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IN A MAJOR CITY RIDDLED
WITH UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAYS...
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...COULD A SHADOW GOVERNMENT
BE PLANNING FOR THE END OF DAYS?
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THERE'S, LIKE, A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THINGS HERE
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THAT ARE REALLY ODD.
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I'LL DEPLOY
ADVANCED SONIC TECHNOLOGY
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TO SEE THROUGH THE WALLS
UNDER DENVER.
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AND IN OHIO, MYSTERY SHROUDS
AN ANCIENT MOUND
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SHAPED LIKE A SERPENT.
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COULD THIS HAVE BEEN
THE FOCAL POINT
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OF BLOODY HUMAN SACRIFICES?
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SO RIGHT DOWN HERE,
THERE'S SOMETHING.
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I'LL USE A MAGNETOMETER
TO SEE INSIDE THE SNAKE.
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HIDDEN JUST BELOW
THE EARTH'S SURFACE,
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THERE ARE COUNTLESS
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.
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AND TODAY, WE FINALLY HAVE
THE TOOLS TO UNLOCK THEM.
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LOOK AT THAT!WHOA.
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I THINK THIS IS IT.
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I'M ROB NELSON,
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A SCIENTIST USING
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
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TO PEEL THE LID OFF
OUR PLANET'S HIDDEN DEPTHS.
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THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
RIGHT HERE.
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HOLY MOLY!
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THESE ARE THE SECRETS
OF THE UNDERGROUND.
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Captions by VITAC--
www.vitac.com
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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I'M IN DENVER, COLORADO,
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AMERICA'S FASTEST-GROWING
MAJOR CITY
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AND THE ONE RECENTLY NAMED
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THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE
IN THE COUNTRY.
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BUT SOME BELIEVE
THIS IDYLLIC METROPOLIS
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IS HIDING AN ENORMOUS SECRET.
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THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT HIDDEN
DEEP UNDER THE CITY
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IS A SECRET NETWORK OF TUNNELS.
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AND RUMORS HAVE SWIRLED
ABOUT THE EXISTENCE
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OF TUNNEL ENTRANCES
BENEATH NOT ONE,
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BUT THREE DIFFERENT PARTS
OF DENVER.
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UNDER THE AIRPORT...
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THE STATE CAPITOL...
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AND DOWNTOWN'S
FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
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CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
HAVE MADE WILD ASSERTIONS
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THAT THESE TUNNELS LEAD
TO THE UNDERGROUND HEADQUARTERS
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OF A SECRET ORGANIZATION
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PLANNING TO OVERTHROW
THE GOVERNMENT.
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I'M NOT SURE
I BUY INTO THESE CLAIMS,
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BUT I DO THINK THE PRESENCE
OF TUNNEL ENTRANCES
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UNDER SO MANY PARTS OF DENVER
IS WEIRD.
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SO I'M GOING TO USE
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
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TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
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THE FIRST STOP IN
MY INVESTIGATION, THE AIRPORT,
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WHERE I'VE ARRANGED TO MEET
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OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN
HEATH MONTGOMERY.
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I'M EXPLORING THE IDEA
OF A TUNNEL NETWORK.
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AND I'VE HEARD
THERE'S A PRETTY ELABORATE ONE
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UNDERNEATH THE AIRPORT,
TOO.
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IS THAT TRUE?
THAT IS TRUE.
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AND IT'S ACTUALLY USED
TO CARRY BAGS BACK AND FORTH,
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BUT THAT HASN'T
STOPPED PEOPLE FROM SAYING
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IT'S FOR OTHER REASONS,
CONSPIRACY REASONS.
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SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE ACTUALLY HEAR QUITE A LOT.
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THAT LEADS TO, LIKE,
BIGGER CONSPIRACY THEORIES, TOO.
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I'VE READ THAT THERE IS JUST A
TON FOCUSED HERE ON THE AIRPORT.
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YEAH, YOU KNOW, ROB,
WHETHER IT'S ALIENS
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OR UNDERGROUND BUNKERS
OR NEW WORLD ORDER,
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PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
CONSPIRACY THEORY EVERY MONTH,
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AND WE CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT IT
ALL THE TIME.
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET DOWN THERE
AND LOOK AT THE TUNNELS
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AND KIND OF SEE
WITH MY OWN EYES?
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AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS
A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
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AND WE'VE GOT 35,000 PEOPLE
WORKING IN THIS AIRPORT.
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AND ABOUT 1,000 OF THEM ARE IN
THOSE TUNNELS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
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THERE'S 1,000 PEOPLE
IN THE TUNNELS?
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THERE'S ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE
WHO WORK DOWN IN THE TUNNELS.
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IT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE
FOR US TO GO.
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I KNOW THAT'S NOT
GONNA HELP OUR CASE
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WHEN WE TALK TO
THE CONSPIRACY GUYS,
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BUT IT'S NOT
SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
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SO, THIS CLEARLY
ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
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HEATH HAS HEARD THESE QUESTIONS.
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WHAT HE'S SAYING
SOUNDS REASONABLE ENOUGH.
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AFTER ALL, STRICT ACCESS
PROCEDURES ARE NOW IN PLACE
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AT MAJOR AIRPORTS EVERYWHERE.
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BUT I HAVE TO WONDER,
IS THIS REALLY
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JUST STANDARD
AIRPORT PROTOCOL AT WORK
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OR COULD THAT JUST BE
A CONVENIENT COVER
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TO CONCEAL SOMETHING BIGGER,
AS SOME BELIEVE?
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IN MY RESEARCH,
I DISCOVERED SOME ODD FACTS
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ABOUT DENVER INTERNATIONAL,
FACTS THAT HAVE FUELED RUMORS
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THAT THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE
GOING ON BENEATH IT.
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RECORDS SHOW THAT, DURING THE
AIRPORT'S ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION,
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OVER 110 MILLION
CUBIC YARDS OF EARTH
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WERE REMOVED FROM THE GROUND.
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THAT'S ENOUGH TO COVER
32 CITY BLOCKS
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A QUARTER MILE DEEP.
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AND IT SEEMS LIKE FAR MORE
THAN WOULD BE NEEDED
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TO CONSTRUCT A TYPICAL AIRPORT
BAGGAGE NETWORK.
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SO WHERE DID ALL THIS DIRT
COME FROM,
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AND WHAT'S THERE NOW?
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I DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE
ON MY OWN TO SEARCH FOR CLUES
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THAT MIGHT SIGNAL
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
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AND RIGHT AWAY, I'M STRUCK
BY THE PECULIAR SYMBOLS
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SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL.
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THERE'S, LIKE, A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THINGS HERE
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AT THE AIRPORT
THAT ARE REALLY ODD.
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EXHIBIT "A"--
A SERIES OF GIANT MURALS,
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COMMISSIONED BY THE AIRPORT
AND STATE GOVERNMENT,
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WHICH APPEARS TO PORTRAY
THE APOCALYPSE.
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SOME OF THIS SYMBOLISM
REALLY IS KIND OF WEIRD.
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THE ARTIST, LEO TANGUMA,
SAYS AIRPORT OFFICIALS
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GAVE HIM FREE LICENSE
TO FOLLOW HIS IMAGINATION.
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AND HE DENIES ANY HIDDEN
SYMBOLISM IN THE PAINTINGS.
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BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY
STRANGE ARTWORK HERE.
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THERE'S A BIG GARGOYLE
HERE BEHIND ME.
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THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
A GOOD-LUCK GARGOYLE,
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BUT IT'S SUPER CREEPY.
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THERE'S A PLAQUE THAT REFERENCES
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THE NEW WORLD
AIRPORT COMMISSION,
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A GROUP SAID
TO HAVE BEEN CREATED
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TO PLAN THE AIRPORT'S
GRAND-OPENING FESTIVITIES.
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BUT SOME SUSPECT THAT
IT ACTUALLY REFERS TO A GROUP
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HEATH MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER,
THE NEW WORLD ORDER...
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A PHRASE MADE FAMOUS BY
H. G. WELLS' 1940 BOOK
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OF THE SAME NAME.
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THE NEW WORLD ORDER
ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO A DESIRE
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TO PEACEFULLY UNITE
THE WORLD'S NATIONS
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AND BRING AN END TO WAR.
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THIS TERM HAS SINCE BEEN LINKED
TO RUMORS OF A POWERFUL,
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UNSEEN GROUP OF ELITES
CONSPIRING TO REPLACE DEMOCRACY
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WITH AN AUTHORITARIAN
WORLD GOVERNMENT.
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SOME SUSPECT THE AIRPORT TUNNELS
LEAD TO A SECRET BUNKER COMPLEX,
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WHERE THIS NEW WORLD ORDER
IS HEADQUARTERED.
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I'M FINDING IT ALL
A LITTLE HARD TO BELIEVE.
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UNTIL AN ANONYMOUS
AIRPORT INSIDER APPROACHES ME
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AND ADDS FUEL TO THE FIRE.
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YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HERE
A LONG TIME?
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DO YOU BELIEVE
IN ANY OF THESE THEORIES?
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HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN
IN THE TUNNELS DOWN BELOW HERE?
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HE CAME UP TO ME
WHILE I WAS DOWN ON THE FLOOR,
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LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE DIFFERENT SYMBOLS
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AND SAID THAT HE HAD
EXTRA INFORMATION TO TELL ME.
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IF THE GUARD
CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND
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WHAT'S GOING ON
UNDER THE AIRPORT,
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I MIGHT STILL HAVE A SHOT
AT SOLVING THIS MYSTERY.
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CAN YOU TAKE ME THERE?
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ALL RIGHT.
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HUH?
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OKAY.OKAY.
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OKAY.
WILL DO.
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HE KEPT GETTING CALLS
FROM SECURITY.
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I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY WANTED HIM
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TO BE SHOWING ME AROUND.
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I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND WHAT HE THINKS IT IS,
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BUT-- UH...
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I THINK THERE'S NOT A LOT
WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
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THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY,
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AND THINGS HAVE TO BE
CLEARED BEFOREHAND.
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IT'S DISRUPTIVE
FOR THE AIRPORT.
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IT LOOKS LIKE
I'M GETTING SHUT DOWN AGAIN.
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SIMPLE AIRPORT PROTOCOL
OR SOMETHING MORE?
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THAT GUARD WHO SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARED ON ME
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DEFINITELY HINTED
AT SOMETHING MORE.
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BUT THE NEW WORLD ORDER THEORY
SOUNDS SO FAR-FETCHED.
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SO NOW I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER
ABOUT ANOTHER THEORY
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I'VE COME ACROSS--
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THAT THE TUNNELS BELOW
THE AIRPORT MAY ACTUALLY LEAD
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TO A MASSIVE
CONTINUITY-OF-GOVERNMENT SITE.
