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- Imagine, strange
creatures lurking deep
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Below the ocean's surface.
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Creatures, some say,
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Are responsible for
countless tragedies.
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- The ship disappears,
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All 31 crew members
are lost, gone.
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I know exactly what I saw,
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It's a dragon in the water.
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- Or shocking evidence
of the undead,
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Buried in a new
England hillside.
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The skull has
been detached from the body.
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- Everyone gets superstitious,
is whipped up into a frenzy,
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And starts desecrating graves.
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- How about uncovering an entire
lost city in your basement?
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Little do you realize
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That beneath your feet
is an engineering marvel.
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- These are the
stories of things
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That lie beneath that
are so surprising,
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They're truly unbelievable.
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For many of us, the
most disturbing answer
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To what lies beneath is also
the most common, the dead.
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But do you know what's
even more disturbing?
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The undead.
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- It's 1990 in
griswold, connecticut,
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And what is about to
happen is insanely creepy.
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A group of boys are
playing in the woods
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And they discover a human skull.
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The griswold, connecticut police
think it's a serial killer
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And immediately cordon off
the area as a crime scene.
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- But once forensic
anthropologists
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Start doing their analyses,
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They figure out
that this is someone
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Who was buried many
years ago, in the 1800s.
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As they dig deeper,
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They uncover something
even stranger.
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- There's four burials,
three of them are normal,
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But the fourth, they
find that the skull
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Has been detached from the body
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And it has been laid
on top of the coffin
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With the two thigh bones
crossed in front of it.
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In other words, like a pirate
flag on top of the coffin.
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- And carved upon it
are the letters, jb.
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- They dig down and
they opened the coffin,
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That's when they
find this one grave,
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Honestly, it looks like it
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Could have been ritualistic.
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You've got a decapitated skull,
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You've got the
ribs cracked open.
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As the forensics
experts do their thing,
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They're able to
tell that this body
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Was dug up five
years after death
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And then dismembered
and rearranged.
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- They call archeologists,
they call museums,
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They call universities,
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And finally someone
tells them, well,
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You know about the jewett
city vampires, right?
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It turns out those
kids playing in the woods
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Stumbled across the
first physical evidence
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Of something deeply irrational.
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- The new England vampire
panic sweeps new England
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From the late 18th up through
the late 19th century.
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- When a death seems
foggy or strange,
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Everyone gets superstitious,
is whipped up into a frenzy,
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And starts desecrating graves,
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Making sure that the
dead don't rise again.
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- Not entirely
dissimilar from the tests
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That were used in salem or
in other eras with witches.
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If we have a series
of deaths in a village
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And we have a suspected undead
member of the community,
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We'll exhume that
body, cut it open,
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Remove the heart,
cut the heart open,
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And if there's
blood inside, bingo,
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We've found our vampire.
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The mysterious jb
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Is just one of many
suspected vampires dug up
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During the panic.
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Perhaps the most notorious
is the poor mercy brown.
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- In the 1880s, mercy's mother
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And sister both succumb
to tuberculosis,
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And mercy is left with
her brother and father.
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Mercy seems fine for about
10 years, but when she's 19,
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She too develops the symptoms
of tuberculosis infection.
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By the dawn of the 19th century,
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Tuberculosis has killed one
in seven people on the planet.
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So there's reason to be afraid.
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- Tuberculosis is not fun.
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It's a bacteria and
it attacks your lungs,
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But it also does a lot
of other terrible things.
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It rots part of your body,
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It can cause you to spit up
blood, you can't breathe,
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You get gaunt and pale,
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And this sort of looks a
little bit like maybe vampires.
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- Mercy is being greatly
diminished by this disease.
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Death is on her door, but
rather than having compassion
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Or have mercy shown to
her by her neighbors,
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They think she was the
source of her mother
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And sister's death
a decade before,
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And they accuse
mercy of vampirism.
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That resentment
continues even after she dies.
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Though she's dead and buried,
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The entire village
remains terrified.
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- It just so happens
that mercy's brother
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Is also ill at this point,
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And the neighbors think
mercy is coming back
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To feed on her family members.
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They convince her father
to exhume the bodies
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So that they can examine them
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For what they believe will
be proof of vampirism,
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Namely that there will
still be blood in the heart.
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So they open the graves
of mercy's mother, sister,
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And mercy's grave as well.
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Of course, her mother and sister
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Have been dead for 10 years.
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There's no blood
left in their hearts.
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Mercy's only been dead
for a little while,
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So of course, when
they open her chest,
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Her heart still has blood in it,
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And they determine
she must be a vampire.
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And how the
villagers plan to stop
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The vampire virus
is, well, merciless.
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- They take mercy's
heart, they burn it,
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Those ashes are then fed
to her younger brother
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As basically a vaccine
against vampirism.
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- Hopefully at this point
in time he's too fevered
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To recognize what was happening.
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But mercy's scorched
heart can't save her brother,
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And two months later he
too dies of tuberculosis.
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- Mercy's story is well
covered in the media,
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It goes global.
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- Following these events,
bram stoker is writing
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His soon to be world
famous novel "dracula",
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And there is supposition
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That mercy brown is translated
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Into the story of lucy
who also withers away
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And then returns as
a child of the night.
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- But what legend inspired
stoker's infamous blood sucker?
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Most believe it was an
actual medieval prince,
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One with a very real
thirst for blood.
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- Vlad the impaler is
the original dracula.
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And he does execute
people in nasty ways.
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He's famous for impaling
alive his enemies.
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- He will go on to
earn his moniker,
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The impaler, where
he would kill,
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According to greek historians,
upwards of 80,000 people,
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More than a quarter
of whom were impaled.
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Tales abound of vlad dining
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Among his impaled victims,
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Even dipping his
bread in their blood.
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- Some reports even say
that vlad drinks the blood
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Of his enemies, which would
make him the closest thing
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We have to, well,
a real vampire.
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The question is what
caused this unholy bloodlust?
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- Early in his life,
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Vlad the impaler is imprisoned
for political reasons.
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According to lore,
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Vlad spends years in
an underground dungeon
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In a castle called tokat.
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- He develops this
taste for impaling rats,
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Essentially conducting
certain kinds
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Of grotesque experiments
on the corpses of rats.
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Mind you, if you were
incarcerated in a dungeon
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Or dark, damp cave underneath
a castle for years on end,
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You might go a little
bloodthirsty yourself.
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Makes a weird kind of sense,
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But most historians
write off this story,
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Because the castle where
vlad was imprisoned
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Doesn't have dungeons.
