Oddities (2010–…): Season 3, Episode 14 - Heads or Fails - full transcript

WELCOME TO THE WEIRD
WORLD OF "ODDITIES."

UH, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

OH, MY GOD.

MAN, IS THAT THING DISGUSTING.

I BROUGHT YOU A LITTLE
SOMETHING THERE.

SOME KIND OF HANDS.

GIMME FIVE.

GRAB THE END OF THE SWORD, AND
EXTRACT IT FROM HER BODY.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU MESS UP...
SHE DIES.

OBSCURA AIN'T YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.



WHOA!

WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S
A BIT OF A KOOK.

IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?

I'M MIKE.

AND I'M EVAN.

Both:

WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES... COLLECTING
AND DEALING... HUNTING AND PICKING...

TO GET THIS BUSINESS...
DOWN TO A SCIENCE.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

HEY, BUDDY, CAN
YOU SPARE A DIME?

HERE, GO BUY YOURSELF
SOMETHING PRETTY.

OH, NICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAN.

HOW YOU DOING, MIKE?



GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.

I'M SIX.

I'M A TATTOO ARTIST OUT AT WILD
CHILD TATTOOS IN LONG ISLAND.

I LOVE MAKING PERMANENT
MARKS FOR PEOPLE.

GIVING THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN CARRY
WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

YOU GET TO TAKE THAT RIGHT
INTO THE GROUND WITH YOU.

I BROUGHT YOU A LITTLE
SOMETHING THERE.

OH, MAN!

SOME KIND OF MONKEY HANDS.

WOW, THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

GIMME FIVE. OR TEN.

THAT'S AMAZING.

LOOKING BY THE COLOR AND EVERYTHING, I'D
SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY CHACMA BABOON.

THEY'RE MOSTLY DARK, BUT THEY
ALSO USE LIGHTER COLORS IN THEM.

HOW BIG IS THAT BABOON?

IF IT WAS STANDING HERE, FROM HERE,
I'D SAY THEY'RE ABOUT, OH, YEA BIG,

MAYBE 3, 3 1/2 FEET TALL.

THEY'RE SMALL, BUT THEIR MUSCLES,
AND THE TYPE OF MUSCLES THEY

HAVE AND THE CONFIGURATION,
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY STRONG.

I MEAN, THIS GUY... ACTUALLY,
I'M READING THIS BOOK...

HE USED TO WORK ON A
MONKEY SHOW IN THE CIRCUS.

AND THE MONKEYS... THEY HAVE A THING...
100 BUCKS IF YOU COULD BOX THE MONKEY.

AND THE MONKEYS WOULD COME UP, AND THE
MONKEYS WERE TRAINED... IT WAS A GUY,

AND THEY WOULD KNOCK GUYS OUT.

THEY'RE REALLY STRONGER
THAN THEIR SIZE.

THE REASON WHY APES AND MONKEYS ARE
FIVE TIMES STRONGER THAN HUMANS

IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY.

THEY THINK THAT PERHAPS THE ENERGY
THAT HUMANS PUT INTO BEING HUMAN,

THE VERY FINE MOTOR SKILLS, THAT SAME
ENERGY IS ACTUALLY USED FOR BRUTE STRENGTH

IN THE MONKEYS.

YOU SEE IN HERE ALL THE
FINGERPRINTS OF THE HAND?

IT'S LIKE OUR HANDS, BASICALLY.

EVEN THE PALMS, I MEAN,
IT'S SO CREEPY AND SIMILAR.

NO.

NO WEIRDNESS THERE.

DEFINITELY HAS SOME AGE TO IT.

IT HAS A GREAT,
GREAT LOOK TO IT.

I MEAN, THIS IS... I
LOVE THIS KIND OF THING.

THIS IS AMAZING.

DO YOU WANT TO SELL 'EM?

SURE.

I MEAN, NORMALLY, A PIECE
LIKE THIS, I COULD DO $150.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT, MAN.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS
FOR BRINGING IT DOWN.

NO PROBLEM, MAN.

YOU BET.

THESE ARE GREAT.

Mike:

HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING?

