■■NARRATOR: On this episode of "■De■stination Truth"...
■ GATES: In a career filled ■■ with stupid activities,
■ ■ this is something special.
NARRATOR: ... Josh an■d ■his tem voyage to Naples, Ital■y,■
on a■ d■aring adventure to conduct■ t■he world's
first pa■ra■normal investigatin
of the■ h■istoric city of Pompe.
I'm really creeped out■ ■ by sitting less than 10 feet■
from human remains r■ig■ht no.
NARR■AT■OR: Workers at this landmark s■it■e are coming forwd
■■with astonishing claims of■ d■isembodied voices
and ghostl■y ■apparitions.
Oh, guys■, ■guys!
NARRATOR■: ■Next, the advent■e continue■s ■as Team Truth
embarks ■on■ a wild ride across East Af■ri■ca.
■■ Deep in the jungles of Keny■
member■s ■of the Nandi tribe are livi■ng■ in fear of a beat
they say h■as■ a hunger for human flesh.
VANESS■A:■ All teams, come in.
Something has come ■ ■into base camp.
■ Please come back ■an■d get me.
Stand by, Vanessa.■ ■We're coming in.
■■ Hold on!
GA■TE■S: I'm Josh Gates.
■ In my travels, I've seen ■ ■some unexplainable things,
and I've■ d■one some things I can't qu■it■e explain.
Aah!
Now I've pulled toge■th■er a tm
ar■me■d with the latest technoly
■■ in the search for answers ■to■ the worl■Xd's strangest mysteri.
■ ■ I'm not sure what's out ■th■e waiting for me,
■ but I know what ■I'■m looking for —
■■ the truth.
In this day and ■ag■e, everyone knows
■that real-estate decisions■ ■ come down to three things —■
location, location, ■lo■catio.
Unfortunately, thoug■h,■ the citizens
of the ancient Roman c■it■y of Pompeii
■■ overlooked the fact ■■that their lavish city
was constructed right ■ne■xt dr to an active volca■no■.
■■ And, one morning in 79 AD,
the now-infamo■us■ Mount Vesuvius exploded.
■ ■Scores of residents were■ i■nstantly killed,
and the entire city ■of■ Pompei
was literally wiped ■■ from the face of the Earth,
buried beneath mor■e■ than 60 feet of ash.
Pompeii was lo■st■ to history for more than 1,00■0 ■years
and was eventually une■ar■the,
reve■al■ing the horrific deats of its■ r■esidents
■■ and a city frozen in time.■
Now a rash of rece■nt■ reports
state that the ruins ■■ are haunted.
■■ Tourists, local residents ■ ■and night watchmen
■ have reported ag■on■izing screams,
unexplai■ne■d lights and terrifying app■ar■itions
in the maz■e-■like streets.
Many■ b■elieve that the unsettled ■so■uls
of those who died ■in■ the erupt■Xion
are ■st■ill trapped within the city.
Access to expl■or■e Pompeii after dark is a ■pe■rmission
not easy to come by,
and we were humb■le■d to get unfettered access
to t■he■ ruins by the Italian gove■rn■ment.
We qui■ck■ly assembled our tea,
preppe■d ■our gear and headed to Euro■pe■
for this one-o■f-■a-kind investigation.
We■ f■lew 6,300 miles to the het ■■of the ancient world, Rome.
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Here in the Eternal ■Ci■ty, we found ourselves
in the shadows■ o■f empire
■an■d in the presence of some ■of■ the world's
most iconic landmark■s.■
Look at ■th■is building. It's a wreck.■
Why don't they■ t■ear it down, condemn it?
You could put a huge ■■Payless Shoes right here.
■■ Do you know how many Starbuc■ ■ you could fit on this proper■?
♪
Guys, isn't it ■■ romantic here?
Dan, stop making■ o■ut with yourself.
■■ Oh, it's cute.
■■ I know. They're really meant ■■ to be together.
Af■te■r a whirlwind tour of the c■it■y,
■ ■ we raced to the train statio■
and caught a r■id■e south to the modern city■ o■f Naple,
which to■da■y borders Pompeii.
Once we arrived, ■Xwe p■ic■ked up our ride,
which I was assure■d■ was the finest rental car
■■ Italy had to offer.
I can't win. Okay■, ■everybody.
Pile■ i■n.
Let's go.
It's lik■e ■something that fell out of ■a ■bag of Skittle.
■■ Negotiating the cramped stre■ of a 2,000-year-old city
is challenging on ■a ■good da.
Oh, ■my■ God. What's happening?
When you attempt to ■do■ it in a rickety jalopy
■■ with an insane gear shifte■r,■
it's downrig■ht■ life-threateni.
■Ok■ay, here we go. Here we go■.■
■■ ♪
■■ Oh.
■ Oh, my God! Moto■rc■ycle!
Old man! Police■ o■fficer!
It's dangerous■ o■ut here! Oh, my God.
■I ■feel like I'm in "The Bourne Id■en■tity" right n.
■■ Beautiful women. I'm so■rr■y.
■■ Can I have your phone numbe■
■Le■t's go, Mrs. Doubtfire. Come o■n.■
■■ WOMAN: Oh, my God.
■■ You know what, guys? ■■That's it.
■■ Time for an espresso break■.■
♪■■
■ ■[ Laughter ]
Okay, back to the ca■r.■
■■ Oh! [ Horn honks ]
I'm doing the best■ I■ can.
Once saf■el■y across town,
■Xwe met with a night ■wa■tchn who worked in Pompei■i■
and ■cl■aimed to have encountered■
several■ ■supernatural trespassers.
