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Wade: HAS A CREATURE
SURFACING IN ARCTIC WATERS
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BEEN PRIMED
FOR A SINISTER PURPOSE?
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Cartlidge:
YOU CAN TRAIN THEM.
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BUT YOU CAN'T TOTALLY
CONTROL THEM.
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Wade:
IS THERE A LEGENDARY MONSTER
LURKING OFF AMERICA'S COASTLINE
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CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN
A SHIP?
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THIS MUST HAVE BEEN
AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CREATURE.
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Wade: AND HOW DID A MAN SURVIVE
FOR 438 DAYS
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ADRIFT ON
THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
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YOU ARE NOT ONLY
AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA.
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YOU ARE AT THE MERCY
OF THE GODS.
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Wade: THE UNDERWATER REALM
IS ANOTHER DIMENSION.
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IT'S A PHYSICALLY
HOSTILE PLACE,
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WHERE DREAMS OF PROMISE
CAN SINK INTO DARKNESS.
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I'M JEREMY WADE.
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I'M SEARCHING THE WORLD
TO BRING YOU THE MOST ICONIC
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AND BAFFLING UNDERWATER
MYSTERIES KNOWN TO SCIENCE.
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SHIPWRECKS CAN'T
JUST DISAPPEAR.
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OR CAN THEY?
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Wade: IT'S A DANGEROUS,
UNEXPLORED FRONTIER
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THAT SWALLOWS EVIDENCE...
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WE KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE FACE OF MARS
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THAN WE DO
OUR DEEPEST OCEANS.
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Wade:
...WHERE UNKNOWN IS NORMAL,
AND UNDERSTANDING IS RARE.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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I'VE SPENT DECADES TRACKING DOWN
UNDERWATER CREATURES
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ALL OVER THE WORLD,
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AND AS A GENERAL RULE,
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE FOUND.
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ANIMALS IN THE WILD
KEEP THEIR DISTANCE.
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SO WHEN REPORTS SURFACE
FROM THE ARCTIC WATERS OF NORWAY
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OF A LARGE MARINE MAMMAL
MYSTERIOUSLY INVESTIGATING
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BOATS,
ALARM BELLS START RINGING.
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APRIL 26, 2019 --
HAMMERFEST, NORWAY.
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RESEARCHERS CONDUCTING
A GOVERNMENT FISHING SURVEY
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ARE SURPRISED BY
THE MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCE
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OF A LARGE MARINE MAMMAL
NEAR THEIR BOAT.
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AS THE WHITE
ANIMAL APPROACHES,
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THEY REALIZE
IT'S A BELUGA WHALE --
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SOMETHING RARELY SEEN
IN SPRING NORWEGIAN WATERS.
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TO MAKE THINGS
EVEN MORE UNUSUAL,
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THIS BELUGA WHALE
SEEMS TO BE FRIENDLY.
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NATURALLY FREE BELUGA,
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OR ANY CITATION,
DON'T COME TO HUMANS.
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THEY'RE INQUISITIVE, BUT
THEY'LL ALWAYS KEEP DISTANCE.
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IT'LL NEVER BE RIGHT UP
TO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.
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Wade: STRANGER STILL
IS THE FACT THAT THIS BELUGA
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HAS SOMETHING
ATTACHED TO ITS BODY.
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NOT ONLY WAS THIS
AN UNUSUAL WHALE IN THAT
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IT WAS INTERESTED IN THEM,
BUT IT ALSO HAD A HARNESS ON.
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TO ADD TO THE MYSTERY
OF THIS BELUGA WHALE,
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WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
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DID IT ESCAPE?
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DID IT JUST SAY,
"I WANT TO BE FREE"?
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Wade:
MARINE MAMMALS HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY,
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AND THIS BELUGA'S EASE
AROUND THE RESEARCHERS
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COULD BE A SIGN THAT
IT'S BEEN RAISED BY PEOPLE.
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IT MEETS HUMANS AGAIN, AND
IT'S SOMETHING IT'S CONDITIONED.
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"THAT'S WHERE THE FOOD
COMES FROM. I'M SAFE WITH THEM."
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ANIMALS GO FOR THE EASIEST
SOURCE OF FOOD.
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Wade: BELUGA WHALES ARE KEPT
IN CAPTIVITY IN AQUARIA
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AND MARINE PARKS WORLDWIDE,
BUT NOT IN NORWAY
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OR ANYWHERE ELSE
IN SCANDINAVIA.
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Rondeau: I THINK THE EVIDENCE
IS PRETTY CLEAR
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THAT IT'S BEEN RAISED
BY HUMANS.
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SO, THE QUESTION, THEN, IS,
WHICH HUMANS?
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Wade: THE NORWEGIANS DECIDE
TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.
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AND WHEN THEY STUDY
THE BELUGA'S HARNESS,
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THEY DISCOVER
TWO CAMERA MOUNTS.
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COULD THESE HAVE BEEN FITTED
BY WILDLIFE RESEARCHERS?
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Wade: KEEN TO WORK OUT
WHERE THE BELUGA HAS COME FROM,
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LOCAL EXPERTS
COME UP WITH AN IDEA.
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THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA
FIND OUT WHO IS BEHIND THIS
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IS TO TRACK THIS WHALE.
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Wade: THE BELUGA IS FITTED
WITH A SATELLITE TRACKER
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IN THE HOPE THAT
IT WILL HEAD BACK HOME.
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BUT AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS
OF MONITORING,
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THE DATA SHOWS
NO SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT.
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THE WHALE IS STAYING PUT.
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THE TRACKER DOES, HOWEVER,
REVEAL SOME NEW INFORMATION.
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THE TRACKING OF THE WHALE
HAS SHOWN TWO THINGS.
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ONE -- IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE
THE ABILITY
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TO HUNT AND FEED
ON ITS OWN.
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AND TWO --
IT DOESN'T COMMUNICATE
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WITH OTHER BELUGAS,
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SUGGESTING IT DOESN'T HAVE
THOSE SOCIAL ASPECTS
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THAT IT WOULD'VE LEARNED IF IT
HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE WILD.
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Wade:
THE ANIMAL'S INABILITY TO FEED
ITSELF AND LACK OF SOCIAL SKILLS
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FURTHER POINTS TO
A LIFE SPENT IN CAPTIVITY.
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IT COULD BE IT'S THE FIRST TIME
IT'S BEEN ALLOWED OUT.
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Wade: RESEARCHERS TURN
THEIR ATTENTION
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BACK TO THE ONLY PIECE
OF HARD EVIDENCE THEY HAVE --
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THE HARNESS.
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EXAMINING THE STRAPS,
THEY DISCOVER A DECISIVE CLUE.
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Campbell: THE FACT THAT THE
HARNESS SAYS "ST. PETERSBURG,"
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SUGGESTS THAT IT IS
A BELUGA TRAINED IN RUSSIA.
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WHY WOULD THE RUSSIANS BE
PUTTING A HARNESS ON A BELUGA?
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Wade: THE RUSSIAN BORDER
IS LESS THAN 200 MILES AWAY,
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AND THE RUSSIANS
HAVE A TRACK RECORD
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IN TRAINING
MARINE MAMMALS.
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THEY HAVE GUARD ANIMALS THAT
GUARD AN AREA IN FLOATING PENS.
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THEY HAVE
SEARCH-AND-RECOVERY ANIMALS.
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Wade: SEALS HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO
LOCATE MINES AND LOST ORDNANCE,
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AND DOLPHINS HAVE BEEN TASKED
WITH TAKING OUT ENEMY TARGETS.
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Cartlidge:
THEY PARACHUTE THEM DOWN.
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THE HARNESSES, AS THEY HIT
THE WATER, RELEASE.
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
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A TRIGGER ON THE BEAK,
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AND AN EXPLOSIVE PACK
ON THE DORSAL FIN.
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SO, THEN, THEY WOULD
SWIM UP TO THE BOAT.
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AND FIVE OF THESE ANIMALS
TOUCHING THE BOAT...
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UP IT GOES IN FLAMES.
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Wade: SUCH METHODS WERE
DEVELOPED DURING THE COLD WAR,
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AND, MANY THOUGHT,
ENDED WITH IT.
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BUT RECENT U.S.
NAVY SPENDING
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SUGGESTS THAT THEY CONTINUE
TO THIS DAY.
