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Josh: ON THIS EPISODE
OF "EXPEDITION X"...
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Jessica: I GOT SOMETHING.
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
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...MY TEAM AND I
INVESTIGATE SIGHTINGS
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OF A GIGANTIC WINGED CREATURE
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SAID TO BE
TERRORIZING THE MIDWEST.
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EVERYBODY SORT OF DESCRIBED
A LARGE BAT-LIKE CREATURE.
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{\an8}Woman: I JUST THOUGHT...
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HANG ON.
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Josh:
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES...
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YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
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WHO HAS SEEN
SOMETHING STRANGE.
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...THE MOTHMAN...
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WHOA, WHOA.
THAT'S HUGE!
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Josh: ...IS BACK.
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- HOLY...
- WHAT IS THAT?
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MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.
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IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE EXPERIENCED
STRANGE THINGS THAT DEFY LOGIC
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AND MADE ME QUESTION EVERYTHING.
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OH, MY GOD.
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NOW, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM
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TO INVESTIGATE THE STRANGER SIDE
OF THE UNKNOWN.
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LET'S GO!
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PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST WHO
HUNTS FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.
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JESSICA CHOBOT'S
PARANORMAL RESEARCH
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HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.
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THERE IS A MONSTER
LIVING IN THIS FOREST.
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PHIL, PHIL, PHIL, I JUST SAW
SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.
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TOGETHER WE'RE SEARCHING
FOR ANSWERS...
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Phil: WHAT IS THAT?
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...TO THE WORLD'S
MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES.
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THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."
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{\an8}- -Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com
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{\an8}CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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{\an8}ALRIGHT, PHIL AND JESS,
THE CASE THAT WE'RE DEALING
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WITH TODAY IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
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FRIGHTENING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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IT'S A STRANGE CASE,
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AND FRANKLY, IT'S PRETTY
UNSETTLING STUFF.
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WELL, YOU HAD ME
AT "FRIGHTENING."
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WHAT ARE
WE DEALING WITH HERE?
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WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY
AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.
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THIS CASE INVOLVES
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AN UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING CREATURE.
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NOW, BEFORE YOU RUN OUT
OF THE ROOM, PHIL,
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I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO.
CHECK THIS OUT.
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- WHOA!
- HUH.
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MAYBE A BIRD.
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ALMOST LIKE A BAT?
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WHAT IS THAT?
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LOOKS LIKE A DRAGON.
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RIGHT?
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I MEAN,
THOSE WINGS ARE HUGE.
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WOW.
IT'S A DRAGON.
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SO WHATEVER THIS IS
HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED,
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BUT IT'S ONE OF A NUMBER
OF REPORTS
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THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD
WITH SEEING FLYING,
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OFTEN HUMANOID-LOOKING,
CREATURES.
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AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE
WHO SEE THIS STUFF
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ARE TERRIFIED BY IT.
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WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.
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{\an8}I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY PRIMAL IN US
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{\an8}ABOUT BEING AFRAID OF
GIANT PREDATORS IN THE SKY.
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{\an8}AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING
JUST NATURALLY MENACING
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{\an8}ABOUT A DARK, WEBBED-WINGED,
HUMANOID OBJECT
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{\an8}FLYING THROUGH THE SKY.
IT'S SCARY.
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WELL, THAT BRINGS US
TO THE CASE IN QUESTION.
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PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY
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ARE RECENTLY
REPORTING ENCOUNTERS
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WITH NOT JUST
A FLYING CREATURE,
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BUT THE MOST FAMOUS FLYING
CRYPTID OF ALL TIME, MOTHMAN.
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YES! I WAS HOPING YOU WERE
GONNA SAY THAT.
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YOU LOVE MOTHMAN?
I LOVE MOTHMAN.
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PHIL?
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE.
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THIS IS NEXT LEVEL, PHIL.
LET'S BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.
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{\an8}Josh: IT'S A STORY THAT BEGINS
IN POINT PLEASANT,
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{\an8}WEST VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1966.
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THAT'S WHEN TWO YOUNG COUPLES
DRIVING HOME
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AFTER A DOUBLE DATE REPORTED
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SEEING A MENACING,
WINGED, HUMANOID CREATURE
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ON THE EDGE OF TOWN.
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THEY SAID IT HAD
GLOWING RED EYES,
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AND IT ATTACKED THEM
FROM THE AIR,
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SCRATCHING THE ROOF OF THEIR CAR
AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE.
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MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS AROUND
POINT PLEASANT
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CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT YEAR,
CULMINATING WITH THE CREATURE
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BEING REPORTED ON POINT
PLEASANT'S SILVER BRIDGE
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SHORTLY BEFORE IT COLLAPSED
ON DECEMBER 15, 1967.
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46 PEOPLE DIED
AND MANY BLAMED MOTHMAN.
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ACCORDING TO REPORTS,
HE WAS SPOTTED IN OHIO IN 1975,
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TWICE IN 1981,
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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HE WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN
IN KENTUCKY IN 1986,
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THEN THREE MORE TIMES IN 1994,
BACK IN WEST VIRGINIA.
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AFTER THAT, THINGS WERE
RELATIVELY QUIET UNTIL NOW.
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OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS,
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THERE HAVE BEEN 87 SIGHTINGS OF
MOTHMAN IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.
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AND IN THE POINT
PLEASANT AREA,
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IN THE LAST
THREE MONTHS ALONE,
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THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY
A DOZEN SIGHTINGS.
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SO JESS, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THIS?
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HE'S BACK, BABY!
YES!
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MOTHMAN IS BACK.
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I'M INTO IT,
I'M STOKED FOR THIS.
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JESS, WHY ARE YOU
SO INTO MOTHMAN?
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WELL, I THINK IT STEMS FROM
WHEN I WAS LITTLE,
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AND I'D GO TO THE LIBRARY,
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AND I'D SIT THERE AND READ ALL
THESE BOOKS ON THE SUPERNATURAL.
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AND FOR SOME REASON, MOTHMAN,
AS A CRYPTID,
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REALLY SPOKE TO ME.
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I FOUND HIM SUPER-SCARY,
WITH THE GLOWING RED EYES,
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THE FACT THAT HE WAS CHASING
THESE TEENAGERS DOWN,
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AND HE WAS STILL
BEING SEEN TODAY,
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AND HE WAS KIND OF
A HARBINGER OF DOOM, RIGHT?
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RIGHT.
IT AFFECTED THIS ENTIRE TOWN,
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AND EVERYBODY SAID
THEY SAW SOMETHING.
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OKAY, SO CLEARLY, YOU'RE IN
THE BELIEVER COLUMN HERE.
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I'M IN
THE BELIEVER COLUMN.
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NOW, PHIL, I COULD GUESS
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THAT YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT
MORE SKEPTICAL HERE,
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AND I THINK YOU AND I
ARE IN THE SAME COLUMN.
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THIS IS A REALLY
WILD STORY, RIGHT?
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BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DENY
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IS THE SHEER NUMBER
OF SIGHTINGS.
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IT IS A LOT OF SIGHTINGS,
AND I CAN AGREE
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THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SEEING
SOMETHING, BUT SEEING WHAT?
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I MEAN, THERE'S MORE DRONES
FLYING AROUND US NOW
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THAN THERE ARE
PLANES IN THE SKY.
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RIGHT.
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BUT PLANES AND DRONES
DON'T FLAP THEIR WINGS
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AND HAVE GLOWING RED EYES
AND CHASE YOU.
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THAT IS TRUE.
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SHE'S GOT YOU THERE, PHIL.
SHE DOES.
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AND LOOK, THIS REALLY IS
THE HEART OF THIS MYSTERY.
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COULD SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE SO ADAMANT
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ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE SEEING BE WRONG?
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IS IT A CASE OF
AN UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE?
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IS IT MISIDENTIFICATION?
IS IT HYSTERIA?
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IS IT SOME SORT OF FOLKLORE
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JUST WORKING
ON THEIR IMAGINATIONS?
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AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT
THE TWO OF YOU TO FIND OUT.
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OKAY.
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I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO GO
TO CHICAGO,
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO START
IN POINT PLEASANT.
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YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO WHERE
THE MOTHMAN STORY BEGAN
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AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND
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SOME CORRELATION
BETWEEN THOSE SIGHTINGS
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AND THE ONES HAPPENING
IN CHICAGO.
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SOUND GOOD?
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SOUNDS GOOD.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
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Josh: THE TEAM IS TRAVELING
540 MILES SOUTHWEST
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TO POINT PLEASANT,
WEST VIRGINIA.
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Jessica:
THIS PLACE, I LOVE IT.
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IT'S FANTASTIC,
IT IS SUPER-CRAZY,
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DEFINITELY A WEIRD VIBE.
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IT IS STEEPED
IN MOTHMAN LORE.
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POINT PLEASANT IS THE EPICENTER
OF MOTHMAN MYTHOLOGY.
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WHILE THOUSANDS COME
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
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FOR THE ANNUAL
MOTHMAN FESTIVAL,
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MANY LOCALS SEE THE CREATURE
AS A GENUINE THREAT,
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AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
OBSESSED WITH MOTHMAN,
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AND I DO MEAN OBSESSED.
