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NARRATOR:
They transform their appearance
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right before our eyes.
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BRUCE FENTON:
They're able to go from being
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totally human‐looking
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to dangerous beasts
that tear people to pieces.
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‐(man screams)
‐DAVID CHILDRESS:
They turn into bats
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or a sudden mist and disappear.
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(woman screams)
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LYNN PICKNETT:
The most terrifying thing
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is they can steal
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the face of a loved one
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and lure you to your doom.
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NARRATOR:
Accounts of creatures
able to morph
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from one form into another
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can be found all over the world
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and throughout history.
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
You have to ask the question,
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what is the core of truth
behind those legends?
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CHILDRESS:
When you look at all
the different legends,
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we have a very strong
connection between
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shape‐shifters
and extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Earth
has been infiltrated
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by shape‐shifting beings
from another planet?
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WILLIAM HENRY:
What if there are millions
of extraterrestrials
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that are walking
amongst us and suddenly
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they reveal
their true appearance?
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
22‐year‐old forestry worker
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Travis Walton
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is driving home after sundown
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with a group of coworkers when
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suddenly a strange light
appears in the sky.
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I noticed, uh,
some little glimmers
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of light coming
through the trees.
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And the light
seemed to be coming
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from higher than where
ground level would be.
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It was only when we got to where
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this light was crossing the road
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that we had an unobstructed
view of the craft.
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It was a clearly visible,
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clearly defined metallic object,
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a disc hovering there,
outlined against the sky.
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I threw open the door,
thinking I'd get
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a closer look
before it took off.
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As I got closer to it,
the sound it was making,
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it was a sound you,
you both heard and felt.
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And, uh, the crew
said they could
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feel the vibration in the truck.
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They said it seemed like
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something was about to happen.
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And, uh, it was. (chuckles)
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That's when this energy hit me.
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The crew said that it was like
I'd stepped on a land mine.
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Like an explosion
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so violent that, uh,
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they thought it, uh,
it had killed me.
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When this beam of energy hit me,
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I felt like a physical blow,
but with a sort of a...
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tingling sort
of an electric shock sort
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of feeling at the same time.
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I don't know whether I came to
soon after I was taken aboard.
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But I know I was on some
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kind of an elevated gurney
or operating table.
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I was looking straight into
the‐the face of this creature.
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And I just flipped out.
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MICHAEL SALLA:
He sees these
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Grey extraterrestrials
around him,
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and he panics.
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And he begins
to struggle very violently.
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And so those
grey extraterrestrials
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leave that room.
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And then shortly afterwards,
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you have two human‐looking
extraterrestrials walking in.
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WALTON:
In the case of these
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human‐looking ones,
I started to
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have serious misgivings that,
that this was a rescue.
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And that's when they put
this mask over my face.
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And I just blacked out
real quickly.
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NICK POPE:
Now the suspicion here
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was that actually these
weren't different aliens.
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These were the same aliens,
but they were capable
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of shape‐shifting
into something else,
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specifically to calm him down.
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NARRATOR:
Travis Walton's story
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has become
one of the most famous
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alien abduction cases
ever reported,
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and was even adapted
into a movie in 1993.
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But if true,
was he abducted by beings
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that are able to shape‐shift
and mimic humans?
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While Travis Walton's account
is extraordinary,
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it is not entirely unique.
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SALLA:
There are many stories
of these abductees,
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who see these non‐human looking
extraterrestrials, these Greys,
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who then are replaced
by beings that look human.
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And this seems
to be extraterrestrials
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using this shape‐shifting
ability
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to make it look as though human
extraterrestrials are there.
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NARRATOR:
In 2013, Public Policy Polling
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released data that showed
12 million Americans believe
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that shape‐shifting beings
live amongst us.
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FENTON:
One of the most intriguing
conspiracies today
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is that of the
shape‐shifting aliens.
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The idea that perhaps there is
a class of entities on our world
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today that is able to represent
itself as humans at will.
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These extraterrestrials that are
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hidden from the rest
of the‐the normal
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human society around them.
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POPE:
There is a theory that there
are aliens among us.
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Aliens in human form.
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That there's an advance guard,
a fifth column.
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Call it what you like,
but the idea that
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perhaps as a prelude
to a full‐scale alien invasion,
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they infiltrate, they get their
people into positions of power.
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And one could be walking right
past you and you wouldn't know.
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People think of disclosure
as being the archetypal landing
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on the White House lawn,
uh, spaceships in the sky.
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What if it's actually not that?
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What if aliens are already here?
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NARRATOR:
While the notion that
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shape‐shifting extraterrestrials
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are living among the human race
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may sound like something ripped
from a science fiction movie,
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this concept was
actually prevalent
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among people living
thousands of years ago.
