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Expedition X - Season 11 - Episode 03: Blackbeard's Ghost
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00:00If you're here with us now, ring these bells or show up on this XLS.
00:10The bell dropped.
00:11What?
00:13Right there, right there in the tree.
00:17On this episode of Expedition X.
00:20Lando.
00:21Heather and Phil set sail to North Carolina on the trail of America's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard.
00:28His hostile spirit has been reported all around the place he died 300 years ago, Ocracoke Island.
00:36I noticed this really creepy green glow.
00:40I just started popping photograph after photograph, and I saw what looked like a pirate.
00:46Is this phantom guarding his long-lost pirate treasure?
00:50Oh, that is Robodog alerting me of a fight.
00:53Or seeking bloody revenge from beyond the grave?
00:58I feel like someone's here.
00:59Phil and Heather must weather the storm to learn the truth of Blackbeard's ghost.
01:04What do you want revenge on?
01:18Ahoy, me mateys.
01:20You're okay.
01:21I'm a pirate, you landlubbers.
01:23Sure you are, Josh.
01:24I'm very concerned.
01:25All right, you joy kills.
01:27I was just trying to get us in the spirit here.
01:28Maybe this will help.
01:29This is a photo that was taken recently on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
01:35And this guy said that he saw a strange green light, and then he snapped this photo.
01:40What do you think?
01:41Oh, that almost looks like a figure in a tricorn hat.
01:45Hold on now.
01:45Am I looking at a pirate ghost?
01:47Maybe.
01:47That's what the eyewitness thinks.
01:49And not just any old pirate ghost.
01:51No, no.
01:52The notorious 18th century pirate who died off of Ocracoke?
01:56Blackbeard.
01:56Oh, I remember from childhood ghost stories.
01:59He was beheaded, right?
02:00Yep.
02:01And then his body supposedly swam around the ship.
02:03That's the legend.
02:04And look, what we know for sure is that the life and death of Blackbeard was a gruesome one.
02:09He terrorized the American coast before eventually being executed.
02:13And it is said that he hasn't stayed dead.
02:16Sightings of him continue on Ocracoke to this day.
02:19And many theorize that it's tied to his long lost treasure.
02:23I love this stuff.
02:29Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, is perhaps the most notorious pirate to sail the Atlantic during the golden age
02:36of piracy.
02:38His legend lives on more than 300 years later.
02:42But surprisingly, his entire reign of terror lasted less than two years.
02:49In early 1717, Teach acquires his own sloop and begins raiding merchant vessels up and down the coast of the
02:57American colonies.
03:01In November that year, he captures a French slave ship, freeing hundreds of African men and women, recruiting many to
03:08join his crew.
03:10He renames the ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and outfits it with 40 guns.
03:17With a small fleet and nearly 300 men under his command, he builds a reputation for savagery and showmanship.
03:26Braiding fuses into his long, wild beard, Blackbeard lights them as he boards other vessels, giving his victims the impression
03:33they're being attacked by the devil himself.
03:39In June of 1718, the Queen Anne's Revenge runs aground off the coast of North Carolina, and Blackbeard is forced
03:47to abandon his flagship.
03:48He and his crew settle down on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks.
03:54Life is smooth sailing there.
03:56That is, until Blackbeard's second-in-command and trusted friend, William Howard, gets arrested in Virginia.
04:03To escape the noose, he betrays Blackbeard, revealing his location to the governor.
04:09In the bloody battle that follows, Blackbeard is wounded 20 times before being decapitated.
04:18Edward Blackbeard Teach is dead, but according to legend, his headless body swims around the boat three times before sinking
04:27to the bottom of the bay.
04:31In the centuries since his brutal death, residents of Ocracoke regularly report seeing the ghost of Blackbeard.
04:38Some claim he seeks revenge for being betrayed, while others speculate his ghost guards his lost treasure, which people have
04:47been looking for for 300 years.
04:50Witnesses have also claimed to see a mysterious light moving across the water where Blackbeard was killed.
04:56A phenomenon reported so often, it's even named after him.
05:01Teach is light.
05:02One man says he even had a violent encounter with a poltergeist in the woods of Springer's Point, where some
05:09say Blackbeard's treasure is still hidden.
05:11And now, with this extraordinary photograph, residents are more convinced than ever that the man once known as Blackbeard still
05:20menaces Ocracoke Island.
