00:09:34,790 --> 00:09:32,800 who eventually was spotted by a passerby 257 00:09:38,070 --> 00:09:34,800 along highway 191 258 00:09:41,990 --> 00:09:38,080 which enters the forest stranded 259 00:09:45,509 --> 00:09:42,000 for almost 12 days william survived by 260 00:09:48,829 --> 00:09:45,519 eating ferns and snails he was 261 00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:48,839 severely dehydrated and lost almost 15 262 00:09:53,829 --> 00:09:51,760 pounds after being found and treated 263 00:09:56,070 --> 00:09:53,839 at a local hospital the first thing 264 00:09:58,790 --> 00:09:56,080 williams did was call his wife 265 00:09:59,430 --> 00:09:58,800 tears in his eyes saying nothing but 266 00:10:02,790 --> 00:09:59,440 quote 267 00:10:05,110 --> 00:10:02,800 it's so good to hear your voice 268 00:10:07,350 --> 00:10:05,120 while this story had a happy ending 269 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:07,360 there were stories that didn't 270 00:10:10,630 --> 00:10:09,920 as yami points out some people that go 271 00:10:12,710 --> 00:10:10,640 in 272 00:10:14,550 --> 00:10:12,720 never come out one of the most 273 00:10:18,310 --> 00:10:14,560 interesting cases that i found was 274 00:10:19,509 --> 00:10:18,320 in 1967 it was uh the story of ramon 275 00:10:22,550 --> 00:10:19,519 quinones 276 00:10:24,150 --> 00:10:22,560 he was a part of a group of biology 277 00:10:26,870 --> 00:10:24,160 students with professors 278 00:10:28,389 --> 00:10:26,880 that were going to camp overnight in a 279 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:28,399 junkie rainforest 280 00:10:31,670 --> 00:10:30,240 back then this was allowed you can't do 281 00:10:34,790 --> 00:10:31,680 that anymore um 282 00:10:37,509 --> 00:10:34,800 but they settled in like a base camp 283 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:37,519 and that's when some strange phenomenon 284 00:10:40,710 --> 00:10:38,560 began to happen 285 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:40,720 and they described like the different 286 00:10:43,990 --> 00:10:41,760 stories that i 287 00:10:45,590 --> 00:10:44,000 gathered from the people that were there 288 00:10:46,389 --> 00:10:45,600 was that they described hearing like a 289 00:10:49,350 --> 00:10:46,399 weird 290 00:10:51,670 --> 00:10:49,360 noise and then began to hear footsteps 291 00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:51,680 and noticed a strange figure walking 292 00:10:55,430 --> 00:10:52,880 toward them 293 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:55,440 so one of the professors in ramon went 294 00:10:59,509 --> 00:10:56,720 out to investigate 295 00:11:00,150 --> 00:10:59,519 what it was but only the professor came 296 00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:00,160 back 297 00:11:05,670 --> 00:11:03,920 and ramon was never found 298 00:11:07,110 --> 00:11:05,680 this creature mentioned in the 299 00:11:09,590 --> 00:11:07,120 unfortunate story 300 00:11:11,910 --> 00:11:09,600 was interesting especially as xiaomi 301 00:11:14,310 --> 00:11:11,920 elaborated on its features 302 00:11:15,670 --> 00:11:14,320 in the mysterious way the authorities 303 00:11:18,230 --> 00:11:15,680 decided to deal 304 00:11:19,990 --> 00:11:18,240 with this tragic event the only thing 305 00:11:21,590 --> 00:11:20,000 that was ever found about ramon was his 306 00:11:24,310 --> 00:11:21,600 guitar that he had leaned against 307 00:11:25,269 --> 00:11:24,320 one of the trees it was very interesting 308 00:11:29,030 --> 00:11:25,279 though because 309 00:11:32,630 --> 00:11:29,040 they described this figure as like 310 00:11:35,670 --> 00:11:32,640 this six foot tall thin bodied 311 00:11:36,389 --> 00:11:35,680 large head creature that seemed to have 312 00:11:41,829 --> 00:11:36,399 like 313 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:41,839 with large eyes but the features were 314 00:11:46,710 --> 00:11:43,680 almost blurred 315 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:46,720 and it it really like shook up 316 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:49,760 the students that were there and when 317 00:11:53,509 --> 00:11:52,320 they began to search for ramon it caused 318 00:11:56,230 --> 00:11:53,519 a big frenzy and 319 00:11:58,629 --> 00:11:56,240 there was never any trace of him when 320 00:12:00,470 --> 00:11:58,639 the authorities began to search for him 321 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:00,480 the forest rangers they didn't find 322 00:12:04,710 --> 00:12:02,399 anything there were reports 323 00:12:06,790 --> 00:12:04,720 afterwards that those that were there um 324 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:06,800 were pressured by the authorities to not 325 00:12:10,949 --> 00:12:07,760 speak about 326 00:12:13,430 --> 00:12:10,959 what they had witnessed and 327 00:12:14,230 --> 00:12:13,440 it just became a cold case that to this 328 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:14,240 day i mean 329 00:12:17,590 --> 00:12:15,920 it's anybody's guess what happened to 330 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:17,600 this young man 331 00:12:21,670 --> 00:12:19,600 nobody really knows but it was just 332 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:21,680 interesting stories like that that there 333 00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:22,320 seemed to be 334 00:12:27,990 --> 00:12:25,839 a strange element to it either before 335 00:12:29,670 --> 00:12:28,000 the disappearance or right after that 336 00:12:31,990 --> 00:12:29,680 really piqued my interest that something 337 00:12:34,790 --> 00:12:32,000 may be going on here 338 00:12:36,150 --> 00:12:34,800 something was most definitely going on 339 00:12:37,910 --> 00:12:36,160 in the forest 340 00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:37,920 and there have been many other accounts 341 00:12:42,870 --> 00:12:39,519 of strange creatures 342 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:42,880 cited in arjunke but what happens when 343 00:12:46,389 --> 00:12:43,839 these creatures 344 00:12:47,670 --> 00:12:46,399 leave the comfort of dense forests and 345 00:12:50,949 --> 00:12:47,680 begin to intrude 346 00:13:04,829 --> 00:12:50,959 on the farms and homes of residents 347 00:13:04,839 --> 00:13:12,629 or 348 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:15,030 we can't talk about puerto rico without 349 00:13:19,110 --> 00:13:15,839 mentioning 350 00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:19,120 the chupacabra in spanish 351 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:22,240 chupacabra means goat sucker and this 352 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:23,760 strange creature 353 00:13:27,030 --> 00:13:26,399 has been widely cited throughout latin 354 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:27,040 america 355 00:13:30,550 --> 00:13:29,519 and even through several states in the 356 00:13:33,030 --> 00:13:30,560 u.s 357 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:33,040 however its first sighting that kicked 358 00:13:38,069 --> 00:13:34,320 off a sensation 359 00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:38,079 by madeline tolentino in 1995 360 00:14:02,389 --> 00:14:00,389 farm animals goats chickens dogs were 361 00:14:04,629 --> 00:14:02,399 found completely drained 362 00:14:06,230 --> 00:14:04,639 of blood the majority of the puerto 363 00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:06,240 rican reports described 364 00:14:12,389 --> 00:14:09,600 an alien-like creature furless 365 00:14:14,389 --> 00:14:12,399 bug-eyed and with a ridge of spines down 366 00:14:17,670 --> 00:14:14,399 its back 367 00:14:18,310 --> 00:14:17,680 by the fall of 1995 cases of dead 368 00:14:21,269 --> 00:14:18,320 animals 369 00:14:22,629 --> 00:14:21,279 and frequent sightings of the chupacabra 370 00:14:25,750 --> 00:14:22,639 intensified 371 00:14:27,590 --> 00:14:25,760 in a concentrated area in the village of 372 00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:27,600 kenovanas 373 00:14:33,430 --> 00:14:30,639 paranoia had set in and it had gotten so 374 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:33,440 out of control that even the mayor of 375 00:14:37,430 --> 00:14:34,639 canovadas 376 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:37,440 jose soto looked heavily into the 377 00:14:44,870 --> 00:14:42,870 i began to take an interest in this 378 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:44,880 matter when i visited a farm where 379 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:47,360 five sheep had been killed i saw two 380 00:14:53,269 --> 00:14:48,560 wounds in the neck 381 00:14:56,949 --> 00:14:55,430 it attacks various animals but mostly 382 00:14:59,350 --> 00:14:56,959 sheep and rabbits because 383 00:15:00,949 --> 00:14:59,360 they cannot defend themselves easily 384 00:15:03,430 --> 00:15:00,959 over the following months 385 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:03,440 soto began to visit the sites where 386 00:15:06,710 --> 00:15:04,480 animals had been 387 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:06,720 killed he personally interviewed 388 00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:07,760 witnesses 389 00:15:12,470 --> 00:15:10,480 and organized search parties to try to 390 00:15:15,750 --> 00:15:12,480 trap this elusive creature 391 00:15:19,990 --> 00:15:17,269 there have been more than 100 animals 392 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:20,000 killed we're talking about 70 or 80 393 00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:22,399 attacks 394 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:24,800 at the moment we have some hysteria some 395 00:15:27,990 --> 00:15:25,760 real problems 396 00:15:29,670 --> 00:15:28,000 and some fear i'm determined to resolve 397 00:15:32,550 --> 00:15:29,680 this matter 398 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:32,560 the 2000s saw an evolution in the 399 00:15:36,949 --> 00:15:34,320 chupacabra's appearance 400 00:15:37,509 --> 00:15:36,959 as the phenomenon and reported sightings 401 00:15:40,470 --> 00:15:37,519 traveled 402 00:15:42,069 --> 00:15:40,480 off island and across latin america and 403 00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:42,079 the usa 404 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:44,480 whereas before the vampire-like creature 405 00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:46,320 was unlike any known 406 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:49,600 animal now the chupacabra sightings 407 00:15:54,550 --> 00:15:53,440 described a hairless ferocious dog-like 408 00:15:57,030 --> 00:15:54,560 being 409 00:15:57,990 --> 00:15:57,040 when alleged bodies of chupacabras began 410 00:16:02,150 --> 00:15:58,000 turning up 411 00:16:04,389 --> 00:16:02,160 in texas the dna tests revealed prosaic 412 00:16:05,749 --> 00:16:04,399 answers a woman in texas says she's 413 00:16:08,389 --> 00:16:05,759 found the legendary 414 00:16:09,189 --> 00:16:08,399 chupacabra and has the evidence to prove 415 00:16:11,189 --> 00:16:09,199 it 416 00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:11,199 jackie stock says her husband caught the 417 00:16:13,990 --> 00:16:13,040 mysterious creature sunday night he has 418 00:16:16,550 --> 00:16:14,000 a hairless back 419 00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:16,560 large claws and teeth that some say fit 420 00:16:19,990 --> 00:16:19,120 the image of the chupacabra biologist 421 00:16:21,590 --> 00:16:20,000 brent ortego 422 00:16:23,110 --> 00:16:21,600 is not convinced he believes the animal 423 00:16:23,590 --> 00:16:23,120 is nothing more than a small dog with 424 00:16:25,269 --> 00:16:23,600 mange 425 00:16:27,110 --> 00:16:25,279 legendary or not a little guy will be 426 00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:27,120 staying with the stocks until someone 427 00:16:31,829 --> 00:16:28,240 can find out 428 00:16:35,189 --> 00:16:31,839 what he is but what about the original 429 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:35,199 chupacabra looking rather otherworldly 430 00:16:38,710 --> 00:16:37,920 it had some puerto ricans pointing to 431 00:16:42,629 --> 00:16:38,720 possible 432 00:16:44,389 --> 00:16:42,639 top secret experiments take a wild guess 433 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:44,399 where these experiments were thought to 434 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:46,320 have taken place there's always been 435 00:16:49,030 --> 00:16:47,120 rumors 436 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:49,040 in el junke and in some of the 437 00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:50,480 surrounding islands 438 00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:52,320 there's always been rumors of like u.s 439 00:16:56,470 --> 00:16:54,320 military experimentation 440 00:16:58,150 --> 00:16:56,480 of research going on there and what are 441 00:17:01,110 --> 00:16:58,160 the effects that have 442 00:17:02,550 --> 00:17:01,120 happened subsequently because of that 443 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:02,560 some people think that that's a theory 444 00:17:07,590 --> 00:17:04,079 for the chupacabra 445 00:17:10,549 --> 00:17:07,600 maybe it was a mutated species 446 00:17:12,870 --> 00:17:10,559 maybe it was a created species that 447 00:17:13,909 --> 00:17:12,880 somehow escaped and wreaked havoc for a 448 00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:13,919 while 449 00:17:17,909 --> 00:17:15,760 could the u.s government have been 450 00:17:19,189 --> 00:17:17,919 carrying out top secret experiments in 451 00:17:22,390 --> 00:17:19,199 the rainforest 452 00:17:25,029 --> 00:17:22,400 in a secret facility of some sort 453 00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:25,039 as yami stated many on the island 454 00:17:27,909 --> 00:17:25,839 believe 455 00:17:29,350 --> 00:17:27,919 that in the aftermath of the destructive 456 00:17:32,470 --> 00:17:29,360 hurricane hugo 457 00:17:33,350 --> 00:17:32,480 of 1989 the experimental creature had 458 00:17:36,310 --> 00:17:33,360 possibly 459 00:17:38,150 --> 00:17:36,320 established its own colony in the wilds 460 00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:38,160 of the rainforest 461 00:17:43,110 --> 00:17:41,280 as for the description of the chupacabra 462 00:17:44,549 --> 00:17:43,120 that's where the story might start 463 00:17:47,029 --> 00:17:44,559 coming apart 464 00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:47,039 the first chupacabra spotter madeline 465 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:49,120 tolentino her description of the 466 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:50,160 chupacabra 467 00:17:54,150 --> 00:17:53,280 bears a striking resemblance to that of 468 00:17:56,789 --> 00:17:54,160 the alien 469 00:17:58,070 --> 00:17:56,799 from the movie's species when author 470 00:18:00,950 --> 00:17:58,080 benjamin radford 471 00:18:02,789 --> 00:18:00,960 asked tolentino if she'd seen the movie 472 00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:02,799 she responded that she'd watch 473 00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:06,160 species a week prior to her chupacabra 474 00:18:11,029 --> 00:18:07,679 sighting 475 00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:11,039 