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[josh] on this episode of
expedition x...
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My team journeys to a remote
tropical paradise.
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Get ready for the most
beautiful waters, ever.
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[josh] but, locals say,
the island's blue holes,
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Hide a mysterious,
aquatic beast.
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I don't swim in the blue hole,
'cause they live
in the blue hole.
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[josh] a strange hybrid
creature, that's not
only aggressive...
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[sammy] and out of the clear
blue sky, boom!
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And tear my finger right open.
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[josh] ...It's downright
deadly.
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I had family friends that went
diving in the blue hole.
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[water splashing]
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[charlene] and, they never
came back.
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[josh] phil and jess brave
the dangers of the deep.
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[phil over comm]
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[josh] and possibly
expose a decade's old
military secret.
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Due to the secret
nature of the work there,
they didn't talk about it.
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[josh] it's a mission
to reveal...
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[jessica] oh, I got
something, phil.
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[josh] the beast
of andros island.
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[josh] my name,
is josh gates.
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In my travels,
I've experienced
strange things
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That defy logic and made me
question everything.
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Oh, my god.
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[josh] now, I've put
together a team
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To investigate the stranger
side of the unknown.
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Let's go.
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[josh] phil torres,
is a scientist, who hunts
for rational explanations.
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[phil over comm]
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[josh] jessica chobot's
paranormal research has
made her a true believer.
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If you're here with us,
knock again.
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[josh] together,
we're searching for answers...
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[phil] what is happening
here, jess?
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[josh] ...To the world's mos
extraordinary mysteries.
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This is expedition x.
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Jess, phil, I have to say,
I feel bad
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About some of the really
challenging places that
I sent you.
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No, you don't.
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I feel kind of bad.
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Uh, and for this next
investigation, you're
actually gonna be going to
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The bahamas!
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-Oh, that's great!
-No!
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-Pack your bags!
-Come on!
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Yes, I'm gonna be
on the beach.
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I'm gonna get tropical drinks
with the little umbrellas.
This is gonna be perfect.
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Yeah, you're not exactly there
to work on your tan.
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Uh, it may actually be
your most dangerous
investigation, ever.
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How do you feel about
shark infested waters?
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Are we going to look
for a shark?
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You're half right.
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[josh] situated
in warm atlantic waters,
near the caribbean sea,
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Andros is the largest
of the 700 islands that
make up the bahamas.
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Not exactly a beach resort
hot spot.
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This mostly undeveloped,
hidden paradise is dotted
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With unusual geologic
formations known
as blue holes.
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They formed during
the ice age,
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As glacial run-off carved
caves into the limestone,
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That later
collapsed and flooded
as sea levels rose.
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There are over 200 of these
sunken caverns,
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Located both inland
and off shore.
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Famed oceanographer
and one of my personal
heroes, jacques cousteau,
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Was instrumental
in demonstrating that many
of the inland blue holes
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Are connected
by an underground labyrinth
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To the blue holes
in the ocean.
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Few of these blue holes
have ever been fully explore
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They're deemed too dangerous
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Not only because they can b
several hundred feet deep,
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But because some locals
believe that inside
the blue holes,
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Hides a mysterious
and deadly creature.
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A legendary sea beast.
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With a head resembling
a shark's
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And the long, powerful arms
of an octopus.
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They call it, the lusca.
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Disappearances of swimmers,
divers and fishermen
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Are often blamed on the lusc
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But, details of its origin
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Are like the depths
of a blue hole, murky.
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1896, a badly decomposed
six ton carcas
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Washes up
on a beach in florida,
northwest of andros.
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And over the next century,
scientists debate whether
it could be a giant octopus
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Squid or whale.
Whatever it is, it fuels
the sea monster legend.
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Many locals believe
that modern sightings
of an octopus shark hybrid
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Are somehow tied
to an abandoned military
facility on the island.
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Others say,
the lusca is a relative
of the giant squid,
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Which was once thought
to be pure fiction,
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Until carcasses
were documented
in the mid 1800's.
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The first live specimen
wasn't captured on film
until 2005.
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So, is it possible that
the lusca could be more
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Than just a terrifying,
local legend?
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And now, with the number
of reported creature
encounters on the rise,
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Swimmers, divers, fishermen
and investigators best bewar
of the blue holes.
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Okay, who is ready to go
look for a lusca?
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-[josh] phil?
-Come on. What are we
talking about here?
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-The head of a shark
and the body of an octopus?
-[josh] yes!
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A sharktopus, phil.
A sharktopus.
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This sounds like something
out of a comic book.
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I mean, it does sound
a little farfetched.
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But, locals there,
they've been claiming
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That they see something
they can't explain
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From the bottom of these
blue holes, for generations.
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They don't know what it is.
So, the question to me is,
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What is it?
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Like, they're
seeing something.
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What I do know
about these blue holes,
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Is that they're incredibly
dangerous to explore.
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They're deep.
They're really dark.
Super technical dives.
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So, if you are in
or around them,
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And you're thinking
about the lusca,
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And you see something
you can't identify,
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Your mind might play tricks
on you.
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So, a case
of misidentification.
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But what would that be?
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I don't know. I mean, imagine
seeing an octopus swimming
by you in profile,
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If it's body is all together,
it could look, almost like
a shark too.
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The folks on the island,
they know their sea life.
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They know the difference
between a shark and an octopus
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And they're saying,
specifically,
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That they're seeing something
they can't explain.
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[josh] so, to get to the
bottom of this, I'm sending
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Both of you to andros island
in the bahamas.
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First, to meet
with an eye witness,
who not only claims
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That he saw a lusca,
but that he survived
an attack.
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And phil, you're going
to learn all about
these blue holes
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Because you're going to dive
in and get to the bottom
of what the lusca really is.
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And could it be the thing
responsible for swimmers
and divers disappearing?
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You up for this?
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-Oh, yeah.
-Absolutely.
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See, I knew you guys
couldn't turn down
a free trip to the bahamas
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And a terrifying mystery.
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Can I still drink some
tropical drinks?
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-After-- yes, if you survive.
-Okay. Goals.
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Good luck.
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[josh] from new york, the te
flies three and a half hour
south, to nassau,
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The capital of the bahamas.
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Then, it's another three hou
by boat to andros island.
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There it is!
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There's andros.
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Get ready for the most
beautiful waters, ever.
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-I mean, this is gorgeous,
right here.
-[phil] yeah.
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Oh and look at that shipwreck.
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[jessica] I know.
What's that all about?