05:26All right, Heather, what do you think? A pirate's life for you?
05:29Yo ho. Blackbeard had such a violent life and a violent death, and it was all centered around Ocracoke Island.
05:35It makes all the sense in the world that he would still be there haunting it today.
05:38All right, get this lady an eye patch. Phil, what about you?
05:41Listen, I love this legend, but I think it is just that. A legend. Plus, think about the atmosphere of
05:48Ocracoke. It is part of an island chain. It is surrounded by warm and cold waters, perfect conditions for creating
05:54mist that could look like a shadow figure.
05:57I'm gonna make you walk the plank.
05:59That's the pirate spirit, Heather. All right, so the two of you, get ye to Ocracoke and find out what's
06:05really going on here.
06:07Is the ghost of Blackbeard seeking revenge? Is he protecting his buried riches? Or is there some other, much more
06:14boring, natural explanation? All right?
06:16Oh, and before you go, very important, what's a pirate's favorite letter?
06:20Uh, gotta be R.
06:22No, Phil, that's wrong. It's not, because pirates love the sea! Huh? Get it? It's like an ocean, but there's
06:29the sea?
06:29No, I got it. I got it. We're leaving.
06:31Yep. Thanks.
06:32Good luck.
06:34The flight from New York to Norfolk, Virginia is just two hours, but it's another three-hour drive to the
06:39Outer Banks to get to Hatteras.
06:42From there, the only way to reach Ocracoke Island is the same way Blackbeard did, by boat.
06:52All right, sail's up. Feel the wind?
06:58There's Ocracoke Island.
06:59There it is.
07:01Lando!
07:03Let's get this thing docked. Go find our witness.
07:09Once we're on the island, Heather and I meet up with Charlie Jenkins, the man who took the photo that
07:14he believes shows Blackbeard.
07:16Walk us through what happened there.
07:18So I was here on the island helping a friend of mine. It was about 11, 11.30 at night.
07:23I'd noticed there was this really creepy green glow coming from this cemetery.
07:30The whole cemetery was lit up. I've never seen that green glow before.
07:34I'm trying to see, are there any streetlights that could have lit this up?
07:37I did not see any that night.
07:39I'm telling y'all, brother, I put my hand on the Bible, and I swear to God.
07:44The place was glowing damn green.
07:46I took my phone out, and I just started popping photograph after photograph.
07:51It was like right over here by those trees.
07:55After I took my photographs, I started zooming in, and I saw what looked like a pirate.
08:01And that's the image we saw?
08:02Yes, ma'am.
08:06That looks like a face to me.
08:08Yes, ma'am.
08:11So what did you do when you saw that on your phone?
08:16I actually got scared to death.
08:18I felt like I had captured something that was looking at me that I couldn't see.
08:25Call me crazy, but I thought I may have smelled gunpowder in the air.
08:29It's like sulfur.
08:30You smelled gunpowder?
08:32Yes, ma'am.
08:32So tell me, where else on this island have you heard stories?
08:36There are a lot of creepy places on this island, one of them being the marsh.
08:40Have you ever heard of Teaches Light?
08:41Yeah.
08:42Yeah, it's been around for hundreds of years.
08:44There's one lady that Teaches Light actually chased her down one night.
08:47She was in the marsh and saw a bright orange glowing light floating across the marsh.
08:53Went to see what it was, and the light turns and starts chasing her.
08:59She fell down, and the light disappeared.
09:02Okay.
09:03That's aggressive.
09:04And somewhere else you might want to check out the lighthouse of Ocracoke Island.
09:08That lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina.
09:11I've heard stories of dark, shadowy apparitions.
09:15I've heard stories of whispers, the feeling that somebody might be watching you, especially late at night.
09:21During Blackbeard's time, that was actually the early settlement area for the Ocracoke Islanders.
09:26There is documentation out there that the Spaniards came here and absolutely massacred everyone in the fishing village.
09:33Oh, goodness.
09:34Wow.
09:35We've heard stories about Blackbeard's treasure still being on the island.
09:40Why wouldn't it be?
09:41If he died here, why wouldn't his treasure be here?
09:43And if his treasure's here, it makes perfect sense that his spirit would still be here trying to protect him.
09:47I agree with you 100%.
09:56As night falls, Phil and I return to the cemetery, hoping to witness the same green light Charlie saw,
10:01and perhaps communicate with whatever he captured in his photograph.
