All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S08E03.1080p.DSCP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

Narrator: THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY,
THEY UNCOVER NEW

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.

DEAD ZONE, USA.

IT'S JUST LIKE
THIS GRAY BLIGHT

IN THE MIDDLE OF
A FOREST.

WHOA.

IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE TO ME.

Narrator:
DISCOVERED FROM THE SKIES,

THE 1,900-YEAR-OLD ROMAN ENIGMA.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.

Narrator: AND RUSSIA'S WEIRD
ZIPPER RIVER.

THE COLD WAR PRODUCES A LOT OF
CRACKPOT IDEAS,

AND THIS MIGHT BE THE KING OF
THEM ALL.

Narrator:
BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

**

**

OCTOBER 29, 2018.

HIGH ABOVE THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES,

AN AERIAL CAMERA CAPTURES
AN ANOMALY IN MISSISSIPPI'S

RURAL LANDSCAPE.

Morgan: THIS IS
A STRANGE THING TO SEE

IN THE WOODS OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

YOU HAVE THE SUDDEN,
JARRING APPEARANCE OF

THIS SORT OF CANCEROUS INFECTION
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

Silbey: IT'S NOT A MUDSLIDE --
THE GROUND AROUND

THE AREA IS FLAT.

THERE'S NO PLACE
FOR THE MUD TO HAVE SLID FROM.

IT'S VERY MYSTERIOUS.

Narrator: THE DECIMATION
FLOWS THROUGH THE TREES

FOR HALF A MILE OR SO.

IT APPEARS TO BE A SUBSTANCE
OOZING OUT OF CONTROL.

Hymel: IT'S A DEAD ZONE.

IT'S KIND OF ALARMING.

THE WEIRD FEATURE COMES TO
THE ATTENTION OF SCIENTIST,

NICK POLLOCK.

IT'S REALLY STRANGE.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT THIS IS.

Narrator: POLLOCK IS TRAVELING
TO THE MAGNOLIA STATE

TO STUDY THE OOZING
GRAY MASS UP CLOSE.

I'VE SEEN THINGS
THAT LOOK LIKE THIS,

YOU KNOW, LAVA FLOWS,

BUT WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THEM
HERE IN MISSISSIPPI.

IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S FENCED OFF,

AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT, TO ME, SUGGESTS

IT'S SOMETHING HAZARDOUS.

**

**

Narrator: THE IMAGE GUIDES
POLLOCK DOWN A DIRT ROAD

AROUND 10 MILES WEST
OF THE CITY OF JACKSON.

**

[ CAR DOOR SHUTS ]

**

OH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S LOCKED.

GUESS I'LL HAVE TO JUMP.

**

THESE MUST HAVE BEEN
THE BUILDINGS THAT I COULD SEE

IN THOSE SATELLITE IMAGES,

BUT THEY'RE WAY MORE RUN DOWN
THAN I THOUGHT THEY'D BE.

Narrator:
THESE ARE NOT HOMES.

THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS
HAD SOME OTHER PURPOSE.

Pollock: ROOF'S ALL CAVED IN.

WHOA, AND LOOK AT THIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOME SERIOUS
ENGINEERING IN HERE.

HUGE, HUGE PUMPS.

THEY MAY BE, LIKE,
A FOOT IN DIAMETER.

Narrator: POLLOCK HEADS TOWARDS
THE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

AFTER A FEW 100 YARDS,
HE GETS HIS FIRST GLIMPSE

OF THE GUNMETAL GRAY RIVER
REVEALED FROM SPACE.

Pollock: THIS IS WEIRD.

**

**

IT'S ALL MANMADE.

SOMEONE POURED, LIKE, A TON
OF CONCRETE OUT HERE.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
TO ME.

[ BIRD CRIES ]

**

Narrator:
POLLOCK FINDS THE EERIE SIGHT
STREWN WITH STRANGE OBJECTS.

THERE'S THIS MESH WIRE THAT'S
SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY SOMEONE

WOULD BUILD SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.

Narrator: FEATURES ON
THE UNDULATING CONCRETE MASS

CATCH THE GEOLOGIST'S EYE.

Pollock: JUST COVERED WITH
THESE LITTLE GROOVES.

SOME OF THEM ARE RAISED.

SOME ARE JUST HUGE!

I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY

LOOKS LIKE WATER
WAS SUPPOSED TO FLOW DOWN HERE.

BUT WHY?

Narrator: POLLOCK ESTIMATES
THE CONCRETE HERE

AMOUNT TO THOUSANDS OF TONS,

BUT THE ARRANGEMENT OF IT
IS TRULY BIZARRE.

SOME OF THESE CHUNKS
ARE ACTUALLY MOVING.

THESE MUST HAVE BEEN

CAST PIECES OF CONCRETE,

BUT EACH ONE IS UNIQUE.

HUNDREDS, MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS
OF THESE HAD TO BE

PUT TOGETHER LIKE SOME
KIND OF PUZZLE.

I MEAN, JUST A MASSIVE
AMOUNT OF TIME,

ENERGY, AND MONEY WAS NEEDED
TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

**

Narrator: FOR FURTHER CLUES,
POLLOCK EXPLORES

THE SURROUNDING WOODS.

**

THIS IS SOME KIND OF
INFLOW CONTROLLER.

8,976 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

THAT IS SOME MASSIVE
FLOW RATES.

I MEAN, THIS THING HAD TO BE
MOVING HUGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.

THIS HAS TO BE SOME
GOVERNMENT PROJECT,

WHATEVER THIS IS.

**

**

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF
GIANT WATCHTOWER.

