1 00:00:01,233 --> 00:00:02,600 MY NAME IS JEREMY WADE. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,000 IT'S GONNA DROP. IT'S GONNA DROP. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,633 FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN TRACKING DOWN DANGEROUS FISH... 4 00:00:07,633 --> 00:00:08,867 THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS. 5 00:00:08,867 --> 00:00:12,067 ...IN SOME OF THE REMOTEST PLACES ON EARTH. 6 00:00:12,067 --> 00:00:15,700 WHAT A FRESHWATER MONSTER THIS THING IS. 7 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:19,167 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT BEHIND EVEN THE MOST OUTLANDISH TALE, 8 00:00:19,167 --> 00:00:21,033 THERE IS OFTEN A REAL CREATURE. 9 00:00:21,033 --> 00:00:23,300 [ STAMMERING ] 10 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,467 NOW FROM A WATERY WILDERNESS 11 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:28,767 COMES STORIES OF A FRIGHTENING AND ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE BEAST. 12 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:33,067 YOU COULD SEE THE COILS OF A GIANT SERPENT. 13 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:35,200 IT HAD THE INTENTION TO EAT HIM. 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,267 BUT WHAT IS THIS SINISTER ANIMAL, 15 00:00:37,267 --> 00:00:39,867 AND IS IT REALLY ATTACKING PEOPLE? 16 00:00:39,867 --> 00:00:42,067 IT'S TIME TO FIND THE TRUTH 17 00:00:42,067 --> 00:00:45,800 ABOUT CANADA'S MYSTERIOUS LAKE MONSTER. 18 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:54,100 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 19 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,133 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:01:01,067 --> 00:01:03,867 I'VE INVESTIGATED LEGENDS OF LAKE MONSTERS 21 00:01:03,867 --> 00:01:05,933 FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 22 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:09,100 TYPICALLY, THE STORIES ARE TIED TO A SINGLE BODY OF WATER, 23 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,167 SUCH AS LOCH NESS. 24 00:01:11,167 --> 00:01:15,167 BUT I'VE RECENTLY COME ACROSS AN INTRIGUING EXCEPTION. 25 00:01:15,167 --> 00:01:17,067 ACROSS A HUGE EXPANSE OF CANADA, 26 00:01:17,067 --> 00:01:20,900 THERE ARE REPORTS OF STRANGE, SNAKELIKE BEASTS, 27 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:23,667 SOMETIMES AS LONG AS A BUS. 28 00:01:23,667 --> 00:01:28,733 ALLEGEDLY, THESE CREATURES HAVE ATTACKED AND EVEN KILLED PEOPLE. 29 00:01:28,733 --> 00:01:30,067 [ MAN SCREAMING ] 30 00:01:30,067 --> 00:01:33,367 MOST SIGHTINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN A FLEETING GLIMPSE, 31 00:01:33,367 --> 00:01:35,567 BUT ONE THING THAT KEEPS CROPPING UP 32 00:01:35,567 --> 00:01:41,900 IS THE SINUOUS, ELONGATED SHAPE OF THIS MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL. 33 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:46,433 I KNOW THAT SNAKES CAN GROW TO A MONSTROUS SIZE. 34 00:01:46,433 --> 00:01:48,933 IT IS HUGE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 35 00:01:48,933 --> 00:01:52,367 BIG ENOUGH TO SWALLOW A MAN. 36 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:57,800 HOWEVER, TO GET SERIOUSLY BIG, REPTILES REQUIRE A WARM CLIMATE. 37 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,933 I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A SNAKE THE SIZE OF AN ANACONDA 38 00:02:00,933 --> 00:02:04,700 COULD SURVIVE IN CANADA'S SUBARCTIC WATERS. 39 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:06,433 BUT IF IT'S NOT A SNAKE, 40 00:02:06,433 --> 00:02:10,767 THEN WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS LURKING MENACE? 41 00:02:10,767 --> 00:02:14,300 MY INVESTIGATION BEGINS IN A PLACE 42 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:17,067 WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS. 43 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:25,333 EAGLE LAKE LIES DEEP IN CANADA'S WILDERNESS. 44 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:28,400 THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE IS BY AIR. 45 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:32,533 INCREDIBLY, THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO 46 00:02:32,533 --> 00:02:36,600 HOLDS MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE WORLD'S FRESHWATER. 47 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,200 EAGLE LAKE ALONE COVERS AN AREA 48 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,967 MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN. 49 00:02:42,967 --> 00:02:46,667 THESE VALLEYS WERE CARVED OUT BY THE GLACIERS, 50 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:49,367 WHICH ONCE SMOTHERED THIS REGION. 51 00:02:49,367 --> 00:02:50,967 WHEN THE GLACIERS RETREATED, 52 00:02:50,967 --> 00:02:55,300 THEY LEFT BEHIND THOUSANDS OF DEEP, ICY LAKES -- 53 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:59,500 PLENTY OF SPACE TO HIDE A MONSTER. 54 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:02,433 BUT THE FRAGMENTED NATURE OF THIS WATER WORLD 55 00:03:02,433 --> 00:03:06,967 MEANS I HAVE TO RULE OUT AN OBVIOUS SUSPECT. 56 00:03:06,967 --> 00:03:09,733 WHITE STURGEON CAN GROW TO 20 FEET LONG, 57 00:03:09,733 --> 00:03:12,767 AND THEY ARE KNOWN TO SWIM UP RIVERS. 58 00:03:12,767 --> 00:03:17,267 HOWEVER, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE STURGEON THEORY. 59 00:03:17,267 --> 00:03:19,333 THESE ARE LANDLOCKED LAKES, 60 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:23,167 AND STURGEON ARE MIGRATORY FISH THAT ARE ONLY FOUND 61 00:03:23,167 --> 00:03:26,567 IN WATERWAYS CONNECTED WITH THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 62 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:28,767 IF THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ARE TRUE, 63 00:03:28,767 --> 00:03:31,567 THEN THESE WATERS MUST BE HARBORING SOME OTHER LARGE 64 00:03:31,567 --> 00:03:33,800 AND DANGEROUS BEAST. 65 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:47,367 THIS PLACE REALLY DOES HAVE QUITE A MYSTERIOUS FEEL TO IT. 66 00:03:47,367 --> 00:03:51,900 WE TEND TO THINK OF LAKES AS LARGE, OPEN EXPANSES OF WATER, 67 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:54,667 BUT THIS LAKE IS ANYTHING BUT. 68 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,700 AND WE'VE NOW ENTERED THIS CREEK 69 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,067 THAT IS JUST WINDING AWAY AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, 70 00:03:59,067 --> 00:04:01,600 AND THIS CONNECTS TO ANOTHER OPEN AREA, 71 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,533 AND IT'S VERY EASY HERE TO LOSE YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION. 72 00:04:05,533 --> 00:04:08,067 NO, IT'S A BIT OF A MAZE, A BIT OF A LABYRINTH. 73 00:04:13,633 --> 00:04:16,067 IT'S NOT THE WATER BUT THE ROCKS 74 00:04:16,067 --> 00:04:19,800 THAT OFFER UP MY FIRST FADED BIT OF EVIDENCE. 75 00:04:25,067 --> 00:04:29,933 JUST COME ACROSS THESE ROCK PAINTINGS ON THIS CLIFF FACE. 76 00:04:29,933 --> 00:04:31,200 THIS ONE HERE -- CLEARLY A PERSON 77 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,467 HOLDING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SPEAR IN ONE HAND. 78 00:04:34,467 --> 00:04:39,400 THERE'S WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TURTLE HERE, 79 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,967 AND I'M GUESSING THESE ARE PRETTY OLD. 80 00:04:41,967 --> 00:04:45,633 THESE IMAGES COULD BE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. 81 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:49,133 AND AMONG THEM, THERE'S ONE THAT CATCHES MY EYE. 82 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,767 THIS ONE HERE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, 83 00:04:55,767 --> 00:04:57,600 BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF IMAGINATION 84 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,067 TO SEE THAT IS SOMETHING SNAKELIKE. 85 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:04,067 MAYBE THAT IS THE WATER SERPENT. 86 00:05:04,067 --> 00:05:06,333 IT MAY JUST BE COINCIDENCE, 87 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:08,533 BUT I'M EAGER TO TRACK DOWN THE DESCENDANTS 88 00:05:08,533 --> 00:05:11,233 OF WHOEVER DREW THIS SYMBOL. 89 00:05:11,233 --> 00:05:14,900 PERHAPS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADD SOME CRUCIAL DETAILS. 90 00:05:18,133 --> 00:05:20,867 EAGLE LAKE IS THE ANCESTRAL HOME 91 00:05:20,867 --> 00:05:22,600 OF THE MIGISI SAHGAIGAN PEOPLE, 92 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,200 AN ANCIENT TRIBE OF INDIGENOUS CANADIANS. 93 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,100 THEY STILL LIVE HERE IN A SMALL SETTLEMENT 94 00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:32,967 ON THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE. 95 00:05:32,967 --> 00:05:36,867 [ CHANTING, DRUMS POUNDING ] 96 00:05:36,867 --> 00:05:38,600 I NEED TO TREAD CAREFULLY, THOUGH. 97 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,933 I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY MAY BE RELUCTANT TO SPEAK TO OUTSIDERS 98 00:05:41,933 --> 00:05:44,800 ABOUT UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS. 99 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,067 [ CHANTING CONTINUES ] 100 00:05:48,067 --> 00:05:53,100 BUT TRIBAL ELDER ROBERT KELLY IS WILLING TO TALK. 101 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:57,633 THAT SERPENT... IT DOES EXIST. 102 00:05:58,933 --> 00:06:00,433 DO YOU HAVE A NAME FOR IT? 103 00:06:00,433 --> 00:06:04,833 OUR PEOPLE SAY CACHEEKANABICK. 104 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:08,867 STORIES OF THIS BEAST 105 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:12,067 HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS. 106 00:06:12,067 --> 00:06:14,367 ELDERS, EVEN MY PARENTS, 107 00:06:14,367 --> 00:06:18,067 HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT SERPENT. 108 00:06:18,067 --> 00:06:23,233 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SURFACING FROM THE WATER 109 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:25,833 AND THEN GO BACK DOWN SLOWLY. 110 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,600 DO PEOPLE SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS? 111 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,500 IS THERE ANY -- ANY DETAILS AT ALL? 112 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:38,933 THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN THE WATER 113 00:06:38,933 --> 00:06:42,400 WERE DARK, ALMOST BLACK. 114 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,933 IT SOUNDS A BIT LIKE A SUPERSIZED EEL, 115 00:06:48,933 --> 00:06:51,267 BUT ANYTHING THAT'S AS BIG AS PEOPLE ARE SAYING 116 00:06:51,267 --> 00:06:54,567 IS GOING TO NEED A GOOD SUPPLY OF FOOD. 117 00:06:54,567 --> 00:06:56,300 I'M CURIOUS TO START FINDING OUT 118 00:06:56,300 --> 00:07:00,267 WHAT'S ACTUALLY LIVING IN THIS DEEP, COLD LAKE. 119 00:07:02,467 --> 00:07:04,500 UNLIKE A LOT OF THE WATER THAT I FISH, 120 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:06,533 YOU'VE GOT QUITE AMAZING CLARITY HERE, 121 00:07:06,533 --> 00:07:08,100 SO THE CHANCES ARE 122 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:12,067 ANY PREDATORS HERE VERY MUCH USE THE SENSE OF SIGHT. 