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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.

♪♪

OKAY.

Chobot:
AFTER THANKING THE SHAMAN,

WE HEAD BACK DOWN RIVER
TOWARDS THE ABANDONED CITY.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

- 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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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

SOUND LIKE IT CAME
FROM THAT DIRECTION OVER THERE.

LET'S GO.

♪♪

- AH!
- OH!

♪♪

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.

♪♪

- 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.

♪♪

THAT SCREAM DID NOT SOUND
LIKE AN ANIMAL TO ME.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

- 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.

♪♪

WHY DID YOU DRIVE
THE PEOPLE AWAY FROM HERE?

♪♪

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS TOWN

THAT BOTHERED YOU SO MUCH?

♪♪

- 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.

♪♪

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.

♪♪

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 ]

♪♪

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?

♪♪

[ 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.

♪♪