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NARRATOR: Strange,
sharp-toothed predators.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
Their genes don't match up
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with anything else
that we have on Earth.
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Multi-legged behemoths.
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LOREN COLEMAN: The kraken
scared humans for centuries.
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NARRATOR: And ravenous reptiles
that prey on humans.
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KEN GERHARDMAN: Children are
warned to stay away
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from bodies of water
because the kappa will actually
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drag them in and drown them.
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NARRATOR: Throughout history,
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there are accounts of bizarre
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and frightening creatures
inhabiting our waters.
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Is it possible that they come
not from our lakes and oceans,
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but from somewhere
far more remote?
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
Could it be possible
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that some of that light
that we've discovered
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at the bottom of the ocean
had its origin in outer space?
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so...
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might they have come in the form
of creatures of the deep?
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NARRATOR: August 19, 2014.
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During a routine cleaning,
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Russian cosmonauts aboard
the International Space Station
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discover something
incredibly unexpected
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covering parts of the windows...
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Living sea plankton.
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According to
some mainstream scientists,
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the tiny organisms may have been
carried to the station
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on air currents
from the earth's oceans,
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or perhaps launched into space
on a contaminated rocket.
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But many say these are both
highly improbable scenarios.
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In the previous episode
of cleaning,
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which was only about a few weeks
prior to that particular date,
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there was nothing found.
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And the space station
was in orbit;
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There was no connection
with the ground.
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So I-I really think that there's
absolutely no chance
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that these are
microorganisms that were
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somehow lifted from the Earth.
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NARRATOR: Astrobiologist
Chandra Wickramasinghe
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believes the plankton is
of extraterrestrial origin,
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and evidence of panspermia...
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The idea that life exists
throughout the universe
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and is spread
by comets and asteroids.
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WICKRAMASINGHE:
I think what happened
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was that a small fragment
of a comet
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that carried microorganisms, uh,
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including plankton,
landed on the window
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of the International
Space Station.
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It's not surprising
if one accepts the idea
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that life is continuing
to arrive
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at the Earth from space.
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PAUL DAVIES: There's always been
a-a problem about life on Earth.
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Did it actually
start here on Earth
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or come here
from somewhere else?
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Uh, seeing as we don't know
how life began,
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it's up for grabs.
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NARRATOR: But whether life
originated on Earth
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or somewhere else
in the universe,
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one thing is now certain:
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Sea plankton can survive
in outer space.
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Surviving space is
very difficult, actually,
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primarily because of the,
um, the vacuum of space
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and then the intense radiation.
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And so those things,
um, in general
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will sort of rip apart tissues.
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So the presence of-of plankton
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on the space station,
um, is remarkable.
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The discovery of plankton
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on the International
Space Station
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has led ancient astronaut
theorists
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to ask the question:
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If sea life can thrive in
the furthest reaches of space,
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could the reverse
be true as well?
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Might there be undiscovered
alien life-forms
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dwelling in the deepest regions
of our oceans?
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Portsmouth, England.
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December 21, 1872.
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The HMS Challenger sets out
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on a three-year
scientific expedition
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to survey the Earth's oceans
and search for new marine life.
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At the time of its departure,
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the mainstream
scientific viewpoint
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is that life cannot exist
more than 1,800 feet
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beneath the surface
of the ocean.
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But in March of 1875,
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after more than
two years at sea,
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the crew of the HMS Challenger
makes a remarkable discovery.
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Using a deep-sea dredge,
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they uncover
an abundance of life
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at depths well beyond
1,800 feet.
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Every time they dredged
the waters of the ocean,
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they kept bringing up
weirder and weirder creatures
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at deeper and deeper levels.
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And it quickly became apparent
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that the oceans
are teeming with life.
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Throughout time,
we tend to sort of, um,
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impose our own limitations
and our own perspectives on,
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sort of, our view
of the universe, right?
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And so our idea of the deep
ocean was similar to that, too.
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We thought that probably nothing
else could live at great depths
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because we certainly
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Um, our bodies
couldn't take the pressure.
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It's sort of biased,
I think, our interpretation
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of life in the deep oceans.
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WILCOCK: They found over 4,700
different types of new life.
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It was a wealth of data
so vast that it filled
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50 volumes with 30,000 pages
of information,
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and was, essentially,
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a scientific revolution
for its time.
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Uh, 220-plus, uh, crew.
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Only five scientists...
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NARRATOR: In addition to finding
new species of marine life,
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the Challenger crew
also made the first discovery
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of what are called
cosmic spherules...
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Nickel-iron micrometeorites
from outer space.
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According to some scientists,
these spherules could be capable
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of carrying
extraterrestrial life.
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DAVIES: A lot of those rocks
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would have carried
a microbial cargo.
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Cocooned inside of rocks,
a microbe could be quite happy
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in the harsh conditions
of space.
