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Alaska, a vast remote wilderness
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twice the size of Texas...
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You could walk for a year
without seeing another person.
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...in one of the most
mysterious corners of the globe.
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Everything in your being is telling
you to get the hell out of there.
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This is a place
hundreds of times more deadly
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than the Bermuda Triangle.
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My God!
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Stories of alien abductions...
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That was definitely something
not from this world.
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...the paranormal,
vanishing airplanes
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and strange beasts...
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Bigfoot could be anywhere
in Alaska, hiding out.
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...have haunted
those who dare set foot here.
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What was that?
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Now I feel like
something's after me.
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In the last 30 years,
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16,000 people have disappeared
without a trace.
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In the vastness of this country,
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it's easy to be swallowed up
in it.
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Witnesses tell us
their shocking stories...
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- I was horrified.
- ...and we've gathered
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some of the world's
leading experts in their field...
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I wanted to go out
and get the evidence myself
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and say, "This is real.
This stuff exists."
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...to try
and unlock the mystery
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of The Alaska Triangle.
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Alaska is a land where
the line between fact and legend
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is far from clear.
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It's alive with stories
of strange creatures
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and mysterious beasts.
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A giant pre-historic bird
known as the Thunderbird
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is said to rule the skies.
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Shapeshifters,
such as the Kushtaka
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and the evil Windigo
spread terror.
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And Bigfoot is rumored
to have made his home
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in the thick forests.
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It seems to be a breeding
ground for the paranormal.
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But some of the strangest
sightings have been out at sea.
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There's plenty of sea
monster stories out there.
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People don't really quite know
what's going on.
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It just had a really
long neck and a really long tail.
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It was some type of dinosaur.
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And it's the waters
around one island
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in the west
of the Gulf of Alaska
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that hold the biggest mystery
of all.
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Well, there's been
a lot of stories
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from people around these parts.
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There's gotta be stuff out there
that we don't know about yet.
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This is Kodiak Island,
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and there's a growing body
of evidence
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that something terrifying really
is lurking in the depths here.
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The Gulf of Alaska is one of
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the most remote bodies
of water on the planet.
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Its depths
are almost totally unexplored.
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In fact, they're
the ideal hiding place.
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It's really
a perfect storm.
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A remote location
with huge bodies of water,
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it's the ideal spot
for species to go unnoticed
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for hundreds of years.
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But it's the waters
around the island of Kodiak
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that hold the deepest secret.
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It's the second largest island
in the US.
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But even for Alaska,
this place is isolated.
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It's mountainous
and heavily forested
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and it's home to the biggest
brown bear on the planet.
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The giant Kodiak bear.
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But it's also home
to all manner of darks legends
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and paranormal occurrences.
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And it's the sea
around the island
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that posses the greatest danger.
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Huge numbers die
in the hazardous waters here,
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every year.
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And some extraordinary things
have been seen.
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Surfer, Ryan Murdock, grew up
on the island
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and has spent more time
than most in the water.
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I've been surfing Kodiak
for over 20 years now.
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I started when I was a teen
in high school.
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It's a great place because
you can really push yourself
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to explore
what life has to offer
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without being part of the crowd.
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The fog and rain
can drive some inside,
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but some of us, you know,
we like to be outdoors
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and to challenge ourselves.
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One morning, early in 2020,
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Ryan was out surfing
with his friends.
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They were enjoying
the unusually large waves
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just off Narrow Cape
on the east of the island.
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Ryan's never going to forget
what he encountered that day.
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When we went surfing
that day,
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it was kind of a gloomy day
like this.
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I had caught a wave
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and I was paddling
back out to my friends,
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and I noticed a big triangle
emerge from the water.
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And it was approximately
ten to 12 feet tall
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and probably about ten
to 12 feet wide at the base,
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a blue or grayish color.
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It was bigger than any whale fin
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or anything that
I had seen surfing before.
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I exclaimed to my friends,
"Look behind you!",
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and they turned around
and they saw this thing
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looming behind them,
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and, maybe five seconds,
ten seconds passed
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and the thing dipped back
into the water, you know,
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with a motion
that I wouldn't attribute
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to a whale or a sea mammal.
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This was something that raised
the alarms high enough
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that, "Okay, we're getting out
of here as quick as possible."
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This was
no inanimate object.
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This was some giant sea creature
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totally unknown
to these experienced surfers.
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I've been in close
encounters with sea lions,
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and whales and any type
of sea mammal you could name,
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but, I'd never seen anything
like that before.
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But this wasn't
the first time
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a mysterious sea creature
has been reported
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in the waters of Kodiak Island.
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Far from it.
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In Kodiak town, are the offices
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of the local newspaper
The Kodiak Daily Mirror.
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And now, the paper
has a new publisher,
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Kevin Bumgarner.
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Kevin's recently moved up
from Florida,
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and is keen to get to
the bottom of what's going on.
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Alaska does have more coastline
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than all the other states in
the United States put together,
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and I think that creates
the possibility
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to see things out of the norm.
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According to Kevin,
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the local people are convinced
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that there's a strange
creature lurking in the depths.
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When the people of Kodiak
talk about this,
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um, they're very serious.
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When people here tell me
they've seen something,
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they've seen something.
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I don't think
they're making that up,
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I don't think
they're hallucinating.
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There is a lot of belief
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that there is something else
out there.
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Recent sightings
have led to Kevin
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looking deeper into the story.
