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NARRATOR:
Remote mountain locations

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- linked to elusive creatures.
- (growling)

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- (dripping)
- Vast cavern systems

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said to shelter
the supernatural.

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And hidden recesses
of the planet

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rumored to serve
as alien outposts.

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For nearly two decades,

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<i>Ancient Aliens</i>
has traveled the globe,

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exploring towering
megalithic structures,

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mysterious artifacts,

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and stories
of otherworldly beings

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in a quest for evidence
that might reveal the truth

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of our extraterrestrial origins.

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It's so amazing to think about
these extraterrestrial lairs

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hidden away
in these remote places--

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mountains, caves, islands.

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NARRATOR:
Now we take a look back through
the <i>Ancient Aliens</i> archives

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to the show's very origins

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to examine the evidence
that we are not alone.

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We have never been alone.

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♪ ♪

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In many ancient cultures,

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people wrote about sacred

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and mysterious places
where otherworldly beings

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- were believed to dwell.
- GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Yeah.

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And these beings are often said

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to hide out
in very remote locations,

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like, for example,
deep inside a cave

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or high on top of a mountain.

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And what's so interesting
is that these stories

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- happened globally.
- DAVID CHILDRESS: Yeah.

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So are these accounts
of real beings

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that have been encountered
by ancient people?

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And are these dwellings

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some kind
of extraterrestrial lairs?

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We explored all this

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in a 2014 episode
of <i>Ancient Aliens</i>

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called "Forbidden Caves."

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(birds singing)

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Central India.

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July 2014.

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While exploring caves
in the region of Charama,

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which are known to contain
prehistoric artwork

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dating as far back
as 10,000 years,

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an Indian archaeologist,
J.R. Bhagat,

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makes a stunning discovery.

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The Indian government

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and-and <i>Times of India</i>
had a major story

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about rock paintings
found recently in Central India

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that seem to show
these tall beings.

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And they do not seem to have
a-a nose or a mouth.

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And nearby is
this three-legged disc.

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<i>The Times of India</i>
actually proposed the idea,

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what if what
we have depicted here

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are some type
of extraterrestrials

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or at least some type
of flying craft?

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Because it's the basis for much
of the Hindu pantheon of gods.

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NARRATOR:
Ancient Hindu texts
like the Vedas and the Puranas

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record stories
about extraterrestrials

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existing on other planets.

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And the <i>Mahabharata,</i>

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one of ancient India's
two major Sanskrit epics,

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contains stories
about gods coming to Earth

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in flying machines.

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Even the legends
specific to this region

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tell of a mysterious race
of beings

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known as the Rohela...

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...who descended from the sky

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and abducted local villagers.

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Could the newly unearthed
cave art be a visual record

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that extraterrestrials
really visited here?

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There was an obsession
of ancient human beings

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to depict things

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that they saw.

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And I think they did it
with carvings on caves

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because that's what they saw.

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But what is it about caves

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that made them
the ideal canvases

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for ancient peoples
to chronicle their experiences?

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HENRY:
Caves are hugely significant

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in ancient mythology
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especially about the gods.

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They seem to be
kind of a liminal point,

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a boundary place where the gods
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CHILDRESS:
There is a whole
hidden underground world

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of planet Earth that we're only
just now beginning to discover.

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We don't know what's there.

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We could be discovering
all kinds of amazing things.

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And it's possible that there are
entire cities under the earth.

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Whole cavern metropolises

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that are talked about
in legends.

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NARRATOR:
But while ancient cave art
often reveals

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the type of animals our earliest
ancestors encountered

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and their means
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there is a surprising number
of depictions

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of strange-looking figures
and objects

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that defy
any conventional explanation.

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In Australia,
the Wandjina people,

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they painted images
on their caves

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which eerily looks like
the so-called Greys

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of alien abduction lore today.

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You have the strange petroglyphs

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in the Hoggar Mountains
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Uh, you've got strange rock art,
too, in the American Southwest.

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And when you look at it

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and even have the natives
explain it to you,

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they say things like,
"Oh, yes, he's the Martian god"

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or "These are the star people
coming from the sky."

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NARRATOR: How do we explain
so many different cultures

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across thousands of years
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producing such consistent
visual representations?

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TSOUKALOS:
The ones

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that were discovered
in some of the African caves,

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it's too similar
to what has been discovered

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on every continent for it
to be complete coincidence.

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So it's this whole idea of the
spark of initial inspiration.

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What is it that they witnessed?

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And could it be that they
witnessed extraterrestrials?

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One of the more intriguing
aspects of the cave paintings

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that seem to show aliens
is why are they inside caves.

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This has sort of given rise
to the theory

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that maybe these aliens
perhaps have permanent bases

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on the planet underground.

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Maybe ancient man saw them

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coming out of some
of these caves and caverns

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and then realized
there was a relationship

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between the aliens
and the caves.

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In ancient times,

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caves were places of shelter.

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But is it possible our ancestors
were also using caves

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to record
and protect information

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about extraterrestrial beings

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who played a role
in our existence?

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Perhaps the answer can be found
halfway around the world

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in the American Southwest.

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(wind blowing)

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The Grand Canyon.

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This epic 277-mile-long,
one-mile-deep fissure

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exposes millions of years
of geologic strata.

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Imprinted onto this dramatic
landscape are petroglyphs

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that depict everyday life
as experienced

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by the first inhabitants
of the region.

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But in one of the most remote
corners of the canyon

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is a small cave covered with
artwork that mystifies experts.

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Some refer to it
as the Shaman's Panel,

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because it appears to depict
scenes of the supernatural.

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All around the Grand Canyon are
unusual sites and sacred sites.

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And then you have the Shaman's
Panel there in the Grand Canyon,

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which seems to show
these long, tall,

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extraterrestrial-type figures.

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Like the strange-looking beings

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found in the cave
in Charama, India,

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the figures depicted
on the Shaman's Panel

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are oddly elongated
and are also thought

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to have been created
as many as 10,000 years ago.

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And just as in Charama,

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the native Hopi people here
also have detailed accounts

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of extraterrestrials
who came down to Earth.

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CHILDRESS:
In the Southwest,
the Pueblo Indians,

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such as the Zuni
and-and the Hopi,

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believe that there is
an entrance

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into an underground world

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and it is located
in the Grand Canyon.

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And it's this
mythological underworld,

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uh, of caves

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and extraterrestrials,

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the ant people.

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The Hopi have this concept
of the ant people.

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Uh, the ant people
are, um, very thin.

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They have elongated heads.

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And the ancestral Hopi people
did make pictures

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of these ant people,

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which still survive today.

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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
the rock art found here

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and elsewhere around the world

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is evidence that
the Earth's first inhabitants

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had contact
with otherworldly beings?

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If so, might there be
some significance to the fact

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that many
of these strange petroglyphs

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are found in and around caves?

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And could hidden corners
of the Earth

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serve
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as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?

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Perhaps further clues
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by examining sacred offerings

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left thousands of feet
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in the Andes.

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One thing that you can find
in many cultures

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is the idea of spirits living
in remote mountain areas.

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But in a lot of cases,
they don't sound like spirits.

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They have physical bodies, and
they come from specific stars.

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TSOUKALOS:
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Like, for example, in Peru,

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where the indigenous people
claim

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that there are mountain spirits
called the Apu

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whom they associate
with the Pleiadian star cluster.

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HENRY:
Right. So,

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are we talking about spirits?

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extraterrestrials living
in the mountains of Peru?

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NARRATOR:
The Peruvian Andes.

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2009.

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Tens of thousands of people
from all over the region

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journey to the Sinakara Valley

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near Ausangate Mountain...

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- (drumming)
- (chanting)

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...for the Quyllurit'i
or Snow Star Festival.

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Historical records show
that local Catholics adopted

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this annual celebration
back in 1780.

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But most experts agree

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it likely dates back hundreds

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and possibly thousands
of years earlier.

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And although no one
knows exactly when

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or why the Snow Star Festival
was started,

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oral traditions maintain

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that it has always been tied
to a star cluster

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the native Quechua people
call <i>Qullqa,</i>

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or, as it's known
to many other cultures,

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the Pleiades.

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(music playing)

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The Quechua people,

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descendants
of the ancient Incas,

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return to this location
every year

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to be surrounded
by four sacred mountains.

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In hopes
of gaining good fortune,

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they spend several days
dressed in traditional costumes,

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dancing, and making ceremonial
offerings to the Apu...

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...the spirits of the mountains.

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YOUNG:
In the ancient civilization
of the Incas,

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there is a belief that there are
spirits in the mountains.

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They're called Apu.

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And ceremonial leaders,
chieftains, priests

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can make connection, can get
some wisdom and guidance.

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They are benevolent spirits.

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BARNHART:
Each mountain has
its own Apu spirit.

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The Apus are

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supernatural things,
but they are not deities.

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So people are not
necessarily praying to them.

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Rather, they are
in a relationship with them,

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asking them for the favor
that they can provide.

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The Incans were very specific
in believing

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that the Apu actually existed

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as tangible entities
who they were interacting with

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and who they were, in fact,
very much beholden to

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for their technology,

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for their civilization.

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CHILDRESS:
You have to wonder if these Apus

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were in fact extraterrestrials

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that the Incas
were in contact with.

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And today the people
return to these mountains

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to have some kind of contact

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and-and perhaps advice
from the Apus.

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NARRATOR:
Might the Apu have been
extraterrestrial beings?

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Beings who came to Earth
from the Pleiades star cluster

256
00:14:08,542 --> 00:14:12,333
and interacted with the Incans
in ancient times?

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Perhaps the answers can be found

258
00:14:17,042 --> 00:14:19,667
in the culmination
of the festival itself.

259
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(indistinct chatter)

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At the close of the celebration,

261
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select members
of the Quechua community

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prepare to make the treacherous
journey up the mountain glacier.

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They go in search of ice they
refer to as "the snow star."

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BARNHART:
The pilgrims go up
to the top of the mountain

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and they ask the Apu

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if they can have
some of this ice.

267
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It's intentionally something
that's supposed to be grueling.

268
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Some people have even been known
to die along the way.

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That particular ice is supposed
to have healing properties.

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And those that take the journey

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have good health
for the rest of their life.

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Throughout the ancient world,
we learn of extraterrestrials

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00:15:07,125 --> 00:15:10,292
depositing treasures and
knowledge in sacred mountains.

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It's possible that that's
what we're seeing here

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with the snow star ritual.

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Its very name tells us that it
comes from beyond the Earth.

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NARRATOR:
Did extraterrestrials really
visit the mountains of Peru?

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If so, might there be evidence
in other parts of the world

279
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that mountains served
as points of connection

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between humans
and otherworldly beings?

281
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Shandong Province, China.

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Referred to
as the cosmic peak of the East,

283
00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,708
Mount Tai has been a site
of pilgrimage and worship

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for 3,000 years.

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DOMINIC STEAVU:
Mount Tai is considered

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an extremely powerful place,

287
00:16:03,167 --> 00:16:05,500
a place where people
can communicate with the divine.

288
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,167
In Chinese antiquity,

289
00:16:08,375 --> 00:16:10,333
72 emperors were believed

290
00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,500
to have made
the pilgrimage to Mount Tai.

291
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(birds singing)

292
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000
YOUNG:
They would do ceremonies there

293
00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:21,000
that were crucial
to their reign.

294
00:16:21,167 --> 00:16:23,167
If they did
the ceremonies correctly,

295
00:16:23,292 --> 00:16:25,000
they gained
the approval of the gods

296
00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:27,250
and the legitimacy
that stems from that.

297
00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:29,833
If they made a mistake,

298
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,375
an entire dynasty
could be in trouble.

299
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(bells clanging)

300
00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:38,417
NARRATOR:
In 110 BC,

301
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Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
made the first

302
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:45,125
of several journeys
to Mount Tai during his reign.

303
00:16:46,792 --> 00:16:50,667
According to the historical
accounts of scribe Sima Qian,

304
00:16:50,833 --> 00:16:52,833
mysterious sightings
were reported

305
00:16:52,958 --> 00:16:55,125
during his time on the mountain.

306
00:16:56,958 --> 00:16:58,333
There seems to have been
a beam of light

307
00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,000
that appeared off
into the horizon.

308
00:17:01,208 --> 00:17:05,417
And there was a mysterious
white cloud that emerged

309
00:17:05,542 --> 00:17:09,167
from the mound where
the sacrifice is performed.

310
00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:14,375
TSOUKALOS:
In a historical record,

311
00:17:14,542 --> 00:17:17,708
a white cloud
and a beam of light appeared

312
00:17:17,875 --> 00:17:19,500
as though he summoned them.

313
00:17:19,625 --> 00:17:22,458
So what is
really being described here?

314
00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:25,208
And why must his followers
stay behind?

315
00:17:25,375 --> 00:17:27,542
It reads much more
like an encounter

316
00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:30,583
with some type
of an extraterrestrial craft

317
00:17:30,708 --> 00:17:35,333
that was misinterpreted
as some type of a divine event.

318
00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:39,833
The Chinese believe
that the emperors

319
00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:42,667
were actually communicating
with the gods.

320
00:17:42,833 --> 00:17:46,500
So it's possible that, in fact,
the E.T.s were guiding

321
00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:50,042
Chinese civilization
through their leaders.

