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Narrator:
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.
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MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.
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EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW,
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
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THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.
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[ BEEPING, DISTORTED MUSIC ]
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SATELLITES TRACK
A MYSTERY MEGABEAST
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IN THE TEXAS BADLANDS...
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THEY'RE HUGE!
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THESE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS
OF A MONSTER.
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...SIGNS FROM SPACE
OF THE SORCERER'S KING...
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ARTHUR PULLS
THE SWORD OVER HIS HEAD
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TO PROVE THAT HE IS
THE RIGHTFUL KING.
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...AND A VANISHING VILLAGE.
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SATELLITES SPY ON THE
TERROR TYRANT KIM JONG-UN.
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THIS VILLAGE
HAS LITERALLY BEEN
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WIPED OFF THE FACE
OF THE EARTH.
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BAFFLING PHENOMENA.
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MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.
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WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?
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-- Captions by VITAC --
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[ BEEPING ]
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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**
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[ FREQUENCY WARBLING ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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JUNE 2014.
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AERIAL CAMERAS CAPTURE
A RIVERBED IN SOUTH TEXAS.
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NOTHING UNUSUAL.
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BUT WHEN THE SAME RIVER IS
PHOTOGRAPHED THE FOLLOWING DAY,
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SOMETHING APPEARS IN THE MUD.
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THESE SPOTS ARE
VERY OUT OF PLACE.
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LIKE THEY DON'T BELONG THERE.
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THEY COULD ALMOST BE LIKE
REALLY LARGE FOOTPRINTS.
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THEY'RE HUGE!
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[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
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THESE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS
OF A MONSTER.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
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Narrator:
ZOOLOGIST ROLAND KAYS
STUDIES THE IMAGE.
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HE BELIEVES THAT THE BEAST
THAT LEFT THESE PRINTS
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WALKS ON TWO LEGS.
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BASED ON THE PATTERN,
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CREATED
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BY A BIPEDAL CREATURE,
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BUT IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING
WAY BIGGER THAN A HUMAN.
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**
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IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THESE
FOOTPRINTS ARE ACTUALLY
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MAYBE BEARS STANDING UP ON HIND
LEGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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[ RUMBLING ]
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Narrator:
BUT EVEN THE BIGGEST BLACK BEARS
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CREATE PRINTS
JUST 9 INCHES LONG,
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TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN FROM SPACE.
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**
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SO THE QUESTION IS:
WHAT CAUSED THEM?
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WHAT LEFT THEM THERE?
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**
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Narrator:
THE IMAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION
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OF WILDLIFE TRACKER
BALDEMAR GALVAN.
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**
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GALVAN ANALYZES THE FOOTPRINT
IN THE PICTURE
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IN AN EFFORT
TO RECONSTRUCT THE SCENE.
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IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY
COMING OUT OF THE FOREST
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RIGHT THROUGH HERE,
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AND IT PROBABLY SAW SOMETHING
AROUND THIS AREA RIGHT UP HERE.
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Narrator:
THE SHAPE AND THE PATTERN
OF THE FOOTPRINTS
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ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING
HE HAS COME ACROSS.
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Galvan:
IT RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
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HE'S WALKING
FORWARD LIKE THIS,
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THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
FROM HERE,
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HE JUST STARTS PICKING UP SPEED,
LIKE HE'S ACTUALLY RUNNING.
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IT'S VERY, VERY FASCINATING.
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**
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Narrator:
BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH
INFORMATION TO BE GLEANED
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FROM THE IMAGE.
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I HAVE TO GO DOWN OVER THERE AND
JUST CHECK IT OUT FOR MYSELF.
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IF I MISIDENTIFY SOMETHING,
MY REPUTATION IS GONE.
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**
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Narrator:
HE AND HIS PARTNER HEAD
400 MILES TO THE STRETCH
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OF THE BLANCO RIVER
WHICH IS CAPTURED IN THE IMAGE.
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**
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IN THE AREA, THERE HAVE
BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS
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OF STRANGE SOUNDS, AND SIGHTINGS
OF UNUSUAL CREATURES.
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**
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GALVAN STOPS OFF TO SPEAK
TO SOME WITNESSES.
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HE KNEW I WASN'T.
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TELL ME EXACTLY
WHAT YOU HEARD.
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IT WAS A WEIRD SOUND.
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I'D SAY IT WAS ABOUT 9-FOOT
TALL AND IT WAS ALL HAIRY.
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IT WAS COVERED IN HAIR.
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THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT WASN'T HAIR.
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I DID NOT SEE THE FACE.
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IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE
BEEN ANOTHER
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COUPLE FEET TALLER THAN ME.
-WOW.
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AND I'M KIND OF LIKE SPELLBOUND:
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?"
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Narrator:
COULD REPORTED SIGHTINGS
LIKE THESE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
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WITH THE GIANT FOOTPRINTS
IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE?
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**
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[ LIGHTNING CRASHING,
RAIN POURING ]
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THE ANIMAL DESCRIBED
IN THE REPORTS
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DOES RESEMBLE A LARGE BEAST
KNOWN TO HAVE EXISTED.
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THIS THING SOUNDS LIKE
A CREATURE CALLED
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GIGANTOPITHECUS,
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY REAL.
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THIS THING WAS 10 FEET TALL,
IT WEIGHED 1,200 POUNDS,
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AND IT WAS RELATED
TO ORANGUTANS.
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IT'S THE LARGEST APE
THAT SCIENTISTS KNOW ABOUT.
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[ BIRDS TWEETING ]
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SO JUST IMAGINE LIKE
A GIANT ORANGUTAN
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WANDERING AROUND THE EARTH.
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[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
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Narrator:
BUT SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
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GIGANTOPITHECUS DIED OUT
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
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[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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WHEN IT COMES TO THE PICTURES,
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IT'S ALWAYS BLURRY
[ SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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OR DIFFICULT TO SEE,
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SO THE CONCRETE
EVIDENCE IS NOT THERE.
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PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING
FOR BIGFOOT FOR DECADES.
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IF WE HAVEN'T FOUND
INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE YET,
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DOES IT REALLY EXIST?
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
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**
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Narrator:
MATCHING THE SATELLITE
IMAGE WITH HIS GPS,
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GALVAN FINDS THE SECTION
OF RIVER
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WHERE THE PRINTS WERE CAPTURED.
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THE FOOTPRINTS SHOULD BE
RIGHT UP AHEAD.
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THIS IS AS FAR AS WE CAN GO
WITH THE VEHICLE.
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[ KEYS JINGLING ]
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] BLANCO.
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**
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Narrator:
THIS STRETCH OF RIVER
IS ISOLATED AND ROCKY.
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[ STONES RATTLING ]
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**
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THE PRINTS ARE NOT AT ALL
WHAT GALVAN WAS EXPECTING.
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WOW. THIS IS AMAZING,
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BREATHTAKING.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
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**
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GALVAN'S MONSTER HUNT
TAKES A STRANGE TURN.
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THEY'RE NOT FRESH
AT ALL.
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THESE TRACKS HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR A VERY,
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VERY LONG TIME,
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
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THIS ANIMAL IS WAY BIGGER
THAN I EXPECTED.
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[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
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THIS ONE HERE IS LIKE
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5 FEET LONG
AND 4-FOOT ACROSS.
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UP CLOSE,
[ SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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GALVAN REALIZES
THIS IS NO TWO-LEGGED BEAST.
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THIS MONSTER WALKS ON FOUR LEGS.
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THE PRINTS ARE GIGANTIC.
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THIS THING IS IMMENSELY
BIG AND HEAVY.
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I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIES
OF THE ANIMAL
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THAT MADE THESE TRACKS,
BUT ALL THAT I KNOW:
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IT'S A HUGE ANIMAL.
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MANY TIMES BIGGER
THAN THE BIGGEST ELEPHANT,
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THERE IS ONLY ONE
KIND OF CREATURE
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THAT COULD POSSIBLY LEAVE
FOOTPRINTS LIKE THIS.
