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Holy cow. That looks like a giant snake.
Yeah.
- Ooh! Oh! - What?
"Paranormal files"..
Oh!
Some theorists claim that it was built with the help of alien technology.
So, let me get this straight.
You want to rebuild Stonehenge?
Jael, it's getting rough as hell out here.
It's getting real deep real quick.
Passing 100 feet already.
Go! Let's push it, man!
Yeah!
What is that?
Devin, I'm seeing something. Looks like it's about 15 feet offshore.
Move forward. It's going! It's going! Hold! Hold!
Something big just cruised right under the boat.
How big did it look?
Big enough to show up on the sonar.
- What do you got? What do you got? - Jael, under the boat right now.
- Where? Where? - Right under the boat look off the stern.
Oh, my goodness!
There's a flying saucer.
I'm getting a series of lights right there.
So, are you seeing what I am seeing?
What the heck is happening?
Hey. Good to see you.
You, too. You, too.
- Hey, man. - Bill.
- Blades. - Yeah, you know?
What's going on, Ben?
All right. Well, who wants to kick us off?
Guys, I have a pretty awesome clip.
It comes all the way from Iceland.
Now, a local farmer
who lives right off the shores of the Lagarfljot Lake captured video evidence
of what looks like this odd serpentine creature undulating through the water.
And the locals are speculating that this is none other
than the infamous Icelandic Worm Monster.
- Check that out. - Look at that motion.
- That looks like a giant snake. - Yeah.
How far away was the videographer when he filmed this?
He said he was about 300 feet away.
Now, the interesting thing is this legend dates back to the 1300s.
There's never been such compelling footage as this.
"Destination Truth" had a case with this?
- Yes. - And Josh Gates went out there, right?
- Sure. - Maybe you could give him a call
and, you know, kick around some ideas.
Maybe he'd even want to join us for the case.
You guys, I love this one. It already has me sold.
I say we lock it in.
- Yeah. - That sounds good.
- Anyone second that? - Great.
Well, let me tell you the case I brought.
So, this one comes from a remote part of Hawaii.
Now, a man reportedly was out combing the woods.
And he came across what he says appears to be an ancient city.
Ruins from an ancient city?
It looks like a hand still.
I can see a face on that stone.
Ben, where's this located?
He claims that he found this in a remote part of Hawaii.
But the landowner said, "yes, you could photograph the ruins."
"But I forbid you to tell anyone where they are."
An entire lost city?
I mean, that's a pretty fantastic claim.
It is. I mean, the whole idea raises some red flags for me because.
Hawaii in general is so well traversed, even the remote areas.
The reality is we don't have a location.
And that's one of the major criteria we need for a video.
Maybe we should just shelf it for now.
Bill, surprise us today. What do you have?
Okay. I have a case that I've been fascinated with for years..
Stonehenge.
- Ooh. - Yes.
Now, there's controversy on who actually could have built Stonehenge.
And what its purpose was, but take a look at this picture.
Just so you guys can see it again freshly.
Yeah, I've always thought that Stonehenge is just so massive.
It's quite inconceivable that people from an ancient
civilization could have built it where it is.
And that's why, you know, some theorists claim that it was built
either with the help of alien or even some sort of lost technology.
But I found a retired carpenter in Michigan.
That claims that he has unlocked the secret to the construction of Stonehenge.
And that just with a few people, we can move and lift these stones
without any modern equipment at all.
- I'm in. - I'm in.
Right now, I want to do this.
I think the real question is, how is it built.
And could we do it without machines?
The outside stones..
Some of them weigh over 40 tons.
And they say they had to be transported from over 100 miles away.
If you guys want to get a little hint of what Wally does.
There's a little clip here that you can take a look at.
- Ooh, absolutely. - Okay.
- Wait, wait, wait. He's by uh.. He's.. - What?!
- Yes. - He's by himself.
Yes. This would be a 10-ton stone.
- What? - Yep.
I think we need to take a look at Stonehenge ourselves.
And then go visit Michigan.
And see if we can use Wally's methods to erect our own three-stone structure.
That's insane.
So, that would basically challenge the theory that this is built by aliens.
Well, this would be very unusual for us.
- What does everyone think? - It's Stonehenge.
All right. Well, let's put it at the top of the list.
So uh, Devin, why don't we move on to you?
All right. In 2008, Trevor Heasley was working as a maintenance man.
In a mental hospital in Norwalk, California.
Now, he was hearing disembodied voices, seeing shadows.
And just general creepiness while he was working there.
- Okay. - So, he sets up his own camera
to see if he can capture anything.
And he sent in this video. Take a look.
- Whoa! - Oh, my gosh.
- No! - Oh!
Now, take a look at this.
If we take this image and we zoom in on it.
Play it back again..
And you can see a distinct translucent person.
And then more shadow play. Look at that.
