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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,039 --> 00:00:07,740 An elusive killer with a taste for blood. 2 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:13,880 An ancient mountain shrine where demons emerge from the underworld. 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:20,659 And a frightening creature that roams the frozen forest and hungers 4 00:00:20,660 --> 00:00:22,440 for human flesh. 5 00:00:25,180 --> 00:00:30,419 From an early age, we're all told stories of scary monsters that lurk in 6 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:37,309 shadows. From the big bad wolf and blood -sucking vampires to evil witches and 7 00:00:37,310 --> 00:00:43,510 dangerous beasts, we learn early on that the world can be a frightening place. 8 00:00:44,650 --> 00:00:48,770 But what if some of these tall tales are based on real life? 9 00:00:49,210 --> 00:00:54,909 All around the globe, there are accounts of terrifying creatures that defy our 10 00:00:54,910 --> 00:00:57,350 understanding of the natural world. 11 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:04,499 Could the reports of gruesome beings with glowing eyes or three -toed savages 12 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:08,160 hiding in remote swamps be true? 13 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,480 Well, that is what we'll try and find out. 14 00:01:26,940 --> 00:01:28,280 Vlad the Impaler. 15 00:01:29,710 --> 00:01:31,110 Lycan of Arcadia. 16 00:01:32,370 --> 00:01:33,420 Nosferatu. 17 00:01:34,130 --> 00:01:35,930 The Beast of Jevudan. 18 00:01:36,870 --> 00:01:40,850 These are the names of grotesque and terrifying monsters. 19 00:01:41,690 --> 00:01:45,649 Unearthly creatures that, according to legend, thrived on human blood and 20 00:01:45,650 --> 00:01:47,630 feasted on human flesh. 21 00:01:50,130 --> 00:01:53,390 But could they actually be real? 22 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,360 New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903. 23 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:05,420 Police arrive upon a gruesome scene. 24 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:09,340 A local prostitute lies bloody and battered on the street. 25 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:12,300 Her leg is shattered in three places. 26 00:02:12,301 --> 00:02:17,019 Based on eyewitness accounts, it's believed she intentionally leapt from a 27 00:02:17,020 --> 00:02:18,260 balcony 20 feet above. 28 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,000 She'd been with a wealthy man. 29 00:02:23,420 --> 00:02:27,919 He'd been friendly, generous, funny, kind. He'd made no advances, though he 30 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:28,970 for her time. 31 00:02:29,570 --> 00:02:31,530 But then he attacked her. 32 00:02:33,510 --> 00:02:35,740 He moved upon her with unnatural swiftness. 33 00:02:35,741 --> 00:02:39,329 He wrapped his arms around her, pulled her head to the side, and began to, 34 00:02:39,330 --> 00:02:40,470 quote, rip at her flesh. 35 00:02:43,550 --> 00:02:49,589 Her attacker was a man by the name of Jacques Saint -Germain, an affluent, 36 00:02:49,590 --> 00:02:53,629 -known fixture in the New Orleans upper class who claimed to be a direct 37 00:02:53,630 --> 00:02:55,190 descendant of French nobility. 38 00:02:56,790 --> 00:03:01,449 Historical accounts describe him as a charming ladies' man, celebrated 39 00:03:01,450 --> 00:03:06,249 throughout the French Quarter for his tales of adventure and elaborately 40 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:11,389 parties. But curiously, his guests never see him partake of so much as a morsel 41 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:12,440 of the food he serves. 42 00:03:12,890 --> 00:03:17,789 Instead, he reportedly got all of his sustenance from bottles that were 43 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:19,630 to be filled with red wine. 44 00:03:21,230 --> 00:03:25,909 But when police went to question Jacques Saint -Germain about the murder of the 45 00:03:25,910 --> 00:03:32,830 prostitute, they found that his preferred wine was of a very unusual 46 00:03:34,670 --> 00:03:39,590 When they went to the house in the morning, it was entirely empty. No 47 00:03:39,930 --> 00:03:42,880 everything was gone. Jacques had completely disappeared. 48 00:03:43,370 --> 00:03:48,569 However, on the second floor, according to the story, they found bottles of wine 49 00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:49,790 mixed with human blood. 50 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,580 Bottles of wine mixed with human blood. 51 00:03:56,380 --> 00:04:01,959 Was Jacques Saint -Germain merely a demented killer who preyed upon a 52 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,010 woman? 53 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:08,980 Or could his taste for blood have had a more disturbing explanation? 54 00:04:12,010 --> 00:04:16,028 Jacques Saint -Germain resided in New Orleans in the early part of the 20th 55 00:04:16,029 --> 00:04:20,109 century. And one must look back in history at an eerily similar -looking 56 00:04:20,110 --> 00:04:24,370 named Comte Saint -Germain, who lived in Paris, France, over a century earlier. 57 00:04:25,210 --> 00:04:28,830 The similarities between the two gentlemen are pretty striking. 58 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:35,009 Comte Saint -Germain was known to the French court in the 1700s. He was a 59 00:04:35,010 --> 00:04:37,660 mysterious figure. He was rumored to be an alchemist. 60 00:04:37,750 --> 00:04:41,610 And he let the rumor slip that he had found the secret to... 61 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,560 eternal life through his alchemy. 62 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:50,419 He would speak as if he had lived in the 1500s, and he never looked a day over 63 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:51,480 40 years old. 64 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,280 We have portraits of the original Count Saint -Germain when he's 40 years old. 65 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:01,699 Jacques Saint -Germain was also 40 years old when he disappeared, and some 66 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,759 people commented that he looked like the man in the portrait. 67 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Early 40s, maybe 5 foot 6 inches tall, like 140 pounds. 68 00:05:08,881 --> 00:05:12,679 Pale skin and high cheekbones, thin lips, hot nose, long curling dark hair, 69 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:13,760 large blue -gray eyes. 70 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,950 He's elegant, he's charming, he's French. 71 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,640 He spends money like it's water. 72 00:05:17,641 --> 00:05:21,399 Many people say that Jacques Saint -Germain and the Count Saint -Germain 73 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,450 same person. 74 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,720 Jacques Saint -Germain and the Count de Saint -Germain. 