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Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.
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MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.
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EVERY DAY,
THEY UNCOVER NEW
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MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.
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THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD CODE
OF THE CELTIC WARRIOR...
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...AND THE PORTAL TO
THE LAND OF THE DEAD.
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
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THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MEET
THE DEMONS AND THE MONSTERS.
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Narrator: MYSTERY OF THE TRIADS
AND THE VANISHING LINK.
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TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER
ARE JUST DISAPPEARING
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BEFORE OUR EYES.
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Narrator: AND BOGZILLA,
THE REAL SWAMP THING.
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IT IS GIVING OFF
A LOT OF INFLAMMABLE GASES,
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AND IT SMELLS HORRIBLE.
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Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.
MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.
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WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?
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JANUARY 30, 2020,
IRELAND.
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MARK HORTON IS JOURNEYING DEEP
INTO THE HISTORIC PROVINCE
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OF CONNACHT,
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DRAWN BY SOMETHING STRANGE
CAPTURED FROM SPACE.
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WHAT I CAN SEE
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ON THE SATELLITE IMAGES,
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WHAT APPEARS TO BE
TWO MASSIVE SCARS
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ON THE SURFACE OF
THE EARTH.
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THEY SEEM TO BE ENORMOUS,
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UM, MAYBE 500 YARDS LONG.
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Narrator: YET WHAT FASCINATES
THE ARCHAEOLOGIST IS
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WHERE THE STRANGE GIANT SCAR'S
ARE LOCATED.
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RATHCROGHAN, ONE OF
THE SEATS OF THE HIGH KINGS
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OF IRELAND AND THE OLDEST,
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BIGGEST UNEXCAVATED
ROYAL SITE IN EUROPE.
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WHAT'S REALLY STRIKING
IS THAT WE CAN SEE FORTS,
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SETTLEMENTS,
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MOUNDS --
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THIS IS A FASCINATINGLY
COMPLEX LANDSCAPE.
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Narrator: SURROUNDING
THE SCARS IN THE IMAGE,
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HORTON BELIEVES,
ARE AROUND 250 STRUCTURES,
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MANY BUILT CENTURIES BEFORE
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.
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IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY
PLACE, THIS.
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THESE TWO LINES
MUST BE ALSO
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PART OF THIS ARCHAEOLOGY,
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BUT UNTIL I COULD ACTUALLY
GET TO SEE THEM ON THE GROUND,
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I REALLY CAN'T WORK OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON.
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Narrator: HORTON ARRIVES
IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY.
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**
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**
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AS HE HEADS SOUTH,
HE FINDS ONE
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OF THE STRUCTURES
VISIBLE IN THE IMAGE.
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Horton: IT'S NEVER BEEN
EXCAVATED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS.
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WHAT MIGHT BE A MASSIVE
TIMBER TEMPLE ON THE TOP,
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BUT IT REMAINS A MYSTERY.
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Narrator: THIS LANDSCAPE
IS DESCRIBED IN
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AN ANCIENT DOCUMENT KNOWN
AS THE ULSTER CYCLES,
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WHICH TELLS OF
KING CONCHOBAR MAC NESSA,
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AND HIS WAR
WITH THE CONNACHTA.
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IT'S A PLACE OF
RITUALS AND MAGIC,
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A LAND OF MYTH
AND LEGEND.
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IT'S THE TRADITIONAL
CORONATION OR INAUGURATION SITE
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OF THE KINGS OF CONNACHT,
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ONE OF THE FIVE KINGDOMS
OF IRELAND.
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LITERALLY THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WOULD COME HERE
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DURING THE INAUGURATIONS
OF THEIR KINGS.
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[ METAL CREAKING ]
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[ METAL CREAKING ]
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[ SHEEP BLEATING ]
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Narrator: THE SCARS SIT
AROUND HALF A MILE
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FROM THE ROYAL MOUND.
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I THINK THIS...
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MUST BE IT.
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THERE'S SO MUCH
BIGGER THAN
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ACTUALLY THEY SEEM
LOOKING FROM ABOVE.
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I MEAN,
THEY'RE ENORMOUS!
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Narrator: THIS SCAR IS
1,000 FEET LONG,
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LINED WITH WALLS
UP TO SEVEN FEET HIGH.
