Remote mountain locations
linked to elusive creatures.
Vast cavern systems
said to shelter the supernatural.
And hidden recesses of the planet
rumored to serve as alien outposts.
For nearly two decades,
Ancient Aliens has traveled the globe,
exploring towering megalithic structures,
mysterious artifacts,
and stories of otherworldly beings
in a quest for evidence that might reveal the truth
of our extraterrestrial origins.
It's so amazing to think about these extraterrestrial lairs
hidden away in these remote places--
mountains, caves, islands.
Now we take a look back through the Ancient Aliens archives
to the show's very origins
to examine the evidence that we are not alone.
We have never been alone.
In many ancient cultures,
people wrote about sacred
and mysterious places where otherworldly beings
- were believed to dwell. -Yeah.
And these beings are often said
to hide out in very remote locations,
like, for example, deep inside a cave
or high on top of a mountain.
And what's so interesting is that these stories
- happened globally. -Yeah.
So are these accounts of real beings
that have been encountered by ancient people?
And are these dwellings
some kind of extraterrestrial lairs?
We explored all this
in a 2014 episode of Ancient Aliens
called "Forbidden Caves."
Central India.
July 2014.
While exploring caves in the region of Charama,
which are known to contain prehistoric artwork
dating as far back as 10,000 years,
an Indian archaeologist, J.R. Bhagat,
makes a stunning discovery.
The Indian government
and-and Times of India had a major story
about rock paintings found recently in Central India
that seem to show these tall beings.
And they do not seem to have a-a nose or a mouth.
And nearby is this three-legged disc.
The Times of India actually proposed the idea,
what if what we have depicted here
are some type of extraterrestrials
or at least some type of flying craft?
Because it's the basis for much of the Hindu pantheon of gods.
Ancient Hindu texts like the Vedas and the Puranas
record stories about extraterrestrials
existing on other planets.
And the Mahabharata,
one of ancient India's two major Sanskrit epics,
contains stories about gods coming to Earth
in flying machines.
Even the legends specific to this region
tell of a mysterious race of beings
known as the Rohela...
...who descended from the sky
and abducted local villagers.
Could the newly unearthed cave art be a visual record
that extraterrestrials really visited here?
There was an obsession of ancient human beings
to depict things
that they saw.
And I think they did it with carvings on caves
because that's what they saw.
But what is it about caves
that made them the ideal canvases
for ancient peoples to chronicle their experiences?
Caves are hugely significant
in ancient mythology and-and legends,
especially about the gods.
They seem to be kind of a liminal point,
a boundary place where the gods and humans can meet.
There is a whole hidden underground world
of planet Earth that we're only just now beginning to discover.
We don't know what's there.
We could be discovering all kinds of amazing things.
And it's possible that there are entire cities under the earth.
Whole cavern metropolises
that are talked about in legends.
But while ancient cave art often reveals
the type of animals our earliest ancestors encountered
and their means for hunting them,
there is a surprising number of depictions
of strange-looking figures and objects
that defy any conventional explanation.
In Australia, the Wandjina people,
they painted images on their caves
which eerily looks like the so-called Greys
of alien abduction lore today.
You have the strange petroglyphs
in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria.
Uh, you've got strange rock art, too, in the American Southwest.
And when you look at it
and even have the natives explain it to you,
they say things like, "Oh, yes, he's the Martian god"
or "These are the star people coming from the sky."
How do we explain so many different cultures
across thousands of years and thousands of miles
producing such consistent visual representations?
The ones
that were discovered in some of the African caves,
it's too similar to what has been discovered
on every continent for it to be complete coincidence.
So it's this whole idea of the spark of initial inspiration.
What is it that they witnessed?
And could it be that they witnessed extraterrestrials?
One of the more intriguing aspects of the cave paintings
that seem to show aliens is why are they inside caves.
This has sort of given rise to the theory
that maybe these aliens perhaps have permanent bases
on the planet underground.
Maybe ancient man saw them
coming out of some of these caves and caverns
and then realized there was a relationship
between the aliens and the caves.
In ancient times,
caves were places of shelter.
But is it possible our ancestors were also using caves
to record and protect information
about extraterrestrial beings
who played a role in our existence?
Perhaps the answer can be found halfway around the world
in the American Southwest.
The Grand Canyon.
This epic 277-mile-long, one-mile-deep fissure
exposes millions of years of geologic strata.
Imprinted onto this dramatic landscape are petroglyphs
that depict everyday life as experienced
by the first inhabitants of the region.
But in one of the most remote corners of the canyon
is a small cave covered with artwork that mystifies experts.
Some refer to it as the Shaman's Panel,
because it appears to depict scenes of the supernatural.
All around the Grand Canyon are unusual sites and sacred sites.
And then you have the Shaman's Panel there in the Grand Canyon,
which seems to show these long, tall,
extraterrestrial-type figures.
Like the strange-looking beings
found in the cave in Charama, India,
the figures depicted on the Shaman's Panel
are oddly elongated and are also thought
to have been created as many as 10,000 years ago.
And just as in Charama,
the native Hopi people here also have detailed accounts
of extraterrestrials who came down to Earth.
In the Southwest, the Pueblo Indians,
such as the Zuni and-and the Hopi,
believe that there is an entrance
into an underground world
and it is located in the Grand Canyon.
And it's this mythological underworld,
uh, of caves
and extraterrestrials,
the ant people.
The Hopi have this concept of the ant people.
Uh, the ant people are, um, very thin.
They have elongated heads.
And the ancestral Hopi people did make pictures
of these ant people,
which still survive today.
Is it possible the rock art found here
and elsewhere around the world
is evidence that the Earth's first inhabitants
had contact with otherworldly beings?
If so, might there be some significance to the fact
that many of these strange petroglyphs
are found in and around caves?
And could hidden corners of the Earth
serve as extraterrestrial hideouts,
as ancient astronaut theorists contend?
Perhaps further clues can be found
by examining sacred offerings
left thousands of feet above sea level
in the Andes.
One thing that you can find in many cultures
is the idea of spirits living in remote mountain areas.
