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[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
Aaron: BRO, YOU OKAY, MAN?
I'VE NEVER FREAKED OUT LIKE THIS, EVER.
WHAT?
SOMETHING JUST RAN UP ON ME.
Aaron: OW! WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S WRONG?
HOLY [BLEEP]
Zak: MY NAME IS ZAK BAGANS.
I NEVER BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
UNTIL I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE,
SO I SET OUT ON A QUEST
TO CAPTURE WHAT I ONCE SAW ONTO VIDEO.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?
OH, GOD.
WITH NO BIG CAMERA CREWS FOLLOWING US AROUND,
I AM JOINED ONLY BY MY FELLOW INVESTIGATOR NICK GROFF
AND OUR EQUIPMENT TECH, AARON GOODWIN.
THE THREE OF US WILL TRAVEL
TO SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY ACTIVE PARANORMAL LOCATIONS,
WHERE WE WILL SPEND AN ENTIRE NIGHT
BEING LOCKED DOWN FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN.
Zak: IF THIS IS THE PORTAL TO HELL,
WHY DON'T YOU COME UP OUT OF THAT GROUND AND GET US?
RAW.
DID SOMEONE JUST SCRATCH ME?!
EXTREME.
[BLEEP]
STOP! STOP RUNNING!
THESE ARE OUR GHOST ADVENTURES.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
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WE'RE IN THE OLDEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES --
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.
THESE WALLS BEHIND ME WERE BUILT BACK IN THE 1600s
AND ARE STILL STANDING TODAY.
IS WHOEVER BUILT THEM AND FOUGHT THE BATTLES RIGHT HERE
STILL PROTECTING THIS FORT KNOWN AS CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT.
DISCOVERED BY THE SPANISH CONQUISTADOR PONCE DE LEóN,
ST. AUGUSTINE WAS FOUNDED IN 1565.
AFTER BRUTAL ATTACKS BY THE ENGLISH
WIPED OUT MOST OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S RESIDENTS,
THE SPANISH CONSTRUCTED THIS FORTRESS,
CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS, TO PROTECT THEIR CITY.
BUILT FROM COQUINA, MADE OF SEASHELL FRAGMENTS AND CORAL,
THE FORT COULD ABSORB THE MOST SAVAGE BRITISH-CANNON ASSAULTS.
THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS FORT
IS TO LAY SIEGE TO IT.
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
THE 1702 SIEGE -- THAT WAS THE LONGEST SIEGE.
1,300 CIVILIANS AND 200 SOLDIERS GO IN THERE
AND LIVE FOR 51 DAYS.
THEY BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE HERE DURING THE WAR.
THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENGLISH.
1,500 PEOPLE INSIDE THIS BUILDING.
FULL-ON BATTLES HERE.
I MEAN, THERE WERE WARS DECLARED ON THIS FORT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE BRITISH CAME AND TRIED TO CONQUER THIS FORT
BUT COULD NOT.
DESPITE 15 BATTLES AND 2 MAJOR SIEGES,
THE CASTILLO NEVER FELL TO ENEMY ACTION.
AND THOUGH IT'S BEEN CENTURIES
SINCE THE FORT WAS LAST ATTACKED,
MANY BELIEVE IT IS STILL GUARDED
BY THE SOLDIERS WHO ONCE PROTECTED ITS WALLS.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IS THIS PLACE HAUNTED OR NOT HAUNTED?
WE THINK IT IS.
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE
PROBABLY WILL TELL YOU THAT IT ISN'T HAUNTED.
WHY WOULD THEY TELL US THAT IT ISN'T?
WELL, IT'S A NATIONAL PARK,
AND THE GOVERNMENT PROBABLY HAS TO HAVE
AN OFFICIAL LINE ABOUT GHOSTS.
WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OF THE PARANORMAL CLAIMS.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCES WITH THAT?
MM, NO.
BUT WE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE IN ST. AUGUSTINE --
WE KNOW BETTER.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SHOT, HANGED,
PUT TO THEIR DEATHS IN THIS COURTYARD
OR JUST DIED IN THESE PRISON ROOMS?
THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
WE JOKE THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST CEMETERY IN TOWN,
AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE ROLLING DOWN THE HILLS,
THEY ARE ROLLING OVER THE BODIES.
Zak: SO, WAIT A MINUTE.
THESE GRASS FIELDS OVER HERE AND RIGHT AROUND HERE
ARE ALL UNMARKED GRAVES?
OH, YES.
IF ANYTHING'S STICKING UP AS YOU'RE WALKING AROUND,
JUST PUSH IT BACK DOWN WITH YOUR SHOE.
ONE OF THE TIMES THAT WE WERE INVESTIGATING
HERE AT THE CASTILLO, LOOKED UP BY THE CANNONS,
AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS STANDING A SOLDIER
IN A SPANISH UNIFORM.
WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING OF THAT?
IT WAS A VERY KIND OF PROTECTIVE FEELING.
LIKE IT WAS PROTECTING THESE WALLS.
LIKE IT WAS STILL PROTECTING THE FORT, YEAH.
Couch: FEBRUARY 3, 2002, SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
I ENDED UP HAVING TO DO A TOUR. THE TOWN WAS DEAD.
AND WE BEGAN TO HEAR THE SOUNDS OF BOOTS ON WOOD.
SHONE A FLASHLIGHT AROUND AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THE SOUND STARTED GETTING REAL LOUD,
AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MORE THAN ONE.
Zak: IT WAS LIKE A FLEET OF SOLDIERS RUNNING AT YOU GUYS?
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE.
Smith: BOOTS -- HEAVY BOOTS.
YES.
WE HEARD SOME FOOTSTEPS IN THIS ROOM
AND ACTUALLY SAW THE IMPRINT
OF WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BODY.
NOW, DID YOU GET IN THE NEXT ONE?
WAS IT KIND OF TELLING YOU
TO JUMP IN BED HERE WITH IT OR WHAT?
DID YOU DO THAT?
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'D DO.
I WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME.
DIDN'T WANT TO CHEAT ON THE OLD MAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
I DON'T THINK THEY'D BE ABLE TO TELL.
THERE WOULD BE NO EVIDENCE.
I'VE BEEN WITNESS TO MANY THINGS HAPPENING HERE.
PEOPLE HAVE TEMPERATURE DROPS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TOUCHED,
LIKE SOMEBODY'S TOUCHING THE BACK OF THEIR HAIR.
YEAH.
