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MY NAME IS JEREMY WADE...
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AAH!
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...BIOLOGIST
AND FRESHWATER DETECTIVE.
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I'VE SPENT YEARS
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
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OF DEADLY ENCOUNTERS
IN LAKES AND RIVERS...
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YOU SEE IT,
YOU SEE IT, YOU SEE IT?
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...IDENTIFYING NOT ONLY
THE PERPETRATORS...
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THIS IS THE FISH THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING PEOPLE.
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...BUT ALSO
THEIR TRUE INTENTIONS.
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THESE WERE FISH USED TO
GRABBING MORSELS IN THE WATER.
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NOW, FROM A SUN-KISSED PARADISE
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COME PERPLEXING STORIES
OF ATTACKS.
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THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT IS CAUSING THE DAMAGE?
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AAH!
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COULD BE
A QUITE INTENSE EXPERIENCE,
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HOOKING ANYTHING
IN THIS PLACE.
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AND WERE THE VICTIMS
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SIMPLY IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME,
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OR WERE THEY THE TARGET?
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-- Captions by VITAC --
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS,
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MY SEARCH
FOR FRESHWATER KILLERS
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HAS BEEN
A CONTINENTAL AFFAIR --
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ASIA...
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AFRICA...
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SOUTH AMERICA.
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VIRTUALLY ALL THE BEASTS
I'VE TRACKED DOWN
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COME FROM LAND MASSES
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WHERE THERE ARE BIG LAKES
OR SERIOUSLY LARGE RIVERS.
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SMALL, REMOTE ISLANDS
ARE NOT NORMALLY ON MY RADAR,
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BUT RECENT REPORTS
OF FRESHWATER ATTACKS
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FROM A TINY SPECK OF LAND
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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ARE MAKING ME THINK AGAIN.
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[ WOMEN SINGING ]
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FIJI.
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WITH ITS ALLURING MIX
OF IDYLLIC COASTLINES
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AND LAID-BACK ISLAND CULTURE,
IT'S A MECCA FOR TOURISTS.
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BEYOND THE POSTCARD BEACHES,
THOUGH,
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THERE HAVE BEEN
DISTURBING INCIDENTS.
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IN A RESERVOIR
IN THE MOUNTAINS FAR INLAND,
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A COMMERCIAL DIVER
IS APPARENTLY ATTACKED
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BY SOMETHING
FROM THE DEPTHS.
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THEY SAY THAT WHEN
HIS BODY IS FOUND,
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HIS FACE IS COVERED WITH
STRANGE CIRCULAR ABRASIONS.
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BECAUSE OF THIS,
SOME LOCALS BLAME AN OCTOPUS,
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BUT THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY
NO SENSE IN FRESH WATER.
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A BIT MORE DIGGING
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REVEALED A SECOND,
EQUALLY MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
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[ MEN SHOUTING ]
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NEARER THE COAST,
AMINIASI NAITUYAGA,
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ONE OF FIJI'S
TOP YOUNG RUGBY PLAYERS,
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IS TRAINING WITH TEAMMATES
ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER.
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WHEN THEY DECIDE TO SWIM
ACROSS, THE WATER IS CALM.
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BUT INEXPLICABLY,
AMINIASI VANISHES.
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HIS BODY IS NEVER FOUND.
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[ MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
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BY ALL ACCOUNTS,
HE WAS A STRONG SWIMMER,
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AND EVERYBODY ELSE
HAD CROSSED WITHOUT A PROBLEM.
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BUT IN AN INSTANT,
HE JUST DISAPPEARED.
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THESE TWO TRAGEDIES ARE
BY NO MEANS ISOLATED INCIDENTS.
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THERE APPEAR TO BE
MULTIPLE CASES
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OF PEOPLE BEING ATTACKED
IN FRESH WATER.
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FROM THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE WORLD,
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THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING
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WHETHER OR NOT ALL THESE
STORIES ARE CONNECTED,
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WHICH MEANS IT'S TIME
TO HEAD TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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TO FIND OUT.
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WHAT'S CAUSING TROUBLE
IN PARADISE?
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FIJI IS MADE UP
OF WELL OVER 300 ISLANDS,
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BUT THE STORIES
THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME HERE
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COME FROM JUST ONE,
VITI LEVU.
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THE POPULATION IS A MIXTURE
OF INDIGENOUS ISLANDERS
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AND THE DESCENDANTS
OF LABORERS
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BROUGHT IN FROM INDIA
DURING BRITISH COLONIAL RULE.
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I NEED TO GET AN IDEA
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OF WHAT FISH
COULD BE STALKING THE RIVERS.
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BUT NOT SURPRISINGLY,
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MOST FISHERMEN ARE CATCHING
THEIR FISH OUT AT SEA.
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Wade: AND YOU'VE GOT WHAT,
BALLOON FISH?
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VERY TASTY, YEAH.
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OKAY TO HAVE A LOOK
AT THESE? YEAH?
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[ SIGHS ]
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY
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TO WORK OUT
THAT THAT'S A PREDATORY FISH.
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BIG EYES, TEETH.
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THIS IS
A SPANISH MACKEREL.
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SO, LIKE THE MACKEREL
THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH,
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ONLY SCALED UP SOMEWHAT.
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NONE OF THE MARINE FISH
I'VE SEEN SO FAR
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SEEMS LIKE A PLAUSIBLE SUSPECT
BEHIND A FRESHWATER ATTACK.
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IS THERE ANY -- ANY OF
THESE FISH FROM THE RIVER,
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OR EVERYTHING
FROM THE SEA?
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OKAY.
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I RECOGNIZE THESE
AS TILAPIA.
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THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO FIJI
AS A FOOD FISH
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AND ARE CLEARLY
NO RIVER MONSTER.
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THIS ONE
THE ONLY RIVER FISH HERE?
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THAT'S IT
AS FAR AS FRESHWATER FISH GOES.
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SO FAR, I CAN SEE
NOTHING DANGEROUS
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RESIDENT IN THE RIVERS.
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COULD THE KILLER
BE SNEAKING IN FROM THE SEA?
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SOME SEA FISH ARE KNOWN
TO COME IN TO FRESHWATER.
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MAYBE THERE'S FISH
THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
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THAT SOMEHOW
IS COMING TO FRESHWATER.
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OR MAYBE THE CULPRIT
BEHIND THE ATTACKS
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IS NOT A FISH AT ALL.
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SALTWATER CROCODILES
ARE KNOWN TO MOVE INTO RIVERS,
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AND FIJI DOES LIE
WITHIN THE KNOWN RANGE
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OF THESE DEADLY REPTILES.
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IN SIGATOKA,
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CLOSE TO WHERE RUGBY PLAYER
AMINIASI MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED,
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I PAY A VISIT
TO THE POLICE STATION.