But in a lot of cases, they don't sound like spirits.
They have physical bodies, and they come from specific stars.
Right.
Like, for example, in Peru,
where the indigenous people claim
that there are mountain spirits called the Apu
whom they associate with the Pleiadian star cluster.
Right. So,
are we talking about spirits?
Or are the Apu
extraterrestrials living in the mountains of Peru?
The Peruvian Andes.
2009.
Tens of thousands of people from all over the region
journey to the Sinakara Valley
near Ausangate Mountain...
...for the Quyllurit'i or Snow Star Festival.
Historical records show that local Catholics adopted
this annual celebration back in 1780.
But most experts agree
it likely dates back hundreds
and possibly thousands of years earlier.
And although no one knows exactly when
or why the Snow Star Festival was started,
oral traditions maintain
that it has always been tied to a star cluster
the native Quechua people call Qullqa,
or, as it's known to many other cultures,
the Pleiades.
The Quechua people,
descendants of the ancient Incas,
return to this location every year
to be surrounded by four sacred mountains.
In hopes of gaining good fortune,
they spend several days dressed in traditional costumes,
dancing, and making ceremonial offerings to the Apu...
...the spirits of the mountains.
In the ancient civilization of the Incas,
there is a belief that there are spirits in the mountains.
They're called Apu.
And ceremonial leaders, chieftains, priests
can make connection, can get some wisdom and guidance.
They are benevolent spirits.
Each mountain has its own Apu spirit.
The Apus are
supernatural things, but they are not deities.
So people are not necessarily praying to them.
Rather, they are in a relationship with them,
asking them for the favor that they can provide.
The Incans were very specific in believing
that the Apu actually existed
as tangible entities who they were interacting with
and who they were, in fact, very much beholden to
for their technology,
for their civilization.
You have to wonder if these Apus
were in fact extraterrestrials
that the Incas were in contact with.
And today the people return to these mountains
to have some kind of contact
and-and perhaps advice from the Apus.
Might the Apu have been extraterrestrial beings?
Beings who came to Earth from the Pleiades star cluster
and interacted with the Incans in ancient times?
Perhaps the answers can be found
in the culmination of the festival itself.
At the close of the celebration,
select members of the Quechua community
prepare to make the treacherous journey up the mountain glacier.
They go in search of ice they refer to as "the snow star."
The pilgrims go up to the top of the mountain
and they ask the Apu
if they can have some of this ice.
It's intentionally something that's supposed to be grueling.
Some people have even been known to die along the way.
That particular ice is supposed to have healing properties.
And those that take the journey
have good health for the rest of their life.
Throughout the ancient world, we learn of extraterrestrials
depositing treasures and knowledge in sacred mountains.
It's possible that that's what we're seeing here
with the snow star ritual.
Its very name tells us that it comes from beyond the Earth.
Did extraterrestrials really visit the mountains of Peru?
If so, might there be evidence in other parts of the world
that mountains served as points of connection
between humans and otherworldly beings?
Shandong Province, China.
Referred to as the cosmic peak of the East,
Mount Tai has been a site of pilgrimage and worship
for 3,000 years.
Mount Tai is considered
an extremely powerful place,
a place where people can communicate with the divine.
In Chinese antiquity,
72 emperors were believed
to have made the pilgrimage to Mount Tai.
They would do ceremonies there
that were crucial to their reign.
If they did the ceremonies correctly,
they gained the approval of the gods
and the legitimacy that stems from that.
If they made a mistake,
an entire dynasty could be in trouble.
In 110 BC,
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made the first
of several journeys to Mount Tai during his reign.
According to the historical accounts of scribe Sima Qian,
mysterious sightings were reported
during his time on the mountain.
There seems to have been a beam of light
that appeared off into the horizon.
And there was a mysterious white cloud that emerged
from the mound where the sacrifice is performed.
In a historical record,
a white cloud and a beam of light appeared
as though he summoned them.
So what is really being described here?
And why must his followers stay behind?
It reads much more like an encounter
with some type of an extraterrestrial craft
that was misinterpreted as some type of a divine event.
The Chinese believe that the emperors
were actually communicating with the gods.
So it's possible that, in fact, the E.T.s were guiding
Chinese civilization through their leaders.
Were the emperors of ancient China
in contact with extraterrestrials?
And might this story suggest
that remote mountains like Mount Tai
served as alien outposts on Earth?
Perhaps further evidence can be found
in otherworldly and deadly encounters reported
in the rugged peaks of Siberia.
You know, many places that are considered to be
hallowed ground have turned into pilgrimage sites.
But with some places,
it is the exact opposite, where locals
tell you, "Stay away.
This place is dangerous."
Right.
Like Mount Shasta.
The Native people say,
"Do not go above the tree line."
And people have disappeared from that mountain.
So, what happened?
Did they come in contact
- with extraterrestrials? -You know,
this reminds me of that incident in Russia,
where a group of hikers was found dead on this mountain
and their injuries were unexplainable.
And the mountain that they were on was literally called
Do Not Go There.
But they went there.
And they did not have a good time.
February 1959.
A group of nine mountaineers embark on a winter trek
into Russia's Ural Mountains.
Their destination--
a mountain called Otorten...
...which in the local Mansi language means
"Do Not Go There."
Among them were three experienced engineers.
The rest were students. They were all young.
I think the oldest was, like, 37 years old.
They had conducted other hard treks through the area.
They were all experienced,
strong-willed, determined people.
On their fourth night out,
bad weather forces the hikers to camp atop an area
called Kholat Syakhl,
which in Mansi translates to "the Mountain of the Dead."
It was a very inhospitable,
very strange, very, very hard place to be.
Snow, cold,
freezing winds,
and very few living things around.
They decided that they would spend the night
of February 1 in an open area
not too far away from the top of the mountain.
They didn't want to go back to the forest
one and a half kilometers,
because it would take them too much time
and they would lose the day.
Ten days later,
when the nine adventurers fail to show up at their destination,
military rescue teams search the area.
They find the hikers' camp abandoned
and a tent that is badly damaged.
