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I'm on my way to Washington State's
Olympic Peninsula,
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which is one of the world's
most active areas for Bigfoot sightings.
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According to the ancient
astronaut theory,
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extraterrestrials came to Earth
in the remote past
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and modified our DNA
to make us what we are today.
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There are depictions
throughout the ancient world
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of strange hybrid beings
like some of the gods
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in ancient Egypt
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and the Chimera in Greece.
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And there are also numerous
stories of giants and hairy wild men.
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So, could alien visitors have done
other genetic experiments?
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Ones that resulted
in a race of beasts
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that have survived virtually
undetected for thousands of years?
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Or could there be another
and even more incredible connection?
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I'm on a mission to find out
if Bigfoot really exists
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and if it isn't just
a giant hairy beast,
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but living proof that
extraterrestrials not only were here,
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but maybe they are
still living in our midst.
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My name is Giorgio Tsoukalos.
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I explore the world that exists
between reality and speculation,
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the known and the unknown.
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What we've been taught
by mainstream scholars
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is not the whole picture.
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But I'm convinced that every day
we are one step closer to the truth.
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Ripped By mstoll
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In 1958, a bulldozer operator
in Bluff Creek, California
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discovered 16-inch
human-like footprints
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near his equipment.
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When he told his story
to a local newspaper,
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he said that the footprints
must've been made
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by an animal with a really big foot
and the legend of Bigfoot was born.
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But tales of mysterious hairy beasts
can be found in cultures
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throughout the world
dating back to ancient times.
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In the Himalayas,
they have stories of the Yeti,
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or the Abominable Snowman.
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In Australia, they talk
of a giant ape man known as Yowie.
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In Mongolia, they have the Yeren.
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And although the stories come
from different parts of the world,
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the accounts are surprisingly similar.
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Most describe a tall massive creature
walking on two legs
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and looking very much
like some sort of a giant ape.
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But nowhere
are the stories more prolific
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than America's Pacific Northwest,
where thousands of people
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claim to have seen or encountered
the mysterious Bigfoot.
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You're about to see the people
of the Olympic Project.
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They are Bigfoot researchers
and apparently they have all sorts
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of scientific equipment
and they have dedicated their lives
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to investigating the mystery
of Bigfoot, Sasquatch,
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the big hairy monster.
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This is in the middle of nowhere
and it is God's country,
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it is absolutely gorgeous.
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By the way,
I have no idea what to expect.
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All right.
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This has to be the place.
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Gentlemen. Hey. Hey.
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How you doing?
Look, I found him.
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He's right there.
You can stop your search.
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I mean, what are you guys doing?
Game over.
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He's right here.
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Yeah, right?
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How long have you been doing this
and what are you doing?
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I mean, this is,
I love the pots and pans.
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The Olympic Project
is about six years old.
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And it's pretty much,
it started out as a comprehensive
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camera trap program where we would
camera trap predatory travel routes.
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We're basically taking
this core area right here
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and we're documenting
every single thing that happens
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in hopes of getting
pictures of Sasquatch.
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(Giorgio) The team of two dozen researchers
includes experts in everything
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from wildlife habitats to high tech
audio and video recording.
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To date, the group has spent
thousands of hours monitoring
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the Olympic Forest,
looking for evidence of Bigfoot.
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Leading the team is long-time
Bigfoot researcher, Derek Randles.
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He has invited both myself
and Dr. Jeff Meldrum,
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a professor of anatomy
and anthropology
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at Idaho State University,
to join the team
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on an overnight expedition
on the Olympic Peninsula.
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I explore the ancient
mysteries of the world
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and so the whole idea
of Bigfoot to me is interesting
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because all throughout history,
there are bizarre stories
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of these half man,
half beast creatures
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that are found, not just
in this part of the world,
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but all around the globe.
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Given my background,
I'm always a little more reticent.
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I'm a little more critical initially,
so I'm down here and then
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as I investigate things
and ask for the questions
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and look for correlations
and corroborations,
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then that level
of acceptance may increase.
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What can you tell me
about the area, and, you know,
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are there any local legends
that talk about
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this amazing creature here?
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(Derek) The Olympic Mountain
Range has been, for many years,
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a serious hot spot
in Bigfoot activity.
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(Giorgio) Curiously, the Olympic Mountain
Range is also a hot spot for UFO activity.
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Over the years, there have been
hundreds of reported sightings
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of strange objects appearing and then
quickly disappearing in the sky.
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In June 2011, two people
even claimed they witnessed
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a cigar-shaped object hovering
in the sky for nearly 15 minutes.
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There have also been reports
of people who saw strange lights
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following a Bigfoot encounter.
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And there are even some reports
of Bigfoot being seen coming out
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of a disc-shaped craft.
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I started actually investigating
the Olympic Mountain Range in 1985
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when I had my own encounter.
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And it forever changed my life.
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You had your own encounter?
