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NARRATOR:
A flying monster
terrorizing West Virginia...

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...a giant beast
that roamed the Himalayas,

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and a sea creature
that may be from another world.

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For more than a decade,
Ancient Aliens

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has collected dozens of reports
of bizarre encounters

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with strange
and mysterious beasts.

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Now, we're going to take
a look back at the top ten

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extraordinary creatures
we've investigated.

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Creatures that just might
provide definitive proof

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that Earth has been visited

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by extraterrestrials.

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Throughout recorded history,

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there have been stories
of strange beings

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inhabiting the Earth,

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from bizarre hybrids that are
half human and half animal,

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to giant sea monsters
and fire-breathing dragons.

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But for ancient
astronaut theorists,

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these are not
just fanciful stories.

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They are eyewitness testimony

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to what could
very well be alien entities.

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And believe it or not,

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there is evidence
that the most famous monster

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reported in modern times

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may be a visitor
from another world.

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At number ten on our countdown

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of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

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Bigfoot.

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NARRATOR: Mount Shasta,
northern California, 1979.

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Author Chris O'Brien
is out for a hike

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when he encounters something
terrifying in the dense forest.

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I was up on the side of
Mount Shasta on the foothills,

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uh, trying to get to
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So dense and so tough.

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As we're standing there,
we heard this crashing sound.

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(branches snapping)

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And then we heard
the most blood-curdling

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combination of
an elephant, uh, trumpeting

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a lion roaring.

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(roaring)

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And it was so loud,

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it bounced off the foothills
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That was probably
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I've ever been in my life.

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A-And the next thing I knew,
we were headed

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down the mountain,
almost skidding on corners.

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NARRATOR:
Chris believes
he had an encounter

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with the legendary Bigfoot,

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also known as Sasquatch.

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Witnesses report
that these creatures

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walk upright like a human,

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are covered in
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and are of enormous size.

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Bigfoot is this sort of
large, lumbering,

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eight- to nine-foot-tall ape

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that predominantly lives
in the Pacific Northwest.

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But we also get reports
of these creatures

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all across the United States,

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from the west coast
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And estimates are there
must be thousands of them.

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NARRATOR:
With so many reports
of the notorious beast

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coming from
all across the country,

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could it be
that Bigfoot is real?

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Anthropologist Jeff Meldrum

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believes it's very possible.

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There is, uh,
a growing body of data

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that suggests that there
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a biological species
behind the legend of Bigfoot.

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I've focused my attention
on the footprints.

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And so, in my laboratory now,
I've amassed a collection

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of well over 200 examples
of footprint casts

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from all over the United States.

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And-And that's provided
a quite unique opportunity

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to very systematically
assess this evidence.

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NARRATOR:
If the creature
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why is it so difficult
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(growling)

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Ancient astronaut
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clues can be found
by examining reports

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that link Bigfoot
to otherworldly phenomena.

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REDFERN:
There are a number
of cases on record

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where Bigfoot has been seen
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as UFO activities
being reported.

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For example, there was
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in Pennsylvania, and people
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these large, shadowy,
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walking out of the woods.

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I had heard from sheriffs

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about a rancher in Montana

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who had gone out to go hunting.

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Comes around a ridge,
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reddish-brown, primate-looking,

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long-haired creature
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Picks up a .30-06
and just fires.

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And the creature disappeared
in a flash of light.

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If the Sasquatch,
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disappears in a flash of light,

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then what in the world
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and what do they want?

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Many Sasquatch researchers
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that there is a connection

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between Bigfoot activity
and UFO activity.

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And in fact,
some people have claimed

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they have seen a Bigfoot

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actually come out
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So, you have to wonder,

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is it possible that Bigfoot

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is actually an extraterrestrial?

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High in the mountains
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there are accounts of another
mysterious ape-like creature.

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Sightings of the beast

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have been reported
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and the local people say

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that it is
an otherworldly being,

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one that is protecting
a hidden kingdom of the gods.

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At number nine
in our countdown

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of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

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the Yeti.

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NARRATOR: Mount Makalu,
Nepal, April 9, 2019.

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Just a few miles south
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a group of Indian soldiers
are on patrol

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when they make
a mysterious discovery.

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An expedition
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noticed very strange tracks
in the snow.

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And when they looked at them,
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that each one was
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and 15 inches in width.

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that they possibly belonged

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to the legendary Yeti.

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NARRATOR:
The Yeti are often described

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as half-man, half-ape creatures
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But while
physical descriptions

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of the creature sound
very similar to Bigfoot,

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researchers suggest
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is something entirely different.

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MELDRUM:
The notorious Himalayan Yeti

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is often described
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between five and six feet
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and leaving footprints
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indications
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in a thumb-like fashion.