The investigators determine that the tent has been cut
and ripped open from the inside.
And the hikers appear to have fled the area
in only socks or bare feet.
This tent had been cut with knives
from the interior.
It was absolutely obvious that neither animals nor people
had approached the tent to break in,
meaning that nothing from this Earth had approached them.
Something was pushing them
to run away without taking any clothing with them,
without taking any supplies.
They were behaving like they were in a daze, confused.
The investigators follow the trail
to the edge of the forest.
But what they eventually find...
...is beyond belief.
All nine hikers died.
They were discovered by Soviet troops
in various stages of what can only be described
as being mutilated.
Their bodies were burned.
Some suffered radiation poisoning.
In one case, a hiker's tongue was missing.
They had prematurely aged,
their skin was orange, their hair had turned gray.
What could've explained this?
Three of them had injuries
that could be sustained
when somebody is hit by a speeding car,
except the injuries were inside.
Their ribs were crushed like eggshells.
Some of them entered their hearts,
but there was no effect on their skin.
It was like a force was directed at all of them.
An unknown force had hit the hikers,
and it was very selective in hitting only the hikers,
leaving untouched the snow,
the trees and everything else around.
The official explanation
was that the nine died from hypothermia.
But the chief investigator refused to sign off
on the report and instead resigned from the inquiry.
When the investigation was taking place
by the local officials, one of the people in charge
was removed quite quickly
from the very investigation because he was very thorough,
and local officials didn't want this to come out.
The authorities did their best
to cover the whole thing up.
It was practically forbidden to mention it.
At the end, the bodies were buried
in zinc coffins, I believe, so nobody would see.
But there was enough of the investigation,
enough people had seen what had been going on
and were amazed at what they found,
including the coloration of the corpses
when they were found, and other things, that news broke out.
And this is one of the most mysterious murder cases
in the former Soviet Union.
I am convinced it was a murder.
But they were not killed by anything we know.
They were killed by an unknown force.
Years later, members of the search party spoke out.
According to their testimony, at the time of the incident,
strange orange spheres or orbs were seen floating in the sky.
These observations
are from local people
who saw some unidentified flying objects
during the night of the hikers' deaths.
I think there is a clear connection.
The orbs themselves could've been a life-form...
...the orbs themselves
could have been extraterrestrial probes.
Based on my research
of different parts of Russia in history,
fiery spheres have been ever present,
including desolate areas like this.
Locals know they exist.
It's like a part of life.
They don't put too much attention to them,
and they hope and pray
that the fiery spheres don't bother them.
Because throughout the ages,
most of the encounters were peaceful everywhere,
but once in a while, like here, something goes very bad.
But what could have compelled nine experienced mountaineers
to flee their camp and run for their lives?
And what strange forces
could have caused such violence and death?
Could the hikers have been attacked
by something extraterrestrial,
as ancient astronaut theorists believe?
During my research in my 30-plus years
of investigating UFO sightings in particular,
I've only come across several cases
in which aliens have actually attacked people
like wild animals.
And, uh, some of these creatures had claws and teeth,
and, uh, they would jump on people and scratch them,
and create claw marks in them.
But most of the time these encounters,
the aliens or the creatures just want to get away from humans.
There's no interaction whatsoever.
It could've been inadvertent.
The orbs in probing the area where the human beings were
created collateral damage.
Maybe they didn't mean to harm human beings.
Maybe it wasn't an attack
as much as the power of these orbs,
the energy was so intense
that human beings were prematurely aged,
irradiated,
and suffered all kinds of lethal biological symptoms.
It's not a coincidence that UFOs were reported
by these hikers in the Ural Mountains
in the Place of the Dead, the "Do Not Go There," so on,
'cause I believe that many UFO sightings
come in here from a parallel reality,
and they come through portals.
And this area may be a hot portal.
According to ancient Mansi legend,
the Mountain of the Dead,
where the nine hikers' mutilated bodies were found,
was named after a similar incident
in which nine Mansi men were also found dead,
while seeking salvation from a flood during ancient times.
But is it really possible that the Mansi
and the doomed expedition
were attacked and killed by otherworldly forces?
Perhaps further evidence can be found deep underground.
Not in the Russian wilderness but half a hemisphere away,
on an Australian mountaintop.
The continent of Australia.
16 miles south of Cooktown,
near the northeastern coastline,
sits one of the world's most mysterious
and menacing geologic features...
...Black Mountain.
Standing nearly 1,400 feet high,
the mountain consists of enormous black granite boulders
piled precariously one on top of the other.
Called Kalkajaka, or "mountain of death"
by the local Aborigines,
Black Mountain,
with its numerous dark passageways and caverns,
is considered a cursed and evil place.
What the old people told us
when me and my brother Sam, when we were growing up,
not to go into the mountains.
We wanted to go and have a look into the mountains
to see if there was a cave where you could walk in,
but they said no.
"If you do go in, you-you won't come back."
Black Mountain is the most fearful place
in the north Queensland area of Australia.
The local residents fear to go there
because many people have disappeared,
as if the earth or the mountain itself swallowed them up.
The first documented disappearance
involving European settlers occurred in 1877,
when a rancher searching for a lost bull
near the mountain was reported missing.
Since then, there have been numerous stories of people,
horses and even herds of cattle
disappearing into the labyrinth of rocks,
never to be seen again.
Local police and trackers looking for the missing
have also vanished.
And pilots flying over the mountain
have reported strange occurrences.
Pilots flying over the Black Mountains
have, uh, commented that there is unusual turbulence.
Of course, they have magnetic problems,
they have navigational problems.
They've heard loud noises,
uh, cracking noises, explosive noises.
They've heard, uh, sort of mournful moaning sounds.
So, this is a very strange area.
Some ufologists in Australia
say that this is the entrance to an underground empire,
inhabited by an unearthly race of lizard creatures
and evil monsters.
The Aborigines don't call them aliens,
they call them demons or spirits.
The tales of the Rainbow Serpent
are among the most important
of the Aboriginal lore in Australia.
