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Tonight, on "The
Proof Is Out There".

We're hunting
Bigfoot on the bayou.

Could this footage show an
actual Sasquatch in Louisiana?

We are hunting
UFOs on a country road.

Some believe these are
self-replicating alien drones.

We're hunting for
miracles in a vial of blood.

This ancient saint's
blood is changing

from solid to liquid
before our very eyes.

And we're hunting
sea monsters on the beach.

Could this possibly be

a body part of the
legendary kraken?

Around the globe are videos.

What
are those things?

It's moving.

Photos and sounds
that defy explanation.

We don't know
where they come from,

who made them, or
how they operate.

What are they?

Some sort of
bizarre mutation.

What's exciting
is nobody really knows.

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.

It's a credible case,
it's a credible video.

And pass a
verdict on what it is.

This video was clearly faked.

The proof starts now.

Good evening and welcome
to "The Proof Is Out There".

Let's talk Bigfoot, people.

Now, when you think of
the legendary beast,

you're probably thinking
of a deep forest,

and not the bayou, but
our first story shows

that there may be a Bigfoot
living just 35 miles

from the Big Easy.

Honey Island, Louisiana,

sometime in the late 1970s.

Retiree Harlan Ford has been
documenting wildlife out here

with his Super 8 camera

and telling stories
about monstrous,

hairy hominids he's encountered.

Today, he may have just
captured the proof.

A large, bipedal,
uniform colored creature,

about a hundred yards away
from Harlan's vessel,

strides between the trees.

Let's take a better look.

We can see the strange,
two-legged figure lumbering

through the thick swampland.

And while it's hard to tell

without any further
visual reference,

some witnesses
claim this creature

could be a monstrous
eight feet tall

and could weigh
up to 500 pounds.

Author Dana Holyfield is
Harlan's granddaughter,

who discovered this
footage of what's known

as the Honey Island
Swamp Monster

after it had been
locked away for decades.

Growing up as
the granddaughter

of the local monster hunter,

to me, it was like that's
just a normal thing.

But it wasn't until I
got older and grew up

that my grandmother would
come out with this big box,

and it was all his
wildlife photography,

and that's when we saw
this eight millimeter film.

It was interesting to see

that he actually
probably got closer

than what any of us really knew.

While reported theories

about the beast started
spreading in the 1960s,

indigenous folklore that
dates back hundreds of years

has described a hideous creature
known to stalk this swamp,

looking to capsize
vulnerable boats

and drag victims underwater

where it would feast
on their flesh.

And for those who think
the Southern swamps

are no place for a Bigfoot,

field researcher, Cliff
Barackman believes

it's actually a perfect habitat.

It is over 70,000 acres.

Most of it is
government protected.

There are many
nooks and crannies

that people just do not go into.

This could only be
one of two things.

A Sasquatch in the wild,

or a person pretending to
be a Sasquatch in the wild.

There are no other options.

When the French colonists
first settled in Louisiana,

they brought along some of
their own monster mythologies,

legends like the
rougarou, a human cursed

to haunt the Louisiana swamps
as a wolf headed creature.

It was said to hunt
down wayward Catholics

who broke the rules of Lent.

Let's see what our experts
think about this bayou beast.

Could this just be
a misidentification

of an animal typically found
in the area, like a black bear?

Wildlife biologist Stephanie
Manka doesn't think so.

It seems to be walking
pretty easily on its hind legs

and black bears, they can
walk on their hind legs,

but it's not as effortless

as it appears to
be in this video.

This is definitely
not a black bear.

Professor of
anatomy and anthropology,

Jeff Meldrum, approaches
this footage cautiously.

There are a couple
of frames that suggest

a figure with something
of a forward lean,

but it's kind of challenging

to identify any real,
anatomical detail.

Even based
on what he can see,

Meldrum wonders about a
key ingredient missing

from this creature's exterior,
a pronounced coat of hair.

The detail that's
present in the video

does not give a real good view

of what would be
a hair covering.

Hair would certainly
be advantageous

in terms of protecting it
from the coarse vegetation,

and insects, and so forth.

It also gives a natural sort
of camouflage to the degree

that an animal of this size
and behavior would need.

It is widely believed
that all Sasquatches

have hair instead of fur,

which is why, similar
to other primates,

it doesn't frequently
shed or molt.

But without a
clear view of hair,

Meldrum can't rule out
clothing or a costume.

