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[ Man Narrating ]
Unexplained sightings...
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at 10, 000 feet.
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[ Man #2 ] This was a very odd thing
that was captured.
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I mean, off-the-charts dramatic.
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[ Narrator]
Strange creatures on remote cliffs.
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They're somewhere
between a bird and a person...
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but in a very frightening form.
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[ Bird Squawks ]
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[ Narrator] And ancient warfare
waged above the clouds.
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[ Man #3 ] I'm talking about a functioning
military outpost in the mountains...
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for an all-out war between extraterrestrials.
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[ Narrator] Are mysterious stories
surrounding our highest peaks...
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simply tall tales?
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♪♪ [ Blowing Tones ]
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Or is it possible
that Earth's greatest mountains...
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have been secretly inhabited
by alien civilizations?
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[ Man #4 ]
They are the closest points to the sky...
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and the world that exists up there...
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which makes them
the perfect place of communication...
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between this world and the next.
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[ Narrator]
Millions of people around the world...
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believe we have been visited in the past
by extraterrestrial beings.
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What if it were true?
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Did ancient aliens really help
to shape our history?
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And if so...
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might the ultimate proof be hidden...
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on the Earth's most mysterious mountains?
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[ Narrator]
Nepal, 2007.
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Here, in a remote area
of the Himalayan mountain range...
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researchers scale a cliff
crumbling from erosion...
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in order to explore one of the world's
greatest archaeological mysteries-
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the sky caves
of the ancient kingdom of Mustang.
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There are over 10, 000
of these man-made caves...
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tunneled all around
the Mustang region.
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Many have yet to be explored.
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Entry is not only dangerous...
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but nearly impossible...
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even with modern climbing equipment.
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The caves of Mustang
are absolutely amazing...
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because they are in
a very fragile, friable rock.
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That is, it breaks off very easily.
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It's very hard to scale
to try to get up to them.
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These caves appear to be human carved,
to be cut out by humans.
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No one really knows
who carved these caves initially...
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because they seem to go back
to such a very, very early period.
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[ Narrator]
Hidden inside...
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researchers find art, artifacts...
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and religious texts...
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dating back to at least the 1400s.
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And some much, much older.
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Among the most stunning
of the discoveries...
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is a mural composed of 55 panels...
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depicting scenes from the life
of the spiritual leader Buddha.
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They have found images of the Buddha,
various life scenes of the Buddha.
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So perhaps it was used
for a ritual purpose...
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perhaps used
as a meditation purpose.
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We do not know why, particularly...
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Buddhist deities have been painted
in some of these caves.
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But how and why...
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did this unknown ancient civilization...
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scale nearly 155 feet
of sheer vertical rock wall...
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to create these caverns
in the mountainside?
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And why did they leave behind
depictions of the life of Buddha?
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Mankind has been drawn
to mountains for centuries.
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Across ancient civilizations...
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the world's highest peaks
were often viewed as sacred...
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and home to all-powerful gods.
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But why do so many different cultures
throughout history...
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share this belief that mountains
have a divine connection?
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[ Woman ] Mountains have fascinated
people all over the world...
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for thousands and thousands of years.
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They seem to be a way
to ascend to the heavens...
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or to get as close to the heavens
as we can here on this planet.
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In many mythologies they were imagined
as the dwelling place of the gods.
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[ Man ] The idea that the mountains
would be the homes of the gods...
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shows up in Norse tradition,
in India, in Japan, all over.
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The ruler, the god, the great power...
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would want to have a view from above.
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This is transcendence.
This is getting the big picture.
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So we imagine that there is
a kind of control tower...
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or control center up in the mountains...
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that helps the gods
rule wisely from above.
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They are the closest points to the sky...
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and the world that exists up there...
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which makes them
the perfect place of communication...
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between this world and the next.
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The gods are said to use them
when they come down.
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They are places
of otherworldly activity.
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[ Narrator]
Were mountains around the world...
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really home to divine
or perhaps extraterrestrial beings...
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beings who used
these extreme elevations...
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to observe and communicate
with mankind?
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Many ancient astronaut theorists
say yes...
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and as evidence
they point to the mountain...
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that is most famously associated
with powerful gods of the ancient world-
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Mount Olympus, Greece.
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Rising over 9, 500 feet...
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this sacred mountain is the second-tallest
in the Balkan Peninsula.
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According to ancient myth...
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it was also the chosen home of immortal deities
known as the Olympians.
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[ Man ] Mount Olympus
hides a particularly mysterious abode...
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where the gods live
in perfect immortal repose...
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for all of their existence.
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Even nowadays,
clouds gather around the top of it.
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That's where it is assumed
that the abode of the gods was-
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up in the clouds
that you aren't able to see.
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[ Narrator]
Mount Olympus was viewed as sacred...
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by the ancient Greeks...
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and the city of Dion,
located at the foot of the mountain...
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became a major center of pilgrimage
and religious worship...
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in the fifth century B.C.
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Dion was at the base of Mount Olympus...