**

Narrator: THE RUSTING
FOUR-STORY TOWER APPEARS

TO BE TOPPED
BY A VIEWING PLATFORM.

WHOA.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WAS
EXPECTING TO SEE HERE.

Narrator: COMING UP, THE DEAD
ZONE REVEALS ITS DARK STORY.

IT'S ONE OF THE WORST
NATURAL DISASTERS

IN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Narrator:
AND DISCOVERED FROM SPACE,

THE MYSTERY OF SLIME ISLAND.

Kourounis:
THERE IS BASICALLY AN ISLAND

THAT MAGICALLY APPEARED
OUT OF NOWHERE.

**

Narrator: DRAWN BY
A STRANGE GIANT GRAY STREAK

SEEN FROM THE SKIES,

GEOLOGY PROFESSOR NICK POLLOCK
IS IN MISSISSIPPI.

HE'S DISCOVERED A MASSIVE
CONCRETE PUZZLE MARKED WITH

CHANNELS AND A SERIES OF
ABANDONED WATER PUMPS.

Pollock: DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE

WATER WAS SUPPOSED TO FLOW
DOWN HERE AT SOME POINT,

BUT WHY?

Narrator: FROM A 40-FOOT-HIGH
WATCHTOWER,

IT'S POSSIBLE TO STUDY
THE WINDING SHAPE OF

THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE.

Pollock:
ALL THOSE CONCRETE CHANNELS --

I HAVE TO IMAGINE
YOU COULD OBSERVE

THE WATER AS IT FLOWED,

ALMOST LIKE MODELING HOW

THE WATER MOVED THROUGH
A RIVER SYSTEM.

THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT RIVER
WERE THEY WORKING ON?

Narrator: POLLOCK TURNS
TO SATELLITE IMAGES FOR CLUES.

I'VE BEEN COMPARING IT TO

RIVER SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES,

AND I'M PRETTY SURE WHAT
I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS

BASICALLY A SCALE MODEL OF
THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

Narrator: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
STRETCHES 2,350 MILES

FROM ITS SOURCE
IN LAKE ITASCA,

MINNESOTA,
TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

THE ONLY REASON THAT I CAN
THINK THAT SOMEONE WOULD BUILD

SOMETHING ON THIS SCALE
WOULD BE TO TRY

AND UNDERSTAND FLOODING.

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
HAS A HISTORY

OF FLOODING GOING BACK
HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

Narrator: SINCE RECORDS BEGAN,
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

HAS EXPERIENCED
OVER 40 MAJOR FLOODS.

YET POLLOCK THINKS THE GIANT
RIVER MODEL LIKELY HAS

ITS ORIGIN IN THE MOST
CATASTROPHIC OF THEM ALL.

Pollock:
PERHAPS A MODEL LIKE THIS

MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT FOLLOWING

THE 1927 GREAT FLOOD OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,

ONE OF THE WORST NATURAL
DISASTERS IN THE HISTORY OF

THE UNITED STATES.

Narrator: IN APRIL 1927,
FOLLOWING MONTHS OF HEAVY RAIN,

THE MISSISSIPPI'S 1,500 MILES OF
LEVEES CAN TAKE IT NO MORE.

WATER SPILLS OVER THE LAND,

ENGULFING 170 COUNTIES
ACROSS SEVEN STATES.

Morgan:
THERE WAS A POINT WHERE

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
WAS 70 MILES WIDE.

THE FLOOD, IN OTHER WORDS,

BASICALLY CREATED
A SERIES OF SHALLOW SEAS.

THE DEVASTATION
THAT IT CREATED

CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF LIFE
NOT JUST IN THE DEEP SOUTH,

BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

Narrator: THE CATACLYSMIC FLOOD
COVERS AN AREA GREATER THAN

WEST VIRGINIA,

AND WHOLE TOWNS DISAPPEAR
UNDER 30 FEET OF WATER.

IT FORCES 630,000 PEOPLE
TO ABANDON

THEIR HOMES
AND FLEE THEIR TOWNS,

THE VAST MAJORITY FROM
ETHNIC MINORITIES.

Morgan:
THE FLOOD AFFECTED EVERYONE

IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA,

BUT IT WAS FELT MORE BY

DARK-SKINNED PEOPLE
FROM POVERTY.

Silbey: WHEN RESCUERS CAME,
THEY RESCUED WHITE PEOPLE.

THEY LEFT A LOT OF

THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO WERE
SIMILARLY AFFECTED.

THEY REFUSED TO PULL THEM OUT.

Narrator:
THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL OF
THE GREAT FLOOD IS AROUND 250.

YET MANY HISTORIANS BELIEVE
THAT THOUSANDS OF

AFRICAN-AMERICANS DIED,
UNRECORDED AND UNAIDED,

THEIR BODIES BURIED IN MUD
OR SWEPT OUT INTO

THE GULF OF MEXICO.

THE REASON THE GREAT FLOOD IS

SUCH A DARK PERIOD
IN AMERICAN HISTORY,

IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE
THE FAILURE OF

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO CONTAIN THIS FLOOD,

BUT IT EXPOSES THE SEGREGATION
IN THAT PART OF

THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE UGLINESS THAT IT REALLY IS.

Narrator: THE WATERS TAKE
A FULL TWO MONTHS TO SUBSIDE.

IN TODAY'S MONEY,
DAMAGES TOTAL OVER $1 TRILLION.