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In particular, it would be
shielded from radiation by
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the depth of rock.
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It could probably stay
in the dormant phase
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out in space
for certainly thousands
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if not millions of years.
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HENRY: When scientists explored
these nickel-iron spherules
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in depth, they discovered
that they contained iron
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that was extraterrestrial
in origin.
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Is it possible that this
extraterrestrial substances
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were brought here
by alien beings and deposited
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in the oceans of Earth,
along with other forms of life?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the Challenger
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discovered the conveyance
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of extraterrestrial life
on the sea floor?
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Might the deepest parts
of the ocean be as alien to us
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as the farthest reaches
of outer space?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answer
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is a resounding yes,
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and point to other
strange creatures
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that have recently been found
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in the seemingly
inhospitable deep.
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March, 2005.
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Scientists off the coast
of Easter Island
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discover the yeti crab,
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a furry crustacean that thrives
on the sea floor
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near hydrothermal vents...
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Fissures that release
geothermally-heated water.
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Using the hair
that covers its body,
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the crab is able to filter out
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the toxic minerals
the vents excrete.
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But as extraordinary
as the yeti crab is,
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it is just one of many forms
of marine life
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known to be able to exist
in such extreme conditions.
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Because of the unique conditions
that exists
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in the hydrothermal vents, um,
some really interesting
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and remarkable organisms
can be found there.
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NARRATOR: Another
newly-discovered organism
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that puzzles scientists is
the ctenophore, or comb jelly.
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When neurobiologist Leonid Moroz
sequenced the DNA
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of this translucent creature
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at the University of Florida
in 2007, he discovered
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they possessed
a complex nervous system
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completely different
from the entire animal kingdom.
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NARRATOR:
How comb jellies function
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continues to baffle scientists,
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and their unique properties
have led Dr. Moroz to dub them,
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quote, "aliens of the sea."
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We're still finding incredible
creatures in the ocean,
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creatures that we never
even knew existed.
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Could be extraterrestrial life.
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It's a big planet, and there are
a lot of mysteries still here.
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Could there really be alien life
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thriving in Earth's oceans?
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Might they have traveled here
on meteors,
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like the plankton found aboard
the International Space Station?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining the legends
of strange aquatic creatures
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that were said to have
come to Earth from the stars.
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Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
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May, 2014.
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At the historic
Miyakonojo Shimazu Residence,
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the mummified remains
of a sea animal
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with webbed hands and feet
are put on public display.
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Discovered in 1818,
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the bones are the first
of their kind to be exhibited,
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and are purported to be
from the legendary kappa...
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A species
of amphibious humanoid creatures
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believed to lurk
in the waters of Japan.
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DOMINIC STEAVU: These remains
were from, allegedly,
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a kappa that had been shot
in 1818 near a local river.
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The kappa, which translates
as "water child,"
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is a creature that is usually
about five feet in height,
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has scaly skin,
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and is usually blue
or green in color.
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It has a turtle shell
on its back and a beak,
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as well as a kind of plate
on the top of its head
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in which it always
has to carry water.
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If it spills this water,
then it loses all of its power,
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and it can die within
a very short period of time.
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So the kappa is basically
a water demon.
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GERHARD:
The kappa is perceived to be
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a very malevolent
and quite violent creature.
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children are warned to stay away
from bodies of water,
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because the kappa will actually
drag them in and drown them.
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NARRATOR: While accounts of the
kappa are rare in modern times,
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there are still sightings
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in remote areas
like the Fukuoka Prefecture.
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In fact, to this day,
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signs can be found posted
near bodies of water
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throughout Japan
warning of the kappa.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
the kappa are not only real,
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but their existence is proof
of otherworldly beings
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inhabiting the Earth's waters.
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WILCOCK:
These kappa are reported
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as having
an unusual intelligence.
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Apparently, they can speak,
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even though
they have a bird-like beak.
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And now,
physical, tangible artifacts
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of the body of the kappa
have gone on display.
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Will we find genetic markers
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that clearly show that it could
not be something from Earth?
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NARRATOR: Could it be
that the kappa are similar
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to the other strange
undersea creatures
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first discovered by
the HMS Challenger in the 1870s?
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And if so, are they indigenous
to planet Earth,
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or did they come here
by some extraterrestrial means?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
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by examining
the many historical accounts
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of mermaids.
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The very earliest accounts
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of mermaid-like creatures
reveal a connection
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with beings
that come from the sky.
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A story from ancient Syria
that dates back to 1,000 B.C.
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relates that the goddess
Atargatis came down from the sky
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and dove into a lake
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to become a half-fish,
half-human creature.
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And in Greek mythology,
the goddess Aphrodite
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is sometimes associated
with mermaid-like beings.
