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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,206 --> 00:00:06,344 Let's Do It. 2 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,724 Gates: What Do You Think About The People Who Built This? 3 00:00:24,724 --> 00:00:26,827 Are They A Lost Civilization Of Some Kind? 4 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:28,413 What Is That? 5 00:00:28,413 --> 00:00:29,310 Looks Like A Face. 6 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:44,310 You've All Heard The Myth Of Atlantis, An Ancient 7 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:46,586 And Technologically Advanced Civilization 8 00:00:46,586 --> 00:00:48,241 That Was Swallowed By The Sea. 9 00:00:48,241 --> 00:00:50,896 But What If I Told You That A Place Like Atlantis 10 00:00:50,896 --> 00:00:52,724 Might Actually Exist? 11 00:00:52,724 --> 00:00:57,758 ♪♪ 12 00:00:57,758 --> 00:01:00,965 Hiding Beneath The Waves Of Southern Japan Is A Mystery -- 13 00:01:00,965 --> 00:01:03,275 A Massive And Perplexing Stone Edifice 14 00:01:03,275 --> 00:01:05,517 Called The Yonaguni Ruins. 15 00:01:07,275 --> 00:01:09,551 Its Detailed Structure And Precise Angles 16 00:01:09,551 --> 00:01:11,379 Appear To Have Been Man-Made, 17 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:13,413 Yet Since The Site Was Discovered By Divers 18 00:01:13,413 --> 00:01:16,068 Decades Ago, It Has Done Nothing But Divide 19 00:01:16,068 --> 00:01:17,827 The Scientific Community. 20 00:01:17,827 --> 00:01:21,862 To Some, Yonaguni Is The Last Remnant Of An Advanced Culture, 21 00:01:21,862 --> 00:01:25,413 Thousands Of Years Older Than The Pyramids At Egypt. 22 00:01:26,172 --> 00:01:28,620 Skeptics, However, Believe The Formations 23 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:31,586 Are A Natural, Albeit Strange, Geological Formation. 24 00:01:31,586 --> 00:01:34,034 But Now Evidence Collected From The Site, 25 00:01:34,034 --> 00:01:37,413 Including Intricate Carvings And Potentially Man-Made Objects 26 00:01:37,413 --> 00:01:41,068 Could Answer The Question Once And For All. 27 00:01:41,068 --> 00:01:44,034 Now The Bad News. 28 00:01:44,034 --> 00:01:45,517 The Ruins Are Remote. 29 00:01:45,517 --> 00:01:48,827 They're Located Of A Volcanic Island In The East China Sea. 30 00:01:48,827 --> 00:01:51,758 The Waters There Are Swirling With Deadly Currents, 31 00:01:51,758 --> 00:01:56,000 And It's A Breeding Ground For Hammerhead Sharks. 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,137 But The Only Way To Know If The Yonaguni Ruins 33 00:01:58,137 --> 00:02:00,517 Are The Archaeological Find Of The Century 34 00:02:00,517 --> 00:02:03,482 Is To Examine The Newest Evidence And Then Dive Down 35 00:02:03,482 --> 00:02:05,551 And Study The Site Firsthand. 36 00:02:05,551 --> 00:02:07,586 So What Are We Sitting Here For? 37 00:02:13,344 --> 00:02:16,448 My Name Is Josh Gates. 38 00:02:16,448 --> 00:02:21,724 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 39 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:25,206 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 40 00:02:25,206 --> 00:02:26,655 Good Lord! 41 00:02:26,655 --> 00:02:28,448 [ Laughs ] 42 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:31,172 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 43 00:02:31,172 --> 00:02:34,413 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 44 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:35,793 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 45 00:02:35,793 --> 00:02:38,137 This Is "Expedition Unknown." 46 00:02:38,137 --> 00:02:40,793 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 47 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:43,482 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 48 00:02:43,482 --> 00:02:46,068 Just Getting To Yonaguni Is A Challenge In Itself. 49 00:02:46,068 --> 00:02:48,172 From New York, I Fly To The West Coast, 50 00:02:48,172 --> 00:02:50,241 Then Across The Pacific To Tokyo 51 00:02:50,241 --> 00:02:53,827 And Then On To Another Flight Down To The Tiny Island. 52 00:02:54,620 --> 00:02:59,068 After 22 Hours Of Travel, I Touch Down, 53 00:02:59,068 --> 00:03:04,482 Delirious And Enthusiastic For The Adventure Ahead. 54 00:03:04,482 --> 00:03:08,793 Small Island, Small Ride. 55 00:03:10,137 --> 00:03:12,068 Time To See What This Place Is All About, 56 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:14,724 Before I Rendezvous With Kihachiro Aratake, 57 00:03:14,724 --> 00:03:17,655 The Expert Who First Discovered The Ruins. 58 00:03:17,655 --> 00:03:19,586 Welcome To Yonaguni Island. 59 00:03:19,586 --> 00:03:21,551 Not Exactly A Bustling Spot. 60 00:03:21,551 --> 00:03:25,241 It's Only About 11 Square Miles, Home To About 1,500 People, 61 00:03:25,241 --> 00:03:28,103 And I Have Seen Exactly Zero Of Them So Far. 62 00:03:28,103 --> 00:03:30,137 I've Had This Island Referred To As Quiet. 63 00:03:30,137 --> 00:03:32,241 I Think That's Something Of An Understatement. 64 00:03:32,241 --> 00:03:34,344 It's Like I'm In "The Walking Dead" Out Here. 65 00:03:38,724 --> 00:03:40,344 In Fact, It's So Laid Back 66 00:03:40,344 --> 00:03:44,586 That There's Just One Stop Light On The Entire Island. 67 00:03:44,586 --> 00:03:47,517 It's A World Away From The Frenetic Japanese Cities 68 00:03:47,517 --> 00:03:52,103 To The North, A Place That Seems Perfectly Content To Just Be. 69 00:03:52,103 --> 00:03:53,896 Fishing Dominates The Local Economy, 70 00:03:53,896 --> 00:03:58,241 And Every Facet Of Daily Life Seems Connected To The Sea. 71 00:03:58,241 --> 00:04:01,068 Yonaguni Is Quiet Because It's So Remote. 72 00:04:01,068 --> 00:04:03,896 It's Actually Japan's Westernmost Point, 73 00:04:03,896 --> 00:04:06,655 Just 70 Miles From The Shores Of Taiwan. 74 00:04:06,655 --> 00:04:09,275 Besides The Undersea Ruins I've Come To Investigate, 75 00:04:09,275 --> 00:04:10,931 I Pull Over And Walk Through The Woods 76 00:04:10,931 --> 00:04:15,413 To See Yonaguni's Other Bizarre Local Draw. 77 00:04:15,413 --> 00:04:19,965 This Appears To Be A 200-Foot-Long Child's Slide 78 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:21,482 Made Out Of Scorching Hot Metal 79 00:04:21,482 --> 00:04:23,482 And Rollers From A Meat-Packing Factory. 80 00:04:23,482 --> 00:04:26,172 In The United States, This Slide Would Exist For One Day 81 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:28,620 Before A Class-Action Lawsuit Shut It Down. 82 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:30,689 I Don't Know Why This Exists On This Island, 83 00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:35,655 But Here It Is, Just Waiting For Some Idiot To Try It Out. 84 00:04:35,655 --> 00:04:39,275 Here We Go. 85 00:04:39,275 --> 00:04:41,172 Aaaaaaah! 86 00:04:41,172 --> 00:04:42,862 Ow! Oh, God! 87 00:04:42,862 --> 00:04:44,620 Did The People Who Built This Test It? 88 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:46,862 Aaaaaah! 89 00:04:48,344 --> 00:04:51,379 Oh, God! Oh, God! 90 00:04:51,379 --> 00:04:53,758 What A Wonderful Ride For All The Kids. 91 00:04:53,758 --> 00:04:56,793 ♪♪ 92 00:04:57,896 --> 00:05:00,379 The Real Attraction On This Island, Though, 93 00:05:00,379 --> 00:05:02,586 Is Submerged Just Offshore. 94 00:05:02,586 --> 00:05:04,758 So, If I Have Any Chance Of Understanding 95 00:05:04,758 --> 00:05:07,689 The Yonaguni Ruins, I Obviously Have To See Them Firsthand. 96 00:05:07,689 --> 00:05:10,068 And To Do That, I'm Going To Meet With The Man 97 00:05:10,068 --> 00:05:11,344 Who Discovered Yonaguni. 