75 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:28,110 One and the same? 76 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,239 If so, that would have made him almost 170 years old at the time of his 77 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,280 disappearance from New Orleans in 1903. 78 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,210 That is... 79 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:39,130 If he ever really disappeared. 80 00:05:39,131 --> 00:05:43,749 Even down to modern times, there have been sightings of St. Germain wandering 81 00:05:43,750 --> 00:05:45,250 our streets late at night. 82 00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:49,829 People will say that they have encountered him, and now and then one of 83 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:50,880 disappears. 84 00:05:50,881 --> 00:05:55,149 This is actually an account from some people I know fairly well. 85 00:05:55,150 --> 00:05:58,689 A few years ago at Halloween, there in the middle of the crowd on Burton 86 00:05:58,690 --> 00:06:04,809 when the crowd just parted itself, almost of its own accord, and there was 87 00:06:04,810 --> 00:06:07,089 standing by himself in the middle of the crowd. 88 00:06:07,090 --> 00:06:08,250 Maybe five foot six. 89 00:06:08,510 --> 00:06:10,860 Somewhat slight of build with a long dark coat. 90 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:12,830 And sunglasses on at night. 91 00:06:12,831 --> 00:06:16,189 Raised his head up like he was sniffing the air. 92 00:06:16,190 --> 00:06:18,110 And the crowd kept partying around him. 93 00:06:18,130 --> 00:06:19,870 And then they said he just vanished. 94 00:06:20,570 --> 00:06:22,250 They swear that actually happens. 95 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:26,070 And in New Orleans, how can I not believe it? 96 00:06:27,410 --> 00:06:32,089 Whether he's called the Count or Jacques, there are many who believe that 97 00:06:32,090 --> 00:06:36,110 vampire who haunted the streets of New Orleans for over a century still... 98 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,160 Walks the streets at night. 99 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:45,019 If true, could it mean that other seemingly absurd tales of undead 100 00:06:45,020 --> 00:06:47,480 living among us are also true? 101 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,800 Vampires are just part of the human imagination. 102 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,340 Going back to time immemorial. 103 00:06:56,580 --> 00:07:00,879 In folklore, there are so many different ways to become a vampire or to destroy 104 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,260 a vampire or to avoid a vampire. 105 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,580 The idea of the wooden stake recoiling from the crucifix. 106 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:11,960 The destruction by sunlight. 107 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:17,199 Vampires liked the night because they could skulk around and cover their 108 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,940 terrible deeds in the shadows. 109 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:26,220 In Romanian, the word for vampire includes the word valhola. 110 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:33,399 which really means werewolf. So you have werewolf, vampire, vampire. 111 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,719 So sometimes I can see how people can coalesce and come out with something 112 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,770 that's a mixture. 113 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:46,040 The werewolf and the vampire merge and morph and inform each other. 114 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:51,360 When Bram Stoker wrote his novel, Dracula had the power to become a wolf. 115 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:55,800 He was a werewolf. He was a blood -sucking vampire as well. 116 00:07:56,780 --> 00:08:03,279 And it was the kind of arbitrary grab bag of characteristics that he chose 117 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,840 we are still mostly playing with today. 118 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:09,790 Vampires? 119 00:08:10,380 --> 00:08:14,160 Werewolves? Could these creatures actually exist? 120 00:08:14,980 --> 00:08:21,459 And is it possible that there is a space between the known and unknown where the 121 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:23,640 supernatural crosses into our reality? 122 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,019 Perhaps further evidence can be found at a strange temple complex that some 123 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:33,120 believe is the gateway to hell itself. 124 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:44,080 High in the mountains of central China, along the banks of the Yangtze River, 125 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:50,960 lies a complex of shrines and temples that is known as Hangdu Ghost City. 126 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,299 According to Chinese legend, Fengdu is considered to be a place where our world 127 00:08:57,300 --> 00:08:59,120 meets the underworld. 128 00:09:00,980 --> 00:09:06,759 As you're approaching Fengdu City on Ming Mountain, you're imagining 129 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,259 that's going to be beautiful, but instead you see these depictions of 130 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:16,340 images and devilish creatures are actually devouring human beings. 131 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:22,709 One of the first things that you encounter when entering the complex is 132 00:09:22,710 --> 00:09:25,430 a gate that is shaped as the head of a demon. 133 00:09:25,930 --> 00:09:30,969 And you have to enter it through its open mouth. So it's a very impressive 134 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:32,710 sight that the visitor encounters. 135 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:38,470 Walking through this complex is like walking through hell itself. 136 00:09:38,950 --> 00:09:42,570 It's supposedly the place where the devil actually resides. 137 00:09:43,820 --> 00:09:48,499 The vast array of devilish statues and carvings found throughout Fengdu have 138 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,960 earned the city a ghoulish reputation. 139 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:57,199 But why did the ancient Chinese feel the need to create an entire city filled 140 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,880 with such ghastly depictions of the forces of evil? 141 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:07,499 Well, Fengdu Ghost City is believed to have been first built during the Han 142 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:10,140 Dynasty, around the year 218. 143 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:15,439 The city was constructed to represent Chinese beliefs about the afterlife and 144 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,220 how a person's soul is judged after death. 145 00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:27,199 The Fengdu Ghost City is a type of purgatory space in Chinese conceptions 146 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,250 underworld. 