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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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A BIZARRE FORMATION IN THE URALS
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AND THE CRADLE
OF THE ARYAN NATION.
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IF NAZI ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAMS
HAD MANAGED TO FIND THIS SITE,
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GERMANY WOULD HAVE
LOOKED TO THIS AS PROOF
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THAT WHITE ARYANS HAD
AT ONE TIME RULED THE EARTH.
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Narrator:
A FOREST BACK FROM THE DEAD
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AND THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE
WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ZOMBIE FOREST
EMERGING FROM THE WAVES.
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Narrator: AND THE RETURN
OF THE GREEK HEROES.
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HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE
IF THIS MYTHOLOGICAL LAKE
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THAT WAS VISITED BY JASON
AND THE ARGONAUTS
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HAPPENED TO BE REAL?
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Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.
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MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.
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WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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SEPTEMBER 1971.
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A U.S. CORONA SPY SATELLITE
PASSES OVER THE REMOTE MOUNTAINS
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OF THE SOUTHERN URALS OF RUSSIA.
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THE URALS IS A VAST
AND EMPTY PLACE.
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IT'S FULL OF SECRETS.
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Narrator:
AS IT CROSSES A RIVER VALLEY
NEAR THE BORDER WITH KAZAKHSTAN,
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THE SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS
A COMPLEX CIRCULAR PATTERN.
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ALMOST LIKE A NAUTILUS SHELL
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THAT HAS BEEN IMPRESSED
INTO THE LANDSCAPE.
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Gough:
YOU CAN SEE THE INTRICATE DESIGN
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AND PLANNING THAT
WENT INTO THIS SITE.
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THIS IS NO RANDOM COLLECTION
OF GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES.
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THIS IS MANMADE.
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Narrator:
U.S. MILITARY ANALYSTS CONSIDER
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IF IT COULD BE
A SOVIET MISSILE SITE.
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THE SOVIETS HAD A REPUTATION
FOR HIDING MISSILE BASES
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IN REMOTE,
HARD-TO-REACH LOCATIONS.
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[ CROWD CHEERING ]
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Narrator: BOTH SUPERPOWERS,
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE COLD WAR,
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STOCKPILE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
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TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EACH OTHER'S
MISSILES ARE DEPLOYED.
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**
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Morgan: CORONA SATELLITES
ARE SCANNING THE AREA
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BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR SOVIET ICBM LAUNCH SITES.
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**
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NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO IMAGINE
SOME CIA ANALYST
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HAVING THIS THING
LANDING ON HIS DESK,
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AND HE'S GONNA LOOK AT IT
AND GO,
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"WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY UP TO?"
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**
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Narrator: YET WHEN MILITARY
ANALYSTS RUN A SCALE ANALYSIS,
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THEY CALCULATE THE FEATURE
IS 500 FEET WIDE.
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IT'S QUITE A BIT BIGGER
THAN THE TYPICAL LAUNCH SILO IS.
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THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH INTERCONTINENTAL
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BALLISTIC MISSILES.
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THIS IS SOMETHING DATING
TO A MUCH EARLIER TIME PERIOD.
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IF I WERE GONNA TRY
TO CRACK THIS MYSTERY,
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I THINK THE FIRST THING TO DO
IS GET INTO THIS RIVER VALLEY
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AND LOOK AT THE ARCHAEOLOGY.
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Narrator:
THE MYSTERY REMAINS UNTIL 1987,
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WHEN A TEAM
OF RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
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GAIN ACCESS TO THE REMOTE SITE.
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THEY NAME THE FORMATION ARKAIM,
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AFTER THE MOUNTAIN NEARBY.
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THROUGH DETAILED EXCAVATION
AND DATING OF ARTIFACTS,
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THE RESEARCHERS DISCOVER
THE SITE IS BRONZE AGE
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AND BEGIN TO BUILD UP A PICTURE
OF HOW IT ONCE LOOKED.
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THE SITE IS TWO
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
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MADE OUT OF CLAY AND WOOD.
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Narrator:
FROM ITS FOOTPRINT, THEY
ESTIMATE ARKAIM'S OUTER WALL
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IS 16 FEET THICK
AND 18 FEET HIGH.
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PERHAPS IT WAS SOME TYPE
OF A FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT.
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Narrator: IF SO, THE SIZE
OF THE SITE SUGGESTS
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IT COULD HOUSE 2,500 PEOPLE.
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**
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THEN, AMONG THE RUINS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERY
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SOMETHING THAT PUTS ARKAIM
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
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THEY FOUND POTTERY.
NOW, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL,
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BUT THIS POTTERY
HAD SWASTIKAS ON IT.
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**
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Narrator:
THE SWASTIKA IS ONE OF THE MOST
REVILED SYMBOLS IN HISTORY
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BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION
WITH THE NAZIS.
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EXPERTS QUESTION
IF THIS POT FRAGMENT
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COULD BE A RELIC
FROM WORLD WAR II.
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WHEN YOU THINK OF A SWASTIKA,
YOU THINK OF THE NAZIS,
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BUT THE GERMANS ONLY ADVANCED
TO THE CITY OF STALINGRAD,
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WHICH WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
TO THE WEST OF THIS AREA.
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SO THEY CERTAINLY DID NOT
GET THIS FAR.
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Narrator: ANY SUSPICION THAT
ARKAIM COULD'VE ONCE BEEN
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A SECRET GERMAN BASE
IS DISPELLED
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WHEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS
DATE THE POTTERY FRAGMENT.
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THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT BELONGS TO THE PRESENT DAY,
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BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT BELONGS TO 3,000 B.C.
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3,000 B.C.!
I MEAN, THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
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THAT'S THE SAME AGE
AS THE GREAT PYRAMIDS.
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NO, IT'S OLDER
THAN THE PYRAMIDS.
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THIS THING IS ANCIENT.
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Narrator: RUSSIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS
DEVELOP AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY.
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THEY CLAIM ARKAIM IS HOME
TO AN ANCIENT PEOPLE
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KNOWN AS THE ARYANS.
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THIS LEGENDARY GROUP BECOMES THE
BASIS OF A CRACKPOT NAZI THEORY
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OF A RACE OF SUPERHUMANS.
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THE ARYANS WERE OFTEN SEEN
TO BE A KIND OF A MASTER RACE
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THAT CAME OUT OF INDIA,
SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE,
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AND VENTURED INTO GERMANY.
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Narrator: THE NAZIS BELIEVED
THE GERMANIC RACE WAS DESCENDED
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FROM THESE POWERFUL,
BLOND-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED PEOPLE.
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AND THEY APPROPRIATED
THE SWASTIKA,
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A SYMBOL ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ARYANS, AS THEIR OWN.
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**
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YET THE NAZIS HAD NO PROOF
THE FABLED ARYAN CIVILIZATION
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EVER EXISTED.
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THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT
MADE BY THE NAZIS
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AND BY HIMMLER IN PARTICULAR
TO FIND THE SOURCE OF ARYANISM.
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IN FACT, WHAT HE WANTED TO DO
WAS TO FIND THE ARYAN HOMELAND.
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THEY THOUGHT THAT
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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WAS ESSENTIALLY A RACIAL WAR.
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SO IF THEY COULD FIND
THE SUPPOSED CRADLE
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OF THEIR SUPPOSED CIVILIZATION,
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THEN IT WOULD'VE GIVEN THEIR WAR
A LOT MORE LEGITIMACY.
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Narrator: IN 1935, THE HEAD
OF THE S.S., HEINRICH HIMMLER,
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ESTABLISHES THE AHNENERBE,
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AN ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO PROVING
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THAT ARYANS
ONCE RULED THE EARTH.
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THREE YEARS LATER, HE SENDS A
TEAM OF NAZI EXPLORERS TO ASIA.
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Krueger: THEY SENT EXPEDITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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THEY WERE DETERMINED
TO MAKE THIS LINK.
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Narrator:
BUT THE NAZIS FIND NOTHING,
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AND HIMMLER'S QUEST FOR
THE ARYAN HOMELAND IS DERAILED
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WHEN THE MAN LEADING
THE SEARCH IS REVEALED
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TO BE LITERALLY CRAZY.
