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NARRATOR: Alaska, a vast,
remote wilderness
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twice the size of Texas...
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There are dangerous,
unpredictable forces
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at work here.
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NARRATOR: ...in one of the most
mysterious corners of the globe.
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A lot of things can kill you
out here without even trying.
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NARRATOR: This is a place
hundreds of times more deadly
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than the Bermuda Triangle.
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MAN: [ Filtered voice ]
Oh, my God.
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NARRATOR:
Stories of alien abductions...
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I believe it was a UFO.
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NARRATOR: ...the paranormal,
vanishing airplanes,
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and strange beasts...
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The Alaskan Bigfoot.
He can rip you in half.
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These accounts
are really widespread.
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[Bleep] It peeked out
of the tree right there.
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NARRATOR: ...have haunted
those who dare set foot here.
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In the last 30 years,
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16,000 people have disappeared
without a trace.
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More people have disappeared
than the Bermuda Triangle,
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two to three times the amount.
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NARRATOR: Witnesses tell us
their shocking stories.
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I was petrified.
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NARRATOR: And we've gathered
some of the world's
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leading experts in their field.
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I'm always after
scientific evidence
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that can be
independently corroborated.
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NARRATOR:
To try and unlock the mystery
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of the Alaska Triangle.
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The coast of Alaska includes
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some of the most treacherous
waterways in the world.
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It's no surprise
that ships go down.
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But some of these wrecks
are shrouded in mystery.
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Extraordinary,
terrifying events
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seemed to plague the seas
of the Alaska Triangle.
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It's as though some
mysterious forces
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are luring ships to their doom.
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NARRATOR: And that includes
the biggest of all --
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the Princess Sophia.
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The sinking of
the S.S. Princess Sophia
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is without doubt
the worst maritime tragedy
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in Alaskan history.
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It's a huge tragedy
in the Pacific Northwest.
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It took rich and poor.
It took everybody.
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NARRATOR: It's a long forgotten
maritime disaster,
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unknown and unexplained.
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This is one of the big mysteries
of the Alaska Triangle.
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NARRATOR: The sinking of
the S.S. Princess Sophiain 1918
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was the greatest loss of life
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in a single event
in Alaskan history.
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Yet to this day,
the reason why it went down
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in the southern corner of
the triangle remains an enigma.
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And there are stories
even today of ghosts
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and paranormal activity
linked with the Sophia,
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including right in
the very center
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of the Alaskan capital,
Juneau.
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As an investigator,
we hear these stories
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and what it's all about really
is trying to establish
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if there is credibility,
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if there's truth
to those stories.
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You know, there's paranormal
events that have been said
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to happened there.
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But what is actually going on?
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NARRATOR: The story
of the Princess Sophia
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is bound up
with the story of Alaska
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at the turn
of the 20th century.
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The gold rush was over,
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but the remote interior
was still peppered
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with small mining communities
and lone prospectors.
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But it was seasonal work,
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impossible over
the Alaskan winter.
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Bjorn Dihle is
an Alaskan writer
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who's researched the history
of the miners during that era.
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Alaska in 1918, there's still
people making a living mining,
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many of who spend spring
and summer in Alaska
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and then in the wintertime
come and travel
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by steamer down south,
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and one of these steamers
was the Princess Sophia.
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NARRATOR: The embarkation point
for the steamers was Skagway,
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a small gold rush port
on the south coast.
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It's late October in Skagway,
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it's the last run of the year
to get prospectors, miners,
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other folks out of the interior
of Alaska.
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There's no road in or out.
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So the Princess Sophia
is the last chance.
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You're stuck if you don't.
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You're in Alaska
until May, June.
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So you have all these people
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that are just kind of
fleeing to Skagway.
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NARRATOR: One man who knows
these waters well
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is British author,
Anthony Dalton.
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He's written extensively
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about the maritime history
of this area
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and in particular,
the Princess Sophia.
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It was
a Canadian Pacific steamship.
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She was a passenger
and cargo ship
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sailing between Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
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and Skagway, Alaska.
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In October 1918,
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Princess Sophia
was at the dock in Skagway.
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There was a flurry of activity
getting her loaded.
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353 people
were legally on board,
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plus 24 horses, one dog,
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and there were some stowaways.
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Mostly the passengers
would have been men
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heading south for the winter
back to Vancouver.
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They left Skagway
and headed down the Lynn Canal.
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[ Ship horn blows ]
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NARRATOR:
At over 2,000 feet deep,
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the 90-mile Lynn Canal
is the deepest fjord
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in North America
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and one of the deepest
and longest in the world.
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It's renowned
for its treacherous
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and unpredictable weather.
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DIHLE: From having spent a lot
of time in that waterway,
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Lynn Canal, even on days
where it is placid calm,
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it has gone
in a matter of a couple minutes
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to all of sudden
you're in two meter high seas,
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five meter chop,
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no visibility, snow all over
the deck, icy spray.
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And you're fighting for
your life to get out of there.
