Strange Evidence (2017–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Midnight Train to Hell - full transcript

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Narrator: WORLDWIDE,

6 BILLION CAMERAS ARE WATCHING US

ON OUR STREETS, AT WORK, AND IN OUR HOMES.

THEY CAPTURE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.

IT DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.

Man: OH, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.

Narrator: EXPERTS CARRY
OUT FORENSIC ANALYSIS

OF THESE UNUSUAL EVENTS.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME
EXPLANATION FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

[ PEOPLE SCREAM ]



Narrator: COMING UP,

IS AN ANCIENT PREDATOR BACK ON THE HUNT?

BEASTS OF THIS SIZE WOULD
HAVE A FEROCIOUS APPETITE.

Narrator: COULD THIS BE AN
EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE TO HELL?

YOU ALMOST EXPECT TO SEE THE DEVIL HIMSELF

AT THE DRIVER'S WHEEL.

Narrator: AND A DEADLY VORTEX
DEVOURS EVERYTHING IN ITS REACH.

Proctor: IF YOU WERE TO
FALL INTO THIS LOCATION

AND GOT SUCKED DOWN,
YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK UP.

Narrator: BIZARRE PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

WHAT'S THE TRUTH BEHIND
THIS STRANGE EVIDENCE?

NOW, THREE FRIENDS OUT ON A LAKE

WITNESS SOMETHING SINISTER
RISING FROM THE DEPTHS.



OH, MY GOD. THAT'S A SEA MONSTER.

-Man: LOOK OVER THERE! -THIS THING IS HUGE.

-THIS IS A BEAST! -LOOK AT THE SIZE OF IT!

AND IT'S HEADED IN BETWEEN THESE TWO BOATS.

Narrator: COULD A PREDATOR
RIGHT OUT OF "JURASSIC WORLD"

HAVE RESURFACED TODAY?

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FEBRUARY 2013.

LOUGH FOYLE, NORTHERN IRELAND.

OVER 100,000 PEOPLE LIVE ALONG
THE BANKS OF THIS GIANT SEA LAKE

WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

LOCALS RELY ON THE
LOCH FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD,

BUT MANY ARE ALSO FEARFUL

OF WHAT MIGHT LIE IN ITS GLOOMY DEPTHS.

[ SEA BIRDS CALLING ]

CONALL MELARKEY AND TWO OF HIS FRIENDS

SET OUT ON THE LOCH FOR
A DAY OF FISHING AND FUN.

Melarkey: SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY.

WE TOOK THE BOATS OUT FROM
THE... [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

AND SAILED OUT FOR ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES.

Narrator: AT FIRST,
EVERYTHING IS SMOOTH SAILING.

UNTIL MY FRIEND MATTHEW SHOUTS
OVER AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS,

"LOOK OVER THERE,
GUYS! IT'S A SEA MONSTER!"

Man: LOOK OVER THERE!

Narrator: SOMETHING
TERRIFYING BREAKS THE SURFACE.

-WE QUICKLY TURN AROUND... -SEE IT?

...AND WE SEE THIS MYSTERIOUS THING

SKIMMING THROUGH THE
WATER AT A VERY HIGH SPEED.

Narrator: PANIC GRIPS THE FRIENDS

AS THE HULKING FORM CLOSES
IN ON THEIR FLIMSY BOATS.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING I'VE SEEN.

Narrator: THE REALITY OF
THE DANGER THEY'RE IN

BECOMES ALL TOO REAL.

Man: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF IT!

IT VERY EASILY COULD'VE
FLIPPED US OVER LIKE A PANCAKE

AND DRAGGED US DOWN TO
THE DEPTH OF THE SEA WITH IT.

Narrator: REPORTS OF THE SIGHTING SPREADS.

STORIES OF A MONSTER IN
LOUGH FOYLE STRIKES FEAR

INTO THE HEARTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.

- Man: IT'S MASSIVE!
- Narrator: EXPERTS ARE BAFFLED

BY WHAT THE BOYS CAPTURED ON THEIR CAMERA.

Hovland: IT'S BIG. IT'S LUMPY. IT'S DARK.

I'M HAVING IMAGES OF MOBY DICK.

Washington: IF A CREATURE
LIKE THAT DECIDED TO ATTACK

OR COME AFTER THE BOAT,

THERE COULD BE SOME MAJOR CONSEQUENCES.

IS IT A SEA SERPENT, A SEA MONSTER?

WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE?

Narrator: MANY FEAR A LOCAL LEGEND IS TRUE.

THE MURKY WATERS OF LOUGH FOYLE
ARE REPUTED TO HOLD MONSTERS.

Narrator: LOCALS TELL
TALES OF ANOTHER REALM

THAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE.

LOUGH FOYLE IS THE
GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD.

IT'S A LAND OF THE DEAD,

AND IT'S GUARDED BY A VERY FIERCE GOD,

MANANNáN MAC LIR, THE SEA GOD.

MANANNáN MAC LIR CAN TAKE MANY FORMS.

HE COULD APPEAR IN THE FORM OF A MONSTER.

HE'S A GOD.

HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE

A MORE RATIONAL EXPLANATION.

RETIRED ARMY COLONEL DANIEL DAVIS

BELIEVES IT COULD BE

AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MAN-MADE OBJECT.

IT ACTUALLY HAS CHARACTERISTICS
MORE OF WHAT I WOULD EXPECT,

ACTUALLY WHAT I'VE SEEN, FROM SUBMARINES

AS THEY SUBMERGE.

Narrator: THERE ARE NO SUBMARINE BASES

ANYWHERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND,

BUT LOCAL HISTORIAN BILLY
KELLY HAS A TERRIFYING THEORY

ABOUT WHERE A SUBMARINE COULD'VE COME FROM.

THERE WERE REAL MONSTERS
IN THIS LOCH VERY RECENTLY,

MONSTERS WHICH WERE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE...

THE GERMAN NAZI U-BOATS.

Davis: THE U-BOAT WAS ONE OF
THE MOST TERRIFYING WEAPONS

ON THE SEAS.

Narrator: EACH U-BOAT CARRIED 22 TORPEDOES.

IT ONLY TOOK ONE TO RIP A SHIP APART.

THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS
OF ALLIED SHIPS THAT WERE SUNK,

SOMETHING CLOSE TO 66,000
MEN AND WOMEN WERE KILLED

IN THE ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE WAR.

Narrator: AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II,

CAPTURED U-BOATS WERE
BROUGHT THROUGH LOUGH FOYLE

TO THE LONDONDERRY PORT.

THOSE IN GOOD CONDITION
WERE KEPT AS TROPHIES.

THE REST ARE TOWED OUT OF THE LOUGH.

SOME OF THE SANK IN THE LOUGH.

Narrator: IT'S ESTIMATED THAT

OF THE 116 U-BOATS TAKEN TO BE SCUTTLED,

ALMOST 60 SANK BEFORE THEY LEFT THE LOUGH.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOMETHING RUPTURED,

AND ONLY NOW, 70 YEARS LATER,

IT'S FINALLY COMING TO THE SURFACE.