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THE MILITARY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
INTERESTED IN THE POTENTIAL
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FOR MARINE MAMMALS
TO ASSIST THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS.
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AND IN FACT,
THE MILITARY STILL FUND
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A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH
ON MARINE MAMMALS TO THIS DAY.
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IF THE AMERICANS ARE DOING IT,
THEN, SURELY, THE RUSSIANS
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ARE GONNA STILL
BE DOING IT, AS WELL.
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Wade: SO, IS THE BELUGA WHALE
FOUND IN NORWAY
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A SPECIALIST
RUSSIAN UNDERWATER OPERATIVE?
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YOU CAN TRAIN THEM.
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YOU CAN TAME THEM.
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BUT YOU CAN'T TOTALLY
CONTROL THEM.
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Wade: 200 MILES EAST OF
WHERE THE BELUGA WAS FOUND
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IS THE RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE
OF MURMANSK.
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AND RECENT SATELLITE IMAGES
REVEAL SOMETHING SHOCKING
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HIDDEN AMONG
THE RUSSIAN SHIPS.
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ANALYSTS BELIEVE THAT
THESE LARGE OCTAGONAL SHAPES
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ARE FLOATING ANIMAL PENS.
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COULD THE BELUGA WHALE
HAVE ESCAPED
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FROM THIS TOP-SECRET
MILITARY FACILITY?
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WHEN A MYSTERY BELUGA WHALE
IS FOUND IN NORWEGIAN WATERS
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WEARING A HARNESS
WITH CAMERA MOUNTS,
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THERE ARE SUSPICIONS
THAT THE ANIMAL COULD BE
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A TRAINED RUSSIAN
UNDERWATER OPERATIVE.
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BUT COULD
THIS SINGLE ANIMAL
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BE EVIDENCE
OF A LARGER MILITARY FORCE?
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THE WHALE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
ON SOME KIND OF
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SURVEILLANCE MISSION.
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NORWAY IS BASICALLY
ON THE FOREFRONT OF NATO,
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FRONT LINES WITH RUSSIA.
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Wade:
THE ARCTIC IS OPENING UP.
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Higgs:
AS SEA ICE MELTS, THE ARCTIC
IS BECOMING MORE ACCESSIBLE,
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AND ITS RESOURCES ARE BECOMING
MORE AND MORE SOUGHT AFTER.
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Wade:
EVERY YEAR, AS THE ICE RECEDES,
MILITARY FORCES ARE MOVING IN,
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AND THE RUSSIANS
ARE AT THE FOREFRONT.
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SOME FEAR THAT BELUGAS MAY BE A
NEW PART OF THE RUSSIAN ARSENAL.
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THERE'S NOTHING THAT A BELUGA
CAN DO THAT A DOLPHIN CAN'T DO.
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BUT A BELUGA CAN LIVE
IN ARCTIC WATERS.
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THE BELUGA'S ECHOLOCATION
CAN ACTUALLY PENETRATE
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UP TO A METER
THROUGH SAND AND MUD.
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THEY CAN GO PLACES, AND NOT BE
NOTICED, UNLIKE ROVs OR AOVs.
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THEY CAN TRAVEL
LONG DISTANCES
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WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE BREAKS,
OR TO BE RECHARGED.
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COULD THAT BELUGA WHALE
BE AGENT DOUBLE-0 BLUBBER?
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Wade: ONE CRITICAL FACTOR
SUGGESTS NOT.
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TRAINING SECRET AGENTS,
HUMAN OR ANIMAL,
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REQUIRES A MAJOR INVESTMENT
OF TIME AND MONEY.
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IF IT WAS MILITARY, THE RUSSIANS
WOULD'VE BEEN THERE,
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AND THEY WOULD'VE
TAKEN IT BACK.
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Wade: SO, THE WHALE'S ORIGIN
AND PURPOSE REMAIN A MYSTERY.
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BUT ONE THING
IS FOR SURE --
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THIS SUSPECTED SPY HAS BEEN
BROUGHT IN FROM THE COLD.
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IT'S BEEN ADOPTED
BY LOCALS,
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WHO HAVE NAMED THE BELUGA
"HVALDIMIR,"
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A PUN ON THE NORWEGIAN
FOR "WHALE"
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AND THE NAME OF RUSSIA'S
PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN --
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HIMSELF ONCE
AN UNDERCOVER SOVIET AGENT.
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MOST SEARCHES
FOR LOST MARINERS
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CONTINUE FOR A MATTER
OF DAYS OR WEEKS.
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AFTER THAT, THE MISSING
ARE PRESUMED DEAD.
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BUT HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE
ALONE AT SEA?
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THE SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS
14-MONTH SURVIVAL
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OF A CENTRAL AMERICAN
FISHERMAN
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CALLS INTO QUESTION
EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW.
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JANUARY 30TH, 2014.
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REPORTS EMERGE FROM
A TINY STRETCH OF ISLANDS
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IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
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OF A MYSTERIOUS FOREIGNER
COMING ASHORE WITH A SMALL BOAT.
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THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
ARE A REMOTE CLUSTER OF ISLANDS
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IN THE PACIFIC.
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THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD BE
AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE BEACH,
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IN A REALLY BAD WAY,
IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
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Wade: THE MAN'S NAME
IS JOSE ALVARENGA,
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AND THE STORY
HE TELLS HIS RESCUERS
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IS RELAYED
AROUND THE WORLD.
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HE CAME OFF THE COAST
OF MEXICO,
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A VERY SMALL 24-FOOT
FIBERGLASS VESSEL,
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AND THAT WAS ALMOST
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
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[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
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A FISHING TRIP THAT WAS MEANT
TO LAST JUST A FEW DAYS
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ENDED UP LASTING 438.
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HOW IS IT THAT HE SURVIVED
THAT LONG?
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Wade: SURVIVING THE PACIFIC
ADRIFT IN A SMALL BOAT
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FOR THIS LENGTH OF TIME
WOULD BE A FIRST.
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IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THAT A HUMAN
BEING WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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Wade: ALVARENGA DESCRIBES
AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
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FROM MEXICO
TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS,
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ACROSS HALF THE WIDTH
OF THE PACIFIC.
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BUT COULD A MAN SURVIVE
FOR 14 MONTHS
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ALONE IN THE LARGEST OCEAN
ON THE PLANET?
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Campbell: IT'S CRAZY
TO SURVIVE THAT LONG AT SEA,
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BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO IMAGINE
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THAT THE OPEN OCEAN
IS A TYPE OF DESERT.
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THE PACIFIC OCEAN
IS MASSIVE.
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IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLY
BIG SPACE.
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Wade:
ACCORDING TO ALVARENGA, WHEN HE
SETS OUT ON HIS FISHING TRIP,
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HE HAS SUPPLIES
FOR JUST A FEW DAYS.
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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
AN OVERNIGHT TRIP
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IN A SMALL, OPEN BOAT.
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AND THEN, HE ENCOUNTERED
BAD WEATHER, AND A BAD STORM.
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Wade: THE FISHERMAN'S BOAT
IS PULLED OUT TO SEA,
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AND MOST OF HIS SUPPLIES
ARE SWEPT OVERBOARD.
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BEFORE ALVARENGA
GETS OUT OF RANGE,
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HE'S ABLE TO RADIO HIS BOSS,
TO WARN HIM OF HIS PREDICAMENT.
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HE'S OUT THERE WITH NO ENGINE,
WITH NO OARS,
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NO MEANS OF PROPULSION,
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AND HE'S BASICALLY
LEFT TO FLOAT.
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BEING LOST AT SEA IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST LONELY THINGS
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IN THE UNIVERSE.
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YOU ARE NOT ONLY
AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA.
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YOU ARE AT THE MERCY
OF THE GODS.
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HIS STORY IS CERTAINLY
MYSTERIOUS,
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AND MANY PEOPLE
DON'T BELIEVE IT,
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BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST UNTHINKABLE,
WHAT HE'S TELLING THEM.
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Wade: AND WHEN ALVARENGA'S
ACCOUNT IS PUT UNDER SCRUTINY,
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SHOCKING DETAILS
START TO EMERGE.
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HE'S OUT THERE ON A BOAT
WITH NOTHING.
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HOW DO YOU SURVIVE THAT?