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[phil] you know what
they're selling out.
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-[jessica] lusca!
-[both chuckle]
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[jessica] we dock and head
to meet the witness josh tol
us about.
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Sammy rahming is the owner
of a local watering hole.
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Hi, how you guys doing?
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[jessica] looks like I'm abo
to get that drink.
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[sammy] welcome
to sammy's, man.
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I'll take a beer, please.
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[jessica] yeah.
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[sammy] the bahamian way.
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-Like it.
-Nice.
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[phil] so, we are here because
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We're really interested
in this mystery of the lusca.
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Let me tell you,
I got the mark to show.
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-You've got a mark?
-What do you mean, mark to--
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[sammy] the mark to show.
On my hand, right here.
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See that? That's the stitch
right there.
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-[jessica] oh, yeah. Yeah.
-[phil] that scar
right there?
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[sammy] I have, like, may be
ten stitches in there.
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Let me tell you my story.
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I was in a blue hole.
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I got big fishing line,
big hook like that.
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I hook it on and I threw
it in.
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And I was holding a spool.
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And out of the clear,
blue sky, boom!
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I mean,
that's just pulled
through my hand. "pow."
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And tear my finger right open.
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If I had to hang on
to that line hard enough,
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It would have yucked me
right in the blue hole,
with me.
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So, it came up from the bottom
and then snagged you and then,
like, went back down?
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[sammy] it snagged the line
from the bottom.
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-[jessica] oh.
-[sammy] and I said,
"holy [bleep], what's that?"
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So, all of a sudden,
I saw this big riffer.
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[sammy] and I come back
on top of the water,
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And they swim right around,
but I didn't get to see
exactly what
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The face of this thing.
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But, I saw
the backside of it.
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And it looked almost like
a octopus and this thing
was like, humungous.
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So, then what makes
you think it's a lusca?
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And not necessarily, just
an octopus or a squid.
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There's no big squid like that
around here.
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This thing was huge.
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When I say huge, I talking
about, his tentacles,
was about six feet.
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[josh] an octopus
with six foot appendages
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Would be considered
huge around here.
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The largest species
in the bahamas
are the caribbean reef octop
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And the common octopus.
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Whose arms typically
don't grow past two
or three feet long.
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[jessica] have you gone back
there and tried fishing again?
Try to bring it out?
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Never, never. Cause I know
what I see at that blue hole.
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That's why me, I don't swim
in the blue hole.
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Cause they live
in the blue hole.
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Do you have anybody
else that you know
that has stories?
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I mean, this whole island,
actually had an encounter
with this thing.
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[jessica] sammy offers
to spread the word that
we're looking for the lusca
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[sammy] a lot of crazy stuff
around here.
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-Y'know?
-Yeah.
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You guys got to go
and experience it
for yourself.
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[jessica] we follow sammy's
directions towards the remot
blue hole,
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Where he was nearly reeled I
by the creature.
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In order to get to the botto
of what's in this blue hole
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We need to get to the botto
of the blue hole, itself.
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So, we've brought along
our scuba gear.
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-[jessica] you carry the tank
and stuff?
-[phil] yeah.
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[jessica] come on, pack mule.
[chuckles]
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[phil] sammy says it's abou
a half a mile off the road,
down a rocky path.
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Not that there's actually
much of a path.
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-[phil] whoa! See that
peeling bark?
-[jessica] what?
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-[jessica] yeah.
-[phil] this is poisoned wood.
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This is basically like,
bahamas' poison ivy.
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[jessica] oh, [bleep]
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[phil] it's all over
this forest.
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This is a hike, all right.
Umm...
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[jessica] luckily, I'm well
practiced in the art
of machete.
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How about I hop across
and you can pass me
that stuff over?
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-[phil] that works.
-[jessica] does that work?
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[bleep]
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-[phil] get this.
-[jessica] got it.
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-[phil grunts]
-[jessica sighs]
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[phil] whoa!
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[jessica] this is amazing.
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[phil] reaching depths
of several hundred feet,
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Most blue holes connect
to the ocean
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Via an underground labyrint
of tunnels.
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But, some are cut off
from the sea.
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And have become isolated,
unique ecosystems.
228
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I brought the comms,
so that we can keep
track of you.
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-[phil] okay.
-But I also brought
the rov.
230
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Honestly, the more eyes,
the better down there.
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-[jessica] yep, I agree.
-[phil] all right.
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[phil] I doubt that
an isolated sinkhole
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Would have enough food
to sustain something large.
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-[jessica] comms are set.
Be on the ready.
-[phil] oh, yes.
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[phil] if there really is
a massive creature here,
octopus or otherwise,
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I'm thinking, it would have
to travel to and from
the ocean
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Through an underwater tunnel
238
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So, I'm looking not just
for signs of whatever
marine animal
239
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Sammy encountered
in this blue hole,
240
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But also a tunnel
it could have used
to get here.
241
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[phil over comm]
242
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Yeah, I got ya.
243
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[phil over comm]
244
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[phil] as freshwater from ra
collects on the surface,
245
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Denser salt waters trap belo
246
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In the murky middle layer,
where fresh and saltwater mi
247
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A toxic gas called
hydrogen sulfide can build u
248
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From all the decaying
plant matter.
249
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To a diver, hydrogen sulfid
can cause skin irritation,
250
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Dizziness, nausea and with
long enough exposure,
251
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Even delirium and death.
252
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I wonder if
hydrogen sulfide-induced
delirium could explain
253
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Some of the monster reports
from divers.
254
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,633
You seeing any fish
or anything like that
in there?
255
00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:18,503
[phil over comm]
256
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[phil] the cubera snapper
is a mostly marine species.
257
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And likely wouldn't be foun
here, if this blue hole
wasn't connected to the ocea
258
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[static from comm]
259
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[static]
260
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-[beep]
-repeat that.
261
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Phil, can you hear me?
Copy.
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00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:44,529
Are you okay?
263
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[phil over comm]
264
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[phil over comm]
265
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[jessica] phil, quick
walkie check.
266
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[jessica over comm] can you
hear me at all?
267
00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,626
[phil over comm]
268
00:13:15,328 --> 00:13:16,728
You found a cave?
269
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[jessica over comm] okay,
be careful.
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Can you access it?
271
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[static]
272
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[phil over comm]
273
00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:29,007
How far back does it go?
274
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[phil over comm]
275
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You want to grab the rov
and see how far back
that cave goes?
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[phil over comm]
277
00:13:41,421 --> 00:13:44,155
[jessica] who knows how dee
or narrow this blue hole get
278
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Or whether the lusca sammy s
might be hiding in the cave
phil found.
279
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But, the rov can safely go
where phil can't.
280
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[jessica over comm] I see
the cave.
281
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I'm at the entrance.
282
00:13:59,239 --> 00:14:03,408
[phil] it's a narrow cave,
but an octopus can fit
into some very narrow place
283
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Because it has no bones.
284
00:14:05,946 --> 00:14:08,646
The only rigid part
of its body is the beak,
285
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Which is made of chitin.
The same hard substance
as an insect's shell.
286
00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:15,887
As long as an octopus' beak
can fit through a crack,
287
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The rest of its highly
malleable body can
maneuver through as well.
288
00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:25,630
That means, even an unusuall
large octopus can squeeze
into this tight cave.
289
00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,400
Feel like I'm constantly
fighting against a current.
290
00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:31,336
I keep thinking I'm getting
hung up on some
of these rocks,
291
00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:35,006
But then, I look and there's--
I'm actually fine, I'm just
getting pulled around.
292
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[jessica] look at that.
293
00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:40,245
I mean, how could I not
go through here?
294
00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:41,813
[jessica] I think I can fit it
in there.
295
00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:47,318
Oh, [bleep] I'm going
to get that rov stuck.
296
00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:49,621
[clicks tongue] ugh!
297
00:14:49,623 --> 00:14:52,323
[jessica] okay, come on.
Where are we?
298
00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,660
There we go. We're out.
299
00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:57,762
[jessica over comm] that's
as far as I can go.
300
00:14:57,831 --> 00:15:00,031
Any further and we'll lose
the rov.
301
00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,299
I'm bringing it back up.
302
00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:02,700
[phil over comm]
303
00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:11,309
[jessica over comm]
the rov's up.
304
00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:14,946
[phil] whoo!
305
00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:17,081
That thing was so deep
in there, jess.
306
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,816
Easily, something
could fit through there.
307
00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:21,786
It's feasible.
It's feasible for a lusca
to be in here.
308
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:25,590
Or at least come here,
use it as a feeding ground,
hang out for a while
309
00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:27,158
And then ditch out and go
somewhere else.
310
00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,127
Which could also
explain multiple sightings.
311
00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:32,430
I definitely think
this particular cave
system connects to the ocean.
312
00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:35,099
-Oh, yeah. It has to.
-[jessica] absolutely. Yeah.
313
00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:40,204
[jessica] while we
were investigating
the inland blue hole,
314
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Where sammy had
his frightening encounter,
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I got a message
from another local.
316
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So, I think us being
on the island, looking for
the lusca's making the rounds.
317
00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:53,117
One of the locals, this lady
named, charlene, she reached
out to me.
318
00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,920
I figured we could
go meet up with her
where she works.
319
00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:57,355
In a weird twist,
320
00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:59,624
Guess what the restaurant
where she works at is called.
321
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,960
Uh, what?
322
00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,227
Lucky lusca.
323
00:16:04,264 --> 00:16:06,631
Oh, interesting choice.
324
00:16:10,236 --> 00:16:11,602
[jessica] whoop.
325
00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:14,005
[phil] there's
the lucky lusca.
326
00:16:14,007 --> 00:16:18,042
[jessica] charlene whyms
was born and raised
on andros.
327
00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:21,012
In addition to running
the restaurant, she
is also a police officer.
328
00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:27,952
From a little girl, always
hear my mom speaking
of the lusca.
329
00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:30,855
I thought it was just odd.
It was something that
they were making up
330
00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,358
When they didn't want us
to go to the holes.
331
00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:36,461
But, I had family friends
that went out on a boat.
332
00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:38,629
These were actual divers.
333
00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:41,599
And they went diving
in the blue hole in the ocea
334
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:45,103
And, they never came back.
335
00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:49,707
So what's the theory behind
what happened to them?
336
00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:52,910
Well, up today,
we have no story.
337
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:55,546
They had divers come in to go
and look for them.
338
00:16:55,615 --> 00:17:00,351
They dove all of those
blue holes and they found
absolutely nothing.
339
00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:03,054
Could it not have been, well,
a shark or something?
340
00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:06,057
Well, they found no tide,
no swim gears.
341
00:17:06,126 --> 00:17:10,128
-Zero--
-which made me
believe that there is a lusca.
342
00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:14,365
I would think, even with
a shark, you would still have
tanks and other equipment
343
00:17:14,434 --> 00:17:16,501
Left over,
even if it was torn up.
344
00:17:16,503 --> 00:17:19,037
So, I guess, if they
completely disappeared,
the idea is that
345
00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:22,140
-The lusca-- took them into
one of the caves.
-The lusca, yes.
346
00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:24,008
-And tunnels.
-Entered caves and carried
them away.
347
00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,510
-[phil] and that's where
it's hiding.
-Yes.
348
00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:27,412
So, where's the location
of the blue hole?
349
00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:32,050
The location of the blue hole
is about two miles off
of small hope bay.
350
00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:36,187
[jessica] charlene gives us
the location
351
00:17:36,189 --> 00:17:39,791
And suggests where we can
grab a boat to take us
to the offshore blue hole
352
00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:43,061
Where the divers disappeare
without a trace.
353
00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:47,698
I'm wondering if this blue
hole could be the marine lai
of the lusca.
354
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:50,234
And somehow connected
to the inland blue hole
355
00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:54,038
Where sammy has his run in
with the beast.
356
00:17:54,140 --> 00:18:00,144
So much of this, I initially
just thought was stories
to keep kids from drowning
357
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,212
-In the blue holes.
-Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
358
00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:02,313
-They're dangerous,
I get it.
-Yeah.
359
00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,982
But, now we're hearing
about people dying,
360
00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:06,717
-From a supposed lusca.
-I know...
361
00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:09,554
-Charlene's story was kind
of tough to hear.
-Yeah.
362
00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:10,822
Definitely.
363
00:18:10,824 --> 00:18:13,191
[phil] the list of known
ocean predators here,
364
00:18:13,193 --> 00:18:17,428
That have the ability to kil
and consume a human
is pretty short.
365
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:20,231
And most of the names
on that list, end in shark.
366
00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:22,934
I've dived
in the bahamas before,
367
00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:25,803
And know that these waters
are home to tiger sharks,
368
00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,739
Bull sharks,
and the occasional
great white.