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[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
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THIS IS ANOTHER MYSTERY
THAT WE HAVE HERE.
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**
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THE ANIMALS THAT MADE
THESE TRACKS,
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THESE ARE
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS,
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LIKE THE DINOSAURS.
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[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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COMING UP...
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REVEALED FROM ABOVE,
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THE HORROR
OF THE JUNGLE GHOST CITY...
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SOMETHING DISASTROUS
HAPPENED TO ANGKOR,
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BUT WHAT WAS IT?
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...AND GALVAN'S
TEXAS MONSTER HUNT.
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THIS HERD OF DINOSAURS
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALONE.
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IT JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S
A TON OF STUFF OUT THERE
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WE HAVE NOT
DISCOVERED YET.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
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Narrator:
WILDLIFE TRACKER
BALDEMAR GALVAN
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IS ON THE TRAIL OF A MYSTERY
MEGABEAST IN TEXAS,
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WHOSE PRINTS WERE
SNAPPED FROM SPACE.
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ARRIVING AT THE SITE,
HE'S AMAZED AT WHAT HE SEES...
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[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
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...DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND
OF DINOSAUR MADE THESE TRACKS.
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ALL THAT I KNOW:
IT'S A HUGE ANIMAL.
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[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
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SO, WHAT DO WE
GOT HERE?
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Narrator:
PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SENT TO A TEAM
OF EXPERTS FOR ANALYSIS.
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SO HOW LONG IS ONE OF THESE
AS A GIVEN TRACK HERE?
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THEY'RE ABOUT 3 FEET ACROSS
AND ABOUT 3 FEET LONG.
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EXAMINATION OF THE ANIMAL'S
GAIT, THE SIZE OF THE PRINTS,
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AND THE SHAPE OF THE FEET
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LEADS THE SCIENTIST
TO AN EXTRAORDINARY CONCLUSION.
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THESE ARE
SAUROPOD TRACKS.
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[ CREATURE WARBLING ]
[ THUDDING HEAVILY ]
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SAUROPODS WERE
THE LARGEST DINOSAURS
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-[ROARING]
-EVER TO HAVE ROAM THE EARTH.
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**
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THIS MONSTER HERBIVORE
WAS 100 FEET LONG,
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STOOD 60 FEET HIGH,
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WITH A NECK SIX TIMES LONGER
THAN A GIRAFFE'S.
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IT WEIGHED OVER 60 TONS.
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[ ROARING ]
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COULD YOU IMAGINE
A HERD OF THESE
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THUNDERING THROUGH
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
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Schuttler:
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE GIGANTIC,
THEY WERE ACTUALLY VEGETARIANS.
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THEY'D WALK TOGETHER IN GROUPS,
ROAMING AROUND IN TEXAS.
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Narrator:
FURTHER ANALYSIS
OF THE RIVERBED REVEALS
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OVER 90 INDIVIDUAL TRACKS.
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YOU COULD IMAGINE THEM COMING
DOWN TO THIS RIVERBED,
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PERHAPS TO GET
SOMETHING TO DRINK.
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[ RUMBLING ]
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-[SCREECHING]
-SAUROPODS WERE SO MASSIVE,
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[ SCREECHING ]
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ONLY THE MIGHTY T. REX DARED
TO TAKE THEM ON.
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AN AMBUSH PREDATOR,
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THE T. REX WOULD CHOOSE
LOCATIONS LIKE RIVERBANKS
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TO MOUNT AN ATTACK.
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Kourounis:
THIS HERD OF DINOSAURS
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALONE.
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THERE WOULD'VE BEEN PREDATORS
HIDING IN THE BUSHES AND TREES.
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**
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-[ROARING]
-[WAILS]
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[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
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THE TEAM STUDIES
THE LOCAL GEOLOGY
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TO GUESS WHEN THESE PRINTS
MIGHT'VE BEEN MADE.
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THE GEOLOGY ON IT SHOWS
THAT THEY ARE
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ABOUT 100 MILLION
YEARS OLD.
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THESE TRACKS WERE MADE
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WHEN TEXAS WAS ALIVE
WITH DINOSAURS...
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[ PIERCING CRIES ]
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-[SCREECH]
-...THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD.
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100 MILLION YEARS AGO,
NORTH AMERICA LOOKED
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NOTHING LIKE IT DOES TODAY.
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-[SCREECHING]
-IT WAS LUSH. IT WAS GREEN.
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IT WAS WARM.
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THIS WAS DINOSAUR TERRITORY.
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Narrator:
THE FOSSILIZED TRACKS
HAVE BEEN BURIED UNDER MUD
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FOR COUNTLESS MILLENNIA.
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ONE DAY, THIS IS SORT OF JUST
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ANOTHER BORING
LANDSCAPE IN AMERICA.
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THE NEXT, A FLOOD COMES THROUGH
AND EXPOSES THESE TRACKS.
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Narrator:
A GIANT DINOSAUR,
SEEN FROM SPACE.
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BUT THE REAL PUZZLE REMAINS:
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WHAT'S A VEGETARIAN DOING
IN TEXAS?
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THIS JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S
A TON OF STUFF OUT THERE
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WE HAVE NOT DISCOVERED YET.
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**
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[ WHIRRING ]
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Narrator: JUNE 2012.
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A SATELLITE PASSES OVER THE
DENSE JUNGLES OF CAMBODIA.
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**
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BELOW IS ANGKOR,
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AN ANCIENT SITE SO MYSTERIOUS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE TURNING
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TO REVOLUTIONARY
AERIAL TECHNOLOGY
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TO UNLOCK ITS SECRETS.
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ANGKOR'S BEEN THIS...
ENIGMA FOR CENTURIES
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BECAUSE YOU HAVE
ALL THESE TEMPLES
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DOTTED AROUND THE LANDSCAPE,
NO REAL DISCERNIBLE PATTERN.
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Narrator:
FROM THIS EERIE PLACE,
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KINGS ONCE RULED
OVER THE KHMER EMPIRE,
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SO POWERFUL, ITS FOUNDER WAS
DECLARED KING OF THE WORLD.
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**
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BUT SOMETHING HAS ALWAYS
PUZZLED HISTORIANS.
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**
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WHY IS IT HERE?
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GREAT CIVILIZATIONS
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
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WERE BUILT AROUND WATER,
GROWING UP BY MIGHTY RIVERS,
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LIKE THE NILE, EUPHRATES,
AND THE TIBER.
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[ ROMANTIC TUNE SWEEPS ]
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THE WEIRD BUILDINGS HERE
ARE BREATHTAKING,
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BUT THEY'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF DENSE,
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ALMOST IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE.
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WHY IS THIS CITY HERE,
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
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AS FAST AS THE KHMER
CIVILIZATION ROSE, IT FELL.
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THE TEMPLES WERE ABANDONED.
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THE JUNGLE JUST COVERED
OVER EVERYTHING.
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING,
INSECTS BUZZING ]
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Narrator:
HOW DID THIS CITY WORK,
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AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED
600 YEARS AGO?
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TO FIND OUT, ARCHAEOLOGISTS
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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HAVE EQUIPPED HELICOPTERS
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WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
DETECTION SYSTEM,
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KNOWN AS LIDAR.
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[ ROTORS WHIRRING ]
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LIDAR IS LIKE TAKING
AN X-RAY OF THE GROUND.
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YOU'RE ABLE TO REALLY GET
A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON,
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TO A GREAT DEGREE OF DETAIL.
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Narrator:
THE LIDAR ALLOWS
THE AIRBORNE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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TO SEE ANGKOR
AND THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE
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LIKE THEY'VE NEVER
SEEN IT BEFORE.
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**
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WHAT THEY FIND AMAZES THEM.
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IT'S, I THINK,
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
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NEW DISCOVERIES IN ARCHEOLOGY.
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Narrator:
COMING UP...
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SATELLITES SPY ON NORTH KOREA'S
DERANGED DICTATOR.
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[ ANTHEM PLAYS ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
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IF YOU CROSS KIM JONG-UN,
HE'S GONNA WIPE OUT
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ALL TRACES
OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
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AND, REVEALED FROM THE SKIES,
THE SECRET JUNGLE MEGALOPOLIS.