Plus, Meldrum questions why,

if Harlan was lucky enough
to get this elusive creature

on camera, would he film
for such a short time?

I would think
that an intrepid hunter

would be motivated to pursue
and investigate further,

and make the discovery
of the century.

So it leaves a lot of
unanswered questions.

Our verdict, unknown humanoid.

Without further evidence, our
findings remain inconclusive.

But Harlan Ford's granddaughter

is still convinced
this film is genuine,

and the number of
Bigfoot sightings

in Louisiana
continues to increase.

Now to something
else trending up,

we see UFOs in all shapes
and sizes on this show,

but lately, we've been noticing
a real spike in spherical UFOs.

Many of these
sightings were captured

by US military cameras,

and this next puzzling
video also purports

to show something
spherical interacting

with American jet fighters.

Should the Pentagon be alarmed?

January 10th, 2023.

A video clip captioned,
"Nothing to see here,"

uploads to social
media and goes viral.

The video appears to
show a dark colored,

low flying, spherical
object passing over

a remote country road.

Suddenly, two fighter jets
scream toward the object

in hot pursuit as the
object disappears.

Let's see that again.

The sphere looks to
be only about 15

to 20 feet off the ground,

which would make it
much smaller in size

than the fighter jets.

As journalist, MJ Banias,
is quick to point out,

spherical UFOs are more
relevant now than ever.

The '50s had flying saucers,

the '90s had black triangles,

we live in the era
of the sphere UFO.

There was a hearing in April
of 2023 where Sean Kirkpatrick,

who runs the
Pentagon's UFO office,

presented to Senate a graph

between the dates
of 1996 and 2023,

and 52% of all UFO sightings

that the AARO office
has been investigating

were made up of spherical
or orb-like UFOs.

While not every orb
sighting is this dramatic,

they can still be
quite puzzling.

Case in point, this footage
from December 19th, 2022.

Rad Muradpejohi is in
Mountains Edge, Nevada,

driving home from work,

when he spots something
unusual in the sky.

He pulls over to record it.

The video shows a
perfectly circular,

dark colored object hovering
high up above a house.

It was a pretty
large, spherical,

definitely spherical like,
black dot in the sky.

It didn't really have any gloss,
it didn't reflect any light.

Unlike the
orb in the first video,

this sphere is
completely, eerily still.

Just kind of suspended
up there in the air.

No propulsion, no
engine, no noise.

So what
are these spheres?

Many seem too small
to carry occupants,

so are they perhaps some
kind of alien probe?

If so, there may be
a surprising reason

why we're seeing so many.

With this uptick in
spherical sightings,

there's been a lot of
internet chatter about

this sort of science
fiction object

called a von Neumann probe.

John von Neumann
was a mathematician

and physicist who speculated
an advanced civilization

could explore by creating probes

that build even more probes
from common materials

found on moons and planets
throughout the galaxy.

von Neumann posited that
if an interstellar species

wanted to essentially
map out a star system

or distant planets, one
probe could replicate itself

as it traveled through space.

Now, while more than
half of UFOs are reported

as round or spheres, they
don't all look or act the same.

We'll turn it over
to our inner circle

to investigate these two very
different sphere sightings.

Physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku,

thinks this viral UFO video
is actually too down to Earth.

The sphere is located
very close to the ground.

Usually these
encounters take place

high up in the atmosphere,

and so there's something
suspicious here.

However,
aviation expert,

Tim McMillan, says
there's a certain logic

to a probe flying this low.

The object that is
flying extremely low level,

it's flying underneath
the kind of envelope

that radar would
be operating at,

because of how low
altitude it is,

it's small size, and it
it's relatively slow speed,

But it's that
speed that has astronomer

and video effects
designer, Marc D'Antonio,

crying foul.

Let's watch that again.

'Cause see how it's moving
through the sky, kind of slow,

and the jets are going way fast.

Now hold on, if they
were going that fast,

they should have caught
up to it very quickly,

But we didn't see
them catch up to it.

Not only can't
the jets catch the orb,

but the orb suddenly
disappears from sight.

There is one way
it could happen,

and that is if this
object wasn't there at all

and was generated later.

I have to say, unfortunately,

I don't believe it
was a real video.

That first video
may seem too good to be true,

but what about Rad's video?

D'Antonio thinks he's found
the answer by simply spotting

what the eyewitness
seems to have missed.

Down the bottom here,

you can see there's this little
protrusion sticking down, okay?

