1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,833 - Tonight, on "The Proof Is Out There." 2 00:00:03,917 --> 00:00:05,333 Are UFOs hiding in the clouds? 3 00:00:05,375 --> 00:00:08,125 - Whatever's in this photo is clearly unnatural. 4 00:00:08,208 --> 00:00:10,375 - [Tony] Is Bigfoot hiding in Ohio? 5 00:00:10,458 --> 00:00:13,625 - Tons of Bigfoot reports come out of this particular area. 6 00:00:13,708 --> 00:00:15,625 - [Tony] Is there an ancient secret hiding 7 00:00:15,708 --> 00:00:17,417 on this beach? 8 00:00:17,542 --> 00:00:20,250 - [Martin] I've never in my life seen anything like that. 9 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:22,167 - [Tony] And on this medieval sword? 10 00:00:22,208 --> 00:00:24,542 - You can almost feel the mystery 11 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:25,958 emanating from this blade. 12 00:00:26,042 --> 00:00:28,375 (dramatic music) 13 00:00:31,292 --> 00:00:33,000 - [Tony] Around the globe are videos. 14 00:00:33,083 --> 00:00:34,750 - [Witness] What are those things? 15 00:00:34,833 --> 00:00:36,208 - [Witness] It's moving. 16 00:00:36,292 --> 00:00:39,667 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 17 00:00:39,750 --> 00:00:41,667 (electric buzzing) 18 00:00:45,083 --> 00:00:47,000 - [Expert] We don't know where they come from, 19 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:48,625 who made them, or how they operate. 20 00:00:48,708 --> 00:00:50,042 - [Tony] What are they? 21 00:00:50,167 --> 00:00:51,500 - [MJ] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 22 00:00:51,583 --> 00:00:53,417 - [Marc] What's exciting is nobody really knows. 23 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:56,667 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 24 00:00:58,708 --> 00:00:59,875 - I'm Tony Harris 25 00:00:59,958 --> 00:01:02,042 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 26 00:01:02,125 --> 00:01:04,958 I've followed the facts where they take me. 27 00:01:05,042 --> 00:01:07,208 Now, I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 28 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:10,042 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 29 00:01:11,042 --> 00:01:13,750 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 30 00:01:13,875 --> 00:01:15,250 - It's a credible case. 31 00:01:15,333 --> 00:01:16,958 It's a credible video. 32 00:01:17,042 --> 00:01:19,708 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 33 00:01:19,792 --> 00:01:21,792 - This video was clearly faked. 34 00:01:21,875 --> 00:01:23,750 - The proof starts now. 35 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:26,167 (dramatic music) 36 00:01:32,458 --> 00:01:35,333 Good evening and welcome to "The Proof Is Out There." 37 00:01:35,375 --> 00:01:40,375 UFOs are frequently reported to be hiding in or near clouds. 38 00:01:40,458 --> 00:01:45,208 Case in point, last season we examined a 1971 photograph 39 00:01:45,292 --> 00:01:48,167 of an alleged metallic disk nestled in the clouds 40 00:01:48,250 --> 00:01:50,500 above Lake Cote, Costa Rica. 41 00:01:50,583 --> 00:01:54,542 Our next story suggests that this is an ongoing trend. 42 00:01:55,958 --> 00:02:00,792 February 14th, 2010, 45 miles southeast of Santiago, Chile, 43 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:04,250 a family of three arrives near the El Yeso Reservoir 44 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:06,250 for a Sunday picnic in the Andes. 45 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,542 It's a beautiful day, 46 00:02:07,625 --> 00:02:10,125 so the mother takes 16 pictures of the valley 47 00:02:10,208 --> 00:02:12,917 and the sky up above with her digital camera. 48 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:15,833 It isn't until they return home and review the photos 49 00:02:15,958 --> 00:02:18,083 that she realizes what she's captured. 50 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:21,208 One of the photos shows the sun shining 51 00:02:21,292 --> 00:02:23,125 in the middle of bright white clouds. 52 00:02:23,208 --> 00:02:25,958 Above it to the left is a band of reddish clouds 53 00:02:26,042 --> 00:02:27,625 and embedded within 54 00:02:27,708 --> 00:02:30,667 is a seemingly massive saucer-shaped object. 55 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:33,000 The Chilean government reviewed the photos 56 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:34,958 and shared them with Ted Roe who runs the 57 00:02:35,042 --> 00:02:38,500 National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, 58 00:02:38,583 --> 00:02:39,917 or NARCAP. 59 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 He conducted an exhaustive analysis of these photographs. 60 00:02:43,042 --> 00:02:45,000 - The photograph contains an anomaly 61 00:02:45,083 --> 00:02:47,750 in the upper left-hand quadrant. 62 00:02:47,833 --> 00:02:49,083 You see the sun, 63 00:02:49,208 --> 00:02:51,583 you see a fluffy layer of cumulus clouds, 64 00:02:51,667 --> 00:02:54,500 and then behind them, you see a layer of reddish clouds. 65 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:57,667 And embedded in those clouds is what appears 66 00:02:57,792 --> 00:02:59,583 to be part of a disk. 67 00:02:59,708 --> 00:03:01,167 - [Tony] The lines you're seeing across 68 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,500 this photograph represents separate sections 69 00:03:03,625 --> 00:03:06,375 the NARCAP analysts used to record light levels 70 00:03:06,458 --> 00:03:09,625 in the photo and determine if the object was solid. 71 00:03:09,708 --> 00:03:12,333 - You wanna understand how that light is distributed. 72 00:03:12,417 --> 00:03:15,750 Looking at the red, green, and blue factors primarily 73 00:03:15,833 --> 00:03:18,292 and studying the luminance of the object 74 00:03:18,375 --> 00:03:20,292 and of the environment. 75 00:03:20,375 --> 00:03:22,458 - [Tony] Each section is given a number value 76 00:03:22,542 --> 00:03:25,333 and when that data was compared to the surrounding area, 77 00:03:25,417 --> 00:03:27,292 here's what NARCAP concluded. 78 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:30,167 - This study resolves that this is, in fact, 79 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:31,625 an external anomaly. 80 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:34,500 It does not appear to be inserted in the photograph, 81 00:03:34,583 --> 00:03:37,708 so we're left with an unidentified aerial phenomenon. 82 00:03:39,417 --> 00:03:41,125 - [Tony] Journalist MJ Banias notes 83 00:03:41,208 --> 00:03:42,375 that Chile is often mentioned 84 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:44,542 as the country with the highest recorded number 85 00:03:44,667 --> 00:03:45,833 of UFO sightings. 86 00:03:45,917 --> 00:03:48,375 UFO enthusiasts have even claimed this lagoon 87 00:03:48,542 --> 00:03:50,458 that lies behind the mountains surrounding 88 00:03:50,542 --> 00:03:54,000 the El Yeso Reservoir could be a UFO landing strip. 89 00:03:54,042 --> 00:03:55,500 - We have countless other reports 90 00:03:55,583 --> 00:03:58,667 of UFO-shaped clouds all over Chile. 91 00:03:58,708 --> 00:04:01,167 There's reports out of Sobre, Maricunga, 92 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:03,208 and the Chilean Patagonia. 93 00:04:03,333 --> 00:04:06,167 We also have a lot of reports of other UFO sightings 94 00:04:06,292 --> 00:04:08,167 around the El Yeso Reservoir. 95 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:09,375 - [Tony] As for the photos showing 96 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:11,500 an alleged UFO in the clouds. 97 00:04:11,583 --> 00:04:14,375 - There's the theory out there that UFOs 98 00:04:14,375 --> 00:04:18,250 will hide in clouds or even generate clouds around them 99 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:20,292 to stay hidden from humans. 100 00:04:21,375 --> 00:04:23,208 - In January 2023, 101 00:04:23,292 --> 00:04:26,208 a similar UFO-shaped cloud shocked residents 102 00:04:26,292 --> 00:04:27,500 of a city in Turkey. 103 00:04:27,583 --> 00:04:29,833 It hung in the skies for over an hour. 104 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:33,250 What they captured here was a lenticular cloud, 105 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:36,125 which forms when air blows across tall structures 106 00:04:36,208 --> 00:04:37,292 like a mountain range, 107 00:04:37,375 --> 00:04:39,542 and causes vapor to condense 108 00:04:39,667 --> 00:04:42,500 in these stunning, disk-like shapes. 109 00:04:42,583 --> 00:04:44,833 So could the object seen in our Chilean photo 110 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:49,167 have a similar explanation or is it a genuine UFO? 111 00:04:49,208 --> 00:04:51,500 (tense music) 112 00:04:53,208 --> 00:04:55,000 First, are we actually looking at something 113 00:04:55,083 --> 00:04:57,333 in the sky or something in the camera? 114 00:04:57,375 --> 00:04:59,667 Astronomer and video effects designer Marc D'Antonio 115 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:02,375 has a theory that starts with those strange colors seen 116 00:05:02,458 --> 00:05:03,833 in the sky. 117 00:05:03,875 --> 00:05:06,250 - These are cirrus clouds. 118 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:08,542 They're ice crystals at high altitude 119 00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:10,667 that form in the atmosphere, 120 00:05:10,708 --> 00:05:13,583 and sometimes the way the sun hits them, 121 00:05:13,667 --> 00:05:16,583 you get this beautiful prismatic effect. 122 00:05:16,667 --> 00:05:20,000 And that's what we're seeing here, in my view. 123 00:05:20,042 --> 00:05:21,083 Here's another thing. 