It can be a punisher of those who are out of line.
Um, it sometimes swallows people.
It can bring chaos and destruction.
So, it's a very awesome force.
The Rainbow Serpent is a creator for us.
And it was told by our people
that the Rainbow Serpent created everything for us.
It's a giver of life for us.
And this boulder rock here, Kalkajaka,
is very important because the Rainbow Serpent
lives in the mountains here.
The Rainbow Serpent,
I believe if you disturb her
or do something wrong that you're not supposed to...
...I feel that's when she turns against you.
To ward off any evil forces from the mountain,
the Aboriginal people
perform a sacred warming and smoking ceremony.
The warming and smoking is for us
to introduce people on our country.
And it's also significant
to let the spirit know
that we're bringing somebody to come and visit.
So, the Rainbow Serpent that lives here,
he smells us and he knows the tribal people from here.
We went there to look for all the mysteries
connected to this area.
And because this was a very abnormal place
where people are disappearing,
we wanted to find an explanation.
So, we entered this mountain and there was a labyrinth of holes.
So, we used rope in order not to lose our way.
And when we came into the middle of the mountain,
we could go up or down or to the sides.
But each time our path was blocked with sand and rocks,
and we could not continue.
It's difficult to say if there are any chambers
or vaults with any monsters,
or a gateway into a different time.
Although mainstream scientists
believe the strange disappearances at Black Mountain
are most likely due to the area's unique
and dangerous terrain,
ancient astronaut theorists have another,
more otherworldly explanation.
The moment I hear about giant snakes and serpents,
my mind immediately goes to all the other cultures
around the world that talk about similar imagery.
In the Hindu world, for example,
we have the stories about flying serpents,
just like we have the similar stories
in South America with Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl,
this winged serpent flying around in the sky
which also were described as having been enormous in size.
So, the Rainbow Serpent at Black Mountain,
was that really a biological entity?
Or was it some type
of an extraterrestrial flying machine,
a machine that when people came too close to it,
they fell ill or died because of the fumes or radioactivity?
This could've been a place where thousands of years ago,
ancient aliens might have landed.
And the radiation deep inside the Earth is so intense
that people are dying from radiation poisoning.
And that might well explain why the Black Mountain
in the Outback in Australia is considered an evil place.
I really believe that
it should be really left alone.
Because they are real.
They do exist.
And I feel that it should be left alone.
Is it possible that the Black Mountains
functioned as a secret extraterrestrial lair,
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?
If so, could this explain
not only the tales of mysterious entities
said to inhabit the area but also
the enduring local warnings to stay away?
Perhaps clues can be found
by investigating another dangerous creature
said to be living in the dense jungle
of an isolated island in the Pacific.
When talking about alien lairs,
one place that comes to mind is the Solomon Islands.
All kinds of strange activity has been reported there
- for decades. -Yeah,
you have strange lights, mysterious disappearances,
accounts of giants and even Bigfoot sightings.
Right, and the Solomon Islands are so remote,
they would be a perfect hideout
for any visiting E.T.s.
In fact, we talked about this in a 2013 episode
of Ancient Aliens called, "Aliens and Forbidden Islands."
The Solomon Islands.
800 miles east of Papua New Guinea,
this group of nearly 1,000 isles covers 11,000 square miles.
Though first discovered in 1568 by Spanish explorers,
many people identify this area with World War II
due to the fierce fighting that occurred
between the Japanese and Americans
on the largest island here...
...Guadalcanal.
But Guadalcanal is also infamous for something else:
the countless local legends of giants.
There are mysterious legends all over the Solomons, actually.
A lot of the stories from Guadalcanal
tend to talk about giants,
the relationship between people and giants.
Giants are often portrayed in different ways.
Sometimes, they are benevolent giants.
They help people, they look after people.
But there are stories about giants killing people
and taking over things.
So, giant is a major character
in a lot of the Guadalcanal stories.
There are legends and stories that go way back
that suggest that giants actually still live
on the Solomon Islands.
Some say they're kind of hairy beasts,
Sasquatch-like kind of beings.
Others say they're more humanoid.
And some say they even relate
and kind of mate with the human population.
According to local legends,
those giants were able to travel
the entire length of the island without seeing the light of day
by utilizing subterranean tunnels.
People talk about it
that giants actually do exist.
They existed in the past.
Today, with all kinds of developments taking place,
they shifted further into the mountains.
They really do exist.
It's not just a mythology to scare children.
According to one report,
in 1998, workers during a gold-mining operation
witnessed what they believe is proof of the existence
of the giants of Guadalcanal
when one of their bulldozers broke down.
The workers say they removed the ten-ton blade
from the machine to make overnight repairs,
and when they returned to the dig site the next morning,
they were shocked by what they found.
The blade itself had been moved quite a distance,
and they found
footprints of giants in the mud.
So, they could only assume
that these famous giants of the Solomon Islands
had been there and moved the bulldozer blade.
Could Guadalcanal really be home to giants?
If so, what are they
and where did they come from?
In the book Solomon Islands Mysteries,
author Marius Boirayon, a retired helicopter engineer
who lived on the Solomon Islands
for many years interviewing locals,
unveils a groundbreaking theory.
The Australian author Boirayon believed
that incidents of the giants that he had been told about
by the natives were related to UFO activity.
And from what he could put together,
there was some kind of UFO base
deep in the mountains of central Guadalcanal,
and it involved these giants.
And at the same time, there was some kind of
underwater UFO base there as well.
Eyewitness accounts of UFOs
have been documented on the Solomon Islands for years,
and mysteriously, details reveal that the UFOs
seem to rise out of the surrounding ocean
where warships sank in World War II...
...and vanish into a remote mountain lake on the island.
People often talk about seeing light not only in the sky
but in the ocean as well,
that you see lights in the ocean
and then you see lights flying past,
uh, overhead as well.
And sometimes crashing into the ocean...
...like a plane crashing.
There have been sightings of flying saucers
appearing over the wreckage...
...flying into and out of mountains
and volcanoes in the area.
So, the whole area is really pretty interesting.