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LOREN COLEMAN: If you look at
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some of the ancient
classic authors
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from the Greeks,
from the Sumerians,
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you see tales of mermaids
in which
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there is a very direct
connection with the heavens,
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with a fish-like creature
that comes from outer space.
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There's something out there
that may not even be connected
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to our known biological world.
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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the strongest evidence
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that humanoid sea creatures
not only existed
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but came from somewhere
beyond our Earth
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can be found in the origin tale
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of yet another aquatic creature
with human traits.
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The West African Dogons
worship ancestral spirits
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they call the Nommo...
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The first living creatures
created by their sky god Amma.
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Described as amphibious,
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hermaphroditic,
fish-like creatures,
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they descended from the stars
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in a vessel accompanied
by fire and thunder.
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: There's
a really incredible story
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of the Nommo
that descended from the sky
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in a loud noisy whirlwind
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that made the Earth shake
when it landed.
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And their knowledge of
everything was given to them
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by that being that descended
in a whirlwind from the sky.
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HENRY:
Now, this is interesting because
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we have so many traditions
of extraterrestrial beings
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riding upon clouds
that you have to ask,
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did the Nommo
come from the stars?
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Were they
extraterrestrial beings
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that came to Earth
to teach the Dogon?
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Is this perhaps why
they called them
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the monitors and the teachers?
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WILCOCK: The legend said
they described the star Sirius
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as being their point of origin,
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and had
very accurate information
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about a dwarf star
called Sirius B
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that wasn't even known
at the time.
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The Dogon said that when
the Nommo landed and came out
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of this craft
that they arrived in,
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they almost immediately
got into the water.
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Because they were essentially
fish-like humanoids,
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it seems that they needed
to be in the water.
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We are definitely dealing
with some sort of intelligent,
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aquatic, humanoid species
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that came here
as an extraterrestrial visitor
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from outer space.
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NARRATOR: Might the detailed
descriptions of the Nommo
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suggest that they were
extraterrestrials
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that came from space
to inhabit our oceans?
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And might these be
the same beings
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that are described
in the accounts
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of the kappa and mermaids?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest there is evidence
that alien life forms
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have not only descended to Earth
from the sky,
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but that they may also be
entering our planet
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through underwater portals.
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NARRATOR: Lake Champlain.
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July 5, 1977.
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While taking a drive
along the Eastern shore,
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just north
of St. Albans, Vermont,
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Sandra and Anthony Mansi
pull over
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to let their two children
play in the lake.
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As they begin to wade in,
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Sandra notices
a disturbance in the water.
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And then, something shocking.
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And I'm watching out there,
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and all of a sudden,
I could see turbulence.
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Something broke
the surface of the water.
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And it broke the surface
like this,
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right here... the back of
the head and the neck.
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I went down,
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and that's when it turned
to look over its back.
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And I snapped the photograph.
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NARRATOR: The photograph
that Sandra Mansi took that day
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is considered by many
to be definitive evidence
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that Lake Champlain is home
to a monster.
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Lake Champlain is named
for the French explorer
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Samuel De Champlain,
and in 1609,
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he claimed that
he saw a strange creature
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emerging from the waters
while on an expedition.
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This sighting was just the first
of hundreds.
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And for many who believe
the stories are true,
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Sandra Mansi's photograph
is the ultimate proof
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that Champ really exists.
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In 1981,
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the famous photo
was submitted for authentication
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to the Optical Sciences Center
at the University of Arizona.
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The findings from
the optical college in Arizona
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was that this was
an authentic photograph.
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It was not tampered.
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It was genuine.
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NARRATOR: Curiously,
there have been sightings
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of very similar creatures
reported all over the world,
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like Cressie and Ogopogo
in Canada;
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The Japanese sea monster Issie;
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Mokele-mbembe, sighted off
the West Coast of Africa;
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And the Loch Ness Monster
in Scotland.
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KEN GERHARD: One of the most
compelling aspects
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of the mystery is that
descriptions are very similar.
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And we're talking about
decades of sightings,
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numbering in the thousands.
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To me, this indicates
that we're dealing with
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variations of the exact same
species here...
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A breeding population worldwide.
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NARRATOR: Could the fact that
stories of similar sea monsters
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are told throughout the world
be evidence
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that these strange creatures
really exist?
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And if so, just what are they?
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According to ancient astronaut
theorists, there is evidence
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that they may have
extraterrestrial origins.
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HENRY: The story
of the Loch Ness Monster
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reminds me of a UFO sighting
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that happened north of Nashville
back in the '90s.
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(rain pattering)
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A man hears the sound of rain
beating down on the roof,
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and he goes outside, and it's
a perfectly clear night.
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And he looks up in the sky,
and he sees a giant UFO
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that's firing at a creature
on his deck that looks like...
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He calls it the one-footed
snorkel monster,
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because it looked like an
elephant's trunk with one foot.
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In his police report,
the man described
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how the snorkel monster
spun itself into a vortex
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or a ball of light
and disappeared.