GATES: Tell me a■bo■ut Pompeii at night.
What■ i■s it like at night?
■ ■Have other people,
■■ have other guards hear■d ■this noise?
At the Naples Muse■um■, we got a sobering look
■ at the toll of the erupt■io■n.
The hardened ash ■■at the■X site left
be■hi■nd perfect impressions of the r■es■idents,
allowing archaeolo■gi■sts to me plaster statue■s ■of the dead.
Here, we spoke ■wi■th an expert guide
■■ who claims that the vo■lc■ano trapped more
than just th■es■e material remains.
Paulo went■ o■n to explain that this fame■d ■healer
■■and eyewitness reportedly k■ne■w
a technique to con■ju■re the tortured spirits.
■■ We decided to look into ■■ these mysterious claims
and set of■Xf to seek her ■ot
on the i■sl■and of Ischia, where she ca■ll■s home.
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Once on the island,
we hopped on a u■ni■quely Italian mode of tran■sp■ortati.
♪
We traveled ■to■ the healer's he
in the cliffs high■ ■atop the■X volcanic island,
where I asked ■he■r for more information abou■t ■the spiris
■th■at she believes are haunti■ng■ Pompeii.
■ Do you believe that Pomp■ei is a haunted place?
[ Speaks Italian ]
[ ■Sp■eaks Italian ]
I have to go ■ ■into Vesuvius? Yeah.
That seems a littl■ ■ bit dangerous.
■■ Right, it's sleeping. ■ ■It's fine.
It's t■ot■ally saf. Bring the kids.■
■ GATES: Although her method■s■ were far from scientific,
who am■ I■ to argue with an Italian ■my■stic?
■ ■To get from the island to■ t■he peak of one
■Xof the most dangerou■s■ volcanoes in the world,
we took to the air■.■
Okay, let's fly.
■ And, on the way, we got■ ■ our first good look
■ ■ at our investigation site,
th■e ■immense remains of the cit■y ■of Pompeii.
■■ When you see the city ■ ■from above,
■ ■you realize how big it is.
■■ You can actually divide th■e ■city into quad■Xrants,
send the teams ■■ to the different areas.
■ ■Looming above the ruins, we h■ea■ded toward
■ the imposing silhouette■ ■ of Mount Vesuvius.
■We■ll, guys, there she is. There'■s ■Vesuvius.
■■ Let's hope she's not ha■vi■ng a bad day.
Do we have active volc■ao insurance coverage?
Yes, yes.
The ■he■licopter dropped us offn ■th■e rim of this rumbling gia.
■Ok■ay. Let's do it.
■ ■To reach the bottom of t■he■ crater and to locate e
■ ■of the special rocks the ■ex■pert told us to find,
we'd h■av■e to go down the hard way.■
■ ■ It does appear to be smoking■ ■ a bit more than it was befor■■
Is that somethin■g■ I should worry about?
♪■■
Boy, i■n ■a career filled with stupi■d ■activities,
■th■is is something special.
■Ok■ay, coming down!
♪
- How y■ou■ doing, Josh? - Doing good.■
■ ■♪
Okay, I'■m ■down.
Once I m■ad■e it to the ledge below,
Ali and Mike follo■we■d closely behind.
Volcano ■cl■imbing wasn't on my résumé■ b■efore.
Yo■u ■got it. You made it.
Okay, we'll get ■do■wn to the bottom of the crater,■
find a bomba, ■ge■t out of here.
■■♪
- Okay. - One ste■p ■at a time.
Whoa.
This is crazy. ■■This is crazy.
■■Guys, keep your eyes open ■fo■r anything
that looks like ■■a round red rock.
- [ Laughs ] ■■-What, are you kidding■X m?
We■'r■e going to be here all day,■ G■ates!
GATE■S:■ We'll find.
■■It should be holw in the■ c■enter.
Leave no s■to■ne unturn.
■ ■Red round rock.
■ ■Doesn't seem very hollow ■in■ the middle.
Come on. ■■ Where are you?
♪
Guys, I got some■th■ing. - What do you got?
■■ GATES: Come here. It's■ c■halky.
■■It's light.
♪■■
Bomba.
Okay, it's a b■om■ba, check. Let's get to the■ c■hopper, go.
Come on. - A■ll■ right. Let's go.
GATES:■ ■ Once we located the bomba,
we m■ad■e a hasty retreat from Ves■uv■ius,
fired ■up■ the chopper and rejoined t■he■ rest of the tem
to prepare for ■■the night investigation.
♪
■■ We crossed over the thresho■ ■ to the silent city of Pompei■
■an■d headed to the central for.
This large open ■ar■ea was the main hub
■■ of activity in the ancient■ c■y
and was th■er■efore the ideal location
for our base c■am■p.
All right, guys, ■■let's talk a little bit
about the plan for■ t■onight. First of all, look■,■
this is ■a ■really incredible place
that we've been give■n■ permission to set up in.
This■ i■s one of the most important■
■ ■classical archaeology sites ■ ■in the world.
■ Locals say that this is■ ■a place of great energy,
and, tonight, we'r■e ■going to e if we can expe■ri■ence that.
I don't want■ t■o waste any ti.
■ ■ There's literally hundreds ■■ ■X■of buildings to search h.
Let's get ■ou■t there, guys. - Okay.
We■ s■et up four I.R. cameras
on Pompeii's long-■ab■andoned streets.
■■ We also set up trap cameras ■■at several of the city's
most notorious■ h■ot spots.
These cameras would ■fi■re phos
if any■th■ing passed by their lens.
■■ Vanessa would remain at ba■se■ camp and monitor the camer■as,
■ alerting us to an■y ■unusual activity.