Kevin:

UH, I THINK I GOT IT.

UH, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

I CAN'T REALLY
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS.

IT'S JUST VERY, VERY DIFFERENT
AND ODD, AND I FIGURED YOU GUYS

WERE THE GUYS TO BRING IT TO.

ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK.

ONE OF THE STORAGE UNITS I JUST
CLEANED OUT, THE BACK ROOM HAD ALL

THESE REALLY WEIRD SHACKLES
AND HANDCUFFS AND CHAINS.

LIKE A DUNGEON OR SOMETHING?

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD
COME OUT OF THAT.

THERE WAS, LIKE, A RUG, AND
IT HAD, LIKE, STAINS ON IT.

THEN, I SEEN THIS IN THERE.

OH, MY GOD! WOW!

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

THAT'S A MESS.

IT'S LIKE A WITCHES'
CAULDRON OR SOMETHING.

THAT IS REALLY WEIRD-LOOKING.

MY NAME'S KEVIN.

I BUY STORAGE UNITS.

THAT'S HOW I CAME ACROSS THIS.

I WANTED NO PART OF IT, SO THAT'S
WHY I BROUGHT IT OUT HERE TODAY.

MAN, IS THAT THING DISGUSTING.

I SEE IT'S GOT A KNIFE
HERE OR SOMETHING?

THE WEIRDEST THING IS THE WAY
THE CROW FEATHERS ARE IN THERE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE
GLUED, BUT IT'S NOT GLUE.

I'M HOPING IT'S NOT BLOOD.

WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT'S JUST SO
WEIRD-LOOKING, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW

WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THANKS FOR THINKING OF US.

I'M GONNA GET GLOVES.

I DON'T HAVE A TETANUS SHOT.

I'M GONNA GET LOCKJAW
FROM THAT THING.

Evan:

I'VE SEEN WITCHES' CAULDRONS WHERE
THEY BREW POTIONS AND HERBAL REMEDIES,

AND THIS IS NOT A
WITCHES' CAULDRON.

THIS THING LOOKS AND SMELLS EVIL, AND I'M
NOT SURE I EVEN WANT IT IN THE SHOP.

Evan:

THIS IS HOW YOU FOUND IT?

THIS IS BASICALLY
THE WAY I FOUND IT.

I POKED AROUND WITH ONE OF THE
KNIVES, AND IT FEELS LIKE WHATEVER'S

IN THERE'S PRETTY SOLID.

Mike:

ANYTHING COULD BE IN THERE.

YEAH.

IT COULD BE LEAD, IT COULD BE...
EVIL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.

SOLID, HEAVY EVIL.

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT
SOMETHING OF GOOD NATURE.

DEFINITELY NOT.

SENDING A WEIRD MESSAGE.

IT'S TRYING TO SAY
SOMETHING THERE.

YES, IT'S A WARNING.

UH, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT?

YOU LOOKING TO SELL IT?

I WAS REALLY LOOKING TO SELL IT, 'CAUSE I
DON'T REALLY WANT TO HOLD ONTO IT ANYMORE.

HALLOWEEN ISN'T FOR MONTHS.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.

HOWEVER, EVEN FOR
US, THIS IS WEIRD.

I MEAN, WHAT IS IT?

IT'S GONNA DRIVE ME NUTS.

YEAH, I MEAN, BEFORE WE BUY SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO KNOW

MORE ABOUT IT.

ACTUALLY, DO YOU MIND LEAVING
IT SO WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH?

WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU
REALLY SOON ON THIS.

IF I DON'T HAVE TO DRAG IT DOWN
THE BLOCK, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE
WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT.

GREAT, THANKS, MAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TALK TO YOU VERY SOON.

THIS CAULDRON IS REALLY FREAKY, BUT, THEN
AGAIN, WE DO HAVE SOME WEIRD CUSTOMERS

WHO ACTUALLY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT...
IF IT'S THE REAL DEAL, OF COURSE.

AND THE WAY THIS THING'S ALL LOCKED
UP, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING REALLY

OLD AND VALUABLE INSIDE.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT CURSED.

NOT YET.

WHATCHA GOT THERE?