Mm-hmm.
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So you've seen Bigfoot?
Yes.
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Yes.
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Back in the early '80s,
I would get together
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with a couple hiking partners of mine
and we would go up on the trail system.
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There's a very elaborate trail system
throughout the Olympic National Park.
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So, at that time, we started
to take our backpacks off
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and pull our tents out and ready
to get situated for the evening.
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And we heard a very loud crash.
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And here comes a rock.
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And it's arcing.
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And it comes down and lands
about 10 feet to the left of us.
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And we didn't even say anything,
we didn't even move,
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we just stood there.
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And then another one.
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Boom, and it landed
about 10 feet to the left of us.
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And then we panicked.
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And we just started gathering
our stuff up off the ground
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and then another rock hit.
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Didn't even take the time
to put our backpacks on.
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We just grabbed them up
and starting running down the ridge.
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And I just happened to look back
before I turned around.
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(Bigfoot roaring)
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And there it was.
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It had kind of stepped
out of the timberline
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and there was no mistaking
of what it was.
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(Bigfoot growling)
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My world just came
to a screeching halt right there.
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Right.
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And the next day, pretty much,
I went into Bigfoot research
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and I've been doing it ever since.
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(Giorgio) Derek's account
seemed very genuine.
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But then I have to ask myself,
with all these Bigfoot encounters,
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why do we still not have
concrete evidence
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of the creature's existence?
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Perhaps the Olympic Project
will be able to find that evidence
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during our expedition.
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So, what are we looking at here?
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It's very colorful.
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What we're looking at
is a spectrogram of an audio file.
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What I like to do is set up
a recorder in an area
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that has promise
and record all night long.
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And then review the audio file to see
if I can find anything of interest.
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Okay.
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What I've got here
is an isolated signature
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within a loop of five different
vocalizations that are suspicious.
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Those lines,
are those the vocalizations?
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They are.
Okay.
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So, now, this is just
a loop of this specific vocal.
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Okay.
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[Shrieking]
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It's like a guy yodeling.
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It's very interesting.
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Yes, we can't say specifically
that it's a Sasquatch,
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but that's what interests people
that are analyzing the audio.
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What do you say to someone
that might suggest,
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"Well, what we just heard
is nothing else but a wolf howling."
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It's possible, but since
we're looking at it in a spectrogram,
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we can compare it
to a wolf spectrogram.
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(Giorgio) David Ellis has
collected dozens of animal sounds
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recorded in the Olympic Forest.
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And each new sound collected
is compared
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to documented animal sounds
by using spectrogram analysis.
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With it, he can eliminate sounds
that match with known animals.
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For example, a wolf howl.
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[Howling]
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[Shrieking]
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According to Ellis,
the sound we are listening to now
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does not match up
with anything else on record.
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That is very interesting.
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The team arms themselves
for the hunt with an arsenal
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of super sophisticated equipment.
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Their so-called "secret weapon"
is the FLIR camera,
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which stands for
"Forward Looking Infrared."
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Often used by law enforcement
and the military,
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FLIR is the top of the line
in thermal heat-sensing technology.
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They also bring along an audio dish
for amplifying sounds
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coming out of the forest
and motion detector still cameras,
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all in an effort to find
concrete evidence
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of the legendary creature
known as Bigfoot.
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All of this is great,
but as you all know,
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the real research
takes place out in the field,
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so I would love to take
all these gadgets and all our gear
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out in the open
and let's see what happens.
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Let's do it. Yeah. All right.
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I'm in Washington State's
Olympic Peninsula
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about to set out into the forest
with the Olympic Project.
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I'm here to find out if Bigfoot
actually exists, and if so,
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could there be
an extraterrestrial connection?
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(Giorgio) So, Derek, where
are we headed right now?
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(Derek) We're going to actually
go up on this bench up here
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on the side of Muller.
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(Giorgio) The team often conducts
their Bigfoot expeditions
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at Mount Muller, where numerous
sightings have been reported.
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(Giorgio) So, we're doing this
on foot, not with a helicopter?
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(Derek)
We are going on foot.
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(Giorgio)
All right.
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Let's do it.
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(Derek)
Isn't this beautiful through here?
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(Giorgio) The scenery is absolutely
beyond anything I've ever seen.
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This area, there are apparently
over 200 reports
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of sightings by different people.
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And whenever I hear stuff like that,
I'm interested because, you know,
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you can't suggest that all these
200 reports are from crazy people.
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So, what if something
really is going on here?
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And so, I'm very excited
to be out here.
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And maybe we'll get some clues
to explore this mystery even further.
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Ready for a break?
Let's just take a break here.
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(Giorgio) On every expedition
he goes on, Dr. Meldrum carries
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footprint cast samples with him
for comparison
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in the event they find a fresh one.
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And many have recently been
discovered in this particular forest.
