1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,167 - Tonight on The Proof Is Out There, 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:06,042 a UFO spotter strikes gold using night-vision binoculars. 3 00:00:06,208 --> 00:00:07,167 - [Jason] That is close to us. 4 00:00:07,292 --> 00:00:10,333 That is real close to us. Holy (beep). 5 00:00:10,417 --> 00:00:12,250 - [Tony] Legend speaks of a massive crocodile 6 00:00:12,375 --> 00:00:14,167 that has killed 300 people. 7 00:00:14,292 --> 00:00:16,333 Is this proof this legend is true? 8 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:19,417 - This is really a living dinosaur in many ways. 9 00:00:19,542 --> 00:00:21,417 - [Tony] What made this strange crater 10 00:00:21,542 --> 00:00:23,917 and why is it said to emit evil energy? 11 00:00:24,042 --> 00:00:27,292 - The locals know to avoid this place at all costs. 12 00:00:27,417 --> 00:00:29,375 - [Tony] And can dogs sense ghosts? 13 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:32,000 This one sure felt something. 14 00:00:32,083 --> 00:00:34,333 - I pulled up our security cameras 15 00:00:34,458 --> 00:00:36,667 and was like, 'That's really creepy.' 16 00:00:36,792 --> 00:00:39,083 (suspenseful music) 17 00:00:40,125 --> 00:00:41,750 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos. 18 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:43,500 - [Witness] What the heck is this? 19 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:45,167 - [Witness 2] It's moving. 20 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:48,000 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 21 00:00:48,125 --> 00:00:50,792 (static squealing) 22 00:00:50,875 --> 00:00:53,875 (tense music) 23 00:00:54,042 --> 00:00:56,167 - [Marc] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 24 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:58,000 What's exciting is nobody really knows. 25 00:00:58,125 --> 00:00:59,125 (plane engine roaring) 26 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:00,167 - [Tony] What are they? 27 00:01:00,292 --> 00:01:02,208 - [MJ] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 28 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:05,042 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 29 00:01:05,167 --> 00:01:07,417 (tense music) 30 00:01:07,542 --> 00:01:08,417 - I'm Tony Harris 31 00:01:08,542 --> 00:01:10,958 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 32 00:01:11,083 --> 00:01:13,667 I've followed the facts where they take me. 33 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:16,125 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 34 00:01:16,208 --> 00:01:18,708 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 35 00:01:20,042 --> 00:01:22,625 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 36 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:25,625 - It's a credible case, it's a credible video. 37 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:28,667 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 38 00:01:28,792 --> 00:01:30,750 - This video was clearly faked. 39 00:01:30,875 --> 00:01:33,000 - The proof starts now. 40 00:01:33,167 --> 00:01:36,042 (dramatic theme music) 41 00:01:40,542 --> 00:01:43,500 Good evening and welcome to The Proof Is Out There. 42 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:46,667 To the naked eye, the night sky is decorated 43 00:01:46,792 --> 00:01:48,917 with an array of shiny stars. 44 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:51,250 In fact, you can see an average of 10,000 45 00:01:51,375 --> 00:01:53,667 just by looking up on a clear night. 46 00:01:53,792 --> 00:01:56,583 But if you use a pair of night-vision binoculars 47 00:01:56,708 --> 00:02:00,208 that can shoot video, you might see something else. 48 00:02:01,208 --> 00:02:03,250 May 26th, 2021, 49 00:02:03,375 --> 00:02:06,250 it's a crisp spring evening in Aurora, Colorado. 50 00:02:06,375 --> 00:02:09,417 Jason Suraci and Fernando Medina are stargazing 51 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:12,500 in Jason's backyard when suddenly they both see this. 52 00:02:12,583 --> 00:02:14,292 (tense music) 53 00:02:14,375 --> 00:02:17,208 A long, cylindrical object appears in the night sky, 54 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:18,333 but take a closer look. 55 00:02:18,458 --> 00:02:20,458 It also seems to grow in length. 56 00:02:20,542 --> 00:02:22,167 Fernando is stunned by what he's seeing 57 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:25,042 and begins filming with his night vision binoculars. 58 00:02:25,167 --> 00:02:26,500 There's no question. 59 00:02:26,625 --> 00:02:29,333 Both he and Jason are capturing the exact same phenomenon. 60 00:02:29,417 --> 00:02:32,000 They keep aiming skyward for almost two minutes, 61 00:02:32,125 --> 00:02:33,625 but then the object fades away. 62 00:02:35,167 --> 00:02:37,333 - 99% of the time we see satellites. 63 00:02:37,417 --> 00:02:39,208 But this one was different 64 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,583 because it was a cigar and usually when you see a satellite 65 00:02:42,708 --> 00:02:45,750 it will just keep going until it fades away. 66 00:02:45,875 --> 00:02:47,667 This one just vanished. 67 00:02:47,792 --> 00:02:50,125 - [Tony] What we do know is that tubular and cigar shaped 68 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:52,125 UFOs are not a new phenomenon. 69 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:54,667 In 1995, only 400 miles away, 70 00:02:54,750 --> 00:02:57,417 airline pilots reported a cigar shaped UFO 71 00:02:57,542 --> 00:02:59,625 over Tucumcari, New Mexico. 72 00:03:10,042 --> 00:03:11,083 - [Tony] But is there any significance 73 00:03:11,208 --> 00:03:12,333 to the tubular shape? 74 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:15,167 - There's no real consensus among UFOlogists 75 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:17,833 as to why this tube or cigar shape 76 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,458 would be ideal for a vehicle. 77 00:03:20,542 --> 00:03:24,042 But some believe it's because UFOs are meant to travel 78 00:03:24,208 --> 00:03:25,875 in different environments. 79 00:03:26,042 --> 00:03:30,125 Some posit that these shapes are ideal to go from the air 80 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:32,417 into the water and back into the air again. 81 00:03:34,375 --> 00:03:37,833 - It's not just cigars hovering over the centennial state. 82 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:40,542 In December 2019 and January 2020, 83 00:03:40,667 --> 00:03:44,125 rural Colorado was hit with a barrage of accounts 84 00:03:44,250 --> 00:03:48,208 of unidentified flying objects flying together. 85 00:03:48,375 --> 00:03:50,542 Even though nothing conclusive was identified, 86 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:55,125 the media dubbed the event the Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery. 87 00:03:55,250 --> 00:03:56,417 So what's going on? 88 00:03:56,542 --> 00:04:00,167 Has Colorado become the new ground zero for UFOs? 89 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:02,542 We asked our experts to investigate. 90 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:04,792 (tense music) 91 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:07,167 We begin our analysis 92 00:04:07,333 --> 00:04:09,625 with astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. 93 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:11,792 Could the streak itself be a clue? 94 00:04:11,917 --> 00:04:14,125 A meteor can hit Earth's atmosphere at speeds 95 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:17,833 between 25,000 and 160,000 miles per hour. 96 00:04:17,958 --> 00:04:19,042 Is that what we're seeing? 97 00:04:19,208 --> 00:04:22,000 - Meteors are breaking apart as they enter the atmosphere. 98 00:04:22,125 --> 00:04:23,708 They put off flashes of light. 99 00:04:23,833 --> 00:04:27,000 So I think we can safely rule out a meteor. 100 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:29,542 - [Tony] However, McCarthy does have a different theory. 101 00:04:29,708 --> 00:04:32,542 - What this looks like to me is a constellation of satellites 102 00:04:32,667 --> 00:04:35,042 that has not yet fully deployed. 103 00:04:35,167 --> 00:04:37,500 - [Tony] Starlink is a company founded by Elon Musk 104 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:39,625 using satellites to bring internet access 105 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:40,583 around the world. 106 00:04:40,708 --> 00:04:43,167 Up to 60 are sent into orbit at a time. 107 00:04:43,292 --> 00:04:45,875 When they deploy, the satellites appear to be close together 108 00:04:46,042 --> 00:04:46,833 in a straight line. 109 00:04:46,958 --> 00:04:48,833 Then it takes approximately four months 110 00:04:48,958 --> 00:04:51,250 for each satellite to reach its final position. 111 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:53,167 - They're all pretty compacted together 112 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:54,542 cause they have to fit in that rocket. 113 00:04:54,708 --> 00:04:56,833 So what we could be looking at here 114 00:04:56,958 --> 00:04:59,375 is simply that satellite constellation 115 00:04:59,542 --> 00:05:01,667 that hasn't yet fully deployed. 116 00:05:01,792 --> 00:05:03,958 - [Tony] But aviation expert Tim McMillan disagrees. 