1 00:00:04,172 --> 00:00:05,931 -Oh, big splash up ahead. -What? 2 00:00:05,965 --> 00:00:10,241 [Josh] My team embarks on a journey into the wild Peruvian Amazon. 3 00:00:10,275 --> 00:00:12,758 Holy [bleep] we got a venomous snake here. 4 00:00:12,793 --> 00:00:16,172 [Josh] On the hunt for a legend of monstrous proportions. 5 00:00:17,034 --> 00:00:18,413 Probably 30 meters. 6 00:00:18,448 --> 00:00:19,379 That's 90 feet. 7 00:00:19,413 --> 00:00:21,827 Huge, like this. 8 00:00:21,862 --> 00:00:26,206 [Josh] But witnesses say this super-sized beast is not only real, 9 00:00:26,241 --> 00:00:28,137 it's on the attack. 10 00:00:28,172 --> 00:00:31,517 How long would I have before it squeezed me to death? 11 00:00:31,551 --> 00:00:33,206 -30 seconds. -Ah, [bleep] 12 00:00:33,241 --> 00:00:37,275 While your heart is still beating, they swallow you slowly. 13 00:00:37,310 --> 00:00:38,724 [Josh] Phil and Jess hunt for clues... 14 00:00:39,758 --> 00:00:41,655 [Phil] Oh [bleep] we got eye shine. 15 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:43,517 -Swim up, grab you and drag you under. -[Phil] Yeah. 16 00:00:43,551 --> 00:00:47,896 [Josh] Deep in the territory of the jungle's deadliest creatures. 17 00:00:47,931 --> 00:00:49,931 [Jess] What, he just got bit? Oh, my God. You're bleeding. 18 00:00:49,965 --> 00:00:52,586 [Phil] That is the most painful sting in the Amazon. 19 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,931 That is what I call an ambush predator. 20 00:00:54,965 --> 00:00:56,793 -[Jess] Holy [bleep] -[snake hissing] 21 00:00:59,551 --> 00:01:01,275 [Josh reading] 22 00:01:02,965 --> 00:01:05,413 My name is Josh Gates. 23 00:01:05,448 --> 00:01:09,793 In my travels, I've experienced strange things that defy logic 24 00:01:09,827 --> 00:01:12,172 and made me question everything. 25 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:13,896 Oh, my God. 26 00:01:13,931 --> 00:01:18,758 Now I've put together a team to investigate the stranger side of the unknown. 27 00:01:19,241 --> 00:01:21,103 Let's go. 28 00:01:21,137 --> 00:01:25,241 [Josh] Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations. 29 00:01:25,275 --> 00:01:26,517 [Phil speaking] 30 00:01:29,068 --> 00:01:33,586 [Josh] Jessica Chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer. 31 00:01:33,620 --> 00:01:34,862 If you're here with us, knock again. 32 00:01:35,965 --> 00:01:38,068 [Josh] Together we're searching for answers... 33 00:01:38,103 --> 00:01:39,413 [Phil] What is happening here, Jess? 34 00:01:39,448 --> 00:01:42,379 [Josh] ...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 35 00:01:43,137 --> 00:01:45,655 This isExpedition X. 36 00:01:49,689 --> 00:01:51,896 Jess, Phil, for your next investigation 37 00:01:51,931 --> 00:01:54,448 I am sending you to what is without a doubt 38 00:01:54,482 --> 00:01:55,965 the wildest place in the world. 39 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,379 We're going to Vegas, baby! 40 00:01:57,413 --> 00:01:59,172 -Different kind of wild. -[groans] 41 00:01:59,206 --> 00:02:01,482 Phil, you're familiar with the Amazon Rainforest? 42 00:02:01,517 --> 00:02:03,206 -Oh, no. -Oh, yes. 43 00:02:03,241 --> 00:02:06,137 Oh, man. I can feel the insect bites now. 44 00:02:06,172 --> 00:02:08,896 I spent the last ten years working on conservation research projects down there. 45 00:02:08,931 --> 00:02:11,034 And you're right. It is wild. 46 00:02:11,068 --> 00:02:13,620 Huge areas of it haven't been properly mapped yet. 47 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:16,793 There's new species being found all the time. Let's go! 48 00:02:16,827 --> 00:02:20,275 What gets me excited to go to the Amazon is it's known as the birthplace 49 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:23,137 to so many amazing legendary creatures. 