10:15Getting some photos?
10:20Let's see if any pirate spirit shows up.
10:24In addition to the photos we'll analyze later, I'm setting up a handy cam to run all night to see
10:30if we can capture the same green glow that Charlie described right before he allegedly encountered the pirate.
10:37First things first.
10:39Spirit bells.
10:41I wanted to use an object that the spirits of Blackbeard's time would recognize, a bell.
10:46And if they ring...
10:47That means the cemetery might be a little bit more alive than we give it credit for.
10:50Exactly.
10:51String them up.
10:53Bells like these were commonly used in the 1700s to prevent premature burial.
10:57A bell above ground would be connected by string to the finger of a dead person, just in case they
11:03were mistakenly buried alive.
11:05Tonight, we'll be using them in a call and response session.
11:08Will they trigger a response from the dead?
11:11Blackbeard, is there anyone here with us?
11:14If you're here with us now, ring these bells or show up on this XLS.
11:20We saw this incredible image of what looked like the spirit of a pirate.
11:27Blackbeard, are you here with us?
11:33Is there anyone else here with us?
11:37Did you serve under Blackbeard?
11:45The bell dropped!
11:49You're right here, hanging off this.
11:56Look at that.
11:57Well, hang it back up.
11:59Something wanted our attention, and it takes a lot of energy to pull something down.
12:04Maybe it needs to ring them again.
12:06Okay.
12:07Right there, right there in the tree!
12:10It's right there.
12:20Something's sitting on the limb right there.
12:21Looking right at you, Phil.
12:23In the tree next to me?
12:25It's on this limb right here.
12:29Oh, it's gone.
12:30It's gone.
12:35Getting anything else?
12:37No.
12:37It's so strange.
12:38It was like, when you weren't paying attention, that's when it showed up.
12:42Well, if that is your theory, let's put it to the test.
12:45What if I stand over there and close my eyes?
12:48See who shows up.
12:49Could be bait.
12:51Okay.
12:56All right.
12:59Blackbeard, if that was you in that photo, if you caused that green glow, show yourself.
13:06You could be the one to prove to me that ghosts are real.
13:10You feeling anything?
13:11I mean, you're standing in a cemetery with my eyes closed, so a little on edge.
13:17Oh, this one!
13:19What?
13:20Look, it's still swinging.
13:21That one is completely still.
13:24Did you just ring that bell?
13:26Look at this, Heather.
13:28It takes a lot to make these things ring.
13:32Look, we have confirmation of activity.
13:35We just have to get some answers now.
13:36Let's see if we can give him a voice.
13:38I'm going to go grab my Tempest.
13:39Okay.
13:45Okay.
13:51We know you were here.
13:53You wanted our attention.
13:55You've got it.
13:55We're going to give you a voice.
13:57Use this tool to communicate with us.
14:02Why are you here?
14:07What do you want to tell us?
14:12Navigate.
14:13Navigate.
14:15If we want to know more about Blackbeard, where should we go?
14:19Light.
14:20Light?
14:21That could be Lighthouse.
14:23What could be the light in the marsh?
14:25I think we've got to split up.
14:27Okay.
14:28There is a lot more of this island to discover.
14:31So let's chase those lights.
14:34I head to the marshy southern tip of Ocracoke Island, where the teacher's light phenomenon
14:39has been seen by several witnesses.
14:42I'll be kayaking along the very inlet where Blackbeard was murdered 300 years ago.
14:49Because this is a visual phenomena, I want to make sure that if we do see it, we document
14:55it.
14:55So I've got this GoPro up here facing forward.
14:58I have another GoPro in the back facing to my rear.
15:01All that's left to do is paddle out there and see what we find.
15:09Let's go.
15:15So a woman claims that she saw a bright orange glowing light that headed straight towards
15:23her, scared her enough that she went running and tripped.
15:27Now, the big question is, what is that orange light?
15:32And I'm trying to keep an open mind to all options that are grounded in reality.
15:36But for now, my mission tonight, gather intel, keep my eyes on the skies.
15:49I arrive at the lighthouse, the site of the earliest village on the island.
15:53It was once the stomping grounds for Blackbeard and his crew, and later, the location of a
15:58terrible tragedy.
15:59This is where people have seen full apparitions, shadow figures.
16:04They've heard whispering voices.
