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IT'S A THEME PARK SO ADVANCE
IT'LL GIVE YOU THE UNDERWATER
FEELS OF ACTUALLY BEING
CONFRONTED BY SOME OF THE MOST
NOTORIOUS SEA CREATURES.
IF A SHARK ATTACK SOUNDS
EXCITING AND SEAMONSTERCOVE MAY
BE THE PERFECT ATTRACTION FOR
YOU.
HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT IT
IS STEVE ALTON, NEW YORK TIMES
BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAG.
HEY STEVE, THANKS FOR JOINING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SO YOU'RE ALL ABOUT SEA
MONSTERS AND NOW YOU'VE COME UP
WITH A DEEP SEA EXPERIENCE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND ALL
OF THEM.
>> YEAH, THE IDEA ACTUALLY
STARTED OUT AS AN IDEA FOR A TV
SERIES AND IT ADVANCED FROM
THERE I REALIZED THAT NOT ONLY
DID I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL TV
SERIES BUT I REALLY WANT TO SEE
WHAT THESE MONSTERS WOULD LOOK
LIKE THEMSELVES IF WE COULD
CAPTURE THEM AND PUT THEM IN
THE AQUARIUM.
AND THE CONCEPT ALLOWED US TO
DO THAT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY REAL
ISLAND CALLED MAUOR WHICH SORT
OF SOUNDS LIKE MAKE WHICH
PROBABLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION
AND MOGG WAS THIS VOLCANIC
ISLAND THAT ERUPTED FOUR
BILLION YEARS AGO AND THE ONLY
THING THAT'S LEFT IS THIS
LAGOON THAT IS PERCOLATING WITH
WARM MINERAL WATER THAT'S
COMING FROM DEEP UNDERNEATH THE
SEABED.
AND AS THE SCIENTISTS WILL
DISCOVER, THERE ARE SEA
CREATURES DOWN IN THIS ANCIENT
AQUIFER THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY MILLION YEARS OLD AND
WE'VE CAPTURED THEM AND BROUGHT
TO MORGELLONS.
AND THE STATE OF THE ART
FACILITIES THAT YOU COULD GO
VISIT VIRTUALLY.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
SO OK.
SO IT ALL STARTED AS KIND OF A
GOOD IDEA FOR A TV SERIES.
IT TURNED INTO THIS VIRTUAL
EXPERIENCE AND MEMBERS CAN AND
VISIT THE ACTUAL AQUARIUMS WITH
THESE PREHISTORIC SHARKS AND
SEA CREATURES.
IT'S LIKE A VIRTUAL AQUARIUM
THEMED RESORT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THE ANIMALS REACT TO
YOU.
THEY ACTUALLY DELIVER THEIR DAY
.
SOME OF THEM LIKE OUR MAIN
ATTRACTION SNOWFLAKE WHICH IS A
50 FOOT 50 THOUSAND POUND
ANCIENT PREHISTORIC MAIKO OR WE
CAN PUT YOU IN ONE OF THEIR
HABITATS OVER AT SEAMONSTERCOVE
.
>> WE HAVE THESE SIX AQUARIUM
HABITATS THAT DIG BACK TO
DIFFERENT ERAS IN OUR HISTORY
AND WE LOWER YOU IN A CAGE INTO
THEIR DOMAIN AND THEY CIRCLE
YOU AND TRY TO GET AT YOU.
>> SOUNDS A LITTLE TOO REAL.
>> SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT SCARY TO
ME.
WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE THIS KIND
OF EXPERIENCE?
WHY DOES THIS WORK?
>> WELL, THESE CREATURES WERE
REAL.
SO TO ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING
THAT COULD EAT YOU.
IT'S INTERESTING BUT SCARY AS
WELL.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE
WE'RE OPENING A A LEARNING
CENTER NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'LL
HAVE DISTANT LEARNING FOR FOR A
JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
.
WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF IT.
IT'S ALL COVERED IN MEMBERSHIP
LESS THAN NINE DOLLARS A MONTH
AND WE ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE
LIBRARY IN THERE.
WE CAN GET ANY OF MY BOOKS THAT
HAVE BEEN ENHANCED MOVIE MOVIE
.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO
RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S LIKE THIS
BIG SHARK.
>> I MEAN SO A SHARK COULD
THEORETICALLY ATTACK ME IF I'M
I'M DOING THIS VIRTUALLY.
>> YES.
>> THESE TWO SHARKS ARE
ACTUALLY FRIENDLY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
OH MY GOD.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO THE STORY
IS ABOUT.
BUT YEAH, IT DOES GET A LITTLE
DANGEROUS THERE.
>> A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS IN
THERE.
YOU ALSO HAVE A VIDEO GAME IN
DEVELOPMENT.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT YET?
>> EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND
THE MAIN STORY WHICH IS HOW
THESE SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED
THIS PLACE.
AND SO THE VIDEO GAME YOU'RE
YOU ACTUALLY TAKE A SUBMERSIBLE
DOWN TO THIS ASIAN AQUIFER AND
YOU CAPTURE THE CREATURES LIKE
THEY DO IN THE SEA IN A TV
SERIES WE'RE DEVELOPING WHERE
SEA MONSTERS ROSE.
EXPECT THE VIDEO TO BE DONE IN
ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THE NEW TV
SERIES WE'VE ALREADY SHOT THE
FIRST EPISODE AND WE'RE WE'RE
IN POST-PRODUCTION NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THESE SEA MONSTERS, THESE THESE
ARE PREHISTORIC CREATURES THAT
ARE JUST I MEAN I MEAN THEY'RE
LARGER THAN LIFE AND YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE THIS ALL FROM THE
COMFORTS OF HOME, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
JUST GO TO W W DOT
SEAMONSTERCOVE DOT COM.
WE HAVE MEMBERSHIP'S THERE FOR
THAT FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSE ON
ABOUT 30 CENTS A DAY BUT IT
GIVES YOU A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
SORT OF GET AWAY FROM THE 2020
STUFF GOING ON.
AND SHOW OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> OH MAN THAT I MEAN THAT
LOOKS PRETTY AMAZING.
I DON'T KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT
OF A SCAREDY CAT BUT THANKS FOR
COMING ON STEVE AND TELLING US
ALL ABOUT IT.