322
00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:55,000
NARRATOR:
Were the emperors
of ancient China

323
00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:58,833
in contact
with extraterrestrials?

324
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,167
And might this story suggest

325
00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:04,167
that remote mountains
like Mount Tai

326
00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:07,625
served as alien outposts
on Earth?

327
00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:11,082
Perhaps further evidence
can be found

328
00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:13,749
in otherworldly
and deadly encounters reported

329
00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:16,750
in the rugged peaks of Siberia.

330
00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:24,667
You know, many places
that are considered to be

331
00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:27,999
hallowed ground have turned
into pilgrimage sites.

332
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,375
But with some places,

333
00:18:30,625 --> 00:18:31,500
it is the exact opposite,
where locals

334
00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:33,833
tell you, "Stay away.

335
00:18:34,042 --> 00:18:35,542
This place is dangerous."

336
00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:36,583
HENRY:
Right.

337
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:37,667
Like Mount Shasta.

338
00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:39,000
The Native people say,

339
00:18:39,167 --> 00:18:41,375
"Do not go above the tree line."

340
00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:44,500
And people have disappeared
from that mountain.

341
00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:46,042
So, what happened?

342
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:47,458
Did they come in contact

343
00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:49,250
- with extraterrestrials?
- CHILDRESS: You know,

344
00:18:49,375 --> 00:18:51,708
this reminds me
of that incident in Russia,

345
00:18:51,917 --> 00:18:55,000
where a group of hikers
was found dead on this mountain

346
00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:57,708
and their injuries
were unexplainable.

347
00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:00,833
And the mountain that they
were on was literally called

348
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,125
Do Not Go There.

349
00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:03,417
But they went there.

350
00:19:03,625 --> 00:19:04,667
And they did not have
a good time.

351
00:19:04,833 --> 00:19:05,750
(chuckles)

352
00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:10,875
NARRATOR:
February 1959.

353
00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:14,458
A group of nine mountaineers
embark on a winter trek

354
00:19:14,625 --> 00:19:17,667
into Russia's Ural Mountains.

355
00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:20,708
Their destination--

356
00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:22,667
a mountain called Otorten...

357
00:19:23,708 --> 00:19:25,917
...which in the local
Mansi language means

358
00:19:26,125 --> 00:19:28,292
"Do Not Go There."

359
00:19:29,792 --> 00:19:32,208
Among them were
three experienced engineers.

360
00:19:32,375 --> 00:19:34,167
The rest were students.
They were all young.

361
00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:37,125
I think the oldest was,
like, 37 years old.

362
00:19:37,292 --> 00:19:41,250
They had conducted other
hard treks through the area.

363
00:19:41,417 --> 00:19:42,542
They were all experienced,

364
00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:44,833
strong-willed,
determined people.

365
00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,916
NARRATOR:
On their fourth night out,

366
00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:52,542
bad weather forces the hikers
to camp atop an area

367
00:19:52,708 --> 00:19:54,667
called Kholat Syakhl,

368
00:19:54,875 --> 00:19:59,583
which in Mansi translates
to "the Mountain of the Dead."

369
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:03,625
STONEHILL:
It was a very inhospitable,

370
00:20:03,792 --> 00:20:07,875
very strange,
very, very hard place to be.

371
00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,833
Snow, cold,

372
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,542
freezing winds,

373
00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:15,875
and very few living things
around.

374
00:20:17,792 --> 00:20:22,083
They decided
that they would spend the night

375
00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:25,333
of February 1 in an open area

376
00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:29,333
not too far away
from the top of the mountain.

377
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,000
They didn't want
to go back to the forest

378
00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:34,167
one and a half kilometers,

379
00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,375
because it would take them
too much time

380
00:20:35,542 --> 00:20:37,500
and they would lose the day.

381
00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:42,000
NARRATOR:
Ten days later,

382
00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,500
when the nine adventurers fail
to show up at their destination,

383
00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:47,750
military rescue teams
search the area.

384
00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:50,208
<i>(helicopter passing)</i>

385
00:20:50,375 --> 00:20:53,000
They find
the hikers' camp abandoned

386
00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:56,292
and a tent
that is badly damaged.

387
00:20:56,417 --> 00:20:59,333
The investigators determine
that the tent has been cut

388
00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:02,000
and ripped open from the inside.

389
00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:03,250
<i>(ripping)</i>

390
00:21:04,583 --> 00:21:07,500
And the hikers appear
to have fled the area

391
00:21:07,708 --> 00:21:10,167
in only socks or bare feet.

392
00:21:10,333 --> 00:21:11,667
(Mikhail Gershtein
speaking Russian)

393
00:21:13,250 --> 00:21:15,041
(translated): This tent
had been cut with knives

394
00:21:15,042 --> 00:21:16,375
from the interior.

395
00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:21,292
It was absolutely obvious
that neither animals nor people

396
00:21:21,458 --> 00:21:24,000
had approached the tent
to break in,

397
00:21:24,125 --> 00:21:26,958
meaning that nothing from
this Earth had approached them.

398
00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:33,292
STONEHILL:
Something was pushing them

399
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,500
to run away without taking
any clothing with them,

400
00:21:36,625 --> 00:21:39,333
without taking any supplies.

401
00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:42,833
They were behaving like
they were in a daze, confused.

402
00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,167
NARRATOR:
The investigators
follow the trail

403
00:21:46,292 --> 00:21:48,292
to the edge of the forest.

404
00:21:48,417 --> 00:21:49,958
But what they eventually find...

405
00:21:52,917 --> 00:21:55,167
...is beyond belief.

406
00:21:55,292 --> 00:21:58,167
BILL BIRNES:
All nine hikers died.

407
00:21:58,333 --> 00:22:00,000
They were discovered
by Soviet troops

408
00:22:00,167 --> 00:22:03,458
in various stages
of what can only be described

409
00:22:03,625 --> 00:22:04,833
as being mutilated.

410
00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:08,458
Their bodies were burned.

411
00:22:08,625 --> 00:22:10,833
Some suffered
radiation poisoning.

412
00:22:10,958 --> 00:22:14,333
In one case,
a hiker's tongue was missing.

413
00:22:15,333 --> 00:22:16,833
They had prematurely aged,

414
00:22:17,042 --> 00:22:20,458
their skin was orange,
their hair had turned gray.

415
00:22:20,625 --> 00:22:22,583
What could've explained this?

416
00:22:23,583 --> 00:22:25,250
STONEHILL:
Three of them had injuries

417
00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,667
that could be sustained

418
00:22:27,833 --> 00:22:31,500
when somebody is hit
by a speeding car,

419
00:22:31,708 --> 00:22:34,333
except the injuries were inside.

420
00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:36,667
Their ribs were crushed
like eggshells.

421
00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:39,500
Some of them
entered their hearts,

422
00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:43,667
but there was no effect
on their skin.

423
00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:48,875
It was like a force
was directed at all of them.

424
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:51,958
(speaking Russian)

425
00:22:52,167 --> 00:22:54,750
(translated): An unknown force
had hit the hikers,

426
00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:58,250
and it was very selective
in hitting only the hikers,

427
00:22:58,417 --> 00:23:00,125
leaving untouched the snow,

428
00:23:00,292 --> 00:23:03,625
the trees
and everything else around.

429
00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:06,542
NARRATOR:
The official explanation

430
00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:09,583
was that the nine died
from hypothermia.

431
00:23:09,792 --> 00:23:12,417
But the chief investigator
refused to sign off

432
00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:16,667
on the report and instead
resigned from the inquiry.

433
00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:23,417
STONEHILL:
When the investigation
was taking place

434
00:23:23,625 --> 00:23:27,167
by the local officials,
one of the people in charge

435
00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:29,583
was removed quite quickly

436
00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:32,708
from the very investigation
because he was very thorough,

437
00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:36,417
and local officials
didn't want this to come out.

438
00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:38,833
(Gershtein speaking Russian)

439
00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:40,333
(translated):
The authorities did their best

440
00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:42,417
to cover the whole thing up.

441
00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:45,958
It was practically forbidden
to mention it.

442
00:23:51,125 --> 00:23:53,833
STONEHILL:
At the end,
the bodies were buried

443
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,875
in zinc coffins, I believe,
so nobody would see.

444
00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:01,333
But there was enough
of the investigation,

445
00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:03,667
enough people had seen
what had been going on

446
00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:06,208
and were amazed
at what they found,

447
00:24:06,375 --> 00:24:09,333
including the coloration
of the corpses

448
00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,958
when they were found, and other
things, that news broke out.

449
00:24:13,125 --> 00:24:17,083
And this is one of the most
mysterious murder cases

450
00:24:17,292 --> 00:24:19,167
in the former Soviet Union.

451
00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,500
I am convinced it was a murder.

452
00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:26,375
But they were not killed
by anything we know.

453
00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,833
They were killed
by an unknown force.

454
00:24:29,042 --> 00:24:33,708
NARRATOR:
Years later, members
of the search party spoke out.

455
00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:38,250
According to their testimony,
at the time of the incident,

456
00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:43,042
strange orange spheres or orbs
were seen floating in the sky.

457
00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:46,000
(translated):
These observations

458
00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:47,667
are from local people

459
00:24:47,875 --> 00:24:49,875
who saw some
unidentified flying objects

460
00:24:50,042 --> 00:24:52,292
during the night
of the hikers' deaths.

461
00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,667
I think there is
a clear connection.

462
00:24:57,042 --> 00:25:00,208
BIRNES:
The orbs themselves
could've been a life-form...

463
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,458
...the orbs themselves

464
00:25:02,583 --> 00:25:04,792
could have been
extraterrestrial probes.

465
00:25:06,292 --> 00:25:07,542
STONEHILL:
Based on my research

466
00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:09,750
of different parts of Russia
in history,

467
00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:13,167
fiery spheres
have been ever present,

468
00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,167
including desolate areas
like this.

469
00:25:16,375 --> 00:25:19,167
Locals know they exist.

470
00:25:19,292 --> 00:25:20,708
It's like a part of life.

471
00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,958
They don't put
too much attention to them,

472
00:25:23,125 --> 00:25:24,417
and they hope and pray

473
00:25:24,542 --> 00:25:27,667
that the fiery spheres
don't bother them.

474
00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:30,000
Because throughout the ages,

475
00:25:30,208 --> 00:25:34,000
most of the encounters
were peaceful everywhere,

476
00:25:34,208 --> 00:25:38,708
but once in a while, like here,
something goes very bad.

477
00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:43,417
NARRATOR:
But what could have compelled
nine experienced mountaineers

478
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:47,083
to flee their camp
and run for their lives?

479
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,000
And what strange forces

480
00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:53,250
could have caused
such violence and death?

481
00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:55,833
Could the hikers
have been attacked

482
00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,458
by something extraterrestrial,

483
00:25:58,625 --> 00:26:01,333
as ancient astronaut
theorists believe?

484
00:26:01,458 --> 00:26:03,667
PHILIP IMBROGNO:
During my research
in my 30-plus years

485
00:26:03,833 --> 00:26:06,500
of investigating
UFO sightings in particular,

486
00:26:06,708 --> 00:26:08,792
I've only come across
several cases

487
00:26:08,917 --> 00:26:11,042
in which aliens
have actually attacked people

488
00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:12,875
like wild animals.

489
00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:15,708
And, uh, some of these creatures
had claws and teeth,

490
00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:17,792
and, uh, they would jump
on people and scratch them,

491
00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:19,708
and create claw marks in them.

492
00:26:19,875 --> 00:26:22,000
But most of the time
these encounters,

493
00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,792
the aliens or the creatures just
want to get away from humans.

494
00:26:25,958 --> 00:26:28,292
There's no interaction
whatsoever.

495
00:26:29,417 --> 00:26:31,000
It could've been inadvertent.

496
00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:34,708
The orbs in probing the area
where the human beings were

497
00:26:34,917 --> 00:26:37,500
created collateral damage.

498
00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:40,083
Maybe they didn't mean
to harm human beings.

499
00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:41,750
Maybe it wasn't an attack

500
00:26:41,917 --> 00:26:44,750
as much as the power
of these orbs,

501
00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:46,833
the energy was so intense

502
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,833
that human beings
were prematurely aged,

503
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,583
irradiated,

504
00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:55,292
and suffered all kinds
of lethal biological symptoms.

505
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,167
It's not a coincidence
that UFOs were reported

506
00:26:59,333 --> 00:27:01,000
by these hikers
in the Ural Mountains

507
00:27:01,167 --> 00:27:04,417
in the Place of the Dead,
the "Do Not Go There," so on,

508
00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:06,625
'cause I believe
that many UFO sightings

509
00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:08,500
come in here
from a parallel reality,

510
00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,167
and they come through portals.

511
00:27:11,708 --> 00:27:14,042
And this area
may be a hot portal.

512
00:27:16,833 --> 00:27:19,292
NARRATOR:
According to ancient
Mansi legend,

513
00:27:19,417 --> 00:27:21,000
the Mountain of the Dead,

514
00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,875
where the nine hikers'
mutilated bodies were found,

515
00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,250
was named
after a similar incident

516
00:27:26,417 --> 00:27:30,042
in which nine Mansi men
were also found dead,

517
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:34,208
while seeking salvation from
a flood during ancient times.