147 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:34,639 It's a place where the souls of recently deceased people are brought so that 148 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,740 they can be in front of the court of the underworld and tried and judged. 149 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:45,239 for all of the actions, the good deeds and the misdeeds that they perform 150 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,019 their life. 151 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:51,619 If their karmic balance is positive, then after their judgment, they are 152 00:10:51,620 --> 00:10:56,180 to various celestial realms where they can enjoy nicer afterlife. 153 00:10:57,740 --> 00:11:03,399 If your misdeeds overshadowed your good deeds during your life, then you will be 154 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,939 unable to complete this trial and you will be presented for judgment forthwith 155 00:11:07,940 --> 00:11:08,990 and then... 156 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:10,560 Carry out your sentence. 157 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:17,439 The final judgment takes place inside the oldest temple in the city, where a 158 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:23,100 person's soul is put on trial by King Yama, the gatekeeper to hell. 159 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:30,459 This main building, which is actually King Yama's court, is presided over by a 160 00:11:30,460 --> 00:11:33,220 statue of King Yama, very fearsome in appearance. 161 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,380 King Yama is the overseer of the underworld in the Chinese tradition. 162 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:45,939 So he judges the deeds and misdeeds of the deceased and oversees all of this 163 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:48,000 distribution of post -mortem justice. 164 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:55,799 So he's bringing down the full power of the underworld state to bear on the 165 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:56,880 people that he judges. 166 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,000 And he is also flanked by a retinue of demons. 167 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:06,239 Their role is to dole out the punishment and to make sure that the punishment is 168 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:07,290 respected. 169 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:13,339 For those who don't go straight to the celestial realm, they have to spend a 170 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:16,560 certain amount of time in the 18 levels of hell. 171 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,680 And you have a variety of hells. You have the hell of burning oil. 172 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:22,660 You have the hell of fire. 173 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:28,659 You have the blood pool hell in which you have to spend a time sometimes close 174 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:29,619 to eternity. 175 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:34,459 The fact that this has become a major site that is open to the public and that 176 00:12:34,460 --> 00:12:37,500 people can visit perhaps serves as a kind of warning. 177 00:12:38,030 --> 00:12:44,650 or an incitement for people to live more moral lives and to be kinder to others. 178 00:12:45,830 --> 00:12:51,589 The idea that your soul can be doomed to hell for eternity is concerning, to say 179 00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:54,510 the least, but it also raises an intriguing question. 180 00:12:55,570 --> 00:13:00,389 What led people to believe that this particular location was so strongly 181 00:13:00,390 --> 00:13:03,910 connected to the devil and hell in the first place? 182 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:11,240 There's a long history of connecting Fungi to the gate of hell, the 183 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:16,739 or the gate of demons. And this is considered to be the actual gate to 184 00:13:16,740 --> 00:13:18,360 the courts of the underworld. 185 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,540 It's the actual entrance portal to the netherworld. 186 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,420 This portal to hell is actually a two -way portal. 187 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:32,239 So not only can the deceased enter it to get to the netherworld, but you have 188 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,460 demons of the netherworld who are allowed to leave. 189 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,320 who can emerge from it and sometimes wreak havoc in the world of the living. 190 00:13:41,260 --> 00:13:47,519 The notion that Fandugo City could be a portal to hell may sound far -fetched to 191 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:48,570 some. 192 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:53,759 But on the other hand, there are similar places throughout the world that are 193 00:13:53,760 --> 00:14:00,499 also thought to serve as bridges where Satan crosses over from his realm into 194 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,550 ours. 195 00:14:02,260 --> 00:14:08,469 The idea of a portal to the underworld, Doorway to Hell shows up in many 196 00:14:08,470 --> 00:14:12,070 different cultures and various locations. 197 00:14:12,450 --> 00:14:18,569 There are certain caves in the Mediterranean area. That is how you 198 00:14:18,570 --> 00:14:20,710 someone returns from Hades. 199 00:14:21,310 --> 00:14:26,269 There's a burning bowl in Turkmenistan. It's actually a natural geological 200 00:14:26,270 --> 00:14:32,129 formation, but it is continually burning, and it looks like a gateway to 201 00:14:32,130 --> 00:14:33,330 you would descend there. 202 00:14:33,930 --> 00:14:39,249 The concept was always, if Satan shows up on the earth, people ask, how did he 203 00:14:39,250 --> 00:14:40,049 get here? 204 00:14:40,050 --> 00:14:43,600 Does he have a magic power where he can just appear and just disappear? 205 00:14:44,010 --> 00:14:48,110 Or is there a way to a shortcut? 206 00:14:48,650 --> 00:14:55,549 And what happened in a lot of religions is you had to have some kind of way to 207 00:14:55,550 --> 00:15:01,689 get from the underworld up to the terrestrial plane. And so you needed to 208 00:15:01,690 --> 00:15:03,090 cave or some kind of portal. 209 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:07,450 These can be in graveyards. They can be in old mines. 210 00:15:07,830 --> 00:15:10,360 There's been a number of these reported over time. 211 00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:14,440 These places have developed a folklore or mythology that they are dangerous, 212 00:15:14,590 --> 00:15:16,590 scary places you should not be. 213 00:15:16,591 --> 00:15:20,069 And the belief about portals to hell is that these are places where the 214 00:15:20,070 --> 00:15:21,450 dimensional walls are thin. 215 00:15:21,470 --> 00:15:25,530 These are places where it's easier for Satan and his minions to cross over. 216 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:32,839 Could it really be true that Satan and his demons use portals to spread across 217 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:33,890 the earth? 