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IF AHNENERBE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAMS
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HAD MANAGED TO FIND THIS SITE,
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GERMANY WOULD'VE LOOKED
TO THIS SITE
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AS PROVIDING
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROOF
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THAT WHITE ARYANS HAD
AT ONE TIME RULED THE EARTH
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AND WERE, THEREFORE, DESTINED
TO RULE OVER IT ONCE AGAIN.
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Narrator: IF ARKAIM IS THE
HOMELAND OF THE ANCIENT ARYANS,
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THEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS
HAVE UNCOVERED
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SOMETHING FASCINATING
ABOUT THEIR CULTURE.
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BECAUSE WHEN RESEARCHERS
CONSIDER ARKAIM'S ALIGNMENT,
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THEY DISCOVER IT SHARES
VIRTUALLY THE SAME LATITUDE
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AS STONEHENGE.
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AND ITS WALLS LINE UP
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WITH MULTIPLE
ASTRONOMICAL FORMATIONS.
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ARKAIM TRANSLATES
AS "SKY AND EARTH,"
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AND THAT TELLS ME THIS WAS MUCH
MORE THAN JUST A SETTLEMENT.
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THIS TELLS ME THIS SITE
WAS AN ANCIENT OBSERVATORY
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WHERE MAN COMMUNICATED
WITH THEIR GODS.
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THIS IS THE RUSSIAN STONEHENGE.
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Krueger: SO IF THE ARKAIM PEOPLE
WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE HEAVENS
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WITH A GREAT DEAL OF ACCURACY,
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WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE
THEY COULD'VE BEEN CAPABLE OF?
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Narrator: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
AT ARKAIM INCLUDE METAL TOOLS
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AND ANCIENT TOMBS,
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BUT THE MOST INTRIGUING
DISCOVERIES ARE HUMAN REMAINS.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS NEARBY THE SITE
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EXCAVATED THIS
RITUAL HUMAN BURIAL
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WHERE THEY UNCOVERED A SKULL
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WHO HAD HIS HEAD ELONGATED.
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Narrator: HISTORIANS IDENTIFY
THIS PHENOMENON
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AS "DELIBERATE ARTIFICIAL
CRANIAL DEFORMATION."
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TO THEM, IT PROBABLY OFFERED
SOME SORT OF A STATUS RISE.
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BUT TO US HERE
IN THE 21st CENTURY,
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IT JUST LOOKS LIKE ALIENS.
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Narrator:
ELONGATED HEADS MAY ALSO
HAVE HAD A RELIGIOUS PURPOSE.
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THEY WANT TO BE CLOSE
TO THEIR GOD,
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MUTILATING THEIR BODIES
IN HIS IMAGE.
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Narrator:
BUT WHAT LONG-HEADED GODS
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WERE THE MYSTERIOUS ARYANS
OF ARKAIM IN AWE OF?
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IT'S ALMOST AS IF
THIS WAS KIND OF A PLACE
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WHERE THE DIVINE MET THE HUMAN,
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A PLACE OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE
FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
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Narrator: SO FAR,
ARKAIM HAS SHED LIGHT
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ON THE MOTHERLAND
OF THE MYSTERIOUS ARYAN RACE
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AND REVEALED THE ASTRONOMICAL
SOPHISTICATION OF THE ANCIENTS.
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**
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WITH PLENTY MORE TO EXCAVATE,
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NO ONE KNOWS WHAT ELSE
THEY MAY FIND.
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**
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COMING UP...
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HAWAII'S AREA 51.
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"Q" FROM "JAMES BOND,"
EAT YOUR HEART OUT,
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BECAUSE THEY CAN COVER
NOT ONLY EVERYTHING FROM SPACE
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TO DOWN IN THE WATER.
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Narrator:
AND A TSUNAMI WARNING FROM ABOVE
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FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST.
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GEOLOGISTS KNOW
THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
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THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN.
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Narrator: THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
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IN 1977,
A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PLANE
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PHOTOGRAPHS A STRANGE
GRID-LIKE PATTERN
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IMPRINTED ON THE SIDE
OF MOUNT KILAUEA.
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THESE LINES GO ON FOREVER,
FORMING THESE PERFECT RECTANGLES
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ON THE SIDE OF THIS MOUNTAIN.
IF IT IS MANMADE,
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IT'S GOT TO BE
A HUGE FEAT OF ENGINEERING.
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Narrator:
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE GRID LINES
LOOK LIKE A SETTLEMENT.
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FROM THIS IMAGE, ALL WE CAN SEE
IS WHAT MIGHT BE ROADS.
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Narrator: BUT EXPERTS ARGUE
THIS LOCATION IS TOO DANGEROUS
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FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
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THIS SEEMINGLY PERFECT GRID
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IS RIGHT NEAR ONE OF THE MOST
ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD.
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SO WHAT IS IT DOING THERE?
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Narrator: THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
WHEN A SATELLITE CAPTURES
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THE SAME AREA 40 YEARS LATER
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AND REVEALS THAT
THE GRID LINES HAVE VANISHED.
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WHERE DID EVERYTHING GO?
WHY DID IT DISAPPEAR?
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER
WHETHER THE GRID'S LAYOUT
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PROVIDES A CLUE.
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Moran:
WHAT'S WEIRD ABOUT IT IS
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IT'S JUST A VERY
REGIMENTED GRID,
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IMMEDIATELY SUGGESTING TO ME
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SOME KIND OF MILITARY PURPOSE.
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Narrator:
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE HOME
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TO 11 KNOWN U.S. MILITARY BASES,
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INCLUDING ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY CLASSIFIED --
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BARKING SANDS.
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ESTABLISHED IN THE 1950s,
BARKING SANDS
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HOUSES THE PACIFIC MISSILE
RANGE FACILITY.
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IT IS HAWAII'S AREA 51.
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THEY TEST ALMOST EVERY
RANGE OF EQUIPMENT THERE.
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THEY HAVE SHIPS.
THEY HAVE SPACE EQUIPMENT.
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AND THEY TEST AIRCRAFT THERE.
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"Q" FROM "JAMES BOND,"
EAT YOUR HEART OUT,
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BECAUSE THEY CAN COVER
NOT ONLY EVERYTHING FROM SPACE
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TO DOWN IN THE WATER.
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Narrator: AND LIKE AREA 51,
MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE
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IS A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET.
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BARKING SANDS IS PROBABLY
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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
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ON THE PLANET
THAT NOBODY EVER HEARS ABOUT.
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NO ONE REALLY KNOWS
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE,
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BECAUSE ACCESS IS
COMPLETELY RESTRICTED.
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AT THE SAME TIME THAT PEOPLE
ARE RELAXING ON THE BEACH
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OR ENJOYING HAPPY HOUR
ON HOLIDAY,
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JUST AROUND THE CORNER,
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SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST DEADLY
WEAPONS ARE BEING TESTED.
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Narrator:
BUT IF THIS STRANGE GRID PATTERN
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ON THE SIDE OF MOUNT KILAUEA
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IS LINKED
TO A SECRET MILITARY BASE,
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SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP.
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ANALYSTS CAN FIND NO SIGN
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OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THEY'D EXPECT TO SEE.
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THERE ARE NO
DEFENSIVE POSITIONS.
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THERE ARE NO GUARD TOWERS.
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IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY FLAT,
TICK-TACK-TOE GRID
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THAT GOES ON FOR ACRES
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
RECONSIDER THE SATELLITE IMAGE.
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IT REMINDS SOME ANALYSTS
OF THE GRIDS
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CREATED BY PROSPECTORS
SURVEYING FOR OIL.
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HAWAII IS AN ISLAND
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
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THAT NEEDS ACCESS
TO SOME SORT OF ENERGY SOURCE.
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GEOLOGISTS RUN SEISMIC PROFILES
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TO ANALYZE
THE EARTH'S SUBSURFACE
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PARTICULARLY TO LOOK
FOR OIL AND GAS RESOURCES
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WITHOUT HAVING TO DIG
DOWN INTO THE EARTH.