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{\an8}JEFF WAMSLEY IS A RESEARCHER
WHO HAS SPENT DECADES
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{\an8}GATHERING EVIDENCE ABOUT
THE MOTHMAN PHENOMENON.
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Wamsley: THESE ARE PROBABLY
SOME OF THE RAREST
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ARCHIVES WE HAVE
IN THE MUSEUM.
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THESE ARE THE HANDWRITTEN
POLICE REPORTS
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OF THOSE ORIGINAL
FOUR WITNESSES.
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AFTER THEY SAW THIS THING,
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THEY WENT IMMEDIATELY
TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
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WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEADS
AROUND THAT FIRST INCIDENT
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AND HOW IT CONNECTS
TO ALL THE OTHER ONES...
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EXACTLY.
...IN CHICAGO.
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SO CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE EVENTS
OF THAT EVENING FOR US?
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SURE.
IN NOVEMBER 15, 1966,
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YOU HAD
THE TWO YOUNG COUPLES,
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AND THEY WERE
JUST RIDING AROUND.
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Josh: THEY WERE DRIVING
ALONG A ROAD
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THAT BORDERED THE SOUTHERN EDGE
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OF THE WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE WORKS,
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A FORMER TNT PLANT
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN.
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THAT'S WHERE THEY ENCOUNTERED
WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A MAN.
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BUT AS THEY DROVE CLOSER,
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THEY SAW ITS 10-FOOT WINGSPAN
AND GLOWING RED EYES.
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SUDDENLY IT TOOK OFF,
FLYING OVER THE TOP OF THE CAR.
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TERRIFIED, THE DRIVER TRIED
TO OUTRUN THE CREATURE,
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BUT EVEN AT 75 MILES AN HOUR,
HE COULDN'T SHAKE THE TALONS
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THAT WERE CLAWING
AT THE TOP OF THE CAR.
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ONCE THEY GOT
TO THE CITY LIMITS,
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IT VEERED OFF
INTO A FIELD.
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THAT WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL
LOCAL SIGHTING HERE.
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MINUTES AFTER
THEY CAME INTO TOWN,
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THEY WERE SCARED ENOUGH
TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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THEY DIDN'T WANT TO,
BUT THEY DID.
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DID THEY SEQUESTER THEM ALL
IN DIFFERENT ROOMS
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TO GET THESE...?
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YES, THEY DID.
GOT IT.
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I HAVE THREE OF THOSE
FOUR PEOPLE'S ORIGINAL REPORTS
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RIGHT HERE.
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AND HOW LONG DID THE ACTIVITY,
AS FAR AS THE SIGHTINGS,
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GO ON FOR BEFORE
THE SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSED?
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13 MONTHS TO THE DAY THAT
THAT ORIGINAL SIGHTING.
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IT'S THE WORST BRIDGE
DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY...
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Phil: WOW.
...AND 46 PEOPLE PERISHED.
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I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO SAID
THEY SAW A CREATURE,
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OR A BIRD,
ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE.
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Josh: IT HAS LONG BEEN RUMORED
THAT MOTHMAN WAS SIGHTED
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ATOP THE SILVER BRIDGE BEFORE IT
COLLAPSED AND KILLED 46 PEOPLE.
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THIS EVENT CEMENTED
MOTHMAN'S SINISTER REPUTATION.
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WHERE HE APPEARS,
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS.
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PEOPLE CLAIM THAT MOTHMAN
POPPED UP
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BEFORE THE CHERNOBYL
DISASTER IN 1986,
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AND IN MEXICO DURING THE SWINE
FLU EPIDEMIC OF 2009.
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AND MANY SAY HE'S OFTEN TRAILED
BY OTHER MYSTERIOUS FIGURES.
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SO I'VE OFTEN HEARD THAT WHEN
THE MOTHMAN WOULD SHOW UP,
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THAT YOU WOULD GET SOME MEN
IN BLACK ACTIVITY, TOO.
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YEAH.
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PEOPLE COMING IN AND KNOCKING
ON DOORS AND ASKING QUESTIONS.
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DID YOU SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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YEAH. THE MEN IN BLACK
WERE NOTORIOUS
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FOR JUST SHOWING UP
UNEXPECTEDLY.
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MY OWN MOTHER,
SHE SAW THE MEN IN BLACK.
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POINT PLEASANT RESIDENTS
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WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN
MOTHMAN
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REPORTEDLY RECEIVED
A VISIT FROM FEDERAL AGENTS.
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IT'S UNKNOWN WHAT THE AGENTS
SAID, BUT AFTER THOSE VISITS,
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THE WITNESSES NEVER
SPOKE OF MOTHMAN AGAIN.
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IF THE REPORTS ARE TRUE,
WHAT DREW
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THESE SO-CALLED MEN IN BLACK TO
THIS SMALL WEST VIRGINIA TOWN?
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WERE THEY TRYING TO COVER UP
A TOP-SECRET MILITARY PROJECT,
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OR WERE THEY ATTEMPTING
TO SILENCE
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ANY TALK ABOUT
A REAL-LIFE CRYPTID?
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SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO
THERE TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN?
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SURE, THE AREA
IS STILL ACCESSIBLE.
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Jessica: HEARING ABOUT WHERE THE
SIGHTINGS HAPPENED IS ONE THING,
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BUT WE WANT TO SEE IT
FOR OURSELVES.
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GROUND ZERO
FOR MOTHMAN PHENOMENA --
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THE FORMER WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE WORKS.
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Phil: THIS IS THE AREA
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WHERE THERE WAS A HUGE
CLUSTER OF SIGHTINGS,
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AND IT'S LIKE SIGHTING,
SIGHTING, SIGHTING,
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SIGHTING ALL THE WAY
AROUND THE PERIMETER.
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SO I FIGURED THIS IS
THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US
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TO POKE AROUND
A LITTLE BIT.
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Josh: OVER THE YEARS,
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THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS
OF CREDIBLE WITNESSES
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WHO DESCRIBE SEEING
A WINGED HUMAN-LIKE FIGURE
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EITHER COMING OUT OF,
OR DISAPPEARING, INTO THIS AREA,
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AND THOSE SIGHTINGS
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.
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RETIRED AIR FORCE VETERAN
AND MILITARY POLICE OFFICER
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DAVE SPINKS
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{\an8}HAS INVESTIGATED
THE MOTHMAN PHENOMENON
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{\an8}FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
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HE HAS A UNIQUE THEORY ABOUT
WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SEEING.
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Jessica: SO IT LOOKS LIKE
AN ABANDONED CITY.
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THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
WHAT IT WAS.
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YOU ARE STANDING IN THE HEART
OF THE WEST VIRGINIA
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ORDNANCE WORKS HERE IN
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA.
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SO WHEN YOU SAW ORDNANCE,
YOU MEAN EXPLOSIVES?
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YES, EXACTLY.
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Josh: THIS EERIE TRACT OF LAND
JUST OUTSIDE OF POINT PLEASANT
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WAS AN 8,000-ACRE FACILITY
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THAT MANUFACTURED TNT
DURING WORLD WAR II
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AND STORED IT IN 100
CONCRETE BUNKERS.
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BUT RUMORS HAVE SWIRLED
FOR DECADES
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THAT THERE WAS MORE
GOING ON HERE
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THAN THE MILITARY WAS ADMITTING.
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AND THEY ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED
THE EXPLOSIVES
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FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB HERE.
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WOW.
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WHAT'S YOUR PERSONAL TAKE
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ON THE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS
IN THIS AREA?
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I BELIEVE IT
COULD BE SOME TYPE
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OF MILITARY
CLANDESTINE PROJECT.
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Josh:
THOUGH A MILITARY MOTHMAN
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MIGHT SOUND
LIKE SCIENCE FICTION,
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IT'S A FACT THAT
DURING THE COLD WAR,
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THE UNITED STATES FUNDED
A NUMBER OF HIGHLY UNUSUAL
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TOP-SECRET PROGRAMS,
MANY WITH ANIMALS.
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PROJECT PIGEON
DEPLOYED BOMBS WITH PIGEONS
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ACTING AS GUIDANCE MECHANISMS,
AND PROJECT ACOUSTIC KITTY
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INTENDED TO USE CATS
TO SPY ON THE KREMLIN.
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THE BAT BOMB WAS A PLAN
TO USE BATS
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TO DELIVER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
INTO ENEMY CITIES.
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SOME HAVE SUGGESTED MOTHMAN IS
ACTUALLY THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT
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OF SIMILAR TOP-SECRET
EXPERIMENTS,
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A GENETICALLY MODIFIED BIRD,
OR PERHAPS EVEN A HUMAN.
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IT'S A WILD THEORY,
BUT WHAT CAN'T BE IGNORED
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IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
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SEEING SOMETHING
LURKING IN THESE WOODS.
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CHECK THIS OUT.
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Phil: DAVE HAS UNCOVERED
A ONCE-CLASSIFIED 1940 SITE MAP
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FOR THE ORDNANCE WORKS.
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SO RIGHT OUT HERE,
WHAT WE HAVE...
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Jessica: UH-HUH?
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...IS 300 ACRES OF
WAR-DEPARTMENT LAND
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OTHER THAN THE TNT AREA.