There have been reports that
objects, strange lights,
actually rise up out of the waters
into the air,
and move about for a period of time, uh, and then disappear.
And often, this is either witnessed from the beach
or is experienced at close hand by fishermen.
And it is said that sometimes these objects come so close
that the fishermen can actually feel the heat as they pass.
There was a lot of local people
who had said, "Yes, for many years
we've seen these-these types of things happening."
There are numerous accounts
of abductions,
people who disappear after coming into contact
with these UFOs...
...never to be seen again.
Could there be a connection
between the legends of the giants of Guadalcanal
and the numerous UFO sightings
that have been reported here over the years?
And might this be evidence
that Guadalcanal really is the site
of an underwater alien base?
Some ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found
by examining stories of other strange creatures
said to inhabit the island.
Creatures like the Adaro.
The Adaro are frightening-looking creatures;
half fish, half man.
They were said to have come from the Sun
by way of rainbows.
They could be dangerous.
They could shoot, uh, poisonous flying fish at you.
So, the notion of some creature
that was of danger and mythological qualities
coming from far away seems alive and well in the Solomon Islands.
Chua-Chua is the story
that a lot of people on Guadalcanal know about,
that these are actually human beings,
but at certain time, they take different forms.
These are energies that can shape-shift into any form.
These are not just stories for entertainment
or for scaring the children, these fears are great.
You have to wonder if these famous giants
of the Solomon Islands and these weird beings
were, in fact, extraterrestrials
that were there to protect these secret bases.
Is it possible that the stories of giants,
sea monsters and other strange beings on Guadalcanal
are really accounts of extraterrestrials?
And if so, might these beings inhabit a vast, concealed base
hidden deep beneath the islands?
As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
the answer to both questions is a resounding yes.
And they suggest further evidence of alien lairs on Earth
can be found by examining accounts
of towering, hairy giants
said to reside in the vast cavern systems
of the Pacific Northwest.
The Siskiyou Mountains,
southwestern Oregon.
In 1874,
hunter Elijah Davidson discovered a large cave
leading to a 500-acre network
of underground tunnels and caverns.
Known as the Oregon Caves,
the ancient subterranean structure
is one of the few marble caves in the world.
Some believe this underground world
is home to the Sasquatch creatures
that have been reported in this area by Native Americans
for hundreds of years.
There are a number of sightings
of these creatures in caves.
A number of explorers hearing
very strange animalistic screams
coming, uh, from these caves
and seeing sort of shadowy lumbering creatures within them.
You know, if you're a large flesh-and-blood animal
seven to eight feet tall,
certainly you're gonna be out hunting all day to-to feed.
But at night, potentially, you know,
with Bigfoot hunters out there, regular hunters,
other wild animals, you need to be careful.
The ideal location to hide out would be underground.
So, you know, maybe that's another reason
we haven't found Bigfoot.
Instead of looking around us,
maybe we should be looking below us.
These cavern systems that exist, uh, worldwide
have not been fully explored.
In fact, probably a very small percentage of them
have been even discovered.
There's the possibility
of a complete potential infrastructure
for Bigfoot to survive on.
No one sees Sasquatches going on highways,
paths and forests moving back and forth.
If we're dealing with nonhuman intelligence,
and nonhumans made them to do work on this planet,
maybe there's a tunnel system.
And that might explain why you could have them in Georgia,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, all over.
One thing that's always intrigued me as well
about Bigfoot is this description
of a musky sulfurish-type smell
that's often associated with close encounters.
You know, the Christian version of the devil
and fire and brimstone and that sulfur-type smell
tends to be associated with the subterranean world, or Hell.
So, is there a connection possibly between the idea
of subterranean devils, if you will-- or Lucifer--
and that sulfur smell and that sulfur smell with Bigfoot?
Is it possible that a race of subterranean creatures
has been living beneath the Earth's surface
without our knowledge?
If so, might Bigfoot have been interacting with us
for thousands of years?
In ancient Greek myths,
we find references to the Troglodytes.
These hairy, beastly-looking creatures
that lived underground
that sometimes were extremely terrifying...
...but sometimes they also were very wise
and taught mankind in various disciplines.
Now, according to the ancient legends,
the Troglodytes are believed to have descended from the sky.
Obviously, they were hiding out somewhere
that was inaccessible to our ancestors.
They wanted to keep their presence a secret.
There are multiple stories that actually talk about
explorations into these tunnels
where sometimes people never returned.
People who have done research have found dens,
nests, collections of brush
that are put together in particular patterns
that suggest very large creatures are nesting in them.
And I find that fairly persuasive evidence.
Something is making those dens or nests out of brush.
Something is using those, probably living underground.
Throughout the world, there are many extensive
and mysterious, uh, cavern systems
that are linked together.
In Tibet and in India.
Also, in North America.
Some of them also go throughout the Pacific Northwest
like areas like Mount Shasta.
So, it's an interesting idea that Bigfoot
is actually traveling underground
through these tunnel systems,
and those underground bases and tunnel systems
would have been made by extraterrestrials.
Might extraterrestrials
really have built caves and tunnel systems
to hide the legendary creature known as Bigfoot,
as some ancient astronaut theorists believe?
And if so, is it possible
that these otherworldly beings still dwell there today?
Could Sasquatch-- Bigfoot--
be something that lives here on Earth, underground?
What is the relationship between the Sasquatch,
the nonhuman phenomenon and this planet?
There is also the possibility
that he is actually an alien creature.
Now, we don't know how intelligent he is,
but one theory is that the Bigfoot is actually
a more intelligent creature, and he's avoiding man,
hiding out in mountainous regions that are cold,
waiting for man to destroy himself,
at which time he'll assume dominance.
And of course he, also, could be
the result of genetic hybridization.
That aliens landed on our planet,
and used DNA to create a hybrid between man and the apes.
All bets are on, but the evidence
that he exists somewhere certainly is strong
based on all of the evidence we've found
in terms of eyewitness observations,
footprints, et cetera.
Is it really possible
that the creatures we call Bigfoot
have otherworldly origins?
