1 00:00:01,958 --> 00:00:02,667 - Tonight on "The Proof is Out There": 2 00:00:02,750 --> 00:00:04,500 a classic UFO case out of Kansas 3 00:00:04,625 --> 00:00:07,958 with glowing evidence that even had the sheriff convinced. 4 00:00:12,042 --> 00:00:13,833 - [Tony] A classic piece of Bigfoot footage 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,958 from a known Sasquatch hotspot. 6 00:00:18,042 --> 00:00:20,167 - [Tony] A man with super human neck strength. 7 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:23,292 - Of all of the body parts for bending a metal bar, 8 00:00:23,417 --> 00:00:25,250 the neck is one of the most fragile. 9 00:00:25,375 --> 00:00:26,792 - [Tony] And what's that in the sky 10 00:00:26,917 --> 00:00:28,667 on a collision course with a jetliner? 11 00:00:28,833 --> 00:00:29,958 Even the experts can't say. 12 00:00:30,042 --> 00:00:32,833 - This stumped me. I've never seen anything quite like it. 13 00:00:32,917 --> 00:00:35,708 (dramatic music) 14 00:00:37,833 --> 00:00:38,417 (dramatic music) 15 00:00:38,542 --> 00:00:40,000 - Around the globe are videos. 16 00:00:40,125 --> 00:00:43,500 - What the heck is this? - It's moving. 17 00:00:43,625 --> 00:00:46,458 - [Tony] Photos and sounds that defy explanation. 18 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:48,958 (hand buzzing) 19 00:00:49,042 --> 00:00:52,167 (dramatic music continues) 20 00:00:52,333 --> 00:00:54,458 - [Commentator 1] Is it some kind of unidentified object? 21 00:00:54,542 --> 00:00:56,333 - [Commentator 2] What's exciting is nobody really knows. 22 00:00:56,417 --> 00:00:58,375 (plane roaring) - [Tony] What are they? 23 00:00:58,542 --> 00:01:00,583 - [Commentator 3] Some sort of bizarre mutation. 24 00:01:00,708 --> 00:01:03,750 - Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. 25 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:06,667 - I'm Tony Harris 26 00:01:06,750 --> 00:01:09,333 and as a journalist for more than 30 years, 27 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:12,167 I've followed the facts where they take me. 28 00:01:12,292 --> 00:01:14,458 Now I'm bringing that spirit of investigation 29 00:01:14,542 --> 00:01:17,250 to the world's strangest sounds and images. 30 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:21,083 We'll analyze each one with top experts. 31 00:01:21,208 --> 00:01:24,167 - It's a credible case, it's a credible video. 32 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:27,042 - [Tony] And pass a verdict on what it is. 33 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:29,000 - This video was clearly faked. 34 00:01:29,083 --> 00:01:31,000 - The proof starts now. 35 00:01:31,083 --> 00:01:33,792 (dramatic music) 36 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:42,542 Good evening and welcome to "The Proof is Out There." 37 00:01:42,708 --> 00:01:46,000 When a car tears out, it leaves behind skid marks. 38 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:48,375 But what does a UFO leave behind? 39 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:51,042 We're going back more than 50 years for this first one, 40 00:01:51,208 --> 00:01:53,125 and what's been called some of the most 41 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:56,167 credible UFO evidence of all time. 42 00:01:56,292 --> 00:01:58,167 November 2nd, 1971. 43 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:01,167 It's evening in the small town of Delphos, Kansas. 44 00:02:01,250 --> 00:02:03,500 16 year old Ron Johnson is on his family farm 45 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:05,042 when he suddenly sees a bright 46 00:02:05,167 --> 00:02:08,292 mushroom shaped spacecraft hovering nearby. 47 00:02:08,417 --> 00:02:10,958 Johnson runs to his parents and they return just in time 48 00:02:11,083 --> 00:02:13,000 to see the craft disappearing in the sky. 49 00:02:14,292 --> 00:02:16,292 But back on the ground they find this. 50 00:02:17,625 --> 00:02:20,375 Where the UFO allegedly hovered is an eight foot wide ring 51 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,458 with a whiteish crust around the edge. 52 00:02:22,583 --> 00:02:25,625 And take a closer look, it looks like this ring is glowing. 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,125 Harlan Enlow was one of the first law enforcement officers 54 00:02:29,208 --> 00:02:30,375 to arrive on the scene. 55 00:02:30,542 --> 00:02:33,333 - It was a eye-opening surprise. 56 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:36,417 Here's this white dry ring, 57 00:02:36,542 --> 00:02:40,333 looks like a big donut sitting in the middle of a mud field. 58 00:02:40,417 --> 00:02:42,833 We took statements and we photographed it 59 00:02:42,958 --> 00:02:45,875 and we took actual soil samples. 60 00:02:46,042 --> 00:02:48,292 - [Tony] Ron's mother Irma Johnson tells Harlan 61 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:50,125 she touched the white substance 62 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:52,792 and instantly her fingers became numb. 63 00:02:52,875 --> 00:02:55,500 Meanwhile, two other eyewitness reports of the UFO 64 00:02:55,625 --> 00:02:57,292 that night are soon confirmed, 65 00:02:57,417 --> 00:02:59,875 leading Harlan to only one conclusion. 66 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,500 - [Harlan] I am 100% convinced that an incident happened. 67 00:03:03,625 --> 00:03:06,375 The story the family told us was credible. 68 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:07,708 - [Tony] But it doesn't end there. 69 00:03:07,875 --> 00:03:09,500 Journalist MJ Banias says when it comes 70 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,333 to reported UFO landing sites, 71 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,000 these strange sightings are not unique to Kansas. 72 00:03:15,125 --> 00:03:16,333 - We have multiple cases 73 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:21,250 that show UFOs landing on the ground. 74 00:03:21,375 --> 00:03:24,167 One of the most famous cases was out of the 1980s 75 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:26,583 in France, in Trans-en-Provence, 76 00:03:26,708 --> 00:03:29,458 where a gentleman was farming in his field 77 00:03:29,583 --> 00:03:32,167 when he saw this large disk like object 78 00:03:32,333 --> 00:03:34,333 take off into the sky and again, 79 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:37,458 it left impression marks as to where it was landed 80 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:39,250 as well as some burn marks on the ground. 81 00:03:39,375 --> 00:03:42,042 (tone whooshing) 82 00:03:42,208 --> 00:03:44,208 - With a 21 page soil report, 83 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:46,458 the Delphos, Kansas UFO is considered 84 00:03:46,542 --> 00:03:50,500 one of the most lab studied UFO cases in history. 85 00:03:50,583 --> 00:03:53,583 So you'd think if it was possible to explain this ring, 86 00:03:53,708 --> 00:03:57,000 it would've been done by now, but no dice. 87 00:03:57,083 --> 00:03:59,750 Well, we got our experts here to give it another try. 88 00:03:59,875 --> 00:04:02,708 (suspenseful music) 89 00:04:04,167 --> 00:04:05,083 We begin with Astronomer 90 00:04:05,208 --> 00:04:07,125 and Video Effects Designer Mark D'Antonio. 91 00:04:07,250 --> 00:04:11,167 - UFOs have been traditionally associated with heat, 92 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:12,792 meaning this might have been ash, 93 00:04:12,875 --> 00:04:15,333 but there wasn't an excess of carbon ash 94 00:04:15,417 --> 00:04:17,875 that I could see in the chemical report. 95 00:04:18,042 --> 00:04:21,583 Some of the elements were hydrophobic in nature. 96 00:04:21,708 --> 00:04:22,917 - [Tony] It's that hydrophobicity 97 00:04:23,042 --> 00:04:26,667 that tells Physicist Dr. Matthew Szydagis something's up. 98 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:30,500 - The term hydrophobic means water repellent. 99 00:04:30,667 --> 00:04:32,875 Most soil really needs water. 100 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,042 That's how plants grow. 101 00:04:34,167 --> 00:04:36,542 - [Tony] This photo taken of the Delphos soil sample 102 00:04:36,708 --> 00:04:38,167 about 20 years after the incident 103 00:04:38,292 --> 00:04:40,708 shows a drop of water repelling off it. 104 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:43,083 So there seems to be something amiss in the soil, 105 00:04:43,208 --> 00:04:44,250 but is it really glowing? 106 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:47,167 D'Antonio thinks there's an explanation in the camera. 107 00:04:47,333 --> 00:04:48,500 - It looks brighter on the film 108 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:51,000 precisely because it's a brighter soil 109 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:52,000 compared to the darker soil, 110 00:04:52,083 --> 00:04:54,875 and the camera tries to balance the light. 111 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 - [Tony] But Szydagis says a camera artifact 112 00:04:57,083 --> 00:04:59,792 doesn't explain further research from the soil report. 113 00:04:59,917 --> 00:05:03,167 - We have physical deposited evidence 114 00:05:03,250 --> 00:05:07,417 that the samples still have the same glowing property today, 115 00:05:07,542 --> 00:05:10,500 which is absolutely mind blowing to me. 116 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:11,958 - [Tony] The evidence is leaning alien, 117 00:05:12,083 --> 00:05:13,833 but Geologist Dr. Bob Anderson thinks 118 00:05:13,917 --> 00:05:15,417 what we're looking at is natural, 119 00:05:15,542 --> 00:05:17,333 a mix of an unknown organism in water, 120 00:05:17,458 --> 00:05:19,500 creating a froth of bacteria. 121 00:05:19,625 --> 00:05:22,000 - I realize that this area is pretty conducive 122 00:05:22,083 --> 00:05:24,458 to this kind of thing so I don't believe 123 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:25,792 it has anything to do with a UFO. 124 00:05:25,917 --> 00:05:27,750 I think it's a natural phenomena 125 00:05:27,875 --> 00:05:29,875 of groundwater interaction in biology. 