Oh, my gosh!
I hate to do this to you, Devin, but Trevor Heasley.
I had looked into this, and he also edits his own films.
And uh, puts them online so..
I would say that supports the idea that this was a composite overlay.
Well, as soon as you said "filmmaker."
I'm out of it because it's a locked-off shot and it makes sense.
All right, so we pass on this one?
- Definitely. - Okay.
So let's discuss.
We've got Iceland locked in. What's our other case?
Well, clearly I vote for Stonehenge.
I think it's a challenge that we should take on.
I want Stonehenge.
I definitely want to meet the man that says he can build Stonehenge by himself.
I'm gonna leave Stonehenge to you guys.
Because I want to search for a worm monster in icy water.
Well, Bill, I know you've been researching.
Stonehenge on your own and you brought us the case.
So you're the obvious choice.
Why don't you take, uh, Lanisha and Austin?
And Jael and Devin.. Iceland.
- All right, that sounds good. - All right.
I'll see if Josh is available, and he can meet up with us there in England.
- We're in for an adventure. - Oh, my gosh.
Get those passports handy.
- Are you kidding me? - No.
Josh, it's great having you here in Iceland.
Oh, are you kidding? I'm happy to be here.
We actually came here a few years ago on "Destination Truth"
to investigate this exact story.
But, of course, this video didn't exist back then.
But, we had a really amazing investigation here.
That actually culminated in my team and I seeing something in the lake.
What the (Bleep) Is that?
Huge black shadow in the water and a huge wave coming off it!
And not a lot lives in this water, so you have to ask yourself..
"What is it that people are seeing?"
Well, guys, I suggest that we start at the Gunnar-Gunnarsson Institution out here.
They're the leading experts on the subject.
They actually have an exhibit completely dedicated to the Lagarfljot Worm.
That's a great idea, Devin. That was actually one of our first stops.
The Director of the museum, Skuli, is now a friend of mine.
He also owes me 20 bucks, so..
Oh. Well, then it's a good time to go see him.
Yeah.
There's the lake up there, guys.
I'm excited to get this investigation started.
Me too.
This is it.
- Skuli, hello. - Hello.
- Good to see you again. How've you been? - I've been fine.
Good. How's the monster been?
He's definitely been fine, also.
Good.
So, what can you tell us about the worm monster?
What's.. What's the legend and history?
The first sightings are from 1345..
Have there been many sightings since I was here in 2008?
And how many sightings have been reported over the years?
Could you show us where most of the sightings are in the lake?
Skuli, this legend has a lot of history to it.
You've given us a lot of good information to start with.
- Good luck. - All right.
Appreciate it. Thank you. Great to see you again.
- Thanks for having us. - Wow.
Now we're gonna go meet with Hjortur Kjerulf.
Who was the videographer that captured the
evidence that we're here investigating in Iceland.
So that we can get his first-hand account of what he saw in the lake.
- Hello. - Hello!
Brunard, I'm Ben.
- Hi. - You'll be translating for us?
- Yes. - And Hjortur.
- Yes. - Pleasure to meet you.
Your farm here.. This is the vantage point where you filmed this creature.
What can you tell us about that day?
He woke up that morning and went to the kitchen and looked out the window.
Saw something in the river.
Where exactly in the river did you see the creature?
It was behind the branch
- where the white flag is. - Okay.
And was the condition of the river like it is now?
There were ice blocks floating in it, but it was not frozen.
Do you mind if we borrow your camera to use for our experiments?
No problem.
Hjortur, thank you for allowing us to be here.
Thank you very much, guys.
Well, why don't we start with taking a look at the video again?
Look at the water down there. Now look at the video.
The way the wind is blowing,
it almost looks like the current is heading towards the shoreline.
You know, people are theorizing that it could be some..
Some branches or some trash that got caught in some netting.
It's just kind of snagged, and the current is what
makes it look like it's moving like a serpent.
- Let's test it out. - All right.
There's plenty of stuff around here that we could use for our first experiment.
- Okay. - Let's do it.
So, for the purposes of our experiment, we can use..
This large stake.
And we can drive it down into the riverbed.
And then we can attach our serpent to it and see how it reacts to the current.
And uh, Josh, maybe why don't you do the honors
and uh, go drive that stake into the river?
As soon as we're done building this serpent.
We'll tie it off to your stake and let the current take it and see how it looks.
Cool. Take your time. I'll just be out there in the uh, freezing water.
Okay. No problem.
All right, and while you guys are out there.
I am going to set up this camera so that we get a nice view of our experiment.
- And you'll be dry. - Have fun.
- Yeah. I'll just be here. - See ya. Bye.
Getting ready to go into the lake of death.
So, to create our serpent creature..
We're gonna fill this netting with debris found right here on the premises.
