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[Phil Torres] Check it out.

There are no native species
here that do that.

[Josh Gates] On this episode
of Expedition X...

[Phil] Look at this,
it's a skull.

[Josh] ...my team
travels to Britain...

[Josh] ...to investigate
reports of a monster cat

prowling the English
countryside.

[Phil] Be careful because
there could be a monster
out there.

[Josh] Locals are on edge
after a string of frightening
close encounters.

Just... just sitting,
staring at me.

It was stalking me.

[Josh] And during their hunt,

as Phil and Jess
close in on the beast,

they capture shocking
video evidence...

[Phil] Where did you go?

[Josh] ... that is
truly astounding.

[Jessica] Oh, right there!
Holy [bleep]

[theme music playing]

[Phil] When we were
in England investigating
the Hell-Fire Club,

I came across a headline
in the newspaper
that really stuck with me.

Look at this.

[Josh] All righty.

Supposedly monstrous beast
stalking England.

-That'll stick with you.
-Right?

I did some digging,
and this isn't a one-off.

All across England,
there are reports of people
seeing monstrous beasts.

But, so, when you're saying
"Monstrous beast,"

what exactly
are we talking about here?

Like, something supernatural
or something that's just,
like, a gigantic animal.

Honestly, Jess, it depends
on who you ask.

But there's a lot of reports,
including some particularly
interesting ones

from just the last
couple of months.

So, I think this is something
we need to take a look at.

So, you have
definitely fallen down
a serious black hole here...

-Yes.
-...because there are,
to Phil's point,

there are centuries of reports
all across the UK

of these weird,
larger than life,

and some would even say,
demonic, animals.

From Sherlock Holmes'
Hound of the Baskervilles
in Devon

to Somerset's Gurt Dog,

to the sheep-slaying beast
of Exmoor,

there are hundreds of stories
about ominous encounters

with supernatural animals
throughout British legend.

None is more famous
than the rampage of the devil
in the form of a dog,

Black Shuck.

During a thunderstorm in 1577,

a gigantic black canine beast
reportedly burst into
two English churches,

killing parishioners
and causing a steeple
to collapse.

Locals say you can still see
his scorched claw marks

on the door of the church
in Blythburgh.

For superstitious Brits,
the appearance
of a menacing dog

is thought to be an omen
that you or someone close
to you

will die within the year.

In the 1970s and '80s,
sightings of black dog-like
creatures begin to wane.

But, curiously, reports
of a large black
cat-like creature

stalking the British
countryside begin to rise.

What makes this so disturbing
is that no large
feline predator

has been native
to the British Isles

since the Eurasian lynx
died out 1,300 years ago.

Then, in the late '90s
and early 2000s,

several hikers
in southern Scotland
claimed to see a monstrous cat

that the press dubs
the Galloway Puma.

Are these monstrous cats
a continuation of
the black beast legend,

something supernatural
that portends ill fortune
and death?

Or could there be a surprising
scientific explanation?

Are there literal
jaguars and pumas
secretly stalking Britain?

[dramatic instrumental music]

There's some recent evidence
I just got.

Take a look at this photo.

-Oh, whoa!
-Wow!

[Phil] This was taken
a week ago

by a farmer who lives
right on the border

of northwest England
and Wales,

which is a known hotspot
of a lot of recent sightings.

He's actually seen a large
black cat-like creature
in the area,

and he got this photo
of what he thinks
are its tracks.

-That's about
four inches wide.
-That's big.

Oh, yeah. Especially
for a feline.

That's, essentially, the size
of a mountain lion track,

and there should not be
any mountain lions in the UK.

That being said,
as tracks in the snow melt,

they can appear wider
than they originally were.

So, possibly,
that happened here.

But, regardless,
It's interesting.

I think the other thing
that's fascinating here

is that whatever this is
seems to be out
prowling in the snow.

So, maybe, it has a den
of some sort around here.

Maybe we could even catch it
before it moves on.

And that's exactly why I think
we need to get there soon.