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He's been reviewing
past editions of the paper
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down in their archive,
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and he's astonished
at what he's found.
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Reports of the monster
go way back,
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and there's some
pretty convincing evidence.
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Well, here is our 1969 edition
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where the sea monster
was first reported.
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We actually got a sonar image
of a sea monster.
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The sonar image
was recorded from a fishing boat
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and it appears to show
a dinosaur-like creature
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walking or swimming
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along the undulating seabed,
330 feet down.
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Visual proof here that something
is or was in the waters off Kodiak.
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Evidence is now mounting,
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that this mysterious legend
from The Alaska Triangle
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is based on reality.
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And whatever monstrous
creature is lurking in the deep,
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Kevin wants to find it.
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Do you see that?
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Keep watching.
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Alaska
is known as the last frontier,
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but it's the surrounding waters
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that hold some of
the biggest mysteries.
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And on the Island of Kodiak
in the Gulf of Alaska,
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stories of a living sea monster
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are more than just talk.
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Visual proof here
that something
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is or was
in the waters off Kodiak.
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But it's not
just Kodiak.
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There's strong evidence
that strange sea creatures
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have been seen all along
the southern coast of Alaska.
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In fact, age-old images of them
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can be found carved into rocks
along the seashore.
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Cryptozoologist,
Lance Hightower,
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has made a study
of these rock carvings,
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also known as petroglyphs.
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Some of these petroglyphs
in Alaska
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are hundreds,
if not thousands, of years old
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and they depict drawings
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of some of these sea creatures.
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Is it possible
that these creatures were seen
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by people of long ago?
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I think so.
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You have many local people
around these shorelines
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seeing something and
being horrified and terrified.
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So on that account,
I do believe that the oceans
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hide secrets of these creatures.
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For the native communities,
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these images don't just
represent historical sightings.
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Ancient carvings serve
as warnings,
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having practical use
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and are in fact,
a rich source of knowledge.
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For them,
what sounds like legends
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are, in fact, real.
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This is something author and
historian, Andrew Gough, has looked into.
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Native traditions
are far more accurate
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than we give them credit for.
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They have no reason to
embellish what they've seen.
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I think we need to look at
what they're telling us
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and think twice about it being
some fantastical story.
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It's probably closer
to the truth than we realize.
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One of
the native stories
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tells of a vicious, pointy-nose
sea creature called the Gunakadeit.
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And in 2020, scientists
came across this fossil
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on an island
off the southeastern coast.
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It's an animal
previously unknown to science,
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with an uncanny resemblance
to the native sea monster.
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John Moran is a marine
biologist from Juneau.
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It's a marine reptile
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with a pointy-type snout,
200 million years old.
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It's a pretty complete specimen,
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I think it's almost intact
and articulated,
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except for maybe
a little bit of the tail.
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It's a...
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Technically,
a sea monster, I guess.
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The newly discovered fossil
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could be a sign
that there's truth
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behind the Gunakadeit stories.
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The Gunakadeit fossil
is very interesting,
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because we have
very deep oceans,
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very mysterious unexplored areas
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in which creatures like this
could still be living.
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And if this creature
has survived in the modern times,
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then perhaps other, even
larger creatures have, too.
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Strange water creatures
are common in global folklore,
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and the natural reaction
is to call them monsters,
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and you can understand that.
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But really,
they're just new species,
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and they probably have been here
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even longer than we have.
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An entirely unknown
species of large sea creatures
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are still being discovered
in the seas of Alaska.
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They recently discovered
a new species of beaked whale,
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the black beaked whale,
just within the last few years,
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new to science,
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a 20-something-foot animal
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that we didn't
really know was there.
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An entirely
new species of whale
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discovered in Alaska,
24-feet long.
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If you can have
a 20-something-foot animal
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just show up, that you
didn't know was there,
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that's pretty amazing.
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There could be all kinds of
creatures living in the deep ocean
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that, you know,
how would you ever see them?
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If they die and sink, you'd
never know they were out there.
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And in the past, even
bigger, mysterious carcasses
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have washed up
in the Gulf of Alaska.
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In 1956, near Yakutat,
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a massive 100-foot
long carcass was found.
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Scientists who studied it
were mystified.
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And in 1930,
on an island near Valdez,
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a huge mysterious skeleton
was found in the ice,
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nearly 30-feet long,
with flippers.
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Both of these historic finds
have similarities
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to the creature
caught on the sonar image
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in the archives
of The Kodiak Daily Mirror.
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And we've sent this image
to Lance Hightower
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to see what he makes of it.
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Well, on first appearance,
it's fascinating,
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00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:58,802
because just on looking at it
immediately,
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it obviously looks like
a prehistoric dinosaur
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and it's resting on the bottom
of the seabed.
264
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Now what we see is elongated,
265
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what gives the appearance
of a neck with a head.
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The neck appears to be
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at least two-thirds
of the body length.
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We have a tail that is roughly
about half the size
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of the entire body length.
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And then we have
on the ventral aspect
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or the underside
of this creature,
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some appendages
which appear to be like fins.
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The elongated body, the neck...
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This could be a plesiosaur.
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This would be
extraordinary.
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Plesiosaurs are
a kind of aquatic dinosaur,
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thought to have become extinct
over 60 million years ago.
278
00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,822
And now,
some remarkable new evidence
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00:14:51,825 --> 00:14:52,956
has come to light,
280
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that suggests
that off the coast of Alaska,
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plesiosaurs are alive and well.