124 00:05:21,167 --> 00:05:23,333 If we divide the image in half, 125 00:05:23,417 --> 00:05:25,708 we have the sun over here and the object over here, 126 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,667 and the distance from the center of frame 127 00:05:27,708 --> 00:05:29,667 to that object is the same. 128 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:31,667 The likelihood is very small 129 00:05:31,750 --> 00:05:35,833 that an object is gonna be exactly the same distance away 130 00:05:35,875 --> 00:05:38,333 from the center of the frame as the sun, 131 00:05:38,375 --> 00:05:41,333 unless you're a lens flare. 132 00:05:41,375 --> 00:05:43,042 - [Tony] Lens flares that can take the form 133 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:45,958 of rings, spheres, starbursts, and other shapes 134 00:05:46,042 --> 00:05:48,875 are caused when bright light hits the camera lens, 135 00:05:48,958 --> 00:05:50,333 creating artifacts. 136 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:53,625 But meteorologist Juan Hernandez respectfully disagrees 137 00:05:53,708 --> 00:05:55,250 with the lens flare theory. 138 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:56,833 - Although I'm not a photography expert, 139 00:05:56,875 --> 00:05:59,875 it does not seem like we're looking at a camera artifact. 140 00:05:59,958 --> 00:06:03,792 We have this odd, orange spot within the clouds. 141 00:06:03,875 --> 00:06:07,500 I'm not exactly sure why that would appear in that location. 142 00:06:07,542 --> 00:06:10,833 Oftentimes, camera artifacts might look like lines. 143 00:06:10,917 --> 00:06:15,125 In this case, we see a blob in the middle of the clouds. 144 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:16,917 - [Tony] Hernandez explores the notion 145 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,333 that what we're seeing could be lenticular clouds, 146 00:06:20,417 --> 00:06:22,833 which are commonly mistaken for UFOs. 147 00:06:22,958 --> 00:06:26,167 - It's possible to have lenticular clouds in the Andes, 148 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:28,000 but only under certain conditions 149 00:06:28,083 --> 00:06:31,292 and those conditions were not met this specific day. 150 00:06:31,375 --> 00:06:33,750 We would be looking for more moisture in the air 151 00:06:33,833 --> 00:06:36,875 and faster flow in the wind speed. 152 00:06:36,958 --> 00:06:39,500 - [Tony] For Hernandez, it's the reddish hue 153 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:40,708 that's the biggest mystery. 154 00:06:40,708 --> 00:06:44,292 - The likely explanation towards a reddish hue 155 00:06:44,375 --> 00:06:47,417 to any cloud would be a setting sun. 156 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:49,500 We obviously don't have a setting sun. 157 00:06:49,583 --> 00:06:51,167 It's the middle of the day. 158 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:54,542 - [Tony] Physicist Matthew Szydagis agrees with Hernandez 159 00:06:54,625 --> 00:06:57,667 that this thing is, indeed, a thing. 160 00:06:57,708 --> 00:06:59,833 - The photograph has been studied 161 00:06:59,917 --> 00:07:04,500 by UFO experts looking for mundane explanations, 162 00:07:04,542 --> 00:07:06,167 like nearby aircraft, 163 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:10,000 and they did come up empty for this day and time. 164 00:07:10,083 --> 00:07:12,167 - [Tony] After carefully reviewing the NARCAP report, 165 00:07:12,250 --> 00:07:14,125 Szydagis agrees with their findings. 166 00:07:14,208 --> 00:07:18,500 - I agree with the conclusion of the NARCAP report, 167 00:07:18,583 --> 00:07:23,000 which suggested that this object is truly unidentified. 168 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:25,708 So it's a genuine UFO. 169 00:07:25,708 --> 00:07:28,042 That doesn't mean it's an alien spacecraft. 170 00:07:28,208 --> 00:07:32,458 It's simply means we are unable to identify what it is. 171 00:07:33,875 --> 00:07:36,042 (tense music) 172 00:07:37,417 --> 00:07:38,750 - Well, there you have it. 173 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:41,083 We're calling this a genuine UFO. 174 00:07:41,208 --> 00:07:44,125 While the Chilean government has yet to comment on the photo, 175 00:07:44,208 --> 00:07:47,333 NARCAP has released their 23-page case report 176 00:07:47,417 --> 00:07:49,500 to the public, and for more information, 177 00:07:49,583 --> 00:07:51,833 you can visit narcap.org. 178 00:07:52,875 --> 00:07:55,333 Now, we move from the skies of South America 179 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:57,917 to the forests of Middle America. 180 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,500 When you think of the Bigfoot's natural habitat, 181 00:08:00,625 --> 00:08:02,792 you typically think of the Pacific Northwest, 182 00:08:02,875 --> 00:08:04,833 but the video we're about to show you suggests 183 00:08:04,875 --> 00:08:08,458 the big fella may have a Midwestern cousin prowling 184 00:08:08,542 --> 00:08:10,708 the forests of the Buckeye State. 185 00:08:11,667 --> 00:08:13,583 January 12th, 2020. 186 00:08:13,667 --> 00:08:16,417 We're in Salt Fork State Park, Ohio. 187 00:08:16,542 --> 00:08:18,417 Hiker Nathan Gray and a friend are armed 188 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:20,708 with cameras and drones to document their trek 189 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:23,667 through the woods when they make a startling discovery. 190 00:08:23,708 --> 00:08:26,333 The rib cages of several large animals nestled 191 00:08:26,417 --> 00:08:27,875 amongst the foliage. 192 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:34,458 - [Tony] The duo continues to explore the area 193 00:08:34,583 --> 00:08:37,250 when suddenly, they spot this. 194 00:08:37,333 --> 00:08:39,500 A creature, large and humanoid, 195 00:08:39,542 --> 00:08:42,125 walking through the trees, unbothered by 196 00:08:42,208 --> 00:08:44,708 or unaware of their presence. 197 00:08:44,833 --> 00:08:47,042 Nathan manages to get his camera even closer 198 00:08:47,125 --> 00:08:48,375 for a better look. 199 00:08:48,458 --> 00:08:50,042 Zooming in, we can see the creature appears 200 00:08:50,125 --> 00:08:53,125 to be covered in some type of hair or fur 201 00:08:53,208 --> 00:08:56,333 with lighter, almost white hair, around the top of the head. 202 00:08:56,417 --> 00:08:58,667 - We had no idea what it was. 203 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:00,458 It was just moseying on along 204 00:09:00,542 --> 00:09:02,833 like it didn't have a care in the world. 205 00:09:04,167 --> 00:09:05,750 - [Tony] Field researcher Cliff Barackman 206 00:09:05,875 --> 00:09:08,917 is not at all surprised about where this footage was filmed. 207 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,375 - Tons of Bigfoot reports come out of this particular area. 208 00:09:12,458 --> 00:09:15,667 Southeastern Ohio, in the area of Salt Fork State Park, 209 00:09:15,750 --> 00:09:18,500 is a thick, wooded wilderness. 210 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,000 The Appalachian Mountains are no joke 211 00:09:20,042 --> 00:09:22,667 and Ohio is pushed right up against them. 212 00:09:22,750 --> 00:09:24,500 Anything out of Southeast Ohio 213 00:09:24,583 --> 00:09:26,333 should be looked at very, very closely. 214 00:09:26,417 --> 00:09:28,917 - [Tony] However, in this particular region of the U.S., 215 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,375 the locals don't use the name Bigfoot. 216 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:33,292 They call it the Ohio Grassman, 217 00:09:33,375 --> 00:09:36,500 based on the large dens it supposedly makes of grass, 218 00:09:36,583 --> 00:09:37,875 and from its diet, 219 00:09:37,958 --> 00:09:40,375 which reportedly consists mainly of tall grass 220 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:41,958 from Ohio fields. 221 00:09:45,708 --> 00:09:48,667 - [Tony] One of the most infamous sightings was in 1978, 222 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:52,000 when a local family claimed to be haunted by a Grassman 223 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:55,125 that was later nicknamed the Minerva Monster. 224 00:09:55,208 --> 00:09:58,250 - These people reported large, scary monsters. 225 00:09:58,333 --> 00:10:00,833 They would actually stalk them in their home. 226 00:10:00,917 --> 00:10:03,083 The family that was reporting these sightings believed 227 00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:06,292 that the Sasquatch killed their German shepherd 228 00:10:06,375 --> 00:10:08,167 by snapping its neck. 229 00:10:08,292 --> 00:10:10,917 The police themselves came to the conclusion 230 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,667 that this was, in fact, a credible report 231 00:10:13,750 --> 00:10:16,292 of something incredible happening. 232 00:10:16,375 --> 00:10:18,792 - [Tony] That sort of violent behavior may explain 233 00:10:18,875 --> 00:10:22,125 the bones Nathan and his friend found in the woods. 234 00:10:22,208 --> 00:10:24,667 And while it doesn't explain the Grassman sightings 235 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:26,208 from decades ago, 236 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:29,125 Barackman says there may be another possible explanation 237 00:10:29,208 --> 00:10:31,833 for what's in Nathan's video from 2020. 238 00:10:31,917 --> 00:10:34,000 - One other theory that's been put forth is 239 00:10:34,083 --> 00:10:36,292 that these animals are just normal animals 240 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:40,667 that are being misidentified after the Zanesville massacre. 