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Wade: ICE-CAPPED MOUNTAINS,
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WILD RIVERS AND ISOLATED COVES.
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SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAY BE SPECTACULAR,
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BUT THIS REMOTE LAND CAN BE
A HARSH AND TREACHEROUS PLACE.
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RECENT REPORTS HAVE CAUGHT
MY EYE
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OF FISHERMEN DISAPPEARING,
VANISHING WITHOUT A TRACE.
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BUT FOR EVERY CASE
THAT MAKES THE PAPERS,
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OTHERS APPEAR TO GO UNREPORTED.
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Hodgin: SOMETIMES,
PEOPLE WILL BE ON A TRIP,
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JUST HAVING A PLEASURE DAY,
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AND THEY NEVER COME BACK.
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MY NAME'S JEREMY WADE.
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FOR MANY YEARS,
I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING
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MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
ON RIVERS AND LAKES,
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REVEALING THE STRANGE
AND SOMETIMES DEADLY CREATURES
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THAT LURK BENEATH THE SURFACE.
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FISH ON!
FISH ON!
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IN ALASKA, MYSTERIOUS DEATHS
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ARE COMMONLY BLAMED ON BOATING
ACCIDENTS OR BAD WEATHER.
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BUT WITH A GROWING CASE FILE,
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I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER IF
THESE DEEP, FORBIDDING WATERS
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ARE, IN FACT, CONCEALING
A COLD-WATER KILLER.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE VENTURE
INTO ALASKA'S REMOTE WATERWAYS,
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NEVER TO RETURN.
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THEY VANISH, LEAVING NO CLUES,
NO WITNESSES AND NO BODIES.
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THE EXTREME WEATHER IS OFTEN
BLAMED FOR THIS LOSS OF LIFE.
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BUT IS THAT TOO EASY
A CONCLUSION?
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MANY FISHERMEN
ARE AMONG THE DEATH TOLL.
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SO I'VE COME HERE
TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE
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TO FIND OUT
IF THEY'RE BEING LOST
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TO SOMETHING
OTHER THAN THE WEATHER.
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I WANT TO KNOW IF
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER
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THAT'S KILLING PEOPLE.
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ONE RECENT TRAGEDY IS TYPICAL.
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THERE ARE ONLY A FEW CLUES
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BUT ENOUGH
TO AROUSE MY SUSPICIONS.
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A FISHING BOAT WAS DISCOVERED
UPTURNED ON A MUD BANK.
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ALTHOUGH THEIR LIFE JACKETS
WERE FOUND,
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THE TWO OCCUPANTS
HAD VANISHED.
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IF BAD WEATHER
HAD BEEN CLOSING IN,
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BEING EXPERIENCED FISHERMEN,
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THEY WOULD HAVE PUT
THEIR LIFE JACKETS ON.
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BUT THEY DIDN'T.
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THE ONLY THINGS MISSING,
BESIDES THEIR BODIES,
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WERE THEIR FISHING RODS.
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FROM WHAT LITTLE IS KNOWN
ABOUT THE INCIDENT,
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IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING
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MUST HAVE CAUGHT THE VICTIMS
BY SURPRISE.
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IT'S VERY LITTLE TO GO ON.
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BUT WITH SO MANY FISHERMEN
KILLED IN ALASKA,
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I NEED TO KNOW
IF THAT DEADLY SURPRISE
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IS LURKING IN THESE WATERS.
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MY INVESTIGATION BEGINS
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WHERE THEIR UPTURNED BOAT
WAS DISCOVERED,
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ON THE EASTERN EDGE
OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND,
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OFF ALASKA'S SOUTH COAST.
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THE EVIDENCE
OF THE FATAL FISHING TRIP
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WAS FOUND IN A REMOTE BAY,
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WHERE A BRANCH
OF THE COPPER RIVER DELTA
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DRAINS INTO THE SEA.
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WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN,
ALL OF THIS IS UNDERWATER.
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BUT AT LOW TIDE, LIKE NOW,
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YOU JUST GET THIS MASSIVE
EXPANSE OF MUD FLATS.
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AND IT'S HERE
WHERE THE BOAT WAS FOUND.
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NOW, HOW IT GOT HERE,
NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.
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ONE POSSIBILITY IS THAT WHATEVER
HAPPENED HAPPENED SOMEWHERE
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OUT AT SEA, AND THE BOAT
WASHED IN ON THE TIDE.
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BUT ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED INLAND,
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AND THE BOAT ACTUALLY GOT HERE
BY FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER.
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SINCE THE FATAL ENCOUNTER
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COULD HAVE HAPPENED
ALONG THE COAST OR UPRIVER,
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I'VE GOT DOUBLE
THE NORMAL CHALLENGE.
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THE CULPRIT COULD EITHER BE
IN FRESHWATER OR OUT AT SEA.
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I DECIDE TO START IN THE TYPE
OF WATER I KNOW BEST.
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THE NEAREST TOWN IS CORDOVA,
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A REMOTE FISHING COMMUNITY
OF 2,000 PEOPLE.
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IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME
WHAT'S IN THE RIVERS HERE,
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IT WILL BE THE LOCALS.
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WE'VE GOT THESE
GIGANTIC KING SALMON.
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YEAH. A FRIEND OF MINE
CAUGHT ONE, LIKE...
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IT'S A BIG FISH.
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...ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO OUT HERE
IN A GILL NET.
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REALLY?
YEAH. ABOUT 5"1'.
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WHEREABOUTS WAS THAT?
WAS...
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RIGHT UNDER THE COPPER
RIVER SALMON.
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THEY COME IN THERE,
AND THEY SPAWN RIGHT HERE.
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IS IT SHALLOW?
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THEY TELL ME
THAT LARGE KING SALMON
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BREED IN THE COPPER RIVER
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AND THAT I SHOULD MEET A MAN
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WHO HAS BEEN
FISHING HERE FOR 30 YEARS,
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RIVER GUIDE STAN GROVES.
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I THINK LOTS OF PEOPLE
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GET IN TROUBLE UNDERESTIMATING
WHAT WAS IN THIS RIVER.
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AND ONCE YOU FALL
IN THAT RIVER,
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IF YOU GET OUT OF SIGHT,
YOU'RE GONE.
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WHAT'S THE BIGGEST FISH
THAT MOST PEOPLE
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COULD REALISTICALLY EXPECT
TO HOOK IN THIS RIVER?
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IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A SALMON
TO BE UP TO 90 POUNDS.
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SO, IT'S THE KING SALMON?
YEP.
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CHINOOK, KING SALMON.
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THIS IS NO ORDINARY SALMON.
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GROWING UP TO 5 FOOT LONG,
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WITH A MAXIMUM RECORDED WEIGHT
OF 135 POUNDS,
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IT'S THE GIANT
OF ALL THE PACIFIC SALMON.
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THE FISH'S SIZE
AND THE RIVER'S POWER
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ARE A DANGEROUS MIX.
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THIS WATER'S FAST.
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WHEN THE BIG FISH
HITS THAT LINE AND TAKES OFF,
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IT KNOCKS YOU
OFF YOUR BALANCE.
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SO, YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN
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PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH
PULLED INTO THE WATER
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BY KING SALMON?
ABSOLUTELY.
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THERE'S NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT AT ALL.
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BIG COWBOY,
6-4, 235 POUNDS.
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"THERE AIN'T NO FISH
IN THIS RIVER'S
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GONNA PULL ME
OFF MY FEET."
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PRETTY QUICK,
YOU HEAR A KERPLUNK,
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AND THERE, HIS HAT'S FLOATIN'
DOWN THE RIVER.
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AND MY SON HAD TO JUMP
OUT OF THE BACK OF THE BOAT
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AND GRAB HIM AND PICK HIM UP
ON THE BANK.
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HE SHUT UP AFTER THAT.
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IF A MAN BIGGER AND HEAVIER
THAN I AM
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CAN BE PULLED
INTO THESE WATERS SO EASILY,
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I NEED TO THINK CAREFULLY
ABOUT MY APPROACH.
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I ALSO HEAR A CONFIRMED REPORT
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OF A YOUNG MAN DYING AFTER
TANGLING WITH A KING SALMON.
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IN WASHINGTON STATE,
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HARRY COA WAS SPEARFISHING
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WHILE HIS BROTHERS
WATCHED FROM THE BANK.
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WHEN HE SPEARED
A LARGE KING SALMON,
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THE FISH
TOOK OFF WITH SUCH FORCE,
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HE WAS WRENCHED
INTO THE ICY RIVER.
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ACCORDING TO REPORTS,
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HIS BATTERED BODY WAS RECOVERED
ALONG WITH THE REMAINS
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OF THE 65-POUND MONSTER FISH
THAT PULLED HIM TO HIS DEATH.