fabrication 476 00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:13,440 or her look at the creature was clouded 477 00:18:16,230 --> 00:18:14,200 by her 478 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:16,240 presuppositions of how an alien-like 479 00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:18,240 being is supposed to look 480 00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:21,360 it really is anyone's guess we'll just 481 00:18:24,710 --> 00:18:23,120 have to wait for the next wave of 482 00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:24,720 chupacabra sightings 483 00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:28,880 to take place somewhere on the island 484 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:31,280 to make the chupacabra creature even 485 00:18:35,110 --> 00:18:32,120 more 486 00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:35,120 extraordinary and fantastic many in 487 00:18:38,430 --> 00:18:36,080 puerto rico 488 00:18:39,590 --> 00:18:38,440 believe that it may in fact be 489 00:18:42,950 --> 00:18:39,600 extraterrestrial 490 00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:42,960 in origin with good reason puerto rico 491 00:18:47,590 --> 00:18:46,240 is a hotbed of ufo activity 492 00:18:50,150 --> 00:18:47,600 i don't think a lot of people realize 493 00:18:51,270 --> 00:18:50,160 that puerto rico is a hub for a lot of 494 00:18:53,909 --> 00:18:51,280 ufo activity 495 00:18:55,350 --> 00:18:53,919 there's patterns reports of strange 496 00:18:58,470 --> 00:18:55,360 lights objects in the skies 497 00:19:01,190 --> 00:18:58,480 even objects in the waters around puerto 498 00:19:03,830 --> 00:19:01,200 rico have dated back forever 499 00:19:05,590 --> 00:19:03,840 at fordham university in new york 500 00:19:08,549 --> 00:19:05,600 archivists have made available 501 00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:08,559 the rare handwritten ship's log of 502 00:19:13,669 --> 00:19:10,400 christopher columbus 503 00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:13,679 written in his very own handwriting 504 00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:16,160 and in an entry dated on the 11th of 505 00:19:20,549 --> 00:19:17,000 october 506 00:19:22,950 --> 00:19:20,559 1492 at approximately 10 p.m 507 00:19:24,070 --> 00:19:22,960 columbus and his crew were sailing 508 00:19:26,870 --> 00:19:24,080 across one of the 509 00:19:28,549 --> 00:19:26,880 deepest ravines in the atlantic almost 510 00:19:30,789 --> 00:19:28,559 four miles deep 511 00:19:32,870 --> 00:19:30,799 and through what is today known as the 512 00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:32,880 bermuda triangle 513 00:19:37,270 --> 00:19:35,919 pedro guillertes was a crew member on 514 00:19:39,909 --> 00:19:37,280 the santa maria 515 00:19:40,549 --> 00:19:39,919 sailing with columbus he noticed a 516 00:19:42,789 --> 00:19:40,559 strange 517 00:19:43,669 --> 00:19:42,799 light shining out in the distance over 518 00:19:45,510 --> 00:19:43,679 the sea 519 00:19:47,909 --> 00:19:45,520 what was so odd about this sighting 520 00:19:48,470 --> 00:19:47,919 however is that the light was observed 521 00:19:51,669 --> 00:19:48,480 coming 522 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:51,679 up from the water these lights were seen 523 00:19:55,029 --> 00:19:52,000 doing 524 00:19:58,070 --> 00:19:55,039 this four consecutive times 525 00:19:59,909 --> 00:19:58,080 and was seen in a variety of positions 526 00:20:01,350 --> 00:19:59,919 which rules out many logical 527 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:01,360 explanations such as 528 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:04,480 a comet a meteor or a bright planet or 529 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:05,760 star 530 00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:08,000 the initial sighting was allegedly 531 00:20:11,190 --> 00:20:09,120 followed by a great 532 00:20:12,390 --> 00:20:11,200 flash of light with a level of 533 00:20:15,430 --> 00:20:12,400 brilliance unlike 534 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:15,440 anything these men had previously known 535 00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:17,360 the light is described as suddenly 536 00:20:22,630 --> 00:20:19,600 erupting in the sky 537 00:20:24,149 --> 00:20:22,640 startling columbus and his crew columbus 538 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:24,159 described the light as having the 539 00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:25,360 appearance of a 540 00:20:32,070 --> 00:20:28,880 flickering wax candle going up and down 541 00:20:34,710 --> 00:20:32,080 in the night this event occurred only 542 00:20:35,830 --> 00:20:34,720 five hours before columbus and his men 543 00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:35,840 would discover 544 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:38,400 the new world and the light seemed to 545 00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:38,880 almost 546 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:42,000 guide them finally to land 547 00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:45,120 more specifically the mountains of el 548 00:20:49,190 --> 00:20:47,280 junce 549 00:20:50,390 --> 00:20:49,200 so could the mysterious forest hold 550 00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:50,400 secrets of 551 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:53,600 ufos strange creatures and 552 00:20:59,669 --> 00:20:56,640 possibly otherworldly visitors 553 00:21:02,230 --> 00:20:59,679 many incidents involving ufo activity 554 00:21:02,950 --> 00:21:02,240 and possible extraterrestrials have been 555 00:21:06,310 --> 00:21:02,960 researched 556 00:21:08,390 --> 00:21:06,320 investigated and stories told for many 557 00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:08,400 decades on the island 558 00:21:12,390 --> 00:21:10,559 and one of the individuals who has taken 559 00:21:13,590 --> 00:21:12,400 up the role of the island's go-to 560 00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:13,600 ufologist 561 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:17,600 is jorge martin martin was born in new 562 00:21:20,390 --> 00:21:18,320 york city 563 00:21:21,830 --> 00:21:20,400 having parents who were both originally 564 00:21:23,590 --> 00:21:21,840 from puerto rico 565 00:21:25,110 --> 00:21:23,600 his family returned to puerto rico when 566 00:21:27,029 --> 00:21:25,120 he was five years old 567 00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:27,039 and he has lived on the island ever 568 00:21:31,270 --> 00:21:29,360 since he began his work 569 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:31,280 of investigative journalism with 570 00:21:37,110 --> 00:21:33,760 specializing in anomalous activity 571 00:21:37,909 --> 00:21:37,120 and ufos having investigated hundreds of 572 00:21:40,470 --> 00:21:37,919 cases 573 00:21:41,909 --> 00:21:40,480 and incidents both in puerto rico and 574 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:41,919 around the world 575 00:21:44,950 --> 00:21:44,080 his work has been published in over 20 576 00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:44,960 countries 577 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:46,799 and most of it has been archived in a 578 00:21:51,590 --> 00:21:48,400 magazine he founded 579 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:51,600 called evidencia ofny in an interview 580 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:54,480 with investigative reporter peter hepa 581 00:21:58,870 --> 00:21:56,159 martin relayed a very 582 00:22:01,350 --> 00:21:58,880 intriguing fighter jet pursuit of an 583 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:01,360 alleged triangular ufo 584 00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:04,000 witnessed by hundreds of people on the 585 00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:04,559 ground 586 00:22:08,390 --> 00:22:07,039 this happened in december 28 1988 at 7 587 00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:08,400 45 pm 588 00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:11,120 the people of the area of cabo rojo 589 00:22:13,990 --> 00:22:12,799 allah has two towns to the southwest of 590 00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:14,000 the island 591 00:22:17,110 --> 00:22:16,480 that night so a very huge bowl of blue 592 00:22:19,190 --> 00:22:17,120 light 593 00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:19,200 you know that was flying over the sierra 594 00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:21,520 bermeja mountains a small ridge there 595 00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:22,880 where many of these incidents have been 596 00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:24,640 happening in puerto rico 597 00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:27,760 and then this ball of light changed 598 00:22:32,549 --> 00:22:30,720 and it changed to another color to a 599 00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:32,559 huge ball of yellowish light 600 00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:35,120 and the indices all could see that this 601 00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:37,360 was part of a triangular 602 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:41,120 craft very big in size and this 603 00:22:44,470 --> 00:22:43,039 yellow light was on the underneath the 604 00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:44,480 object it was a 605 00:22:48,789 --> 00:22:46,880 almost semi-circular something like a 606 00:22:51,590 --> 00:22:48,799 bulge or a ball of yellow light 607 00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:51,600 very bright and the two j fires we're 608 00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:52,480 trying to 609 00:22:56,630 --> 00:22:54,400 intercept it and in three different 610 00:22:58,950 --> 00:22:56,640 occasions made it beer away 611 00:23:01,110 --> 00:22:58,960 and changed its direction in this 612 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:01,120 occasion the object stopped me there 613 00:23:05,430 --> 00:23:03,840 one of the jet fighters seemed to as if 614 00:23:08,149 --> 00:23:05,440 it was going to collide 615 00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:08,159 with the object by the back of it and 616 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:09,760 people began screaming because they 617 00:23:12,789 --> 00:23:10,799 believed there was going to be a 618 00:23:15,029 --> 00:23:12,799 collision an explosion and something 619 00:23:16,710 --> 00:23:15,039 a terrible might happen but what 620 00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:16,720 happened was that the jet fighter just 621 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:19,039 disappeared vanished mid-air next to the 622 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:20,880 to the to the ufo 623 00:23:23,909 --> 00:23:23,120 the other jet fighter kept flying next 624 00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:23,919 to it 625 00:23:27,270 --> 00:23:26,240 by the right side of it and then all of 626 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:27,280 a sudden 627 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:30,000 it also disappeared it vanished the ufo 628 00:23:35,029 --> 00:23:32,080 then came back again 629 00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:35,039 turned around flew over and everyone 630 00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:35,679 known there 631 00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:38,480 as this man lake is a small pond 632 00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:40,640 surrounded by many palm trees 633 00:23:45,510 --> 00:23:42,799 and over these countries i would say 634 00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:45,520 about an altitude of a hundred feet 635 00:23:50,149 --> 00:23:47,919 from the palm trees it divided itself 636 00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:50,159 this huge triangular object into two 637 00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:53,440 different objects it's split luminous 638 00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:55,840 explosion a soundless explosion a very 639 00:24:00,149 --> 00:23:57,039 bright line 640 00:24:03,269 --> 00:24:00,159 and both parts of the crab 641 00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:03,279 one flew very fast to the to the north 642 00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:05,279 and one flew very fast to the east 643 00:24:10,230 --> 00:24:08,480 and disappear there were other witnesses 644 00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:10,240 that say that there was a sergeant 645 00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:11,520 fighter that was checking on the 646 00:24:16,630 --> 00:24:13,279 situation from a distance 647 00:24:18,789 --> 00:24:16,640 but when that pilot of that surge 648 00:24:20,149 --> 00:24:18,799 fighter so what happened apparently he 649 00:24:22,789 --> 00:24:20,159 tried to flee the area 650 00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:22,799 and three small balls of red light came 651 00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:23,360 out from the 652 00:24:26,870 --> 00:24:25,760 from the ufo and began chasing it and 653 00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:26,880 they disappear 654 00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:28,080 to the north they don't know what 655 00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:30,240 happened to the deserted fighter 656 00:24:34,149 --> 00:24:32,880 this incident did occur is a very 657 00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:34,159 important one 658 00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:35,919 when you have more than 100 witnesses 659 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:37,919 that describe the same thing to you 660 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:39,520 they make the same drawings to you what 661 00:24:44,630 --> 00:24:41,440 they saw all the details 662 00:24:46,630 --> 00:24:44,640 fit with all the descriptions and 663 00:24:48,149 --> 00:24:46,640 we have all the information and due to 664 00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:48,159 the investigation we made 665 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:50,640 this jet crap must have been from the 666 00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:52,320 navy of the united states 667 00:24:55,430 --> 00:24:54,320 because that day the required national 668 00:24:57,350 --> 00:24:55,440 guard had no 669 00:24:58,470 --> 00:24:57,360 airplanes or any air practices in the 670 00:25:01,510 --> 00:24:58,480 area and 671 00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:01,520 roosevelt road naval station in seva a 672 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:02,960 principal based in the caribbean from 673 00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:03,840 the u.s 674 00:25:07,029 --> 00:25:05,840 did have some air practices that night 675 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:07,039 and