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Gates: ON THIS EPISODE OF "EXPEDITION X,"

IN THE ANCIENT AZTEC CANALS NEAR MEXICO CITY,

MY TEAM INVESTIGATES A HAUNTED ISLAND,

WHERE THOUSANDS OF DEMONIC DOLLS ARE ON THE ATTACK.

THERE ARE THINGS ON THIS ISLAND THAT CAN COME AFTER US.

JESS, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS. LOOK AT THIS.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A LITTLE BACKUP FOR YOU.

WORLD-RENOWNED PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR JASON HAWES

JOINS THE HUNT...

- WHAT THE HECK? - AAH!

Gates: ...TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER SIDE.

Chobot: HOLY [BLEEP]

JESS, BEHIND YOU. THERE'S A DOLL.

IT'S MOVING.

WHAT?

OH, MY GOD.

MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.

IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE EXPERIENCED STRANGE THINGS THAT DEFY LOGIC

AND MADE ME QUESTION EVERYTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

NOW, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM

TO INVESTIGATE THE STRANGER SIDE OF THE UNKNOWN.

LET'S GO!

PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST WHO HUNTS FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

JESSICA CHOBOT'S PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

THERE IS A MONSTER LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

PHIL, PHIL, PHIL, I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.

TOGETHER WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS...

Torres: WHAT IS THAT?

...TO THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES.

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

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WE HAVE A CASE TODAY THAT'S REALLY INTRIGUING

AND ALSO TERRIFYING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARANORMAL -- GHOSTS.

NOW, GHOSTS ARE A VERY POLARIZING SUBJECT.

IN A RECENT POLL,

ABOUT 48% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN GHOSTS,

SO IT'S ALMOST SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE, HALF AND HALF.

PHIL, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON GHOSTS?

ARE YOU A BELIEVER? I'M SKEPTIC.

BUT SHOW ME AND MAYBE I'LL BELIEVE.

EVER THE SCIENTIST.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? BELIEVER IN GHOSTS?

YEAH. I'M A BELIEVER. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.

EVERYONE YOU KNOW HAS A STORY

OR THEY KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS A STORY.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST EASILY WRITE THAT OFF.

SO WE'VE GOT OUR REPRESENTATION OF AMERICA HERE.

YOU KNOW, 50% BELIEVE, 50% DO NOT.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SWAY YOUR SKEPTICISM HERE, PHIL.

OKAY.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO FROM THE INTERNET.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE INVESTIGATING,

BUT IT IS RELATED IN A WAY.

SO CHECK THIS VIDEO OUT.

THIS IS A VIDEO THAT WAS SHOT

BY A WOMAN NAMED SHEREE SHOWN

FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. AS YOU CAN SEE,

SHE HAS A TRULY CREEPY COLLECTION OF DOLLS.

ALREADY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS WOMAN,

BUT WAIT FOR IT.

SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY CREEPY

IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. WATCH THIS.

OHH! GOD! DID YOU SEE IT?

OKAY. ONE MORE TIME. HERE WE GO.

BACK THAT UP. LET'S SEE THAT AGAIN.

BACK IT UP. OH, MY GOSH.

AAH!

OHH! THAT'S...

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL.

SO, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HAVE I MADE YOU A TRUE BELIEVER NOW?

I FULLY BELIEVE

THAT, YES, A ROOM FULL OF DOLLS IS CREEPY.

FOR SURE.

NO QUESTION. WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT.

YES. BUT THE TIMING OF IT,

JUST WHEN THEY PAN TO THAT DOLL

THAT MOVES ITS ARM, IT JUST SEEMS

A LITTLE TOO CONVENIENT FOR ME TO REALLY BELIEVE

THAT SHE CAUGHT SOMETHING PARANORMAL ON CAMERA.

RIGHT. SO YOU'D NEED A LOT MORE EVIDENCE HERE.

YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, JESS? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE DOLL?

I'M TOTALLY INTO THIS. COULD BE REAL?

ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THIS COULD BE REAL.

I'M WITH PHIL THAT I THINK IT NEEDS MORE INVESTIGATION.

LOOK, THERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES OUT THERE.

WE'VE GOT ANNABELLE, THE FAMOUS DOLL FROM LORRAINE WARREN.

RIGHT. FAMOUS PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS

WHO INVESTIGATED A CASE WITH A HAUNTED DOLL,

A DOLL THEY KEPT LOCKED IN A CASE

THAT NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO DISTURB

AND WHICH THEY'VE MADE A BUNCH OF VERY CREEPY MOVIES ABOUT.

WE TEND TO THINK OF STORIES LIKE THIS

AS KIND OF THE STUFF OF MODERN HORROR FILMS.

YEAH.

BUT IN FACT, BELIEF IN PARANORMAL ENERGY IN DOLLS

IS OLD, REALLY OLD.

THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT DATE BACK TO ANCIENT EGYPT.

IN ANCIENT EGYPT,

THERE WERE SMALL WAX FIGURES AND EFFIGIES MADE

THAT WERE MEANT TO CONTAIN SUPERNATURAL POWER.

IN ANCIENT ROME, THEY USED TO USE DOLLS

AND ALL SORTS OF RITUALS TO COMMUNE WITH THE GODS.

AND YOU FIND THESE LITTLE EFFIGIES AND OFFERINGS

ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ANCIENT CULTURES

THAT ARE MEANT TO BE IMBUED WITH A KIND OF MAGIC.

BUT THERE IS ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD

THAT HAS MORE PARANORMAL DOLLS PER SQUARE INCH

THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET.

AND IT IS A PLACE KNOWN AS THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS PLACE?

ABSOLUTELY. I'VE WANTED TO GO THERE FOR SO LONG.

WELL, I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU.

THIS IS A PLACE THAT I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT.

IT IS IN MEXICO CITY.

IT HAS A REALLY FASCINATING BACKSTORY.