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One wonders if this is
evidence of a portal
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that this creature
was opening up,
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and, in fact, if this creature
and the Loch Ness Monster
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are part of the same family
of creatures
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that travel the world through
these portals or gateways.
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NARRATOR: Could it be
that there are alien life-forms
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inhabiting our oceans
that have traveled here
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through portals
in time and space?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest further proof
can be found
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with the story of another
underwater monster:
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The kraken.
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This squid-like creature
of enormous proportions
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was described in 1755
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by Norwegian historian
and bishop Erik Pontoppidan.
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He included it
in not a fictional text,
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but in an encyclopedic account
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of the diverse life-forms
in his home country
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called The Natural
History of Norway.
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This is very compelling
because it indicates
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that the kraken was viewed as
a real and very viable animal.
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In Norse mythology,
the kraken was
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an island-sized,
multi-tentacled monster,
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capable of sinking ships
by way of the massive whirlpools
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that it left in its wake.
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Many of the ancient
classic authors
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talked about kraken
as really being
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the object that was
in the middle of a whirlpool,
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so they saw the kraken
as a shipping danger.
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NARRATOR:
Norwegian accounts of the kraken
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creating whirlpools through
which ships would disappear
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date back to the 13th century.
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But could the truth
about these sea monsters
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be even more incredible
than our ancestors believed?
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Do the stories of the kraken,
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and the mysterious whirlpools
it creates,
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provide further evidence
of alien entities
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coming to Earth
through underwater portals?
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These legends suggest
that there is
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a highly intelligent species
in the ocean.
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We don't even really know
where they came from.
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Perhaps our definition
of extraterrestrial life
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is a little too strict.
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And it could be
that these are species
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that came here
from somewhere else.
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Of course,
there's a lot of the ocean
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that hasn't actually
been, uh, well explored,
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so we're constantly finding
new and exciting creatures
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that maybe before may have
only been legendary.
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NARRATOR: Could there be
alien life inhabiting our seas
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that is much larger,
more intelligent,
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and more dangerous than furry
crabs and strange jellyfish?
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And is it possible
that the Earth's waters
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contain portals
that allow these creatures
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to travel here from other parts
of the universe undetected?
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To find out, ancient astronaut
theorist David Childress
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will dive into the waters
of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula,
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where according
to ancient legends,
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there is an underwater gateway
to another realm.
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NARRATOR: Tulum, Mexico.
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Here, on the eastern edge
of the Yucatan Peninsula,
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lie the ruins of one of the last
cities built by the Maya,
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an advanced ancient civilization
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that thrived
throughout Mesoamerica
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from the eighth century B.C.
to the 15th century A.D.
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Situated on a cliff
overlooking the Caribbean Sea,
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this site honors
the mysterious diving god
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that can be found depicted
on several buildings.
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Behind me is
the Temple of the Diving God.
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On the western doorway
is a stucco relief
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of a winged being who is either
diving down from the sky
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or he's diving down
into the water.
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His real identity is not known.
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NARRATOR:
In addition to the diving god,
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it has been documented
that the interior of the temple
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once contained a mural
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portraying the Aztec
water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.
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While the Aztecs did not occupy
the Yucatan Peninsula,
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their ancestors the Olmecs did,
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and some believe there may be
a profound connection
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between this area of Mexico
and the Aztec water gods,
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who ruled over a paradise-like
world called Tlalocan.
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Descriptions of Tlalocan
come from the Aztec shamans,
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spiritual guides who could
access this otherworldly realm
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through whirlpools
while in a dream state.
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And according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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deep in the jungle,
just south of Tulum,
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is a location
that is a perfect match
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for the descriptions
of the east region of Tlalocan.
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There's an intriguing site
right here
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off the coast
of the Caribbean Sea,
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and it may have a connection
to the Aztec Tlalocan,
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and it's name
is Cenote Angelita,
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and it's right here.
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NARRATOR: A cenote is a sinkhole
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where limestone bedrock
has collapsed,
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exposing the freshwater
underneath it.
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Many of the cenotes
in this part of the Yucatan
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are believed to have been formed
by the meteor strike
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that wiped out the dinosaurs
more than 65 million years ago.
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As a result
of this extreme impact,
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they contain high amounts
of shocked quartz.
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Shocked quartz is
a particular type of quartz
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that really needs very,
very high pressure to form.
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Quartz is a crystal,
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but every crystal
is not completely uniform.
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It's comprised
of smaller little pieces
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that have to align
along defects.
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And high pressure
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changes the internal structure
of the quartz.
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NARRATOR: Scientists have long
known that quartz is able
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to convert the Earth's natural
electrical vibrations
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into a form of energy.
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And some have even suggested
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that it could be used
in the formation of wormholes,
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through an electromagnetic
reaction
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called the Casimir effect.