PEOPLE HAVE EVEN BEEN PUSHED.
AND WHAT IS PUSHING THEM?
NOTHING'S THERE.
Couch: ALMOST EVERY STORY I'VE EVER HEARD FROM HERE
SEEMS TO BE SOLDIERS REACTING TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE HERE WHEN THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
SEE, THAT'S JUST SAYING THAT THESE SOLDIERS HERE
PROBABLY DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE.
THEY THINK THAT THAT IS A THREAT.
THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO GET LOCKED INSIDE HERE.
AND AMONG THE MANY THREATS TO THE CASTILLO
WERE RUTHLESS PIRATES.
ONE PIRATE -- ANDREW RANSON --
DISCOVERED THE GRUESOME LENGTHS THE SPANISH WENT
TO PROTECT THEIR LAND.
HE GOT CAUGHT RIGHT OVER THERE ON THE ISLAND.
Colgan: HIS SHIP CRASHED DOWN THE COAST RIGHT HERE,
AND THE SPANISH SURROUNDED THEM,
AND THEY IMPRISONED THEM ALL,
AND THEY WERE GONNA GARROTE HIM.
"GARROTE HIM"?
THAT'S A NEW TERM.
IT'S WHEN YOU PRESS SOMEBODY UP AGAINST AN OBJECT
AND YOU PUT A ROPE AROUND THEM
AND THEN YOU STRANGLE THEM TO DEATH UNTIL THEY SLOWLY DIE.
SO, THEN HE TAKES A STOUT STICK,
AND HE PUTS IT THROUGH THE KNOT AND TWISTS.
OH, GOD.
WE GOT AN IDEA.
ONE TOURIST, IN HER CAMERA,
GOT WHAT APPEARED TO BE ANDREW RANSON...
RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
WHOA. DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE?
LET ME SEE IT.
WHOA! ARE YOU SERIOUS?
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ENGLISH KIND OF FRILLED NECK.
YEAH.
THAT'S CHILLING, MAN.
ANDREW RANSON.
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT NAME, NICK,
'CAUSE I GOT TO HAVE A TALK WITH ANDREW LATER TONIGHT.
Harvey: WHEN THE AMERICANS CAME,
WHICH WAS IN 1821...
THE CANNON FELL THROUGH THE GUN DECK
AND DISAPPEARED.
THEY COULDN'T FIND THE CANNON.
FINALLY, THEY REALIZED
THAT THERE HAD TO BE A ROOM BACK THERE.
AND A LOT OF DARK THINGS WERE DISCOVERED IN THIS ROOM?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN THIS WAS ALL RIPPED OUT AND PEOPLE WENT IN THERE,
THEY FOUND BONES,
BONES, BODIES THAT WERE CHAINED TO THE WALL --
THE BONES OF PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN...
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
...AND SEALED IN THERE TO DIE.
I'M GONNA BE POSITIVE HERE
AND SAY THAT THERE'S SOME CRAZY [BLEEP]
GOING ON IN HERE.
SO, THIS IS THE DUNGEON.
NOW, YOU REMEMBER I SAID, "EDINBURGH VAULTS."
Aaron: DUDE, IT'S LITERALLY, LIKE, FLASHBACKS.
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?
I JUST HEARD A...
MY NECK!
OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SHACKLES WERE.
OH, NO KIDDING.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE HOLES
WHERE THEY WERE SHACKLED TO THIS WALL.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN SEALED --
SEALED OFF AND FORGOTTEN FROM THE WORLD.
THAT'S JUST BRUTAL.
THAT'S JUST LIKE -- OH, GOSH.
WOW. WOW.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT.
THE SPANISH WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES
TO HOLD PRISONERS AT CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS.
WHEN THE FORT WAS UNDER U.S. CONTROL IN THE 1800s,
IT IMPRISONED COUNTLESS NATIVE AMERICANS,
AND IT IS SAID THAT THEIR SPIRITS
REMAIN CAPTIVE HERE TODAY.
IF YOU SEE A WHITE ORB
FLOATING IN FRONT OF THIS WALL
THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN HEAD WRAPPED IN CLOTH,
THAT'S OSCEOLA.
OKAY. WAIT A MINUTE. CAN YOU, UM --
THAT WAS, LIKE, OUT OF LEFT FIELD. [ LAUGHS ]
YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT IF I SEE A HUMAN HEAD
FLOATING AROUND HERE --
OSCEOLA WAS A SEMINOLE INDIAN LEADER.
GENERAL JESSOP CAPTURED OSCEOLA
AND ABOUT 80 OF HIS MEN AND KEPT THEM IN A PRISON ROOM
JUST DOWN HERE.
THESE ROOMS RIGHT DOWN THERE.
OSCEOLA WAS SICK WITH MALARIA THE DAY THAT HE WAS CAPTURED.
BY JANUARY 31st, OSCEOLA HAD DIED OF HIS DISEASE.
DR. WEEDEN WAS HIS VERY GOOD FRIEND.
HE TAKES OUT A KNIFE FROM HIS DOCTOR'S BAG,
AND HE CUTS OFF OSCEOLA'S HEAD
AND PUTS IT IN HIS DOCTOR'S BAG
'CAUSE HE WANTED TO USE IT FOR THESE ANATOMICAL STUDIES.
THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY -- EXCUSE ME -- PISSED-OFF INDIAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
OSCEOLA'S HEAD WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
FOR A LONG TIME.
HE USED TO SCARE HIS CHILDREN --
DISCIPLINE HIS CHILDREN WITH OSCEOLA'S HEAD
BY STICKING IT UP ON TOP OF THE BEDPOSTS
WHAT?
WHAT A FREAK!
BUT HIS GHOST OF HIS HEAD HAS COME BACK HERE TO THE FORT.
IT'S A LARGE WHITE ORB
THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN HEAD WRAPPED IN CLOTH.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'RE SEEING A FLOATING HEAD.
YES.
SO, WE'LL PUT AN "X" OVER THERE
TO PUT ONE OF OUR STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERAS OVER THERE
AND SEE IF WE CAN CAPTURE THIS FLOATING HEAD.
HONESTLY, I DON'T READ PEOPLE, BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A GUY
THAT DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL,
BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY REALLY DO
SEE THIS FLOATING HEAD OUT HERE, HUH?
OH, YES. YEAH. IT'S QUITE A HAUNTED PLACE.