And it doesn't show until
you actually run the video

and see the video in
motion, then you can see it,

like right there, is
a perfect shot of it,

you see this little tiny
thing sticking down.

I think that we're looking
at a tethered balloon.

Our verdict, the first video
is a clever product of CGI.

In fact, when we did
a little digging,

we were able to trace it back
to a visual effects artist.

As for Rad's video, we
agree with D'Antonio,

we're most likely
looking at a balloon.

So these two spheres
weren't genuine UFOs,

but many others
remain unexplained,

as does the recent
uptick in sightings.

Important discoveries
and inventions

often come about
purely by chance.

The strikable match, penicillin,

and even good old
Viagra were discovered,

more or less, accidentally.

This next discovery
may top them all.

It was made on a beach by a dog

and, well, you just
have to watch.

October 2022,

it's a beautiful spring day in
North Queensland, Australia

and Afri Gregory is walking
her dogs on the beach.

As she passes by some
of the lovely scenery,

she records this.

Warm, crystal
clear waters, (bleep) mint.

Long, beautiful
beaches, (bleep) mint.

Incredible views surrounded
by mountains and nature,

(bleep) mint.

Yes, the
scene sure is mint.

And for anyone not born in
Australia this century,

that means cool.

But after one of the
dogs starts sniffing

at something on the shoreline,
Afri's video changes tone.

Giant, random animal
part washed up on the beach,

(bleep) mint.

Let's run
that back again.

Afri has stumbled upon
something truly shocking.

It's fleshy, smooth,

and nearly the size
of her whole leg.

I had absolutely
no idea what it was.

Thought, if there's
something that's like that

washing up on the beach,

there's something that's
out there in that ocean

that could potentially
just be five times

the size of what
I'm seeing here.

Journalist,
Erin McCarthy,

has been following
this story since

the initial TikTok was posted.

Some have theorized that
what we are looking at here

is actually a part
of a sea monster,

specifically the kraken.

There are a number of
historical accounts

about kraken attacks.

The French naturalist,
Pierre Denys de Montfort,

described a kraken attack
off the coast of Angola.

The sailors actually
succeeded in cutting off

the kraken's arms and tentacles
using swords and hatchets,

and then they had an artist
create a depiction of the attack

that they placed in a chapel
to St. Thomas in France.

While the kraken was
thought to be a giant octopus,

others wonder if
this could be part

of a different cephalopod,
the elusive giant squid.

People didn't
think they were real

until a specimen
washed up on the beach

in Newfoundland in 1878.

These creatures are wild.

Their eyes are 10
inches in diameter

and their tentacles can
grow to 65 feet long.

Giant squid specimens
have actually washed up

in New Zealand recently,

so we know that they
are in this area.

Giant squid can make very
clever use of their tentacles.

They can lock them together,
weave them into a claw shape,

even in one instance, a noose.

But is that what
we're looking at here?

Our experts are on the case

and they're not about
to get suckered.

Wildlife biologist, Floyd Hayes,

thinks he might be able to
rule out some of our theories.

A lot of people on the
internet think this could be

a part of the legendary Kraken,

such as the tip of a tentacle.

Cephalopod mollusks, which
includes squids and octopuses,

they have long tentacles
that have a series of suckers

on them that help them
grasp these objects.

However, we're not
seeing any suckers

on that appendage there.

Cephalopod suckers
have chemical receptors

that allow them to touch, taste,
and smell all at the same time.

And an average octopus can
have over 2,000 of them.

However, with no visible,
noticeable suckers,

marine biologist,
Shea Steingass,

spots a clue that points to a
different species altogether.

If you look at it, it
actually looks like it's

a little bit bloody
on the inside,

and that means it's
probably from a mammal

or some other kind
of vertebrate.

Cephalopods don't
actually have blood,

they have a circulatory
system that relies on water.

So what are
we looking at here?

Well, the answer
might make you blush.

What we're seeing
here is just a portion

of the male reproductive
tract of a whale,

or just part of the penis.

Unbelievably, blue whales,

which again, are the largest
animals on the planet,

can have penises that
extend 10 to 12 feet.

It's possible that these
appendages actually have

a place in cryptid
and seafaring lore,

and that's because in many cases
they may have been mistaken

for things like the
kraken, or a giant squid,

or even a sea serpent.

And that's because they
are these linear organs

that are tapered at the end,

and there's a few instances
where humans might see these,

but it's very rare.

Yes, you
heard that right.