518
00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:39,542
But is it really possible
that the Mansi

519
00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,333
and the doomed expedition

520
00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:45,208
were attacked and killed
by otherworldly forces?

521
00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:51,042
Perhaps further evidence
can be found deep underground.

522
00:27:53,292 --> 00:27:56,833
Not in the Russian wilderness
but half a hemisphere away,

523
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,083
on an Australian mountaintop.

524
00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:06,958
NARRATOR:
The continent of Australia.

525
00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:12,000
16 miles south of Cooktown,

526
00:28:12,167 --> 00:28:14,750
near the northeastern coastline,

527
00:28:14,917 --> 00:28:17,417
sits one of the world's
most mysterious

528
00:28:17,625 --> 00:28:19,833
and menacing
geologic features...

529
00:28:21,583 --> 00:28:23,000
...Black Mountain.

530
00:28:25,792 --> 00:28:28,208
Standing nearly 1,400 feet high,

531
00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:32,500
the mountain consists of
enormous black granite boulders

532
00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:36,125
piled precariously
one on top of the other.

533
00:28:40,292 --> 00:28:43,167
Called Kalkajaka,
or "mountain of death"

534
00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:45,167
by the local Aborigines,

535
00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:46,792
Black Mountain,

536
00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,750
with its numerous
dark passageways and caverns,

537
00:28:49,917 --> 00:28:53,542
is considered
a cursed and evil place.

538
00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:56,917
What the old people told us

539
00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,917
when me and my brother Sam,
when we were growing up,

540
00:29:00,083 --> 00:29:02,333
not to go into the mountains.

541
00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:05,333
We wanted to go and have
a look into the mountains

542
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,875
to see if there was a cave
where you could walk in,

543
00:29:08,042 --> 00:29:09,292
but they said no.

544
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:13,917
"If you do go in,
you-you won't come back."

545
00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:17,542
(Ivan Mackerle speaking Czech)

546
00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:20,958
(translated): Black Mountain
is the most fearful place

547
00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:24,500
in the north Queensland area
of Australia.

548
00:29:24,667 --> 00:29:26,583
The local residents
fear to go there

549
00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:29,167
because many people
have disappeared,

550
00:29:29,292 --> 00:29:33,917
as if the earth or the mountain
itself swallowed them up.

551
00:29:38,292 --> 00:29:40,333
NARRATOR:
The first documented
disappearance

552
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:45,167
involving European settlers
occurred in 1877,

553
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:48,000
when a rancher
searching for a lost bull

554
00:29:48,167 --> 00:29:50,500
near the mountain
was reported missing.

555
00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:55,042
Since then, there have been
numerous stories of people,

556
00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:57,667
horses and even herds of cattle

557
00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:01,000
disappearing into
the labyrinth of rocks,

558
00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:03,458
never to be seen again.

559
00:30:05,583 --> 00:30:08,583
Local police and trackers
looking for the missing

560
00:30:08,792 --> 00:30:10,500
have also vanished.

561
00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:14,750
And pilots flying
over the mountain

562
00:30:14,917 --> 00:30:17,292
have reported
strange occurrences.

563
00:30:17,458 --> 00:30:19,333
YOUNG:
Pilots flying over
the Black Mountains

564
00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:22,875
have, uh, commented that
there is unusual turbulence.

565
00:30:23,042 --> 00:30:24,000
Of course,
they have magnetic problems,

566
00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:25,625
they have navigational problems.

567
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,750
They've heard loud noises,

568
00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:29,500
uh, cracking noises,
explosive noises.

569
00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:32,542
They've heard, uh,
sort of mournful moaning sounds.

570
00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:36,000
So, this is a very strange area.

571
00:30:37,333 --> 00:30:39,250
(speaking Czech)

572
00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:43,625
(translated):
Some ufologists in Australia

573
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:47,792
say that this is the entrance
to an underground empire,

574
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,500
inhabited by an unearthly race
of lizard creatures

575
00:30:51,625 --> 00:30:53,292
and evil monsters.

576
00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:57,792
The Aborigines
don't call them aliens,

577
00:30:57,958 --> 00:31:01,417
they call them demons
or spirits.

578
00:31:04,208 --> 00:31:05,667
YOUNG:
The tales of the Rainbow Serpent

579
00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:07,792
are among the most important

580
00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:10,292
of the Aboriginal lore
in Australia.

581
00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:14,958
It can be a punisher
of those who are out of line.

582
00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:17,292
Um, it sometimes
swallows people.

583
00:31:18,708 --> 00:31:20,500
It can bring
chaos and destruction.

584
00:31:20,708 --> 00:31:23,583
So, it's a very awesome force.

585
00:31:25,167 --> 00:31:28,625
MARILYN WALLACE:
The Rainbow Serpent
is a creator for us.

586
00:31:28,750 --> 00:31:32,333
And it was told by our people

587
00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:37,792
that the Rainbow Serpent
created everything for us.

588
00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:40,167
It's a giver of life for us.

589
00:31:41,792 --> 00:31:45,125
And this boulder rock here,
Kalkajaka,

590
00:31:45,292 --> 00:31:49,167
is very important
because the Rainbow Serpent

591
00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:52,708
lives in the mountains here.

592
00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:54,042
The Rainbow Serpent,

593
00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,333
I believe if you disturb her

594
00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:59,208
or do something wrong
that you're not supposed to...

595
00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:04,083
...I feel that's when
she turns against you.

596
00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:11,500
NARRATOR:
To ward off any evil forces
from the mountain,

597
00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:13,375
the Aboriginal people

598
00:32:13,542 --> 00:32:17,208
perform a sacred warming
and smoking ceremony.

599
00:32:17,375 --> 00:32:20,292
The warming and smoking
is for us

600
00:32:20,458 --> 00:32:24,375
to introduce people
on our country.

601
00:32:24,583 --> 00:32:26,875
And it's also significant

602
00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:30,500
to let the spirit know

603
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:34,000
that we're bringing somebody
to come and visit.

604
00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:38,125
So, the Rainbow Serpent
that lives here,

605
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:43,375
he smells us and he knows
the tribal people from here.

606
00:32:53,875 --> 00:32:55,333
(Mackerle speaking Czech)

607
00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:59,000
(translated): We went there
to look for all the mysteries

608
00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,667
connected to this area.

609
00:33:02,583 --> 00:33:05,000
And because this was
a very abnormal place

610
00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:07,042
where people are disappearing,

611
00:33:07,208 --> 00:33:09,958
we wanted to find
an explanation.

612
00:33:10,958 --> 00:33:15,083
So, we entered this mountain and
there was a labyrinth of holes.

613
00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:19,208
So, we used rope
in order not to lose our way.

614
00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:22,000
And when we came into
the middle of the mountain,

615
00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:26,375
we could go up or down
or to the sides.

616
00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:30,917
But each time our path
was blocked with sand and rocks,

617
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:33,083
and we could not continue.

618
00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,167
It's difficult to say
if there are any chambers

619
00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:38,958
or vaults with any monsters,

620
00:33:39,125 --> 00:33:42,583
or a gateway
into a different time.

621
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,750
NARRATOR:
Although mainstream scientists

622
00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:52,041
believe the strange
disappearances at Black Mountain

623
00:33:52,042 --> 00:33:54,625
are most likely due
to the area's unique

624
00:33:54,792 --> 00:33:56,500
and dangerous terrain,

625
00:33:56,708 --> 00:33:59,250
ancient astronaut theorists
have another,

626
00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:02,417
more otherworldly explanation.

627
00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:07,250
The moment I hear about
giant snakes and serpents,

628
00:34:07,417 --> 00:34:11,667
my mind immediately goes
to all the other cultures

629
00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:16,083
around the world that talk
about similar imagery.

630
00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:20,000
In the Hindu world, for example,

631
00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:23,125
we have the stories
about flying serpents,

632
00:34:23,292 --> 00:34:25,250
just like we have
the similar stories

633
00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:29,083
in South America with
Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl,

634
00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:32,292
this winged serpent
flying around in the sky

635
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:37,750
which also were described
as having been enormous in size.

636
00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:41,583
So, the Rainbow Serpent
at Black Mountain,

637
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:45,500
was that really
a biological entity?

638
00:34:46,625 --> 00:34:48,333
Or was it some type

639
00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:51,500
of an extraterrestrial
flying machine,

640
00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:55,833
a machine that when people
came too close to it,

641
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,792
they fell ill or died because
of the fumes or radioactivity?

642
00:35:04,042 --> 00:35:07,125
BIRNES:
This could've been a place
where thousands of years ago,

643
00:35:07,292 --> 00:35:09,208
ancient aliens
might have landed.

644
00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:12,667
And the radiation deep
inside the Earth is so intense

645
00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:15,500
that people are dying
from radiation poisoning.

646
00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:18,333
And that might well explain
why the Black Mountain

647
00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:22,292
in the Outback in Australia
is considered an evil place.

648
00:35:24,042 --> 00:35:26,375
FRIDAY:
I really believe that

649
00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:29,208
it should be really left alone.

650
00:35:29,375 --> 00:35:31,667
Because they are real.

651
00:35:31,875 --> 00:35:33,500
They do exist.

652
00:35:33,667 --> 00:35:38,542
And I feel
that it should be left alone.

653
00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:45,083
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the Black Mountains

654
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,542
functioned as a secret
extraterrestrial lair,

655
00:35:48,708 --> 00:35:51,458
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?

656
00:35:52,375 --> 00:35:54,417
If so, could this explain

657
00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,375
not only the tales
of mysterious entities

658
00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,167
said to inhabit the area
but also

659
00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:04,167
the enduring local warnings
to stay away?

660
00:36:04,375 --> 00:36:06,667
Perhaps clues can be found

661
00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:09,958
by investigating
another dangerous creature

662
00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,333
said to be living
in the dense jungle

663
00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:15,333
of an isolated island
in the Pacific.

664
00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,167
When talking about alien lairs,

665
00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:24,667
one place that comes to mind
is the Solomon Islands.

666
00:36:24,875 --> 00:36:26,541
All kinds of strange activity
has been reported there

667
00:36:26,542 --> 00:36:27,750
- for decades.
- CHILDRESS: Yeah,

668
00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:31,167
you have strange lights,
mysterious disappearances,

669
00:36:31,375 --> 00:36:33,417
accounts of giants
and even Bigfoot sightings.

670
00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:37,500
Right, and the Solomon Islands
are so remote,

671
00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,000
they would be a perfect hideout

672
00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:41,667
for any visiting E.T.s.

673
00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:45,333
In fact, we talked about this
in a 2013 episode

674
00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:49,500
of <i>Ancient Aliens</i> called,
"Aliens and Forbidden Islands."

675
00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,875
NARRATOR:
The Solomon Islands.

676
00:36:55,042 --> 00:36:57,917
800 miles east
of Papua New Guinea,

677
00:36:58,083 --> 00:37:03,667
this group of nearly 1,000 isles
covers 11,000 square miles.

678
00:37:05,708 --> 00:37:10,041
Though first discovered in 1568
by Spanish explorers,

679
00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:14,167
many people identify this area
with World War II

680
00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,208
due to the fierce fighting
that occurred

681
00:37:16,375 --> 00:37:19,082
between the Japanese
and Americans

682
00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:20,792
on the largest island here...

683
00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:23,542
...Guadalcanal.

684
00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:30,167
But Guadalcanal is also
infamous for something else:

685
00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:34,792
the countless local legends
of giants.

686
00:37:36,958 --> 00:37:40,542
There are mysterious legends
all over the Solomons, actually.

687
00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:44,292
A lot of the stories
from Guadalcanal

688
00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:46,583
tend to talk about giants,

689
00:37:46,792 --> 00:37:50,292
the relationship
between people and giants.

690
00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:56,042
Giants are often portrayed
in different ways.

691
00:37:56,208 --> 00:37:58,167
Sometimes,
they are benevolent giants.

692
00:37:58,333 --> 00:38:00,875
They help people,
they look after people.

693
00:38:01,042 --> 00:38:04,833
But there are stories
about giants killing people

694
00:38:05,042 --> 00:38:06,708
and taking over things.

695
00:38:09,083 --> 00:38:11,333
So, giant is a major character

696
00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,958
in a lot
of the Guadalcanal stories.

697
00:38:16,708 --> 00:38:19,208
There are legends and stories
that go way back

698
00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:21,500
that suggest that giants
actually still live

699
00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:23,292
on the Solomon Islands.

700
00:38:23,417 --> 00:38:25,000
Some say they're kind of
hairy beasts,

701
00:38:25,167 --> 00:38:27,958
Sasquatch-like kind of beings.

702
00:38:28,125 --> 00:38:30,083
Others say
they're more humanoid.

703
00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:32,167
And some say they even relate

704
00:38:32,292 --> 00:38:35,000
and kind of mate
with the human population.

705
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,958
TSOUKALOS:
According to local legends,

706
00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:42,083
those giants were able to travel

707
00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:46,667
the entire length of the island
without seeing the light of day

708
00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:50,750
by utilizing
subterranean tunnels.

709
00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:53,250
KABUTAULAKA:
People talk about it

710
00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:56,375
that giants actually do exist.

711
00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,583
They existed in the past.