OOH! GEEZ!

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

RECENTLY, A CUSTOMER CAME INTO THE SHOP
WITH THIS REALLY STRANGE CAULDRON.

I MEAN, IT HAD CHAINS AND
KNIVES AND FEATHERS AND BLOOD.

WE'VE DEFINITELY NEVER HAD ANYTHING
LIKE THIS IN THE SHOP BEFORE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TO AN
EXPERT IN ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTIFACTS

TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT IT IS.

BEAUTIFUL SHOP!

THANK YOU.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE MAGICAL
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND BELIEFS OF PEOPLES

AROUND THE WORLD.

HINDUISM, SHIVA, AND CABALA.

I AM VERY MUCH
INTERESTED IN CABALA.

OH, IT'S VERY POPULAR.

OH, YES.

VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

MY NAME IS MIGENE
GONZALEZ-WHIPPLER.

I'M A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST.

AND MY FIELD OF INTEREST IS MAGIC, RELIGION,
AND MYSTICISM IN VARIOUS CULTURES

AROUND THE WORLD.

WITH A VERY ODD OBJECT.

TO IT.

WHAT WE HAVE.

BASICALLY, IT'S A CAULDRON.

IT'S FULL OF BLOOD AND FEATHERS.

IT'S OUTSIDE... I CAN BRING
IT IN IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

NO, DON'T BRING IT IN.

IF IT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS, I'D
RATHER NOT HAVE IT IN THE STORE.

YOU CARE TO TAKE A LOOK?

YEAH, LET ME TAKE A LOOK.

IT'S RIGHT OUT HERE.

THAT... THAT LOOKS
LIKE AN NGANGA TO ME.

YES, THAT'S AN NGANGA.

THAT'S AN INSTRUMENT FOR MAGIC,
AND THIS COMES FROM CONGO.

AND IT'S USED IN A
RELIGION KNOWN AS PALO.

OH, OKAY.

PALO MAYOMBE STARTED IN THE CONGO
AND MOVED INTO THE CARIBBEAN.

EVERYONE'S HEARD OF VOODOO AND
SANTERIA, BUT PALO MAYOMBE IS ACTUALLY

THE WORLD'S STRONGEST
FORM OF BLACK MAGIC.

YOU SEE FEATHERS OF THE SACRIFICIAL
ANIMALS, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS BLACK CHICKENS.

THEY ARE BLOOD SACRIFICES.

THE BLOOD IS POURED ON IT.

AND WHAT WOULD THIS
BE USED FOR, EXACTLY?

ANYTHING YOU WANT.

YOU CAN GET SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU.

YOU CAN GET MONEY, AND YOU CAN
TOPPLE GOVERNMENTS, CAN DO WHATEVER.

THAT'S HOW POWERFUL
THAT THING IS.

YOU CAN EVEN KILL SOMEBODY.

IN THERE LIVES AN ENTITY
KNOWN AS AN INFUMBE.

SO THERE'S A SPIRIT IN THERE?

YES.

ALL AROUND THE CAULDRON IS WRAPPED
IN CHAINS, AND IT HAS PADLOCKS.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CHAINS AND THE
PADLOCK IS SO THAT THE BEING IN THERE,

THE SPIRIT IN THERE
DOES NOT ESCAPE.

BEST NOT TO OPEN THIS, THEN.

YOU REMOVE THE CHAIN,
YOU'RE FREEING THE NGANGA.

YOU DON'T WANT TO
DEAL WITH THAT.

THIS IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.

VERY FIERCE AND VERY AGGRESSIVE.

UH-HUH.

THIS THING IS CAPABLE OF
DESTROYING 9th AVENUE.

WOW.

YES, THAT THING CAN
DO A LOT OF DAMAGE.

WELL, IT SEEMS WE'RE IN POSSESSION OF
A CAULDRON WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT IN IT

CAPABLE OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I'M
REALLY CURIOUS TO FIND OUT

WHAT'S INSIDE OF THIS THING.

HEY, GUYS.

HELLO.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.

WINDOW SHOPPING TODAY.