Might that explain their elusiveness
and their rumored tendency
to vanish into remote cave systems?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
and for further evidence,
point to legends of an ancient, advanced race
said to dwell in vast caverns far beneath the Earth's surface.
Artificial intelligence is proving to be
the most powerful new tool for the ancient astronaut theory
because with AI, for example, we can glean new information
from ancient cave art that seems to be deteriorated.
Yeah, that's incredibly important,
because cave art is the only historical record
that we have for some of our most ancient of ancestors.
And some of it seems to indicate alien contact.
Right, and if these extraterrestrial lairs
that we've been talking about exist,
then it's very likely that our ancestors
would have tried to indicate this in some way.
And it may be that we can only see it with AI
because that cave art is so deteriorated.
Santa Monica, California, 2014.
Here at xRez Studio,
visualization artists Greg Downing and Eric Hanson
are pioneering the use of photogrammetry
and special effects software
to assist archaeologists in the global effort
to decipher ancient cave art.
We use a combination of techniques
from the fields of computational photography and graphics, uh,
in order to help the archaeologists
reveal information difficult to see
just with basic vision when you're there.
The team recently traveled to the Grand Canyon
to compile a massive, in-depth photographic compilation
of the collection of strange petroglyphs
known as the Shaman's Panel.
We were drawn to the panel
for two primary aspects.
One was the rich layering
of the, uh, anthropomorphic figures and two
is the kind of evocative, uh, surreal nature
of their composition.
This cave is maybe, like, five or six feet deep,
so by using a photogrammetric technique,
we were able to get the detail across the entire painting.
The nice thing about this technique
is we can separate the different dyes and minerals that are used.
And in this case, now we can kind of see
the layering expressed,
we can see figures that are simply lost by the naked eye.
Yeah, that brings it out.
Yeah, that's a complete difference.
Could modern techniques one day uncover
even more details about what ancient people really saw
and hoped to communicate with rock art?
Some ancient astronaut theorists believe
one compelling clue that modern researchers
might be on the right track can be found, oddly enough,
in contemporary America.
March, 1945.
Amazing Stories magazine publishes an article
entitled "I Remember Lemuria,"
but according to the author, this is the first piece
to appear in the science fiction magazine
that is not fiction at all...
...but an actual account of his own alien abduction.
Richard Shaver was a man who surfaced decades ago
with a story
of underground entities
that were very hostile to the human race.
Terrible creatures that would kidnap and kill
members of the human race.
They were the first inhabitants of planet Earth.
When the Sun became radioactive,
these people could no longer live on the surface.
Some left in their spaceships.
Others went underground.
Could Richard Shaver's account
of underground extraterrestrials abducting humans be true?
Shaver proposed that the alien race
that once populated the Earth
had developed highly specialized equipment
that allowed them to embed multifaceted imagery
into stones.
Richard Shaver believed that he had made
the greatest discovery in the history of mankind
about the true nature of intelligent life on Earth.
So, this is an original Shaver photograph of a rock book.
And this multidimensional way of making images
in the rock books was something that Shaver saw as a real sign
of the superior intelligence of the ancient races.
And Shaver believed that these weren't mere rocks
with random patterns, that these were actually
deliberately manufactured artifacts
by the ancient races
who had been here
30,000, 100,000, who knows how many years ago.
Might Richard Shaver have actually discovered
real physical evidence
that extraterrestrials have been here on planet Earth
and might still be here today?
Whether or not Richard Shaver's stories are true,
it does dovetail with legends across this planet,
of a race of beings
that either created humankind
or were, at least, our ancestors
that had a superior technology.
If we're looking for extraterrestrials,
ironically, the heavens above
might not be the best place to look.
We should perhaps even be looking deep below our feet.
In some ways,
exploring the underground cavern world
of planet Earth is-is the final frontier.
Is it possible that some of the world's
most mysterious caves
really are home to extraterrestrial beings?
And if so, could these alien hideouts
be far more advanced than their crude,
unassuming entrances suggest?
Perhaps further clues can be found in legends
of a mystical underground city
found half a world away,
in the mountains of Tibet.
You can't have a conversation about
extraterrestrial lairs without mentioning Shambhala.
For Hindus and Buddhists, Shambhala is a hidden kingdom
where the gods live on Earth.
Right, and they point to the Himalayas,
and they say that hidden somewhere within these mountains
is an advanced subterranean city
populated by advanced beings who are guiding humanity.
Right, and there's even an ancient Himalayan kingdom
where people mysteriously vanished,
and they had carved tunnels that go deep into the ground.
Russian painter, philosopher
and archaeologist Nicholas Roerich
embarks on an unprecedented expedition
into the uncharted territory of the Tibetan plateau
on a quest to find the lost kingdom of Shambhala.
On August 5, 1927,
Roerich notes a strange object in the skies
while traveling through the mountains
along the northeastern border of Tibet.
Roerich writes that they were looking up at the sky
watching an eagle fly around, and then suddenly, they saw
a sort of oval-shaped object
moving from north to south
at very fast speeds pass over them.
At one of his later lectures in 1935,
Nicholas Roerich described his sighting as
a spacecraft or an aerial vehicle
that must have come from Shambhala itself.
Did Nicholas Roerich witness an alien craft
in Tibet nearly a century ago,
decades before the era of modern UFO sightings began?
And if so, is it possible that the traditions
that have endured here for centuries
reflect not only a profound spirituality
but are tied to an otherworldly presence?
Perhaps further clues can be found
by examining an early Buddhist civilization
that suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.
Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, 2020.
Towering at over 12,000 feet,
these ancient ruins are all that is left
of the mysterious Buddhist kingdom of Guge.
Established in the tenth century,
this civilization flourished for 700 years.
But then, according to local legend,
its inhabitants vanished.
The ruins of this early city are truly amazing.
They're in the southwest corner of Tibet,
and there are thousands of what were temples and palaces,
mostly gone now.
This was a kingdom of great influence in its time.
This magnificent capital had artwork over all the walls,
images of the Buddha, sacred carvings
and images of all kind.