712
00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:02,625
Today, with all kinds
of developments taking place,

713
00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:06,875
they shifted further
into the mountains.

714
00:39:07,042 --> 00:39:08,542
They really do exist.

715
00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:12,792
It's not just a mythology
to scare children.

716
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,250
NARRATOR:
According to one report,

717
00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:21,833
in 1998, workers
during a gold-mining operation

718
00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:25,041
witnessed what they believe
is proof of the existence

719
00:39:25,042 --> 00:39:27,708
of the giants of Guadalcanal

720
00:39:27,875 --> 00:39:30,750
when one of their bulldozers
broke down.

721
00:39:31,917 --> 00:39:34,292
The workers say
they removed the ten-ton blade

722
00:39:34,458 --> 00:39:37,792
from the machine
to make overnight repairs,

723
00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,833
and when they returned to
the dig site the next morning,

724
00:39:40,958 --> 00:39:43,667
they were shocked
by what they found.

725
00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:46,917
The blade itself had
been moved quite a distance,

726
00:39:47,083 --> 00:39:48,208
and they found

727
00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:51,542
footprints of giants in the mud.

728
00:39:54,708 --> 00:39:56,458
So, they could only assume

729
00:39:56,625 --> 00:39:58,833
that these famous giants
of the Solomon Islands

730
00:39:58,958 --> 00:40:02,417
had been there
and moved the bulldozer blade.

731
00:40:04,167 --> 00:40:07,958
NARRATOR:
Could Guadalcanal
really be home to giants?

732
00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:11,208
If so, what are they

733
00:40:11,417 --> 00:40:13,833
and where did they come from?

734
00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:19,083
In the book
<i>Solomon Islands Mysteries,</i>

735
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:23,333
author Marius Boirayon,
a retired helicopter engineer

736
00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:25,333
who lived on the Solomon Islands

737
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:28,167
for many years
interviewing locals,

738
00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:31,167
unveils a groundbreaking theory.

739
00:40:31,333 --> 00:40:33,917
CHILDRESS:
The Australian author
Boirayon believed

740
00:40:34,083 --> 00:40:37,083
that incidents of the giants
that he had been told about

741
00:40:37,208 --> 00:40:42,167
by the natives
were related to UFO activity.

742
00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:44,167
And from what
he could put together,

743
00:40:44,292 --> 00:40:46,708
there was some kind of UFO base

744
00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:49,500
deep in the mountains
of central Guadalcanal,

745
00:40:49,667 --> 00:40:51,625
and it involved these giants.

746
00:40:52,958 --> 00:40:54,667
And at the same time,
there was some kind of

747
00:40:54,792 --> 00:40:58,583
underwater UFO base
there as well.

748
00:41:03,458 --> 00:41:05,542
NARRATOR:
Eyewitness accounts of UFOs

749
00:41:05,708 --> 00:41:09,500
have been documented on
the Solomon Islands for years,

750
00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:13,792
and mysteriously,
details reveal that the UFOs

751
00:41:13,958 --> 00:41:16,500
seem to rise out
of the surrounding ocean

752
00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:19,333
where warships sank
in World War II...

753
00:41:20,375 --> 00:41:24,667
...and vanish into a remote
mountain lake on the island.

754
00:41:25,708 --> 00:41:28,792
People often talk about seeing
light not only in the sky

755
00:41:28,917 --> 00:41:31,458
but in the ocean as well,

756
00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:34,125
that you see lights in the ocean

757
00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:36,500
and then you see lights
flying past,

758
00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:38,667
uh, overhead as well.

759
00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:41,917
And sometimes
crashing into the ocean...

760
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,917
...like a plane crashing.

761
00:41:47,250 --> 00:41:49,333
MIKE BARA:
There have been sightings
of flying saucers

762
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,625
appearing over the wreckage...

763
00:41:53,083 --> 00:41:55,500
...flying into
and out of mountains

764
00:41:55,708 --> 00:41:57,583
and volcanoes in the area.

765
00:41:58,625 --> 00:42:01,792
So, the whole area
is really pretty interesting.

766
00:42:02,792 --> 00:42:04,333
ANDREW COLLINS:
There have been reports that

767
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:06,333
objects, strange lights,

768
00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:09,042
actually rise up
out of the waters

769
00:42:09,208 --> 00:42:11,083
into the air,

770
00:42:11,250 --> 00:42:15,167
and move about for a period
of time, uh, and then disappear.

771
00:42:16,208 --> 00:42:19,833
And often, this is either
witnessed from the beach

772
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,125
or is experienced
at close hand by fishermen.

773
00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:27,417
And it is said that sometimes
these objects come so close

774
00:42:27,542 --> 00:42:32,708
that the fishermen can actually
feel the heat as they pass.

775
00:42:35,083 --> 00:42:36,458
RICHARD DOLAN:
There was a lot of local people

776
00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:38,500
who had said,
"Yes, for many years

777
00:42:38,708 --> 00:42:40,250
we've seen these-these types
of things happening."

778
00:42:41,708 --> 00:42:43,833
TIM SWARTZ:
There are numerous accounts

779
00:42:44,042 --> 00:42:45,667
of abductions,

780
00:42:45,833 --> 00:42:49,125
people who disappear
after coming into contact

781
00:42:49,292 --> 00:42:51,000
with these UFOs...

782
00:42:52,208 --> 00:42:54,000
...never to be seen again.

783
00:42:57,750 --> 00:42:59,125
NARRATOR:
Could there be a connection

784
00:42:59,333 --> 00:43:02,417
between the legends
of the giants of Guadalcanal

785
00:43:02,583 --> 00:43:04,500
and the numerous UFO sightings

786
00:43:04,667 --> 00:43:07,625
that have been reported here
over the years?

787
00:43:08,708 --> 00:43:10,375
And might this be evidence

788
00:43:10,542 --> 00:43:13,333
that Guadalcanal
really is the site

789
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:16,250
of an underwater alien base?

790
00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:21,667
Some ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answers can be found

791
00:43:21,875 --> 00:43:24,667
by examining stories
of other strange creatures

792
00:43:24,833 --> 00:43:27,250
said to inhabit the island.

793
00:43:27,375 --> 00:43:29,917
Creatures like the Adaro.

794
00:43:31,708 --> 00:43:33,667
YOUNG: The Adaro are
frightening-looking creatures;

795
00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:35,667
half fish, half man.

796
00:43:35,875 --> 00:43:37,125
They were said
to have come from the Sun

797
00:43:37,292 --> 00:43:38,750
by way of rainbows.

798
00:43:38,875 --> 00:43:40,583
They could be dangerous.

799
00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:43,833
They could shoot, uh,
poisonous flying fish at you.

800
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,958
So, the notion of some creature

801
00:43:46,125 --> 00:43:49,167
that was of danger
and mythological qualities

802
00:43:49,333 --> 00:43:54,125
coming from far away seems alive
and well in the Solomon Islands.

803
00:43:54,292 --> 00:43:56,292
Chua-Chua is the story

804
00:43:56,417 --> 00:43:59,125
that a lot of people
on Guadalcanal know about,

805
00:43:59,250 --> 00:44:01,833
that these are actually
human beings,

806
00:44:02,042 --> 00:44:05,167
but at certain time,
they take different forms.

807
00:44:06,167 --> 00:44:10,167
These are energies that can
shape-shift into any form.

808
00:44:10,333 --> 00:44:12,708
These are not
just stories for entertainment

809
00:44:12,875 --> 00:44:16,042
or for scaring the children,
these fears are great.

810
00:44:19,583 --> 00:44:22,250
CHILDRESS:
You have to wonder
if these famous giants

811
00:44:22,417 --> 00:44:25,500
of the Solomon Islands
and these weird beings

812
00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:28,667
were, in fact, extraterrestrials

813
00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:32,625
that were there to protect
these secret bases.

814
00:44:33,583 --> 00:44:36,875
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the stories of giants,

815
00:44:37,083 --> 00:44:41,500
sea monsters and other
strange beings on Guadalcanal

816
00:44:41,708 --> 00:44:45,333
are really accounts
of extraterrestrials?

817
00:44:46,375 --> 00:44:50,792
And if so, might these beings
inhabit a vast, concealed base

818
00:44:50,958 --> 00:44:54,083
hidden deep beneath the islands?

819
00:44:55,125 --> 00:44:58,333
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

820
00:44:58,542 --> 00:45:02,917
the answer to both questions
is a resounding yes.

821
00:45:03,958 --> 00:45:08,458
And they suggest further
evidence of alien lairs on Earth

822
00:45:08,625 --> 00:45:11,417
can be found
by examining accounts

823
00:45:11,583 --> 00:45:14,583
of towering, hairy giants

824
00:45:14,708 --> 00:45:18,292
said to reside
in the vast cavern systems

825
00:45:18,458 --> 00:45:20,417
of the Pacific Northwest.

826
00:45:27,708 --> 00:45:29,833
NARRATOR:
The Siskiyou Mountains,

827
00:45:29,958 --> 00:45:32,167
southwestern Oregon.

828
00:45:32,292 --> 00:45:34,167
In 1874,

829
00:45:35,042 --> 00:45:38,000
hunter Elijah Davidson
discovered a large cave

830
00:45:38,125 --> 00:45:41,083
leading to a 500-acre network

831
00:45:41,250 --> 00:45:44,292
of underground tunnels
and caverns.

832
00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:47,833
Known as the Oregon Caves,

833
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,625
the ancient
subterranean structure

834
00:45:50,792 --> 00:45:54,042
is one of the few marble caves
in the world.

835
00:45:55,958 --> 00:45:58,583
Some believe
this underground world

836
00:45:58,750 --> 00:46:01,125
is home
to the Sasquatch creatures

837
00:46:01,292 --> 00:46:04,542
that have been reported
in this area by Native Americans

838
00:46:04,708 --> 00:46:07,333
for hundreds of years.

839
00:46:09,125 --> 00:46:10,417
REDFERN:
There are a number of sightings

840
00:46:10,583 --> 00:46:12,083
of these creatures in caves.

841
00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:14,458
A number of explorers hearing

842
00:46:14,625 --> 00:46:16,958
very strange animalistic screams

843
00:46:17,083 --> 00:46:18,583
coming, uh, from these caves

844
00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:22,083
and seeing sort of shadowy
lumbering creatures within them.

845
00:46:24,542 --> 00:46:26,708
You know, if you're a large
flesh-and-blood animal

846
00:46:26,875 --> 00:46:28,500
seven to eight feet tall,

847
00:46:28,667 --> 00:46:31,833
certainly you're gonna be out
hunting all day to-to feed.

848
00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,375
But at night,
potentially, you know,

849
00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:40,292
with Bigfoot hunters out there,
regular hunters,

850
00:46:40,417 --> 00:46:42,458
other wild animals,
you need to be careful.

851
00:46:42,625 --> 00:46:46,375
The ideal location to hide out
would be underground.

852
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:49,458
So, you know,
maybe that's another reason

853
00:46:49,583 --> 00:46:51,042
we haven't found Bigfoot.

854
00:46:51,208 --> 00:46:52,708
Instead of looking around us,

855
00:46:52,917 --> 00:46:55,083
maybe we should be
looking below us.

856
00:46:56,167 --> 00:46:59,458
These cavern systems
that exist, uh, worldwide

857
00:46:59,625 --> 00:47:01,500
have not been fully explored.

858
00:47:03,958 --> 00:47:06,000
In fact, probably
a very small percentage of them

859
00:47:06,125 --> 00:47:08,125
have been even discovered.

860
00:47:09,167 --> 00:47:10,917
There's the possibility

861
00:47:11,083 --> 00:47:12,875
of a complete
potential infrastructure

862
00:47:13,042 --> 00:47:15,542
for Bigfoot to survive on.

863
00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:20,333
No one sees Sasquatches
going on highways,

864
00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:23,125
paths and forests
moving back and forth.

865
00:47:24,875 --> 00:47:27,333
If we're dealing
with nonhuman intelligence,

866
00:47:27,542 --> 00:47:31,167
and nonhumans made them
to do work on this planet,

867
00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:33,250
maybe there's a tunnel system.

868
00:47:36,542 --> 00:47:40,958
And that might explain why
you could have them in Georgia,

869
00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:44,375
Michigan, Pennsylvania,
California, all over.

870
00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:48,042
One thing that's always
intrigued me as well

871
00:47:48,208 --> 00:47:51,000
about Bigfoot
is this description

872
00:47:51,125 --> 00:47:53,375
of a musky sulfurish-type smell

873
00:47:53,542 --> 00:47:56,417
that's often associated
with close encounters.

874
00:47:59,875 --> 00:48:02,167
You know, the Christian version
of the devil

875
00:48:02,333 --> 00:48:05,500
and fire and brimstone
and that sulfur-type smell

876
00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:09,667
tends to be associated with
the subterranean world, or Hell.

877
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:15,500
So, is there a connection
possibly between the idea

878
00:48:15,708 --> 00:48:19,000
of subterranean devils,
if you will-- or Lucifer--

879
00:48:19,167 --> 00:48:23,208
and that sulfur smell and
that sulfur smell with Bigfoot?

880
00:48:25,042 --> 00:48:28,333
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that a race
of subterranean creatures

881
00:48:28,542 --> 00:48:30,625
has been living beneath
the Earth's surface

882
00:48:30,792 --> 00:48:32,333
without our knowledge?