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Horton: PRESUMABLY,
IN PREHISTORY,
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THESE WERE MUCH HIGHER.
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THE HUMAN EFFORT OF MOVING
THE SOIL TO THIS PLACE
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MUST HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS.
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THIS ISN'T JUST A PLACE
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FOR MOVING CATTLE ACROSS
A LANDSCAPE OR SOMETHING.
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THIS IS A RITUAL MONUMENT.
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IT HAS A PURPOSE.
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Narrator: EXPLORING THE ANCIENT
STRUCTURE PROVIDES A CLUE
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TO WHAT KIND OF RITUAL
TOOK PLACE HERE.
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BEING DOWN HERE
SURROUNDED BY
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THESE ENORMOUS BANKS
ON EITHER SIDE --
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WE'RE KIND OF HIDDEN
FROM PUBLIC VIEW,
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AS IF WE'RE MOVING
ACROSS THIS LANDSCAPE,
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BUT NOBODY KNOWS
WE'RE DOING IT.
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MAYBE THIS IS SOME FORM
OF PROCESSIONAL ROUTEWAY.
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Narrator: RITUAL MARCHES WERE
AN IMPORTANT PART
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OF PAGAN RELIGION THOUSANDS
OF YEARS AGO.
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Horton: THE IDEA OF PROCESSING
ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE IS
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DEEPLY INGRAINED IN
THE PREHISTORIC BRITISH ISLES.
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Narrator: BUT IF THESE SCARS
WERE ONCE USED
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FOR PAGAN MARCHES,
SOMETHING DOESN'T STACK UP.
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OTHER PROCESSIONAL AVENUES
OFTEN LEAD TO
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A REALLY IMPORTANT
PREHISTORIC MONUMENT,
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WHEREAS ACTUALLY HERE,
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I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
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IF THESE ARE PROCESSIONAL WAYS,
THEN WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO?
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Narrator: THE AERIAL IMAGE
OFFERS A CLUE.
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THESE TWO SCARS
APPEAR TO BE CONVERGING
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ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE,
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ENDING UP IN A POINT
SOMEWHERE OVER HERE
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BY THIS CLUMP OF TREES.
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Narrator: HORTON FOLLOWS
THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SCARS.
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THERE'S NOT A LOT
IN THIS FIELD --
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ARE TREES -- APPEARS TO BE
A MODERN PLANTATION,
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BUT THE SCARS ARE --
SO THEY'RE COMING JUST
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IN THIS DIRECTION HERE.
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WHAT -- WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
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SOME...
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AN OPENING.
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SEEMS TO BE A --
AN ENTRANCE
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TO A -- TO A CAVE
OR SOMETHING.
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Narrator:
HORTON'S INVESTIGATION HAS LED
HIM TO A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
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HE BELIEVES THIS COULD BE
OF ENORMOUS SIGNIFICANCE.
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Horton: THE CELTIC IRISH WERE
OBSESSED WITH THE UNDERWORLD.
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THAT WAS WHERE
THE LIVING WORLD MET
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THE WORLD OF THE DEAD.
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MAYBE DOWN THERE
IS THE WORLD OF THE DEAD.
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I THINK I'M
GONNA GO DOWN MYSELF.
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Narrator: AS HORTON DISCOVERS,
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THIS IS MUCH MORE
THAN A SMALL HOLE.
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Horton: THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
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JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
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Narrator: COMING UP,
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INTO THE REALM
OF THE DEAD.
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THEY REALLY WERE
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ENTERING THE UNDERWORLD HERE.
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AND THE ISLAND OF HEROES
AND HORRORS.
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Walters: THEY BEHEAD PRISONERS
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AND FLOAT THESE SEVERED HEADS
ACROSS THE BAY.
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Narrator: MARK HORTON IS
IN RATHCROGHAN,
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A LAND ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LEGENDARY KINGS OF IRELAND.
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AMONGST SOME 240
ANCIENT STRUCTURES
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ARE TWO GIANT SCARS
REVEALED FROM SPACE.
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HIS INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS
THAT MANY CENTURIES AGO,
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THEY GUIDED RITUAL PAGAN
PROCESSIONS INTO THIS CAVE.