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Narrator:
PROSPECTORS USE 30-TON THUMPER
TRUCKS TO CONDUCT THESE SURVEYS.
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EACH CARRIES A HYDRAULIC
SEISMIC VIBRATOR
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TO SEND SHOCK WAVES
DEEP INTO THE GROUND.
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WHEN THE WAVES BOUNCE BACK
AND ARE ANALYZED,
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SURVEYORS CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE.
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YOU CREATE A GRID WHERE
THE LINES ARE PERPENDICULAR
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TO EACH OTHER
AND THEN CROSSING,
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AND YOU DRIVE ALONG THOSE TRACKS
TO CREATE THE SEISMIC SURVEY.
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Lester: ANY LARGE THUMPER TRUCK
IS GONNA LEAVE A PATH BEHIND IT,
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WHICH COULD BE SEEN IN SOME
KIND OF A SATELLITE IMAGE.
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Narrator: BUT THERE'S A FLAW
IN THE OIL-PROSPECTING THEORY.
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WE KNOW THAT HAWAII WAS
RECENTLY FORMED BY VOLCANOES,
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AND IT TAKES MILLIONS
OF YEARS TO FORM OIL.
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Mosher:
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS GRID LOOKS
SIMILAR TO A SEISMIC OIL SURVEY,
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IT WOULD BE A FOOL'S ERRAND
TO DO THIS IN THIS REGION.
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Narrator: INVESTIGATORS RETURN
TO LOCAL REAL-ESTATE RECORDS
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TO EXAMINE A POSSIBILITY
THEY'D ONCE RULED OUT.
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REMARKABLY, THE GRID
PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1977
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ON THE SIDE OF MOUNT KILAUEA
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IS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
KNOWN AS ROYAL GARDENS.
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**
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IT PROMISES SEA VIEWS
AND CLEAN MOUNTAIN AIR.
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THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE
TO PERHAPS BUILD HOUSES...
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IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE
OF THE LAVA FLOWS.
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Carter: MOST OF THE PEOPLE
THAT PURCHASED PROPERTY THERE
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WERE ON THE U.S. MAINLAND.
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WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW,
UNFORTUNATELY,
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IS THAT THE DEVELOPER
BUILT THE PROPERTY
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ON ONE OF THE MOST
ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN HAWAII.
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Narrator: BY LATE 1982, MOST
OF THE 1,500 LOTS ARE SOLD,
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WITH 75 HOMES ALREADY BUILT.
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THEN, IN JANUARY 1983,
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MOUNT KILAUEA ERUPTS.
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A FOUNTAIN OF RED-HOT LAVA
SURGES 650 FEET INTO THE AIR,
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THEN SEARS A PATH
TOWARDS ROYAL GARDENS.
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THESE LAVA FLOWS ARE
RELATIVELY SLOW MOVING,
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BUT THEY CHARGE
KIND OF INEXORABLY ON.
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THEY'RE HARD TO STOP.
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YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM THEM,
BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.
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AS SOON AS IT HITS,
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THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE
IS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
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THE LAVA IS FREEZING AROUND IT
AND TURNING INTO ROCK.
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IT'S COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.
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YOU BUY THIS HOUSE
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SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE
OF A BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY,
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LOW PRICE,
BUT GORGEOUS BEACH VIEWS,
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ONLY TO FIND,
WHEN YOU'VE MOVED IN,
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THIS LAVA FLOW COMING DOWN.
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THAT'S WHEN YOU REALIZE
YOU'VE PAID TOO MUCH.
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Narrator: AFTER THREE DECADES,
MOST OF ROYAL GARDENS
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IS SWALLOWED BY A SHEET OF LAVA.
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**
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BUT ONE DIEHARD RESIDENT
MAKES A STAND.
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**
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IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE,
BUT ONE MAN REFUSED TO GO.
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JACK THOMPSON STAYED IN
HIS RESIDENCE UNTIL 2012,
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UNTIL LAVA WAS PRACTICALLY
LAPPING AT HIS DOOR.
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**
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Narrator:
THOMPSON ESCAPES BY HELICOPTER
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JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS HOME
IS CONSUMED BY THE VOLCANO.
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THAT'S A PERSON
WHO'S DEDICATED, RIGHT,
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A PERSON WHO'S GONNA STAY
TILL THE VERY LAST SECOND
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AS LAVA AND MAGMA JUST COMES
ROLLING UP TO YOUR FRONT DOOR.
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I HOPE JACK THOMPSON
MADE A GREAT, NEW START,
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'CAUSE, BACK IN THE '70s,
THIS LOOKED LIKE A HOT PROPERTY.
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AND AS IT TURNS OUT,
ROYAL GARDENS REALLY WAS.
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**
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Narrator: COMING UP...
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DEATH COMES TO AN OREGON BEACH.
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IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ZOMBIE FOREST
EMERGING FROM THE WAVES.
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Narrator: AND A MIRACLE LAKE
GLOWS VIVID GREEN.
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PEOPLE COULD POTENTIALLY
GET SICK AND DIE.
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WE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT'S IN THIS WATER.
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Narrator: OREGON, THE NORTHWEST
COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
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RESEARCHERS ARE USING SATELLITE
IMAGES TO SOLVE A MYSTERY --
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A GHOSTLY FOREST
THAT RISES FROM THE WAVES
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AND A MEGA TSUNAMI
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THAT ONCE AGAIN THREATENS
THE WESTERN SEABOARD.
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WHAT HAPPENED HERE
WAS A CATASTROPHE
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OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.
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GEOLOGISTS KNOW
THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN,
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THOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN.
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Narrator: THE STORY STARTS
AT LOW TIDE ON NESKOWIN BEACH,
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WHEN A SURREAL SIGHT
EMERGES FROM THE WAVES.
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THERE'S A FOREST IN THE OCEAN.
IT'S NOT JUST A FEW STUMPS.
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IT'S A WHOLE FOREST
OF TREE STUMPS
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THAT GO ON FOR HALF A MILE.
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**
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Narrator:
ITS ORIGIN BAFFLES SCIENTISTS.
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THIS IS A GRAVEYARD OF A FOREST.
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SOMETHING VERY BAD
HAPPENED HERE.
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00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,500
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DID IT?
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Narrator: EXPERTS BEGIN
THEIR INVESTIGATION
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WITH RADIOCARBON DATING.
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THEY DISCOVER THAT SOME OF
THE STUMPS ARE 2,000 YEARS OLD.
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BY DATING THEIR OUTER RINGS,
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THEY'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE
THE MOMENT WHEN THE TREES DIED.
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THE RADIOCARBON AGES BEGAN
TO NARROW THAT TIMELINE DOWN
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TO THE LATE 1600s
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OR THE EARLY 1700s.
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Narrator:
HISTORIANS REVEAL THAT, IN 1700,
THIS ANCIENT NESKOWIN FOREST
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WAS HOME TO
THE TILLAMOOK PEOPLE.
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THEY LEAVE NO WRITTEN RECORDS,
BUT THEIR RICH ORAL HISTORY
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00:19:00,067 --> 00:19:03,500
OFFERS A POSSIBLE CLUE
TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
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SOME OF THE TRIBES
TALK ABOUT A STRUGGLE
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BETWEEN KILLER WHALE
AND THUNDER-BIRD.
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THE THUNDER-BIRD IS THIS HUGE,
HUGE BIRD, BIGGER THAN AN EAGLE.
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AND THIS STRUGGLE LED
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TO THE OCEANS
RISING AND FALLING.
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Narrator:
THE TILLAMOOK MYTH,
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WITH ITS SUGGESTION
OF A CALAMITOUS MARINE EVENT,
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MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE FOREST DIES.
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**
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BUT IT OFFERS NO CLUES
AS TO WHAT TRIGGERED THAT EVENT.
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**
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THE INVESTIGATION
TAKES A DRAMATIC TURN
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WHEN, 8,000 MILES AWAY,
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A TEAM OF JAPANESE GEOLOGISTS
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LEARNS OF THE MYSTERIOUS
NESKOWIN GHOST FOREST.