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In ancient times,
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nearly every culture
across the globe
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described their gods as not
only descending from the sky,
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but also having the ability
to transform their appearance.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
Shape‐shifting has shown up
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throughout history
in shamanic lore,
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in the great religions‐‐
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the Olympians in Greece,
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the Hindu gods
would change shape,
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the Egyptian gods.
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There's something
about this idea that
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particularly the gods
can change into another person
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or become an animal.
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RIC RADER:
These stories are not just
here to entertain us.
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They are here to make
sense of our relationship
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to the world and to the gods.
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And that is not a world that
we have a lot of control over.
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And that, ultimately,
is a terrifying thing,
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because when they come
down to our world
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in whatever shape they take,
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we are subject
to the whims of the gods.
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NARRATOR:
Are tales
of shape‐shifting beings
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a mere manifestation
of a deep‐seated fear
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that we are not in control
of our own reality?
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Curiously, a common element
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found in many
of these ancient stories
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is that the reason
the gods changed shape
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was so that they could navigate
the human world undetected.
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RADER:
In order to traffic
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in the human world, the gods
have to take on a human shape
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or something that exists
in the human world.
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Zeus, in particular, um,
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wants to have sexual relations
with human beings,
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with, uh, with women.
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Zeus takes the form of a bull,
an especially beautiful bull
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which attracts
the interest of Europa,
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who was a Phoenician princess.
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HENRY
In the Greek story,
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Europa climbs aboard this bull.
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Together they cross
over the Mediterranean
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to the island of Crete.
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Zeus shape‐shifts back
into himself as Zeus the god,
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impregnates Europa.
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So this is Zeus using
shape‐shifting as a way
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to attract a human female
and ultimately to create
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a new island civilization
in Crete.
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RADER:
Zeus changes himself
into a bull.
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Changes himself into an eagle.
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Changes himself
into a golden rain shower.
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For practical reasons,
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the gods need
to disguise themselves.
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Because if they show up
in the human world undisguised,
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then it'll wreak havoc.
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And the limitation
of our imagination
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is that they
sort of look like us.
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They may not,
we don't really know.
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They have to take a shape
that our puny mortal minds
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are capable of comprehending.
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TSOUKALOS:
Throughout history,
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we have these stories
of ancient gods
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being able to shape‐shift.
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So you have to ask the question,
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what is the core of truth
behind those legends?
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NARRATOR:
Could there be some significance
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to the fact that
in story after story,
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coming from all parts
of the world,
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gods are said to change shape
to interact with humans?
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Is it possible
that at some point,
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the ancient people
actually witnessed
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extraterrestrials
changing shape?
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CHILDRESS:
We have many stories
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in the past, legends and myths
of shape‐shifting gods.
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The Greeks have
many stories with this.
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The Hindus, the Sumerians.
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All over the world,
we have these stories.
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And you have to wonder
if it might have something to do
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with shape‐shifting
extraterrestrials.
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The ancient astronaut theory
tries to decipher
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misunderstood technology
in mythological stories.
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This whole idea
of shape‐shifting
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is rooted solidly in the concept
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of misunderstood technology.
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Actual flesh‐and‐blood
extraterrestrials
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were able to change
their appearance
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with technology.
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Perhaps they had
an invisibility cloak...
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or they had a cloak with which
they could change themselves
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into whatever they wanted.
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This was witnessed
by the people,
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and this is how these stories
came into existence.
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(owl hooting)
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NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials inspired
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the ancient stories
of shape‐shifting gods,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
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were they here
only in the distant past,
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or have they remained with us
for thousands of years?
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And what could be their reason
for hiding among humans?
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NARRATOR: Here,
hidden along the ocean floor,
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researchers discover
a new and unusual creature‐‐
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the mimic octopus.
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This highly intelligent
cephalopod
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is capable
of not only instantly changing
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its color and skin texture,
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but it can also transform
its body
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to take on the form
of many other creatures.
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KIRSTEN FISHER:
The mimic octopus is remarkable.
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It's been known
to mimic flounder,
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which are like flat fish that
live on the bottom of the ocean.
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Sea snakes, with the striping.
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And then also lionfish,
remarkably,
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which have all these,
like, feathery appendages.
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It's been documented
to essentially impersonate
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at least
15 different marine species.
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NARRATOR:
With three hearts, nine brains,
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and roughly double the number
of genes of a human,
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some scientists have speculated
that the octopus
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may well be from another planet.
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In 2018, a group
of 33 scientists proclaimed
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in a peer‐reviewed paper
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that the octopus
actually has alien DNA
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and might have originated
elsewhere.
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Now, when we think about that,
you have to think: well,
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what might extraterrestrials
actually be like?
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Could they be like the octopus?