98 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:16,206 ♪♪ 99 00:05:16,206 --> 00:05:18,551 I Arrive At The Docks To Meet With Legendary Diver 100 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:20,344 Kihachiro Aratake. 101 00:05:20,344 --> 00:05:22,724 Aratake Not Only Found The Yonaguni Ruins, 102 00:05:22,724 --> 00:05:24,689 But He Continues To Study The Site 103 00:05:24,689 --> 00:05:26,724 For Evidence Of Human Construction. 104 00:05:26,724 --> 00:05:29,517 Hi, There. I'm Josh. Thanks For Having Me Aboard. 105 00:05:29,517 --> 00:05:30,931 I'm Thrilled That He's Agreed 106 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:33,482 To Let Me Tag Along On His Latest Survey. 107 00:05:33,482 --> 00:05:36,517 ♪♪ 108 00:05:50,448 --> 00:05:53,862 Once We're Clear Of The Harbor, Mr. Aratake And His Son Shorty 109 00:05:53,862 --> 00:05:56,000 Recount The Discovery Of The Site. 110 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,068 When Did You First Find The Yonaguni Ruins. 111 00:05:59,068 --> 00:06:01,034 In 1986. 112 00:06:01,034 --> 00:06:02,517 1986?Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. 113 00:06:02,517 --> 00:06:03,482 Diving Research. 114 00:06:03,482 --> 00:06:04,896 Diving Research?Yeah. 115 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:06,896 When You Saw It, What Did You Think? 116 00:06:06,896 --> 00:06:09,068 Underwater Ruins Look Like Machu Picchu. 117 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,137 Looked Like Machu Picchu? 118 00:06:10,137 --> 00:06:11,379 Yeah. He Got Goose Bumps. 119 00:06:11,379 --> 00:06:13,241 Did You Immediately Think That It Was Man-Made? 120 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:14,724 [ Speaking Japanese ] 121 00:06:14,724 --> 00:06:17,344 Interpreter: It's Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen Before. 122 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:18,655 Once I Saw The Site, 123 00:06:18,655 --> 00:06:21,379 There Was No Doubt In My Mind It Must Be Man-Made. 124 00:06:21,379 --> 00:06:23,206 Who Do You Think Made The Site? 125 00:06:23,206 --> 00:06:25,413 [ Speaking Japanese ] 126 00:06:26,862 --> 00:06:28,172 Only God Knows. 127 00:06:28,172 --> 00:06:30,793 Only God Knows? 128 00:06:31,448 --> 00:06:32,862 Gates: Here's The Rub. 129 00:06:32,862 --> 00:06:34,827 The Discovery Of The Yonaguni Ruins 130 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:36,862 Could Be A Groundbreaking Find, 131 00:06:36,862 --> 00:06:39,793 But Only If Someone Can Prove That It's Man-Made. 132 00:06:39,793 --> 00:06:42,586 And So Far, That's Been Surprisingly Difficult. 133 00:06:42,586 --> 00:06:45,586 Supporters Like Aratake Believe The Ruins Date Back 134 00:06:45,586 --> 00:06:46,965 More Than 4,000 Years. 135 00:06:46,965 --> 00:06:49,551 They Claim That It Was Once A Coastal City, 136 00:06:49,551 --> 00:06:52,000 A Towering Structure Of Rock-Cut Temples 137 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,793 And Massive Stone Architecture 138 00:06:53,793 --> 00:06:55,965 That Was Swallowed By An Earthquake 139 00:06:55,965 --> 00:06:58,206 Like The Legendary Atlantis. 140 00:06:58,206 --> 00:06:59,689 As We Approach The Dive Site, 141 00:06:59,689 --> 00:07:03,689 A Looming Rock Formation Comes Into View. 142 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:12,517 Tachigamiiwa, Which Means "Standing God Rock," 143 00:07:12,517 --> 00:07:15,793 Towers Above The Submerged Ruins Like A Sentinel. 144 00:07:15,793 --> 00:07:18,241 It's A Jaw-Dropping Wonder That Some Believe 145 00:07:18,241 --> 00:07:22,172 Also Has Signs Of Ancient Human Construction. 146 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:24,206 Are You Ready?Shorty: Yeah. 147 00:07:24,206 --> 00:07:26,827 Man, Do People Tell You That You Look Like Bruno Mars? 148 00:07:26,827 --> 00:07:27,827 Bruno Mars? Yeah. 149 00:07:27,827 --> 00:07:28,862 Sometimes. 150 00:07:28,862 --> 00:07:30,137 That's A Compliment.[ Laughs ] 151 00:07:30,137 --> 00:07:32,034 I'm Telling You, We Get Some Rollers In Your Hair, 152 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:34,137 It's Full "Uptown Funk" On This Boat Right Now. 153 00:07:34,137 --> 00:07:38,827 ♪♪ 154 00:07:38,827 --> 00:07:41,034 Mr. Aratake's Boat Has A Glass Bottom, 155 00:07:41,034 --> 00:07:43,137 And I Head Below Decks For My First Look 156 00:07:43,137 --> 00:07:46,758 At Just How Difficult This Dive Can Be. 157 00:07:46,758 --> 00:07:48,275 Really Hard To Maneuver In Here, 158 00:07:48,275 --> 00:07:50,862 Especially With These Huge Underwater Rock Formations. 159 00:07:50,862 --> 00:07:53,620 This Can Be One Of The Most Challenging Dives In The World, 160 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:55,862 Because There's Incredible Rip Currents Here. 161 00:07:55,862 --> 00:07:58,344 The Boat Is Gonna Get Into The Best Position It Can, 162 00:07:58,344 --> 00:08:00,793 We're Gonna Exit, And Then Current Is Gonna Take Us 163 00:08:00,793 --> 00:08:03,482 To A Different Position Where The Boat Will Pick Us Up. 164 00:08:03,482 --> 00:08:07,068 Okay, Let's Get Suited Up. Come On. 165 00:08:07,068 --> 00:08:10,103 I Head Topside And Get Geared Up For The Dive. 166 00:08:10,103 --> 00:08:12,551 I Overheard There's A Deep Current. 167 00:08:12,551 --> 00:08:13,931 The Way That I Understand It From Him, 168 00:08:13,931 --> 00:08:15,379 You Don't Really Get A Second Pass At It, 169 00:08:15,379 --> 00:08:17,068 'Cause The Current Just Pulls You Along The Side. 170 00:08:17,068 --> 00:08:18,137 I See. 171 00:08:18,137 --> 00:08:19,413 So I Think We Drop Down Deep 172 00:08:19,413 --> 00:08:21,862 And Then We Just Follow Aratake And Document As We Go. 173 00:08:21,862 --> 00:08:23,310 Look Back In Once In A While, Bro. 174 00:08:23,310 --> 00:08:24,310 All Right? Don't Lose Me. 175 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:26,068 Yeah. 176 00:08:26,068 --> 00:08:28,137 I Don't Know What To Expect, But Honestly, 177 00:08:28,137 --> 00:08:30,310 I'm Skeptical That Whatever I'm About To See 178 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,551 Is Really A Man-Made Atlantis. 179 00:08:32,551 --> 00:08:33,517 Let's Go. 180 00:08:33,517 --> 00:08:35,275 Yeah, I'm Ready. Let's Do It. 181 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,793 We've Entered The Water Just West Of The Dive Site 182 00:08:48,793 --> 00:08:52,103 So The Powerful Current Will Drag Us Toward It. 183 00:08:59,965 --> 00:09:02,000 I Follow Aratake Through The Tunnel, 184 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 And Once We Emerge On The Other Side, 185 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,931 I Get My First Look At The Mystery That Is 186 00:09:06,931 --> 00:09:08,620 The Yonaguni Ruins. 187 00:09:21,965 --> 00:09:24,172 Gates: I'm Off The Coast Of A Remote Island, 188 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:27,137 Exploring What's Known As The Japanese Atlantis -- 189 00:09:27,137 --> 00:09:29,379 A Massive Underwater Rock Formation 190 00:09:29,379 --> 00:09:31,344 Called The Yonaguni Ruins. 191 00:09:31,344 --> 00:09:33,689 I Follow My Guide Through A Strange Tunnel, 192 00:09:33,689 --> 00:09:35,724 And Once We Emerge On The Other Side, 193 00:09:35,724 --> 00:09:37,586 I'm Stunned By What I See. 194 00:10:06,275 --> 00:10:08,379 After A Short Swim Around The Point, 195 00:10:08,379 --> 00:10:11,379 The Full Scope Of Yonaguni Comes Into View. 196 00:10:23,137 --> 00:10:25,586 The Western Side Of The Site Opens Up To What's Called 197 00:10:25,586 --> 00:10:28,551 The Main Terrace And What Appear To Be Steps 198 00:10:28,551 --> 00:10:30,137 Cut At 90-Degree Angles. 