369
00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:32,643
If we're going to investigat
deadly diver attacks,
370
00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:35,113
We're gonna need some
experienced back up.
371
00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:36,847
-Hey, josh.
-Hey.
372
00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:39,951
Hey, team. Looks like you're
enjoying the bahamas.
Look at that, it's paradise.
373
00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:42,186
Phil, did you do a dive
in a blue hole?
374
00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:43,521
-Oh, yes.
-Mmm-hmm.
375
00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:47,024
It's dark and murky.
It's like a totally
different world.
376
00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:49,327
[josh over phone] it really
is, but the big question is
377
00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:51,062
Did you see a lusca?
378
00:18:51,131 --> 00:18:52,830
[jessica over phone] no lusc
yet.
379
00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:55,933
But phil did see saltwater
fish in the inland hole.
380
00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:59,403
And a cave that probably
connects with the ocean
blue holes.
381
00:18:59,405 --> 00:19:01,305
[phil over phone] yeah,
so there's a big
blue hole out here
382
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,141
Where some divers disappeare
383
00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:04,509
So, we're gonna go dive.
384
00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:06,210
[phil over phone] but, we'l
need some support.
385
00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:09,247
People don't call
the bahamas the shark capital
of the world for nothing.
386
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,382
You're definitely right
to be cautious, phil.
387
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:15,086
As I'm sure you know,
there are more than 40
different shark species there,
388
00:19:15,088 --> 00:19:17,722
Including some serious
apex predators.
389
00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,824
I'm gonna let phil do
the diving.
390
00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:21,225
-Thanks, jess.
-[chuckles] you're welcome.
391
00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:23,661
Well, you are in luck.
I've been diving down
there a lot.
392
00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:26,330
Uh, and I have a contact. A
shark week buddy
of mine.
393
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:27,999
Uh, and if
you want to dive
in the bahamas,
394
00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:30,501
This is the guy. So, I'm gon
connect you with him.
395
00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,637
And, uh, be careful
down there, okay?
396
00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:34,104
You got it.
397
00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,840
-Bye, josh.
-[phil over phone] see you,
josh.
398
00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:37,175
Bye-bye.
399
00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,216
[jessica] we grab the rest
of our gear and connect wit
400
00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,852
Josh's dive contact,
khrys carroll,
401
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,589
A bahamian marine scientist
who specializes in the ocea
life here.
402
00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:52,823
-This is jessica.
-Nice to meet you.
403
00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:54,191
-Nice to meet you.
-[jessica] including shark,
404
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:57,428
Octopus,
and I'm hoping,
something in between.
405
00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:02,533
Have you ever heard
of anything called the lusca?
406
00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,435
I have heard stories.
407
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,939
Divers afraid to go
in the water, cause
chances of them being eaten,
408
00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:10,708
Or snatched
by this mysterious creature.
409
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:13,044
[jessica] do you think
it's actually half shark,
half octopus?
410
00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:16,047
Or do you think it's something
that's actually based off
of a real animal?
411
00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:18,149
With the sharktopus part
of it,
412
00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:21,319
I think, that's a bit,
for me, farfetched.
413
00:20:21,321 --> 00:20:26,057
What it could be is,
a hammerhead shark
eating a very large octopus
414
00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:29,727
And some people may have
seen that and they see the,
the tentacles
415
00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:31,629
In the shark's mouth
and the shark
is swimming away.
416
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:33,698
Somebody may have seen that
and been like, "what is that?"
417
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:36,033
That's what I chunk it
up to be.
418
00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:38,102
[phil] sharks are known
to prey on octopuses,
419
00:20:38,104 --> 00:20:41,639
So it makes perfect sense
that people reporting
a creature
420
00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:45,710
With the head
of a shark and flailing
cephalopod appendages
421
00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:50,047
Could have actually witnesse
natural predation in action
422
00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:51,515
Should we gear up
and get ready?
423
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:52,917
[khrys] yes, let's do it.
Let's get in.
424
00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:54,718
Okay.
425
00:20:57,123 --> 00:21:00,224
[jessica] sure,
it's an interesting theory,
from another scientist.
426
00:21:00,226 --> 00:21:02,260
But, with so many
lusca sightings,
427
00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:05,830
They can't all simply
be seeing a shark eating
its lunch.
428
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:11,836
We close in on the coordinat
charlene gave us
for the blue hole
429
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:14,205
Where the divers
were last seen.
430
00:21:14,207 --> 00:21:17,241
And as we take our first loo
at the submerged blue hole,
431
00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:20,344
I'm suddenly extra glad
that we brought
reinforcements.
432
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,712
[jessica] holy... [bleep]
433
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,448
[phil] oh, boy.
Right there.
434
00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:31,222
[jessica] holy... [bleep]
435
00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:33,924
Oh, boy.
Right there.
436
00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:36,827
[phil] diving with sharks
is serious business.
437
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:40,398
There's safety in numbers.
So, marine scientist,
khrys carroll and I,
438
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,002
Along with our cameraman
and safety diver are going
down, as a group.
439
00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:47,538
Having extra eyes under wate
reduces the risk
440
00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:49,940
Of a sneak attack
from these ambush predators
441
00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,509
[jessica] how's that feel?
Good?
442
00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:53,244
[phil] it's good.
443
00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:56,914
[phil] the plan is
to stay alert
444
00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:01,319
And respectful of these
amazing creatures.
445
00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:03,454
Test, test, test.
Phil, do you copy?
446
00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,724
[phil over comm]
447
00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:07,725
Don't get eaten.
448
00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:10,361
[phil over comm]
449
00:22:12,231 --> 00:22:13,764
Oh, my gosh.
450
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,000
[shudders]
451
00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:24,508
[phil] in 2011, the bahamas
declared its entire marine
habitat, a shark sanctuary.
452
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:27,645
Aside from the potentially
deadly tiger and bull sharks
453
00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:33,317
This water is teeming with
hammerheads, oceanic whiteti
and caribbean reef sharks.
454
00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:37,822
Which are pretty much
surrounding me, right now.
455
00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:42,560
Though unprovoked attacks
on swimmers and divers
are rare, they do happen.
456
00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,231
[phil over comm]
457
00:22:51,604 --> 00:22:53,037
[jessica over comm] copy tha
458
00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,206
Keep your eye on those shark
459
00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:58,042
And keep your eyes open
for any caves where
a monster could live.
460
00:22:58,144 --> 00:23:01,345
Or tunnels where it could be
using to travel inland.