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IT'S LITERALLY PHENOMENAL.
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IN 2012,
FISHERMAN JOSE ALVARENGA
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SETS OUT
ON A SMALL BOAT
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FROM THE COAST
OF SOUTHERN MEXICO.
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14 MONTHS LATER,
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HE TURNS UP IN
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS,
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6,000 MILES
TO THE WEST.
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CAN HE REALLY HAVE SURVIVED
THE OPEN OCEAN FOR SO LONG?
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IT'S CERTAINLY
THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE,
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ACCORDING TO SCIENTIST MODELS
AND CURRENT UNDERSTANDING,
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THAT HE COULD'VE REACHED
THE MARSHALLS.
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THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
THERE'S THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE.
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IF YOU LEFT MEXICO,
HEADED A LITTLE SOUTH,
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YOU CATCH THE TRADE WINDS
AND THE CURRENTS,
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AND THEY WILL PUSH YOU
ALL THE WAY OVER.
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BOOM.
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Wade: BUT MANY PEOPLE
FOLLOWING THE STORY
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QUESTION THE TRUTH
OF ALVARENGA'S ACCOUNT.
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AFTER SUCH AN ORDEAL, HOW COULD
THE FISHERMAN LOOK SO HEALTHY?
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HE LOOKS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW,
PLUMP AROUND THE FACE.
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Wade: BUT AS SOME EXPERTS
ARE KEEN TO POINT OUT,
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SOMETIMES, LOOKS
CAN BE DECEIVING.
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WHEN YOU LIVE THROUGH
THAT TYPE OF FAMINE,
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YOUR BODY KIND OF HOLDS,
OR RETAINS, LIQUIDS, OR FLUIDS,
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AND IT GIVES YOU
A PLUMP APPEARANCE
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ALTHOUGH YOU'RE
LITERALLY STARVING.
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[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
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HE'S BLOATED BECAUSE OF
HIS MALNUTRITION.
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ACTUALLY,
FOR MANY MONTHS,
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HE WOULD'VE PROBABLY
LOOKED EMACIATED,
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AND EVEN, POSSIBLY,
SKELETAL.
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Wade: DOUBTS REMAIN, HOWEVER,
ABOUT HOW ALVARENGA
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COULD HAVE FOUND ENOUGH FOOD
AND WATER TO SURVIVE.
267
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IN MOST CASES,
PEOPLE ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC
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LAST ONLY A MATTER OF DAYS.
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FILMING OFF THE NORTHERN COAST
OF AUSTRALIA IN 2015,
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I ENCOUNTERED A FISHERMAN
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WHO'D BECOME STRANDED
ON A BARREN TROPICAL ISLAND.
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THIS IS AN
UNINHABITED ISLAND.
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AND WE, FIRST OF ALL,
SAW A COOLER ON THE ROCKS.
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AND THEN, ONE OF US SPOTTED,
THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.
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THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE.
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IT WAS SHEER LUCK THAT WE
CAME ACROSS HIM IN TIME.
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THE CASTAWAY HAD RUN
OUT OF WATER,
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AND AFTER 2 DAYS MAROONED
UNDER THE FIERCE SUN,
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HE WAS FACING DEATH
FROM DEHYDRATION.
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00:16:29,034 --> 00:16:35,310
SO HOW DID ALVARENGA FIND ENOUGH
WATER TO SURVIVE FOR 438 DAYS?
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THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB
IS THAT -- IT'S THE 3-DAY RULE.
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YOU KNOW, WITHOUT WATER, AFTER
3 DAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL DIE.
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SO, HOW DID HE MANAGE?
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Wade: DRINKING SEAWATER
CAN BE DEADLY TO HUMANS
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00:16:48,517 --> 00:16:53,482
BECAUSE OUR HUMANS CAN'T PROCESS
THE AMOUNT OF SALT IT CONTAINS.
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00:16:53,586 --> 00:16:57,758
ALVARENGA NEEDED FRESH WATER
TO STAVE OFF DEHYDRATION,
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00:16:57,862 --> 00:17:00,931
SO HE CLAIMS HE FISHED DOZENS
OF PLASTIC BOTTLES
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00:17:01,034 --> 00:17:01,965
OUT OF THE OCEAN,
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00:17:02,068 --> 00:17:04,379
AND USED THEM
TO CATCH RAINWATER.
290
00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:06,448
BUT WHEN HIS SUPPLIES
RAN OUT,
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00:17:06,551 --> 00:17:09,758
HE WAS FORCED TO RESORT
TO DESPERATE MEASURES.
292
00:17:12,896 --> 00:17:17,344
AS WELL AS WATER, ALVARENGA
WOULD'VE NEEDED REGULAR FOOD.
293
00:17:17,448 --> 00:17:19,896
THE BOAT WOULD'VE BECOME
ITS OWN MICROCOSM
294
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,068
THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ALGAE, AND PLANKTON,
295
00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:24,862
AND BARNACLES
BUILDING UP ON THE BOTTOM,
296
00:17:24,965 --> 00:17:28,482
AND THAT IN ITSELF
WOULD'VE ATTRACTED HIS FOOD.
297
00:17:28,586 --> 00:17:32,241
IF HE'S LEAVING OFF OF
THE ENTIRE FISH,
298
00:17:32,344 --> 00:17:33,620
NOT ONLY CONSUMING
THE FLESH,
299
00:17:33,724 --> 00:17:36,206
BUT CONSUMING ALL OF
THE INTERNAL ORGANS,
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HE'S GETTING THAT NUTRIENTS,
AND HE'S GETTING THAT FLUID,
301
00:17:40,068 --> 00:17:44,206
AND THAT IT WOULD BE
ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN HIM.
302
00:17:44,310 --> 00:17:47,000
BUT ONE DETAIL
OF HIS EPIC ORDEAL
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IS PERHAPS
THE TOUGHEST TO SWALLOW.
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WHEN HE STARTED OUT
ON HIS 2-DAY FISHING TRIP,
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JOSE ALVARENGA
WAS NOT ALONE.
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Wade: CASTAWAY JOSE ALVARENGA
CLAIMS TO HAVE SPENT 14 MONTHS
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ADRIFT IN
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
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WHEN HE WAS FOUND,
HE WAS ALONE,
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00:18:18,241 --> 00:18:22,448
BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT, WHEN HE
SET SAIL, HE HAD A COMPANION.
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HE ACTUALLY HAD
A FISHING PARTNER.
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BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE
FISHING PARTNER DIDN'T SURVIVE.
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HE CLAIMS THAT HIS PARTNER
COULDN'T DEAL WITH THE STRESS,
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AND HAD BASICALLY
STOPPED EATING,
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AND THEREFORE,
SHUT DOWN, AND DIED.
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00:18:44,689 --> 00:18:50,275
Wade:
ALVARENGA SAYS HE KEPT SPEAKING
TO HIS DECEASED FRIEND FOR DAYS,
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00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:55,620
UNTIL HE REALIZED HE MUST LET
HIM GO, AND BURIED HIM AT SEA.
317
00:18:55,724 --> 00:18:58,896
BUT THE DEAD MAN'S FAMILY
CLAIM OTHERWISE.
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THEY ACCUSE ALVARENGA
OF RESORTING TO CANNIBALISM.
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THIS WOULD NOT BE
A FIRST.
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00:19:05,965 --> 00:19:08,724
THERE ARE STORIES
OF WHALERS
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00:19:08,827 --> 00:19:10,758
WHO HAVE BEEN LOST AT SEA
IN THE PACIFIC,
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00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:13,275
AND HAD TO RESORT
TO CANNIBALISM,
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00:19:13,379 --> 00:19:15,586
IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
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00:19:15,689 --> 00:19:18,448
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY
TO SPECULATE
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00:19:18,551 --> 00:19:21,103
WHAT THEY WOULD DO
IN THAT SITUATION.
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DID HE KILL AND CANNIBALIZE
HIS PARTNER?
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00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:32,413
THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS
IS THE FISHERMAN HIMSELF.
328
00:19:32,517 --> 00:19:35,482
Wade: A COMPLETE PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF ALVARENGA
329
00:19:35,586 --> 00:19:38,206
REVEALS SYMPTOMS
OF ANEMIA,
330
00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:40,413
POSSIBLY THE RESULT
OF VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
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CAUSED BY
PROLONGED STARVATION.