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and it was believed to be a power spot.
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[ Horse Whinnies ]
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[ Wilcock ]
Fourth century B.C.
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Alexander the Great came to Dion...
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before launching off
on his vast conquest of Asia.
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There is something about this place,
something very important...
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related to the mountain.
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The Greeks were fascinated
by Mount Olympus...
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and they believed that real people,
real gods were living up there.
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When they saw lighting flashes,
storm clouds...
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and when there
were natural disasters...
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they believed the gods were angry.
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[ Man ]
The Olympians were huge sky beings...
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who descended on Earth
and had a headquarters at Mount Olympus.
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They interacted with humans.
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And the ancients believed
that they were real beings.
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For many years,
historians believed...
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that the Greek stories
were complete myth.
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But then in 1870, the German archaeologist
Heinrich Schleimann discovered Troy.
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Similarly, we have the story
of the Oracle at Delphi...
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and the god Apollo
speaking through the oracle.
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Archaeologists have now found
the exact spot where the Oracle at Delphi sat.
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So now we know that some
of the Greek stories are genuine.
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So is it possible that the stories
of the Olympians are also true?
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It's possible that they
were actually extraterrestrial beings...
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who came here
to influence humankind.
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[ Narrator] Could the myths
of ancient Greece be true?
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Was Mount Olympus home
to gods living here on planet Earth?
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And if so, might those powerful deities
have been extraterrestrials...
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as some ancient astronaut theorists
believe?
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According to the accounts of the Greek poet
Hesiod from the eighth century B.C....
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the Olympians
were the children of the Titans...
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another generation of gods
thought to occupy nearby Mount Othrys.
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Fed up with the oppressive rule
of the Titans...
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the Olympians waged
a brutal rebellion against them...
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using Mount Olympus as their base.
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- [ Thunder Crashing ]
- [ Voices Wailing ]
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The command was done
from the mountains...
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and the battle took place
in the plains between the mountains.
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And the battle went on and on.
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The Olympians prevailed,
finally capturing the Titans.
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[ Man ] Whenever we have
references to Mount Olympus...
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it is described to be
this magnificent palace...
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and the temple walls were always
gleaming of gold or gleaming with silver...
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and a lot of little lights
that they described as jewels...
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some blinking lights
and all those things.
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Well, if you look at that
from a modern perspective...
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what if Mount Olympus
and Mount Othrys...
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were basically the command posts...
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where the Olympians and the Titans
drew up their battle plans?
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And when I say command posts...
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I'm talking about a functioning
military outpost in the mountains...
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for an all-out war
between extraterrestrials.
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[ Narrator] Could the stories of the war
between the Olympians and the Titans...
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actually be describing a battle
between extraterrestrial forces?
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And did Mount Olympus and Mount Othrys...
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serve as their tactical military bases?
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And if so, might there be
other strategic reasons...
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why extraterrestrials
may have chosen mountains...
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as their point of contact with Earth?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say the evidence can be found...
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in a mysterious mountain dwelling
where a prince ascended to the stars.
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[ Narrator]
Hubei Province, Central China.
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Covering an area
of over 100 square miles...
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Wudang Mountain has long served
as a sacred center...
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of China's oldest surviving religion-
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Daoism.
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This ancient religion emphasizes
living in harmony with the dao...
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the energy that is the driving force
behind everything that exists in the universe.
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Located high in the mist-covered
peaks and cliffs of Wudang Mountain...
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is a remarkable Daoist complex
of temples and palaces...
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some dating back
to the seventh century A.D.
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This is where Daoism began.
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And this mountain
is still revered today.
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Very sacred mountain.
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Many pilgrims go there
to experience some of these temples.
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Some that are devoted to Daoist philosophy.
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Others to martial arts.
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The most famous temple of all
is called the Nanyan Temple.
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All the features in this temple
are built right into the side of a mountain.
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And it's considered one of the
most important temples in all of China.
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[ Narrator] According to accounts
from the Song dynasty...
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it was here that the Daoist hero Zhenwu
abandoned his role as a prince...
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to seek spiritual enlightenment
in the Wudang Mountains...
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in the 27th century B.C.
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The stories of Zhenwu describe him
as possessing many magical abilities...
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including the power
to summon thunder and lightning.
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Zhenwu translates
as "the perfected warrior."
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And he was particularly solicited
for his exorcistic healing powers...
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and also for protecting the nation.
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He was a very powerful protective deity.
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[ Narrator]
Perhaps the most famous account...
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of Zhenwu's incredible abilities...
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is believed to have taken place
on the very location of the Nanyan Temple itself.
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The Nanyan Temple
has a very peculiar site.
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It's marked by a 2.9-meter
horizontal pillar or beam...
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that extends over
a very deep ravine right below it.
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And at the end of this pillar or beam...
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you have an incense burner...
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that has been placed where
the heads of two dragons meet.
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It's believed that this pillar marks the spot
where Zhenwu first fathomed...
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the cosmic truths of Daoism.
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And upon fathoming these truths...
