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A brush with death is terrifying enough-but these stories take survival to the extreme. Like fending off a black bear while dangling off a cliff.

When the world throws a bizarre problem your way... sometimes the solution is even more ridiculous.

Host Dan Aykroyd explores strange afflictions throughout history, including a family with blue skin, a girl with a strange allergy and a laughing plague.

Are lasers in the Hawaiian sky a secret space weapon? Did a tourist's photo capture a famous Canadian beast?

Ancient Astronaut theorists ponder if large-sized ancient drawings that have been etched into the desert floor could be a portion of an ancient alien code.

Theorists wonder of the increasing notoriety of Area 51 could be a distraction from larger, more classified alien experiments happening in different locations.

Ancient Astronaut theorists contend that supernatural beings like ghosts and angels, and extraterrestrials themselves, could originate from other dimensions.

Native Hawaiians claim their ancestors come from extraterrestrial beings, which makes theorists curious about evidence of alien activity on the island chain.

Theorists wonder if structures from ancient civilizations were positioned to mirror observable constellations to convey messages to alien visitors.

Ancient Astronaut theorist Giorgio A. Tsoukalos examines research on ancient sites across the planet to determine if aliens ever visited Egypt in the past.

Theorists wonder if structures from ancient civilizations were positioned to mirror observable constellations to convey messages to alien visitors.

The U.S. military promises to protect any secrets held within Area 51 as millions of people respond to an internet post about a mass gathering there.

Giorgio Tsoukalos and David Childress investigate a collection of islets in Micronesia that were made by man, particularly the archaeological site of Nan Madol.

Startling evidence suggests that Earth may have been home to advanced civilizations thousands of years before the first human civilization existed.

Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Whether it's illicit cargo in a frozen lake, a stolen masterpiece worth millions, or a brothel hidden in the shadow.

From a legendary city swallowed by the jungle, to an underground metropolis stretching 18 levels deep, and even a forgotten pyramid from a lost civilization.

Forget the monsters under your bed. The real ones, from dinosaurs to mythic beasts, are out there just waiting to be unearthed

A forgotten manuscript in a dusty trunk. A priceless painting discovered in plain sight. A royal tomb hidden for millennia beneath the sands.

From a bat swung by one of baseball's boldest pioneers, to an iconic painting hidden behind a false wall, and even a relic tied to our nation's first president.

From WWII bombs pulled from the sea and Nazi bunkers buried in sand, to chemical weapons hidden beneath Washington, D.C., and a supernova caught on camera.

Forget the monsters under your bed. The real ones, from dinosaurs to mythic beasts, are out there just waiting to be unearthed

A forgotten manuscript in a dusty trunk. A priceless painting discovered in plain sight. A royal tomb hidden for millennia beneath the sands.

From a bat swung by one of baseball's boldest pioneers, to an iconic painting hidden behind a false wall, and even a relic tied to our nation's first president.

From WWII bombs pulled from the sea and Nazi bunkers buried in sand, to chemical weapons hidden beneath Washington, D.C., and a supernova caught on camera.