YOU'RE TELLING ME, LIKE, HONEST TO GOD,
THESE SOLDIERS THAT FOUGHT HERE,
THEY'RE STILL HERE,
AND THEY'RE SEEING, LIKE, PEOPLE AS A THREAT.
IF THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROTECT THIS FORT WHILE WE'RE IN HERE...
[ CHUCKLES ] NO.
WE'RE GETTING LOCKED IN.
IF THEY WANT US OUT,
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO THROW US OVER THAT DAMN WALL.
WOW. LOOK AT THAT, GUYS.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOING IN FOR THE ATTACK.
YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW
WHERE ABOUT 250 MEN WERE MASSACRED.
THIS RIGHT HERE
IS LIKE PUTTING HOLY WATER ON A DEMON.
IN 1565, THE SPANISH FOUNDED ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA,
THE OLDEST CITY IN AMERICA.
CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS,
A 50,000-SQUARE-FOOT FORTRESS,
WAS BUILT TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM OUTSIDE INVASION.
WE'RE HERE INVESTIGATING CLAIMS
OF SOLDIER AND PRISONER APPARITIONS AT THE FORT.
TALKED TO A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY NOT TOO LONG AGO.
HE'S RETIRED.
AND THE LAST TIME THEY CAME,
THEY COULD SEE A MAN WITH A LANTERN
WALKING ALONG THE TOP OF THE FORT.
EVERY TIME THEY WENT IN THERE, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
Zak: REALLY?
ANY IDEA WHO THEY THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS WITH THE LANTERN?
PROBABLY JUST ONE OF THE SOLDIERS AT THE FORT
MAKING THE ROUNDS.
Harvey: RIGHT BACK HERE --
THIS WAS CALLED THE CARCEL.
THAT'S THE SPANISH WORD FOR "JAIL."
IT IS DARK IN HERE,
AND IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICALLY DARK.
YOU CAN FEEL IT, CAN'T YOU?
THANK YOU. YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.
WE HAD A PSYCHIC LOCKED INSIDE HERE.
THEY PUT HER IN THE CHAIR.
YOU SHUT THE DOOR?
THEY SHUT THE DOOR COMPLETELY,
AND SHE WENT BERSERK.
I GUESS I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT.
Zak: AARON, WHY DON'T WE PUT AN "X" IN HERE,
'CAUSE THIS PLACE, JUST BY THE FEELINGS FROM IT...
DUDE, I WAS SHAKING HOLDING THE CAMERA A LITTLE BIT.
THEN MY BACK STARTED TO.
IT FEELS VERY DARK IN HERE.
ST. AUGUSTINE PROVIDED SPAIN
WITH STRONG FOOTING IN THE NEW WORLD
AS IT LOOKED TO ESTABLISH AN EMPIRE
THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND
IN THE OFTEN-VIOLENT SPREAD OF CATHOLICISM.
Smith: THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS WERE PROTESTANT.
SPANISH SOLDIERS WERE SENT
TO CONVERT THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS,
AND THIS GUY DREW A LINE IN THE SAND WITH HIS SWORD
AND SAID, "CROSS THIS LINE AND CONVERT OR DIE,"
WHERE AT?
HERE ON ANASTASIA ISLAND.
NICK, WE GOT TO GO TRY AND FIND THAT PLACE.
OKAY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO FIND
THIS OTHER FORT -- MATANZAS.
"MATANZAS" IN ENGLISH MEANS "SLAUGHTER,"
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AROUND HERE.
DUDE, DO NOT -- YOU'RE THE HEAVIEST ONE,
SO YOU'RE GOING IN THE MIDDLE.
DO NOT MOVE, BRO.
I GOT A WHISTLE. WHO THE HELL'S GONNA HEAR US OUT HERE?
[ BLOWS WHISTLE ]
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A BOAT, AARON?
OH [BLEEP]
JUST, AARON...
PLEASE STAND STILL WITH THAT CAMERA, OKAY?
CAN YOU SEE THE FORT, AARON?
Aaron: YEAH.
WOW. LOOK AT THAT, GUYS. LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOING IN FOR THE ATTACK.
LOOK AT THOSE CANNONS THERE.
THEY'RE AIMING RIGHT AT US.
THEY BUILT THESE FORTS OUT OF THESE COQUINA SHELLS,
AND THESE COQUINA SHELLS,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY -- THEY MADE CEMENT ALMOST INTO IT
WITH THESE BIG BRICKS.
WHEW.
[ HINGE SQUEAKS ]
HERE, AARON. HELP ME.
YEAH.
[ BOTH GRUNT ]
CHECK THIS OUT, MAN.
NO WAY.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT VIEW.
SO, YOU CAN SEE --
IF THEY CAME IN, YOU COULD SEE EVERYTHING.
YEAH, YEAH. SEE THEM FROM BOTH ANGLES.
I CAN JUST SEE THEM WITH GUNS, JUST...
[ GUNSHOT ]
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON ANASTASIA ISLAND.
WHY DID WE COME TO THIS ISLAND?
WELL, THE FRENCH SETTLED A COLONY IN JACKSONVILLE.
THE FRENCH WERE PROTESTANTS.
THE SPANISH WERE CATHOLICS.
AND THAT LED TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW --
THE SAND DUNES OF WHERE THIS MASSACRE TOOK PLACE.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
SPIDERS?
OKAY.
OH!
Zak: I JUST WANT TO SEE WHERE THIS MASSACRE TOOK PLACE.
THAT'S A LOT OF LOST SOULS, MAN.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING OVER THERE?
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
WHERE ARE WE, GUYS?
Nick: I HAVE NO CLUE.
NICK, COME ON. WE FOUND THE PATH, MAN.
THIS HAS GOT TO LEAD TO SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS CREEPY.
WOW.
CHECK THAT OUT, MAN.
THEY CAPTURED ALL THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS.
THEY'RE KILLING THEM.
LOOK AT THE YEAR --
SEPTEMBER OF 1565.
WOW, MAN. THIS IS IT.
THIS IS RIGHT WHERE THE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE.
YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW
WHERE ABOUT 250 MEN WERE MASSACRED.
IT'S KIND OF SAD, ACTUALLY,
THAT ALL THOSE MEN WERE KILLED.
THAT MAKES ME ANGRY AGAINST THE SPANISH.
AND WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE TAKE THIS SAND
AND BRING IT INSIDE THE SPANISH FORT WITH US TONIGHT.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS LIKE PUTTING HOLY WATER ON A DEMON.
LET'S DO IT.