I DROPPED INTO OBSCURA A WHILE
BACK AND WAS ABLE TO PICK UP

SOME AMAZING SIDESHOW PROPS.

I THOUGHT HEATHER MIGHT ENJOY SOME OF
THE OTHER ODDITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

WHAT IS THAT UP THERE?

WHAT'S THAT ONE?

THE HAT?

NO, ABOVE THAT.

OH, THIS IS ACTUALLY
A RAT SKELETON.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO PULL IT DOWN?

YEAH.

KIND OF AN INTERESTING PIECE.

IT'S GOT SOME AGE TO IT,
PROBABLY FROM THE '50s OR '60s.

IT'S ACTUALLY HALF OF A RAT.

IT'S NOT A FULL RAT.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CUT THE RAT
IN HALF, COMPLETELY, AND MOUNTED HIM

ONTO THIS BOARD, AND IT'S PROBABLY
THROUGH A MEDICAL SUPPLY CATALOG

OR SOMETHING FOR SCHOOLS.

YEAH, WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THAT BONE THERE?

IT'S THE HYOID BONE, WHICH IS THE
BONE THAT'S LOCATED UNDER WHERE

YOUR MANDIBLE IS, BASICALLY.

IN MAMMALS, THE HYOID BONE IS THE ONLY
BONE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ATTACHED

TO ANY OTHER PART
OF THE SKELETON.

IT ACTUALLY SITS IN THE
MUSCLE UNDER YOUR MANDIBLE.

AND, IF BROKEN, THOUGH ACTUALLY QUITE
RARE, IT HAPPENS IN ABOUT 1/3 OF ALL

HOMICIDES DUE TO STRANGULATION, SO THE
CORONER, THAT'S BASICALLY THE FIRST THING

HE'LL LOOK AT IN A CASE.

HOW MUCH DOES THIS GO FOR?

WE'RE SELLING IT FOR $225.

NOW, LAST TIME, I WAS ABLE TO GET A LITTLE
BIT OF A DISCOUNT BY DOING A COUPLE

OF PERFORMANCES.

OH, OKAY.

WE ARE A TEAM OF
SIDESHOW PERFORMERS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR ABOUT
EIGHT YEARS, PERFORMING ACTS LIKE

HUMAN BLOCKHEAD... SWORD SWALLOWING...
FIRE EATING... KNIFE THROWING...

ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I
STUCK A DRILL INTO MY FACE.

IT FEELS GOOD.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE
A COUPLE OF SKILLS THAT HEATHER HAS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M KNOWN
FOR IS SWALLOWING SWORDS.

I'D ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO
SEE YOU SWALLOW A SWORD.

HEATHER MAKES SWALLOWING SWORDS
AND EATING FIRE LOOK EASY.

IT'S NOT.

IT'S REAL, IT'S DANGEROUS.

DO NOT TRY WHAT YOU SEE
US DO YOURSELVES AT HOME.

HEATHER'S GONNA TAKE THAT SWORD RIGHT
THERE, SHE'S GONNA PUT IT UP AGAINST

THOSE PRETTY LITTLE LIPS.

THE SWORD IS GONNA PASS HER LIPS, SLIDE
DOWN HER ESOPHAGUS, ENTER INTO HER STOMACH,

AND ACTUALLY REST AT THE
BASE OF HER STOMACH.

SHE WILL THEN DOUBLE HER BODY IN
HALF, TAKING A BOW RIGHT AT YOU,

AND WHEN SHE GIVES YOU THE SIGNAL,
WHEN SHE STARTS WINKING LIKE THAT,

THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR CUE TO GRAB THE END
OF THE SWORD AND EXTRACT IT FROM HER BODY.

OKAY, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK THAT I'M QUALIFIED
TO TAKE THIS THING OUT OF YOUR THROAT,

BY ALL MEANS, LET'S TRY IT.

THERE'S THE WINK.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU MESS UP...
SHE DIES.

THIS IS A 320,000-VOLT
X-RAY SYSTEM.

THE X-RAYS WILL COME OUT OF
HERE, AND THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT

RIGHT THROUGH THE CAULDRON.

WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT
AND SEE WHAT WE GET.