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he straddled two dragons...
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and ascended up to the skies.
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[ Young ]
Zhenwu flew upward.
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He flew on to his reward,
to transcendence itself...
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and became one with heaven.
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And this gives a sense of the connection
between the divine and the mountains.
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So it is considered a central shrine
in the Daoist tradition...
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a place of great holiness.
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It is also spectacularly beautiful.
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[ Tsoukalos ] I find the story
of Zhenwu interesting...
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because we have another
example of somebody...
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having disappeared into the sky
when he left.
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He took off back into the sky...
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to return to the stars.
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Now, what does that mean,
riding on a dragon?
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Because dragons as we think
of them today never existed.
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They were misunderstood technology,
misunderstood machines.
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So you have to wonder
if this dragon that they were describing...
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isn't really some kind of spaceship.
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If Zhenwu was using
Wudang Mountain...
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and the cliff face
that was so inaccessible...
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as his launching pad
to make his journeys...
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the people down below would look up...
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and they would see this fiery dragon
and lights in the sky...
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and a roar of flame and thunder...
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and to them it was a dragon.
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People were so blown away by this...
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that it not only becomes legend,
it becomes religion...
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and it becomes the centerpiece of faith.
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[ Wilcock ]
When we see the Nanyan Temple...
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we're seeing some sort of
physical artifact left behind...
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to support the notion...
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that Zhenwu was able to
reach the top of this mountain...
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and then head directly
into the heavens.
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It's a very real report of extraterrestrial
and human interaction...
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which was then documented
with the construction of this temple.
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[ Narrator]
Was Zhenwu an extraterrestrial?
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Did he use the Wudang Mountain
as a launching site for his return to the stars?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes...
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and believe it was not
the only mountain to be visited...
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by otherworldly beings.
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Taticev Kamen, Macedonia, 2001.
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Archaeologists investigating
this volcanic peak...
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3, 300 feet above sea level...
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discover what they believe to be...
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the remains of a nearly
4, 000-year-old observatory.
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The Kokino Observatory in Macedonia...
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has been recognized by NASA...
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as one of the most impressive
observatories of its kind in the world...
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the others being
the Cambodian temples...
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and Stonehenge itself.
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It's composed of four thrones
that were carved out of stone...
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that face east,
the direction of the rising sun.
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[ Narrator]
In addition to the four thrones...
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are man-made markers
carved into the eastern rock wall...
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that track celestial movements
with remarkable precision.
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This location also tracks
the movement of the sun...
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tracking the solstices...
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and the equinoxes.
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And in fact, they've discovered
that the Kokino Observatory...
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is a kind of lunar calendar
that shows the phases of the moon...
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and the 19-year eclipse cycle...
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which is something
that Stonehenge does as well.
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So what we're looking at here is something
that is very advanced knowledge...
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and we don't know
where they got this from.
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It tracks the movement of the moon...
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and also the movement
and location of the Pleiades.
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[ Narrator] In many ancient cultures
throughout the world...
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including the Egyptians,
Greeks, Mayans, Celts...
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and numerous Native American tribes...
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the Pleiades star cluster
is associated with the gods...
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and in some cases
even the origins of the human race.
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The earliest known depiction
of this star cluster...
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is an artifact known
as the Nebra sky disk...
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which dates back to approximately
the 17th century B.C....
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the same time period
most archaeologists believe...
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the Kokino Observatory was built.
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But according to
ancient astronaut theorists...
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a connection to the Pleiades
is not the only aspect of Kokino...
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that is curiously similar to
other ancient cultures.
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But what I find fascinating
about Kokino...
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is that these stone thrones
aren't exclusive to Kokino.
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But those stone thrones
can be found all around the world.
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In fact, we find
the exact same structures...
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at Sacsahuamán in Peru...
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in Greece, in Italy.
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When you put all this together,
it makes one wonder...
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if in fact this was a site
that was visited long ago...
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by star beings or extraterrestrials...
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and that they who created
this observatory...
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were perhaps
commemorating something...
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that they experienced as a result
of an encounter with these beings.
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[ Narrator]
Is the Kokino Observatory...
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evidence of an otherworldly presence...
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in the mountains of Macedonia?
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Did extraterrestrials
use locations like these...
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to share scientific knowledge
with early humans?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes...
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and as further proof
they point to numerous cultures...
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that believe otherworldly beings
visit the mountains...
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even to this day.
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[ Narrator]
The Peruvian Andes, 2009.
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Tens of thousands of people
from all over the region...
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journey to the Sinakara Valley
near Ausangate Mountain...
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for the Quyllur Rit'l,
or Snow Star Festival.
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Historical records show that local Catholics
adopted this annual celebration...
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back in 1780...
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but most experts agree
it likely dates back hundreds...
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and possibly thousands of years earlier.
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And although no one knows exactly when
or why the Snow Star Festival was started...
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oral traditions maintain
that it has always been tied...
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to a star cluster
the native Quechua people call Collca...
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or as it's known to many other cultures,
the Pleiades...
