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Gates: ON THIS EPISODE OF "EXPEDITION X,"

THE TEAM JOURNEYS DEEP INTO THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

TO INVESTIGATE A MYSTERIOUS ABANDONED CITY.

Interpreter: THE LOCALS DOWN RIVER,

THEY'RE AFRAID OF IT.

Gates: PEOPLE HERE CLAIM THE LAND ITSELF IS HAUNTED.

EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE TOLD US ABOUT THIS PLACE

IS COMING TRUE.

Gates: AND THE SPIRITS OF THOSE WHO DIED HERE

HAVE DRIVEN OUT THE LIVING.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY'S GETTING MURDERED.

IT'S SO LOUD. IT MUST BE SO CLOSE.

THIS IS A TOWN THAT SHOULDN'T BE.

Chobot: ARE WE GETTING HUNTED?

[ GASPS ] HOLY [BLEEP].

- AH! - OH!

♪♪

Gates: MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.

IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE EXPERIENCED STRANGE THINGS THAT DEFY LOGIC

AND MADE ME QUESTION EVERYTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

NOW I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM

TO INVESTIGATE THE STRANGER SIDE OF THE UNKNOWN.

LET'S GO!

Gates: PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST

WHO HUNTS FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

JESSICA CHOBOT'S PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

THERE IS A MONSTER LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

PHIL, PHIL, PHIL.

I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.

Gates: TOGETHER, WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS...

Torres: WHAT IS THAT?

Gates: ...TO THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES,

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

TODAY'S CASE INVOLVES ONE OF THE STRANGEST STORIES

I'VE EVER HEARD.

THIS IS A STORY THAT BEGINS CENTURIES AGO,

A THOUSAND MILES UP THE RIO NEGRO,

DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON.

- THIS IS YOUR TERRITORY, PHIL. - OH, YEAH.

THIS INVOLVES AN AREA THAT LOCALS SAY IS CURSED.

IT'S A LAND THEY SAY IS SO CURSED

THAT IT ACTUALLY INFECTS ITS INHABITANTS.

PEOPLE TURN VIOLENT THERE THEY SAY.

ANIMALS ARE MORE DANGEROUS AND MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN USUAL.

IT'S A PLACE THAT HAS LITERALLY BEEN SETTLED

AND ABANDONED OVER AND OVER AGAIN

WITH PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY BEING DRIVEN AWAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S TONS ABOUT THE RAINFOREST

THAT WE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHO'S TO SAY WHAT'S LIVING OUT THERE?

THE BRAZILIAN NAVY EVEN SAILED AT ONE POINT

A THOUSAND MILES UP THIS RIVER JUST TO BOMB THIS PLACE.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO.

THIS STORY BEGINS MILLENNIA AGO,

DEEP IN THE AMAZON.

INDIGENOUS TRIBES ALONG THE RIO NEGRO PASS DOWN

LEGENDS OF POWERFUL SPIRITS THAT CONTROL THE LAND.

WHEN THE PORTUGUESE ARRIVE IN THE 16th CENTURY,

THEY DISPATCH SLAVING EXPEDITIONS TO THE REGION,

VIOLENTLY MURDERING MANY OF THE INHABITANTS.

DESPITE RUMORS THAT THE SITE HAS BECOME CURSED,

THE PORTUGUESE BUILD A MISSIONARY OUTPOST HERE

IN 1694, FORCIBLY CONVERTING THE NATIVES TO CHRISTIANITY.

INCIDENTS OF MURDER, TORTURE, AND DEADLY DISEASE ARE COMMON.

BUT BY THE LATE 1800s,

THE SETTLEMENT, NOW KNOWN AS AIRAO VELHO,

FINDS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.

A RUBBER BOOM DRAWS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THE OUTPOST

IS TRANSFORMED INTO A WEALTHY TOWN.

BUT THE RUBBER PLANTATION'S DEMAND FOR LABOR

RESULTS IN GENOCIDE.

90% OF THE REGION'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE WIPED OUT.

♪♪

AFTER THE RUBBER INDUSTRY

COLLAPSES IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY,

THE CITY IS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED,

AT LEAST BY THE LIVING.

TODAY, TRAVELERS PASSING ON THE RIVER

CLAIM TO SEE GHOSTLY APPARITIONS

AND HEAR HUMAN SCREAMS FROM THOSE WHO SUFFERED HERE.

MANY BELIEVE MALEVOLENT FORCES EVEN AFFLICT THE LOCAL WILDLIFE,

CAUSING ANIMALS TO BE UNNATURALLY AGGRESSIVE.

IN THE 1980s, THE BRAZILIAN NAVY SENDS WARSHIPS

TO USE THE JUNGLE SETTLEMENT FOR TARGET PRACTICE

AND TO ERASE ALL MEMORY OF THIS EERIE FRONTIER.

BUT THE RUINS REMAIN.

AND ACCORDING TO LEGEND, SO DOES SOMETHING ELSE.

♪♪

JESS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A CURSED PLACE.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN BE AFFECTED

BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.

SO WHEN YOU COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS

THAT HAS SO MUCH NEGATIVE HISTORY,

SO MUCH DEATH, IT KIND OF, LIKE, SEEPS INTO THE AIR

AND THE GROUND AND THE AREA

AND AFFECTS THOSE THAT ARE THERE.

SO I THINK THAT THESE STORIES COULD BE REAL.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, PHIL?

YOU'VE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE AMAZON.

THIS IS YOUR STOMPING GROUND. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS PLACE?

I'VE NOT HEARD OF THIS PLACE.

BUT LISTEN, IT IS A FORCE FULL OF THE MOST BIZARRE CREATURES.

THERE'S CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. THERE'S EVER CHANGING GEOLOGY.

SO WHEN I HEAR A STORY LIKE THIS,

I JUST THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT

THAT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS REALLY DANGEROUS

AND THIS IS THEIR WAY OF INTERPRETING IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WENT TO ONE AREA THAT THE LOCALS SAID

WAS INHABITED BY A DEVIL.

AND WHAT DID I FIND THERE?

QUICKSAND THAT WAS PULLING PEOPLE DOWN.

- RIGHT. - SO I THINK WE'RE GOING

TO BE ABLE TO FIND A LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR IT.

SO THEN WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE SO PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS?

IT'S A GOOD POINT. ALL OF THE AMAZON IS DANGEROUS.

AND YET, ALL OF THESE STORIES AND LEGENDS ARE FOCUSED

ON THIS VERY SPECIFIC PLACE.

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THIS SPOT UNIQUE?

I DON'T KNOW.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO FIND OUT.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE MISSION.

STEP ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THERE RIGHT NOW.

AIRAO VELHO IS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO REACH.

ONCE YOU'RE THERE, INVESTIGATE,

EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

AND SEE IF YOU CAN COLLECT EVIDENCE

OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE SAY IS A CURSED PLACE.

- YEAH, I'M IN. - LET'S DO IT.

TO THE AMAZON.

AFTER TRAVELING OVER 4,500 MILES,

THE TEAM TOUCHES DOWN IN MANAUS, BRAZIL.

DESPITE BEING LOCATED DEEP IN THE RAINFOREST,

MANAUS IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST CITY IN THE AMAZON.

IT'S HERE FOR ONE REASON.

NEARLY 150 YEARS AGO, THE TREES IN THIS REGION

PRODUCED 90% OF THE RUBBER ON EARTH.

WEALTHY AND CRUEL BARONS CONTROLLED THE TRADE,

HIRING EUROPEAN ARCHITECTS TO CONSTRUCT LAVISH BUILDINGS,

INCLUDING A STUNNING OPERA HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE.

AT THE EDGE OF TOWN,

THE RIO NEGRO JOINS THE MIGHTY AMAZON.

TO REACH THE PURPORTEDLY CURSED RUINS,

PHIL AND JESS WILL DRIVE DIRT ROADS ALONG THE RIVER

112 MILES TO THE TINY TOWN OF NOVO AIRAO.

THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL MEET THEIR GUIDE

WHO WILL TAKE THEM BY BOAT

THE REST OF THE WAY TO THE ABANDONED CITY.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO MEET OUR GUIDE, SANDRO.

YEAH, YOU CAN JUST SEE, I MEAN,

THE FOREST IS GETTING SO MUCH DEEPER.

YEAH, I AGREE. OH, STOP.

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY,

STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.

- WHOA! [ GEARS SHIFT ]

YOU ARE LUCKY THAT I SAW THAT.

♪♪

- AT LEAST WE DIDN'T HIT IT. - YEAH.

SHOULD WE JUST MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY?

YOU WANT ME TO GO ON THIS END OR...

LET ME JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

- I'M GONNA START HERE. - ALL RIGHT.

THANKS FOR THE HELP.

YEAH, NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST, YOU KNOW...

HIGH-FIVE?

NO, YEAH, I'M COOL.

- HIGH-FIVE? - NO, I'M COOL, I'M COOL.

♪♪

- [ EXHALES ] - [ GROANS ]

CONCENTRATE ON THE ROAD THIS TIME.

YOU GOT IT.

Gates: AFTER CLEARING WHAT IS THE CLOSEST THING

TO A TRAFFIC JAM IN THE AMAZON,

IT'S ONLY A SHORT DRIVE TO THE DOCKS AT NOVO AIRAO.

THE TEAM IS MEETING INDIGENOUS GUIDE SANDRO PEDROSO.

HE'S BEEN GUIDING TRAVELERS THROUGH THIS REGION

FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE.

AND FOR GENERATIONS,

HIS RELATIVES HAVE TOLD STORIES OF THE HAUNTED RUINS.

- WALK THE PLANK. - WALKING THE PLANK.

Gates: DESPITE THE WARNINGS,

SANDRO HAS AGREED TO TAKE PHIL AND JESS

TO THIS SUPPOSEDLY CURSED PLACE.

- HEY, SANDRO. - HI.

GOOD, IT WAS GREAT.

HI.

Torres: SANDRO ASSURES US THAT THE CAPTAIN

KNOWS THIS RIVER LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S EAGER TO MAKE THE JOURNEY.

- HUH. - WHY IS THAT?

Interpreter: HONESTLY, IT'S A STRANGE PLACE.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES THERE.

RECENTLY, I WAS TRAVELING UPRIVER TO VISIT MY FAMILY.

JUST AS WE PASSED BY THE RUINS,

I HEARD SCREAMING COMING FROM THE FOREST.

HORRIFIC SCREAMS THAT SOUNDED

LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER HEARD BEFORE IN THE AMAZON.

HE DOESN'T THINK THAT COULD'VE BEEN ANIMALS

OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THERE?

Interpreter: NO ONE LIVES THERE.

THE CLOSEST PEOPLE ARE A SMALL VILLAGE SEVERAL MILES AWAY.

THEY STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.

- OH. - HMM.

SOUNDS LIKE OUR PERFECT KIND OF PLACE.

WELL, SOUNDS LIKE MY PERFECT KIND OF PLACE, YEAH, FOR SURE.

BUT YOU'LL COME WITH US, YES? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS LONG AS -- OKAY, GOOD,

AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT ALONE, I'LL TAKE THAT.

- WE READY TO GO? - WE READY TO GO.

♪♪

Torres: THE ABANDONED CITY IS ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY.

TO REACH IT, WE WILL HAVE TO SAIL UPRIVER

AND THROUGH THE NIGHT

INTO THE DARKEST REACHES OF THE AMAZON.

♪♪

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

SANDRO, YOU'VE BEEN TO THE ABANDONED CITY.

WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING THERE?

Gates: WHEN THE RUBBER BOOM TOOK OFF IN BRAZIL,

WEALTHY BARONS REESTABLISHED THE ABANDONED SETTLEMENT

AT AIRAO VELHO

AND USED FORCED LABOR TO WORK THE RUBBER PLANTATIONS.