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M KNOWN
FOR IS SWALLOWING SWORDS.

I'D ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO
SEE YOU SWALLOW A SWORD.

Donny:

THERE'S THE WINK.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU MESS UP...
SHE DIES.

OH, MY GOSH.

AHH.

I'M THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED.

WELL, NOT ONLY IS HEATHER AN AMAZING SWORD
SWALLOWER, BUT, UM, WELL, WE'LL JUST

SHOW YOU. WATCH THIS.

WHATCHA GOT THERE?

OOH! GEEZ!

JUST BE CAREFUL. YOU GOT A LOT OF
FUR IN THE BACK OF YOU AND FABRICS.

JUST MIND EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP
BEING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BURN.

SORRY, I'M JUST WAITING FOR
THE LANTERN TO CATCH ON FIRE.

FIRE BREATHING GOES BACK CENTURIES,
AND PERFORMERS LIKE HEATHER

TRAINED WITH SKILLED MASTERS.

SHE'S APPLYING THIS HEAT ALMOST DIRECTLY
TO HER SKIN WITH ONLY THE SALIVA

IN HER MOUTH TO PROTECT HER.

VERY NICELY DONE.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS JOB.

SO, ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, YOU THINK
WE CAN GET A DISCOUNT ON THE RAT?

ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAD IT MARKED AT $225.

HOW'S $175?

DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU?

I'LL TAKE IT.

OKAY, COOL.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

THE OTHER DAY, A CUSTOMER BROUGHT
IN A LARGE IRON CAULDRON,

AND ACCORDING TO THE EXPERT WE
BROUGHT IT TO, IS CALLED A NGANGA

AND FILLED WITH EVIL SPIRITS.

SHE WARNED US NOT TO OPEN THIS THING,
BUT WE'RE REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE

WHAT'S INSIDE OF IT.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TO
A VERY HIGH-END IMAGING CENTER.

THEY HAVE MACHINERY THEY SAID
COULD PEER THROUGH ANYTHING.

THIS IS THE NGANGA WE
WERE TELLING YOU ABOUT.

WOW! THAT'S SOMETHING.

THIS ISN'T THE SORT OF THING WE NORMALLY
DEAL WITH, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE

WHAT'S INSIDE THIS THING WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT OR DISRUPTING IT IN ANY WAY.

SO, YOU SEEM LIKE
THE GUY TO GO TO.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL
GIVE IT A SHOT.

EXCELLENT.

I'M PRESIDENT OF BAKER
TESTING SERVICES.

THIS IS A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
COMPANY THAT DOES INDUSTRIAL X-RAY,

MAGNETIC PARTICLE
INSPECTION, ULTRASONICS.

BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY
WANTS X-RAYED, WE CAN X-RAY IT.

AFTER YOU.

WHY, THANK YOU.

NGANGAS FIRST.

WE'RE GONNA FIRST TRY TO SHOOT THIS WITH
X-RAYS, BECAUSE X-RAYS WILL PROBABLY

GIVE US THE CLEAREST IMAGE.

THIS IS A 320,000-VOLT
X-RAY SYSTEM.

IT HAS A CAPABILITY OF GOING
THROUGH ABOUT 2 INCHES OF STEEL.

THE X-RAYS WILL COME OUT OF
HERE, AND THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT

RIGHT THROUGH THE CAULDRON,
WE HOPE, TO THE OTHER SIDE,

WHERE WE'LL PUT AN IMAGE PLATE.

X-RAYS ARE LIKE A SUPER POWERFUL
VERSION OF REGULAR LIGHT.

SOME OF THESE WAVES WILL PASS RIGHT
THROUGH AN ITEM, AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.

THE ONES THAT PASS THROUGH ARE
COLLECTED ON AN IMAGE PLATE,

AND WHEN THIS IS DEVELOPED, THAT
CREATES THE VIEWABLE X-RAY IMAGE.

THIS IS THE DIGITAL IMAGE OF
THE X-RAY THAT WE'VE TAKEN.

THESE ARE THE LEGS OF THE
CAULDRON RIGHT HERE.

IS THAT IT?

