1 00:00:02,042 --> 00:00:03,292 Remote mountain locations 2 00:00:03,458 --> 00:00:05,583 linked to elusive creatures. 3 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:08,583 Vast cavern systems 4 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:11,375 said to shelter the supernatural. 5 00:00:12,375 --> 00:00:15,000 And hidden recesses of the planet 6 00:00:15,125 --> 00:00:19,083 rumored to serve as alien outposts. 7 00:00:20,917 --> 00:00:22,167 For nearly two decades, 8 00:00:22,375 --> 00:00:24,500 Ancient Aliens has traveled the globe, 9 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:27,875 exploring towering megalithic structures, 10 00:00:28,042 --> 00:00:30,292 mysterious artifacts, 11 00:00:30,458 --> 00:00:33,167 and stories of otherworldly beings 12 00:00:33,375 --> 00:00:36,667 in a quest for evidence that might reveal the truth 13 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:40,042 of our extraterrestrial origins. 14 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:43,833 It's so amazing to think about these extraterrestrial lairs 15 00:00:44,042 --> 00:00:46,583 hidden away in these remote places-- 16 00:00:46,750 --> 00:00:48,917 mountains, caves, islands. 17 00:00:49,083 --> 00:00:52,875 Now we take a look back through the Ancient Aliens archives 18 00:00:53,042 --> 00:00:56,083 to the show's very origins 19 00:00:56,250 --> 00:01:00,208 to examine the evidence that we are not alone. 20 00:01:00,417 --> 00:01:02,875 We have never been alone. 21 00:01:10,667 --> 00:01:11,875 In many ancient cultures, 22 00:01:12,042 --> 00:01:13,583 people wrote about sacred 23 00:01:13,708 --> 00:01:16,708 and mysterious places where otherworldly beings 24 00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:18,792 - were believed to dwell. -Yeah. 25 00:01:18,958 --> 00:01:20,000 And these beings are often said 26 00:01:20,208 --> 00:01:22,833 to hide out in very remote locations, 27 00:01:23,042 --> 00:01:25,583 like, for example, deep inside a cave 28 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:27,292 or high on top of a mountain. 29 00:01:27,458 --> 00:01:29,458 And what's so interesting is that these stories 30 00:01:29,583 --> 00:01:32,000 - happened globally. -Yeah. 31 00:01:32,167 --> 00:01:34,000 So are these accounts of real beings 32 00:01:34,167 --> 00:01:36,125 that have been encountered by ancient people? 33 00:01:36,292 --> 00:01:38,000 And are these dwellings 34 00:01:38,125 --> 00:01:40,708 some kind of extraterrestrial lairs? 35 00:01:40,875 --> 00:01:42,125 We explored all this 36 00:01:42,292 --> 00:01:44,917 in a 2014 episode of Ancient Aliens 37 00:01:45,083 --> 00:01:46,958 called "Forbidden Caves." 38 00:01:49,417 --> 00:01:51,333 Central India. 39 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:53,917 July 2014. 40 00:01:54,875 --> 00:01:58,583 While exploring caves in the region of Charama, 41 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:01,416 which are known to contain prehistoric artwork 42 00:02:01,417 --> 00:02:05,167 dating as far back as 10,000 years, 43 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:08,167 an Indian archaeologist, J.R. Bhagat, 44 00:02:08,333 --> 00:02:10,500 makes a stunning discovery. 45 00:02:12,417 --> 00:02:14,000 The Indian government 46 00:02:14,208 --> 00:02:16,375 and-and Times of India had a major story 47 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:21,083 about rock paintings found recently in Central India 48 00:02:21,208 --> 00:02:24,375 that seem to show these tall beings. 49 00:02:24,542 --> 00:02:27,458 And they do not seem to have a-a nose or a mouth. 50 00:02:27,625 --> 00:02:31,500 And nearby is this three-legged disc. 51 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:38,167 The Times of India actually proposed the idea, 52 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:40,875 what if what we have depicted here 53 00:02:41,042 --> 00:02:43,375 are some type of extraterrestrials 54 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:46,500 or at least some type of flying craft? 55 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:50,792 Because it's the basis for much of the Hindu pantheon of gods. 56 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:58,333 Ancient Hindu texts like the Vedas and the Puranas 57 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:01,042 record stories about extraterrestrials 58 00:03:01,208 --> 00:03:03,417 existing on other planets. 59 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:06,167 And the Mahabharata, 60 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:09,458 one of ancient India's two major Sanskrit epics, 61 00:03:09,625 --> 00:03:12,583 contains stories about gods coming to Earth 62 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:14,667 in flying machines. 63 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,042 Even the legends specific to this region 64 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:21,792 tell of a mysterious race of beings 65 00:03:21,958 --> 00:03:24,167 known as the Rohela... 66 00:03:25,167 --> 00:03:26,458 ...who descended from the sky 67 00:03:26,625 --> 00:03:29,250 and abducted local villagers. 68 00:03:30,958 --> 00:03:34,250 Could the newly unearthed cave art be a visual record 69 00:03:34,417 --> 00:03:37,708 that extraterrestrials really visited here? 70 00:03:40,083 --> 00:03:42,708 There was an obsession of ancient human beings 71 00:03:42,875 --> 00:03:43,833 to depict things 72 00:03:44,042 --> 00:03:45,500 that they saw. 73 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:49,000 And I think they did it with carvings on caves 74 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:52,417 because that's what they saw. 75 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:56,000 But what is it about caves 76 00:03:56,125 --> 00:03:59,333 that made them the ideal canvases 77 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,458 for ancient peoples to chronicle their experiences? 78 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:05,625 Caves are hugely significant 79 00:04:05,750 --> 00:04:08,374 in ancient mythology and-and legends, 80 00:04:08,375 --> 00:04:10,333 especially about the gods. 81 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:12,500 They seem to be kind of a liminal point, 82 00:04:12,708 --> 00:04:16,458 a boundary place where the gods and humans can meet. 83 00:04:18,917 --> 00:04:23,333 There is a whole hidden underground world 84 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:28,583 of planet Earth that we're only just now beginning to discover. 85 00:04:30,250 --> 00:04:31,833 We don't know what's there. 86 00:04:32,042 --> 00:04:35,833 We could be discovering all kinds of amazing things. 87 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,875 And it's possible that there are entire cities under the earth. 88 00:04:42,042 --> 00:04:45,500 Whole cavern metropolises 89 00:04:45,625 --> 00:04:48,708 that are talked about in legends. 90 00:04:52,042 --> 00:04:54,792 But while ancient cave art often reveals 91 00:04:54,917 --> 00:04:58,000 the type of animals our earliest ancestors encountered 92 00:04:58,208 --> 00:05:00,083 and their means for hunting them, 93 00:05:00,208 --> 00:05:02,167 there is a surprising number of depictions 94 00:05:02,292 --> 00:05:04,667 of strange-looking figures and objects 95 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:08,000 that defy any conventional explanation. 96 00:05:11,042 --> 00:05:13,583 In Australia, the Wandjina people, 97 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:15,708 they painted images on their caves 98 00:05:15,875 --> 00:05:19,458 which eerily looks like the so-called Greys 99 00:05:19,625 --> 00:05:22,042 of alien abduction lore today. 100 00:05:24,292 --> 00:05:26,750 You have the strange petroglyphs 101 00:05:26,917 --> 00:05:30,667 in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria. 102 00:05:30,875 --> 00:05:34,958 Uh, you've got strange rock art, too, in the American Southwest. 103 00:05:35,125 --> 00:05:36,375 And when you look at it 104 00:05:36,542 --> 00:05:38,208 and even have the natives explain it to you, 105 00:05:38,375 --> 00:05:41,082 they say things like, "Oh, yes, he's the Martian god" 106 00:05:41,083 --> 00:05:44,583 or "These are the star people coming from the sky." 107 00:05:49,958 --> 00:05:53,250 How do we explain so many different cultures 108 00:05:53,417 --> 00:05:56,875 across thousands of years and thousands of miles 109 00:05:57,042 --> 00:06:00,792 producing such consistent visual representations? 110 00:06:01,917 --> 00:06:03,375 The ones 111 00:06:03,542 --> 00:06:06,750 that were discovered in some of the African caves, 112 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:11,000 it's too similar to what has been discovered 113 00:06:11,167 --> 00:06:15,458 on every continent for it to be complete coincidence. 114 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:21,000 So it's this whole idea of the spark of initial inspiration. 115 00:06:21,167 --> 00:06:22,625 What is it that they witnessed? 116 00:06:22,833 --> 00:06:28,125 And could it be that they witnessed extraterrestrials? 117 00:06:30,042 --> 00:06:33,708 One of the more intriguing aspects of the cave paintings 118 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:38,250 that seem to show aliens is why are they inside caves. 119 00:06:38,417 --> 00:06:40,625 This has sort of given rise to the theory 120 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:45,000 that maybe these aliens perhaps have permanent bases 121 00:06:45,125 --> 00:06:47,208 on the planet underground. 122 00:06:47,375 --> 00:06:48,833 Maybe ancient man saw them 123 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,542 coming out of some of these caves and caverns 124 00:06:51,708 --> 00:06:54,125 and then realized there was a relationship 125 00:06:54,292 --> 00:06:57,000 between the aliens and the caves. 126 00:07:04,292 --> 00:07:05,500 In ancient times, 127 00:07:05,708 --> 00:07:07,792 caves were places of shelter. 128 00:07:07,917 --> 00:07:11,667 But is it possible our ancestors were also using caves 129 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:14,292 to record and protect information 130 00:07:14,458 --> 00:07:16,458 about extraterrestrial beings 131 00:07:16,625 --> 00:07:19,500 who played a role in our existence? 132 00:07:22,667 --> 00:07:26,292 Perhaps the answer can be found halfway around the world 133 00:07:26,417 --> 00:07:28,958 in the American Southwest. 134 00:07:33,375 --> 00:07:35,250 The Grand Canyon. 135 00:07:35,375 --> 00:07:39,833 This epic 277-mile-long, one-mile-deep fissure 136 00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:44,542 exposes millions of years of geologic strata. 137 00:07:45,958 --> 00:07:49,708 Imprinted onto this dramatic landscape are petroglyphs 138 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:52,333 that depict everyday life as experienced 139 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,917 by the first inhabitants of the region. 140 00:07:56,167 --> 00:07:59,000 But in one of the most remote corners of the canyon 141 00:07:59,167 --> 00:08:03,958 is a small cave covered with artwork that mystifies experts. 142 00:08:05,083 --> 00:08:08,500 Some refer to it as the Shaman's Panel, 143 00:08:08,667 --> 00:08:13,083 because it appears to depict scenes of the supernatural. 144 00:08:15,708 --> 00:08:21,458 All around the Grand Canyon are unusual sites and sacred sites. 145 00:08:22,708 --> 00:08:26,625 And then you have the Shaman's Panel there in the Grand Canyon, 146 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:29,792 which seems to show these long, tall, 147 00:08:29,958 --> 00:08:32,833 extraterrestrial-type figures. 148 00:08:35,042 --> 00:08:36,833 Like the strange-looking beings 149 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,375 found in the cave in Charama, India, 150 00:08:39,583 --> 00:08:42,250 the figures depicted on the Shaman's Panel 151 00:08:42,417 --> 00:08:44,917 are oddly elongated and are also thought 152 00:08:45,042 --> 00:08:49,167 to have been created as many as 10,000 years ago. 153 00:08:50,333 --> 00:08:51,958 And just as in Charama, 154 00:08:52,125 --> 00:08:55,667 the native Hopi people here also have detailed accounts 155 00:08:55,875 --> 00:08:59,542 of extraterrestrials who came down to Earth. 156 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:04,708 In the Southwest, the Pueblo Indians, 157 00:09:04,917 --> 00:09:07,333 such as the Zuni and-and the Hopi, 158 00:09:07,458 --> 00:09:09,500 believe that there is an entrance 159 00:09:09,708 --> 00:09:12,000 into an underground world 160 00:09:12,125 --> 00:09:14,417 and it is located in the Grand Canyon. 161 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:18,125 And it's this mythological underworld, 162 00:09:18,292 --> 00:09:20,000 uh, of caves 163 00:09:20,125 --> 00:09:21,458 and extraterrestrials, 164 00:09:21,583 --> 00:09:23,625 the ant people. 165 00:09:25,917 --> 00:09:29,042 The Hopi have this concept of the ant people. 166 00:09:30,708 --> 00:09:33,583 Uh, the ant people are, um, very thin. 167 00:09:33,708 --> 00:09:36,292 They have elongated heads. 168 00:09:37,625 --> 00:09:42,000 And the ancestral Hopi people did make pictures 169 00:09:42,208 --> 00:09:43,417 of these ant people, 170 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,708 which still survive today. 171 00:09:48,708 --> 00:09:51,375 Is it possible the rock art found here 172 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:53,833 and elsewhere around the world 173 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,833 is evidence that the Earth's first inhabitants 174 00:09:57,042 --> 00:10:00,208 had contact with otherworldly beings? 175 00:10:00,375 --> 00:10:04,333 If so, might there be some significance to the fact 176 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:06,542 that many of these strange petroglyphs 177 00:10:06,708 --> 00:10:09,583 are found in and around caves? 178 00:10:10,542 --> 00:10:12,458 And could hidden corners of the Earth 179 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:14,708 serve as extraterrestrial hideouts, 180 00:10:14,875 --> 00:10:18,417 as ancient astronaut theorists contend? 181 00:10:18,583 --> 00:10:21,333 Perhaps further clues can be found 182 00:10:21,458 --> 00:10:23,541 by examining sacred offerings 183 00:10:23,542 --> 00:10:27,124 left thousands of feet above sea level 184 00:10:27,125 --> 00:10:29,083 in the Andes. 185 00:10:34,042 --> 00:10:36,125 One thing that you can find in many cultures 186 00:10:36,250 --> 00:10:39,874 is the idea of spirits living in remote mountain areas. 187 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:41,167 But in a lot of cases, they don't sound like spirits. 