241 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:43,833 - [Tony] In 2011, an exotic animal collector 242 00:10:43,917 --> 00:10:46,792 released 50 animals into the Ohio woods, 243 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:50,500 including Bengal tigers, lions, cougars, 244 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:51,750 and even a baboon. 245 00:10:51,833 --> 00:10:53,167 - But one of the animals 246 00:10:53,250 --> 00:10:56,375 that was not killed is a baby grizzly bear. 247 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:58,667 Could this animal here be a survivor 248 00:10:58,750 --> 00:11:00,625 of the Zanesville massacre? 249 00:11:01,958 --> 00:11:04,125 - The chaos in Zanesville was a catalyst 250 00:11:04,208 --> 00:11:07,458 for Ohio's exotic animal ownership laws 251 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:09,333 that went into effect in 2014, 252 00:11:09,417 --> 00:11:13,167 which shut down any other potential Tiger Kings. 253 00:11:13,250 --> 00:11:16,375 So is what we're seeing in the video a grizzly, 254 00:11:16,458 --> 00:11:19,250 a Grassman, or something else? 255 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:21,500 Our experts are tracking the evidence. 256 00:11:21,583 --> 00:11:23,917 (tense music) 257 00:11:25,125 --> 00:11:28,667 Wildlife biologist Stephanie Manka dismisses the idea 258 00:11:28,792 --> 00:11:30,542 this could be a surviving grizzly. 259 00:11:30,667 --> 00:11:32,750 - If this really were a grizzly bear, 260 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:35,500 we would expect to have more reports 261 00:11:35,583 --> 00:11:37,708 of fecal samples, bear claw marks, 262 00:11:37,792 --> 00:11:40,708 some evidence that a bear is living in that area. 263 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:43,333 And this being looks really consistent 264 00:11:43,417 --> 00:11:46,042 with a human in a costume. 265 00:11:46,167 --> 00:11:48,708 - [Tony] Let's focus on this thing's arms for a moment. 266 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:51,667 Note that all apes have arms longer than their legs, 267 00:11:51,750 --> 00:11:53,792 enabling better quadruped movement 268 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:55,667 and efficient brachiation, 269 00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:58,417 the ability to swing between trees. 270 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,000 But according to anthropologist 271 00:12:00,125 --> 00:12:02,083 and Sasquatch expert Jeff Meldrum, 272 00:12:02,167 --> 00:12:04,000 we're not seeing anything like that here. 273 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:07,708 - We can see the upper limb is barely to the crotch. 274 00:12:07,792 --> 00:12:10,833 That suggests human limb proportions. 275 00:12:10,917 --> 00:12:14,917 And the head is kind of large, more like a hood. 276 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,167 It looks to me like someone in camo gear 277 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:22,417 with a hoodie and insulated pants and heavy boots on. 278 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:25,750 (tense music) 279 00:12:26,875 --> 00:12:29,208 - Our verdict? It's a hoax. 280 00:12:29,292 --> 00:12:31,000 Though you have to give the guys credit 281 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:33,167 for planting those animal bones. 282 00:12:33,208 --> 00:12:36,375 Nice try, fellas. 283 00:12:36,375 --> 00:12:38,500 te, 284 00:12:38,542 --> 00:12:40,667 "No man is an island." 285 00:12:40,708 --> 00:12:43,750 But what if an island could move like a man? 286 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,833 Take a close look at this next clip. 287 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:49,792 It's July 2021, near the Slingsby Channel 288 00:12:49,875 --> 00:12:52,000 in British Columbia, Canada. 289 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:55,042 Storm chaser and explorer, George Kourounis, 290 00:12:55,125 --> 00:12:58,833 is traveling in the area documenting his adventures. 291 00:12:58,875 --> 00:13:01,958 - I was representing the Geographical Society of Canada 292 00:13:02,042 --> 00:13:04,042 on a boat trip that was traveling around 293 00:13:04,125 --> 00:13:06,542 the northern tip of Vancouver Island. 294 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:07,792 It's very remote. 295 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:09,875 Nobody lives there, there's no roads. 296 00:13:09,958 --> 00:13:13,333 It's a wonderful piece of pristine wilderness. 297 00:13:13,417 --> 00:13:15,292 - [Tony] As he makes his way along the channel, 298 00:13:15,375 --> 00:13:18,167 he comes across a small island that seems 299 00:13:18,208 --> 00:13:20,000 to have taken on a life of its own. 300 00:13:20,083 --> 00:13:22,792 - [George] It was in the Nakwakto Rapids. 301 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:24,917 It has some of the fastest tidal flow in the world, 302 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,542 so the flow of the water changes direction 303 00:13:27,625 --> 00:13:29,375 several times a day. 304 00:13:29,458 --> 00:13:31,000 And while I'm filming, 305 00:13:31,083 --> 00:13:34,125 I'm focusing in on the waves and the rocks. 306 00:13:34,208 --> 00:13:36,208 - [Tony] George's video shows a view of the channel 307 00:13:36,292 --> 00:13:38,875 with a small tree-covered islet in the middle. 308 00:13:38,958 --> 00:13:41,417 But while the boat appears to float along very slowly, 309 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:44,792 the island rushes past it at an alarming clip. 310 00:13:44,875 --> 00:13:47,958 - [George] The island appears to have broken loose 311 00:13:48,042 --> 00:13:50,875 and is traveling upstream against the current. 312 00:13:50,958 --> 00:13:52,958 - [Tony] George posts his video online 313 00:13:53,042 --> 00:13:56,000 and everyone who views it joins in on his confusion. 314 00:13:56,083 --> 00:13:58,000 - We know that islands don't move. 315 00:13:58,042 --> 00:13:59,667 They don't float, they're not boats. 316 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,000 They're pieces of land 317 00:14:01,083 --> 00:14:02,833 that are sticking up out of the water. 318 00:14:02,917 --> 00:14:04,833 Why is this thing on the move? 319 00:14:04,875 --> 00:14:06,500 - [Tony] But journalist Erin McCarthy says, 320 00:14:06,542 --> 00:14:09,333 it's not the only island reported to be in motion. 321 00:14:09,417 --> 00:14:12,917 - There's also El Ojo, or Eye Island in Argentina. 322 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,625 It's almost perfectly circular 323 00:14:15,708 --> 00:14:18,958 and it constantly moves and rotates. 324 00:14:19,042 --> 00:14:20,708 And according to some sources, 325 00:14:20,792 --> 00:14:23,083 locals believe that the circle within a circle 326 00:14:23,167 --> 00:14:25,417 is a representation of God on earth. 327 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:28,792 Other people theorize that it's actually covering up 328 00:14:28,875 --> 00:14:31,125 a hidden, underwater alien base. 329 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:33,542 And that has led believers of this theory 330 00:14:33,625 --> 00:14:35,750 to say that that's proof 331 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:38,375 that something otherworldly is at work here. 332 00:14:38,458 --> 00:14:40,417 - [Tony] In addition to islands on the move, 333 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,792 there are others that have seemingly just disappeared. 334 00:14:43,875 --> 00:14:46,292 Take the strange case of Bermeja, 335 00:14:46,292 --> 00:14:49,042 an island that used to be off the coast of Mexico. 336 00:14:49,125 --> 00:14:52,917 - Bermeja first began appearing on maps in 1539, 337 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,500 but in the late 1990s and as recently as 2009, 338 00:14:56,583 --> 00:14:59,750 when people were out there looking into drilling rights, 339 00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:05,333 it became really clear that Bermeja didn't actually exist. 340 00:15:05,417 --> 00:15:08,708 There's a conspiracy theory that says the United States 341 00:15:08,833 --> 00:15:11,333 or the CIA got rid of the island somehow 342 00:15:11,458 --> 00:15:15,000 because if it existed, it would extend Mexico's territory. 343 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:19,417 - The mysterious moving island George caught on camera 344 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,792 is in the fearsome Nakwakto Tidal Rapids, 345 00:15:22,875 --> 00:15:25,917 which churn at an intense 16 knots. 346 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,333 But could these tumultuous tides really be causing 347 00:15:28,417 --> 00:15:30,000 the island to move? 348 00:15:30,042 --> 00:15:32,000 Our experts weighed in. 349 00:15:32,042 --> 00:15:34,292 (tense music) 350 00:15:36,083 --> 00:15:38,000 This video is so bizarre at face value 351 00:15:38,125 --> 00:15:40,500 that we asked forensic video analyst, Michael Primeau, 352 00:15:40,625 --> 00:15:42,708 to examine if it's even real. 353 00:15:42,792 --> 00:15:44,083 - It doesn't appear to be something 354 00:15:44,167 --> 00:15:46,500 that was layered using alpha channeling 355 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:47,917 or green color keying. 356 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,833 It is something that is in the scene. 357 00:15:50,875 --> 00:15:52,917 And we could even verify through testing 358 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 that this video came from that specific camera 359 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:58,750 through sample CRP testing from the sensor. 