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THEY CONSULT HISTORICAL RECORDS
AND UNCOVER DETAILS
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OF A SEISMIC EVENT
WITH DATES THAT LINE UP.
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IN JAPAN, JANUARY 27, 1700,
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THERE WERE A SERIES OF WAVES
THAT PUMMELED THE COAST.
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HOUSES WERE DISRUPTED.
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00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,900
BOATS WERE THROWN
AGAINST THE SHORE.
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Narrator: JAPANESE RESEARCHERS
BELIEVE THESE MEGA WAVES
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WERE A TSUNAMI --
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ONE SO BIG
IT COULD ALSO HAVE HIT OREGON,
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ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE PACIFIC, THE SAME DAY.
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A TSUNAMI WOULD ACCOUNT FOR BOTH
THE DESTRUCTION IN JAPAN
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AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN
FOLK TALES
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OF A CATASTROPHIC MARINE EVENT.
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00:20:28,067 --> 00:20:30,733
BUT SOME EXPERTS DOUBT
A GIANT WAVE ALONE
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00:20:30,733 --> 00:20:33,100
CAN EXPLAIN WHY
THE NESKOWIN FOREST
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WAS ENTIRELY SUBMERGED
FOR 30 YEARS.
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00:20:36,933 --> 00:20:38,767
IT CAN'T CHANGE
THE LEVEL OF THE LAND.
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00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:40,633
THE WATER WILL DRAIN AWAY
401
00:20:40,633 --> 00:20:43,100
AND LEAVE THINGS
MORE OR LESS AS THEY WERE.
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00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:45,100
**
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Narrator: COMBINING DATA FROM
SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE AREA
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WITH DEPTH READINGS
GATHERED BY SHIP,
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RESEARCHERS MAKE A BREAKTHROUGH.
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00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,567
**
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00:20:54,567 --> 00:20:58,833
THEY IDENTIFY A VAST
SUBMERGED GEOLOGICAL FEATURE
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00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:02,433
JUST 50 MILES FROM
THE NESKOWIN GHOST FOREST --
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THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE.
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00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,733
Goldfinger: IT'S THE BOUNDARY
BETWEEN NORTH AMERICA
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AND THE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE.
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AND, ESSENTIALLY, IF THIS
WERE NORTH AMERICAN
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AND THIS WERE
THE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE,
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00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:16,133
THE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE IS BEING
SHOVED UNDERNEATH NORTH AMERICA,
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00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:19,700
AND THAT SHARP LINE IS
THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO.
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00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:22,233
Nordrum: THIS THING IS HUGE.
IT'S 600 MILES LONG,
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00:21:22,233 --> 00:21:25,100
AND THE FORCE BUILDING UP WITHIN
IT IS ABSOLUTELY COLOSSAL.
418
00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:26,267
AND WHEN THIS FAULT SLIPS,
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00:21:26,267 --> 00:21:28,233
IT WILL RELEASE A DEVASTATING
AMOUNT OF POWER,
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EQUIVALENT TO POTENTIALLY
HUNDREDS OF ATOMIC BOMBS.
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Narrator:
RESEARCHERS NOW BELIEVE
THAT THE CASCADIA FAULT LINE
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IS THE EPICENTER
OF A 700-MILE-LONG MEGA-QUAKE.
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IT'S A MAGNITUDE-9 EARTHQUAKE,
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THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE
THAT CAN BE PRODUCED.
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SOME PEOPLE CALL IT
A "FULL-RIP 9."
426
00:21:48,067 --> 00:21:53,600
Narrator:
IT CAUSES THE NESKOWIN FOREST
TO PLUNGE BELOW SEA LEVEL.
427
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,633
Goldfinger: THE SCALE OF IT
IS JUST HARD TO IMAGINE,
428
00:21:56,633 --> 00:21:58,933
AND THE WHOLE THING,
ALL THE COAST,
429
00:21:58,933 --> 00:22:02,267
GOING DOWN 3 OR 4 FEET
ALL AT ONCE,
430
00:22:02,267 --> 00:22:05,067
TAKING THE FOREST WITH IT,
TAKING ALL THE BAYS WITH IT --
431
00:22:05,067 --> 00:22:07,833
EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
432
00:22:07,833 --> 00:22:13,067
Narrator: THE DROP IN THE LAND
LEVEL SPAWNS A MASSIVE TSUNAMI,
433
00:22:13,067 --> 00:22:17,367
ESTIMATED TO BE AS POWERFUL
AS THE 2004 INDONESIAN TSUNAMI.
434
00:22:17,367 --> 00:22:19,300
**
435
00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:23,067
IT WOULD COME IN AT 25
TO 30 MILES AN HOUR,
436
00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:24,600
MUCH FASTER THAN YOU COULD RUN.
437
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,067
-WHOA!-GET IN, GET IN, GET IN!
438
00:22:28,067 --> 00:22:30,233
THE WAVE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
439
00:22:30,233 --> 00:22:33,233
OF 20 TO 40 FEET HIGH.
440
00:22:33,233 --> 00:22:37,500
A WAVE THAT BIG WOULD SWEEP AWAY
THE NATIVE VILLAGES.
441
00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:40,300
IMAGINE WALKING ALONG A BEACH,
442
00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:41,600
DOING WHAT YOU
NORMALLY WOULD DO.
443
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,267
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
444
00:22:43,267 --> 00:22:47,600
THERE'S THIS WALL OF WATER
COMING AT YOU.
445
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,533
Narrator: AND WHEN RESEARCHERS
DELVE DEEPER
446
00:22:49,533 --> 00:22:51,300
INTO THE HISTORY OF THE REGION,
447
00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:54,933
THEY DISCOVER THE MEGA-QUAKE
AND TSUNAMI OF 1700
448
00:22:54,933 --> 00:22:58,367
ARE NOT FREAK EVENTS.
449
00:22:58,367 --> 00:23:00,500
Brand: SCIENTISTS
WHO STUDY THE SEDIMENTS
450
00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:02,700
OFF THE COAST
OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON
451
00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:05,067
SEE EVIDENCE
OF NOT ONLY EARTHQUAKES
452
00:23:05,067 --> 00:23:08,167
BUT MASSIVE TSUNAMIS
THAT HAVE INUNDATED THIS COAST
453
00:23:08,167 --> 00:23:11,833
MANY, MANY TIMES
IN OUR GEOLOGIC PAST.
454
00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:14,600
Narrator: PALEOSEISMOLOGIST
CHRIS GOLDFINGER
455
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,600
IS EXAMINING CORE SAMPLES
FROM THESE SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
456
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,333
TO TRY TO PREDICT WHEN THE NEXT
POTENTIALLY DEADLY MEGA-QUAKE
457
00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:24,600
WILL STRIKE.
458
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,233
HIS ANALYSIS IS TERRIFYING.
459
00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:30,300
THESE EARTHQUAKE DEPOSITS
ARE STACKED UP,
460
00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:34,367
AND THEY HAVE A REPEAT TIME
OF ROUGHLY 300 TO 500 YEARS.
461
00:23:34,367 --> 00:23:37,600
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING,
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN 300 OR SO
462
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,333
SINCE THE LAST ONE.
463
00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:42,067
**
464
00:23:42,067 --> 00:23:45,700
Narrator: IF ANOTHER CALAMITOUS
TSUNAMI HITS THE OREGON COAST,
465
00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:49,567
ITS IMPACT COULD BE COLOSSAL.
466
00:23:49,567 --> 00:23:52,267
THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE
LIVING ALONG THOSE COASTS,
467
00:23:52,267 --> 00:23:54,767
SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SEE
EVEN GREATER DEVASTATION
468
00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,700
THAN WHAT THEY SAW
BACK IN 1700.
469
00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,400
Narrator: TODAY, SATELLITE
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
470
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,100
MONITOR THE PACIFIC SEABED.
471
00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:07,100
THEY'RE DESIGNED TO GIVE
SCIENTISTS AND RESIDENTS
472
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:10,867
THE HEADS-UP
ON INCOMING TSUNAMIS.