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MY CONTACTS TOLD ME
THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY
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CLANDESTINE ACTIVITY
GOING ON OUT HERE.
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SO OUT
OF THOSE 8,000 ACRES,
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300 OF THEM ARE THIS
WAR DEPARTMENT,
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"DON'T GO IN.
THERE ARE NO TRESPASSING"?
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ABSOLUTELY.
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Phil: IT DOES SEEM POSSIBLE
THAT DURING THE TIME
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OF THE ORIGINAL
MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS,
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THERE COULD HAVE BEEN TOP-SECRET
MILITARY ACTIVITY AT THIS PLANT.
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WE'RE FOLLOWING
DAVE'S MAP TO SEE
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IF WE CAN FIND ANY EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THIS THEORY.
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TO GET THERE, WE'LL HAVE TO
NAVIGATE A RIVER OF TOXIC SLUDGE
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THAT SURROUNDS
THE ENTIRE ABANDONED FACILITY.
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SOME SAY IT'S A MAN-MADE BARRIER
MEANT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT.
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HAVE YOU EVER BROUGHT A BOAT
DOWN THIS WAY BEFORE?
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{\an8}NO, WE HAVEN'T.
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{\an8}WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS WATER, SPECIAL STUFF?
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YES.
ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10,
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10 BEING THE WORST,
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HOW CRAZY ARE WE
FOR DOING THIS?
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PROBABLY A 10.
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OH, GOOD.
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I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
AN OVERACHIEVER.
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Jessica: AFTER SECURING A BOAT
TO NAVIGATE THE SWAMP,
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WE TRAVEL DOWN
TO THE WATER'S EDGE.
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READY?
YEAH.
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OKAY. GOING IN.
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{\an8}♪♪
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I MEAN, THIS AREA OUT HERE,
THIS IS NEXT-LEVEL HABITAT.
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THIS IS WHERE A LOT
OF THE SIGHTINGS HAPPENED.
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THIS IS WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTIVE.
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THIS WAS HIS DEFAULT
GO-TO SPOT.
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00:13:59,970 --> 00:14:03,470
THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL WENT DOWN.
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00:14:03,470 --> 00:14:05,030
THERE WE GO.
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00:14:07,970 --> 00:14:09,270
Jessica:
AFTER PADDLING THROUGH THE MUCK,
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WE EVENTUALLY COME ASHORE
AND SET OUT ON FOOT.
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FINALLY, WE MAKE IT TO THE AREA
ON THE MAP WHERE SOME BELIEVE
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THE GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED
A SECRET MILITARY PROJECT
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THAT CAN EXPLAIN
THE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
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I THINK I SEE SOMETHING.
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00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:26,830
Jessica: HERE WE GO.
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THIS THING IS COMPLETELY
COVERED BY EARTH.
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00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:32,270
LOOK AT THIS. IT IS PART
OF THE LANDSCAPE HERE.
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00:14:32,270 --> 00:14:33,470
TOTALLY GROWN OVER.
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00:14:33,470 --> 00:14:36,770
THIS THING HASN'T BEEN OPENED
IN DECADES.
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[ CREAKING ]
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WOW.
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OKAY, READY?
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MM-HMM.
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{\an8}♪♪
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ALRIGHT, ONE MORE.
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READY, SET...
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YEP.
[ GRUNTS ]
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HOLY...
OH, WHAT IS THAT?
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Josh: OUR MOTHMAN INVESTIGATION
HAS LED TO THE INNERMOST AREA
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OF THE WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE PLANT.
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00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:07,570
WOW.
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00:15:07,570 --> 00:15:09,870
PHIL AND JESS ARE TRACKING
A CONTROVERSIAL THEORY
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THAT TOP-SECRET MILITARY
EXPERIMENTS WITH ANIMALS
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OR EVEN PEOPLE CONDUCTED
OUT OF THESE BUNKERS
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COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
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00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,430
EITHER WAY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SEEING SOMETHING
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HIDING AMIDST THESE RUINS.
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00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,740
THE QUESTION IS WHAT?
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READY, SET...
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00:15:29,530 --> 00:15:30,740
YEAH.
[ GRUNTS ]
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HOLY...
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00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:35,070
WHAT IS THAT?
364
00:15:35,070 --> 00:15:41,600
{\an8}♪♪
365
00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,140
WHAT IS THIS?
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A BARREL OF DIESEL OIL?
367
00:15:50,570 --> 00:15:53,040
WHAT IS THIS?
368
00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,500
[ GRUNTS ]
AND A SPROCKET.
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00:15:59,170 --> 00:16:02,100
THIS PLACE...
OH, LOOK AT THIS. LOOK.
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00:16:04,470 --> 00:16:06,370
WHY WOULD YOU JUST LEAVE
ALL THIS STUFF BEHIND?
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00:16:06,370 --> 00:16:07,600
I DON'T KNOW.
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00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,900
WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE
SOMETHING WAS CHAINED UP HERE?
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THAT DOES LOOK LIKE --
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00:16:11,330 --> 00:16:13,840
KIND OF LIKE A WRIST
OR SOMETHING.
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00:16:17,330 --> 00:16:18,500
THAT'S KIND OF CREEPY.
376
00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:22,630
OH, WHAT'S THIS?
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00:16:22,630 --> 00:16:24,940
LOOK, AN OLD
FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
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00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,070
WOW.
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00:16:26,070 --> 00:16:28,430
DAYTON FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
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00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:30,500
DAYTON, OHIO.
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IS THERE A DATE ON HERE?
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00:16:33,530 --> 00:16:35,530
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT, YEAH,
THAT'S INTERESTING
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00:16:35,530 --> 00:16:36,800
THIS IS COMING
FROM DAYTON.
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00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,530
YEAH.
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00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:44,770
Phil: HAVING FULLY EXPLORED
THE BUNKER,
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00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:48,270
WE RETURNED TO THE BOAT
AND BEGIN PADDLING BACK
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00:16:48,270 --> 00:16:51,600
ONLY TO FIND ANOTHER
MYSTERIOUS STRUCTURE.
388
00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:56,070
LOOK AT THAT.
389
00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:57,470
WHAT IS THIS?
390
00:16:59,700 --> 00:17:01,370
LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN GET IN.
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00:17:01,370 --> 00:17:22,770
{\an8}♪♪
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00:17:22,770 --> 00:17:24,940
Phil: OH!
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00:17:24,940 --> 00:17:26,370
Jessica: OH, MY GOD.
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00:17:26,370 --> 00:17:42,070
{\an8}♪♪
395
00:17:42,070 --> 00:17:44,600
OH, WOW.
396
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,230
THIS IS HUGE.
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00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:50,470
WHOA.
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00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:55,270
{\an8}♪♪
399
00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:58,000
I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO PUT
MY PADDLE IN THE WATER.
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00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,040
IT IS...
LOOK.
401
00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,170
WHAT'S DOWN THERE?
WHAT'S DOWN THERE?
402
00:18:00,170 --> 00:18:01,100
I DON'T KNOW.
403
00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:11,330
{\an8}♪♪
404
00:18:11,330 --> 00:18:13,870
SO DID YOU SEE ANYTHING
UNDER THE WATER? WHAT'S THERE?
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00:18:13,870 --> 00:18:15,500
I DON'T KNOW.
406
00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:17,800
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE
A MOTHMAN,
407
00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,470
WHY WOULDN'T YOU LIVE HERE?
408
00:18:19,470 --> 00:18:22,900
[ CREATURE SQUEAKS ]
409
00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,530
OH, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
410
00:18:25,530 --> 00:18:27,270
IT WAS SOMEWHERE
OVER THERE.
411
00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:36,040
{\an8}♪♪
412
00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,740
THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS
COMING FROM OUTSIDE.
413
00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:41,370
COME ON,
LET'S GET OUT THERE.
414
00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:50,400
{\an8}♪♪
415
00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:51,430
[ FLAPPING, THUD ]
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00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,570
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
417
00:18:53,570 --> 00:18:55,100
SOMETHING OUT THERE.
SOMETHING OUT THERE.
418
00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:56,100
DO YOU SEE IT?
NO.
419
00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:59,200
I HEARD IT
OVER HERE SOMEWHERE.
420
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,230
SHINE THE FLASHLIGHT UP
IN THAT TREE.
421
00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:06,770
WAIT, I THINK I SEE IT.
422
00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:10,070
WHAT IS THAT?
IT JUST MOVED.
423
00:19:10,070 --> 00:19:11,040
TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT.
424
00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,270
IT'S TRYING
TO AVOID THE LIGHT.
425
00:19:14,270 --> 00:19:15,370
THERE'S SOMETHING
OVER THERE.
426
00:19:15,370 --> 00:19:16,740
I'M GONNA PADDLE US
A LITTLE CLOSER.
427
00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:17,970
OKAY.
428
00:19:17,970 --> 00:19:24,630
{\an8}♪♪
429
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,530
I'VE GOT
THE THERMAL CAMERA.
430
00:19:26,530 --> 00:19:28,740
IF THERE'S ANYTHING
BIOLOGICAL GIVING OFF HEAT,
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00:19:28,740 --> 00:19:30,470
WE'LL SEE IT ON THIS.