And then we're going to stitch the whole
thing together and then tie it to the stake.
And hopefully, the current will take it and it will create
that serpentine motion that we see in the original video.
Stake's in, ready to go.
Okay. Worm is on its way.
No rush. It's starting to warm up out here.
T-shirt weather.
- Let's go. - Okay.
- Nice looking lake monster. - Thank you.
All right, let's get this thing secured on here.
Right here, huh?
All right, it's tied down on this end.
All right, guys.
And three..
Two..
One.
Release debris!
Go, go!
- Okay, let's go! - Look, look, look!
All right, so the basic plan is that Ben and Devin
are busy building a replica of the creature.
Out of locally sourced netting and debris that's found on banks here.
Uh, I'm gonna go out in the water, stake this to the bottom of the riverbed.
And then we're gonna tie this to the facsimile of the creature.
And see if the current carries it along
and see if we can re-create the movement that we see in the original video.
All right, guys.
And three..
Two..
One.
Release debris!
Go, go! Run!
Okay, let's go. Let's get out of here.
Let's see what happens when that line goes taut.
- Oh! - It's getting into place.
Look, look, look.
It's spinning around.
Okay. Look at that!
Guys, you got it in the perfect spot.
Yeah. It's going right out into that eddy.
All right, guys. I think I got it.
I'll come down for a side-by-side.
- Oh, my God. Look that. - You see that?
First of all, it's in the exact right spot, which is great.
Look how it looks like the head is turning and
looking in a direction and the body follows.
In a preliminary sense, it looks like a fairly decent match, actually.
It's facing the right way, too, and it would make sense.
If this was something that was carried by the current, it looks right for the motion.
The fact that it looks like it's turning directions and undulating.
Gives the illusion that it's moving forward.
In the video that he shot, we see a lot of current,
- especially around the head. - Yeah.
Coming off the front of it, and we weren't able to replicate that.
And, in fact, the amount of water kind of moving
around it seems a lot stronger in the original video.
Maybe this thing is either alive or moving on its own motor, on its own volition.
Well, Devin, I think you just nailed it.
You said "motor." Right there.
We're talking a hoax scenario.
We can't manipulate all the variables unless we try the hoax scenario.
Let's get you guys dry, yeah?
All right. Let's do it.
So, we were pretty pleased
with the results of our last experiment, but we still didn't get an exact match.
So we're gonna move on to a hoax scenario.
- Okay. - All right.
It is possible that somebody perpetrated this by
actually building some sort of mechanical serpent, yeah?
Absolutely.
All right, so, the way we're gonna build this serpent.
We've got an R.C. boat that we're actually gonna fit inside the head of the serpent.
That will pull it forward.
We'll have some servomotors along the segments of the body..
That will make it move just like this.
Well, the boat should also create some sort of a wake.
You know, coming off the head.
We were missing that in the other experiments.
- Yeah. - Theoretically.
So, Jael and Josh, if you guys
want to get close to the water and launch it on our cue.
Then we'll release it and see what it does.
- Perfect. - I don't have to get in the water
- on this one? - No.
This is my favorite experiment. Let's do it.
Right now, the team is hard at work creating our very own R.C. serpent.
I'm responsible for creating the body with chunks of foam.
While Ben is responsible for creating the spine.
Josh is actually gonna be making the skin of our serpent.
While Devin's prepping the R.C. craft
that's gonna power up the entire monster.
All right, guys. I'm just about done.
- Awesome. R.C. is ready. - Okay.
Let's get this thing in the water.
Let's do it.
Okay. Let me get the camera set up.
How's it look, guys?!
It looks good! I'm gonna give you a countdown when to let her go!
Three..
Two..
One!
Release the serpent!
Okay!
Woo!
Woo-hoo!
Looks good! It's taking it.
- Wow. - Right out against the current.
Look at how it's moving.
That's good. That's good.
Look at the curve!
It looks organic.
It looks like it's actually making its way
across the surface and fighting that current.
- Wow. - Looks good, Devin!
Guys, we got it! We're coming down!
- All right, let's check out this footage. - All right.
All right, guys. Look at this video here.
- Wow. - Whoa!
- It looks really good. - Does that not look alive?
- Oh, my gosh. - It really does.
First of all, it looks completely alive, and it also has a really similar movement.
- It's got that undulating motion. - Yeah, it does.
Our creature is obviously extremely buoyant.
- Mm-hum. Yeah right. - But it's all above the surface.
Whereas what we're seeing here, it looks heavier.
It looks mostly underwater with just the very top of it breaking the surface.
- Right. - And the texture is a bit different, too.
I think the gray paint and the camouflage looks really good.
But there is this element on the eyewitness video that's almost translucent, you know?
There's areas of it that look uneven. There's areas of it that look..
- Mm-hum. - Almost see through.
Which could also be ice.
But the texture isn't an exact match.