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BUT COULD THE KING SALMON
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BE BEHIND SOME OF THE
DISAPPEARANCES HERE IN ALASKA?
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THIS IS NOT A FISH
I'M FAMILIAR WITH,
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SO I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE
WHAT TO EXPECT.
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THE LARGEST SALMON BREED IN
THE COPPER RIVER TRIBUTARIES.
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TO REACH A PLACE
WHERE I'M LIKELY TO FIND ONE
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REQUIRES A DANGEROUS VOYAGE
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THROUGH 17 MILES
OF UNINHABITED WILDERNESS.
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I'M FEELING OUT OF MY ELEMENT
IN THESE ICY, TURBULENT RAPIDS.
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BUT THE MIGHTY KING SALMON
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HAS THE POWER TO SWIM
AGAINST THIS WHITEWATER
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ON ITS 200-MILE RUN
FROM THE SEA
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TO ITS BREEDING GROUNDS
UPSTREAM.
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THE THING ABOUT THIS WATER,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT UP CLOSE,
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IT'S QUITE CLOUDY, QUITE MILKY.
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YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE INTO IT.
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AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT COMES OFF
A GLACIER.
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IT'S CARRYING VERY FINE
SEDIMENTS.
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IT'S ALSO -- IT'S COLD.
IT'S VERY COLD.
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SO THIS IS WHERE THE SALMON ARE.
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THEY ARE TOTALLY EQUIPPED
FOR THIS KIND OF WATER.
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THE SALMON CAN MANAGE
THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS.
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BUT IF I WAS DRAGGED
INTO THESE WATERS,
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I'D EITHER DROWN OR BE DEAD
FROM HYPOTHERMIA IN MINUTES.
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THE FISH REST IN POCKETS
OF CALM WATER
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ON THEIR WAY UPSTREAM,
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SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL TRY
TO INTERCEPT THEM.
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SALMON STOP FEEDING WHEN THEY
LEAVE THE SEA TO SPAWN.
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SO TO HOOK
ONE OF THESE MONSTERS,
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THE LOCALS TELL ME,
I HAVE TO USE AN UNUSUAL BAIT.
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THOSE ARE ACTUALLY
KING SALMON EGGS.
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NOW, SALMON DON'T NORMALLY
FEED IN FRESHWATER,
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BUT IF YOU DRAG THIS
ACROSS THEIR FACE,
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THEY WILL GO FOR IT.
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ONE THEORY BEHIND THAT,
NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE,
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IS THAT MAYBE
THEY RECOGNIZE THE EGGS,
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BUT THEY WILL BE
FROM ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
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SO IT'S THE --
IT'S THE SALMON TRYING TO, UH,
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PUT THE COMPETITION
OUT OF BUSINESS.
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UM, FINAL DETAIL.
I'M USING
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A 100-POUND-BREAKING-STRAIN
BRAIDED LINE.
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THE DRAG HERE,
I'VE GOT IT SCREWED UP ALMOST AS
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FAR AS IT WILL GO.
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AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO
TO PULL THAT LINE OFF THE SPOOL.
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I CAN FEEL IT CUTTING
INTO MY FINGERS.
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BUT YOU NEED IT THIS TIGHT
BECAUSE, UH,
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IF THE FISH GET UP ANY MOMENTUM
IN THIS CURRENT,
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THEY'RE GONNA
TAKE A LOT OF STOPPING.
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IF I DO HOOK A KING SALMON,
I MUST REMEMBER IT'S NOT SAFE
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TO STEP
ANY FURTHER INTO THIS RIVER.
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A FISHERMAN'S DETERMINATION
TO NEVER LET GO OF THE ROD
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CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
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BUT IF I GET PULLED INTO THIS
ICY CURRENT SO FAR FROM HELP,
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I COULD END UP
AS ANOTHER DEADLY STATISTIC.
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MY DRAG IS SET TO MAXIMUM.
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MY FEET ARE FIRMLY PLANTED.
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I'M READY TO TEST THE POWER
OF THIS MIGHTY FISH FOR MYSELF.
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AH.
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DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ANYTHING
OR NOT.
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MOST OTHER FISH,
OTHER THAN SALMON,
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YOU WOULDN'T TEND
TO JUST STAY IN ONE SPOT,
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CASTING, CASTING REPEATEDLY.
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BUT THE THING ABOUT SALMON IS
THERE MIGHT BE SOME HOLDING UP
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HERE, BUT OTHERS ARE GONNA
BE WORKING THEIR WAY UPRIVER.
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SO I'M VARYING THE APPROACH
A LITTLE BIT
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BUT WAITING FOR THE FISH
TO COME TO ME.
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SOMEWHERE, HIDDEN
IN THIS CHURNING CURRENT,
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THE KING SALMON
ARE ON THE MOVE.
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SUDDENLY, SOMETHING
GRABS THE BAIT.
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FISH!
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I'VE COME TO ALASKA TO FIND OUT
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IF SOME KIND OF MONSTER FISH
IS BEHIND MYSTERIOUS CASES
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OF FISHERMEN
VANISHING WITHOUT TRACE.
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MY FIRST SUSPECT IS
THE BIGGEST FISH OF THE RIVER,
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THE KING SALMON.
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THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DRAG
FISHERMEN INTO THE WATER.
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AND I'M HOPING TO PUT
THIS FISH'S LEGENDARY POWER
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TO THE TEST.
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FISH!
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00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:25,800
ONE OF THESE BRUISERS
IS NOW ON THE END OF MY LINE.
219
00:11:25,833 --> 00:11:28,700
BIG FISH IN HEAVY CURRENT.
220
00:11:28,733 --> 00:11:30,667
AMAZING HOW MUCH STRENGTH
IT'S GOT.
221
00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:35,733
[ REEL CLICKING ]
222
00:11:42,867 --> 00:11:44,267
IT'S QUITE CLOSE, I THINK.
223
00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:45,900
IT'S QUITE CLOSE.
224
00:11:45,933 --> 00:11:47,200
HERE IT COMES.
225
00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:48,333
YEP.
226
00:11:48,367 --> 00:11:50,867
THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.
227
00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:53,967
OH, THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF STRENGTH IN THAT FISH.
228
00:11:54,067 --> 00:11:56,233
WOW.
AND THAT'S A MALE.
229
00:11:56,267 --> 00:11:59,067
FANTASTIC.
230
00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:02,633
THERE WE GO.
WHEW.
231
00:12:02,667 --> 00:12:03,733
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
232
00:12:03,767 --> 00:12:06,767
SO THIS IS A MALE KING SALMON.
233
00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,067
THE MALES TRANSFORM
AS THEY HEAD UPRIVER.
234
00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:13,733
THEIR JAW DISTORTS AND DEVELOPS
SHARP CANINES,
235
00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:17,667
READY FOR GRUESOME BATTLES
IN THE SPAWNING GROUNDS.
236
00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:20,767
IT SWAM OVER 160 MILES
TO BE HERE.
237
00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,233
HASN'T FED THE ENTIRE WAY.
238
00:12:22,267 --> 00:12:23,733
IT'S BEEN JUST RUNNING
ON BODY FAT,
239
00:12:23,767 --> 00:12:26,067
SO IT'S BEEN LOSING WEIGHT
AS IT GETS UP HERE.
240
00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:28,567
I'M JUST AMAZED
THAT IT HAS SO MUCH ENERGY.
241
00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,367
THIS 35-POUNDER
PUT UP AN ARM-WRENCHING FIGHT.
242
00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,933
BUT FISH TWICE THIS SIZE
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT HERE.
243
00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:39,367
I WONDER IF THE KING SALMON
COULD, INDEED, BE
244
00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,967
BEHIND SOME OF
THE UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES
245
00:12:42,067 --> 00:12:43,967
IN THIS PART OF ALASKA.
246
00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:46,633
THERE YOU GO.
247
00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:49,067
THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE
WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY STRUGGLING
248
00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:50,967
TO KEEP MY BALANCE
ON THESE BOULDERS.
249
00:12:51,067 --> 00:12:54,133
THE STRENGTH OF THAT FISH TOOK
ME A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE.
250
00:12:54,167 --> 00:12:56,300
BE VERY EASY TO END UP
IN THIS FAST WATER.
251
00:12:56,333 --> 00:12:58,800
AND FAST WATER DOESN'T NEED TO
BE VERY DEEP TO OVERPOWER YOU.
252
00:12:58,833 --> 00:13:01,867
YOU KNOW, KNEE DEEP OR SO,
IT COULD KNOCK YOU OVER.
253
00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:04,800
I CAN IMAGINE A SCENARIO
WHERE JUST THAT DESIRE
254
00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:10,467
TO GO TOO MUCH OUT INTO
THE CURRENT COULD SPELL TROUBLE.