432
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,740
IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS UP
IN THE TREETOPS HERE.
433
00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:39,700
WHERE? POINT YOUR LIGHT
WHERE YOU THINK YOU SAW IT.
434
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:40,770
RIGHT UP HERE.
435
00:19:40,770 --> 00:19:43,700
ALRIGHT. I'M LOOKING.
436
00:19:47,140 --> 00:19:49,770
HEY, I THINK I SEE
SOMETHING ON THE THERMAL.
437
00:19:49,770 --> 00:19:50,940
OH, MY GOD.
438
00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:54,430
WHOA. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THAT IS?
439
00:19:54,430 --> 00:19:56,170
OH, I THINK I LOST IT.
440
00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:01,940
WELL, LET'S KEEP HEADING
TOWARDS THE SHORE
441
00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:05,330
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND
ONCE WE'RE ON LAND.
442
00:20:05,330 --> 00:20:06,570
ALRIGHT.
443
00:20:06,570 --> 00:20:17,170
{\an8}♪♪
444
00:20:17,170 --> 00:20:20,530
Jessica: IS THAT THE TREE
WE SAW SOMETHING IN?
445
00:20:20,530 --> 00:20:21,740
Phil: I'M NOT SURE.
446
00:20:21,740 --> 00:20:23,900
IT MIGHT BE
THAT ONE OVER THERE.
447
00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:25,500
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
448
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:31,700
{\an8}♪♪
449
00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,170
Phil:
AFTER ANOTHER HOUR OF SEARCHING,
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00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:36,170
WE STILL HAVEN'T MADE CONTACT
WITH THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE
451
00:20:36,170 --> 00:20:38,740
AND WHATEVER WE SAW
ON THE THERMAL CAMERA.
452
00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:42,400
WITH THE SUN ON THE HORIZON,
WE DECIDE TO HEAD BACK.
453
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,070
THE ITEMS WE FOUND
AT THE ORDNANCE PLANT SUPPORT
454
00:20:45,070 --> 00:20:47,840
DAVE'S THEORY
THAT A SECRET MILITARY OPERATION
455
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,530
COULD HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTED HERE,
456
00:20:49,530 --> 00:20:54,070
BUT WHAT SORT OF EXPERIMENTS
COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE MOTHMAN?
457
00:20:54,070 --> 00:20:57,870
WE CHECK IN WITH JOSH TO
UPDATE HIM ON OUR INVESTIGATION.
458
00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:04,470
HELLO. HOW'S WEST VIRGINIA
TREATING YOU?
459
00:21:04,470 --> 00:21:07,530
WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING INTO
SOME WEIRD STUFF OUT HERE.
460
00:21:07,530 --> 00:21:09,900
ALRIGHT, SO BRING ME
UP TO SPEED.
461
00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,470
SO THAT AREA WHERE ALL OF THE
ORIGINAL MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS
462
00:21:12,470 --> 00:21:14,970
TOOK PLACE, THE WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE WORKS...
463
00:21:14,970 --> 00:21:16,430
THE TNT PLANT.
464
00:21:16,430 --> 00:21:19,040
YEAH, EXACTLY. WE GOT
THE PLANS FOR THE AREA
465
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,630
AND RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER
HAS BEEN JUST SECTIONED OFF
466
00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:26,100
AS "WAR DEPARTMENT"
WITH NO EXPLANATION GIVEN.
467
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:28,470
WAR DEPARTMENT. OKAY.
SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
468
00:21:28,470 --> 00:21:30,600
MAYBE SOMETHING TOP SECRET
WAS GOING ON OUT THERE?
469
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,670
POSSIBLY.
470
00:21:31,670 --> 00:21:34,140
WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT
TO THAT AREA LAST NIGHT.
471
00:21:34,140 --> 00:21:36,070
IS THERE ANYTHING
IN THAT AREA?
472
00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:38,270
THERE WERE THESE
SEALED-OFF BUNKERS THERE,
473
00:21:38,270 --> 00:21:40,270
AND WE WENT INTO
ONE OF THEM
474
00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:42,370
AND IT WAS BASICALLY
HALF HIDDEN,
475
00:21:42,370 --> 00:21:43,940
KIND OF BURIED IN THE GROUND
RIGHT THERE.
476
00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:45,140
WHAT WAS INSIDE?
477
00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:46,940
FOR A PLACE THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE STORING TNT,
478
00:21:46,940 --> 00:21:49,270
THERE WAS A LOT
OF WEIRD STUFF IN THERE.
479
00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:52,530
WE FOUND CHAINS,
SHACKLES, A DIESEL DRUM.
480
00:21:52,530 --> 00:21:55,070
THERE WAS A REALLY OLD
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
481
00:21:55,070 --> 00:21:56,200
FROM DAYTON, OHIO.
482
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,900
THERE WERE TOOLS.
HOLD ON. HOLD ON.
483
00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,370
THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
WAS FROM DAYTON?
484
00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:00,530
IT WAS LABELED DAYTON?
485
00:22:00,530 --> 00:22:02,040
YEAH.
YEAH.
486
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,230
DAYTON, OHIO, IS HOME
487
00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:05,500
TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE,
488
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,500
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
MILITARY BASES IN THE COUNTRY.
489
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:10,840
ALSO, A PLACE WHERE A LOT
OF TOP-SECRET MILITARY ACTIVITY
490
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,740
TOOK PLACE.
THAT'S ON RECORD.
491
00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:14,400
IF, IN FACT, THERE WAS
SOME SORT OF
492
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,100
TOP-SECRET FACILITY
IN POINT PLEASANT,
493
00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:20,100
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AND DAYTON,
THAT'S 150 MILES AWAY.
494
00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,300
THAT'S NOT FAR AT ALL.
495
00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:22,840
MAYBE THERE IS
A RELATIONSHIP THERE.
496
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,100
BUT THAT PLACE
IS EXTREMELY RESTRICTED.
497
00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:26,770
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
498
00:22:26,770 --> 00:22:28,940
CONSIDER TO BE THE REAL AREA 51.
499
00:22:28,940 --> 00:22:30,470
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW
500
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:33,470
HOW WE WOULD EVER BE ABLE
TO INVESTIGATE THAT.
501
00:22:33,470 --> 00:22:36,600
WELL,
I MIGHT HAVE A WAY.
502
00:22:44,470 --> 00:22:47,100
Josh: THE TEAM AND I ARE
REVIEWING THE DISCOVERIES
503
00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:49,600
THEY MADE AT THE WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE PLANT
504
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,670
AND WHETHER THE MOTHMAN
SIGHTINGS MIGHT BE EXPLAINED
505
00:22:52,670 --> 00:22:55,900
BY A TOP-SECRET
MILITARY PROGRAM.
506
00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:57,840
THE CHALLENGE NOW
IS GETTING ACCESS
507
00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,300
TO ONE OF THE MOST SECRETIVE
MILITARY BASES IN EXISTENCE --
508
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:04,970
WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE.
509
00:23:04,970 --> 00:23:07,200
{\an8}I HAVE A CONTACT
FROM WRIGHT-PATTERSON
510
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,740
FROM A MILITARY INVESTIGATION
WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
511
00:23:09,740 --> 00:23:11,570
I'LL SEE IF I CAN CONNECT
ALL OF YOU.
512
00:23:11,570 --> 00:23:13,440
IN THE MEANTIME,
WE'VE STILL GOT
513
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,400
THESE EYEWITNESS
SIGHTINGS IN CHICAGO.
514
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,530
AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT
TO HEAD THERE NEXT.
515
00:23:17,530 --> 00:23:18,600
ABSOLUTELY.
516
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,900
ALSO,
I'VE LEARNED BACK HERE
517
00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,300
THAT ONE OF
THE EYEWITNESSES THERE
518
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,600
CLAIMS THAT HE ACTUALLY HAS
IMAGES OF HIS ENCOUNTER
519
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,340
WITH MOTHMAN THOUGH
HE'S BEEN HESITANT TO SHOW IT.
520
00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:29,340
I WANT TO SEE THAT.
521
00:23:29,340 --> 00:23:31,200
ALRIGHT,
LET'S GO TO CHICAGO.
522
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,940
TO CHICAGO.
GOOD LUCK.
523
00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:36,870
Josh: WHILE I WORK ON ACCESS TO
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE,
524
00:23:36,870 --> 00:23:41,870
THE TEAM TRAVELS 438 MILES
NORTHWEST TO CHICAGO.
525
00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:44,940
I'LL ADMIT IT'S A STRANGE
PLACE TO FIND MOTHMAN,
526
00:23:44,940 --> 00:23:46,370
BUT DON'T TELL THAT
TO THE PEOPLE
527
00:23:46,370 --> 00:23:49,370
WHO SAY THEY'VE SEEN HIM HERE.
528
00:23:49,370 --> 00:23:50,900
SO I'VE ACTUALLY HOOKED US UP
WITH SOMEBODY
529
00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,900
THAT'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH
ALL THOSE RECENT SIGHTINGS.
530
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,340
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO GO UP REALLY HIGH.
531
00:23:56,340 --> 00:23:57,300
Phil: WHAT DO MEAN HIGH?