126 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,167 It's a gas that's being released by that bacteria. 127 00:05:33,292 --> 00:05:35,250 - [Tony] But what about the numbness in the mother's hand? 128 00:05:35,375 --> 00:05:37,667 Dr. Anderson thinks he can explain that too. 129 00:05:37,792 --> 00:05:39,708 - The mother, got her hand burnt a little bit 130 00:05:39,875 --> 00:05:40,875 by touching that ring. 131 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 That usually happens if you have an acid. 132 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:44,417 It wouldn't surprise me to something 133 00:05:44,542 --> 00:05:45,708 got into the groundwater. 134 00:05:45,833 --> 00:05:47,667 My gut feeling is is that there was something buried 135 00:05:47,833 --> 00:05:50,250 in that area that was manmade/chemical, 136 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:54,542 which would not show up on those 1970 soil surveys. 137 00:05:54,708 --> 00:05:56,250 - [Tony] But still why the ring shape? 138 00:05:56,375 --> 00:05:58,708 Dr. Szydagis points to another popular theory 139 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:01,333 that we're looking at a so-called fairy ring. 140 00:06:01,417 --> 00:06:02,667 They're typically formed by fungus 141 00:06:02,750 --> 00:06:04,667 feeding on decomposing matter in the soil. 142 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:06,083 The fungus then grows from the center 143 00:06:06,208 --> 00:06:07,917 outwards to form a ring. 144 00:06:08,042 --> 00:06:10,167 - Fairy rings are also known 145 00:06:10,292 --> 00:06:15,125 to have a hydrophobic effect on the soil. 146 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:18,833 So this does appear to be a partial explanation 147 00:06:18,958 --> 00:06:21,167 that knocks out one or two features 148 00:06:21,292 --> 00:06:24,167 but doesn't seem to fit the entire story. 149 00:06:25,667 --> 00:06:28,333 (tone whooshing) 150 00:06:30,875 --> 00:06:34,125 - From a fairy ring to a possible UFO landing 151 00:06:34,208 --> 00:06:35,875 and even acidic soil. 152 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,750 There were just so many conflicting theories here, 153 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:41,000 plus all those credible witnesses. 154 00:06:41,125 --> 00:06:43,250 Our verdict is that this is simply 155 00:06:43,375 --> 00:06:45,792 an unexplained phenomenon. 156 00:06:45,875 --> 00:06:47,792 Before you get any ideas to investigate, 157 00:06:47,917 --> 00:06:49,375 you should know that the family eventually 158 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:52,917 buried the ring to discourage curious trespassers. 159 00:06:53,042 --> 00:06:55,583 But if you ever come across one yourself, 160 00:06:55,708 --> 00:06:59,167 you know who to call. (suspenseful music) 161 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:01,417 Now from strange circles on the ground 162 00:07:01,542 --> 00:07:03,833 to strange noises in the air, 163 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,542 they can occur pretty much anywhere. 164 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:08,833 But when they pipe up deep inside a mine 165 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,833 that's been abandoned for years 166 00:07:10,958 --> 00:07:13,417 and are attributed to dead people, 167 00:07:13,542 --> 00:07:15,500 you know we're gonna investigate. 168 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:16,833 (suspenseful music) 169 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,083 2016, a pitch black stormy night in Wiluna, Australia. 170 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:23,875 A professional mine explorer who goes by the name of Frank 171 00:07:24,042 --> 00:07:26,833 has descended deep into the Waldeck goldmine, 172 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,500 a 150 year old pit situated 173 00:07:29,625 --> 00:07:31,583 in one of the region's many canyons. 174 00:07:31,708 --> 00:07:33,583 He rolls camera throughout the expedition 175 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:36,042 when suddenly and unexpectedly. 176 00:07:36,208 --> 00:07:39,375 - [Frank] Do you hear that? (eerie whispering) 177 00:07:42,125 --> 00:07:44,292 - [Tony] He hears something eerie from a dark tunnel. 178 00:07:44,375 --> 00:07:46,667 We can make out what sounds like whispers. 179 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:49,833 (eerie whispering) 180 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:52,167 It seems to be multiple people 181 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:54,375 speaking to each other in a hushed tone. 182 00:07:55,417 --> 00:07:58,167 (eerie whispering continues) 183 00:07:58,292 --> 00:08:01,292 - [Frank] That is definitely creepy. Let's get outta here. 184 00:08:01,375 --> 00:08:02,208 (ominous music) 185 00:08:02,375 --> 00:08:04,167 - [Tony] Over six million online viewers 186 00:08:04,292 --> 00:08:05,667 have watched this trying to decipher 187 00:08:05,792 --> 00:08:07,333 what this explorer encountered. 188 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:09,750 Author Alexis Brooks presents some theories. 189 00:08:09,875 --> 00:08:12,083 - I've seen this a dozen times, 190 00:08:12,208 --> 00:08:14,583 each time I get creeped out just thinking about 191 00:08:14,708 --> 00:08:17,667 going into a place like this, but when the sounds emerge, 192 00:08:17,833 --> 00:08:19,792 it becomes extraordinarily chilling. 193 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,917 (eerie whispering) 194 00:08:24,792 --> 00:08:26,917 (ominous music) 195 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:29,958 Western Australia is mineral rich, 196 00:08:30,042 --> 00:08:34,083 so the mines in that area were very prolific, 197 00:08:34,208 --> 00:08:36,625 particularly going back to the 1800s. 198 00:08:36,708 --> 00:08:39,542 At the time mining was very, very risky, 199 00:08:39,667 --> 00:08:41,667 and unfortunately over the years 200 00:08:41,792 --> 00:08:43,458 a lot of miners died. 201 00:08:43,542 --> 00:08:44,292 (ominous music) 202 00:08:44,417 --> 00:08:46,333 - [Tony] In fact, we did some digging. 203 00:08:46,458 --> 00:08:48,875 In 1902, an explosion at Mount Kembla Mine 204 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,125 claimed the lives of 96 men alone. 205 00:08:51,250 --> 00:08:52,875 That's just one mine of hundreds 206 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,833 spanning all across the continent. 207 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,500 - And so the question becomes, 208 00:08:56,625 --> 00:09:00,667 with so many lives lost over a long period of time, 209 00:09:00,792 --> 00:09:02,958 could these mines simply be haunted? 210 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:05,375 - [Tony] This wouldn't even be the first time 211 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:08,167 a mining disaster has led to some spooky happenings. 212 00:09:08,292 --> 00:09:09,375 (ominous music) 213 00:09:09,542 --> 00:09:11,833 - Take the Milford Mine disaster 214 00:09:11,917 --> 00:09:14,750 in Crosby, Minnesota in 1924 215 00:09:14,875 --> 00:09:17,417 in which 41 miners sadly lost their life. 216 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:19,500 There are many people that have gone to that mine 217 00:09:19,667 --> 00:09:23,417 and reported hearing eerie sounds and footsteps, et cetera, 218 00:09:23,542 --> 00:09:25,792 and it could be that's what we're hearing 219 00:09:25,917 --> 00:09:30,208 here in the Waldeck Mine. (eerie whispering) 220 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:32,542 - [Tony] Brooks explains that this could be 221 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:34,000 an example of a ghost occurrence 222 00:09:34,167 --> 00:09:37,333 known as a electronic voice phenomena or EVP. 223 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:41,167 - EVP is something that has been practiced for many years 224 00:09:41,333 --> 00:09:44,250 in which a device like a tape recorder 225 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:47,375 tries to pick up discarnate voices. 226 00:09:47,542 --> 00:09:50,417 It was even said that Thomas Edison prior to his death 227 00:09:50,542 --> 00:09:53,333 was working on an apparatus to be able to pick up 228 00:09:53,458 --> 00:09:55,000 these discarnate sounds. 229 00:09:55,125 --> 00:09:58,667 Souls that have not fully realized their deaths, 230 00:09:58,792 --> 00:10:00,583 are trying to contact the living, 231 00:10:00,708 --> 00:10:04,000 are trying to still interface with the physical world. 232 00:10:04,125 --> 00:10:06,958 And in the case of the Waldeck Mine, if they died there, 233 00:10:07,083 --> 00:10:11,000 may be reliving the moment over and over again. 234 00:10:11,125 --> 00:10:13,125 (eerie whispering) 235 00:10:13,208 --> 00:10:14,042 - [Tony] Or could there be something else 236 00:10:14,167 --> 00:10:16,417 in the darkness making these noises? 237 00:10:16,542 --> 00:10:19,375 - There is what is called the Booie monster 238 00:10:19,542 --> 00:10:22,625 in Booie, Australia where a group of boys 239 00:10:22,708 --> 00:10:25,042 were in sort of a cavern atmosphere 240 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:27,333 and they claim to have witnessed 241 00:10:27,458 --> 00:10:30,583 a two-legged sort of bipedal creature. 242 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:33,292 Might we construe the Booie monster 243 00:10:33,375 --> 00:10:35,625 with what we heard over in Waldeck. 244 00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:38,583 (eerie whispering) 245 00:10:43,125 --> 00:10:45,250 - After professional bushmen set out in search 246 00:10:45,375 --> 00:10:49,000 of the Booie monster in 1954 and turned up nothing, 247 00:10:49,125 --> 00:10:50,458 authorities reached the conclusion 248 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:53,333 that those kids must have just spotted a kangaroo. 