255
00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:14,600
THE LOSS OF A LONE FISHERMAN
IN THIS WAY IS VERY BELIEVABLE.
256
00:13:14,633 --> 00:13:17,733
BUT IN THE RECENT CASE WHERE
THE UPTURNED BOAT WAS FOUND,
257
00:13:17,767 --> 00:13:20,433
TWO PEOPLE
WERE FISHING TOGETHER.
258
00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:21,800
WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND PERSON?
259
00:13:21,833 --> 00:13:24,700
WELL, YOU SEE INSTANCES
ALL THE TIME WHERE SOMEBODY
260
00:13:24,733 --> 00:13:27,433
GOES TO HELP A PERSON
WHO'S ALREADY IN TROUBLE.
261
00:13:27,467 --> 00:13:29,233
THEY BOTH END UP IN TROUBLE.
262
00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:30,533
SO, YEAH.
263
00:13:30,567 --> 00:13:33,367
TWO PEOPLE, QUITE POSSIBLY.
264
00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,633
BUT SOMETHING STILL
DOESN'T ADD UP.
265
00:13:37,667 --> 00:13:40,333
IN THIS CASE, THE VICTIMS' BOAT
AND LIFE JACKETS
266
00:13:40,367 --> 00:13:41,867
WERE DISCOVERED.
267
00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:44,567
SO, WHY WERE THEIR BODIES
NEVER FOUND?
268
00:13:46,567 --> 00:13:48,733
THE WATER HERE
IS JUST TOO SHALLOW
269
00:13:48,767 --> 00:13:52,167
FOR TWO PEOPLE
TO COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR.
270
00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:57,633
EVEN A SCAVENGING GRIZZLY WOULD
HAVE LEFT SOME EVIDENCE BEHIND.
271
00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:59,067
IN THIS CASE,
272
00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:03,833
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE FISHING
UPRIVER AT ALL.
273
00:14:03,867 --> 00:14:08,367
THEIR BOAT WAS FOUND
WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA.
274
00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,967
IF THIS FATAL ACCIDENT
DIDN'T HAPPEN IN FRESHWATER,
275
00:14:12,067 --> 00:14:14,867
I MUST TURN MY ATTENTION
TO THE COAST.
276
00:14:17,867 --> 00:14:21,633
DID THESE FISHERMEN ENCOUNTER
SOMETHING LARGE AND POWERFUL
277
00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:23,833
AT THE RIVER MOUTH?
278
00:14:23,867 --> 00:14:25,133
I NEED TO FIND OUT
279
00:14:25,167 --> 00:14:29,100
WHAT PREDATORS
PATROL THE SHORELINE.
280
00:14:29,133 --> 00:14:31,300
IN THIS VERY REMOTE STRETCH
OF COAST,
281
00:14:31,333 --> 00:14:33,800
THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE
AROUND TO ASK.
282
00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:36,700
BUT MY INVESTIGATION
TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TURN
283
00:14:36,733 --> 00:14:39,067
WHEN I TRACK DOWN BOONE HODGIN,
284
00:14:39,067 --> 00:14:41,200
THE MANAGER
OF A SMALL FISHING LODGE
285
00:14:41,233 --> 00:14:43,933
ON ONE OF THE INLETS.
286
00:14:43,967 --> 00:14:45,200
HELLO.
287
00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:47,600
I'M LOOKING INTO AN INCIDENT
OF SOME PEOPLE
288
00:14:47,633 --> 00:14:49,567
WHO WENT MISSING
IN THIS AREA.
289
00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,400
JUST WONDERED IF YOU KNEW
ANYTHING
290
00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:54,300
ABOUT ANY DISAPPEARANCES
IN THIS INLET.
291
00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:55,700
UH, YEAH.
292
00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:58,633
UH, ACTUALLY, WE GET QUITE A FEW
DISAPPEARANCES EACH YEAR.
293
00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:01,500
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT ONLY THE LOCALS HEAR ABOUT.
294
00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:05,333
WE'RE SO REMOTE THAT IT DOESN'T
ACTUALLY REACH BEYOND THIS AREA.
295
00:15:05,367 --> 00:15:07,433
NOW, THIS YEAR,
WE'VE HAD ABOUT FIVE ALREADY.
296
00:15:07,467 --> 00:15:09,300
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT
OF MYSTERY
297
00:15:09,333 --> 00:15:11,133
TO HOW
THESE PEOPLE DISAPPEAR.
298
00:15:11,167 --> 00:15:13,433
SOMETIMES,
PEOPLE WILL BE ON A TRIP
299
00:15:13,467 --> 00:15:17,400
JUST LIKE ON A DAY LIKE THIS,
AND THEY NEVER COME BACK.
300
00:15:19,667 --> 00:15:23,700
WHAT HE TELLS ME APPEARS
TO CONFIRM MY SUSPICIONS.
301
00:15:23,733 --> 00:15:27,133
FISHERMEN ARE VANISHING EVEN
IN CALM WATER.
302
00:15:27,167 --> 00:15:31,067
AND THESE DEATHS ARE NOT
EVEN MAKING THE NEWSPAPERS.
303
00:15:31,067 --> 00:15:33,567
IT APPEARS THE CASES
I'VE READ ABOUT
304
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,667
ARE JUST THE TIP
OF THE ICEBERG.
305
00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:41,600
BOONE RECOUNTS ONE STORY
OF A CHILLING DISAPPEARANCE.
306
00:15:41,633 --> 00:15:44,300
DONALD GRAHAM LEFT CORDOVA
TO FISH ALONE.
307
00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:45,800
AND, LATER THAT DAY,
308
00:15:45,833 --> 00:15:50,167
HIS BOAT WAS SPOTTED
SPINNING IN CIRCLES.
309
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,367
THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING,
310
00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,167
BUT NO ONE WAS AT THE WHEEL.
311
00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,233
IT'S ANOTHER CASE WHERE
A FISHERMAN JUST VANISHES.
312
00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:04,067
DO YOU HAVE LARGE ANIMALS,
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS,
313
00:16:04,067 --> 00:16:05,800
THAT COULD BE A FACTOR HERE
OUT ON THE WATER?
314
00:16:05,833 --> 00:16:07,967
YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'VE -- WE'VE
GOT SHARKS IN THE AREA
315
00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:10,067
JUST RIGHT DOWN THE BEACH
FROM US.
316
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,733
SHARKS ACTUALLY IN THE INLET
HERE?
317
00:16:11,767 --> 00:16:13,233
YES.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT,
318
00:16:13,267 --> 00:16:15,067
IF I TAKE A BOAT OUT HERE,
319
00:16:15,067 --> 00:16:17,367
YOU CAN PRETTY WELL GUARANTEE
THAT I'LL SEE A SHARK?
320
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,300
100%.
AND THEY'RE REALLY BIG.
321
00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,433
THESE COLD NORTHERN WATERS
322
00:16:25,467 --> 00:16:28,300
ARE NOT THE USUAL
SHARK HUNTING GROUNDS.
323
00:16:28,333 --> 00:16:31,733
BUT IT SEEMS THIS COAST
IS VISITED BY A RELATIVE
324
00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:33,567
OF THE GREAT WHITE.
325
00:16:36,133 --> 00:16:40,833
SALMON SHARKS CAN GROW AS BIG
AS THE FEARSOME BULL SHARK.
326
00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,600
AND THERE ARE
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS
327
00:16:42,633 --> 00:16:46,533
OF THEM REACHING OVER 14 FEET.
328
00:16:46,567 --> 00:16:49,433
I'M ON THE WATER
FOR LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
329
00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:54,233
WHEN DORSAL FINS START
CIRCLING CLOSE TO OUR BOAT.
330
00:16:54,267 --> 00:16:56,800
THAT IS UNMISTAKABLY
A SHARK FIN.
331
00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:59,367
THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.
ONCE YOU SEE ONE SHARK HERE,
332
00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,400
YOU JUST START SEEING
THEM EVERYWHERE.
333
00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:02,833
THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE DISCREET.
334
00:17:02,867 --> 00:17:06,467
YOU JUST SEE A FEW INCHES
OF FIN CUTTING THE SURFACE.
335
00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:07,800
THE THING THAT WE DON'T KNOW --
336
00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:09,567
IS THAT JUST THE TIP
OF THE ICEBERG?
337
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,200
ARE THERE MANY MORE DOWN BELOW?
338
00:17:11,233 --> 00:17:13,967
BUT DEFINITELY, JUST
FROM THE ONES THAT I CAN SEE,
339
00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:15,500
IF YOU WERE TO FALL
IN THE WATER HERE,
340
00:17:15,533 --> 00:17:18,200
YOU WOULD NOT BE VERY FAR
FROM A SHARK.