So what are we left with?
Some possibilities, but we're left with the lake..
Still needs to be explored.
You were here before.
You saw something you couldn't explain.
I say we do a full investigation.
Check it out on the water and off the water,
see if we can come up with any evidence.
- Yeah. Agreed. - Absolutely.
Sounds great.
Let's make sure we cover more of this lake than just outside of Hjortur's yard.
And I'll make sure that I bring a compass and a GPS this time.
All right. That sounds good.
Sounds good, because I'm coming with you.
Let's do it.
So, here's what we're working with at base camp.
It's where I'm gonna be monitoring the entire lake with infrared cameras.
We have one camera pointing North.
One camera pointing South, and we have a camera at the vantage point.
Just in case we capture anything at this lake.
It's gonna be on one of these or with you guys.
Josh and I will be out on the lake.
I've actually gone out to the boat, and I've
affixed an astroscope to the front of it.
I mean, if there is any splashing, ripples, or any waves out there.
We should be able to see it and hopefully document it with the astroscope.
We also have a fish-finder sonar on the boat, so it should be able to scan
uh, the water beneath us.
And just to make it a little more interesting, we're
actually gonna be dragging some bait, as well.
We've got some salmon..
Which we'll be dragging off the back of the boat, chumming the water.
You thought about what to do if you actually catch it?
Yeah. I'm gonna net it. I'm gonna bring it to shore.
- Come on. - All right.
- It's basics. - All right.
Remember, there's been a lot of reports
that take place right along the shoreline.
- So I'm gonna be out on foot. - Okay.
If I see any heat signatures or anything like that.
I'll call you guys on the boat to come over.
- Okay, guys. You ready to go green? - Yeah, let's do it.
- All right. - Let's do it, yeah.
Heading South on the West bank.
Let me know if you see anything.
Base camp for the boat. We are ready to roll.
Okay. Here we go.
Just keep scanning the sides.
I haven't seen anything on the surface.
You are the only boat out on the lake crazy enough to be there, guys.
The wind is really picking up.
It is getting choppy.
Jael, it's getting rough as hell out here.
It's getting real deep real quick.
Passing 100 feet already.
What is that?
Devin, are you seeing anything on camera?
I'm seeing something..
Looks like it's about 15 feet offshore.
There's some type of a black mass floating along.
Stand by. I'm gonna get closer to this thing.
Jael, it's getting rough as hell out here.
It's getting real deep real quick.
Passing 100 feet already.
What is that?
Devin, are you seeing anything on camera?
I'm seeing something..
Looks like it's about 15 feet offshore.
The depth is really starting to drop off here.
Nothing below the boat right yet.
There's some type of a black mass floating along.
Stand by. I'm gonna get closer to this thing.
Devin, do you copy?
Copy that. Go ahead, Ben.
It's some type of debris.
- Oh. - Um it looks like a..
Maybe a large plastic bag.
It had me going for a second.
This further verifies our early experiment.
The debris can be mistaken here.
What was that?
Something big just cruised right under the boat.
Hold on. I'm gonna cut the engine.
I'm not seeing anything, Josh.
Whoa, whoa! Got a hit on the sonar!
- What do you got? What do you got? - Jael, under the boat right now.
Where? Where?
- Right under the boat. Look off the stern. - How big did it look?
Big enough to show up on the sonar.
As you know, we went to investigate the Lagarfljot Worm monster.
And on this one, we brought our friend Josh with us.
- That's right. - Yeah.
We investigated in this town on "Destination Truth" a few years ago.
And so to be able to go back is something we don't get to do a lot.
So it was a lot of fun for me.
- I think we did pretty good. Check it out. - All right.
I think our conclusion is that this most likely was just
some debris that was caught, you know, in the river.
I feel the same way.
I think that was the most compelling re-creation.
And I think it most closely lined up to what we saw in the original video.
So, I mean, having said that, though.
We have hundreds of reports.
Very compelling stories saying they've seen something.
And we have Josh with us, who experienced something
very strange on the lake when he was there before.
So we did a full night investigation.
I was over at base camp.
Ben was hiking on the shoreline with a thermal.
Josh and Jael set sail on the lake with some sonar..
To see if we could find this worm monster.
I got a hit.
- I see this thing sort of pacing with me. - Mm-hmm.
Kind of flipped out for a second until I realized it was a plastic bag.
- Nice. Okay. - Man.
In terms of actually being out on the lake..
It was cold. It was choppy.
It was pretty difficult going out there.
We weren't having a lot of luck, and then out of nowhere..
Uh, we got this really crazy hit right underneath the boat on the sonar system.
- Check it out. - That's crazy.
There it is. You see that?
Oh!
Yeah, we actually had a really hard time seeing anything with the naked eye.