473
00:24:10,867 --> 00:24:15,233
YET THESE DEADLY WAVES
TRAVEL UP TO 500 MILES AN HOUR,
474
00:24:15,233 --> 00:24:18,200
AND THERE MAY BE
LITTLE TIME TO ESCAPE.
475
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,500
**
476
00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:23,367
COMING UP...
477
00:24:23,367 --> 00:24:25,067
MIRACLES, MINES,
478
00:24:25,067 --> 00:24:28,300
AND MYTHICAL HEROES
IN THE DESERTS OF TUNISIA.
479
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,567
HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE
IF THIS MYTHOLOGICAL LAKE
480
00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:34,567
HAPPENED TO BE REAL?
481
00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:38,233
Narrator:
AND A GEOLOGIST EXPLORES
A LEGENDARY AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN
482
00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:41,733
THAT EATS EXPLORERS ALIVE.
483
00:24:41,733 --> 00:24:46,067
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CLIMBED INTO
THE MOUNTAIN AND NEVER COME OUT.
484
00:24:46,067 --> 00:24:48,267
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF "THE TWILIGHT ZONE."
485
00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:58,633
Narrator: SEPTEMBER 2017,
486
00:24:58,633 --> 00:25:01,067
EASTERN AUSTRALIA.
487
00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:03,700
SATELLITES SPOT
A GIGANTIC BLACK MASS
488
00:25:03,700 --> 00:25:07,467
IN THE EUCALYPTUS FORESTS
OF NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.
489
00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:09,800
IT STANDS OUT
FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES.
490
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,733
WHAT'S THIS BLACK, ALIEN THING
DOING HERE?
491
00:25:12,733 --> 00:25:14,067
IT LOOKS LIKE HUGE SWATHES
492
00:25:14,067 --> 00:25:16,067
OF AUSTRALIA'S
BEAUTIFUL GREEN FOREST
493
00:25:16,067 --> 00:25:18,900
HAVE BEEN TURNED TO ASH.
494
00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:23,567
Narrator:
BUSH FIRES ARE COMMONPLACE
IN THE TINDER-DRY OUTBACK.
495
00:25:23,567 --> 00:25:27,100
BUT THIS IS NOT THE RESULT
OF ANY WILDFIRE.
496
00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:29,167
Sanford:
THERE ARE NO BURNED TREES.
497
00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:30,733
IF THIS HAD BEEN A FOREST FIRE,
498
00:25:30,733 --> 00:25:34,067
THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF EVIDENCE
OF BURNED TREE TRUNKS,
499
00:25:34,067 --> 00:25:37,933
AND THERE'S NONE OF THAT.
500
00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:42,800
Narrator:
THE SATELLITE IMAGE COMES TO
THE ATTENTION OF KHORY HANCOCK.
501
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,900
WHEN HE HEARS REPORTS OF LOCALS
VANISHING FROM THE AREA
502
00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,167
WITHOUT A TRACE,
503
00:25:47,167 --> 00:25:51,900
HE TRAVELS 1,200 MILES
TO INVESTIGATE.
504
00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:56,333
THE JET-BLACK MASS IS ESTIMATED
TO COVER 900 ACRES,
505
00:25:56,333 --> 00:25:59,833
AND HANCOCK SUSPECTS THERE
MAY BE A GEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
506
00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:03,067
FOR ITS FEARSOME REPUTATION.
507
00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:06,933
I'VE HEARD RUMORS OF THIS
STRANGE GEOLOGICAL FEATURE
508
00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:09,267
IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.
509
00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:13,067
EXACTLY WHAT IT IS
AND HOW IT WAS FORMED,
510
00:26:13,067 --> 00:26:14,467
I DON'T KNOW.
511
00:26:14,467 --> 00:26:18,967
**
512
00:26:18,967 --> 00:26:22,100
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE MUST BE
GETTING PRETTY CLOSE HERE.
513
00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:26,700
**
514
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:28,933
Narrator:
FROM THE GROUND AND UP CLOSE,
515
00:26:28,933 --> 00:26:32,767
THE BLACK MASS IN THE SATELLITE
IMAGE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.
516
00:26:32,767 --> 00:26:35,767
**
517
00:26:35,767 --> 00:26:37,367
Hancock: WOW!
518
00:26:37,367 --> 00:26:38,933
THIS IS IT.
519
00:26:38,933 --> 00:26:41,067
THIS THING IS HUGE!
520
00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:43,700
IT STRETCHES FOR MILES.
521
00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:48,133
IT SEEMS TO BE MADE UP OF
THOUSANDS OF THESE BOULDERS,
522
00:26:48,133 --> 00:26:51,067
AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.
523
00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:53,700
**
524
00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:56,600
Narrator: BEFORE SETTING FOOT
ON THE MOUNTAIN,
525
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,767
HANCOCK HAS ARRANGED
TO MEET CAROL,
526
00:26:58,767 --> 00:27:00,400
AN ABORIGINAL ELDER,
527
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,067
TO SEE IF SHE CAN SHED LIGHT
528
00:27:02,067 --> 00:27:04,800
ON ANY OF THE MYSTERIOUS
DISAPPEARANCES.
529
00:27:18,267 --> 00:27:21,633
**
530
00:27:21,633 --> 00:27:24,667
LOCAL ABORIGINALS ARE FEARFUL
OF BLACK MOUNTAIN
531
00:27:24,667 --> 00:27:27,567
BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY BELIEVE LURKS WITHIN.
532
00:27:27,567 --> 00:27:44,267
**
533
00:27:44,267 --> 00:27:46,500
YET TO INVESTIGATE ITS GEOLOGY,
534
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:50,133
HANCOCK MUST GET UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL WITH THE MOUNTAIN,
535
00:27:50,133 --> 00:27:54,067
SO CAROL PERFORMS A PROTECTIVE
ABORIGINAL RITUAL.
536
00:27:54,067 --> 00:28:01,733
**
537
00:28:01,733 --> 00:28:04,067
HANCOCK LEARNS
THIS SMOKE CEREMONY
538
00:28:04,067 --> 00:28:06,100
DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS
539
00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:09,067
AND ISN'T JUST SYMBOLIC.
540
00:28:09,067 --> 00:28:13,433
JUJUBALA LEAVES COME FROM
THE DESERT IRONWOOD TREE,
541
00:28:13,433 --> 00:28:17,100
USED IN BUSH MEDICINE BECAUSE
OF ITS HEALING PROPERTIES.
542
00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,600
**
543
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,367
YEAH.
544
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:28,867
**
545
00:28:28,867 --> 00:28:32,167
HANCOCK HEADS FOR THE BASE
OF BLACK MOUNTAIN.
546
00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:36,900
**
547
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:38,600
AFTER CAROL'S WARNINGS,
548
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,267
THE GIGANTIC JUMBLE
OF MASSIVE BLACK ROCKS
549
00:28:41,267 --> 00:28:44,100
SEEMS ALL THE MORE FORBIDDING.
550
00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:47,600
**
551
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:52,100
Hancock:
STRAIGHT AWAY, I CAN FEEL
THIS EERIE FEELING IN MY GUT.
552
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,933
**
553
00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:57,900
Narrator: HANCOCK BELIEVES CLUES
TO THE SINISTER HAPPENINGS
554
00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:01,900
ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE
MAY LIE IN ITS STRUCTURE.
555
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:03,700
Hancock: WHEN YOU LOOK
ON THE SATELLITE IMAGE,
556
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,067
THESE ROCKS ARE JET-BLACK.
557
00:29:06,067 --> 00:29:08,667
BUT WHEN YOU GET UP
CLOSE ON THE GROUND...
558
00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:11,500
**
559
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,467
...THEY'RE ACTUALLY GRAY.
560
00:29:13,467 --> 00:29:15,667
THAT SCREAMS "GRANITE" TO ME.
561
00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:18,167
**
562
00:29:18,167 --> 00:29:21,233
Narrator: THE GEOLOGY SUGGESTS
THAT BLACK MOUNTAIN FORMS
563
00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:24,300
AROUND 260 MILLION YEARS AGO
564
00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,500
FROM AN ENORMOUS MASS
OF SUPERHEATED MAGMA.