188 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:44,167 They have physical bodies, and they come from specific stars. 189 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:45,250 Right. 190 00:10:45,417 --> 00:10:46,667 Like, for example, in Peru, 191 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:48,583 where the indigenous people claim 192 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:51,625 that there are mountain spirits called the Apu 193 00:10:51,792 --> 00:10:55,250 whom they associate with the Pleiadian star cluster. 194 00:10:55,458 --> 00:10:56,417 Right. So, 195 00:10:56,583 --> 00:10:58,917 are we talking about spirits? 196 00:10:59,083 --> 00:11:01,083 Or are the Apu 197 00:11:01,250 --> 00:11:04,167 extraterrestrials living in the mountains of Peru? 198 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,833 The Peruvian Andes. 199 00:11:11,042 --> 00:11:12,917 2009. 200 00:11:14,417 --> 00:11:18,667 Tens of thousands of people from all over the region 201 00:11:18,875 --> 00:11:20,917 journey to the Sinakara Valley 202 00:11:21,083 --> 00:11:22,708 near Ausangate Mountain... 203 00:11:25,208 --> 00:11:29,125 ...for the Quyllurit'i or Snow Star Festival. 204 00:11:31,375 --> 00:11:34,958 Historical records show that local Catholics adopted 205 00:11:35,125 --> 00:11:38,500 this annual celebration back in 1780. 206 00:11:38,625 --> 00:11:39,958 But most experts agree 207 00:11:40,083 --> 00:11:42,833 it likely dates back hundreds 208 00:11:43,042 --> 00:11:45,958 and possibly thousands of years earlier. 209 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:50,708 And although no one knows exactly when 210 00:11:50,875 --> 00:11:53,667 or why the Snow Star Festival was started, 211 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:55,917 oral traditions maintain 212 00:11:56,083 --> 00:11:58,958 that it has always been tied to a star cluster 213 00:11:59,083 --> 00:12:02,125 the native Quechua people call Qullqa, 214 00:12:02,292 --> 00:12:05,000 or, as it's known to many other cultures, 215 00:12:05,167 --> 00:12:06,375 the Pleiades. 216 00:12:11,875 --> 00:12:13,333 The Quechua people, 217 00:12:13,542 --> 00:12:15,708 descendants of the ancient Incas, 218 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:18,500 return to this location every year 219 00:12:18,708 --> 00:12:21,500 to be surrounded by four sacred mountains. 220 00:12:23,792 --> 00:12:25,833 In hopes of gaining good fortune, 221 00:12:26,042 --> 00:12:29,333 they spend several days dressed in traditional costumes, 222 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:33,417 dancing, and making ceremonial offerings to the Apu... 223 00:12:34,958 --> 00:12:37,250 ...the spirits of the mountains. 224 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:42,708 In the ancient civilization of the Incas, 225 00:12:42,917 --> 00:12:46,417 there is a belief that there are spirits in the mountains. 226 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:49,667 They're called Apu. 227 00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:52,083 And ceremonial leaders, chieftains, priests 228 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:54,917 can make connection, can get some wisdom and guidance. 229 00:12:55,083 --> 00:12:57,167 They are benevolent spirits. 230 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:02,375 Each mountain has its own Apu spirit. 231 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:03,833 The Apus are 232 00:13:04,042 --> 00:13:07,167 supernatural things, but they are not deities. 233 00:13:07,333 --> 00:13:11,167 So people are not necessarily praying to them. 234 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:16,042 Rather, they are in a relationship with them, 235 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:19,208 asking them for the favor that they can provide. 236 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:23,500 The Incans were very specific in believing 237 00:13:23,625 --> 00:13:26,000 that the Apu actually existed 238 00:13:26,208 --> 00:13:29,042 as tangible entities who they were interacting with 239 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:32,458 and who they were, in fact, very much beholden to 240 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:33,833 for their technology, 241 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:35,792 for their civilization. 242 00:13:37,958 --> 00:13:40,083 You have to wonder if these Apus 243 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:42,917 were in fact extraterrestrials 244 00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:45,458 that the Incas were in contact with. 245 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:49,792 And today the people return to these mountains 246 00:13:49,958 --> 00:13:52,167 to have some kind of contact 247 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:55,917 and-and perhaps advice from the Apus. 248 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,333 Might the Apu have been extraterrestrial beings? 249 00:14:04,458 --> 00:14:08,375 Beings who came to Earth from the Pleiades star cluster 250 00:14:08,542 --> 00:14:12,333 and interacted with the Incans in ancient times? 251 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:16,875 Perhaps the answers can be found 252 00:14:17,042 --> 00:14:19,667 in the culmination of the festival itself. 253 00:14:21,750 --> 00:14:23,625 At the close of the celebration, 254 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:26,125 select members of the Quechua community 255 00:14:26,292 --> 00:14:30,000 prepare to make the treacherous journey up the mountain glacier. 256 00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:36,542 They go in search of ice they refer to as "the snow star." 257 00:14:38,458 --> 00:14:41,000 The pilgrims go up to the top of the mountain 258 00:14:41,167 --> 00:14:43,250 and they ask the Apu 259 00:14:43,375 --> 00:14:45,542 if they can have some of this ice. 260 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:50,208 It's intentionally something that's supposed to be grueling. 261 00:14:50,375 --> 00:14:54,333 Some people have even been known to die along the way. 262 00:14:55,708 --> 00:14:59,375 That particular ice is supposed to have healing properties. 263 00:14:59,583 --> 00:15:01,000 And those that take the journey 264 00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:03,250 have good health for the rest of their life. 265 00:15:04,208 --> 00:15:06,958 Throughout the ancient world, we learn of extraterrestrials 266 00:15:07,125 --> 00:15:10,292 depositing treasures and knowledge in sacred mountains. 267 00:15:10,458 --> 00:15:12,417 It's possible that that's what we're seeing here 268 00:15:12,542 --> 00:15:14,167 with the snow star ritual. 269 00:15:15,458 --> 00:15:19,458 Its very name tells us that it comes from beyond the Earth. 270 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,250 Did extraterrestrials really visit the mountains of Peru? 271 00:15:28,583 --> 00:15:32,208 If so, might there be evidence in other parts of the world 272 00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:35,542 that mountains served as points of connection 273 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:39,292 between humans and otherworldly beings? 274 00:15:44,708 --> 00:15:47,417 Shandong Province, China. 275 00:15:48,375 --> 00:15:51,417 Referred to as the cosmic peak of the East, 276 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,708 Mount Tai has been a site of pilgrimage and worship 277 00:15:54,875 --> 00:15:57,167 for 3,000 years. 278 00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:00,542 Mount Tai is considered 279 00:16:00,708 --> 00:16:03,000 an extremely powerful place, 280 00:16:03,167 --> 00:16:05,500 a place where people can communicate with the divine. 281 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,167 In Chinese antiquity, 282 00:16:08,375 --> 00:16:10,333 72 emperors were believed 283 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,500 to have made the pilgrimage to Mount Tai. 284 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 They would do ceremonies there 285 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:21,000 that were crucial to their reign. 286 00:16:21,167 --> 00:16:23,167 If they did the ceremonies correctly, 287 00:16:23,292 --> 00:16:25,000 they gained the approval of the gods 288 00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:27,250 and the legitimacy that stems from that. 289 00:16:28,583 --> 00:16:29,833 If they made a mistake, 290 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,375 an entire dynasty could be in trouble. 291 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:38,417 In 110 BC, 292 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:41,375 Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made the first 293 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:45,125 of several journeys to Mount Tai during his reign. 294 00:16:46,792 --> 00:16:50,667 According to the historical accounts of scribe Sima Qian, 295 00:16:50,833 --> 00:16:52,833 mysterious sightings were reported 296 00:16:52,958 --> 00:16:55,125 during his time on the mountain. 297 00:16:56,958 --> 00:16:58,333 There seems to have been a beam of light 298 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,000 that appeared off into the horizon. 299 00:17:01,208 --> 00:17:05,417 And there was a mysterious white cloud that emerged 300 00:17:05,542 --> 00:17:09,167 from the mound where the sacrifice is performed. 301 00:17:13,125 --> 00:17:14,375 In a historical record, 302 00:17:14,542 --> 00:17:17,708 a white cloud and a beam of light appeared 303 00:17:17,875 --> 00:17:19,500 as though he summoned them. 304 00:17:19,625 --> 00:17:22,458 So what is really being described here? 305 00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:25,208 And why must his followers stay behind? 306 00:17:25,375 --> 00:17:27,542 It reads much more like an encounter 307 00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:30,583 with some type of an extraterrestrial craft 308 00:17:30,708 --> 00:17:35,333 that was misinterpreted as some type of a divine event. 309 00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:39,833 The Chinese believe that the emperors 310 00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:42,667 were actually communicating with the gods. 311 00:17:42,833 --> 00:17:46,500 So it's possible that, in fact, the E.T.s were guiding 312 00:17:46,708 --> 00:17:50,042 Chinese civilization through their leaders. 313 00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:55,000 Were the emperors of ancient China 314 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:58,833 in contact with extraterrestrials? 315 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,167 And might this story suggest 316 00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:04,167 that remote mountains like Mount Tai 317 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:07,625 served as alien outposts on Earth? 318 00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:11,082 Perhaps further evidence can be found 319 00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:13,749 in otherworldly and deadly encounters reported 320 00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:16,750 in the rugged peaks of Siberia. 321 00:18:23,542 --> 00:18:24,667 You know, many places that are considered to be 322 00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:27,999 hallowed ground have turned into pilgrimage sites. 323 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,375 But with some places, 324 00:18:30,625 --> 00:18:31,500 it is the exact opposite, where locals 325 00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:33,833 tell you, "Stay away. 326 00:18:34,042 --> 00:18:35,542 This place is dangerous." 327 00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:36,583 Right. 328 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:37,667 Like Mount Shasta. 329 00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:39,000 The Native people say, 330 00:18:39,167 --> 00:18:41,375 "Do not go above the tree line." 331 00:18:41,542 --> 00:18:44,500 And people have disappeared from that mountain. 332 00:18:44,667 --> 00:18:46,042 So, what happened? 333 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:47,458 Did they come in contact 334 00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:49,250 - with extraterrestrials? -You know, 335 00:18:49,375 --> 00:18:51,708 this reminds me of that incident in Russia, 336 00:18:51,917 --> 00:18:55,000 where a group of hikers was found dead on this mountain 337 00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:57,708 and their injuries were unexplainable. 338 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:00,833 And the mountain that they were on was literally called 339 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,125 Do Not Go There. 340 00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:03,417 But they went there. 341 00:19:03,625 --> 00:19:04,667 And they did not have a good time. 342 00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:10,875 February 1959. 343 00:19:11,042 --> 00:19:14,458 A group of nine mountaineers embark on a winter trek 344 00:19:14,625 --> 00:19:17,667 into Russia's Ural Mountains. 345 00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:20,708 Their destination-- 346 00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:22,667 a mountain called Otorten... 347 00:19:23,708 --> 00:19:25,917 ...which in the local Mansi language means 348 00:19:26,125 --> 00:19:28,292 "Do Not Go There." 349 00:19:29,792 --> 00:19:32,208 Among them were three experienced engineers. 350 00:19:32,375 --> 00:19:34,167 The rest were students. They were all young. 351 00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:37,125 I think the oldest was, like, 37 years old. 352 00:19:37,292 --> 00:19:41,250 They had conducted other hard treks through the area. 353 00:19:41,417 --> 00:19:42,542 They were all experienced, 354 00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:44,833 strong-willed, determined people. 355 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,916 On their fourth night out, 356 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:52,542 bad weather forces the hikers to camp atop an area 357 00:19:52,708 --> 00:19:54,667 called Kholat Syakhl, 358 00:19:54,875 --> 00:19:59,583 which in Mansi translates to "the Mountain of the Dead." 359 00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:03,625 It was a very inhospitable, 360 00:20:03,792 --> 00:20:07,875 very strange, very, very hard place to be. 361 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,833 Snow, cold, 362 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,542 freezing winds, 363 00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:15,875 and very few living things around. 