Just the sheer variety
of stories
throughout the country,

says to me, there's definitely
something unsettling
out there.

It's just
one of those situations

where I don't know
if we really want to find

what we're out there
to look for,

because I do not want
to be eaten.

Yeah, I didn't think
about that part.

Ah, you'll probably be fine.

The mission is,
go to Great Britain,
investigate this story,

see if you can capture
on camera whatever this is.

And, hey, maybe you can prove
to everybody in the UK

that there's been
a mystery beast

living under their noses
all along.

While you do that,
I'll continue to gather

any other eyewitness reports
here, and we'll stay in touch.

-Perfect.
-Sounds good.

All right. Good luck and,
uh... don't get eaten.

Fingers crossed.

[Josh] From New York,
Phil and Jess fly to Liverpool

and, then, travel by car
over the border into Wales.

[renaissance music playing]

Then, they cut across
a patchwork of forest
and farmland

in the county of Flintshire,

where they'll meet the witness
who found the paw prints.

[Jessica] Ooh, this is
a beautiful landscape.

Really beautiful.

Why not live here as a...

-As a demon beast?
-As a demon beast. [chuckling]

I mean, if you gotta
demon beast anywhere,
demon beast here.

[tense instrumental music]

What do you think
this thing actually is, then?

Do you think it's a monster?

Do you think it's somebody's
lost exotic pet?

I feel like we only have
two options.

-Okay.
-One is exotic pet

that's either
released recently,

or maybe there's a population
of them that have been living
out here for years.

-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.
-And then, two,

it's all in people's heads.

But these tales
have been happening
for hundreds of years.

[Jessica] So, you know,
where there's smoke,
there's fire.

[Phil] Hey, Chris.

-Hi! I'm getting caught
in the brambles.
-[chuckling]

-[Phil] How are you?
-I'm all right. Thank you.

-Hi. Jessica.
-[Chris] Hi.

-Nice to see ya.
-[Chris] Yeah.

[Phil exhales] So, we have
the photo that you sent.

It's interesting.

Where did you find that?

I dropped this tree here
on 16th of January.

[tense instrumental music]

It snowed that night.

Come back the following day,

I seen footprints.

And there wasn't
a normal sized footprints.

[Jessica] Has anybody reported
seeing anything that large
in the area?

[Chris] Yeah, there's been
several sightings around here.

Twice beyond the houses
over there on the field.

It's been seen
on top of the mountain.

Up the road here, at night,

a guy walking his dog.

So, have you ever
laid eyes on this thing
that's out there?

Yes. Not by myself.

Both times, I've had witnesses
with me.

[dramatic instrumental music]

I was with me two sons.

[dog barking]

A guy who's farming
up there...

[sheep bleating]

...he was losing lambs.

So, we asked to go over there
with a rifle and see
if we could help him out.

[ominous instrumental music]

We heard a strange,
very deep howl.

And I thought,
"Why is the dog down there?"

[barking]

It wasn't... The two dogs
were sat alongside us.

This thing come along
the hedge,

he just stood there
looking at us.

[Phil] That's really weird.

So, how big are we talking?

Just about the size
of a Labrador.

And, then, how long across
from tip to tail,
would you say?

[Chris] Four feet?

[Phil] I mean, I guess
the big predators here

have been extinct
for centuries now.

So, if it's not them,

then, what is this creature
people are seeing around here?

I think it's inconclusive.

[tense instrumental music]

[Jessica] After leaving Chris,
Phil and I hike into the woods
towards Black Brook,

where he believes
the creature may be living.

-I do find Chris
very believable.
-[Phil] Very believable.

And the fact that he has
so many other eyewitnesses
that he can point us.

[Phil] And he's spent
so much time in this area

that, if anybody's gonna know,
it's gonna be a guy like him.

We know whatever people
are seeing out here,
it is close.

[Jessica] What about this?

Is that something?

That could be something
rooting around.

-That looks like
a deer print, actually.
-Yeah.

Anything in the mud.

[tense instrumental music]

Well, clearly,
a lot of animals
come down to this water

to get a drink.