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ALL RIGHT, WAY --
GOSH.
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Narrator: A NARROW TUNNEL AROUND
THREE FEET HIGH TAKES HORTON
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DEEP INTO THE BOWELS
OF THE EARTH.
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[ GRUNTS ]
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
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WE'VE COME
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INTO THIS MONSTROUS CAVE!
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MUST BE 20 FEET HIGH,
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A GREAT CRACK,
A CLEFT IN THE ROCK,
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LIKE A CATHEDRAL IN HERE.
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Narrator: THE CHASM STRETCHES
EVER FURTHER INTO THE DARKNESS.
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Horton: THE CAVE KEEPS ON GOING.
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IT GETS NARROWER
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AND NARROWER
INTO THE DARK DEPTHS.
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PUT YOURSELF
BACK INTO THE MINDS OF
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THE CELTIC PEOPLE
2,000 YEARS AGO.
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THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT
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THEY REALLY WERE ENTERING
THE UNDERWORLD HERE.
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Narrator: THE ANCIENT CELTS
BELIEVED THAT CAVES
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ARE A PORTAL TO
A SUBTERRANEAN WORLD
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INHABITED BY MYSTICAL
AND INVISIBLE BEINGS.
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SOMETIMES CALLED
THE OTHERWORLD,
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IT IS THE DOMAIN OF
GODS, FAIRIES,
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AND SUPERNATURAL BEASTS.
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THIS IS WHERE
THE DEAD WERE LIVING.
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IF I WENT DOWN THERE,
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THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MEET
THE DEMONS AND THE MONSTERS
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AND THE RAVENOUS ANIMALS.
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Narrator:
ACCORDING TO IRISH FOLKLORE,
FROM THIS VERY CAVE
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AROSE ELLEN TRECHEND,
A TRIPLE-HEADED MONSTER
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THAT LAID WASTE TO THE LAND
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BEFORE BEING SLAIN
BY THE HERO AMERGIN.
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IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DEEPLY
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HAUNTED PLACE.
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I CAN WELL IMAGINE
THE SCARS THAT WE SAW
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ON THE SURFACE COULD WELL HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME COMPLEX
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RELIGIOUS RITUAL
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IN WHICH PEOPLE PROCESSED
TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY
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NATURAL CAVE.
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Narrator:
THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF
THESE RITUALS REMAIN UNCLEAR.
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YET AS HORTON RETURNS
TO THE SURFACE...
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Horton: THIS IS
THE VERY AWKWARD BIT.
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...AN UNUSUAL FEATURE ON
A ROCK FACE CATCHES HIS EYE.
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[ GRUNTS ]
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HANG ON.
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THERE'S A SERIES OF LINES
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ON THIS LINTEL.
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Narrator:
THE ARCHAEOLOGIST RECOGNIZES
THE LAYOUT OF THE SYMBOLS.
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THE LINES IN THIS POSSIBLY
WERE OGHAM,
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WHICH IS AN ANCIENT FORM
OF IRISH WRITING.
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AND I CAN'T READ IT HERE.
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I THINK
THE SIMPLEST THING IS
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TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH
FROM HERE,
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AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN
ACTUALLY READ IT LATER ON.
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Narrator: OGHAM IS A CELTIC
CODE-LIKE LANGUAGE
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DEVELOPED IN
THE FOURTH CENTURY.
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I'VE GOT AN OGHAM
CRYPT SHEET HERE.
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Narrator:
EACH LETTER IS SYMBOLIZED BY
LINEAR GROUPS OF CARVED LINES.
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ONE OF THE WORDS IN THE CAVE
INTRIGUES HORTON.
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THAT'S A NAME.
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I CAN SEE AN "E" THERE
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AND A "D."
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IF I GO ALONG
A BIT FURTHER...
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THAT'S THE IRISH VERSION OF
MAEVE, WHO WAS A FAMOUS
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FIGURE IN IRISH SAGA
AND MYTHOLOGY.
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THAT'S ACTUALLY FASCINATING.
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Narrator: MAEVE IS
THE NAME OF THE MYTHICAL
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WARRIOR QUEEN OF CONNACHT.