16:07And this land itself is the oldest settlement of the island.
16:10But there is a lot more history to this place.
16:13Shortly after Blackbeard died, the settlers during the 1700s were massacred by Spanish pirates
16:18on this very ground.
16:21That will leave an imprint.
16:23So who's going to show up tonight?
16:25I guess we'll find out.
16:34I just saw something.
16:37I just saw a shadow over there.
16:42Is that my shadow?
16:43No.
16:43I just saw something.
16:48There's nothing there.
16:51I just saw a shadow.
16:55It was very quick.
16:56It was low to the ground, but it popped up against the white of this fence.
17:02It was definitely a shadow.
17:06I need to keep an eye on both angles here, because it feels like something is definitely
17:12watching us right now.
17:17And we need to try and figure out who it is.
17:22Okay.
17:24Is this Heather?
17:27I'm recording at the lighthouse.
17:33Let's see if they want to communicate.
17:41Is there anyone here with us?
17:48Wow.
17:51The tide and the wind is pushing me right through this marsh right out to sea.
18:03Let's see.
18:04Okay.
18:10Light!
18:11Light!
18:12There's a light!
18:13Come on.
18:15Right there!
18:16Right there!
18:17What is that?
18:37I'm here to communicate with you out of the spirit box.
18:46I'm trying to understand the activity on this island.
18:51Are you the shadow figure that I just saw?
18:58Yes!
19:01Can you tell me your name?
19:06Were you massacred by the Spanish pirates?
19:16Oh, that was very quiet.
19:19Did you die in the settlement that was founded here?
19:24Blackbeard, are you here?
19:29Blood?
19:32You want revenge?
19:35Yes.
19:36Yes!
19:41What was that?
19:42Good lord.
19:43Did you hear that?
19:45That sounded like...
19:47like a whale of pain.
19:52What was that?
19:54Good lord.
20:01Unable to find a source for the light I saw,
20:04I have a new piece of tech to help track it down again.
20:07I just need some solid ground to set it up.
20:13This is our most light-sensitive camera and we have it on the most amped-up nighttime setting possible and
20:20it's connected to this tablet which is running a custom program that filters out all other colors, except for the
20:27color orange.
20:28You will see the orange color in my hand is showing up and no other colors are.
20:36So if there is anything orange flying around out here, we will get it on camera and maybe get some
20:44answers.
20:46Okay, we are rolling.
20:55Meanwhile, I'm going to grab the FLIR, look for anything with a heat signature flying around in the sky.
21:00Here we go.
21:04Here we go.
21:07There is something out there.
21:11There is something out there.
21:18Oh, look at that!
21:20Look, look, look!
21:24What is that?
21:35that is orange that is not reflection and we have it on a low shutter speed so it's causing it
21:42to
21:42look like a streak moving across but it's definitely a focused point of light and i did
21:48not hear any planes in the sky swamp gas with this kind of moving water i doubt that and it's
21:55not in
21:55a species of lightning bug typically they have a blinking pattern not a solid light like that
22:00so that is something i cannot figure out heather you there yeah what's going on i've seen the orange
22:10light twice and we got it documented no way that's incredible it is really unusual i can't wait to
22:17show you the evidence how's it going at the lighthouse the spirit box has been really
22:22active i've been hearing things and i swear i saw a shadow figure so i want to keep looking around
22:27here i'm getting some great evidence out here too so let's just keep pursuing our leads see where
22:32the night takes us copy that stay on walkie you got it
22:42after the responses i got when asking about revenge i want to dig deeper into the life of edward teach
22:47the man who became blackbeard so i'm meeting with local historian chester lynn his family goes back
22:55generations on ogre coke lovely to meet you good to meet you he claims to have insider knowledge about
23:01blackbeard's life and death on the island you're born and raised here my family came in 1600s
23:08your family's been here since the 1600s here in portsmouth now i hear you have a theory about
23:13what happened to blackbeard's body after he was betrayed by william howard and killed in the
23:18records it does say they buried him he would have been buried without his head where do you think
23:26they buried him they buried him at springer's point so blackbeard is buried somewhere on springer's
23:33point of course yes i i certainly believe that he hung out there at different times there was a
23:38house at springer's point and he lived part of the time so essentially springer's point was his
23:43home yes yes and somewhere in the area is a big big oak over 300 years old growing up some
23:51people used to