117 00:05:04,042 --> 00:05:07,292 - [Tim] We can see the object going in front of clouds 118 00:05:07,375 --> 00:05:10,375 and satellites are in the upper atmosphere above the clouds. 119 00:05:10,542 --> 00:05:12,875 So that wouldn't make sense if it was a satellite. 120 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,500 - [Tony] However, McMillan does have a theory of his own. 121 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:17,458 - We have a lot of different private companies 122 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,375 that are launching satellites now all the time. 123 00:05:19,542 --> 00:05:21,542 We have the military. 124 00:05:21,667 --> 00:05:24,000 There are lots of things that aren't always disclosed 125 00:05:24,125 --> 00:05:26,000 and we could have a secret satellite launch, 126 00:05:26,083 --> 00:05:26,833 that type of thing. 127 00:05:26,958 --> 00:05:28,833 - [Tony] McMillan says the visual clue 128 00:05:28,958 --> 00:05:31,333 is what eventually happens to the cigar shaped object 129 00:05:31,458 --> 00:05:32,417 after a couple of minutes. 130 00:05:32,542 --> 00:05:34,458 - In the latter sections of the video, 131 00:05:34,583 --> 00:05:38,000 we're definitely seeing the lower flickering. 132 00:05:38,125 --> 00:05:41,000 It really looks like the burn off from a rocket booster 133 00:05:41,083 --> 00:05:44,417 and as it disappears, it's tapering out. 134 00:05:44,542 --> 00:05:46,917 (tense music) 135 00:05:48,708 --> 00:05:51,667 - Our verdict, we're going to call this a genuine UFO 136 00:05:51,792 --> 00:05:55,000 simply because we can't identify it conclusively. 137 00:05:55,083 --> 00:05:57,500 While we think McMillan makes some really good points, 138 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:59,708 our research shows the most likely location 139 00:05:59,875 --> 00:06:02,750 for a rocket launch is Vandenberg Air Force Base 140 00:06:02,875 --> 00:06:05,167 over 1,000 miles away in California. 141 00:06:05,292 --> 00:06:06,833 And while with clear conditions, 142 00:06:06,958 --> 00:06:09,333 portions of a launch can sometimes be seen 143 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:12,625 from a distance of two or 300 miles, 144 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:15,083 Colorado seems a little out of reach. 145 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,958 Now admittedly, there are amateur rocket clubs 146 00:06:18,042 --> 00:06:21,833 in Colorado, but until we get more definitive evidence, 147 00:06:21,958 --> 00:06:24,417 we see too many other possibilities out there. 148 00:06:24,542 --> 00:06:26,333 (tense music) 149 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,333 Now, from the skies over Colorado 150 00:06:28,458 --> 00:06:30,583 to the waters of Africa. 151 00:06:30,708 --> 00:06:33,958 Every culture has its monsters and most of them are myths. 152 00:06:34,083 --> 00:06:36,250 But in Burundi, there's a legendary creature 153 00:06:36,375 --> 00:06:39,500 which stands accused of killing hundreds of people. 154 00:06:39,625 --> 00:06:40,708 And in this case, 155 00:06:40,875 --> 00:06:43,167 the truth might be even stranger than fiction. 156 00:06:43,292 --> 00:06:45,125 (suspenseful music) 157 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:49,208 In 2004, self-taught naturalist Gene Reno is in Burundi 158 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:51,667 on the banks of Lake Tanganyika 159 00:06:51,833 --> 00:06:54,667 trying to capture evidence of a legendary crocodile 160 00:06:54,792 --> 00:06:57,000 known in these waters as Gustave. 161 00:06:57,125 --> 00:06:59,000 Could this footage be him? 162 00:06:59,083 --> 00:07:01,667 The camera pushes in on an enormous crocodile. 163 00:07:01,792 --> 00:07:03,875 It looks to be roughly 20 feet long. 164 00:07:04,042 --> 00:07:06,958 The creature opens its enormous jaws, revealing its teeth. 165 00:07:07,042 --> 00:07:08,833 There are certainly enough to kill you, 166 00:07:08,958 --> 00:07:10,708 but several appear to be missing. 167 00:07:11,792 --> 00:07:13,792 Let's watch that again, zoomed in 168 00:07:14,625 --> 00:07:16,125 as he stares across the river. 169 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,500 We also see some kind of wounds in the animal's flesh 170 00:07:20,625 --> 00:07:22,750 on its left side. 171 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:25,250 Field researcher, Ken Gerhart, says it's possible 172 00:07:25,375 --> 00:07:27,833 this is that infamous crocodile whose description 173 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,958 closely matches the creature in this footage. 174 00:07:30,083 --> 00:07:33,083 - Gustave is a massive Nile crocodile 175 00:07:33,208 --> 00:07:36,500 that is estimated to be up to 20 feet long 176 00:07:36,667 --> 00:07:38,625 and weigh as much as a ton. 177 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:40,417 - [Tony] But what's made Gustave the stuff of legend 178 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:43,167 isn't his size, it's his body count. 179 00:07:43,292 --> 00:07:45,625 We're using this file footage of other big crocs 180 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:47,917 to give you a sense of his terrifying behavior. 181 00:07:48,042 --> 00:07:51,500 But this is the only footage believed to be of Gustave. 182 00:07:51,583 --> 00:07:53,125 - It's been estimated that Gustave 183 00:07:53,208 --> 00:07:56,042 has killed and eaten at least 300 people, 184 00:07:56,208 --> 00:07:58,667 including 17 over the course of one year. 185 00:07:58,792 --> 00:07:59,958 (crocodile growls) 186 00:08:00,042 --> 00:08:02,833 - [Tony] Gustav's first known kill occurred in 1987 187 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,458 when three fatal attacks occurred 188 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:06,917 around the perimeter of Lake Tanganyika. 189 00:08:07,042 --> 00:08:10,083 Eyewitness accounts all pointed to the same massive croc. 190 00:08:10,208 --> 00:08:12,833 - There's even allegedly a video of Gustave 191 00:08:12,958 --> 00:08:17,125 killing an antelope and dragging into the water in 2015. 192 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:18,292 (suspenseful music) 193 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:21,708 - [Tony] But Gustav's favorite delicacy is mankind. 194 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,083 According to one legend, 195 00:08:23,208 --> 00:08:26,458 Gustave once ate over a dozen people in a single ambush. 196 00:08:26,542 --> 00:08:27,833 And at the end of it all, 197 00:08:27,958 --> 00:08:30,625 he still seemed to have the taste for blood on his tongue. 198 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:35,000 - The largest Nile crocodile ever documented 199 00:08:35,125 --> 00:08:39,167 was killed very nearby in Tanzania in 1905 200 00:08:39,333 --> 00:08:41,042 and that specimen, allegedly, 201 00:08:41,208 --> 00:08:45,333 was over 21 feet long and weighed well over a ton. 202 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:46,583 So in this particular region, 203 00:08:46,708 --> 00:08:51,250 we do have a tradition and history of massive crocodiles. 204 00:08:52,458 --> 00:08:54,333 I think crocodiles like this 205 00:08:54,458 --> 00:08:57,750 are essentially the perfect evolutionary design 206 00:08:57,875 --> 00:09:00,167 and the ultimate apex predator. 207 00:09:00,292 --> 00:09:02,250 (suspenseful music) 208 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:06,250 - Now some people believe local warlords in the area 209 00:09:06,375 --> 00:09:09,917 kidnap and killed their political enemies near the water 210 00:09:10,042 --> 00:09:13,708 and just let Gustave take the blame for the deaths. 211 00:09:13,875 --> 00:09:16,167 A body count of 300 for just one croc 212 00:09:16,333 --> 00:09:19,667 sure seems way beyond the realm of possibility. 213 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:21,417 So, two questions. 214 00:09:21,542 --> 00:09:26,417 Is this Gustave? And, is the legend of Gustave true? 215 00:09:26,542 --> 00:09:30,417 Let's let our experts take a bite out of this one. 216 00:09:30,542 --> 00:09:32,750 (tense music) 217 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:37,083 Kathy Strain examines the croc in the video, 218 00:09:37,208 --> 00:09:40,333 focusing on the relationship between size and age. 219 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:41,833 - The description of Gustave 220 00:09:41,958 --> 00:09:44,917 is about 18 feet long and 2,000 pounds. 221 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:47,500 That certainly matches what I'm seeing here 222 00:09:47,583 --> 00:09:51,333 as well as he's said to be about a hundred years old 223 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,375 and this most certainly, 224 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:55,083 to grow this size and have teeth that large, 225 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:58,583 this has got to be an older crocodile. 226 00:09:58,708 --> 00:10:01,250 - [Tony] Marine biologist Shea Conger says that's important 227 00:10:01,375 --> 00:10:03,708 because for a croc to kill 300 people, 228 00:10:03,833 --> 00:10:05,333 it would have to live a long time. 229 00:10:05,458 --> 00:10:09,458 - A crocodile of this size that was 60 or 100 years old 230 00:10:09,583 --> 00:10:11,542 really isn't that unlikely. 231 00:10:11,708 --> 00:10:14,042 They're typically slow moving animals 232 00:10:14,208 --> 00:10:16,750 with a really slow metabolism. 