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THIS DISCOVERY
ISN'T JUST BIG.
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IT REWRITES
THE HISTORY BOOKS.
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Narrator:
DEEP IN THE JUNGLE,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE USING
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CHOPPERS ARMED
WITH X-RAY LIDAR CAMERAS
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TO STUDY THE MYSTERIOUS
ANCIENT RUINS OF ANGKOR.
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THEY HOPE TO FIND OUT
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WHY THE CITY IS HERE
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AND WHY IT WAS ABANDONED.
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WHAT THEY SEE SHOCKS THEM...
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[ WHIRRING ]
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...A TRULY GIGANTIC MEGACITY,
HIDDEN FROM VIEW,
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COVERING HUNDREDS
OF SQUARE MILES.
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THIS ISN'T JUST
SCATTERED TEMPLES.
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IN FACT, THERE WERE
THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS
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AND THIS WHOLE THING STRETCHED
OUT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES.
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[ BEEPING ]
Narrator: A LOST WORLD.
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AN ANCIENT MEGALOPOLIS ON PAR
WITH SPRAWLING MODERN CITIES.
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WE KNEW THE CITY WAS BIG.
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BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE
HOW BIG IT WAS.
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THIS DISCOVERY ISN'T JUST BIG,
IT REWRITES THE HISTORY BOOKS
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OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
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Narrator:
THE X-RAY EYES IN THE SKY REVEAL
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A CITY, AND CIVILIZATION,
MORE ADVANCED AND SOPHISTICATED
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THAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS
EVER IMAGINED.
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[ BIRDS TWEETING ]
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BUT THE IMAGES
ALSO LEAVE THEM BAFFLED.
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WHY WAS THIS MEGACITY
EATEN BY THE JUNGLE,
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ITS BUILDINGS STRANGLED
BY THE TREES?
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THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION
PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE
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IN THE ANGKOR AREA,
AND THEY'RE ALL GONE.
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[ BIRDS TWEETING ]
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WHAT CAUSED A CITY OF THIS SIZE
TO BE ABANDONED SO QUICKLY?
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Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS STUDY
THE LIDAR IMAGES FOR CLUES.
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THEY REVEAL A GRID OF LINES
RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
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ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
THEY ARE THE REMNANTS
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OF A HIGHLY ADVANCED
WATER SYSTEM.
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IT'S A NETWORK OF WATER CHANNELS
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THAT FORM THE LIFEBLOOD
OF THE CITY.
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[ BEEPING ]
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WATER IS THE KEY TO LIFE
AND WHAT THE KHMER CIVILIZATION
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WERE ABLE TO DO WAS HARNESS
WATER IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS.
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TO THINK THAT THIS COMPLEX
ENGINEERING FEAT WAS ACHIEVED
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OVER 600 YEARS AGO REALLY SHOWS
HOW COMPLEX THE SOCIETY WAS.
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Narrator:
THE LIDAR IMAGES REVEAL,
AT LAST, THE INCREDIBLE STORY
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OF HOW THIS REMARKABLE
JUNGLE CITY WAS CREATED.
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[ BIRDS TWEETING ]
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A WATER ENGINEERING SYSTEM
OF SUCH SOPHISTICATION,
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IT WOULD'VE CALLED
FOR TECHNIQUES
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LIKE THOSE USED TODAY
IN THE DUTCH NETHERLANDS.
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INCREDIBLY, THAT'S HOW THIS
JUNGLE CITY MANAGED TO THRIVE.
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BUT DID THE WATER CHANNELS
THAT BROUGHT LIFE
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ALSO BRING DEATH?
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IF YOU'RE FACED WITH A WATER
SYSTEM THAT'S FAILING,
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YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS.
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ONE IS GO SOMEPLACE ELSE,
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AND THE OTHER IS
TO TRY TO MODIFY IT.
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Narrator:
THE HUMID JUNGLES
OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
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ARE A BREEDING GROUND
FOR PARASITES
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AND VIRULENT
WATERBORNE DISEASES.
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COULD IT HAVE BEEN
SOME MEGAPLAGUE
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THAT JUST WIPED EVERYTHING OUT?
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Narrator:
HISTORY TELLS US THAT LIVING
CLOSE TO STAGNANT WATER
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CAN BE DEADLY.
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[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
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WATERBORNE PLAGUES,
LIKE CHOLERA,
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HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
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WITH ANGKOR, WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS
VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
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LIVING VERY CLOSE
TO ONE ANOTHER
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AND SO THEY'RE VERY
VULNERABLE TO DISEASE.
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Narrator:
BUT DISEASE WAS
A CONSTANT THREAT
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AND SCOURGE
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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POPULATIONS WERE USED TO
DEALING WITH IT AND RECOVERING.
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[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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Horton:
IT'S ONE OF THOSE EXPLANATIONS.
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WE CAN SAY, "WELL, LET'S NOT
RULE IT OUT, BUT, AT THIS STAGE,
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WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THAT."
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Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGISTS RETURN TO THE
LIDAR IMAGES OF THE CITY'S DAMS.
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THEY NOTICE SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
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[ PINGING ]
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[ WHIRRING ]
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SOME OF THE DAMS
HAVE BEEN BREACHED
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IN KEY AREAS,
WHICH COULD'VE LED
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TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING
OF THE CITY.
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Narrator:
IS THE DAMAGE THE RESULT
OF DECAY, OR VIOLENCE?
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ATTACKING WATER MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
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IS A GOOD WAY TO GO BECAUSE,
WITHOUT WATER, THERE'S NO LIFE.
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Narrator:
HISTORICAL TEXTS OF THE REGION
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YIELD A POSSIBLE CLUE.
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THERE IS RECORD
OF A MILITARY CAMPAIGN
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FROM WHAT'S NOW MODERN THAILAND
INTO THE KHMER AREA.
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[ NEIGHING ]
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Narrator:
600 YEARS AGO,
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THE EMPIRE OF THE KHMER
IS OVERSHADOWED BY ANOTHER:
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THE SIAMESE KINGDOM
OF AYUTTHAYA,
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WHOSE WARRIORS INVADE
THE GREAT CITY OF ANGKOR.
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100,000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN,
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THE CITY OCCUPIED AND PILLAGED
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
FOR 7 TERRIBLE MONTHS.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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BUT WHEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ATTEMPT
TO DATE THE BREACHED DAMS,
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IT SEEMS THEY COLLAPSED
BEFORE THE CITY WAS ATTACKED.
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CLEARLY, SOMETHING DISASTROUS
HAD ALREADY HAPPENED TO ANGKOR,
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BUT WHAT WAS IT?
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[ CLANKING ]
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Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGIST MARK HORTON
HAS SPENT 20 YEARS
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STUDYING ABANDONED
ANCIENT CITIES.
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HE DISCOVERS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE
IN CLIMATE RECORDS OF THE AREA.
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ITS COLLAPSE HAS SEEDS,
I THINK,
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IN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS,
RATHER THAN MILITARY ONES.
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Narrator:
THE SO-CALLED MEDIEVAL
WARM PERIOD
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WAS A TIME WHEN EARTH WAS HOT,
POSSIBLY MUCH HOTTER THAN TODAY,
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BAKED DRY AT TIMES,
BUT ALSO, IN THIS REGION,
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SUBJECT TO TROPICAL DOWNPOURS.
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FOR OVER 150 YEARS,
THE CITY WAS WRACKED
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WITH THIS EXTREME WEATHER,
FROM CRAZY MONSOONS TO DROUGHT.
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LIKE HURRICANE KATRINA
COMES IN, DESTROYS EVERYTHING.
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REBUILD. A DROUGHT.
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YOU CAN'T EVEN GROW CROPS.
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AS SOON AS YOU GET
THROUGH THAT PERIOD,
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[striking palm]
A NEW HURRICANE KATRINA
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COMES IN, WIPES EVERYTHING OUT.
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IT WOULD FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE
WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END.