23:51call it the blackbeard oak so that oak was there when blackbeard lived and died yes blackbeard
23:56could have set in the limbs of that oak or underneath of it wow find a giant tree and we
24:01know we're on the
24:02right track of the area of where blackbeard was what about blackbeard's treasure you think it's on this island
24:07i think there's a good chance of that because it was one of the few places blackbeard hung out all
24:14the time these artifacts were found at springer's point okay and these definitely belong to blackbeard
24:23oh my these are off blackbeard's ship the queen and spence and they have been verified essentially
24:29that's evidence of blackbeard being there they can't deny it means it's what it is but if i had known
24:35where his treasure was i don't know where he dug it up while heather talks to the historian i'm
24:44heading to springer's point to speak with another eyewitness wade mcveigh is a long-time local who had
24:50a frightening experience in the nearby woods that he cannot explain what brings you to ochre code i've
24:56heard too many stories about this place and i understand you've got some yourself yes sir i've got
25:01a few stories one particular time i was out here a little buddy of mine catching sunset but before
25:06the sun had even finished setting he got real antsy and he demanded that we leave the beach right
25:13then being like we need to go and i never seen a mack like that and as we started up
25:20the path
25:21he had a glass bottle in his hand and as we're walking so if it smacked that bottle out of
25:29his hand
25:30hit the tree next to it with a fair amount of force
25:34shattered he didn't just slip and go flying nope he didn't slip he didn't fall
25:40i saw the whole thing and i don't have an answer for that
25:46he goes we need to get out of here now we ran down the trail once we were out of
25:53springer's point
25:54he told me man when we were watching that sunset i just started getting these creepy vibes
25:59like something was watching him all right let's suppose that there was some force that knocked his
26:04bottle out of his hand and smashed it why could have been the ghost of the pirates
26:09you see blackbeard had a camp here being that pirates are known to be pretty territorial
26:16they're going to guard this area not to mention nobody really knows where blackbeard's treasure's
26:22at could be here he doesn't want one of us to find it and you think you've seen enough to
26:27convince
26:27you that that the legends are real knowing the history here and everything that's happened
26:32it's easy to put the dots together it seems like springer's point is the place to be oh definitely
26:39a lot of really creepy stuff happens here at night and you might just run into it
26:47as the sun sets i meet with phil at springer's point on the southern end of okra cook
26:52where blackbeard and his crew once had their camp and where my expert chester
26:57believes blackbeard and maybe even his treasure is buried
27:06it's crazy to think we're on blackbeard's turf right now not just this turf this could be where
27:11blackbeard is actually buried and my historian did say that some artifacts from blackbeard's time have
27:17been found out here great i brought a metal detector i want to look for any remnants of the past
27:22and where blackbeard's treasure might be and while you're doing that i want to find blackbeard's oak
27:27this tree is a living connection to the past if blackbeard's ghost is here being close to that
27:32tree is my best shot at communicating with him well i'll look for a shiny treasure and you look for
27:37your tree okay well good luck finding anything in this terrain don't worry i brought backup i got a
27:43robot to hug it all right stay walkie all right
27:55so we have rigged spot with a mobile metal detector i'm going to set one up on my own
28:01so while spot takes on the south side of springer's point i can take on the north and if he
28:05finds
28:06something good we'll get an alert all right here we go
28:15i'm going to use his laser radar or his lidar to perform a grid search of the area
28:31people have been seeing blackbeard's ghost at springer's point for over 200 years
28:38and i gotta say it is very creepy
28:49is there anyone here with me
28:54blackbeard do you want me to find blackbeard's oak
29:01am i going the right direction
29:15blackbeard is your treasure buried on springer's point
29:20big spike
29:22okay
29:25i'm going in the right direction i think
29:30what was that
29:34is there anyone there
29:38okay
29:40somebody's there
29:43is this where blackbeard used to camp
30:00who's back did y'all see that
30:11am i going the right direction
30:19big spike big spike
30:41okay
30:41okay we got something
30:44come on
30:45he brings a robot but forgets a shovel