532
00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,940
LIKE MOTHMAN HIGH.
WHOA.
533
00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:03,270
NO CHICAGO STRUCTURE IS
MORE ICONIC THAN WILLIS TOWER.
534
00:24:03,270 --> 00:24:05,170
ONCE KNOWN
AS THE SEARS TOWER,
535
00:24:05,170 --> 00:24:07,840
IT IS THE SECOND TALLEST
BUILDING IN THE AMERICAS
536
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,600
AND THE PLACE
WHERE EYEWITNESSES
537
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,400
HAVE REPORTED SEEING MOTHMAN.
538
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,070
JESSICA AND PHIL ARE HERE
TO MEET
539
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:16,340
AUTHOR AND PARANORMAL
INVESTIGATOR...
540
00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:17,270
GOING UP.
541
00:24:17,270 --> 00:24:18,740
{\an8}...TOBIAS WAYLAND.
542
00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:22,340
{\an8}TOBIAS HAS BEEN GATHERING DATA
ON THE CHICAGO MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS
543
00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:26,240
{\an8}SINCE HE FIRST GOT WIND
OF A TRIO OF RECENT REPORTS.
544
00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:29,340
HEY, TOBIAS.
HI.
545
00:24:29,340 --> 00:24:31,840
SORRY I'M A LITTLE LATE.
THAT'S A LOT OF STAIRS.
546
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,270
SURE IS.
547
00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:34,570
SO WHY DID YOU
BRING US HERE?
548
00:24:34,570 --> 00:24:37,470
WELL, IT WASN'T ME.
THE MOTHMAN DID.
549
00:24:37,470 --> 00:24:40,040
THE MOTHMAN,
OVER A THOUSAND FEET UP,
550
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,400
CHOSE THIS LOCATION.
551
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,600
HIGHER ACTUALLY.
552
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,000
THE SIGHTING THAT SUPPOSEDLY
TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE
553
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,770
HAD THE CREATURE
AT THE VERY TOP.
554
00:24:47,770 --> 00:24:49,470
WOW.
THERE'S A GUY, GUILLERMO,
555
00:24:49,470 --> 00:24:51,670
AND HE'S OUTSIDE SMOKING
556
00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:55,140
JUST AFTER 5:00 P.M.
IN JULY OF 2017.
557
00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:59,270
AND HE SEES SOMETHING
ON TOP OF THE TOWER.
558
00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:01,070
AS HE'S STANDING THERE,
559
00:25:01,070 --> 00:25:05,740
THIS WINGED HUMAN JUMPS
OFF OF THE TOWER.
560
00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:08,770
AFTER THAT, THE SIGHTINGS
JUST KEPT COMING
561
00:25:08,770 --> 00:25:11,400
AND EVERYBODY DESCRIBED
THE SAME THING,
562
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,530
WHICH WAS A LARGE,
BAT-LIKE CREATURE.
563
00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:23,040
WE'VE GOT PROBABLY WELL OVER
A HUNDRED DIFFERENT REPORTS
564
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,700
AND ASSOCIATED
PHENOMENON.
565
00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:27,670
ALL WITHIN THIS AREA
OR JUST ACROSS THE BOARD?
566
00:25:27,670 --> 00:25:31,630
WITHIN 200 MILES
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
567
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,170
WELL, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE MOTHMAN ALWAYS --
568
00:25:34,170 --> 00:25:38,800
AT LEAST THE REPORTS AND STORIES
THAT I'VE HEARD AND READ,
569
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,270
IS THAT IT'S USUALLY
IN KIND OF RURAL AREAS.
570
00:25:41,270 --> 00:25:44,740
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM
IN THE MIDDLE OF CHICAGO.
571
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,770
LET ME SHOW YOU A MAP.
572
00:25:49,770 --> 00:25:52,070
THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS...
WOW.
573
00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:55,300
YEAH, CENTERED
AROUND GREEN SPACES.
574
00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:56,800
OH, OKAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF SIGHTINGS.
575
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:57,870
I'M ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED
576
00:25:57,870 --> 00:25:59,240
AT HOW MANY ARE
IN THE CITY, TOO.
577
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:00,740
A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY
DON'T REALIZE
578
00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:03,040
THAT THEY ARE SURROUNDED
BY NATURE,
579
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,570
THAT THERE ARE OWLS HERE,
THERE ARE HERONS HERE,
580
00:26:05,570 --> 00:26:07,240
THERE ARE
A LOT OF BIG BIRDS.
581
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,770
AND SO WHEN IT'S DARK,
AND THEY SEE SOMETHING FLYING
582
00:26:09,770 --> 00:26:11,970
AND THEY KNOW THAT MOTHMAN
HAS BEEN SIGHTED HERE,
583
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:14,530
MAYBE THAT'S WHY
THEY'RE THINKING IT'S MOTHMAN.
584
00:26:14,530 --> 00:26:17,700
THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE
AS MUCH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
585
00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:20,600
AND SO, THE CRITERIA I HAVE TO
USE TO JUDGE THOSE SIGHTINGS
586
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,100
IS THE CREDIBILITY
OF THE WITNESSES THEMSELVES.
587
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,900
THERE HAVE BEEN A GOOD NUMBER
OF VERY FRIGHTENED,
588
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,170
VERY OTHERWISE NORMAL PEOPLE
WHO HAVE COME FORWARD
589
00:26:31,170 --> 00:26:33,100
AND RECOUNTED
THESE STORIES.
590
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:34,870
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
WITH A NORMAL,
591
00:26:34,870 --> 00:26:36,770
CREDIBLE PERSON
WHO'S TELLING YOU
592
00:26:36,770 --> 00:26:39,340
THAT THEY WERE STANDING
ONLY SEVERAL FEET AWAY
593
00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:42,940
FROM SOMETHING THAT LOOKED
LIKE A WINGED HUMANOID,
594
00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:44,500
I FEEL LIKE UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES,
595
00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:46,530
IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT,
IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE,
596
00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:49,200
TO MISIDENTIFY
SOME SORT OF LARGE BIRD.
597
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,340
I'M EAGER TO SPEAK WITH
A CHICAGO EYEWITNESS
598
00:26:51,340 --> 00:26:53,900
TO SEE IF THE
MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS HERE
599
00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:58,140
MIGHT ALSO BE EXPLAINED BY SOME
KIND OF SECRET MILITARY PROGRAM.
600
00:26:58,140 --> 00:27:02,240
WE HEAD SOUTHWEST FROM WILLIS
TOWER TO THE LOWER WEST SIDE.
601
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,740
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MEETING
KELLEY HANADA,
602
00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,300
THE EYEWITNESS
THAT HAS BEEN RELUCTANT
603
00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:09,270
TO RELEASE HIS EVIDENCE,
AT LEAST SO FAR.
604
00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:17,340
{\an8}♪♪
605
00:27:17,340 --> 00:27:20,140
WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN?
WALK US THROUGH IT.
606
00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:22,340
Hanada: WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY
TO WORK RIDING MY BIKE,
607
00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:25,700
THIS IS THE ROUTE
THAT I TAKE PRETTY MUCH DAILY.
608
00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:28,040
SO AS I'M PULLING UP
TO THIS INTERSECTION,
609
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,440
I'M JUST GAZING OUT,
610
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,940
LOOKING AT THE FLAGS
ABOVE THE LIBRARY.
611
00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:34,940
I SEE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN
START POINTING TO THE SKY,
612
00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:38,070
AND THAT'S WHEN I SEE
A LARGE FLYING OBJECT.
613
00:27:38,070 --> 00:27:39,240
AND SO, I IMMEDIATELY
THINK IN MY HEAD,
614
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,840
"HEY, I THINK
THAT'S THE MOTHMAN."
615
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,170
SO YOU IMMEDIATELY
WENT TO MOTHMAN.
616
00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:46,970
{\an8}YEAH. WELL, CERTAINLY
AT THE TIME
617
00:27:46,970 --> 00:27:49,240
{\an8}OF WHEN I'M EXPERIENCING
THIS AND VIEWING IT,
618
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,670
{\an8}I'M ALMOST POSITIVE
619
00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:54,440
{\an8}THAT WHAT I'M CAPTURING
ON FILM IS THE MOTHMAN.
620
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,070
I HAD THE GoPro ON ME, AND I
WAS ABLE TO GET THAT CAPTURED.
621
00:27:58,070 --> 00:28:00,470
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD SEE
THAT FOOTAGE THAT YOU HAVE?
622
00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:03,970
YES, PLEASE.
623
00:28:03,970 --> 00:28:05,940
I'M KIND OF HESITANT OF EVEN
SHOWING PEOPLE NOW
624
00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:08,700
JUST BECAUSE IT ALMOST SEEMS
LIKE A POINT OF RIDICULE
625
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:10,000
JUST FOR...
626
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,870
PEOPLE WILL EITHER SEE
ONE THING OR THE OTHER.
627
00:28:11,870 --> 00:28:13,630
AND THEN I LOOK
LIKE A CRAZY PERSON
628
00:28:13,630 --> 00:28:17,040
FOR COMING FORWARD
WITH A MOTHMAN SIGHTING.
