Original subtitles

Narrator: WORLDWIDE, SIX BILLION CAMERAS ARE WATCHING US

ON OUR STREET, AT WORK, AND IN OUR HOMES.

THEY CAPTURE THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.

-IT DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. -THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, MAN.

Narrator: EXPERTS CARRY OUT ANALYSIS OF THESE UNUSUAL EVENTS.

♪♪

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION.

WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HERE?

Narrator: COMING UP...

A CREEPING MIST FOLLOWED BY A CATACLYSMIC EXPLOSION.

Davis: THIS LOOKS LIKE A COMBAT ZONE.

EXPLOSIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE JUST SOMETHING

YOU SHOULDN'T SEE IN AN AMERICAN CITY.

Narrator: AN ALIEN VISITOR ON A PACIFIC BEACH.

IS IT EVEN FROM PLANET EARTH?

Narrator: AND A WINTER WALK TAKES A SINISTER TURN

AS A MAN'S HANDS BEGIN SHOOTING SPARKS.

Moore: THIS IS JUST UTTERLY NOT BELIEVABLE.

-OH, MY GOSH! -THIS GUY IS ABOUT TO GET FRIED.

HE SHOULD TECHNICALLY BE DEAD.

Narrator: BIZARRE PHENOMENON.

WHOA!

Narrator: MYSTERIES CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

WELL THAT'S AN EXPLOSION.

WHAT'S THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS STRANGE EVIDENCE?

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

♪♪

IN A QUIET AMERICAN TOWN, FIRST A WEIRD FOG...

[ EXPLOSION ]

...THEN A MIGHTY EXPLOSION.

THIS VIDEO LOOKS LIKE A VISION OF HELL.

ALL OF THE SUDDEN, YOU HAD FIRE AND DAMNATION EVERYWHERE.

Narrator: EVEN THE POLICE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

JUST THE AIR WAS ON FIRE.

PRAYING TO MYSELF THAT GOOD LORD GETS ME OUT OF THIS.

Narrator: A NEARBY ARMY BASE LEADS EXPERTS TO SUSPECT

A DEADLY MILITARY SECRET.

THE SPEED AT WHICH THIS EXPLOSION TRAVELS

IS REMINISCENT OF DROPPING NAPALM FROM AN AIRPLANE.

EXPLOSIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE JUST SOMETHING

YOU SHOULDN'T SEE IN AN AMERICAN CITY.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: OCTOBER 15, 2005, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS.

♪♪

POLICE CORPORAL RANDY McADAMS HAS BEEN PATROLLING

THESE STREETS FOR 20 YEARS.

RESPONDING TO A FINAL CALL AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT,

HE HEADS TO A LOCAL PARK TO INVESTIGATE.

[ SIREN BLARING ]

EVERYTHING SEEMS QUIET.

BUT THEN...

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: McADAMS IS BLINDED BY A GIGANTIC WHITE FLASH.

McAdams: I'M JUST STRUCK BY THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FORCE.

I CAN FEEL IT IN MY CHEST.

Narrator: HE RADIOS INTO THE STATION.

AND ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE, BUT HIS CAR STALLS.

McAdams: AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE IT STOPS MOVING,

THE LIGHTS GO OUT.

Narrator: THEN TO HIS HORROR, A MIST APPROACHES HIM.

McAdams: I CAN SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FOG IN THE AREA.

YOUR MIND'S MOVING A MILLION MILES A MINUTE.

Narrator: AS THE CLOUD CONTINUES TO CREEP TOWARDS HIM,

THE CAR MIRACULOUSLY COMES TO LIFE

JUST AS A FIRE BALL ERUPTS.

[ EXPLOSIONS ]

[ SIREN BLARING ]

McADAMS SLAMS HIS CAR INTO REVERSE

AND FLEES FOR HIS LIFE.

McAdams: AND IT'S JUST LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD'S CATCHING ON FIRE.

AND I KNEW I HAD TO GET AWAY FROM IT

BECAUSE I CAN TELL EVERYTHING'S STARTING TO EXPLODE AND BURN.

JUST A FEW SECONDS, A FEW FEET EITHER DIRECTION

WELL COULD HAVE ENDED MY LIFE.

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: EXPERTS ARE PUZZLED BY AN EXPLOSION

IN A PUBLIC PARK WITH NO OBVIOUS SOURCE OF IGNITION.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EVER SEE.

NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT OR HOW SIZE IT UP,

IT WAS CATASTROPHIC.

THAT'S A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

Narrator: LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL DAVIS HAS 21 YEARS OF ARMY EXPERIENCE,

BUT EVEN HE IS PERPLEXED BY THE FOOTAGE.

Davis: MY FIRST REACTION WAS LIKE,

"WOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE A COMBAT ZONE."

BUT THIS IS TEXARKANA, A CITY IN THE STATE WHERE I'M FROM.

IF IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE

SOME SORT OF MILITARY-GRADE EXPLOSIVE,

WHAT WAS IT DOING IN THIS AREA HERE?

AND WHERE COULD IT HAVE COME FROM?

Narrator: THE VAST 16,000-ACRE RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT

SITS JUST 18 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA.

IT STORES HUGE AMOUNTS OF AMMUNITION.

Davis: A LOT OF IT IS MADE THERE AND THEN IT'S SHIPPED TO

WHERE WE NEED FOR OUR WAR FIGHTERS AROUND THE WORLD.

Narrator: COLONEL DAVIS' ANALYSIS LEADS HIM TO BELIEVE

THAT THE EXPLOSION COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFYING

WEAPONS EVER USED BY THE U.S. MILITARY -- NAPALM.

[ EXPLOSION ]

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME THINK THIS COULD BE

SOMETHING LIKE NAPALM IS BECAUSE OF HOW RAPIDLY

THE FLAMES EXPLODED AND CLEARLY WERE BURNING VERY HOT.