30:51get some of this dirt aside
30:54let's see if
30:57whatever i'm detecting is inside
30:59this pile
31:01what's that
31:02what is that
31:12what is that
31:15look look at that
31:20this must be part of a chain
31:24we got one loop right here
31:26another loop right there
31:27this could easily be from the 1700s
31:30a remnant of blackbeard's life
31:34okay let's keep searching
31:47there it is
31:50there it is
31:50look at that
31:53i found blackbeard's oak
31:56wow
31:58the stories say blackbeard and his men camped next to this very tree
32:01which has been standing here ever since
32:04it's like a witness tree
32:06i think it's my best chance
32:07to actually communicate with blackbeard himself
32:18oh
32:20hear that
32:21that is robodog alerting me of a find
32:24okay let's go
32:33i see it
32:35all right
32:37i can back it off
32:41so
32:43it was right over here
32:46right under that poison ivy
32:49that i will brush aside
32:51into the sand
32:52this is the good part
32:58oh
33:00oh
33:01wait
33:02wait
33:04oh
33:05my god
33:06we got a coin
33:09this could be a coin that was used by blackbeard's pirates
33:13even used by blackbeard himself
33:15i can see how it's oxidized a little bit
33:17but it has enough features that if i get some photos
33:20send it to josh
33:21i guarantee you'll be able to give us a date
33:24and if only i could take the credit
33:27for actually finding it
33:28good job spot
33:31phil do you copy
33:32yeah
33:33what's going on
33:34i found blackbeard's oak
33:37amazing
33:38send me the coordinates
33:39i'll be over there
33:40copy that hustle
33:41good boy spot
33:43i leave robodog to keep patrolling springer's point and head off to meet up with heather
33:48whoa so this is blackbeard's oak
33:50i know isn't it incredible
33:53absolutely amazing
33:54well i found a few things
33:56it might recognize
33:57what'd you find
33:58take a look at that
34:00that is a chain
34:01could have been used on a ship
34:02could have been used to lock up your treasure
34:05that's incredible
34:06and this isn't all we found
34:08spot
34:08had one up me
34:10and found
34:11this
34:13no way
34:13oh my gosh
34:15this to me looks 1700s
34:17these artifacts could be
34:19from blackbeard himself
34:21and we know this tree is from his time
34:23this is a golden opportunity to do a really powerful call and response session
34:28let's get set up
34:29okay
34:34all right
34:35this is blackbeard's flag
34:37this would have been like his coat of arms
34:39so you got to hang it up
34:40okay
34:49so we have objects that are most likely from blackbeard's time
34:52and
34:53from
35:00i'm going to start the audio recorder
35:03this is heather and phil
35:06blackbeard
35:07if you're here
35:09we've come to communicate with you
35:10using this flame
35:13if the flame goes higher
35:14i'll take that as a yes
35:17if it goes lower
35:19i'll take it as a no
35:23blackbeard if you're here
35:25give us a sign
35:31oh
35:32seems like a yes
35:41the pirate blackbeard lost his head
35:44literally
35:44his actual head is missing
35:46after killing the pirate in 1718
35:49lieutenant robert maynard
35:50gifts blackbeard's head to virginia's governor
35:53alexander spotswood
35:54the skull is then mounted on a pole
35:57at the mouth of the hampton river
35:58as a warning to any would-be pirates
36:01but then one day
36:02it vanishes
36:03in the 1800s
36:04it's alleged that the skull is plated with silver
36:07and used as a punch bowl
36:09then in the 1980s
36:11this disturbing drinking vessel
36:13is seemingly rediscovered
36:15the estate of historian edward snow
36:17hands over what they say
36:19is blackbeard's silver-plated noggin
36:21to salem's peabody essex museum
36:23the museum is unconvinced
36:25but it certainly seems like a fitting end to me
36:28your skull filled with alcohol
36:30sounds like every pirate's dream
36:32cheers blackbeard
36:39is this where your camp was
36:47that flame just went up
36:48did it?
36:49yeah
36:50okay
36:51keep talking
36:51blackbeard are you still on this island
36:54because you're guarding your treasure
36:58stand out
36:59it is
37:00that's a no
37:00that's a no
37:03are you looking for revenge?
37:05ooh
37:07a guy
37:09right when you said revenge?
37:10yeah
37:11I mean did you see that?
37:12I felt like I needed to scoot back a little bit
37:18and it's raining
37:20we asked for a sign
37:24so we have a sign of revenge
37:26yeah
37:27stay on that
37:28okay
37:28are you still here on this island
37:30because William Howard betrayed you
37:33your own crew member
37:35ooh
37:35one picked up
37:38your own crew member
37:39ooh
37:41seems like a yes
37:42I'd say I would be very angry
37:44if it was my own close crew member
37:45that I'd worked with forever
37:50wow
37:51it's really starting to pick up
37:53yeah
37:53are you here looking for revenge?