249 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:57,250 But whatever Frank heard was no hopping marsupial. 250 00:10:57,375 --> 00:11:00,042 What could have been making that bone chilling sound? 251 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:01,958 Let's have a listen to what our experts think. 252 00:11:02,083 --> 00:11:05,208 (suspenseful music) 253 00:11:06,542 --> 00:11:08,917 - You'll see that there is a parallel channel 254 00:11:09,042 --> 00:11:11,125 along the main channel for air to get in there. 255 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:12,833 That's pretty common in caves, 256 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:15,000 and he's in there during a rainstorm 257 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:16,750 and so what you're hearing there 258 00:11:16,875 --> 00:11:18,542 is the wind and water combination 259 00:11:18,708 --> 00:11:23,417 running through the air shaft. (eerie whispering) 260 00:11:23,542 --> 00:11:25,667 - [Tony] But Soundscape Ecologist Dr. Ben Gottesman 261 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,333 respectfully disagrees. 262 00:11:27,458 --> 00:11:30,875 - We're interested in comparing it to water in a cave, 263 00:11:31,042 --> 00:11:33,167 but when we're listening we hear 264 00:11:33,292 --> 00:11:35,500 that these are apples and oranges that we're comparing. 265 00:11:35,583 --> 00:11:38,375 (water dripping) 266 00:11:39,708 --> 00:11:42,167 We've got sounds of water droplets, you know, 267 00:11:42,292 --> 00:11:44,458 hitting and reverberating in this cave, 268 00:11:44,542 --> 00:11:47,458 which doesn't line up with what we see in Waldeck Mine. 269 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:50,250 (eerie whispering) 270 00:11:51,708 --> 00:11:54,250 (rain falling) 271 00:11:55,875 --> 00:11:57,417 This is not a match. 272 00:11:57,542 --> 00:11:58,708 - [Tony] So could these sounds be produced 273 00:11:58,875 --> 00:12:00,750 by a human or a ghost? 274 00:12:00,875 --> 00:12:02,167 - [Ben] The frequency characteristics 275 00:12:02,292 --> 00:12:03,833 are quite similar to human whispers. 276 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,708 (eerie whispering) 277 00:12:06,833 --> 00:12:09,750 (people whispering) 278 00:12:10,875 --> 00:12:13,042 It's a really strong comparison. 279 00:12:13,208 --> 00:12:14,750 - [Tony] But Gottesman man also has his doubts 280 00:12:14,875 --> 00:12:16,167 that these sounds came from a ghost 281 00:12:16,250 --> 00:12:18,208 or even the Waldeck Mines for that matter. 282 00:12:18,333 --> 00:12:20,458 - We should pay special attention to these differences 283 00:12:20,542 --> 00:12:23,000 in volume which relate to these differences 284 00:12:23,083 --> 00:12:24,083 in sound pressure level 285 00:12:24,208 --> 00:12:27,042 because normally sound pressure level 286 00:12:27,167 --> 00:12:30,125 gets doubled as you have the distance to the source. 287 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:32,875 - [Tony] The phenomenon is known as the inverse-square law, 288 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,333 which states that the intensity of sound 289 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:36,500 increases by approximately six decibels 290 00:12:36,583 --> 00:12:39,167 whenever you have the distance to the sound source, 291 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:41,167 which is just a mathematical expression of the fact 292 00:12:41,292 --> 00:12:44,208 that the closer you get to a sound, the louder it is. 293 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:47,833 - What we see here is he takes like one step 294 00:12:47,917 --> 00:12:49,708 and it gets way louder. 295 00:12:50,792 --> 00:12:52,333 Then he takes like six steps 296 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,333 and it doesn't get that much louder. 297 00:12:54,417 --> 00:12:58,000 Then he backtracks a few steps and it stays the same. 298 00:12:58,125 --> 00:12:59,667 - [Tony] According to the inverse-square law, 299 00:12:59,792 --> 00:13:01,792 if we're taking six steps closer to the sound, 300 00:13:01,875 --> 00:13:05,000 the increase in volume should be significant, but it isn't. 301 00:13:05,083 --> 00:13:06,792 - It doesn't match cleanly 302 00:13:06,875 --> 00:13:10,667 with how sound normally travels away from a source. 303 00:13:10,792 --> 00:13:13,167 There's a good chance that this is edited, 304 00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:14,792 adding in whispered sounds 305 00:13:14,875 --> 00:13:18,958 to create what truly is haunting and quite dramatic. 306 00:13:19,042 --> 00:13:21,833 (tone whooshing) 307 00:13:24,042 --> 00:13:25,167 - So there you have it. 308 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:27,750 We're going to call this a hoax. 309 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,833 Dr. Gottesman was able to rule out water and whispers 310 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,667 in the Waldeck Mine that night, 311 00:13:32,833 --> 00:13:35,417 and while we're going to say these sounds are fake, 312 00:13:35,542 --> 00:13:39,792 we can also say I'm never going down there ever. 313 00:13:39,875 --> 00:13:40,625 Please. (dramatic music) 314 00:13:44,375 --> 00:13:46,000 - This next bit of footage has earned a special place 315 00:13:46,167 --> 00:13:48,583 in the pantheon of big foot sightings. 316 00:13:48,708 --> 00:13:51,500 Many professional bigfoot hunters give it credence, 317 00:13:51,625 --> 00:13:54,750 but is it really proof of the legendary creature? 318 00:13:54,875 --> 00:13:55,708 You be the judge. 319 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:56,458 (suspenseful music) 320 00:13:56,583 --> 00:13:59,125 It's June, 2001 and Jim Mills, 321 00:13:59,250 --> 00:14:01,292 the leader of a youth group called Campus Life 322 00:14:01,417 --> 00:14:03,500 has taken his students on their annual backpacking trip 323 00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:05,958 to the Marble Mountains of Northern California. 324 00:14:06,083 --> 00:14:08,917 Their hike starts off ideally with picturesque weather, 325 00:14:09,042 --> 00:14:10,125 but things quickly take a turn 326 00:14:10,208 --> 00:14:12,833 and that's when they begin rolling this video. 327 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:16,667 - [Jim] If as we wonder up into the trees a little bit, 328 00:14:16,792 --> 00:14:18,667 there's a brush here. 329 00:14:18,833 --> 00:14:20,292 - [Tony] Off the trail, they first discover 330 00:14:20,417 --> 00:14:21,833 what appears to be a makeshift hut 331 00:14:21,958 --> 00:14:25,333 constructed from small trees and large branches. 332 00:14:25,458 --> 00:14:28,292 They seemingly have been torn down and broken. 333 00:14:28,417 --> 00:14:29,458 Then one of the young hikers spots 334 00:14:29,583 --> 00:14:31,500 what looks like a creature off in the distance 335 00:14:31,667 --> 00:14:33,875 on the hill high above them. 336 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 - Oh my word. - Oh! 337 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:36,750 - That is... - Doesn't even look 338 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,458 like a person. - It does not 339 00:14:38,583 --> 00:14:39,500 look like a person. - It doesn't look like- 340 00:14:39,667 --> 00:14:40,500 - [Tony] He paces back and forth 341 00:14:40,667 --> 00:14:43,208 while keeping a keen eye on the hikers. 342 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:45,333 - I'm the first one that points to it 343 00:14:45,458 --> 00:14:47,208 and I say, "Hey look, it's up there, 344 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:48,708 Bigfoot's coming down right now." 345 00:14:48,875 --> 00:14:51,833 And you know we knew that that's Sasquatch area. 346 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:52,833 (ominous music) 347 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,333 You could tell it was bigger than it looked. 348 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:56,958 - Witnesses who make the case 349 00:14:57,042 --> 00:14:59,250 that this is the Marble Mountain Bigfoot 350 00:14:59,375 --> 00:15:00,333 point to a couple of features, 351 00:15:00,458 --> 00:15:02,333 and let me bring it to the telestrator here. 352 00:15:02,458 --> 00:15:03,750 The first thing they point to 353 00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:06,208 are these disproportionate arms, 354 00:15:06,375 --> 00:15:08,667 one arm distinctly longer than the next. 355 00:15:08,833 --> 00:15:11,000 They also pointed to his size. 356 00:15:11,167 --> 00:15:12,292 They said the creature stood 357 00:15:12,417 --> 00:15:15,375 between seven and eight feet tall. 358 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,667 They swear that what they saw on this day 359 00:15:18,833 --> 00:15:20,167 was the Marble Mountain Bigfoot. 360 00:15:20,292 --> 00:15:21,750 (suspenseful music) 361 00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:23,750 Field Researcher Cliff Barackman dismisses 362 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:27,292 a lot of the alleged Bigfoot footage he sees, but not this. 363 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:29,917 - The Marble Mountain wilderness area in Northern California 364 00:15:30,042 --> 00:15:32,708 is not very far away from the most famous 365 00:15:32,833 --> 00:15:35,708 of all Bigfoot locations, Bluff Creek. 366 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:38,833 - [Tony] In 1967, a series of giant controversial footprints 367 00:15:38,917 --> 00:15:40,792 were found by a crew building a road 368 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:43,542 into an extremely remote wilderness area in Bluff Creek. 