And I'm guessing
whatever it is we're after--

Look at the scratches
on that log.

[Phil] Look at the scratches
on that log.

-That's a good find.
-[Jessica] Is it really?

[Phil] Yeah.

Oh, wow.

And they look really fresh.

There are no native species
here that do that.

In America, it could be bears.

[ominous instrumental music]

[Jessica] All right,
I'm looking for prints.

Ooh, look at this.

We got a set of feathers here.

It tells me something
probably ate a bird
right here.

Finding obliterated feathers
means this area

is some creature's
feeding ground.

Another feather right there.

But any number
of small animals
consume birds.

For me to check my skepticism
at the door,

I'm going to need to see
proof of bigger prey.

If it ate around here,
we should look at the mud
very carefully.

If Chris's reports
are accurate,
it should be out here.

Look at this, it's a skull.

[ominous instrumental music]

[Jessica] Ooh,
that's a big one!

What is that, sheep skull?

-[Phil] Yeah,
look at those teeth.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Phil] Wow.

That's amazing.

-We have the scratch marks
on the log you found.
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

A pile of feathers,
fresh kill. And this.

[Jessica] Just a few hours
in the woods,

and we've already come across
really good hits.

[Phil] There's no way
to tell how long ago
this sheep

met its presumably
violent end.

With enough evidence to know
there are predators
in the area,

Jess and I decide
it's time to lure one in.

We set up a perimeter
of cameras.

At the center of the circle,
we place a game caller,

which should entice
any large creatures nearby,

and an 18-foot tree blind
will give us full vantage
of the forest.

One, two, three...

One more push. Ready?

As many carnivores
hunt their prey nocturnally...

[Jessica] Straightening up.

[Phil] Our best bet
is to investigate
under the cover of darkness.

That is...

That is all you, Phil.

[Phil grunting]
What do you mean?
This looks totally stable.

So, these headlamps...

-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.
-[Phil] ...click
three times, red light.

-Okay.
-I think we should ditch
the flashlights tonight,

use these.

And that'll make us
a little bit less visible
to any animals around here.

All right, that works for me.

All right,
I'll head out there.

[Phil] Be careful.

[tense instrumental music]

[Jessica] Okay, Let's see.
Let's set up...

by this tree.

Got the night vision
goggles out.

Power that up right away.

So, that way,
if Phil sees anything
or notices anything,

I can use the night vision
goggles and see if I can
pick it off as well,

down here at ground level.

All right.

[Phil] Going up.

[creaking]

[tense instrumental music]

[on radio] All right,
I've got the flare rolling
and calibrated.

So, any animal
that comes through here,

I will be able to light it up
with this thing and get it
on tape.

[Jessica on radio] Copy.

I have a question
about rabbits.

What type of rabbit
would live in this area?

Probably bigger
than we're used to, rabbits.
Like hares.

[Jessica]
There's a devil hare,

an eastern cottontail...

Try the devil hare.

Will do.

Also, it's got a pretty
dope name for being a rabbit.

Devil hare in three,
two, one...

[hare squeaking on speaker]

Oh, sounds awful.

[squeaking sounds continue]

We just got a hit
on the camera trap.

It is camera trap two.
Just wait till you see
this photo.

[Jessica] Why? What is it?

We got a badger.

And it looks pretty fluffy
and cute,

even though they are
fairly ferocious predators.

[Jessica] Well,
that is adorable,

but that's not necessarily
what we're looking for.

No, it is not,
but it's a good start

that our cameras
are in the right spot

to pick up anything
going through here.

And maybe it was
that rabbit distress call
that flushed it out.

[Jessica] Well, if it is
some sort of new,
monstrous puma in the area,

I don't feel too great
sitting here on the bottom
of the forest floor

sending out
bunny distress signals.

Well, if it's any comfort,
if it is a cat, it can climb,
and climb well.

You know what,
that is a comfort.
Thank you. [chuckles]

You're also upwind of me,
so it wouldn't have drifted
down to you.