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FOR SUPPORTERS, IT'S PROOF
HIS ORDEAL REALLY HAPPENED.
333
00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,482
Tuttle: SOME PEOPLE SAY
THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY.
334
00:19:51,586 --> 00:19:54,448
NO. NO.
IT'S NOT AT ALL.
335
00:19:54,551 --> 00:19:57,000
THIS MAN OBVIOUSLY HAD
THE CONSTITUTION
336
00:19:57,103 --> 00:20:00,068
TO SURVIVE 438 DAYS.
337
00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:02,517
YEAH, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
338
00:20:04,551 --> 00:20:10,379
AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY OR A STORY
OF UNBELIEVABLE ENDURANCE?
339
00:20:10,482 --> 00:20:13,482
FOR MANY,
THE JURY IS STILL OUT.
340
00:20:13,586 --> 00:20:16,482
BUT WHAT NOBODY DENIES
IS THAT, SOMETIMES,
341
00:20:16,586 --> 00:20:18,482
THE BATTLE
TO BE BELIEVED
342
00:20:18,586 --> 00:20:23,206
CAN BE EVERY BIT AS CHALLENGING
AS THE BATTLE TO SURVIVE.
343
00:20:31,103 --> 00:20:34,241
THE ANNALS OF SEAFARING
ARE FULL OF STORIES
344
00:20:34,344 --> 00:20:36,827
OF MYSTERIOUS CREATURES
FROM THE DEEP.
345
00:20:36,931 --> 00:20:40,724
TODAY, SUCH REPORTS
ARE MUCH MORE RARE.
346
00:20:40,827 --> 00:20:42,620
SO, WHEN ONE DOES SURFACE,
347
00:20:42,724 --> 00:20:45,310
EVOKING THE LEGEND
OF THE GREATEST SEA MONSTER
348
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OF THEM ALL --
THE MIGHTY KRAKEN --
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IT DEMANDS
OUR ATTENTION.
350
00:20:57,793 --> 00:21:01,793
JANUARY 12, 2003.
351
00:21:01,896 --> 00:21:04,517
VETERAN YACHTSMAN
OLIVIER DE KERSAUSON
352
00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:07,344
IS ATTEMPTING TO WIN
THE JULES VERNE TROPHY
353
00:21:07,448 --> 00:21:11,586
FOR THE FASTEST CIRCUMNAVIGATION
OF THE WORLD BY SAIL.
354
00:21:11,689 --> 00:21:15,517
THERE'S A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN
STORY OF THIS SAILBOAT,
355
00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:17,655
THE GERONIMO,
THAT WAS IN A RACE.
356
00:21:17,758 --> 00:21:20,793
Wade: THE 110-FOOT
TRIMARAN GERONIMO --
357
00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:23,206
THE LARGEST RACING YACHT
OF ITS KIND --
358
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IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
THROUGH THE NORTH ATLANTIC,
359
00:21:28,517 --> 00:21:31,896
BUT NOT FAR FROM THE PORTUGUESE
ISLAND OF MADEIRA,
360
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,206
IT SUDDENLY LOSES SPEED.
361
00:21:34,310 --> 00:21:37,275
THE BOAT DROPPED FROM 24 KNOTS
DOWN TO 11.
362
00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:38,896
IT SLOWED RIGHT DOWN.
363
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,241
Wade: UNABLE TO DETERMINE
WHAT'S CAUSED THIS DECELERATION,
364
00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:44,827
THE CREW INSPECT
BELOW THE WATERLINE.
365
00:21:44,931 --> 00:21:46,931
THEY THINK SOMETHING
MUST BE WRONG WITH THE VESSEL.
366
00:21:47,034 --> 00:21:50,482
THE FIRST MATE GOES BELOW,
AND PEERS THROUGH A PORTHOLE.
367
00:21:50,586 --> 00:21:53,000
WHAT HE REPORTS IS SOMETHING
STUCK TO THE RUDDER
368
00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:55,620
BIGGER THAN HIS LEG.
369
00:21:55,724 --> 00:21:57,793
Wade:
HE CAN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES.
370
00:21:57,896 --> 00:22:03,620
SOME KIND OF TENTACLED BEAST
IS WRAPPED AROUND THE VESSEL.
371
00:22:03,724 --> 00:22:07,206
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN AN
INCREDIBLY STRONG CREATURE.
372
00:22:07,310 --> 00:22:09,758
Wade: ARMED WITH ONLY BOAT HOOKS
AND POCKET KNIVES,
373
00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:13,310
THE CREW TRY TO FORCE
THE ANIMAL TO LET GO.
374
00:22:13,413 --> 00:22:17,896
BUT AFTER AN HOUR OF STRUGGLE,
THE CREATURE IS STILL ATTACHED.
375
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,172
THE CAPTAIN ORDERS THE SAILS
TO BE LOWERED.
376
00:22:21,275 --> 00:22:23,793
AND AS THE SHIP
COMES TO A HALT,
377
00:22:23,896 --> 00:22:26,482
THE UNDERWATER ATTACKER
RELEASES ITS GRIP,
378
00:22:26,586 --> 00:22:28,965
AND VANISHES
INTO THE DEEP.
379
00:22:29,068 --> 00:22:30,896
THE CAPTAIN GETS A GOOD LOOK
AT THE CREATURE,
380
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,482
AND ESTIMATES IT TO BE
10 METERS LONG.
381
00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:37,551
Wade:
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A 30-FOOT
TENTACLED MONSTER OF THIS MASS
382
00:22:37,655 --> 00:22:40,103
IS EXTREMELY RARE.
383
00:22:40,206 --> 00:22:42,827
HE SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
384
00:22:42,931 --> 00:22:47,206
Wade: THE INCIDENT LEAVES
THE CREW IN A STATE OF SHOCK.
385
00:22:47,310 --> 00:22:51,862
WHAT WAS THE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE
THAT ATTACKED THEIR BOAT?
386
00:22:51,965 --> 00:22:57,172
THE ENCOUNTER HAS ECHOES
OF ANCIENT SEA STORIES.
387
00:22:57,275 --> 00:23:01,551
HAS A LEGEND OF THE DEEP
RESURFACED?
388
00:23:01,655 --> 00:23:03,103
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
SAILORS HAVE ALWAYS
389
00:23:03,206 --> 00:23:05,551
ENCOUNTERED ANIMALS AT SEA
390
00:23:05,655 --> 00:23:09,896
THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF, AND THAT THEY FEARED.
391
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,413
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THESE ANIMALS REALLY WERE,
392
00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:14,413
OR WHETHER THEY EVEN
EXISTED AT ALL
393
00:23:14,517 --> 00:23:18,793
OUTSIDE OF THE IMAGINATION
OF THESE SAILORS.
394
00:23:18,896 --> 00:23:21,965
Wade: THERE IS ONE FABLED BEAST
WHOSE NAME ALONE
395
00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:26,034
WAS ENOUGH TO TERRIFY
HEARTY SAILORS FOR CENTURIES.
396
00:23:26,137 --> 00:23:29,206
THE KRAKEN,
THE BREAKER OF SHIPS,
397
00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:32,965
LARGE CREATURES THAT WOULD
PULL SHIPS DOWN TO THEIR DEATHS.
398
00:23:35,206 --> 00:23:39,103
Wade: THE KRAKEN HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ASSUMED TO BE A MYTH,
399
00:23:39,206 --> 00:23:44,965
BUT COULD THERE BE A REAL-WORLD
CREATURE BEHIND THE LEGEND?
400
00:23:45,068 --> 00:23:48,206
THERE ARE TENTACLED TITANS
OUT THERE.
401
00:23:52,034 --> 00:23:55,482
I'VE COME FACE-TO-FACE
WITH THE GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS,
402
00:23:55,586 --> 00:23:58,000
THE LARGEST
OF THE OCTOPUS FAMILY.
403
00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:04,344
ITS 20-FOOT ARM SPAN
IS IMPRESSIVE,
404
00:24:04,448 --> 00:24:07,931
BUT IT'S NO
SHIP-BREAKER.
405
00:24:08,034 --> 00:24:11,275
I'VE ALSO ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER
ANOTHER POTENTIAL SUSPECT...
406
00:24:14,689 --> 00:24:16,551
...SQUID.