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the same star cluster that is tracked...
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by the Kokino Observatory
in Macedonia.
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The Quyllur Rit'l Festival
seems to go back...
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to a much earlier festival
that ties in literally with the stars...
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in particular, the Pleiades...
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which disappears in April
in the southern hemisphere...
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from the view in that area...
336
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and then reappears in June.
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And this can be tied to
agricultural seasons.
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Is it merely coincidence...
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that an ancient mountain observatory
in Macedonia...
340
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and an ancient mountain festival
7, 000 miles away in Peru...
341
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are both associated
with the Pleiades star cluster?
342
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Perhaps further clues can be found
in the rituals of the Snow Star Festival.
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The Quechua people,
descendants of the ancient Incas...
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return to this location every year...
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to be surrounded
by four sacred mountains.
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In hopes of gaining good fortune...
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they spend several days dressed
in traditional costumes, dancing...
348
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and making ceremonial offerings
to the apu...
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the spirits of the mountains.
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[ Young ]
In the ancient civilization of the Incas...
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there is a belief that
there are spirits in the mountains.
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They're called apu.
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And ceremonial leaders, chieftains,
priests can make connection...
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can get some wisdom and guidance.
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They are benevolent spirits.
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[ Man ]
Each mountain has its own apu spirit.
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The apus are supernatural things...
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but they are not deities...
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so people are not
necessarily praying to them.
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Rather, they are
in a relationship with them...
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asking them for the favor
that they can provide.
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The Incans were very specific
in believing...
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that the apu actually existed...
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as tangible entities
who they were interacting with...
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and who they were, in fact,
very much beholden to...
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for their technology,
for their civilization.
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[ Childress ]
You have to wonder if these apus...
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were in fact extraterrestrials
that the Incas were in contact with.
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[ Childress ] And today,
the people return to these mountains...
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to have some kind of contact...
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and perhaps advice from the apus.
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[ Narrator] Might the apu
have been extraterrestrial beings...
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beings who came to Earth
from the Pleiades star cluster...
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and interacted with the Incans
in ancient times?
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Perhaps the answers can be found...
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in the culmination of the festival itself.
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At the close of the celebration...
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select members
of the Quechua community...
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prepare to make the treacherous journey
up the mountain glacier.
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They go in search of ice
they refer to as the "snow star."
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[ Barnhart ] The pilgrims
go up to the top of the mountain...
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and they ask the apu
if they can have some of this ice.
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It's intentionally something
that is supposed to be grueling.
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Some people have even been known
to die along the way.
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That particular ice is supposed
to have healing properties...
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and those that take the journey
have good health for the rest of their life.
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So it is a gift from the apus...
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that they go and take
and bring back down to the village.
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[ Wilcock ]
They believe the glacier ice...
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has unique healing capabilities.
391
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Now, it is possible the presence
of an extraterrestrial craft...
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which the indigenous people
may refer to as a star...
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as it landed created some sort
of intrinsic energy to the ice in that area...
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giving that ice
actually a tangible healing power.
395
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Throughout the ancient world...
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we learn of extraterrestrials depositing
treasures and knowledge in sacred mountains.
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It's possible that that's what we're seeing here
with the Snow Star ritual.
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Its very name tells us
that it comes from beyond the Earth.
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[ Narrator] Did extraterrestrials
really visit the mountains of Peru?
400
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And might they have left behind
healing technology...
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in the glacial ice of the Andes?
402
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If so, might there be evidence
in other parts of the world...
403
00:26:54,614 --> 00:26:57,200
that mountains
served as points of connection...
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00:26:57,284 --> 00:27:00,870
between humans
and otherworldly beings?
405
00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:08,878
[ Narrator]
Shandong Province, China.
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Referred to as
the cosmic peak of the East...
407
00:27:13,216 --> 00:27:19,139
Mount Tai has been a site of pilgrimage
and worship for 3, 000 years.
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Mount Tai is considered
an extremely powerful place...
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a place where people
can communicate with the divine.
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00:27:28,606 --> 00:27:30,108
In Chinese antiquity...
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72 emperors were believed to have
made the pilgrimage to Mount Tai.
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[ Young ] They would do ceremonies there
that were crucial to their reign.
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If they did the ceremonies correctly,
they gained the approval of the gods...
414
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and the legitimacy
that stems from that.
415
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If they made a mistake,
an entire dynasty could be in trouble.
416
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[ Narrator] In 110 B.C.,
Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty...
417
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made the first of several journeys
to Mount Tai during his reign.
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According to the historical accounts
of scribe Sima Qian...
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mysterious sightings were reported
during his time on the mountain.
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There seems to have been a beam of light
that appeared off into the horizon...
421
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and there was a mysterious white cloud
that emerged from the mound...
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where the sacrifice was performed.
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[ Tsoukalos ]
In the historical record...
424
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a white cloud and a beam of light
appeared as though he summoned them.
425
00:28:41,596 --> 00:28:44,307
So what is really being
described here?
426
00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:46,893
And why must his followers
stay behind?
