远古外星人（2009）

多米尼克•斯特伍:这些遗骸据说是
DOMINIC STEAVU: These remains were from, allegedly,
1818年在当地一条河附近被射杀的河童
a kappa that had been shot in 1818 near a local river.
河童翻译过来就是“水里的孩子”
The kappa, which translates as "water child,"
是一种通常约五英尺高的生物
is a creature that is usually about five feet in height,
有鳞状皮肤
has scaly skin,
通常是蓝色或绿色
and is usually blue or green in color.
它的背上有一个龟壳和一个喙
It has a turtle shell on its back and a beak,
它头顶上有一个盘子
as well as a kind of plate on the top of its head
这个盘子总是带着水
in which it always has to carry water.
如果它把水洒出来 就会失去所有的能量
If it spills this water, then it loses all of its power,
它可以在很短的时间内死亡
and it can die within a very short period of time.
所以河童基本上是一个水妖
So the kappa is basically a water demon.
葛哈德:河童被认为是一个非常恶毒和非常暴♥力♥的生物
Gerhard: The kappa is perceived to be a very malevolent and quite violent creature.
事实上 孩子们被警告要远离水体
And, in fact, children are warned to stay away from bodies of water,
因为河童会把他们拖进水里淹死
because the kappa will actually drag them in and drown them.
虽然河童在现代很少见
Narrator: While accounts of the kappa are rare in modern times,
但在像福冈县这样的偏远地区仍然有目击事件发生
there are still sightings in remote areas like the Fukuoka Prefecture.
事实上 直到今天
In fact, to this day,
在日本各地的水域附近都能发现关于河童的警告标志
signs can be found posted near bodies of water throughout Japan warning of the kappa.
对于古代宇航员理论家来说 河童不仅是真实的
For ancient astronaut theorists, the kappa are not only real,
而且他们的存在 证明了有外星人居住在地球的水域
but their existence is proof of otherworldly beings inhabiting the Earth's waters.
威尔科克:这些河童被报道拥有一种不寻常的智慧
Wilcock: These kappa are reported as having an unusual intelligence.
很明显 它们会说话 尽管它们有像鸟一样的喙
Apparently, they can speak, even though they have a bird-like beak.
现在 有形的真实的河童身体的文物被展示出来
And now, physical, tangible artifacts of the body of the kappa have gone on display.
我们会找到基因标记 来清楚地表明它不可能来自地球吗?
Will we find genetic markers that clearly show that it could not be something from Earth?
会不会河童和 19世纪70年代由英国海军“挑战者”号♥发现的奇怪海底生物很相似?
Narrator: Could it be that the kappa are similar to the other strange undersea creatures first discovered by the HMS" Challenger" in the 1870s?
如果是的话 它们是地球上土生土长的吗?
And if so, are they indigenous to planet Earth,
或者他们是通过某种外星手段来到这里的?
or did they come here by some extraterrestrial means?
也许我们可以通过研究美人鱼的历史来找到答案
Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the many historical accounts of mermaids.
关于像美人鱼一样的生物的最早记载 揭示了它们与来自天空生物之间的联♥系♥
The very earliest accounts of mermaid-like creatures reveal a connection with beings that come from the sky.
这是一个可以追溯到公元前1000年的叙利亚故事
A story from ancient Syria that dates back to 1,000 B.C.
传说阿塔哥提斯女神从天而降 跳入湖中 变成了半人半鱼的生物
relates that the goddess Atargatis came down from the sky and dove into a lake to become a half-fish, half-human creature.
在希腊神话中 女神阿芙罗狄蒂有时被描述为像美人鱼一样的生物
And in Greek mythology, the goddess Aphrodite is sometimes associated with mermaid-like beings.
洛伦•科尔曼:如果你看一些来自古希腊、苏美尔人的古代经典作家的作品
Loren Coleman: If you look at some of the ancient classic authors from the Greeks, from the Sumerians,
你会看到美人鱼的故事 它们与天堂有着非常直接的联♥系♥
you see tales of mermaids in which there is a very direct connection with the heavens,
是来自外太空的 像鱼一样的生物
with a fish-like creature that comes from outer space.
有些东西甚至可能与我们已知的生物世界都没有联♥系♥
There's something out there that may not even be connected to our known biological world.
对于古代宇航员理论家来说
Narrator: For ancient astronaut theorists,
最有力的证据表明 类人海洋生物不仅存在
the strongest evidence that humanoid sea creatures not only existed
而且 在另一种具有人类特征的水生生物的起源故事中 可以找到它们来自地球之外的某个地方的线索
but came from somewhere beyond our Earth can be found in the origin tale of yet another aquatic creature with human traits.
西非的多贡人崇拜被称为诺莫的祖先灵魂 他是天空之神安马创造的第一个生物
The West African Dogons worship ancestral spirits they call the Nommo the first living creatures created by their sky god Amma.