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NARRATOR: As it made its way
down the fjord,
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the Princess Sophiawas hit
by an unusually fierce storm
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with winds
of 80 to 90 miles per hour.
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80-mile-per-hour winds
in northern Lynn Canal,
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is essentially hell on earth.
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NARRATOR: The men who had been
digging for gold in Alaska
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were now under attack
by Alaska's forces of nature.
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But none of this
should have been a problem
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for the Princess Sophia.
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Her maiden voyage
had been just six years before
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and she had sailed the Atlantic
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rounding
the hazardous Cape Horn.
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This is a big boat
we're talking about,
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this boat's designed
to take terrible weather.
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NARRATOR:
But for some unknown reason,
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the Princess Sophia
strayed off course.
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DALTON:
Around 2:00 in the morning,
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traveling at 12 knots,
which is full speed,
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Princess Sofiawas one mile
away from where she should be.
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And she ran straight up
on Vanderbilt Reef.
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NARRATOR: Explorer Hugh Newman
has been
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looking into
the Princess Sophiastory.
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The Vanderbilt Reef was
well-known to the Captain,
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it is like a rocky outcrop
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just slightly sticking out
of the water.
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There were gale force winds,
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but still the ship
should have handled this.
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It had a double steel hull,
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unlike the previous wooden ships
that were around at that time.
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So why the ship ended up
on the reef a mile off course
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is a big mystery.
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It's almost like the elements
were conspiring
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to bring down this ship.
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It's a really strange story.
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NARRATOR: The ship was stuck,
but it was low tide.
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There was still
no need to panic.
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The Captain decided there
was nothing they could do,
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just wait for
the tide come up more.
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He really felt the ship
would float off.
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Theoretically, you refloat
and you're able to limp
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into port and not go down.
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So they wait and they wait.
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They wait 40 hours
and the storm never lessens.
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NARRATOR: In fact,
the storm worsened.
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But still, the ship
should've been safe.
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Later that night,
the unthinkable happened.
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The ship suddenly turned
on the reef.
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When the ship started
to pirouette,
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I believe terror would've been
a very large part
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of the emotion onboard,
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not just for the passengers
but also for the crew
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because the sound alone would've
been really frightening.
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NARRATOR: The steel hull tore
open and water came rushing in.
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NEWMAN: It's recorded
that the boiler exploded.
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Oil went everywhere.
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And then the boat
properly then sank.
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DALTON: The last message
from the radio operator
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is a good indication
that he called for help
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and said,
"We are moving, we are moving."
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And then it was gone.
There was nothing.
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One of the big questions
about this whole story
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is the fact that it appears
even though it took half an hour
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for the ship to actually sink,
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people stayed in the cabins
in pitch blackness.
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So why on earth
would they do that?
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NARRATOR: Others entered
the freezing oil covered water,
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some putting their trust
in the life preservers.
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Those who didn't have
life jackets on,
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would've gotten down
with the ship, been sucked in.
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When a ship goes down, it tends
to create almost a vacuum.
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And if you're within that area,
you pulled down into it.
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Those who weren't sucked in
by the ship
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would have drowned
in the waves.
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And, of course, the effects
of the viscously bunker oil.
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So all in all, 353 people died,
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potentially more that
weren't accounted for.
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All hands except for a dog.
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NARRATOR: One dog.
The lone survivor.
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An English setter
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found exhausted
and covered in oil,
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washed ashore two days
after the sinking.
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180 bodies
were also washed ashore.
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The rest, up to 200 bodies,
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unaccounted for.
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The S.S. Princess Sophia
had become a mass grave.
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It's the greatest
maritime disaster
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of the Pacific Northwest.
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WOMAN: [ Screams]
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NARRATOR: But the end
of the Princess Sofia
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was just the beginning
of the strange events
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surrounding
the Alaska Triangle's
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most tragic incident.
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NARRATOR: In one corner of
the Alaska Triangle
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is the site
of a major shipwreck,
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which, despite
the terrible loss of life,
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remains little known
outside Alaska --
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the S.S. Princess Sophia.
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Just how did this sturdy
state of the art steamer
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hit a well-known reef and end up
at the bottom of the Lynn Canal?
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The S.S. Princess Sophia
really should have handled
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moving down
through the Lynn Canal.
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It should not have
hit the reef.
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It shouldn't have gone
anywhere near it.
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And so the fact that, you know,
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this happened does suggest
it was human error.
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NARRATOR: If it was human error,
maybe the Captain was at fault.
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And since the disaster,
he's borne much of the blame.
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Captain Locke
of the Princess Sophia
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has long been villainized
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just because he was
the easiest scapegoat
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for this massive tragedy.
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But he was super experienced.
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And there's no proof
that he was anything
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but a very accomplished
and responsible Captain.
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The Captain had been
on her for two years,
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running that route
between Skagway and Vancouver,
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backwards and forwards
for the whole summer.
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He knew the route.
He knew the dangers.
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All skippers on that route knew
the dangers of Vanderbilt Reef.
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NARRATOR: As this remarkable
photo shows,
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it's simply astonishing
that Captain Locke
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would've made such a mistake.