629
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,470
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE,
630
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:19,840
IS YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
631
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,670
WHO HAS SEEN
SOMETHING STRANGE.
632
00:28:21,670 --> 00:28:23,770
AND WHAT YOU SAW STILL
IS A MYSTERY,
633
00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:25,070
AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP
634
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:27,870
AND SEE IF WE CAN GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT MYSTERY.
635
00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:30,470
YEAH. WELL, I MEAN,
SO I DO HAVE IT WITH ME,
636
00:28:30,470 --> 00:28:32,470
AND I HAVE
A FEW OF THE STILLS.
637
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:33,800
A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA.
638
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,870
OH, WHOA.
THAT'S HUGE.
639
00:28:37,940 --> 00:28:42,970
{\an8}♪♪
640
00:28:42,970 --> 00:28:44,400
Josh: MY TEAM IS IN CHICAGO
641
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,300
INVESTIGATING RECENT REPORTS
OF A GIANT WINGED CREATURE.
642
00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:50,470
KELLEY HANADA
WAS CYCLING TO WORK
643
00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:53,600
WEARING A CAMERA ON HIS HELMET
WHEN HE CAPTURED IMAGES
644
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,640
OF SOMETHING LARGE
FLYING IN THE SKY.
645
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:02,040
OH, YEAH, THERE HE IS.
OH, WOW.
646
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,600
SO HERE'S WHERE IT IS
RIGHT HERE.
647
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,900
IT BASICALLY STARTS
FROM THIS AREA
648
00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,300
HEADING KIND OF
IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION
649
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:16,340
AND ALMOST INTO THE WIND
THE ENTIRE TIME.
650
00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:20,800
{\an8}SO KELLEY, I GOT TO SAY,
651
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,370
{\an8}ESPECIALLY IN THIS FRAME
RIGHT HERE,
652
00:29:23,370 --> 00:29:24,940
AS MUCH AS
IT WOULD BE AMAZING
653
00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:26,500
IF THIS IS A PHOTO
OF MOTHMAN,
654
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,570
TO ME,
THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE
655
00:29:28,570 --> 00:29:30,840
A REALLY BIG,
IMPRESSIVE BIRD.
656
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,340
WELL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
AT LEAST
657
00:29:32,340 --> 00:29:34,770
A 10-FOOT WINGSPAN
GIVEN THE SIZE.
658
00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:36,700
YEAH. BUT A BIRD IS NOT
GONNA ATTRACT
659
00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:39,000
THAT KIND OF ATTENTION
FROM PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
660
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,840
TO ACTUALLY STOP ON THEIR WAY
TO WORK AND POINT UP IN THE SKY.
661
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,100
I DO THAT FOR, LIKE, A GREAT
HORNED OWL OR GYRFALCON.
662
00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:47,700
I MEAN, I THINK
THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL --
663
00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:49,940
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE A UNIQUE,
AMAZING PERSON.
664
00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:51,400
WERE YOU GONNA CALL ME
A NERD?
665
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,500
NO.
666
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,840
KELLEY'S FOOTAGE SHOWS
SOMETHING HUMAN SIZED
667
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,200
FLYING ABOVE CHICAGO.
668
00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,640
GIVEN ITS SIZE AND SHAPE,
669
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,070
MANY HAVE SUGGESTED IT MIGHT'VE
BEEN A PERSON IN A WINGSUIT.
670
00:30:03,070 --> 00:30:06,070
EXPERTS HAVE ALSO THEORIZED
THAT SIGHTINGS AT WILLIS TOWER
671
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:09,870
COULD HAVE BEEN A BASE JUMPER
ILLEGALLY JUMPING FROM THE ROOF.
672
00:30:09,870 --> 00:30:11,700
TO PUT THESE THEORIES
TO THE TEST,
673
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,940
WE'RE HEADING TO AN INDOOR
SKYDIVING FACILITY
674
00:30:13,940 --> 00:30:15,900
TO MEET WITH
EXPERT WINGSUIT PILOT
675
00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:18,840
{\an8}AND WORLD RECORD HOLDER
JOE RIDLER.
676
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,840
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
RUNNING AROUND CHICAGO
677
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,200
INVESTIGATING
THE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
678
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,400
INTERESTING.
679
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,040
YEAH. WE SUSPECT IT COULD BE
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS,
680
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,370
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
WE WERE THINKING OF
681
00:30:29,370 --> 00:30:31,740
IS MAYBE A BASE JUMPER
OR A GUY WEARING A WINGSUIT.
682
00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:33,340
BASICALLY
SOMEBODY LIKE YOU
683
00:30:33,340 --> 00:30:35,870
BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE
A LOT OF JUMPS. YEAH?
684
00:30:35,870 --> 00:30:36,870
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
685
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:38,970
I'M JUST UNDER
1,500 JUMPS RIGHT NOW.
686
00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,740
WOW.
YEAH.
687
00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:43,470
Phil: TO BE CLEAR,
BASE JUMPING IS AN EXTREME SPORT
688
00:30:43,470 --> 00:30:46,140
WHERE PEOPLE LEAP AND THEN
PARACHUTE FROM CLIFFS
689
00:30:46,140 --> 00:30:48,170
AND, YES, TALL BUILDINGS.
690
00:30:48,170 --> 00:30:50,900
ON THE OTHER HAND, A WINGSUIT
HAS SECTIONS OF FABRIC
691
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:53,440
THAT INFLATE TO ALLOW GLIDING
THROUGH THE AIR
692
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,400
BEFORE DEPLOYING A CHUTE
FOR LANDING.
693
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,900
Jessica: WHAT WOULD BE
A GIVEAWAY SIGN
694
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:00,270
THAT THAT PERSON
IS A BASE JUMPER
695
00:31:00,270 --> 00:31:03,540
OR WEARING A WINGSUIT VERSUS,
"OH, HEY, THAT'S MOTHMAN"?
696
00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:04,900
WHEN IT COMES
TO BASE JUMPING,
697
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,540
THEY'RE ALL KIND OF NINJAS
OF THE NIGHT.
698
00:31:06,540 --> 00:31:10,600
IT'S NOT EXACTLY A LEGAL SPORT
TO PARTICIPATE IN.
699
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,440
SO JUMPING IN THE DAY
WOULD BE ONE RED FLAG.
700
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,470
ANOTHER WOULD BE
THE HEIGHT OF THE OBJECT
701
00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:19,000
THAT YOU'RE
JUMPING OFF OF.
702
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,870
ANOTHER IS LANDING AREA.
703
00:31:20,870 --> 00:31:24,070
Phil: WE SHOW JOE THE SCHEMATIC
OF WHERE EYEWITNESS GUILLERMO
704
00:31:24,070 --> 00:31:27,070
SPOTTED THE WINGED FIGURE.
705
00:31:27,070 --> 00:31:29,040
HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING UP
AT THAT LEDGE
706
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,100
AND THE GUY JUMPED.
707
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:33,100
HE CLAIMS HE SAW
IT JUST KIND OF FLY AWAY
708
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,900
TOWARDS THE LAKE.
709
00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:36,100
IS THAT DOABLE?
710
00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:38,070
OH, NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
711
00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:40,900
SO THE HEIGHT OF THIS LEDGE
712
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:44,040
IS HIGH ENOUGH TO DO
A WINGSUIT BASE JUMP,
713
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,900
BUT GIVEN ALL
OF THE COMPLEXITIES
714
00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:49,000
OF THE LANDING AREAS
AROUND HERE,
715
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,170
PROBABLY NOT
A PLAUSIBLE SOLUTION HERE.
716
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:54,900
Jessica:
WE ALSO SHOW JOE THE IMAGES
717
00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:56,840
THAT KELLEY HANADA
TOOK WITH HIS GoPro,
718
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,900
WHICH JOE ALSO DISMISSES.
719
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:01,600
THEY WEREN'T IN A WINGSUIT
OR BASE JUMPER EITHER.
720
00:32:03,870 --> 00:32:05,240
Phil: IF WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT
721
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,840
OUR OWN ENCOUNTER
WITH THE MOTHMAN,
722
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,100
WE NEED TO LOOK FOR IT
IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT.
723
00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:12,370
A BIOLOGICAL CREATURE
OF THIS SIZE
724
00:32:12,370 --> 00:32:14,370
MIGHT PASS THROUGH
THE BIG CITY ON OCCASION,
725
00:32:14,370 --> 00:32:17,170
BUT IT CERTAINLY
WON'T MAKE ITS HOME HERE.
726
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:21,600
ONE OF THE DENSEST AREAS
OF RECENT SIGHTINGS NEARBY
727
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,270
IS ONLY 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF THE CITY
728
00:32:24,270 --> 00:32:26,940
IN A 20-MILE STRETCH
OF FOREST PRESERVE.
729
00:32:26,940 --> 00:32:30,470
NO HUMANS, LOTS OF ANIMALS,
PLENTY OF WATER.
730
00:32:30,470 --> 00:32:34,070
IF THE MOTHMAN IS REAL,
THIS COULD BE HIS HOME.
731
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,270
Phil: BY THE WAY, WAIT TILL YOU
SEE WHAT I'VE GOT INSIDE.
732
00:32:38,270 --> 00:32:39,400
WHAT'D YOU GET?