他被描述为两栖生物
Described as amphibious,
雌雄同体的 似鱼生物
hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures,
他们乘一艘船从天上下来 船上还伴有火和雷
they descended from the stars in a vessel accompanied by fire and thunder.
乔治•索卡罗斯:有一个关于诺莫的令人难以置信的故事 它在嘈杂的旋风中从天而降
Giorgio Tsoukalos: There's a really incredible story of the Nommo that descended from the sky in a loud noisy whirlwind
它着陆在地球上时会产生震动
that made the Earth shake when it landed.
那个从天上乘旋风下来的人 赐给人们所有的知识
And their knowledge of everything was given to them by that being that descended in a whirlwind from the sky.
亨利:现在 这很有趣 因为我们有很多关于外星生物骑在云上的传统 你不得不问
Henry: Now, this is interesting because we have so many traditions of extraterrestrial beings riding upon clouds that you have to ask,
诺莫是来自外星吗?
did the Nommo come from the stars?
他们是来到地球教导多贡人的外星生物吗?
Were they extraterrestrial beings that came to Earth to teach the Dogon?
也许这就是为什么他们称他们为魔镜或老师?
Is this perhaps why they called them the monitors and the teachers?
威尔科克:传说他们把天狼星描述为他们的起源点
Wilcock: The legend said they described the star Sirius as being their point of origin,
他们掌握了一颗名为天狼星B的矮星的非常准确的信息 而这颗矮星当时甚至还不为人所知
and had very accurate information about a dwarf star called Sirius B that wasn't even known at the time.
多贡人说 当诺莫着陆并从他们到达的飞船中出来时
The Dogon said that when the Nommo landed and came out of this craft that they arrived in,
他们几乎立刻就跳进了水里
they almost immediately got into the water.
因为它们本质上是类鱼的类人生物
Because they were essentially fish-like humanoids,
看起来他们需要呆在水里
it seems that they needed to be in the water.
我们面对的绝对是一些聪明的
We are definitely dealing with some sort of intelligent,
水生的类人物种 他们是从外太空来到这里的外星访客
aquatic, humanoid species that came here as an extraterrestrial visitor from outer space.
对诺莫的详细描述 是否表明他们是来自太空的 随后居住在我们海洋的外星人?
Narrator: Might the detailed descriptions of the Nommo suggest that they were extraterrestrials that came from space to inhabit our oceans?
他们和记录中描述的河童和美人鱼 是同一种生物吗?
And might these be the same beings that are described in the accounts of the kappa and mermaids?
古代宇航员理论家说 是的
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
并提出有证据表明外星生命形式不仅是从天而降的
and suggest there is evidence that alien life forms have not only descended to Earth from the sky,
而且它们也可能通过水下传送门进入我们的星球
but that they may also be entering our planet through underwater portals.
尚普兰湖
Narrator: Lake Champlain.
1977年7月5日
July 5, 1977.
在沿着东海岸开车时
While taking a drive along the Eastern shore,
就在佛蒙特州圣奥尔本斯以北
just north of St. Albans, Vermont,
桑德拉和安东尼•曼西把车停在路边 让他们的两个孩子在湖里玩
Sandra and Anthony Mansi pull over to let their two children play in the lake.
当他们开始涉水时
As they begin to wade in,
桑德拉注意到水中有动静
Sandra notices a disturbance in the water.
然后 令人震惊的事情发生了
And then, something shocking.
我看着那里
And I'm watching out there,
突然间 我看到了湍流
and all of a sudden, I could see turbulence.
有什么东西打破了水面
Something broke the surface of the water.
它像这样打破水面
And it broke the surface like this,
就像这样 用后脑勺和脖子
right here the back of the head and the neck.
我走下来
I went down,
就在那时 它回过头来看看自己的后背
and that's when it turned to look over its back.
我拍下了这张照片
And I snapped the photograph.
桑德拉•曼西那天拍的照片 被许多人认为是证明尚普兰湖是一个怪物家园的证据
Narrator: The photograph that Sandra Mansi took that day is considered by many to be definitive evidence that Lake Champlain is home to a monster.
尚普兰湖是以法国探险家塞缪尔•德•尚普兰的名字命名的
Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel De Champlain,
在1609年
and in 1609,
他声称在一次探险中 看到一个奇怪的生物从水里冒出来
he claimed that he saw a strange creature emerging from the waters while on an expedition.
这只是数百例中的一例
This sighting was just the first of hundreds.
对于许多相信这些故事是真实事件的人来说
And for many who believe the stories are true,
桑德拉•曼西的照片是水怪确实存在的终极证明
Sandra Mansi's photograph is the ultimate proof that Champ really exists.
在1981年
In 1981,
这张著名的照片被提交给亚利桑那大学光学科学中心进行认证
the famous photo was submitted for authentication to the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona.
来自亚利桑那州光学学院的研究发现 这是一张真实的照片
The findings from the optical college in Arizona was that this was an authentic photograph.