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SOMETIMES CALLED A COG SITE,
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IT REFERS TO A SERIES OF
CLASSIFIED UNDERGROUND LOCATIONS
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THAT CAN SECURELY HOUSE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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IF WASHINGTON, D.C.,
IS DESTROYED.
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IF THAT'S TRUE,
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THIS WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY
COG SITE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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IN 1992, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS
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REVEALED A TOP SECRET
BUNKER SYSTEM HIDDEN UNDER
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THE SWANKY GREENBRIER RESORT
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
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IT HAD SPACE TO HOUSE
OVER 1,000 PEOPLE.
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FOR THREE DECADES,
IT WAS KEPT PERMANENTLY PREPPED
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WITH FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
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THEN, SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING,
IT WAS DECOMMISSIONED.
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COULD DENVER BE HIDING
A MASSIVE COG SITE,
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LIKE THE GREENBRIER ONCE DID?
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IF SO, IT'S CLEARLY
BEING WELL-PROTECTED.
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WITH THE EYES
OF AIRPORT SECURITY
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NOW WATCHING MY EVERY MOVE,
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I'M OUT OF OPTIONS HERE--
FOR NOW.
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BUT THE AIRPORT ISN'T
THE ONLY SPOT IN DENVER
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WHERE SECRET TUNNELS
ARE SAID TO EXIST.
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THERE ARE RUMORS
OF A LABYRINTH LEADING
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TO AND FROM THE VERY HEART OF
COLORADO'S STATE GOVERNMENT...
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THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
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COULD THESE ALSO BE CONNECTED
TO THE THEORIES
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SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT
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AND PERHAPS EVEN A NETWORK
OF SUBTERRANEAN SUPER-BUNKERS?
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I'M GONNA RUN A PAIR
OF HIGH-TECH EXPERIMENTS THERE
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TO SEE WHAT I CAN FIND OUT.
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HOW IS THERE NO MAP
OF THE TUNNEL SYSTEM HERE?
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AND LATER...
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I'LL TRAVEL
TO THE BUCKEYE STATE
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TO INVESTIGATE
AN ANCIENT EARTH MOUND
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SHAPED LIKE A MASSIVE SERPENT.
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WILL GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
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REVEAL THAT HUMAN REMAINS
ARE BURIED INSIDE?
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SO RIGHT DOWN HERE,
THERE'S SOMETHING.
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VICTIMS OF A BLOODY
SACRIFICE RITUAL?
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IS THAT
WHAT I THINK IT IS?!
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I'M LOOKING INTO
A SERIES OF TUNNELS
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BURIED DEEP BELOW
THE CITY OF DENVER
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THAT CONSPIRACY THEORISTS THINK
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MAY BE HIDING SOMETHING
VERY TOP-SECRET,
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LIKE A NEW WORLD ORDER
OF POWERFUL ELITES,
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A GOVERNMENT SUPER BUNKER,
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OR EVEN A SINISTER RACE
OF SHAPE-SHIFTING LIZARD PEOPLE.
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I'LL GO AHEAD AND ELIMINATE
THAT LAST ONE-- IMMEDIATELY.
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ALTHOUGH,
THE INTERNET CLAIMS TO HAVE
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SOME PRETTY
ENTERTAINING EVIDENCE.
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I'M ANXIOUS TO APPLY
SOME STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
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TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY,
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BUT I'VE JUST BEEN DENIED
ACCESS TO THE TUNNELS
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THAT HAVE FUELED THE WILDEST
CONSPIRACIES UNDER THE AIRPORT.
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SO I'M HEADING TO
ANOTHER PART OF TOWN,
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WHERE SECRET TUNNELS
ARE SAID TO EXIST,
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THE STATE CAPITOL,
TO HUNT FOR CLUES
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ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY
GOING ON UNDER DENVER.
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THIS IS THE STATE BUILDING.
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I'VE GOT A CONTACT
THAT I'M GONNA MEET,
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WHO TOLD ME THAT I CAN GET DOWN
INTO THE BASEMENT.
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ROB.
YEAH.
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THANK YOU
FOR MEETING ME HERE.
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MY PLEASURE.
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CAPITOL SPOKESMAN DOUG PLATT
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WILL BE MY ESCORT
INTO THE ABYSS.
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SO, WE'RE GONNA
LOCK THIS DOOR.
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THIS IS THE HEART
OF THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM.
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WOW.
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NOW, HERE'S SOMETHING
YOU WOULDN'T SEE
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UNDER MOST GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
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THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART
HEATING SYSTEM,
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INSTALLED IN 2013,
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RELIES ON THE ENERGY CONTAINED
IN AN AQUIFER UNDER THE CAPITOL.
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IT COST $6 MILLION,
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A TIDY SUM TO HEAT
A SINGLE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
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COLORADO'S THE ONLY STATE
CAPITOL BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY
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THAT HAS A MODERN GEOTHERMAL
HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM.
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FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE
THERE'S SOMETHING TOP-SECRET
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HAPPENING UNDER DENVER,
THIS IS A MAJOR RED FLAG.
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A CONTINUITY-OF-GOVERNMENT SITE
NEEDS ITS OWN SOURCE OF POWER
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IN CASE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
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KNOCKS OUT THE FEDERAL
ELECTRICITY GRID.
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AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACK,
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY
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WAS SHUTTLED TO A BUNKER BENEATH
PENNSYLVANIA CALLED SITE R.
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IT'S RUMORED TO RUN OFF
SEVERAL GAS GENERATORS
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THE SIZE OF LOCOMOTIVES.
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BUT AT SOME POINT, THE FUEL IN
THOSE GENERATORS WOULD RUN OUT.
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GEOTHERMAL POWER, HOWEVER,
IS EFFECTIVELY UNLIMITED.
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IT COULD POTENTIALLY RUN
AN UNDERGROUND SITE HERE
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INDEFINITELY.
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IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT
THIS HEATING UPGRADE IS EVIDENCE
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THAT THE CAPITOL
IS PREPPING TO OPERATE COVERTLY
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OFF THE NATIONAL POWER GRID.
259
00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:27,274
BUT DOUG SAYS THE NEW PLANT
IS JUST ABOUT SAVING MONEY.
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IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE.
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THE COMPANY
THAT INSTALLED IT
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GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE.
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THERE'S NOTHING SHADY
OR NOTHING STRANGE ABOUT THAT.
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00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:41,412
IT'S TRUE.
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NO ONE WOULD ARGUE
ABOUT SAVING MONEY.
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BUT SOME SAY THE COST CUTTING
IS A SIDE BENEFIT OF SOME OTHER
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MORE COVERT OBJECTIVE.
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BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR,
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00:12:50,827 --> 00:12:54,343
THERE ARE DOZENS OF PASSAGEWAYS
AND LOCKED DOORS DOWN HERE.
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ANY ONE OF THEM COULD LEAD
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TO A LARGER BUNKER
OR SECRET SITE.
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IT REMINDS ME
OF PICTURES I'VE SEEN
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OF AN EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT SITE
IN CANADA.
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IT WAS A FOUR-STORY SHELTER
BURIED UNDERGROUND
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TO WITHSTAND A NUCLEAR STRIKE
ON THE NEARBY CAPITAL, OTTAWA.
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IT COULD SUPPORT OVER
500 SENIOR GOVERNMENT
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AND MILITARY PERSONNEL
FOR A MONTH.
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IT CONTAINED A VAULT
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CAPABLE OF HOLDING
CANADA'S ENTIRE GOLD RESERVE,
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AND IT FEATURED A NETWORK
OF CONNECTING PASSAGEWAYS,
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LIKE THE ONES I'M IN NOW.
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IT COULD TAKE ME DAYS
TO EXPLORE ALL THESE TUNNELS,
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SO I NEED A FASTER WAY
TO UNDERSTAND
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THE FULL SCOPE
OF THIS UNDERGROUND NETWORK.
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00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,757
IS THERE A MAP THAT I COULD
LOOK AT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT
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WHERE I AM
RIGHT AT THE MOMENT?
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00:13:41,172 --> 00:13:43,688
YOU KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
THERE IS NO COMPREHENSIVE MAP
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OF THE TUNNELS
THAT WAS EVER CREATED.
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00:13:45,137 --> 00:13:48,412
HOW IS THERE NO MAP
OF THE TUNNEL SYSTEM HERE?
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00:13:48,413 --> 00:13:51,585
I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S NOT
A MAP OF THE TUNNEL SYSTEM.
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00:13:51,586 --> 00:13:55,930
I JUST KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
THERE IS NOT ONE.
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SO, WE HAVE A STATE CAPITOL
WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART HEATING
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BUT NO MAP
TO ITS BASEMENT LEVELS?
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SO, WE'RE GONNA TRY
TO FIGURE OUT
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WHERE THESE TUNNELS ARE
FROM UP ABOVE.
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DOWN IN THIS LABYRINTH,
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00:14:08,620 --> 00:14:11,067
IT'S HARD TO KNOW
WHICH DIRECTION I'M FACING,
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00:14:11,068 --> 00:14:14,309
SO I NEED SOMEONE ABOVEGROUND
TO ACT AS MY EYES
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00:14:14,310 --> 00:14:16,344
TO CREATE A MORE ACCURATE MAP.
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00:14:19,586 --> 00:14:21,481
BUT IT WON'T BE EASY.
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00:14:21,482 --> 00:14:24,550
THERE ARE NO VISUAL POINTS
OF REFERENCE TO THE SURFACE,
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00:14:24,551 --> 00:14:27,757
AND GPS WON'T WORK
DOWN HERE AT ALL.
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00:14:27,758 --> 00:14:29,136
SO I'VE RECRUITED AN EXPERT
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00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:32,378
IN GROUND-PENETRATING
TECHNOLOGY, STEFAN BURNS,
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00:14:32,379 --> 00:14:35,412
AND HE HAS THE PERFECT
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THIS JOB.
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00:14:35,413 --> 00:14:37,067
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO USE ONE OF THESE.
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00:14:37,068 --> 00:14:38,619
IT'S CALLED A SOND.
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00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:42,343
IT'S NORMALLY USED TO FIND
BLOCKAGES IN PIPES UNDERGROUND.
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IT WORKS AS A BEACON,
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00:14:43,586 --> 00:14:45,378
PUTTING OUT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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THAT PASS THROUGH ROCK OR SOIL.
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A RECEIVER ABOVEGROUND USES
THOSE WAVES TO LOCATE EXACTLY
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WHERE THE SOND
IS BENEATH IT.
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ALL RIGHT, ROB,
I'M HEADING UPSTAIRS.
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LET'S SEE
WHAT WE CAN FIND.
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STEFAN,
YOU JUST LET ME KNOW
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WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE
OF THE BUILDING.