360 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:00,250 From what I've seen so far, 361 00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:02,375 this recording appears to be authentic. 362 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:06,083 - [Tony] So then is it really possible for islands to move? 363 00:16:06,167 --> 00:16:09,333 NASA geologist Dr. Bob Anderson says yes. 364 00:16:09,417 --> 00:16:11,708 - There are a type of islands that we call tussocks. 365 00:16:11,875 --> 00:16:13,167 They're found down in South America 366 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:16,042 where they're dominated by growth, 367 00:16:16,167 --> 00:16:19,042 and these plants become so intertwined with each other 368 00:16:19,125 --> 00:16:21,792 that they literally form a landmass 369 00:16:21,875 --> 00:16:23,375 with water underneath of them. 370 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,958 They may not be stable in some areas to walk on, 371 00:16:26,042 --> 00:16:29,333 but they are literally an island that can float. 372 00:16:29,417 --> 00:16:31,583 - [Tony] El Ojo is in the middle of marshland, 373 00:16:31,667 --> 00:16:35,458 so this is a likely explanation for that apparent landmass. 374 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:38,458 But is George's island, known as Turret Rock, 375 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:39,958 also a tussock? 376 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:42,542 Anderson says not so fast. 377 00:16:42,625 --> 00:16:46,042 - If you look at a boat or a ship going down the water, 378 00:16:46,125 --> 00:16:48,542 you're always going to have what's called a bow wave. 379 00:16:48,625 --> 00:16:50,208 The wave is going to come up 380 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:52,375 and the boat is cutting through the water. 381 00:16:52,458 --> 00:16:55,208 What you see here is not a bow wave, 382 00:16:55,292 --> 00:16:56,792 it's actually a recessive wave. 383 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:58,167 And what that means is 384 00:16:58,208 --> 00:17:00,833 that the water is literally coming around 385 00:17:00,917 --> 00:17:02,333 and going down here. 386 00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,500 - [Tony] So if what we're seeing here isn't a wake, 387 00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:07,125 why does it look like this rocky mass is moving? 388 00:17:07,208 --> 00:17:10,833 - We have to realize that the observer is moving 389 00:17:10,875 --> 00:17:12,625 and the camera is moving. 390 00:17:12,625 --> 00:17:15,708 Therefore, this thing is an optical illusion. 391 00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:18,292 There are three things that you have to worry about. 392 00:17:18,375 --> 00:17:20,542 One is the background trees, 393 00:17:20,625 --> 00:17:22,542 two is the rock formation, 394 00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:26,458 and three is the fact that you yourself are moving. 395 00:17:26,458 --> 00:17:29,750 - [Tony] Kaku says this effect is known as motion parallax. 396 00:17:29,875 --> 00:17:33,500 - Now if you're in a car and you're overtaking another car, 397 00:17:33,583 --> 00:17:36,292 the car that you're overtaking goes backwards. 398 00:17:36,375 --> 00:17:38,125 And you say to yourself, well, that's not possible. 399 00:17:38,208 --> 00:17:40,292 How can a car go backwards on a freeway? 400 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:43,417 It's because the observer is moving 401 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:46,375 and you have the illusion that the observer is stationary. 402 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:48,250 - [Tony] And as you can see in this video 403 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,167 where the boat is stationary, 404 00:17:50,208 --> 00:17:53,333 the same island does not appear to move. 405 00:17:53,417 --> 00:17:56,042 - This parallax effect could trick the brain 406 00:17:56,125 --> 00:17:58,292 into thinking that something else is going on, 407 00:17:58,375 --> 00:18:00,958 because movement is where the mind focuses. 408 00:18:01,042 --> 00:18:03,292 (tense music) 409 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:05,875 - Our verdict? 410 00:18:05,958 --> 00:18:07,542 Turret Rock isn't actually moving. 411 00:18:07,542 --> 00:18:11,125 It just appears to be because of the motion parallax effect. 412 00:18:11,208 --> 00:18:13,625 As for the vanishing island of Bermeja, 413 00:18:13,708 --> 00:18:16,750 it likely spawned from a map-making error. 414 00:18:16,833 --> 00:18:19,375 But perhaps we'll never know if it really existed. 415 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,042 - Many 416 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:27,167 and legends of tree-human hybrids. 417 00:18:27,292 --> 00:18:31,333 For example, the Jinmenju of Japanese mythology is a tree 418 00:18:31,417 --> 00:18:34,292 that grows human heads as its fruit. 419 00:18:34,375 --> 00:18:37,875 Are such stories just myth, or could it actually be possible 420 00:18:37,875 --> 00:18:40,625 for a tree-human hybrid to exist? 421 00:18:40,625 --> 00:18:43,333 Before you answer, take a look at this. 422 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:47,542 2007, Java, Indonesia. 423 00:18:47,542 --> 00:18:49,542 American physician, Anthony Gaspari, 424 00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:52,042 travels almost 10,000 miles to meet 425 00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:53,583 and examine a new patient, 426 00:18:53,708 --> 00:18:57,208 a 35-year-old carpenter who goes by Dede. 427 00:18:57,292 --> 00:18:59,750 The images you're about to see may be disturbing. 428 00:19:01,042 --> 00:19:02,500 - Really, the question that I had, 429 00:19:02,625 --> 00:19:06,792 because it was so dramatic and there was so much deformity, 430 00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:11,625 was this real or was this something that was staged? 431 00:19:11,708 --> 00:19:14,292 - These photographs are truly astonishing. 432 00:19:14,417 --> 00:19:16,833 This gentleman was given the name Tree Man 433 00:19:16,875 --> 00:19:19,833 because of the growth all over his hands and feet. 434 00:19:19,917 --> 00:19:21,667 They look like bark, essentially. 435 00:19:21,708 --> 00:19:25,500 These patches extend over six inches out 436 00:19:25,583 --> 00:19:27,708 from his fingers in all directions. 437 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,542 - [Tony] When Dr. Gaspari finally examines Dede, 438 00:19:30,542 --> 00:19:33,417 he quickly realizes his condition is no hoax. 439 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:35,333 - [Anthony] He had difficulty moving. 440 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:38,167 And the first thing that he communicated to me 441 00:19:38,208 --> 00:19:39,750 was that he wanted to get better. 442 00:19:39,833 --> 00:19:42,958 And so we drew blood, we took specimens, 443 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:46,417 and we brought it back to the United States to be analyzed. 444 00:19:46,542 --> 00:19:48,375 - [Tony] Soon, the whole world shares 445 00:19:48,458 --> 00:19:50,042 the doctor's amazement. 446 00:19:50,042 --> 00:19:53,333 Wild speculation erupts around what we're actually seeing. 447 00:19:53,375 --> 00:19:55,458 - Some people on the internet speculated that 448 00:19:55,542 --> 00:19:58,375 this person was half tree, half human, 449 00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:00,750 like the dryad mythology, 450 00:20:00,750 --> 00:20:04,458 where a spirit inhabits a tree and makes it move. 451 00:20:04,542 --> 00:20:05,833 - [Tony] People also speculate 452 00:20:05,917 --> 00:20:08,333 if it's an infectious condition that could spread. 453 00:20:08,417 --> 00:20:10,625 - Some say that this growth reminds them 454 00:20:10,625 --> 00:20:14,083 of the fungus made popular in a recent television program. 455 00:20:14,167 --> 00:20:16,333 That fungus was based on cordyceps, 456 00:20:16,417 --> 00:20:19,708 which is a fungus that grows on and inside of its host 457 00:20:19,792 --> 00:20:22,667 and eventually takes over its nervous system 458 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:25,417 and kinda takes control of the animal, 459 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:28,958 turning them into a fungal-animal hybrid. 460 00:20:30,292 --> 00:20:32,500 - There is certainly anecdotal evidence 461 00:20:32,583 --> 00:20:35,292 of humans playing host to plant life. 462 00:20:35,375 --> 00:20:39,500 In 2013, a 16-month-old girl in Beijing, China 463 00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:43,333 had a fully developed dandelion growing in her ear 464 00:20:43,417 --> 00:20:45,500 that had to be surgically removed. 465 00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:48,000 But could some invasive species of vegetation 466 00:20:48,042 --> 00:20:52,625 or a fungus live off a person on such a massive scale? 467 00:20:52,708 --> 00:20:54,833 Let's see what our experts unearth. 468 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:57,000 (tense music) 469 00:20:58,250 --> 00:21:00,875 We start by addressing the wildest speculation 470 00:21:00,958 --> 00:21:05,167 that somehow Dede was becoming some sort of tree-human hybrid. 471 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:07,417 Anthropologist Kathy Strain is familiar 472 00:21:07,542 --> 00:21:09,333 with the worldwide historical myths 473 00:21:09,417 --> 00:21:11,958 surrounding these humanoid plant creatures, 474 00:21:12,042 --> 00:21:15,208 but says it's a silly theory that contradicts science. 