Narrator: THE RUSTING HULKS
OF THESE CRIPPLED U-BOATS

WILL LIE FOREVER ON THE SEA BED,

THEIR TORPEDOES STILL A
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.

MAJORITY OF THESE THINGS
ARE STILL LIVE MUNITIONS

AND COULD POSE A THREAT
TO ANYONE WHO FINDS THEM,

WHETHER IN THE WATER OR ON THE LAND.

Narrator: LIVE NAZI MUNITIONS
WASHED UP ON THE IRISH COAST

HAVE HAD DEADLY CONSEQUENCES IN THE PAST.

Kelly: SOME YEARS AGO, A
GROUP OF YOUNG CHILDREN

WERE KILLED BY A GERMAN MINE,

WHICH EXPLODED WHEN
THEY FOUND IT ON THE BEACH.

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: A ROGUE U-BOAT
TORPEDO COULD CAUSE A TRAGEDY

ON A SIMILAR SCALE.

IF THIS WAS A TORPEDO, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN

A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
FOR THOSE GUYS ON THE BOAT.

Man: IT'S MASSIVE!

Narrator: BUT KELLY BELIEVES
THE TORPEDO THEORY

ISN'T POSSIBLE.

AFTER ALL THIS TIME, THE
MECHANICS OF THE TORPEDO

WOULD BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, CORRODED,

AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES

COULD THAT PROPEL ITSELF THROUGH THE WATER.

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Narrator: FOLKLORIST RE
MONTEITH EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

SHE BELIEVES THAT LEGENDS
OF AQUATIC MONSTERS

MAY HAVE A BASIS IN HISTORICAL FACT.

THIS MAY BE SOMETHING
FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES.

Narrator: REMAINS OF
PREHISTORIC AQUATIC REPTILES

HAVE BEEN FOUND ALL ALONG
THE NORTHERN IRISH COAST.

NOT FAR FROM HERE, THERE WAS A DISCOVERY

OF A 200 MILLION-YEAR-OLD
ICHTHYOSAUR SKULL.

Narrator: ICHTHYOSAURS ARE A GROUP

OF PREDATORY DOLPHIN-LIKE REPTILES

THAT AVERAGED BETWEEN
6 AND 13 FEET IN LENGTH.

ANALYSIS OF THE FOOTAGE REVEALS

THAT THE SMALL PART OF THE CREATURE

VISIBLE AT THE SURFACE

IS ALMOST HALF THE
LENGTH OF THE 10-FOOT BOAT.

IF THIS IS THE TOP OF ITS HEAD, IT
MUST BE A MUCH LARGER SPECIES

THAN EITHER AN ICHTHYOSAUR
OR EVEN A PLESIOSAUR.

THIS IS A JURASSIC PARK AQUATIC MONSTER

THAT HAS JUST SURFACED FROM
THE MURKY DEPTHS OF THE LOUGH.

Narrator: COULD THIS BE

THE LEGENDARY PREHISTORIC
PREDATOR MOSASAURUS?

FAST, SPEEDY, AND A BIG SET OF TEETH.

TRULY THE KING OF THE OCEAN.

[ SCREECHES ] [ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP,

IS THIS AN EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE TO HELL?

IT PUTS ONE IN MIND OF "DANTE'S INFERNO"

AND THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE OF HELL.

Narrator: AN AIRLINER FROZEN IN TIME.

WOW! DO WE HAVE ANTIGRAVITY?
WHAT IS THE MILITARY HIDING?

Narrator: AND IS AN ANCIENT PREDATOR

STALKING THREE FRIENDS ON A FISHING TRIP?

IF A CREATURE LIKE THAT DECIDED TO ATTACK

OR COME AFTER THE BOAT...

CRUNCH. YOU ARE SUPPER.

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Narrator: FRIENDS ON A FISHING TRIP

WITNESS SOMETHING
SINISTER RISING FROM THE DEEP.

IT'S SHAPE REMINDS SOME OF A MOSASAUR,

A PREDATORY AQUATIC REPTILE.

YOU THINK BIG SHARKS, FORGET ABOUT IT.

THEY WEREN'T EVEN ON THE RADAR YET.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THESE
GIANT, AQUATIC, MARINE REPTILES.

THEY RULED. -Narrator: THE MOSASAURUS IS

ONE OF THE LARGEST AQUATIC PREDATORS

TO HAVE EVER EXISTED.

FOSSIL RECORDS SHOW IT
COULD REACH 56 FEET IN LENGTH

AND COULD WEIGH OVER 30,000 POUNDS...

OVER TWICE AS LARGE AS
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK.

BEASTS OF THIS SIZE WOULD
HAVE A FEROCIOUS APPETITE.

Narrator: IT ATE PLESIOSAURS FOR BREAKFAST

AND MADE MINCED MEAT OF SHARKS.

COULD ONE NOW HAVE COME TO THE SURFACE

IN SEARCH OF OTHER PREY?

IF A CREATURE LIKE THAT DECIDED TO ATTACK

OR COME AFTER THE BOAT...

CRUNCH. YOU ARE SUPPER.

Narrator: BUT ERIC HOVLAND KNOWS

THAT EVEN IF THESE PREHISTORIC MONSTERS

SURVIVED TO THE PRESENT DAY,
THEY COULDN'T BE LIVING HERE.

THE MOSASAUR WAS A
BEAST OF WARM, OPEN OCEANS

ALONG THOSE COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.

WE'VE GOT THE COASTLINE UP IN
THIS PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC,

BUT IT IS COLD, TOO COLD FOR A MOSASAUR.

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Narrator: STUDYING THE VIDEO EVIDENCE,

MARINE BIOLOGIST DANNI WASHINGTON CONSIDERS

WHETHER THE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE COULD BE

ANY OF THE AQUATIC SPECIES
KNOWN TO INHABIT THIS AREA.

THEY'VE SEEN KILLER WHALE
PODS PASSING THROUGH THE LOUGH,

AND THERE'S A REALLY HIGH
CHANCE THAT THIS COULD BE

A KILLER WHALE.

Narrator: ORCAS, ALSO
KNOWN AS KILLER WHALES,

ARE THE TOP PREDATOR IN TODAY'S OCEANS.

Hovland: IT'S RIGHT THERE
IN THE NAME "KILLER WHALE."

THEY'RE AVID HUNTERS OF LARGER WHALES,

KILLERS OF WHALES.

THEY KIND OF ACT LIKE A PACK OF WOLVES,

COOPERATING TOGETHER TO
BRING DOWN A BIGGER BEAST.

ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECORDED

FATAL ATTACKS IN THE WILD,

ORCAS IN CAPTIVITY HAVE
KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE.

RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT
BEING HELD IN CONFINED CONDITIONS

CAN DRIVE THESE PREDATORS INSANE.

ONE KILLER WHALE CALLED
TILIKUM HAS BEEN INVOLVED

IN THREE SEPARATE FATALITIES IN THE US.

IN 2010, TRAINER DAWN BRANCHEAU
WAS SNATCHED BY TILIKUM

IN FRONT OF A HORRIFIED CROWD

AND DRAGGED INTO THE TANK, WHERE
SHE WAS SCALPED AND DROWNED.