SEEING THESE DUNES BEHIND ME,
WHERE THE SPANISH BRUTALLY MASSACRED
ALL THOSE FRENCH PROTESTANT MEN --
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT -- IT'S TIME FOR US GUYS
TO DECLARE BATTLE ON CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS.
[ GASPS ]
Zak: I'VE NEVER FREAKED OUT LIKE THIS, EVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF I -- I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT?
SOMETHING JUST RAN UP ON ME
RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE COURTYARD.
Aaron: OW! WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S WRONG?
HOLY [BLEEP]
WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO GET LOCKED INSIDE.
NOW, YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND LET US OUT AT DAWN, OKAY?
NOW, THAT... IS A BIG DOOR.
[ Laughing ] AND WE CANNOT ESCAPE THIS PLACE AT ALL.
SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. 7:00 A.M.
YOU GUYS READY?
LET'S GO TO BASE, GET OUR GEAR READY,
AND GET READY FOR LOCKDOWN.
OKAY.
SO, ONE OF THESE ROOMS HERE --
WE FOUND A 3-D MODEL OF THE CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS --
THE OLD FORT -- AND IT HAS ACTUALLY
THE EXPOSED CANNON DECK UP HERE,
WHERE WE HAVE THREE X's PLACED.
NUMBER ONE, THE CANNON-BLAST SITE.
THIS IS WHERE ANDY SAW THE APPARITION
OF A SOLDIER CARRYING A LANTERN
WALKING DOWN THAT AREA THERE.
NUMBER TWO, THE EXECUTION WALL.
THIS IS WHERE CAL SHOWED US A PHOTO EARLIER
OF AN APPARITION THAT HE GOT OF ANDREW RANSON.
HE WAS AN ENGLISH PIRATE
THAT WAS ACTUALLY GARROTED TO DEATH
RIGHT THERE ON THAT WALL.
NUMBER THREE, THE CANNON DECK.
THIS IS WHERE ERIC SAYS THAT HE SAW
THE FLOATING HEAD OF THE INDIAN OSCEOLA.
NUMBER FOUR, THE BONES ROOM.
THIS IS WHERE HUMAN BONES WERE FOUND,
WHERE PEOPLE WERE SHACKLED ALIVE AND SEALED OFF.
NUMBER FIVE, THE JAIL CELL.
THIS IS WHERE KAREN SAID SHE WITNESSED
A PSYCHIC BEING ATTACKED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT.
NUMBER SIX, THE CANNON ROOM.
THIS IS WHERE JOHN TOLD US A LOT OF PEOPLE GET PUSHED.
NUMBER SEVEN, THE SOLDIERS' QUARTERS.
THIS IS WHERE DUSTY TOLD US
THAT SHE HEARD UNEXPLAINED BOOTS STEPPING.
ALL RIGHT. WE GOT OUR PLAN OF ATTACK READY.
Aaron: DO IT.
THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
TO BE WALKING AROUND IN HERE GIVES ME JUST CHILLS --
JUST NATURAL CHILLS.
WE ARE IN THIS FORT
WHICH GOES BACK NEARLY 350 YEARS,
AND ALL THE INDIANS AND SPANISH SOLDIERS --
OVER 15 BATTLES AND SIEGES
TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE.
AND NOW WE'RE THE ONLY THREE LOCKED INSIDE HERE.
YEAH.
LET'S GO GET THIS STARTED.
I'M NERVOUS.
YOU'RE ALWAYS NERVOUS.
WE'RE IN THE TREASURE ROOM.
WE HAVE SOME SPANISH MONEY RIGHT HERE.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS --
I'M GONNA PLACE THESE IN A NICE, NEAT LINE,
SIDE BY SIDE.
WHAT I'M GONNA DO NEXT
IS WE'RE USING THIS NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S CALLED AN E.M. PUMP -- ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
ONCE I TURN THIS SWITCH ON,
IT WILL THEN CREATE AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
RIGHT AROUND IN THIS AREA,
AND THAT BASICALLY LETS SPIRITS USE THIS ENERGY FROM THIS PUMP
TO HOPEFULLY PICK UP OR MOVE THESE COINS,
AND I'M GONNA FILM THAT MONEY
RIGHT WHERE THE E.M. PUMP IS.
I'M GONNA PUT AN EMF DETECTOR
THAT MEASURES ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
RIGHT UP TO THIS PUMP.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS THING
SPITTING OUT SPURTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY.
WATCH THIS.
Aaron: YEP.
FROM ALL THE WAY UP THERE, DO YOU SEE THE NEEDLE JUMPING UP AND DOWN?
YEP. IT'S GOING CRAZY.
SO, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN HERE AND YOU CAN HEAR ME,
WE LEFT SOME MONEY HERE FOR YOU,
BUT WE'RE ONLY GONNA LEAVE IT HERE FOR AN HOUR.
SO, WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT'S CHANGING.
IT'S ACTIVE. LET'S GO.
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, WE HEADED OFF FOR THE HIDDEN ROOM,
WHERE HUMAN BONES HAD BEEN FOUND.
THAT'S WHEN THE CASTILLO CAME ALIVE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, RIGHT ABOUT HERE,
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING JUST PASSED RIGHT THROUGH ME,
AND I FELT IT IN MY WHOLE FACE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH MY BODY.
JUST FROZE UP.
Zak: WHO'S IN HERE?
ARE YOU TRYING TO MESS WITH US?
WE HEAR THAT YOU LIKE TO PUSH PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
WHAT THE...
WHOA!
ALL OF US JUST HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A SCREAM.
HERE'S THE ENHANCED AUDIO.
WHOA?
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
HOLD ON. IT'S COMING FROM BACK HERE.
FROM BACK HERE.
SOMETHING'S COMING THROUGH HERE.
YEAH, THERE IS SOMETHING.
YOU WANT TO GO IN?
YEAH, I'M GONNA GO IN THERE.
BUT THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE THEY FOUND HUMAN BONES,
AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS LIVE PEOPLE
THAT WERE SHACKLED TO THE WALL IN HERE WITH CHAINS,
AND I'M ASKING MYSELF
IF THOSE SCREAMS WE JUST HEARD
WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BURIED ALIVE IN THIS ROOM.
COULDN'T GET OUT OF IT?
I'M GONNA ROLL MY TWO DIGITAL RECORDERS RIGHT HERE
TO TRY TO CAPTURE SOME EVPs, OR ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENONS.
I'M CREEPING AROUND HERE. GUYS, THIS IS CREEPY AS HELL.
