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- Tonight on the proof maturis out there.Ter.

- [Man] You see, they're flying tonight.

- [Tony] Can ufo's be summoned by specially trained observers.

- We show that there's nothing to be afraid of.

- [Man] Yeah, yeah, you see them.

- A mysterious discovery at the bottom of lake Michigan.

- I knew that we found something that shouldn't be there.

- And the legendary dog man,

has this man found the real thing?

There are these things out here and you're in harms way.

- [Tony] Around the globe, are videos,

- [woman] What heck is this?

- [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation.

- Is it some kind of unidentified object.

- A plane that was literally frozen in the air.

- What are they?

- Some sort of bizarre, mutation.

- Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof.

- I'm Tony Harris and as a journalist

for more than 30 years,

I've followed the facts where they take me.

Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation to the world's

strangest sounds and images.

We'll analyze each one with top experts.

- And it's a credible case.

It's a credible video.

- And a pass a verdict on what it is.

- This video was clearly faked.

- The proof starts now.

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- Hi everybody, and welcome to the proof is out there.

We've all heard of the wolf man. But what about the dog man?

In recent years,

there's been a spate of reported sightings of a dangerous

creature with a canine head that walks on two legs,

and one man in Tennessee claims,

he's got video proving that the trendy legend is real.

- It's march of 2011.

Scott carpenter a systems administrator for a

small software company in east Tennessee,

is conducting bigfoot research

in his spare time, when his trail camera records

this mysterious footage.

It's a tough angle.

But look at the upper left corner of the screen.

Missed it?

Scott himself didn't notice it until he got

home and reviewed the footage.

Then he made this enhanced magnification and here, it seems

like you can make out a dog-like head,

bobbing between the tree branches.

- The movement caught my eye.

Could literally see the nostrils

opening and closing as it was taking breaths,

and I did some research, called some people and described

what I had, and they're like, that's a dog man.

- [Tony] Field researcher, Ken gerhard

explains that while dog man encounters are

relatively new, reports seem to be increasing rapidly.

- There are popular, uh, podcasts where eye witnesses

will come on and tell about their stories or,

accounts or encounters.

The encounters are often very chilling.

Dog man is often seen feasting on roadkill. It chases and

claws at automobiles as they go by.

It's a utterly terrifying creature, whatever it is.

- [Tony] The dog man craze traces back to Michigan,

a local legend about the half man,

half hound first caught fire in 1987 and then blew up again

in 2007.

When a man named Mike argusa, recorded this now famous

footage known as the gable film.

It starts out like an unremarkable home video,

but then shows a creature crawling on all fours.

Then standing erect and finally charging the cameraman.

- The legend of the dog man,

made people afraid to go into the woods,

and I'm sure many ten-year-olds were scared of death by

parents retelling the story around a campfire.

- Now here's the thing.

Mike agrusa has always been upfront about the fact that the

gable film was a hoax. That's Mike himself on a costume,

running at the camera.

Pretty impressive that the dude can move like that on all

fours, but the phenomenon of reported dog

man sightings is very real,

and Scott carpenter swears his footage is proof positive.

So what do our experts think?

First, we took the footage to anthropologist Kathy strain.

She says that if true, reports of the dog man

describe different behavior from what we see here.

- Dog man is thought to be extremely aggressive,

and if you're in their space,

they will do everything possible to get you out of their

space, including running you down.

The video I don't believe shows a dog man,

because it would have tried to run Scott out of the area.

- [Tony] That prompted us to

analyze the video more closely, and our main man,

Michael primo saw nothing hinky with the source footage,

but when he inspected Scott's enhanced magnifications,

the pixels told a different story.

- This recording has undergone some sort of change.

The operator essentially

stabilized this part of the video image

and then applied what's called pixel interpolation or

zooming and I'm seeing symptoms of that here.

Information may have been added to make something look

subjectively better, but not objectively accurate.

Based on the analysis that I've performed.

I cannot authenticate these images and I'm concerned about

the opportunity to manipulate these pixels,

to represent something that wasn't originally recorded.

- Since Scott carpenter's enhanced videos can not be

considered reliable evidence,

we are going to have to conclude, this is a hoax.

While the gable film,

video and images like these may capture the imagination of

those who want to believe in dog man, the rest of us

will just have to keep sniffing around from proof.

Up next can ufo's be summoned, intentionally?

- They're flying tonight.

- Ooh, there's a a flash. - Yeah.

Yeah you see them?

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- We see hundreds of ufo videos every month,

and the vast majority are coincidental sightings,

but now a growing number of eyewitnesses claim that ufo's

are showing up, not at random,

but because they are being summoned intentionally,

July 5th, 2020

big bear, California, experienced ufo spotter,

Eddie Garcia, sets up under the stars

with a group of friends.

- So we're 20 miles away from civilization,

and I really wanted to show the new guys in our group,

e.t. Craft.

- Eddie says he called out to the e.T.S with his mind

and amazingly, they came.

- You see they're flying tonight.

So, I was kind of running the laser alongside

with the e.T. Craft.

So that our friends can follow along and see the craft

for themselves.