218 00:15:33,940 --> 00:15:38,580 According to many systems of belief, the answer is yes. 219 00:15:38,940 --> 00:15:45,659 And there are some who believe that once Satan has entered our world, he has the 220 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:48,400 ability to take many different forms. 221 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:56,440 It's recorded in ancient literature that these forces, 222 00:15:57,550 --> 00:15:59,930 who we call Shadim, or demons. 223 00:16:00,310 --> 00:16:05,149 It is well known that they can sometimes materialize into physical form, and 224 00:16:05,150 --> 00:16:08,270 they would look like whatever form they would choose. 225 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:12,270 In Christian demonology, angels don't have bodies. 226 00:16:12,790 --> 00:16:14,110 Demons don't have bodies. 227 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:18,510 So they can take whatever form they want. They're natural shapeshifters. 228 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:23,309 So we need to understand that these entities, they're not relegated to the 229 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:24,360 ancient past. 230 00:16:27,530 --> 00:16:28,580 These interactions. 231 00:16:32,230 --> 00:16:34,950 Miami, Florida, October 30, 2023. 232 00:16:35,890 --> 00:16:40,509 A group of psychiatrists from the University of Miami School of Medicine 233 00:16:40,510 --> 00:16:44,110 an intriguing and unsettling study. 234 00:16:45,010 --> 00:16:51,730 Their report documents a rare mental illness that is known as Wendigo 235 00:16:53,320 --> 00:17:00,259 Wendigo psychosis is a kind of controversial condition in which a 236 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:04,420 believed to have intense cravings for human flesh. 237 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:12,419 This could result from isolation, lack of food, in which a person ends up 238 00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:17,358 getting a condition of high anxiety that just sort of comes out in this bizarre 239 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,940 cannibalistic craving. 240 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:26,539 While Wendigo psychosis continues to be studied by medical professionals, the 241 00:17:26,540 --> 00:17:32,279 name of this disturbing condition actually has its origins in Native 242 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,330 lore. 243 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:39,019 For centuries, when Native people heard the word Wendigo, they understood it to 244 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:44,120 be not a form of mental illness, but rather a terrifying monster. 245 00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:46,200 The Wendigo. 246 00:17:46,780 --> 00:17:51,900 is a creature that comes to us from Algonquin tradition. So the Ojibwe 247 00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:56,339 the Cree people, right around the Great Lakes area in both the U .S. and in 248 00:17:56,340 --> 00:17:57,390 Canada. 249 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,520 This is an area of the world, the Great Lakes region, where winters are harsh. 250 00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:05,780 And starvation, that was a common thing. 251 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:12,059 The key theme to the Wendigo story is that this is a creature that eats human 252 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:13,110 beings. 253 00:18:13,870 --> 00:18:20,529 Wendigo is a word from the Algonquin language which translates into evil 254 00:18:20,530 --> 00:18:22,370 spirit that devours mankind. 255 00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:28,349 Descriptions of the creature vary from tribe to tribe, but in general, the 256 00:18:28,350 --> 00:18:34,909 Wendigo is a very tall giant with glowing red eyes, rows of sharp 257 00:18:34,910 --> 00:18:37,610 teeth, and an extremely long tongue. 258 00:18:38,430 --> 00:18:43,669 Many cultures believe that the Wendigo is the most fearsome and deadly creature 259 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:48,850 ever to set foot in North America. It has an insatiable hunger for human 260 00:18:49,230 --> 00:18:51,850 The more it eats, the bigger it becomes. 261 00:18:53,130 --> 00:18:57,160 A skeletal monster that becomes bigger and stronger with each human it devours. 262 00:18:57,730 --> 00:19:02,789 It's undoubtedly terrifying to say the least. But could the legend of the 263 00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:04,590 Wendigo actually be true? 264 00:19:05,970 --> 00:19:10,220 Well... According to Native American tradition, it is. 265 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:15,559 And perhaps the most haunting part of the legend is that these hideous 266 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,180 were once human beings. 267 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:25,979 According to the Native American stories, the process for somebody 268 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:31,439 Wendigo is either an evil spirit possesses the person and then becomes 269 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:32,490 Wendigo. 270 00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:37,610 Or the person simply transforms into the monster. 271 00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:44,289 If you dreamed of the Wendigo, that would welcome the Wendigo to come and 272 00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:49,510 you. So there were multiple ways that you could be possessed by the Wendigo. 273 00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:54,249 While Native American legends of Wendigo transformations might be easily 274 00:19:54,250 --> 00:20:00,270 dismissed as parables rather than real events, that may not be the case. 275 00:20:01,580 --> 00:20:06,099 Perhaps those compelling argument that Wendigo possession is in fact real can 276 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:12,479 found by examining the horrific story of a 19th century Cree trapper named 277 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,700 Swift Runner. 278 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:19,099 The story of Swift Runner is one of the most gruesome and heartbreaking tales of 279 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:20,880 a person becoming a Wendigo. 280 00:20:21,860 --> 00:20:28,619 During the winter of 1878 and 79, Swift Runner took off with his family to their 281 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:30,180 winter hunting grounds. 282 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,760 But then the game disappeared. 283 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,820 Times were tough and food was scarce. 284 00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:42,599 During this particularly brutal winter, he actually killed and ate his wife and 285 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:43,399 his children. 