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-[man] Ready?
-My team dives into
Lake Superior's deadly

Shipwreck Coast.

Where treacherous waters
have claimed hundreds of ships

and countless lives.

I wonder why in this area,
particularly?

I guess there's just something
in the water here.

[Josh] There are those
who believe
this tragic history

has led to haunting sights
and sounds.

Not just at the shore,

but now, over the lake.

[Eric] That is
the craziest thing ever.

[Josh] To find out
what's hovering above.

I saw something that
I cannot explain.

Phil and Jess will have
to search what lies beneath.

And what their investigation
uncovers...

-You had a ghost ship.
-...is downright terrifying.

-Is there anyone here? [gasps]
-[device beeps]

-[Phil] What the [bleep].
-Oh, my God.

Graveyard of the Great Lakes.

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.

Let's go.

Together, we're searching
for answers

-What is that?
-to the world's
most extraordinarymysteries.

This isExpedition X.

All right, Jess and Phil,
you are in luck.

I am so excited about this.

I am sending you
to a place that I have
always wanted to go.

-Lake Superior.
-How would you know that?

She's looking at the notes
on your desk.

-Chobot.
-Sorry.

-Don't go through my stuff.
-Well, clean your desk.

-Look, she's got a point.
-All right,

not just Lake Superior,
technically below the surface
of Lake Superior.

And the reason
it's on my bucket list is that

of all the great lakes,
it is the largest,

it is the deepest,
it is the coldest
and the bottom

is littered with shipwrecks.

But the shipwrecks here
are just the beginning.

Majestic Lake Superior
is one of the largest
freshwater lakes on Earth.

It covers nearly 32,000
square miles

and plunges 1300 feet
at its deepest point.

Storms on Lake Superior
can be even more dangerous

than on the open ocean.

Freshwater is less dense
than salt water

with heavy winds, waves
can build up faster.

Waves nearly 30 feet high.

On the ocean, captains
can navigate around storms,

but even on a lake this big.

Sometimes the only option
is to sail through them,

often with deadly results.

1816,

the first commercial
trade vessel goes down
in Lake Superior.

A wooden ship
with the ironic name
Invincible

sinks just two miles
off Michigan's
Whitefish Point.

Over the next century
and a half,

Lake Superior swallows
an estimated 550 vessels

and takes the lives
of thousands of sailors
and passengers.

Most of the bodies
are never recovered.

The lake's rough waters
hiding a literal ship
graveyard.

Perhaps, the lakes
most storied victim

is theSS Edmund Fitzgerald.

In 1975, the mighty freighter
carrying 26,000 tons

of iron ore leaves
Superior, Wisconsin,

heading toward
Detroit, Michigan.

A fierce storm batters
the ship

and theFitzgerald
tragically sinks.

All 29 crew members are lost
and to this day,

the wreckage lies just north
of Whitefish Point.

Unpredictable winds,
navigation hazards,

and no safe harbors
make the area around

Whitefish Point
particularly treacherous.

It has claimed at least
240 ships,

more than any other part
of the lake.

Earning it the nickname
the Shipwreck Coast.

And the tragedy along
this rocky stretch

has led some to believe
the coastline is haunted.

Over the years, stories
have swirled about

strange apparitions,
unexplained sounds and voices,

and not just on shore,

divers have even reported
such things under the water.

But now,
there's something new.

Claims of mysterious lights
hovering over

the churning waters
off Whitefish Point.

And they've been caught
on camera.

[man] Now, there's two,
that is the craziest
thing ever.

[Josh] So, what's causing
the lights?

Could they somehow
be connected to

the shipwrecks below?

And the biggest question
of all.

What on earth is going on
at Lake Superior's
deadly Shipwreck Coast?

So, intrigued?

-Absolutely intrigued.
-Yeah.

Natural phenomenon can occur
over big bodies of water

that may seem mysterious
at first,

but ultimately have
a natural explanation,

like, sailors would claim
to see lights

and buzzing over the top
of the ship's mast

-during thunderstorms.
-St. Elmo's fire.

-Exactly.
-I love that movie.

-It's some of Demi Moore's
best work.
-Mm-hmm.

-Haven't seen the movie.
-Oh, my...