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So, Dr. Meldrum,
you know, you have to tell me,
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to you what is
the most compelling reasons
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that you think that
Bigfoot might be real?
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Well, from my point of view
it's the footprint evidence.
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I mean, clearly that's my area
of expertise, and so it has
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the greatest significance to me.
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Let me show you
a couple of examples here.
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Oh, wow, you brought a cast.
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I did. A pair of them, in fact.
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If you'll hold that one for a second.
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Oh, wow.
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These are amazing.
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Now, these are some good examples
of some very classic Sasquatch tracks.
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This is probably a large male,
measures between 16, 17 inches in length.
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That's quite broad, nearly
seven inches across the forefoot here.
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And in contrast, the female,
this one which measures
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between about 14 and 15 inches, maybe
five inches across the forefoot here.
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And so, I mean, clearly
these are not just simply
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someone with a big foot
walking around barefoot.
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(Giorgio)
Check this out.
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Wow.
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Dr. Meldrum has over
200 examples of footprint casts
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that indicate that the anatomy
of the creature could be similar
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to that of a large bipedal ape.
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With a foot measuring
some 16 inches in length,
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it would stand somewhere
between eight and ten feet tall
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and would weigh
in excess of 1,000 pounds.
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But rather than an arched foot
as in the case of humans,
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the creature's footprints indicate
that its weight is distributed
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much more evenly, giving it flat
but still very flexible feet.
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So, Dr. Meldrum...
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you're of the conviction
that these prints are real.
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I am. I am.
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Some unknown creature
has been leaving these footprints.
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(Giorgio) After hiking for several
hours, the team sets up camp.
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Everyone works together
to get organized quickly
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before the light fades.
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Then we head out into the woods
with thermal cameras
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and audio equipment
to search for Bigfoot.
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(James)
So, this is what we're going to be using.
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(Giorgio) How long do you
leave a camera out like this?
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(James) Batteries usually
last for three to six months,
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depending on how many
pictures they're taking.
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(Giorgio) And it only picks
up when there is movement.
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Movement, for sure.
Okay.
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(Giorgio) All right, so now we've
set up the infrared camera.
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(James) Looks good.
(Giorgio) Let's go back.
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In addition to the motion
control cameras, David Ellis
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places audio recording equipment
near game trails to capture
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any unusual vocalizations.
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(David) This is a parabolic
dish and it is designed
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to amplify sound
from a specific direction
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and usually I'll have
somebody off in the distance
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and we'll do sound checks,
so I get an idea of how close
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something is to the dish.
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So, would you be so kind
as to do a sound check for me?
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Are you saying
you want me to be Bigfoot?
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Is that what you're saying?
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Fine, I'll do it.
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So, just into the distance
right here? All right.
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(David)
That's probably far enough.
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All right, now, give me a whisper.
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[Whispers]
Can you hear me?
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Perfect.
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So, you could hear me whisper,
like, 75 feet away? I can. Yes.
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I mean, clear as a bell, right?
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Yes. So I'm good.
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All right.
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In the end, all of this
is about the unknown.
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Derek Randles is one of the founders
of the Olympic Project.
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I wanted to spend some time with him
and tap into his expertise
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about what he thinks
this creature is and is not.
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So, in your opinion,
why do you think Bigfoot
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is so elusive?
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I think that there's very few,
there are very few,
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they're very smart.
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They are expert woodsmen.
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To just go out and find a Sasquatch,
you're going to win the lottery first.
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They are far and away
our superior out here in the woods.
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I find it interesting that every
member of the Olympic Project
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talks about Bigfoot
as being this very large
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but also intelligent creature.
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When I hear this, I'm reminded
of the story of "The Watchers"
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from The Book of Enoch.
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This Apocryphal text,
which was edited out
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of the traditional Christian Bible,
tells of a group of angels
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called "The Watchers,"
who descended to Earth
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from Heaven shortly
after the time of Creation.
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According to The Book of Enoch,
the Watchers mated with early humans
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and bred a race of giants
called the Nephilim.
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Might otherworldly visitors
have come here
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and engaged in some sort
of genetic manipulation?
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And could one of these
genetic experiments still be living
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among us right here on Earth?
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I want to talk to you about sound.
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I've also been told
that people clapping
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or to make their presence known,
and then there is a return clap
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or something like this?
What's that all about?
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You're probably referring
to wood knocks. Okay.
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We do wood knocks
to try to solicit a response.
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I actually got a knocker
if you want to...
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pull it out of my backpack. Yeah.
Is that that thing right here?
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I can show you what I'm talking about.
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And here I thought
you were a barkeep. All right.
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So, normally we just try
to find a tree like this
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that's not too thick because
then the sound will carry better.
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So this is kind of perfect right here.
I'll show you what I'm talking about.
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And then generally
after you do that, you just listen
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to see if there's going
to be a return knock.
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And believe it or not,
it does happen.
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You want to try it?
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Of course, yes, absolutely.
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Maybe something will happen.
[Chuckles]
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Silence.
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Silence.
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This is great.
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Can I keep this while we walk
through the woods? Keep it.
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I need protection.
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The modern day phenomenon
of Bigfoot isn't something that
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has just sprung up recently,
but there are, in fact,
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legends from ancient times
from all around the world.
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For example, in the remains
of the ancient city of Nineveh
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in what is present day Iraq...
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Sumerian tablets dating
as far back as 1800 B.C.
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Tell the story of King Gilgamesh
and his companion named Enkidu.
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Enkidu is described
as a large, hairy wild man living
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outside human society.
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But the most fascinating part
of the story is that Enkidu
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was supposedly created
by powerful beings
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called the Anunnaki,
which, when translated,
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means "those who
from the heavens came. "
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So, could the story of the Anunnaki
and Enkidu be connected
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to the similar stories
about the Watchers
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in The Book of Enoch?
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And if Bigfoot really exists,
could it be the product
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of extraterrestrial engineering?
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(Giorgio)
Let's go find Bigfoot.
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(James)
Let's do it.
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(Giorgio) As the light
fades, James and I set off
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with the mobile FLIR camera
to look for any signs of Bigfoot.
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So, James, is this what you do?
You drive around all night
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with the machine on
and you scope a 360-degree view?
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(James)
Absolutely.
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We'll go find a place
that's got great visual,
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and then we'll set up
and sit there and watch for a while.
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We'll just keep following the roads
and see what we see.
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Pretty impressive technology.
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(Giorgio)
I mean, this looks pretty cool.
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I mean, this is a thermal camera,
and we'll see things
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that are emitting heat.
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So, you know, we can point
the camera all the way to the sky.
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Potentially see some UFOs.
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Who knows?
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Suddenly, something
appears on the monitor.
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Look, look,
look at this over here.
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Where are you pointing?
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I mean, this thing, it's glowing.
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It's some kind of body part.
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(Giorgio) In the fading light,
all we can see are trees,
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but the thermal camera
has hit on something
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which appears to be
a warm-blooded animal.
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I'm going to actually see
if we can make it move.
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[Horn honks]
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(Giorgio)
Now he's moving.
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See its head?
Can you see it?
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Oh, wow.
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See how it's down right now?
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[Horns honks]
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(Giorgio)
Whoa.
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(James)
That's a deer.
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I've been a hunter for years
and I cannot pick that deer
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out of the brush right there.
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This technology is quite amazing.
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(Giorgio) In 1980, investigative
journalist Linda Moulton Howe
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discovered a connection
between Bigfoot
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and the unexplained phenomenon...
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of animal mutilations.
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Linda had received a
letter from a man
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in Snohomish, Washington, just
90 miles from where we are now.
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He reported seeing
a silver disk in the sky
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that shot a beam of light
down to the earth.
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In the beam of light, he saw
what he described as a tall,
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shaggy creature, which walked off
into the woods as the craft disappeared.
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Over the next few days,
there were reports in the area
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of livestock found dead with
missing organs and body parts.
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But all looked as if they had been
removed with surgical precision.
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If a connection
can be made between Bigfoot
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and these strange
animal mutilations,
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I think it's safe to suggest
that we may very well
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be dealing with something
of an extraterrestrial origin.
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Dr. Meldrum, there's
one personal question
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that I would like to ask you,
and that is,
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have you ever had an encounter?
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Well, I've had a variety of experiences
ranging from, you know,
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vocalizations, bumps in the night,
finding footprints
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on a number of occasions.
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I've even seen
a fleeting silhouette
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that could very well
have been a Sasquatch.
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But I'm still waiting
for that vivid, conclusive,
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definitive encounter
in broad daylight.
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All of this stuff today,
it really got me thinking
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in correlation to the ancient
stories that I'm familiar with
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of these hairy beasts
in ancient times that are
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described all around the world
in different cultures.
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So, what if what we have here
is something rather similar?
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The investigations have
to continue, but I'm tired,
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and so tomorrow is another day,
and I'm going to turn off the lights
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and go to sleep.
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The next day, Dr. Meldrum
and the Olympic Project team
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informed me that
they had decided to continue
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their expedition for two more days,
but unfortunately I needed to move on.
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That way, right? Yes. Yeah.
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Straight back.
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Before I leave the Pacific Northwest,
I'd like to meet up with Richard Germeau,
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a former police officer.
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He claims to have seen
Bigfoot not once, but twice.
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So I'm really stoked to hear his take
on the whole Bigfoot phenomenon.
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00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:41,510
I've been told that you've actually
had an encounter with Bigfoot twice.
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I mean, that's like hitting the lottery.
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So, tell me more about this.
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Well, I did have
an encounter back in 2000.
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I was a police officer
in La Push, Washington at that time.
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And La Push
is an Indian reservation on the coast.
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(Giorgio) Many Native American cultures
share traditional ancient legends
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which refer to large
hair-covered man-beasts
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whom they believe inhabit the deep
woods of the Pacific Northwest.
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Even today, the Quinault Indians
of the Olympic Peninsula
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report sightings of a huge
ape-like hominid they call C'iatqo.
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In fact, the existence
of these tall, shaggy creatures,
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also known as Sasquatch,
is simply taken for granted
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by many Native American tribes.
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I was driving down the road, it was
about 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening,
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but it was still plenty light.
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And I was coming around this corner
and the beach was off to my left.
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And just this dark figure
that was really tall and big.
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Stepped out of the brush
on one side onto the roadway
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and it commenced
to take about four steps
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before it cleared the road
and it went into the brush
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and just kept going.
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So, from what you saw
during that first encounter,
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how big was that creature?
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The chest to the back
looked massive.
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I mean, I don't know
how deep it was,
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but it was thick and...
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I was only about a mile and a half
away from my office
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that I worked in at that point,
so I drove right there.
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And at that time,
there was a deputy
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from the county sheriff's
office that was there
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and two of my co-workers
and I told them
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what happened right away.
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Wow.
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They ridiculed me and laughed at me
like people normally would.
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Richard's experience
affected him so strongly that
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despite the ridicule he received
from his colleagues
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in the police department,
he went on to co-found
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the Olympic Project
with Derek Randles.
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In 2010, Richard set up a number
of motion-controlled cameras
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in an area believed
to be a Bigfoot lair.
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I had a really bad feeling,
even when I got there.
477
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:54,768
Everything was really quiet
and it was kind of drizzly.
478
00:26:54,846 --> 00:26:56,871
It was just an eerie day.
479
00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:00,912
So I hear twigs break,
but there's nothing over there.
480
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:06,348
Not more than a few seconds
after that, I hear a... like an exhale.
481
00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:08,790
And I started to look up...
482
00:27:08,860 --> 00:27:12,159
and I could see something was standing
about 20 yards in front of me.
483
00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:15,789
And then, in one motion,
it shot through this opening.
484
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,635
And I said, if I don't leave now,
I'm going to die.
485
00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:22,730
So I turned and I ran the other way.
486
00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:25,639
It was really close.
487
00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,405
And it was huge and...
488
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,913
I'm a little shaken up
just right now, talking about it.
489
00:27:30,181 --> 00:27:32,843
You were shaking
just recounting the story.
490
00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:34,407
It was a traumatic event.
491
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:38,878
(Giorgio) Although legends
concerning large hairy creatures
492
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:41,385
have been told
and retold for centuries,
493
00:27:41,459 --> 00:27:44,724
what turned Bigfoot
into a household name
494
00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,822
was the notorious
Patterson-Gimlin film.
495
00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:50,925
Even though some have
judged the footage as a hoax,
496
00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:53,762
there are many
who believe that it offers
497
00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:58,468
convincing evidence
that Bigfoot really does exist.
498
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:03,207
So, what do you think
that creature actually is?
499
00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:06,444
In the beginning when I got into it,
I kind of looked at it as...
500
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,884
it must be a relic hominid
of some type, you know,
501
00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:10,443
North American ape.
502
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:12,820
And that certainly is a possibility.
503
00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:14,916
But when you look
at the Native American history,
504
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:17,928
that's much more supernatural,
even to some aspects,
505
00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:20,328
of a shape-shifter,
interdimensional type being.
506
00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:22,661
(Giorgio)
A shape-shifter?
507
00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:24,827
An interdimensional being?
508
00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:27,963
Now, when I hear things like that,
my mind goes to stories
509
00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:32,733
of shape-shifting beings that
appear in many ancient cultures,
510
00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:35,939
including the Greek tale of Zeus,
who transformed
511
00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:38,574
King Lycaon into a wolf.
512
00:28:39,517 --> 00:28:42,918
Many Native American myths
include legends of creatures
513
00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:44,852
known as "skinwalkers."
514
00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:48,359
Humans who can
change their shape at will
515
00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:53,022
and often take the form
of large hairy beasts.
516
00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:56,790
I'm not saying that I necessarily
believe along those lines...
517
00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:58,392
But those stories exist.
518
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:00,370
They do exist and there
must be a reason for it.
519
00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:02,338
That's a verbal history
of those people.
520
00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:06,274
And all tribes tend to have
the same type of stories
521
00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:07,471
about these beings.
522
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,314
Well, Rich, thank you very much
for allowing me to come out here
523
00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:12,906
and to hear your stories.
524
00:29:12,984 --> 00:29:15,680
The second encounter,
the way you described that,
525
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,915
that will haunt me
for the rest of my life.
526
00:29:24,963 --> 00:29:29,297
After hearing Rich Germeau's
incredible firsthand account,
527
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,426
I've decided to reach out
to my good friend
528
00:29:31,469 --> 00:29:35,428
Dr. Jonathan Young,
an expert in mythology
529
00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:39,534
and the founding curator
of the Joseph Campbell Archives.
530
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:44,514
So, thanks very much
for seeing me on such short notice,
531
00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:49,383
but I recently met
this former detective, Rich Germeau,
532
00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:53,857
and he thinks that Bigfoot,
or whatever it is he saw,
533
00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:57,520
was some sort of
a shape-shifter or a skinwalker.
534
00:29:57,595 --> 00:30:00,462
And so I know that
that is right up your alley.
535
00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:02,625
Whatever is happening,
it's significant.
536
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:07,000
So we have Yeti in the Himalaya areas,
we have giants in Africa,
537
00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:09,505
we have all the reports
in the Pacific Northwest,
538
00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:11,064
which have been the Bigfoot sightings.
539
00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:15,938
The fact that they keep happening
suggests that there's something to it.
540
00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:17,777
I want to show you some things.
541
00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:18,873
Come with me.
All right.
542
00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:24,712
I was thinking, Giorgio,
about this wild man image,
543
00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:28,384
how it shows up
in some really popular forms.
544
00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:33,362
A very familiar form
from Western culture is Merlin.
545
00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,493
Merlin, he's a shamanistic magician.
546
00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:39,696
He lives in a cave.
547
00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:42,839
So you've got
the cave diver tradition there,
548
00:30:42,907 --> 00:30:46,604
the troglodytes, all the way back
to the Greek historians.
549
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,044
(Giorgio) Now, this is a truly
fascinating connection to me
550
00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:53,773
because many historians
believe that the wizard Merlin
551
00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:59,523
is actually based on a legendary
Welsh figure named Myrddin Wyllt,
552
00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:04,927
who is described as a hairy madman
who wandered in the company of beasts.
553
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:10,590
Now, in the ancient Greek myths,
the troglodytes are these large,
554
00:31:10,668 --> 00:31:14,832
hairy, beastly-looking creatures
that lived underground...
555
00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:17,397
and could be extremely terrifying.
556
00:31:18,409 --> 00:31:22,641
But they were also depicted
as being very wise, and according
557
00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:26,810
to the ancient legends, the troglodytes
descended from the sky
558
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:29,649
and were hiding out
in caves and tunnels
559
00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:33,452
because they wanted to keep
their presence a secret.
560
00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:37,456
There have been stories
about magical animals
561
00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:40,725
and humans turning into animals,
animals turning into humans
562
00:31:40,798 --> 00:31:44,427
from, well, pretty much as long
as we've had recorded history.
563
00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:46,834
So, take the werewolf.
564
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:49,066
Those characters
transcend our moral code.
565
00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:50,471
They do what they want.
566
00:31:50,541 --> 00:31:52,475
They are like beasts
in that regard.
567
00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:54,704
And then they become people again.
568
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,107
Is the Bigfoot a shape-shifter?
569
00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:58,944
Is it something else part of the time?
570
00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:00,848
Is that why
we don't see it all the time?
571
00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:06,079
(Giorgio) Man, the idea that Bigfoot
could be some sort of a shape-shifter,
572
00:32:06,157 --> 00:32:09,456
like a werewolf, is incredible.
573
00:32:09,527 --> 00:32:14,794
Because, if true, it could explain
why Bigfoot has been so elusive.
574
00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:18,893
It is able to hide
among us in human form.
575
00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:23,499
I've always been fascinated
by the idea of the hybrids.
576
00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:28,705
These half-man, half-animal creatures
that permeate all of history.
577
00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:31,578
In your opinion,
what are we looking at there?
578
00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:34,550
Yeah, it's just very,
very interesting,
579
00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:36,746
the way they show up
in so many variations.
580
00:32:36,821 --> 00:32:40,723
I've got an image here
of a half-horse, half-man.
581
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,522
This is very close
to the image of Pan.
582
00:32:43,594 --> 00:32:49,624
And it is a very powerful crossing
between the known and the unknown.
583
00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:54,004
(Giorgio) All around the world
we can find carvings or statues
584
00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:57,667
of what are called "hybrid beings."
585
00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:03,044
In India we have the Naga,
which is a half-man, half-snake.
586
00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:07,141
In Greece, there is the Medusa,
who has snakes for hair.
587
00:33:07,218 --> 00:33:11,917
In Egypt, there's an entire
god pantheon of half-man,
588
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:17,086
half-animal deities like Anubis,
a creature that has the head
589
00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:20,289
of a jackal and the body
of a human being.
590
00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:25,262
Various hybrid images that
show up from time to time
591
00:33:25,536 --> 00:33:30,701
all through history and a recent
present-day manifestation is Bigfoot.
592
00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:31,867
Yeti.
593
00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:35,845
Do they have the kind of impact
that these hybrid gods had?
594
00:33:35,913 --> 00:33:39,007
Are they showing us the way
to something metaphysical?
595
00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:40,983
Something transcendent?
596
00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:43,885
That's what gets me excited
about these sightings.
597
00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:46,150
Life is strange,
and there's a lot to know
598
00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:47,191
that we do not know,
599
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:49,818
and it's important
to study the margins.
600
00:33:49,894 --> 00:33:52,192
To study the things that
we don't understand yet.
601
00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:54,254
Bigfoot and I will cross paths.
602
00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:55,560
Jonathan, this was great.
603
00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:57,692
Thank you very much for your time.
It was marvelous.
604
00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:58,758
I've learned a lot.
605
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:04,699
Now, we know that scientists are
always discovering new organisms
606
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:09,577
all the time, so it isn't so hard
for me to believe or speculate
607
00:34:09,614 --> 00:34:13,880
that there really could be a creature,
even one as large as Bigfoot,
608
00:34:13,951 --> 00:34:18,911
that has so far evaded
detection or even capture.
609
00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:21,788
But the big difference
between believing something
610
00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:26,319
and knowing it, is the difference
between faith and science.
611
00:34:27,865 --> 00:34:32,131
And because scientists
are the hardest people to convince,
612
00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:35,331
I've made a trip
to the Museum of Man in San Diego
613
00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:39,303
to ask biological anthropologist
Dr. Tori Randall
614
00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:45,213
if she thinks that a creature like Bigfoot
could actually be real.
615
00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:50,253
One of the main attractions here
is a model of Lucy,
616
00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:56,055
a hominid whose skeleton
was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974.
617
00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:59,824
It is considered by scientists
to be what many have claimed
618
00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:04,300
Bigfoot could be, a missing link
between apes and humans.
619
00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:08,062
All right, there she is.
620
00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:12,309
(Tori) This is Lucy. She's an
Australopithecus afarensis.
621
00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:15,903
An early hominid that lived
about two to four million years ago.
622
00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:18,642
She stood about
three-and-a-half feet tall
623
00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:23,312
and she has some ape-like
and some more human-like traits.
624
00:35:23,421 --> 00:35:27,016
She's bipedal, which is one of the things
that we attribute to humans.
625
00:35:27,091 --> 00:35:28,683
(Giorgio)
Right.
626
00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:32,695
Although Lucy is far too small
to suggest that she may have
627
00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:37,723
a direct connection to Bigfoot,
there were, in fact, a number
628
00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:40,669
of very large primates
that walked the earth
629
00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:43,969
as far back as 100,000 years ago.
630
00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:47,403
One of these,
known as Gigantopithecus,
631
00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:51,136
stood an incredible 10 to 12 feet tall.
632
00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:57,982
And if Bigfoot really exists,
could it be a direct descendant
633
00:35:58,055 --> 00:36:01,786
of this giant prehistoric creature?
634
00:36:07,298 --> 00:36:09,266
Who are these two friends right here?
635
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:13,201
So, we have a couple of reconstructions
of different hominins here.
636
00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:18,903
This one is an australopithecine,
which is an earlier form of hominin.
637
00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:21,342
Probably about
two to four million years ago.
638
00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:26,416
This one is a Homo habilis,
which is the first member
639
00:36:26,484 --> 00:36:30,352
of the Homo genus, which is
what we are, as Homo sapiens.
640
00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:34,221
So, a little bit more modern
if you're comparing these two.
641
00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:38,752
So, Tori, in your opinion,
do you think it is at all possible
642
00:36:38,829 --> 00:36:42,424
that a subspecies, for example...
643
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:48,200
Bigfoot, could exist under the radar
and it hasn't yet been discovered?
644
00:36:48,272 --> 00:36:50,467
Is such a thing possible?
645
00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:54,370
Having a subspecies that's existing
in isolation somewhere...
646
00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:56,003
that definitely is possible.
647
00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:10,384
This has been an incredible opportunity
to explore something
648
00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:12,986
that I've been interested in
for a long time,
649
00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:16,898
the development of animals
and humans on our planet.
650
00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:20,436
Did we descend from apes
over millions of years,
651
00:37:20,471 --> 00:37:24,271
or was there some
extraterrestrial intervention?
652
00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:29,845
It raises many questions
involving science and the unknown.
653
00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:36,345
But what I find myself blown away by
is that a biological anthropologist
654
00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:39,548
like Dr. Tori Randall
believes it's possible
655
00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:45,126
that a large hairy creature
like Bigfoot could, in fact, exist.
656
00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:51,795
If one were to subscribe to the idea
that a species like Bigfoot exists,
657
00:37:51,869 --> 00:37:55,999
what would have to have occurred
for such a thing to even happen?
658
00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:58,871
An organism can be isolated.
659
00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:01,343
There can be interbreeding,
where two different populations
660
00:38:01,412 --> 00:38:04,006
can come together
and a brand new trait will show up.