286 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:48,039 And according to the story, Swift Runner had been possessed by the spirit of the 287 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:52,780 Wendigo. Swift Runner said an evil presence overcame him. 288 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:58,619 When authorities took him back to the grounds, they discovered something out 289 00:20:58,620 --> 00:20:59,670 a horror movie. 290 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,560 bones thrown all about, skulls everywhere. 291 00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:11,439 He was eventually arrested and sent to Edmonton and was hanged for being a 292 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,490 Wendigo. 293 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:18,440 Did Swift Runner commit shocking crimes because he was possessed by the Wendigo, 294 00:21:18,540 --> 00:21:20,660 as some people believed at the time? 295 00:21:21,220 --> 00:21:26,319 Or was he simply afflicted with an extreme form of psychosis, as the modern 296 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,080 medical community now claims? 297 00:21:29,020 --> 00:21:35,319 Just like many tales regarding monsters of myth and legend, the truth remains 298 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,370 elusive. 299 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:43,120 The key defining feature of the Wendigo is about cannibalism. 300 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:48,579 We can see that as a supernatural creature, or we can see it as a medical 301 00:21:48,580 --> 00:21:53,420 condition. But as far as anyone can tell, the Wendigo psychosis. 302 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,460 is pretty specific to that cultural area. 303 00:21:57,660 --> 00:22:02,699 And there are things known as culture -bound conditions that only happen to 304 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,740 people from a given cultural background. 305 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:11,939 Now, the fact that we have a science referring to the Wendigo, it doesn't 306 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:13,140 that the Wendigo exists. 307 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:20,079 but it just underscores the fact that the Wendigo has transformed from Native 308 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,700 American tales to something we're talking about in modern times. 309 00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:31,359 The possibility of contracting a psychosis that would make you crave 310 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,180 is terrifying, to say the least. 311 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:41,020 But Wendigo is not the only creature to be concerned about encountering. 312 00:22:41,550 --> 00:22:48,389 If you find yourself lost in the swampland of rural Arkansas, you just 313 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:54,890 might come face to face with a dangerous being known as the Falk Monster. 314 00:22:57,910 --> 00:22:59,730 Falk, Arkansas. 315 00:23:00,330 --> 00:23:02,390 Population 733. 316 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:08,339 This small town near the eastern border of Texas appears similar to hundreds of 317 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:10,860 other rural communities in the region. 318 00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:17,020 The single highway cuts through the town, which is surrounded by vast woods, 319 00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:22,940 creeks, and acres of mosquito -ridden swampland. 320 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:28,740 Falk, Arkansas is thousands of acres of very swampy area. 321 00:23:29,610 --> 00:23:35,109 And within that, there is plenty of places that creatures could find 322 00:23:35,110 --> 00:23:37,130 and could easily survive. 323 00:23:37,490 --> 00:23:43,529 The woods and the swampy bottoms are just so thick that they could travel 324 00:23:43,530 --> 00:23:48,430 through these woods and not be seen very much, if at all. 325 00:23:49,490 --> 00:23:52,930 This rugged landscape is teeming with wildlife. 326 00:23:54,060 --> 00:23:59,159 But according to locals, there is a massive monstrous creature that stands 327 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:04,160 from all others because it bears an uncanny resemblance to a human. 328 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,500 They call it the Falk Monster. 329 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:14,920 By physical description, the Falk Monster, it's very large, 7 to 10 feet 330 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:19,980 Very thick, long, matted down hair. 331 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,120 usually dark brown or a reddish tint. 332 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:29,360 It's a biped walking and running upright on its hind leg. 333 00:24:30,340 --> 00:24:34,880 The creature is often known to elicit a frightening power. 334 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:42,499 It's often said to have a very terrible rank odor. It's said to be similar to a 335 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:48,280 Bigfoot, yet more scraggly, more rugged -looking. 336 00:24:49,550 --> 00:24:56,089 And witnesses often have a very emotional reaction because of the fear 337 00:24:56,090 --> 00:25:00,649 creature. It's estimated that there have been hundreds of sightings of the Falk 338 00:25:00,650 --> 00:25:03,790 monster dating back to the 1800s. 339 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:09,730 And locals are convinced that tangible evidence of the beast exists. 340 00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:15,089 Over the years, people have made numerous plaster casts of unusually 341 00:25:15,090 --> 00:25:17,370 footprints said to have been left. 342 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,120 by the massive creature. 343 00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:26,940 Today, many of them are preserved in a town museum known as the Monster Mart. 344 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:32,179 I like to look at the Monster Mart as a place that is preserving the history of 345 00:25:32,180 --> 00:25:34,520 our town folklore here. 346 00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:40,199 We got people from all over the world coming in, 36 foreign countries, 50 347 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,250 states. 348 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,180 You see a lot of cast here. Most of them are big. 349 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:50,449 Are these strange footprints proof that a giant hairy beast roams the swamplands 350 00:25:50,450 --> 00:25:51,870 of southwest Arkansas? 351 00:25:53,310 --> 00:25:57,749 Perhaps. But, of course, many residents don't need convincing because they claim 352 00:25:57,750 --> 00:26:02,410 to have actually seen the fog monster with their own eyes. 353 00:26:03,290 --> 00:26:08,249 Back in the early 70s, my friend Karen and I were riding in the back of a 354 00:26:08,250 --> 00:26:14,030 truck, and all of a sudden, we saw this thing step out from behind a big tree. 355 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:20,259 It was probably about three and a half feet across the shoulders, and it turned 356 00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:23,090 and took another step and was gone into the pond thicket. 