AND DEPENDING ON YOUR BELIEFS, IT IS ALSO A PLACE

THAT IS FILLED WITH SOME SERIOUSLY NEGATIVE ENERGY.

CHECK THIS OUT.

Gates: MEXICO CITY WAS ONCE THE DOMAIN OF THE AZTECS.

AND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY,

THERE'S A GROUPING OF TINY ISLANDS

IN A MAZE OF CANALS CALLED XOCHIMILCO.

THESE WATERWAYS WERE USED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

MORE THAN 500 YEARS AGO

FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE AZTECS STARTED PERFORMING SACRED

AND BLOODY RITUALS

AT A NEARBY PYRAMID COMPLEX CALLED CERRO DE LA ESTRELLA.

AND SOME BELIEVE THERE'S A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE PYRAMID AND THE CANALS.

FLASH FORWARD TO THE 1950s AND THE CANALS.

A MAN NAMED DON JULIAN SANTANA BARRERA

BECAME THE CARETAKER OF ONE OF THESE ISLANDS.

THE STORY GOES THAT ONE DAY, WHILE DON JULIAN

WAS FISHING FROM THE BANK OF HIS ISLAND,

HE DISCOVERED THE BODY OF A DROWNED GIRL.

AND JUST A FEW FEET AWAY, THE GIRL'S DOLL WASHED ASHORE.

DON JULIAN BECAME FIXATED ON THIS DISTURBING EVENT

AND HE HUNG THE GIRL'S DOLL FROM A TREE.

SOME THINK HE WAS WARDING OFF ANCIENT AZTEC SPIRITS.

OTHERS SAY THE SPIRIT OF THE DROWNED GIRL

HAD POSSESSED HIM.

WITHIN A FEW YEARS, DON JULIAN HAD COVERED THE ISLAND

WITH STRANGE, BROKEN DOLLS.

THEN IN A TERRIFYING TWIST TO THE STORY,

DON JULIAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN 2001 IN THE EXACT SPOT

WHERE HE DISCOVERED THE DROWNED GIRL AND HER DOLL.

PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO BRING DOLLS TO THE ISLAND,

ATTEMPTING TO WARD OFF WHATEVER EVIL SPIRITS LURK THERE.

AND NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS.

OH!

SINCE I VISITED THERE, THE INSTANCES

OF WHAT PEOPLE CLAIM ARE PARANORMAL OCCURRENCES

HAVE SKYROCKETED.

THERE'S SOME SORT OF MALEVOLENT ENERGY THERE.

SO IF IT'S NOT REAL, WHAT ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING

AND WHAT IS THAT RATIONAL EXPLANATION?

IF IT IS REAL, CAN WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE BE DOCUMENTED?

THAT'S THE MISSION. UP FOR IT?

GOT IT. YEAH.

Gates: A 2,600-MILE FLIGHT

LANDS JESSICA AND PHIL IN MEXICO CITY.

TODAY, MEXICO CITY IS THE SECOND LARGEST METROPOLIS

IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

IT SITS ATOP THE RUINS OF WHAT WAS ONCE TENOCHTITLáN,

THE SOARING CAPITAL OF THE MIGHTY AZTEC EMPIRE

THAT SAT ATOP AN ISLAND IN WHAT WAS THEN A VAST LAKE.

CONSTRUCTED MORE THAN 600 YEARS AGO,

IT EVENTUALLY FELL TO SPANISH CONQUISTADORS IN 1521.

AND EVEN TODAY, THIS MIX OF CULTURES CAN BE SEEN

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IN THIS HISTORIC METROPOLIS.

♪♪

Chobot: WE'VE ARRANGED TO MEET OUR FIRST EYEWITNESS

IN DOWNTOWN MEXICO CITY.

SHE'S A WOMAN WHO'S HAD A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE

AT THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

Torres: REALLY? Moreno: YEAH.

WAS THE DARE JUST TO GO TO THE ISLAND BY YOURSELF?

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU FIRST STEPPED ON THE ISLAND?

SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING YOU?

YEAH.

Torres: SHE SAID SHE FELT UNDER ATTACK AND PHYSICALLY ILL

AS IF THE SPIRITS WERE CHASING HER OFF THE ISLAND.

SHE LEFT WITHOUT THE DOLL AND SAYS SHE WON'T EVER GO BACK.

TANIA'S STORY IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER WITNESSES

WHO SAY THE PHENOMENA OUT THERE

SEEMED TO BE GETTING MORE DANGEROUS.

READY TO DO THIS?

Chobot: YEAH, LET'S GO.

IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM

OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS,

IT'S TIME TO GET OUT THERE.

Chobot: WE BOARD A TRADITIONAL TRAJINERA BOAT

THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH ANCIENT CANALS

TO THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

OUR GUIDE, MIGUEL,

HAS BEEN TAKING THIS BOAT TRIP TO THE ISLAND

SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD,

BACK WHEN DON JULIAN STILL SERVED

AS THE ISLAND'S CARETAKER.

SO WHAT DID DON JULIAN ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT THE ISLAND?

Interpreter: AFTER DON JULIAN FOUND THE GIRL'S BODY,

HE WAS HAUNTED BY HER GHOST.

SO, MIGUEL, DO YOU GO OUT THERE ANYMORE AT NIGHT?

NO, NOT ANYMORE.

THE LAST TIME I EVER SET FOOT ON THE ISLAND,

I HAD GONE THERE WITH A FRIEND.

WE WERE TYING OUR BOAT TO THE DOCK.

AND AS THE SUN WENT DOWN,

WE NOTICED A DROP IN TEMPERATURE.

WE SPOTTED A WARRIOR-LIKE FIGURE WALKING TOWARD THE SHACK.

WE HOPPED ON TO LAND AND FOLLOWED THE PATH.

ONCE WE GOT THERE, NO ONE WAS INSIDE.

WE BOTH HAD A STRONG SENSE OF DREAD IN OUR STOMACHS.

IT ALMOST FELT LIKE SICKNESS.