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MICHAEL DENNIN: The idea is,
if I take two metal plates
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and stick them
in the vacuum of space,
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it turns out, because
of quantum fluctuation,
494
00:29:13.486 --> 00:29:15.953
this creates an effective,
attractive force
495
00:29:16.550 --> 00:29:17.821
between the plates.
496
00:29:17.923 --> 00:29:20.691
One can think of this
as a negative energy.
497
00:29:20.760 --> 00:29:23.260
Now, an intriguing idea
that we get
498
00:29:23.129 --> 00:29:25.896
is that this is exactly
the principle we need
499
00:29:25.998 --> 00:29:30.167
to understand perhaps
how to stabilize a wormhole.
500
00:29:30.269 --> 00:29:32.936
NARRATOR: Although there are
a number of cenotes
501
00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:37.441
in the Yucatan,
Cenote Angelita is very unique.
502
00:29:37.543 --> 00:29:40.377
About 100 feet
below its surface,
503
00:29:40.479 --> 00:29:42.379
the freshwater meets up
504
00:29:42.481 --> 00:29:45.883
with the salt water coming
from the ocean beneath it,
505
00:29:45.951 --> 00:29:49.219
creating a mysterious
underwater river.
506
00:29:50.856 --> 00:29:53.323
CHILDRESS: Where we are
right now in the Yucatan
507
00:29:53.392 --> 00:29:57.661
is just about as far east
as you can go in Mexico.
508
00:29:57.763 --> 00:30:04.334
And the description of Tlalocan
was that the very eastern side
509
00:30:04.436 --> 00:30:07.437
was where the waters
of the underworld
510
00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:12.442
met with the waters
of the surface world.
511
00:30:12.545 --> 00:30:15.379
And that is exactly
what we have here.
512
00:30:17.449 --> 00:30:20.751
It was said that souls
passed through here,
513
00:30:20.853 --> 00:30:23.754
and the Aztecs believed
very strongly
514
00:30:23.823 --> 00:30:27.191
that this was a portal
to another dimension.
515
00:30:29.829 --> 00:30:32.963
WILCOCK: The Aztecs had
the legend of the Tlalocan...
516
00:30:33.650 --> 00:30:37.835
They entered into through
whirlpools in the water.
517
00:30:37.937 --> 00:30:42.706
So you can start
to connect the dots here
518
00:30:42.808 --> 00:30:46.243
and see that those areas could
in fact be traversable wormholes
519
00:30:46.345 --> 00:30:48.345
that will take us
somewhere else.
520
00:30:50.349 --> 00:30:52.783
NARRATOR: Could the highly
pressurized quartz
521
00:30:52.885 --> 00:30:56.653
found in Cenote Angelita have
made it the perfect location
522
00:30:56.722 --> 00:31:01.158
for advanced alien beings
to create a wormhole?
523
00:31:01.260 --> 00:31:05.280
And might this explain the
stories from the Aztec shamans
524
00:31:05.970 --> 00:31:09.700
who claimed they were shown
an entrance to paradise?
525
00:31:09.802 --> 00:31:13.704
David Childress has enlisted
diver Spencer Stander
526
00:31:13.806 --> 00:31:16.707
to help him explore the cenote.
527
00:31:16.809 --> 00:31:21.211
We'll see the-the river,
um, around an island.
528
00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:23.347
And, uh, you'll see
these bizarre trees.
529
00:31:23.449 --> 00:31:26.116
It's like a decrepit forest;
It's so cool.
530
00:31:26.185 --> 00:31:28.630
It looks like a moving river.
You're gonna be blown away.
531
00:31:28.870 --> 00:31:29.319
Uh, this is gonna be unique.
532
00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:38.195
CHILDRESS: Diver Spenr
533
00:31:38.297 --> 00:31:40.764
and ancient astronaut theorist
David Childress
534
00:31:40.866 --> 00:31:44.902
are about to explore
the Cenote Angelita.
535
00:31:44.970 --> 00:31:47.905
For ancient astronaut theorists,
536
00:31:47.973 --> 00:31:51.241
Cenote Angelita has
an eerie similarity
537
00:31:51.343 --> 00:31:53.777
to both the legends
and illustrations
538
00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:57.781
of the Aztec paradise Tlalocan,
where it was believed
539
00:31:57.883 --> 00:32:00.884
souls could pass through
a portal to another realm.
540
00:32:04.290 --> 00:32:06.757
So, um, we're just gonna check.
541
00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:08.325
(gas hisses)
542
00:32:11.330 --> 00:32:13.196
All right,
I'm gonna jump in there.
543
00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:19.169
Nice.
544
00:32:19.238 --> 00:32:21.710
NARRATOR: Although
the waters of the cenote
545
00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:23.941
are extremely murky
on the surface,
546
00:32:24.430 --> 00:32:28.245
at 15 feet down, everything
becomes crystal clear.