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SHE WAS FAMED FOR HER FEROCITY
AND SKILL IN BATTLE,
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HER BEAUTY,
AND SEXUAL PROWESS.
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SHE APPARENTLY HAD SEX
WITH HER GENERALS
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IF THEY WON BATTLES --
SHE'S KIND OF TO THE IRISH
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WHO KING ARTHUR IS
THE BRITISH,
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AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE
THERE HER NAME IS
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ON THAT STONE.
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IT'S THAT BRIDGE
BETWEEN MYTHOLOGY
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AND SCIENTIFIC REALITY.
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Narrator: FOR CELTIC WARRIORS,
MAEVE WOULD HAVE BEEN
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A TALISMANIC FIGURE,
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A DEMI-GODDESS WHO WOULD
PROTECT THEM IN BATTLE.
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WE'VE GOT THIS WARRIOR
QUEEN MAEVE,
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AND WE'VE GOT OUR SCARS.
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IN THERE
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WERE THE DEMONS.
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AND THEY BELIEVED
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THEIR WARRIOR QUEEN MIGHT DEFEND
THEM FROM THOSE DEMONS.
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Narrator: HORTON'S
INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS
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THAT MORE THAN 2,000 YEARS AGO,
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THE GIANT SCARS SEEN FROM
SPACE GUIDED WARRIORS
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TO A HIDDEN CAVE TO FACE
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THE TERRORS THEY BELIEVED
DWELT THERE.
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PROTECTED BY
THEIR WARRIOR QUEEN,
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THEY WOULD RETURN,
READY TO DO BATTLE
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WITH ANYONE OR ANYTHING
THREATENING THEIR SACRED LANDS.
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CELTIC SOLDIERS WERE
VERY WARLIKE,
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AND THE FACT THAT A GREAT
CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE
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WERE PROCESSING
TO THIS ENTRANCE
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IS SOMETHING
WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN
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AN ANNUAL EVENT OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE.
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FASCINATING.
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**
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Narrator: COMING UP,
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CHINA'S SECRET
MULTI-TRILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER.
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Ruben: WE ARE SEEING A MAJOR
CATASTROPHE TAKING PLACE.
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BUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT
IS A TOTAL MYSTERY.
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Narrator: AND THE BILLION-VOLT
HUMAN SACRIFICE.
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Krueger: AFTER YOU HAD BEEN
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,
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YOU WOULD BE SEEN
AS A DEMIGOD.
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Narrator: DECEMBER 21, 2017.
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JIANGXI PROVINCE IN
SOUTHEAST CHINA.
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A SERIES OF IMAGES
TAKEN ABOVE
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LAKE POYANG REVEALS
SOMETHING TROUBLING.
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THIS IS A REALLY
MAJOR LOSS OF
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LAKE WATER DROPPING TO
PHENOMENALLY LOW LEVELS.
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THE LAKE IS DISAPPEARING.
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IT'S GONE FROM
A BIG BLANKET OF BLUE
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TO A FEW ISOLATED PUDDLES --
THAT'S CRAZY.
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Narrator: THIS GIANT LAKE
ON WHICH MILLIONS
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OF LIVES DEPEND HAS SHRUNK
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FROM 1,700 SQUARE MILES
TO JUST 80.
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IN THE 2016 IMAGE,
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THIS STRUCTURE IS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE,
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BUT WHEN I LOOK AT
THE 2017 IMAGE,
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NOW IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF DRY LANDS, AND THERE ARE
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EVEN ROADS,
WHICH LEAD UP TO IT.
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TRILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER
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AND JUST DISAPPEARING
BEFORE OUR EYES.
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Narrator: IMAGES FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA CONFIRM
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A DRAMATIC DROP
IN WATER LEVELS.
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FEATURES LIKE THIS ISLAND,
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WHERE TOURISTS USED TO HAVE
TO TAKE A BOAT...
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NOW THEY CAN EITHER WALK
OR TAKE A CAR.
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Ruben: WE ARE SEEING A MAJOR
CATASTROPHE TAKING PLACE,
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BUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT
IS A TOTAL MYSTERY.
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Narrator: HUNDREDS OF LARGE
OBJECTS LITTER WHAT REMAINS
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OF THE LAKE.