364 00:20:17,792 --> 00:20:22,083 They decided that they would spend the night 365 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:25,333 of February 1 in an open area 366 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:29,333 not too far away from the top of the mountain. 367 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:32,000 They didn't want to go back to the forest 368 00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:34,167 one and a half kilometers, 369 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,375 because it would take them too much time 370 00:20:35,542 --> 00:20:37,500 and they would lose the day. 371 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:42,000 Ten days later, 372 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,500 when the nine adventurers fail to show up at their destination, 373 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:47,750 military rescue teams search the area. 374 00:20:50,375 --> 00:20:53,000 They find the hikers' camp abandoned 375 00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:56,292 and a tent that is badly damaged. 376 00:20:56,417 --> 00:20:59,333 The investigators determine that the tent has been cut 377 00:20:59,542 --> 00:21:02,000 and ripped open from the inside. 378 00:21:04,583 --> 00:21:07,500 And the hikers appear to have fled the area 379 00:21:07,708 --> 00:21:10,167 in only socks or bare feet. 380 00:21:13,250 --> 00:21:15,041 This tent had been cut with knives 381 00:21:15,042 --> 00:21:16,375 from the interior. 382 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:21,292 It was absolutely obvious that neither animals nor people 383 00:21:21,458 --> 00:21:24,000 had approached the tent to break in, 384 00:21:24,125 --> 00:21:26,958 meaning that nothing from this Earth had approached them. 385 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:33,292 Something was pushing them 386 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:36,500 to run away without taking any clothing with them, 387 00:21:36,625 --> 00:21:39,333 without taking any supplies. 388 00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:42,833 They were behaving like they were in a daze, confused. 389 00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,167 The investigators follow the trail 390 00:21:46,292 --> 00:21:48,292 to the edge of the forest. 391 00:21:48,417 --> 00:21:49,958 But what they eventually find... 392 00:21:52,917 --> 00:21:55,167 ...is beyond belief. 393 00:21:55,292 --> 00:21:58,167 All nine hikers died. 394 00:21:58,333 --> 00:22:00,000 They were discovered by Soviet troops 395 00:22:00,167 --> 00:22:03,458 in various stages of what can only be described 396 00:22:03,625 --> 00:22:04,833 as being mutilated. 397 00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:08,458 Their bodies were burned. 398 00:22:08,625 --> 00:22:10,833 Some suffered radiation poisoning. 399 00:22:10,958 --> 00:22:14,333 In one case, a hiker's tongue was missing. 400 00:22:15,333 --> 00:22:16,833 They had prematurely aged, 401 00:22:17,042 --> 00:22:20,458 their skin was orange, their hair had turned gray. 402 00:22:20,625 --> 00:22:22,583 What could've explained this? 403 00:22:23,583 --> 00:22:25,250 Three of them had injuries 404 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,667 that could be sustained 405 00:22:27,833 --> 00:22:31,500 when somebody is hit by a speeding car, 406 00:22:31,708 --> 00:22:34,333 except the injuries were inside. 407 00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:36,667 Their ribs were crushed like eggshells. 408 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:39,500 Some of them entered their hearts, 409 00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:43,667 but there was no effect on their skin. 410 00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:48,875 It was like a force was directed at all of them. 411 00:22:52,167 --> 00:22:54,750 An unknown force had hit the hikers, 412 00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:58,250 and it was very selective in hitting only the hikers, 413 00:22:58,417 --> 00:23:00,125 leaving untouched the snow, 414 00:23:00,292 --> 00:23:03,625 the trees and everything else around. 415 00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:06,542 The official explanation 416 00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:09,583 was that the nine died from hypothermia. 417 00:23:09,792 --> 00:23:12,417 But the chief investigator refused to sign off 418 00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:16,667 on the report and instead resigned from the inquiry. 419 00:23:20,750 --> 00:23:23,417 When the investigation was taking place 420 00:23:23,625 --> 00:23:27,167 by the local officials, one of the people in charge 421 00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:29,583 was removed quite quickly 422 00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:32,708 from the very investigation because he was very thorough, 423 00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:36,417 and local officials didn't want this to come out. 424 00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:40,333 The authorities did their best 425 00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:42,417 to cover the whole thing up. 426 00:23:43,375 --> 00:23:45,958 It was practically forbidden to mention it. 427 00:23:51,125 --> 00:23:53,833 At the end, the bodies were buried 428 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,875 in zinc coffins, I believe, so nobody would see. 429 00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:01,333 But there was enough of the investigation, 430 00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:03,667 enough people had seen what had been going on 431 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:06,208 and were amazed at what they found, 432 00:24:06,375 --> 00:24:09,333 including the coloration of the corpses 433 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,958 when they were found, and other things, that news broke out. 434 00:24:13,125 --> 00:24:17,083 And this is one of the most mysterious murder cases 435 00:24:17,292 --> 00:24:19,167 in the former Soviet Union. 436 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,500 I am convinced it was a murder. 437 00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:26,375 But they were not killed by anything we know. 438 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,833 They were killed by an unknown force. 439 00:24:29,042 --> 00:24:33,708 Years later, members of the search party spoke out. 440 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:38,250 According to their testimony, at the time of the incident, 441 00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:43,042 strange orange spheres or orbs were seen floating in the sky. 442 00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:46,000 These observations 443 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:47,667 are from local people 444 00:24:47,875 --> 00:24:49,875 who saw some unidentified flying objects 445 00:24:50,042 --> 00:24:52,292 during the night of the hikers' deaths. 446 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,667 I think there is a clear connection. 447 00:24:57,042 --> 00:25:00,208 The orbs themselves could've been a life-form... 448 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,458 ...the orbs themselves 449 00:25:02,583 --> 00:25:04,792 could have been extraterrestrial probes. 450 00:25:06,292 --> 00:25:07,542 Based on my research 451 00:25:07,708 --> 00:25:09,750 of different parts of Russia in history, 452 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:13,167 fiery spheres have been ever present, 453 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,167 including desolate areas like this. 454 00:25:16,375 --> 00:25:19,167 Locals know they exist. 455 00:25:19,292 --> 00:25:20,708 It's like a part of life. 456 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:22,958 They don't put too much attention to them, 457 00:25:23,125 --> 00:25:24,417 and they hope and pray 458 00:25:24,542 --> 00:25:27,667 that the fiery spheres don't bother them. 459 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:30,000 Because throughout the ages, 460 00:25:30,208 --> 00:25:34,000 most of the encounters were peaceful everywhere, 461 00:25:34,208 --> 00:25:38,708 but once in a while, like here, something goes very bad. 462 00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:43,417 But what could have compelled nine experienced mountaineers 463 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:47,083 to flee their camp and run for their lives? 464 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,000 And what strange forces 465 00:25:50,125 --> 00:25:53,250 could have caused such violence and death? 466 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:55,833 Could the hikers have been attacked 467 00:25:56,042 --> 00:25:58,458 by something extraterrestrial, 468 00:25:58,625 --> 00:26:01,333 as ancient astronaut theorists believe? 469 00:26:01,458 --> 00:26:03,667 During my research in my 30-plus years 470 00:26:03,833 --> 00:26:06,500 of investigating UFO sightings in particular, 471 00:26:06,708 --> 00:26:08,792 I've only come across several cases 472 00:26:08,917 --> 00:26:11,042 in which aliens have actually attacked people 473 00:26:11,208 --> 00:26:12,875 like wild animals. 474 00:26:13,042 --> 00:26:15,708 And, uh, some of these creatures had claws and teeth, 475 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:17,792 and, uh, they would jump on people and scratch them, 476 00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:19,708 and create claw marks in them. 477 00:26:19,875 --> 00:26:22,000 But most of the time these encounters, 478 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,792 the aliens or the creatures just want to get away from humans. 479 00:26:25,958 --> 00:26:28,292 There's no interaction whatsoever. 480 00:26:29,417 --> 00:26:31,000 It could've been inadvertent. 481 00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:34,708 The orbs in probing the area where the human beings were 482 00:26:34,917 --> 00:26:37,500 created collateral damage. 483 00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:40,083 Maybe they didn't mean to harm human beings. 484 00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:41,750 Maybe it wasn't an attack 485 00:26:41,917 --> 00:26:44,750 as much as the power of these orbs, 486 00:26:44,917 --> 00:26:46,833 the energy was so intense 487 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,833 that human beings were prematurely aged, 488 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,583 irradiated, 489 00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:55,292 and suffered all kinds of lethal biological symptoms. 490 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,167 It's not a coincidence that UFOs were reported 491 00:26:59,333 --> 00:27:01,000 by these hikers in the Ural Mountains 492 00:27:01,167 --> 00:27:04,417 in the Place of the Dead, the "Do Not Go There," so on, 493 00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:06,625 'cause I believe that many UFO sightings 494 00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:08,500 come in here from a parallel reality, 495 00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,167 and they come through portals. 496 00:27:11,708 --> 00:27:14,042 And this area may be a hot portal. 497 00:27:16,833 --> 00:27:19,292 According to ancient Mansi legend, 498 00:27:19,417 --> 00:27:21,000 the Mountain of the Dead, 499 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:23,875 where the nine hikers' mutilated bodies were found, 500 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,250 was named after a similar incident 501 00:27:26,417 --> 00:27:30,042 in which nine Mansi men were also found dead, 502 00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:34,208 while seeking salvation from a flood during ancient times. 503 00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:39,542 But is it really possible that the Mansi 504 00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,333 and the doomed expedition 505 00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:45,208 were attacked and killed by otherworldly forces? 506 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:51,042 Perhaps further evidence can be found deep underground. 507 00:27:53,292 --> 00:27:56,833 Not in the Russian wilderness but half a hemisphere away, 508 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,083 on an Australian mountaintop. 509 00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:06,958 The continent of Australia. 510 00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:12,000 16 miles south of Cooktown, 511 00:28:12,167 --> 00:28:14,750 near the northeastern coastline, 512 00:28:14,917 --> 00:28:17,417 sits one of the world's most mysterious 513 00:28:17,625 --> 00:28:19,833 and menacing geologic features... 514 00:28:21,583 --> 00:28:23,000 ...Black Mountain. 515 00:28:25,792 --> 00:28:28,208 Standing nearly 1,400 feet high, 516 00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:32,500 the mountain consists of enormous black granite boulders 517 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:36,125 piled precariously one on top of the other. 518 00:28:40,292 --> 00:28:43,167 Called Kalkajaka, or "mountain of death" 519 00:28:43,333 --> 00:28:45,167 by the local Aborigines, 520 00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:46,792 Black Mountain, 521 00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,750 with its numerous dark passageways and caverns, 522 00:28:49,917 --> 00:28:53,542 is considered a cursed and evil place. 523 00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:56,917 What the old people told us 524 00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,917 when me and my brother Sam, when we were growing up, 525 00:29:00,083 --> 00:29:02,333 not to go into the mountains. 526 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:05,333 We wanted to go and have a look into the mountains 527 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,875 to see if there was a cave where you could walk in, 528 00:29:08,042 --> 00:29:09,292 but they said no. 529 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:13,917 "If you do go in, you-you won't come back." 530 00:29:19,042 --> 00:29:20,958 Black Mountain is the most fearful place 531 00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:24,500 in the north Queensland area of Australia. 