123 00:07:12,067 --> 00:07:13,367 AND EVEN DOWN AT 40, 124 00:07:13,367 --> 00:07:15,767 50, 60 FEET, THAT'S GONNA GIVE OFF QUITE A FLASH 125 00:07:15,767 --> 00:07:17,067 AS YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT. 126 00:07:17,067 --> 00:07:18,700 THERE MIGHT ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A THROB, AS WELL, 127 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:20,167 WHEN THAT MOVES, 128 00:07:20,167 --> 00:07:24,400 BUT THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO MIMIC A SMALL PREY FISH. 129 00:07:26,733 --> 00:07:29,633 CANADA IS NEW TERRITORY FOR ME. 130 00:07:29,633 --> 00:07:32,700 I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. 131 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,900 WHAT I'M DOING, I'M NOT ACTUALLY CASTING THIS LURE OFF THE BOAT. 132 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:38,267 I'M JUST LOWERING IT DOWN INTO THE WATER. 133 00:07:38,267 --> 00:07:40,233 IT'S JUST GIVING SHORT PULLS, 134 00:07:40,233 --> 00:07:43,200 WHICH WILL MAKE IT FLASH AND THROB AND THEN LET IT -- 135 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,267 LET IT FLUTTER BACK DOWN AGAIN. 136 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,433 I'M USING A LITTLE BIT OF GADGETRY TO HELP ME SEE 137 00:08:00,433 --> 00:08:01,500 WHAT'S IN THE WATER. 138 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:03,500 THERE ARE SOLID LINES ABOVE THE WATER, 139 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:05,900 WHICH IS SOME KIND OF FISH. 140 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:11,067 BUT UNTIL I GET IT ON THE HOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. 141 00:08:16,233 --> 00:08:18,600 YES. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. 142 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,567 IN CANADA'S REMOTE INTERIOR, I'M INVESTIGATING REPORTS 143 00:08:31,567 --> 00:08:33,067 OF A MYSTERIOUS 144 00:08:33,067 --> 00:08:36,700 BUT SURPRISINGLY WIDESPREAD LAKE MONSTER. 145 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:38,133 THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 146 00:08:38,133 --> 00:08:42,367 DESCRIBE IT AS BIG, BLACK, AND SNAKELIKE. 147 00:08:42,367 --> 00:08:44,067 MY FIRST JOB IS TO FIND OUT 148 00:08:44,067 --> 00:08:45,900 IF THERE'S ENOUGH PREY IN THIS WATER 149 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,400 TO FEED SOMETHING HUGE. 150 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,833 YES. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. 151 00:08:49,833 --> 00:08:51,633 YES. 152 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:57,267 AH. 153 00:08:57,267 --> 00:09:01,067 WELL, THIS IS A LAKE TROUT, A PREDATOR IN ITS OWN RIGHT. 154 00:09:01,067 --> 00:09:03,633 IT TOOK A SPOON THAT WAS MIMICKING A SMALL FISH. 155 00:09:03,633 --> 00:09:08,433 SO THAT'S A BIG PREDATOR'S MOUTH FULL OF TEETH. 156 00:09:08,433 --> 00:09:12,067 BUT IT'S THE LAKE TROUT'S EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH FAT CONTENT 157 00:09:12,067 --> 00:09:14,567 THAT INTERESTS ME. 158 00:09:14,567 --> 00:09:17,533 IT WOULDN'T TAKE MANY OF THESE SMALLER PREDATORS 159 00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:20,700 TO SUSTAIN A MONSTER. 160 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:25,767 AND AS I CONTINUE TO FISH... THE LAKE TROUT KEEP BITING. 161 00:09:30,433 --> 00:09:31,767 WELL, I THINK THE CONCLUSION IS PRETTY CLEAR. 162 00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:33,100 THE WATER DOWN HERE 163 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,167 IS JUST TEEMING WITH FATTY, NUTRITIOUS FISH -- 164 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:38,800 A PERFECT BITE-SIZE MORSEL 165 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:44,833 FOR ANY LARGER PREDATOR THAT MIGHT BE DOWN THERE. 166 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:48,067 CLEARLY, THERE'S LOTS OF SPACE HERE FOR A MONSTER 167 00:09:48,067 --> 00:09:49,500 AND PLENTY TO EAT. 168 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:52,833 BUT TO START WORKING TOWARDS A POSITIVE I.D., 169 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:55,633 I WANT TO MEET ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE ON THIS LAKE 170 00:09:55,633 --> 00:10:02,167 WHO CLAIM TO HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE BEAST WITH THEIR OWN EYES. 171 00:10:02,167 --> 00:10:04,633 WHEN I EVENTUALLY TRACK HIM DOWN, THOUGH, 172 00:10:04,633 --> 00:10:08,800 LEONARD SKY SEEMS WARY OF SAYING TOO MUCH. 173 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,800 LIKE, I MEAN, WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING, 174 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:16,100 WE DON'T REALLY GO AND BROADCAST IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. 175 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:20,700 YOU WOULD BE DEEMED A LUNATIC IF YOU DO. 176 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,700 IT TAKES AWHILE FOR LEONARD TO COME 'ROUND 177 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:26,800 AND TELL ME ABOUT HIS STRANGE ENCOUNTER. 178 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:35,667 WE WERE GOING ACROSS THE LAKE IN A BOAT WITH MY CLIENT. 179 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:39,600 ONE OF THE FISHERMAN THEN SPOTS SOMETHING ODD IN THE WATER. 180 00:10:42,933 --> 00:10:44,700 I LOOKED AT IT. 181 00:10:45,733 --> 00:10:48,167 I SAID, "THAT CAN'T BE." 182 00:10:48,167 --> 00:10:50,533 IT WAS BIG, 183 00:10:50,533 --> 00:10:56,633 LIKE AN OVERTURNED BOAT, ABOUT 20 FEET OR SO. 184 00:10:56,633 --> 00:11:02,333 SO WE WENT IN TO INVESTIGATE IT, AND THEN THE THING SANK. 185 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:09,567 AND THEN, WE TURNED ON OUR SONAR, 186 00:11:09,567 --> 00:11:11,467 AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. 187 00:11:14,667 --> 00:11:16,267 IT JUST DISAPPEARED. 188 00:11:16,267 --> 00:11:19,633 LEONARD HAS SPENT DECADES ON THIS LAKE, 189 00:11:19,633 --> 00:11:21,467 BUT WHAT HE SAW THAT DAY 190 00:11:21,467 --> 00:11:24,367 WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING HE'D SEEN BEFORE. 191 00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:29,300 TO HIM, IT WAS CACHEEKANABICK, THE EAGLE LAKE SERPENT. 192 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:32,200 TO ME, IT'S TOTALLY PERPLEXING. 193 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,567 SO, WHEREABOUTS ON THE LAKE DID YOU SEE THIS? 194 00:11:35,567 --> 00:11:37,067 RIGHT IN FRONT, 195 00:11:37,067 --> 00:11:41,700 WAY OVER THERE WHERE THE SUN IS SHINING ON THE FAR HORIZON, 196 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:44,467 CALLED SPIRIT ROCK. 197 00:11:44,467 --> 00:11:46,567 FOR THE MAGISI SAHGAIGAN PEOPLE, 198 00:11:46,567 --> 00:11:50,367 SPIRIT ROCK IS A SACRED PLACE. 199 00:11:50,367 --> 00:11:55,100 PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO POINT TOWARDS THE ROCK. 200 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:57,100 IS THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE RESPECT THE PLACE? 201 00:11:57,100 --> 00:12:03,167 OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE SPIRIT THAT'S THERE. 202 00:12:03,167 --> 00:12:04,533 IT'S SAID THE SPIRIT 203 00:12:04,533 --> 00:12:08,167 COULD BE PLACATED WITH AN OFFERING OF TOBACCO. 204 00:12:08,167 --> 00:12:10,067 BUT EVEN SO, 205 00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:14,333 ANYONE WHO GOES NEAR THE ROCK DOES SO AT THEIR OWN RISK. 206 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,767 IF IT REALLY IS THE LAIR OF A LARGE, UNKNOWN CREATURE, 207 00:12:22,767 --> 00:12:26,067 THEN I INTEND TO FIND OUT. 208 00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:28,400 PREDATORS WILL OFTEN STAKE OUT THE DEEP WATER 209 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,067 ALONGSIDE A DROP OFF, 210 00:12:30,067 --> 00:12:33,067 SO ISLANDS CAN BE IDEAL AMBUSH SPOTS. 211 00:12:33,067 --> 00:12:36,367 I'M WONDERING IF LEONARD'S MONSTER VANISHED INTO A CAVE, 212 00:12:36,367 --> 00:12:40,100 BUT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING I CAN FIND OUT WITH A ROD AND LINE. 213 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,633 I'M RECKONING MY BEST CHANCE OF SEEING WHAT'S DOWN THERE 214 00:12:43,633 --> 00:12:45,200 IS ACTUALLY GETTING IN THE WATER MYSELF, 215 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,567 BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M MORE THAN A LITTLE DAUNTED 216 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:50,633 BECAUSE THE VISIBILITY IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT GREAT. 217 00:12:50,633 --> 00:12:52,433 AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING DOWN THERE, 218 00:12:52,433 --> 00:12:56,833 I'M NOT GONNA SEE IT UNTIL I'M PRETTY MUCH ON TOP OF IT. 219 00:12:56,833 --> 00:13:01,167 IN WINTER, THIS LAKE IS ENTOMBED IN A FOOT OF ICE, 220 00:13:01,167 --> 00:13:02,967 BUT EVEN IN THE SUMMER, 221 00:13:02,967 --> 00:13:06,400 GETTING IN THE WATER IS A BONE-CHILLING EXPERIENCE. 222 00:13:16,667 --> 00:13:21,633 BELOW THE SURFACE, THE BOTTOM FALLS AWAY ON ALL SIDES, 223 00:13:21,633 --> 00:13:25,700 BUT THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS CRACKS OR HIDING PLACES. 224 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:30,333 AND THE ENTIRE AREA SEEMS EERILY DEVOID OF LIFE. 225 00:13:33,833 --> 00:13:35,400 THERE'S NOTHING HERE. 226 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,067 I'VE NOT SEEN ANY FISH, AND THAT'S STRANGE. 227 00:13:42,233 --> 00:13:45,500 I'VE DRAWN A BLANK AT SPIRIT ROCK, 228 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,067 BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP. 229 00:13:47,067 --> 00:13:49,800 BACK ON LAND, I HEAR ABOUT SOMEONE 230 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,200 WHO WAS RECENTLY ATTACKED ON THIS VERY LAKE 231 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,567 RIGHT NEXT TO THE SHORE. 232 00:13:56,567 --> 00:14:00,200 SOMETHING GRABBED HIM AND TRIED TO PULL HIM UNDER. 233 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,067 COULD THIS BE THE WORK OF THE MYSTERIOUS LAKE SERPENT? 234 00:14:13,633 --> 00:14:15,767 ON CANADA'S EAGLE LAKE, 235 00:14:15,767 --> 00:14:19,667 I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY AN ELUSIVE, SNAKELIKE BEAST 236 00:14:19,667 --> 00:14:23,500 THAT PEOPLE HERE CALL CACHEEKANABICK. 237 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:27,167 SIGHTINGS OF A SIMILAR 20-FOOT ANIMAL HAVE BEEN REPORTED 238 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:28,967 FROM ACROSS THIS REGION, 239 00:14:28,967 --> 00:14:32,267 BUT NOTHING I KNOW OF FITS THE DESCRIPTION. 240 00:14:32,267 --> 00:14:35,600 NOW I'VE HEARD OF A RECENT ATTACK ON A HUMAN. 