407
00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:19,344
VORACIOUS
DEEP-SEA PREDATORS.
408
00:24:21,137 --> 00:24:23,931
THIS HUMBOLDT SQUID
HAS A POWERFUL BEAK
409
00:24:24,034 --> 00:24:27,241
MADE OF ONE OF THE HARDEST
SUBSTANCES IN THE ANIMAL WORLD,
410
00:24:27,344 --> 00:24:32,068
AND A BITE FORCE
COMPARABLE TO A LION.
411
00:24:32,172 --> 00:24:33,620
QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE BEAST.
412
00:24:33,724 --> 00:24:36,655
GOING BACK.
413
00:24:36,758 --> 00:24:38,517
THE HUMBOLDT SQUID
HAS THE AGGRESSION
414
00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:42,862
OF THE TERRIFYING KRAKEN,
BUT NOT THE SIZE.
415
00:24:42,965 --> 00:24:46,379
THERE ARE, HOWEVER,
MUCH BIGGER SQUID OUT THERE.
416
00:24:50,482 --> 00:24:52,344
THERE'S BEEN EVIDENCE
OF GIANT SQUID
417
00:24:52,448 --> 00:24:54,827
WITHOUT ACTUAL
DIRECT OBSERVATIONS.
418
00:24:54,931 --> 00:24:59,413
AND THAT EVIDENCE COMES FROM
THEIR PRIMARY PREDATOR,
419
00:24:59,517 --> 00:25:01,965
THE SPERM WHALE.
420
00:25:02,068 --> 00:25:06,103
Wade: ON THEIR DEEP DIVES
TO OVER 4,000 FEET,
421
00:25:06,206 --> 00:25:08,896
WHICH CAN LAST FOR UP
TO 45 MINUTES,
422
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,379
SPERM WHALES ARE KNOWN
TO PREY ON GIANT SQUID.
423
00:25:13,482 --> 00:25:15,241
MOST OF
THE EARLY EVIDENCE
424
00:25:15,344 --> 00:25:17,620
ACTUALLY CAME FROM
JUST PIECES OF SQUID
425
00:25:17,724 --> 00:25:20,551
THAT WERE FOUND IN THE STOMACHS
OF SPERM WHALES,
426
00:25:20,655 --> 00:25:25,758
OR FROM THE SCARS
ON THE WHALES THEMSELVES --
427
00:25:25,862 --> 00:25:28,586
THESE GIANT SUCKER MARKS
FROM THE BATTLES
428
00:25:28,689 --> 00:25:31,000
BETWEEN THE SQUID
AND THE WHALES.
429
00:25:33,551 --> 00:25:36,931
Wade:
WITH ONLY RARE SIGHTINGS AND
OCCASIONAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
430
00:25:37,034 --> 00:25:40,896
IT'S HARD TO FATHOM THE
POTENTIAL SIZE OF THIS BEAST.
431
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,965
WE KNOW GIANT SQUID
GET BIG.
432
00:25:43,068 --> 00:25:46,413
WE JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW BIG THEY GET.
433
00:25:46,517 --> 00:25:49,896
IF YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT A SPERM
WHALE, YOU BETTER BE BIG.
434
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,275
Wade: JUST HOW BIG
GIANT SQUID CAN GROW
435
00:25:52,379 --> 00:25:55,827
IS ONE OF THE GREAT
DEEP-OCEAN MYSTERIES.
436
00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:59,551
BUT A NEW SCIENCE INVOLVING
A REMARKABLE NATIONAL PHENOMENON
437
00:25:59,655 --> 00:26:01,862
COULD PROVIDE THE ANSWER.
438
00:26:04,965 --> 00:26:08,793
BIOLUMINESCENCE IS
BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED LIGHT,
439
00:26:08,896 --> 00:26:10,793
AND IN THE DEEP
PELAGIC ZONE,
440
00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:14,206
80% OF ALL ANIMALS
ARE BIOLUMINESCENT.
441
00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,275
THIS STRANGE
LIGHT-PRODUCING PROPERTY
442
00:26:18,379 --> 00:26:21,620
INSPIRED A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS,
LED BY DR. EDITH WIDDER,
443
00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:23,758
TO ATTEMPT
SOMETHING UNIQUE --
444
00:26:23,862 --> 00:26:26,275
ATTRACTING THE ELUSIVE
GIANT SQUID
445
00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:29,862
USING A LURE
MADE OF L.E.D. LIGHTS.
446
00:26:29,965 --> 00:26:36,896
HER THEORY WAS THAT, IF WE
CAN RECREATE THE LIGHT SEQUENCE
447
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,344
THAT THESE
SQUID PREY MAKE,
448
00:26:40,448 --> 00:26:44,379
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY USE THAT
TO ATTRACT GIANT SQUID.
449
00:26:48,344 --> 00:26:52,103
Wade:
THIS EXTRAORDINARY FOOTAGE,
CAPTURED BY DR. WIDDER'S TEAM
450
00:26:52,206 --> 00:26:58,034
2,300 FEET DOWN OFF THE COAST
OF JAPAN, ASTOUNDED BIOLOGISTS.
451
00:27:10,241 --> 00:27:15,103
THIS CLIP IS INCREDIBLE
BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THIS SQUID
452
00:27:15,206 --> 00:27:18,103
IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT
IN THE DEEP SEA.
453
00:27:20,724 --> 00:27:23,827
IT'S NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE.
454
00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:25,689
Wade:
THE FOOTAGE IS A FIRST.
455
00:27:25,793 --> 00:27:28,034
BUT THE ESTIMATED SIZE
OF THE SQUID
456
00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:32,310
IS JUST 14 FEET LONG --
HALF THE SIZE OF THE BEAST
457
00:27:32,413 --> 00:27:35,379
THAT ATTACKED
THE RACING YACHT GERONIMO.
458
00:27:38,137 --> 00:27:41,137
BUT DR. WIDDER
IS NOT DETERRED.
459
00:27:41,241 --> 00:27:44,206
IN 2019, SHE RELOCATES
HER SEARCH
460
00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:49,862
TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, 100 MILES
OFF THE COAST OF LOUISIANA.
461
00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:52,413
HER TEAM HAS DEVELOPED
THE ELECTRONIC LURE
462
00:27:52,517 --> 00:27:57,103
TO MIMIC THE LIGHT PATTERNS OF
THE ATOLLA DEEP-SEA JELLYFISH,
463
00:27:57,206 --> 00:28:01,275
WHICH ATTRACTS
GIANT SQUID.
464
00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:03,689
AND WHAT RISES FROM THE ABYSS
465
00:28:03,793 --> 00:28:08,413
SINGLE-HANDEDLY RESURRECTS
THE MYTH OF THE KRAKEN.
466
00:28:19,586 --> 00:28:22,000
WHEN A HUGE
TENTACLED CREATURE
467
00:28:22,103 --> 00:28:24,655
ENVELOPES A RACING YACHT
IN THE ATLANTIC,
468
00:28:24,758 --> 00:28:28,517
IT REVIVES STORIES
OF THE KRAKEN.
469
00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:31,482
COULD THE GIANT SQUID
BE THE REAL ANIMAL
470
00:28:31,586 --> 00:28:38,103
BEHIND THIS RECENT STORY
AND THE ANCIENT LEGEND?
471
00:28:38,206 --> 00:28:40,586
OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES,
472
00:28:40,689 --> 00:28:44,413
A REVOLUTIONARY LURE THAT MIMICS
BIOLUMINESCENT CREATURES
473
00:28:44,517 --> 00:28:50,724
IS BEING USED AS BAIT TO CATCH,
ON CAMERA, THE STUFF OF LEGENDS.
474
00:28:50,827 --> 00:28:52,206
WE'RE VISUAL ANIMALS,
475
00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:55,586
AND SO, WHEN HUMANS HAVE GONE
DOWN TO EXPLORE THE DEEP SEA,
476
00:28:55,689 --> 00:28:58,551
TRADITIONALLY, WE GO DOWN
AND SHINE THESE GREAT LIGHTS,
477
00:28:58,655 --> 00:29:00,551
SO THAT WE
CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
478
00:29:00,655 --> 00:29:05,310
BUT IN REALITY, IT PROBABLY
SCARES A LOT OF THINGS AWAY.