532 00:29:24,667 --> 00:29:26,583 The local residents fear to go there 533 00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:29,167 because many people have disappeared, 534 00:29:29,292 --> 00:29:33,917 as if the earth or the mountain itself swallowed them up. 535 00:29:38,292 --> 00:29:40,333 The first documented disappearance 536 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:45,167 involving European settlers occurred in 1877, 537 00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:48,000 when a rancher searching for a lost bull 538 00:29:48,167 --> 00:29:50,500 near the mountain was reported missing. 539 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:55,042 Since then, there have been numerous stories of people, 540 00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:57,667 horses and even herds of cattle 541 00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:01,000 disappearing into the labyrinth of rocks, 542 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:03,458 never to be seen again. 543 00:30:05,583 --> 00:30:08,583 Local police and trackers looking for the missing 544 00:30:08,792 --> 00:30:10,500 have also vanished. 545 00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:14,750 And pilots flying over the mountain 546 00:30:14,917 --> 00:30:17,292 have reported strange occurrences. 547 00:30:17,458 --> 00:30:19,333 Pilots flying over the Black Mountains 548 00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:22,875 have, uh, commented that there is unusual turbulence. 549 00:30:23,042 --> 00:30:24,000 Of course, they have magnetic problems, 550 00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:25,625 they have navigational problems. 551 00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,750 They've heard loud noises, 552 00:30:27,875 --> 00:30:29,500 uh, cracking noises, explosive noises. 553 00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:32,542 They've heard, uh, sort of mournful moaning sounds. 554 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:36,000 So, this is a very strange area. 555 00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:43,625 Some ufologists in Australia 556 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:47,792 say that this is the entrance to an underground empire, 557 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,500 inhabited by an unearthly race of lizard creatures 558 00:30:51,625 --> 00:30:53,292 and evil monsters. 559 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:57,792 The Aborigines don't call them aliens, 560 00:30:57,958 --> 00:31:01,417 they call them demons or spirits. 561 00:31:04,208 --> 00:31:05,667 The tales of the Rainbow Serpent 562 00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:07,792 are among the most important 563 00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:10,292 of the Aboriginal lore in Australia. 564 00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:14,958 It can be a punisher of those who are out of line. 565 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:17,292 Um, it sometimes swallows people. 566 00:31:18,708 --> 00:31:20,500 It can bring chaos and destruction. 567 00:31:20,708 --> 00:31:23,583 So, it's a very awesome force. 568 00:31:25,167 --> 00:31:28,625 The Rainbow Serpent is a creator for us. 569 00:31:28,750 --> 00:31:32,333 And it was told by our people 570 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:37,792 that the Rainbow Serpent created everything for us. 571 00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:40,167 It's a giver of life for us. 572 00:31:41,792 --> 00:31:45,125 And this boulder rock here, Kalkajaka, 573 00:31:45,292 --> 00:31:49,167 is very important because the Rainbow Serpent 574 00:31:49,375 --> 00:31:52,708 lives in the mountains here. 575 00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:54,042 The Rainbow Serpent, 576 00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:56,333 I believe if you disturb her 577 00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:59,208 or do something wrong that you're not supposed to... 578 00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:04,083 ...I feel that's when she turns against you. 579 00:32:08,875 --> 00:32:11,500 To ward off any evil forces from the mountain, 580 00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:13,375 the Aboriginal people 581 00:32:13,542 --> 00:32:17,208 perform a sacred warming and smoking ceremony. 582 00:32:17,375 --> 00:32:20,292 The warming and smoking is for us 583 00:32:20,458 --> 00:32:24,375 to introduce people on our country. 584 00:32:24,583 --> 00:32:26,875 And it's also significant 585 00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:30,500 to let the spirit know 586 00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:34,000 that we're bringing somebody to come and visit. 587 00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:38,125 So, the Rainbow Serpent that lives here, 588 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:43,375 he smells us and he knows the tribal people from here. 589 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:59,000 We went there to look for all the mysteries 590 00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,667 connected to this area. 591 00:33:02,583 --> 00:33:05,000 And because this was a very abnormal place 592 00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:07,042 where people are disappearing, 593 00:33:07,208 --> 00:33:09,958 we wanted to find an explanation. 594 00:33:10,958 --> 00:33:15,083 So, we entered this mountain and there was a labyrinth of holes. 595 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:19,208 So, we used rope in order not to lose our way. 596 00:33:19,375 --> 00:33:22,000 And when we came into the middle of the mountain, 597 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:26,375 we could go up or down or to the sides. 598 00:33:27,375 --> 00:33:30,917 But each time our path was blocked with sand and rocks, 599 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:33,083 and we could not continue. 600 00:33:34,125 --> 00:33:36,167 It's difficult to say if there are any chambers 601 00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:38,958 or vaults with any monsters, 602 00:33:39,125 --> 00:33:42,583 or a gateway into a different time. 603 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,750 Although mainstream scientists 604 00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:52,041 believe the strange disappearances at Black Mountain 605 00:33:52,042 --> 00:33:54,625 are most likely due to the area's unique 606 00:33:54,792 --> 00:33:56,500 and dangerous terrain, 607 00:33:56,708 --> 00:33:59,250 ancient astronaut theorists have another, 608 00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:02,417 more otherworldly explanation. 609 00:34:03,417 --> 00:34:07,250 The moment I hear about giant snakes and serpents, 610 00:34:07,417 --> 00:34:11,667 my mind immediately goes to all the other cultures 611 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:16,083 around the world that talk about similar imagery. 612 00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:20,000 In the Hindu world, for example, 613 00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:23,125 we have the stories about flying serpents, 614 00:34:23,292 --> 00:34:25,250 just like we have the similar stories 615 00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:29,083 in South America with Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl, 616 00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:32,292 this winged serpent flying around in the sky 617 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:37,750 which also were described as having been enormous in size. 618 00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:41,583 So, the Rainbow Serpent at Black Mountain, 619 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:45,500 was that really a biological entity? 620 00:34:46,625 --> 00:34:48,333 Or was it some type 621 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:51,500 of an extraterrestrial flying machine, 622 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:55,833 a machine that when people came too close to it, 623 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,792 they fell ill or died because of the fumes or radioactivity? 624 00:35:04,042 --> 00:35:07,125 This could've been a place where thousands of years ago, 625 00:35:07,292 --> 00:35:09,208 ancient aliens might have landed. 626 00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:12,667 And the radiation deep inside the Earth is so intense 627 00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:15,500 that people are dying from radiation poisoning. 628 00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:18,333 And that might well explain why the Black Mountain 629 00:35:18,542 --> 00:35:22,292 in the Outback in Australia is considered an evil place. 630 00:35:24,042 --> 00:35:26,375 I really believe that 631 00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:29,208 it should be really left alone. 632 00:35:29,375 --> 00:35:31,667 Because they are real. 633 00:35:31,875 --> 00:35:33,500 They do exist. 634 00:35:33,667 --> 00:35:38,542 And I feel that it should be left alone. 635 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:45,083 Is it possible that the Black Mountains 636 00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,542 functioned as a secret extraterrestrial lair, 637 00:35:48,708 --> 00:35:51,458 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 638 00:35:52,375 --> 00:35:54,417 If so, could this explain 639 00:35:54,542 --> 00:35:57,375 not only the tales of mysterious entities 640 00:35:57,542 --> 00:36:00,167 said to inhabit the area but also 641 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:04,167 the enduring local warnings to stay away? 642 00:36:04,375 --> 00:36:06,667 Perhaps clues can be found 643 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:09,958 by investigating another dangerous creature 644 00:36:10,125 --> 00:36:12,333 said to be living in the dense jungle 645 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:15,333 of an isolated island in the Pacific. 646 00:36:19,875 --> 00:36:21,167 When talking about alien lairs, 647 00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:24,667 one place that comes to mind is the Solomon Islands. 648 00:36:24,875 --> 00:36:26,541 All kinds of strange activity has been reported there 649 00:36:26,542 --> 00:36:27,750 - for decades. -Yeah, 650 00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:31,167 you have strange lights, mysterious disappearances, 651 00:36:31,375 --> 00:36:33,417 accounts of giants and even Bigfoot sightings. 652 00:36:33,625 --> 00:36:37,500 Right, and the Solomon Islands are so remote, 653 00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,000 they would be a perfect hideout 654 00:36:40,208 --> 00:36:41,667 for any visiting E.T.s. 655 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:45,333 In fact, we talked about this in a 2013 episode 656 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:49,500 of Ancient Aliens called, "Aliens and Forbidden Islands." 657 00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,875 The Solomon Islands. 658 00:36:55,042 --> 00:36:57,917 800 miles east of Papua New Guinea, 659 00:36:58,083 --> 00:37:03,667 this group of nearly 1,000 isles covers 11,000 square miles. 660 00:37:05,708 --> 00:37:10,041 Though first discovered in 1568 by Spanish explorers, 661 00:37:10,042 --> 00:37:14,167 many people identify this area with World War II 662 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,208 due to the fierce fighting that occurred 663 00:37:16,375 --> 00:37:19,082 between the Japanese and Americans 664 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:20,792 on the largest island here... 665 00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:23,542 ...Guadalcanal. 666 00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:30,167 But Guadalcanal is also infamous for something else: 667 00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:34,792 the countless local legends of giants. 668 00:37:36,958 --> 00:37:40,542 There are mysterious legends all over the Solomons, actually. 669 00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:44,292 A lot of the stories from Guadalcanal 670 00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:46,583 tend to talk about giants, 671 00:37:46,792 --> 00:37:50,292 the relationship between people and giants. 672 00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:56,042 Giants are often portrayed in different ways. 673 00:37:56,208 --> 00:37:58,167 Sometimes, they are benevolent giants. 674 00:37:58,333 --> 00:38:00,875 They help people, they look after people. 675 00:38:01,042 --> 00:38:04,833 But there are stories about giants killing people 676 00:38:05,042 --> 00:38:06,708 and taking over things. 677 00:38:09,083 --> 00:38:11,333 So, giant is a major character 678 00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,958 in a lot of the Guadalcanal stories. 679 00:38:16,708 --> 00:38:19,208 There are legends and stories that go way back 680 00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:21,500 that suggest that giants actually still live 681 00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:23,292 on the Solomon Islands. 682 00:38:23,417 --> 00:38:25,000 Some say they're kind of hairy beasts, 683 00:38:25,167 --> 00:38:27,958 Sasquatch-like kind of beings. 684 00:38:28,125 --> 00:38:30,083 Others say they're more humanoid. 685 00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:32,167 And some say they even relate 686 00:38:32,292 --> 00:38:35,000 and kind of mate with the human population. 687 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,958 According to local legends, 688 00:38:40,125 --> 00:38:42,083 those giants were able to travel 689 00:38:42,250 --> 00:38:46,667 the entire length of the island without seeing the light of day 690 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:50,750 by utilizing subterranean tunnels. 691 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:53,250 People talk about it 692 00:38:53,417 --> 00:38:56,375 that giants actually do exist. 693 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,583 They existed in the past. 694 00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:02,625 Today, with all kinds of developments taking place, 695 00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:06,875 they shifted further into the mountains. 696 00:39:07,042 --> 00:39:08,542 They really do exist. 697 00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:12,792 It's not just a mythology to scare children. 