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So their footprints
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from the North American
Sasquatch.

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NARRATOR:
The Yeti is said to be

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an extremely dangerous
and ferocious monster.

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According to both Hindu
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this is because the Yetis

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are the guardians of a hidden
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known as Shambhala.

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Shambhala is considered
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of the celestial gods
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where knowledge was imparted

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to the local population.

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WILLIAM HENRY:
The Yeti have this reputation
of being guardians of Shambhala,

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keeping away all those
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from entering into
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NARRATOR:
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the Yeti's role
as a protector of Shambhala

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suggests the creature
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Despite the fact
that we have numerous sightings

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and photographs of footprints,
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any actual DNA or bones
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And the question is,
why is that?

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the Yeti could, in fact,
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capable of disappearing
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The next extraordinary
creature on our list

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is believed to be hiding in the
deep, cold waters of Scotland.

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And it has been reported
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for nearly 1,500 years.

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But how is it
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this giant lake monster
has never been caught?

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it's because
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but one that can travel
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At number eight on our countdown

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of the top ten
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the Loch Ness Monster.

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NARRATOR: Scotland.
April 21, 1934.

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The Daily Mail newspaper

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publishes
an astonishing photograph.

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It allegedly shows
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emerging from the rippling
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Many people believe the image

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is of the famous
and elusive Loch Ness monster.

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KEN GERHARD:
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affectionately referred to
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is easily the most iconic
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with thousands
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Most people typically describe

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one or several large, dark humps

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surfacing in the water,

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although some people
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a very long, periscope-like neck

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with a small head attached.

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Nessie first gained
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when sightings began
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of a road being constructed
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But accounts actually
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when great St. Columbus

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actually repelled
a great water beast

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that was seen in the river Ness.

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One of the things
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is that sometimes
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and then there won't be
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we surely should have got
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NARRATOR:
Is there really a creature

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moving deep within
the waters of Loch Ness?

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And if so, just what is it?

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According to
ancient astronaut theorists,

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it's possible
the Loch Ness monster

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is not of our world.

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HENRY:
The story of
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reminds me of a UFO sighting
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north of Nashville,
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A man sees a giant UFO

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that's firing at a creature
on his deck that looks like--

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he calls it the one-footed
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because it looked like an
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In his police report,
the man described

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how the snorkel monster
spun itself into a vortex

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or a ball of light
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One wonders if this
is evidence of a portal

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that this creature
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And, in fact, if this creature
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are part of the same
family of creatures

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that travel the world through
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it's possible
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somehow came from another world.

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(lowing)

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the ancient astronaut theory
net of

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is that thousands of years ago,

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extraterrestrials performed
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on planet Earth.

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And evidence of this
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in the form of strange hybrids

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that were documented
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Like a bloodthirsty creature
described in Greek mythology

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that was created
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At number seven on our countdown

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of the top ten
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the Minotaur.

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NARRATOR: The Greek island
of Crete.

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According to the stories
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this land was once home

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to a terrifying monster
called the Minotaur.

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The Minotaur was a creature

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that was half bull
and half human.

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And the Minotaur was this
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and unwieldy beast.

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KATHLEEN MCGOWAN:
This legend of the Minotaur

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is one of the most important
and prevalent legends

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of the ancient Greek mythology.

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One day, King Minos of Crete
angers the god Poseidon.

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Poseidon, being angry at Minos,

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casts a spell
over his wife, Pasiphaë,

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that she might fall in love

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with this great white bull.

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And through the mating
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the Minotaur is born.

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And he is ferocious and he feeds
on the flesh of humans.

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Eventually, it had to be
placed within this structure

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known as the Labyrinth.

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The legend of King Minos
and the Labyrinth

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is something that was seen
to be a fable,

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until the explorations

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of the palace in Crete.

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MCGOWAN:
At the very beginning
of the 20th century,

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a British researcher and
archaeologist, Sir Arthur Evans,

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discovered the ruins
of the palace of King Minos.

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But it's not just a palace.

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It became very clear

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upon looking at the structure

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that this was
the original Labyrinth.

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NARRATOR:
If the structure found in Crete

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really is the fabled
Labyrinth of King Minos,

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then is it possible
that the story of the Minotaur

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is based on actual events?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
say "yes,"

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but suggest that what is
described in the legend

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is not literally
a bull mating with a human.

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The story of the Minotaur
is an amazing story

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about the creation
of a hybrid being.

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And what's interesting
about this

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is that Daedalus,
this genius engineer,

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crafts this cow-shaped container

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that Minos' wife is to enter
into this container

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and mate with this sacred bull.

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The Minotaur is the result
of that mating.

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So, when we peel back
the layers of this story,

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we can easily interpret this

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as some kind of genetics lab

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that's being created here
for gene splicing.