475 00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:19,250 - Plants live on carbon dioxide. 476 00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:22,208 They breathe it in and exhale oxygen. 477 00:21:22,292 --> 00:21:23,833 Humans are the reverse. 478 00:21:23,958 --> 00:21:27,875 We breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. 479 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,583 And those two cannot be together in the same organism. 480 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:35,833 I do not believe that this photograph represents 481 00:21:35,958 --> 00:21:38,833 a true human-plant hybrid. 482 00:21:39,875 --> 00:21:42,125 - [Tony] Physician Ed Hope thinks basic genetics 483 00:21:42,208 --> 00:21:43,500 support Strain's opinion. 484 00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:48,333 - We share a staggering 50% of our genes with plants, 485 00:21:48,417 --> 00:21:51,708 but even this isn't enough for us to produce a hybrid. 486 00:21:51,792 --> 00:21:54,000 The animal with the closest common ancestor to humans 487 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,792 is the chimpanzee where we share 98.8% of our genes, 488 00:21:58,875 --> 00:22:01,667 and still this isn't enough to produce a hybrid. 489 00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:03,500 - [Tony] So if it's not genetically possible 490 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:06,250 for a person to transform into a plant-human hybrid 491 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:07,500 like in folklore, 492 00:22:07,542 --> 00:22:10,125 could a disease or fungus, like cordyceps, 493 00:22:10,208 --> 00:22:12,542 infect a human like in TV shows? 494 00:22:12,625 --> 00:22:13,833 - You may have heard of cordyceps 495 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:15,875 within popular science fiction shows, 496 00:22:15,958 --> 00:22:19,167 but thankfully for us, it only infects insects. 497 00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:21,958 Cordyceps can't grow much above 80 degrees 498 00:22:22,042 --> 00:22:27,333 and our bodies at 97 to 99 degrees are just too hot for it. 499 00:22:27,333 --> 00:22:29,500 - [Tony] Okay, but if it's not a fungus, 500 00:22:29,625 --> 00:22:31,708 could it be a plant growing on Dede, 501 00:22:31,792 --> 00:22:34,333 like that dandelion in a little girl's ear? 502 00:22:34,417 --> 00:22:36,792 - In order for tree bark to survive, 503 00:22:36,875 --> 00:22:39,417 it has to have a leaf coming off of it 504 00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:43,083 that can then take that sunlight for energy 505 00:22:43,208 --> 00:22:45,458 and he has no root system 506 00:22:45,542 --> 00:22:48,958 that can go into the ground in order to get water. 507 00:22:49,042 --> 00:22:52,958 And so, over time, it would die and fall off. 508 00:22:53,042 --> 00:22:55,583 - [Tony] The mystery of Dede's condition is finally solved 509 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:58,833 after Dr. Gaspari examines the samples taken back 510 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:02,417 to his lab, putting the tree man myths to rest. 511 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:04,917 - It's a wart virus infection caused by 512 00:23:05,042 --> 00:23:06,792 human papillomavirus, 513 00:23:06,875 --> 00:23:11,792 which was a result of a severe, underlying immune deficiency. 514 00:23:11,875 --> 00:23:13,875 - [Tony] Dede's tragic genetic condition 515 00:23:13,958 --> 00:23:16,583 is called Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia. 516 00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:19,542 - Only 500 cases ever reported. 517 00:23:19,625 --> 00:23:22,833 Unfortunately, there is no known cure. 518 00:23:22,917 --> 00:23:24,958 (tense music) 519 00:23:26,375 --> 00:23:27,875 - Our verdict? 520 00:23:27,875 --> 00:23:30,583 The rare disease Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia. 521 00:23:30,667 --> 00:23:32,083 Even though there was no cure, 522 00:23:32,208 --> 00:23:35,875 surgeries did give Dede brief respites from his suffering. 523 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:39,125 At one point, he was even able to wear flip flops again. 524 00:23:39,208 --> 00:23:42,875 Unfortunately, Dede succumbed to his illness in 2016, 525 00:23:42,958 --> 00:23:48,208 but his fight to get his life back remains an inspiration. 526 00:23:48,208 --> 00:23:50,292 s. 527 00:23:50,375 --> 00:23:53,792 Ears, socks, but UFOs? 528 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:55,167 Take a look at our next sighting, 529 00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:58,042 which has one loyal Proof viewer seeing double. 530 00:23:59,583 --> 00:24:03,167 Memorial Day 2022. Lubbock, Texas. 531 00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:06,542 Insurance agent Blake Bednarz is lounging by the pool 532 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:09,250 with his family when he spots something odd. 533 00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:10,583 Or more specifically, 534 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:13,500 two somethings flying in the sky above his house. 535 00:24:13,625 --> 00:24:16,000 It prompts him to begin recording on his smartphone. 536 00:24:16,083 --> 00:24:19,417 - These were unlike anything I've ever seen before. 537 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:22,542 They made no sound whatsoever. 538 00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:23,750 - [Tony] Look closely. 539 00:24:23,833 --> 00:24:26,458 The objects appear to fly in perfect formation 540 00:24:26,542 --> 00:24:28,667 at a very tight distance to one another. 541 00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:30,500 They coordinate every turn, 542 00:24:30,542 --> 00:24:33,542 seeming to anticipate one another's changes. 543 00:24:33,625 --> 00:24:36,250 - What's strange is no one said bird. 544 00:24:36,250 --> 00:24:40,417 That never came to anyone's mind because of the sheer size. 545 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:45,542 In my opinion, the two objects were about the size 546 00:24:45,625 --> 00:24:49,292 of a small Cessna aircraft. 547 00:24:49,375 --> 00:24:52,333 - [Tony] Lubbock, Texas is no stranger to heavy air traffic, 548 00:24:52,458 --> 00:24:55,083 both identified and unidentified. 549 00:24:55,167 --> 00:24:58,833 Author Amy Teitel explains Lubbock's rich UFO history. 550 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:02,042 - This sighting is happening in the exact same location 551 00:25:02,125 --> 00:25:05,583 as one of the most famous UAP sightings in history, 552 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:09,083 the 1951 Lubbock Lights, 553 00:25:09,167 --> 00:25:13,625 wherein a large V formation of individual orbs of lights 554 00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:15,833 was seen over Lubbock, Texas. 555 00:25:15,917 --> 00:25:18,417 These lights were also seen by scientists 556 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:20,583 at the Texas Technical College. 557 00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:22,208 They all reported seeing 558 00:25:22,292 --> 00:25:24,417 somewhere between 15 and 30 lights 559 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,792 floating in the sky in a V-shaped formation. 560 00:25:27,875 --> 00:25:29,583 - [Tony] Another fact to bear in mind, 561 00:25:29,708 --> 00:25:32,375 the area is nearby three military bases. 562 00:25:32,458 --> 00:25:35,542 - [Amy] Lubbock is very close to multiple military bases 563 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:38,458 in Clovis, Wichita Falls, and Abilene. 564 00:25:38,542 --> 00:25:40,625 So it's very possible that this is something 565 00:25:40,708 --> 00:25:43,917 that originated from one of those military bases. 566 00:25:46,083 --> 00:25:48,833 - Blake is clearly a dogged UFO investigator. 567 00:25:48,875 --> 00:25:51,167 In fact, he said he later tried to search 568 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:54,667 for the objects he saw on public flight radar sites, 569 00:25:54,708 --> 00:25:56,333 but he came up empty handed. 570 00:25:56,417 --> 00:25:58,000 Will our experts? 571 00:25:58,083 --> 00:26:00,167 (tense music) 572 00:26:01,958 --> 00:26:03,708 Let's start with the biggest question. 573 00:26:03,792 --> 00:26:06,167 Could Blake have captured an alien spacecraft? 574 00:26:06,208 --> 00:26:09,292 Aviation expert Tim McMillan has strong thoughts. 575 00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:11,708 - You see wings on both objects. 576 00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:15,000 What that tells us is A, we can rule out spacecraft. 577 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,750 Airplanes are designed to fly within the earth's atmosphere 578 00:26:17,833 --> 00:26:20,667 by using gravity and using air currents to generate lift. 579 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:24,667 Now, in the vacuum of space, you don't need wings. 580 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,708 - [Tony] Could it be a military plane then? 581 00:26:26,708 --> 00:26:29,625 Online speculation of Blake's footage noted similarities 582 00:26:29,708 --> 00:26:31,875 to the T-6 Texan II. 583 00:26:32,042 --> 00:26:35,375 It's a plane often used in Air Force training. 584 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,125 As you can see by this cockpit footage, 585 00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:38,833 instructors use the T-6 586 00:26:38,958 --> 00:26:42,333 to help new pilots get over the fear of flying very close 587 00:26:42,417 --> 00:26:44,333 in combat formation. 