427
00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:49,229
It reads much more like an encounter...
428
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with some type of an extraterrestrial craft...
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that was misinterpreted
as some type of a divine event.
430
00:28:59,406 --> 00:29:04,411
The Chinese believe that the emperors
were actually communicating with the gods.
431
00:29:04,494 --> 00:29:07,288
So it's possible that in fact the E.T.'s...
432
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were guiding Chinese civilization
through their leaders.
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[ Narrator]
Were the emperors of ancient China...
434
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in contact with extraterrestrials?
435
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,971
And might this story suggest...
436
00:29:23,054 --> 00:29:25,014
that mountains like Mount Tai...
437
00:29:25,098 --> 00:29:28,435
served as a kind of
communication portal...
438
00:29:28,518 --> 00:29:31,271
to places beyond the Earth?
439
00:29:32,689 --> 00:29:37,569
Perhaps the answers can be found
not on the tops of mountains...
440
00:29:37,652 --> 00:29:42,365
but on the tops of man-made structures
found all over the world.
441
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[ Narrator]
Shikoku, Japan.
442
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Here, towering 6, 500 feet
over this ancient island...
443
00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:58,882
is Mount Ishizuchi...
444
00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:02,469
one of the most revered mountains
in all of Japan.
445
00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:07,182
The sharp summit
is called Tengu-dake...
446
00:30:07,265 --> 00:30:10,393
named after the fearsome demons
known as tengu...
447
00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:17,150
thought to live not only here,
but in mountains all over Japan.
448
00:30:17,233 --> 00:30:18,860
[ Screeching ]
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[ Young ]
These are fierce, birdlike creatures.
450
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They are frightening to look at.
451
00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:28,328
They've got feathers, of course,
and sharp teeth, shimmering wings.
452
00:30:28,411 --> 00:30:32,415
They've got claws and beaks,
and yet they are persons.
453
00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:35,418
They are somewhere
between a bird and a person...
454
00:30:35,502 --> 00:30:38,421
but in a very frightening form.
455
00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:43,051
[ Steavu ] The karasu-tengu,
which translates as "crow tengu"...
456
00:30:43,134 --> 00:30:46,638
are born out of these giant eggs.
457
00:30:46,721 --> 00:30:49,224
And these creatures
are typically very mischievous...
458
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and even malevolent
towards humans.
459
00:30:52,185 --> 00:30:53,978
They like to play tricks on them.
460
00:30:54,062 --> 00:30:58,024
They like to make them
lose their way in the mountains.
461
00:30:58,107 --> 00:31:01,361
They often kidnap people as well.
462
00:31:03,196 --> 00:31:07,784
[ Man ] One story about the tengu
concerns Mount Ishizuchi.
463
00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:12,580
A six-year-old boy went missing
at the top of the mountain, Tengu Peak.
464
00:31:13,706 --> 00:31:15,333
When they asked him what had happened...
465
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he said that he had left the trail...
466
00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:22,173
and that an all-black humanlike figure
from behind said...
467
00:31:22,257 --> 00:31:25,301
"If you are lost, I will help you.
Close your eyes."
468
00:31:26,135 --> 00:31:29,931
And the next thing he knew
he was back home safe and sound.
469
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[ Narrator]
Belief in the tengu was widespread.
470
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In fact, as recently as 1860...
471
00:31:37,981 --> 00:31:42,151
the Edo government
posted an official notice to the tengu...
472
00:31:42,235 --> 00:31:46,990
ordering them to evacuate the mountains
before a shogun's upcoming visit.
473
00:31:48,283 --> 00:31:52,620
But did these strange
and powerful beings really exist?
474
00:31:52,704 --> 00:31:56,332
And if so, what were the tengu?
475
00:31:57,834 --> 00:32:02,171
All over the world we have stories
of what we call birdmen like the tengu.
476
00:32:03,631 --> 00:32:07,427
These are men that are often depicted
with wings on their backs.
477
00:32:07,510 --> 00:32:09,846
They're able to fly.
478
00:32:10,430 --> 00:32:15,184
And you have to wonder if really these
aren't some kind of extraterrestrials...
479
00:32:16,269 --> 00:32:18,855
and that the wings are purely symbolic.
480
00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:22,859
But they're called birdmen
and have wings because they can fly.
481
00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:26,029
They can fly in their spaceships.
482
00:32:29,365 --> 00:32:30,617
The biggest creatures...
483
00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:34,621
or the biggest gods
that we can talk about with wings...
484
00:32:34,704 --> 00:32:36,831
are none other than the Anunnaki.
485
00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:43,963
[ Tsoukalos ] And to this day,
in museums all around the world...
486
00:32:44,047 --> 00:32:48,635
we can see them
as these winged majestic beings...
487
00:32:48,718 --> 00:32:53,389
with muscular bodies
and these massive wings.
488
00:32:55,224 --> 00:32:58,019
The Sumerian mythologies proclaim...
489
00:32:58,102 --> 00:33:02,148
that the Anunnaki will return one day.