COULD THE CONFINED ENVIRONMENT OF THE LOUGH

TRIGGER SIMILAR PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR?

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HOVLAND REEXAMINES THE
FOOTAGE AND NOTICES SOMETHING

THAT CASTS DOUBT ON
THE KILLER WHALE THEORY.

THE MOST DISTINCTIVE THINGS ABOUT AN ORCA,

OR A KILLER WHALE, IS THAT BIG DORSAL FIN.

WHERE ARE YOU, DORSAL
FIN? I'M NOT SEEING IT.

Narrator: SCIENTISTS STRUGGLE
TO FIND A DEFINITIVE EXPLANATION

FOR THIS FOOTAGE, BUT LOCALS ARE CONVINCED

THE LOUGH CONTAINS A
CREATURE UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE.

FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN,

THIS IS A SEA CREATURE
OF AN UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

THIS FOOTAGE RAISES QUESTIONS

OF WHAT ACTUALLY IS LIVING IN OUR LOUGHS,

HOW LITTLE WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SEA AND WHAT'S UNDER SEA.

Narrator: NOW, A DARK VALLEY AT NIGHT.

[ TRAIN CHUGGING ]

A STEAM-AGE TRAIN CLIMBING UP A HILL...

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...SHOOTING OUT FLAMES.

IT'S NOT LOGICAL. WHY
IS THIS TRAIN ON FIRE?

Narrator: EXPERTS FEAR WE ARE SECONDS AWAY

FROM A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

Szulgit: THAT THING IS A DEATH TRAP.

IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE
OR CATCH FIRE ANY MOMENT.

Narrator: OR IS THIS A DEMON TRAIN

ON A FAST TRACK STRAIGHT TO HELL?

YOU ALMOST EXPECT TO SEE THE DEVIL HIMSELF

AT THE DRIVER'S WHEEL.

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Narrator: DECEMBER 2016,

XINJIANG PROVINCE IN
THE NORTHWEST OF CHINA,

WHERE THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD TRADE ROUTE

WINDS THROUGH THE VAST
AND INHOSPITABLE WILDERNESS

OF THE GOBI DESERT.

THE SILENCE OF THE DESERT NIGHT IS BROKEN

BY THE RUMBLING OF A LOCOMOTIVE.

[ TRAIN CHUGGING ]

A TRAVELER DRAWN TO AN UNEARTHLY GLOW

CAPTURES THIS INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A TRAIN STRAIGHT
OUT OF OUR DARKEST NIGHTMARES.

THIS IS SOME PRETTY RAW TECHNOLOGY.

Hanson: BLACK SMOKE AS
WELL AS SPARKS AND FLAMES

ARE COMING OUT OF THIS ENGINE?

IT'S KIND OF TERRIFYING.

Narrator: EXPERTS FEAR FOR THOSE ONBOARD.

Szulgit: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THE ENGINEERS HAVEN'T STOPPED IT

OR RADIOED OR DONE SOMETHING
AND SAID, "SOMETHING IS WRONG."

THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW.

THERE'S SPARKS LANDING EVERYWHERE.

Narrator: THE TRAIN CONTINUES
ON ITS FIERY JOURNEY.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S A
HELL TRAIN OF SOME KIND.

Narrator: LOCALS FEAR THAT
THIS ISN'T A REAL TRAIN AT ALL,

BUT A DEMONIC TRAIN
COMING TO CLAIM THEIR SOULS.

IN THE CHINESE BELIEF, THERE'S DIYU,

WHERE THE LOST SOULS ARE TAKEN.

THERE ARE 18 LEVELS OF PURGATORY.

EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FORM OF TORTURE

SUITED TO THE SINS
COMMITTED BY THE DECEASED.

Narrator: THESE TORTURES INCLUDE

GOSSIPERS HAVING THEIR TONGUES RIPPED OUT.

Wise: THE ROOM OF SCISSORS,

WHERE THOSE WHO CAUSED
OTHER PEOPLE'S MARRIAGES

TO BREAK UP HAVE THEIR FINGERS CHOPPED OFF.

Narrator: A ROOM WHERE
ABUSERS OF POWER ARE CRUSHED

AND PULVERIZED IN A STONE MILL,

WHILE HYPOCRITES AND TROUBLEMAKERS

FACE A STEAM CHAMBER.

WHERE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
BE STEAMED FOR ALL ETERNITY.

Fox: SEEING THIS TRAIN IN
CHINA, SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE

THAT THIS IS A FAST TRACK TO
THOSE CHAMBERS OF TORTURE.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP,

A JET PLANE DEFIES GRAVITY,

HOVERING WEIGHTLESSLY IN THE SKY.

MAYBE WE'RE LIVING IN "THE MATRIX."

Narrator: LOCALS FEAR A
DISEASE-CARRYING DEMON

IS STALKING A NEW MEXICO TOWN.

IT DEFINITELY LOOKS CREEPY.

Narrator: AND IS THIS A REAL ENGINE

ABOUT TO EXPLODE?

Bush: THIS IS THE MOST
DRAMATIC FOOTAGE I'VE EVER SEEN.

THESE FIRES CAN BE DEADLY.

[ TRAIN CHUGGING ]

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[ TRAIN CHUGGING ]

Narrator: IN CHINA, A
CAMERA CAPTURES FOOTAGE

OF A DEMONIC, FIERY TRAIN.

LOCALS FEAR THAT THIS IS AN
OMEN OF DESPAIR AND SUFFERING.

COULD THIS LOCOMOTIVE BE
ABOUT TO TRIGGER A CATASTROPHE?

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[ WHIRRING ]

CHEMIST KEN HANSON ANALYZES THE FOOTAGE.

HE IS CONCERNED THAT THESE FLAMING EMBERS

COULD BE ABOUT TO IGNITE THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

TEMPERATURES IN A STEAM TRAIN FIREBOX

CAN REACH OVER 1,000 DEGREES C.

AND AT THOSE TEMPERATURES,

YOU CAN START MELTING
COPPER, GOLD, CAST IRON.

SO IT IS FEASIBLE THAT
EXHAUST FROM THAT TRAIN

COULD IGNITE SOMETHING IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

Narrator: COULD THERE
BE SOMETHING IN THE AIR

THAT THE STEAM TRAIN IS IGNITING?

JOURNALIST JEFF WISE BELIEVES THAT A CLUE

COULD BE FOUND IN THE
MAIN INDUSTRY IN THIS REGION.

THIS AREA OF CHINA ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HOME

TO LARGE, OPEN-PIT COAL MINES.

Narrator: THE SANDAOLING COAL MINES

HAVE TRANSFORMED THIS
AREA OF THE GOBI DESERT

INTO A MODERN DAY HELL,

AN INDUSTRIAL WASTELAND.

THESE MINES ALSO OPERATE

SOME OF THE LAST COMMERCIAL
STEAM TRAINS ON EARTH.

OPEN-PIT COAL MINES, YOU
CAN JUST BE ENVELOPED

BY THESE HUGE CLOUDS OF COAL DUST

THAT JUST HANG OVER THE ENVIRONMENT.