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It's fascinating to think
that my Greek ancestors

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could have actually encountered

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a hybrid creature
like the Minotaur.

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But believe it or not,

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there might be
another hybrid creature

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living among us today.

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This one is described
as appearing human,

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but with glowing red eyes
and birdlike wings,

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and is often witnessed
in connection with UFOs.

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At number six on our list,

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the Mothman.

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NARRATOR:
Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
November 15, 1966.

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Two young couples

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are driving down a dark road
outside of town.

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As they pass by an old building,

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they are startled
by a frightening sight.

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(raspy breathing)

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They claim to have seen
a large, uh, winged creature.

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Six to seven foot tall,
gray in color

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and two large red eyes.

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They said this creature
flew over their car

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and followed them
back into town.

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That was the beginning
of the Mothman sightings.

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NARRATOR:
The harrowing account was
picked up by the local press

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and incited panic across town.

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Over the next year,

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residents were terrorized
by encounters

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with the winged monster.

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(raspy breathing)

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There were over
100 reported sightings

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to the local authorities.

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You had some people who claimed

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to have seen it
while driving in their car.

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You had other people seeing it
in their front yard.

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NARRATOR:
The strange sightings
attracted the attention

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of local journalist Mary Hyre.

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Mary Hyre was just a normal,
legitimate, uh, journalist

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investigating your average
stories around town.

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And then she was
suddenly plunged

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into this issue
involving the Mothman.

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NARRATOR:
Mary interviewed
dozens of people

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who encountered the Mothman.

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But soon after she began
her investigation,

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she was visited by a group
of mysterious government agents

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known only as the Men in Black.

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Mary Hyre was visited
by Men in Black,

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uh, who told her
to s-stop writing

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about the Mothman and
all these strange encounters.

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"Stop writing about this."

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"You don't want to be
involved in this."

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The Men in Black
are the cleanup squad.

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They are the ones
who hide the traces,

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hide the footsteps,
so to speak,

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of the alien presence

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or phenomena
such as the Mothman.

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NARRATOR:
Could it be that the creature
known as the Mothman

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was an otherworldly being,

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one that
the alleged Men in Black

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were attempting to cover up?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

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and suggest further evidence

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of extraterrestrial visitation

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can be found in ancient stories

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of beasts
that could breathe fire.

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,

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I'm always looking out
for examples

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of what I call
"misunderstood technology."

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Our ancestors didn't have
the same frame of reference

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that we have today.

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So when they wrote
about flying serpents

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that were breathing fire,

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were they talking
about real-life monsters

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or extraterrestrial spacecraft?

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At number five on our countdown

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of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

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Dragons.

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NARRATOR:
Throughout history, there
have been tales of dragons:

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powerful,
fire-breathing creatures

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that flew through the air.

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Virtually every culture
has a legend about dragons

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or dragon beings
that came from the sky.

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Around England,
the Celts revere the dragon.

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And the winged dragon, to this
day, is the symbol for Wales.

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In North America,
we learn of the winged serpents.

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It must be that there
was a common source.

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CHILDRESS:
We have stories
all around the world

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of flying dragons
and smoke and thunder and fire,

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of flying around,
carrying people with them.

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So, how would all these
different places

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that are unconnected
with each other

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have these similar stories?

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So, is it possible
in these cases

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that these flying dragons

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are really a mistaken identity

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of airships
and things like that?

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NARRATOR:
Is it possible,

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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,

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that dragons are not
mythical creatures,

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but descriptions of advanced,

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even extraterrestrial
technology?

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Perhaps further clues
can be found

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in the legend of
China's Yellow Emperor,

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who founded Chinese civilization

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nearly 5,000 years ago.

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According to Chinese mythology,

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the Yellow Emperor,
also known as Huangdi,

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arrived on the back of a dragon.

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The Yellow Emperor, uh,
Huangdi, is a culture hero.

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He's an originator of Chinese
civilization and culture.

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And one version of the story
has a dragon emerging.

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And then the Yellow Emperor
jumps on the dragon's back,

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and the dragon ascends
up to heaven.

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NARRATOR:
To this day, the people of China
celebrate the arrival

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of the Yellow Emperor
with a traditional dragon dance.

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Curiously, dragons are also
prominent in the creation myths

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of Central America,
where various civilizations

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worshipped a dragon-like being
known by various names.

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The Aztecs called this
flying deity Quetzalcoatl.

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JONATHAN YOUNG:
Quetzalcoatl was a creator god.

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He brought the rain,
he brought water,

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he brought civilization,
he brought the arts.

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This was the creator divinity
for the Aztec culture.

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It was a flying serpent.
It was a dragon.