Narrator: NAPALM IS A DESCENDANT OF THE LIQUID FIRE

USED BY THE ANCIENT ARMIES OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.

THE FIRE WAS SO POTENT, IT COULD SET THE SEA ABLAZE.

ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION REMAINED

A CLOSELY-GUARDED SECRET,

BUT IT INSPIRED CHEMICAL WARFARE SPECIALISTS

1,300 YEARS LATER TO CREATE NAPALM.

THEIR CONCOCTION OF GASOLINE AND THICKENING JELLY

BURNS INSTANTLY ON ANYTHING

AT TEMPERATURES OF 5,000 DEGREES,

HOTTER THAN THE MOLTEN LAVA BOILING

OVER IN MOUNT ST. HELENS.

ONCE IT GETS ON THE SKIN, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

YOU CAN'T EXTINGUISH IT.

IT WILL BURN UNTIL IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE FUEL.

[ EXPLOSION ]

Narrator: NAPALM WAS MOST NOTORIOUSLY USED IN VIETNAM.

400,000 TONS WERE DROPPED ON JUNGLE VILLAGES

INCINERATING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.

HAS A NAPALM DEATH TRAP ACCIDENTALLY EXPLODED

IN TEXARKANA?

[ EXPLOSION ]

PYROTECHNICAL ENGINEER MATT KUTCHER WORKED WITH EXPLOSIVES

IN HOLLYWOOD FOR 28 YEARS.

HE'S GOING TO USE HIS SKILLS TO TEST

IF THE TEXARKANA BLAST IS NAPALM.

HE IS COVERING A CAR TO RE-CREATE THE WAY

THIS SUBSTANCE REACTS WITH EVERYDAY OBJECTS.

YOU GUYS DOING THIS?

WE'VE TAKEN GASOLINE AND MIXED IT WITH A THICKENING AGENT

TO ACTUALLY REPLICATE NAPALM.

SO I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA PLACE SOME OF IT

UP ON TOP OF THE ROOF AND THEN MAYBE OVER THE DOOR AREA,

AND THEN DROP SOME INSIDE TO CREATE ALMOST LIKE A FUSE,

SO WHEN WE LIGHT IT, IT LIGHTS IT ALL UP.

Narrator: NAPALM IS ONE OF THE MOST VOLATILE SUBSTANCES

IN MODERN WARFARE.

Kutcher: IT'S HIGHLY FLAMMABLE, HIGHLY TOXIC,

AND IT'S NOTHING TO PLAY WITH.

ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD GO.

IT'S MORE POTENT NOW THAN IT'LL EVER BE.

♪♪

Narrator: KUTCHER HAS RIGGED THE CAR WITH A REMOTE DETONATOR.

Kutcher: WE GOOD?

Narrator: WHEN TRIGGERED, A SMALL EXPLOSIVE CHARGE

WILL IGNITE THE NAPALM.

[ EXPLOSION ]

♪♪

Kutcher: YOU DON'T THINK THAT [BLEEP] VOLATILE ON TOP OF THAT CAR.

THAT WAS RAGING.

Narrator: KUTCHER'S TRAINED EYE SPOTS ONE CRUCIAL

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS EXPLOSION AND THE FOOTAGE.

YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE THE NAPALM EFFECT

UP ON TOP OF THE CAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE WAY ALL THE GELATIN IS BURNING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPANSION RATIO

THAT WHAT I BELIEVE IS IN THE VIDEO.

Narrator: NAPALM IS FUELED ENTIRELY BY GASOLINE

SO IT CANNOT GROW AND SPREAD INTO THE AIR

LIKE THE TEXARKANA EXPLOSION.

THIS MUST MEAN THE TEXARKANA BLAST IS FUELED

BY SOMETHING OTHER THAN GASOLINE.

BUT WHAT?

-COMING UP... -OH, MY GOSH!

Narrator: ON A LAKE WITH A SINISTER REPUTATION,

A MAN'S FINGERS EMIT SHAFTS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PHENOMENON LIKE I SEE IN THIS VIDEO.

Narrator: LOCALS FEAR THE APPEARANCE OF THIS BLOB

MEANS THE RING OF FIRE IS ABOUT TO BLOW.

O'Brien: THIS IS A BAD PORTENT, SOMETHING TO FEAR.

WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE?

Narrator: AND WHAT CHEMICAL BROUGHT DESTRUCTION TO TEXARKANA?

IT SENDS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE.

♪♪

Narrator: A POLICE CAR DASHCAM CAPTURES EVIDENCE

OF A GAS CLOUD.

A SINISTER SMELL.

Narrator: AND A DEADLY BLAST IN THE NORMALLY QUIET

CITY OF TEXARKANA.

[ SIRENS BLARING ]

TRANSPORT ANALYST NICOLE KATSKIDES DISCOVERS

THE BLAST OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY

OF A MAJOR TRANSPORT HUB.

TEXARKANA IS A HOME TO THIS MAJOR RAIL YARD,

AND THERE'S LOTS OF TRAIN ACTIVITY GOING

IN AND OUT EVERY DAY.

MY GUT INSTINCT IS THAT

IT'S A MAJOR RAIL FREIGHT DISASTER.

Narrator: FREIGHT TRAINS TRANSPORT OVER 100 MILLION TONS

OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EVERY YEAR.

IN 2013, AN UNMANNED FREIGHT TRAIN'S BRAKES FAIL.

IT BEGINS TO ROLL DOWN HILL.

EACH ONE OF ITS 74 CARS CARRIES 30,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL.