369 00:15:43,708 --> 00:15:44,583 (slide whooshing) 370 00:15:44,708 --> 00:15:46,083 The family of a man named Ray Wallace 371 00:15:46,208 --> 00:15:49,125 later claimed Wallace made them as a practical joke. 372 00:15:49,208 --> 00:15:50,208 But what about that hut? 373 00:15:50,375 --> 00:15:51,917 For several years of research group 374 00:15:52,042 --> 00:15:53,833 known as the Olympic Project has been studying 375 00:15:53,958 --> 00:15:55,833 a series of nests in Washington state 376 00:15:55,958 --> 00:15:58,167 they suspect to have been made by a Sasquatch. 377 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,375 The nests are said to resemble structures made by gorillas. 378 00:16:02,542 --> 00:16:04,708 Could that be what we're seeing here? 379 00:16:04,875 --> 00:16:07,875 - All apes, including humans, make nests. 380 00:16:08,042 --> 00:16:10,917 So maybe this is some sort of structure 381 00:16:11,042 --> 00:16:14,292 that Sasquatches might make. - [Tony] He says the figure, 382 00:16:14,375 --> 00:16:15,500 though recorded at some distance, 383 00:16:15,625 --> 00:16:18,208 has some tell tale characteristics. 384 00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:23,125 - This figure is walking down the slope with no backpack, 385 00:16:23,250 --> 00:16:26,250 one color head to toe, strange body proportions, 386 00:16:26,375 --> 00:16:28,000 kind of high shoulders, 387 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:30,542 height estimates based on the recreation 388 00:16:30,708 --> 00:16:32,708 from the investigators that I personally know, 389 00:16:32,833 --> 00:16:34,667 put it between seven and eight feet tall. 390 00:16:34,833 --> 00:16:38,292 Whatever that is on the hill, it is very large. 391 00:16:38,417 --> 00:16:40,958 That could very well be a Sasquatch. 392 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,292 (dramatic music) 393 00:16:43,417 --> 00:16:46,125 - The Marble Mountains are home to 47 394 00:16:46,250 --> 00:16:47,917 alleged Bigfoot sightings, 395 00:16:48,042 --> 00:16:50,708 with the earliest going back to 1850. 396 00:16:50,875 --> 00:16:53,500 So is it possible this is home to more creatures 397 00:16:53,625 --> 00:16:55,458 than previously discovered? 398 00:16:55,583 --> 00:16:58,042 To find the answer, we turn to our experts. 399 00:16:58,167 --> 00:17:01,042 (suspenseful music) 400 00:17:02,792 --> 00:17:04,375 Forensic Video Analyst Michael Primeau 401 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:07,833 explores whether this video has been altered to deceive. 402 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,792 - The video has not been heavily compressed 403 00:17:09,875 --> 00:17:12,333 to reduce or degrade the video. 404 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,750 My personal opinion is that these events 405 00:17:14,875 --> 00:17:17,625 did transpire the way that they appeared. 406 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:19,292 - [Tony] Given the authenticity of the footage, 407 00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:20,833 Biologist Dr. Floyd Hayes 408 00:17:20,958 --> 00:17:22,833 takes note of that nesting structure. 409 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,458 - This looks like a shelter that was designed 410 00:17:25,583 --> 00:17:27,708 by some sort of a creature. 411 00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:31,000 The limbs appear to have been torn directly off of the tree, 412 00:17:31,167 --> 00:17:33,833 but it definitely appears to have been organized 413 00:17:33,917 --> 00:17:37,000 to some extent by intelligent animals. 414 00:17:37,125 --> 00:17:38,333 - [Tony] Then Hayes spots a detail 415 00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:39,500 a lot of folks missed. 416 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:40,750 - It looks like we have a string 417 00:17:40,875 --> 00:17:44,750 that's dangling there as well as a red cable of some sort. 418 00:17:44,875 --> 00:17:47,292 - [Tony] A string, which means Bigfoot ties knots 419 00:17:47,375 --> 00:17:50,167 or a person made this shelter, that seems more likely. 420 00:17:51,458 --> 00:17:52,917 But what about the creature on the rim? 421 00:17:53,042 --> 00:17:54,875 Anatomist Dr. Jeff Meldrum says the figure 422 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,708 doesn't look like a hiker, at least not at first. 423 00:17:59,042 --> 00:18:02,333 - There didn't appear to be the normal accoutrements 424 00:18:02,458 --> 00:18:04,625 that you usually see on someone 425 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,875 who's hiking in the back country. 426 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,167 - [Tony] Then he focuses on the torso. 427 00:18:08,292 --> 00:18:12,000 Bigfoot, he says, are always reported to have thick chests. 428 00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:15,500 - Their torsos are very barrel shaped. 429 00:18:15,625 --> 00:18:17,833 These are creatures that are evolved 430 00:18:17,958 --> 00:18:19,917 to muscle their way through the environment 431 00:18:20,042 --> 00:18:22,333 rather than think their way through. 432 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:23,417 - [Tony] But not this figure. 433 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:24,833 - You just don't get that impression, 434 00:18:24,917 --> 00:18:26,958 nor is there exceptional mass, 435 00:18:27,042 --> 00:18:29,917 anything to suggest a really large body. 436 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:31,917 - [Tony] Meldrum also notes the creature's gate. 437 00:18:32,042 --> 00:18:34,667 Look here, you can see it's far from sure footed. 438 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:37,083 - [Jeff] It seems to be choosing its footing 439 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:41,542 rather gingerly as if it isn't entirely at home 440 00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:42,583 in that environment. 441 00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:46,625 It looks like a human walking off trail. 442 00:18:47,917 --> 00:18:49,500 - [Tony] Meldrum also disagrees with Barackman's assessment 443 00:18:49,625 --> 00:18:51,208 that the figure is eight feet tall. 444 00:18:51,333 --> 00:18:53,583 He says the long distance and the low camera angle 445 00:18:53,708 --> 00:18:55,750 make height calculation difficult. 446 00:18:55,875 --> 00:19:00,750 - My impression is that it is of human size. 447 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:04,542 It doesn't strike me as a very large heavy creature. 448 00:19:04,708 --> 00:19:06,458 I could say it was a five and a half foot 449 00:19:06,583 --> 00:19:08,625 or a six and a half foot individual. 450 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:10,000 - [Tony] Now it sure looks like the creature 451 00:19:10,083 --> 00:19:12,750 has extra long arms, too long for a person, 452 00:19:12,875 --> 00:19:14,792 but Meldrum says there's a reason for that. 453 00:19:14,875 --> 00:19:19,583 - I believe this is a figure that is wearing a hoodie 454 00:19:19,708 --> 00:19:21,833 and at one point actually both hands go up. 455 00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:23,625 It appeared to adjust the hoodie. 456 00:19:23,750 --> 00:19:25,833 - [Tony] So was this all an elaborate hoax? 457 00:19:25,917 --> 00:19:27,542 - Given the long distance 458 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:29,333 at which they're observing this creature, 459 00:19:29,458 --> 00:19:33,250 I think it's an honest mistake and this can often happen 460 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:35,958 with people that see humans in the distance 461 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:37,375 and can mistake 'em for a Bigfoot. 462 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:40,125 (tone whooshing) 463 00:19:42,667 --> 00:19:44,792 - Our verdict, we think this is a person 464 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,958 wearing a hoodie with extra long sleeves. 465 00:19:48,083 --> 00:19:50,917 While our experts agree that isn't Bigfoot in the video, 466 00:19:51,042 --> 00:19:53,792 they both concede there are vast portions 467 00:19:53,917 --> 00:19:56,667 of the Marble Mountains that remain rarely trekked. 468 00:19:56,833 --> 00:19:58,792 So if Bigfoot does exist, 469 00:19:58,875 --> 00:20:00,375 it certainly could be living there. 470 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:04,833 For hundreds of years, 471 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,958 the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights 472 00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:09,083 has had a deep spiritual meaning 473 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:12,083 for Canada's Aboriginal Inuit people, 474 00:20:12,208 --> 00:20:14,417 often involving the lives of the departed 475 00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:18,250 and a belief that souls of the dead dance in the Aurora. 476 00:20:18,375 --> 00:20:21,125 But now another strange light phenomenon 477 00:20:21,208 --> 00:20:24,083 has been documented in Canada that as far as we know 478 00:20:24,208 --> 00:20:26,833 is not part of any native traditions. 479 00:20:26,917 --> 00:20:29,125 So our question, what is it? 480 00:20:29,250 --> 00:20:30,542 (suspenseful music) 481 00:20:30,708 --> 00:20:33,833 January, 2017, North Bay, Ontario, Canada. 482 00:20:33,917 --> 00:20:35,958 It's 2:00 a.m. and TJ Elzinga 483 00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:37,875 is woken up by his son's crying. 484 00:20:39,042 --> 00:20:39,958 Then after putting him back to bed, 485 00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:42,875 Timmy looks out the window and sees this. 486 00:20:43,667 --> 00:20:45,500 Take a closer look. 487 00:20:45,625 --> 00:20:47,333 A row of multicolored beams of light 488 00:20:47,458 --> 00:20:48,292 stretch across the horizon, 489 00:20:48,417 --> 00:20:51,208 shooting down from the sky into the ground. 