282
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And it had a really
long neck and a really long tail.
283
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It was some type of dinosaur.
284
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Sea monster
legends have been with us
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since time immemorial.
286
00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:33,030
But some legends
have proven to be true,
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including that of
a giant sea serpent.
288
00:15:38,736 --> 00:15:41,205
For hundreds,
and even thousands of years,
289
00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:44,509
there has been legends
of sea serpents,
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00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:48,679
horrific snake-like creatures
terrifying sailors.
291
00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:50,114
But now we understand
292
00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:53,384
they're most likely
talking about the oarfish,
293
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this huge, snake-like creature
in the water
294
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that grows to over 30 feet
in length.
295
00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:03,094
This tells us that legends
296
00:16:03,096 --> 00:16:06,129
are often times based
in reality.
297
00:16:07,832 --> 00:16:09,701
Around the Gulf of Alaska,
298
00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:12,602
sea monster legends
are a part of everyday life.
299
00:16:15,106 --> 00:16:18,743
On its east coast,
across from Kodiak
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00:16:18,745 --> 00:16:21,078
lies the small community
of Haines.
301
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Here, Sonny Williams is
a third-generation fisherman,
302
00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:31,822
and his story takes the search
for an Alaskan sea monster
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00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:33,390
to a whole new level.
304
00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,261
I've spent 50 years of my life
on the water,
305
00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:40,465
just more or less lived
on the water.
306
00:16:42,033 --> 00:16:44,201
Having spent
so much time at sea,
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00:16:44,203 --> 00:16:47,904
Sonny ventures to places
others dare not go.
308
00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:50,307
And one morning
in the early 2000's,
309
00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:54,245
he found himself
over 100 miles down the coast.
310
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The place is called
Salisbury Sound,
311
00:16:56,914 --> 00:17:00,150
and I was right there.
312
00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:05,155
Water flows out of there like you
turned on the faucet or something.
313
00:17:06,424 --> 00:17:09,292
It's definitely
very dangerous there.
314
00:17:12,196 --> 00:17:16,166
It was in Salisbury Sound
that Sonny saw something on his sonar
315
00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:19,636
unlike anything
he'd ever seen before.
316
00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:22,640
First I saw
a whole bunch of salmon,
317
00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:28,378
and the next thing I saw
was, like, a really big head
318
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,949
that was swimming along,
snapping up all the salmon.
319
00:17:32,817 --> 00:17:35,086
And it was amazing.
320
00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:39,824
I turned around and went back
and looked at it again
321
00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,291
and it was still there.
322
00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:45,028
It was about 40 fathoms down.
323
00:17:45,897 --> 00:17:49,267
And I went over the second time
324
00:17:50,001 --> 00:17:51,501
and I saw the whole thing.
325
00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:58,108
Even though Sonny
was viewing the animal on his sonar,
326
00:17:58,111 --> 00:18:00,845
just like in the sonar image
from Kodiak,
327
00:18:00,846 --> 00:18:03,114
the outline was perfectly clear
328
00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:04,816
and he's still able to visualize
329
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,317
the monstrous creature.
330
00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,019
It had fins,
331
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,353
and it just had
a really long neck
332
00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:10,988
and a really long tail.
333
00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:14,224
It was some type of dinosaur.
334
00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:17,862
It's like the dinosaur
from the picture books.
335
00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:19,230
Exactly.
336
00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:24,234
And I was just like, "Wow,
it's... It's... it's alive?
337
00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:27,838
All this time
it's been out there?"
338
00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,108
Even for a
dinosaur, this animal was big.
339
00:18:31,943 --> 00:18:35,746
At the time,
I was on a 40-foot boat
340
00:18:35,748 --> 00:18:39,549
and it was twice as long
as my boat.
341
00:18:41,153 --> 00:18:43,221
What Sonny saw,
sounds very similar
342
00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:45,756
to the Kodiak sea monster.
343
00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,826
It could be evidence that
a dinosaur-like creature
344
00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:52,028
inhabits a wide stretch
of the Alaskan coastline.
345
00:18:53,765 --> 00:18:56,099
And now, further evidence
has come to light
346
00:18:56,102 --> 00:18:58,035
from a small group of tourists
347
00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:00,003
who were
on a sightseeing cruise.
348
00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:01,972
They stopped at a glacier
349
00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:05,209
just to the east
of Sonny's sighting.
350
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,711
Here, they witnessed
large chunks of ice
351
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,046
collapse into the sea.
352
00:19:11,182 --> 00:19:14,618
Shortly after this, what
appears in the tourist's video
353
00:19:14,621 --> 00:19:16,787
is a series
of what look like humps
354
00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:18,155
emerging from the water,
355
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:22,093
three in front,
followed by four behind.
356
00:19:22,095 --> 00:19:27,030
It's as if some mysterious
beast was woken from the depths.
357
00:19:27,032 --> 00:19:30,835
The tourists watching were
convinced this was one creature
358
00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:33,637
with its vast body hidden
beneath the surface.
359
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:41,011
But an even
more extraordinary video
360
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:43,146
comes from fisherman
from Nushagak Bay
361
00:19:43,148 --> 00:19:45,148
in the southwest
of the triangle,
362
00:19:46,151 --> 00:19:49,153
just 125 miles
to the west of Kodiak.
