00:00Have you ever stared into the deep, dark ocean and felt like something was staring back?
00:04Or walked through a dense, ancient forest and sensed a presence you just couldn't explain?
00:10For centuries, sailors and explorers have told tales of colossal beasts,
00:15monsters that defy our understanding of the natural world.
00:19These were often dismissed as myths, the product of overactive imaginations or too much time at sea.
00:25But what if they weren't?
00:26What if, in the deepest, most unexplored corners of our planet, ancient giants still roam?
00:33Today we're diving into the abyss, both literally and figuratively,
00:37to explore the chilling evidence of massive, unidentified creatures that have been sighted,
00:43and in some cases even captured on camera.
00:45These aren't just blurry photos or tall tailies.
00:49We're talking about encounters that have left scientists baffled and eyewitnesses forever changed.
00:53So grab your gear, because we're going on an expedition into the unknown.
00:58Let's start our journey in the vast, unforgiving expanse of the open ocean.
01:03Over 70% of our planet is covered by water, and we've explored less than 5% of it.
01:09Think about that.
01:10We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of our own seas.
01:15It's a realm of crushing pressure, eternal darkness and freezing temperatures.
01:20It's the perfect hiding place for something.
01:23Big.
01:24One of the most enduring legends is that of the kraken.
01:27Depicted as a giant squid or octopus-like creature, capable of pulling entire ships down to a watery grave.
01:33For a long time, this was pure folklore.
01:37But then, science caught up.
01:40In 2004, Japanese researchers captured the first ever images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat.
01:47And in 2012, one was filmed by a deep sea submersible.
01:52These creatures are real, and they can grow to astonishing sizes,
01:55with the largest recorded specimen reaching nearly 43 feet long.
01:59If the giant squid, once a myth, is real, what else could be lurking down there?
02:05Consider the bloop.
02:06In 1997, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA,
02:13detected an ultra-low frequency sound in the South Pacific.
02:17It was powerful, incredibly loud, and traveled over 3,000 miles through the ocean.
02:23The sound profile didn't match any known man-made or geological source.
02:27Most intriguingly, it bore the acoustic signature of a living creature,
02:31but one far larger than anything we know exists.
02:35Larger even than the blue whale, the biggest animal on Earth.
02:39For years, the bloop was a source of intense speculation.
02:43Was this the call of some colossal unknown leviathan?
02:47NOAA later attributed the sound to an icequake from a cracking iceberg, but many remain unconvinced.
02:54The sound profile was just too organic, too.
02:56Alive.
02:58Could a creature of that magnitude still exist, hidden from our senses,
03:01its lonely calls echoing through the abyss?
03:04The mystery doesn't end with sounds.
03:06There are sightings.
03:08In 2007, an oil-rig camera off the coast of Angola
03:12captured footage of a bizarre, tentacled organism
03:15swimming nearly 8,000 feet below the surface.
03:18It was nicknamed the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
03:22Scientists later identified it as a type of siphonophore, a colonial organism.
03:27But its otherworldly appearance, a gelatinous web of pulsating tentacles drifting in the dark,
03:32shows just how alien deep-sea life can be.
03:34Even more unsettling are the encounters that defy easy explanation.
03:40Take the case of the USS Stein, a U.S. Navy destroyer escort.
03:45In 1976, while on patrol, its sophisticated sonar system suddenly failed.
03:50When the ship was dry-docked for repairs, the crew made a shocking discovery.
03:55The massive rubber dome covering the sonar equipment was shredded with deep, parallel gashes.
04:01Embedded in the cuts were sharp, curved claws or teeth, unlike those of any known animal.
04:07Analysis suggested they belonged to a massive squid,
04:10but one significantly larger and more powerful than any giant squid ever documented.
04:15Something attacked a military warship, and we still have no idea what it was.
04:19What kind of creature possesses the strength and audacity to assault a vessel made of steel?
04:25No.
04:26Let leave the crushing pressure of the deep,
04:29and venture into the shadows of the world's great forests and remote wilderness.
04:34Just like the oceans, these vast, untamed lands hold their own secrets.
04:39Perhaps the most famous terrestrial cryptid is Bigfoot or Sasquatch.
04:43For decades, thousands of people across North America
04:46have reported seeing a massive ape-like creature walking upright through the woods.
04:52The most famous piece of evidence is the Patterson-Gimlin film from 1967,
04:57which purports to show a female Sasquatch striding along a riverbed in Northern California.
05:02While many have tried to debunk it as a man in a suit,
05:06no one has ever definitively proven it to be a hoax.
05:08The creature's gait, its muscle movement,
05:11many primatologists and anatomy experts have noted that it's incredibly difficult to fake.