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OVER.
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00:15:03,413 --> 00:15:06,757
I'M GOING TO USE THE SOND
TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A MAP
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00:15:06,758 --> 00:15:10,171
OF WHERE THIS TUNNEL LEADS TO
ON THE SURFACE.
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00:15:10,172 --> 00:15:11,792
All right, rob,
I'm in the area.
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GO AHEAD AND SET THAT SOND,
AND I'LL START LOOKING.
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OVER.
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STEFAN,
THE SOND IS SET.
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WE ARE CLOSE TO THE MANHOLE
COVER BUT SLIGHTLY OFF.
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SEE IF
YOU CAN FIND IT.
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00:15:21,931 --> 00:15:24,861
STEFAN IS SEARCHING
FOR WHAT'S CALLED A NULL.
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00:15:24,862 --> 00:15:27,309
IT REFERS TO THE EDGES
OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD
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EMITTED BY THE SOND,
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WHICH HE CAN PICK UP
WITH HIS RECEIVER.
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00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:33,964
I THINK I FOUND
THE FIRST NULL. OVER.
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FANTASTIC.
PUT A POINT RIGHT THERE.
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WE'LL DO THE SAME THING
DOWN HERE,
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00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:40,171
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE
TO THE NEXT LOCATION.
335
00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:45,481
LET'S GO TO HAVE YOU MOVE
80 FEET DOWN THAT TUNNEL.
336
00:15:45,482 --> 00:15:47,413
MOVING 80 FEET DOWN.
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00:15:50,206 --> 00:15:51,757
...6, 7, 8...
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OKAY,
HERE'S OUR NEXT LOCATION.
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Second location here.
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I'M STANDING MAYBE 200 FEET AWAY
FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
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THIS TUNNEL IS HEADING
INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA,
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00:16:01,172 --> 00:16:03,516
IT SEEMS LIKE.
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00:16:03,517 --> 00:16:05,861
I'M WONDERING IF IT COULD
CONNECT THE CAPITOL
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00:16:05,862 --> 00:16:07,826
TO MORE SECRET TUNNELS
I'VE HEARD ABOUT
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A COUPLE OF MILES
NORTHWEST OF HERE,
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00:16:09,689 --> 00:16:12,723
UNDER DENVER'S
FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
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00:16:12,724 --> 00:16:16,033
AND, IF SO, WHAT EXACTLY
COULD THEY BE FOR?
348
00:16:16,034 --> 00:16:19,136
BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
349
00:16:19,137 --> 00:16:20,999
JUST UNDER WHERE
STEFAN IS STANDING,
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THE TUNNEL ENDS AT A WALL.
351
00:16:23,965 --> 00:16:27,274
HOWEVER, SOMETHING ABOUT
THE WALL LOOKS CONSPICUOUS,
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00:16:27,275 --> 00:16:29,723
LIKE IT'S NOT PART
OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.
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00:16:29,724 --> 00:16:31,481
SO WHY WAS IT BUILT,
354
00:16:31,482 --> 00:16:33,619
AND COULD IT BE
HIDING SOMETHING?
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00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:36,240
OUR SONIC ECHO TEST
IS ABOUT TO TELL US.
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00:16:36,241 --> 00:16:38,205
YOU THINK THAT'S AN AIR GAP.IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT.
357
00:16:45,344 --> 00:16:47,378
I'M UNDER
DENVER'S STATE CAPITOL,
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00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:50,067
EXPLORING AN ELABORATE SYSTEM
OF SECRET TUNNELS
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00:16:50,068 --> 00:16:53,861
THAT HAVE SPAWNED A PLETHORA OF
GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
360
00:16:53,862 --> 00:16:56,826
BUT I MAY HAVE
JUST HIT A DEAD END.
361
00:16:56,827 --> 00:16:59,309
OR DID I?
362
00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:02,550
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE END
OF THE TUNNEL RIGHT HERE.
363
00:17:02,551 --> 00:17:04,033
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING
BEHIND THIS WALL.
364
00:17:04,034 --> 00:17:05,550
THE WALL LOOKS NEW,
THOUGH, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
365
00:17:05,551 --> 00:17:06,757
YEAH.
366
00:17:06,758 --> 00:17:08,895
DENVER IS THAT WAY.
THE AIRPORT'S THAT WAY.
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00:17:08,896 --> 00:17:10,550
SO I WANT TO SCAN
THIS WHOLE ROOM.
368
00:17:10,551 --> 00:17:11,723
YEP.
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00:17:11,724 --> 00:17:13,827
YEAH, ACTUALLY,
LET ME SEE THAT MALLET.
370
00:17:15,862 --> 00:17:18,688
JUST LISTEN TO IT.
371
00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:20,586
THIS IS SOLID.
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00:17:23,655 --> 00:17:26,171
SOUNDS HOLLOW,
RIGHT?
373
00:17:26,172 --> 00:17:29,067
NOW I'M ACTUALLY GETTING
A LITTLE CONVINCED.
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00:17:29,068 --> 00:17:30,067
YEAH, RIGHT?
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00:17:30,068 --> 00:17:32,585
I WANT TO KNOW IF THE TUNNEL
WE'RE IN
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CONTINUES BEYOND
THIS WALL TOWARD DOWNTOWN,
377
00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:37,067
BECAUSE IF IT DOES,
378
00:17:37,068 --> 00:17:38,723
THAT COULD LEND CREDENCE
TO THE RUMORS
379
00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:41,930
ABOUT DENVER'S
SUBTERRANEAN SECRETES.
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00:17:41,931 --> 00:17:43,585
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
DESIGNED AS A BARRIER
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00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:44,723
TO BLOCK THE TUNNEL.
382
00:17:44,724 --> 00:17:47,826
BUT WHY? WHAT IS IT HIDING?
383
00:17:47,827 --> 00:17:49,102
TO FIND OUT, WE'RE GOING TO USE
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00:17:49,103 --> 00:17:53,136
WHAT'S CALLED
SONIC ECHO TESTING.
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00:17:53,137 --> 00:17:55,412
BY SENDING A SOUND WAVE
INTO THE WALL
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00:17:55,413 --> 00:17:58,930
AND READING THE ECHO,
WE CAN DETECT HOW THICK IT IS
387
00:17:58,931 --> 00:18:01,447
AND WHETHER THERE'S A CAVITY
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
388
00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:04,481
SO, WE HAVE A MALLET.
WE'RE GONNA BANG THE WALL.
389
00:18:04,482 --> 00:18:07,033
IT'S GONNA SEND
THOSE SOUND WAVES IN,
390
00:18:07,034 --> 00:18:09,309
AND WHEN IT GETS
A DENSITY CHANGE,
391
00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:10,343
IT'S GONNA BOUNCE BACK.
392
00:18:10,344 --> 00:18:13,102
SO THIS WILL TELL US
HOW THICK THE WALL IS.
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00:18:13,103 --> 00:18:15,826
GO.
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00:18:15,827 --> 00:18:17,861
AND RIGHT OFF
THE BAT...
395
00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:20,309
JUST ONE KNOCK
IS ALL IT TAKES TO TELL US
396
00:18:20,310 --> 00:18:23,171
THERE'S AN ABRUPT DENSITY CHANGE
BEHIND THIS WALL.
397
00:18:23,172 --> 00:18:24,757
SO, WE FOUND IT
RIGHT THERE.
398
00:18:24,758 --> 00:18:27,274
THERE COULD BE SOMETHING
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WALL.
399
00:18:27,275 --> 00:18:28,826
MAYBE LET'S GO
FURTHER DOWN
400
00:18:28,827 --> 00:18:32,205
AND SEE IF IT'S LIKE THAT
THROUGHOUT THE SLAB.
401
00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:35,481
GO.
402
00:18:35,482 --> 00:18:37,136
THAT'S A GREAT HISTOGRAM
RIGHT THERE.
403
00:18:37,137 --> 00:18:38,792
YOU THINK
THAT'S AN AIR GAP.
404
00:18:38,793 --> 00:18:40,516
IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT.
405
00:18:40,517 --> 00:18:42,378
I MEAN, IF I WAS
TO BE TESTING A WALL
406
00:18:42,379 --> 00:18:44,102
IN A BUILDING, THIS IS WHAT
IT WOULD BE LOOKING LIKE.
407
00:18:44,103 --> 00:18:45,792
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THAT WALL IN A BUILDING,
408
00:18:45,793 --> 00:18:47,205
THIS IS GONNA BE AIR,
RIGHT?
409
00:18:47,206 --> 00:18:48,378
WE'VE GOT
TO GO DOWNTOWN
410
00:18:48,379 --> 00:18:49,550
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THE TUNNELS DOWN THERE.
411
00:18:49,551 --> 00:18:52,240
YEAH, THERE IS
DEFINITELY A CONNECTION.
412
00:18:52,241 --> 00:18:54,412
I CAME TO DENVER THINKING
THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
413
00:18:54,413 --> 00:18:57,654
ABOUT ITS UNDERGROUND
WERE WILD FANTASIES,
414
00:18:57,655 --> 00:19:01,067
BUT I'M FINDING MYSELF
MORE AND MORE INTRIGUED.
415
00:19:01,068 --> 00:19:03,550
FIRST, I GOT SHUT DOWN
AT THE AIRPORT.
416
00:19:03,551 --> 00:19:05,619
BUT ALL THOSE STRANGE SYMBOLS
417
00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,447
AND THAT ROGUE GUARD
WHO APPROACHED ME,
418
00:19:07,448 --> 00:19:10,654
CLAIMING HE KNOWS ABOUT
A SECRET SUBTERRANEAN REALM,
419
00:19:10,655 --> 00:19:11,895
GOT MY ATTENTION.
420
00:19:11,896 --> 00:19:14,033
THEN UNDER THE CAPITOL
WAS A MASSIVE
421
00:19:14,034 --> 00:19:15,861
OFF-GRID HEATING SYSTEM
422
00:19:15,862 --> 00:19:20,309
AND A LABYRINTH WITH NO MAP
THAT DEAD-ENDED IN NEW DRYWALL.
423
00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:23,274
WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
IS DENVER HIDING?
424
00:19:23,275 --> 00:19:25,412
THE INTERNET HAS
ALL SORTS OF THEORIES,
425
00:19:25,413 --> 00:19:27,309
BUT I WANT TO FIND OUT
THE TRUTH.
426
00:19:27,310 --> 00:19:29,309
SO I'M HEADING
FOR ONE MORE FOCAL POINT
427
00:19:29,310 --> 00:19:31,481
OF DENVER'S UNDERGROUND
RUMOR MILL,
428
00:19:31,482 --> 00:19:34,447
THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT DOWNTOWN.