733
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,340
OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO PHOTOGRAPH
WHATEVER IT IS
734
00:32:41,340 --> 00:32:42,670
THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING OUT HERE.
735
00:32:42,670 --> 00:32:44,370
AND TO DO THAT,
WE'LL USE SEVERAL
736
00:32:44,370 --> 00:32:46,140
MOTION-SENSITIVE
WILDLIFE CAMERAS.
737
00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:48,100
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS?
738
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:49,670
OVERKILL?
WHAT'S THE CROSSBOW FOR?
739
00:32:49,670 --> 00:32:52,000
WE'RE GONNA SHOOT IT UP
INTO THE TREE AND AT THE END
740
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,740
OF THE FISHING LINE,
WE'LL PUT A TRAIL CAM.
741
00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:57,140
SO IF ANYTHING FLIES BY,
WE'LL GET A PHOTO OF IT.
742
00:32:57,140 --> 00:32:59,140
WE'RE DIVIDING THE FOREST
INTO QUADRANTS
743
00:32:59,140 --> 00:33:01,300
AND PLACING CAMERAS
IN EACH CORNER.
744
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,570
WE ATTACH CAMERAS
TO TREES ALONG TRAILS
745
00:33:03,570 --> 00:33:07,100
AND USE THE CROSSBOW TO HOIST
CAMERAS TO HIGHER POSITIONS
746
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:09,370
WITH A BETTER VIEW OF THE SKIES.
747
00:33:09,370 --> 00:33:10,970
WE FINISHED SETTING UP
THE CAMERAS
748
00:33:10,970 --> 00:33:13,140
JUST AS DAY TURNS TO NIGHT.
749
00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:16,700
ANY MOTION, IT'LL TRIGGER IT.
IT'LL TAKE A PHOTO.
750
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:18,040
WHEN I THINK OF AN AREA
LIKE THIS,
751
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,900
THIS IS HABITAT
AT ITS PRIME.
752
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,940
THERE'S TONS OF SIGHTINGS
AROUND THIS PARK.
753
00:33:21,940 --> 00:33:24,700
I'M SURE THERE ARE ALL SORTS
OF THINGS LIVING AROUND HERE.
754
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:26,040
WHAT IS THE WEIRDEST THING
YOU'VE EVER SEEN
755
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,340
WITH THOSE CAMERAS?
756
00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:29,270
IN CENTRAL AMERICA,
I'VE SEEN JAGUARS.
757
00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:32,300
SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY SEE
THE POACHERS IN THE AREA
758
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:33,740
AND THEY COME BY
WITH THEIR GUNS
759
00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:34,840
AND DON'T REALIZE --
760
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,040
[ UNEXPLAINED NOISE ]
761
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,840
Phil: WAIT, WHAT WAS THAT?
762
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,000
Jessica: I DON'T KNOW.
763
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,400
IT SOUNDED LIKE
IT WAS COMING FROM OVER THERE.
764
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,940
I GOT THE THERMAL CAMERA.
765
00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:48,670
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY
GOT MOVEMENT. I SAW IT.
766
00:33:48,670 --> 00:33:50,270
DEFINITELY THERE.
767
00:33:50,270 --> 00:33:52,440
YEAH,
RIGHT UP IN THAT TREE.
768
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:53,400
[ RUSTLING ]
769
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,270
OH, MY GOD! COME HERE.
770
00:33:55,270 --> 00:33:57,300
RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE. IT JUST MOVED.
771
00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:05,640
JESS AND PHIL
ARE PURSUING THE IDEA
772
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,370
THAT SOMEONE FROM
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
773
00:34:08,370 --> 00:34:11,570
MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS
774
00:34:11,570 --> 00:34:14,870
FLYING SOMETHING
IN THE SKIES OF WEST VIRGINIA.
775
00:34:14,870 --> 00:34:17,100
NOW, IT MAY SOUND LIKE
THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION,
776
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,700
BUT CONSIDER THIS --
BY THE TIME
777
00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:22,100
OF THE ORIGINAL
MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS IN 1966,
778
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,470
THE BASE HAD SERVED
AS HEADQUARTERS
779
00:34:24,470 --> 00:34:29,040
FOR THREE TOP-SECRET PROGRAMS
TASKED WITH STUDYING UFOs --
780
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,000
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE
AMONG THEM PROJECT BLUE BOOK.
781
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,900
THIS WAS THE PROGRAM
THAT INVESTIGATED
782
00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:36,400
MORE THAN 12,000 UFO SIGHTINGS
783
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,770
TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY POSED
THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
784
00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:42,440
IT WAS ALSO DURING THIS TIME
THAT JOINT ARMY, NAVY,
785
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,740
AIR FORCE REGULATION
NUMBER 146 WAS PASSED,
786
00:34:45,740 --> 00:34:49,700
MAKING IT A CRIME TO DISCUSS
CLASSIFIED UFO REPORTS
787
00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,600
WITH UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.
788
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,000
BUT DECADES LATER,
789
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,770
PROJECT BLUE BOOK'S EXISTENCE
HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED
790
00:34:56,770 --> 00:34:59,170
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOCUMENTS
791
00:34:59,170 --> 00:35:00,970
HAVE SINCE BEEN DECLASSIFIED.
792
00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:02,700
THOSE WHO SPENT THEIR CAREERS
793
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:04,700
AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE
794
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:07,900
MAY NOW SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF
THE MILITARY'S ACTIVITIES
795
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,900
AROUND THE TIME OF THE
ORIGINAL MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
796
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:17,440
{\an8}♪♪
797
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,470
Josh: PHIL AND JESSICA
ARE NORTH OF CHICAGO
798
00:35:19,470 --> 00:35:23,300
INVESTIGATING A CLUSTER
OF RECENT MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
799
00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,340
{\an8}WHILE SETTING UP
800
00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:26,040
{\an8}MOTION-ACTIVATED
WILDLIFE CAMERAS,
801
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,600
THEY HEAR SOMETHING
IN THE TREELINE.
802
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,370
Jessica: IT'S MOVING.
803
00:35:33,770 --> 00:35:35,970
Phil: YEAH, WE DEFINITELY
GOT MOVEMENT.
804
00:35:37,340 --> 00:35:38,900
[ RUSTLING ]
805
00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:40,240
OH, MY GOSH, SOMETHING.
YOU GOT SOMETHING?
806
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,070
YEAH, YEAH. RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
807
00:35:46,370 --> 00:35:48,170
I DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE.
I DON'T SEE IT EITHER.
808
00:35:48,170 --> 00:35:49,670
[ UNEXPLAINED NOISE ]
809
00:35:49,670 --> 00:35:52,470
DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING?
810
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:55,100
ANYTHING, ANYTHING?
811
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,700
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
812
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:57,700
Jessica: WE SPEND HOURS
813
00:35:57,700 --> 00:35:59,240
SEARCHING
FOR THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE
814
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,700
IN THE TREES TO NO AVAIL.
815
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:04,940
WITH THE SUN ABOUT TO COME UP,
WE MAKE SURE OUR TRAIL CAMERAS
816
00:36:04,940 --> 00:36:09,100
ARE STILL RUNNING TO GATHER
EVIDENCE LONG AFTER WE LEAVE.
817
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:12,540
AND THAT'S WHEN
WE GET WORD FROM JOSH.
818
00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:13,970
TIME FOR A ROAD TRIP.
819
00:36:13,970 --> 00:36:17,000
HE'S GOTTEN US ACCESS
TO A WRIGHT-PATTERSON INSIDER,
820
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000
SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER
THERE'S ANY MILITARY PROGRAM
821
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,440
THAT MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN
822
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,940
THE POINT PLEASANT
MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
823
00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:26,340
SO WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE
824
00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:29,270
AND THE WEST VIRGINIA
ORDNANCE PLANT.
825
00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:32,800
THE LINK HERE,
WE DON'T QUITE HAVE IT DOWN
826
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,800
AND I DON'T KNOW
IF WE SOUND CRAZY RIGHT NOW.
827
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,500
I MEAN, WE PROBABLY DO
SOUND CRAZY,
828
00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:37,500
WHICH IS FINE WITH ME.
829
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:39,500
HERE'S THE THING --
MILITARY BASES,
830
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,000
THEY STILL TALK
TO EACH OTHER,
831
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,370
SO IT WOULDN'T
SURPRISE ME AT ALL
832
00:36:43,370 --> 00:36:45,070
IF SOME
OUT-OF-THE-WAY AREA
833
00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:47,840
HAD SOME SORT OF CONNECTION
TO NEARBY BASES.
834
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,640
THAT'S TRUE.
835
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,470
Phil: TO MEET JOSH'S CONTACT,
WE'RE DRIVING 300 MILES
836
00:36:53,470 --> 00:36:57,370
SOUTHEAST FROM CHICAGO
TO DAYTON, OHIO.
837
00:36:57,370 --> 00:36:59,470
{\an8}RAY SZYMANSKI IS
A RETIRED ENGINEER
838
00:36:59,470 --> 00:37:01,400
{\an8}WHO WORKED ON
CLASSIFIED PROJECTS
839
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,800
{\an8}AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE.