WELL, THE X-RAY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WASN'T
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH THIS.

IT SEEMS THE MATERIAL
THAT'S INSIDE IS TOO DENSE.

I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S IN THERE.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO TRY GAMMA RAY.

GAMMA RAY.

WE'RE GONNA TRY COBALT 60

AND SEE IF WE CAN GET
THROUGH IT WITH THAT.

IF YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING ON COBALT 60...
WE'RE ALL DONE.

WE'RE ALL DONE.

ALL RIGHT.

X-RAYS WILL GET THROUGH THE EQUIVALENCY
OF ABOUT 2 INCHES OF STEEL.

AND THE COBALT 60 CAN GET
THROUGH 7 OR 8 INCHES OF STEEL.

THIS IS THE GAMMA RAY VAULT.

THIS IS THE COBALT 60 SOURCE.

IT'S RADIOACTIVE, BUT THESE ARE
SHIELDED WITH DEPLETED URANIUM,

TO KEEP THE RADIATION INSIDE.

IT'S A MATERIAL THAT'S
DENSER THAN LEAD.

BUT WE'RE SAFE RIGHT HERE?

YOU'RE SAFE RIGHT THERE.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO
USE IT AS A PILLOW.

RIGHT.

RADIATION OF THIS INTENSITY WOULD
NEVER BE USED FOR HUMAN DIAGNOSTICS.

IT WOULD CREATE BURNS,
ULCERS, INFECTIONS.

LONG TERM, YOU'D BE PRONE TO
CANCER AND OTHER INFECTIONS.

SO YOU'RE BASICALLY BOMBARDING THE OBJECT
WITH RADIOACTIVE... GAMMA RADIATION.

AND THEN IT'S JUST WHATEVER HITS THE
PLATE IS WHAT DOESN'T GET STOPPED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'RE GONNA PUT A DIGITAL PLATE ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE OBJECT, AND THEN

THE RADIATION SOURCE WILL BE ON
THE FRONT SIDE OF THE OBJECT.

THEN WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR THE SET
EXPOSURE TIME, DEPENDING ON THE THICKNESS

OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND THE
DISTANCE WE ARE FROM THE PLATE.

WE'LL ENERGIZE THIS, AND WE'LL GO INTO
THE VIEWING ROOM AND VIEW THE IMAGES.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD
HAVE ANOTHER SHOT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

WE'RE AT A HIGH-TECH IMAGING CENTER,
TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CONTENTS

OF THIS FREAKY CAULDRON THAT A
CUSTOMER BROUGHT IN AND AN EXPERT

WARNED US NOT TO OPEN.

EVAN AND I ARE DYING TO KNOW
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS THING.

SO FAR, THE TESTS HAVE
REVEALED NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD
HAVE ANOTHER SHOT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE
PENETRATED IT MORE NOW.

WE'VE STARTED TO IMAGE
SOME THINGS UP HERE.

THOSE LOOK LIKE RAILROAD SPIKES.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE
A RAILROAD SPIKE.

LIKE A LOT OF 'EM SORT
OF STUCK THROUGH.

ALL STUCK IN, YEAH.

SEE? AGAIN, HERE, YOU CAN SEE
THE HEAD OF THE RAILROAD SPIKE.

EVERYTHING'S SHARP AND
POINTY IN THIS THING.

YES, IT IS, YEAH.

I MEAN, I LOOK AT THIS
THING, I THINK TETANUS.

NOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME
TYPE OF HOLLOW STEEL BALL.

BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE EDGES OF IT.

SO THAT MEANS IT'S HOLLOW.

IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A
DENSITY CHANGE RIGHT HERE.

WHICH MEANS THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF
MAYBE FLUID IN THERE AT ONE TIME,

THAT'S ALL CONGEALED OR HARDENED... MAYBE
JUST DIRT OR SOMETHING ABOVE THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY.

RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE
SOME BULLETS OVER HERE.

BULLETS?

YEAH.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A BULLET.