Torres: WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THESE STORIES OR NOT,

THERE'S DEFINITELY AN EERIE STILLNESS OUT HERE ON THE CANAL.

♪♪

Chobot: OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

♪♪

Torres: HOLY [BLEEP]

THIS IS CERTIFIABLY HORRIFYING.

♪♪

OH, MY GOD.

OH, THAT IS EXTREMELY MESSED UP.

IT'S LIKE SMI-ILING.

ROGELIO?

JESSICA AND I HAVE ARRANGED TO MEET

WITH THE ISLAND'S CURRENT CARETAKER, ROGELIO SANCHEZ.

HE'S THE NEPHEW OF THE ORIGINAL CARETAKER, DON JULIAN,

WHO DIED ON THIS ISLAND IN 2001.

HOLA. HOLA. ¿¿CóMO ESTá?

THIS PLACE IS OVERWHELMINGLY INTENSE.

Chobot: I'M EAGER TO SEE THE MYSTERIOUS DOLL

THAT BELONGED TO THE DROWNED GIRL.

IT'S THE FIRST DOLL THAT DON JULIAN HUNG.

AND SOME BELIEVE THAT ACT UNLEASHED THE DARK FORCES HERE.

[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

Interpreter: THIS IS THE ORIGINAL DOLL.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FEET.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ARMS.

SHE'S BEEN HERE OVER 60 YEARS.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT HE FOUND NEXT TO HER BODY IN THE WATER.

YES.

SO THIS IS WHERE IT BEGAN.

Chobot: AS ROGELIO TALKS ABOUT THE DOLLS,

I SENSE A PRESENCE AND START TO FEEL UNEASY.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN CHILL, PERHAPS A SIGN

THAT SPIRITS COULD BE DISPLACING THE HEAT AROUND ME.

OH. LOOKIT. I GOT THE GOOSE BUMPS.

OH, MY GOD, I'M GONNA START CRYING.

OHH.

YOU DOING OKAY?

[ EXHALES HEAVILY ]

NO, NO, I'M NOT. I GONNA GO.

I'M GETTING OUT.

I NEED TO JUST TAKE A BREATHER. I'LL COME BACK IN.

I JUST NEED A -- A SECOND.

YOU CAN STOP RIGHT HERE.

OHH.

Interpreter: I SEEN THIS BEFORE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD

AND THE SPIRITS OF THOSE WHO ONCE LIVED HERE

IS CONTAINED IN THE DOLLS, FEEDING OFF OF YOUR ENERGY.

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE FEELING.

Gates: IT SEEMS LIKE JESSICA

MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY VICTIM

OF WHATEVER PHENOMENON WAS HAPPENING IN THE SHACK.

Kuhlman: SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAMERAS?

I AM PLAYING NOW.

BUT WHAT DID YOU SEE ON IT BEFORE?

IT SHOWED THE CLIP FROM WHEN WE WERE INSIDE,

LIKE, JUST COMING ON TO THE ISLAND.

Torres: WHY? WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Man: WE'VE GOT A...

WHAT POINT WHEN YOU WALKED INSIDE,

DID THAT HAPPEN?

THEY JUST -- ALL THREE OF THEM

GOT TOGETHER ON THE INSIDE,

STANDING IN THAT CORNER.

SO RIGHT BEFORE JESSICA HAD HER...OUTBURST?

YEAH. IT JUST STOPPED RECORDING.

AND NOW WE CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT ANY OF THE FOOTAGE.

IT'S JUST -- IT'S JUST NOT THERE ANYMORE.

MAN, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

Gates: I'VE SENT PHIL AND JESSICA

TO THE NOTORIOUS ISLAND OF THE DOLLS,

A PLACE THAT I FOUND DEEPLY DISTURBING

WHEN I INVESTIGATED IT A DECADE AGO.

BUT THESE DAYS, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY HERE

IS REPORTEDLY EVEN STRONGER,

SOMETHING THAT JESSICA MAY HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.

[ EXHALES HEAVILY ]

Torres: YOU DOING OKAY?

NO, NO, I'M NOT. I'M GONNA GO.

I'M GETTING OUT.

I NEED TO JUST TAKE A BREATHER. I'LL COME BACK IN.

I JUST NEED A -- A SECOND.

YOU CAN STOP RIGHT HERE.

Gates: MEANWHILE, THE CREW REALIZES

THAT JESSICA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN

THE ONLY TARGET OF THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM.

ONE OF THE CAMERAS SUFFERED A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION.

Man: SO WE GOT A...

A CAMERA JUST COMPLETELY SEIZED.

- REALLY? - IT STOPPED RECORDING.

Gates: BRAD, MY PRODUCING PARTNER FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS,

HAS SEEN PLENTY OF PRODUCTION GLITCHES.

BUT FOR AN UTTERLY RELIABLE CAMERA LIKE THIS

TO FAIL, HE THINKS, COULD MEAN SOMETHING ELSE.

WE'VE SEEN THIS SORT OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE

AND BATTERY DRAIN AND THINGS NOT WORKING RIGHT

WHEN THERE'S PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AROUND.

THAT'S A PHENOMENON FOR TV CREWS

WHO DO THIS SORT OF THING. IT HAPPENS.

FELT LIKE I GOT HIT WITH A TON OF BRICKS.

WE SAW ALL THE CLIPS FROM BEGINNING.

AND THEN AS SOON AS YOU WALKED IN,

WE HAD ONE FRAME.

SERIOUSLY? RIGHT WHEN WE WALKED IN THERE?

- YEAH. - YEAH.

WE PUT THE HARD DRIVE BACK IN

AND IT'S JUST SITTING THERE BUSY.

IT WON'T PLAY.

I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE IN THERE AT ALL.

Chobot: BUT THE INCIDENT IS ALSO AN ENCOURAGING SIGN

THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.

AND BECAUSE SO MANY REPORTS OF THE ISLAND'S PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

HAVE HAPPENED AFTER DARK,

WE'RE EAGER TO RETURN TO THE ISLAND SOON

TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATION.