357 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,799 That's why we never went in the woods anymore after that, because we knew how 358 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,390 big it was, and that thing would snap you like a twig. 359 00:26:32,020 --> 00:26:37,620 About 2004, I'm in a little canoe, and I hear splashes. 360 00:26:38,780 --> 00:26:42,120 I could see the image, the silhouette. 361 00:26:43,420 --> 00:26:49,899 of something with two legs standing up this thing was hairy it's big legs big 362 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:55,499 trunk it was very impressive looking after a while he just turned around and 363 00:26:55,500 --> 00:27:01,339 just walked off in the marsh and i didn't see him again no i at that point 364 00:27:01,340 --> 00:27:06,299 believed in the monster or that there was something else out there but my mind 365 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:11,239 started getting open to the possibility at that point many believe that the 366 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,110 monster is not only real but Also, quite dangerous. 367 00:27:15,530 --> 00:27:20,549 The most infamous incident that cemented the Falk Monster's menacing reputation 368 00:27:20,550 --> 00:27:27,489 occurred on May 2, 1971, when it reportedly attacked a local 369 00:27:27,490 --> 00:27:29,950 man named Bobby Ford. 370 00:27:30,490 --> 00:27:36,729 One of the most sensational and well -known encounters with the Falk Monster 371 00:27:36,730 --> 00:27:39,570 originates at what's known as the Ford House. 372 00:27:40,270 --> 00:27:44,889 On a Saturday night, the Ford family started to hear something creeping 373 00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:45,940 on the porch. 374 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:53,390 And all of a sudden, this big hairy hand came in through the window. 375 00:27:56,970 --> 00:28:00,170 Bobby Ford went outside and shot at it. 376 00:28:01,850 --> 00:28:06,530 All of a sudden, something ran out from beside the house and attacked it. 377 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:14,039 He barely managed to escape, and whatever had happened shook him up so 378 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:19,219 they ended up having to transport him to the Texarkana Hospital, where he was 379 00:28:19,220 --> 00:28:24,080 treated for shock and injuries as a result of this attack. 380 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:31,300 The Ford found a strange footprint, which looked large and somewhat human 381 00:28:31,420 --> 00:28:32,740 yet had three toes. 382 00:28:33,020 --> 00:28:34,560 And so something... 383 00:28:35,230 --> 00:28:39,450 Very scary and something very unexplainable happened. 384 00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:47,289 Following the publicity around the Ford incident, a farmer found a 385 00:28:47,290 --> 00:28:51,090 track line of footprints that went across a soybean field. 386 00:28:51,910 --> 00:28:57,030 And these tracks were roughly human -shaped, yet had three toes. 387 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:02,419 And this was investigated by the Miller County Sheriff's Office, the game 388 00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:03,940 warden, wildlife officials. 389 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,979 And none of them could really explain what the heck these footprints were. So 390 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:12,960 that built credibility to what the Fords were saying. 391 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:18,879 Perhaps what's even more remarkable than the fact that inexplicable, three towed 392 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,700 tracks were found shortly after the Ford incident. 393 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:27,719 is that a plaster cast of those footprints can still be seen today in 394 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:28,770 monster mart. 395 00:29:29,340 --> 00:29:34,719 Back in 1971, this cast was found in a soybean field back out in the country 396 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,880 about three and a half miles from here. 397 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:42,799 And here's my uncle's soybean field. And that's where they found petroleum 398 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,819 tracks. But it's a three -toed. And that was kind of unique for the monster down 399 00:29:46,820 --> 00:29:48,080 here to have a three -toed. 400 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:51,130 Well, the outside world may be skeptical. 401 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:57,419 Many people in Falk, Arkansas remain utterly convinced that their town is 402 00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:04,279 to a monster that is not the stuff of myth and legend, but rather flesh 403 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,660 and blood. 404 00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:12,679 Do the three -toed tracks recovered from an Arkansas farmstead prove that a 405 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,340 dangerous beast is on the loose? 406 00:30:15,260 --> 00:30:20,019 Maybe it's this physical evidence that will finally turn skeptics into 407 00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:21,070 believers. 408 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,999 Like in the case of an extraordinary discovery in rural China that just might 409 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,400 authenticate the existence of giants. 410 00:30:35,140 --> 00:30:37,500 Northern China, June 2021. 411 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:44,339 Paleontologists from China's Hebei GEO University analyze an astonishing 412 00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:47,760 discovery from the bottom of an ancient well. 413 00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:54,480 Their study is of the largest human skull ever found. 414 00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:00,159 The extraordinary find makes headlines around the world and sparks intense 415 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:06,500 debate about this ancient skull, which scientists have nicknamed the Dragon 416 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:13,959 The Dragon Man skull is arguably the most mysterious cranium that's ever been 417 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,760 discovered in this world. It is the largest ever. 418 00:31:18,430 --> 00:31:23,550 It's actually around nine inches long by six inches across. 419 00:31:23,990 --> 00:31:30,390 And it was discovered in 1933 by a Chinese workman. 420 00:31:30,490 --> 00:31:36,669 And because at the time that part of China was occupied by the Japanese, he 421 00:31:36,670 --> 00:31:40,970 that the best thing to do was to hide it away in a well. 422 00:31:41,790 --> 00:31:45,850 And it was left there until 2018. 