Mysteries.of.the.Abandoned.S09E07.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[und] Subtitles

At 00:00:06,500, Character said: [narrator]
Rusting relics
that helped build America.

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At 00:00:11,267, Character said: The structure was home
to revolutionary technologies,

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At 00:00:14,467, Character said: ones that would go on to help
save countless lives.

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At 00:00:21,433, Character said: [narrator]
Ancient technology
in a lost world.

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At 00:00:24,900, Character said: [Lynette]
It's like being in a sundial.

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At 00:00:27,333, Character said: These guys
are mathematical geniuses.

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At 00:00:30,000, Character said: These guys
are mathematical geniuses.

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At 00:00:35,333, Character said: [narrator]
And the training ground
for elite communists.

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At 00:00:40,167, Character said: The men who passed
through here

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At 00:00:42,400, Character said: went on
to prominent positions.

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At 00:00:52,267, Character said: [narrator] Decaying relics,

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At 00:00:55,033, Character said: ruins of lost worlds,

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At 00:00:58,333, Character said: sites haunted by the past,

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At 00:01:00,000, Character said: sites haunted by the past,

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At 00:01:01,567, Character said: their secrets waiting
to be revealed.

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At 00:01:15,600, Character said: [narrator]
In Wales, at the end
of a blustery beach,

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At 00:01:19,233, Character said: an imposing ruin sits atop
a jagged, rocky outcrop.

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At 00:01:25,567, Character said: [Dougal]
You're sort of at this
idyllic British beach.

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At 00:01:29,067, Character said: And you look over
and you've g***t
this rocky island.

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At 00:01:30,000, Character said: And you look over
and you've g***t
this rocky island.

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At 00:01:32,667, Character said: [Rob] During high tide,
this place is entirely
cut off,

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At 00:01:35,567, Character said: trapping anyone on the island.

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At 00:01:38,300, Character said: As the tide drains away,
slowly the bottom steps
of the staircase are revealed.

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At 00:01:45,333, Character said: [narrator]
Battered by the elements,

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At 00:01:47,200, Character said: it's a daunting place.

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At 00:01:51,233, Character said: [Rob]
When you've made it
all the way to the top,

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At 00:01:53,367, Character said: you arrive at this huge,
solid steel door
secured by a big bolt.

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At 00:01:58,900, Character said: And it makes you wonder
what's inside.

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At 00:02:00,000, Character said: And it makes you wonder
what's inside.

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At 00:02:02,500, Character said: [Dougal] It's a sort of place
as a kid you'd think

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At 00:02:04,267, Character said: it'd be really fun
to get on to,

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At 00:02:05,967, Character said: but also you'd be
quite worried about it

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At 00:02:07,700, Character said: being some kind
of strange lair in there.

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At 00:02:12,567, Character said: [narrator]
The locals remember
less permanent structures

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At 00:02:15,533, Character said: added to the roof of the fort.

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At 00:02:18,200, Character said: These are very basic
wooden structures
covered with wire netting.

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At 00:02:24,067, Character said: [Rob] They also had some
open-air cages up on the top.

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At 00:02:28,600, Character said: Who or what was living here
that had to be kept
on the island

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At 00:02:30,000, Character said: Who or what was living here
that had to be kept
on the island

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At 00:02:32,833, Character said: with the help
of this high tide?

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At 00:02:41,500, Character said: [narrator]
Local conservationist

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At 00:02:42,967, Character said: Ginny Batt knows more
about this island than most.

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At 00:02:48,200, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:03:00,267, Character said: [narrator]
This windswept outpost

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At 00:03:02,133, Character said: sits at the junction
of the Celtic
and the Irish seas.

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At 00:03:07,133, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:03:13,433, Character said: The little promontory itself
is about 600-odd feet

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At 00:03:16,800, Character said: in one direction,
200 in the other.

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At 00:03:19,233, Character said: And it's a limestone
bit of rock, very easily
weathered away with water,

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At 00:03:24,767, Character said: so you get
all of these sea caves.

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At 00:03:28,833, Character said: [narrator] Humans have
inhabited this island
for 1,000 years,

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At 00:03:30,000, Character said: [narrator] Humans have
inhabited this island
for 1,000 years,

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At 00:03:33,100, Character said: when religious hermits
started to use the caves here.

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At 00:03:38,367, Character said: The island g***t its name
after a chapel was built there

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At 00:03:42,667, Character said: dedicated to St. Catherine.