37:56who do you want revenge on?
37:58William Howard
38:04flame just went out
38:05that's still recording?
38:09yeah
38:10all right
38:10flame's out
38:11storm's coming in
38:13let's get out of here
38:14yes
38:14all right
38:15let's move
38:15let's move
38:17oh god
38:21Phil and Heather
38:22escaped a storm
38:23worthy of the high seas
38:25once they dried off
38:26and reviewed their
38:27shipload of evidence
38:28Heather believes
38:29they not only found the man
38:31but also his motivation
38:33she is convinced
38:35they were communicating
38:36with the ghost of Blackbeard
38:37and even thinks
38:39she's worked out
38:40why
38:40but we begin
38:42with what on the surface
38:43is the most valuable find of all
38:45the coin
38:46Phil and Robodog discovered
38:48wait
38:49we got a coin
38:51it's a colonial
38:52Spanish 8 maraberry
38:54dated 1659
38:56given that Blackbeard
38:58pillaged the seas
38:59just 58 years later
39:00it's possible
39:01this coin
39:02really could be
39:03one small part
39:04of the pirates
39:05lost treasure hoard
39:06so perhaps there was
39:08evidence of the treasure
39:09but what about the evidence
39:11of the man
39:12who might have owned it
39:13Blackbeard himself
39:14Edward Teach
39:17light
39:18light
39:18what is that
39:20Phil analyzed the footage
39:22he captured
39:22of the so-called
39:23Teach's Light phenomenon
39:25its uniform movement
39:27and consistent light signature
39:29has Phil convinced
39:30that
39:30far from being an echo
39:32of something
39:32from 300 years ago
39:34it's something
39:35entirely modern
39:36a local resident
39:38flying a drone
39:39the photos
39:40Phil took
39:41in the cemetery
39:42also failed
39:43to capture
39:43the same
39:44eerie green glow
39:45or more importantly
39:46pirate shaped
39:48shadow figure
39:48that those
39:49of our witness did
39:50but while there
39:52wasn't visual evidence
39:53of Blackbeard's
39:54phantom presence
39:55Heather feels
39:56there was a
39:56disturbing amount
39:57that was audible
39:58you want revenge
40:02yes
40:03yes
40:06what was that
40:07throughout the team's
40:09time on Ocracoke
40:10whenever Heather
40:10brought up the topic
40:12of betrayal
40:12or revenge
40:13not only did the
40:15paranormal activity
40:16pick up
40:16but so curiously
40:18did the weather
40:19are you here looking
40:20for revenge
40:20what do you want
40:22revenge on
40:23William Howard
40:26Heather points
40:27to the theory
40:27that spirits
40:28can influence
40:29wind and rain
40:30if that's really true
40:32then the ghost pirate's
40:33presence
40:33was most certainly felt
40:36and there's more
40:38right there
40:39right there
40:40in the tree
40:40in the tree
40:41in the tree
40:41a cannonball
40:43sized revelation
40:44the cemetery
40:45where Blackbeard's
40:46supposed ghost
40:47was seen
40:48is the Howard
40:49Family Cemetery
40:50named after
40:51a William Howard
40:52who purchased
40:53Ocracoke Island
40:54in 1759
40:55for decades
40:57historians believed
40:58this was a descendant
40:59of the William Howard
41:00who was Blackbeard's
41:01quartermaster
41:02before betraying him
41:03but now
41:04recently discovered
41:06documents
41:06suggest
41:07this was no
41:08descendant
41:09of William Howard
41:09stunningly
41:10it was William Howard
41:12himself
41:13yes
41:14the same man
41:15who betrayed
41:15Blackbeard
41:16went on to purchase
41:17the entire island
41:19of Ocracoke
41:19and is most likely
41:21buried
41:21in the very same
41:22cemetery
41:23the pirate
41:24seemingly haunts
41:25if Blackbeard's
41:27ghost really is
41:28looking for revenge
41:29it seems we can now
41:30prove something
41:31seriously shocking
41:32he's looking in
41:34exactly the right
41:35place
41:35he's looking for revenge
41:35he's looking for revenge
41:35he's looking for revenge
41:36he is looking for revenge
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