All language subtitles for Mysterious.Creatures.With.Forrest.Galante.S01E04.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[Forrest]
High in the mountains of Peru,

a legendary curse
has returned.

[speaking Quechua]

[Forrest] There's something
dead up here.

A remote farming village
believes it's being tormented.

Just heard a sound.

By a creature
that is not just super rare,
but supernatural.

[shouts]

-[Forrest] What is it?
-Right there. See the eyes?

It's a big, dark shape
staring right back at us.

[Forrest] Is it a case
of mistaken identity,

What is that?

[Forrest] A new species,

or, in fact,
a demon from hell?

-Iwanchi! Iwanchi!
-[shouting in native language]

I'm Forrest Galante.

As a wildlife biologist

tracking and rediscovering
animals on the verge
of extinction,

Oh, my God!

I've noticed a pattern
of mysterious sightings

and human-wildlife conflicts

Look, there's an elephant!
There's an elephant
right there.

which often turn deadly.

Now, my team and I
are scouring the globe

to shed light on the myths
and misconceptions

surrounding our planet's most

Mysterious Creatures.

[Peruvian music playing]

[dog barking]

[rooster crowing]

[Forrest] Jess and I have come
to remote, rural Peru

in the foothills
of the Andes Mountains.

And it's in this area
that a farmer has recently
had incursions

of what he says is a small,
hairy, mythological man

that's been coming in
and scaring and terrorizing
his livestock trough.

Our job is to figure out
if there's any
biological truth

to whatever this creature
might be.

[tires screeching]

[Forrest] Alright, let's go
see what's going on.

Oh, they blew a tire.

Well, we've been in Peru
for all of about three
and a half hours,

and Mitchell has had
way too much for breakfast
this morning, it would appear,

because we've already
blown a tire.

So things are off
to a smashing start.

[horn beeping]

[Forrest] Bordered by
the Andes mountain range

and the Pacific Ocean
on the west,

Peru is an enormous,
but very remote country.

It's more than three times
the size of California.

But you won't find
many supermarkets
or big-box stores here.

-[car honking]
-[goats bleating]

Local villagers rely
mostly on livestock

and farmers like Valentine.

[in Spanish]

[Forrest] Valentine's daughter
reached out to Jess and I
with her father's dilemma.

And while I expect
we're going to discover a puma

or some other local predator
is to blame,

who could resist
the opportunity to track
a legendary demon?

- Si, thank you.
Muchas gracias.
- Si, gracias.

Okay, listos.

Valentine has invited us
to join his family

in a traditional,
Peruvian meal.

[Forrest in Spanish]

[Forrest] We're having
roast guinea pigs,

orcuy ,
as the Peruvians call them,

a name based on
the unique sound they make.

I've never had cuybefore,
I've never had
guinea pig before.

Cuy are a delicacy
here in the Andes,

and have been treasured
and enjoyed
for over 5000 years.

-It's actually really good.
Yeah!
-Do you like it? Yeah.

[in Spanish]

That looks beautiful.
Thank you very much.

Valentine raises cuy
as well as other livestock
and crops

here on his family farm.

The same livestock
Valentine believes
is being terrorized

by a mysterious creature.

So, what has started
happening now,

that you're having
the problem?

[speaking Spanish]

-[Forrest] Si?
- Si.

Has it killed a llama?

He's just saying there's
something that's coming
and scaring his animals.

Es posible, uh, a puma?

Puma?

- Si.
- Si.

[Forrest] Theiwanchi,
according to ancient
Peruvian myth,

are not an animal at all.

They're two-legged demons
from hell.

It's a legend as old as
the communities that have
survived here,

believing these creatures
come to punish the damned.

They're said to be too heavy
for tree branches,

and alleged witnesses suggest
they resemble giant, man-sized
maquisapa monkeys

covered in long, black hair
and pimples.

Yup. Giant, hairy,
pimple-monkeys from hell.

And Valentine is concerned
that may be what
broke his fence

and scared off his donkey.

And which way
did the burrogo?

Which way did the donkey go?

-[Forrest] Ah, okay.
- Si.

[Forrest] You know,
Valentine's entire livelihood
is his farm.

And what I find interesting
is the fact that he has not
actually seen this creature

kill any of his livestock yet.

However, he's seen it
several times.

Now, this is very odd behavior
for a predator,

but we're gonna start
to dig into it,

try and go and investigate
where these incursions
have taken place,

and see if we can get
to the bottom of what
this creature is

that's been plaguing
this area,

see if we can help both
the family and the animal.

[Forrest in Spanish]

[Valentine speaking]

[Forrest] This is the fence
Valentine believes was damaged
by the iwanchi.

[Valentine speaking]

[Jessica] Here's the spot.

-Check out these claw marks.
-[Forrest] I can see
the scratching here.

[Valentine speaking]

-Yeah.
-So it's... Yeah.

[Forrest] For Valentine
and his family,

losing these llamas
would be devastating
to the farm.

Tonight, I'm going to put
some alarms around the llamas,
so nothing will come tonight.

[Valentine speaking]

Muchas gracias.
Gracias, Valentine. Okay.

Well, I mean,
there's claw marks here.

It could... I know he's saying
it's not a puma, but it could
easily be a mountain lion.

-Especially
in this dry habitat.
-Yeah.

[Forrest] There's lots
of mountain lions
in this area.

I mean, it could also be...

-Like, a jaguar
out of its range, potentially?
-Possibly.

[Jessica] Ocelot?

Possibly, but those claws
are really big for an ocelot,

and it just feels
very strange.

I mean he's...
He's not saying that--

[Jessica] He was
pretty convinced
it wasn't a cat.

He was convinced
it wasn't a cat,
and it scared for his animals,

but none of them have died.

[Jessica] Hey, hey!
Check this out.

-Yeah?
-I don't think it's donkey.

No. It's definitely longer
than the llamas' as well.

-It's very long.
-I mean, it matches
his description.

-It's very long for a tropical
environment, actually.
-Mhmm.

-Dark hair like that?
-Yeah.

[Forrest] There's still
a lot we don't know,
but the clues are here.

And while Valentine
hasn't lost any animals,

death is clearly in the air.

It could have killed
the livestock.

There's a ton of vultures
circling right up there.

[Jessica] That's a good point.

Why don't we set up
some proximity alarms
around the llamas?

We'll throw up
a couple trail cameras
as well.

-Alright, that's a great
jumping-off point.
-[Forrest] Okay.

Hello, Smush-Face.

Our son, Rhodes,
is a little too young
for this adventure,

so he's staying
with Grandma nearby.

[Jessica] Are you filming?

-[cameraman] I'm filming.
-Okay.

Rhodes, we got to see
llamas today!

-Look at the llamas!
Hi, llama. Hi, llama.
-Check 'em out, buddy!

[Forrest] Look at
this one, Rhodes!

[Jessica] And there's chickens
in there too, bud!

So these are solar-powered
proximity alarms,

and they're something
that I've actually used

for human-wildlife conflict
in Africa,

and the way they work is,
say the iwanchidecides
to come back tonight,

all of a sudden,
you hear [wailing]

and there's a flashing light,
and it gets scared off.

And so, that will,
at the very least,

-protect Valentine's llamas
from any intrusions.
-[digital beep]

[Forrest] But we also want
to get a look
at the allegediwanchi,

so Jess is placing
trail cameras to capture
any potential approach.

[Jessica] We don't know
what the iwanchiis,

so I'm gonna go
a little taller
than I normally would,

just in case, um, you know,
we capture this creature
and it's standing on two legs.

[Forrest] Valentine is even
providing bedding for us,

so we can sleep out here
with his llamas.

-[speaking Spanish]
-[Jessica] So we can
sleep here...

Ah, okay! Gracias, perfecto!

[Jessica] I feel like
Valentine has offered us
the true Peruvian experience.

I had guinea pig
for the first time,

we're spending the night
next to some llamas,

I just can't wait to get
our boots on the ground
and head out on mission.

[Forrest] With our cameras
and alarms in place,

we'll know if theiwanchi
makes another appearance.

So now, we can get
more aggressive
in our search.

Plus, we'll attempt
to track down
Valentine's donkey,

which went missing
nine days ago.

[Jessica] Oh, wow!

You've got the farm over here,

town is over here,

and the reservoir
that stretches all the way
around here,

meaning any creature
that's coming down
to plague this livestock

has to be coming
out of those mountains there.

[Jessica] Okay, let's go.

[Forrest] As remote as we are,
the community here
has spread out,

leaving the mountains
as the only path
for any encroaching wildlife.

And you can already see
how dry and brittle
some of the foliage is.

This is a brutal environment
to survive in,

which could be encouraging
wildlife to venture down
the mountain towards the farm.

Oh, snake!

[Forrest] Oh, yeah,
look at that!

-Back up!
-[Jessica] Uh-huh.

[Forrest] He's very venomous,
hold on guys and
he's very hot. Look at that!

That is a Barnett's pit viper.

Very, very venomous snake.
That can easily make
one lose appendages.

[Forrest] Also known as
thesancarranca here in Peru,

pit vipers
are ambush predators.

I mean, look at this, guys.
Look at this camouflage
right here.

[Jessica] Could not have
placed him better.

[Forrest] They have a unique
depression between their eyes

and nostrils
called the loreal pit,

that actually allows them
to sense infrared
or thermal radiation.

And they are
masters of stealth.

See how he's curled up
in this duff right here?

This is exactly how
people get bitten.

Unbelievably cryptic, the
Barnett's pit viper,

and even cooler than their
cryptic nature is the fact
that they are endemic to Peru

meaning they exist here
and absolutely nowhere else.

And out here, this far out,
there's absolutely
no antivenom, so...

I mean, that is camouflage
at its absolute best.

Interesting thing about
Barnett's pit viper,

when threatened, sometimes
they will shake their tail

like a rattlesnake just
to show you how tough they are

even though they don't
have a rattle.

Which is an amazing thing
that this snake has somehow
figured this out.

Oh. Careful there.
See how hot
and bothered he is?

Look. Look at the rattle.

That's all it takes.
That little guy
packs a very powerful punch.

Cheeky little bugger.

[cameraman speaking]

If you get bit,
you're definitely
going to lose

a lot of flesh
with these guys.

So, out here
that gets into
your bloodstream,

your foot rots off,
your hand rots off,

it goes gangrenous
and that's the end.

Alright.

He's not in anybody's way here
so I say we just leave him be

let him perform
his very important service
of cleaning up rodents

and continue on our way.

[Forrest] Not a demon,
to be sure,

but another example
of the deadly predators
that are active here.

[Forrest] Eyes out while
we're walking out, guys.

[Jessica] Look at them.
There's over a dozen vultures.

There's defiantly something
on the ground here
that they're going after.

[Forrest] They're riding
the thermals, but there's
something dead up here.

So, what I want to do
from here, guys,
is just move really quietly.

Just head
right up to it. Okay.

[Jessica] Smell it?

Oh! Forrest, Forrest, Forrest.

[Forrest] Oh, my God.

[Jessica] Oh, wow.

Yeah. Here she is.

Well, the farmer wasn't wrong.
The donkey did get out.

[Jessica] Yeah.

The soft area like the neck,
and the groin and the anus

have all been eaten now,
but that's scavengers.

[Forrest] Valentine
is convinced his farm
was attacked

by the legendary
man-beast,iwanchi.

But this body shows
no signs of attack.

No claw marks.
There's no chew marks.

So whatever had
chased the donkey out
of the farmer's pen

doesn't seem to have
killed it or eaten it.

-No.
-I would say that this animal
died of either exhaustion or

-Dehydration
-dehydration, yeah.

And I'm hoping that if
what scared it

out of the farmer's area
was a predator,

-it will come back
to eat the remains. So,
-Come back.

let's cut this grass out
so that we have an open sight.

And then under that tree,
that's a natural hide.

So, we'll pop up
a blind there,
buckle down in there,

and just see if whatever
killed this poor donkey
comes back to actually eat it.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Forrest] It's believed
the name "king vulture"

comes from its reputation
for taking the first taste
of a carcass

and forcing
the smaller vultures to wait
until it's done feasting.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[both]

[Forrest] That was insane.

Just a minute
of an Andean condor,

but such an incredible minute
to see that bird.

[Jessica] Oh, my gosh.
That's a big check
on the bucket list.