547
00:32:28.314 --> 00:32:32.149
But once they descend
to 100 feet,
548
00:32:32.217 --> 00:32:36.190
it turns as black
as the darkest reaches of space.
549
00:32:36.121 --> 00:32:38.555
CHILDRESS: And even though
we had lights with us,
550
00:32:38.657 --> 00:32:42.359
it was still like we were
floating within the cosmos.
551
00:32:44.396 --> 00:32:48.165
But then as we got down
at a hundred feet,
552
00:32:48.267 --> 00:32:52.135
suddenly we could start to see
the sides of the cenote...
553
00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:59.643
and then this strange layer
began to emerge.
554
00:32:59.745 --> 00:33:03.113
NARRATOR: Here, the freshwater
of the cenote meets
555
00:33:03.215 --> 00:33:05.150
the salt water of the ocean,
556
00:33:05.117 --> 00:33:09.119
forming one of nature's most
mysterious anomalies:
557
00:33:09.221 --> 00:33:11.855
An underwater river.
558
00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:17.661
CHILDRESS: And these dead trees
coming out of the sides,
559
00:33:17.763 --> 00:33:21.665
and-and this artificial
sort of mound at the bottom.
560
00:33:23.569 --> 00:33:28.271
And it was really like
the meeting of-of two worlds.
561
00:33:30.275 --> 00:33:33.710
One of the freshwater
of the upper world
562
00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:38.480
and then that of this
lower world of the seawater
563
00:33:38.117 --> 00:33:41.685
and this murky layer
of hydrogen sulfite
564
00:33:41.754 --> 00:33:45.880
that we had to then penetrate.
565
00:33:45.190 --> 00:33:47.900
NARRATOR: The meeting
of waters from above
566
00:33:47.192 --> 00:33:49.626
with waters from below
567
00:33:49.728 --> 00:33:51.628
is exactly
how the Aztecs described
568
00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:54.898
the east region of Tlalocan,
569
00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:58.902
a place where souls would pass
from one dimension to another
570
00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.905
as though passing
through a portal.
571
00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:06.243
It is here that some ancient
astronaut theorists believe
572
00:34:06.345 --> 00:34:10.814
there may really exist
a portal to another world.
573
00:34:10.916 --> 00:34:13.817
Could it be true?
574
00:34:13.919 --> 00:34:17.154
Might extraterrestrials
have considered this
575
00:34:17.256 --> 00:34:20.257
the perfect location
to create a stargate...
576
00:34:23.950 --> 00:34:27.970
hidden in the thick layer
of poisonous hydrogen sulfide
577
00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:31.268
that obscures
all that lies beneath from view?
578
00:34:31.370 --> 00:34:35.720
The whole thing
was-was very spooky.
579
00:34:35.174 --> 00:34:37.674
And, uh,
it's something I'll remember
580
00:34:37.776 --> 00:34:39.810
for the rest of my life.
581
00:34:39.912 --> 00:34:42.546
NARRATOR:
After 30 minutes underwater,
582
00:34:42.648 --> 00:34:46.516
David and Spencer
return to the surface.
583
00:34:46.618 --> 00:34:50.220
CHILDRESS: Oh, man, that was
so fantastic and strange.
584
00:34:50.322 --> 00:34:52.756
- Man, uh, wow.
- (laughs)
585
00:34:52.825 --> 00:34:56.726
It strikes me just how much
this does fit the Aztec legend
586
00:34:56.829 --> 00:35:00.831
of the-the underworld
of Tlalocan.
587
00:35:00.899 --> 00:35:04.670
What is mysterious though is,
even if the Aztecs
588
00:35:04.169 --> 00:35:07.938
had come here
and knew about this place
589
00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.940
or-or learned about it
from the Olmecs,
590
00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.609
how would they have known
591
00:35:12.711 --> 00:35:15.712
what is 100 feet down
in this cenote?
592
00:35:15.814 --> 00:35:17.859
That's right, 'cause you can't
see it from the surface.
593
00:35:17.883 --> 00:35:20.150
I mean, I suppose that,
you know,
594
00:35:20.252 --> 00:35:23.920
the shamans could just go down
there in a... in a trance state
595
00:35:23.989 --> 00:35:26.756
or if someone actually
dove down into this thing.
596
00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:28.492
- Yeah.
- It's incredible.
597
00:35:28.594 --> 00:35:30.861
NARRATOR: Could it be
598
00:35:30.963 --> 00:35:33.563
that some of the bizarre
underwater creatures
599
00:35:33.665 --> 00:35:35.765
that have been reported
for centuries...
600
00:35:35.868 --> 00:35:38.101
Like the Loch Ness Monster,
601
00:35:38.170 --> 00:35:41.938
the kraken and the kappa...