565
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,967
IT ROSE UP TO A POINT
AND THEN GOT STUCK
566
00:29:31,967 --> 00:29:36,433
AND SOLIDIFIED INTO
A BIG, SOLID BODY OF ROCK.
567
00:29:36,433 --> 00:29:40,767
Narrator:
THAT SOLID MASS OF GRANITE
IS ERODED BY WIND AND RAIN.
568
00:29:40,767 --> 00:29:42,800
ITS OUTER LAYER PEELS OFF,
569
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,433
EXPOSING THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF GRANITE BOULDERS.
570
00:29:47,433 --> 00:29:51,067
TROPICAL RAINS ACTUALLY ALLOWED
A BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
571
00:29:51,067 --> 00:29:53,167
TO GROW ON THE SURFACE
OF THE ROCKS.
572
00:29:53,167 --> 00:29:55,700
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM HAVE
THAT BLACK COLOR ON THE OUTSIDE
573
00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,900
BUT NOT ON THE INSIDE.
574
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,133
Narrator:
BUT AS HANCOCK EXPLORES FURTHER,
575
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:03,733
HE REALIZES THE COLOR
ISN'T THE WEIRDEST THING
576
00:30:03,733 --> 00:30:06,000
ABOUT THESE MYSTERIOUS ROCKS.
577
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,800
**
578
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,967
COMING UP, A MIRACLE LAKE
IN THE DESERTS OF TUNISIA.
579
00:30:13,967 --> 00:30:17,600
Hunt: THE SIZE OF THE LAKE,
IT'S 100,000 SQUARE FEET.
580
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,667
YOU LOOK DOWN FROM ABOVE,
YOU SAY, "WHAT ON EARTH?
581
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:22,833
WHERE'D THIS COME FROM?"
582
00:30:22,833 --> 00:30:26,567
Narrator: AND BLACK MOUNTAIN
HIDES ITS SECRETS WELL.
583
00:30:26,567 --> 00:30:28,800
Hancock: IT'S LIKE A LABYRINTH
OF CHASMS AND TUNNELS
584
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,100
GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER
INTO THE EARTH.
585
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:43,133
Narrator: AUSTRALIAN EXPLORER
KHORY HANCOCK IS IN QUEENSLAND,
586
00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:47,033
INVESTIGATING BLACK MOUNTAIN,
A MYSTERIOUS ROCK FORMATION.
587
00:30:47,033 --> 00:30:49,033
**
588
00:30:49,033 --> 00:30:52,267
19th-CENTURY RECORDS
REVEAL SCORES OF PEOPLE
589
00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:55,000
DISAPPEAR FROM
THE MOUNTAINSIDE --
590
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,100
AMONG THEM, THE NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL "SUGARFOOT" JACK,
591
00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:02,267
OAKLEY CREEK RAILROAD MAN
HARRY OWENS,
592
00:31:02,267 --> 00:31:05,100
AND LOCAL POLICEMAN
CONSTABLE RYAN,
593
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:09,500
WHO CHASES A FUGITIVE FELON INTO
THE HEART OF BLACK MOUNTAIN.
594
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:11,667
CONSTABLE RYAN FOLLOWED HIM IN.
595
00:31:11,667 --> 00:31:14,667
HIS TEAM STAYED OUTSIDE
AND WAITED FOR HIM.
596
00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:16,367
THEY WAITED ONE DAY.
597
00:31:16,367 --> 00:31:18,467
THEY WAITED ANOTHER.
598
00:31:18,467 --> 00:31:22,067
NEITHER CONSTABLE RYAN
OR THE FUGITIVE EVER RETURNED.
599
00:31:22,067 --> 00:31:25,433
**
600
00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:28,200
Narrator: BUT HANCOCK DISCOVERS
THESE STORIES ARE NOT
601
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,233
THE ONLY STRANGE THING
ABOUT THE FORMATION.
602
00:31:31,233 --> 00:31:34,467
I'VE NOTICED THAT, WHEN YOU
BUMP THESE ROCKS TOGETHER,
603
00:31:34,467 --> 00:31:39,133
THEY GIVE OFF
A CURIOUS METALLIC RING.
604
00:31:39,133 --> 00:31:41,967
[ CLINKING ]
605
00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:46,700
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE
NEVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE.
606
00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:51,367
Narrator:
GEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND RINGING
ROCKS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD.
607
00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,467
THEY BELIEVE VOLCANIC ROCKS
CAN RING
608
00:31:53,467 --> 00:31:55,667
BECAUSE THEY CRACK AS THEY COOL
609
00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:59,200
TO CREATE
AN INTERNAL ECHO CHAMBER.
610
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,900
BUT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN
ROCKS APPEAR UNIQUE.
611
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,367
WHAT'S EVEN MORE WEIRD
IS THAT THESE ROCKS
612
00:32:05,367 --> 00:32:07,433
MAINLY RING WITH A "B"-FLAT.
613
00:32:07,433 --> 00:32:10,900
AND NASA HAS JUST DISCOVERED
THAT THE CLOSEST BLACK HOLE
614
00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:15,567
ALSO EMITS A TONE OF B-FLAT.
615
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,567
Narrator: BLACK HOLES
ARE ONE OF THE ODDEST
616
00:32:17,567 --> 00:32:20,667
AND SCARIEST PHENOMENA
IN THE UNIVERSE --
617
00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:22,700
BIZARRE GRAVITATIONAL VORTICES
618
00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:25,200
FROM WHICH NOT EVEN LIGHT
CAN ESCAPE.
619
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,933
**
620
00:32:27,933 --> 00:32:31,433
EARTH'S NEAREST BLACK HOLE
IS IN THE PERSEUS CLUSTER,
621
00:32:31,433 --> 00:32:34,433
250 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY.
622
00:32:34,433 --> 00:32:36,667
**
623
00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:40,067
IN 2002,
SCIENTISTS DETECT A SOUND
624
00:32:40,067 --> 00:32:43,367
EMANATING FROM ITS CORE.
625
00:32:43,367 --> 00:32:47,233
THIS BLACK HOLE IS RINGING
IN THE NOTE OF "B"-FLAT,
626
00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:50,300
THE SAME TONE AS
THE MYSTERIOUS BLACK ROCKS,
627
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:55,133
EXCEPT 54 OCTAVES BELOW
THE LOWEST NOTE ON A PIANO.
628
00:32:55,133 --> 00:32:57,767
THAT'S JUST WEIRD.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
629
00:32:57,767 --> 00:33:01,700
NO OTHER NATURAL THING
GIVES OFF THIS NOTE OF "B"-FLAT.
630
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:05,733
MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT COULD
TIE THESE TWO TOGETHER.
631
00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:08,700
Narrator: THERE'S NO ACCEPTED
GEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
632
00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:10,567
FOR WHY THE ROCKS
ON BLACK MOUNTAIN
633
00:33:10,567 --> 00:33:14,467
SHOULD EMIT THE SAME NOTE
AS A BLACK HOLE.
634
00:33:14,467 --> 00:33:16,233
BUT AS HANCOCK DISCOVERS,
635
00:33:16,233 --> 00:33:19,967
MUCH OF THE MOUNTAIN
IS UNEXPLORED.
636
00:33:19,967 --> 00:33:22,167
I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE
GET LOST OUT HERE.
637
00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:24,367
IT'S LIKE A LABYRINTH
OF CHASMS AND TUNNELS
638
00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:26,833
GOING DEEPER AND DEEPER
INTO THE EARTH.
639
00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:28,767
**
640
00:33:28,767 --> 00:33:31,600
Narrator: HE BELIEVES
IT'S THIS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
641
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,267
THAT HOLDS THE KEY TO UNCOVERING
WHY PEOPLE VANISH HERE
642
00:33:35,267 --> 00:33:38,800
WITHOUT A TRACE.
643
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,500
BIOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED
COUNTLESS SPECIES
644
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:45,567
OF VENOMOUS SNAKES
LIVING AMONG THE ROCKS.
