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Narrator: worldwide, 300
Million surveillance cameras
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Are watching us.
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On our streets, at work, and in our homes,
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They capture things that seem impossible.
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It defies the laws of physics.
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Man: this is unbelievable, man.
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Narrator: experts carry
Out forensic analysis
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Of these unusual events.
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There's got to be some
Explanation for what's going on.
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[ screams ]
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Narrator: coming up...
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Surveillance cameras capture a beast
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Straight from a nightmare...
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This is definitely something
Out of the ordinary.
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Something very strange.
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Narrator: ...A cataclysmic
Roadside blast sparks fears
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Of a nuclear disaster...
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Is this the end times coming at me?
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Narrator: ...Scientists investigate
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Unexplained balls of
Fire lighting up the skies.
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They look distinctly odd.
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Narrator: and has this nanny cam
Captured a demonic possession?
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[ screams ]
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This kid does a full-on "Exorcist."
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Narrator: bizarre phenomena...
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...Mysteries caught on surveillance...
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What's the truth behind
This strange evidence?
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A dashboard-mounted camera
Records an apocalyptic event.
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The entire horizon line has been lit up
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By whatever it is that's happening.
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This is truly terrifying.
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Something catastrophic
Has been captured on camera.
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The question is what.
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♪♪
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Narrator: st. Petersburg, russia...
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February 6, 2012, 9:13 a.M...
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Rush-hour traffic in the
Country's cultural capital.
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A dash cam records a regular commute.
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As the driver hits a
Traffic jam on the highway,
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The camera captures an
Extraordinary apparition.
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[ boom ]
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Something big and bad just happened.
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Big bright light, lots of energy.
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Narrator: drivers slam on their
Brakes and brace for impact.
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[ brakes screeching ]
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Wallace: if I was sitting
Behind the wheel of the car,
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I would really be concerned.
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Is this the end times coming at me?
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What was that?
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[ boom ]
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No one knows, and that's the scariest part.
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Narrator: experts race to
Explain this terrifying event.
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Pappalardo: the speculation
Begins immediately,
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And there are no answers forthcoming.
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All that people know is
That whatever happened
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Couldn't have been good.
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Narrator: this isn't the
First time a blinding blast
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Has lit up russian skies.
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Chelyabinsk, 2013...
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Another morning commute caught on camera.
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People on their way to school,
On their way to work looked up
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And saw a bright streak of
Light racing across the sky.
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Narrator: a 60-foot-wide meteor
Hits the upper atmosphere
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At at 40,000 miles an hour.
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Mostly, our atmosphere
Protects us from space rocks,
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Which is very lucky for us.
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But every so often,
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There are pieces that are
Big enough to get through.
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Narrator: the chelyabinsk meteor
Creates a flash brighter than the sun.
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[ boom ]
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Its sonic boom shatters
Windows across the city.
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♪♪
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But when experts analyze the
St. Petersburg dash-cam footage,
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They notice something strange.
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There's a clue that rules
Out this being a meteorite,
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And that's that you see multiple flashes.
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So, if this were a meteorite,
You would see one explosion,
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And it'd be done.
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But we didn't see that.
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This was clearly something else.
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Narrator: physicist dianna
Cowern studies the footage.
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She detects the potential signs
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Of a more sinister type of explosion.
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It's amazing that this low-quality dash cam
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Captured the different
Colors of the explosion.
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So, we see blues and yellows,
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And that's a key to what's happening.
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Narrator: within milliseconds,
The sky is burning
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With a brilliant blue glow.
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It's the signature of an
Energy release so immense,
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It suggests a nuclear detonation.
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During a thermonuclear blast,
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The energy and radiation
Excites nitrogen molecules,
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And they give off light
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Which we would see as
This kind of blue glow.
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Narrator: analysts fear a
Potential nightmare scenario.
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Rogue nuclear weapons that are available
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From the russian arsenal
Sold to the black market.
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When you see a gigantic flash,
And something like this happens,
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A lot of people will immediately
Jump to the conclusion,
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"My god, it could be a ground-based nuke
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That has been set off by a terrorist."
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Narrator: no terrorists claim
Responsibility for the blast,
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But this is the former soviet union,
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And the specter of nuclear catastrophe
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Can't be easily dismissed.
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April 26, 1986... Chernobyl.
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A flawed reactor at the nuclear power plant
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Suffers a catastrophic core failure.