And it wasn't until later, when we went back and
reviewed the footage from the astroscope camera,
which was mounted on the bow, that we found something else.
- Check this out. - What?
Let's see.
Bottom right.
I don't know..
- That looks like the shadow. - I see that.
Couldn't that just be shadows maybe playing off the wakes in the lake?
It could be shadows, but I think there's something alive down there.
Austin, to answer your question, you know, the thing is
that when we see saw this shadowy mass, it corresponded with the hit on the sonar.
When I was there before, we also thought we saw something on the lake.
Something really big right at the surface.
But I think there is certainly the possibility, though,
for, you know, the appearance of something alive.
It could be debris. That's certainly a possibility.
The Lagarfljot Worm monster.. Fact or Faked?
In terms of the creature itself?
There's still a big question mark hanging over this for me.
There's something down there.
I think that this video footage.. Misidentified, faked.
Is there something living in the lake?
Fact.
As far as the legend, I'm on the fence about that one.
You know, I think you guys showed with your debris
experiment and with the bag that almost attacked you.
Honestly, the video we're looking at is probably just misidentified.
Sounds like you guys had an eventful investigation.
Great job.
Now I want to hear about what it was like trying to rebuild Stonehenge.
We traveled to the U.K.
For an up-close look at Stonehenge itself.
Take a look at how it went.
We're in Wiltshire, England, to visit one of the
most mysterious and famous structures ever built..
Stonehenge.
The civilization that built it had no written records.
So the actual origin and purpose of Stonehenge was completely lost.
It's believed by many that the people that were alive when these monuments
were built just simply didn't have the technology to construct Stonehenge.
And when they say they didn't have the technology to do it..
The theory of maybe extraterrestrial came into play.
They say maybe they had either extraterrestrial help
or maybe even the aliens themselves built it.
The fact that Stonehenge sits on a place known as ground zero for crop circles.
Helps keep the site's paranormal history alive.
Now, we're about to meet with Julian Richards.
Now, he's an archeologist that has extensive knowledge about the theories
concerning how Stonehenge was built and why it was built in the first place.
Welcome to Stonehenge.
- Ah! - This is incredible.
What are some of the theories as to the purpose of Stonehenge?
There are three, I suppose, very distinct ideas.
Firstly, that it's a place of burial.
There are suggestions, as well..
That the blue stones were brought from wales because
it was believed that they had healing powers.
The one thing that is absolutely certain is that it is to do..
With the changing seasons and the movement of the sun.
And I'm curious. I mean, these stones are massive.
How did they get them here?
We don't honestly know.
We tried shifting something that size a few years ago.
We made it out of concrete.
It took us 140 people to move it because it's so massive.
So, I mean, back in medieval times..
It was Merlin the wizard that flew the stones from Ireland.
Some people have, you know, looked at extraterrestrial influences and thought,
you know, "how could primitive people have moved and erected stones like this?"
It must be built by some outside forces.
All we can do is experiment.
And, that's kind of what brings us here.
We're actually gonna take off and go to Michigan.
And we're gonna try to replicate one of the most monumental pieces of Stonehenge..
Trilithon. You know, the two posts with the lintel on top?
Are you going to do it full-size?
- Absolutely. - Okay, well, good luck.
I should be really interested to see how this experiment goes.
Julian, thank you for your time very much.
- Okay. - I really appreciate it.
Well, I've really enjoyed it, and good luck.
- Thanks Julian. - Take care.
What did we get ourselves into?
Oh, my gosh.
We have a team of three and deadlines we have to meet.
And don't let these arms fool you, Bill.
I'm pretty strong.
Let's go find out how strong they are.
Okay. Let's get to it.
We're now off to Michigan to see if we can replicate a three-stone trilithon.
When you see the size and weight of those stones.
It's easy to see why people believe aliens were involved.
And we're gonna be meeting Wally Wallington.
And he feels that he may have unlocked the secret to the construction of Stonehenge.
Using nothing more than simple tools, simple materials..
And certainly not alien technology or using armies of workers.
I actually have a little surprise for you guys.
I figured we could use a little extra muscle since
we're trying to build a trilithon in a day.
So I actually called one of my friends, who you will definitely recognize.
He is the eight-time WWE World Champion..
Kofi Kingston.
- Yes! - Whoa, seriously?
Yeah. Actually, looks like he's pulling up right now.
Kofi!
Coming up on "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files"..
Whoa!
Move forward.
It's going! It's going! Oh! Oh!
I figured we could use a little extra muscle since
we're trying to build a trilithon in a day.
So, I actually called one of my friends, who you will definitely recognize..
Kofi Kingston.
Kofi!
- Yeah. - My man!
What's up, man? How you doing?
How are you? Good to see you.
Good to see you, man. Good to see you.
I know anytime you call, it's always gonna be something interesting.
So.. So, let me get this straight.