490 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:53,542 TJ ventures outside in the sub-zero temperatures 491 00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:54,542 for another view. 492 00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:55,917 - Oh my goodness. 493 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,833 It was almost like something out of "Star Trek" 494 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:01,708 or something like "Scotty, beam me up" 495 00:21:01,875 --> 00:21:06,708 and I was very confused as to what I was seeing. 496 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:09,333 And I've never seen this before in my life. 497 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:10,708 (suspenseful music) 498 00:21:10,833 --> 00:21:11,875 - [Tony] Now you might be thinking 499 00:21:12,042 --> 00:21:13,333 this is the fabled Aurora Borealis, 500 00:21:13,458 --> 00:21:15,250 which is visible in the Great White North 501 00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,333 about 240 nights a year, 502 00:21:17,417 --> 00:21:19,333 but that phenomenon looks like this, 503 00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:21,500 not these clearly defined beams of light. 504 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:24,458 Writer Eric Grundhauser agrees 505 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:27,958 that these are unlike any phenomenon he's ever seen. 506 00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:29,917 - You see something in the sky like this. 507 00:21:30,042 --> 00:21:32,708 It's not unreasonable to think 508 00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:35,333 that some people would think that they're UFOs. 509 00:21:35,458 --> 00:21:37,042 - [Tony] The phenomenon is somewhat reminiscent 510 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,167 of these mysterious lights spotted above 511 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:41,625 Montreal's hotel Bonaventure 512 00:21:41,708 --> 00:21:44,375 in a now famous 1990 UFO sighting. 513 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:45,542 That's still unexplained. 514 00:21:45,708 --> 00:21:47,250 Could this be a similar anomaly? 515 00:21:48,583 --> 00:21:51,125 - So this is not something anyone would expect. 516 00:21:51,250 --> 00:21:54,875 I think that most people would 517 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,500 see these as an unnatural phenomenon. 518 00:21:57,625 --> 00:21:59,333 (static crackling) 519 00:21:59,417 --> 00:22:01,042 - Now, when I first saw these lights, 520 00:22:01,167 --> 00:22:03,542 I figured it could be some manmade art installation 521 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:05,875 like the famous Tribute in Light 522 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,833 at Ground Zero in Manhattan. 523 00:22:07,917 --> 00:22:09,417 But before we commit to any theory, 524 00:22:09,542 --> 00:22:12,458 let's let the experts illuminate us. 525 00:22:12,583 --> 00:22:15,542 (suspenseful music) 526 00:22:16,917 --> 00:22:18,875 Could these light beams be a hoax? 527 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,833 - Upon investigation of the way 528 00:22:20,958 --> 00:22:23,042 that the camera captured this information, 529 00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:25,125 this shutter speed value is consistent 530 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:27,333 with what we would refer to as nighttime photography 531 00:22:27,458 --> 00:22:28,625 or long exposure. 532 00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:30,833 The images are authentic. 533 00:22:30,958 --> 00:22:33,667 The images haven't been photoshopped in any way. 534 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,042 Nothing was detected that suggests 535 00:22:35,167 --> 00:22:37,292 that they were fabricated or created. 536 00:22:37,375 --> 00:22:38,333 - [Tony] Next we go to Astronomer 537 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:41,250 and Video Effects Designer Mark D'Antonio. 538 00:22:41,375 --> 00:22:44,375 - Is it a martian invasion, is it alien attack? 539 00:22:44,542 --> 00:22:46,500 I know that people said that this was some kind 540 00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:48,458 of big UFO hovering in the sky, 541 00:22:48,542 --> 00:22:51,708 but there really isn't any structure visible, 542 00:22:51,875 --> 00:22:53,542 and you would think if it was that close 543 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:56,208 where you would actually see some kind of structure. 544 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,042 - [Tony] So if these lights aren't alien in nature, 545 00:22:58,167 --> 00:22:59,500 could they be manmade? 546 00:22:59,625 --> 00:23:01,375 - [Mark] Maybe it's a a spotlight like you see 547 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:04,542 when they try to announce a new car dealership opening. 548 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:06,250 But there's a problem with that. 549 00:23:06,375 --> 00:23:09,500 A spotlight would stay at a relatively tight beam 550 00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:11,333 and then it would fade out. 551 00:23:11,417 --> 00:23:13,375 But we see that these lights, 552 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,375 they start off nice and sharp and as they climb, 553 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,917 they kind of feather into the night sky. 554 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:21,167 So this looks markedly different from a spotlight. 555 00:23:21,292 --> 00:23:23,333 - [Tony] D'Antonio rules out anything manmade. 556 00:23:23,458 --> 00:23:26,208 So are we looking at a natural phenomenon? 557 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:28,833 We take that question to Meteorologist Juan Hernandez 558 00:23:28,917 --> 00:23:30,083 and he points to an uncommon 559 00:23:30,208 --> 00:23:33,167 and rarely photograph phenomenon called light pillars. 560 00:23:33,250 --> 00:23:35,833 - Light pillars are a phenomenon characteristic 561 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:37,208 of cold climates. 562 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:39,708 Oftentimes when he have below freezing temperatures, 563 00:23:39,875 --> 00:23:43,167 we have ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere. 564 00:23:43,292 --> 00:23:45,667 Those ice crystals are in the shape of hexagons, 565 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:48,167 so they're hexagonal ice crystals 566 00:23:48,292 --> 00:23:51,833 that act as a mirror where light is reflected 567 00:23:51,917 --> 00:23:53,625 towards the surface. 568 00:23:53,708 --> 00:23:55,833 It might seem like there's a beam of light 569 00:23:55,958 --> 00:23:57,583 coming from the surface of the earth, 570 00:23:57,708 --> 00:24:00,417 but in reality it's actually an optical illusion. 571 00:24:00,542 --> 00:24:02,167 - [Tony] But while a light pillar can be generated 572 00:24:02,333 --> 00:24:04,375 by the sun, it turns out it's primarily 573 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:06,875 our modern city lighting that causes them 574 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,333 and their different colors. 575 00:24:08,458 --> 00:24:11,125 - It just depends on what the light source is. 576 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:13,750 If it's a light post or if it's something 577 00:24:13,875 --> 00:24:15,500 coming from a residence or a building. 578 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:18,000 Due to the differences in the sodium vapor 579 00:24:18,083 --> 00:24:19,250 within the lamps themselves, 580 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:23,208 we're able to get distinct colors such as the blue hues, 581 00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:26,250 we're able to get the orange hues or even the yellow hues. 582 00:24:27,083 --> 00:24:30,167 (suspenseful music) 583 00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:33,667 - Our verdict, light pillars. 584 00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:36,500 These rare phenomena have been spotted around the world 585 00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:39,458 on cold winter nights from Wyoming to Sweden, 586 00:24:39,583 --> 00:24:41,000 even the Antarctic. 587 00:24:41,125 --> 00:24:43,125 But conditions have to be just right 588 00:24:43,208 --> 00:24:45,542 for this rare phenomenon to occur. 589 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:48,208 In most instances when light pillars form 590 00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:51,333 temperatures are minus 10 to 20 degrees fahrenheit, 591 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:52,958 if not colder. 592 00:24:53,083 --> 00:24:54,958 So if you go out looking for them, 593 00:24:55,042 --> 00:24:59,625 don't forget your coat. 594 00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:01,292 - As hip hop greats "The Wu-Tang Clan" 595 00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:04,833 famously advised: "Protect your neck!" 596 00:25:04,958 --> 00:25:08,208 The human neck has 20 muscles that help with head movement 597 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:11,833 and chewing, but if you exercise them enough, 598 00:25:11,958 --> 00:25:14,000 could they become stronger than steel? 599 00:25:14,125 --> 00:25:15,042 (suspenseful music) 600 00:25:15,167 --> 00:25:18,208 July, 2018, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 601 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:21,167 A large bearded man is filmed kneeling down 602 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:22,250 and crossing himself 603 00:25:22,375 --> 00:25:25,208 surrounded by a pile of bricks and kettle bells. 