698 00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,250 According to one report, 699 00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:21,833 in 1998, workers during a gold-mining operation 700 00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:25,041 witnessed what they believe is proof of the existence 701 00:39:25,042 --> 00:39:27,708 of the giants of Guadalcanal 702 00:39:27,875 --> 00:39:30,750 when one of their bulldozers broke down. 703 00:39:31,917 --> 00:39:34,292 The workers say they removed the ten-ton blade 704 00:39:34,458 --> 00:39:37,792 from the machine to make overnight repairs, 705 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,833 and when they returned to the dig site the next morning, 706 00:39:40,958 --> 00:39:43,667 they were shocked by what they found. 707 00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:46,917 The blade itself had been moved quite a distance, 708 00:39:47,083 --> 00:39:48,208 and they found 709 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:51,542 footprints of giants in the mud. 710 00:39:54,708 --> 00:39:56,458 So, they could only assume 711 00:39:56,625 --> 00:39:58,833 that these famous giants of the Solomon Islands 712 00:39:58,958 --> 00:40:02,417 had been there and moved the bulldozer blade. 713 00:40:04,167 --> 00:40:07,958 Could Guadalcanal really be home to giants? 714 00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:11,208 If so, what are they 715 00:40:11,417 --> 00:40:13,833 and where did they come from? 716 00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:19,083 In the book Solomon Islands Mysteries, 717 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:23,333 author Marius Boirayon, a retired helicopter engineer 718 00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:25,333 who lived on the Solomon Islands 719 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:28,167 for many years interviewing locals, 720 00:40:28,375 --> 00:40:31,167 unveils a groundbreaking theory. 721 00:40:31,333 --> 00:40:33,917 The Australian author Boirayon believed 722 00:40:34,083 --> 00:40:37,083 that incidents of the giants that he had been told about 723 00:40:37,208 --> 00:40:42,167 by the natives were related to UFO activity. 724 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:44,167 And from what he could put together, 725 00:40:44,292 --> 00:40:46,708 there was some kind of UFO base 726 00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:49,500 deep in the mountains of central Guadalcanal, 727 00:40:49,667 --> 00:40:51,625 and it involved these giants. 728 00:40:52,958 --> 00:40:54,667 And at the same time, there was some kind of 729 00:40:54,792 --> 00:40:58,583 underwater UFO base there as well. 730 00:41:03,458 --> 00:41:05,542 Eyewitness accounts of UFOs 731 00:41:05,708 --> 00:41:09,500 have been documented on the Solomon Islands for years, 732 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:13,792 and mysteriously, details reveal that the UFOs 733 00:41:13,958 --> 00:41:16,500 seem to rise out of the surrounding ocean 734 00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:19,333 where warships sank in World War II... 735 00:41:20,375 --> 00:41:24,667 ...and vanish into a remote mountain lake on the island. 736 00:41:25,708 --> 00:41:28,792 People often talk about seeing light not only in the sky 737 00:41:28,917 --> 00:41:31,458 but in the ocean as well, 738 00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:34,125 that you see lights in the ocean 739 00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:36,500 and then you see lights flying past, 740 00:41:36,708 --> 00:41:38,667 uh, overhead as well. 741 00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:41,917 And sometimes crashing into the ocean... 742 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,917 ...like a plane crashing. 743 00:41:47,250 --> 00:41:49,333 There have been sightings of flying saucers 744 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,625 appearing over the wreckage... 745 00:41:53,083 --> 00:41:55,500 ...flying into and out of mountains 746 00:41:55,708 --> 00:41:57,583 and volcanoes in the area. 747 00:41:58,625 --> 00:42:01,792 So, the whole area is really pretty interesting. 748 00:42:02,792 --> 00:42:04,333 There have been reports that 749 00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:06,333 objects, strange lights, 750 00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:09,042 actually rise up out of the waters 751 00:42:09,208 --> 00:42:11,083 into the air, 752 00:42:11,250 --> 00:42:15,167 and move about for a period of time, uh, and then disappear. 753 00:42:16,208 --> 00:42:19,833 And often, this is either witnessed from the beach 754 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,125 or is experienced at close hand by fishermen. 755 00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:27,417 And it is said that sometimes these objects come so close 756 00:42:27,542 --> 00:42:32,708 that the fishermen can actually feel the heat as they pass. 757 00:42:35,083 --> 00:42:36,458 There was a lot of local people 758 00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:38,500 who had said, "Yes, for many years 759 00:42:38,708 --> 00:42:40,250 we've seen these-these types of things happening." 760 00:42:41,708 --> 00:42:43,833 There are numerous accounts 761 00:42:44,042 --> 00:42:45,667 of abductions, 762 00:42:45,833 --> 00:42:49,125 people who disappear after coming into contact 763 00:42:49,292 --> 00:42:51,000 with these UFOs... 764 00:42:52,208 --> 00:42:54,000 ...never to be seen again. 765 00:42:57,750 --> 00:42:59,125 Could there be a connection 766 00:42:59,333 --> 00:43:02,417 between the legends of the giants of Guadalcanal 767 00:43:02,583 --> 00:43:04,500 and the numerous UFO sightings 768 00:43:04,667 --> 00:43:07,625 that have been reported here over the years? 769 00:43:08,708 --> 00:43:10,375 And might this be evidence 770 00:43:10,542 --> 00:43:13,333 that Guadalcanal really is the site 771 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:16,250 of an underwater alien base? 772 00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:21,667 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found 773 00:43:21,875 --> 00:43:24,667 by examining stories of other strange creatures 774 00:43:24,833 --> 00:43:27,250 said to inhabit the island. 775 00:43:27,375 --> 00:43:29,917 Creatures like the Adaro. 776 00:43:31,708 --> 00:43:33,667 The Adaro are frightening-looking creatures; 777 00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:35,667 half fish, half man. 778 00:43:35,875 --> 00:43:37,125 They were said to have come from the Sun 779 00:43:37,292 --> 00:43:38,750 by way of rainbows. 780 00:43:38,875 --> 00:43:40,583 They could be dangerous. 781 00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:43,833 They could shoot, uh, poisonous flying fish at you. 782 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,958 So, the notion of some creature 783 00:43:46,125 --> 00:43:49,167 that was of danger and mythological qualities 784 00:43:49,333 --> 00:43:54,125 coming from far away seems alive and well in the Solomon Islands. 785 00:43:54,292 --> 00:43:56,292 Chua-Chua is the story 786 00:43:56,417 --> 00:43:59,125 that a lot of people on Guadalcanal know about, 787 00:43:59,250 --> 00:44:01,833 that these are actually human beings, 788 00:44:02,042 --> 00:44:05,167 but at certain time, they take different forms. 789 00:44:06,167 --> 00:44:10,167 These are energies that can shape-shift into any form. 790 00:44:10,333 --> 00:44:12,708 These are not just stories for entertainment 791 00:44:12,875 --> 00:44:16,042 or for scaring the children, these fears are great. 792 00:44:19,583 --> 00:44:22,250 You have to wonder if these famous giants 793 00:44:22,417 --> 00:44:25,500 of the Solomon Islands and these weird beings 794 00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:28,667 were, in fact, extraterrestrials 795 00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:32,625 that were there to protect these secret bases. 796 00:44:33,583 --> 00:44:36,875 Is it possible that the stories of giants, 797 00:44:37,083 --> 00:44:41,500 sea monsters and other strange beings on Guadalcanal 798 00:44:41,708 --> 00:44:45,333 are really accounts of extraterrestrials? 799 00:44:46,375 --> 00:44:50,792 And if so, might these beings inhabit a vast, concealed base 800 00:44:50,958 --> 00:44:54,083 hidden deep beneath the islands? 801 00:44:55,125 --> 00:44:58,333 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 802 00:44:58,542 --> 00:45:02,917 the answer to both questions is a resounding yes. 803 00:45:03,958 --> 00:45:08,458 And they suggest further evidence of alien lairs on Earth 804 00:45:08,625 --> 00:45:11,417 can be found by examining accounts 805 00:45:11,583 --> 00:45:14,583 of towering, hairy giants 806 00:45:14,708 --> 00:45:18,292 said to reside in the vast cavern systems 807 00:45:18,458 --> 00:45:20,417 of the Pacific Northwest. 808 00:45:27,708 --> 00:45:29,833 The Siskiyou Mountains, 809 00:45:29,958 --> 00:45:32,167 southwestern Oregon. 810 00:45:32,292 --> 00:45:34,167 In 1874, 811 00:45:35,042 --> 00:45:38,000 hunter Elijah Davidson discovered a large cave 812 00:45:38,125 --> 00:45:41,083 leading to a 500-acre network 813 00:45:41,250 --> 00:45:44,292 of underground tunnels and caverns. 814 00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:47,833 Known as the Oregon Caves, 815 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,625 the ancient subterranean structure 816 00:45:50,792 --> 00:45:54,042 is one of the few marble caves in the world. 817 00:45:55,958 --> 00:45:58,583 Some believe this underground world 818 00:45:58,750 --> 00:46:01,125 is home to the Sasquatch creatures 819 00:46:01,292 --> 00:46:04,542 that have been reported in this area by Native Americans 820 00:46:04,708 --> 00:46:07,333 for hundreds of years. 821 00:46:09,125 --> 00:46:10,417 There are a number of sightings 822 00:46:10,583 --> 00:46:12,083 of these creatures in caves. 823 00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:14,458 A number of explorers hearing 824 00:46:14,625 --> 00:46:16,958 very strange animalistic screams 825 00:46:17,083 --> 00:46:18,583 coming, uh, from these caves 826 00:46:18,750 --> 00:46:22,083 and seeing sort of shadowy lumbering creatures within them. 827 00:46:24,542 --> 00:46:26,708 You know, if you're a large flesh-and-blood animal 828 00:46:26,875 --> 00:46:28,500 seven to eight feet tall, 829 00:46:28,667 --> 00:46:31,833 certainly you're gonna be out hunting all day to-to feed. 830 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,375 But at night, potentially, you know, 831 00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:40,292 with Bigfoot hunters out there, regular hunters, 832 00:46:40,417 --> 00:46:42,458 other wild animals, you need to be careful. 833 00:46:42,625 --> 00:46:46,375 The ideal location to hide out would be underground. 834 00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:49,458 So, you know, maybe that's another reason 835 00:46:49,583 --> 00:46:51,042 we haven't found Bigfoot. 836 00:46:51,208 --> 00:46:52,708 Instead of looking around us, 837 00:46:52,917 --> 00:46:55,083 maybe we should be looking below us. 838 00:46:56,167 --> 00:46:59,458 These cavern systems that exist, uh, worldwide 839 00:46:59,625 --> 00:47:01,500 have not been fully explored. 840 00:47:03,958 --> 00:47:06,000 In fact, probably a very small percentage of them 841 00:47:06,125 --> 00:47:08,125 have been even discovered. 842 00:47:09,167 --> 00:47:10,917 There's the possibility 843 00:47:11,083 --> 00:47:12,875 of a complete potential infrastructure 844 00:47:13,042 --> 00:47:15,542 for Bigfoot to survive on. 845 00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:20,333 No one sees Sasquatches going on highways, 846 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:23,125 paths and forests moving back and forth. 847 00:47:24,875 --> 00:47:27,333 If we're dealing with nonhuman intelligence, 848 00:47:27,542 --> 00:47:31,167 and nonhumans made them to do work on this planet, 849 00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:33,250 maybe there's a tunnel system. 850 00:47:36,542 --> 00:47:40,958 And that might explain why you could have them in Georgia, 851 00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:44,375 Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, all over. 852 00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:48,042 One thing that's always intrigued me as well 853 00:47:48,208 --> 00:47:51,000 about Bigfoot is this description 854 00:47:51,125 --> 00:47:53,375 of a musky sulfurish-type smell 855 00:47:53,542 --> 00:47:56,417 that's often associated with close encounters. 856 00:47:59,875 --> 00:48:02,167 You know, the Christian version of the devil 857 00:48:02,333 --> 00:48:05,500 and fire and brimstone and that sulfur-type smell 858 00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:09,667 tends to be associated with the subterranean world, or Hell. 859 00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:15,500 So, is there a connection possibly between the idea 860 00:48:15,708 --> 00:48:19,000 of subterranean devils, if you will-- or Lucifer-- 861 00:48:19,167 --> 00:48:23,208 and that sulfur smell and that sulfur smell with Bigfoot? 862 00:48:25,042 --> 00:48:28,333 Is it possible that a race of subterranean creatures 863 00:48:28,542 --> 00:48:30,625 has been living beneath the Earth's surface 864 00:48:30,792 --> 00:48:32,333 without our knowledge? 865 00:48:33,667 --> 00:48:37,500 If so, might Bigfoot have been interacting with us 866 00:48:37,625 --> 00:48:39,833 for thousands of years? 867 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,375 In ancient Greek myths, 868 00:48:42,542 --> 00:48:45,083 we find references to the Troglodytes. 869 00:48:47,167 --> 00:48:50,667 These hairy, beastly-looking creatures 870 00:48:50,875 --> 00:48:53,000 that lived underground 871 00:48:53,208 --> 00:48:57,042 that sometimes were extremely terrifying... 872 00:48:58,042 --> 00:49:02,208 ...but sometimes they also were very wise 873 00:49:02,375 --> 00:49:05,667 and taught mankind in various disciplines. 874 00:49:05,792 --> 00:49:08,708 Now, according to the ancient legends, 875 00:49:08,875 --> 00:49:14,333 the Troglodytes are believed to have descended from the sky. 876 00:49:16,875 --> 00:49:19,958 Obviously, they were hiding out somewhere 877 00:49:20,083 --> 00:49:23,167 that was inaccessible to our ancestors. 878 00:49:23,333 --> 00:49:28,167 They wanted to keep their presence a secret. 879 00:49:28,292 --> 00:49:32,167 There are multiple stories that actually talk about 880 00:49:32,333 --> 00:49:35,375 explorations into these tunnels 881 00:49:35,542 --> 00:49:40,500 where sometimes people never returned. 882 00:49:41,542 --> 00:49:44,167 People who have done research have found dens, 883 00:49:44,333 --> 00:49:48,125 nests, collections of brush 884 00:49:48,292 --> 00:49:50,458 that are put together in particular patterns 885 00:49:50,583 --> 00:49:53,667 that suggest very large creatures are nesting in them. 886 00:49:55,625 --> 00:49:58,625 And I find that fairly persuasive evidence. 