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SERGEANT MESU KNOWS ABOUT
AMINIASI'S DISAPPEARANCE,
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BUT IT'S NOT
THE ONLY ONE.
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HAVE THERE BEEN
OTHER CASES IN THE RIVER?
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YES.
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ACCORDING TO THE POLICEMEN,
THESE TWO WOMEN
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WERE GATHERING FRESHWATER
MUSSELS FROM THE RIVERBED
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TO SELL AT THE MARKET.
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THEN, JUST LIKE AMINIASI,
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ONE OF THE WOMEN SIMPLY
DISAPPEARS WITHOUT A SOUND.
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BUT THIS TIME,
HER CORPSE WASHES UP.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THEM?
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OKAY.
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AND THEY
COME UP THE RIVER?
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THE ONLY MAN-EATING SHARK
THAT SWIMS UP RIVERS
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IS THE BULL SHARK.
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BUT ANYONE
GRABBED BY A SHARK...
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[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
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...OR FOR THAT MATTER,
A CROCODILE,
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WOULD SURELY SCREAM
AND CREATE A DISTURBANCE
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BEFORE GOING DOWN.
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YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM
TO DIE WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND.
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AND SHARKS AND CROCODILES
LEAVE BITE MARKS...
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...NOT BRUISES.
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WITH LITTLE TO GO ON, I'M EAGER
TO GET A LINE IN THE WATER.
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AND WHERE BETTER TO START
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THAN AT THE RIVER MOUTH
WHERE AMINIASI DISAPPEARED
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AND THE WOMAN'S BODY
WAS FOUND?
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TODAY, THE RIVER
IS ANYTHING BUT CALM.
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FIJI'S CYCLONE SEASON
IS CRANKING UP.
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THE BAIT SEEMS TO BE HOLDING
ABOUT 100 YARDS OUT.
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I KEEP FEELING
THESE STRONG PULLS ON THE LINE,
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BUT THEY'RE SLOW PULLS.
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EVENTUALLY, THEY RELEASE,
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AND I THINK THAT'S JUST
THE SURGE OF THE WATER.
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SO WHAT I'M WAITING FOR
IS SOMETHING THAT PULLS
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BUT WHICH ACTUALLY FEELS
AS IF IT'S SOMETHING ALIVE
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THAT'S GOT HOLD
OF THE BAIT.
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WHAT'S GOING ON? WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
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AH!
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IN FIJI
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,
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THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES
OF FRESHWATER ATTACKS...
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...AND MY INVESTIGATION
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HAS HONED IN
ON TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
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ONE VICTIM SIMPLY VANISHED
AS HE SWAM WITH HIS FRIENDS
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TOWARDS THE FAR BANK
IN QUIET WATER.
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THE OTHER, A WOMAN COLLECTING
MUSSELS FROM THE RIVERBED,
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APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK
BY SOMETHING
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BIG ENOUGH TO LEAVE
VISIBLE MARKS ON HER BODY.
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AT THE SITE
OF THESE DEADLY INCIDENTS,
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WITH A STORM WHIPPING UP,
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I'M HOPING TO HOOK
A POSSIBLE CULPRIT.
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OH, WHAT'S GOING ON?
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WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
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AH!
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SOMETHING'S --
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
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I THOUGHT
I WAS SNAGGED UP.
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WELL, I THINK I WAS SNAGGED UP,
BUT I FELT A BUMP ON THE LINE,
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AND THEN SOMETHING RIPPED OUT
A LITTLE BIT OF LINE.
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AND I THINK
IT WAS SOMETHING BUMPING IN.
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I THINK SOMETHING DID
ACTUALLY JUST HIT THAT.
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YEAH.
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SO, SOMETHING
TOOK THAT BAIT,
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AND THEN THE MAIN LINE JUST
CUT ON SOMETHING OUT THERE.
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IT FELT...
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IT FELT FAIRLY SIZABLE.
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WHATEVER GRABBED MY BAIT
WAS IN MID-CHANNEL,
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ABOUT 40 YARDS
FROM THE BANK.
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TO TARGET THIS DEEPER WATER
MORE EFFECTIVELY
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AND CIRCUMVENT THE WAVES,
I NEED TO GET OUT ON A BOAT.
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DESPITE THE WORSENING WEATHER,
A FISHERMAN NAMED JOHN
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AGREES TO TAKE ME BACK OUT
TOWARDS THE RIVER MOUTH.
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HE'S FISHED HERE BEFORE
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AND WILL HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT
COULD BE LURKING IN THE WATER.
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SO, WHAT FISH DO YOU FIND
AT THE RIVER MOUTH?
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THEY'LL GROW QUITE BIG?
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SHARKS ARE OFF
MY SUSPECT LIST,
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AS THERE WERE NO BITE MARKS
ON THE VICTIM'S BODY,
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BUT THIS OTHER FISH
HAS ME INTRIGUED.
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THE GIANT TREVALLY,
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WHAT KIND OF SIZE DO THEY
GET CAUGHT AT THE RIVER MOUTH?
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SO, THEY COME
RIGHT INSIDE --
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THE GIANT TREVALLY
IS NOT A FISH I'VE MET BEFORE.
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THEY ARE FORMIDABLE
SALTWATER PREDATORS
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WEIGHING UP TO 180 POUNDS.
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THAT'S AS BIG AS ME.
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IF SUCH A FISH
IS INVADING THESE RIVERS,
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IT COULD SPELL TROUBLE.
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DO YOU THINK TREVALLY
WOULD EVER HIT A PERSON?
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SUPPOSE SOMEBODY'S
IN THE WATER SPLASHING AROUND?
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I'M CURIOUS TO SEE ONE OF THESE
BRUISERS FOR MYSELF,
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AND THE MOB OF SEAGULLS AHEAD
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IS A CLEAR SIGN THAT THERE'S
ACTIVITY IN THE WATER.
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PERHAPS THE SMALLER FISH
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ARE BEING CHASED
BY SOMETHING BIG.
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WHILE JOHN QUICKLY
ANCHORS THE BOAT,
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I RACE TO BAIT MY HOOK
ON 100-POUND BRAIDED LINE.
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BUT WITH A STORM BREWING,
TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.
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John: ALL RIGHT.
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00:13:24,867 --> 00:13:27,267
AND WHEN
OUR MOORING SNAPS...
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...I'M FORCED TO RETREAT.
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OKAY.
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CHANGE OF PLAN.
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WE NOW HAVE NO ANCHOR.
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THAT BASICALLY BROKE OFF.
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IN THE RELATIVE CALM
INSIDE THE RIVER MOUTH,
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I CAN FINALLY
GET MY LINE IN THE WATER.
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THIS IS QUITE A SERIOUS PLACE,
THIS RIVER MOUTH.