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The dragon is worldwide because,
again, in Central America,

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in Villahermosa,
there is a stone

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called the Dragon Monolith.

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You see a man sitting
inside the dragon.

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You see the form of the dragon

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with his open mouth,
like a snake.

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And you see
the man is sitting inside.

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He has a helmet on.

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So the story of the dragon

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has come around the world,
from China to Central America.

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TSOUKALOS:
Now, from the ancient
astronaut perspective,

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the dragon was never a dragon.

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It was a flying craft.

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It is only natural
that our ancestors would

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describe these things as living
creatures with fire and smoke.

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They had never seen
anything like it before.

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So in my opinion, dragons
were an extraterrestrial craft.

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Dragons are just one
of countless examples

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of misunderstood technology

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that can be found in
the accounts of our ancestors.

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In fact, you can find many
in the pages of the Holy Bible,

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like a terrifying
sea monster described

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in the Book of Job
that had glowing eyes

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and ribs made out of
gleaming bronze.

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At number four on our countdown,
the Leviathan.

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NARRATOR:
The Mediterranean Sea.

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Thousands of years ago,
these picturesque waters

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were said to be home to
one of the most extraordinary

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creatures ever encountered.

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This gigantic beast
was described in

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the Bible's Old Testament.
It's known as the Leviathan.

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The Leviathan is
sometimes described

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as a serpent
or a crocodile or a dragon,

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but it lurks deep
in the sea and comes up

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and terrifies the people.

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Leviathan, in Biblical terms,
is considered this

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sea monster of behemoth
proportions. Huge.

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Now, in the Book of Job,
the behemoth all of a sudden

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is seen and witnessed.

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And the way Job describes it,

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it's not a biological entity
that we are familiar with today.

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It is described that it has
skin of metal

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and ribs made
out of gleaming bronze,

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And then Job
even describes that it is

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like some type of an animal.

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But what animal
breathes smoke and fire,

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and has glowing eyes?

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NARRATOR:
Might the eyewitness
account of the Leviathan

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found in the Book of Job

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actually be a description
not of an underwater creature,

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but of misunderstood technology,

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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?

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HENRY:
Today, we have videos
of UFOs, or UAPs,

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that are coming
and going from the ocean.

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We call them trans-medium craft.

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Well, this is exactly
what we see in

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these ancient myths
about the Leviathan.

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So based on this,
that opens up the possibility

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that the Leviathan is also

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some kind of an ancient,
misunderstood UFO technology.

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Some of the mod

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can be found in the Islamic
holy book called the Quran.

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These strange
beings are described

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as shapeshifters
made of smokeless fire.

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And some believe they inhabit
alternate dimensions.

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Number three on our countdown

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of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

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the Jinn.

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NARRATOR:
Karachi, Pakistan. 2016.

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A 25-year-old mother of three
is taken to a local physician

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after displaying
increasingly bizarre behavior.

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She speaks in gibberish

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and complains of being plagued

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by disturbing visions
and strange voices.

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Her family claims
she is possessed

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by supernatural beings
known as the jinn.

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In Islam, there is
a class of beings known as jinn.

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The jinn are angelic,
and yet they are

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not of the ethereal realm.

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They are of the earthly realm.
They're shapeshifters.

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They can help you.
They can also trick you.

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"Jinn" literally means
"to hide" or "to conceal."

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And so you can think
of a jinn as a being who is

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concealed from the senses.

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They have all sorts
of interesting properties.

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The jinn can change shapes.

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The Quran talks about the jinn
being able to take animal form,

505
00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:57,875
but it also takes on the notion,
in Arabic of, like, possession.

506
00:26:58,042 --> 00:27:00,875
Someone who is possessed
is called Majnun.

507
00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:04,792
They literally have, you know,
a jinn inside them.

508
00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:10,458
NARRATOR:
In the Islamic texts,
the jinn appear only when

509
00:27:10,625 --> 00:27:13,167
they want to be seen,
often influencing humans

510
00:27:13,333 --> 00:27:17,042
by whispering instructions
to them while invisible.

511
00:27:17,208 --> 00:27:19,792
HENRY:
The jinn are described
as shadowy beings

512
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,667
that are often malevolent
in their intentions.

513
00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:25,917
They are supposed to have
had magic abilities,

514
00:27:26,083 --> 00:27:30,333
supernatural powers, and
humans greatly feared the jinn.

515
00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:33,875
NARRATOR:
Stories of encounters with
the jinn have been reported

516
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,750
for centuries,
and millions of people

517
00:27:36,875 --> 00:27:39,375
continue to believe
in their existence.

518
00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:43,542
But if the jinn really do exist,

519
00:27:43,708 --> 00:27:46,625
could they be extraterrestrials?