661
00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:07,915
Or there can be a mutation
where there's a brand new
662
00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:12,081
random trait that no one's ever seen
in that organism before.
663
00:38:12,156 --> 00:38:16,092
(Giorgio) Dr. Randall's notion
that Bigfoot may possibly exist...
664
00:38:17,161 --> 00:38:20,324
but also may have been able
to escape capture
665
00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:24,164
due to centuries of evolution
is really interesting to me.
666
00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:28,331
Perhaps centuries ago
they were hunted by early man,
667
00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:33,901
but by now only the smartest
and most elusive ones have survived.
668
00:38:35,179 --> 00:38:38,273
So, what are the primary
gene differences
669
00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:41,045
between apes and humans?
670
00:38:41,118 --> 00:38:43,245
Our DNA, in general, is very similar.
671
00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:48,581
We share 99.8 percent
of our DNA with a chimpanzee.
672
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:51,956
But there are particular genes
that distinguish
673
00:38:52,029 --> 00:38:56,227
humans from other apes,
for instance, the DUF1220 gene.
674
00:38:57,201 --> 00:39:02,138
(Giorgio) Scientists have discovered
that a protein called DUF1220
675
00:39:02,206 --> 00:39:07,234
may, in fact, be the so-called
missing link in human brain evolution.
676
00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:12,947
Six million years ago, as humans
began to diverge from the ape family,
677
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:18,387
there was also a noticeable
increase in DUF1220.
678
00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:25,359
(Tori) If we're talking about brain size,
modern humans have a cranial capacity
679
00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:29,024
of about 1,200 to 1,300
cubic centimeters.
680
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:33,469
In this gorilla it's about
400 to 450, and the same thing
681
00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:37,007
in this australopithecine
is about 400 to 450.
682
00:39:37,074 --> 00:39:40,100
So, this is looking in one
of our earliest ancestors.
683
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:45,573
And they had a brain size about
the size of a modern-day ape.
684
00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:49,449
This is really interesting
because not even scientists
685
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,081
can sufficiently explain
why early humans
686
00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:56,318
suddenly featured an increase
in genetic coding
687
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,228
such as DUF1220,
which is part of the so-called
688
00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:03,323
"secret sauce" that makes us
who we are today.
689
00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:07,264
Now, was it simply evolution?
690
00:40:07,338 --> 00:40:09,932
A random mutation?
691
00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:14,501
Or was it extraterrestrial intervention?
692
00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:17,342
Some people have
proposed that Bigfoot
693
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:22,148
might be the missing link
between humans and apes.
694
00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:23,652
What do you think about that?
695
00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:27,953
People find a brand new species
that's alive all the time that,
696
00:40:28,025 --> 00:40:30,619
you know, something in the rain forest
that no one's ever seen before
697
00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:32,355
and someone comes across it.
698
00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:35,261
So, I certainly would be
open to the possibility
699
00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:38,631
that a fossil's going to be found
that we've never seen before.
700
00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:41,603
And to hear you say this
is very exciting to me that,
701
00:40:41,672 --> 00:40:44,402
you know, to me, science
is always to be open-minded
702
00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:48,172
and not to be closed off
to the possibility of asking
703
00:40:48,245 --> 00:40:50,372
a question, "What if?"
704
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:55,385
And so, to thank you for your time,
I wanted to give you
705
00:40:55,486 --> 00:40:58,182
this right here
as a token of my appreciation,
706
00:40:58,255 --> 00:41:02,282
which is an ancient
pre-Columbian funerary object
707
00:41:02,359 --> 00:41:05,692
that has been found in multiple
tombs and... Thank you.
708
00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:08,095
Keep me up to date
if anything new happens
709
00:41:08,165 --> 00:41:11,396
in the development of finding
the various missing links.
710
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,630
I would like to hear from you.
I will. I will.
711
00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:17,606
Thank you very much. Thank you so
much, Tori. Until next time, bye-bye.
712
00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:22,710
After connecting all the dots,
I'm more and more convinced
713
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:28,184
that if Bigfoot exists,
it isn't likely the product
714
00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:31,119
of extraterrestrial gene manipulation...
715
00:41:31,188 --> 00:41:34,089
because we are.
716
00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:39,255
In fact, what if Bigfoot is
what humans would be
717
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:43,494
if aliens had not intervened
on this planet?
718
00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:49,130
Possibly the last survivors
of mankind's genetic ancestors
719
00:41:49,206 --> 00:41:53,506
before we received
the so-called "secret sauce"
720
00:41:53,577 --> 00:41:56,603
that made us
the creatures we are today...
721
00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:01,413
before we shed our fur for hair
or learned to speak.
722
00:42:01,485 --> 00:42:04,682
And before some of us
began traveling the world...
723
00:42:04,755 --> 00:42:06,780
in search of aliens.
724
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:17,500
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