883
00:48:33,667 --> 00:48:37,500
If so, might Bigfoot
have been interacting with us

884
00:48:37,625 --> 00:48:39,833
for thousands of years?

885
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,375
In ancient Greek myths,

886
00:48:42,542 --> 00:48:45,083
we find references
to the Troglodytes.

887
00:48:47,167 --> 00:48:50,667
These hairy,
beastly-looking creatures

888
00:48:50,875 --> 00:48:53,000
that lived underground

889
00:48:53,208 --> 00:48:57,042
that sometimes
were extremely terrifying...

890
00:48:58,042 --> 00:49:02,208
...but sometimes
they also were very wise

891
00:49:02,375 --> 00:49:05,667
and taught mankind
in various disciplines.

892
00:49:05,792 --> 00:49:08,708
Now, according
to the ancient legends,

893
00:49:08,875 --> 00:49:14,333
the Troglodytes are believed
to have descended from the sky.

894
00:49:16,875 --> 00:49:19,958
Obviously,
they were hiding out somewhere

895
00:49:20,083 --> 00:49:23,167
that was inaccessible
to our ancestors.

896
00:49:23,333 --> 00:49:28,167
They wanted to keep
their presence a secret.

897
00:49:28,292 --> 00:49:32,167
There are multiple stories
that actually talk about

898
00:49:32,333 --> 00:49:35,375
explorations into these tunnels

899
00:49:35,542 --> 00:49:40,500
where sometimes
people never returned.

900
00:49:41,542 --> 00:49:44,167
SABINA MAGLIOCCO:
People who have done research
have found dens,

901
00:49:44,333 --> 00:49:48,125
nests, collections of brush

902
00:49:48,292 --> 00:49:50,458
that are put together
in particular patterns

903
00:49:50,583 --> 00:49:53,667
that suggest very large
creatures are nesting in them.

904
00:49:55,625 --> 00:49:58,625
And I find that
fairly persuasive evidence.

905
00:49:58,792 --> 00:50:02,500
Something is making those dens
or nests out of brush.

906
00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:08,125
Something is using those,
probably living underground.

907
00:50:10,250 --> 00:50:12,875
CHILDRESS:
Throughout the world,
there are many extensive

908
00:50:13,083 --> 00:50:16,042
and mysterious, uh,
cavern systems

909
00:50:16,208 --> 00:50:17,667
that are linked together.

910
00:50:17,875 --> 00:50:20,458
In Tibet and in India.

911
00:50:20,625 --> 00:50:23,208
Also, in North America.

912
00:50:24,208 --> 00:50:26,875
Some of them also go
throughout the Pacific Northwest

913
00:50:27,042 --> 00:50:29,958
like areas like Mount Shasta.

914
00:50:30,083 --> 00:50:33,375
So, it's an interesting idea
that Bigfoot

915
00:50:33,542 --> 00:50:36,833
is actually
traveling underground

916
00:50:36,958 --> 00:50:39,292
through these tunnel systems,

917
00:50:39,458 --> 00:50:42,417
and those underground bases
and tunnel systems

918
00:50:42,542 --> 00:50:44,833
would have been made
by extraterrestrials.

919
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:49,500
NARRATOR:
Might extraterrestrials

920
00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:52,375
really have built
caves and tunnel systems

921
00:50:52,542 --> 00:50:55,542
to hide the legendary creature
known as Bigfoot,

922
00:50:55,708 --> 00:50:58,750
as some ancient astronaut
theorists believe?

923
00:51:00,208 --> 00:51:02,292
And if so, is it possible

924
00:51:02,458 --> 00:51:07,208
that these otherworldly beings
still dwell there today?

925
00:51:09,042 --> 00:51:11,375
Could Sasquatch-- Bigfoot--

926
00:51:11,583 --> 00:51:15,375
be something that lives here
on Earth, underground?

927
00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:21,958
What is the relationship
between the Sasquatch,

928
00:51:22,125 --> 00:51:26,750
the nonhuman phenomenon
and this planet?

929
00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:29,000
FRANKLIN RUEHL:
There is also the possibility

930
00:51:29,125 --> 00:51:32,667
that he is actually
an alien creature.

931
00:51:33,708 --> 00:51:36,167
Now, we don't know
how intelligent he is,

932
00:51:36,292 --> 00:51:39,416
but one theory is
that the Bigfoot is actually

933
00:51:39,417 --> 00:51:42,417
a more intelligent creature,
and he's avoiding man,

934
00:51:42,583 --> 00:51:45,458
hiding out in mountainous
regions that are cold,

935
00:51:45,667 --> 00:51:47,333
waiting for man
to destroy himself,

936
00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:49,792
at which time
he'll assume dominance.

937
00:51:50,917 --> 00:51:54,000
And of course he, also, could be

938
00:51:54,125 --> 00:51:56,542
the result
of genetic hybridization.

939
00:51:56,708 --> 00:51:58,458
That aliens landed
on our planet,

940
00:51:58,625 --> 00:52:02,500
and used DNA to create a hybrid
between man and the apes.

941
00:52:02,667 --> 00:52:04,917
All bets are on,
but the evidence

942
00:52:05,083 --> 00:52:07,417
that he exists somewhere
certainly is strong

943
00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:09,250
based on all of the evidence
we've found

944
00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:11,208
in terms of eyewitness
observations,

945
00:52:11,375 --> 00:52:13,375
footprints, et cetera.

946
00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:17,208
NARRATOR:
Is it really possible

947
00:52:17,375 --> 00:52:18,875
that the creatures
we call Bigfoot

948
00:52:19,042 --> 00:52:21,417
have otherworldly origins?

949
00:52:22,375 --> 00:52:25,207
Might that explain
their elusiveness

950
00:52:25,208 --> 00:52:26,917
and their rumored tendency

951
00:52:27,083 --> 00:52:30,292
to vanish into
remote cave systems?

952
00:52:31,250 --> 00:52:34,082
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,

953
00:52:34,083 --> 00:52:36,167
and for further evidence,

954
00:52:36,292 --> 00:52:39,833
point to legends
of an ancient, advanced race

955
00:52:41,042 --> 00:52:45,167
said to dwell in vast caverns
far beneath the Earth's surface.

956
00:52:52,208 --> 00:52:54,458
Artificial intelligence
is proving to be

957
00:52:54,625 --> 00:52:57,833
the most powerful new tool
for the ancient astronaut theory

958
00:52:58,042 --> 00:52:59,958
because with AI, for example,
we can glean new information

959
00:53:00,083 --> 00:53:03,333
from ancient cave art
that seems to be deteriorated.

960
00:53:03,458 --> 00:53:05,333
Yeah, that's
incredibly important,

961
00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:08,625
because cave art
is the only historical record

962
00:53:08,833 --> 00:53:12,375
that we have for some of
our most ancient of ancestors.

963
00:53:12,542 --> 00:53:15,375
And some of it
seems to indicate alien contact.

964
00:53:15,542 --> 00:53:18,042
Right, and if these
extraterrestrial lairs

965
00:53:18,208 --> 00:53:20,167
that we've been
talking about exist,

966
00:53:20,333 --> 00:53:21,625
then it's very likely
that our ancestors

967
00:53:21,792 --> 00:53:25,375
would have tried
to indicate this in some way.

968
00:53:25,542 --> 00:53:27,500
And it may be that
we can only see it with AI

969
00:53:27,708 --> 00:53:31,375
because that cave art
is so deteriorated.

970
00:53:35,583 --> 00:53:39,625
NARRATOR:
Santa Monica, California, 2014.

971
00:53:39,792 --> 00:53:42,417
Here at xRez Studio,

972
00:53:42,583 --> 00:53:46,292
visualization artists
Greg Downing and Eric Hanson

973
00:53:46,417 --> 00:53:49,083
are pioneering the use
of photogrammetry

974
00:53:49,250 --> 00:53:51,667
and special effects software

975
00:53:51,875 --> 00:53:54,500
to assist archaeologists
in the global effort

976
00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:57,250
to decipher ancient cave art.

977
00:54:00,500 --> 00:54:02,333
GREG DOWNING:
We use a combination
of techniques

978
00:54:02,542 --> 00:54:06,542
from the fields of computational
photography and graphics, uh,

979
00:54:06,708 --> 00:54:08,042
in order to help
the archaeologists

980
00:54:08,208 --> 00:54:10,333
reveal information
difficult to see

981
00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:12,667
just with basic vision
when you're there.

982
00:54:12,833 --> 00:54:15,917
NARRATOR:
The team recently traveled
to the Grand Canyon

983
00:54:16,125 --> 00:54:20,458
to compile a massive, in-depth
photographic compilation

984
00:54:20,583 --> 00:54:22,333
of the collection
of strange petroglyphs

985
00:54:22,458 --> 00:54:25,042
known as the Shaman's Panel.

986
00:54:25,208 --> 00:54:26,292
ERIC HANSON:
We were drawn to the panel

987
00:54:26,458 --> 00:54:27,458
for two primary aspects.

988
00:54:27,583 --> 00:54:29,542
One was the rich layering

989
00:54:29,708 --> 00:54:32,542
of the, uh,
anthropomorphic figures and two

990
00:54:32,750 --> 00:54:35,207
is the kind of evocative, uh,
surreal nature

991
00:54:35,208 --> 00:54:36,917
of their composition.

992
00:54:38,958 --> 00:54:42,167
DOWNING:
This cave is maybe, like,
five or six feet deep,

993
00:54:42,375 --> 00:54:44,667
so by using
a photogrammetric technique,

994
00:54:44,875 --> 00:54:48,417
we were able to get the detail
across the entire painting.

995
00:54:51,208 --> 00:54:52,833
The nice thing about
this technique

996
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:56,500
is we can separate the different
dyes and minerals that are used.

997
00:54:56,667 --> 00:54:58,167
And in this case,
now we can kind of see

998
00:54:58,375 --> 00:55:00,125
the layering expressed,

999
00:55:00,292 --> 00:55:04,708
we can see figures that are
simply lost by the naked eye.

1000
00:55:08,250 --> 00:55:10,458
DOWNING:
Yeah, that brings it out.

1001
00:55:10,583 --> 00:55:12,833
Yeah, that's
a complete difference.

1002
00:55:18,917 --> 00:55:21,125
NARRATOR:
Could modern techniques
one day uncover

1003
00:55:21,292 --> 00:55:25,583
even more details about
what ancient people really saw

1004
00:55:25,708 --> 00:55:28,625
and hoped to communicate
with rock art?

1005
00:55:29,625 --> 00:55:32,208
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe

1006
00:55:32,417 --> 00:55:34,792
one compelling clue
that modern researchers

1007
00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:39,000
might be on the right track
can be found, oddly enough,

1008
00:55:39,208 --> 00:55:41,750
in contemporary America.

1009
00:55:45,333 --> 00:55:48,333
March, 1945.

1010
00:55:48,542 --> 00:55:51,500
<i>Amazing Stories</i> magazine
publishes an article

1011
00:55:51,625 --> 00:55:54,875
entitled "I Remember Lemuria,"

1012
00:55:55,042 --> 00:55:57,833
but according to the author,
this is the first piece

1013
00:55:58,042 --> 00:56:00,292
to appear
in the science fiction magazine

1014
00:56:00,458 --> 00:56:02,750
that is not fiction at all...

1015
00:56:03,750 --> 00:56:08,542
...but an actual account
of his own alien abduction.

1016
00:56:10,208 --> 00:56:13,417
REDFERN:
Richard Shaver was a man
who surfaced decades ago

1017
00:56:13,542 --> 00:56:14,707
with a story

1018
00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:17,167
of underground entities

1019
00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,750
that were very hostile
to the human race.

1020
00:56:20,750 --> 00:56:23,417
Terrible creatures
that would kidnap and kill

1021
00:56:23,542 --> 00:56:24,958
members of the human race.

1022
00:56:26,208 --> 00:56:28,500
SWARTZ:
They were the first inhabitants
of planet Earth.

1023
00:56:28,667 --> 00:56:31,750
When the Sun became radioactive,

1024
00:56:31,958 --> 00:56:34,667
these people could no longer
live on the surface.

1025
00:56:35,750 --> 00:56:38,333
Some left in their spaceships.

1026
00:56:38,542 --> 00:56:40,042
Others went underground.

1027
00:56:45,958 --> 00:56:47,750
NARRATOR:
Could Richard Shaver's account

1028
00:56:47,917 --> 00:56:52,583
of underground extraterrestrials
abducting humans be true?

1029
00:56:53,542 --> 00:56:55,625
Shaver proposed
that the alien race

1030
00:56:55,792 --> 00:56:57,750
that once populated the Earth

1031
00:56:57,917 --> 00:57:00,500
had developed
highly specialized equipment

1032
00:57:00,708 --> 00:57:03,833
that allowed them
to embed multifaceted imagery

1033
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,458
into stones.

1034
00:57:07,042 --> 00:57:09,500
TUCKER:
Richard Shaver believed
that he had made

1035
00:57:09,708 --> 00:57:12,667
the greatest discovery
in the history of mankind

1036
00:57:12,875 --> 00:57:16,000
about the true nature
of intelligent life on Earth.