[Forrest] Well, I don't think
whatever spooked this donkey
is feeding on it.

I think it's just
these scavengers
that are cleaning it up.

But, my instinct is telling me
whatever chased this donkey
out of the pen

was not trying to eat it.

I agree.

[Forrest] Though we've
discovered Valentine's donkey,

we're no closer to finding
this mysterious creature.

So, we're going to leave
a trail camera on the site
and push on.

This is the only trail
that heads deeper
into the Andes

and it's the direction
that Valentine's daughter
said the animal came from.

So, it's still our best shot
at finding it.

[Jessica] We are in
the Peruvian Andes

and this ecosystem
is just so remarkable.

The plant life, the bird life,
just everything
as we walk around,

it honestly just warms
my heart to see something
so wild still.

And it's just, it's
a great reminder

of how important these
little microhabitats
are to protect.

[Forrest] Scientists are still
discovering new species here
on a weekly basis.

And yet this area,
due to all its microclimates,

is changing
at such a rapid pace

that we can't even keep up
with all of the animals
that are here.

We don't even
know about them all
before they're going extinct.

[Jessica] So, who's to say
the animal we're looking for

might not even
be discovered yet?

[Forrest] Yeah. It could be
something that's completely
undescribed to this region.

Oh, yeah.

-[Forrest] Look at this
beautiful Andean waterfall.
-[Jessica] Whoa.

Wow. Look at that.

-[Forrest] What a spot.
-[Jessica] That is stunning.

[Forrest] A beautiful cascade
like this is much more than
just nature's greatest shower.

Although, it is irresistible.

This is also an abundance
of freshwater

crashing loudly and literally
calling out to any wildlife
in the vicinity.

Mitch, let me see what
that climbing shot looks like.

[Forrest] And while there is
no sign of theiwanchi,

we've got our own
hairy man-beast
in need of a bath.

Yeah!

Aside from just being fun
and getting to cool off,

it does, also,
wash our scent away.

And, given that the animal
that we're looking for we know
nothing about,

it might be
a very olfactory animal.

So, getting rid
of that human stink

could be the difference
between finding it
and not finding it.

[Forrest] If this creature
came through here
as the farmer told us,

it's very likely
it stopped to drink.

So it's possible
we may have some evidence.

Hopefully anything that
comes by will trigger it.

[Forrest] We're placing
over a dozen trail cams.

Which means
if something approaches

this fresh mountain water
from any direction,
we'll be able to identify it.

Alright.

[Forrest] We've collected
24 trail cameras from the farm
and the site of the donkey.

We've told Valentine
and his family about the fate
of their preciousburro,

and now, we're hoping
to discover what
scared it off.

-[Forrest] Puma.
-[Valentine] Puma.

We have a mountain lion here.

Or a puma, as they say,

big male, but I think
this is just a coincidence
that we caught him.

Do you think that a puma
like this could have been what
came down and broke the fence?

[Valentine speaking Spanish]

Ah. A deer.

-It's a little buck.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

There's, there's no iwanchi,
though. See? The deer is calm.
Nothing like that.

It still just feels like
plenty of nothing.

Nada.

What is that?

[Valentine] Iwanchi.

Turn it, turn it off.

-[Forrest] I'm just
getting hair.
-[Jessica] Black, hairy thing.

[Jessica] Just what is
that thing?

[Forrest] Whatever we just saw
has Valentine and his daughter

convinced we've witnessed
a demon in the flesh.

[Jessica] Yeah, I mean,
it could be anything.

[Forrest] There's nothing
definitive in our recording.

But Valentine's family
believes we have witnessed
the supernatural.

They've asked us to
immediately see their
shaman for protection.

It's an honor as visitors
to this community.

So we're happy to oblige.

[percussion music playing]

[Forrest] A shaman
is typically a spiritual
guide and healer.

And they've been an integral
part of the culture
for thousands of years.

They're the keepers
of wisdom here in The Andes.

Profoundly honored
and respected.

[speaking Quechua]

[Forrest] I believe the shaman
is calling on the spirit world

to protect us
from theiwanchi .

[Jessica whispering] So even
though Forrest and I

might not understand
everything that's going on,

these people, they've gone to
such great lengths to offer us
some form of protection.