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Pappalardo: when chernobyl blew its top,
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It spewed 80 tons of radioactive material,
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Contaminating the countryside for decades,
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If not hundreds of years.
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It turned an area the size of
Colorado into a no-go zone,
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And spiked cancer rates for years to come.
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Narrator: yet russia still
Relies on nuclear power.
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There's always a chance
Of a chernobyl-like accident
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Happening again.
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And, as it turns out, there
Is a nuclear power facility
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Located just on the
Outskirts of st. Petersburg.
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This facility has the same kind of reactor
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That blew up in chernobyl.
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Narrator: but for some, the st.
Petersburg dash-cam footage
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Is missing key elements of a
Nuclear power plant collapse.
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There are a couple early indicators
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That this is not a nuclear meltdown.
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One of the big dangers
Is that it is invisible.
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We don't see these bright flashes,
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Leading to the question...
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"What the hell just blew
Up over st. Petersburg?"
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Narrator: coming up, a mysterious
Beast lurks in the shadows...
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I don't know what this thing is.
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It looks dangerous.
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Looks like something out of my nightmares.
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[ roaring ]
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Narrator: ...A nanny cam captures
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A haunting night terror... [ screams ]
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There's something about this
That just seems otherworldly.
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[ screams ]
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Narrator: ...And the investigation
Into the st. Petersburg blast
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Uncovers a vital clue.
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This blast knocked out
All the lights on the road.
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Narrator: a blinding explosion
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Rocks the russian city of st. Petersburg.
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Investigators analyze the dash-cam footage
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For signs of the cause
Of the apocalyptic blast.
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If you rewind back through the footage,
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You notice that this
Blast... Whatever it was...
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Knocked out all the lights on the road.
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The only thing left were the car lights.
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Narrator: electrical engineer
David wallace believes
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This blackout is a significant clue.
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He pinpoints something else in the footage
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That suggests the strange
Properties of electricity
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Could be at work.
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Wallace: I see this bright ball appear.
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You notice that the ball sort of shimmies.
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It gets brighter, it gets dimmer, it grows.
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This sort of leads me to tend to think
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That it's an electrical arc occurring,
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Which, then, will kill
The power to the grid,
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Which will cause all the lights
To go out in a surrounding area.
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Narrator: wallace runs
Mississippi state university's
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High-voltage laboratory.
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To put his electrical
Arc theory to the test,
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Wallace generates an arc in his lab
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To analyze its color and behavior.
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So, let's see if we can recreate
What we saw in the video.
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We have our jacob's ladder here set up
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That will generate our arc.
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Narrator: a jacob's ladder
Is a v-shaped device
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Used to create a train of large sparks.
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We're ready to go.
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Narrator: it's connected
To a powerful generator,
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Producing 30,000 volts.
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Everybody ready?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Fire.
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Let's bring the lights down.
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Narrator: the current
Courses through the poles,
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Jumping the narrow gap between them.
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It breaks down, or
Ionizes, gasses in the air
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To create a super-hot plasma.
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Wallace: okay, now that
We've got the arc going,
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Let's introduce the element of smoke to see
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If we can recreate the cloud coverage
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And the glow like we see in the video.
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We're now getting a glow around the smoke
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As the arc goes up through it.
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Narrator: as the heated ionized air
Rises, the electric arc rises, too.
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The trail of ionization gets longer,
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Becoming more and more unstable,
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Triggering a change of color
From orange to white to blue...
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The same colors seen in the footage.
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Wallace: we got a nice glow
Around it as the arc went up.
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It was reflecting off the smoke.
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Narrator: wallace believes
His results are conclusive.
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What this demonstration is showing me is,
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What we are seeing in the video
Is some sort of electrical arc
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Being reflected off of the clouds.
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[ boom ]
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Narrator: investigators consider
What roadside structure
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Could pack enough voltage
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To create an arc of the
Size seen in the footage.
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[ boom ]
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Cowern: in cities, you've got
High-voltage power lines,
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And you've got low voltage in your house.
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So, you need something
That can convert in between,
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And that's called a transformer.
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Narrator: st. Petersburg has
379 transformer substations
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With a total capacity of 23,000 megawatts.
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That's more than twice the
Power consumed by new york city.
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Pappalardo: that blue-white
Glow is something you see
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When a transformer blows
Put on your street corner.
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You magnify that by 100-times over,
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You've got a big electrical explosion.
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Wallace: so if we have a
Substation where we have
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A transformer failing,
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You're gonna get a tremendous
Amount of arcing occurring,
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Which will light up the area around it.