490
00:33:02,231 --> 00:33:07,070
And so the question is,
is it possible that they never left?
491
00:33:07,654 --> 00:33:10,615
And what better place to go
than the mountains?
492
00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:14,827
Because it would be
a logical place to escape detection.
493
00:33:16,663 --> 00:33:18,456
[ Narrator]
Might the accounts of the tengu...
494
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:21,125
really be describing Anunnaki?
495
00:33:22,752 --> 00:33:27,131
Did the same beings that walked
amongst the ancient Sumerians...
496
00:33:27,215 --> 00:33:30,426
take refuge in the mountains of Japan?
497
00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:37,767
And if so, might they also have hidden
in other mountains throughout the world?
498
00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:44,607
[ Narrator]
Tenerife, Canary Islands.
499
00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:51,406
Reaching a height of over 24, 000 feet
from its base under the ocean...
500
00:33:52,699 --> 00:33:56,994
Mount Teide is the third-largest
volcano in the world.
501
00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:02,875
The surrounding region was once home
to the mysterious Guanche people...
502
00:34:02,959 --> 00:34:07,296
thought to live on the islands
as far back as 200 B.C.
503
00:34:08,631 --> 00:34:12,051
After the Spanish invaded
in the 15th century...
504
00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:16,055
the native culture and traditions
quickly disappeared.
505
00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:19,642
But some ancient astronaut theorists...
506
00:34:19,726 --> 00:34:23,271
believe a series of pyramids
found near Mount Teide...
507
00:34:23,354 --> 00:34:25,565
were built by the Guanche...
508
00:34:25,648 --> 00:34:30,737
and may provide more clues
about this ancient civilization.
509
00:34:30,820 --> 00:34:32,780
The Guanche people are fascinating...
510
00:34:32,864 --> 00:34:35,074
because there is so much
that we don't know about them.
511
00:34:35,158 --> 00:34:37,910
The Guanche people
are a real mystery.
512
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,580
They mummified their dead.
513
00:34:40,663 --> 00:34:44,917
So we're able to obtain what information
we do have about them...
514
00:34:45,001 --> 00:34:47,879
through looking at
some of these mummies.
515
00:34:51,424 --> 00:34:54,260
The Guanche
were also pyramid builders...
516
00:34:54,343 --> 00:34:55,970
and the pyramids
that they are building...
517
00:34:56,053 --> 00:34:59,098
resemble the earliest
step pyramids in Egypt...
518
00:34:59,182 --> 00:35:02,351
but also the step pyramids that we see
throughout the Mayan culture.
519
00:35:03,895 --> 00:35:05,855
[ Collins ]
Quite close to Mount Teide...
520
00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:10,610
there are a series of pyramids...
521
00:35:10,693 --> 00:35:12,945
that seem to have some relationship...
522
00:35:13,029 --> 00:35:16,073
to the mountain or volcano.
523
00:35:16,157 --> 00:35:20,369
And they may have even been
representations of that mountain itself.
524
00:35:20,453 --> 00:35:24,624
But they also were places
of communication with the gods.
525
00:35:24,707 --> 00:35:28,044
But who those gods were
is lost today.
526
00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:37,386
[ Narrator] But for what purpose
were the Mount Teide pyramids built?
527
00:35:37,470 --> 00:35:40,223
Were they meant to be
places of worship?
528
00:35:41,098 --> 00:35:45,061
Or could it be,
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest...
529
00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:49,732
that they were constructed
to welcome otherworldly visitors?
530
00:35:51,609 --> 00:35:53,903
Perhaps the answers may be found...
531
00:35:53,986 --> 00:35:57,281
in the mythology
of the Guanche people.
532
00:35:59,158 --> 00:36:02,829
[ Childress ] The Guanche
also believed that Mount Teide...
533
00:36:02,912 --> 00:36:06,165
was a huge pyramid
put there by the gods.
534
00:36:06,249 --> 00:36:10,837
They also believed that they are seeing gods
coming and going from this mountain.
535
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,715
But perhaps what they're really seeing
is extraterrestrial vehicles...
536
00:36:14,799 --> 00:36:16,759
coming and going
from the mountain.
537
00:36:18,761 --> 00:36:20,513
The ancient Egyptians
called their step pyramids...
538
00:36:20,596 --> 00:36:22,098
"the stairway to heaven"...
539
00:36:22,181 --> 00:36:24,851
and maintained that the gods
themselves taught them...
540
00:36:24,934 --> 00:36:27,270
how to build these structures.
541
00:36:28,354 --> 00:36:30,857
It's possible
that the Guanche step pyramids...
542
00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:34,902
were built based on instructions
from the same gods...
543
00:36:34,986 --> 00:36:38,573
and that they too are portals
or gateways to heaven.
544
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:45,162
Is it possible that the Guanche people
built these pyramids...
545
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:47,790
not for mythical gods...
546
00:36:47,874 --> 00:36:50,710
but as launching pads
for actual beings...