ROGELIO, WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK AT NIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME GEAR.

WE'RE GONNA DO OUR OWN INVESTIGATIONS,

MAYBE EVEN TAKE SOME SAMPLES.

WE WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH YOU.

[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

BUT ROGELIO HAS SERIOUS RESERVATIONS.

Interpreter: I USED TO LIVE HERE ON THE ISLAND,

BUT I NO LONGER STAY HERE AT NIGHT

BECAUSE THE SPIRITS ARE TOO INTENSE.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE MINUTES

AND YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ATTACKED BY THE SPIRITS.

I NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU GET HURT.

PLEASE LET'S STEP OUTSIDE.

Chobot: I UNDERSTAND WHY ROGELIO MIGHT BE CONCERNED SO SOON

AFTER SEEING ME REACT TO THE ISLAND'S SPIRITS,

BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND SOME WAY TO CONVINCE HIM

TO ALLOW US BACK.

BEFORE WE GO, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE PLACE

WHERE YOUR UNCLE FIRST SAW THE GIRL.

Sí. POR FAVOR.

Interpreter: THIS PLACE,

THE GIRL DIED HERE IN THIS SPOT.

SHE DROWNED HERE IN THE CANAL.

Chobot: WHY DID YOUR UNCLE FEEL THAT

HANGING UP HER DOLL WOULD PUT HER AT PEACE?

Interpreter: HE BELIEVED THAT THE GIRL'S SPIRIT

WAS GOING TO DRAG HIM INTO THE WATER,

AND HE THOUGHT THAT HANGING UP THE DOLL

MIGHT APPEASE THE SPIRIT.

BUT YOUR UNCLE DID DIE IN THIS SPOT, DIDN'T HE?

Sí.

Interpreter: YES. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH,

HE WAS HERE AT THE SHORE FISHING.

I BELIEVE THAT HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF THE GIRL

AND GOT SO SCARED

THAT HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.

SO HE WAS LITERALLY SCARED TO DEATH BY THE SPIRIT?

Interpreter: YES, I BELIEVE SO. NOT JUST HER.

THE ANCIENT SPIRITS ARE ALSO STRONG HERE.

THEY ARE A PART OF THE DOLLS NOW.

YOU SAID YOU CAN FEEL IT BECAUSE YOU GET GOOSE BUMPS.

GOOSE BUMPS.

Torres: WE TOLD ROGELIO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS,

BUT WE STILL WANT TO CONDUCT AN OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATION.

FOR NOW, WE TAKE OUR BOAT AND HEAD BACK TO THE MAINLAND.

ONCE THERE, WE SET UP A SKYPE WITH JOSH TO FIGURE OUT A WAY

TO CONVINCE THE CARETAKER TO ALLOW US TO RETURN.

HEY, GUYS. HOW ARE YOU? LET'S TALK ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

DID YOU MAKE IT TO THE ISLAND?

WE DID. WE DID. FOR ME, IT WAS TERRIFYING.

WE HAD A MOMENT WHERE WE WALKED INTO AN AREA

WHERE THE ORIGINAL DOLL IS KEPT.

AND THE MINUTE I WALKED IN,

I GOT HIT HARD WITH A HUGE WAVE OF SADNESS.

WOW. ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, I'M OKAY.

JUST, UH, YEAH, IT WASN'T ANYTHING

THAT I EXPECTED TO HAVE HAPPEN.

NOW, WHEN I WAS THERE, WHICH WAS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO,

ACCESS WAS NOT A DIFFICULT THING.

BUT I TAKE IT THAT'S CHANGED.

YEAH. THE CARETAKER SAID

WE COULDN'T COME BACK AT NIGHT.

HE WAS -- HE WAS PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT IT.

YEAH. YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW TO CHANGE HIS MIND?

OKAY. SO, HEY, GUYS, I HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL ROLODEX.

LET ME GO THROUGH IT.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A LITTLE BACKUP FOR YOU.

MIGHT TAKE ME A COUPLE OF DAYS TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON.

ALRIGHT. THAT'D BE GREAT.

LISTEN, GUYS, KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL ABOUT IT LATER.

YOU GOT IT. WILL DO.

WHILE I ROUND UP SOME RESOURCES

TO HELP WITH THE OVERNIGHT INVESTIGATION OF THE ISLAND,

JESSICA AND PHIL DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE A NEARBY LOCATION

THAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AT THE ISLAND --

THE CERRO DE LA ESTRELLA PYRAMID COMPLEX.

BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE XOCHIMILCO CANALS,

THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE AZTEC SACRED FIRE RITUAL.

EVERY 52 YEARS,

THE AZTECS CONDUCTED HUMAN SACRIFICES HERE,

OFFERING THE STILL-BEATING HEARTS OF THEIR CAPTIVES

TO THE GODS.

THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE SUN

SHINING ON THE VAST AZTEC EMPIRE.

Torres: STARTING IN THE 1970s,

THE WATER FROM THE SACRED MOUNTAIN

WAS DIVERTED TO FEED THE CANALS OF XOCHIMILCO,

AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WATER

THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE EXPERIENCES

PEOPLE ARE REPORTING OUT AT THE ISLAND.

Chobot: AND I'M WONDERING IF THE PARANORMAL ENERGY

FROM THE PYRAMID COULD BE FLOWING THERE AS WELL.

Gates: BUT IT'S BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE RUINS

WHERE IT GETS REALLY INTERESTING.

IT'S A DIZZYING MAZE OF MILES AND MILES OF TUNNELS

WHERE RAINWATER AND RUNOFF

FLOWS OUT TO THE CANALS AND TO THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

IN THESE TUNNELS, THE AZTECS PERFORMED BLOODY

AND BRUTAL SACRIFICES TO THEIR GODS.

♪♪

JUST GET OUR HEAD LAMPS ON.

THERE'S A SPIDER. OH! YOU GOOD?

Chobot: YEAH. I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT.