479
00:29:05,413 --> 00:29:07,620
Wade: TO AVOID THIS,
DR. WIDDER'S TEAM
480
00:29:07,724 --> 00:29:11,310
USE INFRARED CAMERAS
TO PENETRATE THE DARKNESS,
481
00:29:11,413 --> 00:29:13,931
ALLOWING THEM TO SEE,
BUT NOT DISTURB,
482
00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:18,413
THE CREATURES THAT COME TO
INVESTIGATE THE ELECTRONIC BAIT.
483
00:29:18,517 --> 00:29:20,241
HOURS AND HOURS
OF DARKNESS,
484
00:29:20,344 --> 00:29:23,758
WITH MAYBE THE OCCASIONAL FLASH
OF SOMETHING GOING BY.
485
00:29:26,241 --> 00:29:30,551
AND THEN, SUDDENLY, OUT OF
NOWHERE, COME THESE TENTACLES.
486
00:29:30,655 --> 00:29:35,827
♪♪
487
00:29:35,931 --> 00:29:41,137
♪♪
488
00:29:41,241 --> 00:29:44,172
IT'S MASSIVE.
489
00:29:44,275 --> 00:29:48,620
Wade:
THIS GIANT SQUID IS TALLER
THAN A TWO-STORY HOUSE,
490
00:29:48,724 --> 00:29:52,862
EASILY BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE ON
THE RACING TRIMARAN GERONIMO.
491
00:29:55,827 --> 00:30:01,862
SO COULD THIS BE THE LEGENDARY
KRAKEN, BREAKER OF SHIPS?
492
00:30:01,965 --> 00:30:04,620
WE JUST NOW KNOW
THEY'RE THERE.
493
00:30:04,724 --> 00:30:07,551
SO, IT'S ANSWERED
ONE QUESTION.
494
00:30:07,655 --> 00:30:09,896
IT'S OPENED UP ABOUT
A BAZILLION MORE.
495
00:30:24,482 --> 00:30:27,172
DEEP-WATER DIVING
CAN BE DEADLY,
496
00:30:27,275 --> 00:30:29,965
AND I'VE HAD GLIMPSES
OF WHAT CAN GO WRONG.
497
00:30:37,689 --> 00:30:39,310
WHEN DIVING
DEATHS HAPPEN,
498
00:30:39,413 --> 00:30:42,931
THEIR CAUSES ARE OFTEN LOST
BENEATH THE WAVES.
499
00:30:43,034 --> 00:30:45,862
SO WHEN THE DECAPITATED
CORPSE OF A DIVER
500
00:30:45,965 --> 00:30:47,827
IS DISCOVERED
OFF THE COAST OF ENGLAND
501
00:30:47,931 --> 00:30:49,758
AT THE HEIGHT
OF THE COLD WAR,
502
00:30:49,862 --> 00:30:54,551
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES ABOUT
WHAT OR WHO MAY HAVE KILLED HIM.
503
00:30:54,655 --> 00:30:57,000
CAN NEW ANALYSIS
OF THE EVIDENCE
504
00:30:57,103 --> 00:31:00,620
SOLVE THE MYSTERY
OF THE HEADLESS FROGMAN?
505
00:31:06,413 --> 00:31:08,931
JUNE 9TH, 1957 --
506
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:12,517
CHICHESTER HARBOUR,
ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND.
507
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:14,655
THE CREW OF
A COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT
508
00:31:14,758 --> 00:31:17,034
MAKE A GRUESOME
DISCOVERY --
509
00:31:17,137 --> 00:31:19,896
A SWOLLEN MASS
IN THE WATER.
510
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,000
IT CAN ONLY BE ONE THING.
511
00:31:23,103 --> 00:31:29,241
A BODY IN A WET SUIT,
MISSING ITS HEAD AND ITS HANDS.
512
00:31:29,344 --> 00:31:32,793
Wade:
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE
RUBBER-SUITED TORSO REVEALS
513
00:31:32,896 --> 00:31:36,620
IT MAY HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED
FOR MANY MONTHS.
514
00:31:36,724 --> 00:31:39,482
AND DIVING FINS ATTACHED
TO THE ROTTING FEET
515
00:31:39,586 --> 00:31:42,862
INDICATE THE BODY
IS A FROGMAN.
516
00:31:42,965 --> 00:31:47,620
BUT WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS
DEAD DIVER?
517
00:31:47,724 --> 00:31:49,310
ALL WE ACTUALLY HAVE
IS THE BODY,
518
00:31:49,413 --> 00:31:51,379
SO, IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND
THE BODY,
519
00:31:51,482 --> 00:31:54,034
MAYBE WE CAN SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT THE MYSTERY.
520
00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:58,137
Wade: THE AUTOPSY REPORT
RAISES MANY QUESTIONS.
521
00:31:58,241 --> 00:32:01,551
WHY ARE THE DIVER'S HEAD
AND HANDS MISSING?
522
00:32:01,655 --> 00:32:04,137
HAVE THEY BEEN EATEN
BY FISH,
523
00:32:04,241 --> 00:32:08,068
CUT OFF BY AN UNFORTUNATE
BOATING ACCIDENT,
524
00:32:08,172 --> 00:32:11,793
OR HAS THERE BEEN
FOUL PLAY?
525
00:32:11,896 --> 00:32:14,931
TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU FIND
ONLY A TORSO
526
00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:16,413
MISSING THE HEAD
AND THE HANDS,
527
00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:21,551
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO HIDE
THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM.
528
00:32:21,655 --> 00:32:23,517
Wade:
INVESTIGATORS ARE BAFFLED.
529
00:32:23,620 --> 00:32:26,758
THEY ARE UNABLE TO MATCH
DENTAL RECORDS OR FINGERPRINTS,
530
00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:30,172
OR EVEN DETERMINE HOW LONG
THE BODY HAS BEEN IN THE WATER.
531
00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:32,275
HOW CAN YOU ACTUALLY
RECOGNIZE A CORPSE
532
00:32:32,379 --> 00:32:35,206
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE
A HEAD AND HANDS?
533
00:32:35,310 --> 00:32:38,862
Wade:
WHEN AUTHORITIES COMB LOCAL
FILES GOING BACK OVER A YEAR,
534
00:32:38,965 --> 00:32:42,034
THEY DISCOVER
A POSSIBLE VICTIM.
535
00:32:42,137 --> 00:32:45,068
AND A SMALL SCAR
ABOVE THE CORPSE'S LEFT KNEE
536
00:32:45,172 --> 00:32:47,758
LEADS INVESTIGATORS TO CONCLUDE
THAT THE BODY
537
00:32:47,862 --> 00:32:53,034
IS THAT OF RETIRED MILITARY
DIVER LIONEL BUSTER CRABB.
538
00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:55,551
BUSTER CRABB
WAS A FROGMAN.
539
00:32:55,655 --> 00:32:57,275
WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOLDIERS
540
00:32:57,379 --> 00:33:01,448
THAT ARE CREME DE LA CREME
OF THE UNDERWATER COMMANDOS.
541
00:33:01,551 --> 00:33:04,758
Wade: CRABB, IT TURNS OUT,
WAS A SCUBA-DIVING PIONEER
542
00:33:04,862 --> 00:33:07,827
WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION
DURING WORLD WAR II.
543
00:33:07,931 --> 00:33:09,482
AS A DEMOLITION FROGMAN,
544
00:33:09,586 --> 00:33:13,551
HE WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS
DANGEROUS UNDERWATER MISSIONS.
545
00:33:13,655 --> 00:33:15,310
THE NAVY FROGMEN
DURING WORLD WAR II
546
00:33:15,413 --> 00:33:19,034
WERE THE ELITE
OF THE ELITE.
547
00:33:19,137 --> 00:33:22,034
Higgs: COMBINING THE KIND OF
RUDIMENTARY DIVING TECHNOLOGY
548
00:33:22,137 --> 00:33:25,724
WITH WHAT WAS ESSENTIALLY
UNDERWATER BOMB DISPOSAL.
549
00:33:25,827 --> 00:33:28,793
Wade: CRABB OFFICIALLY RETIRED
FROM THE NAVY AFTER THE WAR
550
00:33:28,896 --> 00:33:32,448
TO BECOME
A COMMERCIAL DIVER.
551
00:33:32,551 --> 00:33:33,482
HE WAS A TREASURE HUNTER.
