584: Cryptids Vol. 3: The Antarctic Cover-up | Predators Beneath the Ice

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Science, Life Sciences, Fiction, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In Antarctica's restricted zones, something dangerous lurks beneath the ice. When a Russian team drilled into Lake Vostok, they discovered more than just ancient water.

Two scientists died under mysterious circumstances, and the official reports don't match witness statements. Military operations, classified facilities, and blurred satellite images hint at darker secrets.

From massive spider-like creatures to shape-shifting predators, Antarctica's mysteries run deeper than anyone imagined. What are they trying to hide at the bottom of the world?

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0:00.0	The Russian team at Lake Vostok and Antarctica drilled through two miles of ice.
0:05.0	They were inches away from hitting water that hadn't seen sunlight in 20 million years.
0:11.0	Then communications went dark.
0:13.0	Five days later, two scientists were dead.
0:16.0	The official report said hypothermia.
0:19.0	A witness statement tells a different story.
0:22.1	No country owns Antarctica, but you need permission to visit.
0:25.6	You're restricted to designated areas, and you must have a government-approved escort.
0:31.1	They say these rules are to protect the environment,
0:34.1	but people who've been there know better.
0:36.6	These rules are there to protect something else,
0:40.0	something dangerous. At the bottom of the Antarctic wasteland on Google Maps, A single image appeared on 4chan's paranormal board in February 2021.
1:11.7	A user was scanning the Antarctic wasteland on Google Maps when they found something strange.
1:16.9	Yeah, 4chan always brings the good stuff.
1:21.1	A massive spider-like creature clearly visible against the ice and snow.
1:26.2	Nothing could survive there, not for millions of years, but something does.
1:31.3	I told you the good stuff.
1:34.3	Then, son of Aunt Anon logged on. Everyone called him Anton.
1:39.3	His father, Joe, was a Navy lieutenant and a doctor.
1:42.3	He served at McMurdo Station in the 1990s,
1:45.3	and Joe knew exactly what that creature was.
1:48.5	People were skeptical until Anton posted photos,
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