It had power, it had glory, and now it is nothing.
Guge was in continuous operation
until it mysteriously virtually disappeared.
Nobody knows exactly what happened there
or why people stopped living there
or why they, where they went.
Guge was brought under the rule
of the Central Tibetan government in 1680,
but remained largely isolated and independent
for more than 200 years.
Then, in the early 20th century,
the Tibetan government decided to finally start taxing
the residents of Guge,
but when soldiers arrived to collect,
they were shocked to find that the entire population,
an estimated 100,000 people, had disappeared.
Where they went remains a complete mystery,
and many Tibetans believe the reason why
is because the people of Guge traveled deep underground.
The fortress of Guge
had all kinds of tunnels and hidden staircases
that went underground and went inside this mountain.
So, even though it was, uh, ruins already,
when archaeologists went there, they were astounded
that this city of Guge apparently led inside the Earth.
What people seemed to believe was that if you were to follow
these tunnels far enough into the Earth,
you would eventually come to that hidden city of Shambhala,
a-an active city full of light and-and power.
Did the people of this ancient civilization
flee underground on an epic pilgrimage
to the mythic kingdom of Shambhala?
And if so, where did their path lead?
Some researchers believe the tunnels of Guge
lead to a holy mountain to the east
that can be clearly seen from these ruins...
...Mount Kailash.
Every year, thousands of pilgrims make
the treacherous journey to the base of this sacred peak.
Every year, there are pilgrimages
around Mount Kailash in order to gain the blessing and...
maybe even some of the powers associated
with the residing gods and-and Buddhas and deities,
of Mount Kailash.
It lasts up to four weeks if it's done correctly,
with full prostrations at every step.
And it's also a very unforgiving landscape,
so many people end up giving up,
and some of them also end up dying.
According to ancient Buddhist texts
known as the Kalachakra tantra,
the kingdom of Shambhala can be found "behind" Mount Kailash,
or as some interpret it, "within."
And many who have stared up at this sacred peak
have observed mysterious objects in the sky.
Mount Kailash is at the center of all sorts of mysteries.
Uh, UFO sightings, the hint that there might be
something hidden there, but it's unknowable.
There are many myths and legends
and strange things that have gone on at Mount Kailash.
People go there on pilgrimages,
but they're told not to stay there long
because there's something radioactive inside the mountain.
And we're told that people live there both in physical form
and in nonphysical form.
It has to be
one of the strangest places on the planet.
Is it possible that the mysterious phenomena
occurring at Mount Kailash,
and its association with Shambhala,
is connected to extraterrestrial activity?
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest answers can be found
by studying the sacred Buddhist monuments known as stupas,
found all throughout Nepal, India and Tibet,
including at the ruins of Guge.
For centuries, people have been sighting UFOs
or unexplained craft coming in and out of Mount Kailash.
It's very interesting, when you compare the shape
of the stupas that we find in Tibet,
with these dome shapes and how they highly resemble
some kind of extraterrestrial craft sitting on the ground.
So, perhaps people saw these craft
entering into Kailash and decided,
we're gonna build stupas in remembrance of what they saw.
A stupa by definition
is a vehicle with which to reach the realm of the gods.
That is the definition of a stupa.
Well, just change the wording of "vehicle"
with which to reach space.
These stupas can be seen, for example, in the Ajanta Cave,
with smoke and fire at the, at the bottom.
What more do you want?
It's no longer a symbol, it is the truth.
Might the Buddhist stupas of Tibet
be monuments to alien craft
witnessed flying in and around Mount Kailash,
a site believed by many to be the kingdom of Shambhala?
And if so, how has it remained hidden for millennia?
And could it be that somewhere on the slopes of this mountain
is the entrance to a hidden extraterrestrial realm?
While countless expeditions have tried and failed
to find the legendary kingdom, shocking discoveries
in remote cave systems around the world
indicate that the myth of alien lairs on Earth
may actually be grounded in reality.
We have thousands of modern-day reports
of encounters with what are purported to be alien beings.
We tend to focus outwards
looking for extraterrestrials,
but maybe we should really be focusing underneath
the surface of our Earth.
Right. There are people who believe
that reptilian-like beings
live in underground lairs right here on Earth.
Yeah, I traveled
to Sacsayhuamán with Hugh Newman back in 2019,
and we explored an ancient tunnel
allegedly used by these serpent beings.
Vietnam.
Phong Nha-Ke Bàng National Park.
Located deep within the Southeast Asian jungles
is the world's largest cave system,
the Son Doòng Cave.
It's 3 million years old,
650 feet high, 550 feet wide...
...and extends in an astounding three miles into the Earth.
It actually has its own ecosystem with a jungle...
...and even a lake inside of it.
When the cave was first discovered,
there was a Vietnamese logger
who was doing illegal logging in the area.
He discovered the cave...
...and then encountered some sort of a creature
that looked like a dragon-humanoid being.
Since the site was opened to the public in 2013,
there have been multiple eyewitness accounts
of a reptile-like humanoid in and around the area.
According to UFO investigators,
the Son Doòng reports are just the latest
in the increasing number of reptoid sightings
in remote areas with known cave systems.
There are many stories of people encountering
lizard men or snake people
who might be in caves or who might be near a cave
o-on the surface just walking around,
and those unfortunate enough
to stumble across these reptilians are terrified
because the reptilians can be very aggressive.
Is it possible that the Son Doòng Caves
are home to a race of reptile beings living beneath our feet?
As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
such a bizarre notion is entirely possible.
In fact, encounters with these creatures
have become so common that the UFO community
now has a name for them: the reptilians.
Reptilian humanoids, or reptoids,
are described as being beings
that are about seven to eight feet tall,
they have a humanoid structure.
Their skin is either beaded like a lizard
or either scaled like a snake.
In addition to Southeast Asia,
another location where reptilian sightings have been reported
is the area of Cuzco, Peru, high in the Andes Mountains.
According to the stories of the Inca,
and the even more ancient cultures that preceded them,
a race of reptilian beings once inhabited this land.