520
00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:49,792
ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
In order to understand
the nature of these entities,

521
00:27:49,958 --> 00:27:52,417
we must understand that,
in many ways,

522
00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:54,500
they're the intermediary race.

523
00:27:54,625 --> 00:27:57,500
Like human beings,
they eat and drink.

524
00:27:57,667 --> 00:28:00,917
Like human beings,
they sexually procreate.

525
00:28:01,083 --> 00:28:04,500
But like the angels,
they can shapeshift,

526
00:28:04,708 --> 00:28:07,042
fly, and know the future.

527
00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:10,500
LYNN PICKNETT:
The interesting thing
about the jinn

528
00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:12,333
is that, technically,
they're neutral.

529
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:16,917
They're neither good nor evil,
but they resent human beings

530
00:28:17,083 --> 00:28:19,542
because they were there,
enjoying the Earth,

531
00:28:19,708 --> 00:28:22,500
and along came human beings
and usurped them.

532
00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:26,833
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that alien
beings, known as the jinn,

533
00:28:27,042 --> 00:28:29,458
preceded humans on planet Earth,

534
00:28:29,583 --> 00:28:33,583
and have been interacting
with us for thousands of years?

535
00:28:33,708 --> 00:28:36,958
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining

536
00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:39,583
ancient Hebrew texts
that describe the role

537
00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:43,208
of the jinn in building
King Solomon's Temple.

538
00:28:44,208 --> 00:28:48,042
According to the story,
King Solomon was given

539
00:28:48,208 --> 00:28:52,792
a powerful ring that allowed him
to communicate with the jinn.

540
00:28:52,958 --> 00:28:55,917
HENRY:
In the story,
Solomon prays to God,

541
00:28:56,083 --> 00:28:59,583
and instantly,
the Archangel Michael

542
00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:01,167
manifests,
as if out of thin air.

543
00:29:01,333 --> 00:29:04,167
And Michael says that
he's going to give Solomon

544
00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:07,333
a power that has never before
been seen on Earth

545
00:29:07,542 --> 00:29:09,000
and never again shall be.

546
00:29:10,167 --> 00:29:14,167
And he produces for him
a ring with a signet seal

547
00:29:14,375 --> 00:29:17,167
that would enable Solomon
to control the jinn

548
00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:19,167
from that point forward.

549
00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:24,375
NARRATOR:
The jinn were said
to be master architects,

550
00:29:24,542 --> 00:29:26,667
and King Solomon used his ring

551
00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:29,667
to compel them
to help build his temple.

552
00:29:29,833 --> 00:29:33,333
The jinn also gave Solomon
a mysterious tool

553
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,917
that could cut through stone
called a shamir.

554
00:29:37,083 --> 00:29:39,042
Now, the shamir is described
in traditional literature

555
00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:41,083
as this little worm
that you'd put on the stone,

556
00:29:41,250 --> 00:29:43,333
and it would cut it precisely.

557
00:29:43,542 --> 00:29:46,417
TSOUKALOS:
The shamir was a "worm"

558
00:29:46,542 --> 00:29:48,208
that could cut and drill

559
00:29:48,417 --> 00:29:52,542
through even the hardest
of stones rather with ease.

560
00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:57,750
What if this shamir was some
type of laser cutting device?

561
00:29:57,917 --> 00:30:01,792
NARRATOR:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

562
00:30:01,917 --> 00:30:04,500
the fact that the jinn
possessed a device

563
00:30:04,667 --> 00:30:07,292
like the shamir
suggests that they were

564
00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:11,208
not ethereal beings,
but otherworldly creatures

565
00:30:11,333 --> 00:30:14,375
that have remained
present on Earth to this day.

566
00:30:14,542 --> 00:30:15,917
HENRY:
When we look at
various encounters

567
00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:18,042
with beings like the jinn,

568
00:30:18,167 --> 00:30:19,833
we have to be open
to the possibility

569
00:30:19,958 --> 00:30:23,000
that these are examples of
misunderstood extraterrestrials,

570
00:30:23,208 --> 00:30:25,667
that they're
a different class of being

571
00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:26,875
than we're ordinarily
thinking about

572
00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:28,583
when we think
"extraterrestrial."

573
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:32,833
They come from outside of
our normal frequency realm.

574
00:30:37,750 --> 00:30:41,708
n y

575
00:30:41,875 --> 00:30:43,500
and all around the world.

576
00:30:43,667 --> 00:30:45,292
As far as I'm concerned,

577
00:30:45,458 --> 00:30:48,500
these are eyewitness accounts
of the same beings

578
00:30:48,667 --> 00:30:52,708
that have been described
by modern-day alien abductees.

579
00:30:52,875 --> 00:30:54,833
And according
to the people of Ireland,

580
00:30:55,042 --> 00:30:59,000
they reside in hidden realms
right here on Earth.

581
00:31:00,042 --> 00:31:01,625
Number two on our countdown

582
00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:04,333
of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

583
00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:06,000
the Sidhe.

584
00:31:09,417 --> 00:31:10,750
NARRATOR:
Ireland.

585
00:31:10,917 --> 00:31:13,333
According to ancient folklore,

586
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:16,375
this lush, green island
in the North Atlantic

587
00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:20,000
is home to mysterious,
otherworldly creatures

588
00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:23,042
known as the Sidhe,
or fairy folk.

589
00:31:24,042 --> 00:31:27,292
Do we believe in fairies
and leprechauns in Ireland?

590
00:31:27,458 --> 00:31:30,750
Absolutely, 100%.
You ask any Irish person.

591
00:31:30,958 --> 00:31:33,292
We don't call them fairies.

592
00:31:33,417 --> 00:31:35,000
It's the Sidhe.

593
00:31:35,208 --> 00:31:37,708
And all of our stories say
they came from the sky world.

594
00:31:37,917 --> 00:31:41,167
They went underground.
They went to rest.

595
00:31:42,292 --> 00:31:45,000
NARRATOR:
According to ancient folklore,

596
00:31:45,125 --> 00:31:48,000
the Sidhe inhabit
the massive earthen mounds

597
00:31:48,125 --> 00:31:50,417
that dot the Irish countryside.

598
00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:54,833
And they've been part of
the Irish culture for centuries.

599
00:31:55,917 --> 00:31:57,792
MULLIGAN:
Fairies and leprechauns
and all that sort of stuff.

600
00:31:57,917 --> 00:31:59,333
Like, too many people
kind of laugh

601
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,833
and joke about at times,

602
00:32:01,042 --> 00:32:02,167
but it's knowledge
that's been passed down for

603
00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:04,083
thousands and thousands
of years.

604
00:32:04,292 --> 00:32:07,792
NARRATOR:
While modern-day representations
of the fairy folk

605
00:32:07,917 --> 00:32:11,083
often depict benevolent,
sprightly creatures,

606
00:32:11,250 --> 00:32:15,250
traditional Irish notions
of fairies are much different.

607
00:32:15,375 --> 00:32:20,208
They are considered powerful
and sometimes dangerous beings.

608
00:32:21,167 --> 00:32:23,333
You don't want
to mess with the Sidhe...

609
00:32:23,458 --> 00:32:26,125
They're not cute,
cuddly little fairies like

610
00:32:26,250 --> 00:32:28,042
we typically think of today.

611
00:32:29,083 --> 00:32:31,667
These are very extraordinarily
powerful beings

612
00:32:31,875 --> 00:32:34,458
that-that dwell
underneath the earth.

613
00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:38,000
NARRATOR:
While modern stories
of the Sidhe

614
00:32:38,167 --> 00:32:41,417
often refer to these beings
as fairies or elves,

615
00:32:41,583 --> 00:32:47,000
the Irish know them by yet
another name, the Shining Ones.

616
00:32:47,208 --> 00:32:50,458
This is because, according
to ancient Irish stories,

617
00:32:50,625 --> 00:32:53,833
they are the descendants
of a race of luminous beings

618
00:32:54,042 --> 00:32:57,875
who came down from the sky
more than 3,000 years ago

619
00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:01,500
called the Tuatha Dé Danann.

620
00:33:02,583 --> 00:33:06,000
JENNY BUTLER:
There is a description in
the mythological material,

621
00:33:06,167 --> 00:33:07,458
in the early Irish literature,

622
00:33:07,667 --> 00:33:12,542
of the Tuatha Dé Danann
arriving in cloud ships.

623
00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:15,708
Arriving in dark clouds,

624
00:33:15,875 --> 00:33:19,125
and landing on a mountain.

625
00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:25,333
NARRATOR:
Irish legends describe
the Tuatha Dé Danann

626
00:33:25,458 --> 00:33:28,917
as god-like beings
who wielded powerful weapons.

627
00:33:29,083 --> 00:33:32,292
But a conflict with humans
led them to find

628
00:33:32,458 --> 00:33:35,542
a new home in
a mystical underground realm.

629
00:33:37,042 --> 00:33:39,917
COLLINS:
It was agreed that
the Tuatha Dé Danann

630
00:33:40,083 --> 00:33:42,250
would go beneath the earth,

631
00:33:42,417 --> 00:33:46,167
inside mounds of earth
that were known as Sidhe.

632
00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:51,583
These acted as
these doorways into a realm

633
00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:56,417
where, forever after,
the Tuatha Dé Danann would live.

634
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,417
NARRATOR:
After this event,

635
00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:04,042
the Tuatha Dé Danann
became known as the Sidhe,

636
00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,750
just like the mounds
they inhabit.

637
00:34:06,875 --> 00:34:09,250
But could the Sidhe
really exist?

638
00:34:09,417 --> 00:34:13,833
In 1969,
French astronomer Jacques Vallée

639
00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:18,208
published a groundbreaking book
on unexplained phenomenon called

640
00:34:18,375 --> 00:34:23,208
Passport to Magonia:
From Folklore to Flying Saucers.

641
00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:26,500
In it, he proposed
that historical accounts

642
00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:29,083
of fairies and other
strange beings could be

643
00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:30,958
the same phenomenon

644
00:34:31,083 --> 00:34:34,583
that today is interpreted
as extraterrestrial.

645
00:34:35,833 --> 00:34:41,000
Jacques did what I think is
one of the most important books

646
00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:43,458
about the UFO phenomena.

647
00:34:43,625 --> 00:34:47,042
Trying to understand
of all the things in the sky

648
00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:49,667
and on the ground
through history

649
00:34:49,792 --> 00:34:51,667
that have either been painted,

650
00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:55,333
photographed, caught on radar,

651
00:34:55,458 --> 00:34:58,500
what are they and why are they?

652
00:34:58,625 --> 00:35:00,917
NARRATOR:
According to Vallée,
the strange beings

653
00:35:01,125 --> 00:35:02,958
that humans have
reported encountering

654
00:35:03,125 --> 00:35:05,167
for thousands of years,

655
00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:09,583
known in Ireland as the Sidhe,
may in fact be interdimensional.

656
00:35:10,958 --> 00:35:15,667
BILL BIRNES:
Vallée believes that
from the time of the Big Bang,

657
00:35:15,833 --> 00:35:17,583
if it created one universe,

658
00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:20,917
why couldn't it create
a multitude of universes?

659
00:35:21,042 --> 00:35:24,167
Might there be
connections between

660
00:35:24,333 --> 00:35:27,333
the different universes,
where elements

661
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,167
from the other universe
cross into our universe,

662
00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:35,708
and where elements of
our universe cross into theirs?

663
00:35:35,875 --> 00:35:40,542
That would explain how
people coming upon the Sidhe

664
00:35:40,708 --> 00:35:43,500
might not just see
an underground civilization,

665
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:46,917
but they might see an
interdimensional civilization.

666
00:35:49,208 --> 00:35:52,958
We're moments away from
the most extraordinary creature

667
00:35:53,125 --> 00:35:55,750
on our list,
and I'm almost certain

668
00:35:55,917 --> 00:35:57,792
it's not what you expect.

669
00:36:00,917 --> 00:36:03,125
down

670
00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:05,792
of the top ten
extraordinary creatures,

671
00:36:05,917 --> 00:36:09,500
and this last one
absolutely blows my mind.

672
00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:12,500
It's one that everyone
is familiar with,

673
00:36:12,667 --> 00:36:15,375
and is found in oceans
around the world.

674
00:36:15,542 --> 00:36:20,167
But scientists believe it could
possess extraterrestrial DNA.

675
00:36:21,458 --> 00:36:24,708
At number one, the Octopus.

676
00:36:28,875 --> 00:36:32,333
NARRATOR:
History books are filled
with sensational accounts

677
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:36,167
of terrifying sea monsters,
like the Hydra and the Kraken.

678
00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:39,458
Some are convinced they exist,

679
00:36:39,667 --> 00:36:42,792
while others dismiss them
as purely mythological.

680
00:36:44,417 --> 00:36:47,333
But perhaps the most
extraordinary sea creature

681
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:49,000
is one that can be found

682
00:36:49,167 --> 00:36:53,208
in every ocean,
and is undeniably real.

683
00:36:54,583 --> 00:36:56,292
The octopus.

684
00:36:57,292 --> 00:37:00,625
KIRSTEN FISHER:
The octopus is
a really fascinating organism.

685
00:37:00,750 --> 00:37:03,458
The octopus's brain,
instead of just being centered

686
00:37:03,583 --> 00:37:07,417
in its head, like ours,
is actually distributed.

687
00:37:08,458 --> 00:37:10,250
There are these brains
in their arms,

688
00:37:10,417 --> 00:37:11,875
as well as the central brain
in their head.

689
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,958
An octopus can certainly
manipulate its environment.

690
00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:22,667
It builds its own homes
by piling rocks

691
00:37:22,833 --> 00:37:25,042
and shells on top of it.

692
00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:29,958
FISHER:
Octopuses are very adept
at camouflaging themselves

693
00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:33,667
by changing their color
to that of their surroundings

694
00:37:33,833 --> 00:37:35,208
really, really quickly.