Many scientists think sightings

of sea monsters actually might
be penises of mating whales,

also known as dorks,
sticking out of the water.

So, often when whales are
breeding, it is pretty violent.

You will see these
organs protruding

above the surface of
the water in a way

that maybe looked like
an enormous sea creature

that is raising its
head out of the water.

This organ has been
entirely removed

and there's a series
of cuts throughout it,

so that to me means
it could be something

like a boat propeller collision

or maybe even just
it was a dead whale

that was floating
on the surface.

Okay then, our verdict,

we're pretty sure this
is a whale's penis,

likely severed from its body

by some unidentified
object or creature.

And yes, we could be making

all kinds of
juvenile jokes here,

but we won't, and
you're welcome.

Generally, when people
think of ocean sounds,

they think of
something relaxing.

The marine noises in our
next story are anything but.

Let's see why an entire
commercial fishing team

was shaken by what they heard
echoing across the waves.

August 2021, the
North Atlantic Ocean.

A Massachusetts fishing
vessel makes its way

through the night
when the crew begins

to hear an eerie noise.

One of the fishermen pulls out
his camera and records this.

The camera pans
across the black ocean.

Then, the
haunting screams

of something off
in the distance.

When the video
hits social media,

the first obvious
theory was a whale song.

But many questioned if such
sounds could ever be heard

this clearly above the water.

Journalist,
Eric Grundhauser,

says others
speculated that it was

the cry of the legendary
Sirens of Greek myth,

whose song could seduce
sailors to their doom.

With only 5% of our oceans
having been fully explored,

is it possible that Sirens of
Greek myth are still out there

on some lonely, craggy rock,
waiting to be discovered?

Another theory posits
that we might be hearing

the sound of a
haunted ghost ship,

and this isn't just
a fisherman's tale.

Ghost ships are
a popular legend,

versions of which you can
find all over the world.

In October 1931,

a 230 foot cargo ship
called the SS Baychimo

became trapped in
ice off Alaska.

22 men were rescued, but 15
volunteered to stay behind,

hoping it would break free
and they could save it.

These brave men were never seen
again, but the Baychimo was.

The workers thought that
the Baychimo had sunk,

but a few weeks later,
some hunters actually

spotted the Baychimo floating
off the coast of Skull Cliff.

Some six months later,

a dog sled crew actually saw
the Baychimo in the sea ice.

The abandoned ship
had broken free of the ice.

It stayed afloat for decades,

scaring the locals
wherever it went.

The ship was last seen in 1969

when it was spotted by
some coastal residents.

Could the sound in this video
actually be the haunted sounds

of the ghost ship Baychimo
floating somewhere nearby?

When it comes to ghost
ships, nobody beats Japan.

For the past several
years, hundreds of boats

filled with rotting corpses
have mysteriously washed up

on western Japanese shores.

Spooky, right?

Items found on board
led investigators

to believe these boats
belong to defectors

or desperate fishermen
from North Korea,

all of whom lacked the
proper supplies to survive.

Let's see what our experts
think about this oceanic oddity.

Forensic audio
analyst, Rob Maher,

quickly rules out
any human sound.

Even a trained opera singer
would have trouble making

a frequency this high
from the soprano range.

Oh my God.

So, he decides
to test the sound

against something
more mechanical,

exploring a possibility that
perhaps they were hearing

another ship, or even their own.

Comparing the
sound to examples

of hydraulic
machinery on a ship,

we have some similar
frequency characteristics

and some plausible
connection between the two.

But we don't see an example
that exactly matches,

so we can't really guarantee

that the sound in
the example recording

is from a mechanical source.

But before we say
it's a mythical Siren...

Oh my god.

Marine
biologist, Shea Steingass

brings the conversation
back to whales,

but not in a way
you might expect.

Alaska is known as a
biodiversity hotspot for whales.

What I think we're hearing
here has only been documented

in a couple dozen individuals
of humpback whales,

specifically in Alaska,
and I think this might be

an example of
collaborative feeding.

Collaborative feeding

is when whales use
vocalizations and bubbles

from their blow holes to trap
and stun fish for feeding.

But how can this be
heard above water?

The frequency of sound
doesn't actually change

between water and air,
so we can hear noises

and they would sound
the same to us on land

or on a boat as they
do in the water.

To double
check this theory,

we had Rob Maher run
humpback whale sounds

through his spectrogram,
and sure enough...