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Could they
in fact be shape‐shifters?
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We automatically assume
that extraterrestrials
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might be humanoid,
that they might look like us,
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but the fact of the matter is
that they could in fact
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be shape‐shifters
able to change their form
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into anything they want to be.
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NARRATOR:
If the octopus
is not indigenous to Earth,
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could that point
to the possibility
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that intelligent alien beings
have also arrived here
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that have the biological ability
to shape‐shift?
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FISHER:
The evolution of things
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like crypsis, or the ability
to camouflage oneself.
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On Earth,
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we know
the selective pressure for that
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is primarily sort of
predator‐prey relationships.
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Crypsis is basically a trait
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to escape detection
by a predator,
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if you're an animal
that gets eaten,
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or to escape detection
by your prey,
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if you happen to be a predator.
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I think that selective pressure
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could certainly, um,
drive the evolution of crypsis
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on other planets as well.
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POPE:
Given that shape‐shifting has
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a clear evolutionary benefit,
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it's certainly possible
that this capability evolved
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not just here on Earth,
but elsewhere in the universe.
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It's perfectly possible
there's other life out there,
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including intelligent life,
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civilizations that have
the capability to shape‐shift.
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We have to wonder if...
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this technology is something
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that‐that they
just naturally have
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as part of their biological DNA,
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or are they using
some technology
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that's doing this for them?
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So it could be either,
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and even a combination of both.
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NARRATOR:
In the animal kingdom,
the ability to shape‐shift
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has evolved to conceal
both the hunter and the hunted.
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But if shape‐shifting
extraterrestrials
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truly are hiding among us,
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did they evolve
as prey or predators?
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A 25‐year‐old mother of three
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is taken to a local physician
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after displaying
increasingly bizarre behavior.
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She speaks in gibberish
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and complains of being plagued
by disturbing visions
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and strange voices.
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Her family claims
she is possessed
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by supernatural beings...
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known as the jinn.
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AMIR HUSSAIN:
Jinn is an Arabic term
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that means "to hide,"
"to conceal."
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The Koran says that they are
created of fire without smoke.
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Smokeless fire.
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It talks about the jinn
being able to take animal form.
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It talks about the jinn being
able to take the form
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of natural phenomena‐‐
the wind, for example.
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And so you will have people
to this day in the Muslim world
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who will say that this person
is possessed by jinn,
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that they're not physically ill,
they're not mentally ill.
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PICKNETT:
The jinn were allegedly created
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before humankind by God.
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They can take any shape
to beguile you,
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and to tempt you.
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Because part of their role
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is to test humanity.
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NARRATOR:
Encounters with the jinn
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are reported frequently
in certain parts of the world,
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and millions of people continue
to believe in their existence.
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Similar shape‐shifting beings
can also be found
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in other ancient traditions
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and are so common that modern
mythologists have grouped them
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into a category called
"trickster gods."
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YOUNG:
The trickster is the god
of transitions, of change.
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They're not always fun
to encounter,
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because they‐they pull the rug
out from under us.
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They are in charge
of mischief and mayhem.
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In the Norse tradition,
we have the trickster character
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known as Loki.
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Loki is a shape‐shifter.
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In some stories, he's a salmon,
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sometimes a fly.
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DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
According to Hindu mythology,
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Danivas are demons.
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So they have special power
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to change shape,
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to delude others,
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to confuse others,
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to appear in any form they wish.
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HENRY:
We find this in
the Celtic fairy lore as well,
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where the fairies
are able to shape‐shift.
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But in their deepest
and darkest sense,
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they're seeking to extract
something from humanity.
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FENTON:
Some of these encounters
that we hear about
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with shape‐shifting beings
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may be extraterrestrials.
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There are some good examples of
this with the so‐called "Greys."
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There's one incident where...
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a large owl was seen that was
about three foot high, and...
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the witness just thought
this could not add up,
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and then suddenly it just
changed back into a Grey.
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Very strange.
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Deception runs through
this whole phenomenon.
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The idea that
the extraterrestrials
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are deceiving, seducing,
tricking people.
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We see it in mythology.
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We see it in close encounters.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that accounts
of shape‐shifting beings,
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both in the remote past
and in modern times,
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are not the product
of overactive imaginations...
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but actual encounters
with extraterrestrials?
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But if so,
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do they have a sinister agenda?
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Perhaps further clues can be
found by examining stories
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not of gods...
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...but of monsters?
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(cawing)
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NARRATOR:
This picturesque
Transylvanian town
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is the birthplace of Vlad Tepes,
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otherwise known
as Vlad the Impaler,
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or Vlad Dracula.
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This infamous Romanian prince
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was known to drink the blood
of his enemies,
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and inspired the title
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of Bram Stoker's 1897
vampire novel, Dracula.