461
00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:04,515
[phil] a recent study found
that more than half
of americans
462
00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:07,218
Are absolutely terrified
of sharks,
463
00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,954
Though most people
would never actually
encounter one.
464
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,590
Even in areas where sharks
are more common,
465
00:23:12,592 --> 00:23:15,559
I think it's possible fear
can alter perception
466
00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:19,263
To the point that some migh
believe they've seen
a monster.
467
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:22,032
Perhaps, witnesses are leani
into lusca legend
468
00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,935
When they see either
a larger than average octopu
469
00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:28,305
Or as khrys suspects,
a shark eating an octopus.
470
00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:32,309
[phil over comm]
471
00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:35,846
[phil] so, I'll be searchin
the blue hole where
the divers disappeared
472
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,948
For signs
of an oversized predator.
473
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:47,425
[phil over comm]
474
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:51,862
[jessica over comm] how big
is it?
475
00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,063
Is it lusca big?
476
00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:54,532
[phil over comm]
477
00:23:57,703 --> 00:24:00,905
[phil] octopuses are master
at marine hide and seek.
478
00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:03,040
They have cells
called chromatophores
in their skin
479
00:24:03,142 --> 00:24:05,042
That allow them
to adjust their color
480
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,211
And papillae that change
their texture.
481
00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:09,046
All to better match
their environment.
482
00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:12,316
[phil over comm]
483
00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:14,452
[jessica] if a lusca
can camouflage itself,
484
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,122
Maybe that's how it's manage
to remain so elusive
over the years.
485
00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:21,258
And, if it also has
the intelligence
of an octopus,
486
00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:26,297
Combined with the power
of a shark,
that is one formidable beast
487
00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:30,434
But, you don't have to be
a biologist to know that
sharks and octopuses
488
00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:32,236
Are very different animals.
489
00:24:32,305 --> 00:24:35,906
It gets me wondering how
such a hybrid could come
to exist.
490
00:24:35,908 --> 00:24:39,844
Do you see any caves
or channels that lead to
any of the inland blue holes?
491
00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:42,046
[jessica over comm] where
a lusca could live or hide?
492
00:24:42,048 --> 00:24:43,047
[phil over comm]
493
00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,519
[phil over comm]
494
00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,602
Okay, you stay there,
send khrys up,
495
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:08,439
I'll have him sit next to me
and help me guide the rov
around and we'll figure out
496
00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:09,840
How to tackle this thing.
497
00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:11,141
[phil over comm]
498
00:25:17,316 --> 00:25:18,716
All right. Copy.
499
00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:22,319
[phil] while we're waiting
for the rov to arrive,
500
00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:23,954
The crew and I stay
on the lookout
501
00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:25,723
For the return of any sharks
502
00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:30,928
Most sharks
are crepuscular hunters.
503
00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:33,330
Meaning they seek prey
at dawn and dusk.
504
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:36,934
And with sunset
quickly approaching,
505
00:25:37,003 --> 00:25:39,703
I'd rather not be down here
when the dinner bell rings.
506
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,109
[jessica] rov
in the water really quick.
507
00:25:48,481 --> 00:25:49,547
Rov's in.
508
00:25:58,324 --> 00:26:00,424
[jessica] so, towards
the front, straight down.
509
00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,433
-[khrys] oh, that's a phil.
-[jessica] that's a phil.
510
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:13,037
Follow them into the crevice,
into the crack.
511
00:26:17,643 --> 00:26:19,310
[phil over comm]
512
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:24,748
[phil] I wonder
if this current is flowing
into an inland blue hole.
513
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:28,452
Like the one where sammy
was attacked by what
he believed was a lusca.
514
00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:35,025
What he encountered could
have been a misidentified
ocean animal
515
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:37,695
That found its way inland
through this tunnel.
516
00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:38,929
But, what is it?
517
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,764
[khrys] that's it.
That's the crevice
right there.
518
00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:43,133
[phil over comm]
519
00:26:44,437 --> 00:26:47,938
[jessica] if some kind
of strong creature dragged
divers in here,
520
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,007
Good chance they
wouldn't be found.
521
00:26:50,009 --> 00:26:53,944
I mean, it's like,
pure darkness.
522
00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:58,916
If we go down, then you're
gonna see another opening,
523
00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:01,318
But it's too small for us
to go down with our gear on.
524
00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:03,621
[jessica] let's drop down.
525
00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:07,224
[phil over comm]
526
00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:10,494
[jessica over comm] we are
at 30.8 meters depth.
527
00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:16,734
That looks pretty tight,
actually. Let me see if I can
get this rov in there.
528
00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,103
-We might be losing
this bad boy today.
-[khrys] oh.
529
00:27:22,541 --> 00:27:25,109
[khrys] oh, okay, I don't
think we went down, this deep.
530
00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,844
This is new.
531
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,347
Who knows what's down there?
532
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:33,250
[jessica] got plenty of line,
right?
533
00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:35,452
[khrys] we have tons.
534
00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:38,656
[jessica] this is nice, cause
I have a little bit of the um,
side of the rock wall
535
00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:40,424
In the view finder.
536
00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:43,060
Which is helping me
kind of get some bearings.
537
00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:47,131
Ooh, I just got hit
by something.
538
00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:51,635
-[khrys] what do you think
it was?
-Ah, I don't know.
539
00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:53,837
I mean, I can't tell
if I landed on something,
540
00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:55,439
Or if something grabbed
the rov.
541
00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:57,207
[khrys] how deep are we?
542
00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:59,309
[jessica] we are at
50.4 meters.
543
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,946
Oh, see? Something's
grabbing it.
544
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:04,448
Oh, my god, something
grabbed it.
545
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:11,622
[jessica] oh, my god,
something grabbed it.
546
00:28:11,624 --> 00:28:13,657
I'm not even touching
the controllers right now.
547
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:15,926
Yeah, something's dragging it.
548
00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:18,962
I mean, something's definitely
attacking the rov.
549
00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:23,300
[jessica] or something's
attacking the line
and messing with it.
550
00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:24,802
Look at this.
551
00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:25,703
[khrys] that's a strong
current.
552
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:28,105
[jessica] that's really weird.
553
00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:31,408
[jessica over comm] phil,
do you see any movement righ
now, in that crevice?
554
00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:33,510
Something's messing
with the rov.
555
00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,345
[phil over comm]
556
00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:38,949
Look at the flow
of the particles in the water.
557
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,951
Look how fast
they're flowing.