ANYONE WHO DIDN'T FALL IN LINE SUFFERED

AND EVEN DIED HORRIBLE DEATHS.

THEIR SPIRITS ARE SAID TO ROAM THE RUINS AND THEIR ENERGY

IS SAID TO AFFLICT THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE.

SO I'VE HEARD SOME REPORTS OF STRANGE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

AT AIRAO VELHO.

HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?

♪♪

Chobot: AT THE END OF A LONG DAY,

PHIL AND I SET UP HAMMOCKS

TO CATCH UP ON SOME MUCH NEEDED SLEEP

BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ABANDONED CITY.

THE MORE THAT I LEARN ABOUT THIS PLACE,

- THE WEIRDER IT GETS. - YEAH.

I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THE CAPTAIN

- WON'T EVEN GO ON -- - HE WOULDN'T GO ON LAND, YEAH.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE HERE ARE DEFINITELY AFRAID OF IT.

- HONESTLY. - YEAH.

AND I MEAN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT HEARING WEIRD SCREAMS

AND THAT KIND OF THING,

I DO KNOW THERE'S SO MANY ANIMALS OR BIRDS THAT SOUND LIKE

THEY'RE SCREAMING,

THERE ARE MAMMALS THAT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE SCREAMING.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

AROUND THE JUNGLE ALL THEIR LIVES.

THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HUMAN SCREAM

AND AN ANIMAL FROM THE JUNGLE MAKING A NOISE.

LIKE I'VE HEARD OF OTHER TOWNS IN THE AMAZON

THAT WILL HAVE LIKE A HUGE AMOUNT

- OF DEADLY SPIDERS COMING IN. - MM-HMM.

A LOT OF ANTS COMING IN.

BUT TO HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS IN ONE PLACE?

I MEAN, THIS PLACE HAS EVERYTHING

- GOING WRONG WITH IT. - YEAH.

- [ SPLASHES ] - WHAT WAS THAT?

WHOA.

- OH. - WHAT DO YOU SEE?

- OH! WHOA! - WHOA!

ALL I SEE ARE EYES.

YEAH, WOW. THOSE ARE BLACK.

THAT CAIMAN IS BASICALLY A GIANT ALLIGATOR

UNDERNEATH THOSE EYES.

Gates: THE BLACK CAIMAN IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PREDATORS

OF THE AMAZON,

MEASURING UP TO 16 FEET IN LENGTH AND BOASTING A MOUTH

FULL OF RAZOR SHARP TEETH.

ALONG WITH THE ANACONDA,

THE JAGUAR AND EVEN THE ELECTRIC EEL.

THE CAIMAN IS JUST ONE OF THE REGION'S DEADLY RESIDENTS

THAT PHIL AND JESS WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR.

Chobot: THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL.

AND A LOT OF TEETH ATTACHED TO HIM.

[ ROARS ]

Chobot: HAVING MET THE NEIGHBORS,

WE RETIRED TO BED FOR AN UNEASY NIGHT'S SLEEP

AS OUR BOAT STEAMS ON INTO THE UNKNOWN.

♪♪

THE NEW DAY BREAKS OVER THE RAINFORESTS

AND WE WAKE TO FIND THAT WE'RE APPROACHING AIRAO VELHO.

WE QUICKLY GRAB OUR GEAR, TRANSFER TO A SKIFF,

AND HEAD TO SHORE.

Torres: WOW, LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

Chobot: AHEAD, THE DENSE JUNGLES OBSCURE

THE RUINS OF A FORGOTTEN CITY,

A PLACE REPORTED TO BE HAUNTED BY THOSE WHO PERISHED HERE.

WE APPROACH PREPARED FOR ANYTHING

AND TAKE OUR FIRST STEPS ON CURSED GROUND.

♪♪

THAT IS SOME DEEP JUNGLE RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT THAT.

♪♪

Gates: THE TEAM HAS BEEN STEAMING OVERNIGHT

ALONG THE RIO NEGRO TOWARD AN ABANDONED

AND REPORTEDLY CURSED CITY.

HAVING ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION,

PHIL AND JESS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY ASHORE

WITH THEIR LOCAL GUIDE, SANDRO.

THE SITE IS NOTORIOUSLY HAUNTED AND HAS A SINISTER REPUTATION.

♪♪

ONCE TEEMING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,

PORTUGUESE SLAVERS CONDUCTED ACTS OF GENOCIDE HERE,

AND IT WAS LATER TURNED INTO A VIOLENT RUBBER BOOM TOWN

THAT RELIED ON FORCED LABOR.

IN FACT, THE BRAZILIAN NAVY ONCE USED WARSHIPS

TO CONDUCT TARGET PRACTICE ON THE ABANDONED CITY

IN AN EFFORT TO WIPE IT OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

THAT IS SOME DEEP JUNGLE RIGHT THERE.

BEFORE HIKING INTO THE RUINS,

WE STRAP ON SOME SNAKE GATORS.

AFTER ALL, THE TWO SQUARE MILES OF THIS ABANDONED CITY

ARE HOME TO A NUMBER OF DEADLY SNAKES

AND SOME OF THE MOST VENOMOUS SPIDERS IN THE WORLD.

♪♪

[ VARIOUS ANIMAL SOUNDS ]

Chobot: LOOK AT THIS.

OH, THERE IT IS!

OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THAT.

♪♪

- OH. - OH.

Gates: JESS AND PHIL HAVE ARRIVED AT THE ABANDONED RUINS

OF AIRAO VELHO.

ALL AROUND THEM ARE THE CRUMBLING REMNANTS

OF A ONCE OPULENT FRONTIER BOOMTOWN

FROM THE LATE 1800s.

Chobot: THAT IS IMPOSING.

♪♪

CHECK THIS OUT, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OLD TILE.

- YEAH. - RIGHT OVER HERE.