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So much so that Hugh Newman
has been drawn
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towards an interesting
new theory.
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In southern Alaska
around the point
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where this disaster happened,
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there are reported
major magnetic anomalies.
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We have strange geology
shifts in the magnetic field,
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up to 20% different
to the standard reading.
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And these can have an effect
on navigation, on compasses,
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and even on the mind.
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So perhaps this was one of
the causes of this disaster.
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NARRATOR: Strange magnetic
forces have been cited
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as being behind other mysteries
of the Triangle
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such as the 1950 disappearance
of a Douglas C-54,
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lost without a trace
near the Canadian border.
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Mike Ricksecker is
a paranormal investigator
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with a particular interest
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in the effects
of electromagnetism.
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The Alaska Triangle
has a lot of potency with it.
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You had the proximity to
the North Pole, magnetic north.
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All this swelling of
the electromagnetic activity
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can disorient can affect
people's mood swings.
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These releases of energy
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could certainly
drastically affect people.
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NARRATOR: So perhaps the crew
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of the Sophia
were disoriented and confused.
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There's even a theory
that extreme electromagnetism
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can lead
to the distortion of space
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and the creation of vortices
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blamed by some for the mysteries
of the Bermuda Triangle.
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Our bodies are our
greatest asset
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in picking up incensing
supernatural phenomena.
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But these vortices
can affect objects
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that are even larger
like ships.
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You hear about
these disappearances
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in the Bermuda Triangle.
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Same thing in Alaska
around the Alaska Triangle.
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Ships have gone down
from these vortices,
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ships have gone completely
missing from these vortices
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without a trace.
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So is this all connected?
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And is this all part
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of the mystery
of the Alaska Triangle?
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NARRATOR: Alternatively,
could it even be the case
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that the Triangle
is somehow striking back
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against those taking away
its valuable minerals?
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So there are traditions
all around the world of
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when you take things
from certain places,
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especially, you know, reserves
of gold and diamonds and riches
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that are really part
of the sacred landscape
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to the indigenous people
of these areas
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that often great thunder
and lightning and bad weather
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can sometimes be manifested.
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You disturb just
the spirit of the land,
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these kind of things
can happen.
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NARRATOR:
And wrecks of steamships
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associated with the gold rush
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litter this corner
of the Triangle.
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♪♪
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Annette Smith is a local diver
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who knows these waters
as well as anyone.
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SMITH: This area around Juneau,
we have many shipwrecks here.
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We're lined with shipwrecks.
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You can start down
at Gambier Bay,
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which is just south of Juneau.
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There's the wreck
of the State of California.
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Come up behind Douglas Island
is the wreck of the Islander.
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♪♪
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These waters are not waters
to be trifled with.
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This is a dangerous area.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: In 1910,
the Princess Mayran aground
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on rocks in the Lynn Canal
within sight of Vanderbilt Reef.
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She was laden
with Alaskan gold.
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♪♪
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But it's the sinking
of the Princess Sophia
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that was the region's
greatest tragedy.
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DIHLE:
After the Sophiawent down,
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a huge search
and rescue party
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went out and recovering
all the bodies that they could.
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Even the governor is out there
collecting bodies.
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They're all looking for people.
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And of course, you know,
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no one besides the dog
is ever found alive.
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Despite extensive searches
by divers at the time,
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over 200 bodies
were still unaccounted for.
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The owners of the ship,
Canadian Pacific,
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said that they were not found
on the ship
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and they were never washed up.
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So what happened
to these bodies?
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We really don't know.
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NARRATOR: When she sank, it
seems that the Princess Sophia
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took many secrets with her.
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But now Annette Smith
is going to dive the wreck
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and what she'll discover
down there
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will change our understanding
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of this mighty ship's
final moments.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: Hundreds of shipwrecks
littered the coast of Alaska.
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♪♪
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But the greatest loss of life
was on the Princess Sophia,
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which went down in 1918
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at the southern tip
of the Triangle.
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Precisely why the ship sank
is still a mystery.
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♪♪
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Now local diver Annette Smith
is going to dive down
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to investigate
the wreck itself.
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♪♪
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So where we are sitting
right now
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to the wreck of
the Princess Sophia
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is directly underneath us
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and where she lived
the last 40 hours of her life
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is right over there
on that reef.
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♪♪
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And she's laid out
facing that reef
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and coming out this way
at an angle,
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and so, she at some point
came across the reef.
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It was very fast
and she went down.
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NARRATOR: This isn't
a dive for the fainthearted.
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The currents
can be treacherous.
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And if you become separated
from your boat,
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it's seven miles to shore.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: 100 feet down,
cloaked in white,
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bulbous sea anemonies,
the lost ship comes into view.
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Inevitably,
thoughts are with the victims
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in their last moments.
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♪♪
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SMITH: Nobody knows
what really happened there,
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what the final minutes were.
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We do know there was
a radio transmission that said,
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"For God's sakes, come.
Water's coming into the cabin."