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I MEAN, NEVER MIND
WHAT MIGHT BE UNDER THE WATER.
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00:13:57,333 --> 00:14:00,833
JUST THE WATER ITSELF
IS QUITE SCARY.
223
00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:06,233
ACCORDING TO JOHN,
PREDATORS USE THE TIDE
224
00:14:06,333 --> 00:14:08,167
TO MOVE IN AND OUT
OF THE RIVER.
225
00:14:08,267 --> 00:14:13,233
BUT NOW THE TIDE
HAS BEEN RETREATING FOR HOURS.
226
00:14:13,333 --> 00:14:16,567
I SUSPECT THE MONSTERS
HAVE ALREADY GONE.
227
00:14:16,667 --> 00:14:19,100
I GET THE FEELING THAT
WHAT LITTLE ACTIVITY THERE WAS
228
00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,567
HAS KIND OF TAILED OFF.
229
00:14:20,667 --> 00:14:23,100
FOR NOW, MY BEST OPTION
230
00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,533
IS TO WITHDRAW AND PREPARE
TO TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
231
00:14:31,733 --> 00:14:33,167
IN THE MEANTIME,
232
00:14:33,267 --> 00:14:36,800
I'M KEEN TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT THE GIANT TREVALLY,
233
00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:39,433
AND I SOON DISCOVER
234
00:14:39,533 --> 00:14:42,500
THAT THIS IS A FISH
WITH QUITE A REPUTATION.
235
00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,600
IT MAY LACK LARGE TEETH,
236
00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:49,867
BUT THE GIANT TREVALLY
IS AN UNDERWATER BATTERING RAM.
237
00:14:49,967 --> 00:14:55,800
STRIPPING AWAY ITS OUTER LAYER
REVEALS ITS SECRET WEAPON --
238
00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:58,533
A BONY BLADE
IN ITS FOREHEAD
239
00:14:58,633 --> 00:15:03,300
THAT IT USES TO SMASH INTO
AND STUN ITS PREY.
240
00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:08,500
SCIENTISTS HAVE EVEN
SEEN THEM RAMMING SHARKS.
241
00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,200
ACCORDING TO ONE REPORT,
A GIANT TREVALLY
242
00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:15,067
BATTERED THE GILLS OF
A 7-FOOT BLACKTIP REEF SHARK
243
00:15:15,133 --> 00:15:20,267
WITH SUCH FORCE, THE SHARK
DIED FROM INTERNAL BLEEDING.
244
00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:25,233
AND IT'S NOT JUST FISH
THAT COME UNDER ATTACK.
245
00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:30,067
IN BALI, A DIVER
REPORTEDLY SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS
246
00:15:30,133 --> 00:15:33,633
AFTER BEING STRUCK
BY ONE OF THESE FISH.
247
00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:38,567
THIS IS CLEARLY A BEAST
THAT CAN LAND A KNOCKOUT PUNCH.
248
00:15:44,933 --> 00:15:48,300
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE
BEEN SPOTTED UP RIVERS,
249
00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,533
MY BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
ONE OF THESE BRUISERS
250
00:15:50,633 --> 00:15:56,233
IS JUST 100 YARDS OFFSHORE
ON THE CORAL REEF.
251
00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:59,200
THE PLACE WHERE I'M
MOST LIKELY TO SEE ONE
252
00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:01,533
IS ACTUALLY
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE REEF,
253
00:16:01,633 --> 00:16:06,067
SO WHERE THE SHALLOW WATER
PLUNGES AWAY INTO DEEPER WATER.
254
00:16:06,167 --> 00:16:09,133
YOU COULD IMAGINE
THOSE PREDATORS DOWN BELOW
255
00:16:09,233 --> 00:16:11,933
LOOKING UP THROUGH THE CLEAR
WATER, READY TO NAIL SOMETHING.
256
00:16:12,067 --> 00:16:17,700
FISHING OVER CORAL, THOUGH,
IS AN ANGLER'S NIGHTMARE.
257
00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:22,367
LINES ARE SO EASILY CUT
ON THESE JAGGED EDGES.
258
00:16:22,467 --> 00:16:25,333
ANYTHING THAT HITS
IN THAT PLACE
259
00:16:25,433 --> 00:16:30,600
IS GONNA INSTANTLY TRY AND HEAD
FOR THE REFUGE OF THE REEF,
260
00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:32,300
SO I'M GONNA
HAVE TO HANG ON
261
00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,500
TO KEEP ANYTHING
OUT OF ALL THAT SHARP CORAL.
262
00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,633
SO, IT COULD BE
A QUITE INTENSE EXPERIENCE,
263
00:16:38,733 --> 00:16:40,833
HOOKING ANYTHING
IN THIS PLACE.
264
00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:44,900
TO PROVOKE A STRIKE
FROM ANY LURKING PREDATOR,
265
00:16:45,067 --> 00:16:48,600
I'M USING A BRIGHTLY COLORED
LURE THAT IMITATES A BAITFISH.
266
00:16:53,433 --> 00:16:55,767
WHERE THE WAVES
ARE BREAKING OVER THE REEF,
267
00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:58,233
SMALLER FISH ARE LIKELY
TO GET TUMBLED AROUND
268
00:16:58,333 --> 00:17:00,600
AND FIND THEMSELVES A TARGET,
269
00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:03,133
AND IT'S
THEIR STRUGGLING MOVEMENTS
270
00:17:03,233 --> 00:17:05,133
THAT I'M
TRYING TO MIMIC.
271
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,333
THIS IS ACTUALLY
REALLY TIRING PHYSICAL FISHING.
272
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:14,700
JERKING THE LURE LIKE THIS,
273
00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,433
MY ARM FEELS AS IF
IT'S ABOUT TO DROP OFF.
274
00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:25,767
I LAUNCH CAST AFTER CAST
INTO THE SURF.
275
00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:31,400
[ Strained ]
AH. RIGHT.
276
00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,567
SOMETHING POWERFUL
HAS GRABBED MY BAIT.
277
00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:42,933
TRYING TO GET CLEAR
OF THE MOTORS. THERE WE GO.
278
00:17:43,067 --> 00:17:44,533
I SAW THAT FISH TAKE.
279
00:17:44,633 --> 00:17:46,133
I SAW IT TAKE.
280
00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:49,300
[ PANTING ]
281
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,967
I CAN'T LET THIS FISH
CUT MY LINE ON THE REEF,
282
00:17:54,067 --> 00:17:58,667
BUT THAT MAKES
FOR A BRUTAL, EXHAUSTING FIGHT.
283
00:17:58,767 --> 00:18:01,167
RIGHT, LET'S
TRY AND GET SOME LINE IN.
284
00:18:01,267 --> 00:18:03,700
I'M HOPING
IT'S CLEAR OF ALL CORAL,
285
00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,400
AND WHAT I'M DOING NOW,
I'M JUST --
286
00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,067
[ GRUNTING ]
287
00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:09,200
AAH!