LOOK AT THAT OLD TILE. THAT'S GORGEOUS.

PEOPLE USED TO WORK AND LIVE IN THIS AREA

AND THEY'VE COMPLETELY ABANDONED IT.

I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS PLACE HAS A REALLY DARK PAST.

♪♪

Gates: AT ITS HEIGHT,

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STROLLED THESE STREETS.

THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ORNATE COLONIAL BUILDINGS,

BUSY STOREFRONTS,

AND, OF COURSE, VERY RICH RUBBER BARONS.

LOCALS WHO WERE FORCED TO WORK HERE

CALLED THE BARONS TIGRES NEGROES

OR BLACK TIGERS FOR THEIR QUICK AND DEADLY TEMPERS.

[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]

SO THIS IS LIKE A COURTHOUSE.

Chobot: ACCORDING TO SANDRO,

A LOCAL WAS ONCE ACCUSED OF MURDER HERE

AND WAS HANGED IN THIS VERY SPOT.

LATER, SANDRO'S GRANDFATHER CLAIMED TO SEE THE SPIRIT

OF THE CONDEMNED MAN WALKING AMONGST THE RUINS.

SO HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER, HUNG,

AND THEN YOUR GRANDPARENTS SAW HIM WALKING OUT OF HERE?

YES.

JUST FEELS VERY REPRESSED. IT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE SPOT.

I MEAN, THE JUNGLE

IS COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER THIS PLACE.

THERE'S NO ROOF, THERE'S VINES GROWING EVERYWHERE.

KIND OF LIKE THE JUNGLE WANTS TO RECLAIM THE AREA?

ABSOLUTELY.

Gates: PHIL AND JESS PUSH ON INTO THE RUINS.

EVERYWHERE THEY LOOK, THE PAST IS BEING EATEN ALIVE.

♪♪

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, LOOK, THERE'S TERMITES UP HERE.

I WAS GONNA SAY, WHAT IS THAT?

THAT ARE TAKING DOWN THIS WALL.

- THAT'S A TERMITES NEST. - YEAH, TERMITE NEST UP THERE.

♪♪

THIS PLACE IS CREEPY.

IT'S REALLY CREEPY.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

- YOU HEAR THAT? - DID YOU HEAR THAT THUNDER?

THERE'S NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY.

YEAH.

WELL, MAYBE STORM'S COMING, SO.

- YES. - LET'S KEEP MOVING.

♪♪

Chobot: SANDRO LEADS US TO ANOTHER PARANORMAL HOTSPOT

WHERE PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN HEAR SCREAMS

ECHOING THROUGH THE JUNGLE --

THE RUINS OF AN ABANDONED SCHOOL.

- WE GOT TO CHECK IT OUT IN HERE. - YEAH.

OH, GOSH. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS WOOD.

LET'S TAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

♪♪

OOH, STAY LEFT, STAY LEFT.

OKAY, JUST WALK ALONG THAT SEAM.

- OH, BE REAL CAREFUL HERE. - OKAY.

THESE ARE -- DO YOU SEE IT? IT'S REAL LOOSE.

- YEAH, YOU GOT IT. - KIND OF FAVOR YOUR LEFT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WOW.

WHOA, OH, OH.

- [ BLEEP ] - BE CAREFUL, GUYS.

YEAH, NOT GONNA STEP THERE.

♪♪

WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S OLD NEWSPAPER IN HERE.

- YEAH. - ENGINE PART.

THERE'S TERMITE NESTS UP IN THE CORNER.

THAT PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHY ALL THE WOOD'S BREAKING APART.

I MEAN, LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST LITERALLY UP AND LEFT

JUST LIKE THAT.

THERE'S STILL EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, NO ONE CLEARED THIS OUT.

MNH-MNH, LOOKS LIKE THEY LEFT IN A HURRY.

OH, WOW.

A LOT OF TERMITES RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

OH, WHAT IS THIS?

OH, IT'S AN OLD PICTURE.

THIS AN OLD WOMAN.

MAYBE IT'S THE TEACHER.

COULD BE.

♪♪

Torres: WE CONTINUE ON

AND SANDRO LEADS US BEYOND THE RUINS.

FINALLY, WE REACHED THE SETTLEMENT'S

NORTHEASTERN EDGE AT A BEND IN THE RIO NEGRO.

IT'S HERE THAT SANDRO SHOWS US SOME STRANGE SYMBOLS

CARVED INTO THE ROCKS.

WOW, LOOK AT THAT.

Gates: THESE EERIE IMAGES WERE CARVED BY THE ANCESTORS

OF THOSE WHO SETTLED THIS LAND MILLENNIA AGO.

MANY OF THE GLYPHS DEPICT STRANGE SCENES

OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE PEOPLE IN DISTRESS.

SOME BELIEVE THEY'RE INTENDED AS A WARNING.

THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE OVER HERE.

OH, YEAH.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY SCREAMING.

YEAH.

TO ME, THAT IS THE LOCALS MAYBE CRYING OUT IN FEAR

FOR THE PLACE THAT THEY'RE IN.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THESE CARVINGS OF PEOPLE

AND FACES ARE,

IS THAT THEY'RE CRYING OUT ABOUT THE EVIL THAT'S IN THE AREA,

WHICH IS WHY THEY MOVED.

IT'S LIKE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT IN MODERN TIMES,

BUT THEY ALSO LEFT HERE IN ANCIENT TIMES.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUMAN SCREAM.

COME ON, LET'S TRACK IT DOWN.

AS WE HEAD OFF TOWARDS THE SOUND WE ALL JUST HEARD,

WE COME ACROSS OUR PRODUCER.

THE ABANDONED CITY SEEMS TO HAVE CLAIMED ANOTHER VICTIM.

[ COUGHING ]

Torres: WHETHER THE EXPEDITION CAN CONTINUE IS NOW IN QUESTION.

Gates: MY TEAM IS DEEP IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON,

PURSUING THE SOURCE OF A STRANGE SOUND

THEY'VE HEARD AMIDST THESE SUPPOSEDLY CURSED RUINS.

WHEN THEY COME ACROSS ONE OF THEIR FIELD PRODUCERS

DOUBLED OVER.

THOUGH HE WAS FINE JUST A MOMENT AGO,

HE IS SUDDENLY UNABLE TO REMAIN STANDING.

SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN.

GIVE HIM SOME ICE.

GET SOME HIM SOME ICE, SIT DOWN.

Gates: HE COMPLAINS OF DIZZINESS AND FEELING DISORIENTED.

HIS PULSE IS ERRATIC AND BLOOD PRESSURE IS ELEVATED.

WE HAVE TO GET YOU TO THE BOAT.

Torres: WE ALL HEAD BACK TO THE BOAT

TO LET OUR PRODUCER REST.

AMAZINGLY, THE MINUTE HE LEAVES THE RUINS

AND SETS FOOT ON THE BOAT,

HE FEELS ENTIRELY BETTER, RELIEVED THAT HE'S OKAY,

WE DECIDE TO CHECK IN WITH JOSH.

- How's the Amazon treating you? - IT'S GOOD.

- IT'S -- IT'S SCARY. - IT'S BEEN WILD OUT HERE.

OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT AIRAO VELHO.

Right. We've heard all these stories about this place.

DOES IT LIVE UP TO ITS REPUTATION?

IT'S QUITE SCARY. IT LOOKS LIKE JUST A TON OF RUINS.

THE JUNGLE'S COMPLETELY RETAKEN THIS AREA.

AND IT'S -- IT'S A LITTLE OMINOUS.

YEAH, GHOST TOWN DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE

LIKE THERE ARE GHOST TOWNS AND THEN THERE'S AIRAO VELHO.

ARE THERE ANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AROUND THE SITE STILL?

SO THERE'S NOBODY LIVING AT THE SITE ITSELF,

BUT THEY ARE FURTHER INTO THE FOREST

AND THEY JUST GIVE THIS PLACE A WIDE BERTH.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REACH THOSE PEOPLE OR NOT,

BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE

IS TO TRY TO ACTUALLY CONNECT

WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THERE.

YOU CAN HEAR THEIR ACTUAL STORIES,

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE.

- WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. - OKAY.

WELL, LISTEN, GUYS, STAY SAFE, STAY DRY,

AND STAY AWAY FROM THE CREEPY CRAWLIES, OKAY?

WILL DO.

YEAH, I MAY NOT DO THAT LAST ONE,

BUT I'LL TRY TO STAY SAFE AND DRY.

I'LL DO IT.

♪♪

Chobot: WE TAKE JOSH'S ADVICE AND ASK SANDRO

TO ARRANGE PASSAGE TO THE NEAREST VILLAGE.

♪♪

HE AGREES, BUT WARNS US

THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY STRONG CONTACTS THERE

AND IT'S A COMMUNITY NOT USED TO OUTSIDERS.

THEY MAY NOT TAKE KINDLY TO STRANGERS ARRIVING UNANNOUNCED.

♪♪

- WOW. - WHOA.

LOOK AT THIS.

♪♪

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

Torres: SANDRO MAKES INTRODUCTIONS

AND ASSURES THE MEN THAT WE'RE ONLY HERE

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT AIRAO VELHO.

OKAY, GUYS, YOU CAN COME IN.

Torres: LUCKILY FOR US, HE MANAGES TO NEGOTIATE A MEETING

WITH THE VILLAGE SHAMAN.

♪♪

INSIDE, WE'RE INVITED TO SIT DOWN

AND WE RECEIVE A WELCOME BLESSING FROM THE ELDER SHAMAN.

HE AGREES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HE CAN.

♪♪

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AIRAO VELHO?

Interpreter: IT'S A GHOST TOWN.

THERE ARE DARK SPIRITS THAT LIVE THERE.

WE'VE BEEN THERE AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN

THE PETROGLYPHS OF THE SCREAMING PEOPLE

AND THE VICTIMS OF THE TOWN.

Interpreter: THE CARVINGS ON THE ROCKS DO NOT DEPICT

THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN.

THEY DEPICT THE SPIRITS,

THE GHOSTS OF PEOPLE WHO PASSED THERE,

BUT ALSO THE EVIL THAT SEEPED INTO THE LAND ITSELF.

SO HE BELIEVES THAT THOSE PETROGLYPHS

AREN'T THE SCARED PEOPLE.

THOSE ARE PETROGLYPHS OF THE ACTUAL EVIL SPIRITS,

ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO WHAT HE SAID.

- THE EVIL LIVES IN THE ROCKS. - WOW.

HMM, THEN HOW DOES THAT EVIL MANIFEST ITSELF?

Interpreter: YOU WILL HEAR VOICES AND SCREAMS

OF THE DECEASED AND EVEN SEE THE SPIRITS.

IT IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME.

Chobot: IF THERE ARE SPIRITS AT THE ABANDONED CITY,

EVIL OR OTHERWISE,

IT'S OUR JOB TO TRY AND DOCUMENT THEM.

TO DO THAT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BRING

THEM OUT INTO THE OPEN.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH THE SPIRIT?

Interpreter: IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO SUMMON THE SPIRITS,

BUT IT CAN BE DONE.

YOU MUST GO TO THE PLACE OF WORSHIP,

THE CHURCH IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

IF YOU BUILD A FIRE AND GIVE A BLOOD OFFERING TO THE FLAMES,

THIS WILL ACT AS A BEACON FOR THE SPIRITS CAN COME FORWARD.

WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD?

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

YOUR OWN BLOOD.

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OKAY.

Chobot: AFTER THANKING THE SHAMAN,

WE HEAD BACK DOWN RIVER TOWARDS THE ABANDONED CITY.

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I'M ANXIOUS TO CONDUCT A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION

OF THE RUINS TONIGHT.

AND WHILE THE IDEA OF A BLOOD OFFERING IS EXTREME,

I'D BE LYING IF I SAID I WASN'T INTRIGUED BY HIS CONFIDENCE

THAT THIS WOULD CONJURE THE SPIRITS.

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WE COME ASHORE AND HIKE BACK INTO THE RUINS,

WHICH SEEM MUCH MORE IMPOSING IN THE PITCH

BLACK DARKNESS OF THE AMAZON.

Torres: TO BEGIN OUR INVESTIGATION,

WE'RE ARMING INFRARED TRAIL CAMERAS

AT THE CITY'S MAIN LANDMARKS

AND THE LOCATIONS WHERE STRANGE PHENOMENA HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

LET ME GET YOU MY CAMERA TRAP.

Torres: NEAR THE PETROGLYPHS WHERE WE HEARD THE STRANGE

CRYING SOUND,

OUTSIDE THE RUINS OF THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE...

- ALL RIGHT. - YEP.

Torres: ...AND NEAR THE COURTHOUSE

WHERE VISITORS HAVE REPORTED SEEING GHOSTLY APPARITIONS.

AS A SCIENTIST, I'M KEEN TO CAPTURE EVIDENCE

OF SOME OF THE MORE THAN 400 SPECIES OF MAMMAL,

1,200 SPECIES OF BIRD AND 375 KINDS OF REPTILES

THAT CALL THIS JUNGLE HOME.

I BELIEVE PEOPLE PASSING BY HERE MAY BE MISIDENTIFYING

THE PRESENCE OF THESE CREATURES AS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.

Chobot: WITH OUR CAMERAS ALL SET, WE GET TO WORK.

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SINCE THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED,

SOME OF THE TOWN'S MOST EVIL PEOPLE

WALKED THROUGH THESE HALLS.

THE FACT THAT SANDRO EVEN SAID THAT HIS GRANDPARENTS

SAW SOMEBODY THAT HAD BEEN EXECUTED HERE TWO YEARS PRIOR

AND THEN WALKED OUT.

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- I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET. - OKAY.

SO I'M GONNA BUST OUT THE AUDIO RECORDER.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THE THERMAL?

- YEAH, I CAN DO THERMAL. - OKAY.

FROM JUNGLE PREDATORS TO

THE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF A SPIRIT,

THE THERMAL IMAGER WILL HELP US SEE ANYTHING GIVING OFF HEAT.

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ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING ON YOUR THERMAL?

NOTHING HOT ENOUGH THAT WOULD TELL ME IT'S AN ANIMAL.

I'M JESSICA. I'M HERE WITH PHIL.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU.

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- WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? - WHOA, COME ON.

SOUND LIKE IT CAME FROM THAT DIRECTION OVER THERE.

LET'S GO.

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- AH! - OH!

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Chobot: PHIL AND I ARE DEEP IN THE AMAZON

INVESTIGATING AN ABANDONED CITY WITH A VIOLENT PAST

THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE CURSED BY POWERFUL SPIRITS.

WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE

WHERE LOCALS ABUSED BY LANDOWNERS WERE PUNISHED

AND EVEN HANGED IN PUBLIC.

ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING ON YOUR THERMAL?

A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY, BUT NOTHING HOT ENOUGH

THAT WOULD TELL ME IT'S AN ANIMAL.

- WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? - WHOA.

COME ON, LET'S GO!

SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FROM THIS DIRECTION OVER HERE.

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- AH! - OH!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

OH, [BLEEP]. WHAT IS IT? YEAH, I'M OKAY, I'M OKAY.

WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT?

DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING OVER HERE?

YEAH, A HUGE [BLEEP] BRICK.

THAT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU STEPPED ON?

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I STEPPED ON.

THAT WAS IN THE WOODS.

RIGHT OVER HERE?

LIKE, RIGHT -- RIGHT, LIKE SO CLOSE.

LIKE NEXT TO ME CLOSE.

MAYBE AN ANIMAL.

IS THAT WOULD MADE THE SOUND?

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE THERMAL CAMERA?

I DON'T. IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE IF IT WAS AN ANIMAL,

WE'D DEFINITELY SEE IT ON THE THERMAL.

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THAT SCREAM DID NOT SOUND LIKE AN ANIMAL TO ME.

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EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE TOLD US

ABOUT THIS PLACE IS COMING TRUE.

HAVING ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE PHANTOM SCREAMS

THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED HERE, I WANT TO SEE

IF WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE EVIL SPIRITS

THAT THE SHAMAN SAID RESIDE HERE.

TO DO THAT, HE TOLD US TO MAKE A BLOOD SACRIFICE IN A FIRE

NEAR THE CHURCH IN THE CENTER OF TOWN.

DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR UP THE CHURCH IS?

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OLD HOUSE

RUINS OVER HERE.

- YEAH, I SEE THAT UP AHEAD. - SO...

USUALLY THE CHURCH IS IN THE CENTER OF TOWN.

SO I THINK WE JUST TRY TO HEAD THAT WAY.

OH, WHOA. LOOK AT THIS.

OH, FOR SURE THIS IS A CHURCH.

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GOTHIC STYLE ARCHES RIGHT HERE.

- OH, YEAH. IT KEEPS GOING. - YEAH, IT KEEPS GOING.

THIS CHURCH IS HUGE.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS THING.

THIS MUST'VE SUPPORTED A BIG COMMUNITY AT SOME POINT.

IT'D PROBABLY FIT A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE INSIDE.

WELL, AND THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT?

THE CHURCH ACTED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

SO IT USUALLY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING IN A TOWN.

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AND YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, THEY WERE HERE TO STAY.

THIS THING IS SOLID. THIS ISN'T A TEMPORARY CHURCH.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY HERE

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE DECIDE TO POST UP HERE TO INVESTIGATE.