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In 2014, a tourist
visiting a local church
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came across a painting
so strange
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that she sent a photo of it
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to the Israeli Extraterrestrials
and UFOs Research Organization.
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HENRY:
In the hometown
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of Vlad the Impaler,
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upon whom the story
of Dracula the vampire is based,
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we find the Church
of the Dominican Monastery.
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And in this church is
a 700‐year‐old painting
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that clearly portrays
what most would identify
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as a circular craft, a UFO,
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hovering over a building that
is thought to be the church.
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FENTON: We have this very
strange jelly‐mold‐shaped saucer
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hovering over the ancestral home
of the great figure
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that really has given rise
to the idea of...
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you know, Dracula the vampire.
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Now, is there a link here
in some way
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with this vampire legend
and extraterrestrials?
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
a 700‐year‐old painting
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in a church in Transylvania
provides a connection
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between vampires and aliens?
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Could it be that the stories
of these shape‐shifting entities
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that are said to morph
from human form into bats,
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wolves and other creatures
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are based on real encounters?
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While Bram Stoker's Dracula
is a work of fiction,
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it is inspired
by historical events.
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PICKNETT:
In the classic vampire story,
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from Bram Stoker's Dracula,
the late 19th century,
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he did do some research
into the Romanian traditions.
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As I say,
they're very complicated,
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and they‐they tend to...
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to differ village
from village even.
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So were there ever such things,
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paranormally speaking,
as vampires?
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For a time‐‐
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15th, 16th, 17th,
into the 18th century‐‐
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in certain parts of the world,
vampires did exist.
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NARRATOR:
During the construction
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of a roadway
just outside this small town,
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a shocking discovery is made.
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Workers unearth a burial ground
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that provides a gruesome window
into the past.
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It contains four skeletons,
all decapitated.
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Recently in Poland,
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some graves were found that
had unusual characteristics.
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The remains had the heads
removed and placed on the legs.
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This was evidence
of a ritual execution.
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Some theorists think
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these might've been
suspected vampires.
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists estimate
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these burials date back
to the 16th century,
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and according to the traditions
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that existed in Poland
at that time,
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keeping the head separated
from the body would prevent
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the undead
from coming back to life.
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Similar vampire graves have
been found throughout Europe,
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some even containing bodies
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with stakes driven
through the hearts.
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When we think about vampires,
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we think
of Bram Stoker's Dracula, uh,
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or indeed, Hollywood portrayals
of vampires.
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‐(bats squeaking)
‐But for the peoples of Europe,
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particularly in Eastern Europe,
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the idea of vampires was
a very frightening
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and very real
supernatural phenomena
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which was something that they
had to guard themselves against,
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because the vampires
were shape‐shifters.
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And the most frightening thing
about these was
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that they had
to sustain their existence
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by drinking the blood of animals
or human beings.
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NARRATOR:
While the modern concept
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of the vampire was informed
by European folklore,
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similar shape‐shifting beings
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with a thirst for blood
have been reported
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throughout the ancient world,
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like the rakshasas described
in the Sanskrit texts of India.
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SHIMKHADA:
In Hindu scriptures,
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rakshasas have special power
to change shape.
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Rakshasa is
a flesh‐eating demon.
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That rakshasa loves
to eat flesh.
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FENTON:
All across the globe,
we have mythology
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that represents some kind
of vampiric‐type entities.
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There's the Ekimmu
in the Sumerian texts.
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There's the Jiangshi in China.
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All these classes of entities
that seem to be
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in some way interested
in human blood.
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But is there a real route
to this?
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You know,
is there some kind of entity
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that's interested
in human blood?
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NARRATOR:
Could these bloodthirsty
abominations
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be more than just fantasy?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the centuries‐old tales
of vampires
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bear striking similarities
to a very modern phenomenon‐‐
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accounts of alien abduction.
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BILL BIRNES:
When we talk about vampire
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experiences,
we break them down into,
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there is the sighting.
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Then there is the trapping
of one's own mind
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and the luring
of the person into the vampire.
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But aliens abductions are
exactly the same way.
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Abductees report
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they are transfixed by a light,
a figure approaches them.
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The figure engages with them,
and the figure takes them away.
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POPE: Central to alien
abductions is the idea
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of some sort
of medical procedure.
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Uh, some people say
that DNA is taken,
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but in other cases, blood seems
to have been removed.
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Very often,
the person is immobilized
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in these abduction reports.
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And yet, when you look
at the Vedic texts,
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the Chinese legends,
the European legends,
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one can draw these links
between vampires
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and UFOs and abductions.
500
00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:22,688
CHILDRESS:
We have a very strong connection
501
00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:25,899
between vampires
and extraterrestrials.