233 00:10:16,875 --> 00:10:20,708 And whenever we see that life cycle in a creature, 234 00:10:20,875 --> 00:10:23,083 those animals tend to live for decades. 235 00:10:23,208 --> 00:10:26,500 And in some cases, like in the rockfish, 236 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:28,708 which is a very slow moving fish, 237 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:31,750 they can live 200 years or more. 238 00:10:31,875 --> 00:10:33,000 - [Tony] Strain sees further evidence 239 00:10:33,083 --> 00:10:36,000 that this just might be the beast of local legend. 240 00:10:36,167 --> 00:10:39,833 - I can't imagine that there's another crocodile 241 00:10:39,917 --> 00:10:42,542 that equals the size of the legend of Gustave 242 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:43,917 in this same location 243 00:10:44,042 --> 00:10:45,875 because one would wanna be dominant. 244 00:10:47,208 --> 00:10:50,042 - [Tony] But old big crocs still need enough teeth to kill. 245 00:10:50,167 --> 00:10:52,250 so Conger examines the creature's mouth. 246 00:10:52,375 --> 00:10:55,750 - There are certain animals like crocodiles and sharks 247 00:10:55,875 --> 00:10:57,083 that have many sets of teeth 248 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:58,583 that grow through their lifetimes. 249 00:10:58,708 --> 00:11:00,792 This is known as polyphyodont. 250 00:11:00,917 --> 00:11:04,083 Polyphyodontism means that even if a predator 251 00:11:04,208 --> 00:11:07,500 does lose a tooth, it won't starve to death the next time 252 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:10,500 because there'll be a new tooth to replace that. 253 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:11,917 When we look at Gustave, 254 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:14,083 we see that he's running out of teeth 255 00:11:14,208 --> 00:11:17,667 to replace those that he's lost over time. 256 00:11:17,792 --> 00:11:19,875 - Look at that, those gaps there. 257 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,167 The spaces here and here. 258 00:11:22,250 --> 00:11:24,833 He's missing enough teeth to suggest he's quite old, 259 00:11:24,958 --> 00:11:26,917 but he still has enough to keep killing. 260 00:11:27,042 --> 00:11:28,125 Biologist Floyd Hayes agrees 261 00:11:28,208 --> 00:11:31,042 the existence of a crocodile as deadly as Gustave 262 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:33,542 is within the realm of possibility for this region. 263 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:36,333 - Crocodiles are believed to be very intelligent animals 264 00:11:36,458 --> 00:11:39,375 that learn effectively how to hunt food 265 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:43,500 and repeat their methods once they've perfected them. 266 00:11:43,625 --> 00:11:44,667 - [Tony] According to experts, 267 00:11:44,792 --> 00:11:47,167 certain predators can develop a taste for human flesh 268 00:11:47,250 --> 00:11:49,458 after feasting upon it once. 269 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:52,167 They attribute this to the salt content in our blood 270 00:11:52,292 --> 00:11:53,958 since salt is an important part 271 00:11:54,083 --> 00:11:56,167 of maintaining proper nutrition for animals. 272 00:11:56,250 --> 00:11:58,500 Plus crocodiles have dermal sensory organs 273 00:11:58,625 --> 00:12:00,750 that let them detect motion with their skin 274 00:12:00,875 --> 00:12:02,667 and track prey's movements in the water. 275 00:12:02,792 --> 00:12:05,167 They also have the most advanced brains of any reptile 276 00:12:05,292 --> 00:12:07,167 and can strategize attacks. 277 00:12:07,333 --> 00:12:09,000 - I think it's possible that a crocodile 278 00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:12,000 could kill 300 or more people 279 00:12:12,125 --> 00:12:14,750 if they're routinely approaching the river 280 00:12:14,875 --> 00:12:15,917 to wash their clothes. 281 00:12:16,042 --> 00:12:18,125 - [Tony] And for anthropologist Kathy Strain, 282 00:12:18,208 --> 00:12:20,208 it's the injuries seen on the creature's skin 283 00:12:20,375 --> 00:12:23,542 that tell her this beast may be all he's croc'd up to be. 284 00:12:23,667 --> 00:12:27,833 - You can see in the video that this crocodile's been shot. 285 00:12:27,958 --> 00:12:30,667 There's multiple shotgun shell wounds 286 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,542 on one side of its body 287 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:37,375 and it also has a very bad injury to one of its shoulders. 288 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,333 - [Tony] That's key because according to one report, 289 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,167 Gustave did survive an earlier attempt 290 00:12:41,292 --> 00:12:43,083 to hunt him down and kill him. 291 00:12:43,208 --> 00:12:45,000 - So the description of the wounds 292 00:12:45,125 --> 00:12:46,417 that Gustave is supposed to have, 293 00:12:46,542 --> 00:12:50,792 it certainly appears to be the same crocodile in the video. 294 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:53,333 (tense music) 295 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:58,667 - So our verdict, we're going to say this is Gustave. 296 00:12:58,792 --> 00:13:02,292 The strange combination of size, aged teeth, 297 00:13:02,375 --> 00:13:04,000 and apparent bullet wounds 298 00:13:04,125 --> 00:13:06,000 makes this crocodile special enough 299 00:13:06,125 --> 00:13:08,333 to be the creature of local legend. 300 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:10,333 The good news is reports of his attacks 301 00:13:10,458 --> 00:13:12,542 have declined in recent years. 302 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:15,958 Maybe he's changed his diet, maybe he's died, 303 00:13:16,042 --> 00:13:17,750 but his legend lives on. 304 00:13:21,792 --> 00:13:24,167 - You know, they say animals can detect paranormal activity 305 00:13:24,292 --> 00:13:27,458 better than humans, but in our next video, 306 00:13:27,542 --> 00:13:29,875 this dog didn't need a sixth sense 307 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:32,500 to know something strange was going down. 308 00:13:32,583 --> 00:13:36,750 October 16th, 2021 in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, 309 00:13:37,875 --> 00:13:40,167 a security camera in Jason and Tara Doyle's living room 310 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:43,250 is monitoring the couple's two dogs, safely crated. 311 00:13:44,458 --> 00:13:46,708 The clip records the dogs barking incessantly 312 00:13:46,875 --> 00:13:48,333 at an unseen stimulant. 313 00:13:48,458 --> 00:13:51,417 Then at the 22 second mark, they suddenly stop in unison 314 00:13:51,542 --> 00:13:53,000 and remain perfectly still 315 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:55,375 almost as if listening for something. 316 00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:59,500 Now just before the clip ends, watch Kira, the black dog. 317 00:13:59,583 --> 00:14:01,750 Her collar suddenly unlatches itself 318 00:14:04,542 --> 00:14:07,625 and then she either jumps back in fear 319 00:14:07,750 --> 00:14:11,333 or observers have said was thrown back by some force. 320 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:14,083 Take another look as we slow down and zoom in. 321 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:16,167 The collar comes off and for whatever reason, 322 00:14:16,292 --> 00:14:18,583 Kira hits the side of the cage. 323 00:14:18,708 --> 00:14:20,417 Jason came home later that afternoon 324 00:14:20,542 --> 00:14:22,375 and instantly knew something was wrong. 325 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:25,917 - I pulled up our home security, internal security cameras 326 00:14:26,042 --> 00:14:29,667 and was like, 'Wow, that's uh, that's really creepy'. 327 00:14:29,750 --> 00:14:33,750 And then immediately sent the video to Tara 328 00:14:33,875 --> 00:14:37,917 had to be like, 'So, take a look at this honey. 329 00:14:38,042 --> 00:14:39,167 Kind of weird.' 330 00:14:39,292 --> 00:14:41,458 - [Tony] And this wasn't the first time Jason and Tara 331 00:14:41,542 --> 00:14:44,375 experienced unexplained activity in their home. 332 00:14:44,542 --> 00:14:47,958 - There were times where like, the dog would stare 333 00:14:48,083 --> 00:14:50,625 at a blank wall in the corner of a room. 334 00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:51,667 Like, nothing over there, 335 00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:55,167 wasn't like, sniffing or licking or anything. 336 00:14:55,292 --> 00:14:58,750 And then five, 10 minutes later walk away. 337 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:00,333 - [Tony] While the question of whether this dog 338 00:15:00,458 --> 00:15:02,625 acted as a medium of sorts can be debated, 339 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:05,708 the idea that dogs can perceive things humans cannot 340 00:15:05,833 --> 00:15:07,417 is a scientific fact. 341 00:15:07,542 --> 00:15:10,292 - Dogs and cats will know when a natural disaster 342 00:15:10,375 --> 00:15:12,500 is about to occur before we do. 343 00:15:12,625 --> 00:15:15,792 Also, people who have cardiac disorders or seizures, 344 00:15:15,875 --> 00:15:18,625 they will often have service animals with them 345 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:21,583 who can sense changes to their physiology 346 00:15:21,708 --> 00:15:24,625 that allows them to help keep their owners safe. 347 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:26,750 - [Tony] There have also been stories of dogs howling 348 00:15:26,875 --> 00:15:28,958 when a person is on their deathbed, 349 00:15:29,083 --> 00:15:32,333 seemingly indicating an ability to sense the onset of death 350 00:15:32,458 --> 00:15:34,667 or perhaps the presence of spirits. 