429
00:19:34,448 --> 00:19:36,205
IF I CAN GAIN ACCESS
TO THE TUNNELS
430
00:19:36,206 --> 00:19:38,550
RUMORED TO BE BENEATH IT,
I MIGHT BE ABLE
431
00:19:38,551 --> 00:19:41,067
TO CONNECT THEM BACK
TO THE CAPITOL
432
00:19:41,068 --> 00:19:43,758
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S REALLY
GOING ON DOWN THERE.
433
00:19:48,689 --> 00:19:50,723
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS RUMORED
TO HAVE A TUNNEL ENTRANCE
434
00:19:50,724 --> 00:19:53,792
BENEATH IT IS A RESTAURANT
CALLED THE RIO GRANDE.
435
00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,447
YEAH, YOU KNOW,
WE DO HAVE A DOOR DOWN THERE
436
00:19:55,448 --> 00:19:57,378
THAT IS ON THE EXTERIOR
OF THE BUILDING.
437
00:19:57,379 --> 00:19:58,826
I THINK IT USED TO GO
TO A TUNNEL, MAYBE.
438
00:19:58,827 --> 00:19:59,861
REALLY?
439
00:19:59,862 --> 00:20:01,067
WE DON'T OPEN IT
ANYMORE, THOUGH.
440
00:20:01,068 --> 00:20:03,171
I CAN SHOW YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE.I WOULD LOVE TO.
441
00:20:03,172 --> 00:20:06,205
ALL RIGHT, MAN. RIGHT THIS WAY.ALL RIGHT.
442
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,447
OKAY,
WATCH YOUR HEAD DOWN HERE.
443
00:20:07,448 --> 00:20:11,033
THIS BASEMENT'S
REALLY OLD AND LOW.
444
00:20:11,034 --> 00:20:13,343
WHOA!YOU GOT YOUR FLASHLIGHT?
445
00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:15,205
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
446
00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:20,861
WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS
THE STREET RIGHT NOW.
447
00:20:20,862 --> 00:20:22,930
HOLY MOLY.
448
00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,136
HERE'S THE DOOR
I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
449
00:20:24,137 --> 00:20:25,688
WHOA!
RIGHT THERE.
450
00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:27,654
CAN WE OPEN THIS?WE CAN'T OPEN IT.
451
00:20:27,655 --> 00:20:29,999
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT
A POTENTIAL CAVE-IN,
452
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,378
SO WE HAVE THIS BRACE
ON THE DOOR.
453
00:20:31,379 --> 00:20:34,481
IF YOU CAN SEE, THE HINGES
ARE BLOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
454
00:20:34,482 --> 00:20:37,136
DO YOU KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THIS DOOR IS
455
00:20:37,137 --> 00:20:38,619
RELATIVE TO THE FRONT?
456
00:20:38,620 --> 00:20:41,481
IS THIS UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK
OR IS THIS UNDER THE FRONT DOOR?
457
00:20:41,482 --> 00:20:43,205
RIGHT HERE, THIS IS
BLAKE STREET RIGHT HERE,
458
00:20:43,206 --> 00:20:45,033
SO THIS IS THE EDGE
OF THE BUILDING.
459
00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:46,378
AND THEN RIGHT HERE
IS THE STREET.
460
00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,378
THE TUNNEL APPEARS TO CONNECT
461
00:20:48,379 --> 00:20:51,688
TO ANOTHER BUILDING
ACROSS BLAKE STREET.
462
00:20:51,689 --> 00:20:54,067
THAT SEEMS A BIT CURIOUS.
463
00:20:54,068 --> 00:20:56,620
COULD IT ALSO CONNECT
TO THE CAPITOL?
464
00:20:58,655 --> 00:21:01,585
THE NEXT STEP IS GOING
ACROSS THE STREET,
465
00:21:01,586 --> 00:21:05,964
DIRECTLY ACROSS HERE,
TO SEE IF THE BUILDING THERE,
466
00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:10,792
IN THE BASEMENT,
HAS A CORRESPONDING DOOR.
467
00:21:10,793 --> 00:21:12,826
I MAKE MY WAY ACROSS THE ROAD
468
00:21:12,827 --> 00:21:15,757
TO ONE OF LOWER DOWNTOWN'S
MOST HISTORIC PUBS,
469
00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:17,688
THE BLAKE STREET VAULT.
470
00:21:17,689 --> 00:21:21,757
ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1863
AS A SALOON AND BOARDINGHOUSE,
471
00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:25,240
ITS LONG HISTORY COULD
PROVIDE ME WITH MORE CLUES.
472
00:21:25,241 --> 00:21:26,619
I'M ACTUALLY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
473
00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:29,723
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TUNNELS
UNDERNEATH THE CITY.
474
00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:31,757
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TUNNELS...TWO TUNNELS.
475
00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:33,619
...THAT GO
UNDER THE SIDEWALK.
476
00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:34,792
WHOA.
477
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:35,895
AND DO YOU KNOW
WHERE THEY LEAD, BY CHANCE?
478
00:21:35,896 --> 00:21:39,274
I MEAN--WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
479
00:21:39,275 --> 00:21:41,481
REALLY?
480
00:21:41,482 --> 00:21:44,447
IT'S STRANGE THAT PEOPLE SEEM
TO KNOW THESE TUNNELS EXIST,
481
00:21:44,448 --> 00:21:48,000
BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY LEAD
OR WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR.
482
00:21:51,724 --> 00:21:54,033
I TEAM UP AGAIN
WITH MY TECHNICIAN,
483
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:56,826
STEFAN BURNS,
TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.
484
00:21:56,827 --> 00:21:58,654
LET'S START
OVER HERE, STEFAN.
485
00:21:58,655 --> 00:22:00,171
CHECK THIS THING OUT.
486
00:22:00,172 --> 00:22:03,481
IT'S A...
487
00:22:03,482 --> 00:22:05,964
PRETTY OLD-LOOKING ARCHWAY.
488
00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:08,619
THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT WAS SEALED OFF, TO ME.
489
00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:09,895
LOOK AT THE TOP.
490
00:22:09,896 --> 00:22:12,171
YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT
FLUSH AND CONNECTED.
491
00:22:12,172 --> 00:22:14,895
I CAN'T TELL IF THE TUNNEL
BEHIND THIS DOOR
492
00:22:14,896 --> 00:22:16,516
LEADS TOWARD THE CAPITOL,
493
00:22:16,517 --> 00:22:19,654
BUT THE DIRECTION IT FACES
AND THE WAY IT'S BEEN SEALED OFF
494
00:22:19,655 --> 00:22:23,136
INDICATES IT LIKELY CONNECTS
TO THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET.
495
00:22:23,137 --> 00:22:25,723
THE QUESTION IS, WHY?
496
00:22:33,413 --> 00:22:34,723
SOME BELIEVE THERE IS
A VAST GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY
497
00:22:34,724 --> 00:22:36,619
PLAYING OUT BENEATH DENVER--
498
00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:39,378
A SHADOW GOVERNMENT,
A NEW WORLD ORDER,
499
00:22:39,379 --> 00:22:44,067
OR A SPRAWLING SUPER-BUNKER
SET ASIDE FOR CATASTROPHE.
500
00:22:44,068 --> 00:22:47,343
I'VE FOUND CLUES POINTING TO
HIGHLY SENSITIVE SECRET TUNNELS
501
00:22:47,344 --> 00:22:50,136
UNDER DENVER'S AIRPORT
AND CAPITOL BUILDING,
502
00:22:50,137 --> 00:22:52,654
AND NOW I'M INVESTIGATING
AND UNDERGROUND LINK
503
00:22:52,655 --> 00:22:55,550
BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT BUILDINGS
IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
504
00:22:55,551 --> 00:22:57,654
BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE
WHAT IT ADDS UP TO
505
00:22:57,655 --> 00:22:59,895
OR IF IT EVEN ADDS UP AT ALL.
506
00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:03,516
THEN A FRIEND TEXTS ME
ABOUT A COLLEAGUE IN DENVER
507
00:23:03,517 --> 00:23:06,516
NAMED TRACY BEACH,
A HISTORIAN WHO MAY BE ABLE
508
00:23:06,517 --> 00:23:09,516
TO HELP ME SOLVE
AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF PUZZLE.
509
00:23:09,517 --> 00:23:12,274
NAMELY, WHY IS THERE
A SEALED-OFF TUNNEL
510
00:23:12,275 --> 00:23:15,309
CONNECTING TWO BUILDINGS
ON BLAKE STREET?
511
00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:17,861
AS IT TURNS OUT,
THE SECRET PASSAGEWAY
512
00:23:17,862 --> 00:23:22,067
IS A LITTLE-KNOWN REMNANT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD'S NOTORIOUS PAST.
513
00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:24,205
THIS WAS BUILT IN 1889
514
00:23:24,206 --> 00:23:26,688
BY A MADAM NAMED
JENNIE ROGERS.
515
00:23:26,689 --> 00:23:28,481
AND IF YOU LOOK UP HERE
AT THE TOP,
516
00:23:28,482 --> 00:23:30,412
ORIGINALLY,
IT WAS THREE STORIES TALL.
517
00:23:30,413 --> 00:23:31,930
AT THE VERY, VERY TOP,
YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE
518
00:23:31,931 --> 00:23:34,033
THERE'S SOME
STONE-CARVED FACES.
519
00:23:34,034 --> 00:23:35,930
NOW,
AS THE RUMOR SHOWS
520
00:23:35,931 --> 00:23:38,550
THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY
THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE
521
00:23:38,551 --> 00:23:39,757
THAT SHE BLACKMAILED
522
00:23:39,758 --> 00:23:42,412
IN ORDER TO GET THE MONEY
TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
523
00:23:42,413 --> 00:23:44,171
THIS IS A BROTHEL
RIGHT HERE?
524
00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:45,412
YES. YES.
525
00:23:45,413 --> 00:23:48,343
ACTUALLY, THIS WAS
THE PREMIER BROTHEL.
526
00:23:48,344 --> 00:23:52,067
THIS ENTIRE STREET WAS KNOWN
AS HOLIDAY STREET ORIGINALLY,
527
00:23:52,068 --> 00:23:55,930
AND IT WAS WALL-TO-WALL
BORDELLOS, POORHOUSES,
528
00:23:55,931 --> 00:23:58,964
EVERYTHING STRAIGHT DOWN
THIS ROAD.
529
00:23:58,965 --> 00:24:00,999
IT TURNS OUT THAT
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BROTHEL
530
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,309
WAS A RESTAURANT
AND VIEWING ROOM,
531
00:24:03,310 --> 00:24:07,067
WHILE THE SECOND FLOOR
HOUSED THE WOMEN.