05:17Beyond the film, there's a mountain of circumstantial evidence,
05:21giant, unidentifiable footprints cast in plaster,
05:25strange vocalizations recorded in the dead of night that match no known animal,
05:29and countless credible eyewitness accounts from loggers, hikers, and even law enforcement officers.
05:34The question is, could a large, uncatalogued primate species really exist
05:40in the sprawling forests of North America, evading scientific discovery for so long?
05:45It sounds improbable, until you consider that the mountain gorilla
05:49was only confirmed to exist by science in 1902.
05:53Before that, it was just a local legend.
05:56Let's travel from the forests of the Pacific Northwest to the swamps of Central Africa.
06:00Here, local tribes speak of a creature called the makom bembe.
06:05Its name translates to,
06:07one who stops the flow of rivers.
06:09It's described as a large semi-aquatic animal,
06:12the size of a small elephant,
06:14with a long neck and a small head,
06:15a description eerily similar to that of a sauropod dinosaur,
06:19which are supposed to have gone extinct 65 million years ago.
06:23Expeditions have been launched into the Congo River Basin,
06:26one of the most remote and inaccessible places on Earth in search of this creature.
06:31While no one has brought back a body,
06:33explorers have reported seeing strange three-toed tracks,
06:37hearing thunderous roars,
06:39and having unsettling encounters with a large, unknown animal that submerges when approached.
06:44Could a remnant population of dinosaurs have survived in this isolated, prehistoric environment?
06:50And it's not just the land and sea, the sky holds mysteries too.
06:53In the jungles of Papua New Guinea,
06:56natives tell stories of the Ropin,
06:58a large, winged creature with a long tail and a distinctive crest on its head.
07:03It is said to glow in the dark as it flies
07:06and has a diet that shockingly includes digging up human graves to feast on the dead.
07:11The description sounds remarkably like a pterosaur,
07:14specifically a ramphohynchus.
07:17Several Western explorers have reported seeing these creatures,
07:21describing a flash of bioluminescent light flying through the night sky.
07:25Skeptics suggest it's a misidentified frigate bird or a large fruit bat.
07:30But the consistency of the reports,
07:32spanning different cultures and decades,
07:34describing a glowing reptilian flyer,
07:37is difficult to dismiss entirely.
07:39So what are we to make of all this?
07:41Are these just stories?
07:42A collection of misidentifications,
07:45hoaxes and modern myths fueled by our primal fear of the unknown?
07:50That's certainly the simplest explanation.
07:53Our brains are wired to see patterns,
07:55to create monsters in the shadows.
07:58A floating log becomes a sea serpent.
08:00The howl of the wind becomes the cry of a beast.
08:03A bear walking on its hind legs for a moment becomes a Bigfoot.
08:07But that explanation doesn't cover everything.
08:09It doesn't explain the claws in the USS Stein's sonar dome.
08:14It doesn't explain the scientifically analyzed Patterson-Gimlin film,
08:18which continues to puzzle experts.
08:20And it doesn't fully explain the bloop,
08:23a sound with the power,
08:24and characteristics of a biological entity
08:27larger than anything we have ever known.
08:30Perhaps the truth is somewhere in the middle.
08:33Maybe not all of these creatures are real,
08:35but it seems arrogant to assume that none of them are.
08:38Every year we discover hundreds of new species.
08:42Most are insects or tiny fish,
08:45but occasionally, something large turns up.
08:48The coelacanth, a fish thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs,
08:52was rediscovered in 1938.
08:54The saula, or Asian unicorn,
08:56a large forest-dwelling bovine,
08:58was only discovered in Vietnam in 1992.
09:01Our planet is vast,
09:03and its hidden callers are vaster still.
09:05The deep ocean trenches,
09:07the impenetrable jungles,
09:08the vast mountain ranges,
09:10these are places where the rules of our known world might not apply.
09:14They are realms where ancient life could have held on,
09:17evolving in isolation,
09:19hidden from the prying eyes of humanity.
09:21The sightings and stories persist
09:23because they tap into a fundamental human truth.
09:26We are not the masters of this planet.
09:28We are explorers on a world that is still largely a mystery to us.
09:32And in that mystery there is room for giants.
09:35There is room for monsters.
09:37Whether these creatures are real flesh and blood,
09:40surviving relics from a bygone era,
09:43or simply specters of our own collective imagination,
09:46they serve as a powerful reminder.
09:49A reminder that there are still shadows we have not illuminated,
09:52depths we have not plumbed,
09:54and that no matter how much we learn,
09:57the world will always keep some of its secrets.
09:59And perhaps, just perhaps,
10:01something is out there,
10:03watching us from the darkness,
10:04waiting to be discovered.
10:06Thanks for joining us on this journey into the unknown.
10:09If you have your own unexplained encounter,
10:12share it in the comments below.
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10:19Stay curious.
10:20Stay curious.
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