423 00:31:46,730 --> 00:31:53,669 When he revealed the location to his grandson, the grandson went and dug it 424 00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:57,490 up, and it was still there in absolute perfect condition. 425 00:31:58,050 --> 00:32:04,549 And he gave it to a local university, and it obviously came to the attention 426 00:32:04,550 --> 00:32:05,870 the scientific community. 427 00:32:06,370 --> 00:32:11,009 The Dragon Man skull is interesting because the cranial shape is shaped like 428 00:32:11,010 --> 00:32:14,430 American football, being very elongated. 429 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,730 Whereas a modern human skull, Homo sapiens would be more rounded in shape. 430 00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:23,720 The skull is generally very robust, including a very pronounced brow ridge. 431 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,140 The eye sockets on Dragon Man are also very large and more square in shape, 432 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,360 versus modern humans, which are smaller and more rounded. 433 00:32:33,540 --> 00:32:38,539 Based off of what we know about the skull, it probably dates to around 200 434 00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:39,590 years ago. 435 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,179 Dragon Man is such a new discovery that lots of ideas are coming out of the 436 00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:50,219 field about exactly what does this population look like and how do they 437 00:32:50,220 --> 00:32:51,270 to us. 438 00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:56,239 Dragon Man is bringing us face to face for the first time with a new Asian 439 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:01,759 version of human, which very likely we also interbred with, whose DNA we 440 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,680 probably also carry in us today as well. 441 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:08,549 It's one of these finds which occasionally comes along which is really 442 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:10,410 what we know about our human story. 443 00:33:11,810 --> 00:33:16,949 Experts agree that the discovery of the Dragon Man redefines our understanding 444 00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:18,490 of humanity's past. 445 00:33:19,050 --> 00:33:23,249 And there are some researchers who believe that further investigation of 446 00:33:23,250 --> 00:33:29,570 skull will reveal shocking truths about this previously unknown cousin of man. 447 00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:38,429 that the dragon man may well have been not only large in size but also of great 448 00:33:38,430 --> 00:33:44,009 height, possibly as much as seven to seven and a half feet tall. And if you 449 00:33:44,010 --> 00:33:49,829 to imagine them, just think that in the past you'd have had the small guys that 450 00:33:49,830 --> 00:33:54,149 would have been the Neanderthals who were about five to five and a half feet 451 00:33:54,150 --> 00:33:58,789 tall. You'd have had our own modern human ancestors that were around six 452 00:33:58,790 --> 00:34:02,290 tall and you'd have had the much bigger, much stronger. 453 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:03,960 Dragon Man. 454 00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:10,829 With the discovery of the Dragon Man skull, we might have the first real 455 00:34:10,830 --> 00:34:14,330 evidence that giants once walked the Earth. 456 00:34:15,370 --> 00:34:19,550 Is it possible that the Dragon Man was actually a giant? 457 00:34:20,310 --> 00:34:25,109 Perhaps clues can be found by examining the numerous historical accounts of 458 00:34:25,110 --> 00:34:28,429 people claiming to have encountered ancient giants. 459 00:34:29,690 --> 00:34:32,880 Giants are a stark character of folklore throughout the world. 460 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,560 For example, the Bible clearly states that there were giants on the earth. 461 00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:43,100 In North America, Native American cultures have many of these giant 462 00:34:43,620 --> 00:34:49,198 For example, in Mi 'kmaq tradition, we find stories of giants that would hunt 463 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:50,420 people and eat them. 464 00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:55,359 There are similar stories in Algonquin -speaking natives of North America as 465 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,419 well. And traditions, even up to a relatively recent time, would honor 466 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:00,470 ancient giants. 467 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,610 And this is something that's prevalent in different parts of the world. 468 00:35:04,611 --> 00:35:09,219 There are many skeptics who write off tales of giants as nothing more than 469 00:35:09,220 --> 00:35:11,140 exaggeration or fantasy. 470 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:16,560 But there are others who insist that giants were, in fact, quite real. 471 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:22,599 And as evidenced, they point to accounts of large human bones being discovered 472 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,160 throughout North America. 473 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:31,829 During the mid -1800s, the Smithsonian Institution, had an edict where they 474 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:36,309 would collect all the different skeletons of Native American cultures 475 00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:39,710 mounds, from caves, from all over the country, basically. 476 00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:45,229 And they started finding these remarkable skeletons and discoveries 477 00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:49,570 suggested there was a very advanced race of giants living in North America. 478 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:56,369 And even in their Smithsonian annual reports in the late 1800s, specifically 479 00:35:56,370 --> 00:35:58,250 5th and the 12th annual reports, 480 00:35:59,210 --> 00:36:02,909 They documented between seven and eight foot tall skeletons that their 481 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:05,560 Smithsonian employees actually dug up themselves. 482 00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:12,349 And yet in 1910 onwards, when Ailes Hadleacher became the director of the 483 00:36:12,350 --> 00:36:17,129 Smithsonian, he put a news report out saying giants are no more and tried to 484 00:36:17,130 --> 00:36:22,869 delete this idea that giants ever existed, even though they discovered 485 00:36:22,870 --> 00:36:25,990 themselves in the late 1800s. 486 00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:31,889 So there's a definite mystery here when it comes to trying to find evidence of 487 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,050 these giant skeletons of North America. 