351 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:37,500 In fact, their sense of smell is 50 times stronger than ours 352 00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:41,375 with some 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses. 353 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:45,958 - Blood sugar levels, cancer, COVID-19, bedbugs, 354 00:15:46,042 --> 00:15:50,417 these are all things that dogs can sense and identify. 355 00:15:52,375 --> 00:15:55,125 - Does this sixth sense give dogs like Kira 356 00:15:55,250 --> 00:15:58,333 the ability to see ghosts or spirits? 357 00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:00,125 The American Kennel Club states, 358 00:16:00,208 --> 00:16:02,875 so much of animal behavior is uncertain 359 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,375 that the possibilities of a dog sensing something 360 00:16:05,542 --> 00:16:08,208 a human can't is not out of the question. 361 00:16:08,375 --> 00:16:10,375 But what can our experts see? 362 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:12,833 (tense music) 363 00:16:14,125 --> 00:16:16,708 First things first, could this video be a hoax? 364 00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:19,292 Our resident video forensics expert, Michael Primeau, 365 00:16:19,375 --> 00:16:22,292 says the video has been reprocessed several times 366 00:16:22,375 --> 00:16:24,292 but not intentionally manipulated. 367 00:16:24,375 --> 00:16:26,208 - We have the version that was uploaded to TikTok 368 00:16:26,375 --> 00:16:28,083 and then put into Premiere Pro 369 00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:30,083 and then extracted from Premiere Pro. 370 00:16:30,208 --> 00:16:32,875 That's three potential encoding stages 371 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,417 that affected the original digital evidence integrity. 372 00:16:37,542 --> 00:16:40,000 One particular indication is these interlacing artifacts 373 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:44,125 we see here on the animal as it begins to move. 374 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:47,583 This is a result of processing the video several times. 375 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:50,167 - [Tony] So how to explain the collar coming unfastened? 376 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:53,500 Theoretical physicist, professor Michio Kaku has a guess. 377 00:16:53,583 --> 00:16:56,500 - It seems that the caller was connected to something 378 00:16:56,625 --> 00:16:58,708 and so as soon as the dog moved, 379 00:16:58,875 --> 00:17:01,542 the collar came off 'cause it was stuck. 380 00:17:01,667 --> 00:17:03,833 Perhaps it was a string, a latch, 381 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,792 connecting it to one of the wires in that cage. 382 00:17:07,875 --> 00:17:09,667 - [Tony] But looking again and blowing up the footage, 383 00:17:09,833 --> 00:17:11,625 we can't see any evidence of this. 384 00:17:11,708 --> 00:17:14,125 Though of course, the video quality is poor. 385 00:17:14,208 --> 00:17:15,375 And Kaku acknowledges, 386 00:17:15,542 --> 00:17:17,958 dogs do have something like a so-called sixth sense 387 00:17:18,083 --> 00:17:19,500 that humans lack. 388 00:17:19,583 --> 00:17:22,333 - We use eyesight in order to gain knowledge 389 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:24,000 of the environment. 390 00:17:24,167 --> 00:17:26,875 Dogs use smell and sound. 391 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,958 And their nose is much more sophisticated than our nose. 392 00:17:30,042 --> 00:17:35,167 And the amount of gray matter devoted to smell is huge. 393 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:36,833 They have a way to detect things 394 00:17:36,958 --> 00:17:39,958 that we are just totally oblivious to. 395 00:17:40,083 --> 00:17:42,167 (tense music) 396 00:17:43,625 --> 00:17:46,167 - Our verdict, we're gonna call this one unexplained. 397 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:50,333 We can't say one way or another what went on in that cage. 398 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,375 If it was a loose thread that got caught, 399 00:17:52,542 --> 00:17:55,667 how was it able to completely unlatch the collar? 400 00:17:55,792 --> 00:17:58,500 And what was going on when Kira just froze? 401 00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:00,625 The only one who will ever really know 402 00:18:00,708 --> 00:18:02,958 what happened here is Kira. 403 00:18:06,708 --> 00:18:09,000 - If I say UFO, you'll know immediately 404 00:18:09,125 --> 00:18:11,792 what I'm talking about, an unidentified flying object. 405 00:18:11,875 --> 00:18:14,292 Recently though we've been seeing more and more reports 406 00:18:14,417 --> 00:18:15,958 of another kind of craft. 407 00:18:16,083 --> 00:18:21,417 It's called USO, an unidentified submersible object. 408 00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:23,542 But what are they? Aliens? 409 00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:26,875 Secret government technology, or something else? 410 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:31,500 October, 2021, Cozumel, Mexico. 411 00:18:31,625 --> 00:18:33,792 While it's typically sunshine and sandy beaches 412 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:36,250 that draw tourists to this island paradise, 413 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:39,750 a TikTok user who goes by the handle, @DontStayAtHomeDad, 414 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:41,667 says he came here after hearing rumors 415 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:44,250 that something strange is lurking in the waters 416 00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:46,625 and that's when he captured this. 417 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:47,833 - [Witness] Here you can see at nighttime, 418 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,250 two lights that are moving in sync with one another, 419 00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:53,250 slowly drifting away from shore 420 00:18:53,375 --> 00:18:55,125 and kind of spinning in a slow circle. 421 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:56,292 - [Tony] Take another look. 422 00:18:56,375 --> 00:18:58,458 As we zoom in and slow down, 423 00:18:58,542 --> 00:19:01,083 we see a pair of glowing circles in the water. 424 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,708 - [Witness] I don't know how much more proof 425 00:19:02,833 --> 00:19:04,417 I need to give people to convince you 426 00:19:04,542 --> 00:19:06,333 that there's something suspicious going on 427 00:19:06,417 --> 00:19:08,292 out there in the water. 428 00:19:08,417 --> 00:19:10,375 - [Tony] The video goes viral on TikTok, 429 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,375 amassing 350,000 views 430 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:15,292 and multiple theories on what this is. 431 00:19:15,375 --> 00:19:19,208 Journalist MJ Banias says The UFO community is fascinated 432 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:21,792 with phenomena known as USOs. 433 00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:26,792 - Where A UFO is an unidentified flying object, 434 00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:31,667 a USO is an unidentified submersible object, 435 00:19:31,750 --> 00:19:33,542 unknown vehicles that operate 436 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:37,333 under the surface of the water, an underwater UFO. 437 00:19:37,458 --> 00:19:38,417 - [Tony] Some are convinced 438 00:19:38,542 --> 00:19:40,500 that Mexico's ancient Mayan civilization 439 00:19:40,625 --> 00:19:43,000 may be connected to unknown craft in the water. 440 00:19:43,125 --> 00:19:45,417 - Various researchers online do believe 441 00:19:45,542 --> 00:19:49,500 that the gods of the Maya are connected 442 00:19:49,583 --> 00:19:53,542 to the UFO phenomenon or to aliens visiting Earth. 443 00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:57,417 The Mayans believed that to access the underworld 444 00:19:57,542 --> 00:19:59,000 for some divine reason, 445 00:19:59,167 --> 00:20:01,458 one would have to travel through La Cenotes 446 00:20:01,542 --> 00:20:04,083 which was a underground water-filled pit. 447 00:20:05,167 --> 00:20:06,708 - [Tony] Did that belief come from ancients 448 00:20:06,833 --> 00:20:09,500 observing USOs rising out of the deep? 449 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:10,708 Today, one thing is certain, 450 00:20:10,833 --> 00:20:14,167 USOs are an ongoing concern for the US government. 451 00:20:14,292 --> 00:20:15,417 In fact, in May, 2022, 452 00:20:15,542 --> 00:20:18,875 when government officials were asked specifically about USOs 453 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,667 during Congressional hearings. 