Kutcher: I THINK WHAT THE WORST
CASE SCENARIO COULD BE IS,

ARE THERE DUST PARTICLES IN THE SKY

THAT ARE CATCHING FIRE
BECAUSE OF THE TRAIN?

Narrator: ENGINEER MATT
KUTCHER HAS PUT TOGETHER

AN EXPERIMENT TO TEST THIS THEORY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE DUST, FLAMMABLE DUST,

GO AHEAD AND SEND IT UP INTO THE AIR

AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THE DUST TO IGNITE,

SEE IF IT LOOKS ANYTHING SIMILAR
TO THE VIDEO THAT WE'VE SEEN.

THIS OUGHT TO BE FUN.

Narrator: MATT HAS NEVER ATTEMPTED

ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

THERE'S NO TELLING HOW
EXPLOSIVE THIS REACTION COULD BE.

THE EXPERIMENT IS SO DANGEROUS,
HE'S CALLED IN FIREFIGHTERS

TO HOSE DOWN THE SURROUNDING DRY GRASS

TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF A RUNAWAY INFERNO.

MATT TAKES A HIGH EXPLOSIVE CHARGE

AND PLACES IT UNDER THE SACK OF DUST.

THIS WILL BLOW THE DUST HIGH INTO THE AIR,

SIMULATING CONDITIONS IN
THE COAL MINE-BLIGHTED VALLEY.

Kutcher: AND THEN, WITH
THIS ACTING LIKE THE TRAIN

AS OUR IGNITION SOURCE... KABOOM.

Narrator: MATT LIGHTS THE
FUSE AND RUNS FOR COVER.

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3, 2, 1.

[ EXPLOSION ]

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WHOO-HOO.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.

Narrator: IT IS ALL OVER IN A SECOND,

BUT THE SLO-MO CAMERA
CAPTURES THE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE.

FIRST, THE DUST BLASTS INTO THE AIR,

AND THEN THE IGNITION IS TRIGGERED,

RESULTING IN A FIREBALL EVEN
BIGGER THAN IN THE FOOTAGE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS

ACTUALLY IGNITES, THERE'S A CHAIN REACTION.

IT ACTUALLY LIGHTS ALL
THE DUST, ALL OF IT IN THE AIR,

NOT JUST A PORTION OF IT.

Narrator: WHEN COMPARED
TO THE FOOTAGE OF THE TRAIN,

THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEAR TO SEE.

THE FIRE FROM THE TRAIN

IS CAUSING THOUSANDS OF
RED-HOT EMBERS TO RAIN DOWN,

WHEREAS MATT'S EXPERIMENT

PRODUCES AN EXPLOSIVE CLOUD OF FLAMES

THAT ALMOST INSTANTLY CONSUMES EVERYTHING.

Kutcher: IT KIND OF DISCOUNTS WHAT WE SAW.

IF THE ENTIRE VALLEY WAS FILLED WITH DUST,

THE WHOLE VALLEY WOULD'VE EXPLODED.

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[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: RAILROAD ENGINEER JOHN BUSH

IS BROUGHT IN TO HELP
WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

Bush: I'VE BEEN RUNNING AND
WORKING ON STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.

THIS IS THE MOST DRAMATIC
FOOTAGE I'VE EVER SEEN.

Narrator: BUSH BELIEVES THAT
THE FLAMES COULD BE CAUSED

BY THE TYPE OF FUEL THE
TRAINS ARE RUNNING ON.

Bush: COAL-BURNING RAILROAD

LIKE THIS ONE, COMING OUT OF THE MINE,

YOU JUST GRAB WHATEVER IS THERE

AND START SHOVELING IT INTO THE LOCOMOTIVE.

Narrator: MUCH OF THIS LOW-GRADE
COAL IS ESSENTIALLY DUST,

WHICH, UNLIKE LUMPS OF COAL,

IS LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE
SUCKED UP THE CHIMNEY STACK

BY THE AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE FURNACE.

OF COURSE, ONCE IT GETS OUT
OF THE STACK, IT'S STILL BURNING.

Narrator: WISE THINKS BUSH'S
THEORY COULD MAKE SENSE.

IT IS A COAL MINE. IT'S A BUSINESS.

THEY HAVE UNLIMITED
FUEL TO RUN THEIR TRAINS,

BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO USE THE GOOD STUFF.

YOU USE ALL THE LEFTOVERS, BASICALLY,

THAT NOBODY WOULD PAY YOU FOR.

Narrator: BUSH FEARS

THAT RUNNING THESE TRAINS ON JUNK FUEL

COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.

OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN
A BUNCH OF LOCOMOTIVE-SET FIRES.

THE RAILROAD THAT I
WORK ON, BACK IN THE 1890s,

IN FACT, BURNED THE ENTIRE TOWN DOWN.

THESE FIRES CAN BE DEADLY.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: NOW, A JUMBO JET FROZEN IN TIME.

Man: MAN!

THIS HUGE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
IS JUST HANGING IN THE SKY.

IT'S LITERALLY LIKE SOMEONE
PRESSED PAUSE ON THIS PLANE.

Narrator: IS THIS SOME KIND OF
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY?

WOW! DO WE HAVE ANTIGRAVITY?
WHAT IS THE MILITARY HIDING?

Narrator: OR IS THE VERY FABRIC
OF OUR REALITY TEARING APART?

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
A GLITCH IN "THE MATRIX."

[ WHIRRING ]

[ BEEPING ]

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Narrator: THE NETHERLANDS 2010.

AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT

IS THE THIRD-BUSIEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE.

EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN 63 MILLION PASSENGERS

AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AIRCRAFT

PASS THROUGH THIS HIGHLY
CONGESTED AIRSPACE.

BUT ON ONE QUIET, SUNNY DAY,

ALL THE PLANES ARE MOVING... EXCEPT ONE.

AS THE CAMERA TRACKS THE MASSIVE AIRLINER,

IT APPEARS TO BE FLOATING WEIGHTLESSLY

ABOVE A ROW OF TREES.

THIS CLIP IS REALLY MESSING WITH MY HEAD.

I MEAN, HOW IS THIS PLANE
JUST FROZEN IN MIDAIR?

Narrator: THE PLANE SEEMS TO
BE BENDING THE LAWS OF GRAVITY.

IT TAKES HUGE FORCES TO KEEP
A 300-TON AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY.

THE BASIC SCIENCE OF
FLIGHT DEPENDS ON THE FACT

THAT AIRPLANES MOVE AT A PARTICULAR SPEED

IN ORDER TO GAIN ALTITUDE.

IT'S THE WAY IT IS. IT'S THE
WAY IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE.

THE FORCES THAT IT WOULD TAKE
FOR THIS GIANT AIRCRAFT TO HOVER

ARE SO IMMENSE THAT
THAT JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE.

Narrator: HAS THIS VIDEO CAPTURED

A BREACH IN THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM...

IT'S LIKE SOMEONE STOPPED
TIME FOR THAT PLANE.

...OR EVIDENCE THAT OUR
REALITY ISN'T WHAT IT SEEMS?

WHEN YOU FIRST SEE THAT
AIRPLANE JUST HOVERING LIKE THAT,

YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, "NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE. IT'S NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT!"

THINGS FALL DOWN, BUT THERE IT
IS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.

MAYBE WE'RE LIVING IN "THE MATRIX."

Narrator: THEORETICAL PHYSICIST MICHIO KAKU

HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY

THAT OUR REALITY IS
REALLY A COMPUTER PROGRAM

CONTROLLED BY A HIGHER POWER.

COMPUTER POWER IS SO
ADVANCED THAT WE CAN SIMULATE

IMAGINARY WORLDS AND VIRTUAL REALITY.

AND THEN YOU SAY TO YOURSELF,

"MAYBE THE UNIVERSE ITSELF IS AN ILLUSION."

MAYBE YOU ARE REAL, BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE IS FAKE.

Narrator: ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED

ENCOUNTERING GLITCHES IN "THE MATRIX."

A BOY DROPS A JAR THAT VANISHES
BEFORE HITTING THE FLOOR.

A ROOM DISAPPEARS FROM A HOUSE,

BUT THE RESIDENTS REMEMBER IT BEING THERE.

AND A WOMAN RECEIVES A
PHONE CALL FROM HERSELF.

COULD THIS STRANGE LEVITATING PLANE

BE EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER
GLITCH IN THE PROGRAM?

AND IN "THE MATRIX," YOU
CAN DEFY THE LAWS OF MOTION

'CAUSE IT'S JUST A COMPUTER PROGRAM.

REALITY CAN BE REPROGRAMMED.

Narrator: IS OUR REALITY
NOTHING BUT A SIMULATION

THAT CAN BE ALTERED BY A LINE OF CODE?

IF SO, WHO IS RUNNING IT AND WHY?

IT'S AN IDEA TAKEN SO SERIOUSLY

IT'S REPORTED THAT TECH
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK

IS SAID TO BE FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

TO FIND A WAY TO BREAK
US OUT OF THIS PROGRAM

AND SEE WHAT LIES BEYOND.

BUT SCIENTISTS, SO FAR, HAVE BEEN UNABLE

TO EITHER PROVE OR
DISPROVE THE "MATRIX" THEORY.

♪♪

[ WHIRRING ]

COMING UP, HAS A HOME SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

CAPTURED A DISEASE-SPREADING NAVAJO GHOST?

IF WHAT THEY SAW IN THE
VIDEO IS REALLY A CHINDI,

THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN BIG TROUBLE.

Narrator: A DESTRUCTIVE
VORTEX APPEARS IN LATVIA.

Proctor: IF YOU WERE TO
FALL INTO THIS LOCATION

AND GOT SUCKED DOWN,
YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK UP.

Narrator: AND COULD
THIS GRAVITY-DEFYING 747

BE A PRELUDE TO INVASION?

IF THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTED
WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A PLANE

OF THIS SIZE HOVER IN ONE LOCATION,

IT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER
FOR MILITARIES ACROSS THE WORLD.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: A JUMBO JET IS
CAPTURED FROZEN IN THE AIR

ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
AMSTERDAM IN THE NETHERLANDS,

DEFYING THE LAWS OF AERODYNAMICS.

[ WHIRRING ]

MILITARY TECH ANALYST CARLO MUÑOZ

BELIEVES THIS FOOTAGE COULD BE EVIDENCE

OF A RADICAL EXPERIMENT.

THE PLAN WE'RE SEEING IN THE VIDEO

IS A BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW IT
AS A PASSENGER AIRCRAFT,

BUT IT ALSO HAS A MILITARY VERSION.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHETHER OR NOT

THIS IS SOME SORT OF
NEW MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

BOEING MAY BE TESTING.

Narrator: PLANES WITH THE ABILITY TO HOVER

HAVE CHANGED THE FACE OF MODERN WARFARE.

IN THE 1960s,

THE HARRIER JUMP JET WAS INTRODUCED,

WHICH HAS A VERTICAL TAKEOFF CAPABILITY.

Narrator: THE HARRIER WAS THE VERY FIRST

IN A SERIES OF DEADLY
VERTICAL TAKEOFF WAR PLANES.

ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT
THE HARRIER AND ITS CAPABILITIES

IS BEING ABLE TO TURN ON A DIME

AND TURN THE TABLES ON
THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN.

Narrator: BUT THE MILITARY HAS
BEEN DEVELOPING NEW AIRCRAFT

FOR DIFFERENT ROLES.

IF THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTED
WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A PLANE

OF THIS SIZE HOVER IN ONE LOCATION,

IT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER
FOR MILITARIES ACROSS THE WORLD.

Narrator: A HOSTILE POWER

COULD PERFECT THIS TECHNOLOGY BEFORE US,

AND THE FIRST WE'D KNOW ABOUT

THESE GRAVITY-DEFYING GIANT WAR PLANES

IS WHEN THEY WERE USED AGAINST US.

A SIGHT LIKE THIS COULD
BE A PRELUDE TO INVASION.

AEROSPACE EXPERT MARNA
KAGELE ANALYZES THE VIDEO

AND SEES A PROBLEM WITH THE THEORY.

THIS IS A 747 AIRCRAFT,

WHICH IS GOING TO WEIGH OVER 300 TONS.

IT WOULD NEED AT LEAST TWICE
AS MANY ENGINES AS WE CAN SEE

ARE ON THE AIRCRAFT TO HOVER,
SO WE CAN BE VERY CERTAIN THAT

THAT IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: THE FOOTAGE IS SENT TO
SCIENCE JOURNALIST JAYDE LOVELL.

THIS PLANE REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU SEE BIRDS

KIND OF HOVERING IN THE WIND,
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS,

COULD THE WIND EVER BE STRONG ENOUGH

TO KEEP AN ENTIRE AIRLINER
HOVERING IN THE SKY?

IN WORLD WAR II, MASSIVE MILITARY GLIDERS

WERE USED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY.

Narrator: ALMOST 50 FEET IN LENGTH,

THE WACO CG-4A WAS ABLE TO CARRY 13 TROOPS,

OR A QUARTER-TON TRUCK,
BY GLIDING ON THE WIND.

GLIDERS ARE KEPT AIRBORNE BY MOVING,

WHICH ALLOWS THEIR WINGS TO GENERATE LIFT,

BUT THIS PLANE ISN'T MOVING AT ALL.

Narrator: KAGELE'S FURTHER
ANALYSIS OF THE VIDEO

SHOWS THAT THE PLANE'S
LANDING GEAR HAS BEEN DEPLOYED.

THIS PROVIDES A VITAL CLUE
AS TO WHAT COULD BE GOING ON.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AIRCRAFT
IS COMING IN TO LAND,

SO WE'D EXPECT, AT THAT POINT,

THAT IT WOULD BE GOING
ABOUT 170 MILES PER HOUR.

Narrator: LANDING APPROACH IS THE MOMENT

WHEN PLANES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO POWERFUL WINDS.

Lovell: FIERCE CROSSWINDS COULD
TOSS A 300-TON AIRLINER AROUND

LIKE IT'S A TOY. IT COULD
EVEN MAKE IT CRASH.

Narrator: IN 1985, DELTA FLIGHT 191

CRASHED ON APPROACH TO
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT

AFTER BEING HIT BY A VIOLENT WIND SHEAR,

KILLING 137 PASSENGERS AND CREW.

WE KNOW THAT A CROSSWIND
COULD KNOCK A PLANE OUT OF THE SKY,

BUT COULD A HEADWIND
STOP A PLAN IN ITS TRACKS?

WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT WINDS

THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
OVER 170 MILES PER HOUR,

AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
START AT AROUND 100 MILES PER HOUR,

SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
HURRICANE HAPPENING OUTSIDE,

AND WE CLEARLY SEE
THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

♪♪

[ WHIRS ]

Narrator: CONOR McCOURT
FOCUSES ON THE MOVEMENT

OF THE OTHER VEHICLE IN THE FOOTAGE...

THE CAR FROM WHICH THE CAMERA IS FILMING.

IT APPEARS THAT THIS
FOOTAGE IS AN OPTICAL ILLUSION,

A TRICK OF THE MIND.

IT'S ONLY WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE SCENE IN QUESTION

FROM THE TOP DOWN

THAT WE REALLY CAN
UNDERSTAND THE DISTANCES.

Narrator: THE CAR IS 160
FEET FROM THE TREE LINE,

BUT THE PLANE IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

IT'S ACTUALLY 1.5 MILES INTO THE DISTANCE.

McCourt: THIS CREATES A PHENOMENON

WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PLANE
IS STAYING STATIONARY IN THE SKY.

Narrator: THE IDEA THAT OUR EYES AND BRAINS

CAN BE SO EASILY FOOLED
INTO MISREADING REALITY

EVEN SPOOKS THE EXPERTS.

IF THINGS THIS STRANGE CAN HAPPEN,

THEN IT'S HARD TO TRUST MY OWN EYES.

♪♪

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: NOW, A HOME SECURITY CAMERA

CAPTURES A NIGHTMARISH APPARITION.

IT DEFINITELY LOOKS CREEPY.

IT'S, LIKE, GOING TO SEND
A CHILL UP YOUR SPINE.

Narrator: A FAMILY REACTS WITH
TERROR WHEN CONFRONTED

BY THIS MYSTERIOUS NIGHTTIME LURKER.

RIGHT AWAY, YOUR MIND GOES
TO, "THIS IS SOME SORT OF HAUNTING

OR SOME SORT OF SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCE."

Narrator: LOCALS FEAR THE
HOME HAS BEEN VISITED

BY A DARK SPIRIT.

WHAT I SAW WAS AN APPARITION
MOVING ACROSS THE STREET,

SOMETHING OTHERWORLDLY.

Narrator: EXPERTS WORRY THAT IT'S A GHOST

THAT ISN'T JUST DEAD, IT'S DISEASED.

IT'S AN EVIL SPIRIT AND
IT'S CALLED THE CHINDI.

AUGUST 22, 2017, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO.

ONE OF THE OLDEST INHABITED
PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES.

EVIDENCE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY HERE

STRETCHES BACK OVER 12,000 YEARS.

IT'S A NORMAL EVENING IN
THIS SMALL AMERICAN TOWN

WHEN A FAMILY SPOTS
A VISITOR IN THEIR YARD.

YOU SEE A FIGURE MOVING
SLOWLY BEHIND THE CARS.

Narrator: THIS MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
LEAVES EXPERTS DUMBFOUNDED.

THERE'S NO DENYING THIS
FOOTAGE IS REALLY SPOOKY.

WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT
FIGURE IS THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT.

Wise: IT'S SORT OF SEE-THROUGH,

AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ON THE GROUND.

IT SEEMS TO BE HOVERING ABOVE THE GROUND,

ALL OF WHICH ARE PRETTY UNNATURAL.

IT'S A GHOST.

Narrator: IMAGE ANALYST WILLIAM DRANGINIS

STUDIES THE FOOTAGE.

Dranginis: THIS CAMERA
HAS ACTUALLY CAPTURED

A TRANSLUCENT FLOATING OBJECT

GOING DOWN THE STREET,
AND THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

IT APPEARS THAT THIS
OBJECT COULD BE PARANORMAL.

COULD IT BE SOME TYPE
OF GHOSTLY APPARITION,

SOME TYPE OF ENERGY FORM
THAT WE HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED YET?

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: PARANORMAL
INVESTIGATOR MALLIE FOX

BELIEVES AN OLD TRAGEDY IN
THIS LOCATION COULD POINT TOWARD

A MALEVOLENT NATIVE AMERICAN ENTITY.

THIS HOUSE IS IN NEW MEXICO
WHERE THE NAVAJO LIVE,

AND THEY HAVE A HUGE
BELIEF IN THE SPIRIT WORLD.

THERE IS A HISTORY WITH THIS PROPERTY.

BEFORE THEIR HOUSE WAS BUILT,

A GENTLEMAN LIVED ON THAT CORNER LOT,

AND HE PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME.

Narrator: THE NAVAJO BELIEVE

THAT THE SPIRIT OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED

CAN RETURN TO HAUNT
THE PLACE OF THEIR DEATH

IN THE FORM OF AN EVIL
GHOST CALLED THE CHINDI.

Fox: IT'S A SPIRIT THAT LEAVES
THE BODY ON ITS LAST BREATH.

THE CHINDI IS MADE UP OF ALL THE EVIL,

THE BAD STUFF OF THE PERSON
WHEN THEY WERE STILL ALIVE.

Narrator: THE CHINDI IS A SHAPE-SHIFTER

THAT CAN ALTER ITS APPEARANCE.

Fox: THEY CAN KIND OF LOOK LIKE A COYOTE

AND THAT THEY APPEAR OUT OF DUST DEVILS.

Narrator: THESE VENGEFUL SPIRITS
CAN ACTUALLY HARM THE LIVING.

IF YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH
A CHINDI, YOU BECOME VERY ILL,

AND IT'S KNOWN AS GHOST SICKNESS.

Narrator: IT'S SAID THE CHINDI
WILL PREY ON A LIVING HOST

BY DRAINING THEIR LIFE
ESSENCE, CAUSING SICKNESS

AND EVENTUALLY DEATH.

TODAY, THERE ARE OVER
300,000 NAVAJO IN THE US,

AND BELIEF IN THE CHINDI IS WIDESPREAD.

MANY HAVE REPORTED SEEING
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

STRUCK DOWN WITH GHOST SICKNESS.

IF WHAT THEY SAW IN THE
VIDEO IS REALLY A CHINDI,

THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN BIG TROUBLE.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: COMING UP,

A MYSTERIOUS MAELSTROM OPENS UP IN LATVIA.

Proctor: IT'S JUST LIKE A NIGHTMARE.

GOD HELP ANYONE THAT IS
SUCKED INTO THAT VORTEX.

Narrator: AND INVESTIGATORS
FEAR SOMETHING DANGEROUS

IS ROAMING A QUIET
NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW MEXICO.

THEY CAN KILL PEOPLE EASILY, EASILY.