547
00:36:50,793 --> 00:36:53,754
that visited them
in the distant past?
548
00:36:55,464 --> 00:36:58,718
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes...
549
00:36:58,801 --> 00:37:04,891
and point to strange sightings that continue
around Mount Teide even to this day.
550
00:37:07,351 --> 00:37:13,232
[ Man ] That region has had more than
its share of interesting U.F.O. sightings.
551
00:37:13,316 --> 00:37:16,277
Not just of U.F.O. sightings,
but really dramatic-
552
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,988
I mean, off-the-charts
dramatic U.F.O. sightings.
553
00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:22,658
In June of 1976...
554
00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:27,455
people on the ground saw
this glowing large, three-story high...
555
00:37:27,538 --> 00:37:30,374
almost like a globe
that at times was transparent.
556
00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:33,669
And in fact, the Spanish military
investigated this particular case...
557
00:37:33,753 --> 00:37:36,839
and they were left with something that
was truly unknown, truly extraordinary.
558
00:37:41,177 --> 00:37:44,430
[ Narrator] Did the Guanche people
witness extraterrestrials...
559
00:37:44,513 --> 00:37:48,684
coming and going from Mount Teide
in the distant past?
560
00:37:49,435 --> 00:37:51,604
Many ancient astronaut theorists...
561
00:37:51,687 --> 00:37:55,149
believe that not only have aliens
landed on mountains...
562
00:37:55,232 --> 00:37:59,153
but that they may even have created
elaborate bases...
563
00:37:59,236 --> 00:38:01,447
deep inside of them.
564
00:38:09,789 --> 00:38:13,292
[ Narrator]
Bugarach, France, 2012.
565
00:38:15,378 --> 00:38:20,049
Believing that the end of the Mayan calendar
is a prediction of the apocalypse...
566
00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:23,386
thousands descend
on this mountain village...
567
00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:27,640
hoping to be rescued
by extraterrestrials.
568
00:38:33,562 --> 00:38:35,773
[ Coppens ] Bugarach has been known
as a holy mountain...
569
00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:39,151
since time immemorial
in this part of France.
570
00:38:39,235 --> 00:38:41,946
There is something truly magnetic
about this mountain...
571
00:38:42,029 --> 00:38:45,491
that is bringing people
to come and watch it.
572
00:38:45,574 --> 00:38:47,243
There is so much U.F.O. activity.
573
00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:50,496
There are so many unidentified lights,
unidentified objects...
574
00:38:50,579 --> 00:38:52,790
that are seen around that mountain...
575
00:38:52,873 --> 00:38:56,585
that people come from all over Europe
to observe Bugarach.
576
00:38:57,753 --> 00:38:59,547
[ Childress ]
All throughout the mountain...
577
00:38:59,630 --> 00:39:05,261
is a vast labyrinth of limestone caves.
578
00:39:05,344 --> 00:39:08,848
These limestone caves have led
a number of people to believe...
579
00:39:08,931 --> 00:39:12,518
that this is actually
some kind of alien base...
580
00:39:12,601 --> 00:39:16,689
that extraterrestrials
are living inside the mountain...
581
00:39:16,772 --> 00:39:20,192
and in fact they've been living there
for thousands of years.
582
00:39:23,237 --> 00:39:25,156
[ Man ]
So what happened in 2012...
583
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,117
is that all sorts of doomsday groups
flocked to the area...
584
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,579
because they felt like it would be
the only place that would be safe...
585
00:39:31,662 --> 00:39:35,291
from the devastation and destruction
that would engulf the entire planet.
586
00:39:36,042 --> 00:39:39,045
They believed that the aliens were going
to come out and protect anybody...
587
00:39:39,128 --> 00:39:41,213
who was encamped in the area...
588
00:39:41,297 --> 00:39:43,549
and that they would be the ones
who would start the new world...
589
00:39:43,632 --> 00:39:45,426
that would come afterwards.
590
00:39:46,385 --> 00:39:48,220
[ Narrator]
Could extraterrestrials...
591
00:39:48,304 --> 00:39:52,141
really be living
inside a mountain in France...
592
00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:56,979
remaining undetected
for thousands of years?
593
00:39:57,063 --> 00:40:00,733
And if so, might there be
other similar mountains...
594
00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:04,987
secretly housing
otherworldly civilizations?
595
00:40:08,407 --> 00:40:11,327
Mount Shasta, California.
596
00:40:12,912 --> 00:40:14,580
Dominating the landscape...
597
00:40:14,663 --> 00:40:19,168
at over 14, 162 feet...
598
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:23,756
this mountain has inspired
strange and incredible stories...
599
00:40:23,839 --> 00:40:26,258
for thousands of years.
600
00:40:26,342 --> 00:40:28,260
The local Native Americans
have always felt...
601
00:40:28,344 --> 00:40:31,388
there was something special
about Mount Shasta.
602
00:40:31,472 --> 00:40:34,100
It was thought that humankind...
603
00:40:34,183 --> 00:40:37,561
actually originated
from within Mount Shasta...