199 00:10:43,344 --> 00:10:45,517 There's A Fierce Debate As To Whether These Are 200 00:10:45,517 --> 00:10:48,413 The Remains Of A Civilization Older Than The Pyramids 201 00:10:48,413 --> 00:10:51,965 Or Simply A Bizarre Natural Formation. 202 00:10:51,965 --> 00:10:53,620 We Get Swept Along By The Current, 203 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:58,103 Which Pulls Us From One Bizarre Site To The Next. 204 00:10:58,103 --> 00:11:00,862 The Steps Lead To What's Called The Upper Terrace. 205 00:11:00,862 --> 00:11:03,793 This Is The Top Of The Monument, And It's Covered In 206 00:11:03,793 --> 00:11:06,379 What Certainly Looks Like Cut Channels, 207 00:11:06,379 --> 00:11:09,758 Which Some Believe Were Used For Drainage. 208 00:11:15,862 --> 00:11:18,482 As The Current Continues To Push Us East, 209 00:11:18,482 --> 00:11:23,206 We Come To A Place Called The Pool. 210 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:31,310 This Wedge-Shaped Depression 211 00:11:31,310 --> 00:11:33,724 Could've Stored Water For Ceremonies. 212 00:11:36,724 --> 00:11:39,896 Several Perfectly Round Holes Around The Perimeter 213 00:11:39,896 --> 00:11:42,379 Look To Be Drilled Down Into The Rock. 214 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:06,310 Analysis Of The Rock Sample Could Determine 215 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:08,793 How Old The Site Is And, Just As Importantly, 216 00:12:08,793 --> 00:12:11,379 How It Came To Be. 217 00:12:11,379 --> 00:12:13,620 Floating Upwards Out Of The Trench, 218 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:16,827 I'm Met With An Undeniably Artistic-Looking Formation. 219 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:20,000 This Is Known As The Turtle. 220 00:12:25,517 --> 00:12:28,379 The Lines And Angles Look, Well, They Look Perfect. 221 00:12:28,379 --> 00:12:31,862 And To Be Honest, My Skepticism Is Suddenly Fading. 222 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:35,965 There's One More Part Of The Ruins 223 00:12:35,965 --> 00:12:38,068 That Aratake Wants Me To See. 224 00:12:38,068 --> 00:12:41,137 We Swim Around To The East, And I'm Shocked To See Something 225 00:12:41,137 --> 00:12:43,620 That Appears To Be Looking Back At Me. 226 00:13:03,379 --> 00:13:06,413 My Head Is Spinning With Everything That I've Just Seen, 227 00:13:06,413 --> 00:13:09,413 But The Current Is Picking Up And Our Air Is Getting Low. 228 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,931 As We Get Pulled By The Swirling Water, 229 00:13:20,931 --> 00:13:23,206 Aratake Releases An Emergency Buoy 230 00:13:23,206 --> 00:13:25,896 To Let His Team Know Where To Collect Us. 231 00:13:30,862 --> 00:13:33,068 The Boat Adjusts Course Toward Our Beacon 232 00:13:33,068 --> 00:13:35,172 And Carefully Navigates Into Position. 233 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:41,275 Since The Vessel Is Unable To Anchor In These Conditions, 234 00:13:41,275 --> 00:13:44,241 Getting Back On The Boat Is Like Climbing On To A Moving Train. 235 00:13:44,241 --> 00:13:46,586 Miss The Ladder, And You've Got A Decent Chance 236 00:13:46,586 --> 00:13:48,482 Of Getting Diced Up In The Propeller. 237 00:13:48,482 --> 00:13:57,206 ♪♪ 238 00:13:57,206 --> 00:13:58,724 Once We're Safely Aboard, 239 00:13:58,724 --> 00:14:02,620 I'm Left To Figure Out Exactly What It Is I Just Saw. 240 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:04,896 What Is Going On Down There? 241 00:14:04,896 --> 00:14:08,000 I Almost Need To Talk Myself Out Of What I've Just Seen, 242 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,034 Because That Looks Man-Made To Me. 243 00:14:10,034 --> 00:14:13,379 But I Don't Know How The Hell That's Possible. 244 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:16,724 So Now We Just Need To Figure Out What It Actually Is. 245 00:14:19,172 --> 00:14:21,034 Easier Said Than Done. 246 00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:23,000 To Get To The Bottom Of The Mystery, 247 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,310 I'll Have To Meet With Experts In Both Camps. 248 00:14:25,310 --> 00:14:26,931 I'm Going To Start With The Latest Evidence 249 00:14:26,931 --> 00:14:30,172 That The Site Is, In Fact, A Sunken Ruin. 250 00:14:31,517 --> 00:14:33,965 ♪♪ 251 00:14:33,965 --> 00:14:36,103 Okay, First Order Of Business 252 00:14:36,103 --> 00:14:40,068 Is To Take A Closer Look At The Island Above The Water. 253 00:14:40,068 --> 00:14:42,000 Figure Out If There's Anything Up Here 254 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,586 That Could Really Give Us Any Clues As To Whether Or Not 255 00:14:44,586 --> 00:14:48,344 The Yonaguni Ruins Were Made By Man. 256 00:14:48,344 --> 00:14:49,931 Before It Was Part Of Japan, 257 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:52,000 Yonaguni And Other Volcanic Islands 258 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,896 Were A Part Of The Ryukyu Kingdom. 259 00:14:53,896 --> 00:14:56,206 The Ryukyus Were An Independent Civilization 260 00:14:56,206 --> 00:14:59,758 That Spent 400 Years Torn Between China To The West 261 00:14:59,758 --> 00:15:04,448 And Japan To The North Before Being Annexed By Japan In 1879. 262 00:15:04,448 --> 00:15:07,034 And There's Still Evidence Of Their Culture Today. 263 00:15:07,034 --> 00:15:09,172 I Pass By Hundreds Of Strange Tombs 264 00:15:09,172 --> 00:15:11,482 In Yonaguni's Lonely Graveyard. 265 00:15:11,482 --> 00:15:13,482 They Resemble Curved Turtle Shells, 266 00:15:13,482 --> 00:15:15,000 And There Are Terraced Steps 267 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,206 That Resemble The Shape Of The Underwater Formation. 268 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:21,586 I've Heard That Locals Here Have Discovered 269 00:15:21,586 --> 00:15:25,137 A Stone Carving In The Jungle Said To Be Almost Identical 270 00:15:25,137 --> 00:15:28,034 To The Face Found Underwater At Yonaguni. 271 00:15:29,379 --> 00:15:31,517 Masaahiro Tanaka Is A Researcher Here 272 00:15:31,517 --> 00:15:33,793 Who's Volunteered To Share The Findings With Me. 273 00:15:33,793 --> 00:15:34,689 Nice To Meet You. 274 00:15:34,689 --> 00:15:36,137 Nice To Meet You, Too. 275 00:15:36,137 --> 00:15:39,413 I've Read That There's This Rock Structure High Up On The Island 276 00:15:39,413 --> 00:15:41,724 That May Be Related To The Yonaguni Ruins. 277 00:15:41,724 --> 00:15:43,655 I've Heard You're The Guy To Talk To About It. 278 00:15:43,655 --> 00:15:45,172 [ Speaking Japanese ] 279 00:15:45,172 --> 00:15:48,241 Interpreter: Yes. It's A Formation That We Think Is Carved. 280 00:15:48,241 --> 00:15:50,344 It Appears To Be An Alien Face. 281 00:15:50,344 --> 00:15:51,620 Like An Alien Face? 282 00:15:51,620 --> 00:15:53,241 Hai. Really? 283 00:15:53,241 --> 00:15:56,482 Okay, Well, Let's Saddle Up. 284 00:15:56,482 --> 00:15:57,758 [ Horse Neighs ] 285 00:16:01,793 --> 00:16:05,724 Gates: The Carving Is Hard To Reach, Located High Atop A Steep Cliff 286 00:16:05,724 --> 00:16:08,068 That Overlooks The Yonaguni Coast. 287 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:10,379 Feels Like Another World In Here. 288 00:16:10,379 --> 00:16:12,137 Yeah. 289 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:15,103 Really, Really Dense. 290 00:16:15,103 --> 00:16:16,827 The Coral Path Definitely -- 291 00:16:16,827 --> 00:16:20,034 This Would Not Have Been A Fun Ride On The Motorbike. 292 00:16:20,034 --> 00:16:21,827 That's A Tree. 293 00:16:21,827 --> 00:16:23,724 I'm Fine. Don't Worry About It. I Got It. 294 00:16:23,724 --> 00:16:25,655 [ Horse Neighs ]Okay. Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 295 00:16:25,655 --> 00:16:27,965 Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Cookie, Come On. 296 00:16:27,965 --> 00:16:29,965 This Horse Is, Like, Dying To Run. 297 00:16:29,965 --> 00:16:33,206 Okay. Oh, No, No. 298 00:16:33,206 --> 00:16:35,517 Yonaguni Has This Very Small Breed Of Horse, 299 00:16:35,517 --> 00:16:38,793 But They're Very Powerful And Very Fast. 300 00:16:38,793 --> 00:16:40,103 What's His Name? 301 00:16:40,103 --> 00:16:41,034 Daruta. 302 00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:41,931 Daruta? 303 00:16:41,931 --> 00:16:43,827 Is That Japanese For "Seabiscuit"? 304 00:16:45,413 --> 00:16:47,310 God, I'm Doing Everything In My Power 305 00:16:47,310 --> 00:16:51,137 To Keep This Horse From Just Breaking Out Into A Full Gallop. 306 00:16:51,137 --> 00:16:52,758 This Horse Wants To Move. 307 00:16:52,758 --> 00:16:55,241 This Is Crazy! 308 00:16:55,241 --> 00:16:58,758 Slow -- Slow It Down There, Girl. 309 00:16:58,758 --> 00:17:00,275 Good Lord! 310 00:17:09,827 --> 00:17:11,965 Gates: In The Jungle Of A Japanese Island, 311 00:17:11,965 --> 00:17:13,827 I'm Searching For An Ancient Rock Carving 312 00:17:13,827 --> 00:17:16,655 That Could Help Prove That The Sunken Yonaguni Ruins 313 00:17:16,655 --> 00:17:20,379 Are From A Lost Civilization. 314 00:17:20,379 --> 00:17:21,724 Okay. Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 315 00:17:21,724 --> 00:17:24,793 Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. This Horse Wants To Move. 316 00:17:24,793 --> 00:17:26,896 This Is Crazy! 317 00:17:26,896 --> 00:17:30,275 Slow -- Slow It Down There, Girl. 318 00:17:30,275 --> 00:17:32,000 Good Lord! 319 00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:38,896 Come On. 320 00:17:38,896 --> 00:17:41,413 This Horse Is Like A [Bleep] Rocket. 321 00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:43,896 My Horse Wants To Race. 322 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,413 Whoa. 323 00:17:45,413 --> 00:17:48,172 After Placing In The Inaugural Yonaguni Derby, 324 00:17:48,172 --> 00:17:51,413 My Horse Finally Slows His Pace. 325 00:17:51,413 --> 00:17:54,379 We Dismount And Walk Into The Jungle On Foot. 326 00:17:54,379 --> 00:17:56,206 Wow. 327 00:17:56,206 --> 00:17:59,413 [ Chuckles ] Whoa. 328 00:17:59,413 --> 00:18:01,482 That Looks Like A Face -- Big Time. 329 00:18:01,482 --> 00:18:02,620 [ Speaking Japanese ] 330 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:03,758 Oh, A Tongue. 331 00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:05,206 It's Like A Tongue Coming Out Of The Mouth. 332 00:18:05,206 --> 00:18:06,931 There Are Some Really Compelling Elements Here. 333 00:18:06,931 --> 00:18:08,965 This Especially Looks Really Sculpted Here. 334 00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:11,000 We Have This Almond-Shaped Socket, 335 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,068 And You Can See The Same Kind Of Arc Over Here On This Side. 336 00:18:14,068 --> 00:18:15,275 And It Looks Like A Brow, 337 00:18:15,275 --> 00:18:17,068 And It Has The General Shape Of A Face 338 00:18:17,068 --> 00:18:18,965 And, As You Said, A Tongue Sticking Out. 339 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:20,517 It's Really Compelling. 340 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:22,965 There's No Missing It And No Mistaking It 341 00:18:22,965 --> 00:18:25,206 For Anything Other Than A Human Face. 342 00:18:25,206 --> 00:18:26,517 Much Like The Ruins, Though, 343 00:18:26,517 --> 00:18:28,862 Its Origins Are A Complete Unknown. 344 00:18:28,862 --> 00:18:31,172 This Looks Like Something From "The Goonies." 345 00:18:31,172 --> 00:18:33,344 You Know "The Goonies"? 346 00:18:33,344 --> 00:18:35,206 Yona-Goonies? 347 00:18:35,206 --> 00:18:36,413 No? 348 00:18:36,413 --> 00:18:38,103 Okay, So Masaahiro May Not Be Up 349 00:18:38,103 --> 00:18:40,551 On His '80S American Pop-Movie References, 350 00:18:40,551 --> 00:18:42,448 But That Is A Solid Joke, People. 351 00:18:42,448 --> 00:18:44,517 [ Gong Sounds ] 352 00:18:44,517 --> 00:18:46,793 And You Think This Could Be Related To Yonaguni, 353 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:47,655 To The Ruins? 354 00:18:47,655 --> 00:18:48,931 [ Speaking Japanese ] 355 00:18:48,931 --> 00:18:52,862 Interpreter: This Mountain Overlooks The Ruins. 356 00:18:52,862 --> 00:18:55,068 Many Believe That This Face Is A Totem, 357 00:18:55,068 --> 00:18:57,413 A Guardian For Underwater Ruins. 358 00:18:57,413 --> 00:19:00,241 This Is Sort Of Watching Over The Ruins, Then? 359 00:19:00,241 --> 00:19:03,275 Yes, This Is Considered A Holy Site. 360 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,448 Remove Your Shoes. 361 00:19:04,448 --> 00:19:06,379 Let Me Show You Something Else. 362 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,206 Okay, I'm Behind You. Shoes Off. Here We Go. 363 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:17,103 Wow. 364 00:19:17,103 --> 00:19:20,344 This Is Amazing Up Here. 365 00:19:20,344 --> 00:19:22,586 This Is The Best View On The Island. 366 00:19:22,586 --> 00:19:24,137 Yes. 367 00:19:25,896 --> 00:19:28,896 What Is This? 368 00:19:28,896 --> 00:19:31,310 It's Believed That This Was Used For Rituals. 369 00:19:31,310 --> 00:19:32,482 A Place For An Offering. 370 00:19:32,482 --> 00:19:34,551 It's A Perfectly Circular Depression. 371 00:19:34,551 --> 00:19:36,862 This Is A Very Strange Site. 372 00:19:36,862 --> 00:19:38,896 I'd Love To Photograph The Entire Rock 373 00:19:38,896 --> 00:19:40,862 So That We Can Get A Better Look, 374 00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:44,103 You Know, At Its Exact Shape. 375 00:19:44,103 --> 00:19:46,379 Gates: I Photograph The Rock To Create A Detailed 376 00:19:46,379 --> 00:19:47,551 Three-Dimensional Model. 377 00:19:47,551 --> 00:19:50,310 By Comparing This To The Supposed Underwater Face, 378 00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:51,689 We Should Be Able To Tell 379 00:19:51,689 --> 00:19:54,689 If These Were Deliberately Constructed. 380 00:19:54,689 --> 00:19:56,103 Everything I've Seen So Far 381 00:19:56,103 --> 00:19:59,310 Has Been Incredible But Also Circumstantial. 382 00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:01,310 To Get Hard Facts About Yonaguni, 383 00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:03,482 I Need To Consult With A Leading Scientist 384 00:20:03,482 --> 00:20:05,931 Who's Thoroughly Studied The Ruins. 385 00:20:07,241 --> 00:20:08,413 [ Laughs ] 386 00:20:08,413 --> 00:20:10,413 [ Horse Neighs ]Okay. 387 00:20:10,413 --> 00:20:15,448 ♪♪ 388 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:17,206 I Catch A Quick Flight From Yonaguni 389 00:20:17,206 --> 00:20:20,517 To The Largest Of The Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa. 390 00:20:24,517 --> 00:20:26,551 Okinawa Is Sort Of The Other Japan. 391 00:20:26,551 --> 00:20:29,241 When We Think Of Japan, We Tend To Think Of Technology 392 00:20:29,241 --> 00:20:31,517 And Neon Lights, And Here, It's Tropical. 393 00:20:31,517 --> 00:20:33,172 Feels Like You're In Hawaii, 394 00:20:33,172 --> 00:20:35,241 And The Locals Are Really Laid Back. 395 00:20:35,241 --> 00:20:38,000 It's Kind Of A Looking-Glass Version 396 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,551 Of The Japan We Think We Know. 397 00:20:41,551 --> 00:20:43,862 My Meeting With The Professor Isn't For Another Hour, 398 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:49,000 So I Take A Moment To Explain Okinawa's Culture, Its People, 399 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,034 And Its Creepy Toys. 400 00:20:51,034 --> 00:20:53,379 This Is A Vending Machine That Dispenses Toys 401 00:20:53,379 --> 00:20:56,241 In The Shape Of Horribly Depressed Japanese Businessmen. 