Pollock: THIS MODEL MAY HAVE
BEEN BUILT AFTER THAT

1927 FLOOD TO TRY AND BETTER
PREDICT HOW FUTURE FLOODS MIGHT

AFFECT AREAS AROUND
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

Narrator: RECORDS CONFIRM THAT
FOLLOWING ANOTHER FLOOD IN 1937,

PLANNING BEGINS

FOR A GIANT MODEL AIMED AT
PREDICTING AND CONTROLLING

FUTURE DISASTERS.

IT'S A HUGE ENDEAVOR.

IT'S LIKE DECLARING WAR ON
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,

AND WHEN YOU DECLARE WAR,
YOU GOT TO CALL IN AN ARMY.

Narrator: BY THE TIME
THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS,

AMERICA IS AT WAR,

SO TO BUILD IT,
THOUSANDS OF GERMAN

AND ITALIAN PRISONERS
ARE PUT TO WORK.

WHAT THE ARMY DOES IS
THEY BUILD CONCRETE SLABS OF

SEPARATE SECTIONS OFFSITE,

AND SO ONCE THEY'RE BUILT,
THEY BRING THEM AND PUT THEM

TOGETHER LIKE
A BIG JIGSAW PUZZLE.

Announcer: MINIATURE LEVEES
AND EMBANKMENTS

IN THE FLOODPLAIN ARE BUILT,

SOME WITH REMOVABLE SECTIONS
TO REPRESENT BREACHES

OR WASHOUTS.

[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

Narrator: THE SITE TAKES
26 YEARS TO BUILD

AND METICULOUSLY RECREATES
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER

AND ITS DOZENS OF TRIBUTARIES.

Morgan: THIS MODEL IS BUILT
BASED ON

41% OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

IT IS, THEREFORE,
MASSIVE IN SCALE.

IF YOU ADD ALL THE LITTLE
SIDE RIVULETS AND BAYOUS,

THAT'S EIGHT MILES OF WATERWAY
THAT SITS IN A PARK

200 ACRES IN SIZE.

Narrator: ENGINEERS USE
THE HYDRAULICALLY-OPERATED MODEL

TO SIMULATE PAST
AND POTENTIAL FUTURE FLOODS

BY RUNNING DIFFERENT VOLUMES
OF WATER THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

Szulgit: IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE
HOW THIS IS DONE.

EVERY GALLON THAT
PASSES THROUGH

THE MODEL REPRESENTS
1.5 MILLION GALLONS

IN THE REAL WORLD.

Announcer:
FORESTED AREAS ARE SIMULATED

BY DENSELY FOLDED
WIRE SCREENS.

THE FLOW OF WATER IN THE MODEL

CORRESPONDS EXACTLY
TO THE ACTUAL WATERWAY

IT REPRESENTS.

Narrator:
A SINGLE FLOOD SIMULATION
CAN TAKE MONTHS TO RUN.

BY STUDYING HOW THE MODEL
BEHAVES DURING

DIFFERENT SCENARIOS,

ENGINEERS CAN BETTER IMPLEMENT
LIFESAVING ANTI-FLOOD MEASURES

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN.

IT ALL HAS TO BE INTRICATELY
DESIGNED AND PERFECTLY MATCH

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ITSELF,
BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE ONE MISTAKE

OR ONE THING'S NOT TO SCALE,

IT RENDERS
THE WHOLE MODEL USELESS.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY FALLEN
INTO SOME SERIOUS DISREPAIR,

BUT I HAVE TO IMAGINE
THAT WHEN THIS FACILITY

WAS OPERATIONAL,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SUPER IMPRESSIVE.

Narrator: DURING ITS 24-YEAR
OPERATIONAL HISTORY,

THE 600 ENGINEERS HERE RUN 79
FULL-SCALE FLOOD SIMULATIONS.

BY 1973,
ITS WORK IS DONE.

SOON, COMPUTER MODELS WILL BE
USED FOR JOBS LIKE THIS.

IN THE HALF CENTURY THAT
FOLLOWS, THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK

OF ENGINEERING GENIUS

BECOMES NOTHING MORE
THAN A BIZARRE SCAR

ON THE LANDSCAPE.

Pollock: THIS MODEL THAT
I CAN SEE HERE TODAY,

IT'S REALLY LEFT
AS A TOMBSTONE TO

WHAT ENGINEERING USED TO BE --
REAL, PHYSICAL ENGINEERING.

IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

**

COMING UP, A DISCOVERY FROM
THE DAWN OF CHRISTIANITY.

HOW DID IT GET THERE?
WHAT HAPPENED?

Narrator: AND MAKING RIVERS FLOW
BACKWARDS WITH NUKES.

THIS IDEA WAS LITERALLY
ONE OF

THE GREATEST EXAMPLES
OF HUMAN ARROGANCE.

Narrator: SUMMER 2014,
NORTHWEST TURKEY.

AS A RECONNAISSANCE DRONE
PASSES OVER LAKE IZNIK GOLU,

IT CAPTURES THIS.

Horton:
IT'S A VERY REMARKABLE IMAGE.

WE LOOK AT SOMETHING

SUBMERGED UNDERNEATH
THE WAVES.

Narrator: IMMEDIATELY,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS THINK

THE AERIAL FOOTAGE
HAS REVEALED

SOMETHING OF IMMENSE
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.

Janulis: IT'S JUST SITTING THERE
RIGHT OFF THE COAST,

IN AN AREA THAT HAS

HISTORY THAT GOES
BACK MILLENNIA.

Paul: WHAT WE SEE HERE
IS CLEARLY

HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS
OF YEARS OLD.

HOW DID IT GET THERE?
WHAT HAPPENED?

Narrator: THE RUIN LIES CLOSE
TO A CITY FOUNDED,

ACCORDING TO SOME ACCOUNTS,
BY THE ARMY OF

ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

THIS IS IZNIK,

BUT IT WAS HISTORICALLY
CALLED NICAEA.

THIS WAS ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THE FIRST CRUSADE,

AND AN EPIC BALANCE ENSUED
IN THIS AREA.

Narrator: THE BATTLE FOR NICAEA
TAKES PLACE IN 1097,

WHEN POPE URBAN II

DISPATCHES A HUGE FORCE
TO RECLAIM

THE MUSLIM-OCCUPIED CITY.

Paul: LOOKING AT
THE STRUCTURE HERE,

WHAT WE SEE
MAY BE A TOWER.

HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT
NICAEA HAS A MASSIVE

FORTIFICATION WITH TOWERS,

AND THIS WAS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO THE DEFENSES.

[ BATTLE NOISES ]

Narrator: BETWEEN MAY 14th
AND JUNE 19th

4,000 CRUSADER KNIGHTS

AND 25,000 INFANTRY LAUNCH
ATTACK AFTER ATTACK

ON NICAEA'S WALLS.

Ryan: THEY LAY SIEGE
TO THE CITY,

BUT NOTHING CAN GET THROUGH
THESE THICK WALLS AND TOWERS

MANNED BY THE MUSLIM FORCES.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
MAY HAVE BEEN PART

OF THOSE STRONG FORTIFICATIONS
THAT HELPED HOLD THE CITY.

Narrator: ARCHAEOLOGIST MARK
HORTON STUDIES THE IMAGE.

HE'S NOT CONVINCED
IT'S A FORTIFICATION.

THERE ARE TWO AISLES
ON EITHER SIDE,

AND THEN A RECTANGULAR ROOM

AT THE FAR END, AND THIS IS
THE SORT OF ANTECHAMBER.

WHAT THIS CLEARLY IS
IS A CHURCH.

Narrator: HORTON THINKS
THE CHURCH'S LAYOUT INDICATES

THAT IT DATES FROM THE DAWN

OF CHRISTIANITY IN
THIS REGION,

MORE THAN 1,500 YEARS AGO.

SO WHAT I THINK
WE HAVE HERE

IS A ROMAN BASILICA.

A ROMAN BASILICA IS THE NAME
GIVEN TO THESE EARLY

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES THAT
WERE BEING DEVELOPED IN

THE FOURTH CENTURY.

Narrator: FOR MANY CENTURIES,
ROMANS WORSHIPPED

A HOST OF PAGAN GODS
AND GODDESSES

AND BRUTALLY PERSECUTED
FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

[ THROAT SINGING ]

BUT FOLLOWING A VISION OF
THE CRUCIFIXION IN 312 A.D.,

EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
BECOMES CHRISTIAN

AND CALLS FOR A GREAT
MEETING AT NICAEA.

THE CITY OF NICAEA IS
WHERE ALL

THE CHRISTIAN BISHOPS
ASSEMBLE TO HAMMER OUT

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE,

WHAT WE CALL THE NICENE CREED.

EVEN TODAY, THEY'RE RECITED
WORD FOR WORD IN CHRISTIANITY.

Narrator: THE WORDS OF
THE CREED BEGIN WITH,

I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD,

THE FATHER ALMIGHTY,
MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST
FAMOUS IN HISTORY.

THE DISCOVERY FUELS SPECULATION
THAT THIS IS

THE VERY SITE
THEY WERE FIRST SPOKEN.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NICAEA
AND SAY,

HERE IS WHERE CHRISTIANITY,
IN A WAY, WAS FORMALIZED.

THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL
PLACE IN THE HISTORY

OF CHRISTIANITY.

Narrator: UNDERWATER
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HEAD OUT ONTO

THE LAKE TO STUDY
THE ANCIENT CHURCH.

THEY FIND OUT THAT THE WALLS
AND THE FLOOR DON'T LINE UP.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SEVERAL
LAYERS HERE,

AND THAT BASILICA IS QUITE
POSSIBLY BUILT ON TOP OF

AN EVEN OLDER STRUCTURE.

Hunt: MIGHT THERE BE

A PAGAN TEMPLE UNDERNEATH
THE CHRISTIAN BASILICA?

Narrator: ROMAN RECORDS
CONFIRM THE PRESENCE

OF A TEMPLE OUTSIDE THE WALLS

OF NICAEA
DEDICATED TO THE GOD APOLLO.

Janulis: APOLLO IS OF THE MORE
SIGNIFICANT GODS

IN THE ROMAN PANTHEON.

HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHT
AND HEALING AND JUSTICE.

Narrator: AFTER CONSTANTINE
SEES HIS VISION,

THE ROMANS CONVERT
OR DESTROY PAGAN TEMPLES,

AND ON THEIR RUINS ARE BUILT
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN

THE ANCIENT WORLD,

THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH
CHRISTIANITY BECAME NOT JUST

LEGAL BUT BECAME THE STATE
RELIGION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

Narrator:
IN GRECO-ROMAN RELIGIONS,

APOLLO'S ALLY,
THE GOD POSEIDON,

IS THE CREATOR OF FLOODS
AND BRINGER OF DESTRUCTION.

IN 740 A.D.,
AN EARTHQUAKE RAZES

THE CHURCH, AND IT'S SWALLOWED
BY RISING WATERS.

IT REMAINS IN POSEIDON'S REALM
FOR ALMOST 1,300 YEARS,

UNTIL IT IS REDISCOVERED
ONCE MORE FROM THE HEAVENS.

IT'S A PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT OF
THE LAYERS OF HISTORY THAT

HUMANS HAVE LIVED OVER TIME,

AND FINDING IT WAS ONLY
POSSIBLE THANKS TO THIS

INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENT
IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Narrator: COMING UP, PUTIN'S
SECRET WAR ON AMERICA.

LET'S FACE IT --
DE-STABILIZING

THE UNITED STATES
IS FOREMOST AMONG HIS AIMS.

Narrator: AND EARTH'S
SUBTERRANEAN ZOMBIES.

IF THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
AN ALIEN SPECIES,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.

Narrator: JUNE 23, 2018.

FLYING OVER SOUTHERN SIBERIA,

THE GeoEye-1 SATELLITE
CAPTURES THIS IMAGE.

Carter: THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER
RIVER I'VE EVER SEEN,

LIKE A ZIPPER HOLDING TWO
SIDES OF THE FOREST TOGETHER.

Ruben: IT'S ALMOST LIKE
TETRIS PIECES.

THERE IS NO RIVER THAT SHOULD
BE SHAPED LIKE THIS.

Narrator: THE BIZARRE ZIPPER
RIVER STRETCHES FOR FIVE MILES.

Munoz: LOOKING AT THE IMAGE,
IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE THIS

WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE

THE DIRECTION OF
THE RIVER ITSELF.

AND KNOWING
WHERE IT'S BEEN TAKEN,

IT REMINDS ME OF A WATER

ENGINEERING PROJECT KNOWN AS
THE NORTHERN RIVER REVERSAL.

Narrator: 70% OF RUSSIA'S RIVERS
FLOW INTO THE ARCTIC,

BUT WHERE THE WATER
IS REALLY NEEDED

IS IN
THE AGRICULTURAL SOUTH.

SO, DURING THE COMMUNIST ERA,
THE REGIME DECIDES, IN EFFECT,

TO ALTER THE WHOLE
GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA.

WHAT THE RUSSIANS WERE
ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO DO WAS

REVERSE MILLENNIA

OF EVOLUTION TO IRRIGATE
WHAT'S KNOWN AS

THE RUSSIAN BREAD BASKET.

Morgan: THE COLD WAR PRODUCES
A LOT OF CRACKPOT IDEAS,

AND THIS MIGHT BE
THE KING OF THEM ALL.

RIVERS OBVIOUSLY FLOW FROM
HIGH GROUND TOWARD LOW GROUND,

AND TO ASK A RIVER TO DO
OTHERWISE SEEMS LIKE A THEATER

OF THE ABSURD.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE SOVIET UNION HERE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SURRENDER
TO MOTHER EARTH.

THEY'RE GOING TO USE NUKES.

Narrator: IN 1971, TO TEST
THE FEASIBILITY OF NUCLEAR

CIVIL ENGINEERING,

SCIENTISTS DETONATE
THREE ATOMIC DEVICES.

THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF THAT
EXPERIMENT WAS A HUGE HOLE

LEFT IN THE GROUND

FILLED WITH WATER
THAT EXUDES RADIOACTIVITY.

AND IRRADIATED WATER
ISN'T SOMETHING THAT

YOU CAN USE TO GROW CROPS.

Narrator:
TO REVERSE RUSSIA'S RIVERS,

SOVIET ENGINEERS SAY
THEY'LL NEED 3.75 MEGATONS OF

ATOMIC BOMBS.

THAT'S LIKE 250 HIROSHIMAS.

LUCKILY FOR RUSSIA
AND THE WORLD, IN 1986,

GENERAL SECRETARY MIKHAIL
GORBACHEV CANCELS THE SCHEME.

Morgan: THIS IDEA WAS LITERALLY
ONE OF THE GREATEST EXAMPLES OF

HUMAN ARROGANCE,

AND, IN THE END, MOTHER NATURE
WON AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION.

Narrator: YET OTHER CLUES
IN THE IMAGE REVEAL

THIS CAN'T BE AN ABANDONED
SOVIET PROJECT.

Carter: LOOKING AT THIS ROAD,
IT APPEARS

THAT SOMETHING'S BEING
TRANSPORTED IN OR OUT.

Moran: IF YOU FOLLOW THE PATTERN
NORTH, THERE'S A PALE RIBBON

THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE IT THAT
SEEMS TO BE INCREASING IN SIZE,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE
FRESHLY DUG UP EARTH.

Narrator: THE MOUNDS OF EARTH
ARE FAMILIAR TO GEOLOGISTS.

THESE LONG, PALE AREAS ON
THE IMAGE APPEAR TO BE

TAILING PONDS,

GIANT PILES OF UNWANTED ROCK
THAT ARE THE RESULT OF

AN INTENSE MINING OPERATION.

Lester: SOMETHING'S BEING
TAKEN OUT OF THIS RIVER,

SOMETHING OF INTEREST,
PROBABLY SOMETHING OF

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

AND THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT ARE THEY GETTIN' HERE?

Narrator: ANALYSTS LOOK AT
THE GEOLOGY OF THE REGION.

WE KNOW THAT TO THE SOUTH
ARE THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS

THAT CONTAIN ROCKS
RICH IN ORES OF GOLD.

OVER TIME, THE EROSION AND
WEATHERING OF THESE MOUNTAINS

CONCENTRATES THE GOLD,

AND IT GETS FLUSHED DOWN
THIS RIVER VALLEY.

Narrator:
THE ZIPPER RIVER APPEARS TO BE

A MASSIVE GOLD
DREDGING OPERATION.

Dennie: THE ZIGZAG PATTERN
ON THIS IMAGE

LETS THEM CONSUME
THE LARGEST VOLUME

OF RICH SEDIMENT THAT THEY CAN
AS THEY MOVE ALONG THE RIVER.

Narrator: RUSSIA WILL SOON BE
THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF GOLD

ON THE PLANET,

AND IT'S ALSO ACQUIRING HUGE
AMOUNTS OF THE PRECIOUS METAL

FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

UNDER PRESIDENT PUTIN'S
RULE, THE COUNTRY'S

GOLD RESERVES HAVE EXPANDED
MORE THAN SIXFOLD.

RUSSIA IS DIGGING
FOR MORE AND MORE GOLD.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE PUTIN
IS ON A GOLD SPREE.

Carter: VLADIMIR PUTIN
IS VERY SMART.

WHILE HE'S BUYING GOLD
BY THE BOATLOAD,

HE'S ACTUALLY DUMPING
THE U.S. DOLLAR,

AND THAT'S
SOMETHING VERY SINISTER.

[ VOICES OVERLAPPING ]

Narrator:
AN ASSAULT ON AMERICAN-LED
WESTERN CAPITALISM COULD

BEGIN WITH A SECRET WAR
TO UNDERMINE THE DOLLAR.

EVERY U.S. DOLLAR IS BACKED BY

THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF
THE UNITED STATES.

MANY COUNTRIES HAVE
PURCHASED U.S. DOLLARS

TO BUOY
THEIR OWN CURRENCY.

RUSSIA'S ACTUALLY BUCKING
THAT TREND.

THEY'RE BUYING GOLD BULLION,

TRYING TO TURN THE SYSTEM THAT'S
BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES

ON ITS HEAD.

Narrator:
SOME ANALYSTS FEAR THAT IF

INTERNATIONAL CONFIDENCE
IN THE DOLLAR

WEAKENS AND THE CURRENCY
BOTTOMS OUT,

THE WORLD WILL TURN TO GOLD.

IF PUTIN WERE TO SUCCEED IN
MORTALLY WOUNDING

THE U.S. DOLLAR,
THAT COULD SHIFT

THE POWER FROM
THE WEST TO RUSSIA,

AND, LET'S FACE IT,
DE-STABILIZING

THE UNITED STATES
PSYCHOLOGICALLY,

MILITARILY, AND FINANCIALLY,
IS FOREMOST AMONG HIS AIMS.

Narrator: THE WEIRD PATTERN
SEEN FROM SPACE COULD BE

PART OF THE OPENING SALVOS
IN A TERRIFYING,

MULTI-TRILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC
WAR AGAINST THE U.S.

AND THE WEST.

Munoz: IF YOU LOOK AT
THE IMAGE AGAIN, IN A WAY,

IT KIND OF REPRESENTS SORT OF
PUTIN'S FINGERPRINTS

IN THIS LARGE GRAB

FOR POWER THAT RUSSIA'S
CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN.

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE SOUTH SEAS MAGIC ISLANDS.

THESE ISLANDS WOULD POP UP,

SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE,
AND THEN DISAPPEAR.

Narrator: AND WHO WATCHES
THE WATCHMEN WATCHING YOU?

Carter: FOR US,
AS INDIVIDUALS,

IT'S ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
WE CAN IMAGINE.

Narrator:
OCTOBER 13, 2019.

AN IMAGE TAKEN HIGH OVER
THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

NEAR TONGA

REVEALS SOMETHING WEIRD
IN THE WATERS BELOW.

THERE IS BASICALLY AN ISLAND
THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE,

ALMOST MAGICALLY APPEARED
OUT OF NOWHERE.

SEEMINGLY OVERNIGHT,
A 1,600-FOOT-LONG MASS

HAS RISEN FROM THE SEA.

Kourounis: OF COURSE,
THE QUESTION IS,

WHERE DID THIS LAND MASS
COME FROM?

Narrator: TALES OF ISLANDS
MAGICALLY APPEARING IN

THESE WATERS DATE BACK
MANY CENTURIES.

ANCIENT SEAFARERS ACTUALLY
DOCUMENTED WHEN THEY WOULD

SEE NEW LAND BEING FORMED.

THESE ISLANDS WOULD POP UP,

SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE,
AND THEN DISAPPEAR.

THE LOCALS HERE REFER
TO THESE ISLANDS AS

THE PLACE THAT JUMPS
BACK AND FORTH.

Narrator: THESE CRAZY MYTHS
HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED BY

SATELLITE IMAGERY.

Kourounis: CLEARLY, THIS ISN'T
SOME OPTICAL ILLUSION

OR TRICK OF THE EYE.

THIS IS A REAL ISLAND.

Narrator: THE FIRST EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS OF SOMETHING WEIRD

HAPPENING IN THESE WATERS
COME FROM DECEMBER 2014.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WATCHING AS

THE OCEAN LITERALLY
COMES TO LIFE.

Dennie: IT EXPLODES.
IT'S VIOLENT.

THE ENTIRE WATER
COLUMN IS

HEAVED UPWARD
AS IT FLASHES TO STEAM.

Narrator:
AN UNDERSEA VOLCANO ERUPTS,

SENDING AN APOCALYPTIC
PLUME OF ASH,

ROCK, AND STEAM
FIVE MILES INTO THE SKIES.

AND UNDER THE WAVES,

THE WORLD'S NEWEST LANDMASS
IS BEING BORN.

Dennie: SOMEWHERE DEEP
UNDERWATER HERE WAS A FISSURE.

THIS ERUPTION PUMPED OUT
SO MUCH ROCK

THAT IT ESSENTIALLY JOINED
THESE TWO ISLANDS TOGETHER.

Narrator: IN OCTOBER 2018,

A TEAM OF NASA SCIENTISTS
HEADS TO THE ISLAND.

WHEN THEY REACH SHORE,

WHAT THEY FIND BAFFLES THEM.

THEY'RE EXPECTING TO FIND
BLACK SANDY BEACHES,

BUT INSTEAD THEY ENCOUNTER
THIS SLUDGY, MUCUSY

KIND OF SUBSTANCE.

Narrator: A TWO-INCH-THICK
CARPET OF SLIME

SPROUTING PLANT LIFE COVERS

MUCH OF THE SLOPES
AROUND THE VOLCANO.

Phoenix: THERE'S A LOT OF
UNKNOWNS ABOUT THIS SLIME,

AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE IT CAME FROM.

THE QUESTION IS,
COULD THIS BE SOME SORT OF

PRIMORDIAL OOZE THAT'S COME UP
FROM SOME DEEP PLACE?

Narrator: THIS RAISES
A FRIGHTENING POSSIBILITY.

THIS COULD MEAN
THAT THIS SLIME IS ALIVE.

I KNOW IT CAN SEEM IMPOSSIBLE,
BUT WE ACTUALLY FIND LIFE AT

PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE,

INCLUDING UP TO A MILE
UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE OF

THE OCEAN,
NEAR VOLCANIC VENTS.

Narrator:
UNDER THE EARTH'S SURFACE,

THERE IS A VAST
HIDDEN WORLD OF ORGANISMS.

SCIENTISTS CALL
THESE SUBTERRANEAN CREATURES

DEEP LIFE,

AND THERE IS UP
TO 25 BILLION

TONS OF THEM LIVING
IN OUR PLANET'S DEPTHS.

Phoenix: THEY ARE SOME OF
THE OLDEST LIFE FORMS ON EARTH.

THEY FLOURISH IN
THE MOST INHOSPITABLE,

HARSH CONDITIONS
YOU CAN THINK OF.

THEY ARE TRULY THE SUPERHEROES
OF THE BIOLOGY WORLD.

Narrator: SOMETIMES CALLED
ZOMBIE CREATURES,

THESE ORGANISMS ENDURE EXTREME
CONDITIONS BY EXISTING

IN A TRANCE-LIKE STATE.

THE LATEST RESEARCH SUGGESTS
THESE ZOMBIE CRITTERS

ARE A SNAPSHOT

OF HOW LIFE FIRST EVOLVED
SOME 3.7 BILLION YEARS AGO.

Kourounis: THEY LIVE
UNDER INTENSE PRESSURES

AND INCREDIBLE HEAT
AND SURVIVE

BY METABOLIZING THESE CHEMICALS
THAT ARE PRODUCED BY

THE VOLCANO.

IF THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
AN ALIEN SPECIES,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.

Narrator: VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
IN OUR DISTANT PAST

MAY HAVE PROVIDED THE HEAT
AND GASES NECESSARY

FOR THE CREATION OF
AMINO ACIDS,

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE.

Phoenix:
WHETHER IT'S VOLCANIC VENTS
OR IT'S UNDER THE CRUST ITSELF,

THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE
WE'RE MOST LIKELY TO FIND

THE KEY TO UNRAVELING
WHERE LIFE BEGAN ON EARTH.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS SLIME
BROUGHT UP FROM THIS VOLCANO

POTENTIALLY COULD BE
AN ANCESTOR OF

OLD LIFE FORMS ON EARTH?

IN THIS CASE,
I DON'T THINK THAT IS TRUE.

THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE
DESTROYED DURING

THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION

THAT CAUSED THE ISLAND
TO FORM TO BEGIN WITH.

Narrator: BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
ELSE THAT'S PUZZLING

ABOUT THIS WEIRD LANDMASS.

Kourounis: AN INTERESTING THING
THAT HAPPENS WITH NEW ISLANDS IS

THEY DON'T LAST VERY LONG

AND SWIFTLY GET ERODED
BY THE POWER OF THE SEA.

BUT THIS ISLAND,
IT'S VERY PERSISTENT.

IT'S CLINGING ON.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GIVING IT
THE ABILITY TO STICK AROUND.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE FIND OUT,

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND YET.

Narrator: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND,
THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE DISCOVERED

DURING THE SATELLITE ERA,

HAS MANY MORE SECRETS
TO REVEAL.

COMING UP, STONE GHOST,
THE SUPERCOMPUTER STEALING

YOUR SECRETS.

THIS CONTAINS SOME OF
THE MOST ADVANCED

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Narrator: JUNE 1, 2018.

A SATELLITE PASSING
OVER NEW SOUTH WALES,

AUSTRALIA, CAPTURES
THIS IMAGE.

Ruben: IT IS REALLY STRANGE.

I MEAN, IT'S A --
IT'S ORDINARY FARMLAND.

BUT THEN IN THE MIDDLE
IS THIS CIRCLE

WITH A LOT OF STRANGE SHAPES
RADIATING OFF OF IT.

Narrator: THE ISOLATED STRUCTURE
MEASURES SEVERAL

THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

ONE OF THINGS THAT IT DOES
ACTUALLY REMIND ME OF IS

SOMETHING IN PRISONS,

SORT OF CENTRAL AREA FOR A GUARD
SURROUNDED BY SPOKES RADIATING

OUT WHERE THE PRISONERS
MIGHT BE.

Narrator: MILITARY HISTORIAN,
DAVID SILBEY,

TURNS TO AUSTRALIAN
PENAL RECORDS.

DURING WORLD WAR II,
THE ALLIES ACTUALLY BUILT

A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

IN NEW SOUTH WALES THAT
LOOKS VERY SIMILAR

TO THIS STRUCTURE.