-how is it possible?
-But...

-You've got to get out more.
-But, regardless,

this shows that a lot
of these things

can start mysterious,
but we can figure out
what it actually is.

-Jess?
-I mean with that much pain,
tragedy, and death.

Yeah, I think that part
of the lake is haunted.

No surprise here
the two of you disagree.

Your mission is to get
to Whitefish Point.

Investigate what's going
on around and above the lake.

Can you prove it's paranormal
activity, Jess, or Phil,

what is the real world
rational explanation?

-You ready for this?
-Ready.

Aye aye, Captain.

Phil and Jess leave
New York and fly 780 miles

to Marquette
on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

From there, it's a two
and a half hour drive
to Whitefish Point.

[Phil] it is so beautiful, you
used to live here, right?

I kinda, I lived
in the Lower Peninsula.

This is the Upper Peninsula,
so this is considered the "UP"

so everybody that lives
up here,

-they call themselves Yoopers.
-I love that.

Yeah.

[Phil] Such a beautiful place.
So many shipwrecks.

[Jessica] I wonder why
in this area, particularly.

The fact that they just had
to rely on single lighthouses

on shore and not GPS

and all the mapping data
that we have today.

-I don't know.
-I guess there's just
something in the water here.

-[Jessica] Oh, wow.
-[Phil] Ooh. Look at that.

-Yeah, you can see why
they call them Great Lakes.
-[Phil] Oh, yeah.

I mean, with this lake
you might even say

-Don't do it, dude.
-it's superior.

-Oh, my God.
-I did it.

[Phil] The shipwreck coast
runs along Lake Superior's
southern shore.

The 80 mile strip of land
that ends at Whitefish Point

extends nearly 10 miles
into the water.

Creating a treacherous
bottleneck that ships

entering or leaving the lake
have to pass through.

Check out
the Whitefish lighthouse.

[Jessica] Wow, that's cool.

-I think it's still
in use, right?
-Yeah.

We arrive at Whitefish Point
to meet Erik Rintamaki.

-He's right down there.
-[Jessica] Yeah, I see him.

[Phil] As a lifelong local
and gem and mineral expert.

-Hey, how's it going?
-Hello.

Eric leads groups
to this beach at night

to search for the region's
signature Yooperlite rock.

An unusual stone rich
in fluorescent sodalite

that he actually discovered

right here on the shore
of Lake Superior.

And it was on one of those
Yooperlite hunts

that Eric witnessed
something astonishing.

-You can see how the sandbar
goes way out here.
-Mm-hmm.

So right at the tip
of that sandbar,

that's where
the light hovered.

All I can tell you is
I saw something

absolutely incredible
that I cannot explain.

We seen the video,
what are we missing from that

-that you experienced?
-Well,

I happen to be doing a tour
out here one night.

Just about to get off
the beach,

we were trying to find
our last stone of the evening.

And one of the participants
in the tour

tugged on my shoulder
and said, "Eric,

what are those lights
back there behind us?"

I turned around,
lights hovering in the sky.

So I took my cell phone out
and started recording a video.

[Erik] Look, now there's two,
now there's two again.

This is the craziest thing
I've ever seen in my life

and I watched them
till- 50,- 55
in the morning.

So almost two hours.

And a ship happened
to be coming through
the shipping channel

and the ship slowly
went right underneath.

It's got to be right above
the ship.

That is the craziest
thing ever.

On the Internet, I get
thousands of comments

of what it was.

The most popular ones
were Chinese lanterns,

something from the government
and St. Elmo's fire.

Could they have been flares?

-No, a flare, a flare
wouldn't last for two hours.
-Uh-huh. Oh.

A Chinese lantern
wouldn't stay in position
for two hours.

I'm wondering,
could it have been
Coast Guard?

Could it be someone's drone
flying around?

I have no clue.

Did anybody else report
seeing those lights
that night?

Afterward, I've had
a lot of people tell me,

"Oh, I saw the same thing,
I saw the same thing."

-But...
-That same night
or other nights?

-Uh, same night
and other nights.
-Okay.

Cause look, it's almost
touching the... oh, jeez.

I'm a little intrigued
by the idea

that they're ghost lights,
especially since

there are so many shipwrecks.