454 00:20:20,792 --> 00:20:22,542 - Do we have any sensors underwater 455 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:26,750 to detect on submerged UAPs? 456 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:29,083 Anything that is in the ocean or in the seas? 457 00:20:29,208 --> 00:20:31,458 - So, I think that would be more appropriately addressed 458 00:20:31,542 --> 00:20:32,500 in closed session, sir. 459 00:20:32,625 --> 00:20:33,708 - Okay. 460 00:20:33,875 --> 00:20:35,708 - [Tony] They declined to answer in public 461 00:20:35,875 --> 00:20:37,958 and instead address the issue in a secret, 462 00:20:38,042 --> 00:20:39,667 behind closed doors session. 463 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:42,333 (suspenseful music) 464 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:43,500 In our first season, 465 00:20:43,625 --> 00:20:46,792 we brought you the story of the Aguadilla UFO, 466 00:20:46,875 --> 00:20:50,167 an unidentified craft which was seen to submerge 467 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,750 in the waters off the coast of Puerto Rico, 468 00:20:52,875 --> 00:20:55,875 but that was shot by a high grade military camera. 469 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,500 Did this dad's consumer video gear 470 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,667 capture something similar? 471 00:21:00,750 --> 00:21:03,208 Let's turn to our experts for the deep dive. 472 00:21:03,375 --> 00:21:05,667 (tense music) 473 00:21:07,208 --> 00:21:08,042 We begin our examination 474 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:10,542 with forensic video analyst Michael Primeau. 475 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,667 - Upon initial review of the evidence, 476 00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:15,500 minimal digital information accompanies the file, 477 00:21:15,583 --> 00:21:17,167 but the lights do appear to be real. 478 00:21:17,292 --> 00:21:19,167 There's no evidence of overlaying or anything 479 00:21:19,292 --> 00:21:20,833 within the macro blocks that would suggest 480 00:21:20,958 --> 00:21:23,125 that it's placed within the recording. 481 00:21:23,208 --> 00:21:24,750 - [Tony] So if what we're seeing is real, 482 00:21:24,875 --> 00:21:26,875 could it be secret military technology? 483 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,458 According to Rich Hoffman of the center for UAP studies, 484 00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:30,875 the video offers a clue. 485 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,792 - The fact that it was in close proximity to the shoreline, 486 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:34,792 to me, would indicate that 487 00:21:34,917 --> 00:21:36,875 that's probably relatively shallow. 488 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,208 And they're relatively slow, 489 00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:40,917 so I don't think that it's gonna be anything 490 00:21:41,042 --> 00:21:44,208 like a secret military type situation. 491 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:46,250 - [Tony] Could these lights be a natural phenomenon? 492 00:21:46,375 --> 00:21:47,542 Bioluminescent sea life? 493 00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:50,958 We take that question to marine biologist, Dr. Shea Conger. 494 00:21:51,083 --> 00:21:55,000 - Bioluminescence happens when the chemical bonds are broken 495 00:21:55,083 --> 00:21:57,333 and we call this an exothermic reaction 496 00:21:57,458 --> 00:21:59,083 because energy is released 497 00:21:59,208 --> 00:22:02,292 when chemical compounds are broken down. 498 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:04,875 - [Tony] Approximately 75% of creatures in the ocean 499 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,833 are capable of bioluminescence, 500 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:09,125 however, Conger notes, there's a catch. 501 00:22:09,208 --> 00:22:12,000 - [Shea] Most of these species that would be bioluminescing 502 00:22:12,083 --> 00:22:13,792 are actually deep sea animals 503 00:22:13,875 --> 00:22:16,792 that live at extraordinarily high pressures. 504 00:22:16,875 --> 00:22:18,333 - [Tony] And while bioluminescent algae 505 00:22:18,458 --> 00:22:21,042 can be seen near beaches around the world, 506 00:22:21,167 --> 00:22:22,417 it's often widespread 507 00:22:22,542 --> 00:22:25,875 and doesn't typically form such a distinct circular pattern. 508 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,292 So where does that leave us? 509 00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:29,667 Hoffman believes the underwater attractions 510 00:22:29,833 --> 00:22:32,250 of Cozumel itself are key to the answer. 511 00:22:33,208 --> 00:22:35,375 - I think that ultimately it's two people 512 00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:38,167 that are moving through the water with a flashlight. 513 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:41,500 People go scuba diving at night all the time. 514 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:44,500 - [Tony] So we pressed our anonymous dad, 515 00:22:44,625 --> 00:22:46,208 then he copped to it. 516 00:22:46,375 --> 00:22:48,750 The post was a hoax, classic click bait. 517 00:22:48,875 --> 00:22:51,000 - I watched with my own eyes. 518 00:22:51,125 --> 00:22:55,792 Two human beings get loaded up with all their scuba gear, 519 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,167 go underwater, turn on their flashlights 520 00:22:58,250 --> 00:22:59,833 and then I started filming. 521 00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:02,000 I'm trying to gather information about 522 00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:04,917 the way humans receive information 523 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:07,667 and how quick they are to believe it. 524 00:23:07,792 --> 00:23:11,500 So when I saw this combination of a foreign environment 525 00:23:11,583 --> 00:23:13,542 with an odd visual, 526 00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:14,542 I knew that in this moment, 527 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:16,667 I had to put it right on my TikTok channel. 528 00:23:16,792 --> 00:23:18,542 I knew that it was gonna blow up. 529 00:23:18,708 --> 00:23:21,000 (tense music) 530 00:23:22,417 --> 00:23:24,667 - So there you have it. It's a hoax. 531 00:23:24,792 --> 00:23:26,125 The dad says he's compiling data 532 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:30,542 about how quickly people will believe what they see online. 533 00:23:30,667 --> 00:23:33,125 Okay, if you had any doubts, 534 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:35,417 there's a lot of fake stuff on the internet, 535 00:23:35,542 --> 00:23:36,958 there's your proof. 536 00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:39,583 Now when it comes to USOs, that's another story. 537 00:23:39,708 --> 00:23:41,917 We've seen plenty of evidence. 538 00:23:42,042 --> 00:23:44,167 They are a very real phenomenon 539 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:46,667 and we'll keep investigating when we find them. 540 00:23:50,375 --> 00:23:52,000 - Emerging 5,000 years ago, Ancient Egyptian 541 00:23:52,083 --> 00:23:54,542 is one of the world's oldest writing systems, 542 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:58,250 consisting of about 1,000 hieroglyphs. 543 00:23:58,375 --> 00:24:01,000 But one recently discovered hieroglyph in particular 544 00:24:01,125 --> 00:24:03,542 feels bizarrely out of place. 545 00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:07,458 In fact, it looks like it belongs right here, right now. 546 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,292 It's April, 2009 in Abydos, Egypt. 547 00:24:11,375 --> 00:24:13,333 A French tourist is visiting the Great temple 548 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:15,667 built by Pharaoh Seti the first. 549 00:24:15,792 --> 00:24:17,083 As he wanders through the site, 550 00:24:17,208 --> 00:24:19,333 he photographs something high up on a stone wall 551 00:24:19,417 --> 00:24:21,250 that seems quite out of place. 552 00:24:21,375 --> 00:24:23,833 In the photos, we see a panel in the temple wall 553 00:24:23,958 --> 00:24:26,000 covered with a series of hieroglyphs. 554 00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:28,667 Some seem just like standard characters, 555 00:24:28,792 --> 00:24:31,833 but above those appears a form that looks, to many, 556 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,542 less like something out of ancient Egypt 557 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:35,375 and more like a modern day helicopter. 558 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,667 And even more remarkable beside it 559 00:24:37,792 --> 00:24:40,333 are what seem to be a tank and a spaceship. 560 00:24:41,583 --> 00:24:44,333 - You can see it here with the rotors up top. 561 00:24:44,458 --> 00:24:47,833 You have the back fin here and you have the body here. 562 00:24:47,958 --> 00:24:50,292 Many believers see this as evidence 563 00:24:50,375 --> 00:24:52,417 of an ancient alien intervention. 564 00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:54,292 - [Tony] Journalist Eric Grunhauser explains, 565 00:24:54,417 --> 00:24:56,667 there's a concept known as ancient astronaut theory, 566 00:24:56,792 --> 00:24:59,208 which proposes that some extraterrestrial beings 567 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,000 visited Earth in centuries past. 568 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,292 - It sort of created this idea 569 00:25:03,375 --> 00:25:05,667 that aliens helped build the pyramids, 570 00:25:05,792 --> 00:25:08,042 gave us otherworldly technology. 