241 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,400 IF THE CULPRIT IS THE SHADOWY LAKE MONSTER, 242 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,500 THEN BITE MARKS ON THE VICTIM 243 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,300 COULD BE THE KEY TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY. 244 00:14:45,567 --> 00:14:47,367 EAGER TO GET MORE DETAILS, 245 00:14:47,367 --> 00:14:50,467 I TRACK DOWN A MAN NAMED GORD BASTABLE, 246 00:14:50,467 --> 00:14:52,667 A WITNESS TO THE ATTACK. 247 00:14:52,667 --> 00:14:55,300 WHAT EXACTLY WAS IS THAT HAPPENED IN THE WATER DOWN HERE? 248 00:14:55,300 --> 00:14:59,300 WELL, WE HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS DOWN IN CAMP HERE. 249 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:01,533 THEY WERE OUT IN THE WATER, DOWN ON THE BEACH. 250 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:04,800 THEY WERE JUST HORSING AROUND LIKE KIDS DO. 251 00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:11,800 ONE OF THEM IS 11-YEAR-OLD BILLY BALINSKI. 252 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:21,067 HE'S STANDING IN VERY SHALLOW WATER WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, 253 00:15:21,067 --> 00:15:23,767 SOMETHING SLAMS INTO HIS LEG. 254 00:15:23,767 --> 00:15:28,767 SOMETHING GRABBED HIM AND TRIED TO PULL HIM UNDER. 255 00:15:28,767 --> 00:15:30,833 FORTUNATELY, HE WAS IN SHALLOW WATER, 256 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:34,067 SO HE COULD PULL HIMSELF OFF AND GET TO SHORE. 257 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:37,500 BUT REALLY, IF IT HAD BEEN IN DEEP WATER, 258 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:38,967 IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. 259 00:15:38,967 --> 00:15:41,300 THE BOY ISN'T HERE NOW, 260 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:44,333 BUT GORD HAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF BILLY'S WOUND 261 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:48,767 TAKEN JUST MINUTES AFTER HE WAS MAULED. 262 00:15:48,767 --> 00:15:49,933 [ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ] 263 00:15:49,933 --> 00:15:51,600 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S TAKEN A POINTED KNIFE 264 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,800 AND JUST GONE ROUND AND DONE A SEMICIRCLE. 265 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:01,367 THE CRESCENT-SHAPED BITE... IS RATHER LIKE THAT OF A SHARK, 266 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:05,500 AND BULL SHARKS ARE KNOWN TO LIVE IN FRESHWATER. 267 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,800 BUT NO BULL SHARK COULD EVER REACH THIS LANDLOCKED LAKE, 268 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,600 LET ALONE SURVIVE ITS ICY TEMPERATURES. 269 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,067 HAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE? 270 00:16:16,067 --> 00:16:17,067 NEVER. NEVER. 271 00:16:17,067 --> 00:16:19,367 I'VE BEEN ON THE LAKE HERE FOR 35 YEARS, 272 00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:21,900 AND THIS WAS A FIRST. 273 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:24,067 THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMOTION, 274 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:28,400 WHICH IS VERY ODD TO ATTRACT ANY KIND OF FISH. 275 00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:33,700 SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK DID THIS? 276 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,233 WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE FISH 277 00:16:35,233 --> 00:16:37,767 THAT HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO ACTUALLY PULL THAT OFF, 278 00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:39,467 AND THAT WOULD BE A MUSKIE. 279 00:16:39,467 --> 00:16:40,833 A MUSKIE? 280 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,467 THERE WERE SEVERAL MUSKIES HANGING AROUND IN THE CREEK AREA 281 00:16:43,467 --> 00:16:46,233 AND THE BEACH AREA THAT WEEK. 282 00:16:46,233 --> 00:16:52,367 THE MUSKIE, OR MUSKELLUNGE, IS A TRULY FORMIDABLE BEAST. 283 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:56,300 FAST AND EXTREMELY FIERCE, THIS SUPERSIZED PIKE 284 00:16:56,300 --> 00:17:00,733 SITS AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS AQUATIC FOOD CHAIN. 285 00:17:00,733 --> 00:17:04,367 MUSKIES ARE KNOWN TO REACH A HEFTY 70 POUNDS 286 00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:07,333 AND CAN TARGET A WIDE RANGE OF PREY. 287 00:17:09,567 --> 00:17:14,167 FISH, MUSKRATS, AND EVEN DUCKS ARE ALL FAIR GAME. 288 00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:18,067 BUT IN OVER 30 YEARS 289 00:17:18,067 --> 00:17:20,567 OF INVESTIGATING FRESHWATER ATTACKS, 290 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:25,533 I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A MUSKIE SINKING ITS TEETH INTO A HUMAN 291 00:17:25,533 --> 00:17:28,633 UNTIL NOW. 292 00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:32,200 [ SCREAMING ] 293 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,567 CAN IT REALLY BE TRUE? 294 00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:37,167 I NEED MORE EVIDENCE. 295 00:17:37,167 --> 00:17:41,067 A BIT OF DIGGING SOON TURNS UP ANOTHER, EVEN BLOODIER ACCOUNT 296 00:17:41,067 --> 00:17:42,767 OF A MUSKIE ATTACK. 297 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:45,067 THERE'S A COUPLE OUT CANOEING. 298 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:51,067 THE GIRLFRIEND WAS PADDLING, 299 00:17:51,067 --> 00:17:53,300 AND THE GUY HAD HIS FEET 300 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:56,567 DANGLING OVER FRONT OF THE CANOE. 301 00:17:56,567 --> 00:18:01,667 ALL OF A SUDDEN...SOMETHING COME UP AND GRABBED HIS FOOT. 302 00:18:04,067 --> 00:18:06,567 AAH! 303 00:18:06,567 --> 00:18:10,467 IT TAKES 60 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. 304 00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:18,667 SO MUSKIES CAN BE FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN I REALIZED. 305 00:18:18,667 --> 00:18:21,933 BUT DOES THIS LARGE, PREDATORY FISH MATCH THE DESCRIPTIONS 306 00:18:21,933 --> 00:18:24,500 OF THE LAKE MONSTER? 307 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:27,800 THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME INTRIGUING PARALLELS. 308 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,767 FOR A START, THE MUSKIE 309 00:18:29,767 --> 00:18:34,633 HAS AN ELONGATED AND SOMEWHAT REPTILIAN APPEARANCE. 310 00:18:34,633 --> 00:18:36,467 MORE TELLINGLY, PERHAPS, ITS RANGE 311 00:18:36,467 --> 00:18:40,733 CORRELATES VERY CLOSELY WITH LAKE SERPENT SIGHTINGS. 312 00:18:40,733 --> 00:18:43,900 AND FINALLY, THE MUSKIE HAS BEEN OBSERVED 313 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:45,900 LIFTING ITS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER 314 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:49,567 IN A VERY UNFISHLIKE WAY, 315 00:18:49,567 --> 00:18:52,367 A BEHAVIOR THAT'S ALSO BEEN REPORTED 316 00:18:52,367 --> 00:18:54,700 FOR THE SUPPOSED LAKE SERPENT. 317 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,433 Wade: THINGS ARE STARTING TO COME TOGETHER, 318 00:18:56,433 --> 00:19:00,267 BUT THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY DOESN'T COMPUTE IS SIZE. 319 00:19:00,267 --> 00:19:04,600 MUSKIES DON'T GROW AS BIG 320 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,933 AS THESE CREATURES THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE SEEING. 321 00:19:08,933 --> 00:19:10,900 FROM TALKING TO LOCALS, 322 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:14,433 I LEARN OF A HUGE JAW BONE SUPPOSEDLY FROM 323 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:17,700 ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSKIES EVER FOUND. 324 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:20,700 IT'S KEPT IN A SMALL FISHING LODGE 325 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,633 CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED. 326 00:19:23,633 --> 00:19:26,967 I'M HOPING THERE'S ENOUGH OF IT LEFT TO DEDUCE THE FULL SIZE 327 00:19:26,967 --> 00:19:30,100 OF THE ANIMAL IT CAME FROM. 328 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:32,067 THIS IS THE LOWER JAW 329 00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:34,200 OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSKIES EVER RECORDED. 330 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,633 IT WAS FOUND WASHED UP AT THE WATER'S EDGE NEAR HERE. 331 00:19:37,633 --> 00:19:40,967 THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES ME IS JUST THE SIZE 332 00:19:40,967 --> 00:19:43,800 AND THE SHARPNESS OF THOSE TEETH. 333 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,767 EACH STILETTO TOOTH IS MORE THAN AN INCH LONG, 334 00:19:47,767 --> 00:19:50,767 AND THE JAW'S SHAPE PERFECTLY MATCHES 335 00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:54,700 THE SEMICIRCLE OF PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON BILLY BALINSKI'S LEG. 336 00:19:57,367 --> 00:20:00,533 THIS MUSKIE HAD A MOUTH LIKE A BEAR TRAP, 337 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:04,233 BUT HOW LONG WAS IT NOSE TO TAIL? 338 00:20:04,233 --> 00:20:07,200 BASED ON THE SIZE OF THIS JAW, THE WHOLE MUSKIE 339 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,667 WOULD'VE MEASURED SOMETHING LIKE FIVE, MAYBE SIX FOOT LONG, 340 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:13,333 A VERY BIG MUSKIE. 341 00:20:13,333 --> 00:20:16,833 BUT IT STILL FALLS CONSIDERABLY SHORT OF THE SIZE 342 00:20:16,833 --> 00:20:18,433 OF THIS LAKE MONSTER. 343 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:19,900 BUT HAVING SAID THAT, 344 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:23,267 THERE'S NO OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE FRAME AT THE MOMENT. 345 00:20:23,267 --> 00:20:26,967 MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. 346 00:20:26,967 --> 00:20:28,633 TO KEEP MY INVESTIGATION MOVING, 347 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:31,533 I NEED TO SEE THIS FISH IN THE FLESH. 348 00:20:31,533 --> 00:20:33,467 SO I'M HEADING TO A STRETCH OF RIVER 349 00:20:33,467 --> 00:20:36,700 WHERE HUGE MUSKIES ARE SAID TO LURK. 350 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,767 THE EXACT SPOT IS A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. 351 00:20:40,767 --> 00:20:43,800 THE ONLY NAME I'VE BEEN GIVEN FOR THE PLACE WHERE I'M GOING 352 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,967 IS LOCATION "X." 353 00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:48,933 IT'S ACTUALLY ON A NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATION, 354 00:20:48,933 --> 00:20:51,100 AND AS A RULE, OUTSIDERS JUST AREN'T ALLOWED THERE. 355 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:53,500 AND I'M ONLY BEING ALLOWED TO GO THERE ON STRICT CONDITION 356 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,200 THAT I DON'T SAY WHERE IT IS. 357 00:20:59,567 --> 00:21:03,600 THIS IS AS FAR AS I CAN GO IN THIS. 358 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,367 FROM HERE ON IN, MY GUIDE IS TAKING ME OFF THE GRID. 359 00:21:20,467 --> 00:21:22,600 AT OUR SECRET RIVERSIDE CAMP, 360 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,567 I START TO PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. 