341
00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,900
VERY FEW PEOPLE
FISH FOR THESE SHARKS.
342
00:17:23,933 --> 00:17:27,700
SO, UNLIKE THE HIGHLY PRIZED
KING SALMON, THIS IS NOT A FISH
343
00:17:27,733 --> 00:17:31,500
THAT PEOPLE HERE WILL RISK
THEIR LIVES TRYING TO CATCH.
344
00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:35,900
FISHERMEN ARE NOT BEING PULLED
IN TRYING TO LAND ONE.
345
00:17:35,933 --> 00:17:39,833
BUT WHAT IF A PERSON FELL IN
OR CAPSIZED IN THESE WATERS?
346
00:17:39,867 --> 00:17:43,900
WOULD THESE LARGE PREDATORS
THEN ATTACK?
347
00:17:43,933 --> 00:17:46,433
SHARKS ARE NORMALLY
COLD-BLOODED,
348
00:17:46,467 --> 00:17:50,367
SLOW AND SLUGGISH
IN ICY WATERS.
349
00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,433
BUT SALMON SHARKS
ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
350
00:17:53,467 --> 00:17:56,267
THESE KILLERS ARE WARM-BLOODED.
351
00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:59,267
THEY HAVE A CLEVER
HEAT-EXCHANGE SYSTEM
352
00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,533
THAT EFFECTIVELY TRAPS HEAT
IN THE FINE BLOOD VESSELS
353
00:18:02,567 --> 00:18:04,333
IN THE SHARK'S CORE,
354
00:18:04,367 --> 00:18:09,067
THEREBY PREVENTING HEAT LOSS
TO THE SURROUNDING WATER.
355
00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:13,067
THIS ENSURES THAT THEIR
MUSCLES, EYES AND BRAIN
356
00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,333
ARE POWERED BY BLOOD
UP TO 70 DEGREES WARMER
357
00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:18,667
THAN THE WATER AROUND THEM.
358
00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,667
SO, EVEN IN ICY TEMPERATURES,
359
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:25,300
THESE PREDATORS
MOVE FAST AND HIT HARD.
360
00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:28,800
THEY HAVE THE TEETH
AND THE POWER.
361
00:18:28,833 --> 00:18:30,267
BUT WHAT I NEED TO FIND OUT
362
00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:35,967
IS WHETHER THEY ALSO
HAVE THE DISPOSITION TO ATTACK.
363
00:18:36,067 --> 00:18:38,833
THESE SHARKS ARE NOT KNOWN
MAN-EATERS.
364
00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,633
BUT IN THESE REMOTE WATERS,
365
00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:42,900
FEW PEOPLE CHOOSE TO SWIM.
366
00:18:42,933 --> 00:18:46,067
THE SHARKS
RARELY ENCOUNTER HUMANS.
367
00:18:46,067 --> 00:18:49,200
TO FIND OUT IF SALMON SHARKS
WOULD ATTACK PEOPLE,
368
00:18:49,233 --> 00:18:52,367
I NOW REALIZE THAT I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO PUT MY ROD ASIDE
369
00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,200
AND TEST THEIR AGGRESSION
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW.
370
00:18:55,233 --> 00:18:57,733
IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE
371
00:18:57,767 --> 00:19:00,833
TO USING MYSELF AS BAIT.
372
00:19:13,067 --> 00:19:17,067
IN ICY ALASKAN WATERS,
I'M LOOKING FOR A FISH
373
00:19:17,067 --> 00:19:20,133
THAT COULD BE BEHIND
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
374
00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:22,533
OF LOCAL FISHERMEN.
375
00:19:22,567 --> 00:19:26,100
AND I'VE JUST FOUND
A 10-FOOT SUSPECT.
376
00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:29,867
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF
SALMON SHARKS ATTACKING PEOPLE,
377
00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:31,600
BUT THAT'S NOT SURPRISING.
378
00:19:31,633 --> 00:19:33,467
SWIMMING IS HARDLY POPULAR
379
00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:36,733
IN THEIR COLD,
REMOTE HUNTING GROUNDS.
380
00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:38,867
BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE FALLS IN?
381
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:41,700
WITH NO WITNESSES
TO THE MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS,
382
00:19:41,733 --> 00:19:44,100
I HAVE TO TEST
THE GRUESOME POSSIBILITY
383
00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:45,400
THAT SHARK ATTACKS
384
00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:48,900
ARE THE REASON
FEW BODIES ARE EVER FOUND.
385
00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:57,733
LITTLE IS KNOWN
ABOUT SALMON SHARK BEHAVIOR.
386
00:19:57,767 --> 00:20:01,167
SHARK SCIENTIST SCOT ANDERSON
IS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND,
387
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,633
STUDYING HOW THEY HUNT.
388
00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:07,600
Anderson: THESE SALMON SHARKS
ARE UP HERE TO FEED ON SALMON.
389
00:20:07,633 --> 00:20:09,900
AND THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE
WHEN THEY'RE FEEDING.
390
00:20:09,933 --> 00:20:11,200
THEY GET IT
RIGHT ON THEIR NOSE,
391
00:20:11,233 --> 00:20:13,167
AND THEY JUST
WILL CHASE IT RIGHT DOWN.
392
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,867
AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY GO FOR OTHER THINGS
393
00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,267
THAT ARE IN THE WATER
WHEN THEY GET EXCITED.
394
00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:18,033
THEY SEE JELLYFISH,
AND THEY LOOK AT THEM.
395
00:20:18,067 --> 00:20:21,567
AND, UH, WE'VE HAD THEM BITE
OUR HYDROPHONE OR A CAMERA.
396
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,700
THESE LARGE-EYED PREDATORS
LAUNCH THEIR ATTACKS
FROM BELOW,
397
00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:29,467
CATAPULTING THEMSELVES OUT OF
THE WATER TO SEIZE THEIR PREY.
398
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,000
IT'S THE SAME MODE OF ATTACK
399
00:20:31,033 --> 00:20:34,033
AS THEIR CLOSE RELATIVE,
THE GREAT WHITE.
400
00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:48,000
GREAT WHITES ARE KNOWN
TO MISTAKE HUMANS FOR FOOD.
401
00:20:48,033 --> 00:20:50,400
IS THE SAME
TRUE FOR SALMON SHARKS?
402
00:20:50,433 --> 00:20:52,533
Wade: THE SCENARIO OF SOMEBODY
IN THE WATER,
403
00:20:52,567 --> 00:20:54,433
STRUGGLING...
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN?
404
00:20:54,467 --> 00:20:56,033
I DON'T THINK
THERE WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM,
405
00:20:56,067 --> 00:20:58,600
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE CHANCE
THAT THEY COULD BE
406
00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:00,533
TERRITORIAL IN A WAY
THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
407
00:21:00,567 --> 00:21:02,133
AND SOMEBODY
MIGHT GIVE THE WRONG CUES,
408
00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:04,500
AND -- AND ONE MAY TRY
TO BITE A PERSON AT THAT TIME.
409
00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:07,900
SO THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THEY
COULD TRY TO BITE A PERSON.
410
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,933
BUT NOBODY KNOWS.
411
00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:13,133
IF THESE SHARKS ARE HUNTING
NEAR A FISHING BOAT,
412
00:21:13,167 --> 00:21:17,333
WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE
FALLS INTO A FEEDING FRENZY?
413
00:21:17,367 --> 00:21:20,900
TO FIND OUT, I NEED TO TAKE
A CALCULATED GAMBLE.
414
00:21:20,933 --> 00:21:24,700
AND SCOT HAS AGREED
TO COME WITH ME.
415
00:21:24,733 --> 00:21:27,967
WE HEAD TOWARDS A LOCATION
VERY CLOSE TO LAND,
416
00:21:28,067 --> 00:21:31,633
WHERE SCOT THINKS
WE'LL FIND PLENTY OF SHARKS.
417
00:21:33,767 --> 00:21:35,333
BEFORE I GET INTO THE WATER,
418
00:21:35,367 --> 00:21:38,067
I'M ANXIOUS TO GET A FEEL
FOR THE SHARK'S BEHAVIOR
419
00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,933
BELOW THE SURFACE.
420
00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:44,667
SO I SEND DOWN A REMOTELY
OPERATED UNDERWATER CAMERA
421
00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,500
WHICH SENDS A LIVE FEED
BACK TO THE BOAT.
422
00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,367
BIG JELLYFISH.
423
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,400
OH.
424
00:21:58,433 --> 00:22:00,133
THERE'S A SHARK
RIGHT THROUGH THE SCREEN.
425
00:22:00,167 --> 00:22:02,533
RIGHT.