And that's really special.

[Shaman exclaiming]

[Forrest] Since Jess and I
actually bore witness to what
they believe to be a demon,

the shaman is now removing
the bad spirits around us.

[Forrest speaking Spanish]

[Forrest] It was actually
really beautiful.

I appreciate and respect
the beauty of the custom
and the culture so much

that this is honestly one of
the highlights of being in
Peru altogether.

So I absolutely loved it.

It's not what I was expecting
to do in coming here,

and I couldn't be more
thrilled that I got to
have this experience.

[siren wailing]

[Jessica] Forrest ,
Forrest, Forrest, Forrest,
Forrest, wake up.

-What? What? What?
-The alarms are
going off. Wake up.

[Forrest] Mitch,
get the camera.

-Mitchell, we got him.
-I'll catch up. Go, go, go.

Jess, it's all the
way down here.

One of the proximity alarms we
set up near the llamas
has been triggered.

-It's coming from up
the hill, do you hear it?
-Yeah.

Mitch, look at the eyes.
Look at the eyes right there.

I've got her in the
night vision. I can
see it.

Oh, my God.

-[Forrest] Right
there. Right there.
-[Jessica] Oh. Oh, yeah.

See the eyes? Look at the
eyes. Mitch, look
at the eyes right there.

It's a big, dark shape.

Right there, it's just
looking back at us now.

About 300 yards away.

-It's a bear.
-[Jessica gasping]

[both] A spectacled bear.

Holy crap. I mean...

-That's awesome
-They're so rare. I was not
expecting to see one.

It's the only bear
native to South America.

Totally in the back of my
mind, I'm going, it's gotta be
a puma, it's gotta be a puma.

And I realize it's the
spectacled bear, an incredibly
vulnerable species,

a species that only
occurs in South America.

The spectacled bear is the
last remaining short-faced
bear in the world.

This is a rare species, named
for the markings on its face

that resemble spectacles,
or glasses.

Of the few that exist, they
are almost entirely
endemic to the Andes.

So much so that it is
sometimes referred
to as the Andean bear.

Jess and I never even
suspected it was
spooking the llamas,

because while it is a
predator, its diet is
only around 5% meat.

This bear mostly survives
on fruit, orchid hearts
and bromeliads.

-I think that answers
what iwanchiis.
-[laughing] I mean, yeah.

I get what the farmers saw.

Imagine seeing a
spectacled bear standing
on its hind legs,

'cause you know,
they posture up.

Absolutely. Yeah.

-So you could totally
see like...
-Look like a...

-Hairy, dark man. [laughing]
-Exactly.

Its short face only
makes it look that
much more like a man.

And with a weight averaging
between 150 and 250 pounds,

it's roughly the same
size as a person.

[Forrest] That's undeniably
what he's been seeing.

[Jessica] I mean, really, it's
the bear who's in danger.

-[Forrest] Yeah, 100%.
-[Jessica] I mean, it's
not these llamas.

Because if they're perceived
even as like, destroying crops
or anything like that,

the bear's life could
be potentially at risk.

[Forrest] Most of the farmers
in this community will not
realize this is a rare animal,

and will likely try to
shoot it if it approaches
their livestock.

Because this bear is
coming into human conflict,

the bear's life
is now in danger.

Forrest and I need to do
everything in our power
to save this bear.

-[Forrest] It's stuck.
-[Jessica] Right.

I mean, this is a tiny strip
of wild habitat between a
reservoir, a farm and a town.

Yeah, and there's
nothing we can do with
a bear in a tree at night.

It's gonna be difficult.

We don't even know
if we can get close
to this animal.

So the... the real
challenge starts now,

and that challenge is figuring
out what we're gonna do with
this incredible animal.

We have to catch it,

we have to figure out
if we can find somewhere
to put the bear.

Oh my God, this is
gonna be very difficult.

[Jessica] Do you remember that
place, the Chaparri
Ecological Reserve?

[Forrest] Chaparri Ecological
Reserve is a private, 85,000
acre reserve in Northern Peru.

Established by wildlife
photographer

and Peruvian native
Heinz Plenge in
the year 2000.

It has become a safe
haven for many of Peru's
endangered animals.