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[ boom ]
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Narrator: in the wake of the event,
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Russian state media confirms
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A substation in south st.
Petersburg has exploded.
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[ boom ]
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They blame it on an unspecified
Technical malfunction.
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If you think someone has
Dropped a nuclear bomb on you,
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You'll be pretty relieved to know
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It was just a power station that blew up,
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But you might be really angry
It scared the hell out of you.
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[ boom ]
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♪♪
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Narrator: now, a b-movie
Monster in the flesh.
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This is definitely something
Out of the ordinary...
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Something very strange.
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Narrator: a creature filmed
Lurking in the shadows.
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It's like something out of my nightmares.
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It's weird, it's maybe dangerous,
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And it's in your backyard.
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[ growling ]
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♪♪
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Narrator: brazil, 2007...
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Sao goncalo dos campos,
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800 miles north of rio de janeiro,
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A sleepy rural community
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Steeped in ancient culture and tradition.
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[ howling ]
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As night falls, a security
Camera monitors a backyard.
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All seems normal until a
Shadowy figure emerges.
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It's dark, it looks like it might be hairy,
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And its movements are very inhuman.
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It's hard to see any real features,
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But it's definitely got
This elongated face.
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There's a snout, perhaps.
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You can almost see a
Row of sharp teeth there.
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It looks to be either
Ape-like or wolf-like,
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And it kind of stays in the
Shadows as it moves around.
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Narrator: the mysterious creature
Appears for a few short moments
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Before disappearing into the night.
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But it's not the last time it's seen.
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An hour later, local
Resident rolildo aputolodo
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Is woken by an unearthly howl
Outside her bedroom window.
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[ growling ]
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For the next few nights,
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The local radio station is inundated
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With reports of sightings
Of the strange beast.
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[ growling ]
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Many believe the slaughtered livestock
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Coupled with the surveillance sighting
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Is evidence of a legendary beast
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Is terrorizing the town.
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Blackburn: brazil has a long
History of werewolf sightings.
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People have reported being
Attacked by these creatures.
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Perhaps this film has captured
One of those creatures.
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Narrator: coming up, mysterious
Balls of floating fire...
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What is causing it? What is creating it?
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Narrator: ...And investigators
Consider who or what is behind
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Brazil's werewolf sightings.
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Blackburn: it could be
Somebody mentally deranged.
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It could be literally somebody
Who believes they're a werewolf.
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Narrator: a backyard surveillance
Camera captures a mysterious creature
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That some fear is evidence the
Mythological werewolf is real.
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Zoologist darren naish analyzes
The footage, looking for clues.
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In the footage, we do see some
Particular parts of anatomy
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Where we can get measurements
And work out the proportions.
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Narrator: freezing the footage,
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Measurements reveal
That the figure's upper arm
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Is an almost identical
Length to its lower arm.
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This ratio of 1-to-1
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Is characteristic of a
Well-known local species.
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Naish: this does have the
Characteristic proportions
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Of our species... Of homo sapiens.
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This footage basically
Has all the hallmarks
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Of an elaborate prank.
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Narrator: but if this is a human, a
Prank isn't the only explanation.
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Biologist kelly price researches
Unusual medical conditions.
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She believes there are some rare disorders
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That could explain a
Werewolf-like appearance.
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There is a genetic condition
Known as hypertrichosis
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That runs in families,
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Where members of the family
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Who have it have hair
All over their bodies,
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Including their faces
...Even on their eyelids.
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And it's often known as
The werewolf syndrome.
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Narrator: fewer than 100
Cases have been recorded.
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Nobody knows how many
People with the condition
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Are alive today.
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And some doctors suggest that
The super-rare werewolf syndrome
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Isn't the only medical condition
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That could be afflicting the creature
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In this surveillance tape.
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Naish: there have been occasional cases
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Of a psychological condition
Known as lycanthropy.
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And this is where people become deluded
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And actually believe they
Are wild animals of some kind.
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Typically they think that
They've transformed into a wolf.
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It could be somebody mentally deranged.
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It could be literally somebody
Who believes they're a werewolf.
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Narrator: but further anatomical analysis
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Suggests this may not be a human figure.
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The thing about it is, if it's a person,
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Then they have to be on all fours,
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And so their legs
Should be bent in the back.
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But it really does look like...
Whatever this creature it is...
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It has two straight legs.
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Narrator: investigators
Consider what native animals
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Match the anatomical analysis.