402 00:20:56,241 --> 00:20:57,413 Collect The Whole Set. 403 00:20:57,413 --> 00:20:58,896 I'm Just Hoping Got This Guy, 404 00:20:58,896 --> 00:21:00,551 Who Lost It All In The Stock Market. 405 00:21:02,896 --> 00:21:04,413 Oh, Yes, Here We Go. 406 00:21:04,413 --> 00:21:08,448 This Is Literally A Sad Guy Just Staring At His Smartphone. 407 00:21:08,448 --> 00:21:09,517 "Why?" 408 00:21:09,517 --> 00:21:11,724 Oh, God. Sir, No! 409 00:21:11,724 --> 00:21:13,379 Don't Do It! Don't Jump! 410 00:21:13,379 --> 00:21:17,000 Another Vending Machine Dispenses, Well... 411 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,758 Japan, Let's Have A Conversation Here. 412 00:21:18,758 --> 00:21:20,344 I Understand Cultural Differences, 413 00:21:20,344 --> 00:21:21,620 But You Got To Cool It With This. 414 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:23,724 This Is Weird. 415 00:21:23,724 --> 00:21:24,965 Next Door, The Market 416 00:21:24,965 --> 00:21:27,103 Has Several Local Delicacies On Display. 417 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:30,379 Among Them, Umibodo -- Savory Sea Grapes. 418 00:21:30,379 --> 00:21:33,965 And From This, You Can Make A Tiny Bottle Of Wine. 419 00:21:33,965 --> 00:21:34,827 It's This Big. 420 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:36,275 Like All Of Southern Japan, 421 00:21:36,275 --> 00:21:38,586 Life In Okinawa Is Dependent On The Ocean. 422 00:21:38,586 --> 00:21:39,965 Can I See What You're Cutting? 423 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:41,000 Yeah? 424 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,827 And That Means Really Fresh Sushi. 425 00:21:43,827 --> 00:21:45,517 I Could Do This. I Could Be A Sushi Chef. 426 00:21:46,206 --> 00:21:47,310 I'm Good? Yeah. 427 00:21:47,310 --> 00:21:48,862 Well, All Right. Can I Have A Job Here? 428 00:21:48,862 --> 00:21:49,689 Yes? Yes. 429 00:21:49,689 --> 00:21:51,586 I Can? Yeah. 430 00:21:52,965 --> 00:21:55,275 Hello. 431 00:21:55,275 --> 00:21:58,172 We Are Closed Right Now, Because I'm Eating All Of The Food. 432 00:21:59,517 --> 00:22:00,862 Apologies. 433 00:22:02,241 --> 00:22:04,689 After Quickly Losing My Job As A Sushi Chef, 434 00:22:04,689 --> 00:22:06,103 I'm Back On The Road. 435 00:22:06,103 --> 00:22:08,482 I'm Headed To Meet With A Professor Kimura 436 00:22:08,482 --> 00:22:10,206 From The University Of The Ryukyus. 437 00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:13,344 This Is Really The Guy Who Has Been At The Forefront 438 00:22:13,344 --> 00:22:15,448 Of Advocating For The Yonaguni Ruins 439 00:22:15,448 --> 00:22:17,655 Being A Man-Made Structure. 440 00:22:17,655 --> 00:22:20,379 Nobody Has Done More Research Or Work On The Monument 441 00:22:20,379 --> 00:22:22,344 Than This Guy. 442 00:22:22,344 --> 00:22:23,965 Building The Yonaguni Monument 443 00:22:23,965 --> 00:22:26,482 Would've Acquired Advanced Tools And Techniques 444 00:22:26,482 --> 00:22:30,172 That Weren't Believed To Exist In Japan Thousands Of Years Ago. 445 00:22:30,172 --> 00:22:32,448 If Professor Kimura's Groundbreaking Theory 446 00:22:32,448 --> 00:22:35,482 Is Correct, It Would Totally Alter Our Understanding 447 00:22:35,482 --> 00:22:36,758 Of Human History. 448 00:22:36,758 --> 00:22:38,931 How Old Do You Think This Structure Is? 449 00:22:38,931 --> 00:22:40,413 When Do You Think This Was Carved? 450 00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:41,448 [ Speaking Japanese ] 451 00:22:41,448 --> 00:22:43,206 Interpreter: We Found Coral Samples 452 00:22:43,206 --> 00:22:45,793 On Some Of The Rocks At The Ruins And Carbon-Tested Them 453 00:22:45,793 --> 00:22:48,862 To Determine That They Are More Than 3,000 Years Old. 454 00:22:48,862 --> 00:22:49,965 What Do You Think Happened? 455 00:22:49,965 --> 00:22:53,931 Do You Think That It Sank Into The Ocean? 456 00:22:53,931 --> 00:22:56,206 I Believe The Monument Was A Religious Site 457 00:22:56,206 --> 00:22:58,655 That Was Built On The Shore, 458 00:22:58,655 --> 00:23:01,793 But Shifting Of The Earth From Plate Tectonics And Earthquakes 459 00:23:01,793 --> 00:23:03,586 Caused It To Sink. 460 00:23:05,724 --> 00:23:08,000 And What Do You Think About The People Who Built This? 461 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,862 Are They A Lost Civilization Of Some Kind, 462 00:23:10,862 --> 00:23:14,379 Or Are These The People That Became The Ryukyu Islanders? 463 00:23:14,379 --> 00:23:16,827 The Ryukyu People Lacked The Metal Tools 464 00:23:16,827 --> 00:23:18,482 Needed To Carve The Monument. 465 00:23:18,482 --> 00:23:19,931 It Would Have To Have Been Built 466 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:23,310 By Ancient People Who Came From The Mainland. 467 00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:25,551 When You First Saw The Site, What Were The Things 468 00:23:25,551 --> 00:23:28,551 That Led You To Believe That It's Man-Made? 469 00:23:28,551 --> 00:23:30,413 There Are Strange Marks Across The Ruins 470 00:23:30,413 --> 00:23:33,206 That Indicate The Monument Was Cut Using Tools. 471 00:23:33,206 --> 00:23:35,275 We Also Recovered Something Amazing 472 00:23:35,275 --> 00:23:38,586 That May Prove That The Ruins Were Built By Hand. 473 00:23:38,586 --> 00:23:39,586 Whoa. 474 00:23:49,448 --> 00:23:50,965 Gates: In Okinawa, Japan, 475 00:23:50,965 --> 00:23:53,413 I'm Meeting With A Professor Who Believes He Has Evidence 476 00:23:53,413 --> 00:23:56,862 That The Atlantis-Like Structure Known As The Yonaguni Ruins 477 00:23:56,862 --> 00:24:00,275 Is, In Fact, Man-Made. 478 00:24:00,275 --> 00:24:01,793 That's A Cross Or An "X." 479 00:24:01,793 --> 00:24:04,000 The Professor Reveals A Rock Fragment 480 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,482 With An Unmistakable Cross Carved Into It. 481 00:24:06,482 --> 00:24:09,655 That Looks 100% Like It Was Carved There. 482 00:24:09,655 --> 00:24:11,068 That's Very Compelling. 483 00:24:11,068 --> 00:24:13,965 Are There Other Structures Like This In The Area, 484 00:24:13,965 --> 00:24:15,241 Or Is This Totally Unique? 485 00:24:15,241 --> 00:24:16,655 [ Speaking Japanese ] 486 00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:18,827 Interpreter: You Have To Look At Other Ruins From The Culture 487 00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:20,275 That Followed Yonaguni. 488 00:24:20,275 --> 00:24:23,551 You'll Find There Are Some Very Striking Similarities. 489 00:24:23,551 --> 00:24:26,310 Gates: Before I Go, I Have To Ask One Last Question 490 00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:29,172 For All The Yonaguni Truthers Out There. 491 00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:30,586 The Number-One Question -- 492 00:24:30,586 --> 00:24:33,034 Was This Made By Aliens? 493 00:24:33,034 --> 00:24:36,482 Wink If You Believe It Is And They're Listening. 494 00:24:40,965 --> 00:24:42,620 Okay, So While There's No Evidence 495 00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:46,034 Here Of Alien Construction, Kimura Directs Me To A Place 496 00:24:46,034 --> 00:24:48,862 That Might Have A Real Link To Yonaguni. 497 00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:55,758 ♪♪ 498 00:24:55,758 --> 00:24:57,931 These Are The Remains Of Katsuren Castle, 499 00:24:57,931 --> 00:25:00,448 Built About 600 Years Ago In The 15Th Century 500 00:25:00,448 --> 00:25:01,931 By The Ryukyu Kingdom. 501 00:25:01,931 --> 00:25:03,310 And You Find Castles Like This 502 00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:05,448 All Throughout These Southern Islands. 