887 00:49:58,792 --> 00:50:02,500 Something is making those dens or nests out of brush. 888 00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:08,125 Something is using those, probably living underground. 889 00:50:10,250 --> 00:50:12,875 Throughout the world, there are many extensive 890 00:50:13,083 --> 00:50:16,042 and mysterious, uh, cavern systems 891 00:50:16,208 --> 00:50:17,667 that are linked together. 892 00:50:17,875 --> 00:50:20,458 In Tibet and in India. 893 00:50:20,625 --> 00:50:23,208 Also, in North America. 894 00:50:24,208 --> 00:50:26,875 Some of them also go throughout the Pacific Northwest 895 00:50:27,042 --> 00:50:29,958 like areas like Mount Shasta. 896 00:50:30,083 --> 00:50:33,375 So, it's an interesting idea that Bigfoot 897 00:50:33,542 --> 00:50:36,833 is actually traveling underground 898 00:50:36,958 --> 00:50:39,292 through these tunnel systems, 899 00:50:39,458 --> 00:50:42,417 and those underground bases and tunnel systems 900 00:50:42,542 --> 00:50:44,833 would have been made by extraterrestrials. 901 00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:49,500 Might extraterrestrials 902 00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:52,375 really have built caves and tunnel systems 903 00:50:52,542 --> 00:50:55,542 to hide the legendary creature known as Bigfoot, 904 00:50:55,708 --> 00:50:58,750 as some ancient astronaut theorists believe? 905 00:51:00,208 --> 00:51:02,292 And if so, is it possible 906 00:51:02,458 --> 00:51:07,208 that these otherworldly beings still dwell there today? 907 00:51:09,042 --> 00:51:11,375 Could Sasquatch-- Bigfoot-- 908 00:51:11,583 --> 00:51:15,375 be something that lives here on Earth, underground? 909 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:21,958 What is the relationship between the Sasquatch, 910 00:51:22,125 --> 00:51:26,750 the nonhuman phenomenon and this planet? 911 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:29,000 There is also the possibility 912 00:51:29,125 --> 00:51:32,667 that he is actually an alien creature. 913 00:51:33,708 --> 00:51:36,167 Now, we don't know how intelligent he is, 914 00:51:36,292 --> 00:51:39,416 but one theory is that the Bigfoot is actually 915 00:51:39,417 --> 00:51:42,417 a more intelligent creature, and he's avoiding man, 916 00:51:42,583 --> 00:51:45,458 hiding out in mountainous regions that are cold, 917 00:51:45,667 --> 00:51:47,333 waiting for man to destroy himself, 918 00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:49,792 at which time he'll assume dominance. 919 00:51:50,917 --> 00:51:54,000 And of course he, also, could be 920 00:51:54,125 --> 00:51:56,542 the result of genetic hybridization. 921 00:51:56,708 --> 00:51:58,458 That aliens landed on our planet, 922 00:51:58,625 --> 00:52:02,500 and used DNA to create a hybrid between man and the apes. 923 00:52:02,667 --> 00:52:04,917 All bets are on, but the evidence 924 00:52:05,083 --> 00:52:07,417 that he exists somewhere certainly is strong 925 00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:09,250 based on all of the evidence we've found 926 00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:11,208 in terms of eyewitness observations, 927 00:52:11,375 --> 00:52:13,375 footprints, et cetera. 928 00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:17,208 Is it really possible 929 00:52:17,375 --> 00:52:18,875 that the creatures we call Bigfoot 930 00:52:19,042 --> 00:52:21,417 have otherworldly origins? 931 00:52:22,375 --> 00:52:25,207 Might that explain their elusiveness 932 00:52:25,208 --> 00:52:26,917 and their rumored tendency 933 00:52:27,083 --> 00:52:30,292 to vanish into remote cave systems? 934 00:52:31,250 --> 00:52:34,082 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 935 00:52:34,083 --> 00:52:36,167 and for further evidence, 936 00:52:36,292 --> 00:52:39,833 point to legends of an ancient, advanced race 937 00:52:41,042 --> 00:52:45,167 said to dwell in vast caverns far beneath the Earth's surface. 938 00:52:52,208 --> 00:52:54,458 Artificial intelligence is proving to be 939 00:52:54,625 --> 00:52:57,833 the most powerful new tool for the ancient astronaut theory 940 00:52:58,042 --> 00:52:59,958 because with AI, for example, we can glean new information 941 00:53:00,083 --> 00:53:03,333 from ancient cave art that seems to be deteriorated. 942 00:53:03,458 --> 00:53:05,333 Yeah, that's incredibly important, 943 00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:08,625 because cave art is the only historical record 944 00:53:08,833 --> 00:53:12,375 that we have for some of our most ancient of ancestors. 945 00:53:12,542 --> 00:53:15,375 And some of it seems to indicate alien contact. 946 00:53:15,542 --> 00:53:18,042 Right, and if these extraterrestrial lairs 947 00:53:18,208 --> 00:53:20,167 that we've been talking about exist, 948 00:53:20,333 --> 00:53:21,625 then it's very likely that our ancestors 949 00:53:21,792 --> 00:53:25,375 would have tried to indicate this in some way. 950 00:53:25,542 --> 00:53:27,500 And it may be that we can only see it with AI 951 00:53:27,708 --> 00:53:31,375 because that cave art is so deteriorated. 952 00:53:35,583 --> 00:53:39,625 Santa Monica, California, 2014. 953 00:53:39,792 --> 00:53:42,417 Here at xRez Studio, 954 00:53:42,583 --> 00:53:46,292 visualization artists Greg Downing and Eric Hanson 955 00:53:46,417 --> 00:53:49,083 are pioneering the use of photogrammetry 956 00:53:49,250 --> 00:53:51,667 and special effects software 957 00:53:51,875 --> 00:53:54,500 to assist archaeologists in the global effort 958 00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:57,250 to decipher ancient cave art. 959 00:54:00,500 --> 00:54:02,333 We use a combination of techniques 960 00:54:02,542 --> 00:54:06,542 from the fields of computational photography and graphics, uh, 961 00:54:06,708 --> 00:54:08,042 in order to help the archaeologists 962 00:54:08,208 --> 00:54:10,333 reveal information difficult to see 963 00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:12,667 just with basic vision when you're there. 964 00:54:12,833 --> 00:54:15,917 The team recently traveled to the Grand Canyon 965 00:54:16,125 --> 00:54:20,458 to compile a massive, in-depth photographic compilation 966 00:54:20,583 --> 00:54:22,333 of the collection of strange petroglyphs 967 00:54:22,458 --> 00:54:25,042 known as the Shaman's Panel. 968 00:54:25,208 --> 00:54:26,292 We were drawn to the panel 969 00:54:26,458 --> 00:54:27,458 for two primary aspects. 970 00:54:27,583 --> 00:54:29,542 One was the rich layering 971 00:54:29,708 --> 00:54:32,542 of the, uh, anthropomorphic figures and two 972 00:54:32,750 --> 00:54:35,207 is the kind of evocative, uh, surreal nature 973 00:54:35,208 --> 00:54:36,917 of their composition. 974 00:54:38,958 --> 00:54:42,167 This cave is maybe, like, five or six feet deep, 975 00:54:42,375 --> 00:54:44,667 so by using a photogrammetric technique, 976 00:54:44,875 --> 00:54:48,417 we were able to get the detail across the entire painting. 977 00:54:51,208 --> 00:54:52,833 The nice thing about this technique 978 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:56,500 is we can separate the different dyes and minerals that are used. 979 00:54:56,667 --> 00:54:58,167 And in this case, now we can kind of see 980 00:54:58,375 --> 00:55:00,125 the layering expressed, 981 00:55:00,292 --> 00:55:04,708 we can see figures that are simply lost by the naked eye. 982 00:55:08,250 --> 00:55:10,458 Yeah, that brings it out. 983 00:55:10,583 --> 00:55:12,833 Yeah, that's a complete difference. 984 00:55:18,917 --> 00:55:21,125 Could modern techniques one day uncover 985 00:55:21,292 --> 00:55:25,583 even more details about what ancient people really saw 986 00:55:25,708 --> 00:55:28,625 and hoped to communicate with rock art? 987 00:55:29,625 --> 00:55:32,208 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe 988 00:55:32,417 --> 00:55:34,792 one compelling clue that modern researchers 989 00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:39,000 might be on the right track can be found, oddly enough, 990 00:55:39,208 --> 00:55:41,750 in contemporary America. 991 00:55:45,333 --> 00:55:48,333 March, 1945. 992 00:55:48,542 --> 00:55:51,500 Amazing Stories magazine publishes an article 993 00:55:51,625 --> 00:55:54,875 entitled "I Remember Lemuria," 994 00:55:55,042 --> 00:55:57,833 but according to the author, this is the first piece 995 00:55:58,042 --> 00:56:00,292 to appear in the science fiction magazine 996 00:56:00,458 --> 00:56:02,750 that is not fiction at all... 997 00:56:03,750 --> 00:56:08,542 ...but an actual account of his own alien abduction. 998 00:56:10,208 --> 00:56:13,417 Richard Shaver was a man who surfaced decades ago 999 00:56:13,542 --> 00:56:14,707 with a story 1000 00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:17,167 of underground entities 1001 00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,750 that were very hostile to the human race. 1002 00:56:20,750 --> 00:56:23,417 Terrible creatures that would kidnap and kill 1003 00:56:23,542 --> 00:56:24,958 members of the human race. 1004 00:56:26,208 --> 00:56:28,500 They were the first inhabitants of planet Earth. 1005 00:56:28,667 --> 00:56:31,750 When the Sun became radioactive, 1006 00:56:31,958 --> 00:56:34,667 these people could no longer live on the surface. 1007 00:56:35,750 --> 00:56:38,333 Some left in their spaceships. 1008 00:56:38,542 --> 00:56:40,042 Others went underground. 1009 00:56:45,958 --> 00:56:47,750 Could Richard Shaver's account 1010 00:56:47,917 --> 00:56:52,583 of underground extraterrestrials abducting humans be true? 1011 00:56:53,542 --> 00:56:55,625 Shaver proposed that the alien race 1012 00:56:55,792 --> 00:56:57,750 that once populated the Earth 1013 00:56:57,917 --> 00:57:00,500 had developed highly specialized equipment 1014 00:57:00,708 --> 00:57:03,833 that allowed them to embed multifaceted imagery 1015 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,458 into stones. 1016 00:57:07,042 --> 00:57:09,500 Richard Shaver believed that he had made 1017 00:57:09,708 --> 00:57:12,667 the greatest discovery in the history of mankind 1018 00:57:12,875 --> 00:57:16,000 about the true nature of intelligent life on Earth. 1019 00:57:21,167 --> 00:57:26,458 So, this is an original Shaver photograph of a rock book. 1020 00:57:26,625 --> 00:57:30,042 And this multidimensional way of making images 1021 00:57:30,208 --> 00:57:33,917 in the rock books was something that Shaver saw as a real sign 1022 00:57:34,083 --> 00:57:37,792 of the superior intelligence of the ancient races. 1023 00:57:38,750 --> 00:57:41,458 And Shaver believed that these weren't mere rocks 1024 00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:44,333 with random patterns, that these were actually 1025 00:57:44,458 --> 00:57:47,250 deliberately manufactured artifacts 1026 00:57:47,417 --> 00:57:49,500 by the ancient races 1027 00:57:49,667 --> 00:57:51,125 who had been here 1028 00:57:51,292 --> 00:57:55,292 30,000, 100,000, who knows how many years ago. 1029 00:57:56,292 --> 00:57:59,208 Might Richard Shaver have actually discovered 1030 00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:01,083 real physical evidence 1031 00:58:01,208 --> 00:58:05,042 that extraterrestrials have been here on planet Earth 1032 00:58:05,208 --> 00:58:07,750 and might still be here today? 1033 00:58:08,875 --> 00:58:11,833 Whether or not Richard Shaver's stories are true, 1034 00:58:12,042 --> 00:58:15,625 it does dovetail with legends across this planet, 1035 00:58:15,792 --> 00:58:17,500 of a race of beings 1036 00:58:17,708 --> 00:58:20,500 that either created humankind 1037 00:58:20,625 --> 00:58:23,500 or were, at least, our ancestors 1038 00:58:23,625 --> 00:58:27,000 that had a superior technology. 1039 00:58:28,125 --> 00:58:30,500 If we're looking for extraterrestrials, 1040 00:58:30,708 --> 00:58:32,542 ironically, the heavens above 1041 00:58:32,708 --> 00:58:34,500 might not be the best place to look. 1042 00:58:34,667 --> 00:58:38,083 We should perhaps even be looking deep below our feet. 1043 00:58:38,208 --> 00:58:39,375 In some ways, 1044 00:58:39,542 --> 00:58:42,083 exploring the underground cavern world 1045 00:58:42,208 --> 00:58:45,833 of planet Earth is-is the final frontier. 1046 00:58:48,833 --> 00:58:50,208 Is it possible that some of the world's 1047 00:58:50,375 --> 00:58:52,833 most mysterious caves 1048 00:58:52,958 --> 00:58:56,833 really are home to extraterrestrial beings? 1049 00:58:57,875 --> 00:59:01,000 And if so, could these alien hideouts 1050 00:59:01,125 --> 00:59:03,750 be far more advanced than their crude, 1051 00:59:03,917 --> 00:59:06,958 unassuming entrances suggest? 1052 00:59:08,917 --> 00:59:11,792 Perhaps further clues can be found in legends 1053 00:59:12,625 --> 00:59:14,208 of a mystical underground city 1054 00:59:14,375 --> 00:59:16,667 found half a world away, 1055 00:59:16,875 --> 00:59:20,125 in the mountains of Tibet. 1056 00:59:25,792 --> 00:59:27,707 You can't have a conversation about 1057 00:59:27,708 --> 00:59:30,541 extraterrestrial lairs without mentioning Shambhala. 1058 00:59:30,542 --> 00:59:33,499 For Hindus and Buddhists, Shambhala is a hidden kingdom 1059 00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:34,500 where the gods live on Earth. 1060 00:59:34,667 --> 00:59:36,917 Right, and they point to the Himalayas, 1061 00:59:37,042 --> 00:59:38,833 and they say that hidden somewhere within these mountains 1062 00:59:39,042 --> 00:59:42,333 is an advanced subterranean city 1063 00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:45,833 populated by advanced beings who are guiding humanity. 1064 00:59:46,042 --> 00:59:49,500 Right, and there's even an ancient Himalayan kingdom 1065 00:59:49,667 --> 00:59:52,833 where people mysteriously vanished, 1066 00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:56,625 and they had carved tunnels that go deep into the ground. 1067 01:00:03,125 --> 01:00:04,917 Russian painter, philosopher 1068 01:00:05,083 --> 01:00:07,333 and archaeologist Nicholas Roerich 1069 01:00:07,542 --> 01:00:10,208 embarks on an unprecedented expedition 1070 01:00:10,375 --> 01:00:13,958 into the uncharted territory of the Tibetan plateau 1071 01:00:14,125 --> 01:00:17,792 on a quest to find the lost kingdom of Shambhala. 1072 01:00:18,750 --> 01:00:21,625 On August 5, 1927, 1073 01:00:21,792 --> 01:00:24,667 Roerich notes a strange object in the skies 1074 01:00:24,792 --> 01:00:26,417 while traveling through the mountains 1075 01:00:26,583 --> 01:00:29,292 along the northeastern border of Tibet. 