The recordings with
a hydrophone underwater

of the humpback whale have
very consistent frequency

with what's observed in
the example recording.

And characteristics of the
sound seem to match up.

Our verdict, our experts agree

what we are hearing
is a very rare example

of humpback whale vocalizations,

but that doesn't mean there
aren't any ghost ships

or Sirens out there, so
make sure you're prepared

to batten down those hatches.

Lions, and
tigers, and sharks, oh my.

These apex predators
are supposed

to be at the top
of the food chain.

So when we find footage
of a shark falling prey

to a mystery predator,
it's time to dive in deep.

May 2015, Exuma Sound
in the Bahamas.

A small group of
sharks is seen swimming

around an enclosed area
at the bottom of the sea,

but then it turns into
a fight for survival.

A shark tail flails
from just out of frame.

Moments later, a thrashing
beast spins into view.

Let's zoom in a bit
and slow this down

so we can see what's happening
through the stirred up sediment.

A creature that looks straight
out of a sci-fi horror flick

has latched around
the shark's head.

After several
moments of struggle,

finally the shark
appears to go limp,

predator turned prey.

So what is this thing attacking
sharks on the sea floor?

Field researcher, Cliff
Barackman has some ideas.

We can see here that it looks

like a giant isopod
of some sort.

The isopods are arthropods,

but imagine a pill bug on
steroids times a thousand.

They have seven sets of legs,

and the front two legs are
used for grappling prey

and bringing it up to
their layered jaws.

But Barackman feels
it's not a perfect fit.

Giant isopods
are known to grow

to about a maximum of
16 to 20 inches at most,

but the average
shark is somewhere

between five and seven feet.

So how large is this animal?

So he
does a deeper dive

on other known sea dwellers.

The largest known
arthropod is Jaekelopterus.

It grew up to eight feet long

and it is in the family
of sea scorpions.

These were voracious predators.

These creepy
creatures were said

to cannibalize smaller
members of their own species,

so they likely could have
also devoured a person

and certainly a shark
on the smaller side.

Jaekelopterus were more
than just scavengers,

they were hunters.

Anything that swam

or moved in front of
them was likely game.

Okay, so
this Jaekelopterus

seems a likely match,

but Barackman says
there's a catch.

These sea
scorpions are thought

to have gone extinct at
the end of the Permian era,

which was millions of years

before the dinosaurs
even evolved.

But it seems like a very
reasonable presumption to think

that there are some
species down there

that are thought to have
gone extinct long ago.

According to some researchers,

we have only explored
5% of our global oceans,

but if that's what it's like,

I say we leave the
other 95% alone.

For now, let's see
if our experts can

make sense of this unsettling
video from the sea floor.

First we ask our resident
marine biologist,

Dr. Shea Steingass, if
this could be an animal

we thought was extinct.

Turns out, there's
some precedent.

The Monoplacophora
was rediscovered

in 1952 in Costa Rica

after only having been
seen in the fossil record

up to 375 million years ago.

The Monoplacophora
a type of small mollusk

with a cap like shell that lives
at the bottom of the ocean.

It first emerged
around the same time

as Barackman's
giant sea scorpion,

but Steingass has doubts that
a rediscovered Jaekelopterus

is what we're seeing
here in the Bahamas.

If we were to
think about the idea

of this being a Jaekelopterus,

what we would expect is
to see kind of a tapered,

complex body form,

but what I see here is
something that's really round

and looks a bit like a
semicircle or an oblong circle,

so it's got a fusiform body,

meaning it doesn't have any
really defined appendages.

To Steingass,
it looks like

the other arthropod
in our lineup.

What I see here to
me strongly resembles

a deep sea isopod,

and these are incredible animals

that actually have extremely
strong, claw-like legs,

and they have mouth parts

that can essentially
rip prey to pieces.

That still leaves
the issue that it seems

to be the wrong size, but
Steingass has a solution.

We have to think
about scale here,

assuming that this is
up to a 20 inch isopod,

that does give us a little
bit of size reference

for what we're seeing here

in terms of the shark
that it's attacking.

Biologist
and shark enthusiast,

Dr. Floyd Hayes, agrees.

It all comes down to
the type of shark.

When we freeze the frame here,

we can see that there is a
keel on the side of the base

of the caudal fin or tail,

and that indicates
that this is a dogfish.

They are relatively
small sharks,

typically two to three
feet at the most.

It's much more
vulnerable to predation

by a giant isopod.