695
00:37:35,417 --> 00:37:36,667
I mean, almost,
it looks instantaneous to us.

696
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:39,750
It can also manipulate its body
into different shapes

697
00:37:39,917 --> 00:37:42,417
to imitate other animals.

698
00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:46,292
NARRATOR:
This extraordinary creature

699
00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:48,875
has three hearts
and nine brains.

700
00:37:49,042 --> 00:37:53,625
Some scientists have speculated
that in the absence of humans,

701
00:37:53,792 --> 00:37:57,000
the animal best suited to
evolve into the dominant species

702
00:37:57,125 --> 00:38:01,625
on the planet is not another
primate, but the octopus.

703
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,500
For many scientists,
these creatures are truly unlike

704
00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:10,333
any other organism on Earth.

705
00:38:10,542 --> 00:38:12,333
CHILDRESS:
As scientists study octopi,

706
00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:14,833
they're amazed
at what they're finding,

707
00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:16,417
and they're not seeing

708
00:38:16,542 --> 00:38:19,667
a connection to some
ancestor of the octopi.

709
00:38:19,833 --> 00:38:22,250
It's like these creatures
were brought here

710
00:38:22,375 --> 00:38:23,417
in their entirety

711
00:38:23,542 --> 00:38:25,208
and put into our oceans.

712
00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:30,167
NARRATOR:
Could it be that the octopus
didn't originate on Earth,

713
00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:33,083
as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?

714
00:38:35,208 --> 00:38:38,292
Astrobiologist
Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe

715
00:38:38,458 --> 00:38:41,667
believes it's entirely possible.

716
00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:46,750
In March, 2018,
he and 32 other scientists

717
00:38:46,917 --> 00:38:49,333
published a scientific paper
that caused

718
00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:51,500
a sensation in the press.

719
00:38:51,708 --> 00:38:54,500
In it, they suggest the octopus

720
00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:57,625
contains extraterrestrial DNA.

721
00:38:58,917 --> 00:39:02,625
What we find in the octopus
genome is just almost uncanny.

722
00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:10,083
It has something
like 50,000 genes.

723
00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:11,625
Compare that with the human,

724
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:14,917
which has something like
25,000 genes.

725
00:39:15,042 --> 00:39:18,292
So the octopus,
in many ways, appears to be

726
00:39:18,417 --> 00:39:21,000
more complex than the human.

727
00:39:21,167 --> 00:39:24,125
Now, how did this
complexity manifest itself?

728
00:39:24,292 --> 00:39:26,250
There's ample evidence
to suggest

729
00:39:26,417 --> 00:39:27,792
that it came from outside.

730
00:39:27,958 --> 00:39:30,667
NARRATOR:
According to Dr. Wickramasinghe,

731
00:39:30,875 --> 00:39:34,333
the DNA of the octopus
didn't originate on Earth,

732
00:39:34,542 --> 00:39:38,208
but was transported here
through meteors or comets.

733
00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:41,542
The process is known
as panspermia.

734
00:39:41,708 --> 00:39:45,583
The panspermia theory
cannot be dismissed.

735
00:39:45,708 --> 00:39:48,833
And one possibility
is that our solar system

736
00:39:49,042 --> 00:39:52,292
is like one big,
gigantic Ping-Pong table,

737
00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:54,458
with ping pongs--
that is, asteroids--

738
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:57,333
carrying DNA
going back and forth

739
00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,417
between the various planets.

740
00:40:01,083 --> 00:40:04,833
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the octopus
didn't originate on Earth,

741
00:40:05,042 --> 00:40:07,958
but was brought here
from somewhere else?

742
00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:11,667
Perhaps further clues
can be found

743
00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:15,833
in mythological accounts
from across the ancient world

744
00:40:15,958 --> 00:40:20,833
that describe aquatic deities
who resemble the octopus.

745
00:40:21,958 --> 00:40:24,792
All the way around the world,
there are traditions

746
00:40:24,875 --> 00:40:28,125
to do with a creator god
in the form of an octopus.

747
00:40:28,667 --> 00:40:32,750
For instance, in ancient Crete,
there are numerous

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images and paintings
of an octopus

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with bizarre, large eyes.

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In Ecuador,
at a place called Mantas,

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were these bas-relief carvings
of this bizarre octopus deity.

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We have to ask ourselves,
is it possible that the ancients

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were aware that the octopus
is truly alien to this planet?

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If we could one day
prove the presence

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of alien DNA in the octopus,
it would radically change

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the accepted history
of our planet.

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But as far as I'm concerned,
each of the extraordinary

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creatures on our list,
from Bigfoot to dragons

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to the mysterious jinn,
provide evidence

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that extraterrestrials came
to Earth thousands of years ago

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and are still visiting today.

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