552
00:33:33,586 --> 00:33:35,241
HE WAS DOING A WHOLE LOT
OF OTHER THINGS.
553
00:33:35,344 --> 00:33:36,965
BUT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO BE DOING ANYTHING
554
00:33:37,068 --> 00:33:39,965
RELATED TO
THE MILITARY ANYMORE.
555
00:33:40,068 --> 00:33:42,206
Wade: BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS
STUDY THE EQUIPMENT
556
00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:43,896
RECOVERED WITH THE CORPSE,
557
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,724
THEY NOTICE THAT THE DIVE FINS
ARE MILITARY ISSUE.
558
00:33:47,827 --> 00:33:49,689
SO, ON THE DAY
THAT HE DIED,
559
00:33:49,793 --> 00:33:54,137
WAS CRABB BACK WORKING
FOR THE ARMED FORCES?
560
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:56,827
A ROYAL NAVY REPORT
RELEASED WEEKS LATER
561
00:33:56,931 --> 00:33:59,896
SUGGESTS THAT THIS
IS THE CASE.
562
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,068
THE NAVY PUTS OUT AN OFFICIAL
NOTICE THAT HE'S MISSING,
563
00:34:03,172 --> 00:34:06,275
PRESUMED DEAD, THAT THERE WAS
AN APPARENT ACCIDENT
564
00:34:06,379 --> 00:34:09,068
RELATED TO TESTING OUT
NEW DIVE EQUIPMENT.
565
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:12,586
Wade:
THE IDEA THAT WAR HERO CRABB
WAS TESTING NEW EQUIPMENT
566
00:34:12,689 --> 00:34:16,068
FOR THE NAVY
SEEMS PLAUSIBLE.
567
00:34:16,172 --> 00:34:18,517
BUT THERE'S NO MENTION
OF DECAPITATION,
568
00:34:18,620 --> 00:34:21,724
AND ACCORDING TO THE REPORT,
THE INCIDENT IN WHICH CRABB DIED
569
00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:24,862
DID NOT TAKE PLACE
WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND.
570
00:34:24,965 --> 00:34:29,310
IT HAPPENED OVER 10 MILES AWAY,
NEAR PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR.
571
00:34:29,413 --> 00:34:32,103
AND THIS IS WHERE
THE PLOT THICKENS.
572
00:34:32,206 --> 00:34:34,379
AT THE TIME OF CRABB'S
DISAPPEARANCE,
573
00:34:34,482 --> 00:34:37,793
PORTSMOUTH WAS PLAYING HOST
TO A VERY SPECIAL VISITOR --
574
00:34:37,896 --> 00:34:42,275
AN ADVANCED BATTLE CRUISER
BELONGING TO THE SOVIET NAVY.
575
00:34:42,379 --> 00:34:45,172
I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS
WAS HE IN FACT ACTUALLY WORKING
576
00:34:45,275 --> 00:34:48,068
AS AN OPERATIVE
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH?
577
00:34:48,172 --> 00:34:51,275
WAS CRABB
SPYING ON THE SOVIETS?
578
00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:54,620
AND IF SO,
DID THEY CATCH HIM IN THE ACT?
579
00:35:06,965 --> 00:35:09,068
A MUTILATED CORPSE
IS DISCOVERED
580
00:35:09,172 --> 00:35:12,068
OFF THE SOUTH COAST
OF 1950s ENGLAND.
581
00:35:12,172 --> 00:35:16,965
WHAT THE DEAD DIVER WAS DOING
THERE IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY,
582
00:35:17,068 --> 00:35:20,103
BUT THE ANSWER
COULD SHED NEW LIGHT
583
00:35:20,206 --> 00:35:23,689
ON A CLOSELY GUARDED
STATE SECRET.
584
00:35:26,586 --> 00:35:29,896
THE COLD WAR BETWEEN THE EASTERN
BLOCK AND THE WESTERN ALLIES
585
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,413
IS AT ITS HEIGHT.
586
00:35:32,517 --> 00:35:34,310
IN 1956,
THERE'S A SUMMIT,
587
00:35:34,413 --> 00:35:36,655
AND KHRUSHCHEV
IS COMING TO ENGLAND.
588
00:35:36,758 --> 00:35:38,965
Wade: THE SOVIET LEADER,
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV,
589
00:35:39,068 --> 00:35:43,448
HAS BEEN INVITED FOR DIPLOMATIC
TALKS, AND ARRIVES BY SEA.
590
00:35:43,551 --> 00:35:45,448
THE SHIP WAS REALLY
A STATE-OF-THE-ART
591
00:35:45,551 --> 00:35:47,827
MILITARY BATTLESHIP.
592
00:35:47,931 --> 00:35:51,448
Wade: IT'S THE BATTLE CRUISER
THE ORDZHONIKIDZE.
593
00:35:51,551 --> 00:35:54,827
INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE
FOR BRITISH INTELLIGENCE
594
00:35:54,931 --> 00:35:58,206
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE
DO A LITTLE BIT OF SPYING ON IT.
595
00:35:58,310 --> 00:36:00,448
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
ANTHONY EDEN
596
00:36:00,551 --> 00:36:03,137
IS SAID TO HAVE ORDERED
NO SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS
597
00:36:03,241 --> 00:36:04,517
AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH,
598
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:07,413
BUT THE TEMPTATION
PERHAPS PROVES TOO GREAT
599
00:36:07,517 --> 00:36:10,413
FOR SOME INSIDE
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
600
00:36:10,517 --> 00:36:16,344
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENS HERE
IS, MI6 GOES A LITTLE ROGUE.
601
00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:19,931
Wade:
MI6 OPERATIVES, POSSIBLY ACTING
ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE,
602
00:36:20,034 --> 00:36:21,413
DECIDE TO RECRUIT A DIVER
603
00:36:21,517 --> 00:36:23,931
TO UNDERTAKE
A DANGEROUS OPERATION --
604
00:36:24,034 --> 00:36:28,206
AN UNDERWATER SPYING MISSION
BENEATH THE ORDZHONIKIDZE.
605
00:36:28,310 --> 00:36:30,482
AND ONE MAN
FITS THE BILL --
606
00:36:30,586 --> 00:36:35,206
RETIRED NAVY DIVER
LIONEL BUSTER CRABB.
607
00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:37,034
ONE OF THE THEORIES
IS THAT THEY CHOSE HIM
608
00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:39,275
BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY
OUT OF THE MILITARY,
609
00:36:39,379 --> 00:36:40,689
AND PERHAPS,
IF YOU WERE CAUGHT,
610
00:36:40,793 --> 00:36:44,724
THERE'D BE SOME ROOM THERE
FOR PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.
611
00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:48,758
Wade: BUT 47-YEAR-OLD CRABB,
A LIFELONG SMOKER,
612
00:36:48,862 --> 00:36:51,068
IS NOT IN PEAK CONDITION.
613
00:36:51,172 --> 00:36:54,034
A DIVER LIKE THAT,
ESPECIALLY IN THOSE DAYS,
614
00:36:54,137 --> 00:36:55,689
THEY WERE PRETTY
HARD-LIVING GUYS,
615
00:36:55,793 --> 00:36:57,827
AND THEY DRANK A LOT.
616
00:36:57,931 --> 00:36:59,931
Wade: WHAT CRABB IS TASKED
WITH FINDING OUT
617
00:37:00,034 --> 00:37:02,827
UNDER THE SOVIET SHIP
IS UNCLEAR.
618
00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:06,862
ONE POSSIBILITY IS THAT HE WAS
TRYING TO STUDY THE PROPELLER.
619
00:37:06,965 --> 00:37:09,137
HE WAS TRYING TO GET
EITHER PHOTOGRAPHS,
620
00:37:09,241 --> 00:37:11,379
OR EVEN JUST TO SEE IT.
621
00:37:11,482 --> 00:37:15,275
Wade: ON APRIL 19TH, 1956,
CRABB IS BELIEVED TO HAVE HEADED
622
00:37:15,379 --> 00:37:17,413
OUT INTO THE WATERS
OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR
623
00:37:17,517 --> 00:37:21,000
WITH HIS MI6 CONTROLLER
IN A SMALL BOAT.
624
00:37:21,103 --> 00:37:25,827
AFTER TESTING HIS EQUIPMENT,
HE DISAPPEARS INTO THE DEPTHS.
