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Today, we're surviving the most dangerous islands in the entire world.
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Like this one that has over 50 shipwrecks, an island that was used for nuclear bomb tests, and so much more.
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Some of these places are full of deadly animals, and some are impossible to find on any map.
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So make sure you keep watching because we risked our lives filming this video.
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Starting with an island that's infested with over 1,000 alligators.
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And it's considered one of the most dangerous islands in the entire world.
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I can see why.
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A thousand alligators.
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There's three of us.
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Not only is this island home to deadly animals like alligators and rattlesnakes, but it also has the remains of a private jet according to this Google Maps photo.
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And right now, we're going to find it.
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It's easy.
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We find the plane crash, take the valuables, fight off alligators, come home.
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Yeah, exactly.
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And not die.
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Yes, yes.
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And to make sure we don't, we hired a professional to help us find the airplane crash.
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Are we going to die?
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I think we'll be fine.
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Bro.
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But before we start searching, he had to teach us how to survive an alligator attack.
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So the first thing we're going to do is jump on his back and stop him from rolling.
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Brother, you're tripping.
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I'm not jumping on his back.
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And that's what we thought.
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But it's a good thing we ended up learning how to defend ourselves
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because we had no idea what we were getting into.
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What the?
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We haven't even reached the crash site yet, and we've already seen dozens of alligators, but the water is getting too shallow,
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so we have to get off the boat and walk the rest of the way.
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Wait, what?
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We're going off the boat?
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Bro, I saw gators in there.
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So here's our plan.
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We only have three hours to find the plane crash and get back to the boat.
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Otherwise, we're going to be stuck here overnight.
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Okay, according to the map, I feel like we're like right around like here.
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All these Red zones are hot spots for big alligators.
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What?
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And now that we know which places to avoid, we made our way to this pond because we need to cross it to get to the plane crash.
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Look, bring it.
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Oh my god.
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Oh.
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Wait, what?
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We just got on this island.
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There's eight alligators all right here.
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Oh my god.
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What is the game plan here?
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It's down to get eaten?
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The game plan is to find a spot where we can cross this canal to get the high ground.
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And the reason we want the high ground is because if we end up staying overnight, we'll need to be in the safest place possible.
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But the only way to get there is by walking through this swamp.
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A turtle?
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Oh, I think he bit me.
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Wait, what?
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Wait, what is that?
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That's an alligator skull.
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Keep for going.
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Oh my God.
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Dude.
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Shut up.
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But that wasn't even the craziest thing we found in this pond.
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Get out of here.
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Wait, what?
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What are we doing?
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Wait, what happened?
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What, what?
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Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
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What the, what the, what the, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Well, now that we know it's not safe to walk in the water, we need to find another way around.
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Thank you for going.
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Oh my god.
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This is so sketchy.
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I just saw something move underneath.
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Shut up.
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Did you actually?
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Yeah.
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I saw it too.
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Yeah, you saw it.
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Yeah, go, go, go, go.
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Go, go, go.
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Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Ryan, go.
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Go, go, go, go.
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Just keep your hands down to your sides and watch the trees because there could be snakes in the trees.
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What?
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And he's not kidding because right after that, we found this.
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Oh my god.
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Not only do we need to worry about, so not- Oh, sh- Oh my god, dude, you're bleeding.
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This guy's a psychopath.
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And that wasn't even the scariest snake we found.
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Oh, f*.
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Wait, what is that?
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The snake is in the luggage.
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Wait, what?
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The freaking snake made it its home.
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Do you think this luggage is from the plane crash?
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Bro, yes, look it.
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It's burnt.
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I think the snake's dead.
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No, I just heard a hiss.
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Oh, shoot.
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Wait, what?
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Holy sh*.
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Oh, my god.
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Holy crap.
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Why is there so many things to worry about?
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Well, now that we know we're getting close to the plane crash, we set up our tent in the safest place we can find before getting back to the search.
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Wait, what's that?
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Wait, bro, what?
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It looks like a radio, right?
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So they probably tried to use this to call for help.
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Pieces of this plane crash were scattered everywhere on this island, and next to every single clue was another alligator.
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Dude, I don't even know where we are.
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A little one.
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Wait, what?
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Wait, what are you doing?
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Oh my god!
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What?
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Look at that thing.
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That's crazy.
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Oh my god.
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I'm literally touching an alligator right now.