So, you know, we'll see
who survives tonight.

[Jessica] Whoever survives
tonight has to buy
the other one a G&T,

except that
it can't actually happen,
'cause they'll be dead.

[laughs]

I'll pour it
on your grave, Jess.

I'll pour it on your grave.

Okay. I might switch it up
a little bit.

Stick with rabbits,
just a different type.

[rabbit squeaking on speaker]

[Phil] Jess, I got
a heat signature.

[Jessica on radio] Where is it
coming from?

[Phil] It is behind me.

I can't quite make out
what it is.

It seems to be behind
a lot of brush

'cause this thing's
having trouble focusing.

What the heck is that?

[Jessica] Is there a way
you can direct me?

Maybe I can see it
with my night vision goggles.

[Phil] I think
it's northeast
of where you are.

As far as I can tell,
it's not moving right now.

[Jessica] Okay, I'm just gonna
move slowly in that direction
and see what I can see.

[Phil] Whatever it is,
it looks big,

and it almost looks like
it's going up a tree.

It almost looks like
just warm tracks left over
from something climbing.

[Jessica] Oh, [bleep]
Okay. Checking the tops
of the trees.

And so far,
I am not seeing anything.

[Phil] Really having
a hard time getting
a good shot of it on the flare

because it's just behind
so much debris, it's losing
focus constantly.

So, I'd say,
keep your eyes that way.

Maybe play it one more time
and see if it moves.

[rabbit squeaking on speaker]

Whatever it was,
I think I moved.

I lost it.
I can't find it anymore.

[Jessica] Okay.
Well, at least we know
that something's out there.

That's two hits so far.

[Phil] It was weird
that it didn't move at first.

It almost looked like
just the thermal leftovers

of some animal moving
on the tree.

So, what?
Like, it was sitting there
hunching there for a while,

and, then, left?

[Phil] Basically, yeah.

And, now that
I can't find it anymore,
I wonder if that just faded.

[Jessica] Maybe it was
watching you

when you were getting up
into the tree blind.

Or maybe, you know,
the sound called it in,

and it was just
checking things out.

All right, next one up.

What do you want?

[Phil] Does it have
any sheep options?

[Jessica on radio]
Under domestic,

distressed calf
and lost sheep.

That sounds about, like,
the perfect thing to put out
into the air right now.

Let her rip

Lost sheep, it is.

[sheep bleating on speaker]

[bleating continues]

[tense instrumental music]

So, I think I might have
eye shine.

[Phil] You got eye shine?
What direction?

[Jessica] Straight in front
of me.

It looks like it's bobbing
back and forth
between the trees.

Like, it's... Yeah, that it's
checking us out
and, then, hiding.

-[Phil] I'm hearing
branches snapping. Sounds big.
-[wood snapping]

[Jessica] Yeah, I just heard
that one, too.

It might be two.
It might be two of 'em.

One seems to be
coming in and out of focus,
like it's turning its head,

and one's staring
directly at me.

[Phil] You're seeing
two things out here?

[dramatic instrumental music]

That's creepy.

-[Phil] Oh, my God.
-[Jessica] There might be
two of 'em.

I think we need to get
over there to try to get
a closer look.

[on radio] I'm gonna
head down.

Isolated in the forest
and provoking
a reputed monster,

Jess and I
face the stark realization

that the beast we seek
might be closer
than we realize.

[whispering] Jess.

[Jessica] Hey. Yeah,
so I saw the eye shine
right around this area.

There was one
that was steadily looking
at me.

And, then,
there was another one

that seemed to be,
like, turning its head
and walking away,

-or going into a tree.
-[Phil] Okay.

[tense instrumental music]

[Jessica breathing heavily]

[Jessica] I'm not getting
anything on my side.

-[Phil] I'm not seeing
anything either.
-[Jessica sighs]

Where did that go?

It seems like we lost
its trail.

Going through my time
in the Amazon, though,

I would find that jaguars

would like to observe you
from afar and, then,
they would move on.

-[Jessica] Hmm.
-So...