363
00:19:51,623 --> 00:19:54,724
It appears to show a huge
serpent-like sea creature
364
00:19:54,727 --> 00:19:56,426
swimming just offshore.
365
00:19:58,329 --> 00:20:02,165
This creature looks too big,
even for an oarfish.
366
00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:06,237
In fact, the humps resemble
the head, body, and tail
367
00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:09,006
of a giant
dinosaur-like creature.
368
00:20:10,741 --> 00:20:11,741
Whatever it was
369
00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:14,278
had those watching
totally mystified.
370
00:20:15,646 --> 00:20:18,048
And these were men
who know the sea
371
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:21,051
and the creatures within it
better than anyone.
372
00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:27,959
These multiple sightings
373
00:20:27,961 --> 00:20:29,594
could mean a living population
374
00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:31,596
of prehistoric sea monsters.
375
00:20:35,032 --> 00:20:38,169
Lance Hightower, for one,
seems convinced.
376
00:20:39,037 --> 00:20:40,104
So the question arises,
377
00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:42,006
is it possible that one creature
378
00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:44,275
is being seen
by numerous people?
379
00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:45,776
Or do we have a population
380
00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,944
of these plesiosaurus breeding?
381
00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:51,315
And my feeling and belief
is that when you see one,
382
00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:53,049
there's others around.
383
00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:56,052
That is what makes this story
very fascinating.
384
00:20:57,021 --> 00:20:58,923
But it's around Kodiak island
385
00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:01,525
that there've been
the more sightings.
386
00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:05,296
And it's here, that local newspaper
publisher, Kevin Bumgarner,
387
00:21:05,298 --> 00:21:09,099
- is going in search of the legendary Kodiak dinosaur.
- How are you?
388
00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:12,169
I want to know what's going on.
389
00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:15,038
He's chartered
a boat with its own sonar
390
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,608
to scour the depths
for the monstrous beast.
391
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,310
You know,
it's like, exciting,
392
00:21:20,313 --> 00:21:22,346
but I'm just
a little bit nervous.
393
00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:37,627
On Kodiak island,
394
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:40,197
newspaper publisher,
Kevin Bumgarner,
395
00:21:40,199 --> 00:21:43,000
is going in search of
the legendary sea creature
396
00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:45,201
known as the Kodiak dinosaur.
397
00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:49,205
I want to know
what's going on.
398
00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:51,275
You know, it's like,
what's the sea going
399
00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:54,144
to allow us to see today?
400
00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:57,580
Um, you know, what happens
if we do see something
401
00:21:57,583 --> 00:21:59,250
that's kind of out of the norm?
402
00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,621
Kevin has decided
to journey to where he thinks
403
00:22:03,623 --> 00:22:05,623
he'll have the best chance
of a sighting.
404
00:22:08,894 --> 00:22:10,760
He's heading for Narrow Cape,
405
00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:12,962
the location
on the east of the island
406
00:22:12,964 --> 00:22:15,165
where surfer Ryan Murdock
and his friends
407
00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:18,102
had their sighting
of a monstrous sea creature.
408
00:22:21,605 --> 00:22:23,973
But the first stop
is the harbor.
409
00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:25,809
To conduct this search properly,
410
00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:28,144
Kevin intends to go out to sea.
411
00:22:31,282 --> 00:22:35,185
He's arranged to meet local
boat captain, Jeff Sandford.
412
00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,886
- Are you ready for this?
- How you doing?
413
00:22:36,888 --> 00:22:38,622
I am doing well, how are you?
414
00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:40,191
Go out there
and see what we can find.
415
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,791
All right. Let's do it.
416
00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:44,795
Jeff had spent
his whole life fishing.
417
00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,697
And he's been taking people
out on these waters
418
00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,398
for nearly 20 years.
419
00:22:51,001 --> 00:22:54,605
Kodiak has a general proximity
to extremely deep water.
420
00:22:55,339 --> 00:22:56,740
I wanna say...
421
00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:58,776
less than a hundred miles
off the coast,
422
00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:02,113
it's goes down into the
several thousand feet of water.
423
00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:05,915
Combine that with several
hundred square miles
424
00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:09,920
of productive
shallow water reefs.
425
00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,888
It's kind of a breeding ground
426
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:14,191
for some kind of sea creature
to be.
427
00:23:14,859 --> 00:23:17,361
Lots to eat, lots to do.
428
00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:21,030
All the marine life
in these waters
429
00:23:21,032 --> 00:23:24,234
means the chances
of unknown species are high.
430
00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:26,269
I'd say
on a weekly basis,
431
00:23:26,271 --> 00:23:28,605
we pull up something
out of charter fishing.
432
00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,207
I have no idea what it is.
433
00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:33,277
I have to take a picture
and send it in to the office.
434
00:23:33,278 --> 00:23:34,612
I don't even know.
435
00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:40,049
It's a totally different
perspective out on the water.
436
00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:48,159
For Jeff and Kevin,
to see something on the surface
437
00:23:48,161 --> 00:23:49,426
is a long shot.
438
00:23:52,096 --> 00:23:53,963
Their best bet
is picking something up
439
00:23:53,965 --> 00:23:56,032
on the boat's sonar.
440
00:23:56,035 --> 00:23:59,036
You know, what we really want
to be able to do today
441
00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:01,638
is through scanning and sonar,
442
00:24:01,641 --> 00:24:05,942
see if there is anything
out there.