602
00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.908
Are not just
mythical sea monsters,
603
00:35:44.977 --> 00:35:48.979
but alien entities that have
come to Earth through wormholes?
604
00:35:52.151 --> 00:35:53.984
CHILDRESS:
You have to ask yourself,
605
00:35:54.520 --> 00:35:58.788
could the shocked quartz
here at the Cenote Angelita
606
00:35:58.891 --> 00:36:00.790
create wormholes
607
00:36:00.893 --> 00:36:03.260
that extraterrestrials
might have used
608
00:36:03.128 --> 00:36:04.828
for interdimensional travel?
609
00:36:04.930 --> 00:36:07.130
JASON MARTELL:
It can't be a coincidence
610
00:36:07.232 --> 00:36:09.833
that both Mayan
and Aztec beliefs
611
00:36:09.935 --> 00:36:12.350
incorporated
a swirling pool of water
612
00:36:12.137 --> 00:36:16.706
where they were able to travel
to some other sacred paradise.
613
00:36:16.775 --> 00:36:20.844
Maybe we're talking about
a form of technological travel
614
00:36:20.946 --> 00:36:23.480
that isn't understood
in modern form,
615
00:36:23.582 --> 00:36:25.815
but through
the ancient astronaut lens,
616
00:36:25.918 --> 00:36:27.517
we have to understand
that ancient man
617
00:36:27.586 --> 00:36:29.986
went to great lengths
to depict and explain
618
00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:32.756
how this form of travel
was taking place.
619
00:36:32.858 --> 00:36:34.624
And it might be
that this is something
620
00:36:34.693 --> 00:36:36.626
that was extraterrestrial
in nature.
621
00:36:36.695 --> 00:36:38.895
NARRATOR: Could there really be
622
00:36:38.964 --> 00:36:41.970
a gateway to another world
623
00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:45.502
hidden at the bottom
of Cenote Angelita?
624
00:36:45.604 --> 00:36:49.272
And if so,
could other cenotes, lakes,
625
00:36:49.374 --> 00:36:53.743
rivers and oceans
contain similar portals
626
00:36:53.845 --> 00:36:56.246
through which
all manner of alien life
627
00:36:56.315 --> 00:36:58.715
is coming to our planet?
628
00:36:58.817 --> 00:37:01.117
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
629
00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:04.120
and suggest
there is new evidence
630
00:37:04.223 --> 00:37:06.957
that the abundance of water
on planet Earth
631
00:37:07.250 --> 00:37:11.828
makes it a prime destination
for extraterrestrial beings.
632
00:37:19.104 --> 00:37:22.639
NASA launches Storm Probes
into the Van Allen belts,
633
00:37:22.741 --> 00:37:25.800
intense radiation zones
634
00:37:25.110 --> 00:37:27.777
that surround planet Earth
like a doughnut.
635
00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:30.747
DENNIN:
Because of the Van Allen belts,
636
00:37:30.849 --> 00:37:33.483
incoming charged particles
are sent on curved paths
637
00:37:33.585 --> 00:37:36.653
that safely protect the Earth,
and we don't get hit by them.
638
00:37:36.755 --> 00:37:38.688
NARRATOR:
During the two-year mission,
639
00:37:38.790 --> 00:37:41.658
the probes record
the belts' radio waves
640
00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:44.394
and discover
something incredible.
641
00:37:44.496 --> 00:37:46.429
(high-pitched warbling)
642
00:37:46.531 --> 00:37:48.498
The sound they produce in space
643
00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:52.469
is nearly identical
to the song of a humpback whale.
644
00:37:52.571 --> 00:37:55.538
(whale singing)
645
00:37:55.641 --> 00:37:57.507
DENNIN: What's nice
about the Van Allen belts
646
00:37:57.609 --> 00:37:59.576
is the radio waves they emit
647
00:37:59.678 --> 00:38:03.146
are at the same frequencies
as sound that we listen to.
648
00:38:03.248 --> 00:38:05.515
And so you can record
these radio waves
649
00:38:05.617 --> 00:38:08.485
and play them,
and they make music basically.
650
00:38:08.587 --> 00:38:10.587
(high-pitched warbling)
651
00:38:12.624 --> 00:38:16.660
Radiation and things
in the universe make noise.
652
00:38:16.762 --> 00:38:18.962
Planets emit a sound.
653
00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.897
Everything emits a sound.
654
00:38:20.999 --> 00:38:23.667
And the similarity
to the humpback whale sound...
655
00:38:23.769 --> 00:38:25.735
I mean, is that a coincidence?
656
00:38:25.837 --> 00:38:27.537
I don't believe in coincidences.
657
00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.872
But it is weird.