625
00:37:28,172 --> 00:37:32,758
BUSTER CRABB
IS NEVER SEEN ALIVE AGAIN.
626
00:37:32,862 --> 00:37:34,103
WHAT HAPPENED TO CRABB?
627
00:37:34,206 --> 00:37:35,689
THEORIES ABOUND.
628
00:37:35,793 --> 00:37:37,482
WAS HE CUT
BY THE PROPELLER?
629
00:37:37,586 --> 00:37:40,000
WAS HE CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS,
AND DECAPITATED?
630
00:37:40,103 --> 00:37:41,896
NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.
631
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,896
Rondeau: IT'S MY SPECULATION
THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED
632
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,172
BY THE RUSSIANS,
BUT IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS.
633
00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:52,965
THERE ARE OTHER,
LESS SINISTER, THEORIES.
634
00:37:53,068 --> 00:37:57,862
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, DIVING WAS
A RISKY BUSINESS IN ITSELF.
635
00:37:57,965 --> 00:38:01,379
USING RUDIMENTARY UNDERWATER
BREATHING TECHNOLOGY,
636
00:38:01,482 --> 00:38:04,793
YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY
FOR SOMETHING TO GO WRONG
637
00:38:04,896 --> 00:38:08,275
IS BOUND TO HAPPEN
AT SOME POINT.
638
00:38:08,379 --> 00:38:11,413
IF YOU DO TWIBBLE A KNOB
A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH,
639
00:38:11,517 --> 00:38:15,586
YOU CAN SOON FIND YOURSELVES
IN A LOT OF DIFFICULTY.
640
00:38:15,689 --> 00:38:19,655
Wade: TO AVOID DETECTION,
CRABB WAS USING A REBREATHER.
641
00:38:19,758 --> 00:38:23,413
THIS DIVING EQUIPMENT DOESN'T
PRODUCE TELLTALE BUBBLES,
642
00:38:23,517 --> 00:38:25,827
BUT IT DOES REQUIRE
CONSTANT ATTENTION
643
00:38:25,931 --> 00:38:28,896
AND CLEAR THINKING
ON THE PART OF THE DIVER.
644
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,413
THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE MISSION,
645
00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:33,862
APPARENTLY, BUSTER IS IN A PUB
GETTING DRUNK,
646
00:38:33,965 --> 00:38:37,344
BRAGGING, AND TELLING EVERYBODY
ABOUT HOW HE'S A SPY.
647
00:38:39,827 --> 00:38:42,586
DIVING AND DRINKING
DO NOT MIX.
648
00:38:42,689 --> 00:38:45,517
OXYGEN POISONING
IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK
649
00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:48,448
WHEN YOU'RE BREATHING
FROM A REBREATHER.
650
00:38:48,551 --> 00:38:51,344
ADDING ALCOHOL
INTO THE MIX...
651
00:38:55,758 --> 00:38:59,551
Wade:
BUT COULD A HIGHLY DECORATED
DIVER OF CRABB'S EXPERIENCE
652
00:38:59,655 --> 00:39:03,206
REALLY HAVE MADE SUCH
AN OBVIOUS ERROR OF JUDGEMENT?
653
00:39:03,310 --> 00:39:05,413
LIONEL CRABB WAS
A WAR HERO.
654
00:39:05,517 --> 00:39:06,689
AND FOR MANY PEOPLE,
655
00:39:06,793 --> 00:39:09,068
THE IDEA THAT A WAR HERO
OF HIS MAGNITUDE
656
00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:15,448
MAKE MISTAKES
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE.
657
00:39:15,551 --> 00:39:18,655
Wade: IF CRABB'S DEATH WAS NOT
AN ERROR OR AN ACCIDENT,
658
00:39:18,758 --> 00:39:22,344
IT OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY
THAT HE WAS DELIBERATELY KILLED,
659
00:39:22,448 --> 00:39:26,000
EITHER UNDER THE SOVIET SHIP
OR ELSEWHERE.
660
00:39:28,068 --> 00:39:31,206
EVIDENCE FOR THIS IS LIMITED,
BUT SOME HAVE QUESTIONED
661
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:33,689
WHETHER THE CORPSE
THAT WAS FINALLY FOUND
662
00:39:33,793 --> 00:39:37,827
COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SPENT
OVER A YEAR IN THE WATER.
663
00:39:37,931 --> 00:39:41,482
IT'S REALLY UNUSUAL THAT
YOU WOULD FIND A HEADLESS,
664
00:39:41,586 --> 00:39:43,896
HANDLESS,
AND AT ALL IDENTIFIABLE
665
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,137
AS A CORPSE
14 MONTHS LATER.
666
00:39:47,241 --> 00:39:50,448
Wade: EXPERTS ALSO QUESTION
HOW A CORPSE COULD POSSIBLY
667
00:39:50,551 --> 00:39:52,827
HAVE MADE
THE 10-MILE JOURNEY
668
00:39:52,931 --> 00:39:56,620
FROM PORTSMOUTH
TO CHICHESTER HARBOUR.
669
00:39:56,724 --> 00:39:59,000
SO, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT
IT WOULD'VE BEEN CARRIED
670
00:39:59,103 --> 00:40:01,689
THAT FAR AWAY.
671
00:40:01,793 --> 00:40:03,344
Goodhan: IF YOU LOOK AT
THE CURRENTS AND THE TIDES,
672
00:40:03,448 --> 00:40:06,206
IT DOESN'T QUITE MATCH.
673
00:40:06,310 --> 00:40:08,379
ACCORDING TO
THE REGULAR TRENDS,
674
00:40:08,482 --> 00:40:10,689
THAT WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT
PLACE FOR IT TO SHOW UP.
675
00:40:14,793 --> 00:40:17,655
Wade:
SO, IF CRABB'S BODY COULD NOT
HAVE FLOATED ON THE TIDES
676
00:40:17,758 --> 00:40:21,379
TO CHICHESTER,
HOW DID IT GET THERE?
677
00:40:21,482 --> 00:40:27,344
WAS THE BODY DUMPED?
AND IF SO, BY WHOM?
678
00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:29,965
SOMETHING HAPPENED
BETWEEN THE TIME IT WAS FOUND
679
00:40:30,068 --> 00:40:32,275
AND THE TIME
HE WENT MISSING.
680
00:40:32,379 --> 00:40:36,551
Wade:
DID THE SOVIETS THROW THE BODY
OVERBOARD AS THEY SAILED EAST,
681
00:40:36,655 --> 00:40:38,586
OR WAS IT PLANTED
BY AN EMBARRASSED
682
00:40:38,689 --> 00:40:40,310
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
683
00:40:40,413 --> 00:40:43,758
TRYING TO COVER UP
A FAILED OPERATION?
684
00:40:43,862 --> 00:40:46,620
AN ANSWER TO THIS MYSTERY
MAY EXIST,
685
00:40:46,724 --> 00:40:50,413
BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO WAY
OF KNOWING FOR SURE.
686
00:40:50,517 --> 00:40:52,896
IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE
BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT,
687
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,931
FILES RELATING TO THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF LIONEL CRABB
688
00:40:56,034 --> 00:40:59,275
HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED
FOR 100 YEARS.
689
00:40:59,379 --> 00:41:03,862
THESE DOCUMENTS CAN'T BE OPENED
UNTIL 2057.
690
00:41:03,965 --> 00:41:07,413
BY ACTUALLY MAKING IT SO SECRET,
AND BY PUTTING IN THIS THING,
691
00:41:07,517 --> 00:41:09,413
YOU'VE ACTUALLY ADDED
TO THE MYSTERY.
692
00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:19,275
WHETHER IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
MURDER, OR MISADVENTURE,
693
00:41:19,379 --> 00:41:21,517
THE SOLUTION
TO THE MYSTERY
694
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:24,413
OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED
TO LIONEL CRABB
695
00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:28,448
LIES LOCKED IN THE DEPTHS
OF A SECRET VAULT,
696
00:41:28,551 --> 00:41:32,413
AS UNREACHABLE AS IT WOULD BE
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
697
00:41:32,517 --> 00:41:38,758
BUT LIKE A SUNKEN BODY,
IT MAY WELL RESURFACE ONE DAY.
54391
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