IT IS DARK IN HERE.

JESSICA, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS.

LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS.

HOLY [BLEEP]

Gates: JESSICA AND PHIL ARE IN MEXICO CITY

UNDERNEATH THE CERRO DE LA ESTRELLA PYRAMID COMPLEX.

THE WATER FROM THIS MOUNTAIN FEEDS THE XOCHIMILCO CANALS

AND LIKE THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS,

HAS A REPUTATION AS A HOT SPOT FOR OTHERWORLDLY PHENOMENA.

JESSICA, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO SEE THIS.

LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS.

HOLY [BLEEP]

WHAT IS THAT?

I KNOW THIS SYMBOL LOOKS OMINOUS,

BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN PUT HERE TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHY THE PERSON PUT IT HERE.

IT COULD BE TO ACTUALLY LOCK IN THE EVIL HERE

SO THAT IT DOESN'T ESCAPE OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD.

SO EVIL'S MAYBE LOCKED IN OVER THERE.

YEAH. SO YOU SHOULD GO FURTHER

INTO THE CAVES IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING. EXCELLENT.

♪♪

- OOH. - WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

Torres: YEAH, I'M GETTING A WHIFF OF SOMETHING

SUBTLY SWEET.

COULD BE A SIGN OF ETHYLENE

OR COULD EVEN BE METHANE IN HERE.

IS THAT DANGEROUS?

IT CAN BE IF YOU'RE EXPOSED TO HIGH-ENOUGH LEVELS.

Torres: ETHYLENE IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING GAS

THAT IS SOMETIMES EMITTED FROM FISSURES IN LIMESTONE.

AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE

BENEATH MEXICO CITY.

BREATHING ETHYLENE OR METHANE IN HIGH LEVELS CAN CAUSE DIZZINESS,

NAUSEA, HALLUCINATIONS, OR EVEN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

COULD THAT EXPLAIN THE STRANGE FEELINGS

THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING ON THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS?

REALLY MAKES YOU WONDER HOW FAR THROUGH THESE CAVES GO.

I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING

UNDERNEATH THIS TEMPLE, UNDERNEATH MEXICO CITY

THAT'S GIVEN ME SOME IDEAS

ABOUT WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING AT THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

I THINK I NEED TO DO SOME MORE DIGGING INTO IT, THOUGH.

IT'S JUST GHOSTS, PHIL. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.

Chobot: WITH A NEW DAY COMES A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE RECEIVED WORD THAT THE CARETAKER OF THE ISLAND

IS ALLOWING US TO RETURN,

THANKS TO THE PRESENCE OF A SPECIAL GUEST

THAT JOSH HAS ARRANGED TO JOIN US,

VETERAN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR JASON HAWES.

Torres: FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, JASON AND HIS TEAM

HAVE INVESTIGATED THOUSANDS OF CLAIMS OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.

- HEY, LOOK WHO IT IS. - HI.

- HOW YOU DOING? - GOOD, GOOD.

SHOULD WE DO IT? YEAH, LET'S GO.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE ISLAND,

YOUR OWN PERCEPTION, YOUR OWN TAKE ON IT?

AS A PERSON WHO HAD A BREAKDOWN

IN FRONT OF PHIL AND THE ENTIRE CREW,

I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW QUICKLY

I FELT, LIKE, SOBBINGLY SAD.

LISTEN, FOR ME, WHY THIS PARTICULAR PLACE?

LIKE, WHAT FLIPPED THE SWITCH FOR ME HERE --

AT THE EXACT MOMENT,

THAT APPARENTLY ONE OF OUR CAMERAS DIED.

NOW, THAT'S WEIRD.

ANY KIND OF PLANS, HOW WE SHOULD APPROACH THIS?

HAS ANYBODY CHECKED ANY OF THE LEVELS OF GAS

OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE?

YES. I'M GONNA BE TESTING FOR METHANE,

THOSE TYPES OF GASES, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, LEGIT,

CAN MAKE PEOPLE... ABSOLUTELY.

...FEEL WEIRD OR EVEN HALLUCINATE.

THERE'S A HYPERSENSITIVITY WHERE PEOPLE FEEL

NAUSEA, FATIGUE, HALLUCINATIONS, PARANOIA.

WHEN YOU REMOVE THAT, A LOT OF TIMES,

YOU REMOVE THEIR EXPERIENCES,

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARANORMAL

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

JASON, CHECK THIS OUT. UP AHEAD.

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JASON, DO YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME

BECAUSE I ACTUALLY FOUND A SPOT THAT'S PRETTY DECENT

FOR, LIKE, A HOME BASE? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

I'LL BE ON THE SHORE OVER HERE.

OKAY.

WHILE PHIL GOES TO TEST ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ISLAND'S STRANGE PHENOMENA,

JASON AND I AGREE TO SET UP A CAMERA GRID

TO MONITOR THE SWEEPS

WE WILL CONDUCT DURING OUR INVESTIGATION.

SO I WAS THINKING RIGHT HERE.

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE DOLLS?

YEAH. I FIGURE THAT WAY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS,

WE CAN KIND OF -- WE'VE GOT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

TO GET THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH TIME IT TOOK

TO PUT ALL THESE DOLLS UP.

IT'S YEARS.

YEARS AND YEARS.

DO YOU WANT TO GO DO SOME RECON?

LET'S DO IT. YOU'RE THE BOSS.

ALRIGHT.

[ SIGHS ] I JUST DON'T LIKE IT IN HERE.

THIS IS THE DOLL THAT DON JULIAN FOUND IN THE WATER

NEXT TO THE LITTLE GIRL'S BODY.

Torres: WHILE JESSICA AND JASON SCOUT,

I'M SETTING UP WHERE MOST OF THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

HAS BEEN REPORTED --

BY THE WATER WHERE BOTH THE GIRL AND DON JULIAN DIED.

I START OFFSHORE WITH A TECH TOOL

THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE IN THIS LOCATION,

AN UNDERWATER R.O.V. CAMERA.