Pumas, Andean weasels,
collared anteaters.

Some of the rarest
vertebrates in the world
can be found there,

as well as over 20
spectacled bears.

If we can locate and
capture the bear
we saw last night,

Chaparri would be
the perfect home.

-[Jessica] Brush is
thick, For. [laughing]
-[Forrest] Yeah, very.

Everything has thorns.
Every single plant has thorns.
Watch out, guys.

Is there a thornier spot,
Forrest, that we can
possibly go through?

[Forrest] I'm trying.

As dry and difficult as this
brush is, it's my crew that's
becoming a thorn in my side.

-Just gonna open up
your whiny brigade.
-[Jessica laughing]

[Forrest] Guys, look
at this. Look at this tree.

Yeah. Absolutely riddled
in bear scratch marks.

I think exactly where
Jess is standing is where
the bear was last night,

and we were down
in that area looking up.

-It's all stripped out.
-You see how torn up it is?

[Forrest] That's all from
bear claws ripping
this to shreds.

We're in the right zone.
We've just gotta keep
going and try to get close.

All right, let's carry on.

The species exists almost
entirely here in the Andes.

It can adapt to living in high
altitudes, dry forests,
or even scrub deserts.

[Jessica] Look at
what I found.

[Forrest] Yeah, whoa.
All opened up. Oh, there's
more here, too. Look.

Yeah.

-Yeah, this is all
from the bear.
-Mm-hm.

See all the scratch marks?
Eating all the fruit
out of the guava.

Mm-hm. It's like one of
their favorite foods, too.

And it's not... it's not
too crunchy yet.
See? It's still soft.

-Mm-hm.
-So this is less than 24 hours
of sitting in the sun here.

Good. Guys, we're
getting... we're getting
really close now.

The home range of a spectacled
bear is less than ten square
miles, so it can't be far.

They're also known for being
extremely solitary, staying
far away from their own kind,

so we know it's alone.

Our plan is to track it down
and safely tranquilize it.

If we're successful, Heinz's
son Juan is waiting
nearby with a truck

to transport it safely to its
new home in Chaparri.

Guys, look here. Fresh
bear droppings, right here.

Look at this.

It's still wet.
That's how
fresh it is.

-[Jessica] Full of berries.
-[Forrest] Could be right
over that next ridge.

Let's just... let's go
really quietly from
here, but we're close.

-There's fresh
poop right here.
-Right.

-[Forrest] I mean, [sniffs]
still stinks. We're close now.
-[Mitch] Cool.

-[Forrest] Settled down on
that rock. See him there?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

We're downwind of him. They
have excellent smell,
so we're downwind.

What we need to do is try and
sneak up around him and
stay downwind, okay, guys?

And I don't want him
to see us like last night,

so, um, let's put on those
ghillie suits that we brought.

The ghillie suit is
camouflage, but rather
than just using colors,

it actually takes on the shape
of the surrounding brush,

and should allow us to
get close enough to
attempt a capture.

-Okay, give me next
the chemicals.
-Yeah.

Here in Peru, getting a rifle,
even with scientific permits,
is incredibly challenging.

So the best we could
do is get a blow dart gun,

which limits my range
to about 30 feet.

So I have to get within
around 30 feet of this bear
in order to tranquilize it.

We've estimated this bear to
be just under 150 pounds.

And Jess has measured out the
appropriate dose of Ketamine.

This is our one shot.
The dart's ready.

Ok, here's what we're gonna
do, guys. We're gonna
go single file, okay?

We're gonna sneak up this way,
come up the ridge that way,
so that we're beside him.

If we move that way,
we'll get in the upwind.

If we get upwind
of him, he'll be gone.

There has only been
one deadly encounter
with a spectacled bear,

and it was a hunter
who had just put
a bullet into one.

You could call it
self-defense,

but it shows this
bear can be deadly
when provoked.

So we have to be
ready for anything.

Shh, shh, shh. Stop,
stop, stop, stop.

[bear growling]

[Forrest] We have just found
this incredible
little creature.

If you look at it, you're
like, "Oh, that's just
an earthworm."

Well, this is not
an earthworm.
This is a very unique snake.

