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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,733 --> 00:00:03,367 Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU. 2 00:00:03,467 --> 00:00:06,133 MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES CIRCLE THE EARTH. 3 00:00:07,733 --> 00:00:09,533 EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW 4 00:00:09,633 --> 00:00:12,567 MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA THAT DEFY EXPLANATION. 5 00:00:15,633 --> 00:00:18,700 THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD CODE OF THE CELTIC WARRIOR... 6 00:00:20,267 --> 00:00:23,167 ...AND THE PORTAL TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD. 7 00:00:23,267 --> 00:00:25,000 THIS IS INCREDIBLE! 8 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:29,267 THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MEET THE DEMONS AND THE MONSTERS. 9 00:00:29,367 --> 00:00:32,500 Narrator: MYSTERY OF THE TRIADS AND THE VANISHING LINK. 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,400 TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER ARE JUST DISAPPEARING 11 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:36,867 BEFORE OUR EYES. 12 00:00:36,967 --> 00:00:40,233 Narrator: AND BOGZILLA, THE REAL SWAMP THING. 13 00:00:40,333 --> 00:00:43,300 IT IS GIVING OFF A LOT OF INFLAMMABLE GASES, 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,200 AND IT SMELLS HORRIBLE. 15 00:00:46,567 --> 00:00:50,100 Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA. MYSTERIES FROM SPACE. 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:51,700 WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY? 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:59,367 ** 18 00:00:59,467 --> 00:01:06,667 ** 19 00:01:06,767 --> 00:01:14,233 ** 20 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:18,167 JANUARY 30, 2020, IRELAND. 21 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:23,867 MARK HORTON IS JOURNEYING DEEP INTO THE HISTORIC PROVINCE 22 00:01:23,967 --> 00:01:24,967 OF CONNACHT, 23 00:01:25,067 --> 00:01:28,067 DRAWN BY SOMETHING STRANGE CAPTURED FROM SPACE. 24 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:31,833 WHAT I CAN SEE 25 00:01:31,933 --> 00:01:34,533 ON THE SATELLITE IMAGES, 26 00:01:34,633 --> 00:01:38,200 WHAT APPEARS TO BE TWO MASSIVE SCARS 27 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,100 ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. 28 00:01:42,233 --> 00:01:43,800 THEY SEEM TO BE ENORMOUS, 29 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:47,833 UM, MAYBE 500 YARDS LONG. 30 00:01:50,733 --> 00:01:53,100 Narrator: YET WHAT FASCINATES THE ARCHAEOLOGIST IS 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,600 WHERE THE STRANGE GIANT SCAR'S ARE LOCATED. 32 00:02:00,267 --> 00:02:03,567 RATHCROGHAN, ONE OF THE SEATS OF THE HIGH KINGS 33 00:02:03,667 --> 00:02:05,600 OF IRELAND AND THE OLDEST, 34 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:08,567 BIGGEST UNEXCAVATED ROYAL SITE IN EUROPE. 35 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,867 WHAT'S REALLY STRIKING IS THAT WE CAN SEE FORTS, 36 00:02:15,967 --> 00:02:17,233 SETTLEMENTS, 37 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:19,067 MOUNDS -- 38 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:22,767 THIS IS A FASCINATINGLY COMPLEX LANDSCAPE. 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,067 Narrator: SURROUNDING THE SCARS IN THE IMAGE, 40 00:02:28,167 --> 00:02:31,800 HORTON BELIEVES, ARE AROUND 250 STRUCTURES, 41 00:02:33,633 --> 00:02:37,333 MANY BUILT CENTURIES BEFORE THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT. 42 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:42,233 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE, THIS. 43 00:02:42,333 --> 00:02:46,267 THESE TWO LINES MUST BE ALSO 44 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:48,533 PART OF THIS ARCHAEOLOGY, 45 00:02:48,633 --> 00:02:51,800 BUT UNTIL I COULD ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THEM ON THE GROUND, 46 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:53,733 I REALLY CAN'T WORK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 47 00:03:01,367 --> 00:03:03,600 Narrator: HORTON ARRIVES IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY. 48 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:10,300 ** 49 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,067 ** 50 00:03:14,133 --> 00:03:16,300 AS HE HEADS SOUTH, HE FINDS ONE 51 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,333 OF THE STRUCTURES VISIBLE IN THE IMAGE. 52 00:03:23,267 --> 00:03:25,767 Horton: IT'S NEVER BEEN EXCAVATED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS. 53 00:03:26,933 --> 00:03:30,800 WHAT MIGHT BE A MASSIVE TIMBER TEMPLE ON THE TOP, 54 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:32,567 BUT IT REMAINS A MYSTERY. 55 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:36,333 Narrator: THIS LANDSCAPE IS DESCRIBED IN 56 00:03:36,433 --> 00:03:39,367 AN ANCIENT DOCUMENT KNOWN AS THE ULSTER CYCLES, 57 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:43,467 WHICH TELLS OF KING CONCHOBAR MAC NESSA, 58 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:45,433 AND HIS WAR WITH THE CONNACHTA. 59 00:03:46,367 --> 00:03:49,433 IT'S A PLACE OF RITUALS AND MAGIC, 60 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:52,067 A LAND OF MYTH AND LEGEND. 61 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:59,067 IT'S THE TRADITIONAL CORONATION OR INAUGURATION SITE 62 00:03:59,167 --> 00:04:00,467 OF THE KINGS OF CONNACHT, 63 00:04:00,567 --> 00:04:02,700 ONE OF THE FIVE KINGDOMS OF IRELAND. 64 00:04:04,533 --> 00:04:07,367 LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD COME HERE 65 00:04:07,467 --> 00:04:09,667 DURING THE INAUGURATIONS OF THEIR KINGS. 66 00:04:09,767 --> 00:04:11,800 [ METAL CREAKING ] 67 00:04:14,067 --> 00:04:15,333 [ METAL CREAKING ] 68 00:04:15,433 --> 00:04:18,367 [ SHEEP BLEATING ] 69 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:20,867 Narrator: THE SCARS SIT AROUND HALF A MILE 70 00:04:20,967 --> 00:04:22,333 FROM THE ROYAL MOUND. 71 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,933 I THINK THIS... 72 00:04:30,067 --> 00:04:31,100 MUST BE IT. 73 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:38,100 THERE'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN 74 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,800 ACTUALLY THEY SEEM LOOKING FROM ABOVE. 75 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:43,333 I MEAN, THEY'RE ENORMOUS! 76 00:04:43,433 --> 00:04:53,133 ** 77 00:04:53,233 --> 00:04:55,933 Narrator: THIS SCAR IS 1,000 FEET LONG, 78 00:04:57,233 --> 00:05:00,067 LINED WITH WALLS UP TO SEVEN FEET HIGH. 79 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,100 Horton: PRESUMABLY, IN PREHISTORY, 80 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,467 THESE WERE MUCH HIGHER. 81 00:05:05,567 --> 00:05:08,400 THE HUMAN EFFORT OF MOVING THE SOIL TO THIS PLACE 82 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:09,933 MUST HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS. 83 00:05:10,067 --> 00:05:11,467 THIS ISN'T JUST A PLACE 84 00:05:11,567 --> 00:05:14,600 FOR MOVING CATTLE ACROSS A LANDSCAPE OR SOMETHING. 85 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:16,433 THIS IS A RITUAL MONUMENT. 86 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:18,267 IT HAS A PURPOSE. 87 00:05:19,967 --> 00:05:23,200 Narrator: EXPLORING THE ANCIENT STRUCTURE PROVIDES A CLUE 88 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:25,567 TO WHAT KIND OF RITUAL TOOK PLACE HERE. 89 00:05:27,633 --> 00:05:29,133 BEING DOWN HERE SURROUNDED BY 90 00:05:29,233 --> 00:05:31,467 THESE ENORMOUS BANKS ON EITHER SIDE -- 91 00:05:31,567 --> 00:05:34,133 WE'RE KIND OF HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW, 92 00:05:34,233 --> 00:05:37,433 AS IF WE'RE MOVING ACROSS THIS LANDSCAPE, 93 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:40,067 BUT NOBODY KNOWS WE'RE DOING IT. 94 00:05:40,167 --> 00:05:43,567 MAYBE THIS IS SOME FORM OF PROCESSIONAL ROUTEWAY. 95 00:05:45,933 --> 00:05:48,167 Narrator: RITUAL MARCHES WERE AN IMPORTANT PART 96 00:05:48,267 --> 00:05:50,833 OF PAGAN RELIGION THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. 97 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:55,433 Horton: THE IDEA OF PROCESSING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE IS 98 00:05:55,533 --> 00:05:58,967 DEEPLY INGRAINED IN THE PREHISTORIC BRITISH ISLES. 