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At least that's what
they think until 2014.
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- The historical site of
tokat castle in turkey
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Is finally excavated,
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And the archaeologists
discover something
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That they never
thought they'd find
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In a million years, tunnels.
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Tunnels that lead
to two hidden dungeons.
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- They start to realize
this was a place
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Where people were imprisoned.
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- They put two and two together
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And realized that these tunnels
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And dungeons closely matched
the accounts of those
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Where vlad and his
brother suffered torment.
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Does this prove that the tales
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Of the real life dracula
are actually true?
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- So this chance
discovery in tokat castle
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May actually be the connection
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That we need of the dungeons
and the terror experienced
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By vlad the impaler that
led to the inspiration
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For bram stoker's
prince of darkness.
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- Dungeons, the undead,
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What else could lie beneath?
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As we'll find out,
the deeper you go,
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The stranger it gets.
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- The age of exploration
opened the world's eyes
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To just how vast the
planet's oceans are.
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It also opened the
door to many questions,
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Like just how deep
are those waters
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And what the heck is down there?
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- In 1875, the hms challenger
is circumnavigating the globe
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In what was really the first
great oceanographic expedition.
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- Pretty big adventure here.
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They're making the first charts
of the ocean, if you will,
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And this is pretty important.
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So they roll up to the area
called the mariana trench,
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And they drop a line, and
it keeps going and going.
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With five
miles of rope on board,
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The crew figures they have
plenty to reach the bottom,
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Until the unbelievable happens.
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- They run out of rope
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And they can't actually
get the exact depth.
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- And then 76 years
later in 1951,
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The hms challenger ii goes out.
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Do they bring a bigger
piece of rope this time?
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No need when you've got sonar.
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What they find shocks the world.
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- The challenger ii
measures the mariana trench
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To be seven miles deep.
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It is officially the
deepest part of the ocean.
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- It is also the
deepest place on earth.
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- Let's put how deep
this goes in perspective.
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It's as if you stacked
25 empire state buildings
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On top of each other,
that's how deep this is.
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That's pretty deep.
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So deep it makes curious
explorers worldwide wonder,
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Can anything live there?
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- The first ones to take the
plunge are oceanographers,
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Jacques piccard and
don walsh in 1960.
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- And they get in this
thing called the bathysphere
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That descends underwater.
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- These guys get
down to the bottom,
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They see what appears to
be a barren landscape.
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The pressures are so great,
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There's no light to
support photosynthesis.
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But when they look more closely,
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They see that there
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Actually is life.
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- There is life at the bottom.
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I mean, this is unbelievable.
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This changes
everything people know
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About what is happening
in the ocean depths.
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After a three hour ascent,
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The divers return
to tell their tale,
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But now there are new questions.
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How many creatures
are down there
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And how on earth
do they survive?
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- Most of the life that
we see in the ocean lives
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Within the first 600 feet
where the waters are warmer
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And there are kind of thriving
ecosystems based on the sun.
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Below that, you enter
the twilight zone
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Where not a lot of
light filters down
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And the ecosystems
are kind of different.
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Below that, it's pitch black,
251
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And you get into alien worlds
like something out of space,
252
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But they're happening
right here below the ocean.
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- The creatures
that live down there
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Sound like creatures of
darkness, vampire squid,
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Zombie worms, goblin sharks.
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- One of my favorites
is the dragon fish.
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And the coolest thing about them
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Is that because it's
so dark down there,
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They don't really use
their eyes that much,
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But they've evolved to
use bioluminescence.
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And so along their
face and their jaw,
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They have these little spots
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That light up in
different colors.
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And that actually
attracts smaller fish,
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Which when they approach
the mouth of that animal,
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Become a meal.
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To say the trench's
temperatures fluctuate
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Is an understatement.
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It can range anywhere
from a chilly 34
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To a scalding 700
degrees fahrenheit.
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- At those depths,
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There are also vents
into the earth's crust
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That release boiling hot water.
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And believe it or not,
there are actually creatures
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That are also evolved
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To survive in those
extreme conditions as well.
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- I'd say that the coolest
thing about the trench
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Is that it still remains
largely unexplored.
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We've landed more people
on the surface of the moon
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Than we have in the depths
of the mariana trench.
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So there is so much
more there to find.
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There are more
surprises to come,
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And more evil, deadly
creatures to discover.
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- Just off the coast of japan
dwells a creature legend calls
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Both evil and deadly,
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One that lies hidden
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Deep beneath these
treacherous waters.
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- There's this area
of the pacific ocean
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That's between japan, taiwan,
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And yap island that could
give the bermuda triangle
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A run for its money.
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It's called the devil's sea,
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And it has a ton of
shipwrecks and disappearances,
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but according to chinese legend,
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It's not the ocean
that's to blame.
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- 3000 years ago, chinese
sailors tell stories
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Of this huge undersea dragon
pulling ships underwater
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And feasting on their crews,
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Which is how the area
gets its other name,
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The dragon's triangle.
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The dragon's triangle continues
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00:15:35,276 --> 00:15:37,644
To claim countless
victims over the years,
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Including a hoard of fearsome
13th century warriors.
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- The conqueror, kublai khan,
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Who is the grandson
of genghis khan,
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Decides to invade japan.
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And according to records,
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Lost 40,000 sailors
to shipwrecks
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And determined to discontinue
his planned invasion
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00:16:00,034 --> 00:16:03,794
And to stay away from
the dragon's triangle.
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The place is considered
too dangerous.
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00:16:09,377 --> 00:16:12,570
So what actually
destroys kahn's massive armies?
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Some say a typhoon,
others say the gods,
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00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:19,185
But khan himself thinks
something different.
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00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:21,570
- Kublai khan and and
his advisors believed
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00:16:21,572 --> 00:16:24,573
That their navy was
swallowed by a sea dragon.
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Even one of history's
most fearless warriors
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Was rattled by these waters.
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The legend endures
well into the 20th century,
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Galvanized by an eyewitness
account during world war ii.
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00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:42,959
- It's now 1944, and in the
heat of a naval aerial battle,
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Japanese airman, toshiaki lang,
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Swears, as he looks down,
324
00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:50,733
That he sees the loch
ness monster-like head
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00:16:50,735 --> 00:16:52,552
Of a giant sea serpent.
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00:16:53,488 --> 00:16:57,681
In his after action report,
toshiaki says to his superiors
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00:16:57,683 --> 00:17:01,310
That the beast was at
least 150 feet long
328
00:17:01,312 --> 00:17:04,463
And used giant triangular
wings to paddle
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00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:07,266
Its way through the
tumultuous seas.
