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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.
21:06I'll be right back.
21:07I'll be right back.
21:08I'll be right back.
21:08There's gotta be something out there.
21:09There's gotta be something out there.
21:18Oh, look at that!
21:20Look, look, 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
21:55the 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 show
22:18you the evidence how's it going at the lighthouse the spirit box has been really active i've been
22:23hearing things and i swear i saw a shadow figure so i want to keep looking around here i'm getting
22:28some great evidence out here too so let's just keep pursuing our leads see where the night takes us
22:34copy 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 the year 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 records
23:19it does say they buried him he would have been buried without his head where do you think they
23:26buried him they buried him in 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 home
23:43yes yes and somewhere in the area is a big big oak over 300 years old growing up some people
23:51used
23:51to call it the blackbeard oak so that oak was there when blackbeard lived and died
23:55yes blackbeard could have set in the limbs of that oak or underneath of it wow find a giant tree
24:01and
24:01we know we're on the right track of the area of where blackbeard was what about blackbeard's treasure
24:06you think it's on this island i think there's a good chance of that because it was one of the
24:12few
24:12places blackbeard hung out all the time these artifacts were found at springer's point okay and
24:19these definitely belong to blackbeard oh my these are off blackbeard's ship the queen and spence
24:27and they have been verified essentially that's evidence of blackbeard being there they can't
24:32deny me it's what it is but if i had known where his treasure was i'd already dug it up
24:41while heather talks to the historian i'm heading to springer's point to speak with another eyewitness
24:47wade mcveigh is a long-time local who had a frightening experience in the nearby woods that
24:52he cannot explain what brings you to okra coat i've heard too many stories about this place and
24:58i understand you've got some yourself yes sir i've got a few stories one particular time i was out here
25:04a little buddy of mine catching sunset but before the sun had even finished setting he got real antsy
25:11and he demanded that we leave the beach right then being like we need to go and i never seen
25:16a mac like
25:17that and as we started up the path he had a glass bottle in his hand and as we're walking
25:26so this max
25:28that bottle out of his hand hit the tree next to it with a fair amount of force
25:34shatter he didn't just slip and go flying nope he didn't slip he didn't fall i saw the whole thing
25:41and 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're out of springer's
25:54point
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
26:04his bottle out of his hand and smashed it why could have been the ghost of the pirates
26:10see 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 treasures at
26:23could be here he doesn't want one of us to find it and you think you've seen enough to convince
26:27you that that the legends are real knowing the history here and everything that's happened
26:33it'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 believes blackbeard and
26:58maybe 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
27:23where 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 tree
27:32is my best shot at communicating with him well i'll look for a shiny treasure and you look for your
27:37tree
27:37okay well good luck finding anything in this train don't worry i brought back up i got a robot to
27:43hogging all right stay walkie all right
27:55so we have rigged spot with a mobile metal detector i'm gonna set one up on my own so while
28:02spot takes
28:02on the south side of springer's point i can take on the north and if he finds something good i'll
28:07get
28:07an alert all right here we go i'm going to use his laser radar or his lidar to perform a
28:19grid search of
28:20the area people 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
29:01i'm not going the right direction
29:14blackbeard is your treasure buried on springer's point
29:19oh big spike okay i'm going the right direction i think
29:30what was that
29:34is there anyone there oh okay somebody's there is this where blackbeard used to camp
30:00who's back did y'all see that
30:08okay okay am i going in the right direction
30:18oh big spike big spike
30:41okay
30:41okay we got something
30:44come on
30:45come on he brings a robot but forgets a shovel
30:51get some of this dirt aside
30:54let's see if whatever i'm detecting is inside this pile
31:01what's that what is that there's something in here
31:12what is that look look look at that this must be part of a chain
31:24we got one loop right here another loop right there this could easily be from the 1700s a remnant of
31:32blackbeard blackbeard blackbeard blackbeard blackbeard blackbeard and his men camped next to this
32:01very very tree which has been standing here ever since
32:04it's like a witness tree i think it's my best chance to actually communicate with blackbeard himself
32:19oh hear that that is robodog alerting me of a fight okay let's go
32:33i see it all right
32:37i can back it off
32:42so it was right over here right under that poison ivy that i will brush aside
32:51into the sand this is the good part
32:58oh
33:00oh wait wait wait
33:04oh my god we got a coin
33:09this could be a coin that was used by blackbeard's pirates even used by blackbeard himself
33:15i can see how it's oxidized a little bit but it has enough features that if i get some photos
33:20send it to josh
33:22i guarantee he will be able to give us a date and if only i could take the credit for