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The yard in this footage backs
Onto a natural area in brazil.
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So we have to think, "What
Native animals in brazil
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Might be coming into this backyard?"
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When you look at the list of
All the animals that live in brazil,
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Nothing matches this character.
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Narrator: but scientists haven't catalogued
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Every species on the planet.
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There are gaps in the record.
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Price: a large part of brazil
Is swathed in rainforest,
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And we know that there are many
Species that live in that forest
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That we haven't quite discovered yet.
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So, one could think, "Maybe
This is one of those animals."
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Blackburn: if we're talking
About an unknown species,
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What better place to hide
Than a brazilian rainforest?
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Narrator: many locals fear
This nightmarish beast
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Still remains on the loose.
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Price: I don't think we're
Gonna get to the bottom
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Of whatever this creature is
Based on this footage alone,
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But what we can tell is
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Whatever it is, it's very creepy.
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Until we catch whatever it is,
I suppose we'll have to assume
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That there is a werewolf
Roaming the forests of brazil.
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[ howling ]
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♪♪
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Narrator: now, unexplained
Fireballs light up a mystical river.
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It's really quite bizarre,
And it does make you wonder,
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"What's actually going on?"
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Narrator: locals believe they're
Evidence of a fire-breathing monster.
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Boonya: I do respect the naga.
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I believe in the naga.
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♪♪
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Narrator: phon phisai, thailand...
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An ancient town built upon the banks
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Of the mighty mekong river.
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Flowing 2,700 miles
From the tibetan plateau
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To the south china sea,
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It's a river rich in myth and legend.
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As dusk approaches,
Locals flock to the mekong,
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Hoping to witness an
Extraordinary phenomenon.
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The light fades, and cameras are trained
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On the sky.
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♪♪
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Hundreds of balls of
Light rise from the river.
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Some seem to hover.
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Others streak great distances.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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When pyrotechnics expert mike samson
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Examines the footage,
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He confirms this is no
Regular firework display.
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It's not a firework that you
See on your fourth of july
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Garden display like this... A rocket.
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Now, this sends up
Huge sparks into the sky,
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And then explodes at the end.
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[ booms ]
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And, of course, you
Don't see that in the video.
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Narrator: locals' assessments agree,
And some are convinced they know
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What's behind the mysterious light show.
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00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:12,183
They believe a mysterious creature
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00:24:12,185 --> 00:24:16,721
Lurks in the swirling depths of the mekong.
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00:24:16,723 --> 00:24:20,792
A ferocious, fire-breathing
Beast... The naga.
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♪♪
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Coming up, nocturnal nursery terror...
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[ screams ]
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There's something about this
That just seems otherworldly.
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[ screams ]
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Narrator: ...And explosive new evidence
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In the mekong fireball mystery.
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00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:45,416
Bell: the fact we have
These phosphine gas seeps...
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Maybe that could be behind these fireballs.
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Narrator: scientists investigating
Fireballs propelled above
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A thai river consult local folklore.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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For thai buddhists,
The naga is a divine being,
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And the fireballs it creates
Bear a special significance.
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00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,502
♪♪
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00:25:39,139 --> 00:25:41,605
If a colossal, fire-breathing monster
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Is living in the river's depths,
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00:25:43,476 --> 00:25:46,978
It wouldn't be the first
Gargantuan beast found there.
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The mekong is a river of giants...
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From soft-shell turtles
Weighing more than 100 pounds
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To mega-catfish growing
More than 9 feet long.
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Evidence potentially supporting
The existence of the naga
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Emerges in the form of
A surprising photograph.
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Local people claim it shows
A mekong river monster
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00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:22,146
Captured by u.S. Marines
During the vietnam war.
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♪♪
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00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:36,127
♪♪
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But when investigators dig deeper
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00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,867
Into the picture's origins,
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00:26:42,869 --> 00:26:45,269
They discover it was
Taken thousands of miles
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From the mekong in san diego, california.
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00:26:52,678 --> 00:26:55,746
Biologist dr. Jessada denduangboripant
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00:26:55,748 --> 00:26:57,148
Has studied the image
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And can identify the so-called naga.
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Oarfish are extraordinary giants.
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00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,895
Originally believed to be sea serpents,
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00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:15,566
They can grow up to 56 feet long,
445
00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:19,270
But they simply don't have
The anatomy to breathe fire.
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[ birds chirping ]
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Some scientists suspect the
Murky waters of the river itself
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Could hold vital clues.