99 00:06:02,267 --> 00:06:04,733 Narrator: BUT IF THESE SCARS WERE ONCE USED 100 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:08,400 FOR PAGAN MARCHES, SOMETHING DOESN'T STACK UP. 101 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:13,433 OTHER PROCESSIONAL AVENUES OFTEN LEAD TO 102 00:06:13,533 --> 00:06:17,500 A REALLY IMPORTANT PREHISTORIC MONUMENT, 103 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,833 WHEREAS ACTUALLY HERE, 104 00:06:19,933 --> 00:06:21,800 I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. 105 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:26,267 IF THESE ARE PROCESSIONAL WAYS, THEN WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO? 106 00:06:27,367 --> 00:06:29,567 Narrator: THE AERIAL IMAGE OFFERS A CLUE. 107 00:06:30,867 --> 00:06:34,833 THESE TWO SCARS APPEAR TO BE CONVERGING 108 00:06:34,933 --> 00:06:36,933 ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE, 109 00:06:37,067 --> 00:06:39,833 ENDING UP IN A POINT SOMEWHERE OVER HERE 110 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:41,667 BY THIS CLUMP OF TREES. 111 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,267 Narrator: HORTON FOLLOWS THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SCARS. 112 00:06:50,067 --> 00:06:53,300 THERE'S NOT A LOT IN THIS FIELD -- 113 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,567 ARE TREES -- APPEARS TO BE A MODERN PLANTATION, 114 00:06:56,667 --> 00:06:59,767 BUT THE SCARS ARE -- SO THEY'RE COMING JUST 115 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:01,467 IN THIS DIRECTION HERE. 116 00:07:04,967 --> 00:07:06,833 WHAT -- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE? 117 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,067 SOME... 118 00:07:10,133 --> 00:07:11,700 AN OPENING. 119 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:17,067 SEEMS TO BE A -- AN ENTRANCE 120 00:07:17,133 --> 00:07:20,067 TO A -- TO A CAVE OR SOMETHING. 121 00:07:21,867 --> 00:07:25,300 Narrator: HORTON'S INVESTIGATION HAS LED HIM TO A HOLE IN THE GROUND. 122 00:07:27,067 --> 00:07:30,400 HE BELIEVES THIS COULD BE OF ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANCE. 123 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:36,600 Horton: THE CELTIC IRISH WERE OBSESSED WITH THE UNDERWORLD. 124 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:39,433 THAT WAS WHERE THE LIVING WORLD MET 125 00:07:39,533 --> 00:07:41,133 THE WORLD OF THE DEAD. 126 00:07:42,767 --> 00:07:45,667 MAYBE DOWN THERE IS THE WORLD OF THE DEAD. 127 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:50,367 I THINK I'M GONNA GO DOWN MYSELF. 128 00:07:57,233 --> 00:07:58,733 Narrator: AS HORTON DISCOVERS, 129 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:01,300 THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN A SMALL HOLE. 130 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,067 Horton: THIS IS INCREDIBLE! 131 00:08:05,167 --> 00:08:06,500 JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 132 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:13,533 Narrator: COMING UP, 133 00:08:13,633 --> 00:08:15,300 INTO THE REALM OF THE DEAD. 134 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,433 THEY REALLY WERE 135 00:08:17,533 --> 00:08:19,167 ENTERING THE UNDERWORLD HERE. 136 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,167 AND THE ISLAND OF HEROES AND HORRORS. 137 00:08:23,267 --> 00:08:24,933 Walters: THEY BEHEAD PRISONERS 138 00:08:25,067 --> 00:08:28,267 AND FLOAT THESE SEVERED HEADS ACROSS THE BAY. 139 00:08:37,067 --> 00:08:39,100 Narrator: MARK HORTON IS IN RATHCROGHAN, 140 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,300 A LAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEGENDARY KINGS OF IRELAND. 141 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:47,333 AMONGST SOME 240 ANCIENT STRUCTURES 142 00:08:47,433 --> 00:08:50,367 ARE TWO GIANT SCARS REVEALED FROM SPACE. 143 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:55,833 HIS INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS THAT MANY CENTURIES AGO, 144 00:08:55,933 --> 00:08:59,400 THEY GUIDED RITUAL PAGAN PROCESSIONS INTO THIS CAVE. 145 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,967 ALL RIGHT, WAY -- GOSH. 146 00:09:05,067 --> 00:09:13,867 ** 147 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:17,667 Narrator: A NARROW TUNNEL AROUND THREE FEET HIGH TAKES HORTON 148 00:09:17,767 --> 00:09:19,500 DEEP INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH. 149 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:24,600 ** 150 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:26,300 [ GRUNTS ] 151 00:09:28,133 --> 00:09:29,833 THIS IS INCREDIBLE! 152 00:09:33,367 --> 00:09:34,800 WE'VE COME 153 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:37,167 INTO THIS MONSTROUS CAVE! 154 00:09:37,267 --> 00:09:44,067 ** 155 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:47,333 MUST BE 20 FEET HIGH, 156 00:09:47,433 --> 00:09:50,967 A GREAT CRACK, A CLEFT IN THE ROCK, 157 00:09:51,067 --> 00:09:52,567 LIKE A CATHEDRAL IN HERE. 158 00:09:55,967 --> 00:09:59,467 Narrator: THE CHASM STRETCHES EVER FURTHER INTO THE DARKNESS. 159 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:03,267 Horton: THE CAVE KEEPS ON GOING. 160 00:10:03,367 --> 00:10:04,700 IT GETS NARROWER 161 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,967 AND NARROWER INTO THE DARK DEPTHS. 162 00:10:11,433 --> 00:10:14,100 PUT YOURSELF BACK INTO THE MINDS OF 163 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,333 THE CELTIC PEOPLE 2,000 YEARS AGO. 164 00:10:17,433 --> 00:10:19,567 THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT 165 00:10:19,667 --> 00:10:23,133 THEY REALLY WERE ENTERING THE UNDERWORLD HERE. 166 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:27,733 Narrator: THE ANCIENT CELTS BELIEVED THAT CAVES 167 00:10:27,833 --> 00:10:30,567 ARE A PORTAL TO A SUBTERRANEAN WORLD 168 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:33,467 INHABITED BY MYSTICAL AND INVISIBLE BEINGS. 169 00:10:36,567 --> 00:10:39,167 SOMETIMES CALLED THE OTHERWORLD, 170 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:41,467 IT IS THE DOMAIN OF GODS, FAIRIES, 171 00:10:41,567 --> 00:10:43,633 AND SUPERNATURAL BEASTS. 172 00:10:44,733 --> 00:10:47,100 THIS IS WHERE THE DEAD WERE LIVING. 173 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,633 IF I WENT DOWN THERE, 174 00:10:48,733 --> 00:10:53,767 THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MEET THE DEMONS AND THE MONSTERS 175 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:55,500 AND THE RAVENOUS ANIMALS. 176 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,600 Narrator: ACCORDING TO IRISH FOLKLORE, FROM THIS VERY CAVE 177 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:04,067 AROSE ELLEN TRECHEND, A TRIPLE-HEADED MONSTER 178 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:05,633 THAT LAID WASTE TO THE LAND 179 00:11:05,733 --> 00:11:08,667 BEFORE BEING SLAIN BY THE HERO AMERGIN. 180 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,067 IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DEEPLY 181 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:14,367 HAUNTED PLACE. 182 00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:19,800 I CAN WELL IMAGINE THE SCARS THAT WE SAW 183 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:24,767 ON THE SURFACE COULD WELL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME COMPLEX 184 00:11:24,867 --> 00:11:26,600 RELIGIOUS RITUAL 185 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:30,200 IN WHICH PEOPLE PROCESSED TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY 186 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:31,267 NATURAL CAVE. 187 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:37,800 Narrator: THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THESE RITUALS REMAIN UNCLEAR. 188 00:11:39,467 --> 00:11:42,567 YET AS HORTON RETURNS TO THE SURFACE... 189 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,733 Horton: THIS IS THE VERY AWKWARD BIT. 190 00:11:44,833 --> 00:11:49,133 ...AN UNUSUAL FEATURE ON A ROCK FACE CATCHES HIS EYE. 191 00:11:49,233 --> 00:11:51,533 [ GRUNTS ] 192 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:53,667 HANG ON. 193 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:57,200 THERE'S A SERIES OF LINES 194 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:58,567 ON THIS LINTEL. 195 00:12:01,533 --> 00:12:04,933 Narrator: THE ARCHAEOLOGIST RECOGNIZES THE LAYOUT OF THE SYMBOLS. 196 00:12:06,567 --> 00:12:09,633 THE LINES IN THIS POSSIBLY WERE OGHAM, 197 00:12:09,733 --> 00:12:13,267 WHICH IS AN ANCIENT FORM OF IRISH WRITING. 198 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:16,567 AND I CAN'T READ IT HERE. 199 00:12:18,933 --> 00:12:20,500 I THINK THE SIMPLEST THING IS 200 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,333 TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH FROM HERE, 201 00:12:22,433 --> 00:12:26,433 AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY READ IT LATER ON. 202 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:32,067 Narrator: OGHAM IS A CELTIC CODE-LIKE LANGUAGE 203 00:12:32,167 --> 00:12:33,500 DEVELOPED IN THE FOURTH CENTURY. 204 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:38,133 I'VE GOT AN OGHAM CRYPT SHEET HERE. 205 00:12:40,067 --> 00:12:44,833 Narrator: EACH LETTER IS SYMBOLIZED BY LINEAR GROUPS OF CARVED LINES. 206 00:12:44,933 --> 00:12:48,300 ONE OF THE WORDS IN THE CAVE INTRIGUES HORTON. 207 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,333 THAT'S A NAME. 208 00:12:51,267 --> 00:12:54,067 I CAN SEE AN "E" THERE 209 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,500 AND A "D." 210 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,300 IF I GO ALONG A BIT FURTHER... 211 00:13:01,267 --> 00:13:08,067 THAT'S THE IRISH VERSION OF MAEVE, WHO WAS A FAMOUS 212 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:12,733 FIGURE IN IRISH SAGA AND MYTHOLOGY. 213 00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:15,100 THAT'S ACTUALLY FASCINATING. 214 00:13:17,267 --> 00:13:19,300 Narrator: MAEVE IS THE NAME OF THE MYTHICAL 215 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:20,967 WARRIOR QUEEN OF CONNACHT. 216 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,067 SHE WAS FAMED FOR HER FEROCITY AND SKILL IN BATTLE, 217 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:29,233 HER BEAUTY, AND SEXUAL PROWESS. 218 00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:32,567 SHE APPARENTLY HAD SEX WITH HER GENERALS 219 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:36,533 IF THEY WON BATTLES -- SHE'S KIND OF TO THE IRISH 220 00:13:36,633 --> 00:13:39,067 WHO KING ARTHUR IS THE BRITISH, 221 00:13:39,167 --> 00:13:43,400 AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE THERE HER NAME IS 222 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:44,833 ON THAT STONE. 223 00:13:44,933 --> 00:13:48,433 IT'S THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN MYTHOLOGY 224 00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:50,433 AND SCIENTIFIC REALITY. 225 00:13:52,233 --> 00:13:54,767 Narrator: FOR CELTIC WARRIORS, MAEVE WOULD HAVE BEEN 226 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:56,300 A TALISMANIC FIGURE, 227 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,833 A DEMI-GODDESS WHO WOULD PROTECT THEM IN BATTLE. 228 00:14:00,667 --> 00:14:04,833 WE'VE GOT THIS WARRIOR QUEEN MAEVE, 229 00:14:04,933 --> 00:14:06,267 AND WE'VE GOT OUR SCARS. 230 00:14:07,733 --> 00:14:09,467 IN THERE 231 00:14:09,567 --> 00:14:10,767 WERE THE DEMONS. 232 00:14:14,533 --> 00:14:16,800 AND THEY BELIEVED 233 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,067 THEIR WARRIOR QUEEN MIGHT DEFEND THEM FROM THOSE DEMONS. 234 00:14:22,567 --> 00:14:24,833 Narrator: HORTON'S INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS 235 00:14:24,933 --> 00:14:27,067 THAT MORE THAN 2,000 YEARS AGO, 236 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:30,567 THE GIANT SCARS SEEN FROM SPACE GUIDED WARRIORS 237 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:32,533 TO A HIDDEN CAVE TO FACE 238 00:14:32,633 --> 00:14:34,867 THE TERRORS THEY BELIEVED DWELT THERE. 239 00:14:36,333 --> 00:14:38,333 PROTECTED BY THEIR WARRIOR QUEEN, 240 00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:40,767 THEY WOULD RETURN, READY TO DO BATTLE 241 00:14:40,867 --> 00:14:45,367 WITH ANYONE OR ANYTHING THREATENING THEIR SACRED LANDS. 242 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:47,933 CELTIC SOLDIERS WERE VERY WARLIKE, 243 00:14:48,067 --> 00:14:51,367 AND THE FACT THAT A GREAT CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE 244 00:14:51,467 --> 00:14:55,300 WERE PROCESSING TO THIS ENTRANCE 245 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,067 IS SOMETHING WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN 246 00:14:57,133 --> 00:15:00,100 AN ANNUAL EVENT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. 247 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,067 FASCINATING. 248 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:10,267 ** 249 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:11,867 Narrator: COMING UP, 250 00:15:11,967 --> 00:15:15,400 CHINA'S SECRET MULTI-TRILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER. 251 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,367 Ruben: WE ARE SEEING A MAJOR CATASTROPHE TAKING PLACE. 252 00:15:18,467 --> 00:15:21,167 BUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT IS A TOTAL MYSTERY. 253 00:15:22,267 --> 00:15:24,900 Narrator: AND THE BILLION-VOLT HUMAN SACRIFICE. 254 00:15:25,067 --> 00:15:27,067 Krueger: AFTER YOU HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, 255 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,867 YOU WOULD BE SEEN AS A DEMIGOD. 256 00:15:40,767 --> 00:15:43,800 Narrator: DECEMBER 21, 2017. 257 00:15:45,067 --> 00:15:47,367 JIANGXI PROVINCE IN SOUTHEAST CHINA. 258 00:15:49,733 --> 00:15:51,633 A SERIES OF IMAGES TAKEN ABOVE 259 00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:55,233 LAKE POYANG REVEALS SOMETHING TROUBLING. 260 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:59,067 THIS IS A REALLY MAJOR LOSS OF 261 00:15:59,133 --> 00:16:03,300 LAKE WATER DROPPING TO PHENOMENALLY LOW LEVELS. 262 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,433 THE LAKE IS DISAPPEARING. 263 00:16:05,533 --> 00:16:08,100 IT'S GONE FROM A BIG BLANKET OF BLUE 264 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,067 TO A FEW ISOLATED PUDDLES -- THAT'S CRAZY. 265 00:16:12,567 --> 00:16:15,067 Narrator: THIS GIANT LAKE ON WHICH MILLIONS 266 00:16:15,133 --> 00:16:17,067 OF LIVES DEPEND HAS SHRUNK 267 00:16:17,133 --> 00:16:20,200 FROM 1,700 SQUARE MILES TO JUST 80. 268 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,400 IN THE 2016 IMAGE, 269 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,367 THIS STRUCTURE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE, 270 00:16:26,467 --> 00:16:29,433 BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE 2017 IMAGE, 271 00:16:29,533 --> 00:16:32,467 NOW IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF DRY LANDS, AND THERE ARE 272 00:16:32,567 --> 00:16:34,700 EVEN ROADS, WHICH LEAD UP TO IT. 273 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:38,067 TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER 274 00:16:38,133 --> 00:16:40,367 AND JUST DISAPPEARING BEFORE OUR EYES. 275 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:43,367 Narrator: IMAGES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA CONFIRM 276 00:16:43,467 --> 00:16:46,333 A DRAMATIC DROP IN WATER LEVELS. 277 00:16:46,433 --> 00:16:48,167 FEATURES LIKE THIS ISLAND, 278 00:16:48,267 --> 00:16:50,567 WHERE TOURISTS USED TO HAVE TO TAKE A BOAT... 279 00:16:52,067 --> 00:16:54,067 NOW THEY CAN EITHER WALK OR TAKE A CAR. 280 00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:59,633 Ruben: WE ARE SEEING A MAJOR CATASTROPHE TAKING PLACE, 281 00:16:59,733 --> 00:17:02,833 BUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT IS A TOTAL MYSTERY. 282 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,900 Narrator: HUNDREDS OF LARGE OBJECTS LITTER WHAT REMAINS 283 00:17:08,067 --> 00:17:09,167 OF THE LAKE. 284 00:17:09,267 --> 00:17:12,133 WE CAN SEE THAT THESE VESSELS UP AGAINST THE MARGIN OF 285 00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:15,233 THE LAKE -- IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A LOG JAM OF BOATS. 286 00:17:16,567 --> 00:17:19,833 Ruben: THESE DON'T LOOK LIKE FISHING BOATS OR PASSENGER BOATS. 287 00:17:19,933 --> 00:17:23,433 THESE ARE BARGES AND BIG BARGES. 288 00:17:23,533 --> 00:17:27,067 Narrator: THE NUMBER OF BARGES SUGGESTS ONGOING INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY 289 00:17:27,167 --> 00:17:28,467 AROUND THE LAKE. 290 00:17:28,567 --> 00:17:31,467 Spicer Rice: NEAR ALL OF THESE CONCENTRATIONS OF BARGES, 291 00:17:31,567 --> 00:17:34,333 THIS DEPOT HAS MOUNTAINS OF SAND, 292 00:17:34,433 --> 00:17:36,400 LIKE REAL MOUNTAINS OF SAND. 293 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,233 I MEAN, THIS IS CLEARLY A HUGE BUSINESS. 294 00:17:41,733 --> 00:17:45,067 Narrator: KEN JOYCE USES MAXAR'S SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY 295 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:48,200 TO STUDY THE GIANT DEPOT AND BARGES IN DETAIL. 296 00:17:49,467 --> 00:17:51,567 LOOKING AROUND THIS PART OF THE LAKE, 297 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:54,567 EACH ONE'S CARRYING HUGE AMOUNTS OF SAND. 298 00:17:55,633 --> 00:17:58,100 I THINK THAT THEY'RE CARRYING SAND FROM THE BOTTOM 299 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,400 OF THE LAKE AND THEN EMPTYING IT AT THESE FACILITIES. 300 00:18:04,067 --> 00:18:05,833 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ENTIRE LAKE HAS BEEN 301 00:18:05,933 --> 00:18:10,100 TURNED INTO SOME SORT OF HUGE MINING OPERATION. 302 00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:14,200 THE DISCOVERY SUGGESTS ONE INDUSTRY COULD BE 303 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:16,567 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHRINKING LAKE. 304 00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:20,733 THE BIGGEST USE FOR ALLUVIAL SAND IS MAKING CONCRETE, 305 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:25,800 AND CHINA IS USING UP ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF CONCRETE. 306 00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:29,733 Narrator: BETWEEN 2011 AND 2013, 307 00:18:29,833 --> 00:18:33,100 CHINA USES SIX BILLION TONS OF CONCRETE. 308 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,067 THAT'S MORE THAN THE U.S. USED IN THE 20TH CENTURY 309 00:18:36,167 --> 00:18:39,467 AND ENOUGH TO TURN HAWAII INTO A PARKING LOT. 310 00:18:39,567 --> 00:18:42,733 EACH CUBIC YARD OF CONCRETE NEEDS OVER A TON OF SAND 311 00:18:42,833 --> 00:18:44,667 FROM LAKES LIKE THIS. 312 00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:48,333 CHINA IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS BUILDING BOOM. 313 00:18:48,433 --> 00:18:50,867 IT'S MEGA PROJECT AFTER MEGA PROJECT. 314 00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:56,733 Ruben: AIRPORTS, BRIDGES, SKYSCRAPERS, 315 00:18:56,833 --> 00:18:58,367 POWER STATIONS -- 316 00:18:58,467 --> 00:19:00,467 IF YOU CAN BUILD IT, YOU CAN BET THAT 317 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:04,067 THE CHINESE ARE BUILDING MORE OF IT FASTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 318 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:08,167 Narrator: TO FUEL ITS MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 319 00:19:08,267 --> 00:19:09,900 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTS, 320 00:19:10,067 --> 00:19:12,533 THE COUNTRY CONSUMES MORE CONCRETE THAN THE REST 321 00:19:12,633 --> 00:19:14,067 OF THE WORLD COMBINED. 322 00:19:17,733 --> 00:19:19,500 CHINA IS BUILDING THE EQUIVALENT OF 323 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,300 THE CITY OF ROME EVERY TWO WEEKS. 324 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,333 THIS SERIES OF PICTURES SHOWS THERE'S SIGNS 325 00:19:24,433 --> 00:19:25,733 THAT IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. 326 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,733 Narrator: DURING THE LAST DECADE, 327 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:32,633 SHENZHEN HAS BUILT MORE SKYSCRAPERS THAN THERE 328 00:19:32,733 --> 00:19:35,667 ARE IN THE WHOLE OF NEW YORK CITY. 329 00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:39,067 BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, SOMETHING WEIRDER IS HAPPENING. 330 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:43,233 THERE ARE ENTIRE CITIES SPRINGING UP OVER CHINA 331 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:47,067 WITH ALL THE AMENITIES OF A CITY EXCEPT ONE -- PEOPLE. 332 00:19:49,133 --> 00:19:52,233 Narrator: SINCE 1980, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS BUILT 333 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:54,600 HUGE NUMBERS OF TOWNS AND CITIES 334 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:57,867 TO LURE HALF A BILLION PEOPLE FROM RURAL AREAS. 335 00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:02,033 ONE CITY MAYOR SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE BUYING A SET 336 00:20:02,133 --> 00:20:05,267 OF CLOTHES TWO SIZES TOO BIG FOR YOUR CHILD TO GROW INTO. 337 00:20:05,367 --> 00:20:07,967 BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, SOMETIMES YOU'RE LEFT WITH 338 00:20:08,067 --> 00:20:10,267 A LOT OF EMPTY, VACANT PROPERTY 339 00:20:10,367 --> 00:20:11,733 THAT NO ONE CAN USE YET. 340 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,967 Narrator: TODAY, DOZENS OF SO-CALLED GHOST CITIES, 341 00:20:16,067 --> 00:20:17,833 SOME AS BIG AS PHILADELPHIA, 342 00:20:17,933 --> 00:20:19,633 LITTER THE COUNTRY. 343 00:20:19,733 --> 00:20:24,300 THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 MILLION UNOCCUPIED APARTMENTS IN CHINA. 344 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,867 THAT'S ENOUGH TO FIT THE POPULATION OF NEW YORK 345 00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,900 SEVERAL TIMES. 346 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,400 Narrator: THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES' BLIND PURSUIT OF URBAN GROWTH 347 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:36,600 HAS SADDLED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH $2.5 TRILLION OF DEBT, 348 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,000 ABOUT THE SAME AS THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ENTIRE GDP. 349 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:44,600 THERE'S SO MUCH DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING 350 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:47,467 THESE EMPTY CITIES THAT IF THERE'S A CRASH, 351 00:20:47,567 --> 00:20:50,200 THE RIPPLES WILL BE FELT ECONOMICALLY AROUND THE WORLD. 352 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:55,900 Narrator: IN A COUNTRY WHERE MANY PEOPLE EARN LESS THAN A DOLLAR A DAY, 353 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,333 OFFICIALS HAVE BORROWED AND BUILT THEIR WAY 354 00:20:58,433 --> 00:20:59,533 INTO PROSPERITY. 355 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,067 THE POLITICIANS CAN BASICALLY WORK THEIR WAY UP THE RANKS 356 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,767 BY BUILDING CITIES, 357 00:21:05,867 --> 00:21:08,300 AND SO THERE'S A PUSH TO LITERALLY BUILD CITIES 358 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,433 THAT PEOPLE CAN'T POPULATE. 359 00:21:10,533 --> 00:21:14,267 AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE'RE SEEING SUCH A PUSH IN CONCRETE. 360 00:21:15,533 --> 00:21:17,667 Narrator: TO FEED THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY, 361 00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:21,167 THE BARGES ON THE LAKE HAVE DREDGED AWAY NATURAL DAMS, 362 00:21:21,267 --> 00:21:24,133 CAUSING WATER TO EMPTY INTO THE YANGTZE RIVER. 363 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:29,567 SAND IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE OUTFLOW CHANNEL OF THE LAKE. 364 00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:32,100 THEY'VE EFFECTIVELY PULLED THE PLUG, 365 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,700 AND POYANG LAKE IS DRAINING AWAY. 366 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:41,067 Narrator: NOW CHINA'S NOTORIOUS TRIADS ARE GETTING IN ON THE ACTION. 367 00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:44,600 THE DEMAND FOR ALLUVIAL SAND IS SUCH BIG BUSINESS 368 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,200 THAT CRIMINAL GANGS KNOWN AS THE SAND MAFIA 369 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,200 ARE INFILTRATING THE TRADE. 370 00:21:52,533 --> 00:21:55,533 Narrator: 80% OF THE 50 BILLION TONS OF SAND 371 00:21:55,633 --> 00:21:58,900 MINED A YEAR IS NOW EXTRACTED ILLEGALLY, 372 00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:02,433 EARNING CRIMINAL CARTELS TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 373 00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:05,700 Spicer Rice: LEGAL SAND MINING CAN BE EXPENSIVE. 374 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,667 I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND RED TAPE 375 00:22:07,767 --> 00:22:08,833 TO GO THROUGH, 376 00:22:08,933 --> 00:22:11,767 BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST EASIER TO PAY SOME BRIBES, 377 00:22:11,867 --> 00:22:14,467 HIRE SOME THUGS, AND GO ON AND GET THE STUFF. 378 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,067 Narrator: THOSE WHO SUFFER ARE, AS ALWAYS, ORDINARY PEOPLE. 379 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:27,233 AROUND 45 MILLION PEOPLE RELY ON LAKE POYANG 380 00:22:27,333 --> 00:22:28,767 FOR THEIR DRINKING WATER, 381 00:22:28,867 --> 00:22:31,067 MORE THAN THE POPULATION OF CANADA. 382 00:22:33,067 --> 00:22:34,933 Spicer Rice: THIS IS DEVASTATING. 383 00:22:35,067 --> 00:22:37,467 I MEAN, IF THEY KEEP GOING AT THIS RATE, 384 00:22:37,567 --> 00:22:40,233 THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA BE LEFT WITH NO LAKE. 385 00:22:41,533 --> 00:22:42,633 WHAT ARE THEY DOING? 386 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:52,067 Narrator: COMING UP, HITLER'S 15,000-TON 387 00:22:52,167 --> 00:22:53,700 AERIAL ARMAGEDDON. 388 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,633 DAY IN, DAY OUT, THESE NAZI BOMBERS -- 389 00:22:56,733 --> 00:22:58,367 THEY'RE JUST RAINING DEATH UPON YOUR HEAD. 390 00:23:00,167 --> 00:23:03,433 Narrator: AND THE GIANT FOG BEAST OF MINNESOTA. 391 00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:06,233 Lindsay: IT'S LIKE THIS METHODICAL, CREEPING CREATURE 392 00:23:06,333 --> 00:23:08,667 THAT CAREENS INTO WHATEVER IT TOUCHES. 393 00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:19,900 SEPTEMBER 16, 2019. 394 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,833 AS THE WorldView-3 SATELLITE 395 00:23:22,933 --> 00:23:25,667 PASSES OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF MALTA, 396 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:28,767 IT CAPTURES THIS IMAGE OF A PENINSULA FAR BELOW. 397 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,333 Walters: WHAT'S DRAWING MY EYE 398 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:35,200 ARE THESE REALLY QUITE ODD 399 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,533 SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. 400 00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:40,900 Hymel: THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE ANCIENT CROP CIRCLES -- 401 00:23:41,067 --> 00:23:42,433 VERY MYSTERIOUS. 402 00:23:44,467 --> 00:23:47,933 Narrator: ANALYSTS SCAN THROUGH TIME USING HISTORICAL IMAGES. 403 00:23:49,933 --> 00:23:53,233 Joyce: SEEING VERY LITTLE CHANGE MAKES ME THINK THAT THIS IS 404 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:56,200 SOMETHING THAT WAS PROBABLY ETCHED INTO THE ROCK ITSELF, 405 00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,333 MAYBE SOMETHING FROM THE ANCIENT PAST. 406 00:24:01,267 --> 00:24:03,733 Narrator: KEVIN HYMEL HAS A THEORY. 407 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:05,733 SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A HEADLAND, 408 00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:08,833 WHICH IS MAKING IT A PERFECT, DEFENSIBLE POSITION. 409 00:24:08,933 --> 00:24:11,400 COULD THIS BE THE REMAINS OF SOME KIND OF CASTLE 410 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:12,533 OR FORTRESS? 411 00:24:14,067 --> 00:24:17,467 THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORTS ALL OVER MALTA, 412 00:24:17,567 --> 00:24:21,233 AND THEY'RE NEEDED FOR ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SIEGES 413 00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:23,067 IN WORLD HISTORY -- 414 00:24:23,167 --> 00:24:24,467 THE SIEGE OF MALTA. 415 00:24:26,367 --> 00:24:30,267 Narrator: THE SIEGE OF MALTA BEGINS IN MAY 1565. 416 00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:33,933 [ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ] 417 00:24:34,067 --> 00:24:37,667 40,000 OTTOMAN SOLDIERS ATTEMPT TO WRESTLE CONTROL OF 418 00:24:37,767 --> 00:24:40,133 THE ISLAND FROM A CATHOLIC MILITARY ORDER 419 00:24:40,233 --> 00:24:41,833 CALLED THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER. 420 00:24:43,633 --> 00:24:45,067 Hymel: ON THE ONE SIDE, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 421 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,267 700 KNIGHTS OF MALTA ATTACKING THEM, 422 00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:50,633 THESE THOUSANDS OF WARRIORS 423 00:24:50,733 --> 00:24:52,500 FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. 424 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,833 IT'S REALLY SORT OF A DAVID AND GOLIATH BATTLE. 425 00:24:56,900 --> 00:25:00,133 Narrator: TO THWART THE NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR INVADERS, 426 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:02,133 THE KNIGHTS DESTROY CROPS, 427 00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:05,500 POISON WELLS, AND RETREAT INSIDE THE ISLAND'S 428 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,067 FEARSOME COASTAL FORTS. 429 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,900 THE OTTOMANS, IN ORDER TO DESTROY THE KNIGHTS' MORALE, 430 00:25:11,067 --> 00:25:14,767 BEHEAD PRISONERS AND FLOAT THEM ACROSS THE BAY. 431 00:25:16,267 --> 00:25:19,300 THE DEFENDERS, IN TURN, BEHEAD OTTOMAN PRISONERS 432 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,233 AND FIRE THESE HEADS ACROSS THE LINES, 433 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:23,867 SO YOU'VE BASICALLY GOT A KIND OF 434 00:25:23,967 --> 00:25:25,667 BATTLE OF SEVERED HEADS. 435 00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:29,933 Narrator: DESPITE THEIR VASTLY SUPERIOR NUMBERS, 436 00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:33,833 AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF SAVAGE WARFARE, THE OTTOMANS RETREAT, 437 00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:37,600 HAVING LOST 3/4 OF THEIR ARMY DURING THE SIEGE. 438 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:39,667 Hymel: IT WAS SUCH A LONGSTANDING SIEGE, 439 00:25:39,767 --> 00:25:42,667 IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT THESE CIRCLES 440 00:25:42,767 --> 00:25:44,333 WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THIS -- 441 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:47,733 THIS FAMOUS BATTLE THAT CONSUMES ALL OF MALTA. 442 00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:52,867 Narrator: JEFF WAWRO LEARNS THAT THE PATTERN DOES INDEED SERVE 443 00:25:52,967 --> 00:25:54,500 A MILITARY PURPOSE, 444 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,733 BUT NOT ONE FROM THE 16th CENTURY. 445 00:25:57,967 --> 00:26:02,100 SO WHAT WE DISCOVER USING MALTESE RECORDS IS THAT THIS, 446 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,733 IN FACT, IS ESSENTIALLY A NAVIGATIONAL AID. 447 00:26:04,833 --> 00:26:08,667 IT'S A BIG COMPASS ETCHED INTO THE ROCK. 448 00:26:10,067 --> 00:26:12,200 Narrator: FOR WAWRO, THE GIANT COMPASS 449 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:13,533 VISIBLE FROM THE SKIES 450 00:26:13,633 --> 00:26:16,200 POINTS TO ONE PARTICULAR PERIOD IN HISTORY. 451 00:26:18,633 --> 00:26:22,300 I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT THIS CONFIGURATION 452 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,833 MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO 453 00:26:23,933 --> 00:26:26,867 WITH BRITISH AIRCRAFT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 454 00:26:28,767 --> 00:26:32,200 Narrator: ALTHOUGH ONLY AROUND FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN MANHATTAN, 455 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,600 MALTA IS OF MASSIVE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THE ALLIES 456 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:37,133 DURING WORLD WAR II. 457 00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:41,867 WHOEVER CONTROLS MALTA AND HOLDS IT, CAN USE IT 458 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,767 AS A BASE TO CONTROL THE SHIPPING ROUTES 459 00:26:44,867 --> 00:26:46,500 BETWEEN EUROPE AND AFRICA. 460 00:26:49,067 --> 00:26:51,133 Wawro: THE BRITISH OWNED IT, AND OWNING IT, 461 00:26:51,233 --> 00:26:53,333 IT ALLOWED THEM TO CUT SUPPLY LINES BETWEEN 462 00:26:53,433 --> 00:26:56,833 HITLER'S AFRICA CORPS IN NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE. 463 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:03,100 Narrator: BETWEEN 1941 AND 1942, 464 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,133 BRITISH FORCES IN MALTA DESTROY OVER 400,000 TONS 465 00:27:07,233 --> 00:27:08,967 OF NAZI SHIPPING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 466 00:27:10,567 --> 00:27:13,067 NEUTRALIZING THE ISLAND BECOMES ONE OF HITLER'S 467 00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:14,200 TOP PRIORITIES. 468 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:18,433 THE GERMANS FEEL THEY DON'T NEED TO INVADE MALTA. 469 00:27:18,533 --> 00:27:21,333 THEY CAN SEAL IT OFF WITH A HEAVY BOMBING CAMPAIGN. 470 00:27:24,567 --> 00:27:28,067 Narrator: MALTA IS SOON IN THE GRIPS OF ANOTHER SIEGE, 471 00:27:28,133 --> 00:27:30,367 THIS TIME AT THE HANDS OF THE LUFTWAFFE, 472 00:27:30,467 --> 00:27:33,467 WHICH DROPS 15,000 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES 473 00:27:33,567 --> 00:27:35,933 DURING 3,000 ATTACKS ON THE ISLAND. 474 00:27:37,633 --> 00:27:41,667 IT BECOMES THE MOST BOMBED PLACE ON EARTH. 475 00:27:41,767 --> 00:27:44,400 Walters: DAY IN, DAY OUT, THESE NAZI BOMBERS, 476 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,200 THEY'RE JUST RAINING DEATH UPON YOUR HEADS. 477 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,900 THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY USED THE TUNNELS THAT WERE DUG 478 00:27:51,067 --> 00:27:53,133 HALF A MILLENNIA BEFORE 479 00:27:53,233 --> 00:27:57,133 BY THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA AS SHELTER TO HIDE FROM THE BOMBS. 480 00:28:00,567 --> 00:28:03,333 Narrator: THE MASSIVE COMPASS IN THE IMAGE MAY HAVE DIRECTED 481 00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:05,833 ALLIED BOMBERS IN A VITAL COUNTERATTACK 482 00:28:05,933 --> 00:28:07,300 AGAINST THE NAZIS, 483 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,400 CODE-NAMED OPERATION HUSKY. 484 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,967 OPERATION HUSKY IS THE ANGLO-AMERICAN 485 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:16,433 INVASION OF FIRST SICILY AND THEN ITALY. 486 00:28:19,067 --> 00:28:21,067 THE IDEA BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, ITALY WOULD BE 487 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:23,467 A SOFT UNDERBELLY OF THE AXIS. 488 00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:28,467 COMPASSES POINT MAGNETIC NORTH, 489 00:28:28,567 --> 00:28:31,067 BUT WORLD WAR TWO MAPS USED TRUE NORTH. 490 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:35,100 THE GIANT ETCHING IN THE ROCK ENABLES AIRCREWS 491 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,567 TO ADJUST THEIR INSTRUMENTS AS THEY BEGIN 492 00:28:37,667 --> 00:28:38,967 THEIR CRITICAL MISSION. 493 00:28:40,267 --> 00:28:42,633 Walters: THAT STRAIGHT LINE YOU CAN SEE IS ACTUALLY 494 00:28:42,733 --> 00:28:46,700 POINTING EXACTLY DUE NORTH, SO YOU CAN LOOK DOWN 495 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,833 AT THAT AND YOU CAN CORRECT YOUR COMPASS BEARING OFF IT. 496 00:28:50,933 --> 00:28:53,767 THIS IS A REALLY VITAL NAVIGATIONAL AID. 497 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:59,167 Narrator: 4,000 PLANES, MANY BASED OUT OF MALTA, 498 00:28:59,267 --> 00:29:01,100 ARE INVOLVED IN OPERATION HUSKY. 499 00:29:03,367 --> 00:29:05,367 SUCH IS THE SUCCESS OF THE OFFENSIVE 500 00:29:05,467 --> 00:29:08,400 THAT WITHIN TWO MONTHS, ITALY SURRENDERS, 501 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,067 AND THE TIDE OF WORLD WAR II 502 00:29:10,133 --> 00:29:11,600 TURNS IN THE ALLIES' FAVOR. 503 00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:14,833 Walters: I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S STILL THERE 504 00:29:14,933 --> 00:29:16,633 BECAUSE IT KIND OF ACTS AS A MONUMENT 505 00:29:16,733 --> 00:29:19,067 THAT REMINDS US OF WHAT WENT ON 506 00:29:19,133 --> 00:29:20,733 THROUGHOUT THOSE TERRIBLE YEARS. 507 00:29:28,067 --> 00:29:30,967 Narrator: COMING UP, DEATH OF THE SWAMP MONSTER. 508 00:29:31,067 --> 00:29:33,067 THEY ATTACK IT WITH CHAINSAWS 509 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:34,733 AND BLAST IT WITH DYNAMITE. 510 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,300 Narrator: AND DECODING THE DESERT CIPHER. 511 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,600 THIS COULD BE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. 512 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:42,833 IT'S UNTOUCHED. 513 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,500 Narrator: FALL 2017. 514 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,633 SATELLITES FLYING OVER MINNESOTA CAPTURE A SEQUENCE 515 00:29:58,733 --> 00:30:03,267 OF IMAGES THAT REVEAL SOMETHING UNUSUAL ON A LAKE BELOW. 516 00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:08,100 Nelson: THIS IS A GIANT MASS THE SIZE OF AN ISLAND, 517 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,533 WHICH IS FLOATING ALONG THE COASTLINE. 518 00:30:13,633 --> 00:30:16,967 Narrator: THE MYSTERIOUS BULK MEASURES NEARLY FOUR ACRES. 519 00:30:17,067 --> 00:30:18,833 MORE THAN THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS. 520 00:30:21,033 --> 00:30:24,200 Kays: IT'S SOME KIND OF GREEN BLOB IN THE WATER. 521 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:25,233 IT'S REALLY WEIRD TO HAVE 522 00:30:25,333 --> 00:30:27,667 SOMETHING THIS BIG MOVING AROUND IN A LAKE. 523 00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:31,533 Lindsay: IT'S LIKE THIS METHODICAL, CREEPING CREATURE 524 00:30:31,633 --> 00:30:34,067 THAT CAREENS INTO WHATEVER IT TOUCHES. 525 00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:38,967 Narrator: SATELLITE IMAGES OF ANOTHER NORTH AMERICAN LAKE 526 00:30:39,067 --> 00:30:42,400 OFFER CLUES TO THE ORIGIN OF THE WEIRD FLOATING MASS. 527 00:30:43,433 --> 00:30:46,067 SPIRIT LAKE ON MOUNT SAINT HELENS 528 00:30:46,167 --> 00:30:49,900 IN WASHINGTON STATE HAS A HUGE MASS OF LOGS 529 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,700 FLOATING ON ITS SURFACE TODAY. 530 00:30:54,167 --> 00:30:57,867 Narrator: ON MAY 18, 1980, MOUNT SAINT HELENS EXPLODES 531 00:30:57,967 --> 00:31:02,067 WITH THE EQUIVALENT ENERGY OF 24 MEGATONS OF TNT. 532 00:31:04,067 --> 00:31:06,800 IT TRIGGERS THE BIGGEST LANDSLIDE IN HISTORY, 533 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:11,567 WHICH DEPOSITS OVER 350,000 ACRES OF TREES INTO THE WATERS 534 00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:13,233 OF SPIRIT LAKE, 535 00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:16,767 CREATING A GIANT FLOATING RAFT VISIBLE FROM SPACE. 536 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,167 Watkins: THIS MASS OF LOGS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES. 537 00:31:22,267 --> 00:31:24,433 THE WIND BLOWS IT UP AND DOWN THE LAKE. 538 00:31:24,533 --> 00:31:27,633 IT SORT OF EXISTS AT THE WHIM OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 539 00:31:29,767 --> 00:31:33,500 Narrator: MINNESOTA HAS ALMOST 12,000 LAKES SURROUNDED BY 540 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,067 17 MILLION ACRES OF TREES, 541 00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:39,900 BUT THE LAST VOLCANO ERUPTED HERE OVER A BILLION YEARS AGO. 542 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,133 HOWEVER, EVENTS FROM THE STATE'S MORE RECENT HISTORY 543 00:31:44,233 --> 00:31:47,267 COULD OFFER A CLUE TO THE WEIRD BLOB IN THE IMAGE. 544 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:50,967 THIS PART OF THE WORLD WAS 545 00:31:51,067 --> 00:31:53,467 THE REAL HUB OF LOGGING IN UNITED STATES. 546 00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:55,633 PEOPLE WOULD GO UP RIVER TO THE AREA 547 00:31:55,733 --> 00:31:57,467 OF MINNESOTA THAT WAS RICH IN PINE TREES. 548 00:31:59,067 --> 00:32:02,767 Narrator: BY 1900, THE STATE IS PRODUCING OVER 75 BILLION 549 00:32:02,867 --> 00:32:05,567 SQUARE FEET OF LOG AND PLANKS A YEAR, 550 00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:08,167 ENOUGH TO BUILD 600,000 HOUSES. 551 00:32:10,133 --> 00:32:12,533 THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTELY INSATIABLE APPETITE 552 00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:14,733 FOR THIS TYPE OF LUMBER, NOT ONLY IN THE U.S., 553 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,633 BUT ALSO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN EUROPE, 554 00:32:16,733 --> 00:32:18,200 AND THESE LUMBERJACKS JUST COULDN'T 555 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:19,433 CUT 'EM DOWN FAST ENOUGH. 556 00:32:21,367 --> 00:32:23,500 Narrator: THE JOB OF DRIVING THE TWO-TON LOGS 557 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,933 DOWN RIVER FALLS TWO MEN KNOWN AS RIVER PIGS. 558 00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:29,467 Kays: THEY WERE REAL DAREDEVILS. 559 00:32:29,567 --> 00:32:31,400 THE LOGS ARE SPINNING, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK 560 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:32,767 THAT THEY WOULD FALL IN THE WATER 561 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,867 AND ALSO GET CRUSHED BY ALL THE OTHER LOGS 562 00:32:34,967 --> 00:32:36,200 THAT WERE COMING IN. 563 00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,733 Narrator: IN 1886, RIVER PIGS BATTLE 564 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:43,567 THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LOG JAM ON MINNESOTA'S ST. CROIX RIVER. 565 00:32:44,967 --> 00:32:48,300 IT TAKES 200 MEN WORKING SIX WEEKS WITH DYNAMITE 566 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:49,433 TO UNBLOCK IT. 567 00:32:53,633 --> 00:32:56,733 MAYBE WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A KIND OF ANCIENT LOG JAM 568 00:32:56,833 --> 00:32:58,533 THAT'S GROWN OVER WITH VEGETATION 569 00:32:58,633 --> 00:33:00,067 AND WASHED DOWN TO THIS LAKE. 570 00:33:01,533 --> 00:33:03,067 Narrator: YET WHEN ANALYSTS TURN TO 571 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,067 MAXAR'S SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY, 572 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,767 IT THROWS THE MYSTERY OPEN. 573 00:33:08,267 --> 00:33:10,067 Joyce: THERE'S PART OF THE SHORELINE THAT'S 574 00:33:10,133 --> 00:33:12,700 THE EXACT SAME SIZE AND SHAPE 575 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,200 OF WHATEVER THIS FLOATING OBJECT IS ON THE SOUTHERN PART 576 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,433 OF THE LAKE. 577 00:33:17,533 --> 00:33:20,367 THE AREA IT'S BROKEN AWAY FROM IS LIKE A SWAMPY, 578 00:33:20,467 --> 00:33:21,900 MARSHY WETLAND. 579 00:33:22,067 --> 00:33:23,667 SO WHAT WE SEE FLOATING IN THIS LAKE 580 00:33:23,767 --> 00:33:27,133 IS ACTUALLY A BIG SECTION OF PEAT BOG, 581 00:33:27,233 --> 00:33:28,600 Nelson: MUCH LIKE A LOG FLOATS, 582 00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:33,067 HERE YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE MASS OF DEAD PLANT MATERIAL, 583 00:33:33,133 --> 00:33:34,900 WHICH ITSELF IS FLOATING. 584 00:33:36,767 --> 00:33:39,433 Narrator: EXPERTS CALCULATE THAT THIS ROGUE PEAT BOG 585 00:33:39,533 --> 00:33:41,133 IS THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. 586 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,600 Fanara: IT IS 30 FEET DEEP. 587 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:48,900 IT LIKELY WEIGHS OVER 1,000 TONS. 588 00:33:49,067 --> 00:33:51,933 IT'S THE WEIGHT OF OVER 500 CARS. 589 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:55,567 Narrator: ANALYSTS TRACK THIS BOGZILLA 590 00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:58,200 AS IT LEAVES A PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE. 591 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,267 THIS THING IS RUNNING INTO BOAT RAMPS, INTO DOCKS, 592 00:34:03,367 --> 00:34:05,633 DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, 593 00:34:05,733 --> 00:34:09,967 AND EVENTUALLY, IT WASHES UP ON A BEACH. 594 00:34:10,067 --> 00:34:12,700 AND TO MAKE IT ALL WORSE, IT SMELLS HORRIBLE. 595 00:34:14,067 --> 00:34:16,900 Narrator: THE GIANT, FETID BOG CAREENS AROUND THE LAKE 596 00:34:17,067 --> 00:34:18,067 FOR THREE WEEKS. 597 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:22,933 RESIDENTS ARE DESPERATE TO DESTROY THIS FLOATING ISLAND, 598 00:34:23,067 --> 00:34:25,467 AND ONE SOLUTION IS GOOD OLD AMERICAN 599 00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:27,067 BLAST IT WITH DYNAMITE. 600 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:31,300 Narrator: BUT THIS BEAST HAS GOT MONSTER WIND PROBLEMS, 601 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,833 SO BANG GOES THAT THEORY. 602 00:34:34,933 --> 00:34:37,733 IT'S FULL OF DECOMPOSING ORGANIC MATTER, 603 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:41,733 WHICH MEANS IT'S GIVING OFF A LOT OF INFLAMMABLE GASES. 604 00:34:41,833 --> 00:34:43,133 Nelson: IF IT LIT ON FIRE, 605 00:34:43,233 --> 00:34:46,433 ALL OF THE FUMES WOULD BE EXTREMELY CARCINOGENIC -- 606 00:34:46,533 --> 00:34:49,167 BENZENE, METHANE, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, 607 00:34:49,267 --> 00:34:51,767 LOTS OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS -- IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD. 608 00:34:52,933 --> 00:34:54,467 THEY CAN'T BURN IT. 609 00:34:54,567 --> 00:34:56,300 THEY CAN'T SINK IT. 610 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,200 BOGZILLA APPEARS TO BE UNKILLABLE. 611 00:35:01,067 --> 00:35:02,233 INSTEAD OF BLOWING IT UP, 612 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:04,567 THEY DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FLOATING PEAT BOG 613 00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:06,267 TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE LAKE. 614 00:35:06,367 --> 00:35:08,200 THEY GET BOATS TO TRY TO TUG IT 615 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:10,933 AND HAVE EXCAVATORS ON THE LAND TO TRY TO PUSH IT. 616 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,533 AND THIS PLAN FAILS MISERABLY. 617 00:35:13,633 --> 00:35:16,467 IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, UM, WE'VE -- 618 00:35:16,567 --> 00:35:18,200 IT'S KICKED OUR BUTT, UM, 619 00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:20,067 LET'S JUST BE HONEST HERE. 620 00:35:20,167 --> 00:35:22,533 Kays: THE NEXT PLAN LOCALS TRY IS TO BREAK IT UP. 621 00:35:22,633 --> 00:35:24,600 THEY TAKE A CHAIN, WRAP IT AROUND THE MIDDLE, 622 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:25,700 AND PULL IT TIGHT, 623 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,067 AND THIS SUCCEEDS IN BREAKING THE BOG INTO TWO. 624 00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:32,233 BUT NOW, INSTEAD OF ONE MASSIVE BOG THAT WON'T MOVE, 625 00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:36,333 THEY HAVE TWO VERY, VERY LARGE BOGS THAT WON'T MOVE. 626 00:35:36,433 --> 00:35:38,433 Ruben: THEY ATTACK IT WITH CHAINSAWS, 627 00:35:38,533 --> 00:35:41,467 AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SPLIT THE BOG INTO SEVERAL SMALL PIECES, 628 00:35:41,567 --> 00:35:44,333 WHICH CAN BE TOWED BY BOATS OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE LAKE. 629 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:47,900 Narrator: AERIAL IMAGES CAPTURE THE AFTERMATH 630 00:35:48,067 --> 00:35:51,067 OF THE MINNESOTA CHAINSAW MASSACRE. 631 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,400 CHUNKS OF THIS FLOATING OBJECT ARE NOW 632 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,600 SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKE SHORE. 633 00:35:57,700 --> 00:35:59,300 IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS COMMUNITY 634 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,233 HAS NOW DEFEATED THE BOG. 635 00:36:03,267 --> 00:36:05,100 BUT THIS MAY NOT BE THE END OF THE STORY, 636 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,833 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE BOG IS BROKEN UP, 637 00:36:06,933 --> 00:36:09,967 THOSE PIECES ARE STILL IN THE LAKE, SO YOU NEVER KNOW. 638 00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,267 AT ANY POINT, THE BOG COULD STRIKE. 639 00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:22,700 Narrator: COMING UP, THE LOST KINGDOM OF THE ANDES. 640 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,800 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CIVILIZATION 641 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:26,200 WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT. 642 00:36:35,233 --> 00:36:38,500 Narrator: JUNE 15, 2019. 643 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,400 PASSING HIGH OVER THE AREQUIPA REGION IN SOUTHWESTERN PERU, 644 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,633 A SATELLITE SPOTS SOMETHING UNUSUAL 645 00:36:44,733 --> 00:36:45,967 IN THE BARREN LANDSCAPE. 646 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,900 THIS IMAGE SHOWS A VERY MOUNTAINOUS AREA, 647 00:36:52,067 --> 00:36:54,367 AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS AN INCREDIBLY 648 00:36:54,467 --> 00:36:55,867 INTRICATE STRUCTURE. 