FIRST, WE SEARCH THE AREA FOR KINDLING

AND BEGIN TO BUILD A SMALL FIRE,

THOUGH WE'RE FAR FROM MEDICAL ATTENTION,

JESS IS DETERMINED TO FOLLOW THE SHAMAN'S ADVICE

AND ATTEMPT AN OFFERING SHEDDING HER BLOOD

TO PROVOKE THE SPIRITS.

I'M ACTUALLY WONDERING IF THE SCENT OF BLOOD

MIGHT SUMMON OTHER JUNGLE CREATURES.

- LOOKING GOOD. - YEAH, IT DOES LOOK NICE.

BLOOD OFFERING?

GO FOR IT.

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- ALL RIGHT, READY? - YEAH.

AH. [ INHALES SHARPLY ]

- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT BLOOD. - UH-HUH.

[ INHALES SHARPLY ]

♪♪

THERE YOU GO. NO TURNING BACK NOW.

WHILE I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS BLOOD OFFERING

IS GOING TO PRODUCE RESULTS, IF A SHAMAN IN THE AMAZON

BELIEVES IT WILL HELP ME ENCOUNTER A GHOST, I'M IN.

WE BREAK OUT OUR AUDIO RECORDER AND THERMAL CAMERA

AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.

WE GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED, A BLOOD OFFERING.

AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO GIVE US WHAT WE WANT,

WHICH IS YOUR APPEARANCE.

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WHY DID YOU DRIVE THE PEOPLE AWAY FROM HERE?

♪♪

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS TOWN

THAT BOTHERED YOU SO MUCH?

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- YOU KNOW WHAT JUST HIT ME? - WHAT?

- THIS IS A CHURCH. - YEAH.

THIS IS ALSO WHERE THEY DO FUNERALS.

YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT.

DURING THE YEARS THAT THIS WAS A BOOMTOWN,

THAT WAS WHEN YELLOW FEVER, DENGUE, MALARIA, TYPHOID,

ALL OF THESE TROPICAL DISEASES WERE THRIVING IN THIS AREA.

AND THAT MEANT A LOT OF SICK PEOPLE, A LOT OF TIME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH FEVERS.

YEAH, THEY DID SAY PLAGUES CAME THROUGH HERE.

YEAH, WHEN YOU HAVE A FEVER, YOU HAVE HALLUCINATIONS

AND YOU ADD THAT EVERYTHING

THAT THIS JUNGLE'S THROWN AT PEOPLE,

- EVERYTHING IT'S THROWN AT US -- - MM-HMM.

...I THINK THE JUNGLE IS JUST SO INTENSE HERE.

YOU ADD IN THOSE DISEASES, IT JUST DEFEATED THE TOWN.

BUT THAT'S THE POINT, RIGHT? THE ENTITY IS USING THE JUNGLE

AS A WAY TO MANIFEST AND CAUSE PROBLEMS.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

THAT'S THE SCREAM. COME ON, THIS WAY.

- WHAT IS THAT? - LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

I WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT.

♪♪

GO.

- IT'S REALLY CLOSE. - WE'RE REALLY CLOSE.

♪♪

WE GOT A TRAIL, WE GOT A TRAIL.

WE GOT A TRAIL?

WHOA, WHOA, WE GOT A BUILDING UP HERE.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

THE RUINED CITY ABOUT AIRAO VELHO

THE JESSE AND PHIL ARE INVESTIGATING,

WAS DEVASTATED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE RUBBER MARKET IN 1912.

PANIC SET IN, VIOLENCE ERUPTED, AND PEOPLE FLED THE CITY.

BUT WHY EXACTLY DID THE BRAZILIAN RUBBER INDUSTRY

GO BUST AT A TIME WHEN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

WAS TAKING OFF AND THE GLOBAL DEMAND

FOR RUBBER TIRES WAS ON THE RISE?

THE ANSWER IS A GUY NAMED SIR HENRY ALEXANDER WICKHAM,

A DARING ENGLISH EXPLORER.

THIS SELF-PROCLAIMED BIO THIEF

HAD SMUGGLED NEARLY 70,000 RUBBER PLANT SEEDS

ABOARD A SHIP OUT OF BRAZIL BACK IN 1876.

THAT PROVED ENOUGH TO PLANT RUBBER TREE SAPLINGS IN THE THEN

BRITISH CONTROLLED COLONIES IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA.

35 YEARS LATER, THE TREES WERE MATURE.

RUBBER PRODUCTION BEGAN TO THRIVE IN ASIA,

AND THE BRAZILIAN BOOM WENT BUST.

ALTHOUGH WICKHAM'S EFFORTS EARNED HIM A KNIGHTHOOD

IN ENGLAND, BACK IN BRAZIL,

HE UNDERSTANDABLY WAS SEEN AS MORE OF A PIRATE.

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Gates: AFTER PERFORMING A BLOOD SACRIFICE

TO THE SPIRITS OF THE ABANDONED CITY,

JESSICA IS CONDUCTING A CALL AND RESPONSE.

AND HEARS SOMETHING COMING FROM THE WOODS BEHIND THE CHURCH.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

THERE IT IS AGAIN. IT'S BACK BY THE CHURCH, I'M GONNA GO.

♪♪

WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO THIS TOWN?

WE ARE NOT LEAVING.

WE ARE STAYING.

♪♪

PHIL, GET OVER HERE. PHIL, PHIL.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT'S HAPPENING?

I WAS INSIDE THE CHURCH, I WAS DOING CALL AND RESPONSE,

AND I BASICALLY SAID WE DID THE OFFERING.

WE DID THE BLOOD RITUAL.

WE'RE NOT LEAVING UNTIL WE HEAR SOMETHING AND BOOM,

RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.

THERE WAS THIS CRAZY NOISE. IT WAS A DEFINITE ROAR.

IT WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE BUILDING.

ARE WE GETTING HUNTED?

LISTEN, LISTEN.

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DID YOU HEAR IT?