personnel in the area 676 00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:09,200 the faa federal aviation administration 677 00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:11,279 in san juan confirmed to us 678 00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:13,360 that there were practices from roosevelt 679 00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:14,799 road naval station there 680 00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:18,080 in an interview with new insights tv 681 00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:20,960 martin described how prevalent ufos were 682 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:22,080 on the island 683 00:25:27,590 --> 00:25:25,120 and here he recalls the story of a 684 00:25:31,510 --> 00:25:27,600 terrifying helicopter pursuit 685 00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:31,520 of a ufo late at night a police officer 686 00:25:34,549 --> 00:25:33,360 coming out from the city of ponce saw 687 00:25:37,029 --> 00:25:34,559 this 688 00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:37,039 brilliant point of light next to caja de 689 00:25:41,029 --> 00:25:37,919 muerto island 690 00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:41,039 south of ponzi out at sea and believing 691 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:41,679 that maybe 692 00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:45,120 it was something that had to do with a 693 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:48,320 drug trafficking he sent some people out 694 00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:50,960 from fuda from ponce and one helicopter 695 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:52,080 to check this out 696 00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:53,760 as they approached his side they found 697 00:25:58,470 --> 00:25:55,279 out it was a huge flying saucer 698 00:26:00,789 --> 00:25:58,480 hovering me there and the flying saucer 699 00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:00,799 disappeared very fast to the south he 700 00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:02,240 made a single jump 701 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:04,320 and appeared at another point and then 702 00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:05,440 the same way 703 00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:07,440 came back and stayed in front of the 704 00:26:12,630 --> 00:26:09,520 helicopter which froze in the air 705 00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:12,640 even though the engines kept working 706 00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:14,640 they just couldn't move from that spot 707 00:26:16,870 --> 00:26:16,320 they were almost hysterical at that 708 00:26:18,470 --> 00:26:16,880 moment 709 00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:18,480 the captain and the other person on the 710 00:26:22,470 --> 00:26:21,279 gunman in this helicopter 711 00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:22,480 this lasted for about two or three 712 00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:25,120 minutes then the ufo departed very fast 713 00:26:28,470 --> 00:26:26,880 and disappeared 714 00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:28,480 and they were able to come back to the 715 00:26:32,630 --> 00:26:31,279 airport in mercedes in ponce 716 00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:32,640 and they were debriefed they made an 717 00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:34,240 official report in which they reported 718 00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:36,960 this ufo everything that happened etc 719 00:26:41,029 --> 00:26:40,240 but for telling the truth they had to 720 00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:41,039 suffer a lot of 721 00:26:47,590 --> 00:26:44,640 harassment they were sent to psychiatric 722 00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:47,600 tests etc and treatment and they were 723 00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:48,480 not allowed to fly 724 00:26:52,789 --> 00:26:50,880 for about six more months so much for 725 00:26:55,669 --> 00:26:52,799 telling the truth 726 00:26:56,789 --> 00:26:55,679 the ufo reports that martin has compiled 727 00:27:00,390 --> 00:26:56,799 are plentiful 728 00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:00,400 and to be frank quite sensational 729 00:27:04,830 --> 00:27:02,240 one of those events occurred on the 730 00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:04,840 night of july 15 731 00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:08,320 1987. four members of the puerto rico 732 00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:11,120 national guard off military duty went 733 00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,919 together with 734 00:27:15,029 --> 00:27:14,480 three young kids to an area next to el 735 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:15,039 junke 736 00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:18,480 mountain to fish for fresh water shrimps 737 00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:21,039 in one of the rivers little did they 738 00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:21,600 know 739 00:27:24,870 --> 00:27:23,919 their shrimping excursion was about to 740 00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:24,880 become much 741 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:28,399 more interesting at about 9pm 742 00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:30,159 one of the men had separated from the 743 00:27:33,269 --> 00:27:32,640 group and was looking around next to the 744 00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:33,279 river 745 00:27:36,549 --> 00:27:35,760 when all of a sudden he noticed a small 746 00:27:39,110 --> 00:27:36,559 three to 747 00:27:39,909 --> 00:27:39,120 four foot tall figure walking in the 748 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:39,919 brush 749 00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:41,760 believing it could be a child he 750 00:27:46,870 --> 00:27:44,399 approached worried as to why this child 751 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:46,880 was out here alone at night 752 00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:49,679 the child seemed to be walking strangely 753 00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:50,399 with a 754 00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:53,520 wavy motion the man continued to follow 755 00:27:57,669 --> 00:27:54,640 the child 756 00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:57,679 very intrigued soon the man's friends 757 00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:58,640 and the children 758 00:28:02,470 --> 00:28:00,960 entered the brush to follow him when 759 00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:02,480 they all cleared the brush 760 00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:04,720 the first man signaled for them to be 761 00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:05,520 quiet 762 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:08,720 and pointed forward at the child they 763 00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:11,520 all were astonished as they came face to 764 00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:12,080 face 765 00:28:19,190 --> 00:28:15,440 with not a child but a small being 766 00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:19,200 gray in color a big head black eyes 767 00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:23,520 slender body and long arms and hands 768 00:28:28,950 --> 00:28:26,559 suddenly they noticed a glow behind them 769 00:28:31,190 --> 00:28:28,960 over the brush and in the sky they saw 770 00:28:34,310 --> 00:28:31,200 what could simply be described as a 771 00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:34,320 saucer-shaped craft descending from 772 00:28:38,710 --> 00:28:36,240 al-junque mountain 773 00:28:40,789 --> 00:28:38,720 the craft landed in front of them right 774 00:28:43,269 --> 00:28:40,799 behind the strange being 775 00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:43,279 it had three powerful and blinding 776 00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:44,640 lights in front of it 777 00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,039 which prevented the men and the children 778 00:28:50,950 --> 00:28:49,360 from observing the craft's details 779 00:28:54,389 --> 00:28:50,960 clearly 780 00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:54,399 then a hatch opened on the craft and two 781 00:28:59,990 --> 00:28:57,279 other beings identical to the first 782 00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:00,000 walked down a small ramp and stood in a 783 00:29:04,230 --> 00:29:01,200 straight line 784 00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:04,240 face to face with the witnesses 785 00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:06,320 the two beings on the sides put their 786 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:07,840 hands on the shoulder 787 00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:10,960 of the being in the center the men and 788 00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:12,880 children whisper to one another 789 00:29:16,389 --> 00:29:15,279 that they seem to be picking up the 790 00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:16,399 center being 791 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:18,399 and that the humans should not get 792 00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:20,080 involved 793 00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:22,399 soon all three of the beings turned 794 00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:23,919 their backs on the group 795 00:29:28,230 --> 00:29:27,039 and ran inside the craft the hat shore 796 00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:28,240 closed behind them 797 00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:30,720 and the craft made a deafening buzzing 798 00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:31,840 sound 799 00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:34,559 it then rose in the air and flew away 800 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:34,880 with 801 00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:38,080 very fast speeds to the top of el juncke 802 00:29:41,909 --> 00:29:39,039 mountain 803 00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:41,919 where it disappeared the group of 804 00:29:46,230 --> 00:29:42,720 witnesses 805 00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:46,240 stood there perplexed scared and due to 806 00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:48,640 their positions in the national guard 807 00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:50,960 they made a pledge between them never to 808 00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:52,080 talk about what 809 00:29:56,149 --> 00:29:55,520 just happened to anyone according to 810 00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:56,159 martin 811 00:29:59,750 --> 00:29:58,640 one of the men told him that this event 812 00:30:02,789 --> 00:29:59,760 had affected him 813 00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:02,799 greatly that sometimes at work he would 814 00:30:06,870 --> 00:30:04,159 think about what happened 815 00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:06,880 and it would replay over and over in his 816 00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:07,760 mind 817 00:30:12,870 --> 00:30:10,240 he'd get very upset when this happened 818 00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:12,880 and it made him continuously question 819 00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:15,360 everything he thought he knew and also 820 00:30:21,269 --> 00:30:16,640 made him question 821 00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:21,279 what was going on in el junca rainforest 822 00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:24,320 finally when it comes to ufos puerto 823 00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:26,880 rico has a roswell-like story 824 00:30:31,269 --> 00:30:29,440 of its own which covers what could 825 00:30:34,389 --> 00:30:31,279 possibly have been the crash 826 00:30:35,990 --> 00:30:34,399 of a craft of unknown origin it was 827 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:36,000 first reported by local 828 00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:39,520 farmer francisco negron a small distance 829 00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:41,679 from the village of lajas 830 00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:45,440 around 3 30 a.m reports began to pour in 831 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:47,840 over the news wires all accounts 832 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:48,960 coincided 833 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:51,360 on the fact that something had happened 834 00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:52,480 near lajos 835 00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:55,440 producing an intense brush fire in the 836 00:31:00,470 --> 00:30:57,760 habitually arid region 837 00:31:02,149 --> 00:31:00,480 but the source of the fire became a bone 838 00:31:05,269 --> 00:31:02,159 of contention 839 00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:05,279 one band of ufo researchers claimed that 840 00:31:09,430 --> 00:31:06,480 a spacecraft 841 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:09,440 had hurtled out of the sky and exploded 842 00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:10,080 causing 843 00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:12,799 the conflagration along with reports of 844 00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:14,799 federal agents who denied the local 845 00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:16,080 police access 846 00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:19,600 into the area skeptics of this event 847 00:31:26,389 --> 00:31:23,440 believed that all it was was a meteor 848 00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:26,399 to everyone's surprise an astronomer 849 00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:28,000 took the side of the pro 850 00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:31,200 ufo faction insisting that a meteor of 851 00:31:35,029 --> 00:31:32,480 that magnitude 852 00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:35,039 would have left a tremendous crater 853 00:31:40,750 --> 00:31:37,120 possibly obliterating lahas 854 00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:40,760 and the neighboring towns on may 7 855 00:31:47,669 --> 00:31:44,720 1997 univision's spanish-language show 856 00:31:49,669 --> 00:31:47,679 premier impacto presented a dramatic 857 00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:49,679 roundup of the events surrounding the 858 00:31:53,669 --> 00:31:51,120 mysterious lahas 859 00:31:54,630 --> 00:31:53,679 incident the interviewers reported 860 00:31:57,190 --> 00:31:54,640 