330
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- He's pretty
indignant about this,
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00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:12,388
Because when he mentions it,
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00:17:12,390 --> 00:17:14,440
People think, "have you been
drinking a little bit?
333
00:17:14,442 --> 00:17:16,592
Or maybe you're mistaking
it for a submarine."
334
00:17:16,594 --> 00:17:19,203
And he's like, "I know
exactly what I saw.
335
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:22,098
It's 150 feet long,
this thing is a monster,
336
00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:24,784
It's a dragon in the water."
337
00:17:25,970 --> 00:17:27,736
the pilot's
warning is brushed aside.
338
00:17:27,738 --> 00:17:30,539
But after nine more ships
vanish in the devil's sea
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00:17:30,541 --> 00:17:33,776
Between 1946 and 1951,
340
00:17:33,778 --> 00:17:34,794
The japanese government
341
00:17:34,796 --> 00:17:36,112
Can no longer ignore
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That what's happening
343
00:17:37,632 --> 00:17:39,515
Here could be fishy.
344
00:17:41,068 --> 00:17:44,653
- In 1951, the maritime
safety agency assigns
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00:17:44,655 --> 00:17:46,814
The task to a
research vessel known
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00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:48,724
As the kaiyo-maru no. 5.
347
00:17:48,726 --> 00:17:49,975
And what happens?
348
00:17:49,977 --> 00:17:52,886
The ship investigating the
disappearances disappears.
349
00:17:52,888 --> 00:17:56,157
All 31 crew members
are lost, gone.
350
00:17:57,068 --> 00:17:58,676
- So the japanese
government decides
351
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:02,079
That maybe investigating this
is not the best thing to do.
352
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,473
So what they do is they
just issue this thing called
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The notice to mariners
and they say, okay,
354
00:18:06,661 --> 00:18:08,861
Just officially avoid this area,
355
00:18:08,863 --> 00:18:10,338
'cause bad things happen.
356
00:18:12,675 --> 00:18:15,902
Even with the warning,
ships continue to vanish.
357
00:18:15,904 --> 00:18:19,004
Some say as many as a
thousand since 1951.
358
00:18:19,006 --> 00:18:20,522
- One thing seems certain,
359
00:18:20,524 --> 00:18:23,993
No matter what you think
causes these problems,
360
00:18:23,995 --> 00:18:26,362
Whether it's rogue super waves,
361
00:18:26,364 --> 00:18:28,648
Or underwater volcanic activity,
362
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:30,866
Or here's another favorite
theory, methane gas eruptions,
363
00:18:30,868 --> 00:18:32,201
Or here's another favorite
theory, methane gas eruptions,
364
00:18:32,261 --> 00:18:35,112
Something weird is happening
in the dragon's triangle.
365
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,234
Something weird is happening
in the dragon's triangle.
366
00:18:40,127 --> 00:18:42,027
- If you know where to
dig, all kinds of strange
367
00:18:42,029 --> 00:18:44,013
And interesting things
can be uncovered,
368
00:18:44,015 --> 00:18:48,751
But sometimes it's the hole
itself that's the mystery.
369
00:18:51,588 --> 00:18:54,357
- In the early 2000s,
geologist heinrich frank
370
00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,069
Is driving in novo hamburgo
in southern brazil.
371
00:18:58,071 --> 00:19:00,263
And he passes a
construction site,
372
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:03,307
And something catches his
eye, something weird.
373
00:19:04,302 --> 00:19:08,521
He sees this tunnel. It's
a hole about 15 feet wide.
374
00:19:08,523 --> 00:19:11,290
This is a Friday afternoon
and he has to keep driving.
375
00:19:11,292 --> 00:19:14,318
But frank thinks about
this all weekend.
376
00:19:15,088 --> 00:19:16,028
I mean, what is it?
377
00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:17,179
Is it a tunnel?
378
00:19:17,181 --> 00:19:18,580
Who made it?
379
00:19:18,582 --> 00:19:19,489
Where does it go?
380
00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,616
Why is it there?
381
00:19:21,769 --> 00:19:23,152
- He can't stop
thinking about it.
382
00:19:23,154 --> 00:19:24,154
So a few weeks later,
383
00:19:24,338 --> 00:19:25,370
He goes back to the
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00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:26,488
Site to investigate.
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00:19:26,490 --> 00:19:29,492
He goes up to this tunnel
that is leading underground
386
00:19:29,494 --> 00:19:34,821
And he starts walking into
this giant 15 foot hole.
387
00:19:35,499 --> 00:19:37,090
- And right away he
notices something weird.
388
00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:38,401
Remember, he's a geologist,
389
00:19:38,403 --> 00:19:41,119
He knows that earth
shaped by water
390
00:19:41,121 --> 00:19:44,414
Is not gonna create a
perfectly round opening.
391
00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:46,409
So this is an odd thing.
392
00:19:46,411 --> 00:19:49,061
- As he walks into this
tunnel, the deeper he gets,
393
00:19:49,063 --> 00:19:50,446
He looks up at the ceiling,
394
00:19:50,448 --> 00:19:54,508
And he's noticing
these giant claw marks.
395
00:19:54,510 --> 00:19:55,568
Even as a geologist,
396
00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:58,528
Frank now understands
the chilling reality.
397
00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:01,774
He's standing in the home
of something very big
398
00:20:01,776 --> 00:20:03,033
And very deadly.
399
00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,928
- These look like the homes
of giant jungle creatures.
400
00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:08,038
And frank wants to know
what kind of creature
401
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,115
Makes a tunnel this big?
402
00:20:10,117 --> 00:20:12,952
Local paleontologists
are thrilled to share
403
00:20:12,954 --> 00:20:14,770
That these huge burrowed tunnels
404
00:20:14,772 --> 00:20:20,009
Are the work of giant
prehistoric sloths.
405
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,428
- When you think
of a sloth today,
406
00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:26,182
You think of something that
is slow and beyond adorable.
407
00:20:26,184 --> 00:20:28,392
But these prehistoric
giant sloths,
408
00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,711
They put today's
sloths to shame.
409
00:20:30,713 --> 00:20:32,638
- The extinct giant
sloths all belong
410
00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,008
To the genus megatherium,
which is an awesome word,
411
00:20:36,010 --> 00:20:39,828
That I think sounds like the
name of a heavy metal band.
412
00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:40,862
These are huge animals.
413
00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:43,832
They can be 10 feet long
and weigh 2000 pounds.
414
00:20:43,834 --> 00:20:44,817
That's a ton.