GATHERING SPEED, IT HEADS STRAIGHT FOR THE CANADIAN TOWN

OF LAC-MéGANTIC, QUEBEC JUST 9 MILES

FROM THE AMERICAN BORDER. CAREENING OFF THE TRACKS

AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, IT SMASHES INTO DOWNTOWN.

[ EXPLOSION ]

47 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND OVER 40 BUILDINGS ARE DECIMATED

IN THE BLAST.

[ SIRENS BLARING ]

FIREFIGHTER RICK PAVICK FOUGHT THE TEXARKANA BLAZE AS IT RAGED.

WE FOUND OUT THAT A TRAIN WAS SITTING STILL IN THE RAIL YARD

AND THE FIRST FULL CAR WAS PROPYLENE.

Narrator: PROPYLENE IS AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE, HIGHLY

FLAMMABLE GAS USED IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY FOR FUSION WELDING.

THE TRAIN CAME IN TO TOWN AND DERAILED A CAR

INTO THE PROPYLENE CAR, PUNCTURED THE TANK.

[ EXPLOSION ]

FIRE BURNED FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS.

EVERYTHING THERE IS GONE, BURNED.

Narrator: OVER 13,000 TANKS OF PROPYLENE CROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR.

ALL WE CAN BE SURE OF IS THAT A BLAST LIKE THIS

WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

[ EXPLOSION ]

NOW, ON A FROZEN AMERICAN LAKE WITH A SINISTER REPUTATION,

A COUPLE TAKE A WALK IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER.

THEN, THE MAN EXPERIENCES A BIZARRE FORCE.

Woman: OH, MY GOSH!

WHERE IS THIS ELECTRICITY COMING FROM?

SURELY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR HUMANS TO DO THIS.

Narrator: HIS HANDS FLASH WITH SPECTRAL LIGHT

AND HE REVELS IN THE MOMENT.

Woman: OH, MY GOSH!

Moore: THIS IS JUST UTTERLY NOT BELIEVABLE.

I WAS AGHAST. WE WERE BOTH EXCITED.

Narrator: BUT HE HAS NO IDEA THAT HE IS IN MORTAL DANGER.

THIS GUY IS ABOUT TO GET FRIED.

HE SHOULD TECHNICALLY BE DEAD.

♪♪

Narrator: DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN,

KNOWN AS AMERICA'S DAIRY CAPITAL.

IT IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS 15,000 LAKES.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS LAKE MONONA,

A 3,000-ACRE BODY OF WATER.

46-YEAR-OLD RUDY MOORE HAS LIVED BY IT FOR SEVEN YEARS

WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT ON THE FREEZING NIGHT

OF JANUARY 25, 2016, THAT ALL CHANGED.

Moore: THE LAKE WAS FROZEN SOLID. WE HAD A NIGHT OUT AND CAME BACK

AND DECIDED TO WALKING OUT ON THE LAKE.

Narrator: MOORE AND HIS FRIEND VENTURE 1,000-FEET ONTO THE ICE.

THE DARKNESS, THE CLOUDS, THE FROZEN LAKE,

IT MAGNIFIES THAT SENSE OF ISOLATION THAT YOU FEEL.

FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, YOU ARE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Narrator: AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENS.

I FELT THIS STRANGE SENSATION IN MY FINGERTIPS

COMING THROUGH MY GLOVES.

I COULDN'T PLACE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND THEN WHEN I TOOK THE GLOVE OFF, I WAS SHOCKED.

Woman: OH, MY GOSH!

Narrator: MOORE'S FINGERS ERUPT WITH LIGHT.

Moore: IT WAS INCREDIBLY BIZARRE.

IT REMINDS ME OF A SUPER POWER OR SOMETHING

FROM A SCI-FI MOVIE. IT'S CRAZY.

OF ALL MY YEARS OF PLAYING AROUND LIGHTNING

INSIDE MY LAB, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PHENOMENON

LIKE I SEE IN THIS VIDEO.

Narrator: THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME

THAT SOMETHING STRANGE HAS HAPPENED ON THE LAKE.

DECEMBER 10, 1967,

A PLANE CARRYING THE PRINCE OF SOUL, OTIS REDDING,

MYSTERIOUSLY SPUTTERS IN MIDAIR.

IT PLUNGES HEAD FIRST INTO THE LAKE,

KILLING ALL BUT ONE PERSON ON BOARD.

TO THIS DAY, THE CAUSE OF THE PLANE CRASH

HAS NEVER BEEN DETERMINED.

IN 1970, MIKE BUTLER AND DENISE FRITZ

ARE ATTACKED BY A MYSTERIOUS FLYING DISC.

IT FIRES BEAMS OF LIGHT TOWARDS THE TERRIFIED COUPLE,

AND THEY FLEE TO THE SHORE.

THEY ARE SO TRAUMATIZED, THEY NEVER RETURN TO THE LAKE.

PHYSICIST BILL BEATY WONDERS IF THE SOURCE

OF THE STRANGE ENERGY COULD HAVE COME

FROM RUDY MOORE HIMSELF.

THERE'S ONE PHENOMENA THAT THIS COULD BE

AND THAT'S ELECTRIC HUMAN SYNDROME OR SLIDERS.

AND THAT'S WHERE HUMANS ARE ELECTRIC GENERATORS

CREATING HIGH VOLTAGE.

Narrator: PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE REPORTING

A PERSONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THAT CREATES HAVOC.

EVERYTHING MALFUNCTIONS AROUND THEM.

THEY CAN'T WEAR DIGITAL WATCHES.

THEIR CELLPHONE GETS RUINED.

ELECTRICAL LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AS THEY WALK ALONG

IN SEQUENCE ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

Narrator: AUTHOR COLIN WILSON REPORTS THAT A 14-YEAR-OLD

MISSOURI GIRL, JENNIE MORGAN,

HAS AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THAT KNOCKS

NEARBY PEOPLE TO THE FLOOR.