1037
00:57:21,167 --> 00:57:26,458
So, this is an original Shaver
photograph of a rock book.

1038
00:57:26,625 --> 00:57:30,042
And this multidimensional way
of making images

1039
00:57:30,208 --> 00:57:33,917
in the rock books was something
that Shaver saw as a real sign

1040
00:57:34,083 --> 00:57:37,792
of the superior intelligence
of the ancient races.

1041
00:57:38,750 --> 00:57:41,458
And Shaver believed
that these weren't mere rocks

1042
00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:44,333
with random patterns,
that these were actually

1043
00:57:44,458 --> 00:57:47,250
deliberately
manufactured artifacts

1044
00:57:47,417 --> 00:57:49,500
by the ancient races

1045
00:57:49,667 --> 00:57:51,125
who had been here

1046
00:57:51,292 --> 00:57:55,292
30,000, 100,000,
who knows how many years ago.

1047
00:57:56,292 --> 00:57:59,208
NARRATOR:
Might Richard Shaver
have actually discovered

1048
00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:01,083
real physical evidence

1049
00:58:01,208 --> 00:58:05,042
that extraterrestrials
have been here on planet Earth

1050
00:58:05,208 --> 00:58:07,750
and might still be here today?

1051
00:58:08,875 --> 00:58:11,833
Whether or not Richard Shaver's
stories are true,

1052
00:58:12,042 --> 00:58:15,625
it does dovetail with legends
across this planet,

1053
00:58:15,792 --> 00:58:17,500
of a race of beings

1054
00:58:17,708 --> 00:58:20,500
that either created humankind

1055
00:58:20,625 --> 00:58:23,500
or were, at least, our ancestors

1056
00:58:23,625 --> 00:58:27,000
that had a superior technology.

1057
00:58:28,125 --> 00:58:30,500
REDFERN:
If we're looking
for extraterrestrials,

1058
00:58:30,708 --> 00:58:32,542
ironically, the heavens above

1059
00:58:32,708 --> 00:58:34,500
might not be
the best place to look.

1060
00:58:34,667 --> 00:58:38,083
We should perhaps even
be looking deep below our feet.

1061
00:58:38,208 --> 00:58:39,375
CHILDRESS:
In some ways,

1062
00:58:39,542 --> 00:58:42,083
exploring the underground
cavern world

1063
00:58:42,208 --> 00:58:45,833
of planet Earth
is-is the final frontier.

1064
00:58:48,833 --> 00:58:50,208
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that some of the world's

1065
00:58:50,375 --> 00:58:52,833
most mysterious caves

1066
00:58:52,958 --> 00:58:56,833
really are home
to extraterrestrial beings?

1067
00:58:57,875 --> 00:59:01,000
And if so,
could these alien hideouts

1068
00:59:01,125 --> 00:59:03,750
be far more advanced
than their crude,

1069
00:59:03,917 --> 00:59:06,958
unassuming entrances suggest?

1070
00:59:08,917 --> 00:59:11,792
Perhaps further clues
can be found in legends

1071
00:59:12,625 --> 00:59:14,208
of a mystical underground city

1072
00:59:14,375 --> 00:59:16,667
found half a world away,

1073
00:59:16,875 --> 00:59:20,125
in the mountains of Tibet.

1074
00:59:25,792 --> 00:59:27,707
You can't have
a conversation about

1075
00:59:27,708 --> 00:59:30,541
extraterrestrial lairs
without mentioning Shambhala.

1076
00:59:30,542 --> 00:59:33,499
For Hindus and Buddhists,
Shambhala is a hidden kingdom

1077
00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:34,500
where the gods live on Earth.

1078
00:59:34,667 --> 00:59:36,917
Right, and they point
to the Himalayas,

1079
00:59:37,042 --> 00:59:38,833
and they say that hidden
somewhere within these mountains

1080
00:59:39,042 --> 00:59:42,333
is an advanced subterranean city

1081
00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:45,833
populated by advanced beings
who are guiding humanity.

1082
00:59:46,042 --> 00:59:49,500
Right, and there's even
an ancient Himalayan kingdom

1083
00:59:49,667 --> 00:59:52,833
where people
mysteriously vanished,

1084
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:56,625
and they had carved tunnels
that go deep into the ground.

1085
01:00:03,125 --> 01:00:04,917
NARRATOR:
Russian painter, philosopher

1086
01:00:05,083 --> 01:00:07,333
and archaeologist
Nicholas Roerich

1087
01:00:07,542 --> 01:00:10,208
embarks on
an unprecedented expedition

1088
01:00:10,375 --> 01:00:13,958
into the uncharted territory
of the Tibetan plateau

1089
01:00:14,125 --> 01:00:17,792
on a quest to find
the lost kingdom of Shambhala.

1090
01:00:18,750 --> 01:00:21,625
On August 5, 1927,

1091
01:00:21,792 --> 01:00:24,667
Roerich notes
a strange object in the skies

1092
01:00:24,792 --> 01:00:26,417
while traveling
through the mountains

1093
01:00:26,583 --> 01:00:29,292
along the northeastern border
of Tibet.

1094
01:00:29,458 --> 01:00:32,167
Roerich writes that they were
looking up at the sky

1095
01:00:32,375 --> 01:00:35,750
watching an eagle fly around,
and then suddenly, they saw

1096
01:00:35,875 --> 01:00:38,875
a sort of oval-shaped object

1097
01:00:39,042 --> 01:00:41,500
moving from north to south

1098
01:00:41,667 --> 01:00:44,542
at very fast speeds
pass over them.

1099
01:00:44,708 --> 01:00:47,167
NEWMAN: At one of
his later lectures in 1935,

1100
01:00:47,292 --> 01:00:51,000
Nicholas Roerich described
his sighting as

1101
01:00:51,125 --> 01:00:53,542
a spacecraft
or an aerial vehicle

1102
01:00:53,750 --> 01:00:56,750
that must have come
from Shambhala itself.

1103
01:00:59,958 --> 01:01:02,500
NARRATOR:
Did Nicholas Roerich
witness an alien craft

1104
01:01:02,667 --> 01:01:05,167
in Tibet nearly a century ago,

1105
01:01:05,375 --> 01:01:09,625
decades before the era
of modern UFO sightings began?

1106
01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:12,875
And if so, is it possible
that the traditions

1107
01:01:13,083 --> 01:01:15,458
that have endured here
for centuries

1108
01:01:15,625 --> 01:01:18,708
reflect not only
a profound spirituality

1109
01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:21,917
but are tied
to an otherworldly presence?

1110
01:01:23,042 --> 01:01:25,000
Perhaps further clues
can be found

1111
01:01:25,208 --> 01:01:27,875
by examining
an early Buddhist civilization

1112
01:01:28,042 --> 01:01:32,000
that suddenly
and mysteriously disappeared.

1113
01:01:34,042 --> 01:01:38,708
Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, 2020.

1114
01:01:39,667 --> 01:01:42,000
Towering at over 12,000 feet,

1115
01:01:42,208 --> 01:01:44,583
these ancient ruins
are all that is left

1116
01:01:44,708 --> 01:01:47,542
of the mysterious
Buddhist kingdom of Guge.

1117
01:01:47,708 --> 01:01:49,833
Established
in the tenth century,

1118
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:54,000
this civilization
flourished for 700 years.

1119
01:01:55,042 --> 01:01:57,708
But then,
according to local legend,

1120
01:01:57,875 --> 01:02:00,000
its inhabitants vanished.

1121
01:02:01,292 --> 01:02:04,583
The ruins of this early city
are truly amazing.

1122
01:02:04,750 --> 01:02:06,958
They're in the southwest
corner of Tibet,

1123
01:02:07,125 --> 01:02:11,500
and there are thousands of what
were temples and palaces,

1124
01:02:11,708 --> 01:02:13,125
mostly gone now.

1125
01:02:15,042 --> 01:02:19,083
This was a kingdom
of great influence in its time.

1126
01:02:19,250 --> 01:02:23,125
This magnificent capital
had artwork over all the walls,

1127
01:02:23,292 --> 01:02:25,333
images of the Buddha,
sacred carvings

1128
01:02:25,542 --> 01:02:27,000
and images of all kind.

1129
01:02:27,167 --> 01:02:31,500
It had power, it had glory,
and now it is nothing.

1130
01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:35,417
HENRY:
Guge was in continuous operation

1131
01:02:35,542 --> 01:02:39,083
until it mysteriously
virtually disappeared.

1132
01:02:39,250 --> 01:02:41,125
Nobody knows exactly
what happened there

1133
01:02:41,292 --> 01:02:43,083
or why people
stopped living there

1134
01:02:43,250 --> 01:02:44,917
or why they, where they went.

1135
01:02:45,917 --> 01:02:47,833
NARRATOR:
Guge was brought under the rule

1136
01:02:48,042 --> 01:02:51,167
of the Central Tibetan
government in 1680,

1137
01:02:51,292 --> 01:02:54,000
but remained largely isolated
and independent

1138
01:02:54,125 --> 01:02:56,500
for more than 200 years.

1139
01:02:56,708 --> 01:02:59,833
Then, in the early 20th century,

1140
01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:03,167
the Tibetan government
decided to finally start taxing

1141
01:03:03,375 --> 01:03:04,833
the residents of Guge,

1142
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:07,917
but when soldiers
arrived to collect,

1143
01:03:08,083 --> 01:03:11,667
they were shocked to find
that the entire population,

1144
01:03:11,792 --> 01:03:16,958
an estimated 100,000 people,
had disappeared.

1145
01:03:17,958 --> 01:03:21,375
Where they went
remains a complete mystery,

1146
01:03:21,500 --> 01:03:23,917
and many Tibetans
believe the reason why

1147
01:03:24,125 --> 01:03:28,583
is because the people of Guge
traveled deep underground.

1148
01:03:28,750 --> 01:03:31,042
CHILDRESS:
The fortress of Guge

1149
01:03:31,208 --> 01:03:34,500
had all kinds of tunnels
and hidden staircases

1150
01:03:34,708 --> 01:03:37,833
that went underground
and went inside this mountain.

1151
01:03:37,958 --> 01:03:41,333
So, even though
it was, uh, ruins already,

1152
01:03:41,500 --> 01:03:44,833
when archaeologists went there,
they were astounded

1153
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:50,208
that this city of Guge
apparently led inside the Earth.

1154
01:03:50,375 --> 01:03:52,792
What people seemed to believe
was that if you were to follow

1155
01:03:52,917 --> 01:03:56,000
these tunnels
far enough into the Earth,

1156
01:03:56,208 --> 01:03:59,958
you would eventually come to
that hidden city of Shambhala,

1157
01:04:00,167 --> 01:04:04,250
a-an active city
full of light and-and power.

1158
01:04:05,583 --> 01:04:08,333
NARRATOR:
Did the people
of this ancient civilization

1159
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:11,167
flee underground
on an epic pilgrimage

1160
01:04:11,333 --> 01:04:14,250
to the mythic kingdom
of Shambhala?

1161
01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:17,917
And if so,
where did their path lead?

1162
01:04:18,042 --> 01:04:21,500
Some researchers believe
the tunnels of Guge

1163
01:04:21,708 --> 01:04:23,958
lead to a holy mountain
to the east

1164
01:04:24,083 --> 01:04:26,583
that can be clearly seen
from these ruins...

1165
01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:29,333
...Mount Kailash.

1166
01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:33,375
Every year,
thousands of pilgrims make

1167
01:04:33,542 --> 01:04:37,000
the treacherous journey
to the base of this sacred peak.

1168
01:04:37,208 --> 01:04:40,500
DOMINIC STEAVU: Every year,
there are pilgrimages

1169
01:04:40,708 --> 01:04:45,042
around Mount Kailash in order
to gain the blessing and...

1170
01:04:45,208 --> 01:04:47,083
maybe even some
of the powers associated

1171
01:04:47,208 --> 01:04:50,750
with the residing gods
and-and Buddhas and deities,

1172
01:04:50,958 --> 01:04:52,333
of Mount Kailash.

1173
01:04:52,500 --> 01:04:55,417
It lasts up to four weeks
if it's done correctly,

1174
01:04:55,583 --> 01:04:58,833
with full prostrations
at every step.

1175
01:04:58,958 --> 01:05:02,000
And it's also
a very unforgiving landscape,

1176
01:05:02,208 --> 01:05:05,000
so many people end up giving up,

1177
01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:07,167
and some of them
also end up dying.

1178
01:05:09,542 --> 01:05:11,333
NARRATOR:
According to ancient
Buddhist texts

1179
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:14,292
known as the <i>Kalachakra</i> tantra,

1180
01:05:14,500 --> 01:05:18,208
the kingdom of Shambhala can
be found "behind" Mount Kailash,

1181
01:05:18,375 --> 01:05:20,792
or as some
interpret it, "within."

1182
01:05:21,792 --> 01:05:24,833
And many who have stared up
at this sacred peak

1183
01:05:24,958 --> 01:05:27,708
have observed
mysterious objects in the sky.

1184
01:05:30,667 --> 01:05:34,833
Mount Kailash is at the center
of all sorts of mysteries.

1185
01:05:35,042 --> 01:05:38,042
Uh, UFO sightings,
the hint that there might be

1186
01:05:38,208 --> 01:05:41,125
something hidden there,
but it's unknowable.