And shipwrecks where
there weren't necessarily
any survivors, too.

I don't know,
I can't tell you what it is.

[Jessica] For centuries,
there have been legends
of ghost lights

the world over.

From the Will-o'-the-wisps
of English folklore

and the Luz Mala
or bad light in South America

to reports across the US
of lights hovering in the sky.

Phil thinks the lights
people are seeing here

might be some sort
of optical illusion.

But given the long,
tragic history
of Whitefish Point,

I think it's possible
the lights could be
a manifestation

from the other side.

From those who lost
their lives in one of
the many shipwrecks here.

But which shipwreck?

And why are these lost souls
making themselves visible now?

Ready, boys?

If the lights
reappear tonight,

I want to capture
our own high definition video

for analysis.

Already nervous.

So I'm setting up
a surveillance camera

at the top of
the lighthouse.

Spiral staircase hell.

[pants]

Where we'll have
an unobstructed view
of the lake.

I'm thinking we should point
the camera out

-right up over here.
-Okay.

All right, looks like
we're good.

Is there a vessel?

[Josh] I've arranged for Phil
and Jess to meet
with Captain Darryl Ertel.

-Hi.
-Hello.

A seasoned shipwreck
researcher who's been
navigating these waters

for more than 25 years.

Let's go.

Recently while positioned over
the wreck of a ship

called theMyron.

Darryl experienced something
he can't explain.

-We were out searching
the other day.
-Uh-huh.

We were coming home.

And we went over the Myron
and as we went over the Myron,

the radar was showing
a reflection off our port bow

and, but there was
nothing there.

What do you mean,
so you saw something

that looked like a ship
on your radar?

Yeah, like this is a ship
right there.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-But it showed one off
to our port bow,

but there's just nothing
out there.

The screens all started
flashing and fading in
and out.

You had a ghost ship.

[Phil] And that was right over
the Myron.

[Josh] November, 1919.

The wooden steamship
SS Myron

leaves Munising, Michigan,
bound for Buffalo, New York

with 18 aboard.

Two hours after leaving port,
they get caught
in a heavy storm.

60 mile an hour gale winds,
accumulating snow

and pounding waves rip open
the ship at the seams

and take her to the bottom
of Lake Superior

in just four minutes.

Rescue workers from the nearby
lifesaving station

attempt to save the crew,

but the sailors freezing hands
can't grip the line.

17 bodies are eventually
recovered, frozen to death.

Could the tragedy of theMyron
somehow be related

to the strange phenomenon
reported here?

To try to answer that,
my team has their work
cut out for them.

-Oh, we can see it.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

-[Phil] That's it, right?
-[Josh] I've arranged
for Darryl

and some cutting edge
equipment to support

their investigation above
and below the surface.

Well, it's part of it,
that's just the part

we were over the top of,
that's the engine
and boiler there.

Crazy.

[Phil] As the sonar gives us
a digital view of theMyron,

we prepare to make
a dangerous dive

to see her up close
and personal.

Drop it.

The water here
is below 40 degrees, meaning,

I'll need this specialty
dry suit,

so I don't freeze to death.

All right, straps look good.
You good.

If theMyron is somehow
to blame for
the strange lights and sounds

people have encountered here,

then I believe there must be
an environmental

or biological explanation.

I'm hoping to find
some answers
in the depths below.

-Is everybody good?
-Yeah.

[all] Good.

Copy.

[diver speaking]

Copy.

[Josh] As Phil begins
his investigation
of theMyron.

[Darryl] Drop it.

[Josh] Darryl and the team
launch a remote
operated vehicle

or ROV.

This $250,000 robot is state
of the art technology.

Okay, going down.

That's good. Stop.

[Josh] More maneuverable
than any human diver,

It also has the ability
to send a video signal
to the surface.

It'll be an extra set of eyes
on Phil,

in case he runs
into any trouble.

Describe what you're seeing.
How's it down there?

[Phil speaking]

Wow, look at that.
That is so cool.

There they are.

That's like, look how small
they are compared to just

a section of what's
left of the ship.

[Phil speaking]

[Jessica] That's kind of crazy
because it's been down there

for over 100 years.

It's legitimately frozen
in time.

How cold is it?