288
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:22,100
IN FIJI'S TROPICAL WATERS,
I'M SEARCHING FOR A PREDATOR
289
00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,433
THAT COULD HAVE BATTERED
AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE TO DEATH.
290
00:18:26,533 --> 00:18:30,500
MY ONLY SUSPECT SO FAR
IS THE GIANT TREVALLY...
291
00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,200
[ Strained ] OKAY.
292
00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:36,100
...AN AQUATIC SLEDGEHAMMER
KNOWN TO KILL SHARKS.
293
00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:42,133
AND I THINK I'VE GOT ONE
OF THESE BRUISERS ON MY LINE.
294
00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:44,667
ALMOST
HEART-ATTACK MATERIAL.
295
00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:45,933
[ GRUNTING ]
296
00:18:46,067 --> 00:18:47,867
THERE WERE SEVERAL HITS,
SEVERAL HITS.
297
00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:53,167
IT WASN'T AS IF
IT WAS A CLEAN TAKE.
298
00:18:53,267 --> 00:18:54,733
IT WAS A KNOCK, A HIT.
299
00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:58,800
I THOUGHT I'D MISSED IT,
300
00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,933
AND THEN SUDDENLY
I'M CONNECTED TO...
301
00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,200
...A HEAVY WEIGHT HERE.
302
00:19:06,767 --> 00:19:08,533
IT'S PULLING DOWN.
303
00:19:08,633 --> 00:19:11,067
PULLING DOWN,
PULLING DOWN, PULLING DOWN.
304
00:19:11,167 --> 00:19:12,733
POUND FOR POUND,
THE GIANT TREVALLY
305
00:19:12,833 --> 00:19:16,467
IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
FISH IN THE SEA.
306
00:19:16,567 --> 00:19:20,200
HERE IT IS. COMING TO THE
SURFACE, COMING TO THE SURFACE.
307
00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:28,967
OOF. I DON'T THINK
I'VE EVER FELT SUCH STRENGTH.
308
00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:32,200
I SAW IT GRAB,
AND THEN --
309
00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,200
IT ALMOST PULLED ME OUT
OF THE BACK OF THE BOAT
WHEN IT TOOK OFF.
310
00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:36,400
[ TEETH CRUNCHING ]
311
00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:38,433
IT HAS CRUSHING TEETH
IN ITS THROAT,
312
00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:43,467
WHICH I CAN'T SEE,
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THEM.
313
00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:45,467
IT'S MAKING
A SORT OF A CRUNCHING NOISE.
314
00:19:45,567 --> 00:19:46,900
[ GRUNTING ]
315
00:19:49,067 --> 00:19:50,667
THEY DON'T HAVE
PARTICULARLY BIG TEETH,
316
00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:52,467
BUT THEY ARE
VERY PREDATORY.
317
00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,400
THE MODUS OPERANDI
OF THIS FISH
318
00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:59,433
IS TO RAM ITS PREY WITH ITS HEAD
BEFORE ENGULFING IT.
319
00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:03,300
DRIVEN BY POWERFUL MUSCLES,
IT'S SCYTHE-LIKE TAIL
320
00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,567
GIVES IT THE ATTACK SPEED
IT NEEDS TO STUN ITS PREY.
321
00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:09,667
THE IMPACT FORCE
IS CONCENTRATED
322
00:20:09,767 --> 00:20:12,400
THROUGH ITS NARROW,
BONY HEAD.
323
00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:17,100
A TOP-SPEED UNDERWATER STRIKE
FROM ONE OF THESE BEASTS
324
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,767
COULD EVEN HIT HARDER
THAN AN ARAPAIMA,
325
00:20:19,867 --> 00:20:24,300
THE FISH THAT ONCE
KNOCKED ME OFF MY FEET.
326
00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:29,200
SO, IT'S POWER,
RATHER THAN THE TEETH,
327
00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:30,300
THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
328
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,533
AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE,
ONE OF THESE,
329
00:20:31,633 --> 00:20:32,967
IF IT WERE TO RAM YOU
IN THE WATER --
330
00:20:33,067 --> 00:20:35,267
WITH THE POWER THIS HAS GOT,
THAT IS GONNA HURT.
331
00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,133
AND IT
COULD EVEN BE FATAL.
332
00:20:39,367 --> 00:20:44,133
GIANT TREVALLY PROBABLY ATTACK
SHARKS OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE
333
00:20:44,233 --> 00:20:45,733
WHEN THEY FEEL UNDER THREAT.
334
00:20:47,767 --> 00:20:50,833
I WONDER IF THIS EXTREME
APPROACH TO SELF-PRESERVATION
335
00:20:50,933 --> 00:20:54,700
COULD EXPLAIN
RAMMING ATTACKS ON PEOPLE.
336
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:55,933
[ MAN SCREAMS ]
337
00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:58,500
DID THEY UNWITTINGLY
STRAY TOO CLOSE
338
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,567
TO ONE OF THESE
POWERFUL FISH?
339
00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:06,100
IT'S GOT THE SIZE,
IT'S GOT THE STRENGTH,
340
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,567
IT'S GOT THE AGGRESSION.
341
00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:12,267
ALL WE'D NEED TO BE TALKING
ABOUT IS A CHANCE IN A MILLION,
342
00:21:12,367 --> 00:21:14,767
JUST THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME,
343
00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:16,533
AND THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH.
344
00:21:18,933 --> 00:21:21,800
IF THIS FISH
SLAMS SOMEONE IN THE CHEST,
345
00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,967
THEY COULD INHALE A LUNGFUL
OF WATER, AND WITHOUT A SOUND,
346
00:21:25,067 --> 00:21:27,633
THEY'D SINK AND BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE CURRENT.
347
00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:32,600
BUT THERE'S ONE PROBLEM
WITH THIS THEORY --
348
00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:37,400
THIS FISH CAN'T BE BEHIND ALL
THE ATTACKS IN FIJI'S RIVERS.
349
00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,500
THERE ARE MANY INCIDENTS,
350
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,467
INCLUDING THE CASE OF THE DIVER
WHO DIED IN THE RESERVOIR
351
00:21:45,567 --> 00:21:47,933
THAT HAPPENED MILES INLAND.
352
00:21:52,367 --> 00:21:55,300
THESE ATTACKS
IN THE MOUNTAINOUS HEARTLAND
353
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,833
ARE WAY BEYOND
THE REACH OF A GIANT TREVALLY.
354
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,300
LURKING IN THESE
REMOTE HIGHLAND WATERS,
355
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,833
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE,
356
00:22:06,933 --> 00:22:11,733
ANOTHER CREATURE
CAPABLE OF ATTACKING PEOPLE.