502
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:29,153
Is it possible
that extraterrestrials
503
00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:31,864
somehow need our blood?
504
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,407
(hissing)
505
00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:35,993
NARRATOR:
If stories of vampires
506
00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:38,871
have been inspired
by extraterrestrial encounters,
507
00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:41,749
as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest,
508
00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:45,711
might they reveal that
blood plays an essential role
509
00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:47,379
in the ability to shape‐shift?
510
00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,548
Perhaps
further clues can be found
511
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:52,051
by examining
humanity's own efforts
512
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,553
to transform life on Earth
513
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:57,181
through the manipulation of DNA.
514
00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,236
NARRATOR:
Archeologists excavating
515
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,906
a Stone Age settlement
known as "Star Carr"
516
00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:16,283
make an extraordinary discovery.
517
00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:18,410
Under layers of dense peat,
518
00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:20,871
they uncover
a ritualistic headdress
519
00:26:20,871 --> 00:26:22,998
that is 11,000 years old‐‐
520
00:26:22,998 --> 00:26:27,294
one that would have been worn
by a shaman or priest.
521
00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:31,548
As long as there's been people,
there's been the idea
522
00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:34,593
that certain people,
certain special people,
523
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,096
can shift their shape.
524
00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:42,434
And the priests of the ancient
magical world, the shamans,
525
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:46,105
allegedly had the ability
to shift their shape
526
00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,273
into an animal.
527
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:51,944
NARRATOR:
Curiously, in recent years,
528
00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,946
the site
and its surrounding region
529
00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:57,783
have become renowned for reports
of a horrific shape‐shifter,
530
00:26:57,783 --> 00:27:02,996
known...
as the Flixton Werewolf.
531
00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:07,292
A number of very odd experiences
have been occurring there
532
00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:09,461
over the last 50 years or so.
533
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:13,966
These include the appearance
of a strange biped
534
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:17,970
with either a canine
or wolf‐like head.
535
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,805
‐(growling)
‐In other words,
536
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:22,808
half wolf, half human.
537
00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:24,768
And in addition to this,
538
00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:26,979
there have been
many strange sightings
539
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:30,440
of mysterious light forms
and structured craft,
540
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,986
UFOs, in the same vicinity.
541
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:36,446
We have UFO activity
542
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:40,075
and what would be
werewolf activity in Europe,
543
00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:43,328
particularly in Yorkshire.
544
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:47,040
And so, we have to wonder,
is there some connection
545
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,002
between UFO activity
and these shape‐shifters?
546
00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:51,670
It would seem so.
547
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,339
NARRATOR:
In 2016,
548
00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:58,135
nearly a dozen sightings of the
Flixton Werewolf were reported
549
00:27:58,135 --> 00:28:02,764
in the nearby town of Hull, just
50 miles south of Star Carr.
550
00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:05,976
Witnesses claimed
to have seen the creature
551
00:28:05,976 --> 00:28:09,646
feasting on the blood
and flesh of local dogs,
552
00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:12,149
leaving residents gripped
by terror.
553
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:15,277
COLLINS:
For the peoples of Europe,
554
00:28:15,277 --> 00:28:19,072
in the past,
this was a very real threat.
555
00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:22,951
It was believed that
there were certain individuals
556
00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:25,871
that could transform themselves,
shape‐shift,
557
00:28:25,871 --> 00:28:27,706
into a particular animal,
558
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,292
‐most obviously a wolf.
‐(howling)
559
00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:34,212
And whilst these individuals
were in the form of a werewolf,
560
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:38,091
it was believed
that to sustain their existence,
561
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:42,429
they had to have the blood
and life force
562
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:45,807
of either animals
or human beings.
563
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,229
NARRATOR:
Among the many stories
564
00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:54,358
of shape‐shifting beings‐‐
from vampires
565
00:28:54,358 --> 00:28:58,403
to werewolves and even modern
alien abduction accounts‐‐
566
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:02,240
a recurring theme
is the need for blood.
567
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,702
And as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
568
00:29:05,702 --> 00:29:09,414
it's very possible that these
beings need something contained
569
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:12,668
within the blood
in order to shape‐shift‐‐
570
00:29:12,668 --> 00:29:14,878
DNA.
571
00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:17,089
FENTON: Now, could it be
that in some way,
572
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:20,592
this shape‐shifting ability
could be harnessed
573
00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:24,221
by blending of the genes
of a species
574
00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:25,764
to just morph into whatever
575
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,475
you need to look like
instantaneously?
576
00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:32,604
HOWE: The priority is
genetic harvesting,
577
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,190
because
they can mix and match genes
578
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,609
at a sophisticated level,
579
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:42,447
and make any body container
that they want,
580
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:46,451
and then,
they can use it as camouflage.