OH, MY GOSH.
YOU GUYS, GET IN HERE.
NICK, COME ON.
OH, MAN. IT'S LIKE A HEAVY FEELING IN HERE.
IT IS. IT IS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE WALKING UNDERWATER.
YEAH. IT'S REALLY HEAVY IN HERE.
YEAH, AND THIS IS JUST WHERE WE HEARD
THAT SCREAM COME FROM,
AND THAT'S STILL GIVING ME CHILLS, MAN!
THAT'S STILL GIVING ME CHILLS!
Nick: WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THIS PLACE,
THERE WAS CHAINS WITH BONES HANGING OFF IT LIKE THIS.
YEAH.
WERE YOU ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS TORTURED DOWN HERE?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SPIKES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY,
SOMETHING GHOSTS ARE SAID TO GIVE OFF.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
ZAK, WHAT'S "TALK" IN SPANISH?
YEAH.
HOLA. ¿CóMO TE LLAMAS?
Aaron: ¿CóMO TE LLAMAS? ¿Y Tú?
A LITTLE KNOCK. A LITTLE KNOCK.
GUYS, GUYS!
WHAT? WHAT'S THE MATTER?
I KEEP GETTING TOUCHED, MAN.
OOH! I JUST HEARD A WHISPER!
NO. I DID, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UP HIGHER.
[ GASPS ] WHOA!
SHUT UP! WHAT? OW!
OH, MY GOD!
WHAT'S WRONG?
HOLY [BLEEP]
WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG?
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
DUDE.
BRO, YOU OKAY, MAN?
OH, MY GOD.
I JUST HAD THIS BREEZE
JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH ME LIKE THAT, MAN.
[ BLOWS ]
LIKE THAT. IT JUST BLEW RIGHT ON MY NECK!
BLEW RIGHT ON MY [BLEEP] NECK!
SOMEBODY'S IN HERE WITH US.
THERE'S SOMETHING...
NO, I FELT THAT, GUYS.
IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US,
WE WANT YOU TO MAKE A NOISE RIGHT NOW.
MAKE A NOISE.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
[ LIGHT TAP ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WHAT?
IT WAS A KNOCKING SOUND RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, BRO.
YEAH.
YEP.
DUDE, THAT WAS, LIKE, FOOTSTEPS, LIKE...
[ TAPS FOOT ]
THEY'RE IN HERE, SO LET'S COMMUNICATE.
MAKE A NOISE FOR US RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
I HEARD, LIKE, A -- IT SOUNDED LIKE A GROWL.
I SWEAR TO GOD, MAN.
IT'S COMING FROM THAT [BLEEP] CORNER.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT?
NO. IT WAS COMMUNICATING WITH HIM.
AARON, ASK IT QUESTIONS. ASK IT QUESTIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO YOU, MAN. THEY TOUCHED ME. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO YOU.
ASK. WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND, JUST ASK IT.
JUST SAY IT, WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND.
WAS IT TERRIBLE IN HERE WHILE YOU DIED,
BEING CHAINED UP FOR PROBABLY SIX TO SEVEN DAYS?
AT THIS EXACT MOMENT,
OUR DIGITAL RECORDER CAPTURED
THIS CHILLING, UNEXPLAINED VOICE.
JUST WAITING DAY BY DAY BY DAY BY DAY.
THAT'S A TERRIBLE WAY TO GO.
WHAT KIND OF TRAPPED SOUL WOULD STILL BE IN HERE?
ANGRY ENERGY.
ARE YOU STILL IN HERE?
WE'RE SHOWING NO DISRESPECT
TO THE SOULS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES RIGHT HERE,
CHAINED TO THIS WALL,
BUT I WILL SHOW DISRESPECT
TO THE SPIRITS THAT MAY BE IN HERE
THAT DID CHAIN THESE POOR PEOPLE TO THIS WALL.
THAT'S A WRONG WAY TO GO,
AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY,
HERE'S THE DAMN CHAIN.
COME [BLEEP] CHAIN ME UP TO THIS WALL.
IS THAT WHAT YOU DID?
YOU CHAINED THEM UP TO THIS WALL?
WHO DID THAT?
Aaron: WHAT?
IT WAS LIKE... [ WHISTLES ]
DIDN'T HEAR IT.
[ GASPS ]
COME HERE.
COME HERE.
THE CREEPY VOICE THAT I JUST HEARD
WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON OUR DIGITAL RECORDER
SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
DID MY TAUNTS
JUST ANGER THE SPIRIT OF A SPANISH SOLDIER
WHO MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE HUMAN BONES FOUND IN HERE?
I'M SCARED, MAN. I LITERALLY DO.
I FEEL SCARED RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
I'VE NEVER FREAKED OUT LIKE THIS, EVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF I -- I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HEARD THIS VOICE RIGHT HERE.
LET'S SET UP AN "X" CAMERA IN HERE,
AND WHATEVER I THINK TOUCHED ME
AND WHATEVER MADE THOSE NOISES,
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET IT VISUALLY ON VIDEO.
AS NICK AND I WERE SETTING UP THE STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA,
WE SENT AARON BACK TO BASE TO GRAB ANOTHER ONE.
[ RUNNING FOOTSTEPS ]
WHAT?
SHOW US WHERE.
WHOA. THAT WAS SOME SCARY [BLEEP]
I'LL BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT THE DAY
THAT THIS SOIL WOULD COME INSIDE THIS FORT.
AS NICK AND I WERE SETTING UP
A STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA IN THE BONES ROOM,
AARON SUDDENLY CAME RUNNING BACK TO US.
Zak: WHAT?
BRO, SOMETHING JUST RAN UP ON ME
RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE COURTYARD,
AND NOTHING WAS THERE!
HOLY [BLEEP] THIS IS SCARY.
WHOA.
WHOA. THAT WAS SOME SCARY [BLEEP]
WHERE AT?
I HEARD THIS.
JUST LIKE THAT, DUDE.
AND I LOOKED BACK, SHINED THE LIGHT,
NOTHING THERE AND [BLEEP] HIGHTAILED IT TO YOU GUYS.
Nick: WOW.
WHEW. IT WAS, LIKE, LITERALLY THAT FAST.
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE WAS RUNNING AT MY ***.
THESE MYSTERIOUS FOOTSTEPS
AS WELL AS AARON'S REACTION TO THEM
WERE BOTH CAPTURED BY OUR STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA
WE JUST SET UP IN THE MONEY ROOM.