558
00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,721
Mmm-hmm and they all seem
to be flowing, kind of down
in that direction
559
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:45,956
And then they get caught
in that little whirlpool area.
560
00:28:46,025 --> 00:28:49,827
I think, we've reached a point
where the current is at
its strongest.
561
00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:52,429
It's getting
sucked around, like it's
in a washing machine.
562
00:28:53,632 --> 00:28:55,099
Would that mean that
that's a channel that
563
00:28:55,101 --> 00:28:57,034
Leads to one of the inland
blue holes?
564
00:28:57,103 --> 00:28:57,901
Very well.
565
00:28:57,903 --> 00:28:59,403
[jessica] this hidden tunne
566
00:28:59,405 --> 00:29:02,106
Could explain how the lusca
has been attacking people
567
00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:05,042
In both, the inland
and offshore blue holes,
568
00:29:05,111 --> 00:29:08,645
While also managing
to stay so elusive.
569
00:29:08,714 --> 00:29:12,049
Whatever's down there,
it's going to destroy
my robot.
570
00:29:12,051 --> 00:29:13,117
Or worse.
571
00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:14,718
Phil, do you copy?
572
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,720
[jessica over comm] I'm havi
problems with the rov.
573
00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,722
I've got to bring it back up,
before I lose it.
574
00:29:19,225 --> 00:29:20,958
[phil over comm]
575
00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:25,629
[jessica] all right, we are at
eight meters and rising.
576
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,439
[phil] whoo!
577
00:29:35,508 --> 00:29:37,407
[jessica grunts] got it.
578
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:42,045
-Whoo.
-[phil] okay, jess,
what did you see?
579
00:29:42,047 --> 00:29:45,949
Well, I mean we--
we got past where you guys
had originally dove.
580
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,252
-Okay.
-[jessica] and then it just
started spinning everywhere.
581
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,522
Flipping, flopping, spinning
around, I couldn't control it,
at all.
582
00:29:51,524 --> 00:29:55,125
At all. So, I don't know,
may be something
was yanking on it.
583
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,961
All right, there definitely
were a few times where it felt
like something had hit it.
584
00:29:57,963 --> 00:29:59,129
-[phil] weird.
-Yes.
585
00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:01,031
[jessica] I mean, I was down
to 50 meters.
586
00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:03,600
-Wow.
-And then, everything went
to [bleep]
587
00:30:03,602 --> 00:30:06,837
Was there a giant shark
slash octopus in there?
588
00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:09,840
[jessica] I mean, may be,
it definitely got hit
by something.
589
00:30:11,944 --> 00:30:14,444
[phil] I know jess thinks
a lusca hiding in the caver
590
00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:16,346
Could have attacked
the rov.
591
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:19,149
And possibly the divers
that went missing.
592
00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:21,518
But, I felt that strong
current firsthand
593
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,222
And at high tide, that pull
would be even stronger.
594
00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:27,558
That makes me think
the current could
have possibly
595
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,860
Played a role
in the divers' disappearance
596
00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:32,963
Dragging and trapping them
deep inside a rocky tunnel.
597
00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:35,165
It could also be
what dragged the rov.
598
00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:37,601
[jessica] all right, let's
pack it up.
599
00:30:37,603 --> 00:30:40,337
[jessica] the current might
explain what happened
to the divers,
600
00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:44,107
But it doesn't explain
the generations
of lusca sightings.
601
00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:47,311
I think, we need to expand
our search for clues.
602
00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:49,780
I recall josh mentioned
that some locals believed
603
00:30:49,782 --> 00:30:52,516
The monster reports over
the past few decades,
604
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:56,420
Are tied to a now,
abandoned military
facility on the island.
605
00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:00,224
To find out if any work
they were doing there
606
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:02,626
Could somehow be connected
to the lusca,
607
00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:07,598
I've tracked down a former
high security clearance
contractor who worked there
608
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,134
What was your job
with the military base?
609
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:14,304
I was involved in the recove
spec torpedoes
610
00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:16,340
At the conclusion of attache
611
00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:19,009
We understand there's a lot
about your job you cannot
talk about.
612
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:23,247
But, we're hoping to gain
some insight into what type
of military activity
613
00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,415
Was happening here,
on andros island.
614
00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:30,053
Weapons testing,
sea trials, war games,
things of that nature.
615
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:34,358
Were you ever aware of any
kind of experiments
on animals?
616
00:31:34,426 --> 00:31:37,027
Yes, there was some activit
with marine life.
617
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:41,798
They have used dolphins
and other animals,
618
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,800
And some techniques.
619
00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:47,004
It wasn't part of what I did
but I am aware of it.
620
00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:49,373
Due to the secret
nature of the work there,
621
00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:51,241
There were a lot
of things that
622
00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:54,778
You would kind of see and b
aware of, but you were
supposed to just ignore it.
623
00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:56,446
You didn't talk about it.
624
00:31:56,448 --> 00:32:00,617
Did you ever see anything,
I guess out of the ordinary,
in the waters out here?
625
00:32:00,619 --> 00:32:02,953
Y'know there was a lot
of animals in the waters.
So...
626
00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:04,554
Particularly, a lot of shark
627
00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:07,291
They always seemed
to be attracted to that area
628
00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:08,458
Ha, that's interesting.
629
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,995
So, I guess,
given the compartmentalization
630
00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:15,299
Of the top secret research
that was happening there,
631
00:32:15,301 --> 00:32:18,802
And you add on
history of using,
I don't know,
632
00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:20,604
Dolphins and other marine life
in research,
633
00:32:20,606 --> 00:32:22,506
Do you think it's possible
that some of that research
634
00:32:22,508 --> 00:32:24,308
Was happening here,
on this island?
635
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,476
Yeah, you can't rule it out
636
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:27,610
-[jessica] yeah.
-[phil] perfect.
637
00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,846
So, if we wanted to go
and check out this facility,
638
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,116
Where would we have to go
on the island, like what
should we look for?
639
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:37,120
[jessica] dave gives us
the approximate coordinates
of the old military site.
640
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:39,656
A location that we agreed
not to reveal.
641
00:32:39,725 --> 00:32:41,425
[phil] well, thanks
for the leads, dave.
642
00:32:41,427 --> 00:32:42,326
Glad to help.
643
00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:44,661
Well, that was some
good intel.
644
00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:47,698
Yeah, I... It's...
645
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,434
Here's the deal, do I think
the military was experimenting
646
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:53,537
-And made some shark-octopus
hybrid?
-Sharktopus?
647
00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:55,038
-No.