604 00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:26,375 As the video continues, 605 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:29,000 a second man takes an 18 millimeter steel rod 606 00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:31,250 and holds it to the kneeling man's neck. 607 00:25:31,375 --> 00:25:33,375 Then- (contestant grunting) 608 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,125 the bearded man appears to bend the rod 609 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:36,625 using only his neck. 610 00:25:37,917 --> 00:25:40,708 He stands and triumphantly bows to the crowd's applause. 611 00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:43,375 (audience applauding) 612 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,375 Author Alexis Brooks says it looks like the man 613 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,500 has pulled off an incredible feat. 614 00:25:47,583 --> 00:25:50,792 - Of all of the body parts that we could use 615 00:25:50,875 --> 00:25:55,125 to do something as mind boggling as bending a metal bar, 616 00:25:55,208 --> 00:25:58,000 the neck is probably one of the most fragile. 617 00:25:58,083 --> 00:25:59,208 - [Tony] Brook says his skills evoke 618 00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:02,417 an ancient martial arts tradition from East Asia. 619 00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:07,542 - Shaolin monks spend a lifetime honing their skills 620 00:26:08,875 --> 00:26:12,792 at doing superhuman feats that seem beyond imagination. 621 00:26:12,917 --> 00:26:16,542 In one case, the Shaolin monks have a spear between them. 622 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:20,167 They were able to bend it into a U shape 623 00:26:20,292 --> 00:26:24,000 without any sign of pain whatsoever. 624 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,917 But clearly physics defying. 625 00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:26,875 (soft music) 626 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,042 - [Tony] Brooks believes that 627 00:26:28,208 --> 00:26:29,167 for these Buddhist practitioners, 628 00:26:29,292 --> 00:26:31,667 it's really about mind over matter. 629 00:26:31,792 --> 00:26:33,625 - [Alexis] It's about physical discipline, 630 00:26:33,708 --> 00:26:37,875 but it's also about the ability to harness energy 631 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,625 or what they call chi. 632 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:41,958 This is a field that exists all around us 633 00:26:42,083 --> 00:26:44,583 and it's a field that can be harnessed 634 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:48,167 to be able to do some of these inexplicable feats. 635 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:50,875 - It's thought that martial artists 636 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:52,083 develop their ability over time 637 00:26:52,208 --> 00:26:54,125 through progressive injury and resistance 638 00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:56,833 just as bodybuilders develop muscle. 639 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:58,167 (contestant grunting) 640 00:26:58,292 --> 00:26:59,375 So is this Russian man 641 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,208 harnessing chi to bend this bar to his will? 642 00:27:02,333 --> 00:27:04,833 (suspenseful music) 643 00:27:04,958 --> 00:27:06,542 It's actually not the first time 644 00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:10,125 someone has tried to bend a metal bar with their neck. 645 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:12,042 A circus strong man showed off his skill 646 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:14,667 with a steel rod in 1961, 647 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:17,667 but he used the back of his neck, not the trachea, 648 00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:19,833 and did most of the actual bending 649 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,042 after taking the bar off his neck. 650 00:27:22,167 --> 00:27:23,958 So how did this Russian athlete 651 00:27:24,083 --> 00:27:26,333 pull off this feat without choking? 652 00:27:26,458 --> 00:27:27,750 Let's ask the experts. 653 00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:30,625 (tone whooshing) 654 00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:34,417 Forensic Video Analyst Michael Primeau 655 00:27:34,542 --> 00:27:37,250 first analyzes the video to see if it could be fake. 656 00:27:37,375 --> 00:27:39,583 - When the audio channel was analyzed, 657 00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,667 we found there were fragments of the audio 658 00:27:41,833 --> 00:27:45,167 that were preserved, one grunt from that event. 659 00:27:45,333 --> 00:27:47,167 (contestant grunting) 660 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:49,333 But the next one in time was not. 661 00:27:49,458 --> 00:27:52,125 So we know that this audio information was changed, 662 00:27:52,250 --> 00:27:53,750 but doing a macroblock analysis, 663 00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:57,375 no evidence of CGI was detected with the bar itself. 664 00:27:58,417 --> 00:27:59,167 - [Tony] So could this man actually 665 00:27:59,292 --> 00:28:01,083 have superhuman neck strength? 666 00:28:01,208 --> 00:28:03,000 Theoretical Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku 667 00:28:03,125 --> 00:28:06,292 suggests it's possible to build up your neck muscles, 668 00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:08,625 but says that still might not be enough. 669 00:28:08,708 --> 00:28:10,458 - You might be able to train your neck 670 00:28:10,583 --> 00:28:13,875 to do much better than the average person, 671 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,583 but under no circumstance could a human being 672 00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:22,292 withstand the force of an iron rod bent around their neck. 673 00:28:22,417 --> 00:28:24,000 That's due to the cross-sectional 674 00:28:24,083 --> 00:28:24,917 area of the muscle. 675 00:28:25,875 --> 00:28:27,208 That's what gives you the strength. 676 00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:30,000 But as far as the muscle tissue itself and the bone, 677 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,250 pretty much identical for most humans. 678 00:28:32,375 --> 00:28:34,167 - Kaku says the neck is one of the weakest 679 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:35,667 and most vulnerable parts of the body 680 00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:37,375 because it's largely unprotected. 681 00:28:37,542 --> 00:28:38,708 (contestant grunting) 682 00:28:38,833 --> 00:28:41,000 So could there be more to this feat than meets the eye? 683 00:28:41,083 --> 00:28:43,542 - The key is the rod itself. 684 00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:45,500 Most materials have a critical point 685 00:28:45,625 --> 00:28:47,417 at which buckling takes place. 686 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:50,792 The rod has been pre weakened, perhaps by heat, 687 00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:54,500 by acid chemicals, or simply by being bent. 688 00:28:54,667 --> 00:28:57,958 And they got it to the point where an ordinary person 689 00:28:58,042 --> 00:29:00,542 like this could make the whole thing buckle. 690 00:29:01,917 --> 00:29:03,833 - [Tony] Adding heat, chemicals, or stress to metal 691 00:29:03,958 --> 00:29:06,375 can change the physical and sometimes chemical properties 692 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,500 of the material to increase its deductibility 693 00:29:08,583 --> 00:29:11,292 and reduce its hardness, making it easier to bend. 694 00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,292 And Kaku says there was one more key element 695 00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:14,667 that makes this whole trick work. 696 00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:16,792 - The assistant is very important 697 00:29:16,917 --> 00:29:20,542 'cause he knows exactly how much pressure to apply 698 00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:22,833 and exactly where to bend it, 699 00:29:22,958 --> 00:29:24,875 'cause if he bends in in the wrong place, 700 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,625 then you could really damage his vocal chords. 701 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:30,333 (dramatic music) 702 00:29:32,125 --> 00:29:35,000 - The verdict, this is more like a magic trick 703 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:36,500 using a weakened metal bar 704 00:29:36,583 --> 00:29:38,500 than a true feat of strength. 705 00:29:38,583 --> 00:29:41,542 However, the Russian bodybuilder has clearly trained 706 00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:43,458 for this performance and can likely pull it off 707 00:29:43,542 --> 00:29:45,458 much easier than most. 708 00:29:45,583 --> 00:29:46,833 As for your neck, 709 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,625 it's better to just use it to keep your head on straight. 710 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,000 Statistics show that up to 80% of all aviation accidents 711 00:29:56,125 --> 00:29:58,583 can be attributed to human error. 712 00:29:58,708 --> 00:30:01,417 However, rarely are they caused by planes 713 00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:03,375 colliding with other jets. 714 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,167 So what are the chances that one might bump 715 00:30:05,292 --> 00:30:07,542 into an interstellar craft? 716 00:30:07,667 --> 00:30:10,625 November, 2021, Henderson, Nevada. 