588 00:26:44,375 --> 00:26:46,750 But a T-6 should show up on radar. 589 00:26:46,833 --> 00:26:49,208 And remember, Blake's radar data research turned up 590 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:50,917 a whole lotta nada, 591 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:53,750 and McMillan says something else is missing too. 592 00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:57,875 - [Tim] A T-6 is a World War II-era propeller plane 593 00:26:57,958 --> 00:26:59,917 that is still in use to this day. 594 00:27:00,042 --> 00:27:01,833 That wouldn't be what we're looking at 595 00:27:01,875 --> 00:27:05,000 because we don't see the tail stabilizers of that aircraft. 596 00:27:05,083 --> 00:27:08,500 We're just missing that really key component. 597 00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:10,000 - [Tony] So if it's not a spacecraft 598 00:27:10,125 --> 00:27:12,125 and not a typical military fighter, 599 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:15,417 can it just be a pair of large birds soaring, 600 00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:18,000 as more than a few online critics insist? 601 00:27:18,083 --> 00:27:22,208 - Large birds are very likely what we're seeing here. 602 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:24,875 If you look very closely, 603 00:27:24,958 --> 00:27:26,750 throughout the video, there are certain portions 604 00:27:26,875 --> 00:27:29,208 where you can actually see what appears 605 00:27:29,292 --> 00:27:33,292 to be the wings dip and flap slightly, 606 00:27:33,375 --> 00:27:35,500 especially towards the corners. 607 00:27:35,625 --> 00:27:36,833 - [Tony] Now consider this. 608 00:27:36,917 --> 00:27:39,333 In this footage of soaring white pelicans, 609 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:40,833 you'll see that they do soar 610 00:27:40,917 --> 00:27:43,000 in a similar manner to Blake's objects. 611 00:27:43,042 --> 00:27:46,208 But notice how often they flap compared to Blake's footage. 612 00:27:46,292 --> 00:27:48,917 And when they do flap, it's never with just one wing 613 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,125 the way Blake's objects appear to. 614 00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:54,792 Plus, the wings on Blake's objects seem extremely rigid. 615 00:27:54,875 --> 00:27:57,667 It's this rigidity that has astronomer and video analyst, 616 00:27:57,792 --> 00:28:00,625 Marc D'Antonio, doubting the bird theory. 617 00:28:01,625 --> 00:28:03,125 - If those wings don't move, 618 00:28:03,208 --> 00:28:05,458 it's possible that we're looking at a pair 619 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:07,125 of drones flying in formation. 620 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:10,417 There is a certain point when they turn to the side. 621 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:11,833 Look where the wings are 622 00:28:11,958 --> 00:28:14,042 relative to the back of the body. 623 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:16,833 The wings seem to be further back 624 00:28:16,917 --> 00:28:19,292 and the front seems to be extended. 625 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:23,333 That reminds me of an aircraft, rather than a bird. 626 00:28:23,458 --> 00:28:25,083 These are definitely human made 627 00:28:25,167 --> 00:28:27,375 and I know that the military experiments 628 00:28:27,458 --> 00:28:29,500 with bird-shaped drones. 629 00:28:29,583 --> 00:28:33,000 I've seen them, so this is a possibility. 630 00:28:34,042 --> 00:28:36,208 (tense music) 631 00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:40,417 - Our verdict? Bird-shaped drones. 632 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:41,750 We're gonna go with D'Antonio. 633 00:28:41,833 --> 00:28:44,333 The motion of the craft is what does it. 634 00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:47,458 But did we witness some sort of brand-new technology? 635 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:48,958 According to reports, 636 00:28:49,042 --> 00:28:51,208 scientists are looking into transforming the bodies 637 00:28:51,292 --> 00:28:55,875 of deceased birds into actual flapping wing drones 638 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,125 that might enable new ways of spying for military purposes. 639 00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:03,542 If you think you've seen one, let us know. 640 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:06,083 l horns 641 00:29:06,167 --> 00:29:08,333 as a way to frighten the enemy. 642 00:29:08,375 --> 00:29:10,583 But what's truly frightening about our next video 643 00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:12,292 is imagining what type of creature 644 00:29:12,375 --> 00:29:15,250 could have been attached to a monstrous horn 645 00:29:15,333 --> 00:29:17,000 found on a beach. 646 00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:21,458 May 25th, 2020. Sudbrook, Wales. 647 00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:24,667 It's low tide on Black Rock Beach and two net fishermen, 648 00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:26,208 Martin and Richard Morgan, 649 00:29:26,292 --> 00:29:29,250 are wandering after some unusual weekend storms. 650 00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:31,250 All of a sudden, they discover something 651 00:29:31,250 --> 00:29:33,875 they believe to be of great importance. 652 00:29:33,958 --> 00:29:37,458 Martin pulls out his camera and records this. 653 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,167 - [Martin] We've spotted this poking out of the sand. 654 00:29:40,292 --> 00:29:42,833 Pull it out, Rich. See what it is. 655 00:29:42,917 --> 00:29:44,583 - [Tony] Richard begins to gently dig the object 656 00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:45,792 from the earth. 657 00:29:45,875 --> 00:29:46,875 - [Martin] Bone, yeah, definitely bone 658 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,417 from the looks of it, Rich. 659 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:49,750 Suspense is killing. 660 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:52,292 Look the size of this. (laughing) 661 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,167 Mammoth. Mammoth tusk. 662 00:29:56,625 --> 00:29:57,917 (Martin laughing) 663 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,500 I've never in my life seen anything like that. 664 00:30:00,583 --> 00:30:02,167 That's thousands of years old. 665 00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:06,792 - [Tony] Mythology is filled with tales of horned creatures, 666 00:30:06,875 --> 00:30:09,208 from the Greek Minotaur to the Japanese oni. 667 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:11,167 But field researcher Ken Gerhard points 668 00:30:11,292 --> 00:30:13,708 to one that is specific to this region. 669 00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:15,958 - In terms of the United Kingdom, 670 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:17,917 a mythological creature that a lot of people 671 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,750 haven't heard of is called a Centicore, or Yale. 672 00:30:20,833 --> 00:30:23,500 First described by the ancient Roman naturalist, 673 00:30:23,583 --> 00:30:24,875 Pliny the Elder. 674 00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:27,625 He said the Yale was about as large as a horse, 675 00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:28,833 black in color, 676 00:30:28,958 --> 00:30:31,792 but it had tusks like a wild boar, 677 00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:34,917 in addition to very large horns 678 00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:38,333 that it could actually rotate independently of each other. 679 00:30:38,375 --> 00:30:41,667 - [Tony] The Yale was used as a symbolic totem of prestige, 680 00:30:41,708 --> 00:30:43,125 both for the British royal family 681 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:45,708 and the university that is named after it. 682 00:30:45,792 --> 00:30:47,167 And the creatures were believed 683 00:30:47,208 --> 00:30:49,500 to perform swashbuckling duels against one another 684 00:30:49,583 --> 00:30:51,208 with their rotating horns. 685 00:30:52,792 --> 00:30:54,917 Gerhard suggests another theory, 686 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,292 that perhaps we are looking at a long-lost relic 687 00:30:57,375 --> 00:30:58,375 of the ice age. 688 00:30:58,458 --> 00:30:59,958 - We can't discount the possibility 689 00:31:00,042 --> 00:31:03,083 that this is the remains of some ancient, 690 00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:05,125 Pleistocene, megafaunal animal, 691 00:31:05,208 --> 00:31:07,083 such as a woolly mammoth. 692 00:31:07,167 --> 00:31:09,250 - [Tony] In February of 2022, 693 00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:11,833 a plethora of animal bones was discovered 694 00:31:11,875 --> 00:31:14,042 at a cave system in Devon, England, 695 00:31:14,125 --> 00:31:17,500 just several hours south from where this horn was found. 696 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:21,625 Many researchers theorize that between 30 to 60,000 years ago, 697 00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:23,208 there was a sinkhole or pit 698 00:31:23,292 --> 00:31:25,125 that trapped unsuspecting animals 699 00:31:25,208 --> 00:31:27,208 and dropped them into this cave. 700 00:31:27,292 --> 00:31:29,417 The groundbreaking discovery included the bones 701 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:30,917 of a woolly mammoth. 