-Honestly, that's kind of
what just happened to us.
-That's what I was gonna say.

That's exactly
what just happened.

-I think you
scared it off, though.
-I think we scared it off.

[Jessica] I bet you anything
that thing is watching us
right now.

[Phil] After losing
the visual, we hunkered down
for a few more hours.

But whatever this animal is,
it does not re-emerge.

[somber instrumental music]

I feel like we were close
last night, Jess.

I think so, too.

And whatever
we caught on camera,
and the night vision goggles,

it was at least as tall,
if not taller, than what Chris
was describing.

We need more evidence
to figure out
what this thing is.

So, I arranged for us
to meet with this guy, Leo,

-who's a conservation
biologist in the area.
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

And he's collected
a lot of data on the reports,

and I think he has some
good information for us.

[tense instrumental music]

-Hey, Leo.
-[Leo] Good
to see you, man.

[Phil] Good to see you.

So, listen, when I first heard
about these stories

of a black panther
on the loose in the UK,

I mean, I guess
it's kind of hard to believe

that either it could be true,
or maybe it's just
an elaborate hoax.

What makes you think
it actually is true?

Yeah, I think stories
on a case-by-case basis

really need to be questioned
quite thoroughly.

So, what I'm trying to do
is collect empirical data,

but my research is into
toothpick analysis.

So, looking at bite marks
on bones.

And, so, how are you
able to figure that out
with bite marks on bones?

So, the particular tooth
that we're looking for

is called
the upper carnassial.

The carnassials are like
flesh shears.

So, they shear off the flesh
from the bone.

Then, if one of these teeth
catches on the bone,

it leaves a distinct
three cusp pattern.

By measuring
these three cusp patterns,

comparing them
with control samples
from museum specimens,

we're able to say,
with quite a lot
of confidence,

whether the bone was eaten
by a cat or a dog
of a certain size.

-That's pretty cool.
-That's kind of fascinating.

So, you're basically unlocking
a huge amount of information

-that's kind of been
hidden out there until now.
-[Leo] Mmm-hmm.

So, then, are you convinced
that there's cats in the area?

[Leo] Yeah,
I'm pretty convinced. Yeah.

I can tell you,
one of these examples
is from a jawbone,

a mandible of a wild boar.

And, obviously, wild boar,
they're quite
fearsome animals.

You know,
not to be messed with.

But this one's got
a huge crunch mark

with this distinct
three cusp patterning.

This sounds
incredibly thorough,
I gotta say.

[Leo] Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Our samples
from our toothpick analysis

has been taken
from the south of England

up to the very tip
of Scotland.

All across the nation.

I actually sent you guys
a video earlier.

I thought you could have
a look at it. See what
you think of that.

Yeah. So, I wanted to ask
about this.

[Phil] First glance,
I would say that looks like
a black leopard with its...

-long tail.
-Yeah. It's kind of
crouching down.

Maybe it's chewing
on something.
His head's moving.

You can see, it kind of
looks like we got a tail...
long tail,

which is key in sightings
popping off here.

So, this story was widely
reported in newspapers.

And they all said what?
That this was a black panther?

The witnesses said
they watched it
for about five minutes.

So, they got
a pretty good look at it.

[Jessica] Ooh, what is that?

-[Phil] Where
was this taken?
-This is in the Peak District.

[Phil] So you think
the Peak District
is a good target for us,

that something
could be hiding out there?

Peak District is a perfectly
viable place for a big cat
to be hiding out.

You know,
there's not many people,
lots of places to hide.

Lots of potential prey,
as well.

Well, if we find anything,
we'll definitely send it
your way.

-[Leo] Fantastic.
-[Jessica] Awesome. Cheers!

[Phil] If Leo's research
is as solid as it sounds,

a huge cat may be roaming
the British countryside.

If we can prove it,

it would upend so much
of what we know about
the natural world in the UK.

I need some help in the search
for a suitable habitat
for this creature,

which means it's time
to check in with Josh.

-Hey, Josh.
-Hi, Josh.