532
00:24:07,068 --> 00:24:10,930
THE PLACE DID A BRISK BUSINESS,
BUT NOT ALL OF ITS CUSTOMERS
533
00:24:10,931 --> 00:24:14,067
WANTED TO BE SEEN
ENTERING THE FRONT DOOR.
534
00:24:14,068 --> 00:24:17,067
SO TRACY BELIEVES THEY ENTERED
THROUGH MORE INNOCUOUS SALOONS
535
00:24:17,068 --> 00:24:21,205
OR RESTAURANTS DOWN THE BLOCK,
LIKE THE PRESENT-DAY RIO GRANDE,
536
00:24:21,206 --> 00:24:23,067
WHERE MEN COULD ACCESS
THE TUNNELS,
537
00:24:23,068 --> 00:24:25,274
THEN SECRETLY
MAKE THEIR WAY UNDERGROUND
538
00:24:25,275 --> 00:24:28,343
TO THE NEARBY BROTHELS.
539
00:24:28,344 --> 00:24:30,171
WHICH MAKES ME WONDER
IF THAT BLOCKED-OFF TUNNEL
540
00:24:30,172 --> 00:24:31,378
UNDER THE CAPITOL
541
00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:34,792
COULD HAVE ALSO CONNECTED
TO THESE BROTHEL TUNNELS,
542
00:24:34,793 --> 00:24:36,585
ALLOWING DENVER'S UPPER CLASS
543
00:24:36,586 --> 00:24:39,757
TO FREELY CONDUCT
THEIR ILLICIT ENCOUNTERS.
544
00:24:39,758 --> 00:24:41,654
WE'VE BEEN IN ALL THESE
DIFFERENT TUNNELS,
545
00:24:41,655 --> 00:24:45,309
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT
TUNNELS UNDER THE STATEHOUSE
546
00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:48,205
AND YOU'VE GOT TUNNELS
UNDER THESE OTHER OLD BUILDINGS.
547
00:24:48,206 --> 00:24:51,550
AND THEY SEEM TO POINT
IN THIS PARTICULAR DIRECTION,
548
00:24:51,551 --> 00:24:53,102
AND IF IT'S BECAUSE
OF THE BROTHELS,
549
00:24:53,103 --> 00:24:55,240
THEN IT KIND OF MAKES
A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE.
550
00:24:55,241 --> 00:24:57,067
YES.
THEY JUST WANT TO SNEAK IN
551
00:24:57,068 --> 00:25:00,205
AND SNEAK OUT
WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING.
552
00:25:00,206 --> 00:25:02,136
SO, THE TUNNELS
UNDER THE CAPITOL
553
00:25:02,137 --> 00:25:04,481
AND DOWNTOWN
COULD VERY WELL BE EVIDENCE
554
00:25:04,482 --> 00:25:05,757
OF A GOVERNMENT COVER-UP,
555
00:25:05,758 --> 00:25:08,309
BUT NOT NECESSARILY
ON THE SAME SCALE
556
00:25:08,310 --> 00:25:10,481
THAT SOME CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
IMAGINED.
557
00:25:10,482 --> 00:25:13,412
IT APPEARS THESE PASSAGEWAYS
WERE JUST A WELL-KEPT SECRET
558
00:25:13,413 --> 00:25:16,516
TO PROTECT THE REPUTATION
OF DENVER'S ELITE.
559
00:25:16,517 --> 00:25:19,102
BUT THE REAL FOCAL POINT
OF BROADER SUSPICIONS
560
00:25:19,103 --> 00:25:21,792
IS THE SITE I WASN'T ABLE
TO PENETRATE,
561
00:25:21,793 --> 00:25:25,688
A MASSIVE SUBTERRANEAN REALM
UNDER THE DENVER AIRPORT,
562
00:25:25,689 --> 00:25:27,654
AN AREA BELIEVED
TO BE BIG ENOUGH
563
00:25:27,655 --> 00:25:31,550
TO HOUSE 32 CITY BLOCKS
A QUARTER OF A MILE HIGH.
564
00:25:31,551 --> 00:25:35,067
IS ALL THAT SPACE REALLY
JUST FOR BAGGAGE HANDLERS?
565
00:25:35,068 --> 00:25:36,274
I'M NOT SO SURE.
566
00:25:36,275 --> 00:25:39,343
BUT IF IT IS PART
OF SOME LARGE CLASSIFIED SITE,
567
00:25:39,344 --> 00:25:41,274
THE GOVERNMENT IS
DOING A GOOD JOB
568
00:25:41,275 --> 00:25:43,310
OF KEEPING IT A SECRET.
569
00:25:46,310 --> 00:25:49,481
NOW MY QUEST TO UNLOCK
AMERICA'S UNDERGROUND SECRETS
570
00:25:49,482 --> 00:25:53,550
TAKES ME OVER 1,000 MILES EAST,
TO THE OHIO VALLEY
571
00:25:53,551 --> 00:25:57,930
AND A MYSTERY THAT'S GONE
UNEXPLAINED FOR CENTURIES...
572
00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:01,757
A GIGANTIC MAN-MADE EFFIGY,
OR EARTH MOUND,
573
00:26:01,758 --> 00:26:04,481
STRETCHING OVER
A QUARTER MILE LONG.
574
00:26:04,482 --> 00:26:06,240
IN FACT, IT'S BELIEVED TO BE
575
00:26:06,241 --> 00:26:09,136
THE LARGEST EARTHWORK
EFFIGY MOUND IN THE WORLD,
576
00:26:09,137 --> 00:26:11,412
AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT'S FOR.
577
00:26:11,413 --> 00:26:13,861
WAS THIS SERPENT MOUND
SIMPLY A SHRINE
578
00:26:13,862 --> 00:26:16,378
FOR RELIGIOUS RITUALS,
AS SOME BELIEVE?
579
00:26:16,379 --> 00:26:17,757
OR DOES IT CONCEAL SOMETHING
580
00:26:17,758 --> 00:26:20,688
FAR MORE DISTURBING
BELOW THE SURFACE,
581
00:26:20,689 --> 00:26:25,447
LIKE THE VICTIMS OF SOME
RITUALISTIC SACRIFICE?
582
00:26:25,448 --> 00:26:28,102
AND THIS HAS BAFFLED SCIENTISTS
FOR CENTURIES,
583
00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:30,757
AND WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
584
00:26:30,758 --> 00:26:32,516
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED
585
00:26:32,517 --> 00:26:35,205
BY AMERICA'S
ANCIENT EARTHEN STRUCTURES,
586
00:26:35,206 --> 00:26:38,412
LIKE EFFIGY MOUNDS
NATIONAL MONUMENT IN IOWA,
587
00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:41,274
AN AREA OF OVER
200 PREHISTORIC MOUNDS
588
00:26:41,275 --> 00:26:45,964
SHAPED LIKE BEARS, BIRDS,
AND OTHER ANIMALS.
589
00:26:45,965 --> 00:26:47,895
BUT THEIR BEAUTY
AND IMPRESSIVENESS
590
00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:50,033
IS OVERSHADOWED
BY THE SOLEMN NATURE
591
00:26:50,034 --> 00:26:52,343
OF WHAT LIES BELOW.
592
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:53,757
IF HUMANS WERE BURIED
UNDER THESE
593
00:26:53,758 --> 00:26:56,136
BEAR-SHAPED MOUNDS IN IOWA,
594
00:26:56,137 --> 00:27:00,550
COULDN'T THERE ALSO BE REMAINS
BENEATH OHIO'S SERPENT MOUND?
595
00:27:00,551 --> 00:27:02,378
IT'S A PROTECTED SITE,
596
00:27:02,379 --> 00:27:05,792
SO I CAN'T JUST TAKE A SHOVEL
TO IT AND START DIGGING.
597
00:27:05,793 --> 00:27:07,723
LUCKILY, I'VE GOT
THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
598
00:27:07,724 --> 00:27:10,757
TO HELP ME PROBE
ITS BURIED SECRETS.
599
00:27:10,758 --> 00:27:12,792
I'M TEAMING UP
WITH ARCHAEOLOGIST
600
00:27:12,793 --> 00:27:15,378
DR. JARROD BURKS,
WHO NOT ONLY HAS THE TOOLS,
601
00:27:15,379 --> 00:27:17,378
BUT ACCESS TO THE SITE.
602
00:27:17,379 --> 00:27:19,205
FOR THE BETTER PART
OF THE LAST DECADE,
603
00:27:19,206 --> 00:27:21,274
JARROD HAS BEEN USING
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECH
604
00:27:21,275 --> 00:27:22,999
TO STUDY SERPENT MOUND,
605
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,964
AND HE'S BEEN ABLE
TO UNCOVER CLUES
606
00:27:24,965 --> 00:27:28,136
BENEATH ITS SURFACE
THAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE.
607
00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:30,309
YET, EVEN HE STILL HAS
A LOT TO LEARN
608
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:32,999
ABOUT THE TRUE PURPOSE
OF THIS MYSTERIOUS SITE.
609
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,999
SO, WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT THIS MOUND?
610
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,481
THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE
FOR THE LAST 200 YEARS,
611
00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:40,619
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHY THE SERPENT MOUND WAS BUILT.
612
00:27:40,620 --> 00:27:42,930
IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST
WELL-KNOWN MOUND
613
00:27:42,931 --> 00:27:44,895
IN THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES,
614
00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:46,999
AND, YET,
IT'S THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD.
615
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,550
SEVERAL DIFFERENT NATIVE TRIBES
616
00:27:48,551 --> 00:27:51,171
LIVED IN THIS PART OF OHIO
OVER THE MILLENNIA,
617
00:27:51,172 --> 00:27:53,654
BUT NONE OF THEM LEFT BEHIND
ANY OTHER SITES
618
00:27:53,655 --> 00:27:56,550
THAT LOOK EVEN
REMOTELY LIKE THIS ONE.
619
00:27:56,551 --> 00:27:57,964
SO THERE IS STILL A DEBATE
620
00:27:57,965 --> 00:28:00,585
ABOUT WHO BUILT
THE MOUND AND WHY.
621
00:28:00,586 --> 00:28:03,964
BUT TWO TRIBES ARE
THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES.
622
00:28:03,965 --> 00:28:07,861
FIRST, THE ADENA.
623
00:28:07,862 --> 00:28:09,826
THEY WERE HUNTER-GATHERERS
WHO LIVED HERE
624
00:28:09,827 --> 00:28:13,757
FROM ABOUT 800 B.C. TO 1000 A.D.
625
00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,826
THEY LEFT BEHIND NUMEROUS
BURIAL MOUNDS
626
00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,378
ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO,
627
00:28:17,379 --> 00:28:19,999
BUT NONE OF THEM DEMONSTRATE
THE LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION
628
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,240
WE CAN SEE IN SERPENT MOUND.