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♪♪
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SMITH: We do know that
it was quick.
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♪♪
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But what really happened
that night? We don't know.
405
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But you can imagine the terror
of sitting here all alone,
406
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hearing the ship
you're on being ripped apart
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and going down.
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It must have been horrible.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: This is the scene
of a great tragedy,
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known little outside of Alaska.
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In history, it's overshadowed
by the sinking of the Titanic.
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Why? Much of the reason
is because of the timing.
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SMITH: The story
of the Princess Sophia
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is a story that has been lost
in time in history.
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It was lost because it happened
at the same time
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that the end of
World War 1 occurred.
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We were in the middle
of the Spanish flu.
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So these were big events
that overshadowed this wreck.
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♪♪
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So I went down
and just swam up the bow
422
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and the bow sits like this,
the rails,
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and it's covered in these
white plumose anemonies
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and they're huge anemonies.
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Tall, white, ghostly figures
moving in the current.
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And for me, it was like
the ghosts of the Sophiasaid
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it was okay for me
to be there.
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♪♪
429
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It really brought home to me
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what really happened there.
431
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You know, you know what
you're diving.
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You're diving a graveyard.
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NARRATOR: The wreck is corroded
and overgrown.
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But Annette was able to make out
the boilers of the ship
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and they're intact.
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SMITH: There's a lot of
questions about the wreck.
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There's questions
of what really happened.
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What history says happened
didn't happen.
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Its history said the boilers
exploded and they did not.
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All three of them
were down there.
441
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They're still down there.
We saw them today.
442
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And they are still whole.
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There's mysteries
of what happened
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to the other hundred people.
445
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Where are they?
446
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So there's a lot of questions.
447
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NARRATOR: The bodies
that were recovered
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were still enough to overwhelm
the local resources.
449
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They were brought back
to Juneau,
450
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which you got to remember,
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they were a tiny little town
at the time.
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They didn't have the resources,
they didn't have a morgue
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that was designed
to carry more than 10 bodies.
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All these bodies
had to be stored
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wherever they could
in the main spot
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that they were stored
was near Front Street
457
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in downtown Juneau today.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: The bodies of these
unfortunate victims
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would now add to the growing
mystery surrounding the tragedy.
461
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Because it said the souls
of the deceased returned
462
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as ghosts to haunt
the Alaskan capital.
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♪♪
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[ Screams ]
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NARRATOR: And now a leading
ghost hunter is on their trail.
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Say your name for me.
467
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♪♪
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♪♪
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NARRATOR:
When the S.S. Princess Sophia
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mysteriously sank
at the southern tip
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of the Alaska Triangle,
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around 180 bodies were recovered
and taken to nearby Juneau.
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♪♪
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They were to be stored
temporarily
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wherever was possible.
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The bodies that were recovered,
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many of them were placed
inside the Juneau Drugstore
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in the center of town.
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Others were placed in various
other buildings
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all over the area.
481
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NARRATOR: Paranormal activity
was then widely reported.
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Ghosts were seen, strange noises
and voices were heard
483
00:25:55,206 --> 00:25:58,000
and even possible
poltergeist activity.
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♪♪
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NARRATOR: The focus
of this activity
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was the basement
of the drugstore
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and it said to continue
to this day.
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In 2017, nearly a hundred years
after the tragedy,
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an employee of the drugstore
went down to the basement,
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which is used for storage.
491
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A distressed,
ghostly figure appeared.
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00:26:27,758 --> 00:26:30,241
The store worker
watched in terror
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as the figure looked at her
and then vanished.
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WOMAN: [ Screams ]
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♪♪
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Jeff Richards, he's a leading
paranormal investigator
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00:26:46,379 --> 00:26:49,655
from Saskatchewan in Canada.
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In his experience,
ghostly activity is common
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at a scene of great tragedy.
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That amount of loss and death,
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combined with
the outpouring of grief
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00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:04,000
that the community
would have felt,
503
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that would have torn
a pretty big hole
504
00:27:06,758 --> 00:27:09,206
energy-wise to the area.
505
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And I think that sometimes
when those pockets are created
506
00:27:12,137 --> 00:27:16,379
or when we have these massive
moments of great pain and strife
507
00:27:16,379 --> 00:27:18,448
and suffering and death,
508
00:27:18,448 --> 00:27:22,000
those places become sort of
like beacons for spirit.
509
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,172
♪♪
510
00:27:24,172 --> 00:27:26,482
NARRATOR: Jeff has now come to
Juneau to visit
511
00:27:26,482 --> 00:27:29,482
the infamous drugstore.
512
00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:30,758
RICHARDS: It's exciting.
513
00:27:30,758 --> 00:27:33,827
It gives us an opportunity
to find out the truth
514
00:27:33,827 --> 00:27:38,344
behind the tales
that were being told.
515
00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:39,862
NARRATOR:
The manager of the drugstore
516
00:27:39,862 --> 00:27:41,586
is Brenda Lamas.
517
00:27:41,586 --> 00:27:44,103
♪♪
518
00:27:44,103 --> 00:27:45,931
- Hello. Hi.
- Hi.
519
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,068
- Brenda?
- Yes.
520
00:27:47,068 --> 00:27:48,137
- Jeff.
- Brenda, nice to meet you.
521
00:27:48,137 --> 00:27:51,137
As well, now, Juneau Drug,
522
00:27:51,137 --> 00:27:54,517
I understand that
the Princess Sofiagoes down
523
00:27:54,517 --> 00:27:57,620
and a lot of the bodies are
brought here to Juneau Drug.
524
00:27:57,620 --> 00:27:59,793
- Yes, right in the basement.
- Were stored in the basement.
525
00:27:59,793 --> 00:28:01,344
Yes.
526
00:28:01,344 --> 00:28:03,379
Have you had
any experiences personally?
527
00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:07,172
I've been pushed or touched
on my shoulder.
528
00:28:07,172 --> 00:28:09,689
It was kind of
like a heavy push.
529
00:28:09,689 --> 00:28:11,482
I turned back
and nothing was there.
530
00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:13,241
Something physically
pushed your shoulder?Yeah.
531
00:28:13,241 --> 00:28:15,206
Something that
you could not see?No.
532
00:28:15,206 --> 00:28:17,275
Now, do you mind
if I have a look down there?Yeah, let's go.
533
00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:19,793
Yeah, I'll show you
where it is.
534
00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:27,137
♪♪
535
00:28:27,137 --> 00:28:29,931
All right, and the basement's
just right down there.Okay.
536
00:28:29,931 --> 00:28:31,724
♪♪
537
00:28:31,724 --> 00:28:33,448
Now, do you feel comfortable
going down there?
538
00:28:33,448 --> 00:28:35,965
- I'd rather not.
- Okay.
539
00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:37,068
I'll get started.
540
00:28:37,068 --> 00:28:38,862
- Okay.
- Thanks.
541
00:28:38,862 --> 00:28:51,379
♪♪
542
00:28:51,379 --> 00:28:55,275
If I was trying
to hide away from people,
543
00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,310
I would probably...
544
00:28:58,310 --> 00:29:03,000
I would want to -- I would want
to go hide away in here.
545
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,034
NARRATOR:
As a paranormal investigator,
546
00:29:05,034 --> 00:29:08,413
Jeff's first step
is to use his intuition
547
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:13,482
to try to pick up sensations
caused by the spirits.
548
00:29:13,482 --> 00:29:17,310
RICHARDS: There's a sensation
that I'm picking up right now.
549
00:29:17,310 --> 00:29:20,206
Cold, it's really cold.
550
00:29:20,206 --> 00:29:23,724
I can feel myself
physically cold.
551
00:29:23,724 --> 00:29:26,413
Also, there's sort of this
feeling in the back of my neck
552
00:29:26,413 --> 00:29:31,206
right back here.
553
00:29:31,206 --> 00:29:36,689
There's these two hands.
554
00:29:36,689 --> 00:29:38,413
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
555
00:29:38,413 --> 00:29:42,344
That'd be about
an adult size hand.
556
00:29:42,344 --> 00:29:44,896
NARRATOR: Believing that
there is a spirit present,
557
00:29:44,896 --> 00:29:49,068
Jeff's principal method
is to will it to make contact
558
00:29:49,068 --> 00:29:53,896
by its use of
electromagnetic forces.
559
00:29:53,896 --> 00:29:58,551
I'm gonna ask you
to come forward.
560
00:29:58,551 --> 00:30:00,413
Talk to us if you can.
561
00:30:00,413 --> 00:30:13,689
♪♪
562
00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:16,103
You trying to pull the energy
out of the batteries?
563
00:30:16,103 --> 00:30:20,551
♪♪
564
00:30:20,551 --> 00:30:22,724
That's what you're trying to do?
565
00:30:22,724 --> 00:30:29,379
♪♪
566
00:30:29,379 --> 00:30:32,206
Can you make the flashlight
go completely off?
567
00:30:32,206 --> 00:30:40,413
♪♪
568
00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:42,448
Can you make that flashlight
go off?
569
00:30:42,448 --> 00:30:49,137
♪♪
570
00:30:49,137 --> 00:30:52,758
NARRATOR: One of Jeff's major
tools is his EMF meter,
571
00:30:52,758 --> 00:30:56,206
which detects
electromagnetic energy.
572
00:30:56,206 --> 00:30:58,724
RICHARDS: Can you touch
this meter right here?
573
00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:01,689
Good. Touch this light.
574
00:31:01,689 --> 00:31:04,000
That green light,
can you touch that?
575
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,689
Oh, little bit
of power there?
576
00:31:05,689 --> 00:31:10,000
I don't know your name.
I don't know who you are.
577
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,758
Touch that meter,
touch that light,
578
00:31:12,758 --> 00:31:14,896
this green light right here.
579
00:31:14,896 --> 00:31:17,413
You've killed my flashlight,
Now touch that green light.