He said most of the damage
that he's coming across

is all damage
from the original shipwreck.

[Phil] Some divers
have claimed to see
strange shadows

and hear unexplained noises
while diving around

theMyron.

Sights and sounds
that have been attributed
to the paranormal.

The more logical
culprit, fish.

Lake Superior is home
to about 80 species of fish

including trout, salmon,
walleye, sturgeon, and pike.

But strangely, I don't see
any down here.

Another possible explanation
for the reports
of strange sounds

is the deterioration
and the slow collapse

of the wreck itself.

Even though I'm freezing
my butt off right now,

Lake Superior is actually
getting warmer every year.

And warmer waters create
more hospitable conditions

for invasive organisms
like zebra mussels

that are known to wreak havoc
on shipwrecks,

but I'm not seeing
any evidence of that
on theMyron.

As for the lights,
people have reported
above the surface here.

The only thing that could
even possibly glow down here

are mineral rich rocks
like Eric's Yooperlites,

but I have a hard time
believing that has anything

to do with the lights
he recorded on camera.

Got hypothermia yet?

Oh, my God, it was incredible.

Well, why don't we get
you guys warm?

[Jessica] With Phil unable
to come up with any biological

or environmental reasons
for the strange activity
reported here.

It's time to put my theory
to the test.

I believe it's possible
that the tragic deaths

of theMyron
sailors could be causing

both the lights in the sky
and the strange sights

and sounds reported
below the surface.

I'm not letting you get out
of this,

you're gonna contribute.

Without any scientific
explanations to offer,

Phil's getting drafted
into the ghost hunt.

So I'm going to drop
the hydrophone down,

I'll ask the questions
for the EVP.

I want you to listen in
on the headphones
and let me know

if you hear anything weird.

-Okay.
-So these are for you, sir.

I'm conducting an underwater
call and response session

using a highly sensitive
recording device called

a hydrophone.

I'm gonna start recording,
so we get everything
right away.

The hydrophone can record
audio underwater,

that we can't hear
from the surface.

-Can you hear anything?
-Nothing.

-Yeah.
-Yeah? Okay.

My hope is that my questions
will get the attention

of any spirits remain here
and will pick up

their responses.

To avoid any noise pollution,
we kill the engine.

-Good? All right,
here we go. Ready?
-[Phil] Engine off.

Are there any sailors
with us right now?

[water splashing]

Did you freeze to death
when the Myronwent down?

[water splashing]

What's your name?

Are you causing the lights
to appear over Lake Superior?

Did you hear something?

I thought I just heard
some low humming.

Engine's still off
here, right?

Yeah, engine's off.
You heard humming?

Are you causing the lights
to appear over Lake Superior?

Did you hear something?

I thought I just heard
some low humming.

Engine's still off
here, right?

Yeah, engine's off.
You heard humming?

It almost sounds mechanical.
It's weird.

When did your ship go down?

[Jessica] Phil continues
to listen to the headphones

for several more minutes,

but that strange
mechanical hum he heard
has gone quiet.

It's super hard to tell
because I still hear...

-all the splashing
around us, but...
-The boat. Okay.

-It's really hard to tell.
-Yeah.

Sound travels way further
underwater.

Maybe it was another boat
that we can't see out here.

-All right,
should we bring it up?
-Yeah, let's bring it up.

I just wanna
make sure it saves.

[Phil] After several hours
on the open water,

we head back
to the Whitefish Point dock.

[Jessica] So far,
we've investigated
under the water.

I continue to monitor
for activity above the water

with our surveillance camera.

And now, Josh is calling
with some news.

-Hi.
-Hey, Josh.

How's it going
in the Upper Peninsula?

Oh, we're just yooping it up
up here.

That means you cracked
the mystery lights then?

-No, I wouldn't say that yet.
-It more so means that
Jessica's Michigan accent

-is coming out more
and more every day.
-Whatever, eh?

So the reason I'm calling
is I actually have good news.

I did some digging
and I came up with

another recent report
of mysterious lights

in the area.

Only this time it is not over
the water,

it's being reported on shore.

It's coming from a former
lifesaving station

that is literally just
a few miles
from where you are.

That's where they would
have launched the boats

-to try to rescue
the shipwrecks?
-Yeah.