WHERE'S THAT GONE?
426
00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:03,867
WHERE'S THAT GONE?
427
00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:06,433
YEAH. THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.
IT'S CIRCLING.
428
00:22:06,467 --> 00:22:09,100
CIRCLING.
429
00:22:09,133 --> 00:22:12,500
IS IT MY IMAGINATION, OR IS
THAT ACTUALLY QUITE INQUISITIVE?
430
00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,067
THAT'S INQUISITIVE.
THAT'S COMING --
431
00:22:16,067 --> 00:22:18,133
THAT IS INQUISITIVE.
432
00:22:18,167 --> 00:22:20,933
I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER
WHETHER GETTING INTO THE WATER
433
00:22:20,967 --> 00:22:23,300
IS THE BEST IDEA.
434
00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:27,900
THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
DEFINITELY INVESTIGATING.
435
00:22:27,933 --> 00:22:31,567
THE SHARKS
ARE CLEARLY VERY CURIOUS.
436
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,967
NOW, TO TEST THEIR BEHAVIOR
IN THEIR MOST AGGRESSIVE STATE,
437
00:22:36,067 --> 00:22:38,267
WE NEED TO GET THEM
INTO THEIR FEEDING MODE
438
00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,400
BY PUTTING BAIT IN THE WATER.
439
00:22:41,433 --> 00:22:44,767
WE ARE SEEING IF WE CAN GET
THE SHARKS INTERESTED IN --
440
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,433
IN HERRING.
441
00:22:46,467 --> 00:22:49,367
WE'RE NOT USING HOOKS, THOUGH.
WE'RE JUST CLIPPING THEM ON.
442
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,367
IF THESE SHARKS
GO FOR THE BAIT,
443
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,900
THIS WILL SET US UP
TO REPLICATE THE SCENARIO
444
00:22:53,933 --> 00:22:56,300
I'M INTERESTED IN TESTING --
445
00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:58,933
WHAT HAPPENS IF A FISHERMAN
FALLS OVERBOARD
446
00:22:58,967 --> 00:23:02,533
WHEN A PACK OF SHARKS
IS HUNTING NEXT TO THE BOAT?
447
00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,200
I'LL JUST PULL IT.
YEAH.
448
00:23:14,233 --> 00:23:15,433
LET IT SINK A LITTLE,
449
00:23:15,467 --> 00:23:17,833
AND THEN SLOWLY WIND IT.
GOOD, GOOD.
450
00:23:17,867 --> 00:23:19,867
HE'S COMING FOR IT.
451
00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:23,667
YEAH. THERE HE IS.
COMING UP.
452
00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:25,400
HE'S FOLLOWING IT.
453
00:23:25,433 --> 00:23:27,567
MY GOAL IS NOT TO CATCH A SHARK
454
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,367
BUT TO SWITCH ON
THEIR HUNTING MODE.
455
00:23:33,567 --> 00:23:35,400
I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IN A SECOND
IS ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THE ROD.
456
00:23:35,433 --> 00:23:37,200
AND IF YOU CAN KEEP
THEM INTERESTED...
457
00:23:37,233 --> 00:23:38,433
ALL RIGHT.
...I'LL GO AND SUIT UP.
458
00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,967
OKAY. GOOD DEAL.
ALL RIGHT.
459
00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,700
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW
IS GET IN WITH THEM.
460
00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,467
IT DOES SOUND POTENTIALLY
RATHER A CRAZY IDEA,
461
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:58,767
BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY
462
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,367
WE'RE GONNA GAUGE
HOW THEY REACT TO PEOPLE
463
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,500
WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY
IN THAT FEEDING MODE.
464
00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:08,667
SCOT SAYS I SHOULD BE OKAY
WITH ONLY A DRY SUIT
465
00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:11,300
AND A SNORKEL.
466
00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:13,967
I HOPE HE'S RIGHT.
467
00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:24,433
THE ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS.
468
00:24:43,167 --> 00:24:45,300
ALONG THE ALASKAN COAST,
469
00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:48,467
FISHERMEN
ARE VANISHING WITHOUT A TRACE.
470
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,333
I WANT TO KNOW
IF SALMON SHARKS,
471
00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:55,567
CLOSE RELATIVES
OF THE GREAT WHITE,
472
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,400
WOULD EVER ATTACK SOMEONE
WHO FELL INTO THE ICY WATER.
473
00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:04,100
I'VE TEAMED UP WITH
SHARK SCIENTIST SCOT ANDERSON
474
00:25:04,133 --> 00:25:07,633
TO ATTEMPT THE ULTIMATE TEST.
475
00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:10,333
I WILL JUMP
INTO A SHARK FEEDING FRENZY
476
00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:14,133
TO SEE HOW THEY REACT.
477
00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:16,567
I'M GOING IN WITHOUT
ANY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT --
478
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,067
JUST A DRY SUIT AND A SNORKEL.
479
00:25:19,067 --> 00:25:20,633
BUT I'M STAYING
CLOSE TO THE BOAT
480
00:25:20,667 --> 00:25:23,533
IN CASE
THEY APPEAR READY TO ATTACK.
481
00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:39,600
NOW THAT I'M IN THE WATER,
482
00:25:39,633 --> 00:25:41,767
I FEEL INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE.
483
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,533
MORE AND MORE SHARKS
EMERGE FROM THE GLOOM,
484
00:25:44,567 --> 00:25:48,667
CHASING THE BAIT WITH
SPECTACULAR AGILITY AND SPEED.
485
00:25:56,833 --> 00:25:59,133
THAT SHARK TOOK THAT HERRING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
486
00:25:59,167 --> 00:26:00,933
SAW ITS MOUTH OPEN.
487
00:26:00,967 --> 00:26:02,300
AND THEN, IT JUST TURNED AWAY.
488
00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:07,633
THEY'RE FEEDING
BUT NOT ON ME SO FAR.
489
00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:15,600
THEN, THE SHARKS CLOSE IN,
490
00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:17,500
AND I'M SURROUNDED.
491
00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:22,200
THEY'RE STRIKING AT HERRINGS
ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY.
492
00:26:22,233 --> 00:26:25,933
THEY APPEAR TO HOME IN
ON ANYTHING SMALL AND SILVER,
493
00:26:25,967 --> 00:26:28,200
JUST LIKE THE FISH THEY TARGET.
494
00:26:28,233 --> 00:26:30,733
ONE SHARK CAREFULLY
SKIRTS AROUND ME
495
00:26:30,767 --> 00:26:34,367
TO ATTACK ONE OF OUR SHINY
UNDERWATER CAMERAS.
496
00:26:53,433 --> 00:26:55,833
VERY, VERY CLOSE
FEEDING ACTION THERE.
497
00:26:55,867 --> 00:26:58,067
ONE TOOK THE HERRING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
498
00:26:58,100 --> 00:26:59,567
IT WAS COMING TOWARDS ME, BUT I
499
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,400
THINK IT WAS TOTALLY FOCUSED
ON THAT HERRING.
500
00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:04,067
I WAS THERE AS A SORT
OF AN OBSTACLE.
501
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,800
IT WAS AN UNNERVING EXPERIENCE.
502
00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:10,433
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT
IS THAT I EMERGED UNSCATHED.
503
00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:14,700
THESE FISH ARE DEFINITELY
IN FEEDING MODE.
504
00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:15,833
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
505
00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:17,867
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
FOR PEOPLE.
506
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:19,433
THAT'S --
THAT IS SHARK MYTHOLOGY.
507
00:27:19,467 --> 00:27:23,667
THE REALITY ABOUT THESE ONES IS
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON -- ON FISH.
508
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:30,267
WHEN SHARK ATTACKS DO HAPPEN,
509
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:33,600
IT'S VERY OFTEN A CASE
OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
510
00:27:33,633 --> 00:27:36,567
HERE, THESE LARGE-EYED
VISUAL PREDATORS
511
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,533
COULD EASILY TELL ME
APART FROM THEIR TARGET PREY,
512
00:27:39,567 --> 00:27:43,367
AND THEY AVOIDED ANY CONTACT.
513
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,233
AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THE WORD,
"SHARK,"
514
00:27:46,267 --> 00:27:49,067
IT'S THE NORMAL HUMAN TENDENCY
TO CAST THEM AS THE VILLAIN.
515
00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:50,900
BUT HAVING TESTED
516
00:27:50,933 --> 00:27:53,067
THIS ASSUMPTION AS THOROUGHLY
AS I POSSIBLY COULD,
517
00:27:53,067 --> 00:27:54,800
I AM FORCED TO THE CONCLUSION
518
00:27:54,833 --> 00:27:59,833
THAT THESE SHARKS HERE
POSE NO THREAT TO PEOPLE.