[BLEEP]
[ RUNNING FOOTSTEPS ]
YOU GUYS!
YOU GUYS!
OH, MY GOD.
Zak: YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT -- WE'RE INSIDE THEIR FORT.
THEY DON'T WANT US IN HERE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING THIS TO PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE WALLS.
WE'RE TRAPPED IN HERE WITH THEM FOR A WHOLE NIGHT.
OH, DUDE, I'M SHOOKEN UP.
THIS IS WHAT WE COME HERE FOR, RIGHT?
YEAH, DUDE. THAT WAS A TRIP.
WE FINALLY HEADED BACK
TO SET UP OUR OTHER STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA
NEAR THE ROOM WE WERE JUST AT
AND DISCOVERED MORE HUMAN REMAINS
WERE ALSO UNCOVERED HERE.
Zak: WE'VE BEEN IN THE USA FOR A LONG TIME
DOING INVESTIGATIONS,
AND USUALLY OUR HISTORY GOES BACK
MAYBE 100 YEARS, IF THAT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT HERE --
THIS ROOM, CONSTRUCTED IN 1675.
"THE GUNPOWDER HAD TO BE MOVED,
"AND THE ROOM WAS USED BRIEFLY AS A PRISON,
"THEN SEALED UP.
"NEARLY 100 YEARS LATER, IT WAS OPENED,
"AND BONES FOUND INSIDE
HAVE GIVEN RISE TO IMPROBABLE STORIES."
DO YOU SMELL THAT? IT SMELLS REALLY BAD.
WHOA.
IT SMELLS LIKE... LIKE HORSE [BLEEP]
YEAH.
IT DOES SMELL LIKE HORSE [BLEEP]
DIFFERENT SMELLS CAN BE LINKED TO THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS.
COME HERE.
NO. PUT THE CAMERA AWAY.
[ GRUNTS ]
OKAY.
IT'S NOT YOU.
I SMELL BEAUTIFUL.
THIS FOUL SCENT LED US TO THE CANNON ROOM,
A PLACE WE LEARNED EARLIER
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUSHED BY UNSEEN FORCES.
I WANT YOU TO PUSH ME.
I'M IN YOUR FORT.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT OVER. I'M GONNA SIEGE IT.
THE SPANISH, RIGHT?
THE SPANISH.
THIS IS OUR FORT, "NACHOS." [not yours]
[ LAUGHS ] "NACHOS."
THAT'S MY SPANISH COMEDY.
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET PUSHED,
WE SET UP OUR OTHER STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA
AND LEFT.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER WE HIT RECORD,
THE AUDIO CAPTURED ANOTHER STRANGE GROWL.
Zak: RIGHT HERE IS THE SOLDIERS' QUARTERS.
NOW, DUSTY -- WE INTERVIEWED HER EARLIER,
AND THIS IS WHERE SHE HEARD BOOTS
STEPPING TOWARDS HER WHEN SHE WAS DOING AN INVESTIGATION HERE,
AND THEN SHE ALSO SAW AN APPARITION LAY DOWN.
SHE COULD ACTUALLY SEE
THE DEPRESSION OF THE SOLDIER LAYING DOWN.
I GOT AN ENGLISH-TO-SPANISH LITTLE DICTIONARY THING,
AND, WELL, I CHOSE SOME OF MY OWN REALLY NICE WORDS
THAT I'M GONNA BE CALLING OUT TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT A VERY BAD SITE TODAY.
IT WAS A SITE WHERE,
BETWEEN 200 AND 300 FRENCH PROTESTANT MEN WERE KILLED,
OR MASSACRED.
DID YOU GUYS DO IT?
¿NO HABLA INGLéS?
MATANZAS LOS FRANCéSES.
DID YOU DO THAT? DID YOU...
REMEMBER EARLIER WHEN WE WENT TO THE SITE
WHERE THE SPANISH MASSACRED THE FRENCH?
YOU SEE THIS SAND?
THIS IS FROM THOSE SACRED DUNES.
Aaron: DUDE.
I'LL BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT THE DAY
WHEN THIS SOIL FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU MASSACRED
WOULD COME INSIDE THIS FORT.
DO YOU LIKE THIS SOIL? DO YOU NOT WANT IT IN HERE?
WIPE IT OFF MY HAND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME...
I JUST FELT A BREEZE.
DID YOU?
YEAH.
ATAQUE. ATTACK. ATAQUE ME.
NOW I'M REALLY COLD.
I'M FEELING IT, TOO.
THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
YOU FEEL THAT?
WERE THESE COLD BLASTS OF AIR FROM AGITATED SPIRITS?
FEEL THAT?
Nick: YEAH, DUDE.
NO. RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE.
HERE IT COMES.
YOU DON'T LIKE THIS SOIL, HUH?
WHOA. CRAZY.
DID YOU DO A TEMPERATURE READOUT?
TRY IT NOW. IT'S FREEZING RIGHT HERE.
IT'S FREEZING RIGHT NOW. IT IS, MAN.
IT IS.
DO YOU HAVE IT?
72.6.
THERE IT GOES.
61.4. DID YOU SEE THAT?
61.
IT WAS JUST AT 72.6.
Shh.
THAT WAS SOMEONE TALKING.
JUST THEN, NICK AND I HEARD THE SAME VOICE.
HERE'S THE ENHANCED CAMERA'S AUDIO.
DID YOU HEAR A MAN'S VOICE?
I DID. EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S OVER HERE, GUYS?
THAT'S THE PRISON CELL WHERE THAT LADY GOT ATTACKED.
THIS IS MEANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPIRITS.
I'M GETTING THE CHILLS RIGHT NOW.
Computerized voice: UPSTAIRS.
OH, MY GOD!
WHILE WE WERE USING PROVOCATION IN THE SOLDIERS' QUARTERS,
A BLAST OF COLD AIR FILLED THE ROOM,
FOLLOWED BY A MAN'S VOICE
THAT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE PRISON CELL.
Zak: WE WERE TOLD EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL PARK RANGERS
THAT THEY KEEP THIS DOOR SHUT.
THE LAST TIME THEY LET SOMEBODY GO IN THERE,
IT WAS A PSYCHIC LADY,
AND WE INTERVIEWED KAREN,
WHO ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE PSYCHIC BEING ATTACKED
BY AN EVIL SPIRIT INSIDE THIS PRISON.
[ THUD ]
THAT SOUNDED OPEN.
WHOA.
DUDE, THAT IS A COLD BREEZE
THAT CAME OUT OF THERE, MAN.