717 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,458 It's about 4:00 a.m. and practically everyone 718 00:30:12,542 --> 00:30:14,667 is asleep except for Jason Sirosi 719 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:16,875 who was squeezing in one last hour of star gazing 720 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,500 from his backyard (suspenseful music) 721 00:30:19,583 --> 00:30:22,417 when he suddenly sees this. 722 00:30:22,542 --> 00:30:24,333 Two groups of lights are seen in the sky 723 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:26,667 appearing to narrowly miss colliding with each other 724 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:28,958 by mere seconds. (suspenseful music) 725 00:30:29,042 --> 00:30:31,958 Look closely. On the right is clearly a jetliner. 726 00:30:32,042 --> 00:30:33,875 But what does that strange T-shaped formation 727 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,042 of objects on the left? 728 00:30:37,333 --> 00:30:38,250 Jason doesn't have an answer 729 00:30:38,375 --> 00:30:40,667 and can't believe what he's seeing. 730 00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:45,500 - [Tony] But as shocking as this near miss seems, 731 00:30:45,625 --> 00:30:47,208 Author and Blogger Amy Teitel says 732 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:49,542 it may be part of a larger pattern. 733 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,000 - In 2021, an American Airlines pilot 734 00:30:52,125 --> 00:30:54,667 made headlines when he radioed the ground 735 00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:57,917 saying that he saw a UFO out of his windshield 736 00:30:58,042 --> 00:31:00,542 somewhere over New Mexico. 737 00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:10,708 - [Tony] But if Jason's video is a UFO 738 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:13,542 attempting to get near or closely examine a jet, 739 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:15,833 the question for investigators is why? 740 00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:17,083 (suspenseful music) 741 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:18,750 - Ufologists don't believe 742 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:21,833 that there's any firm theory on why UFOs 743 00:31:21,958 --> 00:31:23,833 would target commercial airliners. 744 00:31:23,958 --> 00:31:27,833 But many UFOs sightings seem to be related to military jets 745 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,375 or some kind of military technology. 746 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:33,500 One of the earliest comes from 1967. 747 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:36,667 American intelligence was listening in on communications 748 00:31:36,792 --> 00:31:40,125 from Cuba where the pilot said at 33,000 feet 749 00:31:40,208 --> 00:31:44,167 that he saw a bright glowing disc out of his window. 750 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,333 (suspenseful music continues) 751 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:47,750 - What's going on here? 752 00:31:47,875 --> 00:31:51,375 We've seen a lot of UFO videos before in various shapes 753 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:55,833 and patterns: orbs, triangular, circular, cigar, 754 00:31:55,917 --> 00:31:59,125 but this T formation, let alone getting on video 755 00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:02,250 what looks like a near collision, is new to us. 756 00:32:02,375 --> 00:32:04,000 Will it stump our experts? 757 00:32:04,125 --> 00:32:05,417 We asked them to weigh in. 758 00:32:05,542 --> 00:32:08,750 (suspenseful music) 759 00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:12,583 Rich Hoffman of a Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies 760 00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:15,042 has been studying UFOs for decades. 761 00:32:15,208 --> 00:32:17,875 Does he think this object is from another world? 762 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,083 - It doesn't typically match what we think of as a UFO. 763 00:32:21,208 --> 00:32:25,083 It doesn't make any apparent strange motions 764 00:32:25,208 --> 00:32:29,458 like advanced speed or instantaneous taking off. 765 00:32:29,583 --> 00:32:31,000 - [Tony] That doesn't mean it's not a UFO, 766 00:32:31,125 --> 00:32:33,833 but that if it is, it's not acting like others. 767 00:32:33,958 --> 00:32:36,625 Still, could they just be two planes passing? 768 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:38,583 Passenger jets are mandated to have lights 769 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:40,833 all over the craft, including ones for taxiing, 770 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,583 landing, wing tips, and blinking anti-collision lights. 771 00:32:44,708 --> 00:32:46,458 But Hoffman's not seeing that here. 772 00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:49,500 - It's a close match for an aircraft going across, 773 00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:51,000 but the lighting pattern on it 774 00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,875 and the fact that it doesn't have the blinking lights 775 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,125 aircrafts are supposed to have, 776 00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:59,042 the object itself stumped me. 777 00:32:59,208 --> 00:33:02,333 I've never seen anything quite like it in my investigations. 778 00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:07,083 We rarely have ever get something that looks like a T. 779 00:33:07,208 --> 00:33:09,917 - [Tony] Next we turn to Aviation Expert Tim McMillan. 780 00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:12,083 If it's not a plane, could it be a satellite? 781 00:33:12,208 --> 00:33:15,458 In 2019, SpaceX launched a global network 782 00:33:15,583 --> 00:33:17,375 of satellites providing internet coverage 783 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,500 from space called Starlink. 784 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:22,375 They operate in groups called constellations 785 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,750 and today there are over 2000 in orbit. 786 00:33:25,875 --> 00:33:29,667 - Starlink is a long string of lights in the night sky. 787 00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:32,792 Starlink satellites are connected together, 788 00:33:32,875 --> 00:33:36,125 but we wouldn't be seeing a T-formation. 789 00:33:37,708 --> 00:33:39,500 - [Tony] Does the location play into the mystery? 790 00:33:39,625 --> 00:33:41,833 Jason shot this footage less than 100 miles 791 00:33:41,958 --> 00:33:44,083 from the notorious Area 51. 792 00:33:44,208 --> 00:33:46,208 - [Tim] So now we are in the general area 793 00:33:46,333 --> 00:33:47,792 that secret aircraft do fly, 794 00:33:47,917 --> 00:33:50,417 but at the same time it doesn't match up 795 00:33:50,542 --> 00:33:52,417 with what we should be seeing 796 00:33:52,542 --> 00:33:55,000 if it was, you know, a fixed wing aircraft, 797 00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:59,000 a drone, or a rotary ring helicopter. 798 00:33:59,083 --> 00:34:03,667 And why would you do a really irregular light pattern 799 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:06,250 on your top secret aircraft? 800 00:34:06,375 --> 00:34:08,083 - [Tony] Although not convinced it's any airplane, 801 00:34:08,208 --> 00:34:10,458 McMillan does see a clue which leads him to a theory 802 00:34:10,542 --> 00:34:13,333 that may explain why there appears to be a near collision. 803 00:34:13,458 --> 00:34:17,708 - When you're looking at the aircraft that passes by it, 804 00:34:17,833 --> 00:34:19,583 we see the contrail from it. 805 00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:22,000 So we can see that this aircraft 806 00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:24,500 is moving within the atmosphere, 807 00:34:24,625 --> 00:34:27,542 but we're not seeing the same atmospheric effects 808 00:34:27,667 --> 00:34:28,792 with our T object. 809 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:33,000 That means that the object in our T-formation 810 00:34:33,083 --> 00:34:37,333 is higher than whatever is the aircraft flying below it. 811 00:34:37,458 --> 00:34:39,208 - [Tony] McMillan's theory is that this object 812 00:34:39,333 --> 00:34:42,625 is miles up in space but not a satellite. 813 00:34:42,708 --> 00:34:45,833 - If I had to give my most likely explanation, 814 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:48,542 it's possibly the International Space Station. 815 00:34:48,708 --> 00:34:52,250 It's roughly 250 miles above the Earth's surface. 816 00:34:52,375 --> 00:34:54,667 You've got the big panels that are extended out 817 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:56,458 and so the lights that we are seeing, 818 00:34:56,583 --> 00:34:59,375 the sun could be reflecting on that portion 819 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,208 as it passes over. 820 00:35:05,542 --> 00:35:07,208 - This one has us stumped. 821 00:35:07,333 --> 00:35:10,333 So we did some digging and based on tracking data, 822 00:35:10,417 --> 00:35:13,375 it appears the ISS wasn't passing over Nevada 823 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:15,500 at the time the video was shot. 824 00:35:15,625 --> 00:35:18,667 Our verdict, we're gonna go with genuine UFO. 825 00:35:18,792 --> 00:35:20,792 We just can't identify it. 826 00:35:20,875 --> 00:35:23,708 And for sure, Jason's experience proves one thing. 827 00:35:23,833 --> 00:35:24,958 If you keep looking up, 828 00:35:25,042 --> 00:35:30,000 there's no telling what you'll find. 829 00:35:30,167 --> 00:35:31,333 - Do you like doing mazes? 830 00:35:31,417 --> 00:35:33,917 Scientist say solving a maze can stimulate 831 00:35:34,042 --> 00:35:35,833 the part of the brain responsible 832 00:35:35,958 --> 00:35:38,500 for memory and learning. 833 00:35:38,583 --> 00:35:40,333 But this next story involves a puzzle 834 00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:42,375 whose origins are unknown. 