I'M LOOKING FOR BUBBLES IN THE WATER

THAT WOULD INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A NATURAL GAS LIKE ETHYLENE.

WOW. THIS WATER IS MURKY.

IT'S GONNA BE REALLY CHALLENGING,

BUT I'M SEEING TONS OF GAS BUBBLES.

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WHOA, WHAT WAS THAT?

Gates: VETERAN PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR JASON HAWES

HAS JOINED JESSICA AND PHIL ON THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

WHILE HE AND JESSICA PREPARE FOR TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION,

PHIL IS USING AN UNDERWATER R.O.V.

TO PROBE THE AREA WHERE BOTH THE LITTLE GIRL

AND DON JULIAN DROWNED.

HE'S EXPLORING A THEORY THAT TOXIC GASES

MIGHT BE MAKING PEOPLE ILL,

GIVING THEM SYMPTOMS THAT FEEL LIKE PARANORMAL PHENOMENA.

WHOA. WHAT WAS THAT?

I THINK I JUST SAW A DOLL DOWN THERE.

I TRIED TO PUT THE IMAGE OF THIS SUNKEN DOLL OUT OF MY MIND

AND GET BACK TO THE TASK AT HAND.

EVERY TIME I GET TO THE BOTTOM

AND KIND OF PUT IT IN PLACE, GAS IS JUST FLOWING EVERYWHERE.

SO NOW I JUST GOT TO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT GAS IS.

I COLLECT WATER SAMPLES NEAR THE AREA

THAT HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF BUBBLES.

I'M THINKING THERE COULD BE TOXIC GASES IN THE WATER,

BUT I WON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL I SEND THESE SAMPLES TO THE LAB.

ALRIGHT.

Chobot: WHILE PHIL COLLECTS ADDITIONAL SAMPLES,

BACK AT BASE CAMP, JASON AND I SELECT THE GEAR

WE'LL NEED FOR TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION

AND DISCUSS OUR STRATEGY.

YEAH, I THOUGHT THESE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA

TO COVER THE ISLAND IN AREAS WHERE WE CAN'T BE.

THERMAL. EVERYBODY NEEDS THERMAL.

PERFECT.

LET'S DO IT. ALRIGHT.

JASON AND I MOVE ABOUT THE ISLAND,

SETTING UP A SERIES OF CAMERAS IN THE KEY PARANORMAL HOTSPOTS.

ONE NICE THING ABOUT THESE CAMERAS, THOUGH,

ARE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET A WIDE SHOT.

I MEAN, WE'RE COVERING FROM HERE,

WHERE YOU HAD YOUR EXPERIENCE

ALL THE WAY TO THIS WALL AND EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE A SHOT OF THE ORIGINAL DOLL

THAT WAS FOUND NEXT TO THE DROWNED GIRL.

AND ONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SHACK,

ONE WHERE THE LITTLE GIRL'S BODY WAS FOUND

AND WHERE DON JULIAN ALSO DIED.

EVEN IN LOW LIGHT, THESE CAN PICK UP ALL KINDS OF MOVEMENTS

AND DISTURBANCES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED HERE.

PERFECT. SO NO TROLLS OR GHOST

WILL PASS THESE BRIDGES WITHOUT US SEEING THEM.

DON'T TROLLS GO UNDER BRIDGES?

THEY LIVE UNDER BRIDGES.

TOUCHé, TOUCHé, SIR.

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HEY. HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?

GUYS, THIS LOOKS GREAT.

Chobot: WHILE WE GO DO A SWEEP,

DO YOU MIND MONITORING THESE?

YEAH. ALRIGHT, COOL.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

Chobot: JASON GRABS THE THERMAL IMAGER,

WHICH RENDERS INFRARED RADIATION AS VISIBLE LIGHT

AND MAY BE ABLE TO DETECT HEAT SIGNATURES

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ENERGY OF A SPIRIT...

ALRIGHT, COOL.

...WHILE I GO STRAIGHT FOR A HIGH-TECH TOOL

THAT JASON HAS BROUGHT WITH HIM TO THE ISLAND.

I.R. GOGGLES.

NOW IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN VR

WHEN YOU'RE WEARING 'EM,

BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET USED TO IT.

OKAY. ALRIGHT.

LET'S HEAD UP THE AREA WHERE...

THE WATER.

YEAH, TO THE WATER WHERE THE GIRL WAS DROWNED.

THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT USING THE I.R.

IS YOU'RE ABLE TO CATCH THE THINGS

THAT PEOPLE CLAIM TO SEE MOST --

THINGS THAT EMIT THEIR OWN LIGHT

OR SHADOW-TYPE ENTITIES.

TWO PEOPLE DIED HERE.

IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE OR WHAT WOULD YOU LOOK FOR

FOR THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND BUILD-UP OF SOMETHING

THAT WAS VERY SCARY AND TRAUMATIC

FOR THOSE PEOPLE?

PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVES DRAMATICALLY ARE WHAT

USUALLY LEADS TO RESIDUAL-TYPE HAUNTS.

NOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TYPES OF HAUNTS,

YOU HAVE AN INTELLIGENT.

LIKE YOU AND I, AFTER WE PASS, WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE,

SO TUGGING ON THE CLOTHES,

LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE THERE.

A RESIDUAL IS LIKE A TAPE PLAYER.

IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME THING.

IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ACTIVITY AT THE SAME TIME,

WHETHER IT'S REWINDING AND PLAYING ITSELF

OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAPPENS --

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

WHAT THE HECK?

[ WATER TRICKLING ]

I THOUGHT I HEARD SPLASHING,

BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. DO YOU?

I'M NOT GETTING ANY HEAT SIGNATURES OVER HERE.

I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.

DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE HEAD TO THAT AREA

WHERE YOU HAD YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SEE

MAYBE YOU'RE ABLE TO PICK UP ANYTHING WITH THAT?