519
00:27:59,867 --> 00:28:01,767
SO, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
520
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,067
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
ELSE DOWN THERE.
521
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,733
MY SEARCH
FOR DANGEROUS ALASKAN FISH
522
00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:12,633
HAS LED ME FROM THE RIVERS
TO THE NEARBY COASTAL WATERS.
523
00:28:12,667 --> 00:28:15,067
I WONDER,
IF A SHARK ISN'T TO BLAME,
524
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,700
IS THERE ANOTHER FISH
BIG ENOUGH TO DRAG
525
00:28:17,733 --> 00:28:21,100
OR KNOCK SOMEONE
OUT OF HIS BOAT?
526
00:28:23,233 --> 00:28:26,267
BACK IN TOWN,
I HEAD TO THE DOCKS.
527
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,067
IF THERE ARE OTHER
MONSTROUS FISH OFFSHORE,
528
00:28:31,067 --> 00:28:35,800
SOMEONE HERE IS BOUND
TO HAVE RUN INTO THEM.
529
00:28:35,833 --> 00:28:39,167
I ASK AROUND AND FIND
FISHERMAN CHRIS KNOWLES,
530
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,667
WHO HAS AN ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE
STORY.
531
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:44,233
HEY, CHRIS. HELLO.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
532
00:28:44,267 --> 00:28:47,333
WE WERE OUT FOR THE DAY FISHING,
MY BUDDY AND I,
533
00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:49,133
IN A SMALL RAFT.
534
00:28:49,167 --> 00:28:52,300
AND THIS 200-POUND FISH
COMES UP TO THE SURFACE.
535
00:28:52,333 --> 00:28:55,367
AND MY BUDDY, STEVE,
LUNGED AT IT WITH A HARPOON.
536
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,567
AND I WENT TO THROW THE HOOK
INTO ITS LIP.
537
00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:59,900
AND A WEIGHT CAME
538
00:29:00,067 --> 00:29:04,067
AND THREW MY ARM DOWN
INTO THE MOUTH OF THAT FISH.
539
00:29:04,067 --> 00:29:06,633
IT JUST BIT DOWN
AND CLAMPED MY ARM.
540
00:29:06,667 --> 00:29:09,767
AND THE 200 POUNDS IMMEDIATELY
PULLED ME OVER THE SIDE.
541
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,800
I REACHED OVER THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE DINGHY,
542
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,567
AND IT STARTS LIFTING UP
LIKE THIS.
543
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,867
AND ALL I CAN DO
544
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:18,100
IS JUST TO HOLD ON
AND KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER.
545
00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:19,167
I'M LIKE, "STEVE, HELP."
546
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,800
AND STEVE
PULLS AS HARD AS HE CAN.
547
00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:23,467
THE HARPOON
FINALLY COMES OUT.
548
00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:24,500
HE FALLS BACK,
549
00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:26,800
AND HE'S FLAILING
IN THE BOAT.
550
00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:29,533
AND I'VE GOT A HALIBUT HERE
THAT'S JUST GNAWING ON MY ARM.
551
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:31,800
SO THIS IS A HALIBUT
THAT'S GOT HOLD OF YOUR ARM.
552
00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:34,067
AND -- AND IT'S -- AND IT'S
ABOUT 200 POUNDS, YOU SAY.
553
00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:35,767
WELL, IT'S THE BIGGEST FISH
WE HAVE IN ALASKA,
554
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,100
NEXT TO THE SALMON SHARKS.
555
00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:39,600
AND A BIG HALIBUT,
POUND FOR POUND,
556
00:29:39,633 --> 00:29:41,533
THEY CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE
WHEN THEY GET ON THE BOAT.
557
00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:44,100
THAT TAIL GETS SLAPPED,
AND THEY START CAN CURLING UP.
558
00:29:44,133 --> 00:29:47,167
THEY CAN BREAK DECK GEAR,
BREAK LEGS, BREAK BONES.
559
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,133
WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING,
WHAT WAS THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
560
00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:51,333
THAT WAS IN YOUR MIND?
561
00:29:51,367 --> 00:29:52,800
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO?
562
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:54,367
I'M GOIN' DOWN
WITH THIS HALIBUT.
563
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,067
I HAD THAT IMAGE IN MY MIND.
564
00:29:56,067 --> 00:29:58,167
THE HOOK'S IN ME,
AND I'M GOIN' DOWN.
565
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,367
I WAS YELLIN' AND CUSSIN'
LIKE I NEVER DID BEFORE.
566
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,333
AND, UH,
SPENT THE NEXT THREE DAYS
567
00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:05,533
NURSING INJURIES AND CUTS
ALL OVER MY HAND.
568
00:30:05,567 --> 00:30:07,800
THE HAND
WAS COMPLETELY CUT UP.
569
00:30:07,833 --> 00:30:10,533
LOTS OF BLOOD.
570
00:30:10,567 --> 00:30:12,067
I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR
571
00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:15,867
THAT CHRIS HOOKED THIS FISH
VERY CLOSE TO SHORE.
572
00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:18,833
THE HALIBUT
IS AN UNEXPECTED CONTENDER.
573
00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:22,967
BUT IT IS A POWERFUL PREDATOR.
574
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:27,567
IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT ANOTHER
DANGEROUS BATTLE AHEAD OF ME.
575
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:28,867
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
576
00:30:39,567 --> 00:30:42,200
IN SOUTHERN ALASKA,
I'M LOOKING FOR A FISH
577
00:30:42,233 --> 00:30:44,667
THAT'S BIG ENOUGH
TO TAKE DOWN A HUMAN.
578
00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:50,067
AND I'VE JUST FOUND
THE MOST UNEXPECTED CONTENDER.
579
00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:52,933
CHRIS KNOWLES WAS
FISHING CLOSE TO SHORE
580
00:30:52,967 --> 00:30:54,667
WHEN A MONSTER-SIZED HALIBUT
581
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:56,633
THAT HE WAS TRYING
TO BRING INTO THE BOAT
582
00:30:56,667 --> 00:30:59,767
NEARLY DRAGGED HIM OVERBOARD.
583
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,567
CUT THE LINE.
OUR...
584
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,367
THESE GIANT FISH ARE USUALLY
SHOT IN THE WATER...
585
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,067
...FISH RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT THE HARPOONS...
586
00:31:06,067 --> 00:31:08,067
...OR KILLED AS SOON
AS THEY'RE ON DECK.
587
00:31:08,067 --> 00:31:10,700
HANDLING A LIVE ONE
IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
588
00:31:10,733 --> 00:31:12,500
IT WAS A SMALL DINGHY.
AND, UM...
589
00:31:12,533 --> 00:31:14,900
CHRIS WAS FORTUNATE
TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE.
590
00:31:14,933 --> 00:31:19,467
BUT HE KNOWS OF ANOTHER
FISHERMAN WHO WASN'T SO LUCKY.
591
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:24,700
JOSEPH CASH HOOKED A HALIBUT
WEIGHING MORE THAN 150 POUNDS.
592
00:31:24,733 --> 00:31:26,200
WHEN HE HAULED IT ONTO THE
DECK,
593
00:31:26,233 --> 00:31:29,267
THE THRASHING BEAST
STRUCK HIM WITH SUCH FORCE
594
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,333
THAT IT BROKE ONE OF HIS LEGS
595
00:31:31,367 --> 00:31:35,367
AND RUPTURED
HIS FEMORAL ARTERY.
596
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,133
FEARFUL OF FALLING OVERBOARD,
597
00:31:37,167 --> 00:31:40,500
THE INJURED FISHERMAN
ROPED HIMSELF TO THE WINCH.
598
00:31:40,533 --> 00:31:42,700
BUT BY THE TIME
HE WAS DISCOVERED,
599
00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:44,800
HE'D BLED TO DEATH.
600
00:31:47,133 --> 00:31:49,833
CHRIS' STORIES GET ME THINKING.
601
00:31:49,867 --> 00:31:53,633
HALIBUT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ALONG
THIS COASTLINE FOR CENTURIES.
602
00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:55,167
BUT IF THIS FISH REALLY
603
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,067
POSES SUCH A DEADLY THREAT
TO FISHERMEN IN SMALL BOATS,
604
00:31:59,067 --> 00:32:02,767
HOW WERE THEY CAUGHT BEFORE
MODERN VESSELS WERE USED?
605
00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:07,900
TO FIND OUT, I ARRANGE TO MEET
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN
606
00:32:07,933 --> 00:32:11,600
AND NATIVE ALASKAN
DUNE LANKARD.
607
00:32:11,633 --> 00:32:14,067
Lankard: HALIBUT FISHING
IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
608
00:32:14,067 --> 00:32:15,167
IT'S REALLY HARD WORK.