645
00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:48,467
ABORIGINAL ELDERS
TELL OF LEGENDARY BEASTS
646
00:33:48,467 --> 00:33:52,733
LIKE THE QUEENSLAND TIGER
LURKING HERE.
647
00:33:52,733 --> 00:33:55,633
NEVER FULLY SURVEYED,
MANY BELIEVE THE MOUNTAIN
648
00:33:55,633 --> 00:34:00,600
COULD HIDE A LOST WORLD
OF NEW AND DEADLY SPECIES.
649
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,067
Sanford: ANYTHING COULD BE
HIDING INSIDE THOSE CAVES.
650
00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:08,300
THERE COULD BE ANIMALS
WE'VE NEVER FOUND BEFORE.
651
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,067
Narrator: YET HANCOCK'S
EXPLORATION LEADS HIM TO BELIEVE
652
00:34:11,067 --> 00:34:16,800
SOMETHING EVEN MORE SINISTER AND
UNPREDICTABLE MAY BE AT WORK.
653
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,133
Hancock:
GOES DOWN A LONG WAY HERE.
654
00:34:20,133 --> 00:34:23,433
WE'LL GO DOWN A BIT DEEPER.
655
00:34:23,433 --> 00:34:26,533
Narrator: HANCOCK BELIEVES
THE ROCKS ARE MOVING,
656
00:34:26,533 --> 00:34:29,067
AS IF THE MOUNTAIN IS ALIVE.
657
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,300
AS THESE BIG, BLACK ROCKS
HEAT UP IN THE AUSTRALIAN SUN,
658
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:33,967
THEY CAN SHIFT AROUND,
659
00:34:33,967 --> 00:34:35,833
AND THIS CAN ACTUALLY
CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS
660
00:34:35,833 --> 00:34:38,333
FOR ANYONE WHO'S UNDERNEATH
WHEN THEY SHIFT,
661
00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:41,967
'CAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE
THEIR EXIT CUT OFF.
662
00:34:41,967 --> 00:34:44,967
Narrator: IF THE VAST BOULDERS
SLAM SHUT BEHIND HIM,
663
00:34:44,967 --> 00:34:47,300
HANCOCK WOULD BE
HOPELESSLY TRAPPED.
664
00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:50,533
**
665
00:34:50,533 --> 00:34:54,100
Hancock: NOT THAT KEEN TO GO
ANY FURTHER, TO BE HONEST...
666
00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:56,433
ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING
THOSE STORIES
667
00:34:56,433 --> 00:35:00,767
ABOUT THE ANCESTORS.
668
00:35:00,767 --> 00:35:04,100
I THINK I MIGHT GET OUT OF HERE.
669
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:08,533
Narrator: HANCOCK IS FORCED
TO RETREAT, FOR TODAY, AT LEAST.
670
00:35:08,533 --> 00:35:13,367
THE RINGING BLACK MOUNTAIN IS NO
PLACE FOR A SOLITARY EXPLORER,
671
00:35:13,367 --> 00:35:17,500
AND IT CONTINUES TO GUARD
ITS SECRETS WELL.
672
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:18,933
[ PINGING ]
673
00:35:18,933 --> 00:35:22,900
**
674
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,867
Narrator: COMING UP,
MIRACLES, MINES,
675
00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:29,133
AND MYTHICAL HEROES
IN THE DESERTS OF TUNISIA.
676
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:32,400
HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE
IF THIS MYTHOLOGICAL LAKE
677
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,400
HAPPENED TO BE REAL?
678
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,067
Narrator:
GAFSA, TUNISIA -- 2013.
679
00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:50,633
A SATELLITE PASSES OVER
THE DESERT BARREN LANDSCAPE.
680
00:35:50,633 --> 00:35:54,733
WHEN IT RETURNS A YEAR LATER,
INSTEAD OF SCORCHING SANDS,
681
00:35:54,733 --> 00:35:58,833
IT FINDS A VAST,
GLISTENING TURQUOISE LAKE.
682
00:35:58,833 --> 00:36:00,400
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT,
683
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,133
AND A LAKE
THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE
684
00:36:03,133 --> 00:36:05,100
IS ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE.
685
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:08,933
Hunt: THE SIZE OF THE LAKE --
IT'S 100,000 SQUARE FEET,
686
00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:12,300
PURE WATER, CRYSTAL CLEAR
687
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,067
LIKE A SWIMMING POOL.
688
00:36:14,067 --> 00:36:16,367
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN ON IT
FROM ABOVE, YOU SAY,
689
00:36:16,367 --> 00:36:19,933
"WHAT ON EARTH?
WHERE'D THIS COME FROM?"
690
00:36:19,933 --> 00:36:21,567
Narrator:
HUNDREDS OF LOCALS FLOCK
691
00:36:21,567 --> 00:36:25,067
TO WHAT THEY CALL
"MIRACLE LAKE."
692
00:36:25,067 --> 00:36:26,933
FOR DESERT DWELLERS,
693
00:36:26,933 --> 00:36:30,967
THE PRESENCE OF SUCH
A LARGE BODY OF WATER SO QUICKLY
694
00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:35,233
AND SO PURE MUST BE DIVINE.
695
00:36:35,233 --> 00:36:37,967
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS LOOK
TO THE SKIES TO EXPLAIN
696
00:36:37,967 --> 00:36:41,333
WHAT'S BEHIND
THIS MODERN-DAY MIRACLE.
697
00:36:41,333 --> 00:36:44,433
METEOROLOGIST RANDY CERVENY
CONSIDERS IF THE LAKE
698
00:36:44,433 --> 00:36:49,567
COULD BE THE RESULT OF A RARE
STORM KNOWN AS A MICROBURST.
699
00:36:49,567 --> 00:36:54,100
A MICROBURST IS
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
700
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,700
WITH AN OUTFLOW THAT COMES DOWN
701
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:59,700
ALMOST LIKE A BOMB BLAST.
702
00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:03,500
AS IT DOES SO, IT CAN ALSO
DROP ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN
703
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,533
IN A VERY LIMITED
PERIOD OF TIME.
704
00:37:06,533 --> 00:37:11,333
Narrator:
YET SATELLITE-IMAGE ANALYST
AMANDA MARCHETTI IS SKEPTICAL.
705
00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:14,467
A MICROBURST CAN PRODUCE
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN,
706
00:37:14,467 --> 00:37:16,633
BUT NOT THE STEADY
PATTERN OF RAIN
707
00:37:16,633 --> 00:37:19,400
THAT ONE WOULD NEED
TO FILL A LAKE.
708
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:20,967
IF IT'S NOT COMING FROM ABOVE,
709
00:37:20,967 --> 00:37:24,067
MAYBE THE WATER
IS COMING FROM BELOW.
710
00:37:24,067 --> 00:37:27,567
Narrator:
SCIENTISTS LOOK FOR CLUES
IN THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA.
711
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:30,900
Cerveny: ONE THINKS OF DESERTS
AS BEING PERSISTENTLY DRY,
712
00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,633
BUT, ACTUALLY, IN MANY DESERT
LOCATIONS, THERE ARE AQUIFERS.
713
00:37:34,633 --> 00:37:37,200
THERE ARE UNDERGROUND
DEPOSITS OF WATER
714
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,833
THAT CAN BE TAPPED
AND USED FOR AGRICULTURE.
715
00:37:39,833 --> 00:37:43,300
IN NORTHERN AFRICA,
THERE'S 100 MORE TIMES WATER
716
00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:45,900
UNDERGROUND
THAN THERE IS ON THE LAND.
717
00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,533
SEISMIC ACTIVITY CAN
SOMETIMES SHAKE THINGS UP
718
00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:51,533
AND ALLOW WATER FROM BELOW,
FROM AN UNDERGROUND AQUIFER,
719
00:37:51,533 --> 00:37:54,200
TO COME UP.
720
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:55,933
Narrator:
ANALYSTS SEARCH SEISMIC RECORDS
721
00:37:55,933 --> 00:37:59,533
FOR EVIDENCE
OF EARTHQUAKES NEARBY,
722
00:37:59,533 --> 00:38:00,900
BUT THEY FIND NOTHING
723
00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:05,067
THAT EXPLAINS THE SUDDEN
APPEARANCE OF THE DESERT LAKE.