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FINALLY, YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY,
"SCREW IT. LET'S LEAVE."
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[ WHIRRING ]
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Narrator:
BUT A CIVILIZATION CAPABLE
448
00:20:28,667 --> 00:20:30,533
OF BUILDING A COMPLEX MEGACITY
449
00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:35,467
COULD SURELY REBUILD AFTER
STORMS, NO MATTER HOW VIOLENT.
450
00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:38,733
DESPITE RECENT DISCOVERIES,
ANGKOR WAT IS A PLACE
451
00:20:38,733 --> 00:20:41,100
THAT STILL HIDES
ITS SECRETS WELL.
452
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,000
**
453
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,233
[ WHIRRING ]
454
00:20:46,233 --> 00:20:47,300
COMING UP...
455
00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,300
A MYSTERY MOUND
IN THE LOST REALM
456
00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:50,600
OF KING ARTHUR...
457
00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,133
NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT
THIS ROUND FORMATION IS
458
00:20:53,133 --> 00:20:55,033
OR WHO BUILT IT
OR WHAT IT WAS FOR.
459
00:20:55,033 --> 00:20:57,167
[ APPLAUSE ]
...AND MADMAN KIM JONG-UN
460
00:20:57,167 --> 00:20:59,267
GOES CRAZY.
461
00:20:59,267 --> 00:21:02,167
SEEING A VILLAGE
COMPLETELY GONE
462
00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:03,667
IS FRIGHTENING FOR ANYONE.
463
00:21:03,667 --> 00:21:06,300
THEY WOULD'VE BEEN
OBLITERATED.
464
00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:09,067
[ WHIRRING ]
465
00:21:10,633 --> 00:21:15,400
[ WHIRRING ]
466
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,067
Narrator:
AUGUST 2015.
467
00:21:18,067 --> 00:21:21,767
A U.S. SATELLITE SPIES
A VILLAGE IN NORTH KOREA.
468
00:21:21,767 --> 00:21:23,467
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
469
00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:26,133
A YEAR LATER, WHEN IT FLIES
OVER THE SAME AREA...
470
00:21:26,133 --> 00:21:28,533
**
471
00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:31,867
...IT'S LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB
HAS DESTROYED IT.
472
00:21:31,867 --> 00:21:34,400
IT LOOKS AS IF THIS VILLAGE
HAS LITERALLY BEEN
473
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,700
WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH,
LIKE SOMEBODY ERASED IT.
474
00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:43,367
SEEING A VILLAGE COMPLETELY GONE
IS FRIGHTENING FOR ANYONE.
475
00:21:43,367 --> 00:21:45,833
**
476
00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:48,167
COULD THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE
HERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED?
477
00:21:48,167 --> 00:21:50,100
IF SO, THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS
478
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,700
BECAUSE THEY WOULD'VE
BEEN OBLITERATED.
479
00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:55,067
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
480
00:21:55,067 --> 00:21:56,967
**
481
00:21:56,967 --> 00:22:00,100
Narrator:
COMMUNIST NORTH KOREA
IS PERHAPS THE MOST SECRETIVE,
482
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:02,633
ISOLATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
483
00:22:02,633 --> 00:22:05,533
THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN INTO NORTH KOREA
484
00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:09,333
AND ARE ABLE TO GET
INFORMATION AND GET IT OUT.
485
00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:13,633
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSED
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CENSORED,
486
00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:16,500
WE REALLY ON IMAGERY FROM ABOVE
487
00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:20,200
TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON
IN NORTH KOREA.
488
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:25,433
Narrator:
ANALYSTS SCOUR THE IMAGE FOR
CLUES AS TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
489
00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:28,700
YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINS OF SOME
BUILDINGS THAT WERE HERE
490
00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:33,067
AND THERE'S EVEN QUITE
A BIT OF DEBRIS LEFT OVER.
491
00:22:33,067 --> 00:22:35,233
SATELLITE ANALYST
AMANDA MARCHETTI
492
00:22:35,233 --> 00:22:38,900
TAKES A CLOSER LOOK, TO CHECK
FOR SIGNS OF A NATURAL DISASTER.
493
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:42,167
**
494
00:22:42,167 --> 00:22:43,800
AS I LOOK
AT THE SATELLITE IMAGERY
495
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,600
WE HAVE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA,
NOTHING ELSE WAS AFFECTED.
496
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,300
[ EXPLOSION ]
497
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,067
SO WHAT I'M MOST FEARFUL OF
498
00:22:51,067 --> 00:22:53,533
IS THAT THIS WAS
CAUSED BY HUMANS.
499
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:55,667
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
500
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:58,067
Narrator:
ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT
WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE
501
00:22:58,067 --> 00:23:01,333
WAS AN ACT OF DELIBERATE
DESTRUCTION.
502
00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:04,133
EACH BUILDING IS
DESTROYED PERFECTLY.
503
00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:08,833
IT'S PINPOINT DESTRUCTION,
LIKE A SURGICAL MILITARY STRIKE.
504
00:23:08,833 --> 00:23:13,067
Narrator:
EVIDENCE POINTS TO A CRIMINAL
ACT OF STATE-SANCTIONED TERROR.
505
00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:14,833
[ ANTHEM PLAYS ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
506
00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:18,067
THE IMPOVERISHED COUNTRY
IS RULED BY KIM JONG-UN,
507
00:23:18,067 --> 00:23:20,667
CHAIRMAN OF THE
WORKERS' PARTY OF KOREA.
508
00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:23,433
KIM JONG-UN,
HE'S A MADMAN.
509
00:23:23,433 --> 00:23:27,467
KIM JONG-UN HAS THREATENED
TO BEAT AMERICA LIKE A RABID DOG
510
00:23:27,467 --> 00:23:31,400
AND TO REDUCE IT
TO ASHES AND DARKNESS.
511
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,633
THEY'VE GOT ATOMIC WEAPONS.
512
00:23:33,633 --> 00:23:35,067
THEY'VE GOT MISSILES.
513
00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:38,600
THEY HAVE CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
514
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,633
Narrator:
ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE DICTATOR
IS EASILY CAPABLE
515
00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:44,600
OF TESTING WEAPONS
ON HIS OWN PEOPLE.
516
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,367
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF THEY WERE TESTING
517
00:23:46,367 --> 00:23:48,233
TARGETED SURGICAL-STRIKE
MUNITIONS
518
00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:52,367
ON AN OCCUPIED VILLAGE,
JUST TO PROVE THAT THEY WORK.
519
00:23:52,367 --> 00:23:55,433
Narrator:
BUT WHEN MARCHETTI STUDIES
PREVIOUS SATELLITE IMAGES,
520
00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:57,500
SHE NOTICES SOMETHING STRANGE.
521
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,767
**
522
00:23:59,767 --> 00:24:04,267
HERE'S BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES
AND MONUMENTS AND FEATURES
523
00:24:04,267 --> 00:24:06,700
THAT JUST LOOK LIKE
THEY WERE DESIGNED
524
00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:10,400
TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME.
525
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,533
Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE
SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT,
526
00:24:12,533 --> 00:24:16,900
THE PEOPLE OF NORTH KOREA ARE
DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY AND FULFILLED,
527
00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,467
MUCH MORE SO THAN THE POOR,
OPPRESSED MASSES
528
00:24:19,467 --> 00:24:21,700
OF THE CAPITALIST WEST.
529
00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,433
TO PROVE IT, THEY HAVE BUILT
THEIR OWN SOCIALIST THEME PARK.
530
00:24:25,433 --> 00:24:28,833
**
531
00:24:28,833 --> 00:24:32,567
THIS IS ACTUALLY SORT OF
A NORTH KOREAN DISNEYLAND,
532
00:24:32,567 --> 00:24:35,067
YOU KNOW, FOCUSING
ON THE HISTORY OF NORTH KOREA
533
00:24:35,067 --> 00:24:38,467
AND, OF COURSE, THE MIGHT
OF THEIR GREAT LEADER.