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00:27:33,853 --> 00:27:36,254
There will be quite a lot of organic matter
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That will be decaying down in the depths.
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00:27:38,992 --> 00:27:40,925
It wouldn't be at all surprising
452
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If bubbles of methane gas came up.
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Narrator: methane, or natural gas,
Has the potential to be explosive.
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If that got ignited close
To the surface of a river,
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Maybe we would see
Some lights on the surface.
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Narrator: chemist andrea sella knows
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That methane can be ignited naturally,
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And that it can form floating fire.
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00:28:11,491 --> 00:28:14,358
He builds a rig to demonstrate how.
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00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,692
Let me just show you.
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00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,162
We've rigged this up in
Which we have the river,
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We've got a source of natural gas.
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Narrator: what's missing is a spark.
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Sella believes in nature, that
Spark would come from lightning.
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Now, we're going to create
A lightning strike here
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In the beaker.
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This is where I get nervous.
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We'll prime our system.
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Let's just see if we can ignite.
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Wow.
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And you can see that every so often,
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What we get is a little flare,
And that's the gas igniting.
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It's going to rise as it
Burns, and in doing so,
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It'll create a rather ghostly effect.
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Narrator: the fireball the
Gas forms is short-lived,
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But its shape and color matches the orbs
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00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:14,385
In the surveillance footage.
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00:29:17,222 --> 00:29:20,424
Yet when sella re-examines
The mekong video,
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He finds no evidence of an
Electrical storm that night.
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00:29:25,031 --> 00:29:26,830
Of course, you're not always gonna have
481
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:28,766
A convenient lightning bolt,
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Which will set fire to
Your gas on a dark night.
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Narrator: sella considers an
Alternative ignition source.
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There are plenty of reports of these things
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Igniting spontaneously.
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00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,081
And what could that be?
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Narrator: a likely suspect emerges.
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Bell: the study found that there
Were relatively high concentrations
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Of something called phosphine gas.
490
00:29:56,796 --> 00:29:59,196
The fact we have these
Phosphine gas seeps...
491
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Maybe that could be behind these fireballs.
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Narrator: phosphine is a
Rare and highly toxic gas
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Produced when organic
Matter decays on a riverbed.
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Sella: the thing about phosphine
495
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Is that it ignites spontaneously
On contact with air.
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Narrator: sella believes it's only
When methane and phosphine
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Are found together that
They can trigger a fireball.
498
00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:28,025
It's perhaps a mixture
Of methane and phosphine,
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Which break the surface.
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And at the very moment when
It comes into contact with air,
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It's the phosphine that provides
The ignition and the methane
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That then provides the fuel
For the flame to continue.
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♪♪
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Narrator: examining the footage once
More, pyrotechnics expert mike sansom
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Casts doubt on the explosive gas theory.
506
00:30:58,391 --> 00:31:01,258
I don't believe it's a
Natural occurrence at all.
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Narrator: mike believes he
Can identify a special type
508
00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:05,396
Of pyrotechnic device
509
00:31:05,398 --> 00:31:10,801
Capable of producing a
Fast-moving glowing ball
510
00:31:10,803 --> 00:31:13,738
Just like the orbs in the
Surveillance footage.
511
00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:16,340
I think it's one of these... A mortar.
512
00:31:16,342 --> 00:31:21,278
In here, I've opened up the
Mortar, and you see the star.
513
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,880
This is it.
514
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:26,150
It's a composition that burns
Really hot and really brightly.
515
00:31:26,152 --> 00:31:30,153
And this launches into the
Sky, and then just goes out,
516
00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:31,956
And that's what I think it is.
517
00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:33,124
And I can prove it.
518
00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:37,494
So, I've got my firing system,
519
00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:39,964
I've got my mortar set up in the field,
520
00:31:39,966 --> 00:31:41,098
I'm gonna set them off with this,
521
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:42,633
And I think it's gonna look exactly
522
00:31:42,635 --> 00:31:45,169
The same as in the video.
523
00:31:49,976 --> 00:31:52,143
♪♪
524
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,182
These fireworks in the
Video, they do make a noise
525
00:31:58,184 --> 00:32:00,384
When they're launched,
But they're so far away...
526
00:32:00,386 --> 00:32:02,520
They're the opposite
Side of the mekong river...
527
00:32:02,522 --> 00:32:04,655
And by the time that noise
Has reached the audience,
528
00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:08,659
There's lots of oohs and
Ahhs, and that muffles it out.