503 00:25:05,448 --> 00:25:08,310 Now, If The Yonaguni Ruins Are Man-Made, 504 00:25:08,310 --> 00:25:10,482 They Would've Been Built Thousands Of Years 505 00:25:10,482 --> 00:25:12,068 Before Castles Like This. 506 00:25:12,068 --> 00:25:14,275 And There Is A Kind Of Eerie Similarity 507 00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:16,275 Between The Shape Of The Yonaguni Ruins 508 00:25:16,275 --> 00:25:18,965 And The Design Of These Fortresses. 509 00:25:18,965 --> 00:25:22,310 The Dark Stone, The Tightly Fitted Angular Blocks, 510 00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:24,310 The Terrace-Like Architecture -- 511 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:27,517 It All Feels Evocative Of The Underwater Formation. 512 00:25:27,517 --> 00:25:29,620 Professor Kimura And Others Believe 513 00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:32,068 The Advanced Civilization That Built Yonaguni 514 00:25:32,068 --> 00:25:34,482 Didn't Completely Disappear After All. 515 00:25:34,482 --> 00:25:36,172 But Others Have A Different View, 516 00:25:36,172 --> 00:25:38,448 And One Scientist Has Discovered Something 517 00:25:38,448 --> 00:25:41,448 That Might Refute What I've Learned About Yonaguni. 518 00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:44,689 To Reach Him, I'm Headed For Yet Another Island. 519 00:25:46,827 --> 00:25:48,862 I Fly North To Japan's Main Island 520 00:25:48,862 --> 00:25:51,241 And Its Second-Largest City Of Osaka. 521 00:25:55,586 --> 00:25:57,827 It's A Drizzly, "Blade Runner" Kind Of Morning 522 00:25:57,827 --> 00:26:00,241 As Some Of The City's 2.7 Million Residents 523 00:26:00,241 --> 00:26:01,896 Make Their Way To Work. 524 00:26:01,896 --> 00:26:03,275 Like Much Of Japan, 525 00:26:03,275 --> 00:26:08,241 Osaka Feels Part Utilitarian And Part "Futurescape." 526 00:26:08,241 --> 00:26:10,896 The Japanese Also Love Rules. 527 00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:13,586 No Smoking, No Bicycles, 528 00:26:13,586 --> 00:26:15,103 And No Dancing. 529 00:26:15,103 --> 00:26:16,689 Ah, What The Hell? 530 00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:20,310 ♪♪ 531 00:26:23,862 --> 00:26:26,827 The City Is Also Famous For Its Eclectic Food. 532 00:26:26,827 --> 00:26:28,000 Arigato. 533 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,931 Okay, Let's See What We've Got Here. 534 00:26:29,931 --> 00:26:33,137 I Opt For The Omakase, Which Means "Chef's Choice." 535 00:26:33,137 --> 00:26:36,344 As In, Not Yours. 536 00:26:36,344 --> 00:26:39,965 Yes, That Is An Octopus. Oh, Boy. 537 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:41,793 The Guy At The Bar Manages To Kill My Lunch 538 00:26:41,793 --> 00:26:43,689 Before I Have A Chance To Give Him A Name. 539 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:45,206 This Is Crazy. 540 00:26:47,724 --> 00:26:50,000 I've Never Seen Anything Like That In My Life. 541 00:26:51,758 --> 00:26:53,172 All Right, This Looks Great. 542 00:26:53,172 --> 00:26:54,068 Here We Go. 543 00:26:56,034 --> 00:26:58,413 Mm. 544 00:26:58,413 --> 00:27:01,758 It's Fresh. 545 00:27:01,758 --> 00:27:02,965 Very Chewy. 546 00:27:02,965 --> 00:27:04,000 Very Alive. 547 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,310 The Suckers Are Sticking To My Tongue. 548 00:27:07,310 --> 00:27:09,413 Oh, He's Still Got Some Fight Left In Him There. 549 00:27:09,413 --> 00:27:10,931 Oh, My God. 550 00:27:10,931 --> 00:27:13,379 I Feel Like Captain Nemo Right Now. 551 00:27:13,379 --> 00:27:15,482 This Is The First And Only Time That I've Had A Meal 552 00:27:15,482 --> 00:27:18,448 That Sucked And Didn't Suck At The Same Time. 553 00:27:19,965 --> 00:27:21,758 [ Thunder Rumbles ] 554 00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:25,275 After Lunch, I Head To A Rural Hillside Just East Of The City, 555 00:27:25,275 --> 00:27:28,379 Where I Meet With Archaeologist Professor Michio Maezano, 556 00:27:28,379 --> 00:27:31,655 Who Has Something Incredible To Show Me. 557 00:27:31,655 --> 00:27:33,724 Together, We Head Into The Soggy Jungle 558 00:27:33,724 --> 00:27:37,172 And Slog Our Way Up A Steep Embankment. 559 00:27:37,172 --> 00:27:40,551 At The Top Is Something Totally Otherworldly. 560 00:27:40,551 --> 00:27:42,206 What Is That? 561 00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:46,689 [ Thunder Rumbles ] 562 00:27:48,655 --> 00:27:50,862 That's The Weirdest Thing I've Ever Seen. 563 00:27:50,862 --> 00:27:52,034 What Am I Looking At Here? 564 00:27:52,034 --> 00:27:54,172 What Is This? 565 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:55,896 [ Speaking Japanese ] 566 00:27:58,034 --> 00:27:59,793 [ Thunder Rumbles ] 567 00:28:06,517 --> 00:28:08,310 Maezano Believes The Tomb Was Carved 568 00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:11,172 Nearly 1,500 Years Ago As A Burial. 569 00:28:11,172 --> 00:28:12,344 But Who Are We Kidding? 570 00:28:12,344 --> 00:28:15,034 This Thing Looks Like A Crazy Alien Spaceship. 571 00:28:15,034 --> 00:28:16,379 What Is It Made Of? Is It Granite? 572 00:28:18,689 --> 00:28:20,379 Granite Is Really Hard. 573 00:28:20,379 --> 00:28:22,931 How Did They Cut So Cleanly Through The Granite? 574 00:28:22,931 --> 00:28:24,689 [ Speaking Japanese ] 575 00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:29,482 Iron Tools? 576 00:28:31,482 --> 00:28:33,586 The Rock Ship Is Truly Bizarre, 577 00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,448 And It Shows That People In This Region 578 00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:40,034 Could Craft Even Hard Stone Into Very Angular Shapes. 579 00:28:40,034 --> 00:28:41,551 [ Thunder Crashes ] 580 00:28:41,551 --> 00:28:43,172 This Thing Is Strange. 581 00:28:43,172 --> 00:28:46,482 Two Huge, Carved, Square Indentations 582 00:28:46,482 --> 00:28:48,517 That Go Down Into The Structure, 583 00:28:48,517 --> 00:28:50,344 And All Sorts Of Other Carved Features, 584 00:28:50,344 --> 00:28:52,448 But It Really Doesn't Look Like Anything Else 585 00:28:52,448 --> 00:28:54,724 That You See In Terms Of Tombs In Japan. 586 00:28:54,724 --> 00:28:56,068 It's Totally Unique. 587 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:58,758 But Even If This Does Kind Of Look Like Yonaguni, 588 00:28:58,758 --> 00:29:01,689 Like The Castle, It Was Made Thousands Of Years Later 589 00:29:01,689 --> 00:29:03,689 When Iron Tools Had Been Invented. 590 00:29:03,689 --> 00:29:06,896 So How Did The Stone At Yonaguni Get Shaped? 591 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,689 I Take The Rock Sample I Collected 592 00:29:13,689 --> 00:29:15,172 From The Underwater Ruins 593 00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:18,827 And Go To Meet With Geologist Masahide Furukawa To Learn More. 594 00:29:18,827 --> 00:29:19,896 Professor, Nice To Meet You. 595 00:29:19,896 --> 00:29:21,172 Nice To Meet You. 596 00:29:21,172 --> 00:29:22,931 I Brought You A Present. I Brought You Some Rocks. 597 00:29:22,931 --> 00:29:24,482 These Are From Yonaguni. 598 00:29:24,482 --> 00:29:27,103 I Want To Understand If You Think That What's At Yonaguni 599 00:29:27,103 --> 00:29:28,517 Could Be Man-Made 600 00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:30,379 Or If You're Convinced That It's Natural. 601 00:29:30,379 --> 00:29:33,586 [ Speaking Japanese ] 602 00:29:33,586 --> 00:29:35,137 Interpreter: He Believes That The Waves 603 00:29:35,137 --> 00:29:38,103 Hit The Sandstone And Overlap On Each Other 604 00:29:38,103 --> 00:29:39,689 And Make The Stairs. 