Torres: WE CONTINUE TO CHASE THE SOUND,

WHICH SEEMS TO LEAD US DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE JUNGLE,

JUST WHEN IT SEEMS CLOSE AT HAND,

WE HEAR SOMETHING ELSE.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

AS IF ON CUE,

THE SKIES AROUND THE CITY BEGIN TO CRACK AND RUMBLE.

A STORM IS NEARLY UPON US BEFORE THE RAIN ARRIVES.

WE TREK BACK TO BASE CAMP TO ASSESS OUR SITUATION.

WE HAVE THE CAMERA TRAPS.

OH, WE DO.

YEAH, I'VE HAD IT RUNNING THE WHOLE TIME.

OKAY.

OKAY, LET'S DO THIS.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

WITHIN MINUTES, THE SKIES OPEN UP.

WE RETREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR BOAT OFFSHORE AND HUNKER

DOWN AS TORRENTIAL RAIN DRENCHES

THE RUINED CITY OF A AIRAO VELHO.

Gates: A MISTY MORNING ARRIVES IN THE AMAZON AND PHIL,

JESS, AND THEIR GUIDE

MAKE THE LONG TRIP BACK TOWARDS CIVILIZATION.

THEY BRAVED THE NIGHT IN THE SUPPOSEDLY HAUNTED

JUNGLE CITY AND THE LOCATION DID NOT DISAPPOINT.

THEY HEARD THE PHANTOM NOISES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED HERE

AND EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND

THE FEAR THAT HAS TURNED SO MANY OTHERS AWAY.

NOW IT'S TIME TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE.

SANDRO, HEY.

Gates: JESS STARTS BY ISOLATING THE AUDIO OF THE VOICE

THEY THOUGHT THEY HEARD AT THE PETROGLYPHS.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

DUDE, TO ME, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A HUMAN SCREAM.

LET ME GIVE A LISTEN.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

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BACK HOME, BOBCATS MAKE A SCREAM LIKE THAT

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCREAMING WOMAN.

EVEN FOXES WHEN THEY MAKE A MATING CALL,

SO ANIMALS MAKE WEIRD NOISES.

IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS LIKE YOU HEARD THE SAME SOUND?

THREE DIFFERENT SPOTS.

OOH.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

- [ DISTANT SCREAM ] - THERE IT IS AGAIN.

VERY STRANGE.

SANDRO, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

- DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS AT ALL? - LET ME LISTEN TO THIS.

[ DISTANT SCREAM ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THIS IS LIKE NEVER HAVE HEARD THESE TYPES OF SOUNDS

- IN THE FOREST. - YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THAT?

IT SOUNDS VERY STRANGE TO ME, THIS SOUND.

ALL RIGHT, NOW THE TRAIL CAMS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET.

Gates: TO CHECK WHETHER AN ANIMAL COULD BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR SUCH A SOUND,

THE TEAM REVIEWED THE IMAGES FROM THEIR TRAIL CAMERAS.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ONE.

Gates: THEY EXAMINE THE MEMORY CARDS ONE BY ONE.

AND THEY DO SEE VARIOUS RESIDENTS OF THE ABANDONED CITY,

BUT THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT COULD ACCOUNT

FOR WHATEVER MADE THE MYSTERIOUS SOUND,

EVEN STRANGER,

NOTHING PHYSICAL TRIPPED THE CAMERAS IN THE VICINITY

OF THE CHURCH WHERE THEY HEARD THE NOISES, WHATEVER IT WAS,

IT SEEMS TO BE INVISIBLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

TO ME, NEVER HEARD OF SUCH SOUND.

Gates: FINALLY, JESSICA LISTENS TO THE AUDIO

FROM HER CALL AND RESPONSE AFTER PERFORMING THE BLOOD

OFFERING FOR ANY ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA

OR EVPs ANSWERING BACK TO HER QUESTIONS.

WE ARE NOT LEAVING. WE ARE STAYING.

[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]

YEP, RIGHT THERE.

DUDE, THAT TOTALLY SOUNDS LIKE VA.

THAT'S PORTUGUESE FOR GO, RIGHT?

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[ INDISTINCT SOUND ]

YEAH, IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT,

BUT IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE AN ANIMAL.

Gates: IN THE END,

THE RUINS REMAIN A PLACE OF INTENSE MYSTERY.

JESS, SANDRO, AND MANY OTHERS

BELIEVE THIS ABANDONED SETTLEMENT

IS INDEED HAUNTED BY ITS VIOLENT PAST.

THERE'S SOMETHING WEIRD OUT THERE, FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

Gates: WHILE PHIL SAW ENOUGH WILDLIFE AND RATIONAL

EXPLANATIONS TO REMAIN A STEADFAST SKEPTIC.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE,

THE KIND OF MIX FOLKLORE AND NATURE.

Gates: WHATEVER IT WAS THAT THE TEAM ENCOUNTERED

IN THE DEPTHS OF THE AMAZON,

THERE'S NO DENYING THAT THIS PLACE IS A KIND OF LIVING GHOST.

ITS HAUNTING ARCHITECTURE IS

OBSCURED BY THE CLOYING VINES OF THE JUNGLE,

APPEARING LIKE A PHANTOM.

TO THOSE WHO DARE VENTURE INSIDE,

FROM PORTUGUESE SLAVERS TO GREEDY RUBBER BARONS,

THE DARKEST CHAPTERS OF THIS REGION'S PAST

SEEM TO HANG IN THE HUMID AIR.

AIRAO VELHO IS A MYSTERIOUS PLACE.

- I TOLD YOU. - THANKS FOR TAKING US.

- THANK YOU, SANDRO. - THANK YOU.

Gates: OUR OWN PRODUCER WAS STRUCK DOWN HERE,

AN EVENT THAT LOCALS WOULD SAY

WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF POWERFUL SPIRITS.

EVEN THE STONES THEMSELVES SEEMED TO SPEAK WITH WARNINGS

FROM THE DISTANT PAST.

THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR, SAIL ON BY.

THIS IS NO PLACE FOR THE LIVING.

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