When they tried
to save sailors
from sinking ships

like the Myron.

That's right, this station
is where sailors
would be brought.

It is also where
they would keep
the recovered bodies

of sailors who didn't make it.

Now, the place
is nearly abandoned.

Access to it is
really restricted,

but there is a scientist
who's living there

and I have arranged
for the two of you
to meet him.

-Really?
-Yeah, maybe you can find

a possible link between
whatever's happening there

and the lights above
the water.

-Okay, that's cool.
-All right, well,

go talk to this guy
and figure out
what's going on out there.

Phil and Jess trade in
their boats

for all terrain vehicles
and set out towards

the former Vermillion
lifesaving station.

It's seven miles down
an old logging road

flanked by thick pine forest,

that's home to all manner
of Michigan wildlife.

Things like wolves and bears
that you probably

don't want to slow down for.

-Whoa, Jess.
-Unless you're Phil.

Jess, check this out.

Look at the size
of that track.

Oh, there's its toes.

That's not a small bear,
look at the size
of that footpad.

-That is huge.
-[Jessica] Yeah, that's big.

Got toes up here, got a heel.

-Another one right there.
-Yeah.

So, it looks like
he crossed over the road.

-Check out these deer tracks.
-Oh, nice.

See how much spray's behind
'em that means they were
running through here.

-Running?
-Oh, yeah.

And this is bigger,
this can be a moose.

[Jessica] No way, really?

[Phil] Tracks like these come
from animals

that can sometimes make
eerily human sounds.

Like a fawn crying out
for help.

We got running deer,
we got running moose.

[Jessica] It's friggin'
wild kingdom up in here.

[Josh] The Vermillion
lifesaving station

was built in 1876.

Back when ships had no radios
and the Upper Peninsula

was sparsely populated.

Sailors were pretty much
on their own

in the treacherous waters
of southern Lake Superior.

The station's purpose
was to help rescue those
in distress

close to shore.

But often, those rescue
efforts only recovered bodies

like those from the ill fated
SS Myron.

With the advance
of maritime technology,

the Coast Guard closed
the station in 1944.

The site that once saw
so much death

now operates as
a nature preserve

and its current inhabitant
is Isaac Loutzenhiser.

-You must be Isaac.
-Yes, I'm Isaac.

[Josh] A conservation
scientist who monitors
the populations

of federally endangered birds
in the area.

We're here trying to research
the ghost lights

on Lake Superior.

[Josh] But he knows all about
Vermillion's reportedly
haunted history.

I've definitely heard
some pretty creepy stories.

A group of gals going here
on a college retreat.

There were some weird lights
spotted at the top

of the lighthouse.

[Phil] These lights
were green?

Does it work?

Yeah, the lighthouse produces
a very dim light that flashes

-through the night.
-Okay, but not like
a green color,

anything to, like,
explain why those girls
saw that?

-Exactly.
-Or...

And there was one gal
who woke up in the middle

of the night...

with a ghostly apparition
of a man standing
at the foot of her bed.

How do you feel
being alone here?

I will admit
it's kind of eerie.

I have a key to get inside
the lighthouse,

so I've explored a little bit.

You definitely have
this overwhelming feeling

that you're not alone.

What about sounds?

Do people claim
they hear things
or just see apparitions?

There was one group of gals
up on this and doing up here

and they reported hearing
someone talking

out the middle of nowhere.

-That's weird.
-And for you as a biologist

who works with birds.

Do you think that they may
have just heard wildlife?

It's quite possible, I mean
I'm always up for debate

on what might have actually
been experienced.

[Phil] Isaac is stationed here
to monitor the local
population

of endangered
piping plover birds.

-The sounds they make
are quite high pitched.
-[bird chirping]

And maybe from a distance
in the right atmosphere
conditions,

they could be mistaken
for human voices.

Well, do you mind
if we kind of camp out
here tonight

and investigate the space?

Yeah, I won't be here,

so you guys are more
than welcome to have access

-to the lighthouse.
-Thank you.

Yeah, of course,
good luck, guys.

[Jessica] Since the reports
of paranormal activity here

all happened at night.

We make plans to begin
our sweep as soon
as the sun sets.