571 00:25:08,208 --> 00:25:09,708 - [Tony] The three great pyramids in Giza 572 00:25:09,833 --> 00:25:12,542 are said to align with the stars in Orion's Belt, 573 00:25:12,708 --> 00:25:14,292 which would indicate whoever made them 574 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:16,167 had advanced astronomical knowledge 575 00:25:16,333 --> 00:25:18,542 and was able to view the site from above. 576 00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:20,333 And Grundhauser says many believe 577 00:25:20,417 --> 00:25:22,250 that the appearance of the other seemingly 578 00:25:22,375 --> 00:25:24,917 modern conveyances on the temple wall 579 00:25:25,042 --> 00:25:27,042 gives even more credence to this theory. 580 00:25:27,208 --> 00:25:29,042 - Of course, you have the helicopter here, 581 00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:30,875 but then you also have things described by some 582 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,625 to look like a tank or the land speeder from Star Wars. 583 00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:38,167 Maybe they brought it through time from the modern day 584 00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:41,208 to show them where humankind was headed. 585 00:25:41,333 --> 00:25:43,042 (suspenseful music) 586 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:46,208 - Italian artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, 587 00:25:46,375 --> 00:25:49,083 made prototype drawings of an ornithopter 588 00:25:49,208 --> 00:25:52,625 flying machine way back in the mid 1500s. 589 00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:54,583 But the first successful helicopters 590 00:25:54,708 --> 00:25:58,125 didn't actually lift off until the 1920s. 591 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,167 So is it possible that the ancient Egyptians 592 00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:04,125 somehow foresaw our technology 593 00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:07,458 either through their own genius or with alien help? 594 00:26:07,583 --> 00:26:10,375 Or could they have actually seen a helicopter like craft 595 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:14,333 transported from another galaxy or from the future? 596 00:26:14,417 --> 00:26:16,458 Let's consult the experts. 597 00:26:16,583 --> 00:26:18,792 (tense music) 598 00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:22,792 Archeologist, Ed Barnhart, examines the photos 599 00:26:22,917 --> 00:26:25,208 to determine if the alien tech theory flies. 600 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:28,167 - Archeology uses this term called OOPA, 601 00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:31,750 an Out Of Place Artifact. 602 00:26:31,875 --> 00:26:33,667 Something that's out of place 603 00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:36,167 in the time period you find it in. 604 00:26:36,292 --> 00:26:39,833 Our OOPAs are these glyphs 605 00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:44,292 that really do look like they're helicopters and spaceships. 606 00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:47,333 - [Tony] Yet anthropologist Kathy Strain says 607 00:26:47,458 --> 00:26:48,375 the placement of these glyphs 608 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:51,167 calls the alien theory into question. 609 00:26:51,250 --> 00:26:54,542 - This is the only place that this symbol occurs 610 00:26:54,708 --> 00:26:59,333 and it's actually up in the corner of the ceiling. 611 00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:02,500 I would expect that if they had really seen a helicopter, 612 00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:05,333 it would be prominent in that temple. 613 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:07,125 I would also suspect 614 00:27:07,208 --> 00:27:09,625 that if they knew what helicopters were, 615 00:27:09,708 --> 00:27:13,000 they would have them buried in the tombs of the kings. 616 00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:16,167 And there's nothing like that that has ever been found. 617 00:27:16,292 --> 00:27:19,333 Because space in a temple's very valuable, 618 00:27:19,458 --> 00:27:21,167 when one Pharaoh dies 619 00:27:21,292 --> 00:27:23,000 and another Pharaoh comes into power, 620 00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:25,667 he likely went into the temple 621 00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:29,708 and erased what was there before and then wrote over it. 622 00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:34,250 And that overwriting caused this illusion 623 00:27:34,375 --> 00:27:36,750 that that symbol is a helicopter. 624 00:27:37,875 --> 00:27:39,458 - [Tony] So it just may be coincidental 625 00:27:39,542 --> 00:27:42,333 for a helicopter to appear in this amalgamation, 626 00:27:42,417 --> 00:27:44,292 which Barnhart concludes as created 627 00:27:44,375 --> 00:27:45,500 with a well-known technique. 628 00:27:45,667 --> 00:27:49,958 - This panel in its current state is a palimpsest, 629 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:54,500 and essentially you make plaster out of the same material. 630 00:27:54,583 --> 00:27:58,000 So you can actually shape a new spot 631 00:27:58,125 --> 00:28:00,958 on a flat piece of limestone 632 00:28:01,042 --> 00:28:04,667 to look like the raised hieroglyph that you just erased. 633 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,875 But it doesn't hold through the test of time. 634 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:11,708 So it falls off and you end up getting things 635 00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:15,583 that look like untranslatable blips. 636 00:28:15,708 --> 00:28:17,833 (tense music) 637 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:21,667 - Because of its inconspicuous placement, 638 00:28:21,792 --> 00:28:24,542 it's lack of appearance elsewhere in ancient Egypt, 639 00:28:24,708 --> 00:28:27,125 and the experience Barnhart has 640 00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:28,833 with the creation of hieroglyphs, 641 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:33,375 our verdict is this symbol is an example of a palimpsest. 642 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:35,292 The original material has been written over, 643 00:28:35,375 --> 00:28:37,125 but traces of it remain. 644 00:28:37,208 --> 00:28:40,625 And over time the deterioration of the carving leaves behind 645 00:28:40,708 --> 00:28:43,792 an unintended shape that we recognize, 646 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:45,458 but not the pharaohs. 647 00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:51,167 - We make it our business to investigate strange sounds. 648 00:28:51,292 --> 00:28:52,542 Sometimes they're booms, 649 00:28:52,667 --> 00:28:54,833 sometimes they're animal cries 650 00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:59,333 and sometimes they sound like God is making music. 651 00:28:59,458 --> 00:29:01,333 This is one of those times. 652 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:05,500 October 2021, Vancouver Canada, 653 00:29:05,583 --> 00:29:06,750 a drizzly morning. 654 00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:08,583 From outside the window of this house, 655 00:29:08,708 --> 00:29:10,542 Kevin Yaro hears something peculiar 656 00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:12,958 and decides to record this. 657 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:15,750 (harmonic droning) 658 00:29:25,917 --> 00:29:27,167 - [Tony] It's like a harmonic hum, 659 00:29:27,292 --> 00:29:30,667 maybe something mechanical and it seems to fade in and out. 660 00:29:30,750 --> 00:29:32,708 Listen again with the volume up. 661 00:29:32,833 --> 00:29:36,000 Notice the odd musical quality the noise possesses. 662 00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:38,750 (harmonic droning) 663 00:29:40,583 --> 00:29:42,250 What makes this sound so strange 664 00:29:42,375 --> 00:29:44,042 is that Kevin claims there are no instruments 665 00:29:44,167 --> 00:29:45,375 to be found nearby. 666 00:29:45,542 --> 00:29:46,875 The sustained musical ringing 667 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,917 seems to be appearing out of thin air. 668 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:55,500 - [Tony] Kevin says this isn't the only time he's heard it 669 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:58,000 and he has posted this other video of a similar encounter 670 00:29:58,125 --> 00:30:00,458 in a cemetery with a similar musical sound. 671 00:30:00,542 --> 00:30:03,375 (harmonic droning) 672 00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:09,083 Each video he posts receives a flood of comments. 673 00:30:22,375 --> 00:30:23,917 (harmonic droning) 674 00:30:24,042 --> 00:30:26,375 - [Tony] With that, we turn to journalist MJ Banias 675 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,833 to explore the theory the sound 676 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,750 could be something heavenly in nature. 677 00:30:29,875 --> 00:30:34,208 - Within Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, 678 00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:38,833 we have a sort of a consistent representation of the divine, 679 00:30:38,917 --> 00:30:42,208 especially around the imagery of an angel. 