361 00:21:28,067 --> 00:21:31,333 MUSKIES ARE NOTORIOUSLY HARD TO CATCH. 362 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:33,367 NOT FOR NOTHING ARE THEY KNOWN TO ANGLERS 363 00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:36,700 AS THE FISH OF 10,000 CASTS. 364 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,967 SOME HAVE SPENT AN ENTIRE LIFETIME 365 00:21:38,967 --> 00:21:43,067 IN PURSUIT OF A SINGLE MONSTROUS SPECIMEN. 366 00:21:43,067 --> 00:21:46,300 MY TIME, HOWEVER, IS MORE LIMITED, 367 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:50,400 SO THE GEAR I CHOOSE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. 368 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,300 SO HOW DO I TEMPT A MUSKIE? 369 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:54,467 WELL, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THEM 370 00:21:54,467 --> 00:21:57,133 IS THAT THEY HUNT VERY MUCH USING THEIR SENSE OF SIGHT, 371 00:21:57,133 --> 00:21:58,967 BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT THIS LATERAL LINE ORGAN 372 00:21:58,967 --> 00:22:01,400 THAT PICKS UP VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER. 373 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,067 SO I'M THINKING LURES THAT HAVE GOT 374 00:22:04,067 --> 00:22:07,333 A LOT OF FLASH AND MOVEMENT TO THEM, BUT ALSO 375 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:10,133 LURES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A LOT OF NOISE IN THE WATER. 376 00:22:10,133 --> 00:22:13,800 WITH A BIT OF LUCK, I'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE I PUT SOMETHING 377 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,967 IN FRONT OF THEM THAT TRIGGERS THEIR PREDATORY RESPONSE. 378 00:22:20,967 --> 00:22:23,433 TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS, 379 00:22:23,433 --> 00:22:26,200 I ALSO NEED TO THINK LIKE A MUSKIE. 380 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,333 THE MUSKIE ARE GOING TO BE TIGHT TO THE BANK, 381 00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:32,800 OUT OF THE MAIN FLOW. 382 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,067 IT'S WHERE THE SMALL FISH ARE GONNA BE. 383 00:22:34,067 --> 00:22:36,167 IT'S WHERE THEY ARE GONNA CONSERVE ENERGY, 384 00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:39,300 SO CAST AS CLOSE TO THE BANK AS I CAN GET THEM. 385 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,833 IF ANYTHING IS GONNA BRING A FISH, 386 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:43,700 THAT'S GONNA BE THE TACTIC. 387 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,800 MOST FISH WOULD BE SCARED OFF 388 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,633 BY THE NOISE OF LURES LIKE THIS, 389 00:22:54,633 --> 00:22:56,667 BUT MUSKIES ARE FEARLESS PREDATORS 390 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:58,100 THAT ARE JUST AS LIKELY 391 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:00,800 TO INVESTIGATE A DISTURBANCE IN THE WATER. 392 00:23:07,067 --> 00:23:09,433 AFTER MORE THAN FIVE HOURS, THOUGH, 393 00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:11,800 I'M STILL WAITING FOR A STRIKE. 394 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:25,500 THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT TIME OF DAY 395 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:28,867 FOR PREDATORS TO BE ON THE PROWL, 396 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:32,067 BUT I'VE NOT FELT ANYTHING ON THE LINE. 397 00:23:32,067 --> 00:23:36,733 BUT I HAVE FELT EVERY CAST, THE THROBBING OF THE LURES, 398 00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:38,233 AND I CAN BE PRETTY CERTAIN 399 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:40,967 THAT THE FISH DOWN THERE HAVE FELT THAT, AS WELL. 400 00:23:48,533 --> 00:23:50,533 BY THE TIME I TURN IN FOR THE NIGHT, 401 00:23:50,533 --> 00:23:55,433 I MUST'VE RACKED UP CLOSE TO 500 CASTS. 402 00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:56,933 I'M LEARNING THE HARD WAY 403 00:23:56,933 --> 00:24:01,233 THAT THE MUSKIE IS AN EXTREMELY WILY OPPONENT. 404 00:24:01,233 --> 00:24:03,100 [ THUNDER RUMBLING ] 405 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,500 AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM. 406 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,333 DURING THE NIGHT, 407 00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:13,067 A FREAK STORM FUNNELS STRAIGHT THROUGH MY CAMP. 408 00:24:13,067 --> 00:24:18,733 AND IN THE MORNING, MY WORST FEARS ARE CONFIRMED. 409 00:24:18,733 --> 00:24:22,833 THE BANKS HERE ARE FORMED OF SOFT, BROWN CLAY, 410 00:24:22,833 --> 00:24:26,533 AND THE RUNOFF HAS TURNED THE RIVER INTO A MUDDY SOUP. 411 00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:31,167 THE WATER LEVEL HAS COME UP. 412 00:24:31,167 --> 00:24:32,567 IT'S STILL COMING UP, AND THE VISIBILITY 413 00:24:32,567 --> 00:24:36,367 HAS GONE DOWN FROM ABOUT TWO FEET TO ABOUT TWO INCHES. 414 00:24:36,367 --> 00:24:42,067 AND FOR A PREDATOR THAT FEEDS LARGELY USING VISION, 415 00:24:42,067 --> 00:24:44,100 THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. 416 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:49,100 IF A MUSKIE CAN'T SEE MY LURE, IT'S UNLIKELY TO BITE. 417 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:52,233 THIS IS AN INTENSELY FRUSTRATING SITUATION. 418 00:24:52,233 --> 00:24:54,433 ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF MY LIMITED ACCESS HERE 419 00:24:54,433 --> 00:24:55,500 IS LIMITED TIME. 420 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:56,767 I'VE GOT THREE DAYS. 421 00:24:56,767 --> 00:25:00,067 THE THING IS THAT'S AT LEAST HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE 422 00:25:00,067 --> 00:25:01,167 FOR THIS WATER TO CLEAR. 423 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:04,500 SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, 424 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:08,200 I HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PACK EVERYTHING UP 425 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,133 AND TRY AND FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE. 426 00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:15,100 BIG MUSKIES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, 427 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:19,633 SO THIS IS A SERIOUS BLOW TO MY INVESTIGATION. 428 00:25:19,633 --> 00:25:23,333 BUT MY GUIDE TELLS ME THERE IS ONE OTHER PLACE I CAN TRY. 429 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:31,300 ROWAN LAKE IS AS DEEP AS IT IS REMOTE. 430 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:35,267 MAYBE THIS IS WHERE I'LL FIND A GIANT AND WITH IT, 431 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:37,800 PERHAPS THE MISSING CLUE I'M LOOKING FOR -- 432 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,333 A WAY TO MAKE SENSE 433 00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:42,167 OF ALL THOSE UNEXPLAINED SIGHTINGS. 434 00:25:42,167 --> 00:25:44,467 THIS PLACE IS A REAL WILDERNESS. 435 00:25:44,467 --> 00:25:47,533 IT'S PROBABLY TRUE TO SAY THAT NOBODY HAS EVER SET FOOT 436 00:25:47,533 --> 00:25:49,567 ON A LOT OF THIS LAND. 437 00:25:52,767 --> 00:25:54,933 UNAFFECTED BY THE RECENT STORM, 438 00:25:54,933 --> 00:25:59,333 THE LAKE'S CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATERS LOOK IDEAL FOR A MUSKIE HUNT. 439 00:26:02,767 --> 00:26:04,300 THIS IS BEAUTIFULLY CLEAR WATER. 440 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,367 I CAN SEE THE BAIT VERY DISTINCTLY, 441 00:26:06,367 --> 00:26:11,633 BUT I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE LURE SO MUCH AS THE SPACE BEHIND IT, 442 00:26:11,633 --> 00:26:13,700 ABOUT THREE, FOUR, FIVE FOOT BEHIND 443 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:16,100 TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING FOLLOWING IT. 444 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,200 THOUGH FEROCIOUS, MUSKIES ARE ALSO CUNNING. 445 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,933 BEFORE HITTING A LURE, 446 00:26:24,933 --> 00:26:29,400 THEY'LL OFTEN STALK IT, SOMETIMES RIGHT UP TO THE BOAT. 447 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,633 SO EVERY TIME THE LURE COMES IN, 448 00:26:31,633 --> 00:26:34,367 I KEEP IT CIRCLING IN THE WATER FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS 449 00:26:34,367 --> 00:26:36,300 BEFORE LIFTING IT OUT. 450 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:38,133 MOST TIMES, THERE'S JUST NOTHING THERE, 451 00:26:38,133 --> 00:26:39,967 BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, 452 00:26:39,967 --> 00:26:44,767 YOU LOCK ONTO THE SHAPE OF A FISH. 453 00:26:44,767 --> 00:26:47,667 I'M NOW WELL PAST 1,000 CASTS 454 00:26:47,667 --> 00:26:50,133 AND STILL WAITING FOR A LUCKY BREAK. 455 00:26:50,133 --> 00:26:52,867 AH, YES! 456 00:26:52,867 --> 00:26:55,833 THAT'S A FISH. THAT'S A FISH. 457 00:26:55,833 --> 00:26:57,333 YES, YES, YES. 458 00:27:06,767 --> 00:27:08,567 THE ANSWER RIGHT AFTER THIS. 459 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:15,100 I ASKED, "WHAT DOES THE NAME MUSKELLUNGE ACTUALLY MEAN?" 460 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,700 ON A REMOTE CANADIAN LAKE, 461 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:29,067 I'M ON THE HUNT FOR A GIANT MUSKIE. 462 00:27:29,067 --> 00:27:32,767 THIS ELUSIVE FISH APPEARS TO MATCH EYEWITNESS REPORTS 463 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:39,433 OF A SINISTER LAKE SERPENT IN EVERY DETAIL BUT ONE. 464 00:27:39,433 --> 00:27:43,433 LENGTHWISE, IT FALLS FAR SHORT OF THE 20-FOOT BEAST 465 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:47,767 THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY'VE SEEN HERE. 466 00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:49,700 AH, YES! 467 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,467 BUT MAYBE THE FISH ON MY LINE 468 00:27:51,467 --> 00:27:54,500 WILL PROVIDE THE MISSING PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE. 469 00:27:56,833 --> 00:28:02,267 IT'S A TOOTHY PREDATOR, BUT NOT YET THE ONE I'M AFTER. 470 00:28:02,267 --> 00:28:05,200 THIS COULD BE A GOOD SIGN. THE PIKE ARE FEEDING. 471 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,767 BUT TO BE HONEST, THE FISH THAT I'M AFTER 472 00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:10,933 COULD INHALE THIS IN ONE MOUTHFUL. 473 00:28:10,933 --> 00:28:14,667 THE NORTHERN PIKE IS A FAST, AGGRESSIVE PREDATOR. 474 00:28:14,667 --> 00:28:16,167 BUT FOR A BIG MUSKIE, 475 00:28:16,167 --> 00:28:19,800 THIS WOULD BE LITTLE MORE THAN A BITE-SIZE SNACK. 476 00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:28,533 AS THE HOURS PASS, I TRY EVERY CONCEIVABLE COMBINATION 477 00:28:28,533 --> 00:28:32,267 OF LURE AND LOCATION. 