443
00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:08,112
Yeah, we hope
to be able to, you know,
444
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:12,715
see what lies underneath.
445
00:24:12,718 --> 00:24:15,986
We've got that latest and
greatest bottom sounding equipment,
446
00:24:16,821 --> 00:24:20,391
quite sensitive piece
of machinery.
447
00:24:20,393 --> 00:24:25,028
It sends a signal down that
bounces off of whatever's down below
448
00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,997
as it sends it back up.
449
00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:30,166
This thing, paints
a pretty picture for us.
450
00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:34,003
I've seen some things on here
that made me wonder,
451
00:24:34,138 --> 00:24:36,105
"What is that?"
452
00:24:37,107 --> 00:24:40,243
Here,
the deep sea is unexplored,
453
00:24:40,246 --> 00:24:42,880
and these are dangerous waters.
454
00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:45,082
See the coast guard
maneuvering over that boat?
455
00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:46,750
Yes.
456
00:24:46,751 --> 00:24:48,318
Doing a little rescue job there.
457
00:24:52,123 --> 00:24:53,624
They're relying
on the sonar,
458
00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:56,393
but as they approach
Narrow Cape,
459
00:24:56,394 --> 00:24:59,296
Jeff sees something
straight ahead in the water.
460
00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:01,898
- See something?
- Yeah.
461
00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:03,567
I just spotted something
over here.
462
00:25:05,336 --> 00:25:08,105
Dead ahead, 100... 150 yards.
463
00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:09,272
You see that?
464
00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:13,042
I don't, but...
465
00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:14,244
Yeah, keep watching.
466
00:25:18,115 --> 00:25:21,085
I seen something pop up...
467
00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:23,686
and hasn't come back up.
468
00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:26,824
The animal has
dived and hasn't resurfaced,
469
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:29,492
but there's still the hope
that the sonar will pick it up.
470
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,230
Anywhere in this area
right here.
471
00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:41,372
And there it is,
something huge on the sonar.
472
00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:44,775
The shape is ill-defined,
473
00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,411
but this is a solid mass
in the water.
474
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:51,448
I have no idea
what that is.
475
00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:58,255
Like, what am I running over
that's solid and vertical?
476
00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:00,057
- Right.
- I don't know.
477
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,161
And does
that vertical nature say,
478
00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:08,164
you know, long and skinny?
What does that...
479
00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:10,534
I mean, is it something
swimming straight up and down?
480
00:26:10,536 --> 00:26:11,935
I don't know.
481
00:26:12,770 --> 00:26:14,637
It's not bay fish, I know that.
482
00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:21,077
And how far down would it look
to be based on that?
483
00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:25,082
Well, this is 30,
35 feet down, roughly.
484
00:26:26,917 --> 00:26:30,253
But it also is saying
you know, it's somewhere...
485
00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:35,125
somewhere between 22
and 52 feet... It's 30 feet long.
486
00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:39,229
So 30 feet long
in 30 feet of water
487
00:26:39,230 --> 00:26:42,031
- and we're 100 feet to the bottom.
- Right.
488
00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:44,768
Thirty feet long,
489
00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:48,605
that's the length of the mystery
skeleton that washed up at Valdez.
490
00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:53,009
It also happens to be
the average length
491
00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,311
of a prehistoric plesiosaur.
492
00:26:56,780 --> 00:26:58,048
I don't know what it is.
493
00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,150
It doesn't look like anything
you've ever seen.
494
00:27:01,118 --> 00:27:03,988
I just... can't explain it.
495
00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:08,192
And then, before
they can do another pass,
496
00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:10,094
the creature disappears.
497
00:27:12,096 --> 00:27:14,263
They don't manage
to pick it up again.
498
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:19,603
Eventually, the pair
head back into harbor.
499
00:27:20,904 --> 00:27:21,805
I don't know.
500
00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:26,242
It remains a mystery
for yet another day.
501
00:27:27,244 --> 00:27:30,881
It was a tantalizing
glimpse of the unknown,
502
00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:32,750
another experience that
can be added
503
00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:33,884
to the body of evidence
504
00:27:33,885 --> 00:27:36,153
that there's something
out there.
505
00:27:37,888 --> 00:27:41,224
And for Kevin, this is just
the beginning of the search.
506
00:27:42,826 --> 00:27:45,996
There are things
that did show up
507
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:52,935
as we don't know what this is, and the
expanse of the ocean being what it is,
508
00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:55,204
I think that there is
something out there
509
00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:57,374
that we have not yet discovered.
510
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,012
There's lots of legends
511
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,214
and they're based
in something, you know.
512
00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:06,250
There's some fact behind them,
513
00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:08,618
some observation
that somebody made.
514
00:28:08,621 --> 00:28:10,319
You know, a lot of times
you can explain them away,
515
00:28:10,321 --> 00:28:12,021
but, you know, sometimes,
516
00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:13,423
you can't really figure it out.
517
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,358
You know, there's...
Weird things happen.
518
00:28:17,127 --> 00:28:19,195
I do think Alaska
would be the perfect place
519
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:22,833
to harbor these sea monsters
or sea creatures.
520
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:24,867
It makes sense
that a creature like this
521
00:28:24,869 --> 00:28:27,136
could easily call this home.
522
00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:33,042
I don't think
we presently have a grasp
523
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,378
on what all is out there.
524
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:38,115
Um, I think we think we know.