680 00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:44,667 There is often a trumpetist sound 681 00:30:44,792 --> 00:30:47,208 that that follows these angels around. 682 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:49,458 When they blow them, it's a sort of sign 683 00:30:49,542 --> 00:30:51,333 that something divine is occurring. 684 00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:54,125 (harmonic droning) 685 00:30:56,208 --> 00:30:57,167 (suspenseful music) 686 00:30:57,292 --> 00:31:01,625 - In 2010, a nurse reported that 20 years back, 687 00:31:01,750 --> 00:31:04,500 she heard a beautiful melody emanate from the heavens 688 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:08,125 just after praying beside a devout Christian patient 689 00:31:08,208 --> 00:31:09,833 as the woman passed away. 690 00:31:09,958 --> 00:31:13,583 The nurse said, not only could she hear the melody clearly, 691 00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:16,667 but she was able to sing along in harmony 692 00:31:16,792 --> 00:31:20,500 with an alto voice she never knew she possessed. 693 00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:23,250 Could a similar phenomenon be happening here? 694 00:31:23,375 --> 00:31:24,958 Let's ask our experts. 695 00:31:25,042 --> 00:31:27,125 (tense music) 696 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,875 Soundscape ecologist, Ben Gottesman says 697 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,583 there's another strange phenomenon 698 00:31:32,708 --> 00:31:34,625 that might explain what we have here. 699 00:31:34,708 --> 00:31:36,833 It's an unexplained low frequency sound 700 00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:41,500 reported in hotspots around the world known as The Hum. 701 00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:44,000 So Gottesman been compares this Canadian sound 702 00:31:44,083 --> 00:31:46,875 (harmonic droning) 703 00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:51,792 to a known recording of the hum captured in Bristol, England. 704 00:31:51,917 --> 00:31:54,000 - So this sound is like these drawn out, 705 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:58,292 lower frequency, metallic, hollow vibrations. 706 00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:01,000 (low frequency droning) 707 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,292 The frequency's going all the way down 708 00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:08,542 between 100 and 200 hertz, 709 00:32:08,708 --> 00:32:11,083 and that is very different than what we see 710 00:32:11,208 --> 00:32:12,792 in our recording here. 711 00:32:12,875 --> 00:32:15,750 (harmonic droning) 712 00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:22,458 It's much more of a harmonically rich signal. 713 00:32:22,583 --> 00:32:25,708 The one in Bristol is lower frequency 714 00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:29,833 and the drones don't hold out for as long. 715 00:32:29,917 --> 00:32:32,667 There are different sounds, different frequencies, 716 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:34,542 and different temporal patterns. 717 00:32:34,667 --> 00:32:37,792 - [Tony] If not the hum, then what about another phenomenon? 718 00:32:38,792 --> 00:32:41,667 (metallic echo) 719 00:32:43,292 --> 00:32:46,000 - There's many videos that purportedly 720 00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:50,417 document sky trumpets or, sort of, god's music. 721 00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:52,792 And these British Columbia clips, 722 00:32:52,917 --> 00:32:58,542 I would say fit very well into that family of phenomena. 723 00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:00,042 - [Tony] But something about these recordings 724 00:33:00,167 --> 00:33:02,667 seem to be less than sacred to Ben. 725 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:05,667 - This person captured these sounds twice. 726 00:33:05,792 --> 00:33:09,458 And what are the chances that this sound manages 727 00:33:09,583 --> 00:33:13,167 to find the exact same guy twice? 728 00:33:13,292 --> 00:33:16,667 When we look at the acoustic characteristics 729 00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:18,500 in both of these clips, 730 00:33:18,583 --> 00:33:22,167 we can see the exact same sound event 731 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:25,542 is precisely the same, millisecond for millisecond. 732 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:28,208 (harmonic droning) 733 00:33:30,917 --> 00:33:33,375 (harmonic droning) 734 00:33:35,208 --> 00:33:37,833 For it to be literally identical, 735 00:33:37,958 --> 00:33:39,708 that's all the evidence I need to show 736 00:33:39,833 --> 00:33:42,542 that this is an edited video. 737 00:33:42,667 --> 00:33:43,958 (harmonic droning) 738 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:45,958 - [Tony] But that still doesn't answer the question 739 00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:48,250 of what exactly we're hearing in Kevin's videos. 740 00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:51,000 Gottesman has a hunch. 741 00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:53,583 - It was really striking that there were 742 00:33:53,708 --> 00:33:56,583 proper musical intervals in this clip. 743 00:33:56,708 --> 00:34:00,000 And so I enlisted one of the people 744 00:34:00,167 --> 00:34:01,792 who I grew up playing music with 745 00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:05,500 and he was able to recreate the sounds 746 00:34:05,583 --> 00:34:07,542 pretty well on synthesizer. 747 00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:09,500 The British Columbia sounds. 748 00:34:09,583 --> 00:34:12,292 (harmonic droning) 749 00:34:13,542 --> 00:34:14,667 Here's the synth track. 750 00:34:14,792 --> 00:34:17,500 (harmonic droning) 751 00:34:19,542 --> 00:34:22,042 To me, it's a really good match. 752 00:34:22,208 --> 00:34:24,292 (tense music) 753 00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:27,750 - Our verdict, a fake. 754 00:34:27,875 --> 00:34:30,958 Likely a digitally altered piano sound. 755 00:34:31,083 --> 00:34:32,625 We may have been inclined to give Kevin 756 00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:33,750 the benefit of the doubt, 757 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:37,292 but after the copy/paste job Dr. Gottesman found, 758 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:38,500 it's a bit of a stretch. 759 00:34:38,625 --> 00:34:42,042 However, The Hum and other unexplained mysterious sounds 760 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:45,333 around the world still remain unsolved. 761 00:34:49,125 --> 00:34:51,458 - Every year, tourists flock to snap photos 762 00:34:51,542 --> 00:34:55,167 of natural wonders like Arizona's Grand Canyon. 763 00:34:55,292 --> 00:34:57,333 But this next amazing marvel is so remote 764 00:34:57,417 --> 00:34:58,958 and potentially dangerous 765 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:01,500 that it has very rarely been photographed, 766 00:35:01,583 --> 00:35:03,042 much less visited, 767 00:35:03,208 --> 00:35:05,583 and it's been confounding scientists for years. 768 00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:09,958 It's summer 2006 in the Irkutsk region of Russia. 769 00:35:11,292 --> 00:35:14,458 Geologists Sergey Yezhav and Dimitri Tsyganov 770 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:17,667 have set out to document their explorations of a remote site 771 00:35:17,792 --> 00:35:19,833 that's baffled scientist to this day. 772 00:35:21,042 --> 00:35:23,042 In their aerial footage, we can see a rock formation 773 00:35:23,167 --> 00:35:25,667 protruding from the surrounding green forest. 774 00:35:25,750 --> 00:35:27,333 The grayish rock looks otherworldly, 775 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:30,208 completely separate from its surroundings. 776 00:35:30,333 --> 00:35:34,542 It rises 130 feet in the air with a diameter of 520 feet. 777 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:37,333 From above, it almost looks like a giant crater. 778 00:35:37,458 --> 00:35:41,500 However, another spherical shape rests inside like a volcano 779 00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:43,833 with a ball stuck in the center. 780 00:35:43,917 --> 00:35:45,958 Journalist Amy Teitel says the infamous site 781 00:35:46,042 --> 00:35:48,083 is known as the Patomskiy Crater. 782 00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:50,083 - It sort of looks like a crater, 783 00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:53,042 but there's this bolus looking thing in the middle. 784 00:35:53,167 --> 00:35:56,500 It's unclear how it formed or what exactly it is. 785 00:35:56,667 --> 00:35:59,500 And because it's in a remote location in Siberia, 786 00:35:59,583 --> 00:36:01,833 it's incredibly hard to study. 787 00:36:01,958 --> 00:36:03,458 - [Tony] Teitel says the site was first studied 788 00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:07,125 by Russian scientists in 1949 when the local Yakut people 789 00:36:07,208 --> 00:36:09,083 warned a young geologist about it. 790 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:12,167 - The local people in the area are the Yakut people 791 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:16,000 and they've been aware of this formation for a long time. 792 00:36:16,125 --> 00:36:19,167 It's known as the Fire Eagle's Nest or the Devil Place. 