■ ■We broke into two teams to gt ■■ maximum coverage of the cit■
■ Bobby, Shawn and Dan hea■de■d to the outskirts of Pomp■ei■i
while Ali, Mike,■ G■abe and I investigated the■ i■nterior.
■X ■■♪
This is a pr■iv■ate villa.
Original paint's■ s■till on the walls.
Look at the desi■gn■ in it. You see that?
AL■I:■ It's incredie how that s■ta■yed so intt
■wh■en everything aroundt is abs■ol■utely destroy.
■X ■■-Look at the original floor. ■■-Wow.
GATES: ■■Let's keep moving.
It's just incredib■le■ how huge this place is.
■■For a city that got wallop■ed■ by a volcano,
■so■ much of it's still here.
♪
■ Okay, guys. This should ■be■ the temple of Isis.
■ ■Okay, so let's place the bom■
♪■■
Okay.
According ■to■ legend,
■ma■ke the offering to the teme ■ ■of Isis
and spirits will a■pp■ear.
Let's start maki■ng■ our way through the city
■■and see if anything appears.
■■♪
Oh, ■go■ys, guys!
■X ■ ■Oh, guys, guys! Look! Look h■er■e!
■■ What do you got, man?
Picked up so■me■thing on the thermal.
■ I just saw a figure ■on■ this thermal.
■■Hello?
And ■my■ light just went out.
Th■er■e's nobody here, dude.
■ I swear to you, a split-■se■cod on the thermal,■X
I ju■st■ saw what looked like a per■so■n
duck behind one of■ t■hese tre.
Like something■ ■standing up?
■It■ looked like something stan■di■ng up,
■ ducking behind a tree.
Well, dude, we jus■ checked behind the trees■
■ down these roads... ■ ■Nothing.
■ ■Bobby's team's on the other ■ ■side of the ruins.
■We■'re nowhere near base cam.
There's no peo■Xple here■,■ and it just evaporated,
■ ■whatever it was. - That's ■we■ird.
♪■
Wow,■ d■ude. Check this place out■
This is th■e ■place where these bones ha■ve■ been found,
so I think t■hi■s is probably a sweet spot■
■ ■ for an EVP session. ■Wh■at do you think?
♪
Are these your remains ■ ■in the room?
■ ■ ♪
■ ■Dude, I can't lie to you ■ab■out the fact
■ ■that I'm literally creeped ot ■■ by sitting less than 10 feet
■fr■om human remains right no.
♪
■■GATES: Let's see if we can fd ■■ a way into the amphitheater.
Wow.
MIKE: Man.
Look how wel■l-■preserved it i.
■■If there was ever a place ■in■ Pompeii
■■ where there was a lot of dea■ ■ and suffering,
■ it certainly would've be■en■ in this amphitheater.
Guys, why don't we do ■an■ EVP session here?
■■ ♪
You know, it's amazing ■ho■w silent it is in here.
- Yeah. - H■mm■.
You know■, ■this is the place that people ■we■re cheering
an■d ■screaming, and gladiators
were■ f■ighting, you know? - Yes.
People were being ■ ■murdered in here,
people were ■■ being sacrificed.
■ ■ Yeah, this is basically ■on■e big, giant bloodbath.
Ok■ay■, I'm going to start the re■co■rder.
Let the games begin.■
♪■■
Is the■re■ anybody here?
♪■■
ALI: K2 is going insan■■
■ ■Oh, my God. That meter just ■we■nt crazy.
It just stopped ■■Xju■st■ like t.
I do■n'■t know what would cause that.
■I ■don't, either.
■■ I'm kind of tripping ■■because your wireless signal
from y■ou■r microphone's all screwy.■
At the same time ■th■at that went crazy?
Th■at■ went crazy, and then the w■ir■eless signal
cutting in and out.■
■Is■ someone tryig to communi■ca■te with?
■■ Can you give us a sign
or mak■e ■some sort of noise for us?
[ Loud thud ]
Whoa!
Did you guys hea■r ■that?
It was.
It came almost as ■a ■direct response to your que■st■ion.
[ Wind■ b■lowing ]
You feel that?■ ■ -Yeah.
- Y■ea■h, the wind just picked. ■■-Wind just picked up.
Go■t ■a lot colder.
Can you repeat ■■that noise you made?
♪■■
It's like we had ■a ■momentary burst of activity,
■an■d then nothing.
♪
BO■BB■Y: Dan, something moved behind■ y■ou, yeah?
Totally. You he■ar■d that, too?
■ ■ -Let's go. - Let's go.■
■■ ♪
It's super dark in her■e.■
SH■AW■N: W■Xow.
I don't know■ w■hat you s.
■ ■I know I heard somethi.
Bobby, yo■u ■heard it, to.
■■ Yeah, I heard something comi■ ■from the room beside you.
I don't know.
■ I mean, I'm completely ■■ confused by all th.
■■♪
- Who■a.■ - What?
GATE■S:■ I thought I just saw somethin■g ■move back here.
I can't tell■ i■f it was an animal,
but I thou■gh■t I saw somethig move right b■ac■k in here.
- Oh. ■■ -Did you see something?
Fo■r ■a second, there was a shaw in■ t■he far wall back there.
There are two corr■id■ors.
Here, let's split up.■ ■ Mike. Yeah?
Why don't yo■u ■chk out over there?
Ali, you go ■lo■ok in that villa.
I'll go through th■is■ way. - Okay.
♪
■Jo■sh?
Mike?
■ [ Footsteps ]
■ ■ Josh! Guys! - Ali?