529
00:32:08,661 --> 00:32:11,529
So, it could be that this
Was a natural phenomenon...
530
00:32:11,531 --> 00:32:12,863
Maybe quite rare...
531
00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:15,799
But because of this festival,
It's now become a ritual,
532
00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:17,133
And the lights in the sky
533
00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:19,870
Have been accentuated my manmade means.
534
00:32:19,872 --> 00:32:22,440
[ crowd oohs and ahhs ]
535
00:32:24,944 --> 00:32:27,611
For the crowds gathering
On the banks of the mekong,
536
00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:32,416
There remains only one
Explanation for the fireballs...
537
00:32:32,418 --> 00:32:36,320
The fire-breath of the
Fabled naga river monster.
538
00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:43,294
♪♪
539
00:32:48,033 --> 00:32:50,267
♪♪
540
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,241
♪♪
541
00:33:01,848 --> 00:33:05,782
Coming up, every parent's worse nightmare.
542
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:08,719
There could be some kind
Of a possession going on.
543
00:33:08,721 --> 00:33:10,054
[ screams ]
544
00:33:19,064 --> 00:33:21,065
♪♪
545
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,702
Narrator: a child displays
Superhuman powers.
546
00:33:25,938 --> 00:33:27,404
[ screams ]
547
00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:30,874
It's like that kid is being held
Up by some invisible force.
548
00:33:30,876 --> 00:33:32,009
It doesn't seem normal.
549
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:35,478
It doesn't seem physically
Possible, almost.
550
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,816
Narrator: some fear it's the devil's work.
551
00:33:38,818 --> 00:33:41,484
There could be some kind
Of a possession going on.
552
00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:43,521
[ screams ]
553
00:33:47,893 --> 00:33:53,364
Narrator: austin, texas... March 2016...
554
00:33:53,366 --> 00:33:57,367
Nighttime on a quiet, suburban street.
555
00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:02,506
Cameras guard property, monitor pets,
556
00:34:02,508 --> 00:34:05,276
And nanny cams watch the children.
557
00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:11,715
After midnight, baby
Connor cries for attention.
558
00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:12,916
[ crying ]
559
00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:15,386
You can see the baby's in distress.
560
00:34:17,323 --> 00:34:19,723
And then, in the strangest motion
561
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:24,261
I've ever seen, the baby climbs
Up onto the rail of the crib,
562
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:26,363
And then suddenly stands up.
563
00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:31,936
[ screams ]
564
00:34:31,938 --> 00:34:35,005
There's something about this
That just seems otherworldly.
565
00:34:35,007 --> 00:34:36,073
[ screams ]
566
00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:38,008
It's his glowing eyes.
567
00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:41,245
It would seem as though
He's definitely possessed.
568
00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:45,015
This kid does a full-on "Exorcist."
569
00:34:45,017 --> 00:34:47,451
[ screams ]
570
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:56,427
Narrator: the baby balances on the
Crib rail for more than 20 seconds.
571
00:34:56,429 --> 00:34:58,028
Wise: his balance is perfect
On this narrow thing...
572
00:34:58,030 --> 00:34:59,563
Not even swaying. He's just sort of, like,
573
00:34:59,565 --> 00:35:01,365
Rigid like a gymnast.
574
00:35:02,702 --> 00:35:06,837
Narrator: the toddler falls
Back into the cot, unharmed.
575
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:11,976
His parents upload the footage,
And the internet goes wild.
576
00:35:14,046 --> 00:35:17,715
[ crying ]
577
00:35:17,717 --> 00:35:20,450
Many question the tape's authenticity.
578
00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:22,185
Pearson: these days, the first assumption
579
00:35:22,187 --> 00:35:24,187
Is that somebody's messed with the video,
580
00:35:24,189 --> 00:35:25,722
And somebody's tampered with it.
581
00:35:25,724 --> 00:35:29,926
It's got the demonic kid, the
Supernatural balancing act,
582
00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:32,195
The creepy shadows,
583
00:35:32,197 --> 00:35:34,598
And that dubious security-cam footage.
584
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,735
The question is... Is it real?
585
00:35:37,737 --> 00:35:40,937
Narrator: conor mccourt is
A video forensics specialist
586
00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:43,073
With over 20 years experience.
587
00:35:43,075 --> 00:35:45,875
He analyzes the footage frame by frame,
588
00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:49,012
Searching for signs of tampering.