-[jessica] mmm-hmm.
648
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,941
Do I think top secret activity
around here
649
00:32:58,010 --> 00:33:01,712
Could easily be playing a role
in the lusca legend?
650
00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:03,580
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
651
00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:05,282
[phil] I think we should try
and find that abandoned base.
652
00:33:05,284 --> 00:33:06,916
Perfect.
653
00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:13,523
[jessica] we head back
on our boat to explore
the shoreline.
654
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:16,593
The plan is to look
for evidence of any
scientific research
655
00:33:16,595 --> 00:33:19,429
That might have been
conducted on marine life.
656
00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:22,532
Things like lab equipment
or animal holding tanks
657
00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:25,202
Could be clues to what
was happening there.
658
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:29,306
The question in my mind is,
could they have been trying
to harness the unique,
659
00:33:29,308 --> 00:33:32,242
Innate abilities of both,
sharks and octopuses
660
00:33:32,311 --> 00:33:34,711
For some kind
of military purpose?
661
00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,146
All right, so what do you
think we should be
looking for,
662
00:33:36,248 --> 00:33:37,948
Besides abandoned buildings?
663
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,451
[phil] they probably have
some sort of access
to the water.
664
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:46,490
Either a dock or some kind
of gate that would open up
to the water,
665
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:49,559
-Especially if they're doing
research in the water.
-[jessica] yeah.
666
00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:50,961
-Can I see those really quick?
-[phil] yeah.
667
00:33:50,963 --> 00:33:53,230
I wanna just do a quick scan.
668
00:33:53,232 --> 00:33:55,932
All right, I'm not
seeing anything.
669
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:59,302
And one thing to keep
in mind too is, this thing
was abandoned
670
00:33:59,304 --> 00:34:02,305
Decades ago, so it could be
overgrown.
671
00:34:03,108 --> 00:34:05,108
[jessica] ooh, what's that?
672
00:34:06,345 --> 00:34:07,444
Check this out.
673
00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:11,114
Wow, okay.
674
00:34:11,116 --> 00:34:13,150
-[phil] looks fortified.
-[jessica] yeah.
675
00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:15,452
-[phil] looks very abandoned.
-[jessica] access
to the water.
676
00:34:15,521 --> 00:34:16,820
Access to the water.
677
00:34:18,223 --> 00:34:19,322
Jess, I'm thinking,
this is it.
678
00:34:19,324 --> 00:34:20,924
[jessica] I think
you're right.
679
00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:23,627
To find out if this was som
kind of military testing
facility,
680
00:34:23,629 --> 00:34:25,362
We need a closer look.
681
00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:29,199
[phil] check this out, jess.
682
00:34:29,201 --> 00:34:31,401
-[phil] wow.
-[jessica] ooh, this is cool.
683
00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:33,303
[phil] it's way bigger
than it looked from shore.
684
00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:35,939
[jessica] yeah, I mean,
it extends all the way down.
685
00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:37,307
Well, I'm gonna go inside.
686
00:34:37,309 --> 00:34:39,076
Okay, I'm gonna leave
the rov here.
687
00:34:39,078 --> 00:34:41,711
-[jessica] okay.
-[phil] and yeah,
see what we can find.
688
00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:44,748
[jessica] ooh, this is creepy.
689
00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:47,217
Look at all the old wires
and insulation.
690
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:51,822
Got to say, this cement
has held up pretty well
691
00:34:51,824 --> 00:34:53,523
-Over time,
from all the storms.
-[jessica] mmm-hmm.
692
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:56,226
[phil] but, everything else,
did not.
693
00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:58,829
[jessica] I'm gonna go
check over here.
694
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:08,237
[phil] seeing anything
over there?
695
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,440
[jessica] I'm gonna go
head back and check out
the outside.
696
00:35:11,243 --> 00:35:12,409
[phil] okay.
697
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,418
Oh, yeah. What's that?
698
00:35:22,321 --> 00:35:24,020
[phil] concrete bar
just sticking right out.
699
00:35:25,023 --> 00:35:26,423
Gonna move under this quickly.
700
00:35:26,959 --> 00:35:27,858
[branch snaps]
701
00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:29,126
Oh!
702
00:35:30,062 --> 00:35:32,629
[jessica] oh, I got
something, phil.
703
00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:38,401
Recruiting wild animals
for military service
704
00:35:38,403 --> 00:35:40,403
May seem like a science
fiction plot.
705
00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:42,305
But, surprisingly,
it's happened.
706
00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:44,674
Or, I should say,
it's been attempted.
707
00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:47,210
[josh] during world war ii,
the american military
708
00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:50,046
Experimented with strapping
miniature explosives
709
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,415
To mexican free-tailed bats
710
00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:55,218
In something known
as project x-ray.
711
00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:58,255
The idea was that a plane
would drop special shells
712
00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:00,790
Filled with millions of thes
tiny bombers,
713
00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:04,327
Which would then shelter
in the eaves of homes
and buildings,
714
00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:05,929
Which is when
they would detonate,
715
00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:10,233
Igniting devastating inferno
all across enemy territory.
716
00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:13,436
Unfortunately, at the testing
site in new mexico,
717
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:15,906
A few of these fully loaded
bats escaped.
718
00:36:15,908 --> 00:36:18,808
[josh] and roosted under
a massive fuel tank.
719
00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:23,213
Half of carlsbad army airfie
and a general's car
were destroyed.
720
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:26,616
The army wisely decided
to explore other projects,
721
00:36:26,618 --> 00:36:29,619
Leaving weaponized bat attacks
to bruce wayne.
722
00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:34,624
[jessica] oh, I got
something, phil.
723
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,059
-[phil] you got something?
-Yeah.
724
00:36:36,161 --> 00:36:37,527
[phil] all right,
give me a sec.
725
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:38,662
[jessica] yeah, it's a sign
that says,
726
00:36:38,664 --> 00:36:41,431
"warning, no trespassing,
government property."
727
00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:42,499
-[jessica] check it out.
-[phil] oh, yeah.
728
00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,234
I guess, the only problem is--
729
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:45,702
Completely cleaned out?
730
00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:48,538
-It's pretty cleaned out.
-[jessica] yeah.
731
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:52,309
[jessica] if this waterfron
research facility was studyi
marine life,
732
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:57,247
It would make sense that par
of the facility might actual
be underwater.
733
00:36:57,316 --> 00:37:01,251
This would also keep any
secret experiments away
from prying eyes.
734
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,221
But, not away from
out rov.