33:27actually finding it
33:29good job spot
33:31phil do you copy yeah what's going on i found blackbeard's oak
33:37amazing send me the coordinates i'll be over there copy 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 i know isn't it incredible absolutely amazing well i found a few
33:56things it might recognize what'd you find take a look at that that is a chain could have been used
34:02on a ship could have been used to lock up your treasure that's incredible and this isn't all we
34:07found spot had one up me and found this no way oh my gosh this to me looks 1700s these
34:18artifacts could be
34:19from blackbeard himself and we know this tree is from his time this is a golden opportunity to do a
34:26really powerful call and response session let's get set up okay
34:34all right all right this is blackbeard's flag this would have been like his coat of arms so you
34:40got to hang it up so we have objects that are most likely from blackbeard's time and from
35:00i'm gonna start the audio recorder this is heather and phil blackbeard if you're here we've come to
35:09communicate with you using this flame if the flame goes higher i'll take that as a yes if it goes
35:18lower
35:19i'll take it as a no blackbeard if you're here give us a sign
35:30oh it seems like a yes
35:41the pirate blackbeard lost his head literally his actual head is missing after killing the pirate in
35:481718 lieutenant robert maynard gifts blackbeard's head to virginia's governor alexander spotswood the
35:55skull is then mounted on a pole at the mouth of the hampton river as a warning to any would
36:00-be pirates
36:01but then one day it vanishes in the 1800s it's alleged that the skull is plated with silver
36:08and used as a punch bowl then in the 1980s this disturbing drinking vessel is seemingly
36:14rediscovered the estate of historian edward snow hands over what they say is blackbeard's silver
36:20plated noggin to salem's peabody essex museum the museum is unconvinced but it certainly seems like
36:27a fitting end to me your skull filled with alcohol sounds like every pirate's dream cheers blackbeard
36:38is this where your camp was
36:47that flame just went up did it yeah okay keep talking blackbeard are you still on this island
36:54because you're guarding your treasure
36:58stand out it is that's a no that's a no are you looking for revenge oh
37:07a guy right when you said revenge yeah i mean did you see that i felt like i needed to
37:13scoot back a
37:14little bit
37:18and it's raining we asked for a sign
37:24so we have a sign of revenge yeah stay on that okay are you still here on this island because
37:31william howard betrayed you your own crew member oh one picked up your own crew member oh that seems
37:41like a yes i'd say i would be very angry if it was my own close crew member that i'd
37:46worked with forever
37:51wow it's really starting to pick up yeah are you here looking for revenge
37:56what do you want revenge on william howard
38:04flame just went out that's still recording
38:09yeah all right flames out storm's coming in let's get out of here yes all right let's move let's move
38:17oh yeah
38:21phil and heather escaped a storm worthy of the high seas once they dried off and reviewed their
38:27shipload of evidence heather believes they not only found the man but also his motivation
38:34she is convinced they were communicating with the ghost of blackbeard and even thinks she's worked out
38:40why but we begin with what on the surface is the most valuable find of all the coin phil and
38:46robo
38:47dog discovered wait we got a coin it's a colonial spanish eight maraberry dated 1659 given that
38:57blackbeard pillaged the seas just 58 years later it's possible this coin really could be one small
39:03part of the pirates lost treasure hoard so perhaps there was evidence of the treasure but what about the
39:11evidence of the man who might have owned it blackbeard himself edward teach light light what is that
39:20phil analyzed the footage he captured of the so-called teaches light phenomenon its uniform movement and
39:27consistent light signature has phil convinced that far from being an echo of something from 300 years ago
39:34it's something entirely modern a local resident flying a drone the photos phil took in the cemetery
39:42also failed to capture the same eerie green glow or more importantly pirate-shaped shadow figure that
39:49those of our witness did but while there wasn't visual evidence of blackbeard's phantom presence
39:55heather feels there was a disturbing amount that was audible you want revenge
40:02yes yes yes
40:06what was that throughout the team's time on ocracoke whenever heather brought up the topic of betrayal
40:12or revenge not only did the paranormal activity pick up but so curiously did the weather are you here
40:19looking for revenge what do you want revenge on william howard heather points to the theory that
40:28spirits can influence wind and rain if that's really true then the ghost pirate's presence was most
40:34certainly felt and there's more right there right there in the tree in the tree in the tree a cannonball
40:43sized revelation the cemetery where blackbeard's supposed ghost was seen is the howard family cemetery
40:50named after a william howard who purchased ocracoke island in 1759 for decades historians believed this
40:58was a descendant of the william howard who was blackbeard's quartermaster before betraying him
41:03but now recently discovered documents suggest this was no descendant of william howard stunningly it
41:11was william howard himself yes the same man who betrayed blackbeard went on to purchase the entire
41:18island of ocracoke and is most likely buried in the very same cemetery the pirate seemingly haunts
41:26if blackbeard's ghost really is looking for revenge it seems we can now prove something seriously
41:32shocking he's looking in exactly the right place
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