Hey, what's good
in the Welsh woods?

Well, I'll tell you what,

we've got some
really interesting
heat signatures.

And, then, I actually caught
some excellent eye shine

that matches the height
of eyewitness reports.

Okay. So, what are we
saying here?

There might actually be
some kind of monstrous beast
out there?

Well, Josh, we talked
to this biologist named Leo,

who's pretty convinced
that there is
a big cat out here,

and he thinks
where this thing could live

is in this area
called the Peak District.

But it's pretty remote.

I've definitely heard
of the Peak District.

That's actually England's
oldest national park, I think.

Yeah. So, listen, Josh.

The Peak District
is a big area.

Yes, go on.

And I think the best way
to really nail down

-what habitat
we should investigate...
-[Josh] Mmm-hmm.

...is probably to see it
from the air.

Phil, are you asking me
for a helicopter?

Uh, yeah.

I will make a few calls.

-It's definitely coming out
of your paycheck.
-Ooh.

But if you do get up there,
hopefully you can identify

a potential habitat
from above. All right?

[clicks tongue]
Sounds like a plan.

Awesome. Thanks, Josh.

[mimicking
Arnold Schwarzenegger]
Get to the chopper!

-[groans] Okay.
-Good one. [chuckles]

Solid joke.

What? It's a classic.

All right. See ya.

[pensive instrumental music]

[Jessica] While Phil
takes to the sky,

there's another lead
I'm hunting down.

A local railway worker
says he had a terrifying
run-in with a monster cat

in the nearby village
of Edale.

Hey!

[Jessica] Hey,
nice to meet you.

[Jessica] Jess.

All right. So I heard you have
quite the story to share.

So where did all this
take place?

-Yeah, yeah. I'll follow you.
-[Brown] Yeah, should we
have a look, yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

-[Phil on radio] All right,
let's go. - [pilot on
radio] Let's
do it.

[exclaims]

[Jessica] It's gorgeous.

[Brown speaking]

[Jessica] Yeah,
this is really pretty.

So, in this direction?

Uh-huh.

-Jeez!
-Yup.

How tall was this thing?

I mean, that's big.
That's huge.

-How are you
not utterly terrified?
-[Brown chuckles]

[Jessica]
And it just sat there
the whole time?

[Jessica] Yeah.

Oh!

So, you were getting stalked?

[tense instrumental music]

[Phil speaking]

[Phil speaking]

[Phil] Once back
on the ground,
I rendezvous with Jess...

[Jessica] All right,
get ready.

[Phil] Get ready.

...and we swap our SUV
for some all-terrain vehicles

more suited to reach
the remote forest
I geotagged.

[engines revving]

[Jessica] Oh [bleep]

You good, Jess?

[engine revving]

Go into one!

-[Jessica] Put it in one?
-[Phil] You got this!

[Jessica] It's not budging.

Just getting myself in deeper.

[Phil] All right,
I'm coming in.
Let me help you out.

[engine revving]

-[Jessica] Nice!
-[Phil whoops]

-All right, you know
what you owe me, Jess.
-[Jessica] Huh.

-A dry sock.
-Oh, no!

-You need taller boots, man.
-[sighs]

That's disgusting.

[exhilarating
instrumental music]

We finally reached
the location Phil spotted
from the air.

With water, tree cover,
and ample food supply,

this parkland
could conceivably be a place

that a large cat
might call home.

-[Phil] You hear
that stream?
-[Jessica] I do.

This stream
going through this forest

is gonna be
the great connector

for all the wildlife
around here.

Look, look, look.

-[bleating]
-Why's that sheep running?

[Jessica] Just hauling ass.

There's another one
right down there.

[Phil] Whatever
they're running from,
I wanna know.

[Jessica] Seeing anything yet?

[Phil] Nothing right now.

If there are large cats
in the area,

the nearby grazing livestock
would make for easy prey.

We need to be ready.

So, we have game camps.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-I also have hare traps.