- [Tony] But instead of just pointing out,

whatever's flying, this happens.

- [Eddie] And now he's turning.

- Ooh, it just falshed. - Yeah, yeah. You see them?

- [Man] I saw a flash. - Yeah.

- [Tony] Let's back up.

Zoomed in and slowed down,

the laser actually lights up the object and it responds by

making a sharp turn.

Eddie, the man behind the laser pointer,

is an active member of a movement called

close encounters of the fifth kind or ce5.

They believe they can initiate contact with aliens through a

special kind of meditation and a phone app.

Others have meditated in an effort to summon ufo's,

most notably on a large scale in 1987,

that August tens, of thousands of people gathered at 250

sites in an event called the harmonic convergence.

A version of the idea lives on in ce5.

- We show a peaceful interaction

with the extra terrestrial species,

and we show that there's nothing to be afraid of.

- [Tony] For Eddie,

the search for contact has been life-changing.

- I'm doing something bigger than myself.

I think more positive about life.

I kind of feel like I have purpose again.

- The ce5 movement has become a worldwide phenomenon,

with thousands of people from america to Australia

meeting to summon ufo's,

but is it really possible to trigger events

in the material world,

simply with the power of the mind?

And what exactly did Eddie capture on his camera?

We turned the footage over to our video forensic analyst,

Michael primo.

- So this recording, uh,

had me scratching my head a little bit.

So we sent the recording to med x forensics,

which is one of our authentication tools

that assesses the digital information of the file.

I did not detect any evidence to support that that object

was added.

- [Tony] So the video is low resolution,

but it's real.

Astronomer and video effects designer,

Mark De Antonio tries to narrow down

what this object could be.

- Some people think that things like this could be aircraft,

but,

bam, they get hit by a light

and it shifts immediately to another location.

That's not something an airplane can do.

- [Tony] Our aviation expert,

lieutenant Tim mcmillan thinks we can rule out another human

made flying object.

- We don't see any of the other characteristics

that would go with drones,

all of the different warning lights that are on them,

all the different aviation lights.

We also don't hear sounds of drones.

I don't think that drones would explain this at all.

- [Tony] De Antonio considers a couple

of non-human possibilities.

- Now a ufo can fly with weird motions like this.

When you actually look at the motion that it took,

and you look at how much of the object was illuminated by

this laser, that right there tells me

that the object is a very small object,

like the size of my two fists together.

You'll notice as it's flying through, it's doing this,

it's got this pulsation going on.

It's possible that we're looking at a bat right here.

- [Tony] Here's the thing though,

there are conflicting reports about bats and lasers.

One study claims they're attracted to them,

but other reports say lasers, repel bats,

and as for the ce5 movement,

De Antonio is keeping an open mind.

- I can't say whether that works or it doesn't work.

I won't disparage it until I actually can get more evidence

for it or against it.

- So ufo or bat? It's a close one,

but in this case,

because of the object size at apparent fluttering motion,

we're going to call this a bat pending further evidence.

But one thing is clear, reaching out to ufo's

has put Eddie in a better place, so stick with it, Eddie.

And next time,

give us an exclusive.

Coming up, who made this strange ancient

structure and why is it under water?

The mystery of the lake Michigan stonehenge, next.

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- We all know about stonehenge.

One of the ancient world's great mysteries,

but one discovery right here in North America has raised a

provocative theory that something similar

might exist at the bottom of lake Michigan.

2007, near traverse bay, Michigan.

Underwater archeologist, Dr. Mark Holly

and his team of divers are scouring the lake

bottom.

- We were out looking for a specific shipwreck.

It's just flat sand for as far as you can go,

and it's just very eerie.

- [Tony] Instead of a wreck,

they stumble across something much older,

at first glance it's just a line of stones,

but Holly says there's more to it.

- I knew that we'd found something

that shouldn't be there,

but we had no idea what it was.

- [Tony] One set of stones forms a circle,

and strangest of all,

look at this,

one of the stones appears to have a detailed carving of a

mastodon, here outlined with red chalk.

Holly estimates the site was constructed around

10,000 years ago, before the

glaciers melted to create the lake.

Of course Holly's video goes viral.

- Almost immediately, people described it as a fake,

nothing like this had ever been found

in the Great Lakes before.

- [Tony] Real or not, the discovery becomes known

as the lake Michigan stonehenge,

and raises the question, was it made by the same people who

built england's famed structure.

Professor of anthropology, Michael masters,

raises a controversial theory that ancient

Europeans migrated to the Americas, long before Columbus.

- This tool technology associated with groups,

largely in France,

indicates that they came across between 20,000 and 15,000

years ago.

- [Tony] Paleolithic Europeans in america?

While some scholars are open to the idea,

others point out that ancient native Americans created their

own astounding sites.

Like those of the mound builders

in the Mississippi valley.

So who made it and how, and what does it mean?

One more thing to ponder,

there is a region known for strange disappearances and

anomalous sightings called the lake Michigan triangle.

Early reports put the find there,

but Holly now says it's north and grand traverse bay.

So what do our experts have to say about this

fascinating find?