Our verdict, this is a
particularly motivated,

some might say "hangry" member
of the giant isopod species.

And let's just consider
ourselves lucky

that the eight foot long
sea scorpion died out

long before we humans
walked the Earth,

or swam in its oceans.

We haven't talked much
about mummies on this show,

and now it's time
to right that wrong.

Thanks to the discovery
of a mysterious mummy

from before the time of Christ,

it is so perfectly preserved,
some are wondering

if something supernatural
might be the reason.

1968, Changsha, China.

Construction workers digging

an air raid shelter
unsuspectingly stumble across

what appears to
be a massive tomb.

Archeologists discover over
1,000 noteworthy artifacts,

including toiletries,
carved wooden figures,

and this, a perfectly
preserved mummy of a woman

with a full head of hair

and skin that is still
soft to the touch,

all of her organs still intact.

The corpse was found inside
three nesting coffins,

wrapped with layer upon
layer of silk fabric

and submerged in
a strange liquid.

And get this, experts
believe this body

is more than 2,000 years old.

Researchers have determined
that this corpse belongs

to a Chinese noble woman

from the Han Dynasty
known as Lady Dai.

Historian, Gary Todd,
has been studying this

confounding find
for almost 20 years.

Lady Dai left behind a body
that's unique in the world.

And this is definitely
one of the greatest

archeological discoveries
in the world.

That still doesn't
explain the mysterious,

pristine condition of
this ancient cadaver.

Field researcher, Ken Gerhard,

wonders if Lady Dai
could be the product

of an ancient preliminary
version of cryogenic freezing.

There are some scientists
who think that

by freezing living organisms
at very low temperatures,

that they could be
suspended indefinitely

and reanimated and brought
back to life at a later time.

Just recently,

scientists were able
to resurrect a worm

that had been frozen in
the Siberian permafrost

for more than 46,000 years.

There is a substantial
amount of evidence

that the ancient Chinese
were very familiar

with the benefits of ice

and low temperatures
in preserving food,

and perhaps employed
a form of cryogenics

in order to preserve living
beings like Lady Dai.

One final
theory suggests

that perhaps Lady
Dai is simply proof

the ancient Chinese perfected
the art of mummification.

Lady Dai's remains
have been found

in this very strange,
mysterious liquid,

and it's believed that the
acidic nature actually helped

to preserve her by killing
bacteria and other organisms.

If so, this was an
exceptional mastery

of mummification skills.

Fun fact, the
ancient Chinese believe

that jade has protective
qualities to prevent

a body's decay and
keep away bad spirits.

Royalty were buried
in special suits

cut from the precious stone.

However, when these sarcophagi
were discovered centuries later,

all that was left
inside were dust

and the ashes of
crumbled skeletons.

Let's see why
our experts think

this unique noble woman
could have lasted so long.

So could Lady Dai's
corpse be the result

of some primitive
form of cryogenics?

Archeologist, Ed Barnhart,
is cold on the idea.

This environment, it's
cold, but it's also humid.

Cryogenics takes
much more in the way

of constant temperature
and very low freezing

at the initial
cryogenic freezing part.

In fact,
when modern bodies

are cryogenically frozen,

they are initially
frozen in temperatures

as low as 238 degrees Fahrenheit
to limit molecular motion

and to preserve
the body's tissue

in a state of
suspended animation.

Barnhart also points
out that even today,

despite reviving
those amazing worms

with their relatively
simple physiology,

a more complex
organism, like a person,

is still not able to survive

long periods of suspended
animation, at least not yet.

As of
today, the technology

to actually revive someone
has yet to be created.

Emergency medicine
physician, Ed Hope,

explores Lady Dai's
mummification process.

We know she was wrapped
in 20 layers of silk,

that silk will deprive
any oxygen to the bacteria

that may be breaking
the body parts down.

The burial chamber was
underground 12 meters,

and this would also
help preserve the body.

And as for
that strange liquid

Lady Dai was submerged in...

There's some evidence
that this liquid does help,

because around about
300 kilometers away,

we found another mummy.

In 1974, the
2,200 year old remains

of Sui Xiaoyuan were
found in a similar state

of preservation floating
in a similar liquid.

There's no conclusive evidence

of how this liquid
got into the coffin

or what it's comprised
of, but it's very likely

that it's slowing the
decomposition process

and keeping it well preserved.

Our verdict,
unidentified liquid.

While we know that the key
to Lady Dai's preservation

was the liquid she was found in,

where it came from and what
it is remains a mystery.