COULD A SLIDER PERSON START HAVING ACTUAL SPARKS

COMING OUT OF THEIR FINGERS?

Narrator: ELECTRICITY FIRING OUT OF LIVING CREATURES

DOES OCCUR IN THE NATURAL WORLD.

SOME ANIMALS CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY.

Narrator: THE NOTORIOUS KNIFEFISH,

THE ELECTRIC EEL, IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PREDATORS

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

IT STALKS ITS PREY IN THE AMAZON BASIN

FIRING 800-VOLT ELECTRIC SHOCKS AT ITS VICTIMS.

THE ELECTRIC EEL HAS A SPECIALIZED ORGAN

THAT WORKS KIND OF LIKE A BATTERY.

THE AMOUNT OF CHARGE THAT AN ELECTRIC EEL

CAN GENERATE IS HUGE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 800 VOLTS.

THE HUMAN BODY JUST CAN'T TOLERATE

THAT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY.

Narrator: BILL BEATY PROPOSES AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY.

Beaty: WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HAND TOO CLOSE TO EXTREME

HIGH VOLTAGE, THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET LITTLE

SPARKS OFF YOUR FINGER, BUT THIS GLOWING THING

NEEDS AN IMMENSE VOLTAGE LIKE A GENERATOR.

Narrator: JUST 1 MILE AWAY FROM WHERE RUDY

STOOD THAT NIGHT IS THE BLOUNT GENERATING PLANT.

THE POWER STATION PRODUCES 69,000 VOLTS

OF ELECTRICITY AND SERVES OVER 140,000 PEOPLE.

HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL EXPERT DAVID WALLACE

WANTS TO DETERMINE IF A HUMAN COULD PICK UP

AND TRANSMIT ELECTRICITY FROM A NEARBY POWER SOURCE

SUCH AS THE GENERATING PLANT.

TO REPLICATE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

FOUND IN POWER LINES, WALLACE IS USING A TESLA COIL.

WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO REAL QUICK IS HIT A HIT.

LET'S SEE IF WE GET A CHARGE.

[ BUZZING ]

YES, WE GET A CHARGE.

Narrator: THE EXPERIMENT IS SO DANGEROUS

WALLACE MUST USE A MANNEQUIN INSTEAD OF A LIVING SUBJECT.

HE WANTS TO KNOW IF THE MANNEQUIN CAN

TRANSMIT THE CHARGE WITHOUT BEING IN DIRECT CONTACT

WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRES.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR TESLA COIL POWERED UP.

NOW, AS YOU CAN RIGHT HERE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING

DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE MANNEQUIN.

WITH THIS TESLA COIL, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE VOLTAGES

OF AROUND A COUPLE OF THOUSAND VOLTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPACE ABOUT 1/2 A FOOT

TO A FOOT DISTANCE.

ALL RIGHT, LIGHTS OUT.

♪♪

[ BUZZING ]

WOW, SEE, NOW THAT'S AWESOME.

WE'RE GETTING SPARKS COMING OUT OF THE FINGERTIPS.

Narrator: THE SPARKS THE MANNEQUIN SHOOTS OUT

FROM ITS FINGERS ARE HAUNTINGLY SIMILAR

TO THOSE THAT CAME OUT OF RUDY MOORE.

COMING UP...

A PHANTOM MOTORCYCLE STOPS TRAFFIC DEAD.

IS IT HAUNTED OR IS SOMEONE CONTROLLING IT?

Narrator: AN ANCIENT OMEN OF DISASTER APPEARS

ON THE SHORE.

AT THIS POINT, I THINK THE FILIPINOS

ARE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

Narrator: AND IS THIS A SUPER POWER OR A WARNING?

THAT IS A SURE SIGN THAT YOU MIGHT BE

THE DESTINATION FOR THE NEXT LIGHTNING BOLT.

♪♪

Narrator: ON A FROZEN LAKE IN WISCONSIN,

A WEIRD FIRE SHOOTS FROM A MAN'S FINGERS.

HIGH VOLTAGE EXPERT DAVID WALLACE BELIEVES

A NEARBY POWER PLANT COULD BE THE SOURCE

OF THIS STRANGE ENERGY, BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.

SO FOR THIS THEORY TO WORK

THE MAN WOULD HAVE TO BE STANDING NEAR

THE GENERATING PLANT.

Narrator: BUT MOORE WAS A MILE AWAY

FROM THE BLOUNT GENERATING STATION,

WHICH PRODUCES 69,000 VOLTS.

BY WALLACE'S CALCULATIONS,

THE POWER PLANT WOULD HAVE TO BE GENERATING

OVER 4.8 BILLION VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY TO REACH HIM,

OVER 60,000 TIMES ITS CAPACITY.

THAT MUCH POWER WOULD ALSO INSTANTLY KILL HIM

AND EVERYONE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

METEOROLOGIST ANGELA FRITZ STUDIES THE FOOTAGE

AND BELIEVES THERE MAY BE CLUES IN THE SKY BEHIND MOORE.

THE LOCATION AND THE TIME OF YEAR IS REALLY KEY

TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THERE'S VERY LOW VISIBILITY

BEHIND THEIR HANDS, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S SNOWING VERY HARD,

MAYBE EVEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

IN HEAVY SNOWFALL,

THE SNOW PARTICLES RUBBING TOGETHER CAN SUPER CHARGE

THE ATMOSPHERE WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

IT CAN APPEAR AS A FLAME ON THE HIGHEST POINTS IN THE AREA.

JON FARROW IS AWARE OF THIS PHENOMENA.

WE CALL THIS ST. ELMO'S FIRE.

USUALLY IT'S WITH SHIPS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE FIRE IS COMING FROM THE MASTS.