534
00:24:38,467 --> 00:24:40,367
KIM'S UNCLE IS GIVEN THE JOB
535
00:24:40,367 --> 00:24:43,800
OF BUILDING THIS
COMMUNIST DISNEYLAND.
536
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,067
BY WESTERN STANDARDS,
IT IS TRULY DREADFUL,
537
00:24:48,067 --> 00:24:51,167
BUT THE NORTH KOREAN COMMUNISTS
CONSIDER IT A SUCCESS.
538
00:24:51,167 --> 00:24:54,333
[ APPLAUSE ]
539
00:24:54,333 --> 00:25:00,300
KIM JONG-UN BEGINS TO SEE THE
MAN WHO BUILT IT AS A THREAT.
540
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:02,833
KIM JONG-UN IS KNOWN
FOR HIS PARANOIA
541
00:25:02,833 --> 00:25:05,200
AND HE FELT THREATENED
542
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,867
THAT HE WOULD SOMEHOW
OVERTAKE HIS POWER.
543
00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:09,300
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
544
00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,833
Narrator:
KIM JONG-UN, LIKE OTHER
COMMUNIST DICTATORS,
545
00:25:11,833 --> 00:25:13,833
RULES BY TERROR.
546
00:25:13,833 --> 00:25:18,267
THE SMALLEST PERCEIVED INSULT
CAN RESULT IN EXECUTION.
547
00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,467
FOR CALLING HIM SHORT AND FAT,
548
00:25:20,467 --> 00:25:24,233
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
549
00:25:24,233 --> 00:25:27,200
KIM'S UNCLE IS,
IN THE WORDS OF THE DICTATOR,
550
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,567
"DESPICABLE HUMAN SCUM,
WORSE THAN A DOG,
551
00:25:30,567 --> 00:25:33,100
AND HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH."
552
00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:37,933
HE SIGNS THE ORDER TO HAVE
HIS OWN UNCLE EXECUTED.
553
00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:43,067
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT'S ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS.
554
00:25:43,067 --> 00:25:44,900
Narrator:
AS WELL AS KILLING HIS UNCLE,
555
00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:48,167
KIM JONG SETS OUT TO ERASE
ALL MEMORY OF HIM.
556
00:25:48,167 --> 00:25:50,333
**
557
00:25:50,333 --> 00:25:52,667
HE EXECUTES HIS UNCLE'S FAMILY.
558
00:25:52,667 --> 00:25:55,500
HE ERASES
HIS DIGITAL SIGNATURE.
559
00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,100
HE HAS ALL RECORDS
OF HIS UNCLE REMOVED.
560
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:02,333
Narrator:
THE SATELLITE REVEALS
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
561
00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:04,733
HIS UNCLE'S SOCIALIST FUN PARK?
562
00:26:04,733 --> 00:26:06,567
THAT, TOO, WOULD HAVE TO GO.
563
00:26:06,567 --> 00:26:07,900
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
564
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,700
**
565
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,333
KIM JONG-UN BELIEVES
THAT THIS PLACE
566
00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:16,067
IS A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION
OF HIS FORMER UNCLE.
567
00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:18,333
HE WOULD DRIVE PAST,
ALMOST EVERY DAY,
568
00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,867
THIS LITTLE
NORTH KOREAN DISNEYLAND
569
00:26:20,867 --> 00:26:22,367
THAT HIS UNCLE HAD BUILT,
570
00:26:22,367 --> 00:26:25,300
AND SO IT WAS THE OBVIOUS
DECISION: RAZE IT.
571
00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:27,833
**
572
00:26:27,833 --> 00:26:30,933
Narrator:
THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM HERE
HAS GIVEN ABSOLUTE POWER,
573
00:26:30,933 --> 00:26:32,200
NOT TO THE PEOPLE,
574
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,700
BUT TO A TYRANT WHO RULES
WITH SHOCKING BRUTALITY.
575
00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,967
IF YOU CROSS KIM JONG-UN,
576
00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:42,100
HE'S GONNA WIPE OUT
ALL TRACES OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
577
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,433
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
578
00:26:44,433 --> 00:26:47,233
[ WHIRRING ]
579
00:26:47,233 --> 00:26:48,233
Narrator:
COMING UP...
580
00:26:48,233 --> 00:26:49,767
THE PRINCESS, THE MONSTER,
581
00:26:49,767 --> 00:26:52,533
AND THE BRIDGE BUILT
BY MONKEY GODS...
582
00:26:52,533 --> 00:26:55,267
THE EVIL, 10-HEADED
MONSTER RAVANA
583
00:26:55,267 --> 00:26:58,367
TAKES HER TO THIS
FARAWAY ISLAND.
584
00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,867
...AND THE REAL KING ARTHUR.
585
00:27:00,867 --> 00:27:03,100
HE PUT HIS FOOT
INTO THE FOOTPRINT,
586
00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,700
LITERALLY TOOK
A SWORD FROM A STONE.
587
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:07,067
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORDS STRIKING ]
588
00:27:07,067 --> 00:27:09,800
[ WHIRRING ]
589
00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:16,567
[ WHIRRING ]
590
00:27:16,567 --> 00:27:19,300
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: 2014.
591
00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:23,267
A NASA SATELLITE PASSING
OVER STIRLING CASTLE IN SCOTLAND
592
00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:26,067
CAPTURES AN OCTAGONAL SHAPE
SET INTO THE EARTH.
593
00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:28,533
**
594
00:27:28,533 --> 00:27:31,200
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S TAKEN
A GIANT ORNATE STAMP
595
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,667
AND PUNCHED IT INTO THE GROUND.
596
00:27:34,667 --> 00:27:36,633
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
AN ORNAMENTAL GARDEN,
597
00:27:36,633 --> 00:27:40,133
BUT, THERE ARE NO BUSHES
OR OTHER PLANT LIFE.
598
00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:41,600
IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.
599
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,733
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
600
00:27:43,733 --> 00:27:46,700
Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGISTS CALL THIS SITE
THE KING'S KNOT
601
00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:50,833
AND BELIEVE IT'S WHAT'S LEFT
OF A 17th-CENTURY ROYAL GARDEN.
602
00:27:50,833 --> 00:27:53,767
**
603
00:27:53,767 --> 00:27:58,667
BUT HISTORIAN ANDREW GOUGH HAS
COME ACROSS A 1983 AERIAL IMAGE
604
00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:03,300
THAT SUGGESTS THIS SHAPE
IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.
605
00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:08,200
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NICE,
ORNAMENTAL GARDEN.
606
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,400
IT'S A MESSAGE IN THE GROUND.
607
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,367
**
608
00:28:15,367 --> 00:28:17,633
Narrator:
GOUGH THINKS THIS ROYAL
GARDEN IS HIDING
609
00:28:17,633 --> 00:28:19,767
AN INCREDIBLE ANCIENT SECRET.
610
00:28:19,767 --> 00:28:22,067
**
611
00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:24,633
WHAT REALLY STRIKES ME
ARE THESE THREE LINES,
612
00:28:24,633 --> 00:28:26,700
THESE THREE DITCHES.
613
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:29,800
**
614
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,500
THEY CLEARLY PREDATE
THE 17th-CENTURY DESIGN
615
00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:35,233
THAT IS THE KING'S KNOT.
616
00:28:35,233 --> 00:28:37,633
Narrator:
BESIDE THE SHAPE IS A HILL,
617
00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:42,100
ON WHICH FORTS AND CASTLES HAVE
STOOD FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
618
00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,767
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
A VERY COMPLICATED SITE,
619
00:28:44,767 --> 00:28:48,067
WITH LOTS OF LAYERS
OF HISTORY IN IT.
620
00:28:48,067 --> 00:28:52,233
SO WHAT I'M WONDERING IS:
WHAT IS BURIED UNDERNEATH IT?
621
00:28:52,233 --> 00:28:54,767
**
622
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:58,100
Narrator:
TO FIND OUT, GOUGH SETS OUT
TO EXAMINE THE SITE.