649 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:02,100 Narrator: THE MYSTERY STRUCTURE MEASURES AROUND 15,000 SQUARE FEET. 650 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,567 IT'S SO MYSTERIOUS -- IT HAS REGULARITY, 651 00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:07,733 BUT ALSO ALL OF THESE WIGGLY LINES 652 00:37:07,833 --> 00:37:09,267 AND SOME SORT OF STRANGE, 653 00:37:09,367 --> 00:37:13,067 ALMOST BOTTLE-SHAPED STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER OF IT. 654 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,433 Narrator: THE SATELLITE IMAGE WAS TAKEN ABOVE 655 00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:18,067 THE [ INDISTINCT ] VALLEY 656 00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:21,167 AND FOR ARCHEOLOGISTS, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. 657 00:37:21,267 --> 00:37:24,200 THIS SITE IS ACTUALLY ON THE SLOPES OF 658 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:28,133 ONE OF THE MOST HOLY PEAKS IN THE ANDES, 659 00:37:28,233 --> 00:37:31,233 THE EXTINCT VOLCANO AMPATO, 660 00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:33,967 WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE INCAN PEOPLE. 661 00:37:35,533 --> 00:37:39,767 FOR THE INCAS, THE 20,600-FOOT-HIGH AMPATO HAS 662 00:37:39,867 --> 00:37:43,633 DEEP CONNECTIONS WITH POWERFUL MOUNTAIN SPIRITS CALLED APU. 663 00:37:45,067 --> 00:37:48,700 Jellicorse: APU CONNECT THE WORLD OF MEN TO THE WORLD OF THE GODS, 664 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,767 AND THEY BELIEVE THAT AMPATO, AS THIS SACRED MOUNTAIN, 665 00:37:52,867 --> 00:37:56,067 IS AN EMBODIMENT OF ONE OF THESE APUS. 666 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,267 Narrator: THE INCAS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ENGAGED 667 00:37:59,367 --> 00:38:01,467 IN GRUESOME RITUALS ON THESE SLOPES 668 00:38:01,567 --> 00:38:03,100 TWO APPEASE THEIR GODS. 669 00:38:04,267 --> 00:38:06,467 THE SCIENTISTS RESEARCHING THE AREA OF ACTUALLY 670 00:38:06,567 --> 00:38:08,100 FOUND BODIES 671 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,733 OF CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN SACRIFICED AT ALTARS. 672 00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:16,633 WHAT WE SEE HERE DOES APPEAR TO HAVE 673 00:38:16,733 --> 00:38:18,367 AN ALTAR SHAPE IN THE MIDDLE. 674 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:24,200 Narrator: DURING THE 1990s, 675 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,267 EXPEDITIONS HERE UNCOVER THE MUMMIFIED BODIES OF 676 00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:30,467 FOUR INCAN CHILDREN NEAR AN ANCIENT MOUNTAIN SHRINE. 677 00:38:32,267 --> 00:38:34,867 IN SOME INSTANCES, THEY FIND 678 00:38:34,967 --> 00:38:38,067 BURN MARKINGS ON THESE MUMMIES 679 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:41,700 AND ALSO THE CRYSTALLIZATION AROUND THE ALTARS. 680 00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:46,700 IT ALL LEADS TO A CONCLUSION THAT THESE CHILDREN WERE PUT 681 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,800 ON THESE PLATFORMS AS A TYPE OF LIGHTNING SACRIFICE RITUAL 682 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,733 TO THE GODS, A REALLY HORRIFYING THOUGHT. 683 00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:56,400 [ THUNDER CRASHES ] 684 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,333 INCAN CHILD SACRIFICE IS CALLED CAPACOCHA. 685 00:39:01,367 --> 00:39:04,467 VICTIMS ARE CHOSEN YEARS IN ADVANCE AND LEFT ON 686 00:39:04,567 --> 00:39:07,800 A MOUNTAIN ALTAR TO AWAIT INCINERATION BY ONE BILLION 687 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,133 VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY. 688 00:39:11,233 --> 00:39:12,333 [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 689 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,233 IT WAS REALLY QUITE AN HONOR IN THEIR MINDS 690 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:16,867 TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A RITUAL. 691 00:39:16,967 --> 00:39:19,100 IT WAS THE BELIEF THAT AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN STRUCK 692 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:20,900 BY LIGHTNING, YOU WOULD BE SEEN 693 00:39:21,067 --> 00:39:21,900 AS A DEMIGOD, KIND OF 694 00:39:22,067 --> 00:39:24,567 AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN HUMANS AND GOD. 695 00:39:27,267 --> 00:39:31,467 Paul: THE GEOMETRIC ZIGZAG LINES AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE ALTAR 696 00:39:31,567 --> 00:39:35,233 ARE SOMEWHAT REMINISCENT OF A LIGHTNING DESIGN, 697 00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:39,133 AND THEY COULD BE SYMBOLIC OF WHAT THIS SITE WAS USED FOR. 698 00:39:41,733 --> 00:39:44,867 Narrator: YET WHEN KEN JOYCE CLOSELY STUDIES THE SITE, 699 00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,333 THE MYSTERY DEEPENS. 700 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,933 I DON'T SEE ANY SHADOWS AROUND THE OUTER RECTANGLE 701 00:39:52,067 --> 00:39:54,433 OR ANY OF THE INNER DESIGN WORK, 702 00:39:54,533 --> 00:39:57,367 AS WELL -- THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 703 00:39:57,467 --> 00:39:59,433 PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE GROUND. 704 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:03,467 Narrator: RATHER THAN A STRUCTURE, 705 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:05,667 THE SATELLITE HAS CAPTURED SOME KIND OF 706 00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:07,367 ANCIENT SYMBOL IN THE SANDS. 707 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,000 AND IT APPEARS THIS ISN'T THE ONLY ONE. 708 00:40:15,767 --> 00:40:18,367 Bellinger: ZOOMING OUT ON THE SATELLITE IMAGE, 709 00:40:18,467 --> 00:40:21,367 WE CAN SEE THAT, ACTUALLY, THIS IS JUST ONE OF 710 00:40:21,467 --> 00:40:23,100 MANY IN THIS AREA. 711 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,333 THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS LANDSCAPE. 712 00:40:29,233 --> 00:40:31,667 Narrator: THE REMOTE VALLEY CONTAINS DOZENS MORE 713 00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:33,400 STRANGE SHAPES LIKE THIS ONE. 714 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,833 Janulis: SOME OF THE GEOGLYPHS THAT ARE 715 00:40:36,933 --> 00:40:38,767 FOUND IN THIS REGION ARE DATED 716 00:40:38,867 --> 00:40:41,500 WELL BEFORE THE RISE OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. 717 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,967 IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHO BUILT THESE? 718 00:40:46,267 --> 00:40:48,300 Narrator: NO WRITTEN RECORDS EXIST OF 719 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,167 THE PRE-COLUMBIAN PEOPLE OF PERU. 720 00:40:53,633 --> 00:40:56,433 YET THE CODE IS EVIDENCE THAT A LOST SOCIETY 721 00:40:56,533 --> 00:40:59,633 ONCE THRIVED IN THIS VAST LANDSCAPE. 722 00:40:59,733 --> 00:41:01,833 Janulis: SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CIVILIZATION 723 00:41:01,933 --> 00:41:04,500 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN LARGE, COMPLEX, 724 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:06,500 AND WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT. 725 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:11,467 Narrator: RESEARCHERS DETECT PATTERNS 726 00:41:11,567 --> 00:41:13,733 IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THESE GIANT SYMBOLS. 727 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,467 Bellinger: IF WE PLOT THEM AGAINST OTHER LANDSCAPE FEATURES, 728 00:41:18,567 --> 00:41:22,133 ONE THING THAT'S REALLY STRIKING IS THAT THESE THINGS 729 00:41:22,233 --> 00:41:25,400 WERE NOT PLACED RANDOMLY IN THE DESERT. 730 00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,600 Narrator: THE SYMBOLS SEEM TO CHART A SERIES OF ANCIENT PATHWAYS. 731 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,767 THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS BE PUT ON HIGH, 732 00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:37,767 VERY VISIBLE POINTS, SO THESE, IN A SENSE, ARE MAPS. 733 00:41:40,167 --> 00:41:42,400 Narrator: THIS APPEARS TO BE A GIANT CODE. 734 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,900 IT IS UP TO US TO CRACK IT. 735 00:41:49,567 --> 00:41:51,967 Janulis: THIS IS A FANTASTIC LITTLE GLIMPSE 736 00:41:52,067 --> 00:41:56,133 INTO A VERY MYSTERIOUS PAST THAT'S STILL TRANSMITTING 737 00:41:56,233 --> 00:41:57,733 FROM MILLENNIA AGO. 57822

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