1076 01:00:29,458 --> 01:00:32,167 Roerich writes that they were looking up at the sky 1077 01:00:32,375 --> 01:00:35,750 watching an eagle fly around, and then suddenly, they saw 1078 01:00:35,875 --> 01:00:38,875 a sort of oval-shaped object 1079 01:00:39,042 --> 01:00:41,500 moving from north to south 1080 01:00:41,667 --> 01:00:44,542 at very fast speeds pass over them. 1081 01:00:44,708 --> 01:00:47,167 At one of his later lectures in 1935, 1082 01:00:47,292 --> 01:00:51,000 Nicholas Roerich described his sighting as 1083 01:00:51,125 --> 01:00:53,542 a spacecraft or an aerial vehicle 1084 01:00:53,750 --> 01:00:56,750 that must have come from Shambhala itself. 1085 01:00:59,958 --> 01:01:02,500 Did Nicholas Roerich witness an alien craft 1086 01:01:02,667 --> 01:01:05,167 in Tibet nearly a century ago, 1087 01:01:05,375 --> 01:01:09,625 decades before the era of modern UFO sightings began? 1088 01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:12,875 And if so, is it possible that the traditions 1089 01:01:13,083 --> 01:01:15,458 that have endured here for centuries 1090 01:01:15,625 --> 01:01:18,708 reflect not only a profound spirituality 1091 01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:21,917 but are tied to an otherworldly presence? 1092 01:01:23,042 --> 01:01:25,000 Perhaps further clues can be found 1093 01:01:25,208 --> 01:01:27,875 by examining an early Buddhist civilization 1094 01:01:28,042 --> 01:01:32,000 that suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. 1095 01:01:34,042 --> 01:01:38,708 Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, 2020. 1096 01:01:39,667 --> 01:01:42,000 Towering at over 12,000 feet, 1097 01:01:42,208 --> 01:01:44,583 these ancient ruins are all that is left 1098 01:01:44,708 --> 01:01:47,542 of the mysterious Buddhist kingdom of Guge. 1099 01:01:47,708 --> 01:01:49,833 Established in the tenth century, 1100 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:54,000 this civilization flourished for 700 years. 1101 01:01:55,042 --> 01:01:57,708 But then, according to local legend, 1102 01:01:57,875 --> 01:02:00,000 its inhabitants vanished. 1103 01:02:01,292 --> 01:02:04,583 The ruins of this early city are truly amazing. 1104 01:02:04,750 --> 01:02:06,958 They're in the southwest corner of Tibet, 1105 01:02:07,125 --> 01:02:11,500 and there are thousands of what were temples and palaces, 1106 01:02:11,708 --> 01:02:13,125 mostly gone now. 1107 01:02:15,042 --> 01:02:19,083 This was a kingdom of great influence in its time. 1108 01:02:19,250 --> 01:02:23,125 This magnificent capital had artwork over all the walls, 1109 01:02:23,292 --> 01:02:25,333 images of the Buddha, sacred carvings 1110 01:02:25,542 --> 01:02:27,000 and images of all kind. 1111 01:02:27,167 --> 01:02:31,500 It had power, it had glory, and now it is nothing. 1112 01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:35,417 Guge was in continuous operation 1113 01:02:35,542 --> 01:02:39,083 until it mysteriously virtually disappeared. 1114 01:02:39,250 --> 01:02:41,125 Nobody knows exactly what happened there 1115 01:02:41,292 --> 01:02:43,083 or why people stopped living there 1116 01:02:43,250 --> 01:02:44,917 or why they, where they went. 1117 01:02:45,917 --> 01:02:47,833 Guge was brought under the rule 1118 01:02:48,042 --> 01:02:51,167 of the Central Tibetan government in 1680, 1119 01:02:51,292 --> 01:02:54,000 but remained largely isolated and independent 1120 01:02:54,125 --> 01:02:56,500 for more than 200 years. 1121 01:02:56,708 --> 01:02:59,833 Then, in the early 20th century, 1122 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:03,167 the Tibetan government decided to finally start taxing 1123 01:03:03,375 --> 01:03:04,833 the residents of Guge, 1124 01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:07,917 but when soldiers arrived to collect, 1125 01:03:08,083 --> 01:03:11,667 they were shocked to find that the entire population, 1126 01:03:11,792 --> 01:03:16,958 an estimated 100,000 people, had disappeared. 1127 01:03:17,958 --> 01:03:21,375 Where they went remains a complete mystery, 1128 01:03:21,500 --> 01:03:23,917 and many Tibetans believe the reason why 1129 01:03:24,125 --> 01:03:28,583 is because the people of Guge traveled deep underground. 1130 01:03:28,750 --> 01:03:31,042 The fortress of Guge 1131 01:03:31,208 --> 01:03:34,500 had all kinds of tunnels and hidden staircases 1132 01:03:34,708 --> 01:03:37,833 that went underground and went inside this mountain. 1133 01:03:37,958 --> 01:03:41,333 So, even though it was, uh, ruins already, 1134 01:03:41,500 --> 01:03:44,833 when archaeologists went there, they were astounded 1135 01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:50,208 that this city of Guge apparently led inside the Earth. 1136 01:03:50,375 --> 01:03:52,792 What people seemed to believe was that if you were to follow 1137 01:03:52,917 --> 01:03:56,000 these tunnels far enough into the Earth, 1138 01:03:56,208 --> 01:03:59,958 you would eventually come to that hidden city of Shambhala, 1139 01:04:00,167 --> 01:04:04,250 a-an active city full of light and-and power. 1140 01:04:05,583 --> 01:04:08,333 Did the people of this ancient civilization 1141 01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:11,167 flee underground on an epic pilgrimage 1142 01:04:11,333 --> 01:04:14,250 to the mythic kingdom of Shambhala? 1143 01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:17,917 And if so, where did their path lead? 1144 01:04:18,042 --> 01:04:21,500 Some researchers believe the tunnels of Guge 1145 01:04:21,708 --> 01:04:23,958 lead to a holy mountain to the east 1146 01:04:24,083 --> 01:04:26,583 that can be clearly seen from these ruins... 1147 01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:29,333 ...Mount Kailash. 1148 01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:33,375 Every year, thousands of pilgrims make 1149 01:04:33,542 --> 01:04:37,000 the treacherous journey to the base of this sacred peak. 1150 01:04:37,208 --> 01:04:40,500 Every year, there are pilgrimages 1151 01:04:40,708 --> 01:04:45,042 around Mount Kailash in order to gain the blessing and... 1152 01:04:45,208 --> 01:04:47,083 maybe even some of the powers associated 1153 01:04:47,208 --> 01:04:50,750 with the residing gods and-and Buddhas and deities, 1154 01:04:50,958 --> 01:04:52,333 of Mount Kailash. 1155 01:04:52,500 --> 01:04:55,417 It lasts up to four weeks if it's done correctly, 1156 01:04:55,583 --> 01:04:58,833 with full prostrations at every step. 1157 01:04:58,958 --> 01:05:02,000 And it's also a very unforgiving landscape, 1158 01:05:02,208 --> 01:05:05,000 so many people end up giving up, 1159 01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:07,167 and some of them also end up dying. 1160 01:05:09,542 --> 01:05:11,333 According to ancient Buddhist texts 1161 01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:14,292 known as the Kalachakra tantra, 1162 01:05:14,500 --> 01:05:18,208 the kingdom of Shambhala can be found "behind" Mount Kailash, 1163 01:05:18,375 --> 01:05:20,792 or as some interpret it, "within." 1164 01:05:21,792 --> 01:05:24,833 And many who have stared up at this sacred peak 1165 01:05:24,958 --> 01:05:27,708 have observed mysterious objects in the sky. 1166 01:05:30,667 --> 01:05:34,833 Mount Kailash is at the center of all sorts of mysteries. 1167 01:05:35,042 --> 01:05:38,042 Uh, UFO sightings, the hint that there might be 1168 01:05:38,208 --> 01:05:41,125 something hidden there, but it's unknowable. 1169 01:05:42,208 --> 01:05:43,750 There are many myths and legends 1170 01:05:43,917 --> 01:05:46,833 and strange things that have gone on at Mount Kailash. 1171 01:05:47,042 --> 01:05:49,167 People go there on pilgrimages, 1172 01:05:49,292 --> 01:05:50,750 but they're told not to stay there long 1173 01:05:50,917 --> 01:05:53,292 because there's something radioactive inside the mountain. 1174 01:05:53,500 --> 01:05:56,708 And we're told that people live there both in physical form 1175 01:05:56,875 --> 01:05:58,667 and in nonphysical form. 1176 01:05:58,792 --> 01:06:00,167 It has to be 1177 01:06:00,375 --> 01:06:02,625 one of the strangest places on the planet. 1178 01:06:03,708 --> 01:06:06,083 Is it possible that the mysterious phenomena 1179 01:06:06,208 --> 01:06:08,250 occurring at Mount Kailash, 1180 01:06:08,417 --> 01:06:10,917 and its association with Shambhala, 1181 01:06:11,125 --> 01:06:14,583 is connected to extraterrestrial activity? 1182 01:06:15,625 --> 01:06:19,208 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest answers can be found 1183 01:06:19,333 --> 01:06:23,083 by studying the sacred Buddhist monuments known as stupas, 1184 01:06:23,208 --> 01:06:26,667 found all throughout Nepal, India and Tibet, 1185 01:06:26,875 --> 01:06:29,792 including at the ruins of Guge. 1186 01:06:31,208 --> 01:06:33,625 For centuries, people have been sighting UFOs 1187 01:06:33,792 --> 01:06:37,042 or unexplained craft coming in and out of Mount Kailash. 1188 01:06:37,208 --> 01:06:39,292 It's very interesting, when you compare the shape 1189 01:06:39,458 --> 01:06:41,667 of the stupas that we find in Tibet, 1190 01:06:41,833 --> 01:06:45,542 with these dome shapes and how they highly resemble 1191 01:06:45,708 --> 01:06:49,333 some kind of extraterrestrial craft sitting on the ground. 1192 01:06:49,500 --> 01:06:51,875 So, perhaps people saw these craft 1193 01:06:52,042 --> 01:06:53,542 entering into Kailash and decided, 1194 01:06:53,708 --> 01:06:56,792 we're gonna build stupas in remembrance of what they saw. 1195 01:06:58,542 --> 01:07:00,542 A stupa by definition 1196 01:07:00,708 --> 01:07:04,167 is a vehicle with which to reach the realm of the gods. 1197 01:07:04,292 --> 01:07:06,417 That is the definition of a stupa. 1198 01:07:06,625 --> 01:07:09,917 Well, just change the wording of "vehicle" 1199 01:07:10,083 --> 01:07:12,667 with which to reach space. 1200 01:07:12,833 --> 01:07:17,375 These stupas can be seen, for example, in the Ajanta Cave, 1201 01:07:17,542 --> 01:07:19,875 with smoke and fire at the, at the bottom. 1202 01:07:20,042 --> 01:07:21,792 What more do you want? 1203 01:07:21,958 --> 01:07:24,667 It's no longer a symbol, it is the truth. 1204 01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:27,958 Might the Buddhist stupas of Tibet 1205 01:07:28,125 --> 01:07:30,167 be monuments to alien craft 1206 01:07:30,333 --> 01:07:34,125 witnessed flying in and around Mount Kailash, 1207 01:07:34,250 --> 01:07:38,583 a site believed by many to be the kingdom of Shambhala? 1208 01:07:38,750 --> 01:07:42,750 And if so, how has it remained hidden for millennia? 1209 01:07:42,917 --> 01:07:47,250 And could it be that somewhere on the slopes of this mountain 1210 01:07:47,375 --> 01:07:52,167 is the entrance to a hidden extraterrestrial realm? 1211 01:07:52,375 --> 01:07:55,583 While countless expeditions have tried and failed 1212 01:07:55,750 --> 01:08:00,000 to find the legendary kingdom, shocking discoveries 1213 01:08:00,167 --> 01:08:03,000 in remote cave systems around the world 1214 01:08:03,208 --> 01:08:06,750 indicate that the myth of alien lairs on Earth 1215 01:08:06,917 --> 01:08:10,792 may actually be grounded in reality. 1216 01:08:15,542 --> 01:08:16,792 We have thousands of modern-day reports 1217 01:08:17,042 --> 01:08:21,166 of encounters with what are purported to be alien beings. 1218 01:08:21,167 --> 01:08:23,082 We tend to focus outwards 1219 01:08:23,083 --> 01:08:24,500 looking for extraterrestrials, 1220 01:08:24,667 --> 01:08:26,167 but maybe we should really be focusing underneath 1221 01:08:26,292 --> 01:08:28,250 the surface of our Earth. 1222 01:08:28,375 --> 01:08:29,375 Right. There are people who believe 1223 01:08:29,542 --> 01:08:32,542 that reptilian-like beings 1224 01:08:32,750 --> 01:08:35,292 live in underground lairs right here on Earth. 1225 01:08:35,458 --> 01:08:37,042 Yeah, I traveled 1226 01:08:37,208 --> 01:08:40,167 to Sacsayhuamán with Hugh Newman back in 2019, 1227 01:08:40,375 --> 01:08:43,458 and we explored an ancient tunnel 1228 01:08:43,625 --> 01:08:45,833 allegedly used by these serpent beings. 1229 01:08:50,833 --> 01:08:52,250 Vietnam. 1230 01:08:52,375 --> 01:08:54,750 Phong Nha-Ke Bàng National Park. 1231 01:08:55,792 --> 01:08:58,541 Located deep within the Southeast Asian jungles 1232 01:08:58,542 --> 01:09:01,167 is the world's largest cave system, 1233 01:09:01,375 --> 01:09:03,583 the Son Doòng Cave. 1234 01:09:04,542 --> 01:09:06,125 It's 3 million years old, 1235 01:09:06,292 --> 01:09:09,333 650 feet high, 550 feet wide... 1236 01:09:10,750 --> 01:09:14,667 ...and extends in an astounding three miles into the Earth. 1237 01:09:14,875 --> 01:09:17,833 It actually has its own ecosystem with a jungle... 1238 01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,125 ...and even a lake inside of it. 1239 01:09:21,292 --> 01:09:22,750 When the cave was first discovered, 1240 01:09:22,917 --> 01:09:25,500 there was a Vietnamese logger 1241 01:09:25,708 --> 01:09:27,333 who was doing illegal logging in the area. 1242 01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:29,208 He discovered the cave... 1243 01:09:30,208 --> 01:09:32,125 ...and then encountered some sort of a creature 1244 01:09:32,250 --> 01:09:35,667 that looked like a dragon-humanoid being. 1245 01:09:36,875 --> 01:09:40,583 Since the site was opened to the public in 2013, 1246 01:09:40,750 --> 01:09:43,333 there have been multiple eyewitness accounts 1247 01:09:43,542 --> 01:09:47,333 of a reptile-like humanoid in and around the area. 1248 01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:50,458 According to UFO investigators, 1249 01:09:50,625 --> 01:09:53,333 the Son Doòng reports are just the latest 1250 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:55,500 in the increasing number of reptoid sightings 1251 01:09:55,667 --> 01:09:59,292 in remote areas with known cave systems. 1252 01:10:00,375 --> 01:10:02,750 There are many stories of people encountering 1253 01:10:02,917 --> 01:10:05,375 lizard men or snake people 1254 01:10:05,583 --> 01:10:09,500 who might be in caves or who might be near a cave 1255 01:10:09,708 --> 01:10:12,167 o-on the surface just walking around, 1256 01:10:12,375 --> 01:10:13,708 and those unfortunate enough 1257 01:10:13,875 --> 01:10:15,750 to stumble across these reptilians are terrified 1258 01:10:15,917 --> 01:10:19,292 because the reptilians can be very aggressive. 1259 01:10:22,750 --> 01:10:25,042 Is it possible that the Son Doòng Caves 1260 01:10:25,208 --> 01:10:29,417 are home to a race of reptile beings living beneath our feet? 1261 01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:33,208 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 1262 01:10:33,375 --> 01:10:36,333 such a bizarre notion is entirely possible. 1263 01:10:36,542 --> 01:10:38,958 In fact, encounters with these creatures 1264 01:10:39,083 --> 01:10:42,417 have become so common that the UFO community 1265 01:10:42,583 --> 01:10:46,292 now has a name for them: the reptilians. 