357
00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:19,633
THIS SPARSELY POPULATED
INTERIOR IS A WORLD AWAY
358
00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:24,333
FROM THE PALM TREES AND
POSTCARD BEACHES OF THE COAST.
359
00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:29,567
IT WASN'T LONG AGO WHEN THESE
JUNGLES WERE HOME TO CANNIBALS
360
00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:33,567
WHO REGULARLY
COOKED AND ATE THEIR ENEMIES.
361
00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:37,100
EVEN IN THE 20th CENTURY,
362
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,167
THERE WERE STILL
PEOPLE LIVING HERE
363
00:22:39,267 --> 00:22:42,867
WHO KNEW
THE TASTE OF HUMAN FLESH.
364
00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:51,067
FOUR HOURS IN
FROM THE COAST,
365
00:22:51,167 --> 00:22:55,433
AND I FINALLY ARRIVE AT THE
RESERVOIR WHERE THE DIVER DIED.
366
00:22:59,567 --> 00:23:01,200
THE MONASAVU DAM WAS CREATED
367
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:04,600
TO SUPPLY
A HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT.
368
00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:10,467
IT'S NOW A NEAR-DESERTED,
SIX-MILE-LONG STRETCH OF WATER.
369
00:23:10,567 --> 00:23:12,567
IT'S QUITE SPOOKY HERE.
370
00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:15,067
IS THERE REALLY
A BEAST LIVING HERE
371
00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:19,133
WITH THE POWER AND AGGRESSION
TO TAKE DOWN A HUMAN?
372
00:23:43,633 --> 00:23:45,167
ACCORDING TO FIJIAN MYTH,
373
00:23:45,267 --> 00:23:49,633
IF HE HAD EATEN 1,000,
HE WOULD HAVE BECOME IMMORTAL.
374
00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:58,467
IN FIJI
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,
375
00:23:58,567 --> 00:24:01,700
BRUISING ATTACKS
AT A RIVERMOUTH
376
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,200
COULD BE THE WORK
OF AN AQUATIC BATTERING RAM,
377
00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:09,667
BUT GIANT TREVALLY
CAN'T SWIM UP WATERFALLS,
378
00:24:09,767 --> 00:24:12,900
SO A TRAGIC DEATH
IN A HIGH MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
379
00:24:13,067 --> 00:24:14,833
DEEP IN THE INTERIOR
380
00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:18,633
MUST BE
DOWN TO SOMETHING ELSE.
381
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:26,567
A COMMERCIAL DIVER HAS BEEN
EMPLOYED TO CHECK THE DAM WALL.
382
00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,233
WHEN IS BODY IS FOUND,
383
00:24:30,333 --> 00:24:33,933
HIS FACE IS COVERED
WITH MYSTERIOUS CIRCULAR MARKS,
384
00:24:34,067 --> 00:24:35,667
LEADING SOME
PERPLEXED LOCALS
385
00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:39,567
TO SUGGEST THE CULPRIT
IS AN OCTOPUS.
386
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:44,200
THIS IS THE MONASAVU DAM,
387
00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:47,633
NEARLY 2,500 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
388
00:24:47,733 --> 00:24:51,267
EXCEPT FOR A FEW MAINTENANCE
STAFF AND SECURITY GUARDS,
389
00:24:51,367 --> 00:24:53,533
THIS PLACE
IS A NEAR GHOST TOWN.
390
00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:56,333
THESE ARE
THE ABANDONED HUTS
391
00:24:56,433 --> 00:25:01,933
OF THE MEN
WHO CONSTRUCTED THE DAM.
392
00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:05,700
THE INCIDENT
THAT BRINGS ME HERE
393
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,833
CALLS TO MIND A CASE I
INVESTIGATED IN NEW ZEALAND...
394
00:25:09,933 --> 00:25:11,967
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
395
00:25:12,067 --> 00:25:16,633
...WHERE A DIVER WAS PURSUED
BY A PACK OF GIGANTIC EELS.
396
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,100
[ SCREAMS ]
397
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,333
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THE LONG-FIN EEL
398
00:25:25,433 --> 00:25:28,067
TO BE A BOLD BEAST
WITH AN AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE.
399
00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:29,867
AAH! LOOK AT THAT!
400
00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:31,600
LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT,
LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT!
401
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,300
AAH!
402
00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:38,500
IN FIJI,
THERE ARE NO LONG-FINS,
403
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:43,067
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER KIND
OF EEL THAT LIVES HERE.
404
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,300
THE MARBLED EEL
IS A MYSTERIOUS BEAST
405
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,533
LITTLE STUDIED BY SCIENCE.
406
00:25:48,633 --> 00:25:53,067
BORN SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC,
THEY THEN SWIM INLAND,
407
00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,600
WHERE THEY SPEND DECADES
HUNTING IN THE RIVERS.
408
00:25:59,333 --> 00:26:03,300
BUT COULD AN EEL REACH SUCH
REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN,
409
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,167
LET ALONE GROW BIG ENOUGH
TO THREATEN A HUMAN?
410
00:26:07,267 --> 00:26:11,900
THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT
IS TO GET A BAIT IN THE WATER.
411
00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:20,300
I BEGIN MY SEARCH
FOR A PRIME FISHING SPOT.
412
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,867
IT'S QUITE SPOOKY HERE,
413
00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:29,067
ALL THESE DEAD TREES JUST
POKING UP OUT OF THE WATER.
414
00:26:31,167 --> 00:26:32,667
I'M JUST TRYING
TO GET AN IDEA
415
00:26:32,767 --> 00:26:36,067
OF WHAT THE LANDSCAPE
IS LIKE UNDER THE WATER.
416
00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:37,133
OH, THIS IS INTERESTING.
417
00:26:37,233 --> 00:26:38,800
THERE'S COLORING
OF THE WATER HERE.
418
00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:42,067
THERE'S CLEARLY A WATERFALL
OR SOMETHING AROUND THE SIDE.
419
00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:44,067
IT'S THE KIND OF FEATURE
THAT COULD ATTRACT FISH.
420
00:26:44,133 --> 00:26:46,667
LET'S HAVE
A LOOK AT THIS.
421
00:26:46,767 --> 00:26:48,400
INCOMING STREAMS
422
00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,700
COULD BE BRINGING IN FOOD
AND DRAWING IN PREDATORS.
423
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,267
LARGE EELS
HIDE IN THE DEEP,
424
00:26:56,367 --> 00:26:58,167
SO IF THERE'S
A GOOD DEPTH OF WATER,
425
00:26:58,267 --> 00:27:02,833
THIS COULD BE
A PERFECT MONSTER HANGOUT.
426
00:27:02,933 --> 00:27:06,500
OH, THIS IS PROMISING.
THIS IS PROMISING.
427
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,067
OOH, OOH.