INSTEAD OF A SHIP'S MAST, IT COULD BE HIS BODY

THAT'S BEING CHARGED BY THE ATMOSPHERE

AND CREATING LIGHTNING IN HIS HANDS.

Narrator: IF TRUE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

ST. ELMO'S FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED AND FILMED

ERUPTING FROM A LIVING BEING.

BUT EXPERTS WARN THAT RUDY MOORE WAS LUCKY

TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE.

IF I SAW THIS ON MY OWN HANDS,

I'D BE RUNNING INDOORS BECAUSE THAT IS A SURE SIGN

THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE DESTINATION

FOR THE NEXT LIGHTNING BOLT.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Narrator: NOW, ON AN ISLAND RACKED BY NATURAL DISASTERS,

A SHAPELESS ORGANIC HORROR APPEARS ON THE BEACH.

IS THIS A CREATURE FROM THE SEA? IS IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?

Narrator: WHATEVER IT IS, IT IS OR WAS ALIVE.

I MEAN, IS IT EVEN FROM PLANET EARTH?

Narrator: BUT LOCALS KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT THIS MONSTER MEANS.

FILIPINOS TAKE THIS AS A BAD OMEN.

THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE WORRIED.

Narrator: IS THIS CREATURE THE PORTENT OF GEOLOGICAL DISASTER?

♪♪

THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND OF MINDORO,

MAY 11, 2018, AT THE TIP OF THE MOST DIVERSE

MARINE ECOSYSTEM ON EARTH.

THIS AREA IS HOME TO 75% OF THE KNOWN CORAL SPECIES.

BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE --

A MONSTROSITY FROM THE OCEAN.

THE LOCALS TRY TO CAPTURE THE BEAST.

A GROTESQUE BLOB LOOKING AND SMELLING LIKE A CREATURE

FROM ANOTHER WORLD. -THIS CREATURE IS MASSIVE.

IT'S LIKE THE SIZE OF A WINNEBAGO.

Narrator: COMING UP...

A RIDERLESS MOTORCYCLE BRINGS TERROR TO A CITY.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING HAUNTED.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? IS IT A SELF-DRIVING MOTORCYCLE?

Narrator: CAMPERS FLEE AS MOBILE HOMES AND CARS

DISAPPEAR INTO A MYSTERIOUS ABYSS.

THE GROUND JUST DISAPPEARS.

I MEAN, IT'S A GROUND, FOR GOODNESS SAKE.

Narrator: AND AN EXTRAORDINARY CLUE

IN THE HUNT FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE FILIPINO ENTITY.

THIS BLOB HAS FUR.

♪♪

Narrator: A HUGE UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE WASHES UP ON A TROPICAL BEACH.

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST CHRIS O'BRIEN KNOWS

THAT SOME LOCALS BELIEVE THIS FLESHY THING

IS THE SIGN OF A TERRIBLE EVENT TO COME.

WHEN A STRANGE BLOB LIKE THIS WASHES UP ON THE BEACH,

FILIPINOS WOULD THINK THIS IS A BAD OMEN.

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

ONE OF THE TRADITIONS THEY HAVE IS OF AN AQUATIC DRAGON.

Narrator: THE DRAGON IS KNOWN AS THE BAKUNAWA,

A CREATURE WHOSE ARRIVAL IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED

BY A CATASTROPHE.

IF IT SHOWS UP, THAT COULD BE FORETELLING AN EARTHQUAKE

OR A TSUNAMI. AT THIS POINT,

I THINK THE FILIPINOS ARE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

Narrator: THE PHILIPPINES LIE IN THE WORLD'S

BIGGEST GEOLOGICAL DISASTER ZONE.

THE RING OF FIRE IS A CONTINUOUS 25,000-MILE STRETCH

OF DEEP OCEANIC TRENCHES, ACTIVE VOLCANOES,

AND OVERLAPPING TECTONIC PLATES.

JUST DAYS AFTER THE BLOB APPEARED,

69 MAJOR EARTHQUAKES SHOOK THE RING OF FIRE

OVER A 48-HOUR PERIOD.

THE PHILIPPINES NOW FEAR THEY ARE NEXT IN LINE.

AFTER THE WAVE OF EARTHQUAKES,

AUTHOR LINDA GODFREY UNDERSTANDS WHY LOCALS

BELIEVE THERE'S SOME TRUTH BEHIND THE MYTH

OF THE BAKUNAWA.

PEOPLE WONDER IF THERE CAN BE SUCH A THING

AS A REAL SEA MONSTER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S IN MUCH OF OUR OCEAN ESPECIALLY DOWN

AT THE LOWER DEPTHS.

Narrator: IN THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY OF OUR OCEANS,

NEW SPECIES ARE BEING DISCOVERED AT THE ASTONISHING RATE

OF AROUND FIVE PER DAY.

BUT MARINE BIOLOGIST ERIC HOVLAND

DOESN'T SEE ANY OF THE FEATURES A MARINE ANIMAL WOULD HAVE.

WHERE'S ITS HEAD?

WHERE ARE ITS EYES?

DID IT HAVE FLIPPERS, FINS, ARMS, TENTACLES?

♪♪

Narrator: BIOLOGIST DANNI WASHINGTON LOOKS AT THE BLOB

AND WONDERS IF THIS CREATURE ORIGINATED ON LAND.

WHEN I TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE,

I NOTICE THAT THERE ARE LITTLE HAIRY PROJECTILE PIECES,

WHICH COULD INDICATE THIS BLOB HAS FUR.

A POLAR BEAR DECOMPOSING IS MADE OF SKIN AND TISSUE

THAT WOULD BREAK DOWN IN SEA WATER LIKE THIS.

