Ark researchers disagree about whether Davis's experience involved Mount Ararat in Turkey's Ağrı Province. Davis said the mountain he visited could be seen from his unit's base in Hamadan, but Ağrı is away. The first published version of his account describes Badi and Abas-Abas as Kurds, which is consistent with a story about visiting a village in Ağrı. However, in footage of his original interview Davis says the villagers were Lurs, an ethnic group in western Iran. Several different mountains in Lorestan are identified by the Lurs as the landing site of Noah's Ark. Similarly, Lur tradition places the Garden of Eden, which Davis also reported seeing, in Lorestan.