604
00:40:38,479 --> 00:40:40,523
that there was a great cataclysm...
605
00:40:40,606 --> 00:40:42,983
and that the people of planet Earth...
606
00:40:43,067 --> 00:40:45,277
actually hid within the mountain.
607
00:40:49,031 --> 00:40:50,783
When the cataclysm had passed...
608
00:40:50,866 --> 00:40:53,327
the people were able
to come out of Mount Shasta...
609
00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:55,663
and repopulate the world.
610
00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:02,211
[ Coppens ]
A book came out in the 1890s...
611
00:41:02,294 --> 00:41:06,048
proposing the idea
that there was a culture...
612
00:41:06,132 --> 00:41:09,927
that lived within subterranean chambers
in Mount Shasta.
613
00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:18,435
Over the years,
there have been a number...
614
00:41:18,519 --> 00:41:22,523
of very significant U.F.O. sightings
around Mount Shasta.
615
00:41:22,606 --> 00:41:26,277
And you have to wonder,
why is that the case?
616
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,823
I don't think we can rule out the idea
of some sort of permanent presence...
617
00:41:30,906 --> 00:41:34,076
buried deep
within Mount Shasta itself.
618
00:41:36,412 --> 00:41:40,207
[ Narrator] Could alien beings
really be living on planet Earth...
619
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,751
hidden inside mountains?
620
00:41:44,003 --> 00:41:48,340
And if so, might they have
built advanced civilizations...
621
00:41:49,258 --> 00:41:51,677
not only within Mount Shasta...
622
00:41:52,386 --> 00:41:55,347
but in mountains across the world?
623
00:41:56,432 --> 00:41:58,726
[ Young ]
Great mountains have been objects...
624
00:41:58,809 --> 00:42:01,228
of fascination and veneration...
625
00:42:01,312 --> 00:42:03,731
for as long as we have stories.
626
00:42:04,857 --> 00:42:07,359
They reach to the heavens.
627
00:42:07,443 --> 00:42:09,778
They have hidden crevices and caves.
628
00:42:09,862 --> 00:42:11,405
They are also dangerous...
629
00:42:11,488 --> 00:42:14,783
so we have the severity,
issues of life and death.
630
00:42:14,867 --> 00:42:17,119
So in every corner of the planet...
631
00:42:17,203 --> 00:42:20,164
there have been special
and sacred mountains.
632
00:42:22,208 --> 00:42:26,295
[ Henry] Throughout the world we find
myths and legends of sacred mountains...
633
00:42:26,378 --> 00:42:28,631
that are not only landing places...
634
00:42:28,714 --> 00:42:32,885
or places where the gods
or star beings descended...
635
00:42:33,469 --> 00:42:36,889
but also places
that became their sanctuary.
636
00:42:36,972 --> 00:42:41,227
And humans have been almost
magnetically attracted to these places...
637
00:42:41,310 --> 00:42:43,938
since the beginning
of recorded history.
638
00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:48,150
[ Childress ] So it's entirely possible
that the extraterrestrials set up...
639
00:42:48,234 --> 00:42:52,071
space bases in mountains
all over the world.
640
00:42:52,154 --> 00:42:56,158
That way they could watch humanity,
help guide us...
641
00:42:56,242 --> 00:42:59,328
and if necessary intervene again
in human affairs...
642
00:42:59,411 --> 00:43:01,747
as they had done in the past.
643
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:04,833
And perhaps this is why
we're drawn to mountains.
644
00:43:04,917 --> 00:43:09,004
We instinctively know that
the extraterrestrial gods are there...
645
00:43:10,839 --> 00:43:12,800
and always have been.
646
00:43:15,594 --> 00:43:17,054
[ Narrator]
Are the Earth's mountains...
647
00:43:17,137 --> 00:43:19,682
really the sites of alien visitations...
648
00:43:19,765 --> 00:43:22,518
that occurred
thousands of years ago?
649
00:43:23,936 --> 00:43:28,190
Did extraterrestrials
use remote mountain peaks...
650
00:43:28,274 --> 00:43:31,402
to interact with early man...
651
00:43:31,485 --> 00:43:34,613
to guide the course
of our civilization...
652
00:43:35,614 --> 00:43:39,201
or simply to live among us
undetected?
653
00:43:39,952 --> 00:43:41,745
♪♪ [ Blowing Tones ]
654
00:43:41,829 --> 00:43:45,791
Might this explain why humans
continue to worship mountains...
655
00:43:45,874 --> 00:43:47,626
as places of divine...
656
00:43:47,710 --> 00:43:51,422
or even otherworldly connection?
657
00:43:51,505 --> 00:43:53,465
Perhaps one day we'll discover...
658
00:43:53,549 --> 00:43:57,636
that not only were our mountains inhabited
by extraterrestrials...
659
00:43:57,720 --> 00:43:59,680
in the distant past...
660
00:43:59,763 --> 00:44:01,473
but that, in fact...
661
00:44:03,767 --> 00:44:05,978
they still are.
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