1187
01:05:42,208 --> 01:05:43,750
HENRY:
There are many myths and legends

1188
01:05:43,917 --> 01:05:46,833
and strange things that
have gone on at Mount Kailash.

1189
01:05:47,042 --> 01:05:49,167
People go there on pilgrimages,

1190
01:05:49,292 --> 01:05:50,750
but they're told
not to stay there long

1191
01:05:50,917 --> 01:05:53,292
because there's something
radioactive inside the mountain.

1192
01:05:53,500 --> 01:05:56,708
And we're told that people
live there both in physical form

1193
01:05:56,875 --> 01:05:58,667
and in nonphysical form.

1194
01:05:58,792 --> 01:06:00,167
It has to be

1195
01:06:00,375 --> 01:06:02,625
one of the strangest places
on the planet.

1196
01:06:03,708 --> 01:06:06,083
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the mysterious phenomena

1197
01:06:06,208 --> 01:06:08,250
occurring at Mount Kailash,

1198
01:06:08,417 --> 01:06:10,917
and its association
with Shambhala,

1199
01:06:11,125 --> 01:06:14,583
is connected
to extraterrestrial activity?

1200
01:06:15,625 --> 01:06:19,208
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest answers can be found

1201
01:06:19,333 --> 01:06:23,083
by studying the sacred Buddhist
monuments known as stupas,

1202
01:06:23,208 --> 01:06:26,667
found all throughout
Nepal, India and Tibet,

1203
01:06:26,875 --> 01:06:29,792
including at the ruins of Guge.

1204
01:06:31,208 --> 01:06:33,625
HENRY:
For centuries,
people have been sighting UFOs

1205
01:06:33,792 --> 01:06:37,042
or unexplained craft coming
in and out of Mount Kailash.

1206
01:06:37,208 --> 01:06:39,292
It's very interesting,
when you compare the shape

1207
01:06:39,458 --> 01:06:41,667
of the stupas
that we find in Tibet,

1208
01:06:41,833 --> 01:06:45,542
with these dome shapes
and how they highly resemble

1209
01:06:45,708 --> 01:06:49,333
some kind of extraterrestrial
craft sitting on the ground.

1210
01:06:49,500 --> 01:06:51,875
So, perhaps
people saw these craft

1211
01:06:52,042 --> 01:06:53,542
entering into Kailash
and decided,

1212
01:06:53,708 --> 01:06:56,792
we're gonna build stupas
in remembrance of what they saw.

1213
01:06:58,542 --> 01:07:00,542
TSOUKALOS:
A stupa by definition

1214
01:07:00,708 --> 01:07:04,167
is a vehicle with which
to reach the realm of the gods.

1215
01:07:04,292 --> 01:07:06,417
That is the definition
of a stupa.

1216
01:07:06,625 --> 01:07:09,917
Well, just change
the wording of "vehicle"

1217
01:07:10,083 --> 01:07:12,667
with which to reach space.

1218
01:07:12,833 --> 01:07:17,375
These stupas can be seen,
for example, in the Ajanta Cave,

1219
01:07:17,542 --> 01:07:19,875
with smoke and fire
at the, at the bottom.

1220
01:07:20,042 --> 01:07:21,792
What more do you want?

1221
01:07:21,958 --> 01:07:24,667
It's no longer a symbol,
it is the truth.

1222
01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:27,958
NARRATOR:
Might the Buddhist stupas
of Tibet

1223
01:07:28,125 --> 01:07:30,167
be monuments to alien craft

1224
01:07:30,333 --> 01:07:34,125
witnessed flying
in and around Mount Kailash,

1225
01:07:34,250 --> 01:07:38,583
a site believed by many
to be the kingdom of Shambhala?

1226
01:07:38,750 --> 01:07:42,750
And if so, how has it remained
hidden for millennia?

1227
01:07:42,917 --> 01:07:47,250
And could it be that somewhere
on the slopes of this mountain

1228
01:07:47,375 --> 01:07:52,167
is the entrance to a hidden
extraterrestrial realm?

1229
01:07:52,375 --> 01:07:55,583
While countless expeditions
have tried and failed

1230
01:07:55,750 --> 01:08:00,000
to find the legendary kingdom,
shocking discoveries

1231
01:08:00,167 --> 01:08:03,000
in remote cave systems
around the world

1232
01:08:03,208 --> 01:08:06,750
indicate that the myth
of alien lairs on Earth

1233
01:08:06,917 --> 01:08:10,792
may actually be grounded
in reality.

1234
01:08:15,542 --> 01:08:16,792
We have thousands
of modern-day reports

1235
01:08:17,042 --> 01:08:21,166
of encounters with what are
purported to be alien beings.

1236
01:08:21,167 --> 01:08:23,082
We tend to focus outwards

1237
01:08:23,083 --> 01:08:24,500
looking for extraterrestrials,

1238
01:08:24,667 --> 01:08:26,167
but maybe we should
really be focusing underneath

1239
01:08:26,292 --> 01:08:28,250
the surface of our Earth.

1240
01:08:28,375 --> 01:08:29,375
TSOUKALOS:
Right. There are people
who believe

1241
01:08:29,542 --> 01:08:32,542
that reptilian-like beings

1242
01:08:32,750 --> 01:08:35,292
live in underground lairs
right here on Earth.

1243
01:08:35,458 --> 01:08:37,042
CHILDRESS:
Yeah, I traveled

1244
01:08:37,208 --> 01:08:40,167
to Sacsayhuamán
with Hugh Newman back in 2019,

1245
01:08:40,375 --> 01:08:43,458
and we explored
an ancient tunnel

1246
01:08:43,625 --> 01:08:45,833
allegedly used
by these serpent beings.

1247
01:08:50,833 --> 01:08:52,250
NARRATOR:
Vietnam.

1248
01:08:52,375 --> 01:08:54,750
Phong Nha-Ke Bàng National Park.

1249
01:08:55,792 --> 01:08:58,541
Located deep within
the Southeast Asian jungles

1250
01:08:58,542 --> 01:09:01,167
is the world's
largest cave system,

1251
01:09:01,375 --> 01:09:03,583
the Son Doòng Cave.

1252
01:09:04,542 --> 01:09:06,125
HENRY:
It's 3 million years old,

1253
01:09:06,292 --> 01:09:09,333
650 feet high, 550 feet wide...

1254
01:09:10,750 --> 01:09:14,667
...and extends in an astounding
three miles into the Earth.

1255
01:09:14,875 --> 01:09:17,833
It actually has its own
ecosystem with a jungle...

1256
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,125
...and even a lake inside of it.

1257
01:09:21,292 --> 01:09:22,750
JOHN RHODES: When the cave
was first discovered,

1258
01:09:22,917 --> 01:09:25,500
there was a Vietnamese logger

1259
01:09:25,708 --> 01:09:27,333
who was doing
illegal logging in the area.

1260
01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:29,208
He discovered the cave...

1261
01:09:30,208 --> 01:09:32,125
...and then encountered
some sort of a creature

1262
01:09:32,250 --> 01:09:35,667
that looked like
a dragon-humanoid being.

1263
01:09:36,875 --> 01:09:40,583
NARRATOR:
Since the site was opened
to the public in 2013,

1264
01:09:40,750 --> 01:09:43,333
there have been
multiple eyewitness accounts

1265
01:09:43,542 --> 01:09:47,333
of a reptile-like humanoid
in and around the area.

1266
01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:50,458
According to UFO investigators,

1267
01:09:50,625 --> 01:09:53,333
the Son Doòng reports
are just the latest

1268
01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:55,500
in the increasing number
of reptoid sightings

1269
01:09:55,667 --> 01:09:59,292
in remote areas
with known cave systems.

1270
01:10:00,375 --> 01:10:02,750
There are many stories
of people encountering

1271
01:10:02,917 --> 01:10:05,375
lizard men or snake people

1272
01:10:05,583 --> 01:10:09,500
who might be in caves
or who might be near a cave

1273
01:10:09,708 --> 01:10:12,167
o-on the surface
just walking around,

1274
01:10:12,375 --> 01:10:13,708
and those unfortunate enough

1275
01:10:13,875 --> 01:10:15,750
to stumble across
these reptilians are terrified

1276
01:10:15,917 --> 01:10:19,292
because the reptilians
can be very aggressive.

1277
01:10:22,750 --> 01:10:25,042
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the Son Doòng Caves

1278
01:10:25,208 --> 01:10:29,417
are home to a race of reptile
beings living beneath our feet?

1279
01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:33,208
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

1280
01:10:33,375 --> 01:10:36,333
such a bizarre notion
is entirely possible.

1281
01:10:36,542 --> 01:10:38,958
In fact, encounters
with these creatures

1282
01:10:39,083 --> 01:10:42,417
have become so common
that the UFO community

1283
01:10:42,583 --> 01:10:46,292
now has a name for them:
the reptilians.

1284
01:10:46,458 --> 01:10:48,625
RHODES:
Reptilian humanoids,
or reptoids,

1285
01:10:48,792 --> 01:10:50,667
are described as being beings

1286
01:10:50,833 --> 01:10:53,333
that are about
seven to eight feet tall,

1287
01:10:53,500 --> 01:10:55,750
they have a humanoid structure.

1288
01:10:55,917 --> 01:10:58,125
Their skin is either
beaded like a lizard

1289
01:10:58,333 --> 01:11:01,042
or either scaled like a snake.

1290
01:11:01,250 --> 01:11:03,667
NARRATOR:
In addition to Southeast Asia,

1291
01:11:03,875 --> 01:11:07,333
another location where reptilian
sightings have been reported

1292
01:11:07,542 --> 01:11:11,708
is the area of Cuzco, Peru,
high in the Andes Mountains.

1293
01:11:12,708 --> 01:11:15,042
According to the stories
of the Inca,

1294
01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:18,000
and the even more ancient
cultures that preceded them,

1295
01:11:18,167 --> 01:11:21,833
a race of reptilian beings
once inhabited this land.

1296
01:11:22,875 --> 01:11:25,292
They even built some
of the massive stone structures

1297
01:11:25,458 --> 01:11:28,125
that still exist here today.

1298
01:11:29,875 --> 01:11:33,875
In April 2019,
ancient astronaut theorist

1299
01:11:34,042 --> 01:11:35,500
David Hatcher Childress

1300
01:11:35,667 --> 01:11:38,792
and researcher Hugh Newman
traveled to Cuzco

1301
01:11:38,917 --> 01:11:40,708
to investigate
a possible connection

1302
01:11:40,875 --> 01:11:43,583
between the ancient stories
of reptilians

1303
01:11:43,750 --> 01:11:45,458
and sightings of these creatures

1304
01:11:45,625 --> 01:11:48,542
that have been reported
in the last few years.

1305
01:11:48,708 --> 01:11:52,417
Joining them as their guide
is Jorge Luis Delgado,

1306
01:11:52,583 --> 01:11:56,292
an expert on the native
Andean civilizations.

1307
01:11:57,042 --> 01:11:59,000
CHILDRESS: You know,
Peru in general is just

1308
01:11:59,208 --> 01:12:00,875
so full of mystery.

1309
01:12:01,042 --> 01:12:04,958
To me, it's really the land of
the unexplained and adventure.

1310
01:12:05,958 --> 01:12:08,208
I never get tired
of coming here, and I-I--

1311
01:12:08,375 --> 01:12:09,958
there's always something
new to see.

1312
01:12:10,125 --> 01:12:12,333
- Some new,
incredible mystery to find.
- Yeah.

1313
01:12:12,542 --> 01:12:14,333
No, I agree. I mean,
you've got-- not only,

1314
01:12:14,542 --> 01:12:15,667
you've got
the megalithic temple,

1315
01:12:15,792 --> 01:12:17,333
you've got Machu Picchu,

1316
01:12:17,542 --> 01:12:20,667
Cuzco and other sites,
you've got Nazca,

1317
01:12:20,792 --> 01:12:23,333
you've got all these mysterious
underground tunnels

1318
01:12:23,500 --> 01:12:25,458
that stretch across the country.

1319
01:12:25,625 --> 01:12:27,458
All these amazing myths
and legends

1320
01:12:27,583 --> 01:12:29,167
relating to these serpent gods.

1321
01:12:29,333 --> 01:12:32,458
So, there's something
really special about this place.

1322
01:12:44,750 --> 01:12:47,167
NARRATOR:
The sprawling fortress
of Sacsayhuamán

1323
01:12:47,333 --> 01:12:48,792
covers more than 11 square miles

1324
01:12:48,917 --> 01:12:51,583
and is filled with
some of the most perplexing

1325
01:12:51,708 --> 01:12:54,250
megalithic constructions
in the world.

1326
01:12:56,125 --> 01:12:58,500
CHILDRESS:
They're all unique,
each one is unique,

1327
01:12:58,708 --> 01:13:01,083
but so perfectly cut
and fitted together.

1328
01:13:01,250 --> 01:13:03,083
It's always astonishing
to see it.

1329
01:13:04,375 --> 01:13:07,000
NARRATOR:
Mainstream historians date
the megalithic fortress

1330
01:13:07,208 --> 01:13:11,125
to the 12th century AD,
and credit its construction

1331
01:13:11,292 --> 01:13:15,792
to a pre-Incan civilization
called the Killke.