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Oh my god.
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Stop!
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And since we weren't having any luck finding the airplane, we decided to follow the baby alligator to its nest.
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Stop, stop, stop.
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That's a gator nest right there.
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Wait, what?
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Does that mean there's a gator in there?
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Why are you digging in there?
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Well, I gotta see if this is a real gator nest.
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Look at that.
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An egg.
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What?
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This means there's a mother gator nearby, So we need to put this back and get out of here.
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Okay.
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Yeah, we should we should just go And now that we know that this area is infested with gators, too We decided to go back and check on our tent.
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Dude Wait, what what is that?
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Bro, our tent!
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Bro!
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Why they wanted to get the freaking food?
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He bit through the bars.
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How do you do that?
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This would be us later if we stayed, Brett.
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All right, wait, let's just get out of here.
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Okay, now Now it's time for our next island.
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And we have to wear these protective suits because of how toxic it is.
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But keep in mind, these places only get crazier and crazier.
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So make sure you keep watching.
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How does it get crazier than this?
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Oh, you'll see.
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But now that we're done with the alligators, let's head over to the deadliest island in the world, Anthrax Island.
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What is Anthrax?
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It's a bacteria that can infect humans and animals and basically kill you.
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Okay, well, let me get this straight.
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So you're saying we flew across the world To visit an island named after a disease.
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Yes, exactly.
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We're cooked.
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Yeah, great.
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You know, is this island safe to go to?
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It's up to you, but I think I'll stay on the boat, thank you.
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You're on the...
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Oh, wait, why do you want to stay on the boat?
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I enjoy being alive.
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Alright.
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The reason why this island is so dangerous is because in the 1980s, anthrax bombs were set off here to test if animals could contract the disease.
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And right now, we're going to be some of the first people to step foot on this island since.
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Wait, where are you going?
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Remember, don't touch anything.
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Wait, he's actually leaving us?
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Yes!
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So here's our plan.
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We can only be on this island for 30 minutes.
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So we have to find one of the bomb sites
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and test the soil for anthrax before our boat comes back to pick us up.
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He's actually leaving.
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I thought it was a joke.
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He actually left.
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Yeah.
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Wait, do you guys smell that?
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Yeah, it smells a little funky.
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What is that smell?
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Wait, it actually smells like something like decaying.
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Yeah.
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It's a sewer.
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Smelling or breathing in anthrax has a 90% chance to kill you if not treated within minutes.
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And since there's no hospitals anywhere near this island, hit that subscribe button because we're risking our lives.
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What is that?
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What is what?
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I'm not even joking.
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Look at that.
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What is what?
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, wait.
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Why does it smell so bad?
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I don't know.
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It's some sort of dead animal.
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Dude, that's what we didn't want to see, though.
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Because think about it.
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If animals are dying, that probably means that anthrax is still here.
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Exactly.
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All right, let's go.
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That's a horrible freaking sign.
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That might have been a horrible sign.
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But right after that, we found an even scarier sign.
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Oh, wait.
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No way.
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Dude.
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Look at this.
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Bernard Island, the ground is contaminated with an anthrax and dangerous landing is prohibited.
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This is literally the exact same sign.
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Oh my god, it is.
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You're right.
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Even though all the signs were telling us to turn back, we kept exploring until we found this building that looks like it blew up.
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Bro, what?
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This thing is destroyed.
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There's a giant piece of metal right here, and I'm pretty sure we're standing on top of the roof.
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Hold up, you're right.
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This is the roof.
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Look at this.
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Was this like a bunker they used when they detonated those bombs?
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It could be, or maybe they were experimenting on the animals down there.
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Right, it goes all the way down.
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It goes underground right here.
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Does it actually?
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Wait, there's actually a tunnel.
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Wait, where does it go?
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These are stairs.
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Be careful, Caleb.
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Oh, Drew, Drew, Drew!
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Oh, my God!
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Caleb, go, go, go!
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Bro!
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Holy s*, I almost just fell in a 20-foot hole.
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Apparently, anthrax isn't the only thing we have to watch out for on this island, because there are holes and bones on the ground everywhere you walk.
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Wait, why is there white dust on there?
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Wait, there's bones!
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Dude, shut up.
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Wait, I was just touching that!
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There's a bunch of bones!
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Bone, bone, bone!
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Can we leave?
