And welcome back to this special Halloween edition of Idaho today.
You know, after three seasons of investigating the mysterious and unexplained,
the proof is out there,
returns to the History Channel with all new episodes
looking at everything from UFO S to Bigfoot,
veteran journalist Tony Harris sat down with April Neal entertainment
writer and I to talk about life's unexplained mysteries.
So take a look,
Halloween's around the corner. I mean, what a perfect time
to chat about all the incredible things that you really dive into.
But for those who might
not be as familiar with the proof is out there,
uh help set the stage, give a little cliff notes version of what this show is about.
Look, we've been on for 34 seasons now. Um The proof is out there kind of
tracks and chronicles,
you know, stories of the uh unexplained, right?
So we are part of the history channel's unexplained block and,
and our show is kind of AAA deep dive of things that are unexplained.
We spend a lot of time talking about UFO S,
we spend a lot of time talking about things that go
bump in the night if you capture something on your camera,
which is really the admonition of the show.
If you capture something on your camera,
that's odd or strange that you can't explain,
feel free to send it to us.
And uh if, if it passes muster,
we will turn it over to our team of experts who will analyze it.
So
there are a couple of 10 poles to our show, you know,
anything that's flying that we can't explain.
So UFO Suaps
uh also we're heavy into Sasquatch and Bigfoot and
for a anything that suggests Bigfoot Yeti,
um we're, we're heavy into that as well.
I think the, the other area that we spend a lot of time on is, is,
is anything that people actually send to us Loch Ness
Monster is something that's also big on our agenda.
But if you send something to us
that we really love and we get an opportunity to,
to do something historical with that clip that you sent us,
we will jump all over that. So that's essentially what we are.
We are a at our core, a crowdsourced show,
we rely on the audience to sort of capture things that
they find strange and unusual and send it to us.
And so far it's just been wonderful and the audience engagement has been wonderful.
I I think it's fantastic too that um that you guys
do dive into those details and you help decipher the difference between
something that truly isn't fully answered. Versus now this is,
I, I don't know if there's much credibility behind this.
I'm curious to know in your journey telling these stories.
Has there been an instant that has really stood out to you where you,
you kind of leave with a question mark going?
I don't know, maybe there is something there.
I, I'm, I and you know, April and I talk about this a lot as well, you know,
either on through social media or, or when we have opportunities to sort of chat
like this. Uh I, I'm always sort of fascinated by what we find
in our oceans and seas and, and I kind of pushed the,
the team because so much of it is unexplored.
You know, we've explored 5% of our oceans and, you know, what about the other 95%?
Now,
we have a couple of videos that are just flat out frightening, right?
And, and so I'm always interested when we,
we get those videos because we know so little about what's in, in our oceans and
we've got a couple of pieces from the Mariana Trench in this coming season.
We've had some in past seasons as well.
So that's always been gonna be a source of fascination for me.
It's really become the people show.
Now, we started out hoping that people would,
would send us clips of things that they thought were unusual.
And now we've got an abundance of, of kind of riches and people have sort of said, hey,
look, look into these new areas, look into the paranormal space,
look into the spiritual space, you know, these cloud formations,
we think of them as being spiritual
phenomenon, right?
Um You know, we can scientifically explain some of this is paradol, right?
But if people are feeling it and capturing it and sending it to us, we're,
we're happy to take a look and when I
hear people sort of downplaying and dismissing it.
And in all of this nonsense,
you know, I'm a little dismayed because
I've just become even more fascinated in the space. And so,
you know, I, I'm always moved by, um
you know, some of the paranormal stuff because what it,
what it tells me is what is really important to people, right?
When we talk about stigmata and we talk about, you know,
uh statues of the Virgin Mary crying and weeping, I mean, that,
that touches me because I know it touches people, right?
So I, I try to always stay as, you know, as
open minded as I can
um and empathetic um as, as I can to what people are feeling and, and, and,
and to be a sensory being in that way.
So I'm fascinated
by all of the really smart people who are in
this space who are really moved by what they're seeing.
And in turn that moves me.
I love it,
Tony. Thank you so much for joining us and, and being part of Idaho today,
I, I apologize for all the, the,
the indicators or whatever else is going on with my computer.
My apology.
What,
when,
when did I become this guy? What, what is that?
It's great to see you.
However, it's, it's annoying is what it is,
it is great to see you. Great to be with you. April. Always, always a pleasure.