♪♪

Narrator: A HOME SECURITY CAMERA

CAPTURES A SINISTER ENTITY
PROWLING AROUND A NEIGHBORHOOD

WITHIN CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO.

♪♪

[ WHIRRING ]

BIOLOGIST KELLY PRICE ANALYZES THE CLIP

AND BELIEVES SOME KIND OF
BEAST COULD BE STALKING THE HOME.

THE FOOTAGE SHOWS SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY

AN ANIMAL OF SOME SORT.

IF YOU KNOW HOW ANIMALS
MOVE, IT LOOK LIKE IT'S BIPEDAL.

IT'S MOVING VERY SLOWLY WITH
APPARENT ARM-SWINGING GAIT

ACROSS THE SCENE.

Narrator: BUT WHAT TYPE OF ANIMAL

CAN WALK ALONG ON ITS HIND LEGS?

MARK YANNOTTI IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

OF THE LOCAL ZOO.

HE SPENT 30 YEARS STUDYING
ANIMALS NATIVE TO THE U.S.

ONLY ONE SPECIES ENCOUNTERED IN THIS AREA

COULD FIT THE PROFILE OF
WHAT IS SEEN IN THE FOOTAGE.

IT'D BE THE ONLY THING THAT
ACTUALLY WOULD BE BIPEDAL

OR MOVE ON TWO FEET LIKE A HUMAN BEING,

AND IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT SIZE.

Narrator: A PREDATOR THAT IS SHOWING

AN INCREASINGLY GREATER
INTEREST IN HUMAN FLESH.

BLACK BEARS ARE THE ONLY BEARS

THAT ARE INDIGENOUS TO NEW MEXICO.

THE STATE ANIMAL IS A BLACK BEAR.

Narrator: A BLACK BEAR CAN
WEIGH OVER 700 POUNDS...

[ GRUNTING ]

SEE? THAT'S HER "I'M
BEING THREATENED" NOISE.

...CAN CHARGE AT ALMOST 30 MILES PER HOUR,

FASTER THAN ANY HUMAN... CRAZY. [ LAUGHS ]

...AND ARE ARMED WITH 2-INCH CLAWS

THAT CAN TEAR THROUGH SKIN AND MUSCLE.

Yannotti: MISS ATTITUDE. BEARS
CAN BE VERY AGGRESSIVE.

BLACK BEARS CAN KILL PEOPLE EASILY, EASILY.

Narrator: SINCE THE YEAR 2000,

THERE HAVE BEEN 48 FATAL
BEAR ATTACKS IN NORTH AMERICA,

WHEREAS SHARKS HAVE ONLY
KILLED 15 PEOPLE IN THE US

DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

THE BLACK BEAR'S NATURAL
HABITAT IS RAPIDLY SHRINKING,

DRIVING THESE LARGE ANIMALS
INTO OUR TOWNS AND CITIES

IN SEARCH OF FOOD,

WHERE CONFRONTATIONS WITH HUMANS
ARE BECOMING EVERMORE FREQUENT.

IN 2014, 22-YEAR-OLD HIKER DARSH PATEL

ENCOUNTERED A BLACK BEAR IN NEW JERSEY.

INCREDIBLY, HE TOOK
MULTIPLE PHOTOS OF HIS KILLER

MOMENTS BEFORE IT MAULED HIM TO DEATH.

[ GROWLS ]

COULD THE CLOVIS FOOTAGE
HAVE CAPTURED A BLACK BEAR

FORAGING PERILOUSLY CLOSE
TO THE FAMILY IN THE HOUSE?

WHAT'S IN THE FOOTAGE IS WALKING
ON TWO FEET, VERY CONFIDENTLY.

WHEN THESE GUYS GET UP ON THEIR HIND LEGS,

THEY'RE VERY STIFF WALKING,
AND THEY DON'T MOVE,

LIKE, FLUIDLY, LIKE THE
IMAGE ON THE SCREEN DOES.

I WOULD SAY THAT RULES OUT A BLACK BEAR.

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: PHYSICIST JOHN DI BARTOLO

NOTICES SOMETHING IN THE FOOTAGE

THAT REMINDS HIM OF A PHENOMENON
CAUSED BY LIGHT BEAMS AT NIGHT.

Di Bartolo: EVERY ONE IN A WHILE,

WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD

AND YOU SEE TWO BEADY
EYES STARING BACK AT YOU

OF A CAT OR SOME ANIMAL, THEN THAT IS LIGHT

THAT'S BEING REFLECTED
RIGHT BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM.

THAT'S WHY WE SEE JUST
THE EYES SO BRIGHTLY.

Narrator: DI BARTOLO'S BEST GUESS

IS THAT A SIMILAR PHENOMENON MIGHT EXPLAIN

THE APPARITION IN THE SECURITY FOOTAGE.

IT'S POSSIBLE THE MYSTERIOUS GLOW

IS BECAUSE THIS PERSON WAS
WEARING REFLECTIVE MATERIAL.

Narrator: JUST LIKE GLOWING ANIMAL EYES,

REFLECTIVE MATERIALS WORN BY HUMANS

ARE DESIGNED TO BOUNCE LIGHT BACK

IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS SOURCE.

WE NOTICE THIS DISEMBODIED
TORSO ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SO BRIGHT

DUE TO THE REFLECTIVE GEAR.

IN CONTRAST, THE HEAD,

THE HANDS, AND THE LEGS OF
THIS PERSON'S BODY ARE SO DIM

THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY
IGNORED BY THE SECURITY CAMERA,

SO WE SIMPLY DON'T SEE 'EM.

♪♪

[ WHIRRING ]

Narrator: NOW, WHO OR WHAT

PULLED HOLD THE PLUG AND
OPENED A HOLE IN THE EARTH?

GOD HELP ANYONE THAT IS
SUCKED INTO THAT VORTEX.

THIS IS NOT JUST DANGEROUS.
IT'S DOWNRIGHT DEADLY.

Narrator: EXPERTS STRUGGLE
TO ANSWER WHAT LIES BELOW.

Wise: WHERE IS ALL THIS WATER GOING?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST VANISHING

INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: LATVIA, LOCATED IN EASTERN EUROPE

ON THE BORDER OF RUSSIA,

IS A LAND WITH A BRUTAL HISTORY.

FIRST, CRUSADERS ARRIVED

TO PUT THE PAGAN POPULATION TO THE SWORD.

MORE RECENTLY, IT HAS SEEN BLOODY INVASIONS

BY COMMUNISTS AND NAZIS.

LATER DECADES HAVE SEEN
A RESPITE FROM TERROR...

UNTIL APRIL 2013.

A TRAVELER FILMS AS AN AQUATIC MOUTH OPENS,

SWALLOWING HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE WHOLE.

IT'S BASICALLY THE WATER
EQUIVALENT OF A BLACK HOLE.

ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING
IN, AND NOTHING IS COMING OUT.

THAT WHIRLPOOL COULD SUCK
YOU INTO A WATERY GRAVE.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: TRAVELERS IN LATVIA
STUMBLE ACROSS A RAGING VORTEX

THAT IS DEVOURING EVERYTHING IN ITS WAKE.