YOU GUYS READY?
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
TO SHOW YOU HOW DARK THIS IS...
NICK, TURN OFF NIGHT VISION FOR A SECOND
SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE SEE.
SEE THAT?
WELL, I CAN'T EITHER.
TURN IT BACK ON.
BE CAREFUL IN HERE, GUYS.
THERE'S A WEIRD SMELL IN HERE.
Aaron: NO WINDOWS IN HERE.
HOW COULD THAT MUCH COLD AIR COME OUT OF THIS ONE ROOM?
I KNOW. THERE'S NO WINDOWS IN HERE.
THAT'S RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO COME AND ATTACK US?
COME ON OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF.
NICK -- AARON, CALL THEM OUT FOR A SECOND.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE LUCK WITH THIS,
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ALWAYS SHOWS FEAR.
GO AHEAD, MAN.
YOU CAN DO IT.
DID THEY BEAT YOU AND TORTURE YOU IN HERE?
THATABOY.
HOW LONG WERE YOU LOCKED UP IN HERE?
KEEP GOING, AARON. COME ON.
PLEASE JUST DO SOMETHING. KNOCK ON SOMETHING.
IF YOU CAN ATTACK ONE WOMAN,
THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WITH JUST SO MUCH ENERGY --
CAMERAS AND BATTERIES AND EVERYTHING.
USE IT. JUST USE IT.
AND TALK INTO THIS RED LIGHT RIGHT NOW.
GETTING NO RESPONSE,
WE DECIDED TO SET UP OUR STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERAS
IN BOTH THE JAIL CELL AND THE SOLDIERS' QUARTERS.
AT EXACTLY 20 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS AFTER WE HIT RECORD,
WE CAPTURED THESE UNEXPLAINED FOOTSTEPS.
WAS THIS ONE OF THE SPANISH SOLDIERS
TAKING A PRISONER BACK TO THE JAIL CELL?
Zak: WE WERE WORKING WITH A SCIENTIST,
AND HE HAS DESIGNED THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIELD TEST RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS MEANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPIRITS.
THIS GUN-LOOKING THING
IS A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INFRARED CAMERA,
AND I'M GONNA SEE THE IMAGE IN MY GOGGLES.
THAT'S GONNA CAPTURE THE VIDEO AND THE AUDIO
TO THE TAPE HERE FOR PLAYBACK.
RIGHT.
INSIDE HERE IS A SENSOR,
AND THERE'S ALSO A WORD DATABASE.
EVERY SINGLE WORD INSIDE THIS DATABASE
IS DESIGNATED TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ENERGY.
THE SPIRITS CAN MANIPULATE THE ENERGY
AND MATCH IT TO THE DIFFERENT WORDS,
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING A SCREEN,
AND ON THE SCREEN, IT'LL SAY THE WORD
THAT IT'S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US,
AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IF IT'S RELEVANT
TO WHERE WE'RE AT WHILE WE'RE WALKING AROUND.
I'M READY TO GO.
OKAY.
SO, I'M GONNA FLIP THIS ON,
AND WE'RE GONNA GO INSIDE THE INDIAN PRISON RIGHT NOW.
GO AHEAD. HIT THE DATA SWITCH.
READY?
Computerized voice: READY.
PRAY.
Zak: IS THAT WHAT THESE INDIANS DID DURING THEIR CAPTIVITY?
WITH OVER 20 MINUTES IN HERE,
WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE OTHER WORD -- "REMOTE."
WE COULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OF IT,
SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD FOR THE DOOR AND LEAVE,
UNTIL WE WERE HALTED.
WE'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR 20 MINUTES AND THIS THING HASN'T --
Computerized voice: DIVIDE.
DIVIDE.
HOST.
HOST?
NOT.
TURN.
TURN? HOLD ON.
YOU DON'T WANT US TO TURN AROUND AND GO OUT?
I'M GETTING THE CHILLS RIGHT NOW.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHEN THAT STARTED HAPPENING, ZAK?
I WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN,
AND I COULDN'T PULL IT OPEN.
OOH. SHOOT RIGHT BEHIND ME, BRO.
I AM FREEZING COLD RIGHT NOW.
OH, WHOA. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU HERE WITH US? CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING ELSE?
I JUST GOT A BREEZE.
DUDE, I DO NOT FEEL RIGHT.
THAT WAS WEIRD.
CAMERA.
CAMERA?
CAMERA? DO YOU SEE OUR CAMERA?
IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE THIS.
Zak: WITH RELEVANT WORDS BEGINNING TO COME THROUGH,
WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK
WHERE WE FELT THE MOST ACTIVITY EARLIER --
THE BONES ROOM.
SPEAK.
GOSH. COME ON.
WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT DO YOU WANT?
[ INHALE, EXHALE ]
WHAT WAS THAT?
JUST MOMENTS AFTER MY QUESTION, AARON'S CAMERA CAUGHT THIS.
WHAT WAS THAT?
WAS THAT YOU, AARON?
WEIRD VIBRATION.
DID YOU HEAR IT? IT WAS LIKE -- [SIGHS]
YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD.
I'M LOOKING RIGHT BACK AT AARON, TOO, AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S GETTING CHILLY.
Computerized voice: UPSTAIRS.
OH, MY GOD!
WHAT'S UPSTAIRS?
Zak: WE SET OUT ALL OF OUR STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERAS.
WE CAPTURED THIS THING THAT NICK, AARON, AND MYSELF
CANNOT EXPLAIN.
Christopher: THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON.
SOME KIND OF A RESIDUAL BATTLE GOING ON.
ABSOLUTELY.
Zak: WITH TIME RUNNING OUT ON OUR LOCKDOWN,
WE RETURNED TO THE BONES ROOM, WHERE WE HAD EXPERIENCED
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY.
WITH OUR CUSTOM-BUILT SENSOR,
WHICH MANIPULATES THAT ENERGY INTO SPOKEN WORDS BY SPIRITS,
WE PICKED UP THIS MESSAGE.
Computerized voice: UPSTAIRS.
OH, MY GOD!
WHAT'S UPSTAIRS?
HOLD ON.
I DID, TOO.
ARE YOU UPSTAIRS?
Zak: WAS THIS A SPIRIT TELLING US WHERE TO GO?
WITHOUT HESITATION, WE HEADED UP THERE TO FIND OUT.
YOU BETTER SPEAK WITH US IF YOU'RE LURING US UP HERE.