840
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,770
HE'S ASKED TO MEET US
AT AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER
841
00:37:05,770 --> 00:37:07,240
JUST A FEW MILES AWAY --
842
00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:12,170
A LOCATION THAT ONCE HOUSED
TOP-SECRET RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
843
00:37:12,170 --> 00:37:14,370
SO, RAY, HOW LONG
DID YOU WORK HERE?
844
00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:15,800
I SPENT NEARLY FOUR DECADES
845
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,970
AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE.
846
00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,200
AND WHAT WERE YOU
DOING THERE?
847
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,800
I WAS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
FOR THE DEPARTMENT
848
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,500
OF DEFENSE'S
WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
849
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,700
SO AS PART OF THAT,
850
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:26,300
I WORKED ON A NUMBER
OF SECRET PROGRAMS.
851
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:27,970
AND IN A PLACE LIKE THIS,
852
00:37:27,970 --> 00:37:32,340
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW EASY
IT WAS TO KEEP A SECRET.
853
00:37:32,340 --> 00:37:34,600
Josh: THIS ABANDONED FACILITY
ONCE PLAYED HOST
854
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,500
TO THE MOST SECRETIVE MILITARY
RESEARCH PROGRAM IN HISTORY --
855
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,570
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.
856
00:37:41,570 --> 00:37:44,570
FROM THE LATE 1930s
TO THE MID 1940s,
857
00:37:44,570 --> 00:37:48,940
MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE
WORKED IN ABSOLUTE SECRECY
858
00:37:48,940 --> 00:37:51,700
BUILDING THE WORLD'S FIRST
ATOMIC BOMB.
859
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:56,770
{\an8}♪♪
860
00:37:56,770 --> 00:37:58,870
SO THE THEORY THAT WE'RE KIND OF
COMING UP WITH
861
00:37:58,870 --> 00:38:00,200
FOR THESE MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS
862
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,440
IS THAT PERHAPS IT IS
AN EXPERIMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT,
863
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,140
SOME SORT OF TESTING THEY WERE
DOING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
864
00:38:06,140 --> 00:38:07,500
YOU KNOW, THAT IS POSSIBLE
865
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,170
BECAUSE IT'S
THE EARLY '60s.
866
00:38:09,170 --> 00:38:11,140
IN FACT, THE TIMEFRAME
IS PERFECT FOR IT.
867
00:38:11,140 --> 00:38:13,500
NEW LABORATORIES
WERE BEING BUILT,
868
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:15,640
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
WERE BEING DEVELOPED.
869
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,900
A LOT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY
WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECTED
870
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,940
AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE.
871
00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:23,270
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
AND FIBER OPTICS
872
00:38:23,270 --> 00:38:25,940
AND NEW MATERIALS,
TOUGH, DURABLE MATERIALS
873
00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:26,940
FOR FLIGHT SUITS
874
00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:29,270
OR ANYTHING THAT
THEY WOULD SPIN OFF
875
00:38:29,270 --> 00:38:31,170
FOR A MILITARY
APPLICATION.
876
00:38:31,170 --> 00:38:32,240
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US
877
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,840
IS THAT
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
878
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,840
MIGHT HAVE ENGINEERED
FLIGHT SUITS
879
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,170
AND THEN THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN
THE POTENTIAL
880
00:38:40,170 --> 00:38:42,440
FOR SOME MOTHMAN SIGHTINGS.
881
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,140
I'M SAYING EXACTLY THAT.
882
00:38:45,140 --> 00:38:47,170
Phil: THIS WAS THE HEIGHT
OF THE COLD WAR.
883
00:38:47,170 --> 00:38:48,800
WHAT WAS THE BIG MOTIVATION
AT THE TIME
884
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,270
FOR DEVELOPING
NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
885
00:38:50,270 --> 00:38:52,740
SOMETHING LIKE A FLIGHT SUIT
OR A PARACHUTE?
886
00:38:52,740 --> 00:38:55,570
THE MILITARY WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN SOME TYPE
887
00:38:55,570 --> 00:38:59,070
OF A SINGULAR SOLDIER
AIR TRANSPORTATION
888
00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:01,000
BECAUSE THEY COULD DO
SOME SABOTAGE
889
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,840
OR THEY COULD DO
SOME SURVEILLANCE
890
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,600
WITH EITHER A PARAFOIL
OR A CRUCIFORM-TYPE CHUTE
891
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:07,870
THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED
AT THE TIME
892
00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:09,740
OR EVEN THOSE JET PACKS.
893
00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:11,540
AND IT TURNS OUT
THAT THE WIND TUNNEL
894
00:39:11,540 --> 00:39:12,870
AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE
895
00:39:12,870 --> 00:39:14,470
WAS USED TO
PERFECT THE DESIGN.
896
00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:15,940
WOW.
OH.
897
00:39:15,940 --> 00:39:18,940
SO THE MILITARY WAS VERY MUCH
AWARE OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.
898
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,740
AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT FLIGHT
TESTING WAS BEING DONE,
899
00:39:21,740 --> 00:39:23,500
COULD HAVE
BEEN DONE ANYWHERE.
900
00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:26,440
AND PERHAPS WHEN SOMEBODY
SAW A PERSON
901
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,500
FLYING FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME,
902
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,600
COULD EASILY
HAVE BEEN MISIDENTIFIED
903
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,170
AS SOMEBODY
THAT WE NOW CALL MOTHMAN.
904
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:38,240
Josh: IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MOTHMAN
MAY BE RELATED
905
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:40,870
TO AN EXTRAORDINARY
BUT VERY REAL
906
00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:42,940
TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
907
00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:46,270
{\an8}THIS NOW DECLASSIFIED FOOTAGE
FROM 1961
908
00:39:46,270 --> 00:39:48,200
{\an8}PULLED FROM
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
909
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,570
{\an8}SHOWS EARLY TESTING
OF FLYING SOLDIER TECHNOLOGY.
910
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:56,440
{\an8}WORK ON THIS CONTINUED
THROUGH THE LATE 1960s.
911
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,440
{\an8}AND BY 1978 THE DELTA FORCE,
912
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,900
THE U.S. MILITARY'S MOST ELITE
SPECIAL FORCES TROOPS,
913
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:05,800
WAS TESTING
COMBAT FLIGHT SUITS IN,
914
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,440
YOU GUESSED IT, WEST VIRGINIA.
915
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,540
SUCH A PROGRAM
COULD EXPLAIN THE VISITS
916
00:40:10,540 --> 00:40:12,940
FROM MEN IN BLACK,
GOVERNMENT AGENTS
917
00:40:12,940 --> 00:40:16,340
PUTTING A LID
ON OUR LATEST SECRET TECHNOLOGY.
918
00:40:19,070 --> 00:40:22,470
AND THE RECENT POINT PLEASANT
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS,
919
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:25,470
LIKE MANY OTHERS,
PHIL AND JESS DID DETECT ANIMALS
920
00:40:25,470 --> 00:40:29,040
LIVING IN THE RUINS
OF THE ABANDONED MILITARY PLANT.
921
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,500
Jessica: POINT YOUR LIGHT
WHERE YOU THINK YOU SAW IT.
922
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,040
Phil: RIGHT UP HERE.
923
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:33,500
I THINK I SEE SOMETHING
ON THERMAL.
924
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:36,940
OH, MY GOD.
925
00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:38,900
BUT THOSE WHO CLAIM
IT'S A MONSTER
926
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:44,470
ARE PROBABLY GETTING CAUGHT UP
IN 50 YEARS OF MOTHMAN MANIA.
927
00:40:44,470 --> 00:40:46,170
AS FOR THE CHICAGO SIGHTINGS,
928
00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:47,740
WE BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE
TO RULE OUT
929
00:40:47,740 --> 00:40:52,440
THE POSSIBILITY OF A ROGUE BASE
JUMPER OR WINGSUIT IN FLIGHT.
930
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,600
Phil: IS THAT DOABLE?
931
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,540
OH, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
932
00:40:55,540 --> 00:40:59,570
BUT PHOTOS CONTINUE TO COME IN
FROM OUR REMOTE WILDLIFE CAMERAS
933
00:40:59,570 --> 00:41:01,240
AND THE EVIDENCE IS IN.
934
00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,770
SANDHILL CRANE, CHECK.
935
00:41:03,770 --> 00:41:05,540
GOLDEN EAGLE, CHECK.
936
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:08,240
BUT NO MOTHMAN.
937
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,400
{\an8}EVEN JESS NOW SUPPORTS
PHIL'S ORIGINAL SUSPICION
938
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,100
{\an8}THAT THE RECENT CHICAGO
SIGHTINGS OF THE MOTHMAN
939
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,400
{\an8}ARE NOTHING MORE THAN
THE MISIDENTIFICATION
940
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,840
{\an8}OF LARGE WINGED BIRDS.
941
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,040
{\an8}THE SANDHILL CRANE
AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE
942
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,470
{\an8}HAVE ENORMOUS WINGSPANS
AT NEARLY 8 FEET.
943
00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:27,840
{\an8}IMAGINE SEEING THAT SOARING
IN THE WINDY CITY.
944
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:31,000
{\an8}YOU, TOO, MIGHT THINK
IT'S A MONSTER.
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