claims that the 861 00:31:58,149 --> 00:31:57,200 army had reported to the area to collect 862 00:32:00,310 --> 00:31:58,159 debris 863 00:32:02,389 --> 00:32:00,320 from the impact site and that the 864 00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:02,399 consternation among the locals 865 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:05,760 was clearly visible it was also pointed 866 00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:06,000 out 867 00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:09,120 that unusually heavy ufo activity had 868 00:32:12,149 --> 00:32:11,120 been reported over puerto rico's 869 00:32:14,470 --> 00:32:12,159 southern tier 870 00:32:15,990 --> 00:32:14,480 and that a woman from the city of ponce 871 00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:16,000 had taken a video 872 00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:19,440 of a silver oblong-shaped craft crossing 873 00:32:24,389 --> 00:32:21,519 the skies 874 00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:24,399 even the mayor of lahas at the time 875 00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:25,200 marcos 876 00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:27,760 irazari believed that the explosion and 877 00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:29,200 subsequent fire 878 00:32:35,909 --> 00:32:33,200 had been caused by a ufo crash 879 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:35,919 irizarry added in the newscast that a 880 00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:37,840 growing number of local residents 881 00:32:42,950 --> 00:32:40,159 were coming forward with accounts of a 882 00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:42,960 glowing object that fell from the sky 883 00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:45,360 and that three distinct explosions had 884 00:32:49,350 --> 00:32:46,720 been heard 885 00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:49,360 coincidentally an area radio station 886 00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:52,320 also experienced technical difficulties 887 00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:54,559 shortly after the explosions had 888 00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:56,960 occurred suggesting the possibility 889 00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:00,559 of emp or electromagnetic pulse 890 00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:02,640 radiation 891 00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:04,880 even the u.s coast guard had their own 892 00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:06,399 opinion on the event 893 00:33:13,990 --> 00:33:09,440 suggesting that it was not a meteor at 894 00:33:15,669 --> 00:33:14,000 all their explanation an airplane crash 895 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:15,679 at least they didn't use the weather 896 00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:18,240 balloon explanation 897 00:33:23,029 --> 00:33:21,120 whatever crash in lajas will go down 898 00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:23,039 just like the roswell crash 899 00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:25,600 as a mystery we may never know the 900 00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:27,840 answer to 901 00:33:31,590 --> 00:33:29,760 while the next story may not involve 902 00:33:34,950 --> 00:33:31,600 strange creatures or 903 00:33:35,990 --> 00:33:34,960 ufo crashes it does involve a flying 904 00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:36,000 saucer 905 00:33:42,549 --> 00:33:39,760 in its own endearing yet interesting way 906 00:33:43,669 --> 00:33:42,559 on the southern coast of the island sits 907 00:33:46,230 --> 00:33:43,679 a house 908 00:33:46,789 --> 00:33:46,240 but not just any house and that's 909 00:33:49,509 --> 00:33:46,799 because 910 00:33:50,389 --> 00:33:49,519 with its blinking strobing technicolor 911 00:33:53,590 --> 00:33:50,399 lights 912 00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:53,600 this metal saucer-shaped home of retired 913 00:34:00,070 --> 00:33:56,880 industrial arts teacher roberto sanchez 914 00:34:02,549 --> 00:34:00,080 rivera is meant to look just like a 915 00:34:05,590 --> 00:34:02,559 grounded ufo 916 00:34:06,950 --> 00:34:05,600 resting on the slopes of juana diaz the 917 00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:06,960 otherworldly house 918 00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:10,560 exists only to prove a girl wrong 919 00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:14,480 after 40 years and all because rivera 920 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:17,520 suffered the same fate of many ufo 921 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:18,800 enthusiasts 922 00:34:25,510 --> 00:34:22,320 and geeks across the planet he was 923 00:34:28,389 --> 00:34:25,520 dumped as a love struck teenager 924 00:34:29,909 --> 00:34:28,399 rivera was an artistic student from a 925 00:34:31,589 --> 00:34:29,919 poor family 926 00:34:34,230 --> 00:34:31,599 and he would send his girlfriend love 927 00:34:37,430 --> 00:34:34,240 notes with little ufos drawn 928 00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:37,440 around the sides with all the love 929 00:34:42,389 --> 00:34:40,639 and hope in his heart rivera promised he 930 00:34:44,389 --> 00:34:42,399 would one day build a home 931 00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:44,399 for the two of them that resembled the 932 00:34:48,629 --> 00:34:46,560 flashing flying saucers 933 00:34:50,470 --> 00:34:48,639 of the bee movies that they used to 934 00:34:51,669 --> 00:34:50,480 watch in the local movie theaters 935 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:51,679 together 936 00:34:55,589 --> 00:34:54,560 however one day after three months of 937 00:34:58,310 --> 00:34:55,599 seeing each other 938 00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:58,320 she unceremoniously ended the 939 00:35:02,470 --> 00:34:59,680 relationship 940 00:35:03,990 --> 00:35:02,480 with a letter telling him that her own 941 00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:04,000 mother didn't think he would 942 00:35:08,950 --> 00:35:06,880 ever amount to anything and that she 943 00:35:11,589 --> 00:35:08,960 should break up with him 944 00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:11,599 when he received the cold dispassionate 945 00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:12,160 letter 946 00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:14,320 he admitted that he almost killed 947 00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:15,280 himself 948 00:35:19,190 --> 00:35:18,400 diving into a deep depression but he 949 00:35:22,150 --> 00:35:19,200 regrouped 950 00:35:22,630 --> 00:35:22,160 recovered and told himself that he would 951 00:35:25,829 --> 00:35:22,640 show 952 00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:25,839 her he would work that much harder to 953 00:35:30,069 --> 00:35:29,440 show her who he was completing his 954 00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:30,079 studies 955 00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:32,480 at pontifical catholic university in 956 00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:33,280 ponce 957 00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:36,560 rivera studied design and fine arts 958 00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:39,680 and resolved to build his ufo house and 959 00:35:44,069 --> 00:35:40,640 make it with his 960 00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:44,079 own two hands purchasing the land 961 00:35:51,230 --> 00:35:47,680 in 2002 for 95 000 962 00:35:54,870 --> 00:35:51,240 rivera spent the next 10 years and some 963 00:35:58,069 --> 00:35:54,880 150 000 total constructing his 964 00:36:00,150 --> 00:35:58,079 unusual futuristic home even 965 00:36:01,430 --> 00:36:00,160 wiring it up to emit the famous 966 00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:01,440 signature theme 967 00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:12,470 he not only can put the song of close 968 00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:14,320 encounters i mean he can put anything 969 00:36:34,470 --> 00:36:31,750 the spot he picked is visible for miles 970 00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:34,480 around by drivers on the passing highway 971 00:36:37,910 --> 00:36:36,720 and rivera intentionally chose the 972 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:37,920 hillside 973 00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:40,320 so that the unnamed girl who broke his 974 00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:40,960 heart 975 00:36:47,510 --> 00:36:44,079 would see the ufo home and know 976 00:36:50,470 --> 00:36:47,520 that he had amounted to something 977 00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,480 scrimping and saving over those 10 years 978 00:36:55,109 --> 00:36:52,240 it took him to build the house 979 00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:55,119 rivera fitted out his home not with 980 00:37:00,390 --> 00:36:57,520 expensive high-tech appliances 981 00:37:01,109 --> 00:37:00,400 but with dollar store ashtrays made to 982 00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:01,119 resemble 983 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:04,480 antenna and used 1.99 984 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:07,200 salad bowls for his flashing light 985 00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:08,320 fixtures 986 00:37:12,550 --> 00:37:10,880 he built the cupboards by hand and even 987 00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:12,560 fashioned the toilet seat 988 00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:15,040 in his flying saucer home to match the 989 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:16,720 alien surroundings 990 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:19,280 that he wanted to create most of the 991 00:37:23,430 --> 00:37:20,480 furniture in the home 992 00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:23,440 is raged off the ground rivera said that 993 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:25,040 this reminded him of living in the 994 00:37:27,829 --> 00:37:25,839 barrio 995 00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:27,839 and having to lift furniture to keep the 996 00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:30,640 home clean and tidy 997 00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:33,200 soon word began to spread all over the 998 00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:34,000 island 999 00:37:39,349 --> 00:37:37,200 about the flying saucer home and as the 1000 00:37:39,829 --> 00:37:39,359 fame of his alien house on the hillside 1001 00:37:42,470 --> 00:37:39,839 grew 1002 00:37:42,950 --> 00:37:42,480 in the surrounding areas rivera received 1003 00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:42,960 an 1004 00:37:49,430 --> 00:37:46,400 unusual visit in the dead of night 1005 00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:49,440 no it wasn't an alien it was the girl 1006 00:37:55,829 --> 00:37:53,040 that had broken his heart she was so 1007 00:37:59,030 --> 00:37:55,839 impressed she told rivera that she 1008 00:38:02,310 --> 00:37:59,040 wanted to get back together with him 1009 00:38:04,230 --> 00:38:02,320 but he was not having any of it and he 1010 00:38:07,349 --> 00:38:04,240 turned her down 1011 00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:07,359 because you see rivera had moved on he 1012 00:38:13,109 --> 00:38:09,839 found a girlfriend who appreciated him 1013 00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:13,119 and his dreams and he now lives with her 1014 00:38:18,710 --> 00:38:16,640 in the flying saucer home satisfied that 1015 00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:18,720 he had completed what he promised 1016 00:38:22,390 --> 00:38:20,000 himself he would 1017 00:38:23,430 --> 00:38:22,400 rivera who claims he has no interest in 1018 00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:23,440 science fiction 1019 00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:26,240 had some advice for anyone who finds 1020 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:27,760 themselves in the same 1021 00:38:31,430 --> 00:38:30,320 predicament in an interview with the new 1022 00:38:33,829 --> 00:38:31,440 york times 1023 00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:33,839 and translated by his new girlfriend to 1024 00:38:37,829 --> 00:38:35,200 the american reporters 1025 00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:37,839 he said quote you should never say to 1026 00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:39,040 any human being 1027 00:38:42,950 --> 00:38:41,520 you can never accomplish anything in 1028 00:38:45,829 --> 00:38:42,960 life 1029 00:38:46,230 --> 00:38:45,839 rivera and his flying saucer home were 1030 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:46,240 proof 1031 00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:52,710 as all the rooms in the house are 1032 00:38:58,870 --> 00:38:55,040 different 1033 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:14,790 of 1034 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:36,910 but this is his personality 1035 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:41,430 [Music] 1036 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:46,870 me 1037 00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:49,390 not only an extraordinary house but 1038 00:39:56,710 --> 00:39:52,160 extraordinary pipes on rivera 1039 00:39:59,030 --> 00:39:56,720 man the karatera centro 1040 00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:59,040 is a historic north to south central 1041 00:40:04,710 --> 00:40:01,119 highway in puerto rico 1042 00:40:06,870 --> 00:40:04,720 linking the cities of san juan and ponce 1043 00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:06,880 off of this highway near the town of 1044 00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:08,000 koyamo 1045 00:40:15,109 --> 00:40:11,119 is the puente de les calabasas a 1046 00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:15,119 bridge which was constructed in 1882 1047 00:40:19,109 --> 00:40:17,920 the bridge is rather unassuming in the 1048 00:40:22,230 --> 00:40:19,119 daytime 1049 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:22,240 stretching a mere 70 feet across as the 1050 00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:25,520 cayone river flows below it about four 1051 00:40:30,870 --> 00:40:28,240 thousand vehicles drive across it daily 1052 00:40:32,550 --> 00:40:30,880 but at night many do what they can to 1053 00:40:36,870 --> 00:40:32,560 avoid the bridge 1054 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:36,880 but why la yurona of course 1055 00:40:43,829 --> 00:40:40,240 christina hernandez is a co-host of the 1056 00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:43,839 spooky tales podcast a show dedicated to 1057 00:40:47,990 --> 00:40:44,640 latinx 1058 00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:48,000 stories folklore and legends 