629
00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:24,654
WAS THIS
THEIR CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
630
00:28:24,655 --> 00:28:27,550
OR THE WORK
OF A MORE ADVANCED CIVILIZATION?
631
00:28:27,551 --> 00:28:31,033
THE COMMON PERCEPTION
OF PRE-COLUMBIAN TRIBES ASSUMES
632
00:28:31,034 --> 00:28:33,447
THEY WERE ALL PRIMITIVE--
SMALL, SIMPLE GROUPS
633
00:28:33,448 --> 00:28:36,378
WHO EVOLVED LITTLE
OVER THE CENTURIES.
634
00:28:36,379 --> 00:28:39,619
BUT, IN FACT, NATIVE AMERICANS,
LIKE EUROPEANS,
635
00:28:39,620 --> 00:28:42,619
PROGRESSED DRAMATICALLY
OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY,
636
00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:46,516
EVOLVING FROM NOMADIC WANDERERS
INTO SOPHISTICATED SOCIETIES
637
00:28:46,517 --> 00:28:51,102
BUILT ON AGRICULTURE,
TRADE, AND ENGINEERING.
638
00:28:51,103 --> 00:28:53,964
AND THAT EVOLUTION IS CLEAR
IN A SECOND NATIVE CULTURE
639
00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:58,171
THAT SUCCEEDED THE ADENA
IN OHIO 1,000 YEARS LATER,
640
00:28:58,172 --> 00:29:00,688
THE FORT ANCIENTS.
641
00:29:00,689 --> 00:29:05,171
THEY LIVED IN THIS AREA
FROM 1000 TO 1750 A.D.,
642
00:29:05,172 --> 00:29:09,688
BUILDING PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS
AND FARMING CORN.
643
00:29:09,689 --> 00:29:10,999
IT SEEMS CONCEIVABLE THAT
644
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,171
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CAPABLE
OF BUILDING THE SERPENT.
645
00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:17,412
BUT THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE
ANYWHERE ELSE
646
00:29:17,413 --> 00:29:21,930
THAT THE FORT ANCIENTS CREATED
MONUMENTS QUITE LIKE THIS.
647
00:29:21,931 --> 00:29:25,309
SO, WHO REALLY BUILT
SERPENT MOUND?
648
00:29:25,310 --> 00:29:27,481
AND WHY?
649
00:29:27,482 --> 00:29:29,309
IT SEEMS LIKE
A MOUND LIKE THIS
650
00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:31,274
MUST BE
SOME SORT OF BURIAL MOUND.
651
00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:34,102
I DON'T KNOW WHY ELSE
PEOPLE WOULD MAKE IT.
652
00:29:34,103 --> 00:29:35,757
BUT JARROD HASN'T FOUND
ANY EVIDENCE
653
00:29:35,758 --> 00:29:38,447
OF HUMAN REMAINS THUS FAR.
654
00:29:38,448 --> 00:29:40,481
SO, TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS
ON WHAT I THINK
655
00:29:40,482 --> 00:29:43,619
IS THE MOST PROMISING SECTION
OF THE ENTIRE MOUND.
656
00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:47,274
WE'RE GONNA BE SURVEYING
THIS UPPER SECTION TODAY.
657
00:29:47,275 --> 00:29:50,792
WE'RE GONNA GO FROM UPPER
MID-BODY TO THE HEAD.
658
00:29:50,793 --> 00:29:52,550
THAT'S WHAT I'M
MOST INTERESTED IN
659
00:29:52,551 --> 00:29:54,274
BECAUSE IF THIS IS
A BURIAL MOUND,
660
00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:58,447
I WOULD GUESS THAT THERE WOULD
BE SOMETHING NEAR THE HEAD.
661
00:29:58,448 --> 00:30:01,585
NOW STATE-OF-THE-ART
SCANNING TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP US
662
00:30:01,586 --> 00:30:03,585
SEE BENEATH
THE SURFACE OF THE SERPENT
663
00:30:03,586 --> 00:30:05,067
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
664
00:30:05,068 --> 00:30:07,930
ALL RIGHT.
665
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:11,826
THIS IS THE GPR UNIT--
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR.
666
00:30:11,827 --> 00:30:15,688
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR FIRES
ENERGY WAVES UNDER THE SURFACE.
667
00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:18,585
ANY ANOMALIES BURIED BELOW
WILL BOUNCE THESE WAVES
668
00:30:18,586 --> 00:30:21,585
BACK TO A SENSOR
MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF OUR GPR
669
00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,930
THAT WILL REVEAL
THE SIZE, SHAPE,
670
00:30:23,931 --> 00:30:28,481
AND LOCATION OF WHAT'S HIDDEN
UNDERGROUND.
671
00:30:28,482 --> 00:30:31,826
IF THIS SERPENT
IS A MASS-BURIAL SITE,
672
00:30:31,827 --> 00:30:35,895
OUR GPR SHOULD DETECT
EVIDENCE OF TOMBS.
673
00:30:41,103 --> 00:30:43,481
AT FIRST, THE GPR SCREEN
IS QUIET,
674
00:30:43,482 --> 00:30:47,895
INDICATING NO ANOMALIES
UNDERGROUND.
675
00:30:47,896 --> 00:30:49,205
BUT THEN...
676
00:30:50,793 --> 00:30:52,102
ARE YOU SEEING SOMETHING
RIGHT THERE?
677
00:30:52,103 --> 00:30:53,585
YEAH.
HERE'S AN ANOMALY.
678
00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:54,999
THERE'S SOME STUFF.
679
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,826
THE ON-SCREEN DATA SPIKES,
680
00:30:56,827 --> 00:31:00,240
INDICATING SOMETHING
OTHER THAN DIRT BELOW.
681
00:31:00,241 --> 00:31:02,412
SO RIGHT DOWN HERE,
THERE'S SOMETHING.
682
00:31:02,413 --> 00:31:05,205
COULD THIS BE THE FIRST GLIMPSE
OF AN ANCIENT CLUE
683
00:31:05,206 --> 00:31:08,171
THAT FINALLY UNLOCKS
THE SERPENT MOUND'S SECRETS?
684
00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:16,378
I'M USING
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
685
00:31:16,379 --> 00:31:20,723
TO SCAN INSIDE
OHIO'S GIANT SERPENT MOUND.
686
00:31:20,724 --> 00:31:23,481
AND I'VE JUST COME ACROSS
AN UNDERGROUND ANOMALY
687
00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:27,550
THAT COULD BE A MAJOR CLUE
TO THE SITE'S PURPOSE.
688
00:31:27,551 --> 00:31:28,964
ARE YOU SEEING SOMETHING
RIGHT THERE?
689
00:31:28,965 --> 00:31:29,999
YEAH.
690
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,033
SO IT'S PRETTY SOLID
UNTIL RIGHT THERE.
691
00:31:32,034 --> 00:31:33,274
SO DOWN
IN THE GROUND HERE,
692
00:31:33,275 --> 00:31:35,412
THERE'S SOME KIND
OF DIFFERENCE IN THE SOIL.
693
00:31:35,413 --> 00:31:37,757
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY UP
THE NECK OF THE SERPENT.
694
00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:40,757
THE HEAD IS OVER THERE,
AND THE BODY'S DOWN THERE.
695
00:31:40,758 --> 00:31:43,378
THE GPR IS TELLING US
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
696
00:31:43,379 --> 00:31:46,067
OTHER THAN SOIL
UNDER THE MOUND HERE.
697
00:31:46,068 --> 00:31:47,585
HAS ANYBODY FOUND
ANY INDICATIONS
698
00:31:47,586 --> 00:31:49,205
OF BURIAL MOUNDS?
699
00:31:49,206 --> 00:31:50,930
NOT THAT
I'M AWARE OF.
700
00:31:50,931 --> 00:31:53,205
WHICH IS WHERE
WE'RE FINDING THAT LITTLE BLIP.
701
00:31:53,206 --> 00:31:56,274
AND I'M THINKING WE MAY BE
ON TO SOMETHING BIG.
702
00:31:56,275 --> 00:31:58,654
BUT JARROD TELLS ME
HE'S SEEN SIMILAR ANOMALIES
703
00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:01,136
IN OTHER SECTIONS
OF THE SERPENT,
704
00:32:01,137 --> 00:32:02,550
AND TAKEN AS A WHOLE,
705
00:32:02,551 --> 00:32:04,654
THEIR PATTERN AND SCALE
LOOKS LESS
706
00:32:04,655 --> 00:32:06,619
LIKE A COLLECTION OF BODIES
707
00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:10,205
AND MORE LIKE SOME SORT OF
PRIMITIVE STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION.
708
00:32:10,206 --> 00:32:12,619
STONE WAS PART OF
THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
709
00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:13,757
OKAY.
710
00:32:13,758 --> 00:32:17,481
SO, STONE WOULD MAKE
A RADAR ANOMALY LIKE THAT.
711
00:32:17,482 --> 00:32:19,481
STONES, BUT NO BODIES.
712
00:32:19,482 --> 00:32:21,274
THESE FINDINGS
WON'T HELP US DETERMINE
713
00:32:21,275 --> 00:32:23,274
WHY SERPENT MOUND WAS BUILT,
714
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:26,516
BUT IT COULD BE A BIG CLUE
ABOUT WHO BUILT IT.
715
00:32:26,517 --> 00:32:29,343
AND FIGURING THAT OUT
COULD LEAD US TO ITS PURPOSE.
716
00:32:29,344 --> 00:32:32,136
SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THE MOUNDS
CONSTRUCTED BY THE ADENA
717
00:32:32,137 --> 00:32:34,550
WERE BURIAL MOUNDS,
THAT'S A STRIKE AGAINST THEM
718
00:32:34,551 --> 00:32:36,895
FOR BEING THE ARCHITECTS
OF THE SERPENT.
719
00:32:36,896 --> 00:32:39,619
ACCORDING TO JARROD,
USING ROCKS MIXED WITH SOIL
720
00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:42,757
WAS A TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED
BY LATER CULTURES IN THIS AREA,
721
00:32:42,758 --> 00:32:44,136
WHICH COULD INDICATE
722
00:32:44,137 --> 00:32:47,102
A MORE ADVANCED GROUP OF PEOPLE
CREATED THIS MOUND,
723
00:32:47,103 --> 00:32:49,792
LIKE THE FORT ANCIENTS--
NOT FOR BURIALS,
724
00:32:49,793 --> 00:32:55,343
BUT, QUITE POSSIBLY,
TO WORSHIP THE SERPENT.
725
00:32:55,344 --> 00:32:58,757
AS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST
WIDESPREAD MYTHICAL SYMBOLS,
726
00:32:58,758 --> 00:33:02,309
THE SERPENT'S MEANING VARIES
ACROSS DIFFERENT CULTURES.