它没有被篡改 这是真实的
It was not tampered. It was genuine.
奇怪的是 世界各地都报道过非常相似的生物
Narrator: Curiously, there have been sightings of very similar creatures reported all over the world,
比如加拿大的克雷斯西和奥戈波戈
like Cressie and Ogopogo in Canada;
日本海怪伊西
the Japanese sea monster Issie;
非洲西海岸外的摩克拉-姆贝贝
Mokele-mbembe, sighted off the West Coast of Africa;
还有苏格兰的尼斯湖水怪
and the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland.
肯•格哈德:这个谜最引人注目的地方是 它们的描述都非常相似
Ken Gerhard: One of the most compelling aspects of the mystery is that descriptions are very similar.
我们说的是几十年间的目击事件
And we're talking about decades of sightings,
有成千上万起
numbering in the thousands.
对我来说 这表明我们面对的是同一物种的变异 这是一种在全世界进行繁殖的种群
To me, this indicates that we're dealing with variations of the exact same species here a breeding population worldwide.
类似的海怪故事在世界各地流传 这一事实能证明这些奇怪的生物确实存在吗?
Narrator: Could the fact that stories of similar sea monsters are told throughout the world be evidence that these strange creatures really exist?
如果是的 它们是什么?
And if so, just what are they?
根据古代宇航员理论家的说法 有证据表明他们可能来自外星
According to ancient astronaut theorists, there is evidence that they may have extraterrestrial origins.
亨利:尼斯湖水怪的故事让我想起90年代在纳什维尔北部看到的UFO
Henry: The story of the Loch Ness Monster reminds me of a UFO sighting that happened north of Nashville back in the '90s.
一个人听到雨打在屋顶上的声音
A man hears the sound of rain beating down on the roof,
他走到外面 这是一个非常晴朗的夜晚
and he goes outside, and it's a perfectly clear night.
他抬头仰望天空 看到一个巨大的不明飞行物朝他屋顶上的一个生物开火 它看起来像……
And he looks up in the sky, and he sees a giant UFO that's firing at a creature on his deck that looks like...
他称它为单脚潜泳怪
He calls it the one-footed snorkel monster,
因为它看起来像只有一只脚的象鼻子
because it looked like an elephant's trunk with one foot.
在警方的报告中
In his police report,
这名男子描述了这只像水管的怪兽 如何将自己旋转成一个漩涡或光球 然后消失了
the man described how the snorkel monster spun itself into a vortex or a ball of light and disappeared.
人们想知道 这是否是这个生物打开了传送门的证据
One wonders if this is evidence of a portal that this creature was opening up,
事实上 如果这个生物和尼斯湖水怪是同一家族的生物的话
and, in fact, if this creature and the Loch Ness Monster are part of the same family of creatures
他们通过这些传送门或入口周游世界
that travel the world through these portals or gateways.
是否有外星生命居住在我们的海洋中 并通过时空之门来到这里?
Narrator: Could it be that there are alien life-forms inhabiting our oceans that have traveled here through portals in time and space?
古代宇航员理论家说 是的
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
我们可以从另一个水下怪物的故事中找到进一步的证据:
and suggest further proof can be found with the story of another underwater monster:
北海巨妖
the kraken.
挪威历史学家和基♥督♥教主教埃里克•蓬托皮丹 在1755年描述了这种巨大的鱿鱼状生物
This squid-like creature of enormous proportions was described in 1755 by Norwegian historian and bishop Erik Pontoppidan.
他没有把它写进小说里
He included it in not a fictional text,
他把这种生物写进了自己祖国的一本关于多种生命形式的百科全书中 《挪威自然史》
but in an encyclopedic account of the diverse life-forms in his home country called" The Natural History of Norway."
这是非常令人信服的 因为这表明 北海巨妖被视为一种非常真实的动物
This is very compelling because it indicates that the kraKen was viewed as a real and very viable animal.
在挪威神话中 北海巨妖是一种岛屿大小、有多触手的怪物
In Norse mythology, the kraKen was an island-sized, multi-tentacled monster,
能够通过它留下的巨大漩涡来沉没船只
capable of sinking ships by way of the massive whirlpools that it left in its wake.
很多古代经典作家都认为 北海巨妖是漩涡中心的真实物体
Many of the ancient classic authors talked about kraken as really being the object that was in the middle of a whirlpool,
所以他们认为北海巨妖是航运的威胁
so they saw the kraken as a shipping danger.
挪威人关于北海巨妖制♥造♥漩涡使船只消失的记载 可以追溯到13世纪
Narrator: Norwegian accounts of the kraken creating whirlpools through which ships would disappear date back to the 13th century.
但是 这些海怪的真♥相♥会比我们祖先所认为的更令人难以置信吗?
But could the truth about these sea monsters be even more incredible than our ancestors believed?
北海巨妖的故事
Do the stories of the kraken,
以及由此产生的神秘漩涡
and the mysterious whirlpools it creates,