I ■he■ard something running right be■hi■nd me,
and I turned aro■un■d. I didn't see anything.
■ ■It sounded like it came from■ h■ere through there? Yup.
Let's start he■re■ and ■Xcheck it out.
That's weird.
Oh, wow.
Whoa!■
Yeah, this is called ■th■e garden of the fugitives.
All these people tried ■■to take shelter here
from the volcano,
and, ultimately, ■ ■didn't make it out.
This l■oo■ks like a mother and a chil■d ■over here.
■ ■Yeah. Little kid down here.■
MIKE: Oh, my God.
■■ This is — This is really h■ea■vy.
Whatever I saw, th■e ■oy path leads down here■
■■Xbu■t ■I don't k any of these■ f■ols
have mov■ed■ for a long time.
Those are 2,■00■0-year-old peop.
They're just a■bs■olutely trapped in time.
■■ ♪
Let's start ■ma■king our way back to base c■am■p.
All right, g■uy■s. I can see the volcano,
which means the sun'■s■ starting to come up.
Let's start packin■g ■it up.
It's t■im■e for us to get out of here■.■
Sunrise would ■br■ing with it the hordes of ■to■urists,
■ ■ and so we packed up ■an■d jetted back
to Los Angeles to c■on■tinue our efforts.
■ ■ After carefully analyzing ou■ footage and audio recordin■gs,
we too■k ■the results to Jason Hawes■
and Grant Wilson ■ ■for their expert opinions.
Let's start with ■■the audio evidence.
A coup■le■ of really interesting EVP sess■io■ns.
■ ■ Listen to this.
■ ■ Are these your remains ■■in the room?
■■ Are these your remains■ ■ in the room?
[■ ■Man coughs ]
What does it sound like to■ y■o? What do you think?
Honestly, it■ s■ounds like somebody coughing as■ i■f,
■you know, they're trying to m■ay■be clear something
■■out of their lungs or, like, th■ey■'re gasping for air.
It's the... [coughs■]■
GRANT: It's so odd ■■ they didn't hear th.
■X We boost■ed■ it up.
It■ m■ay well have been in the room,■
but too quiet to■ h■ear, you know?
Yeah, I think yo■u'■re right, ye.
Do■es■ it sound vocal to you?
Does it sound like■ ■ a human voice?
It does. ■■It does.
And th■e ■thing is, with the history■ o■f Pompeii,
you got to■ t■hink, how many people, you■ k■now,
passed away ■th■ere and were gasping for air,■
tryi■ng■ to cough this stuff out of■ t■heir lungs.
And ■XI'm sure som■e ■of tha, you know, energy
from the t■ra■umatic experiencs
of all t■ho■se people passing on
■■has attached itself to objects■ t■here.
■ Possibly, that was some ■of■ the last sounds ever in Pompei■■
■■ What do you guys make o■f ■this?
SH■XAWN: Is there ■an■yone he?
■ ■ Is there anyone here?
[■ ■Indistinct voice ]
Now, that's de■fi■nitely a voi.
I he■ar■ a male voice saying something■.■
But it d■oe■s sound like speech.
Oh, it does. ■■ There's definitely...
It sou■nd■s like a male sa■Xying something.
Ma■yb■e it's an old na, but it's d■ef■initely a voi.
Yeah■, ■there's definitely something th■er■e.
■I'■ll give you that.
■ ■GATES: But what I most wantd ■■their opinion on
■■ was a piece of visual evid■en■.
■-R■ight there. - Oh, wow.
Now, w■ha■t I really want to show you, t■ho■ugh,
is this piec■e ■of evidence from our thermal i■ma■ger.
This is wild. Chec■k ■this out.
Ri■gh■t there. - Oh, wow.
- See that? ■■-That's nice.
■ ■I thought, "Oh, I'll walk ar■ou■nd this thing,
■Xand there'll■ b■e a dude,
■li■ke, pressed up behind this ■tr■ee."
■■ Above and beyond that, ■Jo■sh,
■■ you look at the temperate ■■ coloration here.
■■ They're not any warr than■ t■he wall the.
■ What do you make of t■ha■t, Jason?
If i■t ■was, you know, you or one o■f ■your teammates
■or something like that, ■■ it would be bright red.
■■ You'd see, you know, the h■eat signature coming off of ■th■e,
so, whatev■er■ that is,
■it■ definitely doesn't look li■ke■ a living person.
It'd be giving off a lot ■■more heat, so I think you caut
an■ i■ncredible piece of evidenc■e ■there.
You really■ d■id.
■■-That's a Class-A piece. - Y■ea■h.
GATES: Our I■ta■lian expeditin led us pas■t ■Imperial monumens
and on a sweepin■g ■quest to spark a connectio■n■
to tortu■re■d spirits.
■Po■mpeii itself is nothing short ■of■ a time machine,
■■a window that transports us ■■to a frozen moment in histor.
Along the street■s■ and in the villas
■■ of this 2,000-year-old city,
■■ there is a sense of presenc■e ■and of life.
Oh■, ■guys, guys!
Co■ul■d it be that the ever-looming V■es■uvius
was able t■o ■imprison more than just br■ic■ks and bodies?
With expert analysis■ ■ of compelling evidence,
■■it seems that souls are am■on■g the ruins of Pompeii.
Without question, Af■ri■ca is he
■■to the most dangerous animas ■ ■on the planet.
■As■ if the known dangers here■ w■eren't enough,
add ■to■ that the ferocious Nandi Bear■.■
This beast r■ep■ortedly roams the forests ■of■ western Kenya
■ ■ and is said to have ■an■ insatiable appetite
for human flesh.■
■X Named after the Nandi ■tr■ibe
■■ who claim to have hunt■ed■ these animals,
■■ the existence of these creatur■■
■ha■s been a hotly debated topc ■■for over a century.