You want to rebuild Stonehenge?
Exactly. That's exactly what we're gonna do.
Really? How are we gonna do this?
We got to talk to Wally.
He's got all the ingenuity and how-to.
- Okay. - We just got to get it from him.
- Yeah, let's go meet him. - Lead the way.
- Let's go do it. - Alright.
We're about to meet Wally Wallington.
He's a retired construction worker
who claims it's possible for one man, using nothing
more than simple tools and simple materials,
to build an actual life-size replica of one of the
world's greatest man-made wonders, Stonehenge.
- Wally, hey. - Hey. Good morning.
Hey. It's great to meet you. Bill. Hi.
What inspired you to try to replicate the construction of Stonehenge?
I just wanted to find out how it was possible for uh..
Them to do it back then.
So, Wally, why don't you walk us through the steps
required to actually build Stonehenge?
Okay, first off, we got equipment blocks with a fulcrum so we can walk them around.
- Over any sort of terrain at all? - Yeah.
What you're doing is placing all the weight on a fulcrum.
And uh, moving the mass, and the mass is real easy to move.
It's just weightless.
Once you get the stones to the location
where you're gonna build it, what's the next step?
Uh, we're gonna have to make up a Herodotus machine.
A machine the Egyptians used for raising their blocks.
It just holds everything in place.
What you're doing is placing all the weight on a fulcrum.
And just shift weight by adding weight to one point,
to the other, and then adding a slat to each side.
- So, you would tip, and then shore it.. - Yeah.
And then tip it the other way, and shore it,
and you slowly raise it with this method.
Right. Slowly raise it one side to the other.
- Oh wow. - Okay.
And you can raise virtually any weight using this?
Correct.
Now, there's a lot of people who think that.
Stonehenge was built uh, by extraterrestrials.
How do you feel about that?
That's kind of what got me going on this.
- Yeah. - I just want to prove
that there's no reason to even believe that.
There's a physical answer to everything.
- Wally, thank you for all the information. - Okay.
So, we know what our next step is, right?
We need to put Wally's theory to the test.
And build us Stonehenge.
We can't build the whole thing in a day.
But you know what? Wally's got a head start on us.
Because he's got one 10-ton post in position.
- Okay. - So we just have to get a second
10-ton post in position, and then upright.
Then we have to figure out how to get a 2,400 pound lintel on top of it.
- The Druids did it. We can do it, too. - A lot of hard work ahead of us.
All right.
Let's go move some stones.
- Yeah man. - Let's do it, then.
The topography of Stonehenge
actually consists of a thin layer of topsoil,
and directly underneath that is all bedrock.
So in order to re-create the same environment.
We're gonna use this concrete to simulate the bedrock.
And we're gonna use this sod to simulate the topsoil.
When you think about the mystery of Stonehenge,
there's so many questions as to how.
Well, first off, where do the stones come from, right?
- Yeah. - Well, research has shown
the stones come from about 24 to 140 miles away.
With that, I think the first challenge that we should really tackle
would be, how did they actually transport the giant
monoliths from one location to where Stonehenge is now?
I think we should do a little experiment.
Let's see if you guys can move this 20-ton slab.
Just on your own.
- Oh, yeah. - Just try it.
- Just move it on our own. - Okay.
- Are you ready? - Uh, just 20 tons, right?
- That's it, man. - That's all.
Okay. All right. I mean, we ought to fire up before we do it, you know what I'm saying?
Kind of get pumped, you know what I do is I do that thunderclap you know what I'm saying?
- I'm in. - Yeah. Let's do it, man. Here we go.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Let's push it, man!
Yeah!
Okay.
Hmm. How's that working, guys?
- I think we need more boom. - Yeah.
Wally's method uses a concept similar to a child's see-saw.
By using fulcrums and applying weight to one side..
The side with the weight will cause the other one to lift.
Now, if we use two fulcrums about 13 inches apart.
That'll allow us to pivot the slab and move it any direction we want.
- All right. - Okay?
And since the people that actually built Stonehenge
would have used stones as fulcrums.
For safety purposes, we're gonna go with this metal plate.
Because if the fulcrums break, someone could get seriously hurt out here.
All right, so, let's begin by applying the fulcrum underneath.
Kofi, Austin, can you guys act as the counterweight?
I don't want this thing to tip down on me, okay?
No worries, man. You go ahead and stick your hand right under there.
You know what I'm saying? We'll be over here.
Don't move, please.
This is one of two steel fulcrums
that we're gonna be mounting underneath this 20-ton slab.
This will greatly reduce the amount of surface area
in contact with the ground and allow us to pivot the slab
and move it any direction we want.
How about the tree of us jump up on here, provide a little counterweight.
And then let's see if Lanisha can do this on her own.
- All right. - Fair enough. Okay.
- All right. - Gentlemen.