581
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:49,955
And so one
of our greatest questions is,
582
00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:55,293
"Who walks around on our planet,
looks human, but is not?"
583
00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:57,754
NARRATOR:
If there really are
584
00:29:57,754 --> 00:30:00,716
alien shape‐shifters
here on Earth,
585
00:30:00,716 --> 00:30:06,179
might they require DNA in order
to mimic a human or animal form?
586
00:30:06,179 --> 00:30:08,932
Over the past 30 years,
587
00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:11,476
advances
in gene‐splicing technology
588
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:14,896
have allowed humanity to begin
experimenting with cloning
589
00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:18,275
and transforming
earthly creatures.
590
00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:24,322
In 2019,
researchers in China announced
591
00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,450
they had created
the first hybrid embryos
592
00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:29,369
that are part human
and part monkey.
593
00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:32,664
Similar experiments have been
done around the world,
594
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:36,501
crossing human DNA
with pigs, sheep,
595
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:41,548
and soon, mice and rats.
596
00:30:41,548 --> 00:30:43,967
AMY TEITEL:
We are seeing modern technology
597
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:47,054
able to create these kinds
of cross‐species.
598
00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:48,805
So what geneticists are able
599
00:30:48,805 --> 00:30:51,975
to do is actually clip pieces
of a DNA strand,
600
00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:55,520
insert a new strand in to
complete the sequence, and then,
601
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,856
put that back into a cell.
602
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,859
When it's able to grow
and become an embryo,
603
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,819
and then grow into a full being,
604
00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:05,697
it has this different
DNA sequence in it.
605
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,532
MICHAEL DENNIN:
When you think about what
606
00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:09,284
we already know
about gene editing,
607
00:31:09,284 --> 00:31:11,870
first of all, you know,
the technology's possible.
608
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,581
So it is certainly well within
the realm of possibility
609
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:17,876
that an advanced civilization,
an alien civilization,
610
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,544
would have skills
in gene editing
611
00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:22,005
far surpassing what we have now,
612
00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:24,549
and could really do things
that are actually unimaginable
613
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,761
and outside the scope
of what we're thinking.
614
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,016
NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the genetic modifications
615
00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:36,895
that scientists are now able
to achieve in a laboratory
616
00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:41,608
were perfected thousands of
years ago by extraterrestrials?
617
00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:45,237
For ancient astronaut theorists,
this possibility
618
00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:48,406
raises another
intriguing question‐‐
619
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:51,409
could they similarly
alter the DNA
620
00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,787
of humans?
621
00:31:59,501 --> 00:32:02,170
NARRATOR:
The southwest region
of France is home
622
00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,756
to some of the earliest
examples of prehistoric art
623
00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:06,341
ever discovered.
624
00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:08,260
The caves of Lascaux,
625
00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:11,096
Niaux, and Pech Merle
626
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:12,848
all contain rock paintings
627
00:32:12,848 --> 00:32:16,852
that date back
more than 15,000 years.
628
00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:22,315
But among the ancient cave art,
one image stands apart.
629
00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:25,902
Tucked inside the Trois‐Frères
cave is the depiction
630
00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:30,282
of a mysterious figure known
simply as "the Sorcerer."
631
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:33,618
YOUNG:
In the South of France, a cave
632
00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:36,037
was discovered with an image,
believed to be something
633
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:38,623
like 15,000 years old.
634
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:42,961
This might be the very earliest
image we have of a deity.
635
00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,463
It's a stag,
but it's a human inside,
636
00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:48,925
so it seems to depict
a shamanic ritual leader
637
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:52,804
channeling animal powers.
638
00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:55,974
COLLINS:
It has the body of a deer,
639
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:59,394
uh, it has the eyes of an owl,
640
00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:02,689
it has the tail
possibly of a horse,
641
00:33:02,689 --> 00:33:05,775
but it's quite clearly
standing on human legs
642
00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:08,778
and has humanlike arms.
643
00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:11,364
And although
it's been interpreted
644
00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,992
perhaps as the first god,
645
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:18,496
more likely is that it
represents a shaman,
646
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:23,710
who has transformed, uh,
into one or more animals,
647
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:27,088
to move through
the supernatural realms
648
00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:31,009
that the shaman
is thought to have taken.
649
00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:34,012
NARRATOR:
While there is no written record
650
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:38,266
to definitively identify cave
art from 15,000 years ago,
651
00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:41,853
in the American Southwest,
the notion of shamans
652
00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:44,231
transforming themselves
into shape‐shifters
653
00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:47,442
is still prevalent today.
654
00:33:57,786 --> 00:34:01,539
This 500‐acre expanse
has been plagued
655
00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:05,210
by reports of strange
phenomena for decades.