-What are hare traps?
-So, this when we were looking
for the Ozark Howler,

we used to tape
facing out on a tree.

[Jessica] Oh, yeah.

What I'm gonna do
is put the sticky side out.

-[Jessica] Uh-huh.
-Gonna wrap it
around this tree.

Instead, what I have
is the sticky side of Velcro

that we can wrap
around a tree,

-and that'll really latch on
to any hairs that go around.
-Okay.

[Phil] And if we get
a hair sample, we can get
a DNA sample,

which could prove
once and for all
what this thing is.

And to draw it in,

a scent which is known
to attract females
and felines...

Calvin Klein Obsession
for men.

-This has civetone in it...
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

...which is a synthetic
version of what civets
give out to attract a mate.

-And civets
aren't exactly wild cats.
-Mmm-hmm.

But it's been shown
that this kind of gets
the curiosity of wild cats.

They work 60% of the time?

-[Phil] Every time.
-Every time. [laughs]

Fantastic.

So, we're gonna
let this thing rip
and see what we bring in.

We're setting a line
of game cameras
from the edge of the forest

back into the denser woods.

In front of each camera,
we're spraying the civet scent

in hopes of drawing
the creature within view.

[insects trilling]

-It's getting dark.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Phil] Look at this.

[Jessica] Oh, yeah,
that's another print!

[Phil] So,
we have this here.

[Jessica] Oh, there's a bunch.

And look right here,
a little bit of still water.

-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.
-[Phil] Might have been
easy access

for a drink, rather than going
all the way
down to the street.

This is wild, Jess.
Look at the size
of this track.

[Jessica] That's big.

The roundness
looks more feline,
but I cannot be sure

what it is we're dealing with,
other than to say
this thing's huge.

You know what
I was just realizing, too?

-[Jessica] Huh?
-[Phil] These marks
are fresh.

I think this
is the best evidence yet.

[Jessica] Ooh,
careful with your feet.

Soft around here.

Ooh, and this is freshwater
that's running through
here, too. Nice.

-[Phil] Check it out.
-[Jessica] Whoa.

[Phil] That is a huge one.

[Jessica] Scratch marks,
just like we saw
at the other location.

While setting
our final game cameras,

we find even more evidence
of a possible large cat
in the area.

If this is what we think
it is, we'll set up a fur trap
on here.

I'll give you one.
You can set up
on another tree,

in case this is a, you know,

big animal superhighway
right here.

Then, we'll top it off
with a few sprays of cologne.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-See what comes.

Sounds good.

-So, this one's fairly simple.
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

-It's got an adhesive
on this backside.
-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

So you put the adhesive
to the tree
and wrap it around.

-You want the sticky part
of the Velcro out.
-Okay. Got it.

Thank you.

[indistinct]

[Phil] Look, that's already
picking up

little bits of the plants
from around here,

-[insects trilling]
-[cologne spritzing]

[Jessica sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

[Phil] It's raining steadily
as we climb out of the ravine

and set up a hunting blind
on higher,

but, sadly, not drier ground.

[Jessica] All right.
That looks pretty good.

[Phil] It does look
pretty good.

-You ready?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[ominous instrumental music]

[whispering] Okay. So I think,
at this point, we need to be
as quiet as possible.

[Jessica whispering] I agree.

-[rain pattering]
-[insects trilling]

Hi, what,
are you getting anything?

[Phil speaking]

-[Jessica] Me neither.
-[Phil speaking]

Oh, great.

[thunder rumbling]

[Phil] Jess, just got a hit
on the camera trap.

Oh, let me see.
Let me see what you got.

Holy [bleep]

Oh, right there! You see it?

Yeah, look! Holy [bleep]

[Phil] Long black tail
and eye shine!

[Jessica] That's it!
That's it! That's it!

[Phil] That has to be a cat.

The Peak District
is not the only part
of the UK

plagued by reports
of a monstrous cat.

Allegedly, prowling Cornwall
is the Beast of Bodmin Moor,

a huge panther-like creature

that supposedly left a trail
of slain livestock

mutilated by large claws.