415
00:20:44,819 --> 00:20:48,703
And they have these
huge, long, hooked claws.
416
00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:50,639
They're nine inches long.
417
00:20:50,641 --> 00:20:51,974
Think about your kitchen knives,
418
00:20:51,976 --> 00:20:54,234
Now imagine that being
on the end of the hands
419
00:20:54,236 --> 00:20:56,145
Of these animals
and them using it
420
00:20:56,147 --> 00:20:58,314
To pull tree branches
down to their mouth.
421
00:20:58,316 --> 00:21:01,366
They can also use those
claws as a form of defense.
422
00:21:01,368 --> 00:21:02,818
Turns out those same claws
423
00:21:02,820 --> 00:21:06,839
Are the perfect tool to dig
giant burrows in the ground.
424
00:21:06,841 --> 00:21:08,890
- So frank, super curious guy,
425
00:21:08,892 --> 00:21:11,268
Starts using satellite imagery
426
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,445
To map out these
network of tunnels,
427
00:21:13,447 --> 00:21:16,673
And he finds out there's
not just one, not just two,
428
00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:20,869
There are 1500 separate tunnels
that are kind of snaking
429
00:21:20,871 --> 00:21:23,388
Through this southern
brazilian area.
430
00:21:24,342 --> 00:21:28,577
I think it's incredible that
these 2000-pound creatures
431
00:21:29,205 --> 00:21:30,471
That once roamed the earth,
432
00:21:30,473 --> 00:21:32,473
That there's still
evidence of them, like,
433
00:21:32,475 --> 00:21:34,125
Next to a construction site.
434
00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:36,210
It's wild.
435
00:21:37,505 --> 00:21:39,972
- Created more than
10,000 years ago,
436
00:21:39,974 --> 00:21:41,782
Today these ancient tunnels feel
437
00:21:41,784 --> 00:21:44,026
More eerie than frightening.
438
00:21:44,028 --> 00:21:45,302
Now, that's not the case
439
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,880
With a mysterious
cave in the americas.
440
00:21:47,882 --> 00:21:52,226
Here it's not the size that
matters, it's what's inside it.
441
00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,890
- In the jungles
of yucatan, mexico,
442
00:21:58,550 --> 00:22:01,018
Near a place called
kantemo village,
443
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:04,413
There is a cave that
could only be described
444
00:22:04,415 --> 00:22:05,614
As a living nightmare.
445
00:22:07,651 --> 00:22:10,310
- So you go into this cave,
it's a 65-foot mouth,
446
00:22:10,312 --> 00:22:11,954
But it narrows a little bit.
447
00:22:11,956 --> 00:22:13,814
And once you get into
this narrower part,
448
00:22:13,816 --> 00:22:17,593
There are things hanging
from the roof of the cave.
449
00:22:17,595 --> 00:22:19,094
They kind of look like vines,
450
00:22:19,096 --> 00:22:21,671
But they're not
vines, they're snakes.
451
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:24,716
- It's the yellow-red rat snake.
452
00:22:24,718 --> 00:22:27,177
And there's this one
population of them
453
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:31,590
That have evolved to
live only in this cave.
454
00:22:31,592 --> 00:22:33,592
- At night, when the bats leave,
455
00:22:33,594 --> 00:22:35,244
They leave in this giant drove.
456
00:22:35,246 --> 00:22:39,648
And the snakes see this
opportunity as dinnertime.
457
00:22:41,285 --> 00:22:43,276
Tucked into the
crevices of this cave,
458
00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:46,530
They'd open up their mouths
and pretty much allow the bats
459
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:50,651
To impale themselves
on their fangs.
460
00:22:50,653 --> 00:22:53,512
It's easy picking, especially
with the amount of bats
461
00:22:53,514 --> 00:22:55,856
That are in this cave.
462
00:22:56,934 --> 00:22:58,294
- And there are so
many of the bats
463
00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:00,544
In this particular cave system
464
00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:02,379
That this population
of snakes has learned
465
00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,881
That they don't ever
need to leave the cave.
466
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,718
- They're very aware
of the time of day.
467
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,311
They know when the bats
are gonna be coming out,
468
00:23:09,313 --> 00:23:11,430
And they actually get
themselves into position.
469
00:23:11,432 --> 00:23:12,631
So it just goes to show you
470
00:23:12,633 --> 00:23:15,817
That these are actually
very intelligent creatures.
471
00:23:16,971 --> 00:23:19,655
Believe it or not,
visitors are actually welcome
472
00:23:19,657 --> 00:23:22,358
To tour this dangling
hall of terrors.
473
00:23:24,245 --> 00:23:26,570
- I've been to the cave
of the hanging snakes
474
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:28,830
And it is one of the eeriest
475
00:23:28,832 --> 00:23:30,916
Places I've ever been to.
476
00:23:30,918 --> 00:23:32,760
The ceilings are very low,
477
00:23:32,762 --> 00:23:35,837
And as a human inside that
cave, you have to crawl in
478
00:23:35,839 --> 00:23:38,248
With your head nearly
touching the ceiling,
479
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:42,594
And then hundreds, hundreds
of snakes coming out
480
00:23:42,596 --> 00:23:44,672
Of the ceiling to
catch little bats,
481
00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:50,302
Grab them with their mouths,
and back up into the ceiling.
482
00:23:51,221 --> 00:23:55,757
It is the definition of
a living horror movie.
483
00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:00,246
- No, thank you.
484
00:24:00,248 --> 00:24:01,230
This is my nightmare.
485
00:24:01,232 --> 00:24:03,089
This is my nightmare, cave
with the hanging snakes.
486
00:24:03,091 --> 00:24:04,572
This is my nightmare, cave
with the hanging snakes.
487
00:24:04,652 --> 00:24:07,528
That's one cave you
won't find me hanging around.
488
00:24:10,441 --> 00:24:14,160
- Sometimes what hides beneath
is neither deadly nor evil,
489
00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:17,163
But rather a glimpse
into a mysterious past.
490
00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:21,216
Take this astonishing
find by a miner in 2022.
491
00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,722
- In the klondike gold fields of
492
00:24:26,724 --> 00:24:28,715
The yukon territory of canada,
493
00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:29,899
You have a man by the
494
00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:30,901
Name of travis delawski.
495
00:24:31,887 --> 00:24:32,886
He's working in a trench
496
00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:36,081
And in this trench
you have this creek
497
00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:39,401
That is covered with permafrost
that's sitting on the top layer.