609
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,567
AND SO, TRADITIONALLY,
610
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,600
FISHERMEN WOULD REALLY HAVE
TO DESIGN THEIR GEAR, UH,
611
00:32:20,633 --> 00:32:24,300
TO CATCH SMALLER FISH.
612
00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:26,333
IN THE OLD DAYS,
OUR CANOES WERE,
613
00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:28,733
YOU KNOW, AT BEST,
MAYBE 20 FEET.
614
00:32:28,767 --> 00:32:30,633
AND IF YOU LANDED
A BIG HALIBUT,
615
00:32:30,667 --> 00:32:33,867
IT COULD FLIP THAT BOAT
OVER OR WRAP YOU UP IN THE LINE.
616
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:35,067
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
617
00:32:35,067 --> 00:32:37,233
DUNE SHOWS ME
A TRADITIONAL HOOK,
618
00:32:37,267 --> 00:32:40,767
AND ITS UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION
IS REVEALING.
619
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,833
SO THIS IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
TO AVOID THE BIGGER HALIBUT,
620
00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:46,667
PARTLY BECAUSE HOW DANGEROUS
THEY CAN BE
621
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,400
IF YOU'RE IN A SMALL BOAT.
RIGHT.
622
00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:50,700
DEPENDING ON THE SIZE
OF YOUR HOOK AND THE SPACE
623
00:32:50,733 --> 00:32:53,567
BETWEEN THE HOOK
AND THIS BRIDGE RIGHT HERE,
624
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,067
WE DETERMINE
WHAT SIZE OF FISH
625
00:32:56,067 --> 00:32:58,100
COULD ACTUALLY GET THEIR MOUTH
AROUND THAT HOOK.
626
00:32:58,133 --> 00:33:02,567
SO, BASICALLY, A FISH WITH
A BIG MOUTH, A BIG, THICK JAW,
627
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,700
JUST PHYSICALLY
WON'T GET IT PAST THAT GAP.
628
00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:06,333
SO IT WON'T GET IMPALED
ON THE POINT.
629
00:33:06,367 --> 00:33:07,833
RIGHT.
I HAVE TO SAY,
630
00:33:07,867 --> 00:33:09,567
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
A HOOK
631
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,200
BEFORE THAT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED
TO AVOID HOOKING BIG FISH.
632
00:33:13,233 --> 00:33:14,767
I MEAN, IT'S --
IT IS VERY INGENIOUS.
633
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,600
SURE.
BUT IF YOU WENT OUT THERE
634
00:33:16,633 --> 00:33:18,067
WITHOUT KNOWING
ALL THESE THINGS,
635
00:33:18,067 --> 00:33:20,433
AND IF YOU LANDED
A BIG HALIBUT,
636
00:33:20,467 --> 00:33:22,833
IN SOME CASES, UH,
THEY COULD BE FATAL.
637
00:33:25,167 --> 00:33:26,567
WHEN I ARRIVED HERE,
638
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,433
I WAS UNSURE WHERE TO LOOK
FOR A POSSIBLE KILLER.
639
00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:32,533
THOUGH HALIBUT
ARE MARINE PREDATORS,
640
00:33:32,567 --> 00:33:36,733
THEY DO COME RIGHT IN SHORE,
LITERALLY TO THE RIVER MOUTHS.
641
00:33:36,767 --> 00:33:38,233
SO ANYONE FISHING HERE
642
00:33:38,267 --> 00:33:42,167
RUNS THE RISK OF ENCOUNTERING
ONE OF THESE MONSTERS.
643
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,233
THE LARGEST PACIFIC
HALIBUT EVER CAUGHT
644
00:33:47,267 --> 00:33:49,767
WAS JUST UNDER 500 POUNDS.
645
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,767
THAT'S NEARLY THREE TIMES
WHAT I WEIGH.
646
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,967
AND THEY'RE VORACIOUS
PREDATORS.
647
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:57,233
SALMON, SQUID, SEAGULLS
648
00:33:57,267 --> 00:34:01,967
AND EVEN SEALS HAVE BEEN
FOUND IN THEIR STOMACHS.
649
00:34:02,067 --> 00:34:03,400
IF YOU'RE IN A SMALL BOAT
650
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:05,600
AND YOU HOOK ONE
OF THESE GIANT FLATFISH,
651
00:34:05,633 --> 00:34:07,533
IT'S POSSIBLY NOT THE HALIBUT
652
00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,733
THAT'S GOING TO END UP
AS DINNER.
653
00:34:20,067 --> 00:34:22,667
NOW, WITH THIS NEW SUSPECT
ON MY RADAR,
654
00:34:22,700 --> 00:34:24,233
I WANT TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF
655
00:34:24,267 --> 00:34:27,067
HOW STRONG
THIS BEAST REALLY IS.
656
00:34:30,933 --> 00:34:33,367
THERE'S A KNOWN HALIBUT SPOT
THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
657
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:34,767
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
658
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:39,100
IS TO PREPARE MYSELF MENTALLY
FOR CATCHING THIS FISH.
659
00:34:39,133 --> 00:34:41,733
THE OTHER THING THAT'S
ON MY MIND IS THAT BIG ONES --
660
00:34:41,767 --> 00:34:45,067
PEOPLE AROUND HERE, THEY DON'T
TRY AND GET THEM IN THE BOATS
661
00:34:45,067 --> 00:34:47,067
INTACT, AND THEN RETURN THEM.
662
00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:49,200
IF THEY BRING THEM IN THE BOAT,
THEY'RE GONNA KILL THEM.
663
00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:50,800
THEY'RE EITHER GONNA SHOOT
THEM IN THE WATER,
664
00:34:50,833 --> 00:34:53,067
THEY'RE GONNA CLUB THEM, THEY'RE
GONNA HARPOON THEM, GAFF THEM.
665
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:54,600
I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THAT.
666
00:34:54,633 --> 00:34:57,433
BUT THAT IS INTRODUCING A WHOLE
NEW LAYER OF CHALLENGE --
667
00:34:57,467 --> 00:35:00,533
HOW TO GET A CLOSE LOOK
AT A BIG FISH
668
00:35:00,567 --> 00:35:02,933
WITHOUT INJURING IT OR ME.
669
00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:04,800
UM, IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING
670
00:35:04,833 --> 00:35:08,733
THAT ANYBODY'S PARTICULARLY
TRIED TO DO BEFORE.
671
00:35:08,767 --> 00:35:10,833
FISHERMEN HERE
JUST DON'T TANGLE
672
00:35:10,867 --> 00:35:13,533
WITH LARGE, LIVE HALIBUT.
673
00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:15,767
BUT I WANT TO GET A GOOD LOOK
AT THIS CREATURE
674
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,433
AND THEN PUT IT BACK ALIVE.
675
00:35:33,633 --> 00:35:37,067
THIS REGION AROUND HERE LOOKS
A LITTLE BIT LIKE JURASSIC PARK.
676
00:35:37,067 --> 00:35:38,900
AMAZING FISHING SPOT.
677
00:35:38,933 --> 00:35:40,733
VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE COULD BE HALIBUT HERE.
678
00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:43,600
THIS ISN'T VERY DEEP.
679
00:35:43,633 --> 00:35:45,900
I WAS GONNA SAY, "I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET A LINE IN THE WATER."
680
00:35:45,933 --> 00:35:47,333
BUT, UH, WHAT I'VE HEARD
681
00:35:47,367 --> 00:35:49,600
ABOUT SOME OF THESE FISH,
IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
682
00:35:49,633 --> 00:35:54,233
WHERE YOU'RE SLIGHTLY HESITANT
ABOUT THE PROCESS, AS WELL.
683
00:35:54,267 --> 00:35:59,667
I'M USING A LARGE, PLASTIC JIG
ON 100-POUND BRAIDED LINE
684
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:05,333
AND DROPPING IT ONTO THE SEABED
JUST 30 FEET BELOW.
685
00:36:05,367 --> 00:36:08,767
THE SEA FLOOR
IS THE HALIBUT'S DOMAIN,
686
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:14,267
AND I'M HOPING TO TEMPT
A MONSTER ONTO MY LINE.
687
00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:17,267
YEAH.
IT'S, UH...
688
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:18,900
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG.
689
00:36:18,933 --> 00:36:21,600
HERE. SHOULD I BRING THAT IN?
690
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,433
THAT'S SOMETHING ALREADY.
691
00:36:28,767 --> 00:36:30,500
THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.
THERE IT IS.
692
00:36:30,533 --> 00:36:32,600
AH.
RUNNING AT THE SURFACE.
693
00:36:32,633 --> 00:36:34,833
I'M GONNA LET IT JUST GO,
TIRE ITSELF OUT.
694
00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:44,533
OFF IT GOES AGAIN.