It's got this slender,
beautiful,

little shiny body.
Very shimmery.

And, as soon as we
couldn't key this out
with any known species

from any of the reptile books,

we went to work and we found
this could be an ancient,
old world blind snake.

And, if it is, it potentially
could be the species
Anomalepis aspinosus.

Which was only seen once
in history,

in 1939.

Making this the second ever
specimen

of that species to ever
be found.

Something that had disappeared
from the world in 1939.

This little critter is
a massive discovery.

[Forrest] Come on, guys,
come on, quick.

[Forrest] My crew has been
instructed to drop everything,
if necessary,

to find this bear.

[Forrest] Right there.
Right there.

I see her. Dart's still in.

She's going up the hill.

She's gone. We've got to
keep tracking.

Here we go, here we go!
Come on, we're close!
We're close.

She's going to slow down.
Jessica, time?

[Jessica] About two minutes.

[Forrest] The timing right now
is life or death.

It's two minutes until
the drug takes full effect.

But we have to locate
the bear,

to make sure it doesn't fall
and injure itself.

[Jessica] Right, right.
Over there.

-[Jessica] That way. That way.
-[Forrest] Do you see her?

[Forrest] She's here, guys,
she's here! She's here!

-[Forrest] We got her.
We got her. Lay her down.
-[Jessica] Let's go.

[Forrest] Looks good. She went
down easy.

Check your breathing.
Stay back. Guys, stay back.

-[Forrest] Jessica, come!
-Okay! I'm here.

-I'm here!
-Give her a check.

Okay, get that out of here.

[Forrest] Okay... Alright.
She's okay. Her eyes are open.

Everybody be careful, alright?

[Forrest] Guys,
I know that was crazy.

But we just caught
a spectacled bear, guys!
This is amazing.

Oh, look at this
absolutely stunning animal.

She is starting to wake up
though, so, as much as I want
to revel in this moment,

we've got to get her loaded up
and we've got to get
her to Chaparri.

-[Jessica] One, two.
-Yeah. One, two,
three. Yeah.

[Forrest] Alright, guys, just
be careful. She can wake up.

So we don't get caught.

That's fine. Yeah,
get them off.

[Forrest] We've got to
get her out.

-Uh, JQ?
-[JQ] Yeah?

-Get on the phone to Chaparri.
Tell them we've got her.
-[JQ] Alright.

Tell him to get the truck
to the road, right now.

[Forrest] Okay.
Can't roll her.

-I'll go backwards. Let me go
backwards.
-Okay.

[Forrest] Oh, such a beautiful
little female bear.

I know. I can't believe
what we're holding,
right now.

[Forrest] We've managed
to find, out here.

-I mean, look, the farm is
literally right there.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Forrest] This way.

[Forrest] Oh, there's
the truck, right there. Juan!

[Forrest] Okay. Thank you
very much. You've got there?

How are you?

Look at this beautiful bear.

[Forrest] Juan works
at Chaparri.

And he's been waiting nearby
to take this bear,

on the nearly four hour drive,
back to the reserve,

where she'll join over
20 other spectacled bears,
in a safe, open environment.

Meet us there!

[Forrest] Jess and I, are
going to ride in the back
to monitor her health.

[Forrest] We're giving her
another dose 'cause
she's starting to wake up.

[Forrest] Just watch
those claws. If she wakes up,

she will absolutely rip up
my ankles.

[Forrest] So we're just
heading out from the farm now.

I mean, these kind
of grain fields

are probably what the bear was
actually coming down for.

But that's the kind of thing
that's going to end up
getting her killed.

So now that we're on the road,
we're headed towards Chaparri.

Life is going to get a lot
better for this
beautiful little girl.

-How is she looking, Jess?
-Let me check her.

Looking good.
Breathing nicely.

-[Jessica] Eyes are closed.
-Good.

It is starting to get late
in the day.

But, it doesn't really matter,
as long as

we're able to load her
into a safe holding cell
before she wakes up.

In the morning, if all
goes well,

she'll be able to go into
her new home.

[Forrest] Chaparri is just to
the east of the city
of Chiclayo, in northern Peru.

Once we arrive, she'll stay
in a holding pen

for acclimation
and observation,

until she can be released
into the reserve,
tomorrow morning.