589
00:35:49,014 --> 00:35:52,416
When I examined the sequence of the baby...
590
00:35:52,418 --> 00:35:56,487
The slats are obscuring
The body of the child.
591
00:35:58,491 --> 00:36:01,225
And to do some kind of post-production fax
592
00:36:01,227 --> 00:36:06,230
To make that look real
Is very, very difficult.
593
00:36:06,232 --> 00:36:09,166
He falls backwards,
And he hits the mattress.
594
00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:12,970
During that fall, I examined
Those images as he went down,
595
00:36:12,972 --> 00:36:14,972
And as he hits the mattress,
596
00:36:14,974 --> 00:36:19,776
You see kind of a
Compression of the mattress.
597
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,312
Watch in this area here.
598
00:36:24,316 --> 00:36:27,785
See, there's a slight bounce there.
599
00:36:27,787 --> 00:36:29,386
I don't think it's a fake.
600
00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:36,126
Narrator: mccourt's initial
Analysis can't explain
601
00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:39,996
Why the baby's eyes appear so terrifying.
602
00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:41,999
One really important part
Of this video that needs to be
603
00:36:42,001 --> 00:36:45,135
Highlighted is that
This kid's eyes are crazy.
604
00:36:45,137 --> 00:36:50,207
It truly looks like demonically
Possessed eyes glaring out.
605
00:36:50,209 --> 00:36:53,009
Narrator: mccourt believes
The nanny cam holds the key
606
00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:56,013
To the child's devil-like eyes.
607
00:36:56,015 --> 00:36:56,947
Mccourt: it's not a ghost.
608
00:36:56,949 --> 00:36:58,748
It's not a devil.
609
00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,818
It's not any of those things.
610
00:37:00,820 --> 00:37:06,557
Narrator: nanny cams work by
Illuminating the room with infrared light.
611
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:08,959
The camera captures any infrared light
612
00:37:08,961 --> 00:37:12,228
Reflecting back from an object.
613
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:17,234
One part of our bodies
Is especially reflective.
614
00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:20,704
When the eye is dilated,
There's a reflective area
615
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:24,441
In the back of the eye which
Causes the eyes to glow.
616
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:27,311
It's kind of like redeye when
You see it in a still camera.
617
00:37:30,649 --> 00:37:33,584
Narrator: experts still need
To explain baby connor's
618
00:37:33,586 --> 00:37:35,452
Superhuman balancing.
619
00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:39,456
This little child is doing something
620
00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:43,059
That some adults would
Have a hard time doing.
621
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:45,061
Wise: the way that this kid climbs up
622
00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:47,698
Doesn't seem physically possible.
623
00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:50,033
[ screams ]
624
00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:02,812
Narrator: experts are baffled
By nanny-cam footage
625
00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:06,082
Of 2-year-old connor's
Astonishing feat of strength.
626
00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:07,284
[ screams ]
627
00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:10,888
Pediatrician randal
Pearson examines the area
628
00:38:10,890 --> 00:38:12,756
Outside the crib.
629
00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:14,658
He spots a vital clue.
630
00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:20,097
Pearson: the blanket on the
Floor that you see in the footage
631
00:38:20,099 --> 00:38:24,968
May be a sign that he's
Frustrated and anxious and angry
632
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,836
And has tossed that over.
633
00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:28,304
[ screams ]
634
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,372
He's upset.
635
00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:32,509
That can trigger an adrenaline response.
636
00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:35,312
It makes your heart rate go up
And your breathing rate go up,
637
00:38:35,314 --> 00:38:39,583
Which thereby gives your
Muscles more access to oxygen.
638
00:38:39,585 --> 00:38:41,517
Narrator: pearson believes
Baby connor could be
639
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:44,254
Experiencing the physiological reaction
640
00:38:44,256 --> 00:38:46,990
Called "Hysterical strength".
641
00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:49,259
Hysterical strength is
Basically when you are
642
00:38:49,261 --> 00:38:51,527
Under intense psychologic pressure...
643
00:38:51,529 --> 00:38:52,996
Like if an animal is chasing you,
644
00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:54,998
Your child is trapped under a car.
645
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,400
There have been documented cases
646
00:38:56,402 --> 00:39:00,070
Where people have reserves of muscle power
647
00:39:00,072 --> 00:39:03,140
That are otherwise not available to you.
648
00:39:03,142 --> 00:39:06,142
Narrator: footage emerges that
Appears to show another child
649
00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:08,879
With hysterical strength.