498
00:24:40,871 --> 00:24:43,564
- As travis is chipping
away at the rock hard ice,
499
00:24:43,566 --> 00:24:46,483
Suddenly a crevice opens.
500
00:24:47,427 --> 00:24:49,445
- Inside, he discovers
something strange,
501
00:24:49,447 --> 00:24:50,863
Some kind of creature.
502
00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:53,232
He sees a short tail
503
00:24:53,234 --> 00:24:57,219
And at first he thinks it's
a mummified buffalo calf.
504
00:24:57,221 --> 00:24:59,646
But as travis
looks more closely,
505
00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:04,001
They see something a buffalo
doesn't have, a trunk.
506
00:25:05,963 --> 00:25:07,921
- So he immediately
calls his boss to try
507
00:25:07,923 --> 00:25:09,882
And figure out what the
hell he just came across.
508
00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:12,918
So the boss comes down to see
what travis actually find,
509
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,720
And he's shocked.
510
00:25:15,664 --> 00:25:19,849
He sees fur and it looks like
it died maybe an hour ago.
511
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,351
So he immediately yells out
512
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:24,096
For everyone in the
trench to stop working.
513
00:25:24,098 --> 00:25:25,597
And he takes some
photos with his phone,
514
00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:27,566
And then he calls some
local paleontologists
515
00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:30,102
To come in and
inspect the scene.
516
00:25:30,104 --> 00:25:31,386
When they see the photos,
517
00:25:31,388 --> 00:25:33,380
They confirm the unbelievable.
518
00:25:34,258 --> 00:25:38,035
It's a baby woolly mammoth
straight out of the ice age.
519
00:25:40,464 --> 00:25:41,663
- And they're all hands on deck,
520
00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:42,614
And they have to
act immediately,
521
00:25:42,616 --> 00:25:44,750
Because once this woolly
mammoth baby is exposed
522
00:25:44,752 --> 00:25:47,469
To the elements, it can
start to deteriorate.
523
00:25:47,471 --> 00:25:48,637
And there's a storm coming
524
00:25:48,639 --> 00:25:51,173
That is gonna totally
flood out the trench.
525
00:25:52,635 --> 00:25:54,075
With moments to spare,
526
00:25:54,077 --> 00:25:56,745
They manage to get the
woolly mammoth baby out.
527
00:25:56,747 --> 00:25:58,297
They carefully
wrap it in a tarp,
528
00:25:58,299 --> 00:26:00,640
And then they transport
it to a location
529
00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:02,451
Where they actually
have a ceremony
530
00:26:02,453 --> 00:26:04,561
With local indigenous elders.
531
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:10,125
Gathered in a circle, the
tribal elders offer a blessing
532
00:26:10,127 --> 00:26:12,235
And name the mammoth nun cho ga,
533
00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:15,990
Which means big baby animal
in their native haen language.
534
00:26:17,484 --> 00:26:18,650
With the clock ticking,
535
00:26:18,652 --> 00:26:21,503
Scientists must examine
the baby mammoth quickly
536
00:26:21,505 --> 00:26:23,998
Before getting it into a
freezer for preservation.
537
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,492
- But they're able to determine
that nun cho ga is a female,
538
00:26:27,494 --> 00:26:29,753
And she was only about a
month old when she died.
539
00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:33,098
They estimate that she died
around 30,000 years ago.
540
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:35,651
- The geology of where the
mammoth is found indicates
541
00:26:35,653 --> 00:26:37,636
That she was walking
across the grassland,
542
00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:39,321
Strayed from her mother,
543
00:26:39,323 --> 00:26:40,413
And then she fell,
544
00:26:40,415 --> 00:26:41,581
Gets stuck in the mud,
545
00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:45,394
And is preserved under tons
of permafrost to be found
546
00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:48,029
By us thousands of years later.
547
00:26:48,031 --> 00:26:49,431
Incredibly, they find a piece
548
00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:52,008
Of grass in the woolly
mammoth's stomach.
549
00:26:52,837 --> 00:26:57,097
Fortunately, this means
nun cho ga died quickly.
550
00:26:57,099 --> 00:26:59,950
- While it's sad that nun cho
ga only lived about a month,
551
00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:02,861
Her discovery today
is really incredible.
552
00:27:02,863 --> 00:27:07,048
- This is the most intact
mummified ice age animal
553
00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:10,051
Found in north america,
if not the world.
554
00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:15,524
- While a 30,000-year-old
creature trapped beneath the ice
555
00:27:15,526 --> 00:27:18,785
Might be fascinating,
something terrifying lies
556
00:27:18,787 --> 00:27:21,471
In an otherwise
enchanting setting,
557
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:25,892
Something that has locals
afraid to go anywhere near it.
558
00:27:29,773 --> 00:27:32,991
- This place is 25
miles south of merida
559
00:27:32,993 --> 00:27:35,652
In an area surrounded
by dense jungle.
560
00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:36,828
There's this little opening,
561
00:27:36,830 --> 00:27:38,822
This hole, which
enters into a void,
562
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:42,976
And inside this void
is a drop into an abyss
563
00:27:42,978 --> 00:27:45,086
Of watery darkness.
564
00:27:45,088 --> 00:27:46,813
It's called sac uayum,
565
00:27:46,815 --> 00:27:50,742
And it's one of at least 40
cenotes, or underwater caves,
566
00:27:50,744 --> 00:27:53,328
That lie beneath this
mysterious region.
567
00:27:53,330 --> 00:27:56,431
They collect so much
naturally filtered groundwater
568
00:27:56,433 --> 00:27:58,583
That in the 13th century
the mayans decide
569
00:27:58,585 --> 00:28:01,920
To build their new
capital here, mayapan.
570
00:28:03,524 --> 00:28:06,742
- This walled city of
like 17,000 people thrives
571
00:28:06,744 --> 00:28:11,263
For centuries, and it has dozens
of life sustaining cenotes
572
00:28:11,265 --> 00:28:12,864
Inside the city.
573
00:28:14,084 --> 00:28:17,694
- Most of them are within
the walls of mayapan,
574
00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:18,636
Except for one,
575
00:28:18,638 --> 00:28:22,223
That for some reason the
walls zigzagged around
576
00:28:22,225 --> 00:28:24,100
And moved around to avoid having
577
00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:26,619
That one cenote inside
578
00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:29,289
Their city, sac uayum.
579
00:28:32,035 --> 00:28:36,379
- They believe sac
uayum is a sacred place,
580
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,124
A pathway to the underworld.