793 00:36:19,292 --> 00:36:22,292 The locals know to avoid this place at all costs, 794 00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:24,833 and they say that anyone who gets too close to it 795 00:36:24,958 --> 00:36:28,000 is immediately overcome with a sense of dread. 796 00:36:28,083 --> 00:36:30,000 One expedition was forced to stop 797 00:36:30,167 --> 00:36:32,208 when its leader died of a sudden heart attack 798 00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:34,542 just three miles from the crater. 799 00:36:37,542 --> 00:36:40,167 - [Tony] In 2010, the Patomskiy Crater conference 800 00:36:40,292 --> 00:36:42,375 was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 801 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,667 where scientists gathered to discuss its origin. 802 00:36:45,792 --> 00:36:48,167 Their results, inconclusive. 803 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:50,417 But we have our own team of experts. 804 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,500 So let's see what they can unearth. 805 00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:54,583 (tense music) 806 00:36:56,292 --> 00:36:59,125 NASA geologist Dr. Bob Anderson considers one theory 807 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:01,083 that's gained some traction, 808 00:37:01,208 --> 00:37:02,667 that the crater could have been created 809 00:37:02,750 --> 00:37:04,208 by two consecutive meteorites. 810 00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:05,875 - We've seen where impacts 811 00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:07,917 have hit this area, especially Siberia. 812 00:37:08,042 --> 00:37:09,500 My problem with the impact idea 813 00:37:09,583 --> 00:37:11,458 is that you don't see an ejecta blanket. 814 00:37:11,583 --> 00:37:13,667 - [Tony] Ejecta blanket is the blanket of debris 815 00:37:13,792 --> 00:37:15,500 surrounding an impact crater. 816 00:37:15,583 --> 00:37:18,292 There is typically a star shaped distribution of ejecta 817 00:37:18,417 --> 00:37:20,708 around the crater rim because the debris 818 00:37:20,833 --> 00:37:22,667 is ejected up and then out. 819 00:37:22,833 --> 00:37:24,167 There's no ejecta blanket here, 820 00:37:24,292 --> 00:37:27,167 so Anderson is able to rule out meteorites. 821 00:37:27,292 --> 00:37:30,292 Then another theory. Could this be a volcano? 822 00:37:30,417 --> 00:37:31,833 - [Bob] The problem is that this 823 00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:33,625 is in a limestone sedimentary rock. 824 00:37:33,708 --> 00:37:36,000 Limestones are developed at the bottom of oceans. 825 00:37:36,125 --> 00:37:39,500 And sedimentary rocks don't form volcanoes. 826 00:37:39,667 --> 00:37:42,125 - [Tony] Siberia is not known for its tectonic activity, 827 00:37:42,208 --> 00:37:44,833 so that makes a volcanic eruption even less likely. 828 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,458 Volcanoes occur most frequently 829 00:37:46,542 --> 00:37:48,250 at the boundaries of tectonic plates 830 00:37:48,375 --> 00:37:50,500 where the plates are actively moving towards or away 831 00:37:50,583 --> 00:37:53,000 from each other, which isn't happening here. 832 00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:54,750 So could it be a different kind of explosion? 833 00:37:54,875 --> 00:37:56,500 (loud blast) 834 00:37:56,667 --> 00:37:59,167 Archeologist, Dr. Ed Barnhart says that scientists 835 00:37:59,250 --> 00:38:01,542 have detected radiation in the area leading to theories 836 00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:04,333 about possible undercover military operations. 837 00:38:04,458 --> 00:38:06,833 - When they really started studying it, 838 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,000 it was the Cold War. 839 00:38:08,167 --> 00:38:11,167 So, Americans were very worried 840 00:38:11,292 --> 00:38:14,250 that maybe this was another Russian test site. 841 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:18,417 The trees around the crater are growing up taller 842 00:38:18,542 --> 00:38:20,875 and had higher levels 843 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,333 of uranium and thorium. 844 00:38:25,458 --> 00:38:28,875 Radiation does make certain plant life 845 00:38:29,042 --> 00:38:30,167 grow bigger and stronger. 846 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:33,000 So now we have some hint 847 00:38:33,083 --> 00:38:36,167 that there is radiation coming out of here, 848 00:38:36,292 --> 00:38:39,958 but a bomb creates a completely different kind of crater 849 00:38:40,042 --> 00:38:41,000 than we see here. 850 00:38:41,125 --> 00:38:45,083 This crater is compact and it's high, 851 00:38:45,208 --> 00:38:47,583 so it's coming up from the ground. 852 00:38:47,708 --> 00:38:52,500 It's not an explosion that's sent things out to the outside. 853 00:38:52,625 --> 00:38:55,000 - [Tony] Since it doesn't seem like a nuclear testing site, 854 00:38:55,167 --> 00:38:57,333 Barnhart analyzes if it could have something to do 855 00:38:57,417 --> 00:38:59,333 with an increase in magnetism. 856 00:38:59,417 --> 00:39:03,333 - There's a high level of magnetic activity 857 00:39:03,458 --> 00:39:06,000 in and around this crater. 858 00:39:06,083 --> 00:39:09,167 Normally, magnetic activity 859 00:39:09,292 --> 00:39:13,500 has to be about iron that gets super heated. 860 00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:16,417 This is limestone, so the signature 861 00:39:16,542 --> 00:39:20,167 further confuses the pattern geologically. 862 00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:22,500 - [Tony] Those increased levels of radiation and magnetism 863 00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:24,708 seem surprising and inexplicable, 864 00:39:24,833 --> 00:39:27,083 but Barnhart thinks he might have an answer, 865 00:39:27,208 --> 00:39:29,792 a buildup of heat from those radioactive elements. 866 00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:34,875 - What we're seeing here likely is that the thorium and uranium 867 00:39:35,042 --> 00:39:36,667 that they've detected in the trees, 868 00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:40,083 decaying under the earth, making an exothermic reaction, 869 00:39:40,208 --> 00:39:42,542 exploding up into this crater. 870 00:39:42,667 --> 00:39:44,125 - [Tony] And Barnhart says that heat 871 00:39:44,250 --> 00:39:45,667 could also explain the magnetism. 872 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:49,375 - We do know that iron is found in Siberia 873 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:54,125 and it doesn't take a huge quantity of iron 874 00:39:54,250 --> 00:39:55,417 to become magnetic. 875 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:58,750 The exothermic reaction is the same heat 876 00:39:58,875 --> 00:40:02,667 that took the surrounding iron and turned it magnetic. 877 00:40:02,792 --> 00:40:05,042 - [Tony] Anderson believes this exothermic reaction 878 00:40:05,167 --> 00:40:07,708 might have caused what's known as a mud volcano, 879 00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:10,083 which differs from the traditional magma volcano 880 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:12,042 that we've already ruled out. 881 00:40:12,208 --> 00:40:13,708 These natural formations are created 882 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:16,875 by the eruption of hot water, pressurized gases, 883 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,542 and mud as opposed to lava. 884 00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:21,042 - There have been several mud volcanoes identified 885 00:40:21,167 --> 00:40:23,833 in Greenland where you find the sediments on top 886 00:40:23,958 --> 00:40:25,167 and they come up. 887 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:27,625 I've not heard of one being dominated by limestone, 888 00:40:27,708 --> 00:40:29,167 but it's not impossible. 889 00:40:29,292 --> 00:40:30,292 - [Tony] One problem though, 890 00:40:30,375 --> 00:40:32,875 this theory doesn't explain why this site 891 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,125 instills such fear in the locals 892 00:40:35,250 --> 00:40:38,292 or why the expedition leader suffered a heart attack. 893 00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:42,000 So the true picture remains muddy, for now. 894 00:40:42,167 --> 00:40:44,583 (tense music) 895 00:40:45,833 --> 00:40:49,333 Our verdict, this is an unexplained geological anomaly 896 00:40:49,417 --> 00:40:51,500 that still has us all stumped. 897 00:40:51,625 --> 00:40:54,375 It's possible it was caused by a mud volcano, 898 00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:56,000 but that doesn't explain 899 00:40:56,125 --> 00:40:59,542 why the formation is made out of limestone. 900 00:40:59,667 --> 00:41:01,583 Luckily, we feel like we're in good company 901 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:05,042 if the greatest minds on earth are also at a loss. 902 00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:06,208 And that's our show for tonight. 903 00:41:06,375 --> 00:41:09,333 Thank you so much for watching and as always, 904 00:41:09,458 --> 00:41:11,125 keep those cameras rolling. 905 00:41:11,208 --> 00:41:13,583 (dramatic theme music)