605 00:29:39,689 --> 00:29:40,896 In Every Sandstone, 606 00:29:40,896 --> 00:29:44,034 There's A Thin Layer Of Mud In Between, 607 00:29:44,034 --> 00:29:46,034 And That's Where It Starts Cracking 608 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:47,482 And That's Where It Breaks. 609 00:29:47,482 --> 00:29:50,379 See, You Can See These Thin, Straight Cracks In It. 610 00:29:50,379 --> 00:29:53,620 And So That's Why Sandstone Comes Off In Thin Pieces. 611 00:29:53,620 --> 00:29:54,620 Yes. Mm-Hmm. 612 00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:55,965 I See. 613 00:29:55,965 --> 00:29:57,206 According To The Professor, 614 00:29:57,206 --> 00:29:59,000 The Yonaguni Ruins Are The Result 615 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,448 Of The Pacific Ocean's Powerful Current Relentlessly Smashing 616 00:30:02,448 --> 00:30:04,517 Into The Brittle Sandstone. 617 00:30:04,517 --> 00:30:08,172 To Demonstrate, He's Going To Put My Rock Samples To The Test. 618 00:30:13,379 --> 00:30:14,827 And I Will Say This -- 619 00:30:14,827 --> 00:30:18,310 It Did Crack Off In A Perfectly Straight Line, 620 00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:20,689 And It Did Create The Beginning Of 621 00:30:20,689 --> 00:30:22,827 What Looks Like A Step Down. 622 00:30:22,827 --> 00:30:24,655 And A Flat Step Down At That. 623 00:30:24,655 --> 00:30:26,344 That's Very Compelling. 624 00:30:26,344 --> 00:30:27,965 My Little Sample Is One Thing, 625 00:30:27,965 --> 00:30:30,551 But Professor Furukawa Offers To Let Me Strike 626 00:30:30,551 --> 00:30:34,241 And Even Larger Slab To See If The Results Can Be Repeated. 627 00:30:34,241 --> 00:30:35,620 I Don't Know What's Going To Happen Here, Sir. 628 00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:37,517 I'm Not Authorized To Do This. 629 00:30:41,344 --> 00:30:42,620 Ooh. 630 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:45,586 So Flat Pieces. 631 00:30:45,586 --> 00:30:47,482 We Have These 90-Degree Angles Here. 632 00:30:47,482 --> 00:30:49,275 It Looks Very Squared Off. 633 00:30:49,275 --> 00:30:51,310 I Think You Might Be On To Something Here. 634 00:30:53,034 --> 00:30:55,413 Thanks To The Professor, I've Seen That Ocean Currents 635 00:30:55,413 --> 00:30:57,862 Can Act As A Hammer Against Sandstone 636 00:30:57,862 --> 00:31:01,896 And Carve Strangely Angular-Looking Structures. 637 00:31:01,896 --> 00:31:05,344 And There Are Other Geological Forces At Work Here, Too. 638 00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:11,068 To Learn About Them, I Need To Meet Volcanologist 639 00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:14,310 Dr. Akihiko Yokoo Of Kyoto University. 640 00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:16,896 He's A Busy Man, So I'm Meeting Him In His Office, 641 00:31:16,896 --> 00:31:19,068 Which Today Happens To Be A Helicopter 642 00:31:19,068 --> 00:31:21,551 Headed Straight For An Active Volcano. 643 00:31:25,758 --> 00:31:31,068 ♪♪ 644 00:31:31,068 --> 00:31:33,310 He Explains To Me The Incredible Volatility 645 00:31:33,310 --> 00:31:35,586 Going On Beneath The Surface Of Japan. 646 00:32:05,586 --> 00:32:08,275 This Is A Very Sketchy Place To Be Hanging Out. 647 00:32:08,275 --> 00:32:10,137 The Heat And Steam From The Volcano 648 00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:13,413 Create Dangerous Thermal Conditions For The Helicopter. 649 00:32:33,931 --> 00:32:36,000 Gates: 300 Miles Southwest Of Osaka, 650 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,379 I'm Hovering Over The Very Active Mount Aso Volcano. 651 00:32:45,034 --> 00:32:47,137 With A Caldera 12 Miles In Diameter 652 00:32:47,137 --> 00:32:49,137 And 80 Miles In Circumference, 653 00:32:49,137 --> 00:32:51,724 It Is One Of The Largest Volcanoes In The World. 654 00:32:51,724 --> 00:32:53,034 And An Eruption Now 655 00:32:53,034 --> 00:32:55,724 Would Certainly Be My Last Day On The Job. 656 00:33:02,068 --> 00:33:04,034 [ Chuckles ] 657 00:33:04,034 --> 00:33:07,793 Volcanoes And Earthquakes Are A Part Of The Fabric Of Japan. 658 00:33:07,793 --> 00:33:10,310 The Country Sits On Four Tectonic Plates 659 00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:13,689 That Are Constantly Shifting As They're Forced Together. 660 00:33:13,689 --> 00:33:15,103 Some Believe The Impact 661 00:33:15,103 --> 00:33:17,724 Helped Create The Yonaguni Ruins Naturally. 662 00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:20,379 In Fact, Just Recently, Tectonic Activity 663 00:33:20,379 --> 00:33:23,689 Created A Whole New Island Off The Coast Of Japan. 664 00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:36,586 [ Speaking Japanese ] 665 00:33:36,586 --> 00:33:38,482 Interpreter: I Think That Entire Island 666 00:33:38,482 --> 00:33:40,827 Has Been Shaped By Tectonic Activity. 667 00:33:40,827 --> 00:33:43,517 I Think It's Entirely Natural. 668 00:33:43,517 --> 00:33:46,068 Gates: Think Of The Ocean Floor Near Yonaguni As The Rock 669 00:33:46,068 --> 00:33:48,275 In The Geology Lab And The Earthquakes 670 00:33:48,275 --> 00:33:50,448 And The Ocean Currents As The Hammer. 671 00:33:50,448 --> 00:33:52,862 I Can Now See How So Many Perfect Right Angles 672 00:33:52,862 --> 00:33:54,931 Might Suddenly Appear Down There. 673 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,896 I'm Not Sure. 674 00:34:14,379 --> 00:34:18,137 Speaking With The Scientists In Osaka Has Left Me Conflicted. 675 00:34:18,137 --> 00:34:20,034 There Is Compelling Visual Evidence 676 00:34:20,034 --> 00:34:21,793 That Yonaguni Is Man-Made, 677 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:25,172 But There's Also Natural Explanations For The Formation. 678 00:34:25,172 --> 00:34:27,000 Armed With So Much New Information, 679 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,344 I Need To See The Ruins Again 680 00:34:29,344 --> 00:34:32,793 To Make A Final Determination For Myself. 681 00:34:34,931 --> 00:34:36,689 Flying Back To The Ryukyu Islands, 682 00:34:36,689 --> 00:34:39,448 I Return To Where My Investigation Started. 683 00:34:42,137 --> 00:34:44,482 It's Time For Me To Determine Once And For All 684 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:47,827 If The Yonaguni Ruins Are Man-Made. 685 00:34:51,275 --> 00:34:54,310 I Rejoin Mr. Aratake, The Discoverer Of The Ruins, 686 00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:55,517 And His Son Shorty, 687 00:34:55,517 --> 00:34:57,620 Who Are Taking Me Back To The Site. 688 00:35:02,482 --> 00:35:05,586 Today's Dive Is Particularly Dangerous. 689 00:35:05,586 --> 00:35:07,310 An Incoming Storm Has Made The Currents 690 00:35:07,310 --> 00:35:09,000 Even Worse Than Usual. 691 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:17,172 ♪♪ 692 00:35:17,172 --> 00:35:25,344 ♪♪ 693 00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:36,103 It Doesn't Take Long 694 00:35:36,103 --> 00:35:38,620 To Get To One Of Yonaguni's Perfect Right Angles. 695 00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:40,862 Up Close, The Edges Show The Same Kinds 696 00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,241 Of Ridging And Sheering That My Samples Did 697 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:44,689 In The Geology Lab. 698 00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:47,655 Chalk One Up For The Natural-Phenomenon Crowd. 699 00:35:57,068 --> 00:35:59,241 These Cracks Look Like A Submerged Version 700 00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:01,896 Of What I Saw At The Mount Aso Volcano. 701 00:36:01,896 --> 00:36:04,000 We Head Inside To Investigate. 702 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:09,172 ♪♪ 703 00:36:09,172 --> 00:36:14,379 ♪♪ 704 00:36:14,379 --> 00:36:17,379 The Caverns Get Tighter And Tighter, 705 00:36:17,379 --> 00:36:19,896 And We're On The Verge Of Turning Around. 