Chobot: WE HEAD TO WHERE I FELT

A VERY STRONG ENERGY PRESENCE BEFORE...

BE CAREFUL.

...THE SHACK WHERE THE DOLL BELONGING

TO THE DROWNED LITTLE GIRL HANGS.

LIKE RIGHT NOW,

I'M ACTUALLY STARTING TO FEEL FREAKED OUT.

YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL FREAKED OUT?

A LITTLE BIT, YEAH.

AND IT'S THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY.

GOT THE GOOSE BUMPS.

OH, MY GOD, I'M GONNA START CRYING.

♪♪

DID YOU JUST HEAR SOMETHING?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

YEAH, I HEARD THAT.

I HEARD IT, LIKE, RIGHT OVER HERE.

GEEZ. NO. OH, MY GOD, NO.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

SOUNDED LIKE A VOICE?

YEAH. WHISPERING.

WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE HEARD A DISEMBODIED VOICE.

I CAN'T TELL. IT'S TOO FAINT.

BUT TO COMMUNICATE WITH IT IN SPANISH,

WE'LL NEED SOME HELP.

Hawes: I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.

I DON'T SPEAK ENOUGH

TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION.

PHIL SPEAKS SPANISH. GET PHIL?

I THINK PHIL WOULD BE THE IDEAL PERSON TO HAVE OUT HERE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

JASON AND I HEAD BACK OUT TOWARDS THE SHACK TO THE SPOT

WHERE HE AND JESSICA HEARD THE DISEMBODIED VOICE.

♪♪

ALRIGHT. WE'RE RECORDING, SO...

[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

PART OF THE BIG MYSTERY FROM BACK THEN

IS THAT THERE IS JUST THIS GIRL THAT DROWNED.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY TRAGIC FOR DON JULIAN

WHO WAS THE CARETAKER HERE TO JUST HAVE

THIS KIND OF PLACED UPON HIM ON THIS ISLAND.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU THINK OF IT LIKE A LANTERN IN THE WOODS.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING HERE, IT'S GONNA TRY TO BE AROUND

WHERE THE ENERGY IS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH US.

COULD BE HER, COULD BE HIM, COULD BE SOME --

WHAT IS THAT?

WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE. YEAH, THERE IS.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING ELSE,

IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, CAME HERE

AND BROUGHT TO THE ISLAND,

DO TO RITUALS OR CONTAMINATION.

YEAH.

♪♪

WELL, I THINK WE'VE GIVEN IT ENOUGH TIME.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO BASE CAMP. I'LL CHECK BACK LATER

AND SEE WE PICKED UP ANYTHING ON THE RECORDER.

ALRIGHT. GOOD JOB, MAN.

♪♪

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE GOING BACK TO THAT LOCATION

WHERE YOU HAD THE EXPERIENCE

AND JUST TRYING TO SPEND SOME TIME THERE?

SEE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?

UH... SEE IF YOU GET IT AGAIN.

YEAH. YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

Chobot: JASON AND I DEFINITELY HEARD SOMETHING OVER

BY THE SHACK WHERE DON JULIAN HUNG THE DROWNED GIRL'S DOLL.

IT'S THE SAME SPOT WHERE I FELT UNDER ATTACK

BY A POWERFUL SPIRITUAL ENTITY, SO I'M GOING TO CONDUCT

WHAT PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS CALL A SOLO SESSION.

THIS MEANS I'LL BE SITTING INSIDE THE SHACK ALONE

FOR 30 MINUTES AND WE'LL SEE IF MY PRESENCE

TRIGGERS ANY PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.

Torres: OKAY. I'M GONNA PUT A LIGHT HERE

SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU.

OKAY.

ONCE PHIL LEAVES, I'LL BE COMPLETELY ALONE IN THE SHACK.

NO CREW, NO EXTRA GEAR.

IT'S JUST ME AND WHATEVER SPIRITS HAUNT THIS ROOM.

WE ARE GONNA SET A TIMER FOR 30 MINUTES.

OKAY.

30 MINUTES STARTS NOW.

♪♪

OKAY, SO ALL I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW

IS, LIKE, LITTLE SKITTERING KIND OF AROUND THE AREA.

♪♪

[ SHIVERING ]

HOLA.

♪♪

AAH!

OH. WHAT THE HECK?

PHIL'S THEORY THAT NATURALLY OCCURRING GASES

MIGHT PLAY A ROLE IN THE STRANGE EXPERIENCES

ON THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS DOES HAVE HISTORIC PRECEDENT.

MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PLACE IN GREECE

THAT WAS ALSO BELIEVED

TO TRIGGER SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA --

THE ORACLE OF DELPHI.

THAT'S WHERE A PRIESTESS AT A HILLTOP TEMPLE

SUPPOSEDLY RECEIVED MESSAGES FROM THE GOD APOLLO.

THE BUILDING SAT ATOP A CAVERN

THAT HAD A SACRED SPRING RUNNING THROUGH IT.

THE PRIESTESS WOULD TAKE A DEEP BREATH

AND ENTER A KIND OF MYSTICAL TRANCE-LIKE STATE.

AND NOW WE MIGHT KNOW WHY.

IN 2001, RESEARCHERS REVEALED

THAT THE CAVERN CONTAINS HIGH AMOUNTS OF METHANE AND ETHYLENE.

BREATHING THIS COMBINATION OF NATURAL GASES,

WHICH BUBBLED UP FROM FISSURES BENEATH THE SPRING,

MAY HAVE TRIGGERED EXTREME HALLUCINATIONS.

AND DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF PHIL'S TESTING,

A SIMILAR PHENOMENON MIGHT EXPLAIN AT LEAST

SOME OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES AT THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS.

BUT IT CAN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.

Chobot: AFTER A DISTURBING ENCOUNTER IN THE ISLAND SHACK

EARLIER IN THE WEEK,

I VOLUNTEERED TO CONDUCT A SOLO SESSION IN THE SAME SPOT.