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I'm not even f*ing around.
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Can we please leave?
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I'm actually gonna die.
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If these bones are from before the government decontaminated the island in 1987, then they're still infested with anthrax.
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But the only way to know for sure is to find more bones to scan.
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Wait, why are we doing this again?
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Cuz you bro- Oh f is that?
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What?
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What?
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What the fk?
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What the fk?
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You have gloves?
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Yes.
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Wait, are you going to pick it up?
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Yes.
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Dude, it could have the anthrax on.
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Wait, didn't they test on sheep?
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Yeah, they did.
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Holy crap.
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The teeth are on it.
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That's 100% a sheep skull.
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Oh my God.
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Wait, so okay, so if they tested on the sheep, this could be before they cleaned the island, but what if this is after?
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Well, the only way to find out is by testing the soil at the bomb site.
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So we got back to searching for the coordinates.
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is that part of the bomb i mean it looks burnt
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and look it's all broken there's pieces everywhere look right here
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oh yeah wait what did they use the bombs for to blow up the anthrox now
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that we found exactly where one of the bombs was blown up we started testing the air quality for any chemicals.
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Nothing.
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No. That was definitely remnants of a bomb.
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Okay, well, the good news is that Drew's detector didn't show any signs of chemicals.
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And since there was nothing in the air, it's time to check the soil.
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So we went back to the bomb site, but that's when we found this.
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Dude, do you see that?
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Oh, yeah.
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Wait, what is that?
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Oh, wait, guys, it says something down here.
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Oh, wait, what?
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There's like a tombstone, bro.
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Wait, it says for George Will- What?
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Wait, is this like someone's grave?
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Oh, I think someone might have died here. From anthrax?
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Seeing this grave changes everything.
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So we put our masks back on and started to test the soil because we're running out of time.
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All right, so what we have to do is we have to take off this
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and then we're going to swab the soil.
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Now we put the soil into the test room.
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Now we're going to shake it up.
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Is anyone else nervous?
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After that, we finished testing the sample and walked back to the shore while waiting for the results.
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I don't even know what this means.
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There's a huge red line over the sea, but the T also has like a faint red line.
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Wait, that means the test was inconclusive.
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So it's not a yes or a no?
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That means there could be anthrax, but maybe not?
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Exactly.
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That's exactly what that means.
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I'm done.
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I say we go.
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Wait, wait, guys.
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It's already been three minutes past 30 minutes.
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Bro, we're cooked.
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We should get out of here.
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Let's get back on the boat and head over to our next island.
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It's known as the Shipwreck Graveyard because there are over 50 broken boats.
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And right now, we're going to figure out why.
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Bro, is it making you guys a bit nervous that we're taking a ship to Shipwreck Island?
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Wait, I didn't even think about that.
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We're going to end up like the other ship.
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And to make sure we don't, we save the exact coordinates of over 50 shipwrecks here.
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So you're saying there's over 50 boat crashes on this island?
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Yeah, that we know about.
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Oh my.
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There's about to be 51.
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We're cooked.
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What are we doing?
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Every boat that washed up on this island is insanely dangerous and to make sure we don't get hurt, we're gonna start with the smallest one here.
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Oh!
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We're at the boat!
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We freaking found it!
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That's actually the ship!
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Wait, that's it!
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Oh my god!
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It takes up like the whole beach!
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Boom!
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Then we jumped off our boat and started searching the abandoned boat.
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Oh my god.
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Wait, we're officially stepping into the ship.
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How do we get to the second floor?
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Oh, there's a ladder right here, but I don't know if I trust it.
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Oh my god.
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Drew, what are you doing?
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Look at this.
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Oh my god.
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That's how old it is.
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It just breaks apart.
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This shipwreck is definitely not safe, But we need to find clues to figure out why it ended up here.
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What's so weird is if a ship just washed up on shore, it wouldn't be like ripped apart.
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Look at this.
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Yeah, this thing went through something crazy.
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Either a bad wreck or a bad storm.
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Exactly.
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And that's what we're here to figure out.
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So let's take a closer look inside the ship.
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All right, we're going in.
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Oh my God.
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Wait, is this a good idea?
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Uh, no, but we got to do it.
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Oh, okay.
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Holy s*.
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Bro, where are we?
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How is everything so intact in here but outside so destroyed?
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Bro, look at all these buttons.