525
00:28:39,116 --> 00:28:40,651
But we don't know for sure.
526
00:28:42,086 --> 00:28:45,322
The mysteries of
Alaska are as deep as the ocean,
527
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:50,294
but the skies above have
their own deadly secrets.
528
00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:52,663
It's not just people
who go missing here,
529
00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:56,834
whole airplanes simply vanish
as if into thin air.
530
00:28:56,836 --> 00:29:02,439
So it begs the question, what is
going on inside The Alaska Triangle?
531
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,923
The mysterious
occurrences of The Alaska Triangle
532
00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:22,558
don't just happen
on the ground and out at sea.
533
00:29:23,761 --> 00:29:26,730
Here, the phrase, "There's
something in the air,"
534
00:29:26,731 --> 00:29:28,932
takes on a whole new meaning.
535
00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:31,934
The skies of The Alaska Triangle
are a dangerous place to be.
536
00:29:31,936 --> 00:29:34,771
There's about 100 plane crashes
537
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,007
in the triangle every year.
538
00:29:37,009 --> 00:29:40,009
Something mysterious
is clearly happening there.
539
00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:44,948
With so few roads,
air transport is paramount
540
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,017
for travel and supplies.
541
00:29:48,318 --> 00:29:51,989
Here, the bush pilot
has almost legendary status.
542
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:56,160
One reason is that crashing
isn't the only danger.
543
00:29:56,162 --> 00:30:01,531
Since 1962, Alaska's had
more than 9,000 plane crashes.
544
00:30:01,534 --> 00:30:02,932
Nine thousand.
545
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,969
And of course, some of those
are due to weather and to rain,
546
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,605
but there's
much more to it than that.
547
00:30:08,606 --> 00:30:12,009
You know, planes that just
disappear into thin air
548
00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:17,314
with no distress signals
and no wreckage whatsoever.
549
00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:20,083
This is what makes
The Alaska Triangle
550
00:30:20,085 --> 00:30:21,518
just so mystifying.
551
00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:31,894
In The Alaska Triangle,
552
00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:34,298
it's not just people
disappearing.
553
00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:39,970
In the skies,
planes suddenly vanish,
554
00:30:40,003 --> 00:30:42,005
and no one knows why.
555
00:30:43,607 --> 00:30:46,943
In fact, planes have been
disappearing in The Alaska Triangle
556
00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:48,979
since the early days of flight,
557
00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:51,080
and mysterious forces
have overcome
558
00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,482
even the most experienced
pilots.
559
00:30:56,820 --> 00:31:00,590
One of the great aviation
pioneers was Wiley Post.
560
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:04,928
Now, journalist
and researcher, Andrew Gough,
561
00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:07,096
has been looking into
Wiley's early attempt
562
00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:10,334
at taking on the forces
of The Alaska Triangle.
563
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:16,272
In 1931, he circumnavigated
the globe in eight days,
564
00:31:16,275 --> 00:31:20,042
destroying
the previous world record.
565
00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:23,279
Two years later,
he becomes the first person
566
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:26,182
to fly solo around the world.
567
00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:29,051
This is a guy who experimented
568
00:31:29,054 --> 00:31:34,057
with high altitude flying
and discovered the jet stream.
569
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:39,563
I mean, his credentials
are totally pristine.
570
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:43,500
So why would he, of all people,
571
00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:47,104
have trouble navigating
in The Alaska Triangle?
572
00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:52,108
Is it because this is where
the paranormal comes alive?
573
00:31:53,877 --> 00:31:56,046
In August 1935,
574
00:31:56,048 --> 00:32:00,349
Wiley Post was on a flying trip
around Alaska with his friend,
575
00:32:00,352 --> 00:32:04,320
the equally famous performer
and comedian, Will Rogers.
576
00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:06,990
They headed off
from Fairbanks
577
00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:10,227
and headed to Point Barrow
on the northern tip
578
00:32:10,229 --> 00:32:12,395
of The Alaska Triangle.
579
00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:15,097
This 500-mile journey
580
00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:17,233
should've been
pretty straightforward
581
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:21,003
for an experienced pilot
like Wiley Post.
582
00:32:22,773 --> 00:32:25,075
But just miles
from their destination,
583
00:32:25,076 --> 00:32:27,778
they became
strangely disorientated
584
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,046
and lost their way.
585
00:32:30,981 --> 00:32:32,950
Bizarrely,
their engine experienced
586
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:36,118
sudden catastrophic failure.
587
00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:38,587
The plane took a nosedive
into a lagoon,
588
00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:41,057
shearing off its right wing.
589
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,527
Both men were dead instantly.
590
00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:52,102
Dan Hampton is
a retired lieutenant colonel
591
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,836
from the United States
Air Force,
592
00:32:53,838 --> 00:32:56,138
and former combat pilot.
593
00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:57,807
He's been looking into
the mystery
594
00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,242
of why air tragedies
such as Wiley's
595
00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:03,313
are commonplace
in The Alaska Triangle.
596
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:05,281
One thing that
leaps immediately to mind
597
00:33:05,284 --> 00:33:07,851
is electromagnetic interference.
598
00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:09,752
This is up near the pole.
599
00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:12,221
Things get screwy up there
anyway. I've flown up there.
600
00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:16,960
I've had my magnetic-based
backup instruments go crazy.
601
00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:19,663
If you're trying to navigate
off of a magnetic compass,
602
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,064
who knows
where you're gonna end up.