835 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,458 Some believe whoever made it came from over the sea 836 00:35:45,583 --> 00:35:47,208 or even outer space. 837 00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:48,167 (suspenseful music) 838 00:35:48,292 --> 00:35:50,667 Take a hike in the remote mountainous area 839 00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:51,917 outside Hemet, California, 840 00:35:52,042 --> 00:35:55,625 and you might come across a stone surrounded by barbed wire. 841 00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:57,833 Come closer and you'll find this. 842 00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:02,500 A large rounded boulder with a strange carving on its face. 843 00:36:02,625 --> 00:36:03,958 It's 24 inches squared 844 00:36:04,042 --> 00:36:06,500 and looks like an ancient drawing of a maze. 845 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:08,500 It consists of two rectangular boxes, 846 00:36:08,625 --> 00:36:09,917 one inside of the other. 847 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:12,875 In the space between the two is a series of parallel lines 848 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,875 forming this geometric pattern. 849 00:36:16,333 --> 00:36:18,667 A rancher first discovered this stone in 1914 850 00:36:18,792 --> 00:36:20,625 while surveying his property. 851 00:36:20,708 --> 00:36:22,792 It's since been fenced off to protect it. 852 00:36:22,875 --> 00:36:25,875 Archeologists have authenticated the maze as a petroglyph 853 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,667 from up to 2000 years ago based on artifacts found nearby. 854 00:36:29,792 --> 00:36:31,667 Yet journalist Eric Grundhauser points out 855 00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:33,875 this is one maze there's no way to solve. 856 00:36:35,417 --> 00:36:39,125 - There's no entry point that actually goes to an end point. 857 00:36:39,208 --> 00:36:43,333 So it seems to be a sort of esoteric design. 858 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,500 - [Tony] Grundhauser says some think the petroglyph 859 00:36:45,667 --> 00:36:49,667 also resembles another now notorious symbol, the swastika. 860 00:36:49,792 --> 00:36:50,500 (suspenseful music) 861 00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:53,542 - Prior to its popularization 862 00:36:53,667 --> 00:36:55,167 as a symbol for the Nazi party, 863 00:36:55,250 --> 00:36:58,208 the swastika as a design has actually been used 864 00:36:58,333 --> 00:37:01,500 in a number of cultures throughout the world. 865 00:37:01,625 --> 00:37:04,917 It has had many meanings, especially in Chinese Buddhism. 866 00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:07,583 - [Tony] In Buddhism, the symbol represents 867 00:37:07,708 --> 00:37:08,792 the Buddhist footprints, 868 00:37:08,875 --> 00:37:11,125 and in Hinduism and other Eastern religions, 869 00:37:11,208 --> 00:37:13,292 it's a sign of prosperity and good luck. 870 00:37:14,375 --> 00:37:16,667 Since no one knows who created this petroglyph, 871 00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:18,542 some speculate that a possible connection 872 00:37:18,708 --> 00:37:20,958 with ancient China is the key. 873 00:37:21,042 --> 00:37:24,167 - There is a theory that the 15th century 874 00:37:24,250 --> 00:37:28,833 Chinese Admiral Zheng He who put together a fleet 875 00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:31,375 to explore the Pacific Ocean, 876 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:34,875 ended up making it to the shore of California 877 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,583 and that the Admiral and some Buddhist monks 878 00:37:38,708 --> 00:37:42,833 actually came inland and left these carvings along the way. 879 00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:46,250 - [Tony] However, since the design is so unusual, 880 00:37:46,375 --> 00:37:48,500 others have a different idea about how it got there. 881 00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:49,750 (suspenseful music) 882 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:55,000 - Given that the carving does not seem to denote 883 00:37:55,083 --> 00:37:57,750 any sort of image or symbol 884 00:37:57,875 --> 00:38:00,208 that we are immediately familiar with, 885 00:38:00,375 --> 00:38:04,208 some believe that it's possible that aliens created this. 886 00:38:04,333 --> 00:38:05,833 - Supporters of this theory point out 887 00:38:05,958 --> 00:38:06,917 how the design of the petroglyph is similar 888 00:38:07,042 --> 00:38:10,917 to that of the circuitry on a computer chip. 889 00:38:11,042 --> 00:38:13,042 They say this connects to how some ancient cities 890 00:38:13,167 --> 00:38:15,833 like Teotihuacan, Mexico appear from above 891 00:38:15,917 --> 00:38:17,958 to be laid out like a computer circuit board 892 00:38:18,042 --> 00:38:19,958 with two large processor chips. 893 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,833 So could these be prototypes of computer technology 894 00:38:23,917 --> 00:38:26,667 built by advanced ancient alien civilizations? 895 00:38:26,792 --> 00:38:30,083 (suspenseful music) 896 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:33,000 What's most puzzling about this ancient maze glyph 897 00:38:33,125 --> 00:38:35,333 is that it's found in the middle of the desert 898 00:38:35,458 --> 00:38:37,542 far from the trading hubs on the coast. 899 00:38:37,667 --> 00:38:40,083 It also doesn't seem to say anything specific. 900 00:38:40,208 --> 00:38:43,042 So figuring out the intention behind the peculiar design 901 00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:44,833 is a real challenge. 902 00:38:44,958 --> 00:38:47,417 Our experts may have some insider insight. 903 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:50,417 (suspenseful music) 904 00:38:51,917 --> 00:38:54,208 Anthropologist Kathy Strain analyzes the images 905 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,250 to see if they reveal any telltale signs 906 00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:59,333 of the carvings being made by ancient alien visitors. 907 00:38:59,458 --> 00:39:02,750 - I wouldn't expect this to be created by aliens 908 00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:05,208 because it's not precise. 909 00:39:05,375 --> 00:39:07,458 - [Tony] We recreated the symbol and she's right. 910 00:39:07,542 --> 00:39:10,042 You can see how most of the lines are subtly curved 911 00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:12,042 rather than being perfectly straight. 912 00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:14,333 This rules out lasers or other high tech tools 913 00:39:14,417 --> 00:39:17,000 that you'd expect extraterrestrials to use. 914 00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:19,708 (suspenseful music) 915 00:39:19,833 --> 00:39:21,500 So could this design be associated 916 00:39:21,667 --> 00:39:22,792 with Chinese Buddhist art 917 00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:26,250 as suggested by the tales of Admiral Zheng in his voyages? 918 00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:30,333 - [Kathy] This petroglyph is located pretty far away 919 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,625 from the ocean and there are no villages, 920 00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:38,000 there's no other thing to tell us that in the 15th century, 921 00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:42,125 a Chinese ship came to the coast of California 922 00:39:42,250 --> 00:39:47,125 and came 100 miles inland to create this petroglyph. 923 00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:49,417 - [Tony] So if Chinese explorers didn't carve this, 924 00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:51,333 was it the local native people? 925 00:39:51,458 --> 00:39:56,042 - One of the older cultures long before contact 926 00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:58,250 is the Kumeyaay people. 927 00:39:58,375 --> 00:40:01,417 Along the coast where this culture lived 928 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:06,000 are other examples of maze-like petroglyphs. 929 00:40:06,125 --> 00:40:09,333 We call it the Rancho Bernardo Style. 930 00:40:09,458 --> 00:40:12,667 And these are diagnostically similar. 931 00:40:12,792 --> 00:40:15,333 We know this culture was trading back and forth 932 00:40:15,458 --> 00:40:18,333 perhaps even 100 miles inland. 933 00:40:18,417 --> 00:40:22,500 So that is probably the best possibility. 934 00:40:22,625 --> 00:40:24,250 - Based on the other ones that we know 935 00:40:24,375 --> 00:40:27,292 that are in about 120 mile radius, 936 00:40:27,417 --> 00:40:30,417 I believe that they are boundary markers 937 00:40:30,542 --> 00:40:34,167 that denote whoever's territory that was. 938 00:40:34,250 --> 00:40:37,375 (suspenseful music) 939 00:40:39,208 --> 00:40:42,292 - Our verdict, the Hemet Maze Stone was likely created 940 00:40:42,375 --> 00:40:43,583 by an indigenous group 941 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:46,542 that would've lived in the area many centuries ago, 942 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:48,042 possibly the Kumeyaay. 943 00:40:48,208 --> 00:40:51,208 But the petroglyphs meaning and purpose 944 00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:53,000 still remain mysteries. 945 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:54,000 And that's our show for tonight. 946 00:40:54,167 --> 00:40:56,542 Thank you for watching and by all means, 947 00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:59,958 keep trying to solve life's many puzzles, 948 00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:01,833 and keep those cameras rolling. 949 00:41:01,917 --> 00:41:05,125 (suspenseful music)