580
00:31:17,413 --> 00:31:23,586
♪♪
581
00:31:23,586 --> 00:31:27,482
I'm gonna count
to three and on three
582
00:31:27,482 --> 00:31:31,827
what I want you to do is I want
you to touch this meter.
583
00:31:31,827 --> 00:31:34,000
Touch it just your whole hand.
584
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:39,310
♪♪
585
00:31:39,310 --> 00:31:42,517
One...
586
00:31:42,517 --> 00:31:45,413
two...
587
00:31:45,413 --> 00:31:47,379
...three touch the lights.
Three. Oh, good.
588
00:31:47,379 --> 00:31:49,655
Good, good, good, good, good.
589
00:31:49,655 --> 00:31:52,310
Amazing.
590
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,137
One more time.
591
00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:58,172
Can you do that again
with the lights there?
592
00:31:58,172 --> 00:32:00,827
Okay, good.
Good, see you touch that,
593
00:32:00,827 --> 00:32:04,896
it's fine, it doesn't hurt you,
it does not hurt you.
594
00:32:04,896 --> 00:32:08,172
♪♪
595
00:32:08,172 --> 00:32:10,344
I'm gonna count to three
and when I hit three,
596
00:32:10,344 --> 00:32:12,586
I want you to touch
the green light for me.
597
00:32:12,586 --> 00:32:15,413
Just grab it.
598
00:32:15,413 --> 00:32:20,758
One...two...three.
599
00:32:20,758 --> 00:32:24,241
Very good.
600
00:32:24,241 --> 00:32:26,206
NARRATOR:
Having established contact,
601
00:32:26,206 --> 00:32:29,310
Jeff wants to try to get
information out of the spirit
602
00:32:29,310 --> 00:32:33,620
using other specially
developed technology.
603
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:37,655
He has with him an electronic
device called the Spirit Box,
604
00:32:37,655 --> 00:32:39,758
which he hopes will allow
the spirit
605
00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:42,689
to actually speak to him.
606
00:32:42,689 --> 00:32:46,758
Are you a father
looking for his son?
607
00:32:46,758 --> 00:32:50,241
[ Static ]
608
00:32:50,241 --> 00:32:52,344
Yes.
609
00:32:52,344 --> 00:32:56,275
♪♪
610
00:33:00,517 --> 00:33:07,827
♪♪
611
00:33:07,827 --> 00:33:10,310
NARRATOR: Paranormal
investigator, Jeff Richards,
612
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:12,827
is in the basement
of the Juneau Drugstore
613
00:33:12,827 --> 00:33:15,310
trying to communicate
with restless spirits
614
00:33:15,310 --> 00:33:19,310
believed to be present here.
615
00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:21,758
The ghosts are said
to be of the dead
616
00:33:21,758 --> 00:33:24,137
of the S.S. Princess Sophia,
617
00:33:24,137 --> 00:33:27,413
Alaska's greatest
maritime tragedy.
618
00:33:27,413 --> 00:33:31,793
Many bodies from the wreck
were stored here before burial.
619
00:33:31,793 --> 00:33:35,448
♪♪
620
00:33:35,448 --> 00:33:37,931
Jeff has with him
an electronic device
621
00:33:37,931 --> 00:33:40,000
called a Spirit Box,
622
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,103
which scans the airwaves,
amalgamating the frequency
623
00:33:43,103 --> 00:33:47,034
sounds into what's known
as white noise.
624
00:33:47,034 --> 00:33:49,655
So the idea here is that
this device
625
00:33:49,655 --> 00:33:52,448
actually gives away
for the spirit
626
00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,379
to communicate vocally.
627
00:33:54,379 --> 00:33:58,379
So we'll be able to hear
their words in real time
628
00:33:58,379 --> 00:34:02,241
as I'm asking them questions.
629
00:34:02,241 --> 00:34:05,275
So I'm gonna try to give you
a voice if you're here.
630
00:34:05,275 --> 00:34:06,793
I want to hear you speak.
631
00:34:06,793 --> 00:34:10,965
♪♪
632
00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:15,310
So if you can please
come forward and say your name.
633
00:34:15,310 --> 00:34:18,689
[ Static ]
634
00:34:18,689 --> 00:34:21,931
NARRATOR: Jeff listens beyond
the normal background sound
635
00:34:21,931 --> 00:34:25,689
for the words of any spirit
trying to communicate.
636
00:34:25,689 --> 00:34:29,137
[ Static ]
637
00:34:29,137 --> 00:34:31,896
Say your name for me.
638
00:34:31,896 --> 00:34:34,172
I'd like your name.
639
00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:36,000
Can you tell me your name?
640
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:42,758
♪♪
641
00:34:42,758 --> 00:34:46,620
Boy, boy. Very clearly, boy.
642
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:49,206
♪♪
643
00:34:49,206 --> 00:34:52,517
NARRATOR:
Jeff hears the word boy.
644
00:34:52,517 --> 00:34:54,482
Are you looking for your boy?