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, I CONTINUE TO HAVE STRANGE EXPERIENCES.

HOLA.

♪♪

AAH!

OH. WHAT THE HECK?

HEY, GUYS. YOU THERE?

YEAH, WE JUST SAW IT.

RIGHT WHEN I ASKED IF ANYBODY WAS HERE,

THE LIGHTS JUST SUDDENLY SURGED TO FULL POWER.

WELL, ASK IF SOMETHING'S THERE,

IF IT CAN TURN OFF THE LIGHT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

PHIL, HOW WOULD I SAY THAT IN SPANISH?

[ SPEAKING SPANISH SLOWLY ]

[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

THAT IS --

AAH, IT DID IT AGAIN. OKAY.

HEY. HEY.

JUST IN CASE THERE'S LIKE A FAULTY WIRE, BAD BATTERY.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THIS OUT OF THE EQUATION.

WE COULD GET A DIFFERENT LIGHT IN HERE

AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OKAY.

I'LL GET THIS OUT OF HERE, THEN.

I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

♪♪

[ TAPPING ]

WHAT'S SHE HEARING?

I'M HEARING SOME KIND OF TAPS AGAINST THE BACK WALL BEHIND ME.

DO YOU GUYS SEE ANYTHING ON THE MONITORS?

SOME SHADOWS OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S YOUR SHADOW, THOUGH.

♪♪

JESS, BEHIND YOU, THERE'S A DOLL.

IT'S MOVING.

YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT IT.

WHAT?

♪♪

HOLY [BLEEP]

YEAH, IT'S TOTALLY MOVING. I SEE IT NOW.

YEAH. WHAT'S REALLY WEIRD

IS NONE OF THE OTHER ONES ARE MOVING.

IT'S JUST THAT ONE.

AND THERE'S NOT A BREEZE IN HERE OR ANYTHING.

HOLA.

HOLA. CóMO ESTáS?

♪♪

[BLEEP] OH, MY GOD, PHIL.

SOMETHING JUST STARTED TALKING FROM ONE OF THE DOLLS IN HERE.

I CAME OVER TO A LITTLE SHRINE AREA THAT'S BUILT HERE

AND HEARD A VOICE SAY, "MAMA."

OKAY, THAT IS SO WEIRD.

ALRIGHT. I'M COMING OUT.

Phil: THAT'S CRAZY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

YOU DID NOT HEAR "MAMA."

I MOST CERTAINLY DID.

ONE OF THE DOLLS ABSOLUTELY STARTED TALKING.

WE HEAD BACK INTO THE SHACK WITH JESS,

BUT WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE ALSO CAN'T FIND ANY REASON

WHY THE DOLL ABOVE HER WAS SWAYING.

THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT ONLY YOU HAVE HAD

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT, I THINK,

IS INTRIGUING ENOUGH THAT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

WE GET A LONG BOAT RIDE BACK.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD PACK UP OUR GEAR AND GET OUT OF HERE.

I'M DOWN FOR THAT. LET'S DO IT.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE LEAVING,

OUR INVESTIGATION OF THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS IS FAR FROM OVER.

♪♪

Chobot: AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL HOURS ANALYZING THE RECORDINGS,

WE WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE SOME REALLY STRANGE SOUNDS.

JASON AND I THOUGHT WE HEARD A VOICE CALLING OUT TO US

THAT HE AND PHIL RECORDED.

COULD BE HIM, COULD BE SOME --

WHAT IS THAT?

YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

WE LISTEN BACK TO THE AUDIO

AND AFTER AMPLIFYING THE RECORDING, WE HEARD THIS.

I HEAR SOMETHING.

LET ME REWIND IT A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, TO ME, THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE "AYúDAME,"

WHICH MEANS "HELP ME" IN SPANISH.

Phil: THEN CAME JESSICA'S 30-MINUTE SOLO SESSION.

JASON AND I BOTH SAW A SHADOW FIGURE

AGAINST THE BACK WALL.

THERE. OH, YEAH, I SEE IT.

BUT AFTER LOOKING AT IT CLOSELY,

WE CAN'T RULE OUT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SHADOW CAST

BY AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE SHACK.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE LIGHT THING.

THAT IS...

AAH! IT DID IT AGAIN. OKAY.

AND FINALLY, THERE WAS THE MOMENT

WHEN THE DOLL ABOVE ME MOVED AND I DISTINCTLY HEARD

WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF THE DOLLS SAYING "MAMA."

I REALLY DO THINK SOMETHING REALLY WEIRD'S

GOING ON OVER THERE, LIKE 100%.

♪♪

Gates: WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS

IS A DEEPLY DISTURBING PLACE.

IT IS A FACT THAT A YOUNG GIRL

AND THE ISLAND'S ORIGINAL CARETAKER

BOTH DROWNED HERE FOR REASONS UNKNOWN.

BUT AS TO WHETHER THE YOUNG GIRL'S GHOST

OR THE VICTIMS OF NEARBY AZTEC RITUALS HAUNT THE ISLAND

IS A MATTER OF SPIRITED DEBATE.

AAH! IT DID IT AGAIN. OKAY.

Gates: PHIL'S TESTS REVEAL THAT

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ELEVATED GAS LEVELS AROUND THE ISLAND,

THEY'RE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE HALLUCINATIONS.

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT MEXICO CITY

IS A PLACE OF DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

THAT MAY SHAPE PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES.

CATHOLICISM BROUGHT BY THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORS

MIXED WITH ANCIENT RITUALS

THAT ARE STILL CONDUCTED TO HONOR AZTEC HERITAGE.

BUT JESS' ENCOUNTERS IN THE SHACK BOTH BY DAY...

OH, MY GOD. I'M GONNA START CRYING.

Gates: ...AND AT NIGHT ARE HARD TO EXPLAIN AWAY,

AS ARE THE NOISES CAPTURED ON THE ISLAND.

VOICES THAT SEEM TO CRY OUT FROM THE BEYOND.

♪♪