Narrator: POLAR BEARS ARE THE BIGGEST AND DEADLIEST

BEARS ON EARTH.

THEY HUNT ON ICE AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA,

PREYING ON SEALS AS THEY COME UP FOR AIR.

THEY SPEND MORE THAN SIX MONTHS A YEAR IN THE WATER,

AND THEY HAVE BEEN SIGHTED MORE THAN 80 MILES AWAY

FROM THE SHORE.

A POLAR BEAR COULD HAVE BEEN SWEPT FAR AWAY

FROM ITS ARCTIC HOME.

Washington: ALL OCEANS ARE CONNECTED,

SO OCEAN CURRENTS CAN CARRY OBJECTS OR THINGS

FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES.

Narrator: OCEAN CURRENTS ARE SWIRLING WATER MOVEMENTS

GENERATED BY THE WIND, TEMPERATURE,

AND THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE SUN AND THE MOON.

THE FASTEST PACIFIC CURRENTS MOVE AT A SPEED

OF 100 MILES A DAY,

THE SAME AS THE WALKING SPEED OF A HUMAN BEING.

BUT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST SIAN PROCTOR

KNOWS THIS WOULDN'T BE FAST ENOUGH.

Proctor: THE LOCATION OF THIS VIDEO IN THE PHILIPPINES,

POLAR BEARS LIVE IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 4,000 MILES AWAY.

BY THE TIME THAT BEAR'S CARCASS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED CLEAN, BASICALLY EATEN BY SCAVENGERS.

Narrator: PROCTOR EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE AND BELIEVES

THE BLOB COULD BE THE BODY PART OF A MUCH LARGER BEING --

A WHALE.

Proctor: THEY'RE HUGE MAMMALS IN THE OCEAN AND WHEN THEY DIE,

AS THEY DECAY AND GET EATEN AND SCAVENGED,

PARTS COULD STILL SURVIVE.

Narrator: WHALES ARE THE LARGEST LIVING CREATURES

EVER TO INHABIT EARTH.

SOME WEIGH 200 TONS, AS HEAVY AS 22 T-REXES.

THEY ARE SO IMMENSE THAT EVEN A SMALL BODY PART

CAN LOOK LIKE A SEPARATE ANIMAL.

Hovland: WHAT WE'RE LOOKIN' AT HERE IS A BIG BROKEN DOWN

HUNK OF WHALE BLUBBER.

IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT HAIR AFTER ALL.

THIS IS HAIR. THAT WAS MUSCLE FIBERS.

AS THE TISSUE BREAKS DOWN, SOME OF THE MATERIAL

WITHERS AWAY WHILE THE STRONGER MUSCLE FIBERS

STAY BACK AND THEY LOOK LIKE HAIR.

Narrator: BUT HOVLAND SUSPECTS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME TRUTH

IN THE LOCALS' BELIEF THAT THE ARRIVAL OF THE BLOB

IS A SIGN OF IMPENDING DISASTER.

Hovland: THIS WAS SITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

MAYBE SOME KIND OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY THRUST IT BACK

ONTO THE SHORE.

Narrator: 90% OF THE WORLD'S EARTHQUAKES STRIKE HERE IN THE RING OF FIRE.

PERHAPS THE LOCALS ARE RIGHT TO TREAT THE ARRIVAL

OF BLOBS FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR AS A PUNGENT EARLY WARNING SIGN.

O'Brien: THIS IS A BAD PORTENT. SOMETHING TO FEAR.

WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE? FILIPINOS WANT TO KNOW.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: NOW, ON THE STREETS OF A MODERN CITY,

A GHOSTLY MOTORCYCLE CRUISES THROUGH AN INTERSECTION.

♪♪

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RIDER? WAS THERE EVER A RIDER?

Narrator: EXPERTS ASK, "IS THIS A BIKE FROM HELL?"

IS IT HAUNTED OR IS SOMEONE CONTROLLING IT?

YOU WONDER HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE HAPPENING.

♪♪

Narrator: JANUARY 16, 2018.

KOLKATA, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF BRITISH INDIA.

THE TECH INDUSTRY HERE IS BOOMING,

MOVING FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.

EVERY DAY, OVER THREE MILLION VEHICLES PASS

THROUGH THESE STREETS, BUT NONE OF THEM LOOK LIKE THIS.

♪♪

WHEN THE BIKE IS FIRST SPOTTED, IT HAS NO RIDER

AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF AN ACCIDENT.

THE BIKE ISN'T JUST RIDERLESS, IT IS DRIVING ON ITS OWN.

IT'S NOT EVEN TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

IT'S FOLLOWING THE CURVE OF THE ROAD PERFECTLY.

IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE CREEPS TO THINK ABOUT IT.

MY FIRST THOUGHT SEEING THIS WAS IT'S A GHOST RIDER.

Narrator: THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME

A SPECTRAL VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

ON THE KARAK HIGHWAY IN MALAYSIA, LOCALS SAY

A PHANTOM CAR CREEPS ALONG DARING DRIVERS TO OVERTAKE IT.

BUT ONCE ALONGSIDE, THEY FIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT EMPTY.

DARTMOOR, ENGLAND.

A NARROW STRETCH OF HILLSIDE, MOTORCYCLISTS HAVE REPORTED

A GHOSTLY PRESENCE GRIPPING THEIR HANDS,

FORCING THEM TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD.

SURVIVORS TELL OF BEING SEIZED BY A PAIR

OF INCREDIBLY STRONG, MURDEROUS, HAIRY HANDS.

SCIENCE JOURNALIST JADE LOVELL BELIEVES THE BIKE COULD BE

UNDER TECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEING HAUNTED.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? IS IT A SELF-DRIVING MOTORCYCLE?