658
00:38:28.974 --> 00:38:32.800
WILCOCK: It's possible to me
659
00:38:32.110 --> 00:38:35.779
that other aquatic, humanoid
life-forms that are out there
660
00:38:35.881 --> 00:38:38.548
in the universe
might be able to notice
661
00:38:38.650 --> 00:38:42.152
that these electromagnetic belts
around our Earth
662
00:38:42.254 --> 00:38:45.789
are ringing like a gong,
saying, "There's water here."
663
00:38:45.891 --> 00:38:47.724
And that could
very well attract them
664
00:38:47.826 --> 00:38:49.726
and draw them to our planet,
665
00:38:49.828 --> 00:38:53.596
almost like a beacon
to a watery world.
666
00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:56.166
NARRATOR:
Could the Van Allen belts
667
00:38:56.268 --> 00:38:59.636
actually be
of extraterrestrial design,
668
00:38:59.738 --> 00:39:01.738
acting as a beacon to indicate
669
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.973
that our planet
is rich with water?
670
00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:07.610
While scientists are discovering
671
00:39:07.713 --> 00:39:09.913
that water is more prevalent
throughout the universe
672
00:39:10.150 --> 00:39:14.840
than previously thought,
it has become increasingly clear
673
00:39:14.186 --> 00:39:17.387
that planets with large bodies
of liquid water...
674
00:39:17.489 --> 00:39:19.656
Believed to be essential
for complex life...
675
00:39:19.758 --> 00:39:21.570
Are scarce.
676
00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:23.126
Earth is a little bit special.
677
00:39:23.228 --> 00:39:26.663
It's got abundant water,
but it's also got abundant land,
678
00:39:26.765 --> 00:39:29.399
and that may be
a peculiar feature.
679
00:39:29.501 --> 00:39:32.902
But seeing as liquid water is so
critical to life as we know it,
680
00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:35.538
when we look
to worlds elsewhere,
681
00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:39.709
we're primarily looking
for liquid water.
682
00:39:39.811 --> 00:39:44.180
If life exists
that's intelligent
683
00:39:44.282 --> 00:39:47.183
on a planet that hosts
water-based life,
684
00:39:47.285 --> 00:39:51.688
then one can suggest
that the only other planet
685
00:39:51.790 --> 00:39:53.656
that they would be looking
for intelligent life
686
00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:55.825
is also water-based.
687
00:39:57.829 --> 00:40:01.164
GERHARD: We seem so fixated on
finding life on other planets,
688
00:40:01.266 --> 00:40:04.000
yet there's so much potential
here on Earth.
689
00:40:04.102 --> 00:40:06.469
If there's anything that
we've learned from history,
690
00:40:06.571 --> 00:40:09.639
it's that anything is possible.
691
00:40:09.741 --> 00:40:11.875
We can't discount
the possibility
692
00:40:11.977 --> 00:40:14.811
that somewhere in the vast,
unexplored ocean depths
693
00:40:14.913 --> 00:40:17.514
lies some highly intelligent
694
00:40:17.616 --> 00:40:20.830
and highly dangerous life-form
we haven't seen yet...
695
00:40:20.185 --> 00:40:23.186
Deep-sea aliens, if you will.
696
00:40:26.525 --> 00:40:29.592
75% of our planet is ocean.
697
00:40:43.875 --> 00:40:45.408
MARTELL:
Today, as we look deeper
698
00:40:45.510 --> 00:40:47.760
into our own solar system
and beyond,
699
00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.712
we realize
the importance of H2O,
700
00:40:49.815 --> 00:40:52.782
and that water isn't only
a life force for us,
701
00:40:52.884 --> 00:40:55.885
but possibly other organisms
within the galaxy.
702
00:40:55.987 --> 00:41:00.123
And knowing that our oceans
are as deep as they are,
703
00:41:00.225 --> 00:41:03.493
it's very possible
that there's a whole other world
704
00:41:03.595 --> 00:41:06.596
of exploration waiting for us.
705
00:41:06.698 --> 00:41:08.932
We might even discover
that there are other races
706
00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.400
living on the planet Earth,
707
00:41:10.502 --> 00:41:13.470
but at the deep parts
of our oceans.
708
00:41:18.543 --> 00:41:21.100
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that extraterrestrials
709
00:41:21.112 --> 00:41:23.947
inhabit our waters
all over the world?
710
00:41:25.250 --> 00:41:27.550
Could exotic fish,
711
00:41:27.652 --> 00:41:30.420
terrifying sea monsters,
712
00:41:30.522 --> 00:41:33.723
and even humanoid creatures
713
00:41:33.825 --> 00:41:38.461
have come to our planet
through underwater portals?
714
00:41:38.563 --> 00:41:43.399
Perhaps when we finally make
contact with alien beings,
715
00:41:43.502 --> 00:41:47.103
it will not be in
the furthest reaches of space,
716
00:41:47.205 --> 00:41:50.139
but right here on Earth,
717
00:41:50.242 --> 00:41:51.841
lurking in the deep.