428
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,200
[ CHUCKLES ]
429
00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,067
END OF THIS LINE.
IT'S 50 FEET.
430
00:27:12,167 --> 00:27:14,633
WE'VE GOT
MORE THAN 50 FEET OF WATER.
431
00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:17,933
THESE LOOSE ROCKS ARE GONNA GIVE
LOTS OF HIDEY HOLES FOR EELS.
432
00:27:18,067 --> 00:27:21,733
AND THAT BANK THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY FISHABLE.
433
00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:25,067
YEAH, THIS PLACE
IS VERY INTERESTING.
434
00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:27,700
LOTS OF FISH --
SMALL FISH IN THE MARGIN.
435
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,533
LOADS, LOADS, LOADS.
THIS IS GOOD.
436
00:27:30,633 --> 00:27:35,533
EELS USE THEIR INCREDIBLE
SENSE OF SMELL TO FIND FOOD,
437
00:27:35,633 --> 00:27:39,267
AND A PUNGENT BAIT OF SMOKED
SAUSAGE AND FRESH LIVER
438
00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:43,700
WILL QUICKLY CREATE
AN ENTICING CLOUD OF SCENT.
439
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,567
SMELLS GOOD TO ME.
440
00:27:56,533 --> 00:28:00,167
WHEN FISHING FOR EELS
IN NEW ZEALAND,
441
00:28:00,267 --> 00:28:02,433
I NEVER HAD TO WAIT LONG.
442
00:28:10,467 --> 00:28:14,400
BUT HERE,
SIX HOURS DRIP BY
443
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,467
WITHOUT EVEN
A TWITCH ON THE LINE.
444
00:28:26,067 --> 00:28:27,467
WELL, IT'S JUST BEEN
SITTING THERE,
445
00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:32,133
AND SOME SMALL FISH
MIGHT HAVE NIBBLED ABOUT,
446
00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:35,800
NOTHING HAS TAKEN IT
AS SUCH.
447
00:28:39,967 --> 00:28:44,200
I RESET A STRONG-SMELLING BAIT
FOR THE NIGHT SHIFT.
448
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:47,967
MANY EELS
ARE NOCTURNAL HUNTERS.
449
00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:55,533
BUT THESE EERIE WATERS ARE NOT
READY TO REVEAL THEIR SECRETS.
450
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,600
THIS DESERTED,
SIX-MILE-LONG RESERVOIR
451
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,100
COULD BE
HOME TO MONSTER EELS,
452
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,700
BUT AFTER
SUCH A QUIET NIGHT,
453
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,467
I HAVE TO CONSIDER
OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
454
00:29:15,133 --> 00:29:17,800
SO FAR, THE ONLY FRESHWATER
FISH I'VE SEEN IN FIJI
455
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:23,100
IS THE TILAPIA,
INTRODUCED HERE IN THE 1950s.
456
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,567
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT
THE ONLY FOREIGN IMPORT.
457
00:29:29,233 --> 00:29:30,800
I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE
458
00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:33,967
THAT INTRODUCED SPECIES
CAN WREAK HAVOC.
459
00:29:34,067 --> 00:29:37,067
THE SOUTH AMERICAN PACU
460
00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:39,867
NOW TERRORIZES
RIVERS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
461
00:29:39,967 --> 00:29:42,767
WHERE IT IS KNOWN
AS THE BULL CUTTER.
462
00:29:42,867 --> 00:29:45,267
THIS THING REALLY DOES
LOOK LIKE A GIANT PIRANHA,
463
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,867
AND I THINK YOU'D CERTAINLY KNOW
ABOUT THIS WHEN THIS BIT YOU.
464
00:29:47,967 --> 00:29:52,100
AND NOTORIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE
SNAKE HEADS FROM ASIA
465
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,100
HAVE NOW SPREAD
FAR BEYOND THEIR NATIVE RANGE.
466
00:29:57,233 --> 00:30:00,733
WHILE IN SPAIN,
INTRODUCED WELS CATFISH
467
00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:04,333
ARE REACHING
MAN-EATING PROPORTIONS.
468
00:30:04,433 --> 00:30:07,800
IF THAT GRABBED HOLD OF YOUR LEG
BUT DECIDED NOT TO LET GO
469
00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:10,700
AND YOU WERE SWIMMING,
YOU'D BE HISTORY.
470
00:30:12,233 --> 00:30:17,733
COULD FIJI ALSO BE HIDING
A MONSTROUS FOREIGN PREDATOR?
471
00:30:17,833 --> 00:30:22,067
THERE'S NO ONE HERE
TO ASK,
472
00:30:22,167 --> 00:30:25,667
BUT THERE ARE REPORTS OF PEOPLE
BEING ATTACKED DOWNSTREAM.
473
00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:27,000
SOME INCIDENTS
474
00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:30,200
HAPPENED RIGHT NEXT TO
THE VILLAGE OF NASEUVOU.
475
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,533
SOMEBODY HERE
MUST HAVE AN IDEA
476
00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:37,600
OF WHAT BEAST
STALKS THE WATERS.
477
00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:47,067
FEW OUTSIDERS EVER VENTURE
THIS FAR OFF THE BEATEN TRACK,
478
00:30:47,167 --> 00:30:51,600
AND ENGLISH
ISN'T WIDELY SPOKEN.
479
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:55,333
BUT I'M EVENTUALLY DIRECTED
TO THE CHIEF'S WIFE,
480
00:30:55,433 --> 00:30:59,000
CAROLINA.
481
00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:00,500
I'VE HEARD
SOME STORIES
482
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,967
ABOUT SOMETHING
IN THE RIVER BITING PEOPLE.
483
00:31:14,733 --> 00:31:16,733
SO, THE LINE IS STUCK?
484
00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:17,767
YEAH.
485
00:31:21,667 --> 00:31:23,633
BEFORE HE
CAN FREE HIS HOOK,
486
00:31:23,733 --> 00:31:26,633
SOMETHING STRIKES HIM HARD
IN THE STOMACH...
487
00:31:27,933 --> 00:31:29,067
IT WAS A BAD BITE?
488
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,067
...BEFORE DISAPPEARING
INTO THE MURK.
489
00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:37,300
BUT THIS IS NO
ONE-OFF ATTACK.
490
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,100
ANY OTHER STORY HERE?
491
00:31:54,767 --> 00:31:55,733
[ GIRL SCREAMING ]
492
00:32:02,067 --> 00:32:05,167
PERHAPS THE ABRASIONS
I HEARD ABOUT ON THE DIVER
493
00:32:05,267 --> 00:32:09,067
WERE, IN FACT,
SOME KIND OF BITE MARKS.
494
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,067
WHEN I ASK
WHAT ATTACKED THE PEOPLE HERE,
495
00:32:11,133 --> 00:32:14,433
SHE GIVES ME A NAME
WHICH I DON'T RECOGNIZE.