656
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:07,545
Phenomena that include both
657
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:11,549
UFO sightings and accounts
of a shape‐shifting monster.
658
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,886
Any paranormal activity
659
00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:18,056
that you can imagine
has happened, allegedly,
660
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,141
at this Skinwalker Ranch.
661
00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:22,269
You've seen UFOs.
662
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,646
They have seen
different creatures.
663
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:29,401
They have seen weird things
happening up in the sky.
664
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:33,405
There is a history
that not only goes back
665
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:37,117
over the past 100 years,
but over the past 1,000 years
666
00:34:37,117 --> 00:34:40,203
of activity happening
in that area,
667
00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:43,164
some of which is connected
to Navajo legends.
668
00:34:43,164 --> 00:34:46,626
Tales of shape‐shifters called
669
00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,795
skinwalkers have existed
670
00:34:48,795 --> 00:34:51,756
since time immemorial.
671
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,261
NARRATOR:
In the oral traditions of both
672
00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:58,763
the local Navajo and Ute
populations,
673
00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:01,641
the shape‐shifter for which
Skinwalker Ranch is named
674
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:04,603
has inhabited the area
for centuries.
675
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:07,731
But the story
behind this creature
676
00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:11,026
is different from that
of other shape‐shifters.
677
00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:14,863
According to the Navajo,
the skinwalker is a human,
678
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:19,117
who has attained the ability
to transform his body.
679
00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:23,830
A "skinwalker"
is the name that is given
680
00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:28,460
to a Navajo shaman or witch
681
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:31,338
when they are in
a supernatural form.
682
00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:35,967
Very often a skinwalker
will be a wolf,
683
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,011
but it can be
other animals as well.
684
00:35:38,011 --> 00:35:41,014
The Native tradition
concerning the skinwalkers
685
00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:44,559
is that these are
actual people that,
686
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:48,146
uh, have gained
a certain type of power.
687
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,690
They were given
certain abilities
688
00:35:50,690 --> 00:35:53,985
and shape‐changing and magic.
689
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:58,156
NARRATOR:
When it comes to how
the skinwalker is able
690
00:35:58,156 --> 00:36:01,409
to change shape,
the Navajo have a similar notion
691
00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:03,536
to that of ancient
astronaut theorists.
692
00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:07,749
They believe it is
connected to DNA.
693
00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:10,669
DOVER:
Our view on it
694
00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:14,714
is that they're manipulating
the DNA of their own body.
695
00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:16,508
They do change shape.
696
00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:20,428
And it's usually an animal
that they have the skin for.
697
00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:25,058
And they'll use the skin and
with a‐a combination of chants,
698
00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:27,018
actually turn into that animal.
699
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:28,687
And interestingly enough,
700
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:31,564
in Navajo tradition,
701
00:36:31,564 --> 00:36:34,150
you are taught early on
as a child,
702
00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:37,237
you don't leave
your fingernail clippings,
703
00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:39,364
you don't spit on the ground
and not cover it up.
704
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:43,368
All of this has to do
with the transmission of DNA.
705
00:36:46,329 --> 00:36:48,373
NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials are
706
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,875
harvesting DNA
in order to shape‐shift,
707
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,920
as some ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
708
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,881
is it possible that
they could also bestow humans
709
00:36:56,881 --> 00:36:59,551
with this same ability?
710
00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:04,055
And might the skinwalker be
evidence of alien intervention?
711
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:06,182
While it may sound farfetched,
712
00:37:06,182 --> 00:37:08,935
former Navajo police officer
Jonathan Dover
713
00:37:08,935 --> 00:37:13,231
is certain that the being
called the skinwalker is real.
714
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:17,235
I spent, uh, 31 years
in law enforcement.
715
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:21,865
We've had many, many incidences
where people have seen them
716
00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:24,909
chasing their vehicles as their
vehicles are traveling
717
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,121
at 60, 65 miles an hour,
718
00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:31,458
and having a human figure
running behind you.
719
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,334
(crickets chirping)
720
00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:36,796
I've had police officers
arrest people
721
00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:40,341
and had them in handcuffs,
they get to the station,
722
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:43,428
they hadn't stopped anywhere
and the person is gone.
723
00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:46,890
Whether we have
an alien presence,
724
00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:50,226
we don't know for sure,
but there's enough
725
00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:52,270
information there
that I would say
726
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,147
don't take it lightly
just because
727
00:37:54,147 --> 00:37:55,940
it's a different culture.
728
00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:58,568
NARRATOR:
Is the strange figure that was
729
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:03,281
depicted on a cave wall
in France 15,000 years ago
730
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:06,785
alive and well
in the American Southwest?
731
00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:10,538
Have there always been
shape‐shifters among us,
732
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:13,917
both alien and human?