IF THERE'S SOLDIERS UP THERE,
WE'RE COMING TO FIGHT THE BATTLE WITH YOU.
NO. WE'RE COMING TO FIGHT THE BATTLE AGAINST YOU.
Zak: RIGHT ALONG THIS AREA, RIGHT WHERE WE'RE WALKING,
IS WHERE THEY SAW THE APPARITION
OF A SOLDIER WITH A LANTERN.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO US?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO TELL US UP HERE?
HAD WE MISSED THE SPIRIT,
OR WAS IT JUST PLAYING GAMES WITH US?
STILL THINKING THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A DIRECT COMMAND
TELLING US WHERE TO GO,
WE DECIDED TO SET UP A STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERA
AND HEADED BACK TO BASE.
AT 34 MINUTES AND 16 SECONDS AFTER WE HIT RECORD,
WE CAPTURED AN UNEXPLAINED FIGURE
TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN
THAT WE HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR WHATSOEVER.
IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE LIGHTING A LANTERN,
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT FLICKER.
THEN, AS IT LIGHTS FULL,
IT BURNS OUT SLOWLY LIKE A FLAME.
WAS THIS THE SPIRIT WHO WAS COMMUNICATING WITH US?
IT IS 6:59.
[ GROANS ]
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN YOU ALWAYS HOPEFULLY WONDER
THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LOCK US IN
REMEMBER TO SET THEIR ALARM CLOCKS
TO GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
[ LAUGHS ]
OH, GOOD MORNING.
[ GRUNTS ]
Nick: AARON, HIT THE "X" CAMERA.
THAT'S RIGHT. GOD.
OH, YEAH. HIT THAT.
GRAB IT.
IS THAT STILL ROLLING?
[ GRUNTS ]
WE HEADED TO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
TO HAVE SOME OF OUR EVIDENCE ANALYZED
BY A PARANORMAL TECH SPECIALIST.
Christopher: MY NAME IS BOB CHRISTOPHER.
I'M WITH N.E.P.A. PARANORMAL, FROM WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW IS --
WE WENT TO THIS PLACE CALLED CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS.
AARON FREAKED OUT A LOT, BY THE WAY, THERE.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS PRETTY GNARLY, MAN.
Zak: WHAT?
SOMETHING JUST RAN UP ON ME
RIGHT BEHIND ME IN THE COURTYARD,
AND NOTHING WAS THERE.
I WAS OUTSIDE GETTING SOME EQUIPMENT,
AND I HEAR THIS... [IMITATES FOOTSTEPS]
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOTHING.
I RAN BACK.
I'M LIKE, "QUICK!" [ LAUGHS ]
BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY,
YOU CAN HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS THAT YOU REACTED TO.
[ LIGHT THUMPING ]
YEAH, I HEARD THEM.
YEAH.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WALKING ON WOOD.
WE BEGAN TO HEAR THE SOUNDS OF BOOTS ON WOOD.
AND THE FUNNY THING IS THE CONCRETE OUT ON THE DECK.
HUH.
I'LL JUST SHOW YOU SOME OF THE DISEMBODIED VOICES
SURE.
...WHICH CREEPED US OUT.
[ LIGHT CRACKLING ]
WOW!
WOW!
AND WE LAUGH NOW. TRY BEING THERE.
I FEEL SCARED RIGHT NOW.
WHILE WE WERE THERE,
WE WERE USING THIS EXPERIMENTAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S A VIDEO WORD DATABASE,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT SAYS, "UPSTAIRS."
SO, WE GO UP ON THIS CANNON DECK.
WE SET UP ALL OF OUR STATIC NIGHT VISION CAMERAS.
WE CAPTURED THIS THING THAT NICK, AARON, AND MYSELF
CANNOT EXPLAIN.
YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE FLASHES RIGHT THERE.
IT ALMOST, I WOULD SAY,
LOOKS LIKE A LANTERN TRYING TO BE LIT.
I MEAN, WE WERE DOING INTERVIEWS,
AND WE TALKED TO A GUY WHO SAID THAT...
THEY COULD SEE A MAN WITH A LANTERN
WALKING ALONG THE TOP OF THE FORT.
EVERY TIME THEY WENT IN THERE, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
IT'S LIKE IF SOMEBODY HAD AN OLD-TIME LANTERN
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO LIGHT IT
AND THEY HAD THEM OLD-TIME FLINTS.
YOU WOULD FEEL THAT DOWNWARD MOTION.
SO, SHOW ME WHERE YOU'RE SEEING
THAT DOWNWARD MOTION OF THE FLINT.
RIGHT THERE.
HOW IT JUST DROPS RIGHT DOWN.
SO, IT'S LIKE HE'S STRIKING, STRIKING, STRIKING,
AND THEN ONCE HE GETS IT LIT --
IT DROPS DOWN, AND IT CATCHES.
THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED, TOO,
IS WATCH THE CANNONS.
YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE FLASHES.
LIKE IT'S LIGHTNING OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
IF IT WAS LIGHTNING, YOU'D SEE IT UP IN HERE, TOO.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE, EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, IT WOULD EMANATE EVERYWHERE.
IT'S JUST IN THESE AREAS RIGHT HERE.
ONLY IN THESE LITTLE CUTOUT AREAS,
WHERE THE BARREL OF THE CANNON WOULD GO,
ALMOST LIKE THE CANNONS ARE BLASTING.
Nick: COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE A PRE-MANIFESTATION
OF AN APPARITION?
MOST DEFINITELY.
MY ANALYSIS -- I REALLY THINK IT'S RESIDUAL.
I REALLY THINK THERE'S STILL A BATTLE GOING ON THERE.
DAMN. WE MAY HAVE CREATED A BATTLE.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
WE TRAVELED TO THE OLDEST CITY IN AMERICA
AND LOCKED OURSELVES INSIDE ITS BLOODY PAST.
AT CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS,
THE SPIRITS OF 300-YEAR-OLD SOLDIERS
ARE STILL PATROLLING THE CANNON DECK,
STILL FIGHTING OFF INTRUDERS.
AND FROM THE PIRATES WHO DARED WASH ASHORE,
TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO WERE SWEPT UP FROM THEIR LAND,
THE FORT IS STILL ALIVE WITH THE SOULS OF THE IMPRISONED.
[ LIGHT CRACKLING ]
WITHIN THESE TOWERING WALLS,
THE SOUNDS OF BATTLE STILL RING OUT.
[ EXPLOSION ]