603
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,134
But Wiley Post
was experienced enough
604
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:25,935
to cope with a wayward compass.
605
00:33:26,636 --> 00:33:28,605
And electromagnetic interference
606
00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:31,307
wouldn't account
for the sudden engine failure.
607
00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:34,344
It does seem that there were
other forces at work.
608
00:33:35,278 --> 00:33:36,712
What's behind this?
609
00:33:36,714 --> 00:33:40,282
It's one of Alaska's
greatest aviation mysteries.
610
00:33:42,119 --> 00:33:45,489
The death of these two
men hit the headlines nationwide.
611
00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:50,693
But bigger mysteries
were to come,
612
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:55,999
including planes more than twice the
size of Wiley's, completely disappearing.
613
00:34:00,070 --> 00:34:03,406
Steve Levi is an author
and historian from Anchorage,
614
00:34:03,409 --> 00:34:07,076
who's been researching
the story of how in 1943,
615
00:34:07,078 --> 00:34:09,679
a newly-built Douglas C-48
616
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:15,985
with a wingspan of nearly 100
feet, simply vanished, midair.
617
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:20,956
When you start talking
about missing planes in Alaska,
618
00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:23,460
a lot of people think we're
talking about bush planes.
619
00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:25,228
This particular plane,
you can see,
620
00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:26,963
if something like this
goes down,
621
00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:29,231
they had have to been able
to spot it.
622
00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:32,168
If it went down in a lake,
if it went down in a forest
623
00:34:32,170 --> 00:34:34,204
there's still
a large enough plane
624
00:34:34,206 --> 00:34:37,106
that it had to have been
found, but it never was.
625
00:34:39,876 --> 00:34:43,380
In June 1943,
a C-48 set off
626
00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:45,114
on the first leg of its journey
627
00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:48,184
from Fairbanks
to Whitehorse in the Yukon.
628
00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:52,289
They left about 5:30
in the morning,
629
00:34:52,291 --> 00:34:54,356
they were going all the way
to Whitehorse.
630
00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:56,226
And it's easy to get
from here to Whitehorse
631
00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:57,626
because there's a roadway there,
632
00:34:57,628 --> 00:34:59,396
and they were gonna be
following the road.
633
00:35:01,331 --> 00:35:03,934
The good visibility
meant there was no problem
634
00:35:03,936 --> 00:35:05,367
following the roads.
635
00:35:06,603 --> 00:35:10,072
And the airplane had more
than nine hours of fuel on board.
636
00:35:12,311 --> 00:35:13,543
For over an hour,
637
00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:16,213
they called in their
position reports as required.
638
00:35:18,851 --> 00:35:19,916
And then...
639
00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:21,016
nothing.
640
00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:28,023
The plane simply vanished,
641
00:35:28,025 --> 00:35:29,992
never to be seen again.
642
00:35:29,994 --> 00:35:32,195
There wasn't even
a distress call.
643
00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:36,599
What's really curious,
is that other aircraft
644
00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:39,869
were flying the same route
as the C-48
645
00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,838
on the very same day.
646
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,606
They reported nothing unusual.
647
00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:47,077
They searched
for four weeks.
648
00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:49,913
We're talking about
500 man-hours
649
00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:51,248
looking for the plane,
650
00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:54,550
and the plane had to have
gone down near the roadway.
651
00:35:56,286 --> 00:35:58,255
No wreckage or debris
652
00:35:58,257 --> 00:36:00,724
from the C-48 was ever found,
653
00:36:00,726 --> 00:36:02,125
which is very unusual.
654
00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:04,960
You'd expect
from an aircraft that size
655
00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:08,465
there to be some tiny trace
of it somewhere,
656
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:09,599
but there was nothing.
657
00:36:10,134 --> 00:36:11,168
It's a complete mystery.
658
00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:14,436
We have no clue at all
what happened to it.
659
00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:18,275
In 1950,
another Douglas plane,
660
00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:22,179
this time even bigger
and with 44 people on board,
661
00:36:22,181 --> 00:36:24,014
disappeared without a trace
662
00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,282
in a similar part
of The Alaska Triangle.
663
00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:29,786
As with the C-48,
664
00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:32,322
it had the military
completely baffled.
665
00:36:34,291 --> 00:36:36,126
It's as if these planes
had been taken
666
00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:38,260
by some mysterious force.
667
00:36:39,262 --> 00:36:43,032
What if there was something
otherworldly involved,
668
00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,768
some sort of evil force
669
00:36:45,771 --> 00:36:47,503
from within The Alaska Triangle?
670
00:36:49,706 --> 00:36:51,273
It's a shocking theory.
671
00:36:53,177 --> 00:36:55,177
And some now believe
that the explanation
672
00:36:55,179 --> 00:36:57,079
could lie not in our skies,
673
00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:01,083
but somewhere far beyond.
674
00:37:15,498 --> 00:37:18,534
The Bermuda
Triangle is famous worldwide.
675
00:37:19,869 --> 00:37:21,804
But more than twice
as many airplanes
676
00:37:21,806 --> 00:37:23,606
have disappeared without a trace
677
00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:25,775
in The Alaska Triangle.
678
00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:28,077
Well, clearly,
something very odd is going on.
679
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,914
Surely, there's some kind
of paranormal phenomenon
680
00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:33,250
that's making
these aircraft disappear.
681
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:36,920
One disturbing theory
682
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:40,056
is that these planes
are being taken by UFOs.