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Don't do it.
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I have to.
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Bro, I'm going to press this button like you guys should press the subscribe button.
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Dude, we're going to blow up.
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No. No. No. No. Nothing.
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No. No, nothing.
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Well, you know what that means.
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Subscribe.
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And now that you have, let's get back to searching for clues.
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Whoa, look.
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There's a light vest.
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Bro, what?
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This had to belong to one of the crew members.
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Someone might have been working on the engine when the ship crashed.
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Look at the fire extinguishers pulled on the wall.
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You see that?
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Oh, you're right.
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There's multiple all of them.
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Do you think there was a fire?
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The ship does look a little burned
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This entire ship is full of burnt and rusty metal and pieces are constantly falling off It sounds hard to me guys.
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Did you hear that?
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Yeah?
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What was that?
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Let's keep exploring before the ship falls apart on top of us Are you good?
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No, no, no. Did that just fall off?
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It fell on my head.
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Dude, no, let's go.
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Let's go, bro.
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And since we already found all the clues we could inside that ship, it's time to search the outside.
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Guys!
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What?
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Look at this.
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What is that?
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I have no freaking idea.
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Shut up.
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This has to be from the ship.
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What?
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Do you hear that?
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What is that?
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Oh!
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Shut the f* up!
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Is that a key?
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What?
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This is like some pirate sh.
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Inside the bottle was a key and a paper with coordinates
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that match up with the location of another shipwreck on this island.
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So let's walk over there.
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Guys, guys look. Is that?
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Oh!
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Guys, I think we just found the second shipwreck.
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Dude, look at how big it is.
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Bro, this ship is way bigger than I expected.
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In order to get to the shipwreck, we have to get into the water and approach it from the back side.
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Oh my god, the closer we get, the bigger it gets.
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Bro, look at this.
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You can touch the boat.
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Oh my god.
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There's windows everywhere too.
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Like these look like portholes, like little people's rooms.
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Dude, you're right.
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All across this top part, there's windows.
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Wait, do you think people were in there when it crashed?
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We definitely need to find a way up there.
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But first, let's try to get inside.
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Oh my god, guys.
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Right now, we are entering the ship.
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Wait, look at this.
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The whole thing creaks.
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Oh my god.
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Dude, look inside it.
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It looks so crazy inside.
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Okay, you know this ship is old because that's a boiler.
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Oh, okay, yeah, you put the coal in there, and then that's how the ship runs.
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Exactly, it was a steamship.
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There's a lot of stuff back here, but nothing that looks like this key can unlock.
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So I say we keep going.
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Yeah, I say we go to the front of the boat and see if there's an entrance onto the deck.
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Guys, what?
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You have to balance across these beams to even get inside the boat.
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Bro, what?
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Oh my God.
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Oh.
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What the hell was that?
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Guys, watch your step.
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You do not want to step in one of these holes.
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I feel like anytime I take a step, I might create a hole.
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Yeah.
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Look at this.
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It does not sound sturdy.
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Dude.
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Wait, well, don't stomp on it.
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I was just showing him.
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Yo, why is the front so big?
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Oh there's a ladder shut up Wait, where do you think it leads to?
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It's only one way to find out.
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Oh, Drew be careful, please Oh, Drew Drew Drew Drew Drew you fall I'm not gonna catch you.
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Oh my god Oh crap guys, I see the top of the boat.
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What does it look like?
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What?
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Hey Drew Oh my god, I would say I could go to the back, but the entire boat is slanted Okay, wait, can you make it to the front?
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I don't think so.
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Look at how wobbly this is.
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Bro, that is so sketchy.
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All right, this is a dead end.
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I'm coming down.
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Yo, be careful, Drew.
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Yeah, Drew, it's easier going up.
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I fucking hate this.
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I shouldn't have came over here.
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I'm gonna stop.
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And after another 20 minutes, Drew finally climbed down, and we got back to searching for whatever that key unlocks.
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Oh, what the f*, bro?
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Look at this.
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Holy s*.
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Look at the stairs.
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Dude, there's nothing left.
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The stairs are hanging by a thread, bro.
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But since we couldn't find anything on this boat, we walked over to the next closest shipwreck on this island.
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Oh, it's actually right here.
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Oh my god.
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This ship is by far the most dangerous one here.
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It's covered in rusty spikes and is stuck between sharp rocks and huge waves.