623
00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:02,733
**
624
00:29:02,733 --> 00:29:07,400
HE DRIVES 400 MILES NORTH
FROM LONDON TO STIRLING CASTLE,
625
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:12,533
ONE OF THE GRANDEST
AND MOST IMPORTANT IN SCOTLAND.
626
00:29:12,533 --> 00:29:15,533
WHAT A HISTORICAL PLACE.
627
00:29:15,533 --> 00:29:18,267
WILLIAM WALLACE, "BRAVEHEART,"
FOUGHT HERE.
628
00:29:18,267 --> 00:29:22,767
ROBERT THE BRUCE ALSO FOUGHT,
AND WON, AGAINST THE ENGLISH.
629
00:29:22,767 --> 00:29:26,233
YOU CAN SEE WHY ROYALTY
HAVE LIVED HERE
630
00:29:26,233 --> 00:29:29,367
AND, WHEN YOU HAVE ROYALTY,
YOU HAVE TREASURE.
631
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:37,133
**
632
00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:41,867
Narrator:
AT THE KING'S KNOT, GOUGH IS
STRUCK BY THE SIZE OF THE MOUND.
633
00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:43,100
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
IT'S REALLY ELEVATED,
634
00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:45,900
MAYBE 10 FEET OR MORE,
635
00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,700
MUCH BIGGER [panting]
THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
636
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:57,867
**
637
00:29:57,867 --> 00:30:00,567
Narrator:
AS HE SURVEYS THE SITE,
HE IDENTIFIES
638
00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:05,100
THE SAME THREE DITCHES
HE SAW IN THE AERIAL PHOTO.
639
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:07,400
Gough:
YOU SEE THOSE SORT OF
LUMPS OVER THERE?
640
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,067
IT'S KIND OF GOING IN A CIRCLE.
641
00:30:09,067 --> 00:30:11,733
IT'S CUTTING
THROUGH THE SQUARE.
642
00:30:11,733 --> 00:30:14,100
Narrator:
THIS IS NO GARDEN.
643
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:18,400
IN THESE DITCHES, GOUGH SEES
THE ECHOES OF AN ANCIENT HENGE,
644
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,533
A CIRCULAR EARTHWORK
MADE UP OF DITCHES AND BANKS,
645
00:30:21,533 --> 00:30:25,000
DATING BACK
AS FAR AS THE STONE AGE.
646
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,067
IF THIS IS A HENGE,
THOSE ARE NEOLITHIC.
647
00:30:28,067 --> 00:30:30,167
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THOUSANDS
OF YEARS OLD.
648
00:30:30,167 --> 00:30:33,600
**
649
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,867
WHAT'S SO EXCITING ABOUT THAT
IS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
650
00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:38,700
AN ANCIENT MONUMENT
RIGHT WHERE I'M STANDING NOW.
651
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:43,700
**
652
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,433
Narrator:
GOUGH'S HUNCH MAY BE CORRECT.
653
00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:49,000
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
654
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,367
RECENTLY CONDUCTED
A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
655
00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:52,633
OF THE KING'S KNOT.
656
00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:55,400
**
657
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,333
IT APPEARS THERE IS
SOMETHING BURIED HERE,
658
00:30:58,333 --> 00:31:00,433
DEEP UNDERGROUND.
659
00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:04,300
WHAT THEY FOUND,
USING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR,
660
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:05,967
IT'S REMARKABLE.
661
00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:09,867
APPARENTLY, ANOMALOUS STONE
CIRCULAR STRUCTURES
662
00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:12,400
UNDERNEATH THE KING'S KNOT.
663
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,467
THESE CIRCULAR STRUCTURES
HAVE BEEN BUILT
664
00:31:14,467 --> 00:31:19,067
UPON LAYER AFTER LAYER
AND GO BACK TO THE IRON AGE.
665
00:31:19,067 --> 00:31:20,533
THE REALLY INTERESTING THING,
THOUGH, IS,
666
00:31:20,533 --> 00:31:21,967
IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE SITE
667
00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:24,567
IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST PART
OF THE FORMATION.
668
00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:27,600
**
669
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,233
Narrator:
A WIDE, RAISED, ANCIENT,
CIRCULAR STONE STRUCTURE
670
00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:34,600
LYING NEXT TO A CASTLE
671
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,233
OCCUPIED BY KINGS
SINCE THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES.
672
00:31:38,233 --> 00:31:40,700
WHAT SOME OF THE HISTORIANS
ARE NOW SAYING
673
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:46,067
IS THAT THESE ANOMALOUS
CIRCULAR STONE OBJECTS
674
00:31:46,067 --> 00:31:47,700
[ ICE RATTLING NEARBY ]
ARE NONE OTHER
675
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,533
THAN THE ROUND TABLE
OF KING ARTHUR,
676
00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:52,300
HERE IN SCOTLAND.
677
00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:55,433
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
678
00:31:55,433 --> 00:31:56,933
**
679
00:31:56,933 --> 00:31:58,833
[ OWL HOOTS ]
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROUND TABLE
680
00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:01,467
DATES BACK 1,000 YEARS.
681
00:32:01,467 --> 00:32:04,433
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS SAY
THE WIZARD MERLIN CREATES IT
682
00:32:04,433 --> 00:32:09,500
IN IMITATION OF THE TABLE USED
BY CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER.
683
00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:11,667
THE TABLE HAS 12 SEATS:
684
00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:14,600
ONE LEFT EMPTY
FOR THE MISSING JUDAS.
685
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:15,900
IT WILL REMAIN EMPTY
686
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,267
UNTIL A KNIGHT RETURNS
WITH THE HOLY GRAIL.
687
00:32:18,267 --> 00:32:20,567
[ NEIGHING ]
688
00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:23,567
MERLIN ERECTS THE ROUND TABLE
AT CAMELOT,
689
00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:27,533
THE MIGHTY FORTRESS WHERE ARTHUR
AND HIS KNIGHTS HOLD COURT.
690
00:32:27,533 --> 00:32:30,833
CAMELOT AND THE ROUND TABLE
691
00:32:30,833 --> 00:32:35,100
FIRST APPEAR, REALLY,
FROM THE 12th CENTURY.
692
00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:37,533
THE IDEA OF THE ROUND TABLE
IS A FASCINATING ONE:
693
00:32:37,533 --> 00:32:41,367
THAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL AROUND
THIS GREAT CIRCULAR TEMPLE.
694
00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:43,433
**
695
00:32:43,433 --> 00:32:44,967
Narrator:
IN THE EARLIEST TEXTS,
696
00:32:44,967 --> 00:32:47,967
ARTHUR IS DESCRIBED
AS A MONSTER-SLAYER,
697
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:52,233
LEADING A SMALL GROUP
OF SUPERHUMAN HEROES.
698
00:32:52,233 --> 00:32:55,600
BUT THE REAL IDENTITY OF ARTHUR
AND THE LOCATION OF CAMELOT
699
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,533
IS DISPUTED.
700
00:32:57,533 --> 00:33:01,600
MOST HISTORIANS BELIEVE
KING ARTHUR WAS ENGLISH.
701
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,133
PEOPLE IN CORNWALL LIKE TO THINK
THEY HAVE THE REAL KING ARTHUR.
702
00:33:06,133 --> 00:33:08,133
Narrator:
HUNDREDS OF MILES
SOUTH OF STIRLING
703
00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:10,500
IS THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE
OF TINTAGEL,
704
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:14,067
WHICH SOME CLAIM IS
KING ARTHUR'S BIRTHPLACE,
705
00:33:14,067 --> 00:33:17,500
BUT NO ONE HAS YET FOUND
CAMELOT AND THE ROUND TABLE.
706
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:21,367
**
707
00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:22,733
GOUGH HAS NOW DISCOVERED
708
00:33:22,733 --> 00:33:25,667
A 14th-CENTURY
MEDIEVAL SCOTTISH POEM
709
00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:28,333
THAT HE THINKS PROVIDES
MORE EVIDENCE.
710
00:33:28,333 --> 00:33:32,067
THE FIRST LINE TALKS ABOUT
BENEATH THE CASTLE,
711
00:33:32,067 --> 00:33:34,700
BENEATH STIRLING CASTLE.