683
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:45,161
The Alaska Triangle
is a hotbed of UFO activity,
684
00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:47,197
and there's good evidence
that these UFOs
685
00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:49,431
do have an interest
in airplanes.
686
00:37:51,835 --> 00:37:56,072
In 1950, a US Navy pilot
reported encountering a UFO
687
00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:57,974
in the skies over Kodiak.
688
00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:00,876
It was tracked on radar,
689
00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:03,713
and the navy chiefs
issued a top secret report
690
00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,614
to the highest levels
of government.
691
00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:11,588
A few months later, a lieutenant
colonel in the United States Air Force
692
00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:13,789
filled a report of three UFOs
693
00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:16,626
hovering over Elmendorf
Airbase in Anchorage.
694
00:38:19,262 --> 00:38:23,666
Then, in 1986, in the middle
of The Alaska Triangle,
695
00:38:23,668 --> 00:38:26,101
the crew of
a Japanese airline's flight
696
00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:29,972
watched in horror as two UFOs
taunted their plane,
697
00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,608
before a huge mothership
came into view.
698
00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:39,815
If UFOs are abducting
whole planes,
699
00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:43,018
perhaps to investigate
new human technology,
700
00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:45,855
then that would explain
many of the unsolved cases
701
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:47,623
of missing planes in Alaska.
702
00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:55,065
But the most famous instance
of a disappearing aircraft
703
00:38:55,067 --> 00:38:56,565
in The Alaska Triangle
704
00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:59,101
involved an unremarkable
bush plane.
705
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:06,342
In 1972, a Cessna carrying
leading politician Hale Boggs
706
00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,545
seemed to vanish into thin air.
707
00:39:10,447 --> 00:39:13,148
Hale Boggs
was the House majority leader
708
00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:16,186
and a member of the infamous
Warren Commission
709
00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:18,355
that looked into
the assassination
710
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:22,425
of JFK in November, 1963.
711
00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:27,329
Boggs set out on a
journey across southern Alaska
712
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:32,735
with Congressman Nick Begich,
on October 16th, 1972,
713
00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:35,338
flown by
a very experienced pilot.
714
00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:39,876
They took off
from Anchorage
715
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,177
and they were
on their way to Juneau
716
00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:43,012
and they never arrived.
717
00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:44,614
The weather was good.
718
00:39:44,615 --> 00:39:47,317
There was no reason that they
should've gone down.
719
00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:49,284
The plane
just simply disappeared.
720
00:39:49,286 --> 00:39:52,222
And we're talking about
just poof and gone.
721
00:39:54,791 --> 00:39:56,925
The United States Coast Guard,
722
00:39:56,927 --> 00:39:59,228
the Alaska State Troopers,
723
00:39:59,231 --> 00:40:01,965
and even the Air National Guard,
724
00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:04,199
all took part in the search,
725
00:40:04,202 --> 00:40:06,202
but they found nothing,
726
00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:09,105
despite it being
a well-traveled air route
727
00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:11,474
and over an area of land
728
00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:14,210
that had a lot
of ground activity.
729
00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:17,880
There was
no wreckage found,
730
00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:19,916
there was no record
of them landing,
731
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,784
there was no crash site,
nothing.
732
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:23,119
They were just gone.
733
00:40:23,954 --> 00:40:25,054
They just disappeared.
734
00:40:27,056 --> 00:40:29,925
Indeed, no wreckage
has ever been found
735
00:40:29,927 --> 00:40:32,061
all these years later,
736
00:40:32,063 --> 00:40:35,297
rendering the whole case
strangely mysterious
737
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:37,099
and then very sinister.
738
00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:40,335
How can it be
that these planes
739
00:40:40,338 --> 00:40:41,503
just disappear?
740
00:40:42,306 --> 00:40:44,807
Maybe it's related
to paranormal phenomenon
741
00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:47,010
that we don't yet understand.
742
00:40:47,012 --> 00:40:49,545
Maybe it's related
to the UFO activity.
743
00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:51,181
It doesn't make any sense
at all.
744
00:40:52,849 --> 00:40:56,952
Andrew Gough thinks the
answer may have less to do with UFOs,
745
00:40:56,954 --> 00:41:00,088
and more to do
with other dimensions.
746
00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:04,260
It's long been suspected that
there are portals or wormholes
747
00:41:04,262 --> 00:41:05,695
in The Alaska Triangle
748
00:41:05,697 --> 00:41:11,233
that draw unsuspecting
aircraft into their path.
749
00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:16,105
Could this be the answer as
to why, in so many instances,
750
00:41:16,106 --> 00:41:20,643
no wreckage has ever been found?
751
00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:25,614
Is it because the planes have
been taken into another dimension
752
00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:28,150
and remain there, trapped?
753
00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:31,286
It's a mystery.
754
00:41:31,289 --> 00:41:33,789
Completely unexplained
why these aircraft
755
00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:36,192
are disappearing
in The Alaska Triangle.
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00:41:36,994 --> 00:41:39,161
Why or how this is taking place,
757
00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:40,597
we don't know,
758
00:41:40,599 --> 00:41:42,532
but it is a fact
that it's happening.
759
00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,802
All these
airplane disappearances
760
00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:49,505
echo the disappearances
of people on the ground.
761
00:41:52,976 --> 00:41:58,414
The mysteries of Alaska
seem to know no bounds.
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