496
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,267
TAUTAMBALE.
497
00:32:19,533 --> 00:32:21,433
WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE?
498
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,667
HER DESCRIPTION
COULD BE AN EEL,
499
00:32:34,767 --> 00:32:38,267
OR MAYBE A CATFISH.
500
00:32:38,367 --> 00:32:41,633
BOTH ARE CAPABLE
OF INFLICTING ABRASIVE WOUNDS.
501
00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:50,467
SO, WHAT IS THIS BEAST
THEY CALL THE TAUTAMBALE?
502
00:32:50,567 --> 00:32:54,433
WHATEVER IT IS, IT HAS
A FEARSOME REPUTATION.
503
00:32:55,867 --> 00:32:57,133
AND TO FIND IT...
504
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,233
...I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
GET IN DEEP.
505
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:13,433
I'M IN FIJI
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
506
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:15,233
I'M ON THE TRAIL
OF AN AQUATIC BEAST
507
00:33:15,333 --> 00:33:18,667
THAT'S STALKING THE ISLAND'S
MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR.
508
00:33:18,767 --> 00:33:20,633
MY NUMBER-ONE SUSPECT
509
00:33:20,733 --> 00:33:23,400
IS A CREATURE
THEY CALL THE TAUTAMBALE.
510
00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:33,933
YET, REVEALING ITS IDENTITY
HAS HIT A STUMBLING BLOCK.
511
00:33:34,067 --> 00:33:36,167
NEAR TRADITIONAL VILLAGES,
512
00:33:36,267 --> 00:33:38,933
THE RIVERS ARE PROTECTED
BY THE COMMUNITY.
513
00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:41,167
NO OUTSIDER
CAN FISH HERE
514
00:33:41,267 --> 00:33:45,067
WITHOUT PERMISSION
FROM THE CHIEF.
515
00:33:45,133 --> 00:33:47,467
UNTIL THE ELDERS
CONSIDER MY REQUEST,
516
00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:50,067
I CAN'T GET A LINE
IN THE WATER.
517
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:55,467
YET, WORD OF MY INTEREST
IN THE TAUTAMBALE IS SPREADING.
518
00:33:55,567 --> 00:34:01,567
SOME FISHERMEN ASSURE ME
THEY KNOW WHERE IT LIVES.
519
00:34:10,067 --> 00:34:11,633
SO IT'S ACTUALLY
UNDER THIS ROCK?
520
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:21,333
CUT THE LINE?
521
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,467
AND ALWAYS HERE? THIS IS ITS
HOUSE, THIS ROCK HERE?
522
00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:29,667
I'M TOLD
THAT UNDER THIS CLIFF,
523
00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,700
THERE'S A DEEP
UNDERWATER CAVE.
524
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,500
IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE
525
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,600
JUST TO SIT AND WAIT FOR FOOD
COMING DOWN THE CURRENT,
526
00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:38,067
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE
HOOKED SOMETHING BIG HERE,
527
00:34:38,133 --> 00:34:39,700
BUT IT JUST
BREAKS THE LINE.
528
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,067
THEY'VE SEEN IT DOWN HERE.
529
00:34:42,133 --> 00:34:45,533
AND IT FEELS LIKE
A REALLY GOOD, POSITIVE LEAD.
530
00:34:45,633 --> 00:34:49,333
IT'S A PRIME SPOT
FOR SOMETHING BIG.
531
00:34:49,433 --> 00:34:53,367
BUT HOOKING THIS MONSTER
WITHOUT THE CHIEF'S BLESSING
532
00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:55,500
IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
533
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,533
HOWEVER,
THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING ME
534
00:34:57,633 --> 00:35:01,067
FROM ATTEMPTING
A FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER.
535
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:05,067
MY BEST BET
OF ACTUALLY SEEING THIS THING
536
00:35:05,167 --> 00:35:07,433
IS TO CONFRONT IT
UNDER THE WATER.
537
00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:12,067
WITH NO SCUBA GEAR,
538
00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:15,333
I CAN ONLY LAST UNDERWATER AS
LONG AS I CAN HOLD MY BREATH --
539
00:35:15,433 --> 00:35:18,600
ABOUT A MINUTE AT THE MOST
IN THESE CONDITIONS.
540
00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:20,900
THE CAVE ENTRANCE
IS SEVEN FEET DOWN.
541
00:35:21,067 --> 00:35:25,633
I JUST HOPE I SEE THE CREATURE
BEFORE IT SEES ME.
542
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,433
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
543
00:35:38,533 --> 00:35:39,867
IT REALLY IS
QUITE SPOOKY DOWN THERE.
544
00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:42,533
WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU'RE BREATH-HOLD DIVING
545
00:35:42,633 --> 00:35:46,200
IS TO RELAX PHYSICALLY
AND ALSO MENTALLY.
546
00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:48,067
BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT
THIS MENTAL PICTURE
547
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,667
OF SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
LUNGE OUT AT YOU AT THE SHADOWS,
548
00:35:50,767 --> 00:35:53,900
IT'S QUITE HARD TO SORT OF
CULTIVATE THAT INNER CALMNESS.
549
00:35:57,067 --> 00:36:01,733
PUSHING DEEPER, I DISCOVER
THIS IS NO SMALL CAVE,
550
00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:03,567
IT'S A DANGEROUS LABYRINTH.
551
00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:23,367
NO, THERE'S NO -- THERE'S
NO ACTUAL BACK TO THE CAVE.
552
00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:25,433
IT'S JUST --
THERE'S BOULDERS
553
00:36:25,533 --> 00:36:28,067
WHICH THEN JUST FALL AWAY
INTO ANOTHER SPACE,
554
00:36:28,167 --> 00:36:31,267
AND I CAN'T SEE --
I CAN'T GET THROUGH THAT GAP.
555
00:36:31,367 --> 00:36:33,200
AND THIS WON'T ILLUMINATE,
556
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,600
BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE
A PERFECT HIDEY HOLE.
557
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:40,533
I'VE NOT
SEEN ANYTHING MYSELF TODAY.
558
00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:44,967
ALL MY HOPES OF PROGRESSING
THIS INVESTIGATION
559
00:36:45,067 --> 00:36:46,867
NOW REST
WITH THE VILLAGE CHIEF.
560
00:36:46,967 --> 00:36:52,333
THE ELDERS ARE CONSIDERING MY
REQUEST TO FISH IN THEIR RIVER.
561
00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:55,567
[ ALL CHANTING ]
562
00:37:05,167 --> 00:37:06,867
A CEREMONIAL DRINK
563
00:37:06,967 --> 00:37:11,567
OF KAVA ROOT MIXED
WITH RIVER WATER IS PREPARED.