706 00:36:40,413 --> 00:36:41,862 Finding This Stalactite 707 00:36:41,862 --> 00:36:44,896 Is Proof That This Cave Was Once Above Sea Level. 708 00:36:44,896 --> 00:36:48,068 It Doesn't Settle The Question Of Whether Yonaguni Is Man-Made, 709 00:36:48,068 --> 00:36:49,620 But It Does Mean That It's Likely 710 00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:52,448 That It Did Slide Into The Sea. 711 00:36:52,448 --> 00:36:54,241 My Last Order Of Business Is To Return 712 00:36:54,241 --> 00:36:57,000 To The Formation Resembling A Human Face 713 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,482 To See How It Compares To The Face I Scanned On Land. 714 00:37:05,206 --> 00:37:08,931 I Take As Many Photos As I Can To Juxtapose The Two Faces 715 00:37:08,931 --> 00:37:11,586 And Determine If They Really Are Carved. 716 00:37:23,482 --> 00:37:25,620 With Nothing But Ocean On One Side 717 00:37:25,620 --> 00:37:29,137 And Powerful Waves Crashing Into The Rocky Shores On The Other, 718 00:37:29,137 --> 00:37:31,655 We Need To Hold On Tight And Ride It Out. 719 00:37:44,758 --> 00:37:46,172 We Swim To Open Water, 720 00:37:46,172 --> 00:37:48,965 But As It Turns Out, We're Not Alone. 721 00:38:04,413 --> 00:38:06,241 Gates: Want Even More "Expedition Unknown"? 722 00:38:06,241 --> 00:38:09,034 You Can Check Out My Personal Photos, Deleted Scenes, 723 00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:11,931 And More At Travelchannel.Com. 724 00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:20,103 I'm Diving Off The Coast Of Yonaguni Island, 725 00:38:20,103 --> 00:38:23,068 Known For Its Powerful And Deadly Currents. 726 00:38:32,068 --> 00:38:33,758 And I've Just Come Face To Face 727 00:38:33,758 --> 00:38:36,827 With Something Even More Deadly -- 728 00:38:36,827 --> 00:38:38,620 A Sea Snake. 729 00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:44,482 Black-Banded Sea Kraits 730 00:38:44,482 --> 00:38:47,896 Possess Venom 10 Times More Powerful Than A Cobra. 731 00:38:47,896 --> 00:38:50,310 The Really Bad News Is It Can Swim Faster 732 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:53,000 And Maneuver Better Than I Ever Could. 733 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,068 So Shorty Pulls The Cord On The Beacon, 734 00:38:56,068 --> 00:38:58,689 And We Make Our Way Back To The Boat. 735 00:39:04,655 --> 00:39:07,517 What A Dive. Really Bad Currents. 736 00:39:07,517 --> 00:39:09,310 You Okay? 737 00:39:09,310 --> 00:39:10,862 Really Intense. 738 00:39:14,862 --> 00:39:16,103 Now That I've Photographed 739 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:18,758 The Two Mysterious Rock Faces Found On Yonaguni, 740 00:39:18,758 --> 00:39:21,310 I Can Compare Them Side-By-Side. 741 00:39:21,310 --> 00:39:23,517 Time To See What's Really Going On Here. 742 00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:27,000 Okay, So We've Stitched Together The Photos 743 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,310 That We Took Underwater, 744 00:39:28,310 --> 00:39:30,344 And Now We're Gonna Compare Those 745 00:39:30,344 --> 00:39:32,655 With The Photos Of The Supposed Face 746 00:39:32,655 --> 00:39:36,689 That We Took Photos Of On Land High Up On The Cliffs. 747 00:39:36,689 --> 00:39:38,862 So Here's A Rendering Of The Underwater Photo 748 00:39:38,862 --> 00:39:40,068 Stitched Together, 749 00:39:40,068 --> 00:39:43,068 And You Can See It Does Look Like A Face. 750 00:39:43,068 --> 00:39:44,965 The Nose Isn't Quite As Convincing 751 00:39:44,965 --> 00:39:46,551 Once You've Seen The Full Texture Mapping On It, 752 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:48,793 But There Is An Outline There That Certainly Could Be 753 00:39:48,793 --> 00:39:50,482 The Remains Of What Was A Nose. 754 00:39:50,482 --> 00:39:52,896 No Real Clear Chisel Marks, Though. 755 00:39:52,896 --> 00:39:55,206 And When We Look At The Photos That We Took On Land, 756 00:39:55,206 --> 00:39:57,689 Something Really Interesting Emerges. 757 00:39:57,689 --> 00:39:59,241 The Face, 758 00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:01,620 Which Looked Really Compelling Up On The Cliffs, 759 00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:04,482 When We See It Fully Mapped With 3-D Texture, 760 00:40:04,482 --> 00:40:06,896 It Actually Doesn't Look As Much Like A Face. 761 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:08,068 It Doesn't Really Have A Mouth 762 00:40:08,068 --> 00:40:09,586 Or Any Solid Features Down There. 763 00:40:09,586 --> 00:40:12,724 That Rock That's Supposed To Be A Tongue Is Sort Of Blocking 764 00:40:12,724 --> 00:40:16,413 What Really Is The Whole Missing Bottom Half Of This. 765 00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:20,896 Now Let's Take The Two Images And Overlap Them. 766 00:40:20,896 --> 00:40:23,517 When We Map The Two Over Each Other, We See That, In Fact, 767 00:40:23,517 --> 00:40:26,172 They Don't Really Bare Very Much Resemblance To One Another. 768 00:40:26,172 --> 00:40:27,517 And I Think, More Than Anything, 769 00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:28,793 What We're Looking At Here 770 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:31,344 Might Be A Couple Of Round Indentations In Rocks 771 00:40:31,344 --> 00:40:34,586 That Happen To Take On The Look Of A Face. 772 00:40:39,448 --> 00:40:40,827 To Get To The Bottom Of The Mystery 773 00:40:40,827 --> 00:40:42,344 That Is The Yonaguni Ruins, 774 00:40:42,344 --> 00:40:45,310 I've Hopped My Way Across The Islands Of Southern Japan, 775 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,965 And I've Had The Adventure Of A Lifetime. 776 00:40:47,965 --> 00:40:50,655 Ultimately, Everything I've Learned About The Ruins 777 00:40:50,655 --> 00:40:52,206 Brings Me Full Circle 778 00:40:52,206 --> 00:40:54,724 To The Belief That They Aren't Man-Made At All, 779 00:40:54,724 --> 00:40:58,206 But A Natural Formation Of Astounding Uniqueness. 780 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:01,103 Likely, They Are A Product Of Tectonic Shifting 781 00:41:01,103 --> 00:41:03,793 And Pounding Currents That Have Shaped The Seabed 782 00:41:03,793 --> 00:41:06,344 Into A Kind Of Geological Snowflake. 783 00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:07,379 The Rock Faces? 784 00:41:07,379 --> 00:41:08,689 They're Interesting, 785 00:41:08,689 --> 00:41:11,793 But Detailed Scans Show They're Likely Natural. 786 00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:13,827 And The Symbol Found On The Loose Rock? 787 00:41:13,827 --> 00:41:16,620 Very Compelling, But Not Attached To Anything. 788 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:18,862 So Who Knows How It Got There. 789 00:41:18,862 --> 00:41:21,448 But The Ship At Masuda Is Man-Made, 790 00:41:21,448 --> 00:41:23,689 As Are The Strange Tombs And Castles 791 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,275 Across Southern Japan. 792 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:27,034 And There's So Much We Don't Know 793 00:41:27,034 --> 00:41:30,448 About These Later Cultures. 794 00:41:30,448 --> 00:41:31,655 As For Yonaguni, 795 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:34,137 Half Of It Is Still Buried In Sand. 796 00:41:34,137 --> 00:41:36,827 To The Faithful, I Say Keep Looking. 797 00:41:36,827 --> 00:41:39,689 I Don't Think It's The Japanese Atlantis, 798 00:41:39,689 --> 00:41:42,931 But That Doesn't Make It Any Less Of A Wonder. 60877

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