581
00:28:40,444 --> 00:28:42,702
The maya also believed
that this place is guarded
582
00:28:42,704 --> 00:28:47,015
By a feather covered
serpent with a horse's head,
583
00:28:47,017 --> 00:28:50,060
Who will snatch children
who get too close.
584
00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:55,407
- I've personally
visited mayapan,
585
00:28:55,409 --> 00:28:57,543
And wanted to go to sac uayum,
586
00:28:57,545 --> 00:29:03,131
And every villager I have
met have told me their story,
587
00:29:03,992 --> 00:29:07,803
That they have seen a
snake-like creature that flies
588
00:29:07,805 --> 00:29:11,247
And has a horse head that
is guarding that place,
589
00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:14,752
And I should not get
anywhere close to sac uayum.
590
00:29:15,996 --> 00:29:17,271
Is it possible
591
00:29:17,273 --> 00:29:20,524
That sac uayum's legendary
feathered serpent is real,
592
00:29:20,526 --> 00:29:22,050
Or at least once was?
593
00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:25,762
In August of 2013,
archaeologists,
594
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,807
Led by dr. Bradley russell
attempt to find out.
595
00:29:28,809 --> 00:29:30,375
- You can imagine
that getting in
596
00:29:30,377 --> 00:29:33,978
And out of a sinkhole
that has a 40-foot drop
597
00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:35,196
Is quite difficult.
598
00:29:35,198 --> 00:29:37,674
So they basically have to be
lowered down into the water
599
00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:39,284
And then they can
start their dive.
600
00:29:39,286 --> 00:29:41,336
But remember, if
something goes wrong,
601
00:29:41,338 --> 00:29:44,606
You gotta be hoisted
back out that 40 feet.
602
00:29:47,011 --> 00:29:48,284
You're being slowly lowered,
603
00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:50,453
Now you're in this
dark, murky water,
604
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:53,214
And you know you have to
actually penetrate through
605
00:29:53,216 --> 00:29:55,124
And go into a cave.
606
00:29:57,037 --> 00:29:58,870
- As bradley and his team scuba
607
00:29:58,872 --> 00:30:00,038
Through these tight passages,
608
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,615
Their tanks are
hitting the limestone,
609
00:30:02,617 --> 00:30:04,176
I mean, it's so tight.
610
00:30:05,696 --> 00:30:09,305
That's where they
discover human skeletons.
611
00:30:10,734 --> 00:30:12,817
Could these be ancient victims
612
00:30:12,819 --> 00:30:15,311
Of the notorious
serpent monster?
613
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:19,966
- There are just dozens
of skeletons of men
614
00:30:19,968 --> 00:30:22,318
And women in this place.
615
00:30:24,806 --> 00:30:26,198
In mayan civilization,
616
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,218
We do not have evidence of
mass graves or mass burials.
617
00:30:30,220 --> 00:30:33,563
These people seem to be
in the prime of life.
618
00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:35,924
There's nothing that
shows, for example,
619
00:30:35,926 --> 00:30:39,694
Damage through warfare
to the skeletons.
620
00:30:39,696 --> 00:30:40,845
And there's nothing
that suggests
621
00:30:40,847 --> 00:30:43,682
That they're victims
of human sacrifice.
622
00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:50,572
So the fact that in this
cenote there are dozens
623
00:30:50,574 --> 00:30:55,760
And dozens of human remains
makes it a bit of a mystery.
624
00:30:56,564 --> 00:31:00,524
We don't know why these people
ended up in this cenote.
625
00:31:03,270 --> 00:31:06,238
- Whatever science might
eventually uncover here,
626
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,407
Many of those who live
by sac uayum believe
627
00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:09,091
Many of those who live
by sac uayum believe
628
00:31:09,276 --> 00:31:10,276
The legends are true,
629
00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:14,295
And that this mysterious
pool is indeed an entrance
630
00:31:14,297 --> 00:31:15,664
To the underworld.
631
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,693
- The city of paris
is known for romance,
632
00:31:20,695 --> 00:31:22,362
Art, and cafes.
633
00:31:22,364 --> 00:31:24,364
But below its
charming street lies
634
00:31:24,366 --> 00:31:26,091
Something quite different,
635
00:31:26,093 --> 00:31:29,761
Miles of tunnels stuffed
with human remains.
636
00:31:31,699 --> 00:31:33,598
- The tunnels themselves
are the result
637
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,603
Of limestone quarries that are
dug around the 13th century.
638
00:31:37,605 --> 00:31:39,788
But quarrying was unregulated.
639
00:31:39,790 --> 00:31:42,190
People just dug
where they wanted to
640
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:44,251
And then when the
limestone ran out,
641
00:31:44,253 --> 00:31:45,736
The tunnel was abandoned.
642
00:31:46,964 --> 00:31:48,404
So by the 18th century,
643
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:51,399
This part of paris
was like swiss cheese.
644
00:31:52,252 --> 00:31:54,368
By 1780, the
city of paris is left
645
00:31:54,370 --> 00:31:57,164
With nearly 200 miles of
abandoned mining tunnels
646
00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,498
Beneath its streets,
647
00:31:59,335 --> 00:32:02,902
Until they find a
dark, new purpose.
648
00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:08,342
- Parisian cemeteries are
literally overflowing.
649
00:32:10,471 --> 00:32:13,639
Graves are buried on top of
graves on top of graves
650
00:32:13,641 --> 00:32:15,182
On top of graves.
651
00:32:16,084 --> 00:32:19,519
- It gets so bad
that a building next
652
00:32:19,521 --> 00:32:23,649
To the cemetery has its basement
wall completely collapse,
653
00:32:23,651 --> 00:32:25,317
Because there are so many bodies
654
00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:27,335
On the other side of the wall.
655
00:32:27,762 --> 00:32:29,112
- The paris city
officials realize
656
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:29,988
Something has to be done.
657
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,948
They think, what we really need
658
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,766
Is a good underground
storage area,
659
00:32:33,768 --> 00:32:36,870
And we have one, all of
those limestone tunnels.
660
00:32:36,872 --> 00:32:39,497
- So in 1786, thus commences
661
00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:44,953
The most macabre public
works project of all time.
662
00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:50,783
Wagon upon wagon
663
00:32:50,785 --> 00:32:55,113
Upon wagon cloaked in black
cloths are shipping bones
664
00:32:55,115 --> 00:32:58,867
From the cemetery down
into the disused mines
665
00:32:58,869 --> 00:33:00,793
To create the paris catacombs.
666
00:33:00,795 --> 00:33:04,222
We're talking about millions
upon millions of human remains.