Narrator: SELF-DRIVING MOTORCYCLES ARE

CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY CLAIM THE BIKES WILL BE SAFER VEHICLES

AND WILL LEAD TO SAFER ROADS.

BUT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST SIAN PROCTOR BELIEVES

WE COULD BE HEADING IN A DANGEROUS DIRECTION.

WE REALLY HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS

THAT ARE INHERENT WITH THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY.

COULD IT BE DANGEROUS FOR SOCIETY IN THE END?

ABSOLUTELY.

Narrator: COMING UP...

CAMPERS FALL INTO OBLIVION.

YOU CAN SEE THE RAW TERROR ON THOSE PEOPLE'S FACES.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: AND IS A ROBOT BIKE ROAMING THE STREETS OF KOLKATA?

THAT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.

♪♪

Narrator: IN AN INDIAN CITY, A MOTORCYCLE CRUISES CALMLY

THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE RIDER.

PHYSICIST JOHN DI BARTOLO EXAMINES THE FOOTAGE

AND IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MOTORCYCLE AS A T.V.S. APACHE.

HE THINKS IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT IS A SELF-DRIVING MODEL.

IF THIS WERE A SELF-DRIVING MOTORBIKE,

YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT IT WOULD LOOK A LITTLE MODERN

THAN THE CLASSIC MODEL THAT YOU SEE.

Narrator: EXAMINING THE MOVEMENT OF THE MOTORCYCLE,

DI BARTOLO BELIEVES THERE IS A PHYSICAL EXPLANATION.

Di Bartolo: IF YOU HAVE A STATIONARY MOTORBIKE, AND IT TILTS

TO ONE SIDE, IT'S GONNA FALL OVER.

HOWEVER, IF THE BIKE IS MOVING,

THERE'S THIS CORRECTIVE MECHANISM THAT HAPPENS DUE

TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.

Narrator: THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THIS STABILITY --

A MOTORCYCLE'S HEAVY SPINNING WHEELS

PROVIDE GYROSCOPIC STABILITY.

THE ANGLE OF THE FORKS MAKES THE FRONT WHEEL RECENTER ITSELF,

AND THE WHEEL'S MOVEMENT AS A MOTORCYCLE LEANS MEANS

IT STEERS INTO THE FALL.

TOGETHER, THESE THINGS HELP A RIDERLESS

MOTORCYCLE STAY UPRIGHT.

THERE'S EVIDENCE OF BIKES RECOVERING AFTER CRASHES

AND CONTINUING TO DRIVE WITHOUT A RIDER.

2005 -- AUBURN, CALIFORNIA.

VETERAN DIRT BIKE RIDER BOBBY HEDIN IS LEADING THE PACK

WHEN HIS ATTEMPTED POWER SLIDE THROWS HIM OFF HIS BIKE.

THE THROTTLE JAMS FEEDING FUEL TO THE ENGINE.

THE MOTORCYCLE REARS UP AND FLIES OUT OF CONTROL,

HEADING STRAIGHT FOR TRACK WORKERS AND BYSTANDERS

AT MORE THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR.

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

INCREDIBLY, THE SPECTATORS SURVIVED.

FOR AS LONG AS THERE'S NOTHING IN FRONT OF THIS BIKE

AND FOR AS LONG AS THIS BIKE SUSTAINS THIS VELOCITY,

IT COULD PRESUMABLY KEEP MOVING LIKE THIS.

♪♪

Narrator: NOW, A POPULAR FAMILY CAMPSITE IS PLUNGED INTO TERROR.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: DASHCAM FOOTAGE CAPTURES 300 TOURISTS FLEEING

FOR THEIR LIVES.

YOU CAN SEE THE RAW TERROR ON THOSE PEOPLE'S FACES.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: AS A DEADLY ABYSS OPENS UP BENEATH THE CAMPER'S FEET.

THE EARTH IS LITERALLY FALLING AWAY TO ONE SIDE.

Narrator: THE MYSTERIOUS VOID SWALLOWS THE CAMPSITE WHOLE.

YOU'LL NEVER SLEEP SOUNDLY AGAIN.

THIS IS TRULY THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES.

♪♪

Narrator: INSKIP POINT, AUSTRALIA.

EVERY YEAR, OVER 40,000 TOURISTS FLOCK

TO THIS STUNNING PENINSULA FOR SUNSHINE AND FUN.

BUT ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2015,

THE GOOD TIMES TURN HORRIFICALLY BAD.

♪♪

CAMPERS ARE TERRIFIED AS MOBILE HOMES AND CARS DISAPPEAR

INTO A MYSTERIOUS ABYSS.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: NEWS SPREADS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

VEHICLES AND TENTS WERE SUCKED INTO THE SEA

AT THE POPULAR QUEENSLAND SITE.

Narrator: EXPERTS ARE SHOCKED BY WHAT THEY SEE.

Hyde: THE GROUND JUST DISAPPEARS.

I MEAN, IT'S THE GROUND, FOR GOODNESS SAKE.

Shapiro: WHATEVER'S HAPPENING TO THIS ENTIRE BEACH,

THE EFFECTS ARE DEVASTATING.

Narrator: ANALYZING THE FOOTAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

ALAN SHAPIRO BELIEVES THIS COULD BE ONE

OF PLANET EARTH'S MOST TERRIFYING SILENT ASSASSINS.

SINKHOLES OFTEN OPEN UP WITH NO WARNING AT ALL.

ONCE YOU'VE GOT A SINKHOLE AND IT'S JUST READY

TO COLLAPSE, IT COULD BE TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING

AS MINOR AS SOMEONE SETTING UP CAMP RIGHT ON TOP.

Narrator: SINKHOLES OPEN WITHOUT WARNING.