727
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:05,481
IN MAYAN CULTURE, IT WAS
BELIEVED TO REPRESENT REBIRTH.
728
00:33:05,482 --> 00:33:09,205
BUT THE SERPENT IS MOSTLY SEEN
AS A FOREBODING SYMBOL.
729
00:33:09,206 --> 00:33:11,102
MUCH OF WESTERN CULTURE
ASSOCIATES IT
730
00:33:11,103 --> 00:33:14,792
WITH TEMPTATION AND EVIL.
731
00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:16,757
AND SOME ANCIENT
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES
732
00:33:16,758 --> 00:33:19,654
ALSO HAD A DARKER ASSOCIATION
WITH THE SERPENT.
733
00:33:19,655 --> 00:33:22,964
IT WAS A SYMBOL THAT WAS TO BE
RESPECTED AND FEARED.
734
00:33:22,965 --> 00:33:25,067
AT THE FAMOUS TEMPLE
OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT
735
00:33:25,068 --> 00:33:28,826
IN TEOTIHUACáN, MEXICO,
BRUTAL HUMAN-SACRIFICE RITUALS
736
00:33:28,827 --> 00:33:33,067
WERE PERFORMED
IN THE SERPENT'S HONOR.
737
00:33:33,068 --> 00:33:35,171
COULD SIMILAR
BLOOD-THIRSTY RITUALS
738
00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:39,412
HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE IN OHIO,
OUR OWN BACKYARD?
739
00:33:39,413 --> 00:33:41,136
JARROD HAS ANOTHER TECH TOOL
740
00:33:41,137 --> 00:33:43,826
WE CAN USE TO PROBE
FOR NEW CLUES.
741
00:33:43,827 --> 00:33:45,447
THIS IS
A MAGNETOMETER.
742
00:33:45,448 --> 00:33:47,619
IT SENSES DIFFERENCES
IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
743
00:33:47,620 --> 00:33:49,309
AS YOU'RE WALKING ALONG.
744
00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:51,447
IT HAS
TWO SENSORS IN IT.
745
00:33:51,448 --> 00:33:55,274
THE TOP SENSOR MEASURES
EARTH'S BASELINE MAGNETIC FIELD,
746
00:33:55,275 --> 00:33:57,723
WHICH STAYS RELATIVELY CONSTANT.
747
00:33:57,724 --> 00:34:00,136
THE SENSOR ON THE BOTTOM
DETECTS ANY CHANGES
748
00:34:00,137 --> 00:34:01,723
TO THAT MAGNETIC FIELD
749
00:34:01,724 --> 00:34:04,481
CAUSED BY ALTERATIONS
TO THE SOIL.
750
00:34:04,482 --> 00:34:06,274
MAGNETOMETERS ARE ALSO USED
751
00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:08,999
IN THE MILITARY
TO DETECT SUBMARINES.
752
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,205
OURS ISN'T QUITE MILITARY-GRADE,
753
00:34:11,206 --> 00:34:13,205
BUT IT DOES HAVE
ONE SPECIAL ABILITY
754
00:34:13,206 --> 00:34:15,792
THAT MAKES IT PERFECT
FOR OUR INVESTIGATION.
755
00:34:15,793 --> 00:34:17,688
IT'S REALLY GOOD
AT FINDING BURNED SOIL.
756
00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,619
THIS DEVICE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO IDENTIFY
757
00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:22,309
IF FIRES WERE EVER BURNED
AT THE SITE.
758
00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:23,999
THAT'S BECAUSE
WHEN THE SOIL REACHES
759
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,136
A TEMPERATURE ABOVE
600 DEGREES CELSIUS,
760
00:34:27,137 --> 00:34:30,516
THE IRON IN IT
BECOMES PERMANENTLY MAGNETIZED,
761
00:34:30,517 --> 00:34:33,274
LEAVING BEHIND A DISTINCT
FIRE FINGERPRINT.
762
00:34:33,275 --> 00:34:35,171
IF IT WAS USED
FOR SOME SORT OF
763
00:34:35,172 --> 00:34:37,930
SACRED RITUALISTIC THING,
YOU'D PROBABLY IMAGINE
764
00:34:37,931 --> 00:34:39,861
THERE'D BE LOTS OF BURNING
AROUND IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
765
00:34:39,862 --> 00:34:42,550
THERE OFTEN IS AT THESE
CEREMONIAL SITES, YEAH.
766
00:34:42,551 --> 00:34:44,930
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LET'S RUN IT.
767
00:34:48,965 --> 00:34:51,757
WE SCAN THE ENTIRE AREA
AROUND THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT,
768
00:34:51,758 --> 00:34:55,205
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE
OF BURNED SOIL,
769
00:34:55,206 --> 00:34:58,343
COLLECTING THOUSANDS OF DATA
POINTS WITH THE MAGNETOMETER
770
00:34:58,344 --> 00:35:02,171
THAT CAN THEN BE ANALYZED
FOR SIGNS OF FIRE.
771
00:35:02,172 --> 00:35:03,412
ALL RIGHT, SO, WHAT WE'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW IS
772
00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:05,481
WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO ANALYZE THE DATA.
773
00:35:05,482 --> 00:35:09,792
GONNA PLUG IT
INTO JARROD'S LAPTOP.
774
00:35:09,793 --> 00:35:11,999
HERE IS TODAY'S DATA
775
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,930
ADDED ON TO
WHAT WE HAD ALREADY DONE,
776
00:35:13,931 --> 00:35:16,688
AND, SO, WE CAN SEE THE BODY
OF THE SERPENT THERE.
777
00:35:16,689 --> 00:35:18,447
OH, WOW.AND WE CAN SEE THE SHAPE
778
00:35:18,448 --> 00:35:20,378
OF THE HEAD
OF THE SERPENT THERE.
779
00:35:20,379 --> 00:35:22,309
THE MAGNETOMETER
HASN'T TURNED UP
780
00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:24,067
ANY EVIDENCE OF BURNED SOIL
781
00:35:24,068 --> 00:35:27,274
THAT WOULD SUGGEST ANY KIND
OF HUMAN-SACRIFICE RITUAL,
782
00:35:27,275 --> 00:35:30,309
BUT IT HAS REVEALED
SOMETHING MORE UNEXPECTED.
783
00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:32,481
IS THAT
WHAT I THINK IT IS?
784
00:35:32,482 --> 00:35:35,516
ANOTHER PART OF THE SERPENT
NOT VISIBLE ABOVEGROUND.
785
00:35:35,517 --> 00:35:37,481
IT LOOKS LIKE
A BRAND-NEW COIL.
786
00:35:37,482 --> 00:35:39,171
YEAH, SO,
HERE'S THE SERPENT.
787
00:35:39,172 --> 00:35:40,930
YEP.THEN THERE'S THAT THING THERE
788
00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,792
THAT'S A DIFFERENT,
NEW PART OF THE SERPENT.
789
00:35:43,793 --> 00:35:45,654
IT'S ALMOST
THE EXACT SAME SIZE
790
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:46,861
AND SHAPE
AS THESE OTHER ONES
791
00:35:46,862 --> 00:35:49,688
THAT WE CAN SEE
ABOVEGROUND.
792
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:52,619
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.
793
00:35:52,620 --> 00:35:54,792
IT'S ONLY SHOWING UP
794
00:35:54,793 --> 00:35:56,999
IN THE MAGNETOMETER DATA HERE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
795
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,205
THIS IS PROBABLY
AN ANCIENT PART OF THE SERPENT
796
00:36:00,206 --> 00:36:03,930
THAT WAS ERASED
FOR SOME REASON.
797
00:36:03,931 --> 00:36:08,171
THE DETECTION OF THIS LOST COIL
OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW MYSTERY.
798
00:36:08,172 --> 00:36:10,792
WHY WOULD THE BUILDERS
HAVE CHANGED THE SERPENT
799
00:36:10,793 --> 00:36:13,102
AFTER IT WAS BUILT?
800
00:36:13,103 --> 00:36:14,861
AND COULD THIS COIL BE A CLUE
801
00:36:14,862 --> 00:36:17,171
ABOUT THE STRANGE SITE'S
TRUE PURPOSE?
802
00:36:17,172 --> 00:36:18,343
I MAY BE CLOSER THAN EVER
803
00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:21,205
TO SOLVING
THIS CENTURIES-OLD SECRET.
804
00:36:28,655 --> 00:36:30,378
THE ORIGIN OF OHIO'S
MYSTERIOUS SERPENT MOUND
805
00:36:30,379 --> 00:36:33,102
HAS BAFFLED SCIENTISTS
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
806
00:36:33,103 --> 00:36:35,378
BUT NEW GPR
AND MAGNETOMETER DATA
807
00:36:35,379 --> 00:36:39,343
IS BRINGING ME CLOSER THAN EVER
TO UNDERSTANDING ITS ORIGINS.
808
00:36:39,344 --> 00:36:40,999
SCANNING TESTS HAVE REVEALED
809
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,481
A LOST COIL SHOOTING OFF
FROM THE SERPENT
810
00:36:43,482 --> 00:36:46,619
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
DECONSTRUCTED FOR SOME REASON.
811
00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,654
BUT WHY, AND WHAT CAN IT TELL US
812
00:36:48,655 --> 00:36:53,481
ABOUT THE TRUE PURPOSE
OF THIS PECULIAR LANDMARK?
813
00:36:53,482 --> 00:36:55,688
I NEED TO KEEP DIGGING
FOR ANSWERS,
814
00:36:55,689 --> 00:36:58,309
SO I'M HEADING TO MEET
DR. BRAD LEPPER,
815
00:36:58,310 --> 00:37:01,516
CURATOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY
AT OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION.
816
00:37:01,517 --> 00:37:03,861
BRAD HAS UNCOVERED
NUMEROUS ARTIFACTS
817
00:37:03,862 --> 00:37:06,343
AT HISTORICAL SITES
AROUND THE AREA.
818
00:37:06,344 --> 00:37:08,723
I'M HOPING SOME OF THESE
PRICELESS ANTIQUITIES
819
00:37:08,724 --> 00:37:14,136
CAN HELP ME PINPOINT
WHO BUILT SERPENT MOUND AND WHY.
820
00:37:14,137 --> 00:37:15,999
SO, THIS IS
THE COLLECTIONS FACILITY.
821
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,240
OKAY.
822
00:37:17,241 --> 00:37:19,205
AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE
OF OBJECTS BACK HERE
823
00:37:19,206 --> 00:37:21,964
THAT I THINK WILL BE
PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT
824
00:37:21,965 --> 00:37:26,136
FOR UNDERSTANDING
SERPENT MOUND.