667
00:33:05,209 --> 00:33:08,376
Today, visitors can
tour this bizarre display
668
00:33:08,378 --> 00:33:10,862
Of over 600 years of the dead.
669
00:33:11,839 --> 00:33:13,906
- There's an official
door to the catacombs
670
00:33:13,908 --> 00:33:16,159
Where you can pay
and you can go tour
671
00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:19,454
A certain small section
of the catacombs.
672
00:33:21,074 --> 00:33:23,666
But not everyone
sneaks down there to gawk
673
00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,227
At old bones.
674
00:33:25,229 --> 00:33:26,819
- The catacombs also plays host
675
00:33:26,821 --> 00:33:30,215
To a very interesting
and amazing heist.
676
00:33:31,159 --> 00:33:34,553
A team of people start going
down through the catacombs,
677
00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:36,588
Using the tunnel as
a means of getting
678
00:33:36,590 --> 00:33:39,850
To a very fancy
luxembourg apartment.
679
00:33:41,178 --> 00:33:44,763
They drill up 20 feet in order
to get into this apartment.
680
00:33:44,765 --> 00:33:49,568
What's there are really
expensive bottles of wine,
681
00:33:49,570 --> 00:33:54,214
Each bottle at least $1,000,
and they steal 300 of them,
682
00:33:54,216 --> 00:33:57,259
And disappear back down
into the catacombs,
683
00:33:57,261 --> 00:33:59,519
Just melting into the darkness.
684
00:33:59,521 --> 00:34:01,747
The wine
thieves are never found,
685
00:34:01,749 --> 00:34:03,998
But it's not even the
strangest secret use
686
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,751
Of this underground labyrinth.
687
00:34:06,803 --> 00:34:08,694
- The paris police department
688
00:34:08,696 --> 00:34:11,723
Has a unit to patrol
these tunnels,
689
00:34:11,725 --> 00:34:13,366
And they regularly go
down there to train.
690
00:34:13,368 --> 00:34:15,310
They're going along
this dark tunnel
691
00:34:15,312 --> 00:34:17,720
And they suddenly
see a sign that says,
692
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,055
Building site, no access.
693
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,299
And they haven't been
informed of any kind
694
00:34:21,301 --> 00:34:24,019
Of city construction project
happening underground.
695
00:34:24,021 --> 00:34:27,455
So they push through this tarp
to find out what's beyond.
696
00:34:27,457 --> 00:34:31,175
- They lift the tarp away
to find a security camera,
697
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,554
And suddenly dogs begin
barking from everywhere.
698
00:34:35,698 --> 00:34:37,181
They don't turn out
to be real dogs.
699
00:34:37,183 --> 00:34:40,243
It's pumped through speakers
to frighten people away.
700
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,987
But that makes it
even more intriguing.
701
00:34:42,989 --> 00:34:45,974
Who is trying to keep
us out of this space?
702
00:34:45,976 --> 00:34:47,793
What they find is truly bizarre,
703
00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:52,255
Even for catacomb
police, a movie theater.
704
00:34:54,409 --> 00:34:56,926
- Not only that, this
movie theater has attached
705
00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:00,772
To it a fully-featured
restaurant and bar.
706
00:35:00,774 --> 00:35:03,658
Not only that, it
has telephone lines.
707
00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:07,495
So that means someone knows
the reservation number.
708
00:35:07,497 --> 00:35:08,605
They're like, "hi, secret bar?"
709
00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,081
They're like, "yeah?"
710
00:35:10,083 --> 00:35:10,999
Like, "table for four?"
711
00:35:11,001 --> 00:35:12,167
"yeah."
712
00:35:12,169 --> 00:35:14,869
this underground
theater is obviously illegal.
713
00:35:14,871 --> 00:35:17,638
But when police return
three days later,
714
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,699
They get another surprise.
715
00:35:20,843 --> 00:35:22,927
- They come back,
everything's removed,
716
00:35:22,929 --> 00:35:25,914
And there's a sign that
says do not try to find us.
717
00:35:27,217 --> 00:35:29,284
- A photographer
named patrick alk,
718
00:35:29,286 --> 00:35:31,169
Whose whole thing is to document
719
00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:33,388
The underground
exploration movement.
720
00:35:33,390 --> 00:35:36,299
Is disappointed that the
movie theater got busted,
721
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:37,550
But he says, "you know,
722
00:35:37,552 --> 00:35:40,345
No problem, there are dozens
more where this came from.
723
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:43,623
You guys have no idea
what's down there."
724
00:35:47,829 --> 00:35:49,829
- Finding unusual
things in your basement
725
00:35:49,831 --> 00:35:51,964
Is fairly common
for most people.
726
00:35:51,966 --> 00:35:56,444
But what one man finds in his
home in turkey, unbelievable.
727
00:35:58,365 --> 00:36:02,475
- In 1963 in the turkish
town of derinkuyu
728
00:36:02,477 --> 00:36:05,494
A man is doing a home
improvement project.
729
00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:07,622
Now, most of us who do
this kind of diy stuff,
730
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:10,525
You expect to find old
stuff in the walls,
731
00:36:10,527 --> 00:36:12,501
You know, old photos
and maybe some jewelry.
732
00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:13,903
Well, this guy takes
his sledgehammer
733
00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:15,254
And he hits the wall
734
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:17,376
And he hits it again and
again, and he breaks through.
735
00:36:20,737 --> 00:36:23,388
What he finds is a passageway,
736
00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,608
Which, when he crawls into it,
737
00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:32,280
Leads to another tunnel and
another tunnel beyond that.
738
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,091
- And the tunnel goes
on a little bit longer,
739
00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:38,619
And a little bit longer, and
then opens into chambers,
740
00:36:39,322 --> 00:36:42,373
And then more chambers
and then more tunnels.
741
00:36:42,375 --> 00:36:45,911
He's discovered an
ancient subterranean city
742
00:36:45,913 --> 00:36:47,954
Right in his cellar wall
743
00:36:47,956 --> 00:36:50,448
All through the throw
of a sledgehammer.
744
00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:54,302
It's the 2000-year-
old lost city of derinkuyu,
745
00:36:54,304 --> 00:36:58,215
One of the largest subterranean
towns in the world.
746
00:36:59,826 --> 00:37:02,944
- What he uncovers is
absolutely unbelievable,
747
00:37:02,946 --> 00:37:07,223
A tunneled city that can
house up to 20,000 people,
748
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:10,201
Animals, livestock,
grain stores.
749
00:37:10,203 --> 00:37:13,604
The first eight stories
have ventilation shafts
750
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:15,457
That ensure that
fresh air circulates
751
00:37:15,459 --> 00:37:17,967
Through the entire
subterranean city.