488 00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:41,169 Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of these giant skeletons have been 489 00:36:41,170 --> 00:36:45,950 But the problem with this is that all of them today have been lost. 490 00:36:46,350 --> 00:36:50,829 Everything that was inside the Smithsonian Institute had to be given 491 00:36:50,830 --> 00:36:52,450 they were just destroyed. 492 00:36:53,770 --> 00:36:59,109 And so the importance of the discovery of the dragon man's skull is in the fact 493 00:36:59,110 --> 00:37:05,229 that this archaic human that once existed in this region of China has been 494 00:37:05,230 --> 00:37:10,890 brought back into reality and is being studied by the scientists today. 495 00:37:11,590 --> 00:37:14,830 You can discover so much information from just a single bone. 496 00:37:15,230 --> 00:37:19,549 It opens up a whole world of opportunity for what we could learn about them, who 497 00:37:19,550 --> 00:37:21,170 humans are and where we came from. 498 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:25,750 Yucca Valley, California. 499 00:37:27,650 --> 00:37:33,329 This rustic town located in the Mojave Desert is adjacent to Joshua Tree 500 00:37:33,330 --> 00:37:34,349 National Park. 501 00:37:34,350 --> 00:37:40,169 Each year, millions of people visit Joshua Tree to hike through its twisting 502 00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:43,570 expanse of boulders and oddly shaped trees. 503 00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:50,109 But unfortunately, many adventure seekers who trek into this wilderness 504 00:37:50,110 --> 00:37:51,160 return. 505 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:57,259 On occasion, human remains have been found out in the area of the Joshua Tree 506 00:37:57,260 --> 00:37:58,310 National Park. 507 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:02,240 And these are presumably hikers who have gone missing over the years. 508 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:09,379 So while it's a beautiful, striking -looking place, it's also very secluded 509 00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:10,430 very dangerous. 510 00:38:11,620 --> 00:38:16,299 It's easy to see how tourists hiking in Joshua Tree could get lost and fall 511 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:19,670 victim to the scorching temperatures of this desert environment. 512 00:38:20,810 --> 00:38:26,229 However, some locals believe that mysterious deaths in the park are the 513 00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:31,050 a frightening monster who is referred to as the Yucca Man. 514 00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:37,730 The Yucca Man is seen in the southern regions of the California area. 515 00:38:38,330 --> 00:38:42,650 Sightings of the Yucca Man date back to at least the 1960s. 516 00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:49,090 It's described as being very tall, covered in hair over its entire body. 517 00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:55,049 The Yucca Man is what you might call a desert -based Bigfoot. People go missing 518 00:38:55,050 --> 00:38:57,550 in the Yucca Valley and its various campgrounds. 519 00:38:58,270 --> 00:39:03,069 Part of the evolving lore of this creature is perhaps it is preying on 520 00:39:03,070 --> 00:39:05,090 when it finds people who are vulnerable. 521 00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:12,049 The idea that a giant monster roams this remote area and preys upon 522 00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:14,710 unsuspecting hikers is chilling. 523 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:20,239 But according to local lore, another fearsome encounter involving the Yucca 524 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:24,960 allegedly took place at a nearby U .S. Marine Corps base. 525 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:32,559 One of the more famous Yucca Man encounters occurred in 1971 at the 29 526 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:33,610 Marine Base. 527 00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:40,259 A Marine was on night duty and encountered this 8 -foot -tall blonde 528 00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:41,460 Sasquatch creature. 529 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:49,779 He then became unconscious, and when he was found, his rifle was bent in half 530 00:39:49,780 --> 00:39:51,600 with no explanation. 531 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:57,959 He was unharmed, but it's pretty scary to think of a Marine being knocked 532 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,640 unconscious and a rifle being bent in half. 533 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:06,619 While it's impossible to verify the young man's alleged run -ins with 534 00:40:06,620 --> 00:40:10,160 personnel, many locals are convinced that this... 535 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:15,679 dangerous creature actually lives in the mojave desert and like other monsters 536 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:20,839 that have been widely reported by eyewitnesses but not officially 537 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:27,299 science the possibility of its existence both tantalizes and 538 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:33,519 terrifies we love believing in these creatures and monsters because we love 539 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,360 getting scared but we also love the unknown 540 00:40:38,220 --> 00:40:41,960 Not knowing if we've discovered every species on the planet. 541 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:45,300 The mystery is the best part of it all. 542 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:52,619 We are often inclined to see belief in fantastical creatures as somewhat 543 00:40:52,620 --> 00:40:57,580 irrational, maybe fantastical, something that isn't scientific. 544 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:02,779 And yet, there's news reports of people interacting with creatures that maybe we 545 00:41:02,780 --> 00:41:03,830 can't identify. 546 00:41:04,650 --> 00:41:09,070 That keeps it alive. It is not fundamentally proven false. 547 00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:15,150 And that kind of monster is what we are continuing to be obsessed with. 548 00:41:17,010 --> 00:41:18,090 So what do you think? 549 00:41:18,870 --> 00:41:23,309 Are these dangerous and frightening creatures real or just a figment of our 550 00:41:23,310 --> 00:41:24,360 imagination? 551 00:41:24,530 --> 00:41:28,870 Could the stories we've been told about scary monsters be strictly fantasy? 552 00:41:29,730 --> 00:41:32,950 Or are these tales based on actual experiences? 553 00:41:34,090 --> 00:41:39,789 with terrifying entities. What exactly are people encountering when they come 554 00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:41,550 against these strange savages? 555 00:41:43,110 --> 00:41:48,449 It's a spine -tingling mystery, but one that's best explored from the comfort of 556 00:41:48,450 --> 00:41:54,769 your own home, because nothing can guarantee your safety while the truth 557 00:41:54,770 --> 00:42:00,050 these creatures of the night remains unexplained. 558 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:04,650 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 53219

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