733
00:38:13,917 --> 00:38:17,504
And is it possible that new
scientific developments
734
00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:21,132
are leading towards a future
in which we could become...
735
00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:23,426
the shape‐shifters?
736
00:38:36,397 --> 00:38:40,068
NARRATOR:
Scientists developing
shape‐shifting technology
737
00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:44,572
announce their latest
and most incredible creation‐‐
738
00:38:44,572 --> 00:38:47,325
lattices that can
transform in response
739
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,494
to changes in temperature.
740
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:51,746
When researchers demonstrate
741
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:53,873
the material's remarkable
metamorphosis,
742
00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:57,418
as if by magic,
the flat mesh morphs
743
00:38:57,418 --> 00:38:59,045
into a three‐dimensional face
744
00:38:59,045 --> 00:39:01,339
of 19th century mathematician
745
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:03,550
Carl Friedrich Gauss.
746
00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:07,679
This has been used to take
a flat sort of structure
747
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:10,723
and turn it to look like a human
face or other interesting
748
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sort of three‐dimensional shape.
749
00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:15,061
When you talk about
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00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:17,480
shape‐shifting technologies,
what you're seeing
751
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,358
right now is our ability
to control materials
752
00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,360
is really
at a transformative point.
753
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,612
NARRATOR:
In the near future,
754
00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:26,698
shape‐shifting materials
like this
755
00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,367
could be utilized in many ways,
756
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:33,079
from constructing smart fabrics
and self‐repairing electronics
757
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:36,249
to ushering in the next
generation of robotics
758
00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:38,585
and high‐tech medical equipment.
759
00:39:38,585 --> 00:39:40,712
But ancient astronaut theorists
760
00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:43,381
see an even more
profound possibility.
761
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:45,216
That these advancements
762
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,510
combined with
our growing understanding
763
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:51,639
of DNA manipulation will unlock
the potential for humans
764
00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:54,893
to harness the power
of shape‐shifting.
765
00:39:56,978 --> 00:39:58,980
In science fiction,
one of the‐the great ideas
766
00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:00,899
was the idea of being
able to‐to shape‐shift.
767
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:04,277
To change the color
of your skin or
768
00:40:04,277 --> 00:40:07,071
to change your form
to turn into something else.
769
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:09,699
And now high‐tech companies are
actually working on this today.
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00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:12,493
FENTON:
In nature we see
animals that can
771
00:40:12,493 --> 00:40:15,830
suddenly shift colors,
change their shapes.
772
00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:19,167
Could it be that in some way
this ability could be harnessed
773
00:40:19,167 --> 00:40:21,419
and used in technologies?
774
00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:25,006
Or perhaps in even a‐a
cybernetic blending
775
00:40:25,006 --> 00:40:27,884
of the genes of a species
like this with a technology,
776
00:40:27,884 --> 00:40:31,679
allowing us to have these
rapid shape‐shifts, to just
777
00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:35,266
morph into whatever you need
to look like instantaneously?
778
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:41,105
Human technology is advancing
here by leaps and bounds.
779
00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:46,736
By all accounts,
we already have pretty much
780
00:40:46,736 --> 00:40:51,282
optical invisibility,
or certainly camouflage so good
781
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,660
that it's‐it's almost
indistinguishable.
782
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,870
I mean, some of this is,
of course, so classified,
783
00:40:55,870 --> 00:40:59,082
we won't get to hear
about it for years, but...
784
00:40:59,082 --> 00:41:02,001
but if you're reading hints
about it here and there,
785
00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:06,547
you can bet
that it already exists.
786
00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:10,677
We now have technology
that is equal to what we see
787
00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:13,680
the gods using
in these ancient stories.
788
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,600
And now we're faced
with a new reality.
789
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,811
What if suddenly we realize
that there are,
790
00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:22,397
are thousands,
hundreds of thousands,
791
00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:23,982
maybe millions of
extraterrestrials that are
792
00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:26,192
walking amongst us and suddenly
793
00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:28,820
they reveal themselves
for their true appearance?
794
00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:34,492
NARRATOR:
As humanity begins to harness
the extraordinary abilities
795
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:38,496
that ancient peoples
associated with the gods,
796
00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:41,708
will we awaken
to an incredible new reality?
797
00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:43,918
One in which we will not only
798
00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:46,045
achieve the power
to shape‐shift,
799
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:49,215
but in the process,
will discover that humans
800
00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:52,885
are not the only intelligent
species on Earth?
801
00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:55,722
Perhaps a reunion
with our alien ancestors
802
00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:58,516
will only happen
when we are finally
803
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:02,729
able to open our eyes and see
804
00:42:02,729 --> 00:42:05,356
that they are all around us.
805
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,859
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