702 00:31:31,042 --> 00:31:33,375 - Just mere miles from where this mystery horn was found, 703 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,542 there's actually an extensive cave system 704 00:31:35,625 --> 00:31:37,292 known as Clearwell Caves. 705 00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:39,500 So I think there's a strong possibility 706 00:31:39,583 --> 00:31:42,292 that this could be some type of mammoth tusk 707 00:31:42,375 --> 00:31:45,792 that was in a cave system and then somehow washed up 708 00:31:45,875 --> 00:31:48,000 and was rediscovered just a few miles away. 709 00:31:49,917 --> 00:31:52,167 - While the vast majority of woolly mammoths died 710 00:31:52,292 --> 00:31:54,458 at the end of the Pleistocene era, 711 00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:56,875 there was still a small number that actually stuck around 712 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,833 for a few thousand years longer, 713 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,042 sharing the Earth with human beings. 714 00:32:01,125 --> 00:32:04,000 In fact, while King Tut ruled Egypt, 715 00:32:04,083 --> 00:32:06,167 mammoths were still roaming around several 716 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,292 isolated sections of the globe. 717 00:32:08,375 --> 00:32:11,375 Let's see if our experts think this found object 718 00:32:11,375 --> 00:32:13,458 could have belonged to one of them. 719 00:32:13,458 --> 00:32:15,500 (tense music) 720 00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:20,292 Biologist Floyd Hayes reveals that a mammoth tusk ending up 721 00:32:20,375 --> 00:32:22,833 in this muddy terrain is certainly a possibility. 722 00:32:22,875 --> 00:32:24,958 He points to the history of the sunken region 723 00:32:25,042 --> 00:32:26,833 known as Doggerland. 724 00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:29,083 - Doggerland was an area that once connected 725 00:32:29,167 --> 00:32:31,583 the British islands with the mainland of Europe. 726 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:33,458 There were several large mammals 727 00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:37,792 that roamed across the British island to Eurasia, 728 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:40,417 and one of them was the woolly mammoth. 729 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:44,833 But as the glaciers melted, the sea levels rose, 730 00:32:44,917 --> 00:32:46,333 and then there was a tsunami 731 00:32:46,417 --> 00:32:50,458 that eroded away the final remnants of Doggerland. 732 00:32:50,542 --> 00:32:52,583 - [Tony] So are we looking at an actual tusk 733 00:32:52,708 --> 00:32:54,000 from a prehistoric mammoth 734 00:32:54,042 --> 00:32:57,000 that made the journey over what is now the North Sea? 735 00:32:57,042 --> 00:32:58,583 Take another look at the evidence. 736 00:32:58,708 --> 00:33:01,500 - Mammoth tusks come from the upper incisors 737 00:33:01,583 --> 00:33:05,125 and they normally grow about 8 to 14 feet long. 738 00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:07,708 This horn's only about 27 inches long, 739 00:33:07,792 --> 00:33:11,250 so it's a little bit too short and thin to be a mammoth. 740 00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:13,292 - [Tony] According to Hayes, the curvature suggests 741 00:33:13,417 --> 00:33:15,083 that this couldn't even be a fragment 742 00:33:15,167 --> 00:33:17,292 of a much larger mammoth tusk. 743 00:33:17,375 --> 00:33:19,125 So what about the mythical Yale? 744 00:33:19,208 --> 00:33:21,167 Anthropologist Kathy Strain digs in. 745 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,417 - The Yale was known to have these horns 746 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,000 that could spin in multiple directions. 747 00:33:27,083 --> 00:33:30,292 A horn is bone and it's attached to your skull. 748 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:33,250 For a bone to move, it has to have a joint. 749 00:33:33,333 --> 00:33:37,500 And what you can see at the end of this horn is 750 00:33:37,542 --> 00:33:41,125 that it broke off of the skull because it's fully bone 751 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:44,000 and it does not have the ability to move. 752 00:33:44,083 --> 00:33:46,042 There is no creature that we know of, 753 00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:48,583 either alive or through fossilization, 754 00:33:48,667 --> 00:33:50,750 that can have movable horns. 755 00:33:50,833 --> 00:33:52,167 - [Tony] If this isn't a mammoth tusk 756 00:33:52,250 --> 00:33:54,083 or a horn from a mythical Yale, 757 00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:56,917 we find ourselves on the horns of a dilemma. 758 00:33:56,917 --> 00:33:58,208 Just what is this thing? 759 00:33:58,333 --> 00:34:01,083 - What I think we are seeing is the horn 760 00:34:01,167 --> 00:34:05,000 of an auroch that went extinct back in the 1600s. 761 00:34:05,083 --> 00:34:09,333 It was a large cattle that occupied the UK 762 00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:12,208 for thousands of years and then went extinct. 763 00:34:12,292 --> 00:34:14,583 - [Tony] The auroch was a colossal, aggressive, 764 00:34:14,708 --> 00:34:16,083 and potentially dangerous animal 765 00:34:16,167 --> 00:34:18,042 that averaged around six feet in height 766 00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:20,333 and weighed more than 3,000 pounds 767 00:34:20,375 --> 00:34:23,333 with horns that could grow up to five feet in length 768 00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:24,833 from tip to tip. 769 00:34:24,917 --> 00:34:26,500 - Like many of the megafauna, 770 00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:29,417 the auroch went extinct due to the hands of humans. 771 00:34:29,542 --> 00:34:32,542 Their horns were very prized as drinking vessels, 772 00:34:32,625 --> 00:34:35,208 and so they were often hunted just for their horns 773 00:34:35,292 --> 00:34:36,875 and not their meat. 774 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:40,417 It's still a great find and there's very few of them known. 775 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:43,792 So we're happy that they were able to find this horn. 776 00:34:43,875 --> 00:34:46,042 (tense music) 777 00:34:47,917 --> 00:34:50,417 - Our verdict? An auroch horn. 778 00:34:50,542 --> 00:34:52,667 The size and location are what nailed it. 779 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:55,250 It seems unbelievable that such a large creature 780 00:34:55,333 --> 00:34:58,208 lived alongside humanity for so long. 781 00:34:58,292 --> 00:35:01,208 In fact, the auroch was even used to battle gladiators 782 00:35:01,292 --> 00:35:03,167 in the Roman Colosseum. 783 00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:08,292 I bet the prestigious Yale never got its hands that dirty. 784 00:35:08,292 --> 00:35:12,000 . 785 00:35:12,042 --> 00:35:15,833 Arthur's Excalibur, Bilbo Baggins' Sting, 786 00:35:15,917 --> 00:35:18,333 Harry Potter's Sword of Gryffindor. 787 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,917 Now, the mysterious sword in our next story doesn't seem 788 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,542 to have magical powers, 789 00:35:23,625 --> 00:35:25,958 but maybe that's just because no one can read 790 00:35:26,042 --> 00:35:28,208 what's inscribed on it. 791 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:30,708 1825. Lincolnshire, England. 792 00:35:30,792 --> 00:35:34,083 An ancient weapon is discovered in the bottom of River Witham. 793 00:35:35,125 --> 00:35:38,583 The sword isn't just cool, it's cool AF. 794 00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:42,917 On one side is a mysterious inscription made by gold wire 795 00:35:43,042 --> 00:35:45,083 that has been inlaid into the steel 796 00:35:45,167 --> 00:35:47,667 with this strange group of letters. 797 00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:49,333 What do they mean? 798 00:35:49,417 --> 00:35:51,667 The British Library, where the sword resides, 799 00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,833 has been so puzzled by the inscription, 800 00:35:53,917 --> 00:35:55,417 it's requested help in cracking 801 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,917 the seemingly incomprehensible code. 802 00:35:58,042 --> 00:36:00,292 - The sword itself is very impressive. 803 00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:03,667 It has a gold inlay, which is incredibly rare. 804 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:06,250 But the Museum of London, with all the resources 805 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:08,333 and the people that they've had to study it, 806 00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:11,125 still nobody knows exactly what it says. 807 00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:13,417 - [Tony] Journalist Eric Grundhauser takes a stab 808 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:15,000 at some theories that have been offered, 809 00:36:15,042 --> 00:36:17,958 starting with the famous Knights Templar. 810 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:19,542 - The Knights Templar, 811 00:36:19,542 --> 00:36:21,667 in their distinctive white mantles and red cross, 812 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:24,000 were one of the most fearsome fighting forces 813 00:36:24,083 --> 00:36:25,500 of the Crusades. 