825
00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:28,619
IN BRAD'S COLLECTION IS A RELIC
THAT HE CLAIMS
826
00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:31,378
WILL PROVE CONCLUSIVELY
WHICH GROUP WAS RESPONSIBLE
827
00:37:31,379 --> 00:37:36,102
FOR BUILDING THE SERPENT MOUND
AND ERASING THE MISSING COIL.
828
00:37:36,103 --> 00:37:37,619
THIS MYSTICAL RELIC WAS FOUND
829
00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:40,516
LESS THAN 50 MILES
FROM SERPENT MOUND.
830
00:37:40,517 --> 00:37:43,136
WOW.
I AM BLOWN AWAY.
831
00:37:43,137 --> 00:37:45,378
THIS IS AMAZING.
832
00:37:45,379 --> 00:37:47,964
IT LOOKS LIKE A MIX BETWEEN
A SNAKE AND A FISH.
833
00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:49,102
EXACTLY.
834
00:37:49,103 --> 00:37:52,516
MANY OF THESE SPIRITUAL
MYTHOLOGICAL BEINGS
835
00:37:52,517 --> 00:37:55,930
ARE MIXTURES OF FEATURES
DRAWN FROM OTHER ANIMALS.
836
00:37:55,931 --> 00:37:58,585
IT'S NOT REPRESENTING
A FISH OF ANY KIND.
837
00:37:58,586 --> 00:38:01,964
IT'S NOT REPRESENTING A SNAKE
OF ANY PARTICULAR KIND.
838
00:38:01,965 --> 00:38:05,033
IT'S REPRESENTING
THE LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD,
839
00:38:05,034 --> 00:38:07,723
THIS GREAT
HORNED SERPENT BEING.
840
00:38:10,206 --> 00:38:14,447
RADIOCARBON DATING SUGGESTS
IT'S AROUND 1,000 YEARS OLD,
841
00:38:14,448 --> 00:38:16,378
LEADING BRAD TO BELIEVE
IT WAS CARVED
842
00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:18,930
BY THE SECOND TRIBE
TO INHABIT THIS AREA,
843
00:38:18,931 --> 00:38:22,205
THE FORT ANCIENTS.
844
00:38:22,206 --> 00:38:24,792
THIS IS
A SURPRISING DEVELOPMENT,
845
00:38:24,793 --> 00:38:28,102
SINCE UNTIL NOW, IT WAS BELIEVED
THAT THE FORT ANCIENTS
846
00:38:28,103 --> 00:38:30,964
DIDN'T BUILD LARGE EFFIGIES
LIKE THIS.
847
00:38:30,965 --> 00:38:33,343
BUT BRAD SEES THIS CARVING
AS STRONG EVIDENCE
848
00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:35,585
THAT THE FORT ANCIENTS
WERE THE TRIBE
849
00:38:35,586 --> 00:38:37,619
THAT REVERED A SERPENT GOD.
850
00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:41,205
YOU SAY THAT THE SNAKE
REPRESENTS THIS UNDERWORLD.
851
00:38:41,206 --> 00:38:42,550
SO, WHAT COULD IT BE?
852
00:38:42,551 --> 00:38:45,412
WE KNOW AMERICAN INDIANS
BUILT SHRINES
853
00:38:45,413 --> 00:38:48,240
TO TRY
TO DRAW ON THE POWERS
854
00:38:48,241 --> 00:38:50,309
OF THAT SUPERNATURAL BEING.
855
00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:52,274
SO I THINK
THAT'S WHAT SERPENT MOUND IS.
856
00:38:52,275 --> 00:38:56,654
IT'S A SHRINE TO
THE GREAT UNDERWORLD SERPENT.
857
00:38:56,655 --> 00:38:58,550
BUT IS THAT ALL IT WAS?
858
00:38:58,551 --> 00:39:00,895
IF SO, WHY WOULD
THE BUILDERS ERASE
859
00:39:00,896 --> 00:39:03,723
ONE OF THE COILS
AND REDIRECT THE BODY?
860
00:39:03,724 --> 00:39:05,309
COULD THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN
SOME OTHER,
861
00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:07,067
MORE PRACTICAL PURPOSE
TO THE MOUND
862
00:39:07,068 --> 00:39:09,792
THAT REQUIRED A CHANGE
IN THE DESIGN?
863
00:39:09,793 --> 00:39:11,723
THERE'S ONE FINAL THEORY
THAT'S BEEN FLOATED
864
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:13,343
ABOUT THE PURPOSE
OF SERPENT MOUND
865
00:39:13,344 --> 00:39:15,447
THAT I'D LIKE TO TEST.
866
00:39:15,448 --> 00:39:18,412
I NEED TO GET ANOTHER LOOK
AT IT, A DIFFERENT LOOK,
867
00:39:18,413 --> 00:39:20,102
FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
868
00:39:20,103 --> 00:39:24,757
BUT I CAN ONLY DO IT
RIGHT BEFORE SUNSET.
869
00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:28,033
SOMETIMES,
YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK,
870
00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:29,895
GET A BIGGER PERSPECTIVE.
871
00:39:29,896 --> 00:39:31,102
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA
LAUNCH THIS THING,
872
00:39:31,103 --> 00:39:33,068
GET A DRONE'S-EYE VIEW.
873
00:39:38,103 --> 00:39:40,274
THE MISSING COIL
WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE,
874
00:39:40,275 --> 00:39:42,516
JUST BEHIND THE HEAD.
875
00:39:42,517 --> 00:39:45,240
WITH LIMITED MANPOWER
AND PRIMITIVE TOOLS,
876
00:39:45,241 --> 00:39:47,343
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY
TO BUILD.
877
00:39:47,344 --> 00:39:48,861
SO WHY WOULD THEY HAVE MADE
878
00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:52,136
SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE
AFTER THE FACT?
879
00:39:52,137 --> 00:39:53,688
IS IT POSSIBLE THEY REALIZED
880
00:39:53,689 --> 00:39:56,240
THIS PARTICULAR COIL
WAS IN THE WRONG SPOT
881
00:39:56,241 --> 00:39:58,309
AND REMOVED IT?
882
00:39:58,310 --> 00:40:00,757
IF SO, THE NEXT QUESTION IS,
883
00:40:00,758 --> 00:40:04,861
THE WRONG SPOT
IN RELATION TO WHAT?
884
00:40:04,862 --> 00:40:07,585
AS THE DRONE RISES
ABOVE THE TREE LINE,
885
00:40:07,586 --> 00:40:11,723
A LIKELY ANSWER
COMES INTO FOCUS.
886
00:40:11,724 --> 00:40:13,516
THE SUN IS SETTING
887
00:40:13,517 --> 00:40:16,895
JUST TO THE LEFT
OF THE SERPENT'S HEAD.
888
00:40:16,896 --> 00:40:18,412
BUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO,
889
00:40:18,413 --> 00:40:20,205
ON THE NIGHT
OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE,
890
00:40:20,206 --> 00:40:23,516
IT WOULD HAVE SET
A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
891
00:40:23,517 --> 00:40:25,585
SO, IF YOU LOOK
RIGHT DOWN THE NECK
892
00:40:25,586 --> 00:40:27,447
ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR,
893
00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:30,895
IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE POINTING
RIGHT AT THE SUNSET.
894
00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:33,999
WAS THIS THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
OF SERPENT MOUND?
895
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,067
FOR MANY CORN-GROWING CULTURES,
LIKE THE AZTECS,
896
00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:38,930
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
WAS A KEY DATE
897
00:40:38,931 --> 00:40:40,274
IN THE CROP CYCLE.
898
00:40:40,275 --> 00:40:42,792
THE FIRST FULL MOON
AFTER THE SOLSTICE
899
00:40:42,793 --> 00:40:44,757
WAS THE TIME TO PLANT THE CORN.
900
00:40:44,758 --> 00:40:46,757
AND A SUCCESSFUL CORN HARVEST
901
00:40:46,758 --> 00:40:49,930
COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND STARVATION.
902
00:40:49,931 --> 00:40:52,550
PEOPLE HERE
DID DEPEND ON THE SEASONS.
903
00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:54,412
THEY DEPENDED ON
BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
904
00:40:54,413 --> 00:40:58,481
THE CYCLES OF SUMMER
AND WINTER AND FALL AND SPRING.
905
00:40:58,482 --> 00:41:02,205
SO, FOR THE FORT ANCIENT FARMERS
LIVING HERE 1,000 YEARS AGO,
906
00:41:02,206 --> 00:41:04,550
BEING ABLE TO TRACK
THE DAYS OF THE YEAR
907
00:41:04,551 --> 00:41:06,136
TO KNOW THE BEST TIME TO HARVEST
908
00:41:06,137 --> 00:41:10,274
AND TO PLANT THEIR CROPS
WAS CRUCIAL TO THEIR SURVIVAL.
909
00:41:12,655 --> 00:41:14,447
MAYBE THAT MISSING COIL
WAS THROWING OFF
910
00:41:14,448 --> 00:41:16,757
THE PLACEMENT
OF THE SERPENT'S HEAD,
911
00:41:16,758 --> 00:41:19,378
SO IT WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW
A PERFECT ALIGNMENT
912
00:41:19,379 --> 00:41:21,310
WITH THE SOLSTICE SUNSET.
913
00:41:23,310 --> 00:41:25,481
OUR SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS
OF SERPENT MOUND
914
00:41:25,482 --> 00:41:26,826
HAS REVEALED SECRETS
915
00:41:26,827 --> 00:41:29,240
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO UNCOVER
916
00:41:29,241 --> 00:41:31,033
WITHOUT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
917
00:41:31,034 --> 00:41:33,378
FOR STARTERS, I WAS ABLE
TO CONFIRM THAT THE MOUND
918
00:41:33,379 --> 00:41:36,136
DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK
LIKE IT DOES TODAY
919
00:41:36,137 --> 00:41:39,999
AND THAT IT'S NOT A BURIAL SITE,
AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
920
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,447
INSTEAD, THIS MOUND
LIKELY SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE
921
00:41:43,448 --> 00:41:45,447
FOR THE NATIVES
WHO CONSTRUCTED IT.
922
00:41:45,448 --> 00:41:48,516
IT WAS A TRIBUTE
TO THE SERPENT GOD THEY REVERED,
923
00:41:48,517 --> 00:41:51,412
AND IT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN
A GIANT EARTHEN ALMANAC,
924
00:41:51,413 --> 00:41:53,447
ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND EARLIEST CALENDARS
925
00:41:53,448 --> 00:41:55,758
EVER DEVISED
IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
926
00:41:58,344 --> 00:42:02,688
THE SERPENT MOUND HAS HIDDEN
ITS SECRETS FOR CENTURIES.
927
00:42:02,689 --> 00:42:05,379
IT JUST NEEDED SCIENCE
TO DECODE THEM.