First, we ask archeologists Peter Campbell,

if this could all be a hoax,

he points to the moss and algae on the stones.

- If they had been placed recently,

then there would be no marine growth on them, whatsoever.

The formation as well appears to be

a genuine archeological site.

- [Tony] Campbell thinks the find is ancient

and manmade, and if the mastodon carving is real,

it might provide a window into a long lost culture.

- It's possible, but this really had some sort of

religious connotation and

perhaps a religious offering or ritual related to the hunt.

- [Tony] But still,

how do they carve that image into granite rock?

Anthropologist, Kathy strain

says it would have been difficult, but very doable.

- So in order to make a petroglyph,

it's a very simple process.

It is taking a rock and pecking at the patina that's on the

outside of the target rocks. Granite is a hard substance,

but no special tools would have been needed.

Um, rock art appears around the world

using a similar method and

none of those people had anything other than a rock.

- [Tony] As far as comparisons

to the English stonehenge.

- Stonehenge is a group of rocks put into a circle,

for religious purpose and were very heavy to move,

and we are still not entirely certain

how they accomplished it.

The rocks at the bottom of lake Michigan are more in a line.

- [Tony] Take another look at the arrangement

of the lake Michigan stones.

Strain says, it's very revealing.

- This is likely what we call a drive line,

and you use it to herd animals into either,

over a cliff or into some kind of fenced area.

So it's a very efficient way of hunting.

- [Tony] It would be the oldest drive

or hunting line ever found.

When the glaciers melted more than 10,000 years ago,

they submerged the site at the bottom of lake Michigan,

preserving it to this day,

and Campbell thinks it could be groundbreaking,

in other ways.

- If this is in fact a mastodon drawn on this rock,

then it is a monumental discovery

because this would be the

earliest paleo Indian art that's been discovered so far.

- Our verdict?

Well, Mark holley definitely discovered something man made.

We think by early native American tribes,

not early European immigrants,

but whether it was built for hunting or some other purpose,

we can't know until it's studied further.

Up next, a viewer provides new information

on a possible glitch in the matrix.

Why is this girl smiling,

when her reflection isn't?

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- In a previous episode,

we brought you a story that questioned if we're actually

living in a simulated reality.

Well, one of you out there spotted something

during that story,

which convinced us to take a second look.

It's February, 2021 in Ontario, Canada.

Local resident, Steve Jones has always been interested

in things that are a bit, other worldly.

So since discovering our show, he's become hooked.

- I've always kind of watched the ufo shows.

I've always found them interesting.

- [Tony] He's watching the latest episode,

when a particular image catches his eye.

It's one that's left our whole team baffled.

The photo shows two girls on the right,

taking a selfie in a mirror,

but the reflection doesn't match the reality.

Look at the girl in the black shirt.

On the right side, she is smiling along with her friend,

but now look at the reflection in the mirror,

the friend still smiling, but the girl in the black tee,

her expression has changed.

What?

We figure the photo had to be fake,

but in our earlier episode,

Michael primo said it doesn't show any signs of digital

manipulation.

- I noticed no inconsistencies in the digital information.

- [Tony] So he's stumped.

One theory put forward is that we are actually living in a

computer simulation and it momentarily glitched in this

photo, whatever caused the anomaly,

it got Steve's attention.

- So after the show was over,

I, uh, spoke to my wife and said,

you know this kind of weird thing

went on and on the show where the girl's face didn't match

up in the reflection.

- [Tony] But his wife isn't the least bit perplexed.

Instead she gets her phone and shows him similar photos of

herself and her daughter.

See how his wife's reflection seems

to be staring at her when she isn't even facing the mirror

and hear, his daughter's reflection

doesn't match what she's doing in real life at all.

- Yeah. I said, show me how you do it,

and so she showed me the little trick.

- Steve says the trick

is to put the camera in panoramic mode.

That allows you to capture more of a scene by panning across

it to stitch together multiple images into one seamless

shot.

Now, maybe you use this feature all the time, but if not,

we asked him to explain.

- As soon as the camera points way from you out of that

picture, that's when you move,

and then by the time the camera spins in front of the mirror

to catch your reflection,

you look totally different than the original photo.

- [Tony] Photography expert, Andrew McCarthy spots,

some telltale signs of how these photos were made.

You can see while the picture was being taken,

she actually shifted positions. And you can tell by the way,

her hands seemed to melt into each other.

So that tells me this was stitched together for multiple

photos.

- [Tony] And as for our original.

Primo says the model of smartphone

that took the photo,

doesn't provide data that identifies panoramic mode,

but he agrees that this feature was the likely culprit.

- The testing that we can perform,

only leaves us with one feasible explanation.

The camera equipment was used in a way to deceive the viewer

at the time that it was captured.

- So our revised verdict, this was a camera effect.

I admit we should have figured this one out on our own.

Anyone under 30 probably could have also solved it for us.

So at least for today,

we're pretty sure we're not living in a simulation.

But, we'll see what tomorrow brings.

That's our show for tonight.

Thank you so much for watching and remember

to keep those cameras rolling.

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