Meanwhile, in Dartmoor,
a huge, violent,
feline-like creature

has also been sighted.

Residents there
point to a tale from the 1600s

that says a local lord
was cursed to be pursued
by a pack of hell beasts.

But it's actually the region
of Exmoor

that could boast
the most bloodthirsty beast
of all.

In the 1980s, a farmer
reported 100 of his sheep

all had their throats
violently ripped out.

Residents were so alarmed
that the British
military intervened.

But the soldiers' search
came up empty...

meaning this monster cat,

just like all those others,

could still be
out there today.

[Jessica] That was definitely
a cat.

So, what direction was it?

-[Phil] Okay.
-[Jessica] Like, right there?

[Phil] Okay.

Here's the trap.

[Jessica exhales] All right.
Shh, just gonna do
a quick scan.

[Phil] So, it was heading
that way, just towards
this trail I'm in.

[Jessica] Okay.

Don't see anything.

[Phil] It's not there.

Where did you go?

I'm wondering,
if the direction it came from

could be right where
our hair traps are.

-So, check the fur traps?
-[Phil] I think
we should check the fur traps.

Do you wanna check yours?

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-[Phil] I'll run down there
and check this one.

[insects trilling]

[Jessica] Okay.

[Phil] Jess,
you got anything?

[Jessica] No.
Nothing on my end.
How about you?

-[Phil] Well...
-[Jessica] You got something?

I think I got hair.

Jess, look at this.

Nice. Okay, hold on.
I'm coming down.

Where? Oh, yeah, I see it.

That's a good one.

I mean, here's the thing,
it could be anything, right?

I mean, there's sheep
in the area.

-This seems too short
for sheep.
-It's too short for sheep?

Yeah. I mean, you used to have
a cat. Does this look
like cat hair to you?

I mean, it kind of looks
like cat hair, yeah.

[Phil] Okay.

[Jessica] All right.
Well, there you go.
Something walked through here.

And, presumably, this is
the same something that we got
on the camera trap.

Yeah. No, I think
you're right. It's gotta be.

And, obviously,
it was curious enough
to come here

and check it out
in the first place.

Exactly.

So, do you wanna spritz down
really hard, this whole area?

[Phil] You think I should
just spray everything down?

Just douse it.

-I'm gonna go
check the game cam.
-[Phil] Okay.

[exhales]

All right. We're good
on game cam.

[retches]

-Yeah.
-[Jessica] My mouth was open.

[grunts]

All right. We're good to go
on game cam.

They're up. We still have
the hair traps out.

This whole area of England
smells like cologne.

-[Jessica] It certainly does.
-I think we're gonna draw
whatever that was in, again.

[pensive instrumental music]

[Josh] We left
our trail cameras running
for three more days,

discovering plenty
of animal activity.

Foxes, badgers,
bunnies, squirrels,

even a few hikers
who'd lost their way.

But, unfortunately,
we weren't able to capture
another clear image

of whatever large creature
it was that Jess and Phil
saw that night.

[Jessica] Oh, right there!
Do you see it?

[Josh] We had
our video enhanced.

And under
detailed analysis,
it does have a feline form,

but also appears
significantly larger
than any house cat.

And after testing
the hair sample
my team collected,

DNA results identified it
as a positive match as feline,

but it did not conclusively
line up with any known species
of wild cat.

In a new development
regarding the eyewitness video

of the purported
large black cat,

further analysis has led us
to officially debunk
the footage.

The culprit, a cow
bent in an unusual position.

Still, considering
all of the evidence,

including the original
footprint we set out
to examine,

the prints and tree scratches
we found...

[Jessica] Holy [bleep]

[Josh] ...our unexplained
video evidence,
and the mutilated bones...

[Jessica] What is that,
sheep skull.

[Josh] ...we do believe
that the footage
my team captured

does indeed seem to prove
there is some kind of

unidentified cat-like creature

stalking the British
wilderness.

So, the next time
you go for a hike
in the Peak District,

stay on your toes.

It could still be out there.