OFF IT GOES AGAIN.
695
00:36:54,233 --> 00:36:56,067
NOW, THAT'S --
OH [BLEEP]
696
00:36:56,067 --> 00:37:00,567
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
697
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,200
[ GROANS ]
698
00:37:03,233 --> 00:37:09,100
SO WHATEVER THAT WAS,
UH, HAS ESCAPED.
699
00:37:09,133 --> 00:37:12,400
IT FELT LIKE IT
WAS A GOOD-SIZED FISH.
700
00:37:12,433 --> 00:37:16,533
I RESET AND HOPE I HAVEN'T LET
THE BIG ONE SLIP AWAY.
701
00:37:26,933 --> 00:37:30,967
THERE'S THE KNOCK.
THERE'S THE KNOCK.
702
00:37:31,067 --> 00:37:32,533
YEAH.
703
00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:33,933
IT SEEMS THESE WATERS
704
00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:37,267
ARE SWARMING WITH THESE
BOTTOM-DWELLING PREDATORS.
705
00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:38,333
DOING GOOD.
IS OFF.
706
00:37:38,367 --> 00:37:40,233
OFF, OFF, OFF,
OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF.
707
00:37:40,267 --> 00:37:41,967
THE SECOND IT HITS THE BAIT,
THE FISH
708
00:37:42,067 --> 00:37:45,467
TAKES OFF WITH A TURN OF SPEED
THAT CATCHES ME OFF GUARD.
709
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:47,600
THAT TURNED
INTO QUITE A POWERFUL DIVE.
710
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:51,767
I'M GETTING A VERY DISCONCERTING
AND CHARACTERISTIC KNOCKING
711
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,467
ON THE, UH, THE ROD.
712
00:37:55,133 --> 00:37:59,833
THE WAY THESE FISH SWIM,
IT'S SORT OF UP AND DOWN.
713
00:37:59,867 --> 00:38:01,800
THERE'S UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT.
714
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,733
BRINGING THIS FISH IN IS GOING
TO BE AN ALMIGHTY STRUGGLE.
715
00:38:07,767 --> 00:38:11,100
I CAN SEE IT.
I CAN SEE IT.
716
00:38:11,133 --> 00:38:13,633
THIS IS A SIZABLE FISH.
717
00:38:26,767 --> 00:38:30,067
I'M IN THE REMOTE WILDERNESS
OF SOUTHERN ALASKA,
718
00:38:30,067 --> 00:38:33,633
WHERE FISHERMEN HAVE GONE
MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE.
719
00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:36,967
AND WHAT MAY BE THE MOST
DANGEROUS FISH IN THESE WATERS
720
00:38:37,067 --> 00:38:38,667
IS ON THE END OF MY LINE.
721
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,500
YEAH.
722
00:38:43,067 --> 00:38:46,967
BIG HALIBUT ARE USUALLY KILLED
AS SOON AS THEY'RE CAUGHT
723
00:38:47,067 --> 00:38:50,700
BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS
TO RISK HANDLING A LIVE ONE.
724
00:38:50,733 --> 00:38:53,433
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW.
725
00:38:53,467 --> 00:38:55,367
IT'S QUITE A GOOD SIZE.
726
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,067
YOU GONNA GO FOR THE NETS?
YEAH? WE ALL READY?
727
00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:58,700
I WANT TO GET THIS FISH
ON BOARD
728
00:38:58,733 --> 00:39:01,067
WITHOUT INJURING IT OR US.
729
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:03,133
NOW?
730
00:39:03,167 --> 00:39:04,733
[ All talking at once ]
731
00:39:04,767 --> 00:39:05,967
NOT THAT END.
THAT END.
732
00:39:06,067 --> 00:39:09,200
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
733
00:39:10,133 --> 00:39:13,300
CAN YOU GET IN AND JUST KIND OF
LUG THE LEFT HAND SIDE UP?
734
00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:14,667
SOMEONE TAKE THE ROD, PLEASE.
735
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:16,133
ALL RIGHT.
736
00:39:16,167 --> 00:39:17,933
AND DOWN WE GO.
737
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:25,100
AH.
738
00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:26,533
RIGHT.
739
00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:28,533
IT -- IT SEEMS CALM NOW.
740
00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:31,300
SHALL WE GO FOR IT?
OKAY. GOOD.
741
00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:33,133
IT'S REALLY CLEAN.
YEP.
742
00:39:33,167 --> 00:39:35,700
DORSAL FIN'S THERE.
GOOD.
743
00:39:35,733 --> 00:39:39,833
OKAY. THIS IS A BIG HALIBUT.
THIS IS 120-ODD POUNDS.
744
00:39:39,867 --> 00:39:42,167
HEAVY TO LIFT.
HEAVY TO BRING IN.
745
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,867
AND HAVING SEEN THIS THING
THRASH ON THE SURFACE,
746
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:45,633
I CAN ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE
THOSE STORIES
747
00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:48,433
OF WHEN THEY KICK OFF
THEIR BOAT, DAMAGING PEOPLE.
748
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:51,133
WE TEND TO THINK OF FLATFISH
AS JUST FOOD FOR US.
749
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:53,567
BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WAY
UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
750
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,333
THIS IS A PREDATOR.
AND IF IN --
751
00:39:55,367 --> 00:39:56,633
YOU'RE IN ANY DOUBT OF THAT,
752
00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:59,300
JUST LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THE MOUTH AND THE TEETH THERE.
753
00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:03,067
IT WILL JUST ENGULF
AND THEN CLAMP DOWN.
754
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:06,033
ITS LARGE TAIL
AND POWERFUL MUSCULATURE
755
00:40:06,067 --> 00:40:08,833
GIVE IT EXPLOSIVE ACCELERATION.
756
00:40:10,833 --> 00:40:14,367
IT IS, UNDENIABLY,
A VERY ODD-LOOKING BEAST.
757
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,500
A SIGHT HUNTER WITH TWO EYES
ON ONE SIDE OF ITS FACE
758
00:40:17,533 --> 00:40:22,500
IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER
ENCOUNTERED IN FRESHWATER.
759
00:40:22,533 --> 00:40:25,433
THOUGH THIS ONE
SEEMS TO HAVE CALMED DOWN
760
00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:30,400
AFTER COMING INTO THE BOAT,
I DON'T WANT TO PUSH MY LUCK.
761
00:40:30,433 --> 00:40:31,600
OKAY.
762
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,367
WHEN I CAME TO ALASKA,
I WANTED TO FIND OUT
763
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,900
IF THERE IS ANYTHING
UNDER THE WATER
764
00:40:38,933 --> 00:40:42,200
THAT COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR SOME OF THESE CASES
765
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:46,033
OF UNEXPLAINED
HUMAN DISAPPEARANCES.
766
00:40:46,067 --> 00:40:48,800
AND THE ANSWER
IS AN UNEQUIVOCAL YES.
767
00:40:48,833 --> 00:40:51,400
THERE IS A VERY LARGE
AND POWERFUL FISH
768
00:40:51,433 --> 00:40:53,533
LIVING AROUND THE RIVER MOUTHS
AND INLETS
769
00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:54,933
OF THIS REMOTE COASTLINE.
770
00:40:54,967 --> 00:40:56,033
YEAH.
771
00:40:56,067 --> 00:40:57,500
IN A FIGHT WITH ONE OF THESE,
772
00:40:57,533 --> 00:41:00,700
IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY POSSIBLE
FOR AN UNLUCKY FISHERMAN
773
00:41:00,733 --> 00:41:04,967
TO BE DRAGGED DOWN AND LOST
IN THE COLD COASTAL WATERS.
774
00:41:05,067 --> 00:41:06,333
AT LEAST ONE FISHERMAN
775
00:41:06,367 --> 00:41:09,167
IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
BY A HUGE HALIBUT.
776
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,567
AND THEY HAVE LONG BEEN TREATED
WITH RESPECT
777
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,733
BY NATIVE ALASKANS.
778
00:41:14,767 --> 00:41:16,567
IN THESE HOSTILE WATERS,
779
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:20,333
STORMS AND BOATING ACCIDENTS
DO TAKE MANY LIVES.
780
00:41:20,367 --> 00:41:22,467
BUT HOOKING
ONE OF THESE MONSTERS
781
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:27,233
COULD ALSO
BE SURPRISINGLY DEADLY.
782
00:41:27,267 --> 00:41:31,067
AND, IN FACT, HAVING HEARD
ALL THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS FISH,
783
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:33,433
I ACTUALLY CONSIDER
MYSELF VERY LUCKY
784
00:41:33,467 --> 00:41:37,467
TO HAVE WALKED AWAY
FROM MY ENCOUNTER UNSCATHED.
61258
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