We start with an external
temperature reading
of the house

using the thermal camera.

All right... let's see
what we can find on this.

[Phil] I'm thinking
we might detect something
warm blooded

living in or just outside
of the building.

A nocturnal animal
like a fox or wolf

that could be responsible
for the sounds people report.

I just saw somebody
walking in there.

And there's no one
here, but us.

-[Phil] You see light?
-[Jessica] Yeah,
what the [bleep]?

[Phil speaking]

-You see light?
-[man] Yeah.

[Phil] Oh, right there,
right there.

Okay.

So...

None of us are in there.

There should be no electricity
in the house

except for up at
the light.

-Wanna go inside?
-Yeah.

Hello?

Is there anyone here?

[Jessica] Injured
and deceased sailors
were brought here for decades,

so I wouldn't be surprised
if restless souls remain.

Jess, this door's locked.

So, no one could've come in
or out of that.

Jess, we absolutely saw
a light on inside here.

[Jessica] Yeah,
let's go upstairs.

[exhales]

-All right, let's put
the REM pod out.
-Okay.

[Jessica] The REM pod emits
an electromagnetic field

-around an antenna.
-[REM pod beeping]

If anything enters
this energy bubble

which has a radius of about
three feet.

The device makes an alert.

Walk pass down
and see, like,
if you connect. Yeah.

[Phil] It's working.
Gonna take off my jacket.

[Jessica] Why's it so hot?

I thought ghosts
were supposed to make
things cold, not hotter.

This is insane.

Are you the person
that people say

they see when they stay here?

Let's go downstairs.

As we continue looking
for whatever

that mysterious light was,

I break out the structured
light sensor or SLS camera.

It's a unique piece of tech
that has an infrared light
projector

and software that supposedly
detects paranormal entities

by recognizing unique
movements of the human body.

If a person or spirit appears
in front of the SLS,

it shows up as
a stick figure outline.

Can we test it?
I'm gonna jump
in front of you.

-Yeah.
-Just wanna see,

make sure it's working
as it's supposed to.

[Jessica] Yeah, it's working.

-That's wild.
-That's you.

Is there anyone in the room
with us?

Do you live here
at the lifesaving station?

Were you brought here
after your ship went down
in a storm?

-[exhales]
-[whispers] Shh!

[high-pitched ringing]

That's the REM pod.

[Phil speaking]

[Jessica] Hello. Is there
anyone up here?

-[REM pod beeping]
-[Phil speaking]

[REM pod beeping]

It just went off,
we were all downstairs.

[beeping]

-[gasps]
-[beeping]

Jess, that's proximity
and EM going off.

-That's saying it's...
-[Jessica gasps]

[Phil] What the [bleep]?

Oh, my God.

-[gasps]
-[REM pod beeps]

Oh, my God.

[Phil gasps]

I'll call it a ghost,
you can call it whatever
you're comfortable with, Phil.

I guess one thing
I'm concerned about

is there's so many
of us up here.

Okay, I'm down
for splitting up.

If you want, you
and half the crew
head outside?

Yeah.

[Phil] While Jess stays
in the lighthouse to try

and track whatever caused
those hits on her devices.

I head out to investigate
the reports of disembodied
voices.

There's no shortage
of wildlife out here.

It's possible certain
animal vocalizations

could be mistaken
for human voices.

This is the coastline.

But I also know that
this very stretch of sand

between Vermillion
and Whitefish Point...

-Oh, God, that's cold.
-...is a designated
high erosion area.

That means that the habitat
and, in turn,

the wildlife populations
are under constant threat.

See these little footprints?

These are the good ones
you want to see,

these are probably footprints
of the piping plover,

which is the endangered bird
that Isaac is here studying

and monitoring.

Have to look around
the old lifesaving station.

See what we can find.

Look at this.

[animal sounds]

I don't like this.

This lakeside marsh
is an ideal habitat,

not just for bull frogs
and birds,

but also for small mammals
like beavers, muskrats,
and raccoons.

All of which makes sounds
that could be misidentified

as human voices.

Big, big forest edge
with some kind of marsh.

So this is a really good
location to bust out
the FLIR camera

and we're gonna basically look
for a thermal hit

on any wildlife around here.