[ WHIRRING ]

THE FOOTAGE IS SENT

TO EXTREME WEATHER EXPERT GEORGE KOUROUNIS.

HE BELIEVES THIS COULD BE

AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS NATURAL PHENOMENON.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME
TYPE OF A WHIRLPOOL HERE,

AND A WHIRLPOOL IS BASICALLY
A ROTATING VORTEX OF WATER.

Narrator: THESE ARE SOME OF
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCES

IN NATURE.

THERE'S GIANT CHUNKS OF ICE THAT
ARE LITERALLY JUST DISAPPEARING,

BEING INHALED BY THIS WHIRLPOOL.

Narrator: BY ANALYZING

THE SIZE OF THE PHENOMENON IN THE FOOTAGE,

EXPERTS CATEGORIZE IT AS A MAELSTROM.

MAELSTROM MEANS GIANT
SWIRLING VORTEX OF WATER.

THE FORCE GETS STRONGER THE
CLOSE YOU ARE TO THE VORTEX.

THE POWER WOULD BECOME
MORE AND MORE OVERWHELMING

UNTIL YOU REACH THAT POINT OF NO RETURN,

AND YOU GET SUCKED DOWN,
BASICALLY, TO A WATERY GRAVE.

Narrator: COULD LATVIA NOW BE HOME

TO A NEW FEARSOME MAELSTROM?

SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION
ON THESE GIANT WHIRLPOOLS,

JOURNALIST JEFF WISE UNCOVERS DETAILS

OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ACTIVE MAELSTROM.

THE BIGGEST WHIRLPOOL
IN THE WORLD IS CALLED

THE MAELSTROM OF
SALTSTRAUMEN, AND IT'S IN NORWAY.

Narrator: KOUROUNIS BELIEVES
THE SAME FORCES AT WORK

IN THE SALTSTRAUMEN MAELSTROM

COULD BE WHAT'S POWERING
LATVIA'S GIANT VORTEX.

THE NORWEGIAN WHIRLPOOL IS CAUSED

BY CONFLICTING FORCES OF
THE TIDE COMING IN AND LEAVING,

SO THOSE OPPOSING FORCES MEET,

AND WHERE THEY MEET, THE WATER ROTATES.

Narrator: THE HUGE ENERGIES OF
THE TIDE POWER THE WHIRLPOOL,

MAKING IT LARGER AND SUPERCHARGED.

BUT WHEN WISE CHECKS WHERE
THIS MAELSTROM IS CAPTURED,

HE DISCOVERS A CRUCIAL DETAIL

THAT MAKES A TIDAL-POWERED
VORTEX SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE.

THIS IS FILMED OVER 100
MILES FROM THE LATVIAN COAST.

Wise: THIS ISN'T TAKING PLACE IN THE OCEAN.

NO, THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN A RIVER.

RIVERS AREN'T A PRODUCT OF TIDES

IN THE WAY THAT THE
CURRENTS IN THE OCEAN ARE.

♪♪

GEOSCIENTIST SIAN PROCTOR
EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE.

SHE BELIEVES THERE COULD
BE A GEOLOGICAL PROCESS

POWERING THIS MONSTROUS WHIRLPOOL.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE SOMEONE PULLED A PLUG

AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS LAKE OR RIVER,

AND IT'S ALL BEING DRAINED INTO IT.

SO THE QUESTION IS,

WHAT'S HAPPENING
UNDERGROUND AT THAT LOCATION?

WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING
IS THAT MAYBE IT'S A SINKHOLE.

THINK OF A CAVE UNDERGROUND
THAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSES IN.

Narrator: ANALYZING THE
STRENGTH OF THIS VORTEX,

IT MAKES PROCTOR FEAR A VOID
COULD BE GROWING BENEATH LATVIA.

IF I WAS WALKING ALONG
THE SHORE, I'D BE THINKING,

"IS THERE ANY DANGER OF IT GETTING BIGGER?"

IF YOU WERE TO FALL INTO THIS LOCATION

AND GOT SUCKED DOWN,
YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK UP.

Narrator: A CHECK OF LOCAL
GEOLOGICAL RECORDS

REVEALS NO EVIDENCE

OF NATURALLY OCCURRING UNDERGROUND VOIDS

ANYWHERE IN THIS REGION.

[ WHIRRING ]

THE FOOTAGE IS SENT TO
MILITARY ANALYST CARLO MUÑOZ.

HE IMMEDIATELY NOTICES THE LATVIAN LOCATION

AND KNOWS IT HAS MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE.

MUCH OF LATVIA'S HISTORY
IS REALLY NOT OF THEIR OWN.

THEY WERE INITIALLY
OCCUPIED BY THE SOVIET UNION.

IN WORLD WAR II, THE NAZIS
OCCUPIED THE COUNTRY,

AND AT THE END OF WORLD
WAR II, THE SOVIETS CAME BACK IN.

Narrator: ANY COVERT NAZI OR
SOVIET MILITARY BASES UNDERGROUND

WOULDN'T SHOW UP ON ANY CIVILIAN MAP.

RECENTLY, SOME OF THESE
SECRET UNDERGROUND BASES

HAVE BEEN REDISCOVERED IN LATVIA
AFTER BEING LOST FOR DECADES.

ONE OF THE LARGEST WAS
CODE-NAMED REST HOME.

Narrator: THIS VAST SOVIET
BUNKER WAS DESIGNED

TO SHELTER THE COMMUNIST ELITE
IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR WAR.

THIS COMPLEX IS SO BIG

THAT IT COULD HOLD
HUNDREDS OF SOVIET TROOPS

IN ANY ONE OF ITS 90 ROOMS.

Narrator: A MAZE OF SECURE
ROOMS AND PASSAGES,

THE REST HOME IS OVER 20,000 SQUARE FEET,

ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO
OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS.

BUT MANY MORE COLD WAR INSTALLATIONS

REMAIN UNDISCOVERED,

SOME FALLING PREY TO
SO-CALLED BLACK DIGGERS...

ILLEGAL RUSSIAN TREASURE HUNTERS

SEEKING LUCRATIVE MILITARY MEMORABILIA.

EXPERTS ASK IF THIS WATER COULD BE ESCAPING

INTO ONE OF THESE FORGOTTEN BASES

RECENTLY CRACKED OPEN
FOR ITS SOVIET SECRETS.

ANY ONE OF THESE MASSIVE
UNDERGROUND SOVIET BUNKERS

WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE
FOR ALL THIS WATER TO GO.

Wise: IF THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING,

THE WATER IS CREATING,
AT LEAST TEMPORARILY,

A KIND OF SOVIET ATLANTIS.

Narrator: AND WHETHER IT'S THE WORK

OF THE GODS, NATURE OR MAN,

IT'S A LETHAL THREAT TO
ANYONE WHO GETS TOO CLOSE.

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR
INVESTIGATORS TO ACCESS

THE VOID BENEATH THE WHIRLPOOL,

SO THE ANSWER TO WHAT LIES
BELOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MYSTERY.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE,

THEN POSSIBLY IT COULD COLLAPSE,
AND YOU'D BE SUCKED DOWN IN IT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
WOULDN'T WANT HAPPENING TO ME.