650
00:39:08,881 --> 00:39:10,480
The toddler sees his sibling
651
00:39:10,482 --> 00:39:14,685
Have a cabinet fall on top of him,
652
00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:17,621
And has to figure out
How to help his sibling out
653
00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:19,690
From under the cabinet.
654
00:39:19,692 --> 00:39:23,093
Narrator: somehow, the toddler
Is able to push the heavy cabinet
655
00:39:23,095 --> 00:39:25,428
Off his brother.
656
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:28,165
It's like we're looking at baby superman.
657
00:39:29,902 --> 00:39:32,970
[ screams ]
658
00:39:32,972 --> 00:39:34,972
Narrator: connor's nanny-cam footage shows
659
00:39:34,974 --> 00:39:38,041
There must also be something else going on.
660
00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:44,714
He seems to have an unnatural
Sense of balance for his age.
661
00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:48,452
This is a small child, and
Children of this age general
662
00:39:48,454 --> 00:39:51,388
Have larger heads and smaller feet.
663
00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:54,257
Therefore, they have a
Higher center of gravity,
664
00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:59,496
Which makes them more
Likely to fall or to be unstable.
665
00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,535
Narrator: neuroscientist monika haga
666
00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:08,538
From the norweigian university
Of science and technology
667
00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,607
Studies child development.
668
00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:15,412
She analyzes the complexity
Of baby connor's achievement.
669
00:40:15,414 --> 00:40:19,016
Haga: to keep your balance
And keep your postural control
670
00:40:19,018 --> 00:40:22,285
When you're so small,
It's quite challenging,
671
00:40:22,287 --> 00:40:27,824
Especially when you are
Balancing on this narrow edge.
672
00:40:27,826 --> 00:40:29,893
So, when I'm standing on the beam,
673
00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:33,897
It is only this area where
My foot is touching the beam,
674
00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:36,232
So it's really small area.
675
00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:39,302
It's so difficult even just to stand here.
676
00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:42,039
We should also remember
That he is doing this
677
00:40:42,041 --> 00:40:44,507
Quite high up in the air,
678
00:40:44,509 --> 00:40:47,444
And he is also standing in a dark room,
679
00:40:47,446 --> 00:40:49,980
So he has no point of references.
680
00:40:49,982 --> 00:40:54,251
You need a lot of motor
Coordination and control
681
00:40:54,253 --> 00:40:55,719
To be able to do this.
682
00:40:57,723 --> 00:41:01,191
Haga considers if baby
Connor's early experiences
683
00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:05,262
Could help explain his
Incredible sense of balance.
684
00:41:05,264 --> 00:41:08,065
Developmental therapists
In iceland use special
685
00:41:08,067 --> 00:41:11,468
Exercises to improve a baby's balance.
686
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:14,338
The program's results are astonishing.
687
00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:17,007
Some of them are about four months.
688
00:41:17,009 --> 00:41:19,743
What we observed was this instructor
689
00:41:19,745 --> 00:41:23,146
Was able to make them stand.
690
00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:25,148
This shouldn't be possible.
691
00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:29,018
Narrator: experts advise
Against trying this
692
00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:31,621
Outside of the supervised program,
693
00:41:31,623 --> 00:41:33,956
And believe it works
Because babies are forming
694
00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:36,360
New neural connections in the brain.
695
00:41:36,362 --> 00:41:38,362
♪♪
696
00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:44,101
Haga: it shows that children... Infants...
697
00:41:44,103 --> 00:41:48,038
Are able to do things
That we may not expect.
698
00:41:50,709 --> 00:41:54,577
Narrator: experts don't yet know
Exactly how or why some children
699
00:41:54,579 --> 00:41:58,648
Demonstrate these remarkable
Abilities at an early age.
700
00:41:58,650 --> 00:42:00,584
Until more evidence is captured,
701
00:42:00,586 --> 00:42:04,121
This superhuman feat remains unexplained.
702
00:42:05,924 --> 00:42:07,590
Wise: maybe this kid is a special kid.
703
00:42:07,592 --> 00:42:13,463
Out of all the many millions
Of hours of nanny-cam footage,
704
00:42:13,465 --> 00:42:16,132
This kid, you know, I think stands out.
705
00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:18,135
[ screams ]
706
00:42:18,137 --> 00:42:20,737
Blackburn: if this kid is
Doing that at his age,
707
00:42:20,739 --> 00:42:24,007
Imagine what he could
Do in 20, 30 years from now.
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