One thing, however, is certain,

that Lady Dai doesn't look
a day over 2,000 years old.

Whenever some remarkable bit
of good fortune comes our way,

we're tempted to
call it a miracle.

But does God ever really
make the impossible possible?

One church doesn't just say so,

it says it has proof
and some very old blood.

It's September 2018
in Naples, Italy,

during the Feast of San Gennaro,

also known as Saint Januarius.

The Cathedral of the
Assumption of Mary

is thronged with people
fixated on the bishop

holding the silver reliquary.

Inside are two ampules or vials,

containing what is said to be
the blood of Saint Januarius.

It's centuries old and this is
what it normally looks like.

But check out what happens

when the relic is
turned on its side.

The crowd immediately cheers

as the centuries old hardened
blood flows back into liquid.

Christopher Simonetti was there.

There is a grand affirmation

where the people are
just appreciative

of this manifestation of
turning the solid into liquid.

There's a sense of
their doom happening

in the greater community if
this miracle doesn't take place.

This
tradition dates back

to when Saint Januarius
was martyred by the Romans

for his Christian beliefs
in the 4th century.

There was a persecution
of Christians

carried out by
Emperor Diocletian.

And Saint Januarius went to
visit a friend who was in jail

and was himself arrested.

They beheaded him on
September 19th, 305 AD.

According to
tradition, after the beheading,

a local woman collected his
blood in the two ampules

that are securely
stored to this day.

It then coagulated
to a hardened state.

And it wasn't until a
thousand years later in 1389

that the blood is said
to have once again

turned to a liquid state.

Today, this
ceremonial ritual

happens three times a year.

When the blood liquifies,
it's a sign of good fortune.

And when it doesn't,
it's seen as a bad omen.

Some of the good
events include

a visit from the Archbishop
of New York in 1978,

and 2015 when Pope
Francis came to visit.

Some of the bad omens
include the tens of thousands

who died of plague in 1527,

and then in 1980 when
another 3,000 people

died from an earthquake.

Today, one of the
vials is nearly empty,

because King Charles III
took some of its contents

to Spain in the 1700s.

But the mystery of
what causes this

coagulated substance
to liquify remains.

Is the blood of Saint Januarius
a miracle or a gimmick?

Let's see what our experts say.

First, Dr. Ed Hope analyzes
if this blood is even real.

The church won't let
anyone open the vial

to find out what's in there.

There have been some
tests done on the outside

by shining light in, what
we call spectroscopy,

and they confirm that
there is evidence

that there is some
hemoglobin in there,

so the protein that is
in your red blood cells.

So this substance
probably contains

at least some real human blood,

but is it possible for
it to literally melt?

One of the theories
is that when the ampule

is removed from its chamber
and placed near candles,

that it's the temperature change

that is causing the
change in state.

But actually with clotted blood,

I don't think that's
enough temperature

to be able to
induce that change.

Yet there's
another hypothesis proposed

by Italian chemistry
professor, Luigi Garlaschelli.

Thixotropy.

Thixotropy is the
property a chemical has

that the more stress
you apply to it,

the less viscous
the material is.

In simple terms, the more
you stir or shake a liquid,

the easier it is to pour.

With a
thixotropic material,

a gel becomes more fluid as
you apply more force to it.

It's like how wax becomes
liquid when a candle burns,

because the molecules
of the solid candle

start to spread out and flow
more freely as it melts.

Garlaschelli's team
actually created fake blood,

which demonstrated
what we see here

in terms of reacting
to movement.

And they did this
using only compounds

that were available
in the 14th century.

So could this
be a thixotropic gel

rather than congealed blood?

We asked our expert miracle
researcher, Michael O'Neill,

who witnessed this
event in person.

He says, not so fast.

Now with thixotropic gels, it
depends on the concentration

or how the solution was made,

but those are only
good for 2 to 10 years.

The vial related
to Saint Januarius

has been liquefying
for centuries.

As long as no scientific
investigation is allowed

on the actual liquid,
we may never know.

Is this a true miracle

or is there some
other mystery at play?

Our verdict, for now,
we're going to call this

a possible miracle.

Sure, there's always a chance
this is a centuries old hoax,

but it's unlikely fake
blood would still have

the qualities of a thixotropic
gel after all this time.

And that's our show for tonight.

If you have proof of
anything wondrous,

please send it our way and
keep those cameras rolling.