478 00:28:32,267 --> 00:28:33,933 I THINK THERE'S A PIKE ON. 479 00:28:33,933 --> 00:28:37,900 I'M HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM ATTRACTING PIKE. 480 00:28:40,067 --> 00:28:41,733 ANOTHER PIKE. 481 00:28:41,733 --> 00:28:47,133 BUT ITS BIGGER, UGLIER BROTHER IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. 482 00:28:47,133 --> 00:28:49,433 ANOTHER PIKE. 483 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,767 IT'S A PIKE AGAIN. 484 00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:55,967 I CATCH PIKE AFTER PIKE. 485 00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,733 IT'S A STRUGGLE TO STAY FOCUSED. 486 00:28:58,733 --> 00:29:01,400 AND THEN, TO COMPOUND MY FRUSTRATION... 487 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,667 OH! 488 00:29:03,633 --> 00:29:05,233 [BLEEP] 489 00:29:05,233 --> 00:29:07,533 ...I'M IMPALED BY MY OWN HOOK. 490 00:29:07,533 --> 00:29:09,667 I'LL JUST TAKE IT. YEAH, SORT OF LIKE THIS. 491 00:29:14,733 --> 00:29:18,067 AH, PIKE'S OFF. 492 00:29:18,067 --> 00:29:22,467 I HOOKED MYSELF, THE BEST HOOK UP ALL DAY, MYSELF. 493 00:29:22,467 --> 00:29:24,133 I GOT OFF LIGHTLY. 494 00:29:24,133 --> 00:29:26,833 THE GOOD THING WAS THAT THAT PIKE ACTUALLY CAME OFF. 495 00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:30,667 IT WASN'T ATTACHED TO MY ARM AND FLAPPING AROUND. 496 00:29:30,667 --> 00:29:32,167 BUT IF THAT HAD BEEN A MUSKIE 497 00:29:32,167 --> 00:29:34,967 AND IF THAT HAD STAYED ATTACHED RATHER THAN UNHOOKING ITSELF, 498 00:29:34,967 --> 00:29:37,067 I COULD BE IN A LOT MORE TROUBLE. 499 00:29:41,767 --> 00:29:44,600 ONCE AGAIN AND STILL EMPTY-HANDED, 500 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,200 MY FISHING IS BROUGHT TO AN ABRUPT END BY BAD WEATHER. 501 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,900 I THINK WE SAW A BIT OF LIGHTNING JUST THEN, 502 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:54,700 SO, UM, NOT GOOD TO BE OUT 503 00:29:54,700 --> 00:30:01,200 ON A BIG EXPANSE OF WATER WAVING A CARBON-FIBER POLE. 504 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,900 WITH THIS NEW SETBACK, 505 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:06,000 I CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT THE GODS ARE AGAINST ME. 506 00:30:09,033 --> 00:30:12,500 NEXT MORNING THOUGH, MY GUIDE, DON PERSH, 507 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,900 TELLS ME A FIRSTHAND FISHERMAN'S TALE 508 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:17,267 THAT COULD BE HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT. 509 00:30:17,267 --> 00:30:19,567 IT WAS A BRIGHT, SUNNY DAY, 510 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:23,567 AND HERE WAS THIS BIG, BROWN LINE COMING IN. 511 00:30:23,567 --> 00:30:25,833 I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING AT 10 FOOT OF MUSKIE 512 00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:27,267 COMING AFTER MY BAIT. 513 00:30:27,267 --> 00:30:30,900 AND IT WAS TWO 50-INCHERS NOSE TO TAIL COMING AT THE SAME TIME. 514 00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:34,000 THEY WERE IN A STRAIGHT LINE COMING LIKE A TRAIN. 515 00:30:36,133 --> 00:30:37,967 SO WHAT IT WAS WAS TWO MUSKIES 516 00:30:37,967 --> 00:30:40,400 FOLLOWING EACH OTHER, ONE BEHIND THE OTHER. 517 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,467 SO TOTAL LENGTH, SOMETHING LIKE 10 FOOT. 518 00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:45,200 YES, SIR. 519 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,867 COULD THIS BE THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE? 520 00:30:48,867 --> 00:30:51,033 IT'S VERY INTERESTING, WHAT DON SAID 521 00:30:51,033 --> 00:30:53,067 ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE FISH, 522 00:30:53,067 --> 00:30:55,433 AND I'M PARTICULARLY INTRIGUED BY THAT STORY 523 00:30:55,433 --> 00:30:59,033 OF ONE MUSKIE FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND ANOTHER 524 00:30:59,033 --> 00:31:01,300 BECAUSE ALTHOUGH ONE MUSKIE 525 00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:04,500 IS NOT REALLY BIG ENOUGH TO BE THE LAKE MONSTER, 526 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:06,800 PERHAPS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING 527 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,700 IS MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL SWIMMING IN FORMATION, 528 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:15,400 CREATING THE ILLUSION OF A MUCH BIGGER CREATURE. 529 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,867 DURING SPAWNING, 530 00:31:18,867 --> 00:31:22,067 MUSKIES ARE KNOWN TO SWIM VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, 531 00:31:22,067 --> 00:31:27,700 SOMETIMES WITH THEIR BACKS AND TAILS BREAKING THE SURFACE. 532 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:32,567 WHAT IF THE 20-FOOT CANADIAN LAKE MONSTER WAS NOT ONE MUSKIE 533 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:38,167 BUT A SMALL GROUP OF THEM SWIMMING IN LOOSE FORMATION? 534 00:31:38,167 --> 00:31:40,100 THE MUSKIE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE 535 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:41,900 I CAN FIND FOR THE SIGHTINGS 536 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,067 OF A GIANT SERPENT IN THESE WATERS. 537 00:31:45,067 --> 00:31:49,400 IT HAS THE ATTITUDE, THE SHAPE, THE HARDWARE, 538 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,667 AND THE UNUSUAL HEAD-LIFTING BEHAVIOR TO MATCH. 539 00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:59,300 AND THIS NEW INFORMATION TICKS THE FINAL BOX -- SIZE. 540 00:32:01,767 --> 00:32:04,800 MY INVESTIGATION MIGHT BE COMPLETE, 541 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,767 BUT MY MISSION IS FAR FROM OVER. 542 00:32:07,767 --> 00:32:10,267 I CAN'T FEEL ENTIRELY SATISFIED 543 00:32:10,267 --> 00:32:13,933 UNTIL I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A MUSKIE IN THE FLESH, 544 00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:17,100 AND THIS IS NOW BECOMING AN OBSESSION. 545 00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:26,367 FOR FIVE MORE DAYS, I FISH AROUND THE CLOCK. 546 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,800 BUT NOW NOT EVEN THE PIKE ARE BITING. 547 00:32:34,067 --> 00:32:37,267 NO RESPONSE HERE. TIME TO MOVE ON AGAIN. 548 00:32:37,267 --> 00:32:41,500 MY MUSKIE HUNT IS NOW REALLY TAKING ITS TOLL. 549 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:44,900 MY HANDS AND ARMS ARE SORE, MY EYES ARE ACHING, 550 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:47,533 AND MOST DISTURBING OF ALL, 551 00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:51,200 I COULD FEEL MY CONFIDENCE EBBING AWAY. 552 00:32:53,433 --> 00:32:56,167 I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE HARD, 553 00:32:56,167 --> 00:33:00,667 SO I WAS PREPARED FOR LOTS OF EFFORT FOR NO REWARD 554 00:33:00,667 --> 00:33:02,200 OR EVEN SORT OF GLIMPSE OF A FISH. 555 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,800 BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS -- 556 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,267 EVEN FOR MUSKIE FISHING, THIS IS -- THIS IS SLOW. 557 00:33:06,267 --> 00:33:08,067 THIS IS DIFFICULT. 558 00:33:12,567 --> 00:33:16,900 BY NOW, I MUST BE CLOSE TO 10,000 CASTS. 559 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:26,400 WHAT I REALLY NEED NOW, BESIDES CATCHING A FISH, 560 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:33,267 IS A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, BUT I FIND THAT I CLOSE MY EYES 561 00:33:33,267 --> 00:33:39,767 AND I'M EXPECTING THE SHAPE OF A FISH TO SLIDE INTO VIEW 562 00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:41,200 AT ANY MOMENT. 563 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:45,400 I'M JUST SITTING HERE ALL TWITCHY, TIRED, 564 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,233 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STRANGELY AWAKE. 565 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,167 IF I'M GOING TO WIN THIS BATTLE, 566 00:33:57,167 --> 00:33:58,733 I'VE GOT NO CHOICE 567 00:33:58,733 --> 00:34:03,067 BUT TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND KEEP WORKING THE WATER. 568 00:34:13,567 --> 00:34:18,733 DO GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT? 569 00:34:18,733 --> 00:34:23,133 OR AM I FATED TO FAIL? 570 00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:27,400 FINALLY, AFTER A WEEK WITH LITTLE SLEEP... 571 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,700 FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW. 572 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:31,600 ...THERE'S SOMETHING BIG STALKING MY LURE. 573 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:32,700 MUSKIE. 574 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:34,400 WHOO, THERE WE GO. 575 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,667 IT'S THE OBJECT OF MY OBSESSION, 576 00:34:36,667 --> 00:34:38,400 AND I CAN ALMOST TOUCH IT. 577 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,733 IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL THERE. 578 00:34:39,733 --> 00:34:40,933 BUT WILL IT STRIKE? 579 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:55,200 IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS, I'M GOING ALL OUT FOR A MUSKIE. 580 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,067 Wade: FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW. 581 00:34:58,067 --> 00:35:00,933 AND I FINALLY GOT ONE IN MY SIGHTS. 582 00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:02,300 MUSKIE. 583 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:04,300 WHOO, THERE WE GO. 584 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:07,567 BIG FISH, JEREMY. 585 00:35:07,567 --> 00:35:09,733 IT'S TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE. 586 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:10,900 IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL THERE. 587 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,067 THEN, IT SIMPLY VANISHES. 588 00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:15,133 FOR [BLEEP] SAKE. 589 00:35:21,767 --> 00:35:24,867 I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. 590 00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:27,700 I FEEL I'M BEING TAUNTED. 591 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:32,067 THE FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS GETTING PRETTY WELL OFF THE SCALE. 592 00:35:32,067 --> 00:35:35,700 TO SEE A FISH THAT FAR BEHIND YOUR LURE 593 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,667 AND THEN IT DOESN'T TAKE IT IS JUST -- 594 00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:39,433 AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 595 00:35:39,433 --> 00:35:42,600 ALL YOU CAN DO IS TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN. 596 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,200 HOW MANY TIMES? 597 00:35:46,567 --> 00:35:48,967 THE DAYS ARE RUNNING TOGETHER. 598 00:35:48,967 --> 00:35:52,267 MORE MUSKIES FOLLOW MY LURES, 599 00:35:52,267 --> 00:35:55,433 BUT THE STRIKE I'M SO DESPERATE FOR NEVER COMES. 