Is■ i■t a myth or a monster?
Recent s■ig■htings in forest cas
have reign■it■ed the search for the trut■h.■
Accordin■g ■to terrified villagers,
the Nandi ■Be■ar is very real and very d■an■gero■Xus.
We scoured years ■ ■of their eyewitness reports
to create ■a ■3-D animation of this dreaded ■cr■eature.
■ Deep in Africa's Grea■t ■Rift Valley,
nati■ve■s claim to have been encounter■in■g
■ ■ the Nandi Bear for generatio■.
The creatu■re■ has a muscular body,
■ high shoulders an■d ■a powerful, sloping bac.
It is also c■ha■racterized by a scraggly ma■ne■
and un■iq■ue vertical stripes along its ■si■des.
Believed to ha■ve■ an appetite for human brains,■
■■this aggressive carnivore hs ■ ■sharp teeth and massive clas
that effortlessly ■ ■rip flesh from bone.
Its unique b■lo■od-curdling howl continues■ t■o strike fer
into the t■ri■bes who live in the beast'■s ■shad.
■■I wanted to find out once ■an■d for all if the Nandi Ber
■wa■s a real creature or just a ju■ng■le legend.
We a■ss■embled our team, packed up ■ou■r gear
and headed f■or■ the wilds of Africa
■■for this potentially life-t■hr■eatening investigati.
We flew almost 1■0,■000 miles et from Los Angeles■
to the Kenyan capital ■ ■of Nairobi.
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Once on the ground, ■ ■we immediately headed northw■
■■ for a 200-mile journey ■■toward the Nandi Hills regio.
■■Bobby used the long drive ■as■ an opportunity to showcae
our newe■st■ piece of equipmen.
■ ■ BOBBY: Copy that.
■ Bobby, what are you doin■g?■
Calling in the cal■■ on Bear-talkie.
■ Did you just steal ■■a child's toy,
gut it and put a walki■e-■talke inside of it?
■XNo, I stole Vane■ss■a's, gutted it
■ ■and put a walkie-tale insi■de■ of it.
■ It's to remind us that ■■ we're constantly searchg
■ for the Nandi Bear.
I ■go■ess, when you put it that way,■
■■ bear-talkie is a prett■y ■good idea.
■■ Why don't you try making ■■a call on Bear-talk?
Hello, Bea■r-■talkie?
■ Yes.
[ Laughter ]
Bear-talkie,■ I■ love you.
I love you, to■o.■
All right. ■Be■ar-talkie can stay.
With Bear-■ta■lkie at the read, we conti■nu■ed on our journey.
■ We wanted to make good t■im■e on the long trek,
so we didn't even st■op■ for refreshments.
Fortunately, in Ke■ny■a, this wasn't a problem.
Hi■, ■what do you got?
■ ■ Milk, warm — Yes. Wh■at■ is that?
■ ■Warm milk? Here you go.
- Thank you. - Perfe■ct■.
■ What the hell?
100 degrees out,■ ■ a little warm milk.
■ ■XWelcome to Africa.
Before■ l■ong, we arrived in the adj■ac■ent Nandi Hills
■■ region to interview some of■ t■he hundreds of locals
■■who had reported run-ins wi■th■ the Nandi Bear.
A resident histori■an■ even alleged that his fam■il■y huntd
■ and killed one of these■ ■ notorious creatures.
■■There are some peoe who ■sa■y that the Nandi Br
■ ■ is■X just a lion t has ■be■en misidentifi.
You'■re■ certain tt it's a uniqu■e ■anim,
■ ■ that it's a differen■t ■anim.
[ Speaks na■ti■ve language ]
Our ■re■search led us to a plae
■ ■where the existence of t■he■ creature
■ is a constant topic ■of■ conversation,
the Nandi Bear G■ol■f Club.
This p■ri■vate club is not ony name■d ■after our age-old suspt
but has itself been■ ■a fixture in this region
for more than 100 ■ye■ars.
■ We spoke with th■e ■club president,
wh■o ■had a very strong opinin
■ ■ about the existence ■of■ the animal.
Do y■ou■ believe that the br is a■ r■eal anima?
■■Yes, yes, it's believed.
■■ And fast?
■■Where do you thik the Nand■i ■Bear liv?
And so t■hi■s club is nad after the ■Na■ndi Be?
■■ - Yeah. - Okay.
Can I ■ap■ply for membership?
I have t■o ■be...
We■ll■, would you introduce, do y■ou■ think?
Yeah, well, ■ ■we'll go to dinn.
We'll have dinner so■me■time. - Yeah, yeah, sure.
But, for today, ■■ do you think you'd lete
go play a ro■un■d of go?
■ ■With my trial membership■ a■pproved,
■ I adhere to the stri■ct■ dress code
by stealing some new■ d■uds from the locker room
before hitting the l■in■ks.
Here we go now.
What handicap am I? ■■Nelson, I don't golf very muc.
You might want■ t■o back up,
or you'r■e ■going to be handicapped. Here ■we■ go.
■ ■A real Cinderella story.
Final hole at the Nand■i ■Bear Club.
■■ - Wow! - Very nice.■
Beautiful.
■■ It's in the hole!
■ ■It's in the hole!
■■ Since I was now practically ■■ a member of the course,
■ I decided to audition th■e ■ret of my crew to determin■e■
if any of them ■we■re country club material.
■X No!
Wow.
That thing is ■in■ Uganda!
Let me s■ho■w you how a lady does it.■
What do I put ■it■ on?
♪
Gabe, you shanked it ■ ■into the trees.
That was a hole-in-one■!■
■ ■No, that was a tree-in-on■e.■
GATES: ■Wi■th my ragtag crew blowing ■my■ chance at club membershi,
■ ■ we got back to work.
We left the ■cl■ub and steamed on,
passing over the■ E■arth's Equar
en route t■o ■the region of Eldoret.
This is on■e ■of the fastest-growing areas
in a■ll■ of Kenya,
and,■ a■s it expands west towards ■th■e border of Ugand,
■ ■ a vast section of the Nandi■ ■ Bear's alleged habitat
is disappe■ar■ing.
We wanted to survey■ ■ this wilderness
■■to find the densest areas
wher■e ■these creatures may be liv■in■g.
To■ c■over the largest possible a■re■a
■X in■ t■he shortest amount of,
we hea■de■d for the sky.
High■ a■bove the city,
■th■e endless tin-roofed shanty■to■wns gave way
to the bre■at■htaking wilderness of East■ A■frica.
Ou■r ■survey revealed one massive■
and ■pr■istine forest on the ee ■of■ a Nandi village
■■ where sightings have lo■ng■ been reported.
■■ Upon landing, we immediate■ly■ headed toward the tiny tow■n■
■ ■and this promising habitat fo■r ■the creature.
I just h■op■e the villagers didt mind us ■dr■opping by unannounc.
■ ■The hospitality of the tribe ■wa■s overwhelming,
and we were quic■kl■y undergoig an extreme Afr■ic■Xan■ m■akeo.
Yeah?
[ All ■si■nging in native language ]■
I ■th■ink we've been welcomed into t■he■ village.
■Af■ter the inspiring greetin,
I ■wa■s invited to sit down with■ t■he chief,
who shared■ g■enerations of knowledge ab■ou■t the Nandi Ber
■■ and where to find it.
■X ■■[ Speaks native language ]■
Within t■he■ Nandi Forest is a remote ■se■ction
wher■e ■we believe the animal still■ l■ives.
You'll fin■d ■it over the hill in the hil■l ■itself,
in the caves■ n■ear a waterfal.
GATES: Befor■e ■heading out in the jungles■,■
th■Xe trib■e ■members gave us baskets
■to■ wear on our heads,
an age-old albeit ■ ■slightly dubious method
used to su■rv■ive an attack by the Nandi■ B■ear.
Bo■bb■y, I got to be honest.
I don't think th■is■s going to work.
Yours won't because■ ■ it's too small.
Thank you very m■uc. We thank you.
■■We thanked the people of t■he■ village,
■■ packed up our protective b■Xasks
and headed int■o■ the wilderness.
■ After an uphill hike to■ ■ the ridge above the valley,■
■ ■ we reached a flat clearing
wher■e ■we established our base cam■p.■
■ We then set up fo■ur■ infrared cameras
several hundre■d ■yards out in each directio■n.■
■ ■ Well beyond those, we■ i■nstalled infrared
movement-activated trap came■ra.
Finally, we se■t ■up a laser perimeter fence■
that would ale■rt■ us to anything entering t■he■ cam.
■■ With known predators in■ t■he valley,
■th■ese precautions would provide ■us■
a much-needed leve■l ■of securi.
Vaness■a ■would closely monitr the ■eq■uipment
■■for any signs of intruders.
You guys, we are i■n■ a real-deal environmen■Xt tonig.
This is a pl■ac■e where we hae a lot of d■an■gerous game
that we could come■ ■ into contact with.
■ ■ We need to be very, ■ve■ry cautious
as we ■he■ad out from camp tonight.
They s■ay■ the Nandi Bear lives in ca■ve■s.
They say it ■li■ves deep in the jungle.
We need ■to■ find water sources if we ■ca■n.
People i■n ■the village below this area,
they■X claim to ha■ve■ seen it recently.
■ ■They say that it's here.
It's going to be a b■ig■ nigh. Let's do it.
We dec■id■ed to start our swees in t■he■ valley below
■■ and work our way back u■p ■the ridge.
■ ■ Ali, Mike, Gabe and I headed■ ■back down to the village,
where we■ t■ransformed our 4x4 into a m■ob■ile base camp
■by■ rigging several infrared came■ra■s to the exterior,
al■lo■wing us to see into the dar■kn■ess.
African predat■or■s are known to travel up t■o ■25 square mis
in one night■ ■ in search of prey.
■■ Starting our investigation■ ■ in the 4x4
■wo■uld maximize our search ar.
[ Engine starts ]
All right, guys.
■■ We got a lot of old ■■back roads here
we can explore in this■ a■rea.
■ We know there's defi■ni■tely wildlife here,
so, everybody, ■ke■ep your guard up.
■Ho■pefully, we get lucky, and ■we■ see something out her.
■ ♪
■X Hey, Josh, doesn■'t■ this rd you of "Jurass■ic■ Par?
■ Yeah, it turned out ■ ■really great for those folk.
■■♪
■ ■ Oh, my God! Right th■er■e!
■■♪
Oh, my God! ■■ Right there!
Got a female lion■ ■ on the left of the car.
■ Don't spook her. She's go■t ■cubs with her.
■ Don't mess with her.
■■All right.
They'r■e ■moving off into the grass, ■go■ys.
I'm glad we ran into t■ha■t in the car and not on foot.
Jo■sh■ for Vanessa, come in.
■ We just saw a lioness
■■and some cubs on the side of t■he■ road here.
We're probably 5 o■r ■6 miles from base camp at ■th■is poin,
but just b■e ■aware
ther■e'■s definitely lions out in this ■ar■ea.
■■ Be very, very careful.
■ ■We just came up on them ■ou■t of nowhere.
■ ■ They say the Nandi Ber ■ ■likes to eat monke.
Th■e ■stories are varying.
It goes from eating livest■oc■k to only eating human brains.■
Brains are tasty.■
Oh, wa■it■, wait, wait.
Hold, hold, hold. Wh■at■ do you got?
We got something out ■■here in the gras.
- There's■ a■ whole group. - It is a flo■ck■ of something.
I think it might be ■ze■bras. - Zebras?
Yeah, looks like z■eb■r, for sure zebras.
■ ■GATES: Yeah, I can see them ■ ■on the thermal.
Looks like■ 2■0, 30 of them.
Wow, these are ■■ coming closer.
Oh, my God. ■ ■■XTh■ey're everywhere.
■■There's zebras everywhere!
♪■■
That's■ a■ lot of zebras! Wow!
Ok■ay■, well, we got a food soue ■■for the Nandi Bear out here.
We know ■th■at.
All right,■ g■uys. We're going to keep go■in■g.
■■ Hold on.
■■That look like a cave to yo■u?■
■■ SHAWN: Yeah, defini■te■ly.
■■ Looks like a big one.
Se■e ■any tracks?
Gr■as■s looks beaten down.
■■ I don't see any specif■ic■ tracks.
■Bo■bby for Josh, come.
■We■ just stumbled across the o■pe■nig
■to■ what looks lie a pretty large■ c■a.
We're thinking we'■re■ goingo head in here in ■a ■minu.
Well■, ■that's certainly one of the pla■ce■s
■■that this thing is suppose■d ■to live.
Be ver■y ■careful when you go in the■re■.
■We■ know there's lots of predators■ h■ere
■■ that could also be living i■n ■there.
I just w■an■t to give u a heads-up
■ ■because walkies may t ■wo■rk in there,
■ but we're going in.
We'll touc■h ■base as soon as we can.
Just stay on■ y■our toes, guy.
This i■s ■the Wild West.
■ ■ ♪
■■ Careful.
■■ There's a lot of wet ros ■ ■right here,
probab■ly■ home to a few snakes.
♪
This thi■ng■'s huge.
I wonder how far ■th■is thing goes.
Hey, check this ■ou■t.
Looks li■ke■ something dug a hole over here■.■
All the dirt ove■r ■here is all soft
and not pack■ed■ down like the rest.
Something's moving in■ ■ and out of there.
Should we continue■ ■ to the end of the cav?
All righ■t.■ Let's do it.
■ ■♪
Oh, that is one ■■ steep cliff, my frie.
Let's get out of h■er, yeah? Yeah.
■GA■TES: After making a 25-mie lo■op■ through the savanna,
■ ■I decided to park our 4x4
and continue ou■r ■investigation on foot.
I wanted to expl■or■e the narrw game trails fo■r ■tracks,
scat or any other evid■en■ce of the Nandi Bear.
Having already spotted■ ■a lioness with her cubs,
we wer■e ■now hypervigilant
while searching this■ e■xtremey hazardous terrain.■
♪■■
Th■is■ is pretty crazy, huh?
Aler■t ■zone 2.
Vanessa to a■ll■ teams, come in.
■ Something has just broken ■■the perimeter alarm.
Guys, you need ■to■ get back here.
I'm by myself. ■■-Copy that, Vanessa.
■ ■ GATES: Do you see anythig ■■ on the cameras around ca?
I don't know■ ■ what it is, Josh.
Nothing on the cameras,■
but the perimeter al■ar■m is going crazy.
Please c■om■e back and get me.
Copy that. We'r■e ■headed back to ca.
■We■'re coming as ft as we ca■n,■ Vanes.
■♪■
[ Animal growls softly ]
Vanessa to a■ll■ teams, come in.
Perimeter ■al■arm is going crazy.
Please com■e ■back and get me.
■■ Copy that. We're he■ad■ed back to ca.
We're ■co■ming as ft as we can, Van■es■.
♪■■
[ Animal growls softly ]■
Hey, Josh. ■■I just saw it with my eyes.
Somethin■g ■has come into base camp.
Bobby, what's y■ou■r positi?
Can you ge■t ■over the?
V,■ w■e're running back there right ■no■w,
moving a■s ■fast as we can.
■■ We should be there in a few■ m■inutes.
Stan■d ■by, Vaness.
■■ We're coming in.
Copy that,■ g■uys. Just get over here.
Hey, V, ■wh■at's up? You okay?
- Yeah. ■■-Okay.
Hey, g■uy■s, what's up? - Hey, yeah.■
It l■oo■ks like something tripped ■th■e perimeter alarm
along the ■ba■ck side of the camp.
Why don't ■yo■u guys head up this way?
■■ I'll take a team along this■ r■idge here.
V, you sit■ t■ight here. We're on walkie.
We got your back.
■ You let me know if anyth■in■g crosses into those camer■as■.
■Ok■ay, let's do it, guys. Let'■s ■get out there. Come o.
■■SHAWN: It's quite a little drop■.■
BOBBY: Y■ea■h. Watch your footing.
Yeah, I think a sl■ip■ and fall here might mean
a good crack■ed■ cranium.
■■ So then the Nandi Bet
■■ could come and suck you■r ■brains o.
Make it easier for him, ■■ at least.
■ ■ ♪
■■ Look, there's a little ■ ■spring right her.
■■ Let's see if we n se■e ■any tracks.