1059 00:40:53,589 --> 00:40:51,040 lyoruna is very popular in mexican 1060 00:40:56,790 --> 00:40:53,599 culture and even went mainstream 1061 00:40:59,109 --> 00:40:56,800 in several major horror movies 1062 00:40:59,829 --> 00:40:59,119 christina tells us a bit more about the 1063 00:41:03,030 --> 00:40:59,839 legend 1064 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:03,040 of la yorona one tale that can be heard 1065 00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:03,839 in pretty much 1066 00:41:06,870 --> 00:41:06,319 every single spanish-speaking country or 1067 00:41:09,829 --> 00:41:06,880 place 1068 00:41:10,390 --> 00:41:09,839 is the tale of la llorona or the weeping 1069 00:41:12,150 --> 00:41:10,400 women 1070 00:41:13,910 --> 00:41:12,160 the way this is most commonly heard is 1071 00:41:16,150 --> 00:41:13,920 that she was a mestiza 1072 00:41:17,030 --> 00:41:16,160 a woman of indigenous and spanish 1073 00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:17,040 descent 1074 00:41:22,870 --> 00:41:20,240 and she was poor she married a rich man 1075 00:41:23,349 --> 00:41:22,880 and they had two kids one day he leaves 1076 00:41:25,990 --> 00:41:23,359 her 1077 00:41:27,430 --> 00:41:26,000 and the two kids and later she sees him 1078 00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:27,440 with a younger woman 1079 00:41:31,430 --> 00:41:30,160 in a jealous rage she drowns her two 1080 00:41:34,390 --> 00:41:31,440 kids in a river 1081 00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:34,400 and then kills herself when she arrives 1082 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:35,520 in heaven 1083 00:41:39,589 --> 00:41:37,760 she cannot get past the gates until she 1084 00:41:42,470 --> 00:41:39,599 finds the blood of her children 1085 00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:42,480 that she murdered so now she roams near 1086 00:41:46,309 --> 00:41:43,119 rivers 1087 00:41:46,870 --> 00:41:46,319 creeks ravines basically any body of 1088 00:41:49,270 --> 00:41:46,880 water 1089 00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:49,280 and she looks for children to take this 1090 00:41:52,870 --> 00:41:51,520 is a tale told to children to frighten 1091 00:41:54,309 --> 00:41:52,880 them into behaving 1092 00:41:56,630 --> 00:41:54,319 now you'll hear things like you better 1093 00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:56,640 be home before dark or la joranas gonna 1094 00:41:59,990 --> 00:41:57,359 take you 1095 00:42:01,430 --> 00:42:00,000 or listen to your parents or la yorana 1096 00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:01,440 will come for you 1097 00:42:06,069 --> 00:42:03,760 so while the legend is very popular in 1098 00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:06,079 many south american countries 1099 00:42:10,630 --> 00:42:09,280 it also carved its own version out in 1100 00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:10,640 puerto rico 1101 00:42:14,790 --> 00:42:13,920 where the puente de los calabasas to be 1102 00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:14,800 exact 1103 00:42:19,510 --> 00:42:17,200 this bridge is on the u.s national 1104 00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:19,520 register of historic places 1105 00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:21,680 many car accidents have occurred on this 1106 00:42:26,870 --> 00:42:23,839 bridge which probably fuels 1107 00:42:28,390 --> 00:42:26,880 all the stories associated with it they 1108 00:42:30,309 --> 00:42:28,400 say that drivers 1109 00:42:32,470 --> 00:42:30,319 going through the bridge passed by a 1110 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:32,480 woman asking for a ride 1111 00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:34,720 if they ignore her the driver will get a 1112 00:42:38,230 --> 00:42:35,680 flat tire 1113 00:42:40,309 --> 00:42:38,240 in a few kilometers or she'll suddenly 1114 00:42:42,550 --> 00:42:40,319 appear in the back seat of the car 1115 00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:42,560 and then causes an accident from like 1116 00:42:45,910 --> 00:42:44,400 the fright of seeing someone randomly 1117 00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:45,920 appear in your vehicle 1118 00:42:50,309 --> 00:42:48,480 if the driver does decide to give her a 1119 00:42:50,950 --> 00:42:50,319 ride the minute she gets inside the 1120 00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:50,960 vehicle 1121 00:42:54,710 --> 00:42:53,440 she turns from a beautiful woman into a 1122 00:42:57,589 --> 00:42:54,720 horrible creature 1123 00:42:58,069 --> 00:42:57,599 that begins to cry the sounds of her cry 1124 00:43:00,309 --> 00:42:58,079 are so 1125 00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:00,319 wretched and loud that it causes the 1126 00:43:05,030 --> 00:43:01,680 driver to get in an 1127 00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:05,040 accident as soon as they exit the bridge 1128 00:43:08,309 --> 00:43:07,040 while la yorona is claimed to have been 1129 00:43:11,030 --> 00:43:08,319 encountered on 1130 00:43:11,750 --> 00:43:11,040 and around this bridge she's not the 1131 00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:11,760 only one 1132 00:43:15,829 --> 00:43:14,560 using puente de las calabasas as a 1133 00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:15,839 haunting spot 1134 00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:18,000 they say that at midnight on this bridge 1135 00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:19,839 you will suddenly see the floating 1136 00:43:24,309 --> 00:43:21,760 apparition of a young woman 1137 00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:24,319 that they call la novia di funto del 1138 00:43:27,990 --> 00:43:25,280 cano 1139 00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:28,000 or the deceased bride of the canyon 1140 00:43:30,790 --> 00:43:30,240 legend tells that a few days before her 1141 00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:30,800 wedding 1142 00:43:34,390 --> 00:43:32,880 her and her fiance went to a different 1143 00:43:36,230 --> 00:43:34,400 town to dance 1144 00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:36,240 on the way back there was a terrible 1145 00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:37,680 accident and they both 1146 00:43:42,309 --> 00:43:40,640 lost their lives now at the same time 1147 00:43:45,030 --> 00:43:42,319 that the accident occurred 1148 00:43:46,150 --> 00:43:45,040 you can see her appear on the road in 1149 00:43:49,109 --> 00:43:46,160 her wedding dress 1150 00:43:51,270 --> 00:43:49,119 asking for a ride sometimes only her 1151 00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:51,280 torso can be seen and sometimes to her 1152 00:43:54,870 --> 00:43:52,400 full body 1153 00:43:56,309 --> 00:43:54,880 shortly after seeing her cars may 1154 00:43:58,550 --> 00:43:56,319 seriously malfunction 1155 00:43:59,910 --> 00:43:58,560 they'll just stop working but as soon as 1156 00:44:01,910 --> 00:43:59,920 you turn over the car 1157 00:44:03,270 --> 00:44:01,920 it'll go and you know you can get out of 1158 00:44:06,230 --> 00:44:03,280 there 1159 00:44:07,109 --> 00:44:06,240 the rule of three is a writing principle 1160 00:44:10,309 --> 00:44:07,119 that suggests 1161 00:44:12,710 --> 00:44:10,319 that a trio of events or characters 1162 00:44:14,790 --> 00:44:12,720 is more effective and it would seem that 1163 00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:14,800 puente de las calabazas 1164 00:44:18,230 --> 00:44:17,440 is following this rule as it continues 1165 00:44:21,109 --> 00:44:18,240 to write 1166 00:44:22,069 --> 00:44:21,119 its own ghost stories legend tells that 1167 00:44:24,150 --> 00:44:22,079 a century ago 1168 00:44:26,069 --> 00:44:24,160 a drunk man on horseback was crossing 1169 00:44:26,870 --> 00:44:26,079 the bridge when he heard the cries of a 1170 00:44:30,390 --> 00:44:26,880 baby 1171 00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:30,400 was crying due to hunger 1172 00:44:34,069 --> 00:44:32,720 he had bread in his pocket and when he 1173 00:44:36,630 --> 00:44:34,079 tried to feed the baby 1174 00:44:37,670 --> 00:44:36,640 he noticed that the baby had giant sharp 1175 00:44:40,470 --> 00:44:37,680 canine teeth 1176 00:44:41,270 --> 00:44:40,480 the baby then let out this horrible evil 1177 00:44:43,510 --> 00:44:41,280 laugh 1178 00:44:45,990 --> 00:44:43,520 and the man hopped back on his horse 1179 00:44:46,470 --> 00:44:46,000 immediately and rode away as fast as he 1180 00:44:48,309 --> 00:44:46,480 could 1181 00:44:51,109 --> 00:44:48,319 and they say that apparently he quit 1182 00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:51,119 drinking after this occurred 1183 00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:54,160 legends and folklore are one thing but 1184 00:44:57,829 --> 00:44:57,040 personal accounts are another what 1185 00:45:00,069 --> 00:44:57,839 happens 1186 00:45:00,950 --> 00:45:00,079 when you come face to face with the 1187 00:45:03,990 --> 00:45:00,960 spirits 1188 00:45:06,950 --> 00:45:04,000 of puerto rico as a young 1189 00:45:07,430 --> 00:45:06,960 child suzanne slaughter had her fair 1190 00:45:10,069 --> 00:45:07,440 share 1191 00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:10,079 of paranormal encounters at the age of 1192 00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:10,720 15 1193 00:45:14,790 --> 00:45:12,960 she joined a paranormal investigation 1194 00:45:15,589 --> 00:45:14,800 group and has been interested in the 1195 00:45:18,150 --> 00:45:15,599 unexplained 1196 00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:18,160 ever since when the hit television 1197 00:45:21,750 --> 00:45:19,520 series ghost hunters 1198 00:45:22,710 --> 00:45:21,760 decided to branch off and create a show 1199 00:45:25,510 --> 00:45:22,720 focusing on 1200 00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:25,520 amateur ghost centers slaughter was 1201 00:45:29,349 --> 00:45:26,400 selected 1202 00:45:30,710 --> 00:45:29,359 and won the competition show she then 1203 00:45:33,349 --> 00:45:30,720 went on to be one of the 1204 00:45:36,150 --> 00:45:33,359 lead investigators on another property 1205 00:45:38,470 --> 00:45:36,160 called ghost hunters international 1206 00:45:40,630 --> 00:45:38,480 once the cameras are off many of the 1207 00:45:42,790 --> 00:45:40,640 individuals on these tv shows 1208 00:45:44,390 --> 00:45:42,800 don't continue their investigative work 1209 00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:44,400 in the paranormal 1210 00:45:48,069 --> 00:45:46,880 but this most certainly was not the case 1211 00:45:50,309 --> 00:45:48,079 for slaughter 1212 00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:50,319 she continues to investigate up until 1213 00:45:53,109 --> 00:45:51,359 today 1214 00:45:55,910 --> 00:45:53,119 and one of the most impactful 1215 00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:55,920 investigations she ever conducted 1216 00:45:59,670 --> 00:45:58,960 occurred on the island of puerto rico so 1217 00:46:02,390 --> 00:45:59,680 the first 1218 00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:02,400 location in puerto rico that i 1219 00:46:06,870 --> 00:46:04,000 investigated with my team 1220 00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:06,880 was castillo san felipe de morrow which 1221 00:46:10,950 --> 00:46:07,680 is 1222 00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:10,960 known as el morro fortress it was 1223 00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:14,240 initially built in 1539 it took about 1224 00:46:21,349 --> 00:46:18,160 50 years to build the whole fortress 1225 00:46:23,910 --> 00:46:21,359 um all the way through 1589 1226 00:46:25,910 --> 00:46:23,920 and essentially it was used by the 1227 00:46:28,790 --> 00:46:25,920 spanish conquistadors 1228 00:46:30,069 --> 00:46:28,800 to defend the colonial port city of san 1229 00:46:32,470 --> 00:46:30,079 juan 1230 00:46:34,150 --> 00:46:32,480 and you know the types of people that 1231 00:46:36,550 --> 00:46:34,160 were coming through 1232 00:46:38,390 --> 00:46:36,560 um the ports you know are essentially 1233 00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:38,400 what movies like the pirates of the 1234 00:46:42,230 --> 00:46:39,680 caribbean 1235 00:46:43,910 --> 00:46:42,240 were about you know um puerto rico is 1236 00:46:47,270 --> 00:46:43,920 this gorgeous little island with 1237 00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:47,280 lots and lots of resources and 1238 00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:50,400 they had to defend that island from not 1239 00:46:55,510 --> 00:46:51,520 only the british 1240 00:46:59,349 --> 00:46:55,520 but the dutch and you know just general 1241 00:47:02,710 --> 00:46:59,359 pirates that wanted to steal goods from 1242 00:47:06,309 --> 00:47:02,720 the rich spanish conquistadors 1243 00:47:08,550 --> 00:47:06,319 anyways a lot of the paranormal claims 1244 00:47:11,589 --> 00:47:08,560 in this fortress 1245 00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:11,599 are very visual uh people that work 1246 00:47:14,230 --> 00:47:12,720 there or even 1247 00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:14,240 you know some tourists have claimed 1248 00:47:19,990 --> 00:47:16,880 they've seen full-bodied apparitions 1249 00:47:23,510 --> 00:47:20,000 of soldiers dressed in full 1250 00:47:26,309 --> 00:47:23,520 spanish you know 16th century 1251 00:47:27,829 --> 00:47:26,319 military attire with the metal helmets 1252 00:47:30,790 --> 00:47:27,839 and everything 1253 00:47:31,589 --> 00:47:30,800 um people had thought that they were you 1254 00:47:34,950 --> 00:47:31,599 know 1255 00:47:38,069 --> 00:47:34,960 entertainment 1256 00:47:38,470 --> 00:47:38,079 for the tourists but it wasn't until one 1257 00:47:40,309 --> 00:47:38,480 woman 1258 00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:40,319 saw one of these apparitions walk 1259 00:47:44,790 --> 00:47:41,760 through 1260 00:47:48,150 --> 00:47:44,800 literally a brick wall that she realized 1261 00:47:51,109 --> 00:47:48,160 that she wasn't looking at some you know 1262 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:51,119 actor or something that what she saw was 1263 00:47:55,270 --> 00:47:52,880 actually a ghost and there's a lot of 1264 00:47:56,549 --> 00:47:55,280 stories like this coming from el mordo 1265 00:48:00,710 --> 00:47:56,559 fortress 1266 00:48:03,829 --> 00:48:00,720 sightings of a 1267 00:48:06,150 --> 00:48:03,839 spectral woman dressed all in white 1268 00:48:07,190 --> 00:48:06,160 she is said to be terrifyingly 1269 00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:07,200 slithering 1270 00:48:11,270 --> 00:48:10,000 along the ramparts of the fortress even 1271 00:48:14,230 --> 00:48:11,280 more terrifying 1272 00:48:16,230 --> 00:48:14,240 late at night the ghost ships of every 1273 00:48:18,870 --> 00:48:16,240 nation that ever attacked puerto rico 1274 00:48:19,589 --> 00:48:18,880 line up in the dark to reattempt the 1275 00:48:22,790 --> 00:48:19,599 horrors 1276 00:48:25,109 --> 00:48:22,800 of their past deeds but for slaughter 1277 00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:25,119 it would be the hallways of the