50 00:02:23,172 --> 00:02:26,448 To that end, locals in the Peruvian part of the Amazon claim 51 00:02:26,482 --> 00:02:29,482 that there is a creature living deep in the rainforest 52 00:02:29,517 --> 00:02:31,827 that has not been identified by science. 53 00:02:31,862 --> 00:02:34,413 They say it's huge and it's on a rampage. 54 00:02:39,241 --> 00:02:43,310 The Amazon river basin spreads across eight South American countries 55 00:02:43,344 --> 00:02:45,862 and covers over two million square miles. 56 00:02:47,517 --> 00:02:50,586 An area nearly the size of Australia. 57 00:02:50,620 --> 00:02:54,103 In parts of the Amazon, the tree canopy is so think 58 00:02:54,137 --> 00:02:58,413 that only 1% of sunlight penetrates to the forest floor. 59 00:02:58,448 --> 00:03:02,620 And below that dark canopy live some of the world's most dangerous animals. 60 00:03:04,068 --> 00:03:07,413 Poisonous frogs, venomous giant centipedes, 61 00:03:07,448 --> 00:03:10,275 deadly vipers like the fer-de-lance. 62 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:14,482 And in the river, electric eels that can generate 800 volts, 63 00:03:14,517 --> 00:03:18,000 enough to stun and potentially kill a human. 64 00:03:18,034 --> 00:03:21,344 Not to mention schools of deadly piranhas. 65 00:03:21,379 --> 00:03:23,896 And those are just the creatures we know about. 66 00:03:23,931 --> 00:03:28,068 The Rainforest is always revealing new, unclassified wildlife. 67 00:03:28,827 --> 00:03:30,103 [shouting] 68 00:03:30,137 --> 00:03:32,448 [Josh] Early 1500s. 69 00:03:32,482 --> 00:03:36,827 When the Spanish invade Peru, the indigenous tribes tell terrifying stories 70 00:03:36,862 --> 00:03:39,275 of a powerful, predatory serpent. 71 00:03:41,724 --> 00:03:45,896 It's said to be 100 feet long with a large, triangular head, 72 00:03:45,931 --> 00:03:49,379 fiery dark orange stripes, glowing eyes 73 00:03:49,413 --> 00:03:51,482 and menacing fangs. 74 00:03:51,517 --> 00:03:55,758 The locals call the beast Yacumama or Water Mother. 75 00:03:57,103 --> 00:04:01,655 She stalks the forest, bringing rain, thunder and lightning 76 00:04:01,689 --> 00:04:04,827 and sucking up any creature that comes within 100 paces. 77 00:04:06,689 --> 00:04:13,379 1906, famed British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett mounts an unprecedented expedition 78 00:04:13,413 --> 00:04:15,586 to map the Amazon. 79 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:18,241 Fawcett documents encounters with strange beasts, 80 00:04:19,275 --> 00:04:20,862 including huge snakes. 81 00:04:21,965 --> 00:04:24,275 Savage ape men called Maricoxi 82 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:27,206 and spiders the size of dinner plates. 83 00:04:27,241 --> 00:04:30,551 And perhaps most notably, a monstrous serpent. 84 00:04:32,448 --> 00:04:35,965 Many of Fawcett's contemporaries don't believe his wild claims. 85 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:41,103 But the reports of a giant reptilian river predator persist for nearly a century. 86 00:04:42,068 --> 00:04:44,000 August, 1997. 87 00:04:44,724 --> 00:04:46,620 In the village of Nueva Tacna, 88 00:04:46,655 --> 00:04:49,724 a few miles from the Amazonian port of Iquitos, 89 00:04:49,758 --> 00:04:53,827 locals report hearing a loud rumbling coming from the jungle 90 00:04:53,862 --> 00:04:56,137 just before something massive emerges, 91 00:04:56,172 --> 00:05:01,379 uprooting trees and leaving a trail of destruction on its way to the river. 92 00:05:01,413 --> 00:05:04,827 As it drops into the water, the resulting whirlpool is said 93 00:05:04,862 --> 00:05:07,551 to have taken down several nearby fishing boats. 94 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:13,862 2009, in two separate incidents on the outskirts of Iquitos, 95 00:05:13,896 --> 00:05:16,620 witnesses report a massive black serpent 96 00:05:16,655 --> 00:05:18,689 with eyes resembling boat lights 97 00:05:18,724 --> 00:05:22,413 wreaking havoc, destroying homes and vegetation. 98 00:05:22,448 --> 00:05:26,931 Now, those reports of a large monster lurking in and near the river 99 00:05:26,965 --> 00:05:29,034 are surfacing again. 100 00:05:29,068 --> 00:05:33,965 Locals say their livestock is being snatched at night and dragged into the water. 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,379 A mystery beast is stalking Peruvian villages along the Amazon. 102 00:05:38,413 --> 00:05:41,448 And some are saying Yacumama is back. 103 00:05:46,689 --> 00:05:48,620 So what about you? Did you run into any Yacumamas 104 00:05:48,655 --> 00:05:49,517 when you were down in the Amazon? 105 00:05:49,551 --> 00:05:51,241 I did not see any Yacumama. 106 00:05:51,275 --> 00:05:52,862 -But you've heard of this story? -Yes. 107 00:05:52,896 --> 00:05:55,965 They really treat this legend with a lot of respect. 108 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,379 But I can't really imagine what could be 109 00:05:58,413 --> 00:06:00,862 destroying people's homes or sinking boats. 110 00:06:00,896 --> 00:06:04,344 Snatching livestock, sure. There are some absolutely massive reptiles, 111 00:06:04,379 --> 00:06:06,965 like the black caiman that are known to eat deer. 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,517 Yeah, but you said yourself that the Amazon is home 113 00:06:09,551 --> 00:06:11,517 to countless undiscovered species. 114 00:06:11,551 --> 00:06:14,310 So why not a gigantic serpent? 115 00:06:14,344 --> 00:06:17,827 Why not? And so, your mission, Amazon explorers, is to get down to Peru 116 00:06:17,862 --> 00:06:20,103 and talk to locals along the River. 117 00:06:20,137 --> 00:06:23,034 See if you can figure out what's terrorizing these people. 118 00:06:23,068 --> 00:06:26,344 Could there be some sort of unidentified massive serpent? 119 00:06:26,379 --> 00:06:29,103 Or Phil, can you come up with another explanation 120 00:06:29,137 --> 00:06:30,758 for what these witnesses are claiming? 121 00:06:30,793 --> 00:06:32,137 So we're going on a jungle cruise! 122 00:06:32,172 --> 00:06:34,448 Ooh, does that make me The Rock? 123 00:06:34,482 --> 00:06:37,379 -No, you're still the nerdy scientist, Phil. -Fine. 124 00:06:37,413 --> 00:06:39,137 -Good luck, guys. -Thanks. 125 00:06:41,586 --> 00:06:46,482 [Josh] Phil and Jess fly more than 3,600 miles from New York to Lima, Peru. 126 00:06:46,517 --> 00:06:50,448 From there, it's another 630 miles on a flight to Iquitos. 127 00:06:52,896 --> 00:06:55,827 A city accessible only by air or water. 128 00:06:56,758 --> 00:06:58,862 This is the gateway to the Amazon, 129 00:06:58,896 --> 00:07:03,000 where deadly creatures both big and small lurk at every turn. 130 00:07:04,482 --> 00:07:06,758 -So, you've been to Peru before, yeah? -Yes. 131 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:09,172 I've worked in Peru for years, 132 00:07:09,206 --> 00:07:12,827 but I have never been to the Amazon River. 133 00:07:12,862 --> 00:07:15,000 I've been to nearly every tributary of it, 134 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:18,758 but the fact that I get to go see the Amazon River itself. 135 00:07:18,793 --> 00:07:21,586 -I am so stoked. -[Jess] That's cool. 136 00:07:21,620 --> 00:07:25,275 [Josh] Founded in 1864, Iquitos became an major port 137 00:07:25,310 --> 00:07:29,034 for the rubber boom of the late 19th century. 138 00:07:29,068 --> 00:07:33,103 Today, this isolated city is home to almost half a million residents, 139 00:07:33,137 --> 00:07:36,000 and what seems like a similar number of moto taxis. 140 00:07:37,275 --> 00:07:38,551 [Phil] Ooh, look at all this traffic. 