They even built some of the massive stone structures
that still exist here today.
In April 2019, ancient astronaut theorist
David Hatcher Childress
and researcher Hugh Newman traveled to Cuzco
to investigate a possible connection
between the ancient stories of reptilians
and sightings of these creatures
that have been reported in the last few years.
Joining them as their guide is Jorge Luis Delgado,
an expert on the native Andean civilizations.
You know, Peru in general is just
so full of mystery.
To me, it's really the land of the unexplained and adventure.
I never get tired of coming here, and I-I--
there's always something new to see.
- Some new, incredible mystery to find. - Yeah.
No, I agree. I mean, you've got-- not only,
you've got the megalithic temple,
you've got Machu Picchu,
Cuzco and other sites, you've got Nazca,
you've got all these mysterious underground tunnels
that stretch across the country.
All these amazing myths and legends
relating to these serpent gods.
So, there's something really special about this place.
The sprawling fortress of Sacsayhuamán
covers more than 11 square miles
and is filled with some of the most perplexing
megalithic constructions in the world.
They're all unique, each one is unique,
but so perfectly cut and fitted together.
It's always astonishing to see it.
Mainstream historians date the megalithic fortress
to the 12th century AD, and credit its construction
to a pre-Incan civilization called the Killke.
However, a growing body of evidence suggests
that the structures may actually predate the Killke
and belong to an even older civilization.
A civilization that, according to ancient astronaut theorists,
may have been not entirely human.
Oh, wow, look at this.
- All right, so... - That's the one, isn't it?
Yeah. Is this the stone you were talking about, then?
So, this is a serpent, this is the head
- of the serpent here? -It goes around.
And how far does it go?
And can you see the tail on it?
So, you're saying that the builders
are purposely putting a serpent into the walls here?
But is it the serpent people who are building this?
Are they showing that we are the serpent people
and we are the builders?
The stonework serpent
is just one of many found embedded
within the constructions of the walls around Cuzco.
Might these depictions suggest a connection
at the megalithic site with snake-like beings?
Throughout Peru and the Andes,
there are many, many legends
of tunnels, underground chambers.
And the Peruvians themselves believe
that this underground tunnel system
has something to do with these serpent deities,
which they call the Amaru there.
So, this is the entrance.
- Look... - Oh, wow.
- Look at that. -Beautiful carvings.
Wow, look at these high ceilings here.
Yeah.
There's another shelf. Watch your step right here.
Here's another side tunnel right there.
Oh, yeah. God, it must be carved out as well, isn't it?
Looks like, yeah. Do you think this
is one of the tunnels, side tunnels that might lead
deeper into this underground city of the Amarus?
Sometimes people are seen
coming out of these tunnels, right?
And I mean, you're saying spirits, but also,
people as well, right?
Do they have a-a serpent-like
appearance?
Do they look, do they look like serpents?
Is it possible that a race
of reptilian humanoids still exists
somewhere deep underground?
But if so, why haven't they made their presence known?
Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the story
of a government mining contractor
who claims he came face-to-face
with these otherworldly entities.
Dulce, New Mexico.
This unassuming town has been home
to the Jicarilla Apache Indian tribe
for over six centuries.
Jicarilla Apache folklore
is filled with stories of interactions with star people,
including lizard and ant men
they describe as living underground.
To them, those star people are as active
and interactive with the planet now as they ever have been.
It was Western civilization that ran by
and buried the whole issue of extraterrestrials
and reptiles as mythological.
But it is the Jicarilla Apaches in Dulce
who will also tell you that they know
that there are some type of beings
that are underground in Dulce and that the keys
are Mount Archuleta
and Archuleta Mesa.
And below those two, there are deep underground bases
that have been operated by some form
of reptilian-related being for centuries.
According to government insiders,
located nearly two miles beneath the surface
is indeed a secret subterranean military base
known as the Dulce Air Force Base.
The base is rumored to extend seven levels underground
with the lowest levels occupied by extraterrestrial species.
Whistleblower Phil Schneider
claimed to have worked on the construction
of these deep underground military bases
for the U.S. government.
Phil Schneider was a very interesting geologist
used by the U.S. government to do
excavations of large areas under military contract
where they were essentially going to be building
large caverns and connecting underground passageways.
On May 8, 1995,
Schneider gave a presentation in Post Falls, Idaho,
and claimed he was attacked by extraterrestrials
deep underground.
According to Phil, at the time of his encounter,
his team had been contracted to create an addition
to the existing Dulce underground base.
They were drilling holes deep into the ground
and using explosives to create caverns...
...when they encountered numerous Grey
and reptilian aliens.
Phil Schneider later described
learning about genetic experiments
conducted by the same extraterrestrial beings
he encountered at Dulce Air Force Base.
But sadly, he would never get the chance
to provide further information.
Just eight months after his presentation in Post Falls...
...Philip Schneider was found dead in his apartment
with rubber tubing wrapped around his neck.
Those who knew him best were shocked
when his death was ruled a suicide,
and many insisted this was a cover story
for an assassination.
Part of what I'm going to tell you
is going to be very shocking.
If people had learned of what Phil Schneider
was revealing, they would have understood
that there had been agreements reached
between the U.S. government
and some of these extraterrestrial civilizations.
Did Phil Schneider encounter
the same reptilian extraterrestrials
that the Inca credited with creating underground cities
in the southern highlands of Peru hundreds of years ago?
If so, could remote places like mountains,
islands and caves serve as hidden strongholds
for beings not entirely of this world?
Perhaps, someday soon,
we will discover that the alien intelligences
we've been desperately searching the cosmos for
have been here on Earth all along.
It's so amazing to think about
these extraterrestrial lairs
hidden away in these remote places.
Mountains, caves, islands.
But it makes a lot of sense.
Oh, absolutely.
Because of course you would pick the most remote of locations.
Yeah, uh, we have these certain areas,
particularly around the world,
that are said to be inhabited by extraterrestrials
or the gods.
Yeah, so we know these places exist, they're there...
...but the question is, will the extraterrestrials allow us
to discover these places and even enter into them?
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