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ON JUNE 29, 1988,

CHRIS DAVIS GOT OFF LATE FROM WORK.

HE DESCRIBED THIS TALL, DARK FIGURE RUNNING TOWARDS HIM.

HE SAID THIS CREATURE JUMPED ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF OF HIS CAR

AND HUNG ONTO THE ROOF OF THE CAR.

WHATEVER IT WAS KEPT UP WITH HIM.

IT GRASPED THE DOOR.

IT GRASPED FOR THE TOP OF THE HOOD.

IT LITERALLY JUMPED ON THE CAR.

BETWEEN ITS TEETH AND ITS CLAWS,

IT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEAR METAL.

LIZARD MAN HAS ATTACKED HUMANS IN AT LEAST A DOZEN CASES.

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

BACK AWAY FROM THE GIRL!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

IT'S REAL! I SAW IT!

...SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND.

SHOOT IT!

AAH!

911 Operator: 911. What is your emergency?

Hi. I think someone's trying to break in to my yard.

My dog is barking.

Can you just send someone over, please?

Ma'am, can you give me any kind of description?

Male or female? I can't see it.

Wait. It's in my yard!

It's coming towards my dog!

Can you give me your address?

142-- it's hurting my dog!

Please just send someone! 142 State! 142 State!

Just hurry!

Oh, my God! Help!

Oh, God! Oh, God! My dog!

NOW, BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALLOWING US

TO ACCOMPANY THEM INTO THE SEWER

TO CATCH THIS DRAMATIC RESCUE STORY ON TAPE.

IN 2008, NEWS REPORTER CHRISSY COOPER

AND HER CAMERAMAN, DEREK GREEN,

WERE COVERING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SIMPLE HUMAN-INTEREST STORY

FOR THE LOCAL NETWORK AFFILIATE.

TELL ME HOW YOUR CAT MANAGED

TO WANDER OFF INTO THE STORM DRAIN.

NO, HE DIDN'T WANDER.

HE GOT PULLED DOWN BY SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.

AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS BY ANIMAL CONTROL

TO RESCUE THE PET,

FIREFIGHTERS TREVOR ANDREWS AND DANA CALDWELL

WERE DISPATCHED TO ASSIST.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO DOWN AS SOON AS YOU CAN

AND CAPTURE HIM, PLEASE.

OKAY, MA'AM, WE'LL GET YOUR CAT.

WHAT'S YOUR CAT'S NAME? MR. SMITHERS.

MR. SMITHERS. WE'LL GET HIM OUT. MR. SMITHERS.

THIS SEEMINGLY MINOR INCIDENT

BROUGHT THIS SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER

FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER

IN THE DARK TUNNELS BENEATH THE CITY.

OKAY, SO, WE ARE HERE IN THE SEWER,

LOOKING FOR MR. SMITHERS THE CAT.

BY THE SMELL OF IT, I WILL TELL YOU,

IT IS ACTUALLY A LEGITIMATE AND SINCERE SEWER.

Come here.

OH! THANKS.

YOU ALL RIGHT THERE? YEAH, I'M GOOD. THANKS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

COOL.

TREVOR, THIS IS DISGUSTING.

YEAH, WELL... YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE GOOD. YOU GOOD?

WHAT IS IT? IT'S NOTHING.

WHOA!

LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

LOOKS LIKE WE FOUND MR. SMITHERS.

WHAT THE HELL DID THAT?

I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME ALLIGATORS DOWN HERE.

THAT'S AN URBAN MYTH.

THERE ARE NO ALLIGATORS DOWN HERE.

THIS IS JUST SICK PEOPLE

WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH THEIR TIME.

YOUR STORY'S OVER. CAN WE GET OUT OF HERE?

IT'S SO SAD.

LET'S GO.

LET'S HEAD BACK.

THAT'S NASTY.

WAIT. DID YOU HEAR THAT?

YEAH, I DID.

IT'S A CAT.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S FOUND HIMSELF ANOTHER LIFE.

ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T YOU HEAD BACK?

NO, WE'VE COME THIS FAR, YOU KNOW?

WE'RE GONNA FINISH THE JOB.

YEAH? YEAH.

WATCH YOUR STEP.

Dr. Stanford: WELL, LIZARDS ARE REPTILES.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE COLD-BLOODED.

MANY OF THE LIZARDS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS IN THE U.S.

ARE PREDATORS.

THEY PREY ON SMALL INSECTS.

SOME LIZARDS WILL EAT SMALL MICE.

OF COURSE, BIG LIZARDS EAT LARGE ANIMALS.

THEY EAT WILD PIGS.

THEY EAT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY CAN GET THEIR JAWS AROUND.

THE MOST PROMINENT ENCOUNTER HAPPENED IN 1988,

AND, SO, IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER,

THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED THIS DRAWING

OF WHAT THE LIZARD MAN LOOKED LIKE.

THEY HAD A LOT OF ENCOUNTERS, AND THE MOST PROMINENT ONE

REALLY WAS BY A GUY NAMED CHRIS DAVIS.