1266 01:10:46,458 --> 01:10:48,625 Reptilian humanoids, or reptoids, 1267 01:10:48,792 --> 01:10:50,667 are described as being beings 1268 01:10:50,833 --> 01:10:53,333 that are about seven to eight feet tall, 1269 01:10:53,500 --> 01:10:55,750 they have a humanoid structure. 1270 01:10:55,917 --> 01:10:58,125 Their skin is either beaded like a lizard 1271 01:10:58,333 --> 01:11:01,042 or either scaled like a snake. 1272 01:11:01,250 --> 01:11:03,667 In addition to Southeast Asia, 1273 01:11:03,875 --> 01:11:07,333 another location where reptilian sightings have been reported 1274 01:11:07,542 --> 01:11:11,708 is the area of Cuzco, Peru, high in the Andes Mountains. 1275 01:11:12,708 --> 01:11:15,042 According to the stories of the Inca, 1276 01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:18,000 and the even more ancient cultures that preceded them, 1277 01:11:18,167 --> 01:11:21,833 a race of reptilian beings once inhabited this land. 1278 01:11:22,875 --> 01:11:25,292 They even built some of the massive stone structures 1279 01:11:25,458 --> 01:11:28,125 that still exist here today. 1280 01:11:29,875 --> 01:11:33,875 In April 2019, ancient astronaut theorist 1281 01:11:34,042 --> 01:11:35,500 David Hatcher Childress 1282 01:11:35,667 --> 01:11:38,792 and researcher Hugh Newman traveled to Cuzco 1283 01:11:38,917 --> 01:11:40,708 to investigate a possible connection 1284 01:11:40,875 --> 01:11:43,583 between the ancient stories of reptilians 1285 01:11:43,750 --> 01:11:45,458 and sightings of these creatures 1286 01:11:45,625 --> 01:11:48,542 that have been reported in the last few years. 1287 01:11:48,708 --> 01:11:52,417 Joining them as their guide is Jorge Luis Delgado, 1288 01:11:52,583 --> 01:11:56,292 an expert on the native Andean civilizations. 1289 01:11:57,042 --> 01:11:59,000 You know, Peru in general is just 1290 01:11:59,208 --> 01:12:00,875 so full of mystery. 1291 01:12:01,042 --> 01:12:04,958 To me, it's really the land of the unexplained and adventure. 1292 01:12:05,958 --> 01:12:08,208 I never get tired of coming here, and I-I-- 1293 01:12:08,375 --> 01:12:09,958 there's always something new to see. 1294 01:12:10,125 --> 01:12:12,333 - Some new, incredible mystery to find. - Yeah. 1295 01:12:12,542 --> 01:12:14,333 No, I agree. I mean, you've got-- not only, 1296 01:12:14,542 --> 01:12:15,667 you've got the megalithic temple, 1297 01:12:15,792 --> 01:12:17,333 you've got Machu Picchu, 1298 01:12:17,542 --> 01:12:20,667 Cuzco and other sites, you've got Nazca, 1299 01:12:20,792 --> 01:12:23,333 you've got all these mysterious underground tunnels 1300 01:12:23,500 --> 01:12:25,458 that stretch across the country. 1301 01:12:25,625 --> 01:12:27,458 All these amazing myths and legends 1302 01:12:27,583 --> 01:12:29,167 relating to these serpent gods. 1303 01:12:29,333 --> 01:12:32,458 So, there's something really special about this place. 1304 01:12:44,750 --> 01:12:47,167 The sprawling fortress of Sacsayhuamán 1305 01:12:47,333 --> 01:12:48,792 covers more than 11 square miles 1306 01:12:48,917 --> 01:12:51,583 and is filled with some of the most perplexing 1307 01:12:51,708 --> 01:12:54,250 megalithic constructions in the world. 1308 01:12:56,125 --> 01:12:58,500 They're all unique, each one is unique, 1309 01:12:58,708 --> 01:13:01,083 but so perfectly cut and fitted together. 1310 01:13:01,250 --> 01:13:03,083 It's always astonishing to see it. 1311 01:13:04,375 --> 01:13:07,000 Mainstream historians date the megalithic fortress 1312 01:13:07,208 --> 01:13:11,125 to the 12th century AD, and credit its construction 1313 01:13:11,292 --> 01:13:15,792 to a pre-Incan civilization called the Killke. 1314 01:13:16,875 --> 01:13:19,542 However, a growing body of evidence suggests 1315 01:13:19,708 --> 01:13:23,083 that the structures may actually predate the Killke 1316 01:13:23,208 --> 01:13:27,000 and belong to an even older civilization. 1317 01:13:27,167 --> 01:13:30,958 A civilization that, according to ancient astronaut theorists, 1318 01:13:31,083 --> 01:13:34,167 may have been not entirely human. 1319 01:13:38,708 --> 01:13:40,083 Oh, wow, look at this. 1320 01:13:40,292 --> 01:13:42,042 - All right, so... - That's the one, isn't it? 1321 01:13:42,208 --> 01:13:44,208 Yeah. Is this the stone you were talking about, then? 1322 01:13:46,292 --> 01:13:48,125 So, this is a serpent, this is the head 1323 01:13:48,292 --> 01:13:50,458 - of the serpent here? -It goes around. 1324 01:13:50,625 --> 01:13:51,792 And how far does it go? 1325 01:13:51,958 --> 01:13:53,542 And can you see the tail on it? 1326 01:13:55,167 --> 01:13:56,833 So, you're saying that the builders 1327 01:13:57,042 --> 01:14:01,667 are purposely putting a serpent into the walls here? 1328 01:14:10,833 --> 01:14:14,042 But is it the serpent people who are building this? 1329 01:14:14,208 --> 01:14:17,000 Are they showing that we are the serpent people 1330 01:14:17,208 --> 01:14:18,833 and we are the builders? 1331 01:14:21,083 --> 01:14:22,667 The stonework serpent 1332 01:14:22,833 --> 01:14:24,667 is just one of many found embedded 1333 01:14:24,792 --> 01:14:28,000 within the constructions of the walls around Cuzco. 1334 01:14:28,208 --> 01:14:30,917 Might these depictions suggest a connection 1335 01:14:31,083 --> 01:14:34,583 at the megalithic site with snake-like beings? 1336 01:14:35,542 --> 01:14:38,125 Throughout Peru and the Andes, 1337 01:14:38,250 --> 01:14:40,667 there are many, many legends 1338 01:14:40,833 --> 01:14:44,708 of tunnels, underground chambers. 1339 01:14:45,708 --> 01:14:47,917 And the Peruvians themselves believe 1340 01:14:48,083 --> 01:14:50,875 that this underground tunnel system 1341 01:14:51,042 --> 01:14:54,625 has something to do with these serpent deities, 1342 01:14:54,792 --> 01:14:56,916 which they call the Amaru there. 1343 01:14:56,917 --> 01:14:59,500 So, this is the entrance. 1344 01:14:59,667 --> 01:15:01,417 - Look... - Oh, wow. 1345 01:15:01,625 --> 01:15:03,875 - Look at that. -Beautiful carvings. 1346 01:15:21,250 --> 01:15:23,208 Wow, look at these high ceilings here. 1347 01:15:23,375 --> 01:15:24,417 Yeah. 1348 01:15:27,208 --> 01:15:29,042 There's another shelf. Watch your step right here. 1349 01:15:35,042 --> 01:15:37,042 Here's another side tunnel right there. 1350 01:15:39,083 --> 01:15:42,583 Oh, yeah. God, it must be carved out as well, isn't it? 1351 01:15:42,750 --> 01:15:44,874 Looks like, yeah. Do you think this 1352 01:15:44,875 --> 01:15:47,750 is one of the tunnels, side tunnels that might lead 1353 01:15:47,875 --> 01:15:51,958 deeper into this underground city of the Amarus? 1354 01:16:06,250 --> 01:16:08,625 Sometimes people are seen 1355 01:16:08,833 --> 01:16:11,792 coming out of these tunnels, right? 1356 01:16:11,958 --> 01:16:14,208 And I mean, you're saying spirits, but also, 1357 01:16:14,375 --> 01:16:16,083 people as well, right? 1358 01:16:27,292 --> 01:16:28,500 Do they have a-a serpent-like 1359 01:16:28,625 --> 01:16:29,917 appearance? 1360 01:16:30,083 --> 01:16:32,125 Do they look, do they look like serpents? 1361 01:16:42,542 --> 01:16:44,708 Is it possible that a race 1362 01:16:44,875 --> 01:16:47,417 of reptilian humanoids still exists 1363 01:16:47,583 --> 01:16:49,792 somewhere deep underground? 1364 01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:54,833 But if so, why haven't they made their presence known? 1365 01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,500 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the story 1366 01:16:58,708 --> 01:17:00,500 of a government mining contractor 1367 01:17:00,708 --> 01:17:02,875 who claims he came face-to-face 1368 01:17:04,083 --> 01:17:06,417 with these otherworldly entities. 1369 01:17:15,917 --> 01:17:18,667 Dulce, New Mexico. 1370 01:17:19,250 --> 01:17:22,542 This unassuming town has been home 1371 01:17:22,708 --> 01:17:24,000 to the Jicarilla Apache Indian tribe 1372 01:17:24,125 --> 01:17:26,417 for over six centuries. 1373 01:17:27,708 --> 01:17:29,833 Jicarilla Apache folklore 1374 01:17:30,042 --> 01:17:33,000 is filled with stories of interactions with star people, 1375 01:17:33,167 --> 01:17:35,167 including lizard and ant men 1376 01:17:35,333 --> 01:17:38,042 they describe as living underground. 1377 01:17:40,083 --> 01:17:43,917 To them, those star people are as active 1378 01:17:44,083 --> 01:17:48,083 and interactive with the planet now as they ever have been. 1379 01:17:48,250 --> 01:17:52,417 It was Western civilization that ran by 1380 01:17:52,583 --> 01:17:56,667 and buried the whole issue of extraterrestrials 1381 01:17:56,875 --> 01:18:00,750 and reptiles as mythological. 1382 01:18:00,917 --> 01:18:03,500 But it is the Jicarilla Apaches in Dulce 1383 01:18:03,667 --> 01:18:06,125 who will also tell you that they know 1384 01:18:06,292 --> 01:18:08,458 that there are some type of beings 1385 01:18:08,625 --> 01:18:12,958 that are underground in Dulce and that the keys 1386 01:18:13,125 --> 01:18:15,875 are Mount Archuleta 1387 01:18:16,042 --> 01:18:18,875 and Archuleta Mesa. 1388 01:18:19,042 --> 01:18:24,708 And below those two, there are deep underground bases 1389 01:18:24,875 --> 01:18:28,208 that have been operated by some form 1390 01:18:28,375 --> 01:18:34,083 of reptilian-related being for centuries. 1391 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,250 According to government insiders, 1392 01:18:38,417 --> 01:18:40,958 located nearly two miles beneath the surface 1393 01:18:41,125 --> 01:18:44,625 is indeed a secret subterranean military base 1394 01:18:44,792 --> 01:18:47,500 known as the Dulce Air Force Base. 1395 01:18:47,667 --> 01:18:51,833 The base is rumored to extend seven levels underground 1396 01:18:52,042 --> 01:18:56,375 with the lowest levels occupied by extraterrestrial species. 1397 01:18:58,625 --> 01:19:00,333 Whistleblower Phil Schneider 1398 01:19:00,542 --> 01:19:02,167 claimed to have worked on the construction 1399 01:19:02,333 --> 01:19:04,667 of these deep underground military bases 1400 01:19:04,833 --> 01:19:06,667 for the U.S. government. 1401 01:19:07,667 --> 01:19:10,750 Phil Schneider was a very interesting geologist 1402 01:19:10,917 --> 01:19:13,208 used by the U.S. government to do 1403 01:19:13,375 --> 01:19:16,875 excavations of large areas under military contract 1404 01:19:17,042 --> 01:19:19,000 where they were essentially going to be building 1405 01:19:19,125 --> 01:19:23,625 large caverns and connecting underground passageways. 1406 01:19:23,750 --> 01:19:26,541 On May 8, 1995, 1407 01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:29,917 Schneider gave a presentation in Post Falls, Idaho, 1408 01:19:30,125 --> 01:19:32,958 and claimed he was attacked by extraterrestrials 1409 01:19:33,125 --> 01:19:34,875 deep underground. 1410 01:19:55,417 --> 01:19:58,458 According to Phil, at the time of his encounter, 1411 01:19:58,583 --> 01:20:00,833 his team had been contracted to create an addition 1412 01:20:01,042 --> 01:20:04,000 to the existing Dulce underground base. 1413 01:20:04,167 --> 01:20:07,333 They were drilling holes deep into the ground 1414 01:20:07,500 --> 01:20:10,333 and using explosives to create caverns... 1415 01:20:11,375 --> 01:20:13,333 ...when they encountered numerous Grey 1416 01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:14,917 and reptilian aliens. 1417 01:20:32,542 --> 01:20:34,625 Phil Schneider later described 1418 01:20:34,792 --> 01:20:36,542 learning about genetic experiments 1419 01:20:36,708 --> 01:20:39,083 conducted by the same extraterrestrial beings 1420 01:20:39,208 --> 01:20:42,375 he encountered at Dulce Air Force Base. 1421 01:20:46,125 --> 01:20:48,667 But sadly, he would never get the chance 1422 01:20:48,792 --> 01:20:51,250 to provide further information. 1423 01:20:53,292 --> 01:20:57,000 Just eight months after his presentation in Post Falls... 1424 01:20:58,042 --> 01:21:01,000 ...Philip Schneider was found dead in his apartment 1425 01:21:01,167 --> 01:21:03,333 with rubber tubing wrapped around his neck. 1426 01:21:03,500 --> 01:21:06,333 Those who knew him best were shocked 1427 01:21:06,500 --> 01:21:09,000 when his death was ruled a suicide, 1428 01:21:09,208 --> 01:21:11,917 and many insisted this was a cover story 1429 01:21:12,042 --> 01:21:14,125 for an assassination. 1430 01:21:15,292 --> 01:21:17,250 Part of what I'm going to tell you 1431 01:21:17,458 --> 01:21:19,208 is going to be very shocking. 1432 01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:22,000 If people had learned of what Phil Schneider 1433 01:21:22,167 --> 01:21:24,375 was revealing, they would have understood 1434 01:21:24,542 --> 01:21:26,667 that there had been agreements reached 1435 01:21:26,792 --> 01:21:29,542 between the U.S. government 1436 01:21:29,708 --> 01:21:33,292 and some of these extraterrestrial civilizations. 1437 01:21:35,417 --> 01:21:37,167 Did Phil Schneider encounter 1438 01:21:37,333 --> 01:21:39,500 the same reptilian extraterrestrials 1439 01:21:39,667 --> 01:21:43,292 that the Inca credited with creating underground cities 1440 01:21:43,417 --> 01:21:48,000 in the southern highlands of Peru hundreds of years ago? 1441 01:21:48,125 --> 01:21:52,125 If so, could remote places like mountains, 1442 01:21:52,292 --> 01:21:56,958 islands and caves serve as hidden strongholds 1443 01:21:57,083 --> 01:22:00,167 for beings not entirely of this world? 1444 01:22:01,167 --> 01:22:03,125 Perhaps, someday soon, 1445 01:22:03,292 --> 01:22:06,167 we will discover that the alien intelligences 1446 01:22:06,375 --> 01:22:09,333 we've been desperately searching the cosmos for 1447 01:22:09,500 --> 01:22:14,042 have been here on Earth all along. 1448 01:22:16,375 --> 01:22:18,083 It's so amazing to think about 1449 01:22:18,250 --> 01:22:20,708 these extraterrestrial lairs 1450 01:22:20,875 --> 01:22:22,750 hidden away in these remote places. 1451 01:22:22,958 --> 01:22:25,292 Mountains, caves, islands. 1452 01:22:25,458 --> 01:22:26,833 But it makes a lot of sense. 1453 01:22:27,042 --> 01:22:28,833 Oh, absolutely. 1454 01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,000 Because of course you would pick the most remote of locations. 1455 01:22:32,167 --> 01:22:34,000 Yeah, uh, we have these certain areas, 1456 01:22:34,167 --> 01:22:35,667 particularly around the world, 1457 01:22:35,875 --> 01:22:38,000 that are said to be inhabited by extraterrestrials 1458 01:22:38,208 --> 01:22:40,667 or the gods. 1459 01:22:40,792 --> 01:22:43,958 Yeah, so we know these places exist, they're there... 1460 01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:48,125 ...but the question is, will the extraterrestrials allow us 1461 01:22:48,333 --> 01:22:51,708 to discover these places and even enter into them? 1462 01:22:52,333 --> 01:22:55,500 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS