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The vast, mysterious depths of our oceans hold more than just beautiful coral and playful dolphins. Beneath the waves lie secrets, wonders, and some truly unsettling discoveries that will make you think twice about your next swim. Join us as we explore the most bizarre and chilling finds pulled from the deep blue, ranging from ancient, unknown species to baffling artifacts and eerie shipwrecks. Prepare to be unnerved by the ocean's darkest secrets.
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00:00You're in the largest canyon in the world and no one's ever been there before.
00:05There's so little known about this area that we're going to see species that we didn't know existed.
00:10Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:11And today we're counting down our picks for the weirdest and most unexpected discoveries that were made in or near the ocean.
00:18We'll be excluding creepy looking aquatic animals as they deserve a list of their own.
00:23It has the...
00:24Oh, what is that?
00:26I actually have no idea.
00:27I don't know what that is.
00:28Number 30. Christ of the Abyss
00:32While some creepy discoveries have been formed by nature, humans have also contributed their own fair share.
00:38The Christ of the Abyss refers to three bronze statues scattered across the globe,
00:42the most unsettling of which lurks in the Mediterranean Sea near the coast of Italy.
00:47This particular statue was installed in the same area where a diver tragically drowned, creating a permanent legacy for him.
00:53Due to its sheer magnitude, the sight of the statue's arms stretched towards the surface is breathtaking and haunting all at once.
01:01Before its repair in 2003, corrosion and other natural occurrences had morphed the art piece into nightmare fuel.
01:08Thankfully, it looks more normal now, but beholding it can still send shivers down one spine.
01:13Number 29. Cancun Underwater Museum
01:16Welcome to an underwater world of mysterious figures frozen in time.
01:23This unique museum off the coast of Cancun has nearly 500 sculptures.
01:28Beautiful, unnerving, and fighting for a good cause.
01:32What more could you want from art?
01:33The Cancun Underwater Museum was created to advocate for the conservation of coral reefs in the area, which had been damaged by tourists.
01:41The goal was to direct traffic to areas with concrete reefs instead, while still giving them something gorgeous to view.
01:48The museum has collected and placed hundreds of sculptures below the surface, each one depicting a human interacting with the environment in some capacity.
01:55The statues are made from a pH-neutral material to attract fish and coral, and the cement is high-grade to withstand strong currents.
02:04It's a great way of highlighting the relationship between the two forces, while reminding the viewer of humanity's negative impact as well.
02:11The result is a powerful tour that's guaranteed to stick with you long after you visit.
02:17Number 28. The Orang Medan
02:19The existence of this ship has been widely debated. Is it a legendary ghost ship, or just a phantom?
02:25Who doesn't love a good mystery?
02:27Everything about this legend, from the ship itself to the crew aboard it, remains an enigma.
02:32In the 1940s, the Orang Medan was supposedly found in the Strait of Malacca after sending out a distress signal.
02:39The message was simple yet terrifying.
02:41Everyone on board had died, and the sender knew they were next.
02:45When help arrived, it was too late.
02:47The vessel was filled with corpses, their faces frozen in expressions of sheer terror.
02:52The captain was dead on the bridge, and dead officers were found in the wardroom, chartroom, and wheelhouse.
02:58Sailors sprawled about the deck, passageways, and their rooms.
03:02Even the ship's terrier was found dead.
03:04With no visible injuries, speculation ran wild.
03:08Some suggested carbon monoxide poisoning.
03:10Others blamed the ship's own toxic cargo.
03:12However, none of these theories has been verified, leaving the alleged fates of the crew in perpetual uncertainty.
03:19Number 27. A Bag of Human Hands
03:23Picture this. You're strolling along the beach, only to stumble upon a severed human hand.
03:28Finding just one is terrifying enough.
03:30So, when a bag containing 27 pairs of hands was discovered on a Siberian island in 2018,
03:37it quickly became an international sensation.
03:40Located near the Siberian city of Khabarisk,
03:42the island in the Amur River where the bag was found is a popular fishing spot.
03:47The question on everybody's mind was, who did these hands belong to?
03:52Several conspiracies were tossed around from medical research to a twisted form of justice.
03:57Eventually, the Russian government stepped in to clarify.
04:00They explained that the appendages had come from cadavers at a medical lab,
04:04which had been improperly disposed of.
04:06Police also found bandages in hospital-style plastic shoe covers.
04:11Sure, this explanation was less sinister than the wild theories.
04:15But if you ask us, we'd rather just find a seashell on the seashore.
04:19Number 26. The Neptune Memorial Reef
04:22We're trying to show people that you can build an artificial reef that's prolific,
04:27that's designed to encourage all the animals,
04:30and also be a good dive site,
04:33and at the same time, be a memorial location.
04:36There's no wrong way to grieve.
04:39The Neptune Memorial Reef provides a unique way to honor the deceased.
04:43It's a human-made underwater reef that lies just off the coast of Florida,
04:47consisting of structures that are made from cremated human remains mixed with cement.
04:51This allows the departed to become part of something bigger,
04:54and to enjoy a peaceful burial at sea.
04:57Right now, we have a little bit more than an acre.
04:59When it's finished, it'll be 16 acres.
05:01It will be the largest artificial reef in the world,
05:03and it will be the only artificial barrier reef in the entire world.
05:07The site can be accessed by divers and aquatic life,
05:10creating a wonderful final resting place and a slightly ominous tourist destination.
05:15It's gained such fame that even well-known figures like renowned chef Julia Child have been laid to rest there.
05:20The reef was built to withstand even the fiercest storms,
05:24ensuring that the memorial remains undisturbed.
05:28Number 25. Bimini Road
05:30When the road was first spotted,
05:33it sparked a frenzy of speculation that has lasted until today.
05:37Even something as simple as a rock formation can be disconcerting.
05:41Near the island of Bimini lies a supposedly natural phenomenon,
05:44a series of stones in a perfect linear formation.
05:48Despite seeming nondescript,
05:49they've been the cause of countless debates within the scientific community.
05:53Everything about it has been questioned,
05:55from its age to how it ended up below the depths in the first place.
05:59Some are convinced it's a human-made structure,
06:02and believe it could be the remains of an ancient road.
06:09Meanwhile, the opposing side is adamant
06:14that it's a natural formation that could be well over 3,000 years old.
06:18The lack of any definitive evidence
06:20has helped this become one of the most well-known nautical enigmas.
06:24Number 24. Undersea Rivers
06:26In 2010, scientists from the University of Leeds
06:29found strange currents of water flowing along the seabed.
06:33Just when we think we've seen it all,
06:35nature still has a way of throwing us a curveball.
06:38Deep beneath the surface of two recorded bodies of water lies a surprise,
06:42rivers flowing within them.
06:43This marvel is still being studied,
06:46but the news has already taken the world by storm.
06:49The original was found in 2010 within the depths of the Black Sea,
06:53and another called the Cenote Angelita
06:55was found in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
06:58Are these separate bodies of water,
06:59or just a slight illusion caused by varying amounts of salinity?
07:03One glance at the pictures reveals how surreal and awe-inspiring they are,
07:07a true reminder of how unpredictable the world can be.
07:10Number 23. Las Cruces de Malpique
07:14In the 1500s, pirates practically owned the seas,
07:18making nautical travel dangerous.
07:22One Jesuit ship learned this the hard way
07:25when they left the Canary Islands for a missionary trip and never returned.
07:29They had been attacked and boarded by a French pirate ship,
07:32who stole their goods and ship,
07:33before tossing the poor crew overboard and leaving them to a watery grave.
07:37Over two centuries later, Pope Benedict XIV declared the lost men martyrs.
07:43That still wasn't enough.
07:44In 2000, they were finally given a proper send-off.
07:48Forty crosses were placed in the waters where they passed,
07:51finally giving them a permanent resting place.
07:53Tourists can even visit the site and see the crucifixes for themselves,
07:57if they dare.
07:59Number 22. The Koryvreckian Maelstrom
08:02Whirlpools may be a natural occurrence,
08:05but one that seemingly never stops is enough to pique someone's interest.
08:09Located near the shores of Scotland,
08:11the Koryvreckian Maelstrom constantly rages on.
08:13A pre-Christian Celtic myth has it that this powerful maelstrom
08:18is where Kyle Jakbera, the hag of winter,
08:22washes her great cloak in the churning waters.
08:25It's the third largest whirlpool known to man,
08:28making its constant movements all the more interesting and startling.
08:31The current is so strong that only certain life can be sustained there,
08:35with every organism having to be resilient in order to thrive.
08:39It's unknown how or when this came to be,
08:41leading to several myths being spread about the violent pool.
08:44The boat is spinning around now,
08:46and it's that fear of the unknown.
08:48Is there a great creature below sucking the water around?
08:52Daring tourists can even take a tour to see it up close
08:55and sail directly into it,
08:57giving them a taste of what being ensnared in it would feel like.
09:01Number 21.
09:02The mummified body of Manfred Fritz Bayerat
09:05Forget creepy, some discoveries at sea are purely horrifying.
09:10While fishing in the Philippine Sea,
09:12a crew was about to head home for the night
09:13when they saw something in the distance.
09:15It was a ship that had reportedly been missing.
09:18It's unbelievable that he was drifting for so long and so far.
09:23How he wasn't picked up by the authorities, no one knows.
09:26When they climbed aboard and investigated,
09:28it appeared to be abandoned.
09:30However, the real shock came when they ventured below deck.
09:34There, they discovered the remains of the boat's owner,
09:37Manfred Fritz Bayerat,
09:38which had been mummified due to the dry, salty conditions.
09:41The gentleman who was in it, who expired,
09:44was still in his same position.
09:46He had died of a heart attack.
09:48What makes the situation even more tragic
09:50is that his death occurred only a week prior,
09:52meaning he might have been found safe
09:54had he drifted there sooner.
09:57Number 20.
09:5887 World War II mortars found at Kalshot Beach
10:01When visiting the beach,
10:03people are usually wary of jellyfish
10:04and maybe the occasional broken bottle,
10:07but nobody ever expects to find bombs.
10:09In 2011, Kalshot Beach became the site of a shocking discovery,
10:13as 87 World War II mortars made their presence known.
10:16The Royal Navy came in to handle the explosives,
10:19with an expert remarking how unusual it is to discover so many.
10:23The ocean hides its secrets well.
10:25Someone could be enjoying a lovely day at the beach,
10:28completely oblivious to the fact
10:29that dozens of mortars are submerged close by.
10:33Number 19.
10:34The Indian Lost City Near Mahabaliparam
10:36In late 2004,
10:38the Boxing Day tsunami hit the Indian Ocean,
10:41including the Mahabaliparam port city in Tamil Nadu.
10:44As the sea line pulled back,
10:46eyewitnesses spoke of underwater buildings
10:48that temporarily appeared,
10:50a claim strengthened by the fact
10:51the tsunami unearthed various relics on the shore.
10:54In due time,
10:55an explorative team managed to back up
10:57these eyewitness accounts,
10:58although the building remnants
10:59were naturally quite damaged.
11:01Myth has it that Mahabaliparam once had seven temples,
11:04with only one building remaining on dry land.
11:07Regardless of what the truth might be,
11:09the power of the ocean to wipe
11:11parts of civilization off the map
11:13and perhaps even history is frightening.
11:16Number 18.
11:17The Ice Finger of Death
11:18Certain phenomena happen in such specific circumstances
11:22and difficult-to-reach locations
11:24that they're rarely seen directly.
11:27Occurring in the ice-cold polar regions,
11:29brinicles are the result of brine
11:31escaping from sea ice into the ocean.
11:33As the brine makes its way to the ocean bed,
11:36it freezes the seawater along the way,
11:38leaving a frozen finger of death in its wake.
11:41The death part refers to the sea creatures
11:43who cannot quite react quickly enough
11:45to get out of the ice's way.
11:47Like the ocean itself,
11:48this phenomenon can be both beautiful and dangerous.
11:52Number 17.
11:53Train Wreck Under the Sea
11:54For this entry's look into the creepy objects
11:57that await us in the abyss of the ocean,
12:00we have a locomotive graveyard
12:01located off the coast of New Jersey.
12:03Divers and archaeologists discovered two rare locomotives
12:05under 90 feet of water in 1985.
12:08Making this even more strange
12:09is the fact that these trains are from the 1850s.
12:13Exactly how the locomotives got there is still up for debate.
12:16Researchers believe that a storm was the cause of their disappearance
12:19when they were being transported on a barge from Boston.
12:21There are hopes to resurface and restore the two trains,
12:24but as things stand,
12:25no concrete plans are in place
12:27to lift these 15-ton behemoths up from their ocean graveyard.
12:30For now, they make for quite the creepy diving landmark.
12:33Number 16.
12:35The SS Thistle Gorm
12:37Sunken ships litter the ocean floor.
12:40While Mother Nature has played a part in many disasters,
12:43plenty of ships have met their ends through warfare.
12:45In 1941, the SS Thistle Gorm went down in the Red Sea
12:49after being subjected to a military onslaught.
12:52After a 15-year wait,
12:54Jacques Cousteau discovered the steamship's wreckage.
12:56While the explorer and his team salvaged a few items,
12:59most of the cargo can be found memorialized in the ocean.
13:02Photos of the SS Thistle Gorm wreckage are haunting,
13:05a reflection of the fact that the ship went down
13:08during one of humanity's darkest eras.
13:10Number 15.
13:11A village from the Stone Age
13:13The next stop on our journey under the waves
13:15takes us to an ancient Neolithic village.
13:18Submerged under the Mediterranean Sea,
13:20the new Stone Age settlement known as Atlet Yam
13:22is located off the coast of Atlet Israel.
13:25Carbon dated somewhere between 8,900 and 8,300 years old,
13:29this once populated place gives off some really spooky vibes.
13:33It's believed that a volcano
13:34that triggered a tsunami in nearby cities
13:36is what also led to the sudden desertion
13:38of the inhabitants of the society.
13:40As well, there is some research pointing
13:42to rising sea levels at the time
13:44as to the cause of Atlet Yam's demise.
13:46Adding to its eeriness are unearthed skeletons
13:48and burial sites.
13:50You see, the village is 40,000 square meters.
13:54This information was gathered
13:55after 25 years of exposure.
14:00Archaeologists have also found piles of fish
14:02ready to trade that were quickly abandoned,
14:04making scientists believe Atlet Yam
14:06had to be abandoned quickly.
14:08Number 14.
14:09Sunken city of Cuba or just nature?
14:12In 2001, explorers recorded sonar images
14:15of unusual stone formations
14:17close to the Guanajacabibes Peninsula in Cuba.
14:20The designs and placements of the structures
14:22gave them a human-made aesthetic,
14:25one that suggested a long-lost city.
14:27Further studies didn't add weight to this theory,
14:29as marine geologists estimated the city
14:31would have needed to sink during an era
14:33when such buildings were not possible.
14:35Some speculate the structures are remnants
14:37of a submerged island,
14:38while others believe it's just nature
14:40throwing humanity a curveball.
14:42Either way, the ocean has probably
14:44taken the truth down with it.
14:46Number 13.
14:47Black smokestacks.
14:49For this creepy item,
14:50we'll have to take a deep dive
14:51under the waters off the coast
14:52of the Galapagos Islands.
14:53There it is.
14:54Wow.
14:55The iconic structure of oceanography.
14:58Wow.
14:59Looks like a little beehive up there, huh?
15:01It does, doesn't it?
15:02Giant hydrothermal vents
15:04that spew black smoke
15:05were first discovered here in 1976.
15:08These black smokers,
15:09which can reach sizes of almost 200 feet,
15:12are found between 8,200 to 9,800 feet under the sea.
15:16Black smokers on the sea floor
15:18bring up valuable raw materials
15:20from inside the Earth.
15:21Their meter-high vents
15:23seem to give off clouds of smoke
15:25like underwater industrial chimneys.
15:28When superheated water
15:29from below the Earth's crust
15:30meets the cold ocean water,
15:32the ominous black smoke is formed.
15:34The superheated water
15:35can reach temperatures
15:36as high as 752 degrees Fahrenheit.
15:39These vents also host
15:40various types of sea life,
15:41such as aquatic snails,
15:43shrimp, and giant tube worms,
15:45which survive off bacteria
15:47that use the minerals
15:47found within the water
15:48from the smoke clouds.
15:50Number 12.
15:51The Ghost Fleet of Truck Lagoon
15:53Located off the coast of Chuck Lagoon,
15:55an area previously called Truck Atoll,
15:58is a watery graveyard
15:59littered with sunken military ships,
16:01planes, vehicles, and more.
16:03That's because this area,
16:04which is found northeast of New Guinea,
16:06was the site of Operation Hailstone,
16:08a surprise attack
16:09against the Japanese fleet
16:10during World War II.
16:12This air and surface attack
16:13saw the sinking of over 40 ships
16:15and hundreds of other land and air vehicles.
16:18The Ghost Fleet now acts
16:19as a tourist attraction
16:20for many divers every year,
16:22who tell of their experience
16:23at Chuck Lagoon
16:24by sharing stories
16:25of towering empty battleships
16:27reclaimed by coral and fish.
16:29Be warned,
16:30human remains have even been found
16:32among the wreckage.
16:33Number 11.
16:34The Baltic Sea Anomaly
16:36When in doubt,
16:37blame it on aliens.
16:39In 2011,
16:40a treasure hunting operation
16:41produced sonar images
16:42of a seafloor formation
16:44with an otherworldly aesthetic.
16:46Known as the Baltic Sea Anomaly,
16:48the formation sent ripples
16:49across the internet
16:50due to it bearing a resemblance
16:51to the Millennium Falcon
16:52from Star Wars.
16:58The sonar image's low quality
17:00made it difficult to discern
17:01most of the formation's details,
17:03and geologists were quick
17:05to point out that nature
17:06can get imaginative
17:07with its creations.
17:08As exciting as it is
17:10to imagine UFOs
17:11crash-landing into the Baltic Sea,
17:13the fact remains
17:13that the ocean
17:14is still mostly unexplored.
17:16What else is just waiting
17:17to be discovered?
17:19Number 10.
17:20Tonus Heraklion
17:20The sea does not discriminate.
17:23A major port city
17:24in ancient Egypt,
17:26Tonus Heraklion consisted
17:27of small islands
17:28connected through water channels.
17:29Historians believe
17:30the city was extremely relevant
17:32for hundreds of years,
17:33although its importance
17:34would wane
17:35after the 4th century BC.
17:37Over nearly a thousand years,
17:39the sea would gradually
17:40consume Tonus Heraklion,
17:42leaving only ruined temples
17:43and other artifacts
17:44for researchers to discover.
17:46We would assess
17:46that we haven't excavated
17:48more than 5%
17:49of those two sites
17:51in 20 years.
17:52Once upon a time,
17:53Tonus Heraklion
17:54was a bustling port
17:55that played a crucial role
17:57in an expansive civilization.
17:59Nowadays,
17:59only fragments of the city
18:01and its legacy remain.
18:02The rest washed away
18:04by the water.
18:05Number 9.
18:06The Great Blue Hole
18:07Here we have a giant
18:09underwater sinkhole
18:10filled with sharks.
18:12Dropping down
18:13to a gut-wrenching depth
18:14of 407 feet,
18:15the Great Blue Hole
18:16is as terrifying
18:17as it is amazing.
18:19Jacques Cousteau,
18:19the renowned French explorer,
18:21ranked the Great Blue Hole
18:22as one of the world's
18:23top 5 diving destinations
18:24after making his own trip there.
18:26Divers can find
18:27various species of fish
18:28like the midnight parrotfish
18:30swimming around
18:31in this massive sinkhole
18:32located off the coast of Belize.
18:34Though it is obviously beautiful,
18:36an underwater dive
18:36into the Great Blue Hole
18:37can also be scary
18:38thanks to the presence
18:39of reef sharks,
18:40bull sharks,
18:41and hammerhead sharks,
18:42which can be seen
18:43in its crystal-clear waters.
18:46Number 8.
18:47The Yonaguni Monument
18:48Everything returns
18:50to nature in due time.
18:51Discovered in the 1980s
18:53near Japan's Yonaguni Island,
18:54the Yonaguni Monument
18:56has divided scientists
18:57ever since.
18:58Reminiscent of a steppe pyramid,
19:00some geologists
19:01have explored the idea
19:02that the Yonaguni Monument
19:03could be a lost city,
19:05even reporting the existence
19:06of carvings
19:07on some of the surfaces.
19:08This explanation is,
19:09however,
19:10just a theory,
19:11as the Yonaguni Monument
19:12could also be
19:13a natural formation.
19:14This element of the unknown
19:16is the creepiest part,
19:18as the ocean
19:18has the power
19:19to scrub the traces
19:20of humanity from a city
19:22or forge a structure
19:23that can pass
19:24for human-made.
19:25Number 7.
19:26The Lost City of Dwarka
19:28The ancient kingdom
19:29of Krishna Dwaraka
19:30was once located
19:31in what's now known
19:32as modern-day Dwarka
19:33in northwest India.
19:35Legend has it
19:35that Krishna settled
19:36and administered
19:37his kingdom
19:38in this lost city of Dwarka,
19:39which was a flourishing
19:40port city
19:41that's believed
19:42to have been lost
19:42when it was submerged
19:43under the sea.
19:44And this city
19:46could be
19:47one of the oldest
19:48civilizations
19:49known to man.
19:51They've found some walls
19:53and they've found
19:53some stuff that
19:54carbon dates
19:5532,000 years ago.
19:57Historical records
19:58date the ancient city
19:59all the way back
20:00to 574 A.D.
20:02However,
20:0320th century
20:03archaeological findings
20:04of ruins featuring
20:05ancient sculptures
20:06and pottery
20:07have linked them
20:08to a city-state
20:09that could have existed
20:09as early as 1500 B.C.
20:12Picture and video footage
20:13taken from the site
20:14are absolutely breathtaking,
20:16while the very recognizable
20:17stone streets
20:18and buildings
20:18make for a simultaneously
20:19awesome
20:20and creepy experience.
20:22Number 6.
20:23The Spanish Galleon San Jose
20:25The story of sunken treasure
20:27begins all the way back
20:28in 1708
20:30off the coast
20:30of Cartagena, Colombia.
20:32The enormous
20:33Spanish Galleon San Jose
20:34was part of a treasure fleet.
20:36Laden with gold,
20:37silver,
20:38emeralds,
20:38and other gemstones
20:39collected from Spain's
20:40South American colonies,
20:41the San Jose
20:42was sunk in battle
20:43off the coast of Cartagena.
20:45The San Jose
20:45went down during battle
20:46in 1708
20:47off the coast of Colombia
20:48with millions of pieces
20:50of gold,
20:50silver,
20:51and jewels on board.
20:52The Colombian government
20:53says the ship found
20:54laying on its side
20:55identified by its unique
20:56bronze cannons
20:57with engraved dolphins.
20:59Its specific location
21:00is now a closely guarded secret
21:02due to its estimated value
21:03of $17 billion.
21:05Along with all the treasure
21:06that made its way
21:07to the bottom of the ocean,
21:08so did all but 11
21:09of its 600-strong crew.
21:11It had everything.
21:12The cargo manifest
21:13lists gold,
21:14silver,
21:15precious stones,
21:16pearls,
21:17all of the wealth
21:18and taxes collected
21:19over six years
21:20from Colombia,
21:21Panama,
21:22and Peru.
21:23In May 2024,
21:25the Colombian Institute
21:26of Anthropology
21:27and History
21:27began the first stage
21:28of recovering items
21:29from the wreck site.
21:30Dive teams have kept
21:31the exact location
21:32of the Galleon's secret
21:34for obvious reasons.
21:35It was found
21:36in a thousand feet
21:37of water
21:37during what was
21:38very much
21:39a high-tech treasure hunt.
21:41As the ocean
21:44is overflowing
21:45with life,
21:46there naturally
21:47has to be
21:47just as much death.
21:48In a cave
21:49near Sipedon Island
21:50rests the bones
21:51of deceased turtles
21:52and even a dolphin,
21:54animals who met
21:55a grim end
21:56after getting lost
21:56in the tunnels.
21:57The turtle tomb
21:58delivers bones
21:59and plenty of them,
22:00preserving the animals'
22:01remains for curious divers.
22:03Skeletons are creepy
22:05enough on their own,
22:06but the horror
22:06is enhanced
22:07by the visual
22:08of a living turtle
22:09struggling to escape
22:10a cave
22:11that is quickly
22:12morphing into its coffin.
22:14Number 4.
22:15The Antikythera Mechanism
22:16If it hadn't been
22:17discovered
22:18when it was
22:19in 1901,
22:21no one would
22:21possibly believe
22:22that it could exist
22:24because it's
22:25so sophisticated.
22:26Next up,
22:27we have a 2,000-year-old
22:28analog computer
22:29that is shrouded
22:30in mystery.
22:31In the early 1900s,
22:32divers found
22:33a corroded
22:34emerald-green
22:35clock-shaped mechanism
22:36at the site
22:36of an ancient
22:37Roman shipwreck
22:38off the coast
22:38of Antikythera,
22:39an island north of Crete.
22:41Believed to have been
22:42used to track
22:43the paths of the sun,
22:44moon, and the planets,
22:45the true use
22:46of the Antikythera Mechanism
22:47has left researchers
22:48baffled for many years.
22:50In 2006,
22:51CT scans
22:52of the bronze mechanism
22:52were published,
22:53giving details
22:54on what's written on it
22:55and what's inside of it.
22:57Researchers are still
22:58working to decipher
22:58its hidden inscriptions
22:59and make sense
23:01of many of the missing parts.
23:02Some have argued
23:03that it's so complex,
23:05the Greeks
23:05couldn't have made it
23:06at all.
23:07There are even some
23:09who say it must have
23:10been created
23:11by aliens.
23:13The Antikythera Mechanism
23:14really goes to show
23:15how many surprises
23:16are sitting,
23:17waiting to be discovered,
23:18down in the cold,
23:19watery depths.
23:20What do they think
23:21that is now?
23:22It tracks the movements
23:23of the planets.
23:24It's a navigational device.
23:26It's a geared,
23:28cogged system
23:29that allows you
23:30to track the passage
23:31of time
23:32and figure out
23:32where you are.
23:33It's some kind
23:34of navigational device.
23:35It's not fully understood.
23:36Number three,
23:37a giant,
23:38mysterious eyeball.
23:40You are not going
23:41to believe your eyes.
23:42Or should we say
23:43eye when you see this?
23:45A single,
23:46humongous eyeball,
23:48about the size
23:48of a softball,
23:49was found washed up
23:50on Pompano Beach
23:51in Florida
23:52in the early 2010s.
23:53At first,
23:54many thought the eyeball
23:55belonged to a large fish,
23:56like a tuna
23:56or deep water fish.
23:58After some research,
23:59it came to be believed
24:00that the eye
24:00may come from
24:01a giant squid.
24:02But a later discovery
24:04of bones around the eye,
24:05as well as more analysis,
24:07ruled out the
24:07giant squid conclusion.
24:08Researchers of
24:09Florida Fish and Wildlife
24:10say the softball-sized eyeball
24:12is likely from a swordfish.
24:14As of October 2012,
24:16researchers are fairly sure
24:17that the eye belonged
24:18to a massive swordfish.
24:20So Florida beachgoers
24:21beware, we guess.
24:23Number two,
24:23a purple orb.
24:25During an expedition
24:26near California's
24:27Channel Islands,
24:28the EV Nautilus team
24:29discovered a purple orb
24:30that left the explorers
24:32stumped.
24:33It has the,
24:33it does the picture.
24:33Oh, what is that?
24:35I actually have no idea.
24:36Hold on.
24:36I don't know what that is.
24:37This shiny sphere
24:39was unlike anything
24:40these experts had seen before.
24:41Even though later studies
24:42would suggest
24:43it might be
24:44some type of sea slug,
24:45the purple orb
24:46retained an air
24:47of mystery to it.
24:48The unknown
24:48is terrifying.
24:50And this purple orb
24:51serves as a reminder
24:52that only a small fraction
24:53of the ocean
24:54has been documented.
24:55We might be in
24:55an all-out battle here right now.
24:58All right.
24:58Is this Superman again?
24:59Oh, oh, oh.
25:00Hey.
25:01Come on, buddy.
25:02Water makes up
25:03more than 70%
25:04of the Earth's surface.
25:06So there very well
25:07could be thousands
25:08of purple orbs
25:09and other undiscovered things
25:10nestled beneath the waves.
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25:26Our journey under the waves
25:32now takes us
25:33to the Bering Sea
25:33in the Pacific Ocean.
25:35Zemchug Canyon
25:36is an unimaginably deep hole.
25:50At 8,530 feet deep,
25:53Zemchug is not only
25:54the deepest ocean canyon,
25:56but it's also over
25:572,500 feet deeper
25:58than the Grand Canyon.
26:00Home to countless
26:01deepwater marine life species,
26:02the submarine canyon
26:03is both the stuff
26:04of wonders and nightmares.
26:06Even though we don't
26:07usually think about it
26:08as all being connected,
26:09if you lose one element
26:10of this very delicate ecosystem,
26:12it can really have
26:13far-reaching effects.
26:15A handful of researchers
26:16have taken
26:16submersible crafts into it,
26:18but none has yet
26:19been able to reach the bottom.
26:21Its sheer size
26:22adds numerous complications
26:23that have made its exploration
26:24a difficult task
26:26to this day.
26:27It'll most likely
26:28take many dives
26:29into its dark depths
26:30before Zemchug Canyon
26:31is fully explored.
26:32And who knows
26:33who or what is down there?
26:35You're in the largest
26:36canyon in the world
26:37and no one's
26:38ever been there before.
26:40There's so little known
26:41about this area
26:42that we're going to see
26:43species that we didn't know
26:44existed.
26:45Which deep-sea discovery
26:46freaks you out the most?
26:48Let us know
26:48in the comments below.
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