712
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:38,067
THE SECOND LINE REFERENCES
THE ROUND TABLE
713
00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:39,767
[chuckle]
BELOW STIRLING CASTLE.
714
00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:47,833
**
715
00:33:47,833 --> 00:33:51,267
Narrator:
WHAT'S MORE, GOUGH LEARNS
OF AN ANCIENT HILLFORT,
716
00:33:51,267 --> 00:33:54,533
59 MILES FROM THE KING'S KNOT
AT STIRLING CASTLE,
717
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:58,567
WHICH HAS BEEN LINKED
TO THE KING ARTHUR LEGEND.
718
00:33:58,567 --> 00:34:01,533
THIS LAND, ACCORDING
TO ANCIENT SCOTTISH TEXTS,
719
00:34:01,533 --> 00:34:04,300
WAS ONCE RULED
BY A GREAT WARLORD.
720
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:05,600
HIS NAME?
721
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,133
ARTHUR.
722
00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:11,633
GOUGH ARRANGES TO MEET
SCOTTISH HISTORIAN ADAM ARDREY
723
00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:13,200
AT THE SITE.
724
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,267
FANTASTIC VIEWS
UP HERE.
725
00:34:15,267 --> 00:34:16,900
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA SHOW ME.
726
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,700
**
727
00:34:19,700 --> 00:34:22,800
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
728
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,433
ON TOP OF THIS HILLSIDE IS
A STONE WHICH, ARDREY BELIEVES,
729
00:34:26,433 --> 00:34:31,067
GAVE RISE TO ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS ARTHURIAN LEGENDS.
730
00:34:31,067 --> 00:34:32,600
THIS IS THE STONE
OF DUNADD
731
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,533
AND IT WAS HERE
-WOW!
732
00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:36,867
IN ABOUT 574
THAT ARTHUR,
733
00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:39,233
THE ONLY
HISTORICAL ARTHUR,
734
00:34:39,233 --> 00:34:42,967
LITERALLY TOOK A SWORD
FROM A STONE.
735
00:34:42,967 --> 00:34:44,300
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
736
00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:48,233
ARTHUR PULLS THE MAGIC SWORD
EXCALIBUR FROM A STONE.
737
00:34:48,233 --> 00:34:51,567
ARDREY BELIEVES IT WAS
A REAL STONE, A REAL SWORD,
738
00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:53,067
AND A REAL MAN:
739
00:34:53,067 --> 00:34:57,167
A 6th-CENTURY SCOTTISH WARLORD
CALLED ARTUR mac AEDAN.
740
00:34:57,167 --> 00:34:59,367
HE PUT HIS FOOT
INTO THE FOOTPRINT
741
00:34:59,367 --> 00:35:01,700
AND WAS GIVEN
A SWORD TO HOLD
742
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,133
AND, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE
FOOTPRINT, HOLDING THE SWORD,
743
00:35:05,133 --> 00:35:08,200
HE LITERALLY TOOK
A SWORD FROM A STONE.
744
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,267
[ BLADE SLICES ]
745
00:35:09,267 --> 00:35:10,667
ARTHUR STANDS ON THE STONE,
746
00:35:10,667 --> 00:35:12,333
PULLS THE STONE OVER HIS HEAD,
747
00:35:12,333 --> 00:35:15,867
TO PROVE THAT HE IS
THE RIGHTFUL KING.
748
00:35:15,867 --> 00:35:18,767
Narrator:
AND THERE ARE MORE
HISTORICAL CLUES IN THE AREA.
749
00:35:18,767 --> 00:35:20,700
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
750
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:24,967
GOUGH LEARNS THAT 95 MILES
TO THE EAST IS ANOTHER STONE,
751
00:35:24,967 --> 00:35:26,767
THIS ONE DATING
FROM THE 8th CENTURY,
752
00:35:26,767 --> 00:35:30,600
DEPICTING A WOMAN
BEING SAVAGED BY BEASTS.
753
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:35,233
Rose:
SHE WAS TORN TO DEATH
BY A PACK OF WILD DOGS.
754
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:38,067
THIS GRISLY SCENE IS SAID TO BE
PORTRAYED ON THE STONE
755
00:35:38,067 --> 00:35:40,433
AS HER MEMORIAL.
756
00:35:40,433 --> 00:35:42,433
Narrator:
THIS, ACCORDING TO ONE ACCOUNT,
757
00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:45,267
WAS THE FATE OF KING ARTHUR'S
WIFE GUINEVERE
758
00:35:45,267 --> 00:35:47,467
WHEN HE LEARNED
OF HER LOVE FOR LANCELOT.
759
00:35:47,467 --> 00:35:48,667
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
760
00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:49,833
[ SNARLING ]
761
00:35:49,833 --> 00:35:53,833
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
762
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,400
BACK AT THE KING'S KNOT,
763
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,400
GOUGH REFLECTS
ON THE AERIAL IMAGE
764
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:58,967
AND THE SUPPORTING
EVIDENCE THAT,
765
00:35:58,967 --> 00:36:03,467
BURIED HERE,
IS ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE.
766
00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:08,600
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS SO MUCH
EVIDENCE FOR ARTHUR IN SCOTLAND.
767
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,533
THERE ARE MANY PLACES ASSOCIATED
WITH KING ARTHUR IN SCOTLAND,
768
00:36:12,533 --> 00:36:15,800
SO IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE
THAT KING ARTHUR
769
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,400
HAS BEEN GIVEN
A SCOTTISH IDENTITY
770
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,667
THAT'S THEN BEEN REFLECTED
AT STIRLING CASTLE.
771
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:26,333
Gough:
IS THE ROUND TABLE BENEATH ME?
772
00:36:26,333 --> 00:36:28,533
NOW, I'M THINKIN'
773
00:36:28,533 --> 00:36:30,133
THIS COULD BE IT.
774
00:36:30,133 --> 00:36:34,167
THIS COULD BE THE REALM
OF KING ARTHUR, AFTER ALL.
775
00:36:34,167 --> 00:36:36,667
**
776
00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:40,267
Narrator:
UNTIL ARCHAEOLOGISTS FULLY
EXCAVATE THE KING'S KNOT,
777
00:36:40,267 --> 00:36:43,133
THE MYSTERY OF WHAT
REALLY LIES BENEATH HERE
778
00:36:43,133 --> 00:36:45,367
WILL REMAIN JUST THAT.
779
00:36:45,367 --> 00:36:48,567
[ WHIRRING ]
780
00:36:48,567 --> 00:36:49,767
COMING UP...
781
00:36:49,767 --> 00:36:53,567
SEEN FROM SPACE, A HIDDEN
BRIDGE BENEATH THE WAVES.
782
00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:55,833
AND THE BUILDERS
ARE EVEN STRANGER.
783
00:36:55,833 --> 00:36:58,533
A WHOLE ARMY
OF SEMIDIVINE MONKEYS.
784
00:36:58,533 --> 00:37:00,500
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
785
00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,600
[ WHIRRING ]
786
00:37:04,833 --> 00:37:09,067
[ WHIRRING ]
787
00:37:09,067 --> 00:37:11,300
Narrator: MAY 2012.
788
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,133
A NASA SATELLITE PASSES
789
00:37:13,133 --> 00:37:16,700
OVER THE SHALLOW WATERS
OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
790
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:20,400
IT SENDS BACK IMAGES OF A CHAIN
OF LARGELY SUBMERGED OBJECTS
791
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,733
RUNNING BETWEEN SRI LANKA
AND INDIA.
792
00:37:22,733 --> 00:37:24,267
**
793
00:37:24,267 --> 00:37:27,567
LOOKS LIKE A STRING OF PEARLS
BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS.
794
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:31,167
IT LOOKS TO ME
LIKE A ROCKY JETTY,
795
00:37:31,167 --> 00:37:34,867
BUT, THIS THING LOOKS
PRETTY BIG.