600 00:35:55,433 --> 00:35:56,833 [ GROANS ] 601 00:35:56,833 --> 00:35:59,767 IN JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS, THIS LAKE WILL FREEZE, 602 00:35:59,767 --> 00:36:03,433 AND IT'LL BE GAME OVER. 603 00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:05,533 I'M AT MY WIT'S END. 604 00:36:05,533 --> 00:36:08,667 PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO INVOKE THE SPIRITS. 605 00:36:12,167 --> 00:36:15,067 SOMETIMES, WHEN ANGLERS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND ANY KIND 606 00:36:15,067 --> 00:36:19,067 OF LOGICAL REASON WHY THINGS MIGHT IMPROVE, 607 00:36:19,067 --> 00:36:22,200 WE FALL BACK ON SUPERSTITION, IN WHICH CASE 608 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,833 THIS HERE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON CUE. 609 00:36:25,833 --> 00:36:28,500 I TAKE THIS AS A SIGN. 610 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,400 BUT OF WHAT? 611 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,933 SOMETHING TELLS ME I SHOULD GO BACK TO SPIRIT ROCK. 612 00:36:37,933 --> 00:36:41,200 IT'S NOT A KNOWN MUSKIE SPOT, 613 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,200 BUT I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE ON MY MIND. 614 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,433 I FEEL I'VE LOST BELIEF IN MYSELF AS AN ANGLER, 615 00:36:46,433 --> 00:36:49,067 AND I NEED TO GET IT BACK. 616 00:36:49,067 --> 00:36:50,700 BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SACRED PLACE, 617 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:57,300 I'VE BROUGHT TOBACCO WITH ME TO MAKE AN OFFERING TO THE SPIRIT. 618 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:09,167 I NEED TO CLEAR MY HEAD AND REGAIN MY CONFIDENCE. 619 00:37:09,167 --> 00:37:11,333 I JUST NEED TO CATCH A FISH. 620 00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:14,167 ANYTHING WILL DO. 621 00:37:14,167 --> 00:37:16,900 SO I'M GOING RIGHT BACK TO BASICS -- 622 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:21,500 A THIN LINE, A LIGHTWEIGHT ROD, AND A SMALL HOOK. 623 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:25,733 THE THING ABOUT MUSKIE FISHING IS THAT IT UTTERLY CONSUMES YOU, 624 00:37:25,733 --> 00:37:27,067 AND AT THE SAME TIME, 625 00:37:27,067 --> 00:37:29,700 YOU JUST GET THESE INTENSE LEVELS OF FRUSTRATION. 626 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:33,067 AND I'VE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I'M ACTUALLY 627 00:37:33,067 --> 00:37:34,367 FISHING SOMEWHAT MECHANICALLY. 628 00:37:34,367 --> 00:37:36,167 I'M CASTING. I'M CASTING. AND I'VE LOST THE EXPECTATION. 629 00:37:36,167 --> 00:37:37,967 I'VE LOST THAT BELIEF THAT I'M GONNA GET SOMETHING. 630 00:37:37,967 --> 00:37:39,367 I JUST WANT TO FEEL ANYTHING. 631 00:37:39,367 --> 00:37:42,067 I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, SOMETHING ALIVE 632 00:37:42,067 --> 00:37:47,367 ON THE END OF MY LINE TO GET THAT BELIEF BACK. 633 00:37:47,367 --> 00:37:52,500 EVEN A SMALL LAKE TROUT WOULD DO THE TRICK. 634 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:56,067 I'M KEEPING THE BAIT WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET OF THE BOTTOM. 635 00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:58,067 SO I'M JUST GIVING IT A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE 636 00:37:58,067 --> 00:38:00,700 BY JUST RAISING IT A COUPLE OF FOOT OR SO OFF THE BOTTOM 637 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:03,833 AND LETTING IT SINK DOWN AGAIN. 638 00:38:13,233 --> 00:38:15,733 OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YES, YES, YES. THAT'S A FISH. 639 00:38:17,933 --> 00:38:19,900 AT LAST, I'M BACK IN THE GAME. 640 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,367 I THINK IT'S COMING UP. 641 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:23,967 I THINK IT IS COMING UP. YEAH, I CAN FEEL IT. 642 00:38:23,967 --> 00:38:25,500 I CAN FEEL IT. IT'S COMING. 643 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,167 BUT MY ROD IS BUCKLING UNDER THE STRAIN. 644 00:38:28,167 --> 00:38:31,667 THIS IS NO LAKE TROUT. 645 00:38:31,667 --> 00:38:36,233 I'VE HOOKED A HUGE MUSKIE WITH TOTALLY THE WRONG GEAR. 646 00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:50,867 FRUSTRATED BY MY FAILURE TO CATCH A GIANT MUSKIE, 647 00:38:50,867 --> 00:38:53,500 I'VE CALLED ON THE SPIRIT OF EAGLE LAKE. 648 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:56,067 OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YES, YES, YES. THAT'S A FISH. 649 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:58,367 AND JUST WHEN I WAS LEAST EXPECTING IT, 650 00:38:58,367 --> 00:39:01,400 MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 651 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,600 BUT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 652 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,533 AFTER ENDLESS DAYS OF FAILURE, 653 00:39:06,533 --> 00:39:08,567 I'VE SWITCHED TO LIGHTWEIGHT GEAR, 654 00:39:08,567 --> 00:39:12,067 JUST TO CATCH SOMETHING SMALL AND GET BACK MY CONFIDENCE. 655 00:39:12,067 --> 00:39:15,100 I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE LINE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY WEAK LINE. 656 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:18,500 THE BEAST THAT'S GRABBED MY BAIT, HOWEVER, IS NO MINNOW. 657 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:19,933 AH! 658 00:39:19,933 --> 00:39:24,300 IT'S A MASSIVE MUSKIE ON SIX-POUND LINE. 659 00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:26,100 WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET THIS IN. 660 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,067 I'M JUST GONNA LET THAT DRAG GO VERY LOOSE. 661 00:39:28,067 --> 00:39:31,333 MY LINE JUST HAS TO TOUCH A ROCK, A TOOTH, 662 00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:33,867 OR EVEN THE GILL PLATE, AND IT'LL SNAP. 663 00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:35,833 I GOT TO TRY AND GET IT NEAR THE BOAT. 664 00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:39,167 OH, IT'S GOING DOWN AGAIN. 665 00:39:39,167 --> 00:39:41,067 THERE'S THE FISH. Man: OH, SHE'S HUGE. 666 00:39:41,067 --> 00:39:42,633 KEEP HER HEAD DOWN. THAT'S A HUGE FISH. 667 00:39:42,633 --> 00:39:46,933 ALL MY HOPES ARE HANGING ON THE SLENDEREST OF THREADS. 668 00:39:55,833 --> 00:40:00,067 [ LAUGHTER ] 669 00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:02,800 THIS IS THE MONSTER FROM SPIRIT ROCK. 670 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,067 IT'S A BIG MUSKIE. 671 00:40:07,067 --> 00:40:08,567 SIX-POUND LINE, 672 00:40:08,567 --> 00:40:13,833 TINY BAIT, SACRED SITE, MADE THE TOBACCO OFFERING. 673 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:16,067 THAT HAS TO RANK AS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CATCHES 674 00:40:16,067 --> 00:40:17,833 OF MY LIFE. 675 00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:22,700 WE'VE GOT...A MUSKIE. 676 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:25,733 I MUST'VE MADE OVER 13,000 CASTS, 677 00:40:25,733 --> 00:40:28,200 AND IT'S ONLY WHEN I STOPPED TRYING TO CATCH ONE 678 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,033 THAT A MUSKIE FINALLY BITES. 679 00:40:30,033 --> 00:40:31,900 THAT'S THE HOOK. 680 00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:33,367 THAT'S THE LINE. 681 00:40:33,367 --> 00:40:35,633 LOOK AT THAT LINE, JUST LIKE COTTON. 682 00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,367 AND THAT WAS JUST IN THE CORNER OF THE MOUTH. 683 00:40:38,367 --> 00:40:42,667 THAT LINE -- WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT LINE IN TEETH. 684 00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:44,233 THAT IS ME, MY TEETH. 685 00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,800 IT'S FOUR FEET LONG AND THEN SOME -- 686 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,167 BY ANY STANDARDS, A VERY BIG MUSKIE. 687 00:40:49,167 --> 00:40:50,600 HERE WE GO. 688 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,400 FISH OF 10,000 CASTS -- BIG, OLD MUSKIE. 689 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,133 JUST LOOKING AT IT, YOU CAN TELL IT'S A SUPREME PREDATOR. 690 00:40:57,133 --> 00:40:58,900 IT JUST HAS THIS ATTITUDE PROBLEM. 691 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:02,767 IT'S THE ABSOLUTE TOP PREDATOR OF THESE WATERS, 692 00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:04,733 AND IT KNOWS IT. 693 00:41:04,733 --> 00:41:08,500 THIS FISH IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE BEAST. 694 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:09,967 BACK IN THE WATER. 695 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:13,400 BUT JUST IMAGINE THREE OR FOUR OF THEM AT THE SURFACE 696 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,400 SWIMMING IN A TIGHT-KNIT GROUP. 697 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,167 YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN 698 00:41:17,167 --> 00:41:20,600 FOR THINKING YOU'D SEEN THE LAKE SERPENT. 699 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,133 I'M ACTUALLY STILL TRYING TO TAKE THAT IN. 700 00:41:22,133 --> 00:41:23,300 I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT 701 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:25,600 THAT THINGS WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT THIS WAY 702 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:30,233 TO CATCH A FISH LIKE THAT IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS? 703 00:41:30,233 --> 00:41:35,067 THEY DID SAY THAT THIS ROCK IS THE HOME OF A MONSTER. 704 00:41:35,067 --> 00:41:37,500 TURNS OUT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 705 00:41:47,733 --> 00:41:49,067 WELL, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. 706 00:41:49,067 --> 00:41:51,100 I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER SEEN JEREMY GIVE UP. 707 00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:52,867 BUT IT SURE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS READY 708 00:41:52,867 --> 00:41:55,233 TO THROW IN THE TOWEL BEFORE HE CAUGHT THAT MUSKIE. 709 00:41:55,233 --> 00:41:57,267 JEREMY, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? 710 00:41:57,267 --> 00:41:58,433 I HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN UP. 711 00:41:58,433 --> 00:42:00,500 I WASN'T FISHING FOR MUSKIE THERE AT ALL. 712 00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:03,133 FISHING -- THERE ALWAYS IS THIS ELEMENT OF LUCK, 713 00:42:03,133 --> 00:42:04,300 THIS RANDOM ELEMENT. 714 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:06,867 AND SOMETIMES, NOTHING IS GOING YOUR WAY. 715 00:42:06,867 --> 00:42:08,333 AND THAT WAS WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE. 716 00:42:08,333 --> 00:42:09,467 I HAD JUST BEEN FISHING, FISHING, FISHING. 717 00:42:09,467 --> 00:42:10,633 NOTHING AT ALL. 718 00:42:10,633 --> 00:42:13,800 AND THEN SOMETIMES THINGS CAN JUST TURN AROUND 719 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,800 SO OUTRAGEOUSLY THAT YOU JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS POSSIBLE. 