■It■ certainly looks like it would ■be■ a good spot
for something ■to■ come down, but I'm just not s■ee■ing it.
Not ■se■eing the prints.
■■Let's cross this rir here■ c■arefully and e
if we can pick up ■■the trail on the other si.
♪■
■■ A couple of these rocks ■■are slippery.
Oh, ■ye■ah.
Look, ■th■ere are prints on this side of ■th■e river.
That's a big one ■ ■right over there.
■■ What do you think ■th■ese are, deer?
■■Maybe a zebra or donkey ■Xor somethi■ng■.
Too deep in ■th■e d to really tell what ■th■ey a.
♪■■
■ ■Guys, I hear running wat■er■.
■ ■ ♪
Yeah, there's ■a ■waterfall he. Look at th■is■.
■ ♪
Guys, ■it■ looks like a shallw cave■ b■ehind the waterfall,
one of the places ■th■ey said it might live.
Let's get ■in■side, check it o,
see if we can see ■■any signs of life.
♪
■ ■ Guys, we're looking ■fo■r any signs
of large animals■ ■living in here —
droppings, tracks, b■on■es, anything to indicate
■■that a large animal might ■be■ living in here.
♪
■ ■ ALI: It's cold. It's■ c■reepy.
There's gian■t ■rocks everywhe. I do■Xn't know■.■
■I ■wouldn't want to make a home b■ac■k here.
■■ GATES: I don't see any bones ■■ or evidence
■th■at anything's bn bringing foo■d ■back he.
■ ■It's muddy outsi. It's■ m■ossy in he.
It's not r■ea■lly good conditions for tr■ac■.
I thin■k,■ if the Nai Bear was living ■in■ he,
■he■'s not living here n.
Josh for Bobby, come■ i.
■ BOBBY: I got you,■ J■osh.
■ ■GATES: I'm basically at the ■ ■ of the sensor line.
■■ We've had no sign of w■ha■tever it was
■■ that tripped that perim■et■er alarm.
Do you guys see an■yt■hing?
No, we're up her■e■ at the other tree line, too,
■■ and there's nothing ■■moving at all,
not ev■en■ the wind. - All right.
■ We'll leave all the came■ra■s running up here,
se■e ■if we catch anything on them,■
see if we ge■t ■anything on the trap cams.
We're going to h■ea■d back don toward base ca■mp■ and regrou.
■■ Copy that.
■ ■We'll rendezvous with you ■■back at base camp.
We conducted ■ ■an exhaustive search■X,
but whatever had ■ ■breached the perimeter
and entere■d ■our camp didn't rear its he■ad■ again.
With t■he■ night growing short d the su■n ■approaching the horiz,
we packed up our gear■ ■ and headed back to Los Angel■■
to analyze our recording■s.■
At■ o■ur headquarters, Ali and I digi■ti■zed our foota,
■■offloaded our trap cameras and ■re■viewed the results.
This is what■ ■ scared Vanessa.
She heard a noise up ■■on the ridge.
She focuses her ■li■ght the, and then, if you■ w■a,
you see a little bit of■ m■ovement,
and then, righ■t ■the, she sees a set of ey■e.
■ Despite magnifying and enhan■cig the footage shot from ou■r ■ca,
ther■e ■just wasn't enough light or■ r■esolution
to make a positive I■.D■. of the intruder.
■ ■ Lucky for us, the myster■io■us animal did
not elude our trap cam■er■as.
So, ■he■re and her, we have some e■mp■ty fras
where th■e ■camera fir,
■bu■t whatever it s moved to■o ■quickl.
But then w■e ■get th.
ALI: What is that?■
■ ■Here and here,
■■we have some empty fras ■wh■ere the camera fir,
but ■wh■atever it s ■Xmoved too quic■k.
■ ■ But then we get thi.
■ ■ ALI: What is that?
It looks like■ ■ a dog or a wolf.
■■That's what I thoug. It looks■ v■ery cane
because we're seeing i■ kind of from behind. Right.■
Then I checked some mo■re■f the trap cameras in th■is■ ar,
■ ■ and we got this.
■X All right. De■fi■nitely not a wolf.
I mean, ■th■e shoulders are much highe■r.■
Right, it'■s ■much higr in the front.
I still can't make i■t ■out.
The next t■ra■p camera ov, luckily, giv■es■ us this ima.
Oh, it's a hye■na■.
Yeah, it■'s■ a hye, which actually resem■bls
■ ■ the descriptions of t■he■ Nandi Bea.
I think this cou■l■ be our■X suspect.
GATES: The sid■e-■by-side comparison of the hyen■a ■captud
by our t■ra■p camera and the eyewitness■ d■escriptin
of the Nandi Bear ■is■ strikin.
■■Both exhibit the same slop■in■g back,
long neck and ■po■inted muzzl.
Kenya is■ a■ land of striking contrasts■.■
It has■ b■oth rugged highlands and fe■rt■ile plains,■X
■ho■me to both age-old tribal tradi■ti■ons
■ as well as New World influen■ce.
Its crowded cities b■el■ie that this is also home
■to■ some of the most extraord■in■ary wildlife
on the p■la■net.
■Th■e time-worn stories of the■ N■andi people
may well have ■be■en born out of real encoun■te■rs
with■ a■ now-extinct animal,
but memories hav■e■ turned to legends.
■ It seems that there is n■ow■ misidentification at play.■
It is our belief tha■t■ the Nandi Bear seen today
■■is a large hyena and that the N■an■di people
■■ are in no danger from a■ l■egendary predator.
Still, they mi■gh■t want to keep those baskets c■lo■se.
■ ■Real-world creatures ■ar■e still on the prowl.