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WE CAN SEE THAT THESE VESSELS
UP AGAINST THE MARGIN OF
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THE LAKE -- IT LOOKS KIND OF
LIKE A LOG JAM OF BOATS.
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Ruben:
THESE DON'T LOOK LIKE FISHING
BOATS OR PASSENGER BOATS.
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THESE ARE BARGES
AND BIG BARGES.
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Narrator:
THE NUMBER OF BARGES SUGGESTS
ONGOING INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
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AROUND THE LAKE.
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Spicer Rice: NEAR ALL OF
THESE CONCENTRATIONS OF BARGES,
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THIS DEPOT HAS
MOUNTAINS OF SAND,
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LIKE REAL MOUNTAINS OF SAND.
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I MEAN, THIS IS CLEARLY
A HUGE BUSINESS.
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Narrator: KEN JOYCE USES MAXAR'S
SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY
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TO STUDY THE GIANT DEPOT
AND BARGES IN DETAIL.
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LOOKING AROUND
THIS PART OF THE LAKE,
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EACH ONE'S CARRYING
HUGE AMOUNTS OF SAND.
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I THINK THAT THEY'RE CARRYING
SAND FROM THE BOTTOM
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OF THE LAKE AND THEN EMPTYING
IT AT THESE FACILITIES.
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IT LOOKS LIKE
THIS ENTIRE LAKE HAS BEEN
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TURNED INTO SOME SORT OF
HUGE MINING OPERATION.
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THE DISCOVERY SUGGESTS
ONE INDUSTRY COULD BE
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RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SHRINKING LAKE.
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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.
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Narrator: BETWEEN 2011 AND 2013,
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CHINA USES SIX BILLION
TONS OF CONCRETE.
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THAT'S MORE THAN THE U.S.
USED IN THE 20TH CENTURY
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AND ENOUGH TO TURN HAWAII
INTO A PARKING LOT.
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EACH CUBIC YARD OF CONCRETE
NEEDS OVER A TON OF SAND
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FROM LAKES LIKE THIS.
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CHINA IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS
BUILDING BOOM.
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IT'S MEGA PROJECT
AFTER MEGA PROJECT.
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Ruben: AIRPORTS,
BRIDGES, SKYSCRAPERS,
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POWER STATIONS --
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IF YOU CAN BUILD IT,
YOU CAN BET THAT
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00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:04,067
THE CHINESE ARE BUILDING MORE
OF IT FASTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
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Narrator: TO FUEL ITS MASSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
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AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTS,
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THE COUNTRY CONSUMES MORE
CONCRETE THAN THE REST
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OF THE WORLD COMBINED.
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CHINA IS BUILDING
THE EQUIVALENT OF
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THE CITY OF ROME
EVERY TWO WEEKS.
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THIS SERIES OF PICTURES
SHOWS THERE'S SIGNS
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THAT IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN
OUT OF HAND.
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Narrator:
DURING THE LAST DECADE,
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SHENZHEN HAS BUILT MORE
SKYSCRAPERS THAN THERE
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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
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THERE ARE ENTIRE CITIES
SPRINGING UP OVER CHINA
331
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WITH ALL THE AMENITIES OF
A CITY EXCEPT ONE -- PEOPLE.
332
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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
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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
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A LOT OF EMPTY,
VACANT PROPERTY
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THAT NO ONE
CAN USE YET.
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Narrator: TODAY, DOZENS OF
SO-CALLED GHOST CITIES,
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SOME AS BIG
AS PHILADELPHIA,
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LITTER THE COUNTRY.
343
00:20:19,733 --> 00:20:24,300
THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 MILLION
UNOCCUPIED APARTMENTS IN CHINA.
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THAT'S ENOUGH TO FIT
THE POPULATION OF NEW YORK
345
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SEVERAL TIMES.
346
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,400
Narrator:
THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES'
BLIND PURSUIT OF URBAN GROWTH
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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
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OFFICIALS HAVE BORROWED
AND BUILT THEIR WAY
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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
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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
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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
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00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,200
ARE INFILTRATING THE TRADE.
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Narrator: 80% OF
THE 50 BILLION TONS OF SAND
371
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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
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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
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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
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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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