564
00:37:11,667 --> 00:37:14,567
IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO PROVE MY WORTH
565
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:16,067
BY DOWNING A BOWL
566
00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:19,400
OF THIS BITTER,
INTOXICATING CONCOCTION.
567
00:37:23,167 --> 00:37:25,367
[ MEN CLAP ]
568
00:37:25,467 --> 00:37:29,400
WITH THE RITUAL COMPLETE,
I'M GIVEN PERMISSION TO FISH.
569
00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:34,800
AND I'M TOLD
THAT TAUTAMBALE IS SO UNAFRAID
570
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:36,067
THAT I MIGHT FIND ONE
571
00:37:36,133 --> 00:37:39,633
NEAR SOME ROCKS
RIGHT NEXT TO THE VILLAGE.
572
00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:45,267
I'M STILL NOT SURE
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR,
573
00:37:45,367 --> 00:37:47,200
BUT A CHUNK OF DEAD TILAPIA
574
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:49,800
SHOULD ATTRACT
ANY LARGE PREDATOR,
575
00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:54,633
BE IT AN EEL, A CATFISH,
OR SOMETHING ELSE.
576
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:01,800
ONCE AGAIN,
THE HOURS SLIP BY...
577
00:38:03,967 --> 00:38:06,167
...AND THE MYSTERIOUS
TAUTAMBALE
578
00:38:06,267 --> 00:38:09,167
REFUSES TO REVEAL ITSELF.
579
00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:15,200
[ REEL CLICKS ]
580
00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:17,333
THEN, DEEP INTO THE NIGHT,
581
00:38:17,433 --> 00:38:19,433
THE SOUND I'VE
BEEN WAITING FOR.
582
00:38:19,533 --> 00:38:20,567
[ REEL SPINNING ]
583
00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:21,933
SOMETHING'S ON.
584
00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:23,267
SOMETHING ON.
SOMETHING'S ON.
585
00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:25,067
[ GRUNTS ]
586
00:38:25,133 --> 00:38:28,500
FINALLY, SOMETHING
HAS HIT MY BAIT.
587
00:38:41,467 --> 00:38:44,767
IN FIJI'S
MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR,
588
00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:48,533
I'M HOOKED INTO
SOMETHING POWERFUL.
589
00:38:48,633 --> 00:38:50,933
SOMETHING'S ON.
590
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:52,900
SOMETHING'S ON.
591
00:38:54,233 --> 00:38:56,733
[ GRUNTS ]
592
00:38:59,567 --> 00:39:01,833
COULD THIS BE
THE TAUTAMBALE?
593
00:39:01,933 --> 00:39:03,167
[ Strained ]
THERE'S SOMETHING ON.
594
00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:07,067
I MUST NET
THIS WRITHING BEAST QUICKLY
595
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,067
AND NOT GIVE IT
ANY CHANCE TO ESCAPE.
596
00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:19,800
IS IT IN THE NET?
NO, IT'S NOT.
597
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,767
[BLEEP]
598
00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:24,700
NOW IT IS.
NOW IT IS.
599
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,533
[ GRUNTING ]
600
00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:35,167
THE MONSTER I'VE CAUGHT
IS A HUGE MARBLED EEL.
601
00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:40,767
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
IS NOT GRIP IT TOO TIGHT
602
00:39:40,867 --> 00:39:44,967
BECAUSE WITH EELS, IF YOU FIGHT
WITH THEM, THEY FIGHT BACK.
603
00:39:45,067 --> 00:39:49,400
THE VILLAGERS CONFIRM
THAT THIS IS A TAUTAMBALE.
604
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:52,133
THIS FISH HAS REALLY
GIVEN ME THE RUNAROUND,
605
00:39:52,233 --> 00:39:56,667
AND FINALLY, HERE I AM, MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT, COVERED IN SLIME,
606
00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:59,067
AND I FINALLY HAVE IT.
607
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:07,367
JUST GETTING A BIT OF LOOK
AT THE BUSINESS END OF THIS,
608
00:40:07,467 --> 00:40:09,400
AND THAT IS A BIG MOUTH.
609
00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:12,233
AND IT'S GOT
POWERFUL MUSCULATURE
610
00:40:12,333 --> 00:40:13,267
OPERATING THOSE JAWS.
611
00:40:13,367 --> 00:40:14,967
AND WHEN IT OPENS ITS MOUTH,
612
00:40:15,067 --> 00:40:18,067
I CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY
THAT IT'S GOT LOTS OF TEETH,
613
00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:19,533
VERY, VERY SHARP TEETH.
614
00:40:19,633 --> 00:40:23,667
WHEN THEY CLAMP DOWN, THAT'S
GONNA CAUSE A BIT OF AN INJURY.
615
00:40:23,767 --> 00:40:28,767
THIS NEARLY 5-FOOT-LONG
MARBLED EEL
616
00:40:28,867 --> 00:40:31,000
COULD MAUL A PERSON.
617
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:33,300
WHAT'S MORE, WHEN EELS FEED,
618
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,633
THEY SOMETIMES SPIN,
CAUSING CIRCULAR WOUNDS.
619
00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:40,567
MAYBE THIS IS WHERE
THE OCTOPUS THEORY CAME FROM.
620
00:40:40,667 --> 00:40:43,700
NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY
SEEING A LIVE ONE OF THESE
621
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,633
AND HANDLING IT,
622
00:40:45,733 --> 00:40:48,467
I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THOSE
INCIDENTS I'VE HEARD ABOUT
623
00:40:48,567 --> 00:40:52,033
FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND,
624
00:40:52,133 --> 00:40:54,667
THIS HAS TO BE THE CULPRIT.
625
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:01,933
I CAME HERE LOOKING
FOR A POSSIBLE PERPETRATOR
626
00:41:02,067 --> 00:41:05,100
BEHIND A SERIES OF ATTACKS.
627
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,133
AND I'VE FOUND TWO --
628
00:41:07,233 --> 00:41:12,333
BOTH AQUATIC PREDATORS CAPABLE
OF INFLICTING SERIOUS DAMAGE.
629
00:41:12,433 --> 00:41:16,167
THE MARBLED EEL
STALKS THE REMOTE INTERIOR,
630
00:41:16,267 --> 00:41:18,667
WHILE THE GIANT TREVALLY
631
00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:21,067
COMES INTO THE RIVERS
FROM JUST OFFSHORE.
632
00:41:21,133 --> 00:41:26,067
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE FISH
HUNT FOR HUMAN FLESH,
633
00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:29,467
BUT STUMBLE
INTO EITHER ONE BY ACCIDENT,
634
00:41:29,567 --> 00:41:32,533
AND THIS IDYLLIC
SOUTH PACIFIC PARADISE
635
00:41:32,633 --> 00:41:36,700
COULD BECOME THE SCENE
OF YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.
49039
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