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At 00:03:45,500, Character said: [narrator]
But traces of the chapel
are long gone.

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At 00:03:49,433, Character said: No one's lived here
since Ginny Batt
and her parents left.

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At 00:03:55,633, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:04:02,833, Character said: [narrator] The Batt family
once lived in the cavernous
concrete structure

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At 00:04:07,067, Character said: that dominates
St. Catherine's Island.

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At 00:04:11,167, Character said: When you look
at the structure,
the purpose is clear.

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At 00:04:13,700, Character said: This is a fortification
that has fallen
into disrepair.

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At 00:04:18,800, Character said: There's more here
than meets the eye.

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At 00:04:22,467, Character said: [narrator]
In the mid-19th century,

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At 00:04:24,733, Character said: the British feared
naval attack from France,

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At 00:04:27,800, Character said: and built a series
of fortifications
along the coast.

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At 00:04:30,000, Character said: and built a series
of fortifications
along the coast.

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At 00:04:32,167, Character said: It was built here
because of its prominence

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At 00:04:35,067, Character said: and its proximity
to other ports in the region.

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At 00:04:40,933, Character said: [narrator]
But even before
the fort was finished,

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At 00:04:43,900, Character said: international relations
had improved.

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At 00:04:47,133, Character said: And by 1901,
it had been mothballed.

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At 00:04:51,667, Character said: But the story
of this windswept place
didn't end there.

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At 00:04:56,533, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:05:09,500, Character said: [narrator] The Batt family
were the last of a series
of private occupants

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At 00:05:13,500, Character said: to take over the fort.

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At 00:05:17,267, Character said: The first owner had
decorated the interior
with no expense spared.

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At 00:05:23,567, Character said: But by the time
Ginny's family arrived,

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At 00:05:26,833, Character said: the strange fortress home
was already a wreck.

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At 00:05:31,067, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:05:38,567, Character said: [narrator]
But back in the 1960s,

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At 00:05:40,633, Character said: it was perfect
for what her parents
had in mind.

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At 00:05:46,467, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:05:51,967, Character said: They needed somewhere to live,
but not just for themselves.

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At 00:05:56,100, Character said: In tow, they had
something quite unusual,

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At 00:05:59,367, Character said: which meant
that the only place suitable
for them to live

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At 00:06:00,000, Character said: which meant
that the only place suitable
for them to live

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At 00:06:02,133, Character said: was the fort out
on those craggy rocks
down by the beach.

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At 00:06:07,333, Character said: [narrator] Ginny's parents
had long dreamed
of opening a zoo

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At 00:06:11,700, Character said: and had already started
collecting animals.

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At 00:06:16,100, Character said: [Sascha] They bring in
a lot of exotic animals,
and they open a zoo

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At 00:06:21,400, Character said: in this abandoned
coastal fortress.

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At 00:06:25,200, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:06:29,233, Character said: [narrator] There was nothing
conventional about
the Batt family life here.

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At 00:06:30,000, Character said: [narrator] There was nothing
conventional about
the Batt family life here.

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At 00:06:33,767, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:06:47,900, Character said: [narrator] In March 1968,

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At 00:06:50,433, Character said: St. Catherine's Zoo opened.

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At 00:06:54,200, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:07:23,300, Character said: The zoo was filled
with all sorts of animals,

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At 00:07:25,933, Character said: from badgers and foxes
to bats and birds,

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At 00:07:29,333, Character said: even exotic monkeys
and alligators.

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At 00:07:30,000, Character said: even exotic monkeys
and alligators.

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At 00:07:36,833, Character said: [narrator]
Ginny Batt and her family

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At 00:07:39,467, Character said: shared this place
with more than 100 animals.

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At 00:07:42,967, Character said: So all parts of the fort
had to be put to use.

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At 00:07:48,433, Character said: They've had some open-air, um,

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At 00:07:50,367, Character said: sort of cages up on the top
where the gun turrets
used to be.

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At 00:07:56,667, Character said: [Ginny speaking]

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At 00:08:21,500, Character said: One can only imagine

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At 00:08:23,133, Character said: being...
being one of the children

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At 00:08:24,700, Character said: living in this,
in this family.

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At 00:08:27,167, Character said: You've g***t this wonderland,
that's your house,

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At 00:08:30,000, Character said: You've g***t this wonderland,
that's your house,

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At 00:08:30,467, Character said: which is a little zoo
and you've g***t
all these animals.

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At 00:08:32,700, Character said: It must have been a crazy
and wild time for them.

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