645
00:34:54,482 --> 00:34:57,655
[ Static ]
646
00:34:57,655 --> 00:35:02,137
If this is a father
looking for his son,
647
00:35:02,137 --> 00:35:04,551
I just want you to touch
the light my hand
648
00:35:04,551 --> 00:35:06,068
or say the word yes.
649
00:35:13,275 --> 00:35:16,172
NARRATOR: This time,
the answer is clearer.
650
00:35:16,172 --> 00:35:20,310
What sounds like a distant
yes is shouted.
651
00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:24,724
If this is a father
looking for his son,
652
00:35:24,724 --> 00:35:27,137
I just want you to touch
the light in my hand
653
00:35:27,137 --> 00:35:28,689
or say the word yes.
654
00:35:30,758 --> 00:35:34,517
NARRATOR: The sound here has not
been doctored in any way.
655
00:35:34,517 --> 00:35:36,896
I just want you to touch
the light in my hand
656
00:35:36,896 --> 00:35:41,068
or say the word yes.
657
00:35:41,068 --> 00:35:46,241
[ Static ]
658
00:35:46,241 --> 00:35:49,551
You're looking for your son.
659
00:35:49,551 --> 00:35:51,551
Is there a boy
touching this right now?
660
00:35:51,551 --> 00:35:54,448
Oh, here we go.
661
00:35:54,448 --> 00:35:56,517
Just say your name for me,
please.
662
00:35:56,517 --> 00:35:57,931
[ Static ]
663
00:35:57,931 --> 00:36:01,068
No.
664
00:36:01,068 --> 00:36:04,586
Just say your name
for me, please.
665
00:36:04,586 --> 00:36:06,206
No.
666
00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:09,206
[ Static ]
667
00:36:09,206 --> 00:36:11,448
You don't wanna
tell me your name?
668
00:36:11,448 --> 00:36:19,517
[ Static ]
669
00:36:23,517 --> 00:36:27,448
Wait? You want us to wait?
What do you want me to wait for?
670
00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:32,413
[ Static ]
671
00:36:32,413 --> 00:36:35,827
Your message isn't
coming through very clearly.
672
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:38,068
So I'd like for you
673
00:36:38,068 --> 00:36:42,241
to say the word yes or no.
674
00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:47,137
When I ask a question,
just a simple yes or no.
675
00:36:47,137 --> 00:36:51,793
Are you a father
looking for his son?
676
00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:58,931
[ Static ]
677
00:36:58,931 --> 00:37:02,793
Yes.
678
00:37:02,793 --> 00:37:05,896
Was your son in this building?
679
00:37:05,896 --> 00:37:14,068
[ Static ]
680
00:37:14,068 --> 00:37:17,275
Here.
681
00:37:17,275 --> 00:37:20,241
Just say your name
for me, please.
682
00:37:20,241 --> 00:37:25,275
Scott. Did you hear that
very clearly, Scott.
683
00:37:25,275 --> 00:37:28,379
Did you pass --
Did you pass away on the Sophia?
684
00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:37,896
[ Static ]
685
00:37:37,896 --> 00:37:39,620
♪♪
686
00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:41,103
NARRATOR:
Most of the first names
687
00:37:41,103 --> 00:37:44,000
are absent from the records
of the passenger in crew list
688
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,689
of the Princess Sophia,
689
00:37:46,689 --> 00:37:51,896
the children and of course any
stowaways aren't named at all.
690
00:37:51,896 --> 00:37:55,793
But there are three men listed
with the first initial S.
691
00:37:55,793 --> 00:37:58,896
♪♪
692
00:37:58,896 --> 00:38:00,310
Thank you very much
for communicating
693
00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:03,551
with us here today.
694
00:38:03,551 --> 00:38:05,896
I'm gonna leave you
in this space.
695
00:38:05,896 --> 00:38:08,862
I'm gonna ask for you
to stay in this space.
696
00:38:08,862 --> 00:38:12,172
Do not follow myself
or a member of this crew.
697
00:38:12,172 --> 00:38:13,310
Do not attach yourself
to any of us.
698
00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:15,137
You need to stay
where you are.
699
00:38:15,137 --> 00:38:16,551
Stay where
you're comfortable.
700
00:38:16,551 --> 00:38:19,793
This is your home.
This is your safe space.
701
00:38:19,793 --> 00:38:21,000
Thank you for communicating.
702
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,172
We leave you with love
and respect.
703
00:38:23,172 --> 00:38:26,172
♪♪
704
00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:28,620
[ Ship horn blows ]
705
00:38:28,620 --> 00:38:31,862
NARRATOR: In Alaska, the tragedy
of the Princess Sophia
706
00:38:31,862 --> 00:38:34,241
is not forgotten.
707
00:38:34,241 --> 00:38:37,206
Here in the basement
of this drugstore,
708
00:38:37,206 --> 00:38:41,034
Jeff believes he has actually
communicated with its dead.