141 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:44,758 [Jess] We head to Masusa Port where we've arranged to meet two local fishermen 142 00:07:44,793 --> 00:07:47,862 who've had encounters with mysterious beasts in the Amazon. 143 00:07:49,482 --> 00:07:52,620 Roner and Alejandro have lived here all their lives. 144 00:07:52,655 --> 00:07:54,689 I asked Phil to have them tell us their stories 145 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:56,689 about what they saw in the River. 146 00:07:56,724 --> 00:07:59,620 [speaking Spanish] 147 00:07:59,655 --> 00:08:04,172 [Roner] These are more than just stories. These are our true testimonials. 148 00:08:04,206 --> 00:08:07,034 I went fishing up river and saw a bunch of snakes, 149 00:08:07,068 --> 00:08:10,413 but then I saw something else along the water in the distance 150 00:08:10,448 --> 00:08:12,896 that was much more massive and aggressive. 151 00:08:12,931 --> 00:08:15,241 It looked like nothing I'd ever seen before. 152 00:08:15,275 --> 00:08:19,310 Dark orange stripes on its face with big, shining eyes. 153 00:08:19,344 --> 00:08:22,379 It was huge. The whole ground was moving. 154 00:08:24,068 --> 00:08:26,241 [Phil] And when I ask him about how big he thought the creature was, 155 00:08:26,275 --> 00:08:28,655 the answer is, well, astounding. 156 00:08:30,034 --> 00:08:34,551 [Roner] Probably 30 meters and it looked about this thick. 157 00:08:34,586 --> 00:08:39,034 He says it was that round and he thinks it was about 30 meters. 158 00:08:39,068 --> 00:08:42,137 So that's... That's 60... No, that's 90 feet. 159 00:08:44,448 --> 00:08:47,000 Alejandro backs up Roner's size estimation, 160 00:08:47,034 --> 00:08:50,793 because he too claims he had an encounter with a similar looking beast 161 00:08:50,827 --> 00:08:53,172 while out fishing on the River. 162 00:08:53,206 --> 00:08:55,965 [Alejandro] My father had a gun and was going to shoot it. 163 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,896 But I told him that would be a waste of a bullet 164 00:08:57,931 --> 00:08:59,448 because the thing was just so big. 165 00:09:00,862 --> 00:09:03,827 [Phil] I asked him if it's possible they saw a large snake. 166 00:09:03,862 --> 00:09:08,103 Green anacondas around here can typically grow to about 18 or 20 feet. 167 00:09:08,137 --> 00:09:11,448 [Roner] We're fishermen. We've seen every type of snake in the Amazon. 168 00:09:11,482 --> 00:09:13,034 This was something different. 169 00:09:13,068 --> 00:09:14,241 This was Yacumama. 170 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:16,827 [both] Yacumama. 171 00:09:16,862 --> 00:09:20,206 [Roner] We've heard that she has also been seen by indigenous villagers 172 00:09:20,241 --> 00:09:22,551 in the swamp areas farther south. 173 00:09:22,586 --> 00:09:25,344 But we both saw her just off the main river 174 00:09:25,379 --> 00:09:29,000 in a section between 30 to 50 kilometers from the city. 175 00:09:29,034 --> 00:09:30,275 Alright, let's start there. 176 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:32,103 -[Phil] Gracias. -[Jess] Bye. 177 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:40,827 -[Phil] Is the boat down there? -[Jess] Yep. 178 00:09:40,862 --> 00:09:42,724 [Phil] Hola. 179 00:09:42,758 --> 00:09:44,068 [Jess] We quickly load up our gear 180 00:09:44,103 --> 00:09:46,586 and plot our course roughly 20 miles upriver. 181 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:48,206 [Phil] Listos. 182 00:09:48,241 --> 00:09:50,000 [Jess] To a tributary off the Amazon 183 00:09:50,034 --> 00:09:51,551 where our witnesses had their encounters 184 00:09:51,586 --> 00:09:54,310 with what they believe was Yacumama. 185 00:09:54,344 --> 00:09:56,448 We got some hours on this river, Jess. You ready? 186 00:09:56,482 --> 00:09:58,689 -I'm ready. -Alright. Let's do it. 187 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:10,758 [Phil] The Amazon Rainforest is the most biodiverse place on the planet. 