CHRIS DAVIS HEARD AND SAW THIS THING COMING TOWARD HIM,

BUT MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE POUNDING OF THE GROUND

AND JUST THE SPEED WITH WHICH IT APPROACHED HIM.

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH, OF COURSE,

AND YET TALKED ABOUT IT LATER,

IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

LIZARD MAN HAS ATTACKED HUMANS IN AT LEAST A DOZEN CASES.

THESE PEOPLE WERE POLYGRAPHED. THEY WERE VIDEOTAPED.

THEY HAD TO DRAW A PICTURE OF WHAT IT WAS THEY SAW,

AND IF IT DID NOT MATCH

WITH WHAT 17-YEAR-OLD CHRIS DAVIS DESCRIBED OR DREW,

THEN THEY WERE ARRESTED

FOR INTERFERING WITH AN INVESTIGATION.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE STILL IN THE SEWER

WITH THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT,

ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE THE CAT MR. SMITHERS.

IN OUR SEARCH,

WE HAVE COME ACROSS A NUMBER OF DEAD CARCASSES OF OTHER ANIMALS.

STAY TUNED FOR THIS NOW VERY INTERESTING STORY.

Come on.

CAN YOU GUYS KEEP UP,

OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAD BACK UP?

'CAUSE REALLY, WE NEED TO GET MOVING.

GREAT. WE'RE READY. THANKS.

YOU SURE? YEP.

THEN LET'S GO. COME ON, TREVOR.

Okay.

WHAT'S THAT?

I DON'T KNOW. YOU HEARD THAT, RIGHT?

YOU'RE HEARING THAT?

YEAH. Shh.

WHAT IS THAT?

THERE IT IS. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. DANA!

YOU STAY WITH THEM. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

DAMN CAT.

HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY.

MISTER...

MR. SMITHERS.

CAT!

CAT?

WAS THAT YOU?

HERE, KITTY, KITTY, HERE.

OH, MAN.

614A to 614B. What the heck was that?

UH, 614, BE ADVISED, I BELIEVE MR. SMITHERS JUST MET HIS MAKER.

I'M GONNA GO INVESTIGATE.

Copy that. Proceed with caution.

HERE, CAT.

COME ON, MR. SMITHERS.

HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY.

AAH!

AAH!

TREVOR!

614A TO 614B! DANA!

614B TO BASE.

WE NEED AN AMBULANCE AT THE ANDERSON STREET MANHOLE.

DO YOU COPY?

614 TO BASE.

DANA?

DANA!

PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.

I NEED YOU BOTH BACK UP TOP RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NO MORE CAT CHASE HERE, OKAY?

THANK YOU.

DANA!

DANA!

DANA!

DANA!

DANA!

DANA?

DANA!

THESE CREATURES LOOK LIKE HUMANOID REPTILIANS.

THEY'RE USUALLY BETWEEN 6 FEET, 7 FEET TALL,

AND PEOPLE DESCRIBE THEM AS SCALY OR GREENISH

AND RUNNING UPRIGHT, USUALLY,

AND HAVING MUCH MORE OF AN ALLIGATOR

OR A KIND OF LIZARD-LIKE SKIN.

Dr. Alfaro: THERE'S NOTHING IN NATURE THAT COMES TO MIND

THAT'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT,

BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS

THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HUMAN DISEASE,

THERE'S A DISEASE CALLED ICHTHYOSIS,

AND, SO, PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS CONDITION

CAN GET BIG PATCHES OF SCALY SKIN.

THE FACT THAT IT'S LIZARD-LIKE,

THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE REPORTS OF GLOWING, RED EYES,

THAT IT HAS THIS PROMINENT ATTITUDE WITH REGARD TO PEOPLE

WHERE IT DOES ATTACK,

IT DOES REALLY ENCOUNTER THEM IN AN AGGRESSIVE WAY,

THEN GETS THE FEAR FACTOR GOING IN PEOPLE.

HE LITERALLY BIT, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT UNDERNEATH,

WHERE HE'S BIT RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH HERE.

JUST WHO OR WHAT IS CAPABLE OF THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE

HAS OPENED UP RENEWED DEBATE IN THE AREA.

THEY SAY IT'S THE LIZARD MAN.

WHATEVER IS RESPONSIBLE, THIS FAMILY ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.

THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANT TO GET THEIR GUNS OUT.

THEY WANT TO HAVE SAFARIS.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THE SHERIFF GO OUT THERE AND SHOOT IT.

THERE'S ONE IN THE CHAMBER. IT'S .40 CALIBER.

ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GOOD.

HI. CHRISSY COOPER.

WE ARE STILL COMING TO YOU FROM UNDERNEATH THE SEWER

IN WHAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A CAT.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE WERE TRAILING

SEEMS TO HAVE GONE DOWN,

FROM WHAT OR WHO WE DON'T YET KNOW,

BUT STAY TUNED, AND WE'LL BRING YOU THIS STORY.

THANKS SO MUCH. COME ON.

DANA!

HEY! STOP!

OH, MY GOD.