720 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,900 AND I STILL HAVE TROUBLE ACTUALLY REGISTERING 721 00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:22,233 THAT I CAUGHT THAT FISH. 722 00:42:22,233 --> 00:42:23,733 SUCH A TINY LINE, TINY HOOK. 723 00:42:23,733 --> 00:42:25,667 SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. AMAZING. 724 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:27,567 A FISHING MIRACLE, WASN'T IT? IT WAS. 725 00:42:27,567 --> 00:42:30,200 WELL, RIGHT NOW, JEREMY WADE IS TAKING A TINY BREAK 726 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,200 FROM HIS WORLDWIDE FISHING ADVENTURES 727 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,467 TO JOIN US FOR A LIGHTNING ROUND AFTERSHOW. 728 00:42:34,467 --> 00:42:36,567 I'M EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LISA LUCAS. 729 00:42:36,567 --> 00:42:39,500 AND TONIGHT, JEREMY IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM YOU 730 00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:42,900 ABOUT "RIVER MONSTERS" AND ABOUT HIS LIFE ON AND OFF CAMERA. 731 00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:45,833 PLUS, WE'RE SHOWCASING PHOTOS OF YOUR MONSTER CATCHES 732 00:42:45,833 --> 00:42:47,400 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, 733 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,267 SO SEND US YOUR BEST FISHING SHOT 734 00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:51,167 USING THE HASHTAG 735 00:42:51,167 --> 00:42:52,833 THAT'S R-E-E-L MONSTER -- 736 00:42:52,833 --> 00:42:55,867 ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND INSTAGRAM RIGHT NOW 737 00:42:55,867 --> 00:42:57,133 OKAY, JEREMY. 738 00:42:57,133 --> 00:42:58,833 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FIRST VIEWER QUESTION. 739 00:42:58,833 --> 00:43:01,267 OOH, AND I HOPE I DON'T MESS THIS UP. 740 00:43:01,267 --> 00:43:03,700 SCARECROW MR ASKS... 741 00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:12,633 WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FISHING? 742 00:43:12,633 --> 00:43:14,900 AT THIS POINT, GOING INTO SEASON 7, 743 00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:17,633 WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD. 744 00:43:17,633 --> 00:43:20,100 ONE PLACE WE'VE NEVER BEEN TO IS CHINA. 745 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:21,667 I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO CHINA. 746 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,800 THERE IS AN AMAZING FISH THAT LIVES THERE. 747 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,400 IT'S CALLED -- I BELIEVE IT'S THE CHINESE SEERFISH. 748 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,133 NOW, THE TROUBLE IS WE HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE 749 00:43:29,133 --> 00:43:31,367 WHERE THERE IS A REALISTIC CHANCE 750 00:43:31,367 --> 00:43:33,600 OF GETTING SOMETHING IN A 2½-WEEK PERIOD. 751 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:34,967 NOW, THESE RIVER MONSTERS, 752 00:43:34,967 --> 00:43:36,267 THEY'RE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND 753 00:43:36,267 --> 00:43:37,433 EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 754 00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:39,200 AND IN CHINA, UNFORTUNATELY, 755 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,600 I DO NOT THINK THERE'S A REALISTIC CHANCE 756 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,733 OF CATCHING ANYTHING IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 757 00:43:44,733 --> 00:43:47,200 SO, FOR THE TIME BEING, CHINA IS OFF THE MAP. 758 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,400 NOT EVEN JEREMY WADE CAN CATCH IT. 759 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,533 HARD TO BELIEVE. 760 00:43:50,533 --> 00:43:52,967 LET'S GET A QUESTION. JOSHUA K. ASKS... 761 00:43:55,767 --> 00:43:58,600 I THINK WHAT HE'S THINKING ABOUT THERE IS A LATIN NAME, 762 00:43:58,600 --> 00:43:59,800 A SCIENTIFIC NAME. 763 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,167 IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THE WAS, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, 764 00:44:02,167 --> 00:44:03,867 BUT WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO -- 765 00:44:03,867 --> 00:44:05,833 THERE IS -- I'D TRY TO GET A SCIENTIFIC NAME 766 00:44:05,833 --> 00:44:09,133 THAT IS LONGER THAN THE CURRENT LONGEST SCIENTIFIC NAME, 767 00:44:09,133 --> 00:44:11,700 WHICH I BELIEVE IS DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM. 768 00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:13,300 IT'S A TYPE OF PARASITIC WORM. 769 00:44:13,300 --> 00:44:15,067 I WOULD LIKE TO NAME SOMETHING -- 770 00:44:15,067 --> 00:44:16,867 A LITTLE WORM WITH A BIG NAME. 771 00:44:16,867 --> 00:44:18,367 EXACTLY. YEAH. EXACTLY. 772 00:44:18,367 --> 00:44:20,667 I'D GO AWAY AND I'D THINK ABOUT IT FOR A FEW WEEKS 773 00:44:20,667 --> 00:44:22,300 AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING EVEN LONGER THAN THAT. 774 00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:23,433 EVEN LONGER? OKAY. 775 00:44:23,433 --> 00:44:24,900 WELL, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY CURIOUS 776 00:44:24,900 --> 00:44:26,767 ABOUT THE NUMBER IN THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN. 777 00:44:26,767 --> 00:44:28,833 WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO THE PREMIER 778 00:44:28,833 --> 00:44:30,433 OF "100 MILES FROM NOWHERE." 779 00:44:30,433 --> 00:44:32,733 ABOUT THREE GUYS, WHO MUCH LIKE JEREMY, 780 00:44:32,733 --> 00:44:34,333 ARE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURERS. 781 00:44:34,333 --> 00:44:37,300 IN FACT, SINCE NO CAMERA MAN DARES TO FOLLOW THEM, 782 00:44:37,300 --> 00:44:38,333 THEY SHOOT EVERYTHING THEMSELVES, 783 00:44:38,333 --> 00:44:40,200 BUT THAT'S COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. 784 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,500 AND RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT JEREMY IN THE HOT SEAT, 785 00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,167 SO LET'S GET TO ANOTHER QUESTION. 786 00:44:44,167 --> 00:44:46,133 RYAN M. ASKS... 787 00:44:53,267 --> 00:44:54,500 WELL, THERE'S AN OFFER. 788 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,833 AND I THINK "FISH TO CHEST" IS THE ARAPAIMA. 789 00:44:56,833 --> 00:44:58,867 SO, DO YOU NEED A PERSONAL ASSISTANT? 790 00:44:58,867 --> 00:45:00,500 MAKING GOOD TEA IS A GOOD START. 791 00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,733 AS A RULE, I DON'T NEED AN ASSISTANT, 792 00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:05,900 BUT IN THAT ONE INSTANCE OF FLYING ARAPAIMA BEING AROUND, 793 00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:08,300 DEFINITELY SOMEONE TO GET IN THE WAY AT THAT POINT. 794 00:45:08,300 --> 00:45:10,067 YEAH. TAKE A FLYING FISH FOR YOU. 795 00:45:10,067 --> 00:45:11,667 WELL, HERE'S ONE FROM GABRIELA. 796 00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:13,267 SHE'S ASKING... 797 00:45:17,733 --> 00:45:19,833 I THINK SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S THE WEIRDEST FOOD YOU'VE EATEN. 798 00:45:19,833 --> 00:45:22,733 I'VE EATEN BUGS, INSECTS, ON A FEW OCCASIONS, 799 00:45:22,733 --> 00:45:25,300 FRIED LOCUSTS FRIED IN THEIR OWN FAT, 800 00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:26,967 PALM GRUBS IN THE AMAZON. 801 00:45:26,967 --> 00:45:29,467 THEIR LITTLE SORT OF MAGGOTY THINGS. 802 00:45:29,467 --> 00:45:30,800 DID IT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN? 803 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:31,933 NO, THEY DON'T. 804 00:45:31,933 --> 00:45:33,667 THEY TASTE OF COCONUT OIL 805 00:45:33,667 --> 00:45:36,633 BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A SMALL COCONUT THING. 806 00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:38,533 THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY TASTY. 807 00:45:38,533 --> 00:45:40,467 AND I'VE EATEN A LARGER VERSION OF THOSE, 808 00:45:40,467 --> 00:45:42,300 WHICH ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR THUMB 809 00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:44,100 IN GUYANA. 810 00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:45,767 AND THAT WAS FAIRLY HORRIBLE. 811 00:45:45,767 --> 00:45:46,867 THAT, UM -- 812 00:45:46,867 --> 00:45:49,667 IT'S A SORT OF MAGGOTY TEXTURE. 813 00:45:49,667 --> 00:45:51,500 I MEAN, VERY PROTEINACEOUS, 814 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:54,800 BUT A SLIGHT SORT OF SMELL OF EXCREMENT ABOUT IT, 815 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,233 WHICH I DIDN'T LIKE. OH, GOD. 816 00:45:56,233 --> 00:45:58,633 SO, YOU LIKE PROTEIN, BUT NOT WHEN IT TASTES LIKE MAGGOT. 817 00:45:58,633 --> 00:46:00,467 YEAH, JUST HOLD YOUR NOSE FOR THAT ONE. 818 00:46:00,467 --> 00:46:01,500 OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. 819 00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,167 WELL, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE 820 00:46:03,167 --> 00:46:05,167 THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT'S FILMED 821 00:46:05,167 --> 00:46:07,067 FOR "RIVER MONSTERS" NEVER GETS SEEN. 822 00:46:07,067 --> 00:46:08,500 CHECK OUT AN EPIC STRUGGLE 823 00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:10,800 THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO TONIGHT EPISODE. 824 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:12,333 [ LAUGHTER ] 825 00:46:12,333 --> 00:46:14,200 THIS IS SOPHIE THE DOG. 826 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,067 SHE LIVES ON A LAKE IN ONTARIO. 827 00:46:16,067 --> 00:46:17,767 LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN CATCH FISH, JEREMY, 828 00:46:17,767 --> 00:46:19,700 BUT YOU CAN'T CATCH A DOG. WHAT'S HAPPENING? 829 00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:21,067 SHE'S GOT MY SHOE, I THINK, 830 00:46:21,067 --> 00:46:23,267 AND WE CAN'T GO OUT ON THE LAKE UNTIL I GET MY SHOE BACK. 831 00:46:23,267 --> 00:46:24,300 AWW, SOPHIE. 832 00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:26,133 OKAY, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION. 833 00:46:26,133 --> 00:46:28,967 @acary99 IS ASKING... 834 00:46:34,767 --> 00:46:36,333 INTERESTING. PEOPLE ARE THINKING -- 835 00:46:36,333 --> 00:46:37,533 THE PROGRAM IS AN HOUR LONG. 836 00:46:37,533 --> 00:46:40,767 THAT NORMALLY TAKES US ABOUT 2½, 3 WEEKS TO FILM. 837 00:46:40,767 --> 00:46:44,333 OF THAT, GENERALLY JUST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS OF FISHING. 838 00:46:44,333 --> 00:46:47,367 IT MIGHT BE 9 OR 10 SOMETIMES. 839 00:46:47,367 --> 00:46:48,800 AND WE HAVE TO GET THE FISH. 840 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,533 IF WE DON'T GET THE FISH, WE HAVEN'T GOT THE PROGRAM. 841 00:46:51,533 --> 00:46:53,700 THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING LIMITED TIME 842 00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:56,533 IS IT CONCENTRATES YOUR MIND, AND SO I'M REALLY FOCUSED. 