709
00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:45,448
♪♪
710
00:38:49,482 --> 00:38:57,655
♪♪
711
00:38:57,655 --> 00:38:59,413
NARRATOR:
When the S.S. Princess Sophia
712
00:38:59,413 --> 00:39:03,344
hit the Vanderbilt Reef
in October 1918,
713
00:39:03,344 --> 00:39:07,068
it was the beginning of a series
of events that haunt Alaska
714
00:39:07,068 --> 00:39:09,137
to this day.
715
00:39:09,137 --> 00:39:12,103
NARRATOR: And for a paranormal
investigator, Jeff Richards,
716
00:39:12,103 --> 00:39:15,482
there's clear evidence
that spirits of the deceased
717
00:39:15,482 --> 00:39:19,172
have remained in the area.
718
00:39:19,172 --> 00:39:23,137
It's very clear to me there
is definitely someone here.
719
00:39:23,137 --> 00:39:24,724
There's someone here
720
00:39:24,724 --> 00:39:26,965
in the lower level
of the Juneau Drugstore.
721
00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:29,068
Three,
touch the lights. Three.
722
00:39:29,068 --> 00:39:32,000
Oh, good, good, good,
good, good, good.
723
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,172
Amazing.
724
00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:37,551
NARRATOR:
Paranormal activity like this
725
00:39:37,551 --> 00:39:42,068
is unusual in the middle
of a populated area.
726
00:39:42,068 --> 00:39:45,965
In Alaska, most reports
come from remote areas
727
00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:49,655
somewhere out
in the vast wilderness.
728
00:39:49,655 --> 00:39:51,172
It's all over
the Alaska Triangle,
729
00:39:51,172 --> 00:39:55,241
we have paranormal activity,
ghostly sightings.
730
00:39:55,241 --> 00:39:56,448
But this time,
731
00:39:56,448 --> 00:39:59,034
it's in the capital city
of Alaska,
732
00:39:59,034 --> 00:40:02,000
right in the center of Juneau.
733
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,517
DIHLE: I certainly think
there's a possibility
734
00:40:03,517 --> 00:40:05,068
there's paranormal events
735
00:40:05,068 --> 00:40:07,103
happening underneath
the Juneau Drugstore.
736
00:40:07,103 --> 00:40:11,517
And I certainly do believe
that the people who experienced
737
00:40:11,517 --> 00:40:16,344
these events 100%
believe they were happening.
738
00:40:16,344 --> 00:40:19,620
NARRATOR: As big and mysterious
as Alaska is,
739
00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:21,310
I think more incredibly,
740
00:40:21,310 --> 00:40:22,655
it is a place that
has been marred
741
00:40:22,655 --> 00:40:27,379
by such upheaval,
such progress.
742
00:40:27,379 --> 00:40:31,241
And in terms of that
comes tragedy, heartbreak.
743
00:40:31,241 --> 00:40:34,896
You know, all of these
huge outpourings of emotion
744
00:40:34,896 --> 00:40:37,103
that people feel
and experience.
745
00:40:37,103 --> 00:40:40,344
You know, it's bound
to have many spots
746
00:40:40,344 --> 00:40:45,344
that are haunted
and many stories that persist.
747
00:40:45,344 --> 00:40:47,758
NARRATOR: The stories about
the Princess Sophiashow
748
00:40:47,758 --> 00:40:50,758
no sign of going away.
749
00:40:50,758 --> 00:40:53,724
Tales from
the Juneau Drugstore endure,
750
00:40:53,724 --> 00:40:57,379
as well as all the mysteries
surrounding her sinking.
751
00:40:57,379 --> 00:41:01,448
This really
is Alaska's Titanic.
752
00:41:01,448 --> 00:41:04,448
When Princess Sophia
slid backwards off that reef
753
00:41:04,448 --> 00:41:08,310
and took over 300 people
to their deaths,
754
00:41:08,310 --> 00:41:11,793
it was a maritime
disaster reminiscent
755
00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:16,620
in some ways of when the Titanic
hit an iceberg in the Atlantic
756
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:20,586
and went down
with huge loss of life.
757
00:41:20,586 --> 00:41:23,206
The difference is
with Princess Sophia
758
00:41:23,206 --> 00:41:25,344
it was total loss of life.
759
00:41:25,344 --> 00:41:30,000
No humans survived
that sinking.
760
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,862
We have to question,
why did it go a mile off course?
761
00:41:32,862 --> 00:41:34,551
Why did it hit the reef?
762
00:41:34,551 --> 00:41:36,724
Why did people stay
in their cabins?
763
00:41:36,724 --> 00:41:39,103
And what happened
to the bodies?
764
00:41:39,103 --> 00:41:41,551
Was it some kind of
elemental forces?
765
00:41:41,551 --> 00:41:44,103
Was it some kind of curse
placed on the boat
766
00:41:44,103 --> 00:41:46,000
or some of the people
on the boat?
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So this really is one of
the big mysteries
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of the Alaska Triangle.
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NARRATOR: The S.S.Princess Sophiais at rest.
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♪♪
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The spirits of its dead,
however, may not be.
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It was the Alaska Triangle's
greatest tragedy
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and it still haunts
the region to this day.
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