752
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:20,069
- They've dug out troughs
753
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:21,737
For the camels that
are down there.
754
00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:25,200
They have large vats for the
wine that they're fermenting.
755
00:37:25,202 --> 00:37:28,470
All of this is dug
of the stone itself.
756
00:37:28,472 --> 00:37:30,455
It's very, very resourceful.
757
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:35,335
But why build such an
elaborate city underground?
758
00:37:36,246 --> 00:37:38,746
- The main purpose of
this underground city
759
00:37:38,748 --> 00:37:40,598
Is for the people of derinkuyu
760
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,501
To come in and hide
from outside forces,
761
00:37:43,503 --> 00:37:47,472
From dangerous people who may
have infiltrated the area.
762
00:37:48,258 --> 00:37:50,925
- One of the most
amazing sites is there
763
00:37:50,927 --> 00:37:53,002
Are these huge millstones
764
00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:55,346
Which are in place
still to this day.
765
00:37:55,348 --> 00:37:56,998
They have a round
hole in the middle
766
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,800
And you can roll this
millstone into place,
767
00:37:59,802 --> 00:38:01,886
Which would then
block the tunnel
768
00:38:01,888 --> 00:38:05,197
And stop the enemy
from going any further.
769
00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:06,949
This defense
system works so well,
770
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,636
The city remains
in use until 1923
771
00:38:09,638 --> 00:38:13,214
Before it's sealed up and
nearly lost to history.
772
00:38:13,216 --> 00:38:16,484
Good thing for diy projects.
773
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,187
- If you're just walking
in one of these areas
774
00:38:19,189 --> 00:38:20,555
With one of these
underground cities,
775
00:38:20,557 --> 00:38:21,755
Nothing looks different.
776
00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:24,967
I mean, it's just life
as normal on the surface.
777
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,218
Little do you realize
778
00:38:26,220 --> 00:38:29,714
That beneath your feet
is an engineering marvel.
779
00:38:29,716 --> 00:38:32,050
Makes you wonder
what unexpected things
780
00:38:32,052 --> 00:38:35,562
Could be on the other side
of your own basement wall,
781
00:38:36,489 --> 00:38:39,073
Or in your own backyard.
782
00:38:40,243 --> 00:38:42,426
- In 1974, a plumber named
rosendo cruz from alhambra,
783
00:38:42,428 --> 00:38:46,080
California, buys his wife
a brand new ferrari dino
784
00:38:46,082 --> 00:38:47,382
For her birthday.
785
00:38:47,384 --> 00:38:50,385
She's so excited, she
can't wait to take it out.
786
00:38:50,387 --> 00:38:52,661
They cruise on out
to the brown derby
787
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:55,590
To have a birthday dinner,
have a wonderful time,
788
00:38:55,592 --> 00:38:59,852
Come outside the restaurant,
and the ferrari is gone.
789
00:39:00,796 --> 00:39:03,322
- Police are never
able to find the dino,
790
00:39:03,324 --> 00:39:05,266
And ultimately, it becomes a
791
00:39:05,268 --> 00:39:07,344
Cold case that's unsolved.
792
00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:10,221
- Four years later,
793
00:39:12,942 --> 00:39:15,743
You have a couple of boys
playing in the backyard,
794
00:39:15,745 --> 00:39:17,353
And these boys decide, let's
795
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,596
Dig up stuff in the backyard
796
00:39:18,598 --> 00:39:20,948
And see if we can find
some buried treasure.
797
00:39:20,950 --> 00:39:24,026
And then their shovels start
to make a clinking sound.
798
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,028
No, did we hit a pipe?
799
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,072
So they immediately run out
800
00:39:27,074 --> 00:39:29,440
And they flag down an la
county sheriff's cruiser.
801
00:39:29,442 --> 00:39:31,534
- The policeman
contacts the city,
802
00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:34,370
They bring out a bulldozer
and begin to dig,
803
00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:37,248
And lo and behold,
what do they excavate?
804
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:42,379
A 1974 ferrari dino 246 gts,
805
00:39:43,364 --> 00:39:45,965
The same ferrari
dino that was parked
806
00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:49,135
Outside the brown
derby four years ago.
807
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:51,295
But after a little more digging,
808
00:39:51,297 --> 00:39:53,965
They noticed something
totally unexpected.
809
00:39:53,967 --> 00:39:55,992
- So when investigators
uncover the car,
810
00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:57,235
They find that it's been
811
00:39:57,237 --> 00:39:58,469
Almost impeccably preserved.
812
00:39:58,471 --> 00:40:00,972
It's been wrapped in
plastic, and tarp,
813
00:40:00,974 --> 00:40:04,409
And even blankets, and
someone clearly wanted
814
00:40:04,411 --> 00:40:06,051
To maintain this car.
815
00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:08,246
- Another thing that
helps preserve the vehicle
816
00:40:08,248 --> 00:40:10,998
Is that it's in southern
california where it's dry.
817
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,651
And during this time, there
was actually a drought.
818
00:40:13,653 --> 00:40:16,487
So they basically
made a ferrari mummy.
819
00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:20,875
No one was ever charged
for the theft of the dino,
820
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,785
Though theories abound
as to who stole it
821
00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,354
And why it was left there.
822
00:40:24,356 --> 00:40:27,799
Maybe the thieves just
forgot where they put it.
823
00:40:29,852 --> 00:40:31,785
But even after four
years underground,
824
00:40:31,787 --> 00:40:35,765
This dino isn't destined to
just be scrapped for parts.
825
00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:38,442
- Believe it or
not, to this day,
826
00:40:38,444 --> 00:40:40,269
The dino still lives.
827
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:43,539
After it was recovered, it
was sold to a collector.
828
00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:44,699
He decided to keep as much
829
00:40:44,701 --> 00:40:47,034
Of the original
materials as possible.
830
00:40:47,036 --> 00:40:48,853
It still has two of
the original wheels,
831
00:40:48,855 --> 00:40:52,097
The original chrome,
and today it sports
832
00:40:52,099 --> 00:40:55,693
A license plate
that says, dug up.
833
00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:02,082
- Whether it's a perfectly
preserved baby mammoth,
834
00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:06,612
Mysterious bones, or a vintage
ferrari in mint condition,
835
00:41:06,614 --> 00:41:11,009
What lies beneath us is
fascinating, terrifying,
836
00:41:11,011 --> 00:41:13,970
And sometimes, unbelievable.
837
00:41:14,050 --> 00:41:16,050
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