843 00:46:56,533 --> 00:46:57,867 I'M FISHING EFFECTIVELY. 844 00:46:57,867 --> 00:47:00,900 I'M NOT JUST THROWING A LINE OUT AT RANDOM AND SITTING BACK. 845 00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:03,233 THERE IS PRESSURE, AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. 846 00:47:03,233 --> 00:47:04,400 SOMETIMES WE RUN OVER. 847 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,233 OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE TO GO BACK. 848 00:47:06,233 --> 00:47:08,233 NORMALLY WE DO IT IN THE TIME. 849 00:47:08,233 --> 00:47:10,267 KEELEY F. IS ASKING... 850 00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:16,400 WHY WOULD I GET FRUSTRATED? 851 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,100 NO, IF YOU'RE MAKING TELEVISION, 852 00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:20,267 YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH WHAT YOU'RE MAKING. 853 00:47:20,267 --> 00:47:21,433 IF THEY DON'T WATCH IT, 854 00:47:21,433 --> 00:47:23,267 I'VE GOT TO GO AND FIND ANOTHER JOB, 855 00:47:23,267 --> 00:47:25,333 WHICH IS PROBABLY LESS INTERESTING, SO... 856 00:47:25,333 --> 00:47:26,367 I'M SURE IT WOULD BE. 857 00:47:26,367 --> 00:47:27,700 ...I'M DELIGHTED THAT PEOPLE WATCH. 858 00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:28,700 WHY WOULD I BE OTHERWISE? 859 00:47:28,700 --> 00:47:30,100 WELL, SPEAKING OF FANS, 860 00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:33,433 I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU PREPARING TO GO SHOPPING. 861 00:47:33,433 --> 00:47:35,600 UH! YEAH. THERE YOU ARE. THERE YOU ARE. 862 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,500 THAT'S YOU UNDER THERE, ISN'T IT? 863 00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:38,633 THAT IS ACTUALLY ME. 864 00:47:38,633 --> 00:47:40,533 SO, YOU WEAR THAT TO GO SHOPPING? 865 00:47:40,533 --> 00:47:41,867 I DID ON THAT OCCASION. 866 00:47:41,867 --> 00:47:44,067 THIS WAS FILMING LAST YEAR IN THE U.S. 867 00:47:44,067 --> 00:47:48,067 AND WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO A SUPERMARKET TO BUY BATTERIES. 868 00:47:48,067 --> 00:47:49,467 AND SOMEBODY SPOTTED ME. 869 00:47:49,467 --> 00:47:50,767 AND I ENDED UP -- 870 00:47:50,767 --> 00:47:52,600 I COULDN'T GET AWAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR HALF AN HOUR, 871 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,133 TAKING PICTURES, WHICH WAS GREAT, 872 00:47:54,133 --> 00:47:55,800 BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY DAY. 873 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:59,833 SO THE BOUGHT THAT WIG AND THAT FAKE BEARD AND SAID, 874 00:47:59,833 --> 00:48:01,267 "NEXT WE GO SHOPPING, YOU'RE WEARING THAT." 875 00:48:01,267 --> 00:48:03,333 RIGHT, SO BATTERIES TAKE FIVE MINUTES INSTEAD OF 20. 876 00:48:03,333 --> 00:48:04,667 MM-HMM. I GET IT. 877 00:48:04,667 --> 00:48:06,967 JEREMY DOES GET RECOGNIZED, ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S., 878 00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:08,367 BUT I KNOW IN SOME PLACES, 879 00:48:08,367 --> 00:48:10,267 PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHO JEREMY IS 880 00:48:10,267 --> 00:48:12,633 OR THAT A FILM PRODUCTION IS EVEN GOING ON. 881 00:48:12,633 --> 00:48:14,200 AND HERE'S EVIDENCE OF THAT. 882 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,667 TELL ME, JEREMY, WHAT IS THE STORY 883 00:48:16,667 --> 00:48:19,200 BEHIND THIS HORRIBLE LOOKING THING? 884 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,200 THIS IS NOT THE REAL THING, I HAVE TO SAY. 885 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,367 THIS IS A PROP. 886 00:48:22,367 --> 00:48:23,700 THIS IS FROM THIS RECONSTRUCTION HERE. 887 00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:26,667 THERE WAS A STORY OF SOMEBODY GETTING SWALLOWED 888 00:48:26,667 --> 00:48:27,933 BY A GIANT CATFISH, 889 00:48:27,933 --> 00:48:30,833 AND WE FILMED THIS IN A FISH MARKET IN GUYANA, 890 00:48:30,833 --> 00:48:34,133 AND WE TOLD THE PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY, WHO ARE OUR ACTORS, 891 00:48:34,133 --> 00:48:35,833 AND THE PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, 892 00:48:35,833 --> 00:48:37,667 BUT SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY -- 893 00:48:37,667 --> 00:48:40,267 THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO, UNDERSTANDABLY, FREAKED OUT. 894 00:48:40,267 --> 00:48:42,533 SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS REAL, GOT ON THE PHONE, 895 00:48:42,533 --> 00:48:45,067 THE NEXT THING WE KNEW, WE HAD A LOCAL NEWS CREW. 896 00:48:45,067 --> 00:48:47,067 THEY GOT THERE BEFORE THE POLICE. 897 00:48:47,067 --> 00:48:48,667 AND WE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY 898 00:48:48,667 --> 00:48:49,833 THIS IS NOT A REAL EVENT. 899 00:48:49,833 --> 00:48:52,200 AND THEY WENT AWAY SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED. 900 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,600 THERE IS A P.S. TO THIS STORY. 901 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:54,900 WE WERE LEAVING THE COUNTRY. 902 00:48:54,900 --> 00:48:57,067 WE WERE GOING OUT THROUGH THE AIRPORT, 903 00:48:57,067 --> 00:49:00,167 AND HAVING CHECKED IN OUR BAGS, WE HAVE LIKE 30, 40 BAGS, 904 00:49:00,167 --> 00:49:01,867 INSTEAD OF THEM GOING ONTO THE CONVEYOR, 905 00:49:01,867 --> 00:49:02,900 WE THEN HAD TO TAKE THEM 906 00:49:02,900 --> 00:49:04,600 AND GET THEM X-RAYED BEFORE THEY WENT OUT, 907 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,633 AND THE GUY ON THE X-RAY MACHINE 908 00:49:06,633 --> 00:49:09,933 SUDDENLY THROWS HIS ARMS IN THE AIR, CALLS OUR CAMERAMAN, 909 00:49:09,933 --> 00:49:12,533 AND SAYS, "HAVE YOU GOT A BODY IN THIS BAG?" 910 00:49:12,533 --> 00:49:14,067 AND WE HAD TO EXPLAIN, "IT'S A PLASTIC ONE. 911 00:49:14,067 --> 00:49:15,333 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." 912 00:49:15,333 --> 00:49:16,767 THEY DIDN'T CHECK IT OUT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL ONE. 913 00:49:16,767 --> 00:49:18,333 ANYWAY, IT WENT THROUGH -- 914 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:20,067 BODIES IN LUGGAGE. YEAH. 915 00:49:20,067 --> 00:49:22,067 WELL, WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF GREAT QUESTIONS 916 00:49:22,067 --> 00:49:23,133 AND REEL MONSTER PHOTOS. 917 00:49:23,133 --> 00:49:24,867 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S POSTING. 918 00:49:24,867 --> 00:49:28,067 NEXT, NANCY M. IS ASKING... 919 00:49:30,833 --> 00:49:33,733 ...WITH A LITTLE WINK. WHEN DID YOU BECOME SO HOT? 920 00:49:33,733 --> 00:49:37,567 ON THE PROGRAMS, MY CO-STARS ARE FISH, 921 00:49:37,567 --> 00:49:40,433 WHICH ARE PRETTY HIDEOUS ON THE WHOLE. 922 00:49:40,433 --> 00:49:42,333 SO, BY DEFAULT, YOU'RE THE HOTTEST ONE ON THE SCREEN. 923 00:49:42,333 --> 00:49:44,500 AND ANYBODY'S GONNA LOOK GOOD NEXT TO, SAY, A GOONCH CATFISH. 924 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:47,200 SO, IF YOU'RE A MAN AND YOU WANT TO LOOK GOOD, 925 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,867 AN INFLATABLE GOONCH CATFISH -- 926 00:49:48,867 --> 00:49:50,500 SOMETHING UGLY NEXT TO YOU. EXACTLY. 927 00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:51,833 I GET IT. I GET IT. 928 00:49:51,833 --> 00:49:54,133 I BELIEVE WE DID SOME SORT OF A BIT 929 00:49:54,133 --> 00:49:56,067 OF A PROMO SHOOT A WHILE AGO, 930 00:49:56,067 --> 00:49:59,400 AND THE THING IS, IF YOU'RE DOING THIS KIND OF THING HERE -- 931 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,767 NO, THAT'S PRETTY -- YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF GQ JEREMY. 932 00:50:02,767 --> 00:50:04,000 YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT A SNAP. 933 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,567 SOMEBODY'S TAKEN ALL DAY TO SHOOT THAT. 934 00:50:05,567 --> 00:50:07,467 SOMEBODY SITS DOWN ON A PHOTOSHOP MACHINE, 935 00:50:07,467 --> 00:50:10,333 OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM, FOR A WHOLE DAY. 936 00:50:10,333 --> 00:50:12,233 WELL, STUART H. HAS A QUESTION. 937 00:50:19,167 --> 00:50:20,833 WOW. I PROMISE WE DON'T KNOW STUART, 938 00:50:20,833 --> 00:50:22,367 AND I WAS GOING TO BRING THIS UP 939 00:50:22,367 --> 00:50:23,600 BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING COOL TO SHOW YOU, 940 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,733 BUT STUART OBVIOUSLY BEAT ME TO IT. 941 00:50:25,733 --> 00:50:28,600 JEREMY IS DEFINITELY GOING AFTER SOME PREHISTORIC BEASTS 942 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,500 IN MONSTER WEEK AT THE END OF MAY. 943 00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:31,633 AND HERE WE GO. 944 00:50:31,633 --> 00:50:32,967 YEAH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT. 945 00:50:32,967 --> 00:50:35,100 YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH THAT SHOW 946 00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:38,300 TO SEE THE BEASTS THAT WE FEATURED. 947 00:50:38,300 --> 00:50:39,633 IMPRESSIVE. 948 00:50:39,633 --> 00:50:40,767 SOME HORRENDOUS STUFF. 949 00:50:40,767 --> 00:50:41,800 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT ONE. 950 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:43,267 THAT IS AMAZING. 951 00:50:43,267 --> 00:50:46,933 WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT ONE OF THOSE BEASTS RIGHT HERE, DON'T WE? 952 00:50:46,933 --> 00:50:49,733 YEAH, THIS IS -- I GOT INTO SOME FOSSIL HUNTING, 953 00:50:49,733 --> 00:50:53,367 AND THIS IS A 3D PRINT OF THE SKULL 954 00:50:53,367 --> 00:50:54,700 OF A MEGA PIRANHA. 955 00:50:54,700 --> 00:50:58,400 AND THE WHOLE CREATURE WOULD HAVE COME OUT ABOUT HERE. 956 00:50:58,400 --> 00:50:59,700 CAREFUL. DON'T GET YOUR HANDS ANYWHERE NEAR THE MOUTH. 957 00:50:59,700 --> 00:51:00,767 OH, YES. 958 00:51:00,767 --> 00:51:04,100 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS ONE OF 959 00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:07,067 THE LESS TERRIFYING CREATURES THAT WE FEATURE. 960 00:51:07,067 --> 00:51:08,067 THIS IS THE GOLDFISH OF THE COLLECTION. 961 00:51:08,067 --> 00:51:09,233 EXACTLY. 962 00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:12,533 SO, TO SEE THE OTHER ONES -- A BIT OF A SPOILER -- 963 00:51:12,533 --> 00:51:13,667 THIS PROGRAM IS COMING UP, 964 00:51:13,667 --> 00:51:15,833 BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE 965 00:51:15,833 --> 00:51:16,933 WHAT THIS ONE IS. 966 00:51:16,933 --> 00:51:18,800 SEE WHAT THE REST OF IT IS. I CAN'T WAIT. 967 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,467 WELL, IT'S HARD TO TOP EVERY SEASON OF "RIVER MONSTERS," 968 00:51:21,467 --> 00:51:23,633 BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THIS SEASON, JEREMY DOES 969 00:51:23,633 --> 00:51:25,700 SOME THINGS HE'S NEVER DARED TO DO BEFORE. 970 00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:27,067 AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO MISS IT. 971 00:51:27,067 --> 00:51:28,600 JEREMY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 972 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:29,633 BEEN A LOT OF FUN. THANKS.