1332
01:13:16,875 --> 01:13:19,542
However, a growing body
of evidence suggests

1333
01:13:19,708 --> 01:13:23,083
that the structures
may actually predate the Killke

1334
01:13:23,208 --> 01:13:27,000
and belong
to an even older civilization.

1335
01:13:27,167 --> 01:13:30,958
A civilization that, according
to ancient astronaut theorists,

1336
01:13:31,083 --> 01:13:34,167
may have been
not entirely human.

1337
01:13:38,708 --> 01:13:40,083
NEWMAN:
Oh, wow, look at this.

1338
01:13:40,292 --> 01:13:42,042
- All right, so...
- That's the one, isn't it?

1339
01:13:42,208 --> 01:13:44,208
Yeah. Is this the stone
you were talking about, then?

1340
01:13:46,292 --> 01:13:48,125
CHILDRESS: So, this is
a serpent, this is the head

1341
01:13:48,292 --> 01:13:50,458
- of the serpent here?
- DELGADO: It goes around.

1342
01:13:50,625 --> 01:13:51,792
NEWMAN:
And how far does it go?

1343
01:13:51,958 --> 01:13:53,542
NEWMAN:
And can you see the tail on it?

1344
01:13:55,167 --> 01:13:56,833
CHILDRESS:
So, you're saying
that the builders

1345
01:13:57,042 --> 01:14:01,667
are purposely putting
a serpent into the walls here?

1346
01:14:10,833 --> 01:14:14,042
But is it the serpent people
who are building this?

1347
01:14:14,208 --> 01:14:17,000
Are they showing that
we are the serpent people

1348
01:14:17,208 --> 01:14:18,833
and we are the builders?

1349
01:14:21,083 --> 01:14:22,667
NARRATOR:
The stonework serpent

1350
01:14:22,833 --> 01:14:24,667
is just one
of many found embedded

1351
01:14:24,792 --> 01:14:28,000
within the constructions
of the walls around Cuzco.

1352
01:14:28,208 --> 01:14:30,917
Might these depictions
suggest a connection

1353
01:14:31,083 --> 01:14:34,583
at the megalithic site
with snake-like beings?

1354
01:14:35,542 --> 01:14:38,125
Throughout Peru and the Andes,

1355
01:14:38,250 --> 01:14:40,667
there are many, many legends

1356
01:14:40,833 --> 01:14:44,708
of tunnels,
underground chambers.

1357
01:14:45,708 --> 01:14:47,917
And the Peruvians
themselves believe

1358
01:14:48,083 --> 01:14:50,875
that this underground
tunnel system

1359
01:14:51,042 --> 01:14:54,625
has something to do
with these serpent deities,

1360
01:14:54,792 --> 01:14:56,916
which they call the Amaru there.

1361
01:14:56,917 --> 01:14:59,500
So, this is the entrance.

1362
01:14:59,667 --> 01:15:01,417
- Look...
- Oh, wow.

1363
01:15:01,625 --> 01:15:03,875
- Look at that.
- DELGADO: Beautiful carvings.

1364
01:15:21,250 --> 01:15:23,208
CHILDRESS:
Wow, look at these
high ceilings here.

1365
01:15:23,375 --> 01:15:24,417
NEWMAN:
Yeah.

1366
01:15:27,208 --> 01:15:29,042
There's another shelf.
Watch your step right here.

1367
01:15:35,042 --> 01:15:37,042
Here's another
side tunnel right there.

1368
01:15:39,083 --> 01:15:42,583
NEWMAN:
Oh, yeah. God, it must be
carved out as well, isn't it?

1369
01:15:42,750 --> 01:15:44,874
Looks like, yeah.
Do you think this

1370
01:15:44,875 --> 01:15:47,750
is one of the tunnels,
side tunnels that might lead

1371
01:15:47,875 --> 01:15:51,958
deeper into this
underground city of the Amarus?

1372
01:16:06,250 --> 01:16:08,625
Sometimes people are seen

1373
01:16:08,833 --> 01:16:11,792
coming out of
these tunnels, right?

1374
01:16:11,958 --> 01:16:14,208
And I mean, you're
saying spirits, but also,

1375
01:16:14,375 --> 01:16:16,083
people as well, right?

1376
01:16:27,292 --> 01:16:28,500
CHILDRESS:
Do they have a-a serpent-like

1377
01:16:28,625 --> 01:16:29,917
appearance?

1378
01:16:30,083 --> 01:16:32,125
Do they look,
do they look like serpents?

1379
01:16:42,542 --> 01:16:44,708
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that a race

1380
01:16:44,875 --> 01:16:47,417
of reptilian humanoids
still exists

1381
01:16:47,583 --> 01:16:49,792
somewhere deep underground?

1382
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:54,833
But if so, why haven't
they made their presence known?

1383
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,500
Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining the story

1384
01:16:58,708 --> 01:17:00,500
of a government
mining contractor

1385
01:17:00,708 --> 01:17:02,875
who claims he came face-to-face

1386
01:17:04,083 --> 01:17:06,417
with these
otherworldly entities.

1387
01:17:15,917 --> 01:17:18,667
NARRATOR:
Dulce, New Mexico.

1388
01:17:19,250 --> 01:17:22,542
This unassuming town
has been home

1389
01:17:22,708 --> 01:17:24,000
to the Jicarilla Apache
Indian tribe

1390
01:17:24,125 --> 01:17:26,417
for over six centuries.

1391
01:17:27,708 --> 01:17:29,833
Jicarilla Apache folklore

1392
01:17:30,042 --> 01:17:33,000
is filled with stories of
interactions with star people,

1393
01:17:33,167 --> 01:17:35,167
including lizard and ant men

1394
01:17:35,333 --> 01:17:38,042
they describe
as living underground.

1395
01:17:40,083 --> 01:17:43,917
To them,
those star people are as active

1396
01:17:44,083 --> 01:17:48,083
and interactive with the planet
now as they ever have been.

1397
01:17:48,250 --> 01:17:52,417
It was Western civilization
that ran by

1398
01:17:52,583 --> 01:17:56,667
and buried the whole issue
of extraterrestrials

1399
01:17:56,875 --> 01:18:00,750
and reptiles as mythological.

1400
01:18:00,917 --> 01:18:03,500
But it is the Jicarilla Apaches
in Dulce

1401
01:18:03,667 --> 01:18:06,125
who will also tell you
that they know

1402
01:18:06,292 --> 01:18:08,458
that there are
some type of beings

1403
01:18:08,625 --> 01:18:12,958
that are underground in Dulce
and that the keys

1404
01:18:13,125 --> 01:18:15,875
are Mount Archuleta

1405
01:18:16,042 --> 01:18:18,875
and Archuleta Mesa.

1406
01:18:19,042 --> 01:18:24,708
And below those two,
there are deep underground bases

1407
01:18:24,875 --> 01:18:28,208
that have been operated
by some form

1408
01:18:28,375 --> 01:18:34,083
of reptilian-related being
for centuries.

1409
01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,250
NARRATOR: According
to government insiders,

1410
01:18:38,417 --> 01:18:40,958
located nearly two miles
beneath the surface

1411
01:18:41,125 --> 01:18:44,625
is indeed a secret
subterranean military base

1412
01:18:44,792 --> 01:18:47,500
known as the Dulce
Air Force Base.

1413
01:18:47,667 --> 01:18:51,833
The base is rumored to extend
seven levels underground

1414
01:18:52,042 --> 01:18:56,375
with the lowest levels occupied
by extraterrestrial species.

1415
01:18:58,625 --> 01:19:00,333
Whistleblower Phil Schneider

1416
01:19:00,542 --> 01:19:02,167
claimed to have worked
on the construction

1417
01:19:02,333 --> 01:19:04,667
of these deep underground
military bases

1418
01:19:04,833 --> 01:19:06,667
for the U.S. government.

1419
01:19:07,667 --> 01:19:10,750
Phil Schneider was
a very interesting geologist

1420
01:19:10,917 --> 01:19:13,208
used by the U.S. government
to do

1421
01:19:13,375 --> 01:19:16,875
excavations of large areas
under military contract

1422
01:19:17,042 --> 01:19:19,000
where they were essentially
going to be building

1423
01:19:19,125 --> 01:19:23,625
large caverns and connecting
underground passageways.

1424
01:19:23,750 --> 01:19:26,541
NARRATOR:
On May 8, 1995,

1425
01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:29,917
Schneider gave a presentation
in Post Falls, Idaho,

1426
01:19:30,125 --> 01:19:32,958
and claimed he was attacked
by extraterrestrials

1427
01:19:33,125 --> 01:19:34,875
deep underground.

1428
01:19:55,417 --> 01:19:58,458
NARRATOR:
According to Phil,
at the time of his encounter,

1429
01:19:58,583 --> 01:20:00,833
his team had been contracted
to create an addition

1430
01:20:01,042 --> 01:20:04,000
to the existing
Dulce underground base.

1431
01:20:04,167 --> 01:20:07,333
They were drilling holes
deep into the ground

1432
01:20:07,500 --> 01:20:10,333
and using explosives
to create caverns...

1433
01:20:11,375 --> 01:20:13,333
...when they encountered
numerous Grey

1434
01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:14,917
and reptilian aliens.

1435
01:20:32,542 --> 01:20:34,625
NARRATOR:
Phil Schneider later described

1436
01:20:34,792 --> 01:20:36,542
learning about
genetic experiments

1437
01:20:36,708 --> 01:20:39,083
conducted by the same
extraterrestrial beings

1438
01:20:39,208 --> 01:20:42,375
he encountered
at Dulce Air Force Base.

1439
01:20:46,125 --> 01:20:48,667
But sadly,
he would never get the chance

1440
01:20:48,792 --> 01:20:51,250
to provide further information.

1441
01:20:53,292 --> 01:20:57,000
Just eight months after his
presentation in Post Falls...

1442
01:20:58,042 --> 01:21:01,000
...Philip Schneider
was found dead in his apartment

1443
01:21:01,167 --> 01:21:03,333
with rubber tubing
wrapped around his neck.

1444
01:21:03,500 --> 01:21:06,333
- (siren wailing)
- Those who knew him best
were shocked

1445
01:21:06,500 --> 01:21:09,000
when his death
was ruled a suicide,

1446
01:21:09,208 --> 01:21:11,917
and many insisted
this was a cover story

1447
01:21:12,042 --> 01:21:14,125
for an assassination.

1448
01:21:15,292 --> 01:21:17,250
Part of what
I'm going to tell you

1449
01:21:17,458 --> 01:21:19,208
is going to be very shocking.

1450
01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:22,000
SALLA:
If people had learned
of what Phil Schneider

1451
01:21:22,167 --> 01:21:24,375
was revealing,
they would have understood

1452
01:21:24,542 --> 01:21:26,667
that there had been
agreements reached

1453
01:21:26,792 --> 01:21:29,542
between the U.S. government

1454
01:21:29,708 --> 01:21:33,292
and some of these
extraterrestrial civilizations.

1455
01:21:35,417 --> 01:21:37,167
NARRATOR:
Did Phil Schneider encounter

1456
01:21:37,333 --> 01:21:39,500
the same reptilian
extraterrestrials

1457
01:21:39,667 --> 01:21:43,292
that the Inca credited
with creating underground cities

1458
01:21:43,417 --> 01:21:48,000
in the southern highlands
of Peru hundreds of years ago?

1459
01:21:48,125 --> 01:21:52,125
If so, could remote places
like mountains,

1460
01:21:52,292 --> 01:21:56,958
islands and caves
serve as hidden strongholds

1461
01:21:57,083 --> 01:22:00,167
for beings not entirely
of this world?

1462
01:22:01,167 --> 01:22:03,125
Perhaps, someday soon,

1463
01:22:03,292 --> 01:22:06,167
we will discover
that the alien intelligences

1464
01:22:06,375 --> 01:22:09,333
we've been desperately
searching the cosmos for

1465
01:22:09,500 --> 01:22:14,042
have been here on Earth
all along.

1466
01:22:16,375 --> 01:22:18,083
It's so amazing to think about

1467
01:22:18,250 --> 01:22:20,708
these extraterrestrial lairs

1468
01:22:20,875 --> 01:22:22,750
hidden away
in these remote places.

1469
01:22:22,958 --> 01:22:25,292
Mountains, caves, islands.

1470
01:22:25,458 --> 01:22:26,833
But it makes a lot of sense.

1471
01:22:27,042 --> 01:22:28,833
Oh, absolutely.

1472
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,000
Because of course you would pick
the most remote of locations.

1473
01:22:32,167 --> 01:22:34,000
CHILDRESS: Yeah, uh,
we have these certain areas,

1474
01:22:34,167 --> 01:22:35,667
particularly around the world,

1475
01:22:35,875 --> 01:22:38,000
that are said to be inhabited
by extraterrestrials

1476
01:22:38,208 --> 01:22:40,667
or the gods.

1477
01:22:40,792 --> 01:22:43,958
Yeah, so we know these places
exist, they're there...

1478
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:48,125
...but the question is, will
the extraterrestrials allow us

1479
01:22:48,333 --> 01:22:51,708
to discover these places
and even enter into them?

1480
01:22:52,333 --> 01:22:55,500
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