Are you guys ready?
- Let's see it. - Yeah.
All right. Let's go.
Whoa!
Yeah! I'm sorry. What, gentlemen?
What were you saying?
So here's the principle to our counterweight
system that we have working right now.
We have to add weight to one side of the counterweight.
What it does is it then puts all the weight onto one fulcrum point.
I'm then able to lift it off and rotate slowly.
So, when I get to 180 degrees, I then transfer, push the weight down..
Switch it to the second fulcrum point, and every time we do a 360-degree turn..
We move 13 inches closer to our final destination.
Woo!
Yeah!
Is this is how they did it? We can't prove that.
But we can prove that with ancient technology.
Using only what they had at their own fingertips..
We're able to move stones of a large stature.
All right, guys. We're finally here.
All right. In order to actually raise this stone up.
We're gonna have to use the Herodotus machine.
So, we'll get the second piece, put it on this side.
So that way it's on both sides of the stone.
And every time it goes up to one side, we're gonna be able to use wood slats.
There's gonna be a little space. We could put the wood slats in there.
Switch the weight to the other side, teeter it back up.
There will be a little more space.
Put wood slats in until we eventually climb it till we get it to the height we need.
- Right. Right. - I like that.
So, the wood is basically going to support the weight of the post.
And when the post gets to about three feet..
Then we can start dropping it.
Exactly.
But if we can't control this, there's absolutely
no way of stopping it once it starts.
So we have to be pretty precise with this.
Yeah, this sounds easy in theory.
Let's see how it works out in practice.
- All right, let's get to work. - Alright.
We've walked our 10-ton post to the point where we now want to get it upright.
To do so, we need to assemble the Herodotus machine, begin the see-sawing,
where we're going to put the shoring boards underneath it
to get it to the proper height.
Once we have it at the right height, we're gonna allow one end to slide down,
and then we'll have our post in position.
- Got it. - Ooh.
All right, guys. Let me slide this piece underneath.
All right. We're set.
- We're good. - Ready to move. Go for it.
Just in case you guys are wondering..
Uh, this is kind of how it feels like to be on the top rope.
Just don't body slam us, Kofi.
There it goes.
- Woo! - You got it.
We're almost ready to move the post into an upright position.
But the enemy is the momentum.
We're gonna use the weight to stand it up.
But we don't want it to move so quickly
that it's gonna fall over to the other side.
So we have a braking system that consists of several components.
We have these 2,000-pound rocks on either side.
We removed the slats held up in our frame.
And then it's gonna stand upright.
If it all goes according to plan,
the next thing we're gonna do is place the lintel on top..
And we've built our mock Stonehenge.
But first, I want to demonstrate the very real danger involved here.
This is a replica of the post that we're gonna have to move upright.
Crane operator, come on in.
Woo!
On my mark, please drop the 10-ton post on the car.
On three..
Two..
One.
Drop post.
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We're almost ready to move the post into an upright position.
If it all goes according to plan, the next thing we're gonna do
is place the lintel on top, and we've built our mock Stonehenge.
But first, I want to demonstrate the very real danger involved here.
This is a replica of the post that we're gonna have to move upright.
Crane operator, come on in.
Crane?
- Oh, what? - Okay.
- Oh! Yeah! - Right there!
We're gonna see what happens when gravity gets hold of 20,000 pounds, okay?
So let's get to a safe distance where we can
see what happens without any risk to us.
- So let's move back a little bit. - Yeah. Let's do that.
Get behind the crane.
Okay.
Pick up that slab.
Woo!
On my mark, please drop the 10-ton post on the car.
On three..
Two..
One.
Drop post.
Oh!
Okay. Let's go check it out.
- Wow. That is insane. - Wow.
This is incredible.
I mean, I think the lesson learned is when something
heavy is falling, you need to get out of the way, right?
Can I do one thing?
I think this moment is appropriate.
Let's see.
Boom!
Incredible.
Yeah!
Oh, my gosh.
I have seen some crazy things, but that was insane.
We literally just demolished that car.
So we're gonna have to make sure that we use every safety precaution possible..
Because, well, you've seen the outcome.
Is anybody else a little bit nervous about this?
- We're about to drop 10 tons. - Yeah.. Yeah.. Um..
I thought it was me, because you guys didn't seem all that concerned.
You know, I didn't want to act like I was getting kind of nervous, but I am.
- All right. 20,000 pounds. Let's do it. - Let's go. Alright!
Okay. On three..
Two..
One.
Yep!
- It's going! It's going! - Hold!
- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! - There it goes.
- Oh, it's going. - Slow!
Easy!
- Oh! - Yes!
- Oh, snap! - Yes!
- Good stuff! Good stuff! - Wow!
- I cannot believe this. - I know.
- This is incredible. - 20,000 pounds.
This is great. But we're 2/3 of the way done.