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So we see a ladder that's right there.
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And from that ladder, we can get on the boat.
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So that's what we're going to try and do.
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It's the only way on.
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So one by one we made our way up the ladder
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and now it's time to search this ship for any clues
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The water is super rough as you can see everything is crumbling around us guys This is the floor of the shipwreck.
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Well, like what the you can see the tile underneath This is gonna be really hard to make our way around.
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Well, it's so oh my god Drew I'm not gonna lie.
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I think the floor broke right under me bro.
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It's too steep We can't keep going.
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Even though we don't have much room to explore, we used our drone to search the top layer of the ship before deciding to climb back down
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and look in the water.
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Drew, go underneath the water and see if you can find anything.
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Copy that.
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And after about 10 minutes of swimming around the ship, Drew finally found exactly what we were looking for.
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Bro, I found something.
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What did you find?
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I don't know what it is, but it's underwater.
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Come to shore.
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Bro, what is it?
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What is it?
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I have no idea.
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Look at this.
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Wait, is that a sea?
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Hold on.
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Wait, where's the key?
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This might be what we were searching for.
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And you just found it laying on the ground?
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I freaking kicked it.
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Moment of truth we could be ripped.
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Wait, what?
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No!
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It's empty!
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Are you kidding me?
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What was the point of that?
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Well, we traveled the shipwreck island, we risked our lives, and there was nothing in the safe.
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All right, you know what?
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For that, you guys have to subscribe.
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All right, let's move on to the next dangerous island.
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Okay, let's head over to Mexico for our final and scariest island so far.
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It's an abandoned island full of dead dolls.
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Bro, what?
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Wow, that sounds fun.
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And the only way to get there is by renting one of these wooden boats
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and paying someone to paddle us through this swamp.
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Okay, so you're taking us to the island of the dolls.
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See, have you ever been there before?
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No. No?
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Wait, would you say it's like haunted?
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See.
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Why?
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Why are we going here?
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And the reason why people say it's haunted is because there are over 20,000 dolls on this island and nobody knows why.
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We're like looking in the water and there's like dead fish floating all over the place.
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Yeah, why are all the fish dead?
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Is that a bad sign?
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What's going on?
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Even though there were so many bad signs like these sunken boats.
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That looks like the boat that we're on right now.
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If that's not a bad sign, I don't know what is.
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We decided to keep going and finally made it to the island.
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Okay, I think this is it right here.
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Look, there's two dolls right there.
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Oh, God.
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They're literally welcoming.
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This is definitely it, bro.
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It already looks creepy.
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So we made our way onto the island and now it's time to figure out why these dolls are here
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Oh my god Holy crap There's literally dolls everywhere like I can't even walk What is that?
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That is haunted That one's haunted They're like burnt up Yeah Like look at this guy
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It's as if like these dolls were like in a fire
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or something Dude I swear they got like sacrificed or something Are we about to become a doll?
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So far we've already seen so many types of haunted dolls and we're still only at the entrance.
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But since we came here to find out the secret to this island, we crossed this bridge and made it to the main area.
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Bro, what the hell is this?
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Oh, yeah, you got me.
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I'm not going in there.
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I'm not going in there.
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I look from a distance.
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Do you want to go into the house?
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We're already here.
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Dude, wait, what the hell is this?
564
That's like a ritual, bro.
565
Bro, why does this look real?
566
Wait, this candle is lit.
567
What?
568
That means someone's here.
569
Oh, no, I don't like that.
570
We should get out of here.
571
Someone's here or it's haunted.
572
This room definitely seems haunted.
573
And right when Dom picked up this photo, this happened.
574
Oh, wait.
575
How is it moving?
576
They're moving.
577
Look, this one's moving.
578
Dude, as soon as I picked this up, stuff started happening.
579
Put it down.
580
Okay, okay, okay.
581
New rule, don't touch anything.
582
What is this?
583
What is going on here?
584
Why is there like another lit candle?
585
A burnt doll with a little doll in its mouth.
586
What is this?
587
Oh, my God.
588
Okay, it's each piece of the doll, but separated into like little jars.
589
Oh, my God.
590
Who would do this?
591
And that wasn't even the creepiest thing we found in this room.
592
For all the babies never born, we will meet again.
593
Mommy.
594
What the hell does that mean?
595
I didn't know it was going to be this creepy.
