WEBVTT 00:00:06.250 --> 00:00:08.470 There are plenty of things in the wasteland that 00:00:08.470 --> 00:00:11.589 once you did, but there are a few that simply 00:00:11.589 --> 00:00:17.070 watch. No warnings, no explanations, just a man 00:00:17.070 --> 00:00:20.309 in an old world suit, perfectly pressed, standing 00:00:20.309 --> 00:00:23.870 at the edge of catastrophe, watching, always 00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:27.370 watching. And when he leaves, something collapses. 00:00:28.469 --> 00:00:31.030 My name is Ron Blackwood, and I'm your host for 00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:33.250 Beyond the Ruins Encounters with the Unknown. 00:00:34.549 --> 00:00:37.090 While the world as we know it may have ended, 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:41.990 the worst horrors have only just begun. This 00:00:41.990 --> 00:00:44.409 week we delve into the story of the Pale Watcher, 00:00:45.009 --> 00:00:47.369 who always appears right before catastrophe. 00:00:49.049 --> 00:00:52.149 We will also speak with an eyewitness who actually 00:00:52.149 --> 00:00:54.869 tried to speak with them, and he witnessed the 00:00:54.869 --> 00:00:59.310 destruction afterward. The Pale Watcher isn't 00:00:59.310 --> 00:01:03.060 a myth. He's been seen. standing just beyond 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:07.079 the barriers of survivor hubs, settlements, lingering 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.599 where something disastrous is about to happen. 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:13.060 The first reported sighting came from Settlement 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:16.560 23, a scavenger camp near the collapsed highways. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.299 A group of traitors spotted him at dawn, standing 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:25.040 at the edge of their perimeter, perfectly still, 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.120 hands fast like someone waiting for something. 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:33.549 They left him alone, You left them alone. Three 00:01:33.549 --> 00:01:36.450 days later settlement 23 collapsed onto itself. 00:01:37.269 --> 00:01:41.269 Was it raided? It wasn't burned. It was swallowed. 00:01:42.310 --> 00:01:44.950 It was as if the ground beneath it had just simply 00:01:44.950 --> 00:01:48.469 given up. You might think it's a coincidence. 00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:51.969 You might think it's survivor paranoia. But there's 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:55.709 a pattern. Wherever he appears the ground doesn't 00:01:55.709 --> 00:02:01.129 stay still. Buildings collapse. Resources vanish 00:02:01.129 --> 00:02:05.790 overnight, and zones become uninhabitable. Settlement 00:02:05.790 --> 00:02:08.990 9, quarantined after unknown fumes rose from 00:02:08.990 --> 00:02:12.150 its foundation. The Pale Watcher was seen three 00:02:12.150 --> 00:02:16.129 days before it was sealed off. Settlement 51, 00:02:17.110 --> 00:02:19.789 the water supply turned black and became undrinkable. 00:02:20.830 --> 00:02:23.789 The Watcher was watching the wells days earlier. 00:02:24.750 --> 00:02:28.270 At Settlement 36, well, the survivors just disappeared. 00:02:28.629 --> 00:02:30.969 They left behind their supplies, their shelter, 00:02:31.050 --> 00:02:33.990 everything. But the week before, someone saw 00:02:33.990 --> 00:02:36.930 him on the ridge, standing like a monument to 00:02:36.930 --> 00:02:40.830 something inevitable. I don't have any explanations 00:02:40.830 --> 00:02:44.909 to give you. I just have stories. And the worst 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:50.990 stories? They don't have happy endings. There 00:02:50.990 --> 00:02:53.969 are those who claim they approached him, desperate, 00:02:54.550 --> 00:02:57.939 fearless, or just too reckless to care. They 00:02:57.939 --> 00:03:01.780 asked who he was, though answered. They demanded 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:05.719 to know why he was there, though reaction. But 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.580 they all felt something shift. The weight of 00:03:08.580 --> 00:03:12.520 the air, the unnatural silence. It was as if 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:17.319 time itself had stalled. And then, he would leave. 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:20.879 Every single one of those survivors lay to face 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.939 their own catastrophes. Some lost their homes, 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:55.330 some lost people, and some simply... I don't 00:03:55.330 --> 00:03:58.969 know... I don't know what I saw, right? Something 00:03:58.969 --> 00:04:02.349 wasn't right. He wasn't right. We were setting 00:04:02.349 --> 00:04:05.069 up perimeter defenses, fixing up the last barrier 00:04:05.069 --> 00:04:07.990 line when I saw him. He was standing just beyond 00:04:07.990 --> 00:04:11.430 the ruins, near the broken highway. He wasn't 00:04:11.430 --> 00:04:15.550 moving. He wasn't armed. Just standing. Watching. 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.730 I thought maybe he was lost. Maybe he was another 00:04:19.730 --> 00:04:22.930 survivor looking for supplies. I called out. 00:04:23.269 --> 00:04:28.360 No one... No reactions no movement nothing But 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.000 then I don't know how to explain it the air felt 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:36.139 wrong heavy Like the second I spoke something 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:41.519 just shifted I Swear the sky got darker the wind 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.480 just stopped and then Then he turned his head 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:48.439 just slightly just enough to let me know he heard 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:53.740 me That's when I knew he wasn't lost He was exactly 00:04:53.740 --> 00:05:00.420 where he was meant to be. I ran. I didn't even 00:05:00.420 --> 00:05:02.740 think. I ran back toward the barrier, back to 00:05:02.740 --> 00:05:07.660 the others. I didn't tell them. I should have, 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:14.240 but I didn't. And two days later, I mean, we 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.180 couldn't even drink a water supply. Then the 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:19.259 building started to crack and then the ground 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:23.629 just shifted. And then The settlement was just 00:05:23.629 --> 00:05:30.170 gone. My shelter, my home was just gone. I don't 00:05:30.170 --> 00:05:33.009 know if he caused it. I don't know if he knew 00:05:33.009 --> 00:05:36.370 it was going to happen, but I do know one thing. 00:05:36.829 --> 00:05:43.250 He was there just watching. I don't claim to 00:05:43.250 --> 00:05:48.829 believe, but I also don't claim not to. The wasteland 00:05:48.829 --> 00:05:52.089 doesn't need ghosts. There's enough ruins to 00:05:52.089 --> 00:05:55.790 mourn already. But whatever he is, wherever he 00:05:55.790 --> 00:05:59.649 came from, he isn't just wondering. He's watching, 00:06:00.449 --> 00:06:04.889 waiting, working what won't last. If you ever 00:06:04.889 --> 00:06:07.949 see him, well, you might want to start saying 00:06:07.949 --> 00:06:08.949 your goodbyes.