THE SURFACE LAYER FALLS AWAY TO REVEAL A MASSIVE HOLE

AS DEEP AS 2,000 FEET.

NOWHERE IS SAFE.

FEBRUARY 2013, IN THE SUBURBS OF FLORIDA,

AN ABYSS OPENS UP DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH 36-YEAR-OLD

JEFF BUSH'S BED AS HE SLEEPS.

HIS BROTHER RUSHES TO SAVE HIM, BUT BUSH DISAPPEARS

INTO THE VOID.

HIS BODY HAS NEVER BEEN RECOVERED AND THE CAUSE

OF THE SINKHOLE REMAINS UNKNOWN.

ANALYZING THE FOOTAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

SIAN PROCTOR SEES A CRUCIAL DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE VIDEO OF THE CAMPSITE AND SINKHOLES.

Proctor: WHEN YOU HAVE A SINKHOLE, GENERALLY THAT COLLAPSE TENDS

TO HAPPEN RATHER QUICKLY.

IN THE VIDEO, THE AREA IS SLIDING SLOWLY AWAY.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator: COMING UP...

WHAT ATE AN ENTIRE AUSTRALIAN CAMPSITE IN ONE NIGHT?

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE WALKING ON STEADY GROUND ALL THE TIME,

YOU'RE KIDDING YOURSELF.

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Narrator: CAMPERS ARE TERRIFIED AS THE GROUND OPENS UP

BENEATH A POPULAR CAMPSITE, SWALLOWING VEHICLES

AS TOURISTS FLEE.

THE VIDEO COMES TO THE ATTENTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

IMAD AL-QADI WHO BELIEVES THIS COULD BE EVIDENCE

OF A RARE TYPE OF LANDSLIDE.

THE FIRST THING CAME TO MY MIND IS,

"COULD THIS BE A QUICK CLAY PROBLEM?"

Narrator: QUICK CLAY IS A NATURAL SOIL

SO STRUCTURALLY UNSTABLE THAT IT CAN BEHAVE

LIKE A LIQUID, BECOMING A DEADLY KILLER.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Man: GET BACK! GET BACK!

GET BACK!

♪♪

Narrator: QUEBEC, CANADA, FEBRUARY 2010,

A FAMILY GATHERED TO WATCH HOCKEY.

WITHOUT WARNING, THE QUICK CLAY

UNDER THEIR HOUSE DISINTEGRATES, KILLING THEM ALL

AS THEY TUMBLE 100 FEET INTO THE VALLEY BELOW.

BUT PROCTOR DOUBTS ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA WOULD HAVE

A QUICK CLAY PROBLEM FOR ONE KEY REASON.

Proctor: QUICK CLAY ACTUALLY FORMS IN REGIONS

THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED INTENSE GLACIATION.

AND SO THIS TYPICALLY IS NORTH AMERICA, CANADA,

NORWAY, PLACES LIKE THAT.

Narrator: 2.5 MILLION YEARS AGO,

A 2-MILE DEEP ICE SHEET COVERED NORTH AMERICA.

BUT DUE TO THE PREVAILING WEATHER PATTERNS AT THE TIME,

AUSTRALIA WAS VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED BY THE MARCH

OF THE ICE AND QUICK CLAY HAS NOT FORMED HERE.

AND SO AS A RESULT, MAYBE THERE'S

SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE.

Narrator: PROCTOR BELIEVES THE SOLUTION

TO THE MYSTERY OF THE COLLAPSING SITE COMES

FROM THE OCEAN BESIDE IT.

SHE'S BUILT A TEST TO SEE IF THE THEORY IS CORRECT.

-WHERE THAT CAMPER IS. -MIGHT GO BEFORE THEN.

IT MIGHT GO BEFORE THEN? OKAY.

Narrator: SHE IS SIMULATING THE CAMPSITE ON THE BEACH.

THE CAMPER IS AT THE OCEAN LEVEL ON THE BEACH.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH HERE IS BELOW THE OCEAN.

MOVE THE BACK HOE IN POSITION AND THEN

WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. OKAY.

Narrator: PROCTOR IS USING HEAVY MACHINERY

TO REPLICATE STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS ERODING

A SANDY BEACH FROM BELOW.

Proctor: THESE CAMPERS HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN

A TICKING TIME BOMB.

Narrator: IF PROCTOR'S CORRECT, THE CAMPERS DIDN'T KNOW IT,

BUT THEIR SOLID-LOOKING CAMPSITE WAS BALANCING

ON A PRECIPICE.

OH, OH, OH!

IT'S SO CLOSE!

OH, OH, WOW!

YES!

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING!

THE CURRENT JUST OFF THE COAST IS ERODING

WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

IT'S BELOW THE OCEAN, AND SO THESE CAMPERS ARE COMING ALONG

THINKING THAT EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE.

BUT IT'S NOT.

Narrator: INSKIP POINT FACES THE FASTEST OCEAN CURRENT

ON AUSTRALIA'S COAST.

WATER SPEEDS AT 48 MILES A DAY, GOUGING OUT CHUNKS

OF THE COAST BENEATH WAVES, UNDERMINING THE BEACH.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THE CURRENTS ARE ACTUALLY ERODING

AWAY PART OF THE COASTLINE CAUSING THE BEACH

TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND SLIP AWAY.

Narrator: NEXT DAY, THE FULL SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION IS CLEAR.

500 FEET OF COASTLINE SWALLOWED BY THE OCEAN.

NO ONE WAS KILLED IN THIS BEACH COLLAPSE,

BUT OVER 85% OF THE AUSTRALIAN POPULATION LIVE

ON THE COAST.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE GROUND

BENEATH THEIR FEET IS EATEN AWAY BY THE MERCILESS OCEAN.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE WALKING ON STEADY GROUND

ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE KIDDING YOURSELF.