596
I thought it was going to be a bunch of dolls.
597
I didn't know it was going to be all demonic.
598
Drew was starting to get scared, so we went back outside to look for more clues.
599
Is that a real dog?
600
Is that a real dog?
601
Wait, what the f*?
602
Is that real?
603
A cow's head is literally just on this branch next to a bunch of dolls.
604
I can't believe you saw photos of this and brought us here like this just does not look fun
605
Every inch of this island is covered with dolls, but we still kept finding even more reasons to be scared What what is this?
606
What is this?
607
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, what the fk?
608
Oh my, oh hell no Is that blood?
609
Okay, wait, guys, this is actually really weird But that's when we found the most haunted building on this entire island Yo, what is this?
610
What?
611
Bro, it's another room filled with dolls Look at all of them.
612
What's that sound?
613
What is that?
614
It's my ghost detector.
615
What you brought a ghost detector?
616
Wait, why is it beeping?
617
There must be a ghost.
618
Bro, what?
619
And after searching every doll in this building, we found the one that was haunted.
620
It's that one!
621
Oh my god!
622
Oh my god!
623
It's literally the one that's burnt.
624
Bro, look at- wait, wait, wait, look at this.
625
Over here, nothing, and then- Bro!
626
Dude!
627
Oh my god!
628
So we got the hell out of there
629
and finally did a little more research on what happened on
630
this island Don Hullian discovered the body of a young girl
631
who drowned near his island Soon after he found a doll floating in the water
632
which he believed belonged to the deceased girl in response He began collecting
633
and hanging more dolls to protect himself from her ghost what dude
634
So this place is actually haunted to wait In 2001 Don
635
was found dead in the same spot where the young girl supposedly drowned shut up what
636
so he hung up all these dolls to protect himself and it didn't work.
637
The doll that this was beeping at was probably her doll.
638
Oh my god.
639
Okay, yeah, I do not like this.
640
I'm out of here.
641
We gotta...
642
Oh my god!
643
Did that fall?
644
Yo, yo, yo, yo.
645
Did that fall?
646
Stop, wait.
647
Wait.
648
Why would it fall on that time? But what?
649
I do not like this.
650
Why would that fall?
651
None of them have fallen until now.
652
Brett, why did you take us here?
653
Yeah, you know who wouldn't take us here is Lexi.
654
True.
655
Guys, what's your obsession with my sister?
656
People like Lexi better.
657
No, they don't.
658
They do.
659
I'm the favorite sibling.
660
Okay, watch this.
661
Guys, subscribe for Lexi and like for Brent.
662
We can see who gets more.
663
Guys, like the video, please.
664
Guys, subscribe.
665
You know what to do.
666
What?
667
Yeah, Brent sucks.
668
Just like this island.
669
Can we please get out of here?
670
All right, fine.
671
Go.
672
Let's go.
673
Get out of here.
674
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Surviving the Deadliest Islands that are Forbidden to Visit!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: island, bro, boat, doll, dude. This video has 674 sentences and 4730 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:16. The speaker talks fast, about 203 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 164 of its 674 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| doll noun | /dɑl/ | A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy. |
| alligator noun | /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/ | Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have… |
| anthrax noun | /ˈæn.θɹæks/ | An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. |
| shipwreck noun | /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ | A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains. |
| haunt verb | /hɔnt/ | To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). |
| gator noun | /ˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ | Alligator. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| clue noun | /kluː/ | Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. |
| ladder noun | /ˈlæd.ɚ/ | A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or… |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| infest verb | /ɪnˈfɛst/ | To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. |
| detector noun | /dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/ | A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning. |
| coordinate verb | /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ | To place in the same order or rank. |
| creepy adjective | /ˈkɹipi/ | Moving by creeping along. |
| tent noun | /tɛnt/ | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We're going off the boat?
- Wait, what are you doing?
- Wait, he's actually leaving us?
- Wait, would you say it's like haunted?
- Guys, what's your obsession with my sister?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if we end up staying overnight, we'll need |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be stuck · were scattered · is infested |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't even reached · It's already been · we've already seen |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 112 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: anthrax /ˈæn.θɹæks/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, psychopath /ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shipwreck /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/, steamship /ˈstimˌʃɪp/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: alligator /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/, decontaminate /diːkənˈtæmɪneɪt/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like doll, alligator, anthrax.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.