We still have to get the lintel on top.
That means lifting 2,400 pounds 12 feet in the air.
- Wow. - Nice.
- Let's get set up. - All right.
We're moving on to phase three in building Stonehenge.
Which is actually getting the lintel on top of these two pillars.
First thing we have to do is disassemble this machine, get it out of the way.
And, we're gonna bring the lintel, set it between the two pillars.
Put it at a 30-degree angle, then reassemble the machine.
And we'll start hiking this thing up to the top
until we get it in position and set it on top.
Well, we got the lintel in place in the Herodotus machine.
But there's one more component that we need in order
to have the leverage necessary to raise this piece.
And that's that plank right behind you.
- Ah, okay. - That's gonna be an extension
that we're gonna attach so the counterweights will
have the leverage necessary so we can raise the post.
- Okay. - Okay?
Kofi and Austin, you guys are on counterweight.
- Gotcha. - Okay Lanisha..
While you're feeding the slats through.
I'll be on the other side receiving it, making sure it's cleared, okay?
- Got it. - All right. Let me get over there.
All right. Kofi, Austin, drop your side down.
All right.
You got it, Bill?
Bring it back the other way now.
- Got it? - Yep.
- Excellent. - Okay. Here we go.
The tip limiter, the center board, and the counterweight plank is all working fine.
Austin and Kofi are providing the muscle to lift the board in each direction.
While Lanisha and I are feeding the planks underneath.
As you can see, at raising it at only 3/4 of an inch per tip.
We have quite a ways to go to reach our 12-foot height.
So uh, this is where the rope comes into play here, right?
I mean, I could jump up there and pull it down, but I'm off the clock.
You know what I mean?
So we can use the rope to actually pull this down for us.
- Okay. - You're off the clock
but we still got you working the ropes.
Yeah. I guess. Right, right.
- Are we clear? - Clear.
We are almost there, but one of the hardest tasks still remains.
And that's getting the lintel on top of the two posts.
So, to do that, we're gonna put a scaffolding on
this side and a scaffolding on the other side.
And we're gonna put wooden benches on top of that.
Because that's what the lintel's gonna rest on.
Then we have to disassemble the top of the Herodotus.
So that we can then spin the lintel in place.
If all goes well, we'll have completed the trilithon.
Do or die.
So, Lanisha, how about you and I, we climb up there?
- We'll help guide it slowly into place. - Okay.
You guys can control the ropes to do the twist.
Now, once we have this done, we can remove the Herodotus..
We've got ourselves a trilithon.
- Wow. - All right, you guys be safe up there.
Kofi, make sure we go slow and controlled.
- You guys remember the car, right? - Yes.
- Remember the car. - You got it.
Slow and controlled.
- Remember the car. - That's all you have to say, by the way.
Woo! Moment of truth!
- You guys ready? - Ready.
- Kofi, you ready? - Yeah, I'm ready.
All right, I'm gonna count us down.
- Okay. - In three..
Two..
One. Let's do this.
We're almost there.
We have the lintel at the proper height.
But we still need to spin it and get it on top of the post.
If all goes well, we should have our trilithon.
Woo! Moment of truth!
- Okay, you guys ready? - Ready.
- Kofi, you ready? - Yeah, I'm ready.
All right, slow and controlled.
I'm gonna count us down.
- Okay. - In three..
Two..
One. Let's do this.
Oh-ho-ho, this is intense.
Slow.
Easy.
Oh.
You guys, we're inches away.
Woo!
All right, guys, so this was the moment of truth.
We had to swing the lintel into place so that both
ends were directly over the posts beneath it.
You guys, even with all of our safety precautions, these stones are no joke.
We're talking tens of thousands of pounds.
Check out how our trilithon looked.
- Wow. - Wow!
- Oh, my God. - Pretty legit.
That's pretty good, guys. Impressive.
You guys did it.
Four of you built this in a day.
That's amazing.
What happened to Kofi?
Oh, man, he wanted to be here, but he's busy giving the thunderclap.
Flying off the top ropes right now.
What do you think about this experiment after having done it?
What would you say to people who think this might have been..
You know, built by aliens or some other supernatural way?
We just showed that you could do it using the technology of the time.
So is it possible? Absolutely.
Man did it and we should just appreciate their hard work.
I think what you did here is great.
I think it really shines a light on the fact that uh..
This is just a lot of hard work and very, very cool, but simple, engineering.
Now, the microwave..
That was aliens.
Yes. That's well-documented.
Well, guys, for the mystery of why Stonehenge was built, I..
I think there's many different plausible explanations.
But as to how it was done. It could have been done by humans.
I think you nailed it.
You've shown that humans were able to build it.
Using technology at the time.
And that to me is amazing. So awesome job on this.
- Yeah. - Thank you.
- Alright guys. - Man!
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