Let's see what
we can find on this.

The forest seems so thick
when you look at it through
our eyes

and looking at the thermal,
it just sees through
everything.

[device beeps]

Hello?

Is there anyone there?

[REM pod beeping]

It's the REM pod.

That thing is going off.

[beeping continues]

Oh, my God,
is that Morse code?

[beeping continues]

With over 3000 miles
of shoreline,

Michigan has more lighthouses
than any other state

in the country.

124 of them and it's believed
that many of these lighthouses

are haunted.

Take the curious case
of the South Haven lighthouse

where Captain James S. Donahue
is appointed keeper in 1874.

Despite having lost a leg
in the Civil War,

he maintains the light
by climbing steep stairs
every day

and navigating icy walkways
in winter.

He reportedly never misses
a day or should I say

a night of work in 35 years.

Today, visitors claimed
that around the lighthouse,

they hear disembodied voices
and footsteps

with a slightly odd rhythm
like the sound of
a one legged man

getting around on crutches.

Some say that Captain Donahue
is still there, keeping watch.

But then again,
they might just be
pulling your leg.

[REM pod beeping]

Oh, my God,
is that Morse code?

[beeping continues]

[Jessica] Well, holy...

That was a lot.

A REM pod potentially
sounding off in Morse code

would be a first for me,
but given that we're inside

a former lifesaving station,
I'm not ready to rule it out
just yet.

We'll have to further analyze
the audio recordings

to see if this might have been
a message from the other side.

Jess, how you doing in there?

I don't know, we think
we might have gotten

some Morse code
across the REM pod.

Uh, that's crazy.

Yeah, I actually think
whatever was in here with us

has tapped out.

Oh, yeah, well,
I think I should head back
and meet up with you.

Yeah, um, meet me back up
at the house, yeah.

Copy. Be there soon.

-[Phil] Tell me.
-[Jessica] I mean,

I know I should be
more excited right now

and I'm super stoked,
but I'm so emotionally drained

because so much
happened tonight,

like, I don't even know
how to wrap my head
around it, honestly.

So am I and, I heard frog
or an owl or something
that sounded

a little talky.

I could see how people
can maybe think

they're hearing some voices
out there, deep in the woods,

when, really, it's wildlife.

Yeah.

There's so much
tragic history here.

It's the perfect place
for a ghost story.

[Jessica] It's a perfect place
for ghosts.

[Josh] The waters off
Lake Superior's

deadly shipwreck coast
hide a literal graveyard

that serves as
a stark reminder

of the area's tragic past.

It's legitimately frozen
in time.

[Josh] The question is,
could the echoes

of all that tragedy
somehow make their way above

the surface in the form
of strange sounds and lights?

[Erik] That is
the craziest thing ever.

[Josh] Jess' surveillance
camera atop the Whitefish
Point Lighthouse.

[Jessica] I'm thinking
we should point
the camera out,

right up over here.

...yielded no new sightings
of the mysterious lights
reported here.

But Phil might have found
natural explanations

for, at least, some
of the reported sounds.

[Phil] These are
probably footprints
of the piping plover.

[Josh] My team also captured
a mechanical hum

under the waves
on the hydrophone.

-I just heard
some low humming.
-Engine's off.

You heard humming?

It almost sounds mechanical.

Yet there were
no other vessels visibly
around them.

And then, there's the flurry
of activity Jess' devices

detected at the lifesaving
station.

-Is that Morse code?
-[REM pod beeping]

We ran the REM pod audio
through a digital
Morse code translator

and the results are in.

Some of the sounds did
in fact register as letters

in Morse code,

but the team struggled
to identify any words.

Until they isolated this.

It translates to N-E-E, A-I-R

which some could speculate
means "Need air."

Wireless telegraph technology
came into use on Lake Superior

in the early 20th century.

While I'd call the evidence
inconclusive.

Believers would suggest
the sounds recorded by my team

could be a reverberation
from a tragic moment in time.

Perhaps a lost soul attempting
to make contact

from the other side.

Oh, right there, right there.

But one thing is certain.

The wrecks on the floor
of this frigid lake

and the ghost stories
of Michigan shipwreck coast

aren't going away
anytime soon.

For more information
on Expedition X.

Head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.