fortress 1278 00:48:30,150 --> 00:48:26,960 that caught her attention most 1279 00:48:32,390 --> 00:48:30,160 but it wasn't something she saw or heard 1280 00:48:34,230 --> 00:48:32,400 so when i went there with my team one of 1281 00:48:37,589 --> 00:48:34,240 the places i investigated 1282 00:48:40,309 --> 00:48:37,599 were these long hallways um 1283 00:48:41,190 --> 00:48:40,319 they were kind of in the lower levels of 1284 00:48:43,589 --> 00:48:41,200 the fortress 1285 00:48:45,510 --> 00:48:43,599 and i was there with my um fellow 1286 00:48:48,790 --> 00:48:45,520 investigator paul bradford 1287 00:48:50,630 --> 00:48:48,800 now i didn't really see anything notable 1288 00:48:52,950 --> 00:48:50,640 at the time nor did i 1289 00:48:54,309 --> 00:48:52,960 you know hear anything unusual yes you 1290 00:48:57,670 --> 00:48:54,319 hear little things 1291 00:48:59,750 --> 00:48:57,680 like bumps and you know maybe some 1292 00:49:03,510 --> 00:48:59,760 footsteps but nothing that i can 1293 00:49:05,750 --> 00:49:03,520 solidly say okay this place is haunted 1294 00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:05,760 that being said it was also one of the 1295 00:49:10,870 --> 00:49:07,200 locations that made me feel 1296 00:49:14,390 --> 00:49:10,880 the absolute most uneasy something 1297 00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:14,400 about that location really made me 1298 00:49:18,230 --> 00:49:16,960 physically ill whenever i was in those 1299 00:49:22,309 --> 00:49:18,240 hallways 1300 00:49:23,190 --> 00:49:22,319 i was feeling as if you know i was about 1301 00:49:25,510 --> 00:49:23,200 to faint 1302 00:49:27,670 --> 00:49:25,520 that i was like at points going up and 1303 00:49:29,430 --> 00:49:27,680 down on a roller coaster it was actually 1304 00:49:31,990 --> 00:49:29,440 very nauseating 1305 00:49:33,109 --> 00:49:32,000 and i kept getting these psychic 1306 00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:33,119 impressions 1307 00:49:38,710 --> 00:49:36,880 which i choose not to use on 1308 00:49:39,910 --> 00:49:38,720 investigations because i like to be you 1309 00:49:43,750 --> 00:49:39,920 know more 1310 00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:43,760 fact driven and i like to have real 1311 00:49:48,630 --> 00:49:46,640 basis for evidence and things like that 1312 00:49:50,069 --> 00:49:48,640 so i usually keep my sensations to 1313 00:49:53,670 --> 00:49:50,079 myself but i was feeling 1314 00:49:56,870 --> 00:49:53,680 very very attacked and uneasy 1315 00:49:59,589 --> 00:49:56,880 inside the fortress 1316 00:50:01,510 --> 00:49:59,599 the halls of the fortress wasn't the 1317 00:50:05,109 --> 00:50:01,520 only place that slaughter 1318 00:50:05,910 --> 00:50:05,119 had a strange experience the teatro 1319 00:50:09,270 --> 00:50:05,920 tapia 1320 00:50:12,069 --> 00:50:09,280 built in 1818 is the oldest 1321 00:50:12,870 --> 00:50:12,079 freestanding continuously running drama 1322 00:50:16,069 --> 00:50:12,880 stage 1323 00:50:19,109 --> 00:50:16,079 located in a plaza in downtown san juan 1324 00:50:21,829 --> 00:50:19,119 with a history that long and thousands 1325 00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:21,839 of artists having stepped on that stage 1326 00:50:26,069 --> 00:50:24,720 it's no wonder that this opera house 1327 00:50:29,430 --> 00:50:26,079 would be considered one 1328 00:50:32,630 --> 00:50:29,440 of the most haunted places on the island 1329 00:50:34,309 --> 00:50:32,640 before it was an opera house and a 1330 00:50:37,430 --> 00:50:34,319 theater for the arts 1331 00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:37,440 in that very plaza 1332 00:50:42,150 --> 00:50:40,480 there used to be public executions and 1333 00:50:45,510 --> 00:50:42,160 hangings 1334 00:50:46,630 --> 00:50:45,520 dating back to the 16th century when we 1335 00:50:49,349 --> 00:50:46,640 went there 1336 00:50:50,950 --> 00:50:49,359 with the team of course a lot of the 1337 00:50:53,829 --> 00:50:50,960 people were talking about seeing 1338 00:50:54,630 --> 00:50:53,839 shadow people pretty much pacing back 1339 00:50:57,510 --> 00:50:54,640 and forth 1340 00:50:57,750 --> 00:50:57,520 on in the seats and you know it's it's 1341 00:51:00,309 --> 00:50:57,760 an 1342 00:51:01,829 --> 00:51:00,319 opera house so just imagine you know 1343 00:51:02,790 --> 00:51:01,839 what a theater looks like there's 1344 00:51:06,150 --> 00:51:02,800 mezzanines 1345 00:51:08,950 --> 00:51:06,160 there's upper levels lower levels sloped 1346 00:51:11,190 --> 00:51:08,960 seating that leads to you know the 1347 00:51:12,470 --> 00:51:11,200 orchestra pit and then the stage and 1348 00:51:15,910 --> 00:51:12,480 it's beautiful 1349 00:51:19,030 --> 00:51:15,920 gorgeous you know 200 year old 1350 00:51:21,349 --> 00:51:19,040 theater during that investigation a lot 1351 00:51:23,990 --> 00:51:21,359 of my team members had 1352 00:51:24,630 --> 00:51:24,000 more of the interactions where they were 1353 00:51:27,829 --> 00:51:24,640 seeing 1354 00:51:30,390 --> 00:51:27,839 shadows in the mezzanines they were 1355 00:51:32,390 --> 00:51:30,400 you know even being touched arms being 1356 00:51:34,150 --> 00:51:32,400 pulled equipment being pushed out of 1357 00:51:36,870 --> 00:51:34,160 people's hands 1358 00:51:38,790 --> 00:51:36,880 it was really interesting and one of the 1359 00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:38,800 cool things that we did is we set up 1360 00:51:42,870 --> 00:51:40,000 three cameras 1361 00:51:43,910 --> 00:51:42,880 in you know this underground basement 1362 00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:43,920 area 1363 00:51:48,549 --> 00:51:46,480 which i guess was used as some sort of 1364 00:51:52,150 --> 00:51:48,559 dressing room at the time 1365 00:51:54,870 --> 00:51:52,160 and within this space there was 1366 00:51:56,390 --> 00:51:54,880 one flir camera which is a thermal 1367 00:51:59,109 --> 00:51:56,400 imaging camera 1368 00:52:00,230 --> 00:51:59,119 next to it we had a regular ir camera or 1369 00:52:02,790 --> 00:52:00,240 security camera 1370 00:52:05,349 --> 00:52:02,800 infrared camera if you will and then 1371 00:52:07,030 --> 00:52:05,359 next to it we had a full spectrum camera 1372 00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:07,040 which can see into different 1373 00:52:10,630 --> 00:52:09,760 variants of light like on the lego 1374 00:52:14,230 --> 00:52:10,640 infrared 1375 00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:14,240 and ultraviolet spectrums so 1376 00:52:20,870 --> 00:52:17,760 in this room the regular ir camera 1377 00:52:22,630 --> 00:52:20,880 also has the ability to sense motion so 1378 00:52:23,910 --> 00:52:22,640 it'll start to map out with little 1379 00:52:26,309 --> 00:52:23,920 squares 1380 00:52:28,309 --> 00:52:26,319 if there is any movement in front of the 1381 00:52:31,109 --> 00:52:28,319 camera so if someone goes by 1382 00:52:31,670 --> 00:52:31,119 a little square would wrap around the 1383 00:52:34,950 --> 00:52:31,680 human 1384 00:52:35,270 --> 00:52:34,960 in frame until it walks off camera so in 1385 00:52:38,870 --> 00:52:35,280 this 1386 00:52:42,549 --> 00:52:38,880 instance the flare camera picked up 1387 00:52:46,710 --> 00:52:42,559 a intense heat signature 1388 00:52:49,829 --> 00:52:46,720 for a split second just as the ir 1389 00:52:51,750 --> 00:52:49,839 camera started noticing and picking up 1390 00:52:54,870 --> 00:52:51,760 and mapping out movement 1391 00:52:57,670 --> 00:52:54,880 but the movement was being mapped out by 1392 00:53:00,630 --> 00:52:57,680 the camera but you can clearly see 1393 00:53:02,230 --> 00:53:00,640 nothing walk in front of the camera so 1394 00:53:05,270 --> 00:53:02,240 something about whatever was 1395 00:53:06,549 --> 00:53:05,280 in that that particular room in the 1396 00:53:09,430 --> 00:53:06,559 opera house 1397 00:53:10,710 --> 00:53:09,440 set off a really really high heat 1398 00:53:14,470 --> 00:53:10,720 signature 1399 00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:14,480 that was being visually represented 1400 00:53:21,829 --> 00:53:18,000 by the ir camera which we could clearly 1401 00:53:23,750 --> 00:53:21,839 see nothing on i thought that was really 1402 00:53:26,069 --> 00:53:23,760 cool because we were able to have two 1403 00:53:29,510 --> 00:53:26,079 cameras react to a phenomena 1404 00:53:31,670 --> 00:53:29,520 and yet still not see it 1405 00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:31,680 except for its heat signature which i 1406 00:53:35,510 --> 00:53:33,520 thought was really interesting 1407 00:53:37,349 --> 00:53:35,520 but while the evidence of a possible 1408 00:53:39,990 --> 00:53:37,359 energy or spirit 1409 00:53:41,589 --> 00:53:40,000 may have been captured on camera this 1410 00:53:43,030 --> 00:53:41,599 wasn't the event that would stick with 1411 00:53:45,589 --> 00:53:43,040 slaughter the most 1412 00:53:48,150 --> 00:53:45,599 it wasn't the fortress or the theater or 1413 00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:48,160 even a place known to be haunted 1414 00:53:54,870 --> 00:53:51,280 it was in her hotel room with something 1415 00:53:55,990 --> 00:53:54,880 a little too close for comfort so aside 1416 00:53:57,990 --> 00:53:56,000 from these really 1417 00:53:59,910 --> 00:53:58,000 uncomfortable sensations while 1418 00:54:03,589 --> 00:53:59,920 investigating the fortress 1419 00:54:05,510 --> 00:54:03,599 it wasn't until i went to my hotel 1420 00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:05,520 and called it a night that i had my 1421 00:54:09,750 --> 00:54:06,720 experience 1422 00:54:09,990 --> 00:54:09,760 i was staying in a very modern hotel it 1423 00:54:14,950 --> 00:54:10,000 was 1424 00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:14,960 probably on you know one of the top 1425 00:54:18,950 --> 00:54:17,280 floors you know probably the 17th or 1426 00:54:22,870 --> 00:54:18,960 18th level 1427 00:54:26,069 --> 00:54:22,880 and i had a hard time going to sleep 1428 00:54:29,109 --> 00:54:26,079 that night when i finally did doze off 1429 00:54:31,349 --> 00:54:29,119 it was kind of turning light 1430 00:54:34,150 --> 00:54:31,359 outside you know my room was a little 1431 00:54:37,510 --> 00:54:34,160 bit in that bluish hue 1432 00:54:40,549 --> 00:54:37,520 and as i started dozing off 1433 00:54:42,710 --> 00:54:40,559 i felt the end of my bed kind of 1434 00:54:44,150 --> 00:54:42,720 sink as if someone was sitting on the 1435 00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:44,160 edge of it 1436 00:54:49,270 --> 00:54:48,240 and as i turned to look over in that 1437 00:54:51,510 --> 00:54:49,280 direction 1438 00:54:52,390 --> 00:54:51,520 i didn't see anything sitting on the 1439 00:54:54,150 --> 00:54:52,400 edge of my bed 1440 00:54:55,430 --> 00:54:54,160 although because i felt that i was 1441 00:54:58,549 --> 00:54:55,440 anticipating it 1442 00:54:59,349 --> 00:54:58,559 what i saw was actually much closer to 1443 00:55:02,710 --> 00:54:59,359 me 1444 00:55:06,230 --> 00:55:02,720 like 1445 00:55:09,910 --> 00:55:06,240 a woman wearing rags and 1446 00:55:12,710 --> 00:55:09,920 drenched in water long black hair 1447 00:55:13,670 --> 00:55:12,720 i remembered the detail of actually 1448 00:55:16,950 --> 00:55:13,680 seeing 1449 00:55:18,309 --> 00:55:16,960 like water dripping down like her neck 1450 00:55:20,470 --> 00:55:18,319 and her arms 1451 00:55:21,430 --> 00:55:20,480 but i really couldn't make out her face 1452 00:55:25,109 --> 00:55:21,440 it was so 1453 00:55:27,829 --> 00:55:25,119 distorted and not really realized 1454 00:55:29,990 --> 00:55:27,839 in the apparition when i saw that i saw 1455 00:55:30,950 --> 00:55:30,000 that for maybe a split second with all 1456 00:55:34,069 --> 00:55:30,960 of that detail 1457 00:55:35,030 --> 00:55:34,079 and it i just the fear that it stilled 1458 00:55:37,670 --> 00:55:35,040 in me 1459 00:55:39,510 --> 00:55:37,680 was absolutely it was not like anything 1460 00:55:42,390 --> 00:55:39,520 i ever felt because normally 1461 00:55:43,670 --> 00:55:42,400 i don't necessarily react to phenomena 1462 00:55:46,870 --> 00:55:43,680 with fear 1463 00:55:49,750 --> 00:55:46,880 but sometimes certain types of phenomena 1464 00:55:51,030 --> 00:55:49,760 that's part of the experience where this 1465 00:55:55,430 --> 00:55:51,040 energy or entity 1466 00:55:57,349 --> 00:55:55,440 tried to give me this sensation of fear 1467 00:55:59,349 --> 00:55:57,359 of course i didn't go to sleep like that 1468 00:56:02,150 --> 00:55:59,359 night and it was 1469 00:56:04,630 --> 00:56:02,160 a miserable next day i had told my 1470 00:56:07,430 --> 00:56:04,640 teammates about what i had saw 1471 00:56:09,510 --> 00:56:07,440 and we kind of left it at that i had to 1472 00:56:12,309 --> 00:56:09,520 focus on my next case 1473 00:56:12,950 --> 00:56:12,319 you go anywhere on the planet and every 1474 00:56:16,230 --> 00:56:12,960 country 1475 00:56:16,870 --> 00:56:16,240 state city or town has their own legends 1476 00:56:23,990 --> 00:56:16,880 or 1477 00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:24,000 voices of those telling them 1478 00:56:27,270 --> 00:56:26,480 a way of preserving the history of an 1479 00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:27,280 area 1480 00:56:33,670 --> 00:56:30,480 and in turn keeping its stories and 1481 00:56:36,230 --> 00:56:33,680 in a way its spirits alive 1482 00:56:36,870 --> 00:56:36,240 but what happens when that spirit just 1483 00:56:40,150 --> 00:56:36,880 doesn't 1484 00:56:42,390 --> 00:56:40,160 seem to want to leave you what happens 1485 00:56:44,789 --> 00:56:42,400 when it follows you all across the 1486 00:56:48,549 --> 00:56:44,799 country to your home 1487 00:56:52,069 --> 00:56:48,559 so moving on from that experience 1488 00:56:55,589 --> 00:56:52,079 um you know even moving on 1489 00:56:58,789 --> 00:56:55,599 from that experience later in life i 1490 00:57:01,829 --> 00:56:58,799 moved to los angeles i moved 1491 00:57:05,270 --> 00:57:01,839 to a two-story townhouse with 1492 00:57:08,309 --> 00:57:05,280 my cousin and one of her friends and 1493 00:57:09,670 --> 00:57:08,319 went on with my life over a year and a 1494 00:57:12,870 --> 00:57:09,680 half later 1495 00:57:16,150 --> 00:57:12,880 and i had a moment in 1496 00:57:19,270 --> 00:57:16,160 that was really interesting and it was 1497 00:57:21,990 --> 00:57:19,280 um and it really real i really realized 1498 00:57:23,750 --> 00:57:22,000 at that point that maybe i had a 1499 00:57:25,750 --> 00:57:23,760 spiritual attachment 1500 00:57:27,589 --> 00:57:25,760 and sometimes as you don't realize 1501 00:57:28,870 --> 00:57:27,599 you'll you'll have these attachments 1502 00:57:31,990 --> 00:57:28,880 because they don't really 1503 00:57:33,670 --> 00:57:32,000 come to you very often 1504 00:57:36,069 --> 00:57:33,680 you know sometimes it's just like 1505 00:57:37,589 --> 00:57:36,079 circumstantially i don't know or maybe a 1506 00:57:40,870 --> 00:57:37,599 certain person i 1507 00:57:42,470 --> 00:57:40,880 i don't know so one of my roommates 1508 00:57:44,150 --> 00:57:42,480 you know knowing i'm a paranormal 1509 00:57:47,349 --> 00:57:44,160 investigator just 1510 00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:47,359 runs down to me and you know wakes me up 1511 00:57:50,150 --> 00:57:48,480 in the middle of the night and says 1512 00:57:53,190 --> 00:57:50,160 