735
00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:06,489
I'm hoping we'll find some
submerged signs
736
00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,725
That this place,
is connected to the lusca.
737
00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:11,728
-[jessica] all right.
-[phil] off it goes.
See what we find out there.
738
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,530
[jessica] okay, going under.
739
00:37:15,701 --> 00:37:16,633
[water splashing]
740
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:21,204
[phil] all right, seeing
some coral.
741
00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:23,506
[jessica] yeah. No, that's all
empty, just sand.
742
00:37:24,009 --> 00:37:25,574
Ooh, what's that?
743
00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:28,612
-Yeah, there's definitely
structures under the water.
-[jessica] yeah?
744
00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:30,680
[jessica] yeah, for sure.
What is this?
745
00:37:30,682 --> 00:37:32,916
[phil] oh, we got some posts
in the water.
746
00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:35,051
-[jessica] that looks like
a dock post.
-[phil] totally does.
747
00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:40,457
Okay, so we've got [sighs]
confirmation on structures,
748
00:37:40,525 --> 00:37:43,627
But I'm not seeing anything
that says they're doing
any experiments, yet.
749
00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:48,431
Yeah, I'm not seeing anything
that indicates they
would have made
750
00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:51,735
Some kind of structure
to keep something in.
751
00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:52,802
Yeah.
752
00:37:56,108 --> 00:38:00,143
-Oh.
-Oh... [bleep]
753
00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:02,445
-[jessica] that's a cage,
right?
-[phil] that's a cage.
754
00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:05,715
That looks too big
to be a crab pot.
755
00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:07,150
Here's the thing though,
756
00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:10,920
There's no way that,
that cage is going
to hold a huge lusca.
757
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:14,057
I'm not taking about a lusca,
I'm just saying,
758
00:38:14,059 --> 00:38:16,826
This is showing that
they probably held
759
00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:18,561
-Animals out there.
-Animals. Yeah.
760
00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:20,964
The octopuses, could be
all sorts of things.
761
00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:21,998
[jessica] there's
another one.
762
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,300
[phil] there's another
cage. Just a minute.
763
00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,802
-There's a fish in it.
-There's a fish
inside it.
764
00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:28,605
[jessica] I mean, it wouldn't
surprise me
765
00:38:28,607 --> 00:38:32,042
If the military was doing
something with the marine
life around here.
766
00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:35,712
The problem is there's not
really any good way for us
to find out what.
767
00:38:35,714 --> 00:38:37,947
Nobody's gonna talk.
768
00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:40,750
[jessica] I mean,
this is as good as
it's going to get.
769
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:43,219
For me, it's really hard
to say that what was happening
770
00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:48,058
Here, decades ago,
has to do with the legend
of the lusca, today.
771
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:50,660
-Yeah.
-[phil] there was a lot
of secrecy, obviously.
772
00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:53,196
Who knows what they had
in these cages,
773
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:56,599
But I don't know if that
relates to the blue holes.
774
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:59,302
I just feel like every
little bit adds up.
775
00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:03,106
It's just that it's not
necessarily a clear picture.
776
00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,741
[phil] see, the bottom line is
777
00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:08,144
There's a lot of hidden
secrets in the water
out there.
778
00:39:08,213 --> 00:39:09,412
Mmm-hmm.
779
00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:11,948
It's just hard to know
what exactly they were doing.
780
00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:13,149
Yeah, I agree.
781
00:39:17,189 --> 00:39:19,255
[josh] when my team returne
from andros,
782
00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:21,658
We reviewed the evidence
to piece together
783
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,661
What's behind the legend
of the lusca.
784
00:39:24,729 --> 00:39:27,731
Phil and jess might have fou
a possible explanation
785
00:39:27,733 --> 00:39:31,935
For what happened to at leas
some of those reported missi
in the blue holes.
786
00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:34,304
[phil over comm]
787
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:39,709
[josh] perhaps, they got
trapped inside the tunnels
788
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,212
Connecting the inland
and ocean caverns.
789
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:47,117
Jess' rov almost fell
victim to this phenomenon.
790
00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:50,019
The footage clearly shows
the strength of the current
791
00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:54,190
But, she remains convinced
that there was something
else down there.
792
00:39:54,192 --> 00:39:56,259
[jessica] oh, my god.
Something grabbed it.
793
00:39:56,361 --> 00:39:59,963
[josh] and when we examined
the footage, frame by frame
794
00:39:59,965 --> 00:40:03,299
We did see something
we can't identify.
795
00:40:03,301 --> 00:40:06,202
Could that be a tentacle
from a large sea beast
796
00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:09,105
Getting handsy
with an intruder in its lair
797
00:40:09,107 --> 00:40:11,241
Or is it merely the arm
of an octopus?
798
00:40:11,342 --> 00:40:13,143
Or a stray piece of kelp?
799
00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:16,613
Without more footage,
we can't say for sure.
800
00:40:16,615 --> 00:40:20,350
Between the former employee'
testimony and what
my team uncovered,
801
00:40:20,419 --> 00:40:24,320
There are indications some
kind of research involving
marine life
802
00:40:24,322 --> 00:40:27,557
Was happening at a now,
abandoned military site.
803
00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:29,726
-Oh.
-Oh... [bleep]
804
00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:31,361
[jessica] that's a cage,
right?
805
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,731
[josh] is it possible that
reports of an aggressive
sea monster
806
00:40:34,733 --> 00:40:37,934
Were intentionally fueled
to keep the curious away
807
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:40,703
From what was really
going on in these waters?
808
00:40:40,705 --> 00:40:44,207
Something that
remains classified.
809
00:40:44,209 --> 00:40:47,811
Still, we can't discount
the many witness reports
over the years.
810
00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:55,552
[josh] but it's also hard
to reconcile the existence
of a sharktopus.
811
00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:58,254
So, until hard, physical
evidence surfaces,
812
00:40:58,323 --> 00:41:01,825
I'll lean toward a more
plausible scientific theory
813
00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:04,761
What it could be is,
a hammerhead shark
814
00:41:04,863 --> 00:41:06,463
Eating a very large octopus
815
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:10,633
And they see the,
the tentacles
in the shark's mouth.
816
00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:12,802
[josh] for the people
of andros island, however,
817
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:17,240
The lusca remains a creature
both feared and fascinating
818
00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:19,309
Very much alive
in their legends.
819
00:41:22,047 --> 00:41:24,814
And in their nightmares.
820
00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:27,116
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821
00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:30,420
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