FOR DECADES,

STORIES OF ALLIGATORS AND OTHER VICIOUS REPTILES

LIVING IN THE SEWERS BENEATH AMERICA'S CITIES

HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF ONGOING CONTROVERSY,

BUT IS THERE A SHRED OF TRUTH TO THESE URBAN LEGENDS?

THE REVELATION WHEN "LOST TAPES" CONTINUES.

FLORIDA, 2001.

A SEWER MAINTENANCE COMPANY RECEIVED THIS FOOTAGE

OF A LARGE, ANGRY ALLIGATOR BEING RESCUED FROM CITY PIPES.

THOUGH MANY STORIES OF THESE LARGE REPTILES

INHABITING URBAN SEWER SYSTEMS

DO TURN OUT TO BE MYTHS OR HOAXES,

STATES SUCH AS FLORIDA HAVE LEGITIMATELY REPORTED

THE CREATURES FINDING THEIR WAY INTO STORM SEWERS

WHILE FORAGING FOR FOOD AND A WARM, MOIST PLACE TO STAY.

HEY! STOP!

HOLD IT!

DANA. DANA.

HEY.

MY GOD. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

DANA, HEY.

YEAH. HUH?

I'M OKAY. YOU SURE?

YEAH. YEAH. I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY.

LET ME SEE. LET ME SEE YOUR EYES.

OKAY. WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.

I'M GONNA GET YOU UP. YOU READY? YEAH.

OKAY.

THERE. THERE.

OKAY.

WHERE'S-- WHERE'S THE OTHERS?

I TOLD THEM TO GO BACK UP TOP.

CHRISSY, WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.

Shh. NO, SERIOUSLY!

WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW! I'M DONE!

DEREK!

TREVOR!

ALL RIGHT, FINE.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

AAH! CHRISSY!

AAH! OH, MY GOD!

Dr. Stanford: THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIZARD IS THE KOMODO DRAGON,

WHICH CAN REACH LENGTHS OF 10 FEET

AND LIVES ON A FEW SCATTERED ISLANDS IN INDONESIA.

KOMODO DRAGONS ARE BIG, FAST, POWERFUL, RUTHLESS PREDATORS,

AND IF YOU'RE ATTACKED BY A PACK OF KOMODO DRAGONS,

YOU'RE IN VERY BAD TROUBLE.

THAT ANIMAL IS LARGE ENOUGH TO FEED ON MAMMALS,

ON THINGS LIKE DEER OR GOATS OR EVEN WATER BUFFALO

OR, FROM TIME TO TIME, UNLUCKY HUMANS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE YOU DOWN HERE, OKAY?

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

CHRISSY!

CHRISSY!

COME ON! RUN! RUN! GO!

CHRISSY!

COME ON, TREVOR.

OKAY. I NEED YOU TO GO TO THE RIGHT.

GO TO THE RIGHT. GO TO THE RIGHT.

THIS WAY. THIS WAY. OKAY.

WHAT?

WHAT?

SHE'S DEAD.

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. YEAH.

COME ON.

WE GOT TO GO.

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST SCARY ASPECTS OF THIS CREATURE

IS THAT IT'S SO ALIEN.

NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S FROM OUTER SPACE,

BUT IT'S SO DIFFERENT, WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO ALL THEORIES.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS,

OCCULT RITUALS, ALIENS.

WHAT IF PEOPLE ARE MISIDENTIFYING

AN ALGAE-COLORED BIGFOOT?

OR MAYBE THERE ARE HUMANOID REPTILIANS OUT THERE

THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCOVERED YET.

THERE'S BEEN SPECULATION

THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY RACES OF REPTOIDS

LIVING IN SUBTERRANEAN AREAS BELOW THE EARTH IN TUNNELS,

CAVES, ABANDONED MINE SHAFTS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT LIZARD MAN IS A UNIQUE ANIMAL UNTO ITSELF.

IT'S OKAY. NO, NO. COME ON.

HANG ON. HANG ON.

COME ON! I THINK WE CAN GET TO THE STREET FROM HERE.

YEAH. PERFECT.

HURRY UP.

COME ON.

HEY. ALL RIGHT.

COME ON, TREVOR.

OKAY.

I CAN'T FIT.

COME ON!

I CAN'T FIT!

SO, JUST PUSH ME BACK. PUSH ME.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

PUSH ME BACK NOW!

Okay. Okay.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, TREVOR?

I'M GONNA KILL THIS SON OF A

AAH!

TREVOR?

TREVOR?

TREVOR?

TREVOR?

TREVOR!

KEEP AWAY!

I'LL KILL YOU!

I'LL KILL YOU!

YOU

NOW WE CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

COME ON.

FIREFIGHTER DANA CALDWELL WAS TREATED FOR HER INJURIES

AND LATER RELEASED.

THE PARTIALLY EATEN BODIES OF CHRISSY COOPER AND DEREK GREEN

WERE RECOVERED BY AUTHORITIES.

ANDREWS AND CALDWELL TURNED OVER THEIR EVIDENCE

TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES,

AND RESULTS OF DNA TESTING

HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC,

LEAVING US WITH A QUESTION THAT DEMANDS A CONCLUSIVE ANSWER...

DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

AAH!

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