AUSTRALIA BUILDS THE COWRA
INTERNMENT CAMP TO HOUSE 4,000

PRISONERS OF WAR IN 1941,
MOST OF WHOM ARE JAPANESE.

ACCORDING TO THE PLANS,
THE CAMP WAS SEPARATED

INTO DIFFERENT AREAS,

SO THEY SEGREGATED
THE PRISONERS INSIDE

THEIR OWN AREA OF THE CAMP.

THE JAPANESE PRISONERS
THINK IT WAS SHAMEFUL TO

BE TAKEN PRISONER
AND HELD IN CAPTIVITY.

Narrator: ON AUGUST 5, 1944,
1,104 JAPANESE

POWs ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
THE COWRA CAMP,

THE LARGEST BREAKOUT
IN MILITARY HISTORY.

THESE PRISONERS ARE NOT
MESSING AROUND.

THEY ARM THEMSELVES
WITH WHATEVER THEY

CAN USE TO ATTACK
THE GUARDS.

THE AUSTRALIAN GUARDS RESPOND
WITH NO TOLERANCE.

Narrator:
DURING THE JAIL BREAK,

231 PRISONERS
AND FOUR GUARDS ARE KILLED.

Wawro: MAYBE THIS KIND OF
RADIAL CONSTRUCTION

WITH A FACILITY AT THE END

OF THE SPOKES MIGHT HAVE BEEN
TO HOLD PRISONERS OF

DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES.

Narrator: BUT OTHER ANALYSTS
REVEAL THAT

THE FACILITY SERVES
A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING
RIGHT IN THE CENTER

OF THAT BUILDING THAT LOOKS
LIKE IT IS BEING PROTECTED.

Moran: YOU CAN SEE A FAINT LINE
OF SHADOW RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

THIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S
SOME KIND OF TALL,

NEEDLE-LIKE STRUCTURE,
PROBABLY A RADIO MAST.

Narrator: LOCAL LAND
RECORDS INDICATE

THE MYSTERY STRUCTURE SITS ON
MILITARY-CONTROLLED LAND.

JOURNALIST SARA CARTER
DIGS DEEPER.

THIS ACTUALLY BELONGS TO
THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE FORCE

AND CONTAINS SOME OF

THE MOST ADVANCED
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Narrator: CARTER LEARNS
THE GOVERNMENT

BUILDS THE COMPLEX IN 2001,

PURPORTEDLY TO RELAY
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS.

YET A 2013 INVESTIGATION
BY UNDERCOVER JOURNALISTS

REVEALS IT SERVES
A SECONDARY PURPOSE.

WHAT THEY DISCOVERED WAS THAT
IT WAS PART OF AUSTRALIA'S

DEFENSE SIGNALS DIRECTORATE,

WHICH IS BASICALLY
THEIR SPY AGENCY THAT

INTERCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS.

THE SITE IS PART OF
THE FIVE EYES ALLIANCE,

A HIGHLY CLANDESTINE
NETWORK ESTABLISHED

IN 1946 AND OPERATED TODAY
BY AUSTRALIA, THE U.S., CANADA,

NEW ZEALAND,
AND THE U.K.

THE FIVE EYES
WAS SO SECRETIVE

THAT NOBODY KNEW OF
ITS EXISTENCE UNTIL 2010.

Moran: THE NAME COMES
FROM THE NOTION

THAT THESE FIVE NATIONS WILL BE

THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE EYES
ON THE INFORMATION

THAT THEY'RE SHARING
AMONG THEMSELVES.

Narrator: INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS
THE AGENCY SHARES

INFORMATION VIA
A COMPUTER SYSTEM

CODE-NAMED "STONE GHOST."

Moran: AS WE GET MORE
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED,

WE HAVE MORE AND MORE
PERVASIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE

WAYS OF COLLECTING
WHAT WE CALL

SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE
LISTENING IN.

Narrator: DOCUMENTS LEAKED
BY EX-NSA CONTRACTOR,

EDWARD SNOWDEN, REVEAL STONE
GHOST'S TERRIFYING CAPABILITIES.

THEY SUGGEST FIVE EYES ARE

USING THE SUPERCOMPUTER
TO HACK INTO OVER 50,000

GLOBAL NETWORKS

AND HARVEST COMMUNICATIONS

AND DATA BELONGING
TO PRIVATE CITIZENS.

ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS
REALLY BEING HOOVERED UP BY

INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
AS THEY LOOK

FOR THAT NEEDLE IN
THE HAYSTACK THAT'S GOING TO

POINT TO SOME KIND OF
IMMINENT THREAT.

Narrator: THE SNOWDEN DOCUMENTS
CLAIM FIVE EYES OPERATIVES

CAN SNOOP
ON THE PERSONAL EMAILS

AND MESSAGES OF 3.5 BILLION

SMARTPHONE OWNERS WORLDWIDE.

Carter: FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS,

IT'S POSSIBLY ONE OF THE WORST
THINGS WE CAN IMAGINE,

BECAUSE WE THINK, WELL,

OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE
THE CAPABILITY TO SPY ON US

SO EASILY.

Narrator: THE AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT DENIES THAT

THE STRANGE SIGHT REVEALED

FROM SPACE IS ENGAGED IN
ESPIONAGE AGAINST THE PUBLIC.

Moran: INSTALLATIONS LIKE THIS
SITE ARE NECESSARILY SECRET.

THEY HAVE TO BE,
BECAUSE WE'RE GRAPPLING

WITH SO MANY
REAL THREATS.

THE SCARY CRUX OF IT,
THOUGH, IS

WHO'S WATCHING
THE WATCHMEN?