796
00:37:34,867 --> 00:37:37,633
Narrator:
ON CLOSER ANALYSIS
OF THE SATELLITE IMAGE,
797
00:37:37,633 --> 00:37:42,133
INVESTIGATORS CALCULATE THE LINE
OF ROCKS IS OVER 30 MILES LONG.
798
00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:44,267
**
799
00:37:44,267 --> 00:37:46,967
WHAT MAKES THE IMAGE
ESPECIALLY INTRIGUING
800
00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:49,567
IS THAT THE ROCKS ARE
IN AN AREA OF SEA MENTIONED
801
00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:52,833
IN AN ANCIENT HINDU POEM.
802
00:37:52,833 --> 00:37:56,967
A POEM WHICH ALSO REFERS
TO A MAGIC BRIDGE.
803
00:37:56,967 --> 00:38:03,100
THERE ARE HINDU LEGENDS THAT THE
GOD RAMA PLACED A BRIDGE HERE,
804
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:06,767
CONNECTING INDIA TO SRI LANKA.
805
00:38:06,767 --> 00:38:10,500
THE HINDU POEM "RAMAYANA"
TELLS AN EPIC STORY
806
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:13,567
IN WHICH LORD RAMA BATTLES
TO RESCUE HIS WIFE
807
00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:15,400
FROM THE MANY-HEADED RAVANA.
808
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,333
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
809
00:38:17,333 --> 00:38:20,067
THE EVIL, 10-HEADED
MONSTER RAVANA
810
00:38:20,067 --> 00:38:23,833
CAPTURES HER AND TAKES HER
TO THIS FARAWAY ISLAND.
811
00:38:23,833 --> 00:38:27,167
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
812
00:38:27,167 --> 00:38:30,200
Narrator:
LORD RAMA ENLISTS
THE HELP OF A MAGIC ARMY
813
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,067
TO BUILD A BRIDGE
LONG ENOUGH TO REACH HER.
814
00:38:33,067 --> 00:38:35,833
A WHOLE ARMY
OF SEMIDIVINE MONKEYS
815
00:38:35,833 --> 00:38:37,733
BUILD THIS CHAIN OF ISLANDS,
816
00:38:37,733 --> 00:38:43,267
CARRYING STONES
TO CREATE A LAND BRIDGE.
817
00:38:43,267 --> 00:38:45,967
Narrator:
THE STONES IN THE SATELLITE
IMAGE ARE SITTING ON SOMETHING
818
00:38:45,967 --> 00:38:50,967
OCEANOGRAPHERS CALL
A SHOAL, OR SANDBAR.
819
00:38:50,967 --> 00:38:54,267
THESE OCCUR IN AN AREA
WHERE THERE ARE SHALLOW WATERS
820
00:38:54,267 --> 00:38:57,900
AND SAND COULD ACCUMULATE
BETWEEN THE TWO LAND MASSES.
821
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:01,067
Narrator:
THE SANDBAR MAY BE NATURAL.
822
00:39:01,067 --> 00:39:04,533
BUT WHAT'S SITTING
ON TOP OF IT IS NOT.
823
00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:06,200
THIS ISN'T JUST
A SIMPLE SANDBAR.
824
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:11,333
THERE'S OBJECTS IN HERE THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN ERODED AWAY.
825
00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:14,067
THERE ARE STONES THAT HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT FROM AFAR
826
00:39:14,067 --> 00:39:18,867
AND SET ON TOP OF OUR
SANDBAR ISLAND CHAIN.
827
00:39:18,867 --> 00:39:20,800
**
828
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:25,400
Narrator:
HOW THESE STONES GOT HERE
IS A MYSTERY.
829
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,367
AND WHEN A TEAM OF GEOLOGISTS
DATE THE STONES,
830
00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:31,267
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
831
00:39:31,267 --> 00:39:36,333
THE ROCKS ON TOP OF THE SAND
ACTUALLY PREDATE THE SAND.
832
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,767
SO THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY.
833
00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:43,633
Narrator:
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS REVEALS THE
ROCKS ARE 7,000 YEARS OLD,
834
00:39:43,633 --> 00:39:49,100
BUT ARE SITTING ON TOP OF SAND
THAT IS ONLY 4,000 YEARS OLD.
835
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:52,367
THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THE
STRUCTURE IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE
836
00:39:52,367 --> 00:39:54,933
ISN'T NATURAL,
BUT BUILT BY HUMANS.
837
00:39:54,933 --> 00:40:00,367
OR, ACCORDING TO SACRED TEXTS,
DEMIGOD MONKEYS.
838
00:40:00,367 --> 00:40:03,767
IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT ANCIENT PEOPLE
839
00:40:03,767 --> 00:40:09,300
TRANSPORTED STONES IN TO COVER
AREAS, TO MAKE THEM HIGHER
840
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:13,500
AND MAKE IT MORE PASSABLE,
TO KEEP THE BRIDGE INTACT.
841
00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:16,467
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
842
00:40:16,467 --> 00:40:19,233
Narrator:
SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE
THE ANCIENT TEXTS REFER
843
00:40:19,233 --> 00:40:22,633
TO A TIME 5,000 YEARS AGO.
844
00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:25,867
AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY,
BUILDING SUCH A LONG BRIDGE
845
00:40:25,867 --> 00:40:29,400
WOULD'VE BEEN A SUPERHUMAN
ACHIEVEMENT.
846
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:34,033
HOW COULD HUMANS, SO LONG AGO,
BUILD SUCH STRUCTURES?
847
00:40:34,033 --> 00:40:36,167
BUT WE ACTUALLY KNOW
THAT THEY CAN.
848
00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:38,600
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
849
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,533
THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
THAT ARE 4,500 YEARS OLD,
850
00:40:41,533 --> 00:40:44,933
GIGANTIC STRUCTURES.
851
00:40:44,933 --> 00:40:48,300
AND EVEN PLACES TODAY IN TURKEY,
ANCIENT ANATOLIA,
852
00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:50,067
LIKE GOBEKLI TEPE,
853
00:40:50,067 --> 00:40:54,333
HUGE TEMPLE STRUCTURES,
20 FEET AND HIGHER,
854
00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:58,300
AND WE KNOW WE CAN SECURELY
DATE THESE, AT GOBEKLI TEPE,
855
00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:00,967
TO 11,000 YEARS AGO.
856
00:41:00,967 --> 00:41:03,100
[ BIRDS CHIRPING, CAWING ]
857
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:04,900
Narrator:
IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA,
858
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:07,967
POWERFUL ANCIENT DYNASTIES
RULED THE LAND,
859
00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:10,500
CAPABLE OF MOBILIZING
THOUSANDS TO BUILD
860
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:15,167
INCREDIBLE, GRAND PALACES AND
MYSTERIOUS RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS.
861
00:41:15,167 --> 00:41:20,233
WE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
PEOPLE OF THE PAST.
862
00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:22,433
THEY ACTUALLY WERE
VERY CLEVER ENGINEERS
863
00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:24,100
AND THEY CERTAINLY
WOULD'VE FOUND THE WAY
864
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:27,900
TO MAINTAIN THIS CONNECTION
USING OTHER STONES
865
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:29,200
AND BRING THEM IN
TO ACTUALLY MAKE
866
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,833
SOME TYPE OF A BRIDGE
BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND INDIA.
867
00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:34,133
**
868
00:41:34,133 --> 00:41:37,300
NOW, A TEAM
OF INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE
869
00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:41,067
ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THE
FIRST-EVER UNDERWATER EXPEDITION
870
00:41:41,067 --> 00:41:44,167
TO EXPLORE
THIS MYSTERY STRUCTURE.
871
00:41:44,167 --> 00:41:47,667
IF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
ACTUALLY FINDS
872
00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:53,933
THAT THESE CHAINS OF ISLANDS
WAS, INDEED, MADE BY HUMANS,
873
00:41:53,933 --> 00:41:57,333
IT REALLY COULD CHANGE
OUR UNDERSTANDING
874
00:41:57,333 --> 00:42:00,367
OF ANCIENT PEOPLES
AND TIMES AND TECHNOLOGIES.
875
00:42:00,367 --> 00:42:03,400
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
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