susan i need to sleep with you 1513 00:57:53,990 --> 00:57:53,200 i just saw something in my room and i 1514 00:57:56,150 --> 00:57:54,000 cannot be in there 1515 00:57:57,430 --> 00:57:56,160 by myself so i asked her of course 1516 00:58:01,190 --> 00:57:57,440 please explain to me 1517 00:58:01,910 --> 00:58:01,200 what you just experienced and i kid you 1518 00:58:05,109 --> 00:58:01,920 not 1519 00:58:08,710 --> 00:58:05,119 she was like susan i saw a woman 1520 00:58:09,670 --> 00:58:08,720 with long dark hair she looked like she 1521 00:58:13,109 --> 00:58:09,680 was covered 1522 00:58:16,230 --> 00:58:13,119 in water soaking wet wearing rags 1523 00:58:17,190 --> 00:58:16,240 and she was just standing staring at the 1524 00:58:20,230 --> 00:58:17,200 corner 1525 00:58:23,430 --> 00:58:20,240 of her room like facing the wall 1526 00:58:25,349 --> 00:58:23,440 and she was so terrified by that but 1527 00:58:28,230 --> 00:58:25,359 when she explained to me what she had 1528 00:58:32,230 --> 00:58:28,240 saw i knew instantly 1529 00:58:35,109 --> 00:58:32,240 that that was the same spirit that i saw 1530 00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:35,119 in puerto rico in my hotel room 1531 00:58:40,150 --> 00:58:38,400 and i believe very strongly that that 1532 00:58:43,990 --> 00:58:40,160 was an attachment i brought with me 1533 00:58:46,150 --> 00:58:44,000 from el moro fortress because 1534 00:58:47,510 --> 00:58:46,160 the sensations that i felt in those 1535 00:58:50,630 --> 00:58:47,520 tunnels were just 1536 00:58:53,510 --> 00:58:50,640 absolutely of despair 1537 00:58:55,270 --> 00:58:53,520 and you know it came to me i'm pretty 1538 00:58:56,950 --> 00:58:55,280 empathetic and although i couldn't 1539 00:58:58,069 --> 00:58:56,960 understand at the time what i was 1540 00:58:59,750 --> 00:58:58,079 feeling 1541 00:59:01,910 --> 00:58:59,760 there was an energy trying to connect 1542 00:59:03,109 --> 00:59:01,920 with me and maybe i just wasn't privy to 1543 00:59:05,990 --> 00:59:03,119 it at the time 1544 00:59:08,150 --> 00:59:06,000 and so it attached itself to me showed 1545 00:59:11,750 --> 00:59:08,160 itself to me in puerto rico 1546 00:59:14,390 --> 00:59:11,760 and i you know moved on without properly 1547 00:59:16,230 --> 00:59:14,400 you know confronting this energy i was 1548 00:59:18,069 --> 00:59:16,240 working on a case right after that and 1549 00:59:20,390 --> 00:59:18,079 just kind of moved on with my life and 1550 00:59:23,589 --> 00:59:20,400 although i did think back to it 1551 00:59:26,069 --> 00:59:23,599 every so often i never really 1552 00:59:28,150 --> 00:59:26,079 you know touched base with that energy 1553 00:59:31,030 --> 00:59:28,160 again and it wasn't until 1554 00:59:33,990 --> 00:59:31,040 a year or so later when my roommate told 1555 00:59:37,109 --> 00:59:34,000 me she saw that energy in her room 1556 00:59:39,109 --> 00:59:37,119 and i just kind of told her i you know 1557 00:59:40,309 --> 00:59:39,119 about my experience in puerto rico so 1558 00:59:42,549 --> 00:59:40,319 that was the one 1559 00:59:44,630 --> 00:59:42,559 interesting thing that happened to me in 1560 00:59:47,670 --> 00:59:44,640 puerto rico where i brought 1561 00:59:51,109 --> 00:59:47,680 home and energy from el moro 1562 00:59:51,910 --> 00:59:51,119 fortress whether it's women drenched in 1563 00:59:54,950 --> 00:59:51,920 water 1564 00:59:57,990 --> 00:59:54,960 shadow people or ghost ships it's quite 1565 01:00:00,390 --> 00:59:58,000 clear that the dead continue to speak 1566 01:00:01,670 --> 01:00:00,400 on the island whether we're listening or 1567 01:00:05,190 --> 01:00:01,680 not 1568 01:00:09,109 --> 01:00:05,200 puerto rico 1569 01:00:13,829 --> 01:00:09,119 in december of 2020 closing a chapter 1570 01:00:15,190 --> 01:00:13,839 in astronomical history the 305 meter 1571 01:00:18,309 --> 01:00:15,200 radio telescope 1572 01:00:19,109 --> 01:00:18,319 at the arecibo observatory survived 1573 01:00:21,829 --> 01:00:19,119 decades 1574 01:00:23,109 --> 01:00:21,839 of hurricanes including the devastating 1575 01:00:26,390 --> 01:00:23,119 hurricane maria 1576 01:00:27,430 --> 01:00:26,400 in 2017 and it's also survive 1577 01:00:29,750 --> 01:00:27,440 earthquakes 1578 01:00:31,430 --> 01:00:29,760 the unusually strong one in early 1579 01:00:34,630 --> 01:00:31,440 january of 2020 1580 01:00:35,670 --> 01:00:34,640 to be more specific but besides natural 1581 01:00:38,230 --> 01:00:35,680 disasters 1582 01:00:40,789 --> 01:00:38,240 it's also survived attempts by its owner 1583 01:00:44,470 --> 01:00:40,799 the us national science foundation 1584 01:00:46,309 --> 01:00:44,480 to reduce its funding the arecibo radio 1585 01:00:49,109 --> 01:00:46,319 telescope contributed to 1586 01:00:50,390 --> 01:00:49,119 many significant discoveries including 1587 01:00:53,829 --> 01:00:50,400 observations of 1588 01:00:56,309 --> 01:00:53,839 pulsars that captured a nobel prize 1589 01:00:57,109 --> 01:00:56,319 in the first confirmed exoplanets as 1590 01:00:59,750 --> 01:00:57,119 well 1591 01:01:00,630 --> 01:00:59,760 closer to home the observatory's radar 1592 01:01:03,190 --> 01:01:00,640 equipment 1593 01:01:03,750 --> 01:01:03,200 emitted radio signals to identify the 1594 01:01:07,030 --> 01:01:03,760 shape 1595 01:01:10,309 --> 01:01:07,040 spin and speed of potentially hazardous 1596 01:01:11,349 --> 01:01:10,319 asteroids for nasa the telescope also 1597 01:01:14,230 --> 01:01:11,359 monitored dwarf 1598 01:01:15,270 --> 01:01:14,240 stars planets in our solar system and 1599 01:01:18,390 --> 01:01:15,280 disturbances 1600 01:01:20,870 --> 01:01:18,400 in earth's atmosphere the last time that 1601 01:01:23,430 --> 01:01:20,880 artisibo was used for a targeted search 1602 01:01:27,030 --> 01:01:23,440 for signs of extraterrestrial technology 1603 01:01:30,870 --> 01:01:27,040 called techno signatures was from 1998 1604 01:01:31,510 --> 01:01:30,880 to 2004 as part of the privately funded 1605 01:01:34,470 --> 01:01:31,520 project 1606 01:01:36,630 --> 01:01:34,480 phoenix run by the seti institute in 1607 01:01:40,069 --> 01:01:36,640 mountain view california 1608 01:01:43,109 --> 01:01:40,079 the project observed 800 nearby stars 1609 01:01:46,789 --> 01:01:43,119 but picked up no transmissions 1610 01:01:48,190 --> 01:01:46,799 in 2019 nasa restored funding for 1611 01:01:51,430 --> 01:01:48,200 exoplanet and 1612 01:01:53,910 --> 01:01:51,440 exobiology research to continue looking 1613 01:01:55,829 --> 01:01:53,920 for techno signatures 1614 01:01:57,670 --> 01:01:55,839 and like mentioned before while the 1615 01:01:58,789 --> 01:01:57,680 island of puerto rico has suffered many 1616 01:02:01,750 --> 01:01:58,799 hardships and 1617 01:02:02,870 --> 01:02:01,760 natural disasters as of late another 1618 01:02:06,069 --> 01:02:02,880 tragedy occurred 1619 01:02:08,549 --> 01:02:06,079 on december 21st 2020. a huge 1620 01:02:10,150 --> 01:02:08,559 telescope at the iconic arcebo 1621 01:02:12,470 --> 01:02:10,160 observatory in puerto rico 1622 01:02:14,789 --> 01:02:12,480 has collapsed this comes after officials 1623 01:02:17,109 --> 01:02:14,799 announced the radio telescope was set to 1624 01:02:19,270 --> 01:02:17,119 close after it was damaged last month 1625 01:02:20,549 --> 01:02:19,280 officials made the announcement after 1626 01:02:23,029 --> 01:02:20,559 key cables broke 1627 01:02:24,230 --> 01:02:23,039 they said even if they could repair it 1628 01:02:27,190 --> 01:02:24,240 the structure would be 1629 01:02:29,270 --> 01:02:27,200 unstable long term this radio telescope 1630 01:02:31,589 --> 01:02:29,280 was the second largest in the world 1631 01:02:33,270 --> 01:02:31,599 it withstood hurricanes and earthquakes 1632 01:02:36,470 --> 01:02:33,280 while playing a key role 1633 01:02:37,829 --> 01:02:36,480 in many astronomical discoveries the 1634 01:02:40,710 --> 01:02:37,839 telescope's massive 1635 01:02:42,870 --> 01:02:40,720 science platform which weighed in at 1636 01:02:45,990 --> 01:02:42,880 around 900 tons 1637 01:02:48,950 --> 01:02:46,000 was suspended above the vast radio dish 1638 01:02:50,470 --> 01:02:48,960 by three dozen supporting cables but in 1639 01:02:52,309 --> 01:02:50,480 august 2020 1640 01:02:54,390 --> 01:02:52,319 one of those cables slipped out of its 1641 01:02:55,270 --> 01:02:54,400 socket before the failure could be 1642 01:02:58,549 --> 01:02:55,280 repaired 1643 01:02:59,990 --> 01:02:58,559 a second cable snapped the u.s national 1644 01:03:02,230 --> 01:03:00,000 science foundation 1645 01:03:03,430 --> 01:03:02,240 which owns the site determined that the 1646 01:03:06,950 --> 01:03:03,440 platform was too 1647 01:03:09,910 --> 01:03:06,960 unstable to safely repair and decided to 1648 01:03:11,109 --> 01:03:09,920 decommission the instrument before that 1649 01:03:14,549 --> 01:03:11,119 could happen 1650 01:03:15,589 --> 01:03:14,559 the telescope collapsed and while other 1651 01:03:17,829 --> 01:03:15,599 telescopes with 1652 01:03:19,270 --> 01:03:17,839 similar purposes have been created in 1653 01:03:22,390 --> 01:03:19,280 the past few years 1654 01:03:24,630 --> 01:03:22,400 nothing compares to otter sibo most 1655 01:03:27,349 --> 01:03:24,640 radio telescopes such as the world's 1656 01:03:28,950 --> 01:03:27,359 current largest the 500 meter aperture 1657 01:03:31,910 --> 01:03:28,960 spherical telescope 1658 01:03:32,789 --> 01:03:31,920 in china were designed only to receive 1659 01:03:36,069 --> 01:03:32,799 signals 1660 01:03:38,870 --> 01:03:36,079 but arecibo's 305 meter dish 1661 01:03:40,150 --> 01:03:38,880 was capable of both receiving and 1662 01:03:43,349 --> 01:03:40,160 transmitting 1663 01:03:46,950 --> 01:03:43,359 our best tool for listening and talking 1664 01:03:50,789 --> 01:03:46,960 to the universe is now silent 1665 01:03:53,430 --> 01:03:50,799 but for so many arcebo will live on 1666 01:03:54,630 --> 01:03:53,440 as one of the most extraordinary 1667 01:03:57,349 --> 01:03:54,640 contributions 1668 01:03:58,069 --> 01:03:57,359 to the astronomical fields and the 1669 01:04:01,589 --> 01:03:58,079 search 1670 01:04:03,589 --> 01:04:01,599 for extraterrestrial signals 1671 01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:03,599 and while it's always thought-provoking 1672 01:04:08,069 --> 01:04:04,720 and fun to think of 1673 01:04:08,789 --> 01:04:08,079 civilizations from other planets or star 1674 01:04:11,029 --> 01:04:08,799 systems 1675 01:04:12,150 --> 01:04:11,039 what about those civilizations back here 1676 01:04:16,069 --> 01:04:12,160 on earth 1677 01:04:18,470 --> 01:04:16,079 that were possibly lost to history 1678 01:04:19,829 --> 01:04:18,480 when christopher columbus landed in what 1679 01:04:21,990 --> 01:04:19,839 is now puerto rico 1680 01:04:24,549 --> 01:04:22,000 he was surprised to find that the island 1681 01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:24,559 he named san juan batista 1682 01:04:29,990 --> 01:04:27,760 was already inhabited by the taino it's 1683 01:04:33,270 --> 01:04:30,000 estimated that as many as 50 1684 01:04:35,990 --> 01:04:33,280 000 taino lived on puerto rico at the 1685 01:04:38,390 --> 01:04:36,000 time of columbus's arrival 1686 01:04:39,430 --> 01:04:38,400 they seemed to have led in idyllic 1687 01:04:42,150 --> 01:04:39,440 existence 1688 01:04:43,109 --> 01:04:42,160 hunting and fishing from dugout canoes 1689 01:04:46,309 --> 01:04:43,119 and they also 1690 01:04:47,589 --> 01:04:46,319 grew crops until the arrival of the 1691 01:04:49,990 --> 01:04:47,599 conquistadors 1692 01:04:51,349 --> 01:04:50,000 the only threat to the taino were from 1693 01:04:53,829 --> 01:04:51,359 the creeps 1694 01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:53,839 a war-like people who would sail to the 1695 01:04:57,510 --> 01:04:54,400 island 1696 01:04:59,910 --> 01:04:57,520 raiding and pillaging in fact 1697 01:05:01,109 --> 01:04:59,920 the word taino is a native word that 1698 01:05:05,349 --> 01:05:01,119 means good 1699 01:05:07,589 --> 01:05:05,359 as opposed to their bad carib enemies 1700 01:05:09,349 --> 01:05:07,599 although the taino were weakened by the 1701 01:05:11,510 --> 01:05:09,359 attacks of the kharibes 1702 01:05:12,630 --> 01:05:11,520 it was the arrival of the spanish 1703 01:05:15,510 --> 01:05:12,640 colonists 1704 01:05:16,069 --> 01:05:15,520 that led to their ultimate downfall and 1705 01:05:19,829 --> 01:05:16,079 almost 1706 01:05:22,150 --> 01:05:19,839 rapid extinction european diseases for 1707 01:05:25,029 --> 01:05:22,160 which the taino had no resistance 1708 01:05:26,230 --> 01:05:25,039 quickly swept through the population and 1709 01:05:29,270 --> 01:05:26,240 those who survived 1710 01:05:30,630 --> 01:05:29,280 suffered miserable lives as slaves on 1711 01:05:34,230 --> 01:05:30,640 sugar cane and 1712 01:05:38,230 --> 01:05:34,240 other agricultural plantations 1713 01:05:39,750 --> 01:05:38,240 by about 1515 a mere seven years after 1714 01:05:43,190 --> 01:05:39,760 spanish colonists 1715 01:05:46,150 --> 01:05:43,200 led by governor ponce de leon settled 1716 01:05:47,990 --> 01:05:46,160 on puerto rico the native taino 1717 01:05:51,510 --> 01:05:48,000 population had been reduced 1718 01:05:52,390 --> 01:05:51,520 to 4 000 and by the middle of the 16th 1719 01:05:55,430 --> 01:05:52,400 century 1720 01:05:57,589 --> 01:05:55,440 only a few dozen remained 1721 01:05:59,990 --> 01:05:57,599 but is it possible that there was 1722 01:06:00,710 --> 01:06:00,000 another group of people inhabiting the 1723 01:06:04,230 --> 01:06:00,720 island 1724 01:06:05,910 --> 01:06:04,240 even before the taino or even amongst 1725 01:06:08,710 --> 01:06:05,920 them 1726 01:06:09,270 --> 01:06:08,720 recent compelling evidence came in the 1727 01:06:12,950 --> 01:06:09,280 form 1728 01:06:14,630 --> 01:06:12,960 of ancient stone figures of the nunzario 1729 01:06:16,430 --> 01:06:14,640 collection 1730 01:06:18,789 --> 01:06:16,440 artifacts that are largely 1731 01:06:20,710 --> 01:06:18,799 anthropomorphic or humanoid 1732 01:06:23,270 --> 01:06:20,720 and carved from a puerto rican 1733 01:06:25,430 --> 01:06:23,280 serpentine stone 1734 01:06:26,470 --> 01:06:25,440 remnants of gold flecking on the 1735 01:06:28,950 --> 01:06:26,480 artifacts 1736 01:06:30,069 --> 01:06:28,960 suggest to archaeologists that these 1737 01:06:32,390 --> 01:06:30,079 statuettes 1738 01:06:33,750 --> 01:06:32,400 may have been used for some type of 1739 01:06:35,990 --> 01:06:33,760 ritual 1740 01:06:37,109 --> 01:06:36,000 the story of the discovery of the 1741 01:06:40,150 --> 01:06:37,119 statuettes 1742 01:06:41,589 --> 01:06:40,160 may yield some clues as to the figure's 1743 01:06:44,950 --> 01:06:41,599 origins 1744 01:06:47,510 --> 01:06:44,960 a catholic priest jose m nazario 1745 01:06:49,349 --> 01:06:47,520 attended the deathbed of an indigenous 1746 01:06:52,069 --> 01:06:49,359 taino woman 1747 01:06:54,549 --> 01:06:52,079 on her deathbed she told him of her 1748 01:06:57,270 --> 01:06:54,559 family's generations old treasure 1749 01:06:58,789 --> 01:06:57,280 ancient stone figures they had stowed 1750 01:07:02,150 --> 01:06:58,799 away for safe keeping 1751 01:07:03,029 --> 01:07:02,160 in a tunnel rosario followed her 1752 01:07:06,069 --> 01:07:03,039 instructions 1753 01:07:06,470 --> 01:07:06,079 to a riverside location where he dug up 1754 01:07:09,910 --> 01:07:06,480 some 1755 01:07:10,630 --> 01:07:09,920 seven to eight hundred stones of various 1756 01:07:13,109 --> 01:07:10,640 