724
00:38:05,067 --> 00:38:09,100
THE IMAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION
OF HISTORIAN PATRICK HUNT.
725
00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:11,300
HE CHECKS THE COORDINATES
OF THE SATELLITE IMAGE
726
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,433
AND CONSIDERS IF THE
MYSTERY LAKE COULD BE LINKED
727
00:38:14,433 --> 00:38:16,933
TO AN ANCIENT GREEK LEGEND.
728
00:38:16,933 --> 00:38:20,633
IN THE REGION WHERE
THIS SATELLITE IMAGE IS TAKEN,
729
00:38:20,633 --> 00:38:22,467
THERE IS, OF COURSE,
AN ANCIENT MYTH --
730
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:25,600
THE MYTH OF LAKE TRITONIS.
731
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,200
Narrator:
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, WHEN JASON
AND HIS CREW OF ARGONAUTS
732
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,100
CARRY THE GOLDEN FLEECE
THROUGH NORTH AFRICA,
733
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,733
THEY ARE GUIDED ACROSS
A TURQUOISE LAKE
734
00:38:34,733 --> 00:38:37,067
BY THE GOD TRITON.
735
00:38:37,067 --> 00:38:40,500
CENTURIES LATER,
THE LAKE VANISHES.
736
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:42,700
THE QUESTION IS,
COULD LAKE TRITONIS
737
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,400
MAGICALLY HAVE REAPPEARED?
738
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,633
HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE
IF THIS MYTHOLOGICAL LAKE
739
00:38:47,633 --> 00:38:50,333
THAT WAS VISITED
BY JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
740
00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:54,067
HAPPENED TO BE REAL?
741
00:38:54,067 --> 00:38:57,267
Narrator:
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS WHEN
SUBSEQUENT SATELLITE IMAGES
742
00:38:57,267 --> 00:38:59,567
REVEAL THE LAKE'S
ONCE-CLEAR WATERS
743
00:38:59,567 --> 00:39:02,900
CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
744
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:05,067
FIRST, THE LAKE APPEARS
OUT OF NOWHERE,
745
00:39:05,067 --> 00:39:07,633
AND THEN IT TURNS
GREEN AND SLUDGY.
746
00:39:07,633 --> 00:39:10,600
THIS STORY IS GETTING
WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.
747
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,333
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
NOW THIS MIRACLE LAKE
748
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:15,933
IS TURNING INTO A CURSE.
749
00:39:15,933 --> 00:39:19,067
Narrator: DESPITE ITS ALARMING
COLOR CHANGE,
750
00:39:19,067 --> 00:39:22,967
LOCAL PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SWIM
IN THE LAKE'S COOLING WATERS.
751
00:39:22,967 --> 00:39:26,300
**
752
00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,067
SCIENTISTS RACE TO DISCOVER
753
00:39:28,067 --> 00:39:31,233
WHAT'S BEHIND THE WATER'S
DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION.
754
00:39:31,233 --> 00:39:34,067
**
755
00:39:34,067 --> 00:39:37,800
KEN JOYCE USES DigitalGlobe's
SecureWatch TECHNOLOGY
756
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,500
TO FURTHER
SCRUTINIZE THE IMAGE.
757
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:44,400
USING INFRARED LIGHT,
WE CAN MAKE THE VEGETATION
758
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,267
AROUND THE LAKE
POP OUT OF THE IMAGE,
759
00:39:47,267 --> 00:39:50,967
AND WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING INSIDE OF THE LAKE.
760
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:55,800
THIS GREEN HUE THAT'S
IN THE MIDDLE MIGHT BE ALGAE.
761
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,833
Narrator: GREEN SLIME
IS RARELY A GOOD SIGN,
762
00:39:58,833 --> 00:40:01,500
BUT IT COULD PROVIDE
INVESTIGATORS WITH VITAL CLUES
763
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,733
TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
764
00:40:03,733 --> 00:40:06,900
CERTAIN KINDS OF ALGAE BLOOMS
CAN BE TOXIC,
765
00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:09,333
BUT IT COULD ALSO COME
FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE
766
00:40:09,333 --> 00:40:13,100
THAT IS INDUSTRIAL OR TOXIC
FROM ANOTHER NATURE,
767
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,100
AND THAT IS EVEN MORE ALARMING.
768
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,733
PEOPLE COULD POTENTIALLY
GET SICK AND DIE.
769
00:40:18,733 --> 00:40:22,167
WE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT'S IN THIS WATER.
770
00:40:22,167 --> 00:40:25,267
Narrator: KEN JOYCE RETURNS
TO THE SATELLITE IMAGE.
771
00:40:25,267 --> 00:40:29,167
Joyce:
AS WE ZOOM OUT A BIT, WHAT WE'LL
USE IS THE SHAPE OF THE TERRAIN,
772
00:40:29,167 --> 00:40:33,200
AND THAT'S SHOWN AS CONTOURS
ON TOP OF THE IMAGE.
773
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,200
WE SEE THAT THERE'S HIGH GROUNDS
TO THE SOUTH OF THE LAKE.
774
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,967
AND WE SEE THAT THERE IS
A MINING OPERATION
775
00:40:39,967 --> 00:40:43,267
THAT IS GOING ON
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE LAKE.
776
00:40:43,267 --> 00:40:46,267
SO A MINING OPERATION
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE LAKE
777
00:40:46,267 --> 00:40:49,367
MIGHT BE A CLUE AS TO
WHAT IS FEEDING BOTH WATER
778
00:40:49,367 --> 00:40:53,333
AND POSSIBLY OTHER THINGS
INTO THIS LAKE.
779
00:40:53,333 --> 00:40:55,500
Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS VISIT THOSE MINES
780
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:58,933
AND FIND THEY'RE QUARRYING
FOR PHOSPHORUS ORE.
781
00:40:58,933 --> 00:41:01,067
[ FIREWORKS POPPING ]
782
00:41:01,067 --> 00:41:03,400
PHOSPHORUS IS
HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE,
783
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,367
USED IN FIREWORKS
AND WEAPONS MANUFACTURE.
784
00:41:07,367 --> 00:41:10,933
BUT MOST PHOSPHATES
ARE MADE INTO FERTILIZER.
785
00:41:10,933 --> 00:41:14,067
PHOSPHORUS IS SOMETHING
THAT MAY BE FERTILIZING
786
00:41:14,067 --> 00:41:17,933
THE ALGAE BLOOM
THAT'S INSIDE OF THE LAKE.
787
00:41:17,933 --> 00:41:20,333
Narrator: IF TOXIC PHOSPHATES
FROM LOCAL MINES
788
00:41:20,333 --> 00:41:24,667
ARE LEECHING INTO THE LAKE,
IT'S NO PLACE FOR BATHERS.
789
00:41:24,667 --> 00:41:26,467
GOT TO REALIZE THAT PHOSPHATES
790
00:41:26,467 --> 00:41:28,600
COME WITH SOME
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL,
791
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:32,967
AND SO IT COULD ALSO
BE CARCINOGENIC.
792
00:41:32,967 --> 00:41:36,700
Narrator:
DESPITE THE DANGERS, GEOLOGISTS
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONFIRM
793
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:38,567
THE SOURCE OF THE MYSTERY LAKE
794
00:41:38,567 --> 00:41:42,333
OR THE PRECISE ORIGIN
OF THE PHOSPHATES.
795
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:45,700
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE
THIS MYSTERY BIOLOGICALLY.
796
00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:48,067
NO ONE IS GETTING SICK,
797
00:41:48,067 --> 00:41:51,400
SO MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING
TO THIS MIRACULOUS LAKE
798
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,800
THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING.
799
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,700
Narrator: IN THE MEANTIME,
THE CROWDS CONTINUE TO BATHE
800
00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:58,167
IN THE MYSTERIOUS LAKE
801
00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:01,067
LINKED TO THE LEGEND
OF GREEK GOD TRITON
802
00:42:01,067 --> 00:42:03,567
AND THE TRIUMPHANT ARGONAUTS.
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