814 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:27,375 - [Tony] Mysterious stories surrounding 815 00:36:27,375 --> 00:36:30,167 the Knights Templar continue to this day. 816 00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,250 Chief among them, the hotly contested claim 817 00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:34,500 that their mission was to protect the Holy Grail 818 00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:37,625 and the alleged bloodline of Jesus Christ. 819 00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:39,625 Many speculate that they communicated 820 00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:43,208 in their own secret code, known as the Templar cipher. 821 00:36:43,292 --> 00:36:45,125 - [Eric] Is this possibly code left over 822 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:46,667 from the Knights Templar? 823 00:36:46,708 --> 00:36:49,750 Or maybe even an incantation meant to imbue the blade 824 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:52,417 and its user with unearthly powers. 825 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,000 - [Tony] But another theory says 826 00:36:54,083 --> 00:36:55,958 this sword may go back much further. 827 00:36:56,042 --> 00:36:57,375 - According to the legends, 828 00:36:57,458 --> 00:37:00,250 there was a prince named Siegfried, or Sigurd, 829 00:37:00,333 --> 00:37:02,333 who lived near the Rhine River in Germany, 830 00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:04,583 and he needed to slay the dragon Fafnir. 831 00:37:04,667 --> 00:37:08,125 And Sigurd needed a mythic blade 832 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:11,333 and found it in the sword named Gram. 833 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:15,542 With Gram, Sigurd slayed Fafnir and bathed 834 00:37:15,625 --> 00:37:18,708 in the dragon's blood, making himself invincible. 835 00:37:18,792 --> 00:37:20,875 - [Tony] Siegfried and Sigurd are names 836 00:37:20,958 --> 00:37:22,500 for the same hero who shows up 837 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:25,667 in both Germanic and Norse tales from old. 838 00:37:25,708 --> 00:37:27,625 The difference with Sigurd, however, 839 00:37:27,708 --> 00:37:30,208 is that he may have actually been real. 840 00:37:30,292 --> 00:37:32,042 - The legends of Sigurd may have been based 841 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:33,417 on real historical figures, 842 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:37,750 specifically kings from the Merovingian dynasty. 843 00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:39,833 Researchers have said that the sword was 844 00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:41,500 actually forged in Germany. 845 00:37:41,583 --> 00:37:44,583 So could this be the legendary Gram? 846 00:37:44,583 --> 00:37:46,958 - [Tony] Germany, like much of North and Central Europe, 847 00:37:47,042 --> 00:37:48,792 was often a mishmash of ethnicities 848 00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:52,500 that invaded and intermingled with each other for centuries. 849 00:37:52,583 --> 00:37:54,500 The Norseman were all over the place, 850 00:37:54,583 --> 00:37:57,167 and many stashes of weapons that they left behind 851 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,500 have been discovered all over the UK, 852 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:02,333 which could explain how such a sword ended up here. 853 00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:05,250 - [Eric] Some think that the inscription was meant 854 00:38:05,333 --> 00:38:07,125 to enchant the blade and give power 855 00:38:07,208 --> 00:38:09,542 to both the blade itself and its user. 856 00:38:10,667 --> 00:38:12,625 - [Tony] The Norse Vikings were big believers in this, 857 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:15,500 frequently carving the runic letter for Tyr, 858 00:38:15,542 --> 00:38:18,708 the Norse God of war, onto their swords and shields 859 00:38:18,792 --> 00:38:21,375 for a supposed magical assist on the battleground. 860 00:38:23,625 --> 00:38:25,667 The Germanic people are thought to have originated 861 00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:30,208 from a small area of Scandinavia during the 4th century BC. 862 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:33,375 So the Norse Vikings were technically Germanic 863 00:38:33,458 --> 00:38:35,458 and even share some mythologies. 864 00:38:35,542 --> 00:38:37,167 Let's see if our experts can determine 865 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:40,292 if this sword is part of a myth, a legend, 866 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:42,333 or none of the above. 867 00:38:42,375 --> 00:38:44,708 (tense music) 868 00:38:45,833 --> 00:38:48,833 Archeologist and anthropologist Kathy Strain shoots down 869 00:38:48,917 --> 00:38:50,167 the Norse mythology theory 870 00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:51,875 by pointing to one particular symbol 871 00:38:51,958 --> 00:38:55,167 that would never have appeared on Sigurd's sword, Gram. 872 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:58,208 - There are symbols of crosses on the sword 873 00:38:58,292 --> 00:39:00,458 and those symbols are definitely Christian. 874 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:03,375 However, the Vikings practiced polytheism, 875 00:39:03,458 --> 00:39:05,875 meaning they worship many gods. 876 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,667 Christianity worshipped one God. 877 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:10,417 And so because of the Christian symbols 878 00:39:10,542 --> 00:39:11,667 that are on the sword, 879 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:14,333 we can safely rule out that this is Gram, 880 00:39:14,375 --> 00:39:15,667 the well-known sword. 881 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:17,833 - [Tony] Archeologist Ed Barnhart agrees 882 00:39:17,875 --> 00:39:20,042 with Strain's observation that this inscription 883 00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:22,792 is most certainly reflective of Christian faith. 884 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:25,625 - It's a series of Latin characters 885 00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:27,542 that don't spell out a single word. 886 00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:32,542 Instead, they are the initials of a much longer statement. 887 00:39:32,625 --> 00:39:36,125 The first two letters are ND, 888 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:41,458 which is probably Nostrus Domini, which is "our Lord". 889 00:39:41,542 --> 00:39:44,333 The next three are XOX. 890 00:39:44,417 --> 00:39:47,250 That meant the Holy Trinity. 891 00:39:47,333 --> 00:39:51,250 So the first few letters do seem like the opening 892 00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:53,375 of a Christian prayer. 893 00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:55,167 - [Tony] So could this sword be associated 894 00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:56,333 with the Knights Templar? 895 00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:58,125 Barnhart believes so. 896 00:39:58,208 --> 00:40:00,625 - The inscription is bracketed 897 00:40:00,708 --> 00:40:05,875 by two Christian crosses of very specific design, 898 00:40:05,958 --> 00:40:09,542 the very cross of the Knights Templar, 899 00:40:09,625 --> 00:40:11,958 which says that either it was a gift 900 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:13,417 from the Knights Templar, 901 00:40:13,542 --> 00:40:17,750 or it was used by Knights Templar themselves. 902 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:19,500 - [Tony] And as for those inscriptions giving 903 00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:21,083 the sword magic powers? 904 00:40:21,208 --> 00:40:22,750 - By the time we come 905 00:40:22,875 --> 00:40:26,708 into Christianity's dominance of Europe, 906 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:28,583 they're now using that same thing, 907 00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:32,583 but it's the magical power of God inscribed on the sword 908 00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:35,292 in the language of the day, which was Latin. 909 00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:38,667 And the theory is that, by throwing them into the river, 910 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:40,500 they were returning them back 911 00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:44,083 to the magical powers of God and nature. 912 00:40:45,333 --> 00:40:47,542 (tense music) 913 00:40:48,542 --> 00:40:49,875 - Our verdict? 914 00:40:49,958 --> 00:40:52,333 Based on the information our experts provided, 915 00:40:52,458 --> 00:40:55,083 we're going with Templar Knight sword. 916 00:40:55,208 --> 00:40:57,833 But since it was personally crafted for its wielder, 917 00:40:57,833 --> 00:41:00,000 we may never know what the inscription 918 00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,667 was fully meant to say 919 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:05,667 or if it did indeed protect its owner with powers from God. 920 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:07,333 And that's our show for tonight. 921 00:41:07,417 --> 00:41:09,333 If you know of any other medieval mysteries 922 00:41:09,375 --> 00:41:11,792 we should investigate, let us know. 923 00:41:11,875 --> 00:41:16,125 And prith be rememberest to keep thine cameras rolling. 924 00:41:16,208 --> 00:41:18,500 (dramatic music)