Okay. Everything good, Juan?

Alright. She's waking up
a little bit,

but she's okay. See, her head
is starting to lift up a bit?

-We're okay though.
-[Jessica] Okay.

[Forrest] There you go.

[Forrest] Okay.

Where do you want
to put her down?

[Forrest] Over here? Okay,
this is great.

[Jessica] It's the only
species of short-faced bear
in the world.

-[Forrest] Her teeth look
good. No major chipping.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

I think she's good, Juan.
What do you think?

[Forrest] She's
in perfect condition.

[Forrest] As beautiful as
she is,

it's easy to see how such
a rare and unusual-looking

furry animal, that can stand
on two feet,

could be confused
for a legendary demon.

It's entirely possible
spectacled bears

are largely responsible
for theiwanchi myth.

[Forrest] Where will she go?
She won't live in here,
will she?

And then off she goes.
Into the big preserve.

That is so wonderful. Things
are looking very good.

[Forrest] And then, that's it,
we've done it.

-[Forrest laughing] Hey, hey!
That's great, huh?
-[Juan] Well done.

Thank you, my friend. That was
amazing, Juan.

-Nice job.
-Thanks to you.

Aw, this is so great, man.

[Forrest] Look at that!
Thank you for taking her

and taking care of her.
It's wonderful.

[Forrest] It's been a long
successful day.

and Juan has invited us all,
including our son, Rhodes,

to join him and his team, here
at Chaparri for dinner.

-Cheers, everyone!
-Cheers!

Cheers, Rhodes! Cheers, buddy.

[all laughing]

[Forrest] Alright.

[Forrest] As the dawn breaks,
on this 85,000 acre preserve,

we're eager to see our bear
safely released
into her new home.

-Hi. How are you?
-[Forrest] Juan.

-Forrest, hi. Good to see you.
-What a beautiful place
this is.

[Forrest] But not before
we get a tour

from the man who established
Chaparri.

Juan's father, Heinz Plenge.

-Come, come in here.
-[Forrest] Okay.

[Jessica] Come on, Rhodes.
Let's go!

Wow. Look at that mountain.

[Plenge] It's the mountain.
The name is Chaparri.

-[Forrest] So that's where
the name comes from.
-[Plenge] And is, maybe,

the most sacred mountain
in, in, Peru.

-[Plenge] You know?
-[Forrest] Uh-huh.

-[Forrest] Rhodes? Are you
feeding the fish?
-[faint laughter]

[Juan] 20 years ago,
when we arrived here,

this environment was
very damaged.

And there was no condors.

It was very rare to see
a bear.

After 20 years of
conservation...

So, we are really proud
of what happens here
with this forest.

-[Forrest] You should be.
-[Juan] Yes.

[Forrest] It's absolutely
stunning. It's beautiful.

[Forrest] And now, it's time
to release the newest resident
into the reserve.

[Juan] Look, Rhodes.

[Forrest] She looks good.
She's awake.

I think she's ready to go,
don't you?

[Forrest] Do we let her out?

-[Juan] Okay.
-[Forrest] Great.

[Forrest] There we go.

-[Jessica] Okay. We've got
movement.
-[Forrest] She's going?

There she goes. Say,
"Bye, bye, bear."

"Bye, bye, bear."

[Forrest] And in a few weeks,
Juan,

-she'll go free into
the whole reserve, huh?
-Yes.

Alright. Good job, everybody.

[Forrest] Peru is one of
the most magnificent countries

I've ever been lucky enough
to visit.

And while, the people
and the animals
are beyond incredible,

and beyond generous and happy
and healthy,

there is a problem here.

A problem with human
wildlife conflict.

A problem with people
expanding into the ranges
of incredible creatures

like these spectacled bears.

Identifying this rare
and beautiful bear,
took away any mystery or fear,

Valentine and his family
were having.

Their livestock is secure.

And we were able
to safely transport her
out of a conflict zone

and into a reserve where she
can live freely.

Thanks to people like Juan
and his family

one day, not just my son,

but my son's
children's children,

will be able to come here,
to Peru,

and get to witness
these magnificent animals
as they should be.

In the wild. Nowhere near
humans and farms.