shapes 1757 01:07:15,109 --> 01:07:13,119 sizes and all bearing unknown 1758 01:07:18,150 --> 01:07:15,119 petroglyphs 1759 01:07:21,750 --> 01:07:18,160 after nazario's death in 1919 1760 01:07:25,270 --> 01:07:21,760 around 250 of the figures were put into 1761 01:07:27,750 --> 01:07:25,280 the institute of puerto rican culture 1762 01:07:28,630 --> 01:07:27,760 stone statuettes have been confirmed by 1763 01:07:31,029 --> 01:07:28,640 the university 1764 01:07:32,069 --> 01:07:31,039 of haifa's zinmen institute of 1765 01:07:35,270 --> 01:07:32,079 archaeology 1766 01:07:35,910 --> 01:07:35,280 as around 600 years old having been 1767 01:07:39,910 --> 01:07:35,920 carved 1768 01:07:42,150 --> 01:07:39,920 in antiquity most intriguing of all 1769 01:07:42,950 --> 01:07:42,160 there is a script etched into these 1770 01:07:45,910 --> 01:07:42,960 figures 1771 01:07:46,870 --> 01:07:45,920 that bears no resemblance to any other 1772 01:07:50,150 --> 01:07:46,880 known script 1773 01:07:51,589 --> 01:07:50,160 from the americas professor raniel 1774 01:07:53,670 --> 01:07:51,599 rodriguez ramos 1775 01:07:54,950 --> 01:07:53,680 who has examined the artifacts was 1776 01:07:58,150 --> 01:07:54,960 quoted as saying 1777 01:08:01,349 --> 01:07:58,160 we are in the presence of an annotation 1778 01:08:02,470 --> 01:08:01,359 system that has never been documented so 1779 01:08:05,829 --> 01:08:02,480 far 1780 01:08:08,390 --> 01:08:05,839 as of 2019 the university of haifa 1781 01:08:10,309 --> 01:08:08,400 and other researchers are investigating 1782 01:08:14,309 --> 01:08:10,319 the mysterious writing system 1783 01:08:16,789 --> 01:08:14,319 for clues with a mayan or incan origin 1784 01:08:17,590 --> 01:08:16,799 out of the question we might just be on 1785 01:08:20,950 --> 01:08:17,600 the cusp 1786 01:08:24,950 --> 01:08:20,960 of uncovering an unknown civilization 1787 01:08:28,070 --> 01:08:24,960 in puerto rico whether it's through ufo 1788 01:08:31,990 --> 01:08:28,080 and alien encounters strange creatures 1789 01:08:35,030 --> 01:08:32,000 ghosts or lost civilizations puerto rico 1790 01:08:36,229 --> 01:08:35,040 is most definitely a special place for 1791 01:08:39,590 --> 01:08:36,239 many reasons 1792 01:08:42,870 --> 01:08:39,600 it's extremely diverse culture lives on 1793 01:08:44,309 --> 01:08:42,880 with immense pride the island has 1794 01:08:46,870 --> 01:08:44,319 embraced 1795 01:08:47,430 --> 01:08:46,880 all of these different phenomena which 1796 01:08:51,349 --> 01:08:47,440 all 1797 01:08:54,070 --> 01:08:51,359 seem to have a affinity for the island 1798 01:08:54,870 --> 01:08:54,080 and in particular the tiny village of 1799 01:08:58,870 --> 01:08:54,880 lahas 1800 01:09:00,470 --> 01:08:58,880 and the surrounding areas in 2005 1801 01:09:02,870 --> 01:09:00,480 the local government approved 1802 01:09:05,990 --> 01:09:02,880 construction of a ufo 1803 01:09:09,430 --> 01:09:06,000 landing strip on indian hill close to 1804 01:09:12,149 --> 01:09:09,440 where the alleged ufo crash had occurred 1805 01:09:13,669 --> 01:09:12,159 lifelong experiencer and school teacher 1806 01:09:16,870 --> 01:09:13,679 ronaldo rios 1807 01:09:19,510 --> 01:09:16,880 has spearheaded this project convinced 1808 01:09:20,070 --> 01:09:19,520 by both his own experiences and local 1809 01:09:23,189 --> 01:09:20,080 knowledge 1810 01:09:26,990 --> 01:09:23,199 of ufo phenomena that this location 1811 01:09:29,990 --> 01:09:27,000 is a significant contact point for 1812 01:09:37,829 --> 01:09:30,000 extraterrestrials in an interview 1813 01:09:41,990 --> 01:09:40,309 i work independently and did a report 13 1814 01:09:43,269 --> 01:09:42,000 or 14 years ago and 1815 01:09:44,950 --> 01:09:43,279 the puerto rican government and 1816 01:09:46,829 --> 01:09:44,960 politicians wouldn't allow me to make 1817 01:09:48,630 --> 01:09:46,839 the report public about the 1818 01:09:50,470 --> 01:09:48,640 extraterrestrials there are more and 1819 01:09:52,149 --> 01:09:50,480 more people who have seen things and are 1820 01:09:53,269 --> 01:09:52,159 being prevented from saying what they 1821 01:09:54,870 --> 01:09:53,279 are observing 1822 01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:54,880 the government said it would affect the 1823 01:09:58,950 --> 01:09:56,800 tourism in puerto rico 1824 01:10:00,070 --> 01:09:58,960 the people are disillusioned with it and 1825 01:10:03,750 --> 01:10:00,080 want what they have seen 1826 01:10:05,030 --> 01:10:03,760 made public since the extraterrestrial 1827 01:10:07,510 --> 01:10:05,040 route went up 1828 01:10:09,830 --> 01:10:07,520 numerous tourists have already begun 1829 01:10:13,110 --> 01:10:09,840 making the pilgrimage to lahas 1830 01:10:14,870 --> 01:10:13,120 intrigued by its strange history so it 1831 01:10:17,830 --> 01:10:14,880 seems that the government's worry 1832 01:10:18,470 --> 01:10:17,840 of bad publicity concerning tourism 1833 01:10:21,590 --> 01:10:18,480 actually 1834 01:10:22,310 --> 01:10:21,600 have the opposite effect more and more 1835 01:10:25,510 --> 01:10:22,320 tourists 1836 01:10:27,750 --> 01:10:25,520 arrive every year whether a 1837 01:10:29,590 --> 01:10:27,760 wholly different kind of visitor may be 1838 01:10:32,709 --> 01:10:29,600 dropping in anytime soon 1839 01:10:34,790 --> 01:10:32,719 remains a possibility 1840 01:10:36,550 --> 01:10:34,800 so while some locations throughout the 1841 01:10:39,910 --> 01:10:36,560 world may have tales of 1842 01:10:40,630 --> 01:10:39,920 ufo crashes strange cryptozoological 1843 01:10:44,470 --> 01:10:40,640 creatures 1844 01:10:45,430 --> 01:10:44,480 roaming its lakes or forests or a famous 1845 01:10:48,709 --> 01:10:45,440 haunted house 1846 01:10:49,669 --> 01:10:48,719 filled with phantoms puerto rico rests 1847 01:10:52,550 --> 01:10:49,679 proudly 1848 01:10:54,070 --> 01:10:52,560 in the caribbean sea with all of these 1849 01:10:57,590 --> 01:10:54,080 tied to its history 1850 01:10:58,470 --> 01:10:57,600 its legends and its people puerto rico 1851 01:11:00,870 --> 01:10:58,480 we are 1852 01:11:02,310 --> 01:11:00,880 a blending pot of a lot of different 1853 01:11:02,870 --> 01:11:02,320 cultures you know we have the dino 1854 01:11:04,870 --> 01:11:02,880 natives 1855 01:11:05,990 --> 01:11:04,880 we have from the spaniards that came 1856 01:11:07,750 --> 01:11:06,000 originally 1857 01:11:09,510 --> 01:11:07,760 from the african slaves from the 1858 01:11:12,070 --> 01:11:09,520 caribbean slaves so there's 1859 01:11:13,830 --> 01:11:12,080 a big mesh of different cultures there 1860 01:11:15,910 --> 01:11:13,840 and you can see 1861 01:11:17,189 --> 01:11:15,920 the way that those different cultures 1862 01:11:19,669 --> 01:11:17,199 influence 1863 01:11:20,630 --> 01:11:19,679 what puerto rico is today our folklore 1864 01:11:23,270 --> 01:11:20,640 our traditions 1865 01:11:25,510 --> 01:11:23,280 our music our food religious beliefs 1866 01:11:27,189 --> 01:11:25,520 even on the island i'd say the 1867 01:11:29,270 --> 01:11:27,199 predominant religion on the island is 1868 01:11:32,229 --> 01:11:29,280 you know catholicism because it was 1869 01:11:33,830 --> 01:11:32,239 brought with the spaniards originally 1870 01:11:35,350 --> 01:11:33,840 but there's a lot of places on the 1871 01:11:39,030 --> 01:11:35,360 island that still hold 1872 01:11:41,430 --> 01:11:39,040 to like almost like mixtures of 1873 01:11:43,910 --> 01:11:41,440 religious beliefs brought over with the 1874 01:11:45,750 --> 01:11:43,920 african slaves or brought over from the 1875 01:11:47,270 --> 01:11:45,760 other caribbean islands 1876 01:11:49,750 --> 01:11:47,280 so it's it's interesting because that 1877 01:11:52,630 --> 01:11:49,760 also influences the way that people 1878 01:11:52,950 --> 01:11:52,640 perceive the supernatural in general and 1879 01:11:54,630 --> 01:11:52,960 are 1880 01:11:56,229 --> 01:11:54,640 open to it and i think that's actually 1881 01:11:58,870 --> 01:11:56,239 might be a reason why 1882 01:12:00,950 --> 01:11:58,880 the island has so many of these tales 1883 01:12:03,270 --> 01:12:00,960 that continuously be passed down and 1884 01:12:04,070 --> 01:12:03,280 it's more apt to be believed by the 1885 01:12:06,310 --> 01:12:04,080 people 1886 01:12:07,270 --> 01:12:06,320 because there's there's already sort of 1887 01:12:10,790 --> 01:12:07,280 a culture that 1888 01:12:13,030 --> 01:12:10,800 is open to believing with a population 1889 01:12:15,669 --> 01:12:13,040 of a little under 3 million people 1890 01:12:16,310 --> 01:12:15,679 puerto rico has both a rich and complex 1891 01:12:18,550 --> 01:12:16,320 history 1892 01:12:19,590 --> 01:12:18,560 full of ups downs and everything in 1893 01:12:22,790 --> 01:12:19,600 between 1894 01:12:23,990 --> 01:12:22,800 it's a place in constant transition just 1895 01:12:26,709 --> 01:12:24,000 like the rest of the world 1896 01:12:28,390 --> 01:12:26,719 around it it's a place many call home 1897 01:12:30,950 --> 01:12:28,400 and a place where stories 1898 01:12:31,669 --> 01:12:30,960 were born stories were brought in 1899 01:12:46,390 --> 01:12:31,679 stories 1900 01:12:49,189 --> 01:12:46,400 that people connect with each other 1901 01:12:51,189 --> 01:12:49,199 and we're in a time again where we're 1902 01:12:54,149 --> 01:12:51,199 not as connected as we used to be 1903 01:12:55,830 --> 01:12:54,159 and the sharing of these stories it 1904 01:12:58,229 --> 01:12:55,840 brings intrigue and it brings 1905 01:12:59,990 --> 01:12:58,239 interest and i think it's so important 1906 01:13:01,270 --> 01:13:00,000 that people know about puerto rico and 1907 01:13:03,750 --> 01:13:01,280 all that it has to offer 1908 01:13:05,110 --> 01:13:03,760 whether strange or just being a 1909 01:13:08,470 --> 01:13:05,120 beautiful place to visit 1910 01:13:09,990 --> 01:13:08,480 because it will bring attention to 1911 01:13:11,990 --> 01:13:10,000 this little small island that some 1912 01:13:13,110 --> 01:13:12,000 people don't even know exists here in 1913 01:13:15,669 --> 01:13:13,120 the caribbean 1914 01:13:17,189 --> 01:13:15,679 the island has suffered a lot i think 1915 01:13:20,870 --> 01:13:17,199 it's very important that people know 1916 01:13:22,709 --> 01:13:20,880 that we are here i hope that it brings 1917 01:13:24,229 --> 01:13:22,719 it brings specials it brings people that 1918 01:13:24,870 --> 01:13:24,239 want to investigate that want to 1919 01:13:26,870 --> 01:13:24,880 research 1920 01:13:28,470 --> 01:13:26,880 because they're going to find that 1921 01:13:29,270 --> 01:13:28,480 people want to share their stories on 1922 01:13:31,350 --> 01:13:29,280 the island 1923 01:13:32,790 --> 01:13:31,360 they want to be heard and they also have 1924 01:13:34,709 --> 01:13:32,800 the same questions 1925 01:13:36,470 --> 01:13:34,719 so i think it would be wonderful for 1926 01:13:36,870 --> 01:13:36,480 more of these stories to get out so 1927 01:13:39,350 --> 01:13:36,880 people 1928 01:13:40,709 --> 01:13:39,360 would find more interest in our small 1929 01:13:43,669 --> 01:13:40,719 little islands and 1930 01:13:45,750 --> 01:13:43,679 who knows honestly what can come of that 1931 01:13:47,750 --> 01:13:45,760 it doesn't matter the size of the place 1932 01:13:48,950 --> 01:13:47,760 you'd be surprised what sometimes you 1933 01:13:51,910 --> 01:13:48,960 can find 1934 01:13:53,590 --> 01:13:51,920 and i hope that the island continues to 1935 01:13:58,830 --> 01:13:53,600 gain a little bit of 1936 01:14:02,060 --> 01:13:58,840 just love for it and all that it has to 1937 01:14:11,750 --> 01:14:09,750 [Music] 1938 01:14:13,750 --> 01:14:11,760 somewhere in the skies is produced by 1939 01:14:13,990 --> 01:14:13,760 third kind productions in association 1940 01:14:20,310 --> 01:14:14,000 with 1941 01:14:23,510 --> 01:14:22,550 what's up guys ryan sprague here are you 1942 01:14:25,750 --> 01:14:23,520 an artist 1943 01:14:26,950 --> 01:14:25,760 graphic designer or just looking for an 1944 01:14:29,189 --> 01:14:26,960 opportunity to 1945 01:14:30,870 --> 01:14:29,199 stretch your right brain somewhere in 1946 01:14:32,390 --> 01:14:30,880 the skies has partnered with our 1947 01:14:35,669 --> 01:14:32,400 merchandising company 1948 01:14:36,870 --> 01:14:35,679 t public.com for the ultimate somewhere 1949 01:14:40,390 --> 01:14:36,880 in the skies 1950 01:14:43,110 --> 01:14:40,400 fan art god test running from april 1st 1951 01:14:45,430 --> 01:14:43,120 april 30th we'll be taking submissions 1952 01:14:46,390 --> 01:14:45,440 for your design to be featured in the 1953 01:14:49,590 --> 01:14:46,400 summer in the sky 1954 01:14:50,229 --> 01:14:49,600 store that's right your art will be on 1955 01:14:52,550 --> 01:14:50,239 sale 1956 01:14:53,430 --> 01:14:52,560 in our official tea public store and 1957 01:14:55,750 --> 01:14:53,440 available in 1958 01:14:58,149 --> 01:14:55,760 all different items from t-shirts 1959 01:14:58,870 --> 01:14:58,159 sweatshirts tank tops stickers buttons 1960 01:15:01,990 --> 01:14:58,880 mugs 1961 01:15:03,910 --> 01:15:02,000 and everything in between you'll also 1962 01:15:05,750 --> 01:15:03,920 receive half the commission on every 1963 01:15:08,470 --> 01:15:05,760 order of your design 1964 01:15:09,669 --> 01:15:08,480 and receive a gift box of items with 1965 01:15:13,030 --> 01:15:09,679 your design 1966 01:15:13,990 --> 01:15:13,040 compliments of teapublic.com there are 1967 01:15:16,870 --> 01:15:14,000 literally 1968 01:15:17,910 --> 01:15:16,880 no limitations on how you choose to 1969 01:15:20,229 --> 01:15:17,920 design 1970 01:15:22,390 --> 01:15:20,239 the only rule is that it must say summer 1971 01:15:24,950 --> 01:15:22,400 in the skies with ryan sprague 1972 01:15:25,830 --> 01:15:24,960 somewhere in the design the top three 1973 01:15:28,709 --> 01:15:25,840 designs as 1974 01:15:30,790 --> 01:15:28,719 voted by t public and myself will then 1975 01:15:33,430 --> 01:15:30,800 be presented for a public vote 1976 01:15:34,390 --> 01:15:33,440 on may 1st on the summer on the skies 1977 01:15:36,310 --> 01:15:34,400 twitter account 1978 01:15:38,790 --> 01:15:36,320 and the summer in the skies facebook 1979 01:15:39,990 --> 01:15:38,800 group where you can cast your vote for 1980 01:15:41,830 --> 01:15:40,000 the winner 1981 01:15:44,550 --> 01:15:41,840 second and third place winners will 1982 01:15:46,870 --> 01:15:44,560 receive a special gift from me as well 1983 01:15:47,590 --> 01:15:46,880 to enter submit your high resolution 1984 01:15:51,430 --> 01:15:47,600 design 1985 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:51,440 as an attachment to ryan.sprague 1986 01:15:56,630 --> 01:15:54,560 511 gmail.com 1987 01:15:59,910 --> 01:15:56,640 again submissions must be received no 1988 01:16:03,110 --> 01:15:59,920 later than 11 59 pm est 1989 01:16:05,350 --> 01:16:03,120 on april 30th i'm really looking forward 1990 01:16:07,990 --> 01:16:05,360 to seeing your artistic abilities 1991 01:16:09,350 --> 01:16:08,000 and interpretations of what the show 1992 01:16:11,270 --> 01:16:09,360 means to you 1993 01:16:13,189 --> 01:16:11,280 and i can't wait to have your exclusive 1994 01:16:14,229 --> 01:16:13,199 design in the official summer in the 1995 01:16:16,870 --> 01:16:14,239 skies store 1996 01:16:19,030 --> 01:16:16,880 for questions or to discuss further 1997 01:16:22,990 --> 01:16:19,040 don't be afraid to reach out on twitter 1998 01:16:26,310 --> 01:16:23,000 facebook or at ryan.sprague51 1999 01:16:27,110 --> 01:16:26,320 gmail.com thank you for your continued