RADIATION, AMMUNITION...
IT'S ALL THE GOOD STUFF.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY FASCINATING.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE
EXPECTING TO FIND INSIDE OF THIS NGANGA,

BUT HONESTLY, THIS THING
STILL CREEPS US OUT.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME JUST TO BRING
IT BACK TO THE OWNER AND TELL HIM

WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT NEXT.

HEY, KEVIN, HOW YOU DOING?

Evan:

GOOD TO SEE YOU!

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

NOT BAD.

ANTICIPATING.

WE LEARNED A THING
OR TWO ABOUT THIS.

OH, QUITE A FEW
THINGS, ACTUALLY.

IT'S A REALLY STRANGE
THING YOU FOUND HERE.

IT'S A VERY, VERY
POWERFUL OBJECT.

IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED AN NGANGA.

OH, YEAH?

I LOVE SAYING "NGANGA."

WE ACTUALLY SHOWED IT TO THIS WOMAN HERE
IN TOWN WHO'S INTO SORT OF UM, A LOT

OF THE CARIBBEAN RELIGIONS,
AND OTHER RELIGIONS, TOO.

THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY WEIRD
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THING.

THERE'S A SPIRIT IN YOUR NGANGA.

IT'S TRAPPED IN THERE,
BEING ETERNALLY TORMENTED.

BASICALLY, THEY CAPTURE A SPIRIT, AND
THEY IMPRISON HIM IN HERE, OR IT.

THESE THINGS ARE APPARENTLY
CAPABLE OF GREAT EVIL.

WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO A LABORATORY
TO HAVE THEM TEST IT TO SEE

EXACTLY WHAT'S INSIDE.

YOU GUYS BROUGHT THIS
TO GET IT X-RAYED?

YEAH. AND THE RESULTS
ARE PRETTY INTERESTING.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB THIS THING
AND TAKE IT APART OUT OF RESPECT

FOR YOU... IT'S YOURS... AND ALSO, WE
DON'T WANT TO PISS OFF THE NGANGA.

WE WANTED TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DIG IT OUT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FILM,
IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

NOW, THIS WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
RADIATION THAT THEY HAD, AND THIS WAS

THE ULTIMATE DETAIL THAT
THEY GOT OUT OF THAT THING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN,
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE.

IT'S VERY DENSE IN THERE.

THIS IS THE TOP LOOKING DOWN.

WE FOUND BULLETS IN HERE.

THERE ALL THESE
SPIKY, POINTY THINGS.

ALL THOSE ARE RAILROAD SPIKES.

I WONDER IF THAT WAS TO PROTECT
IT FROM COMING OUT OR SOMETHING.

EXACTLY.

WELL, ARE YOU GUYS
INTERESTED IN IT AT ALL?

THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE WEIRDER
THINGS WE'VE EVER SEEN HERE.

AND, I MEAN, WE LEARNED SO MUCH, SO
IT HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT I DON'T THINK

WE CAN BUY IT FROM YOU.

I DON'T THINK THIS
IS OUR NGANGA.

IT'S ALMOST... AND I HATE TO SAY THIS...
ALMOST TOO WEIRD FOR US.

AND WE LOVE WEIRD!

MAYBE YOU GOT SOMEONE YOU'RE NOT TOO
FOND OF... "HERE, I GOT YOU A NGANGA."

IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD
CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

YEAH, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT,
WELL, THANKS AGAIN, MAN.

I'M GLAD I GAVE YOU GUYS THE
WEIRDEST THING YOU EVER SEEN.

DON'T WANT TO BUY IT, A
HAND GETTING IT OUTSIDE?

YEAH, SURE, EVAN YOU
CAN DO THAT, RIGHT?

WITH PLEASURE.

I'LL GET THE DOOR FOR YOU, MAN.

LET'S GET THIS
THING OUT OF HERE.

WHAT THIS THING'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE
WAS, OR HOW IT ENDED UP IN

A STORAGE UNIT IN NEW JERSEY,
WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW.

HOWEVER, ONE THING I DO KNOW... I
DON'T WANT THAT THING IN THE SHOP.

GOODBYE, NGANGA.

OOH. AH.

Mike:

YOU PARKED FAR OR...?

Kevin:

UH, DOWN THE BLOCK.

OH, ALL RIGHT.