188 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:13,862 You'll find 10% of all known species here. 189 00:10:13,896 --> 00:10:17,620 Not to mention the countless species yet to be catalogued. 190 00:10:17,655 --> 00:10:20,068 Out here, you have to watch every step 191 00:10:20,103 --> 00:10:22,965 because a lot of those animals are downright deadly 192 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,517 with their ability to strike, inject venom, constrict, 193 00:10:26,551 --> 00:10:28,517 electrify and carry lethal diseases. 194 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:33,241 The Amazon River is home to 3,000 species of fish 195 00:10:33,275 --> 00:10:36,310 and nearly 400 species of reptiles. 196 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:39,482 And if you believe Jess, one unidentified queen of the jungle. 197 00:10:41,310 --> 00:10:44,724 [Jess] Yacumama isn't the only legendary beast in this river. 198 00:10:44,758 --> 00:10:47,068 Tales vary and some of them are dark, 199 00:10:47,103 --> 00:10:51,655 but the boto is said to be a dolphin that shapeshifts into a seductive man. 200 00:10:51,689 --> 00:10:54,724 Like many legends, there is some truth behind the tale. 201 00:10:54,758 --> 00:10:57,620 The Amazon's murky waters are home to a rare, 202 00:10:57,655 --> 00:11:01,172 sometimes aggressive species of pink river dolphin. 203 00:11:01,206 --> 00:11:04,448 So while we're here, I'm keeping my eyes peeled 204 00:11:04,482 --> 00:11:06,655 for any shapeshifting shenanigans. 205 00:11:09,724 --> 00:11:10,758 -[water splashes] -Ooh. 206 00:11:10,793 --> 00:11:13,275 -Big splash up ahead. -What? Ooh. 207 00:11:18,103 --> 00:11:21,137 [Phil] After hours in the boat, we approach the remote tributary 208 00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,482 where the fishermen had their disturbing sightings. 209 00:11:24,655 --> 00:11:26,517 And we're already seeing encouraging signs 210 00:11:26,551 --> 00:11:28,896 that something big could be lurking in these waters. 211 00:11:29,896 --> 00:11:31,344 Just right here. Tracks, tracks. 212 00:11:31,379 --> 00:11:33,517 -All over that bank actually. Look at that. -Yeah, there's a lot. 213 00:11:33,551 --> 00:11:35,000 [Phil] It's capybara? 214 00:11:35,034 --> 00:11:38,172 I believe our witnesses did run into something enormous out here. 215 00:11:38,206 --> 00:11:41,000 Something they insist was not a snake. 216 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:45,344 But there are plenty of other real world beasts to fear in this jungle. 217 00:11:45,379 --> 00:11:48,379 Black caimans are the apex predators of these parts. 218 00:11:48,413 --> 00:11:50,068 The largest of the alligator family, 219 00:11:50,103 --> 00:11:54,896 these stealthy, ruthless, nocturnal carnivores can grow to 15 feet. 220 00:11:54,931 --> 00:11:57,448 With their powerful jaws, they'll attack anything 221 00:11:57,482 --> 00:11:59,482 that wanders into their territory. 222 00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:02,551 And yeah, that includes humans. 223 00:12:02,586 --> 00:12:05,344 Mammal tracks on the river bank tell me there's plenty of food here 224 00:12:05,379 --> 00:12:08,206 to support a whole population of very big caimans. 225 00:12:09,862 --> 00:12:10,655 Can we pull over right here? 226 00:12:12,551 --> 00:12:15,068 I'm thinking this could be a good spot to set up a camera trap. 227 00:12:15,103 --> 00:12:16,103 [Jess] Oh, that's a good idea. 228 00:12:21,931 --> 00:12:24,034 [Phil] With miles of river and jungle to cover, 229 00:12:24,068 --> 00:12:27,758 we need to be strategic in the placement of our 25 cameras. 230 00:12:27,793 --> 00:12:29,862 But we're also chasing daylight, 231 00:12:29,896 --> 00:12:32,000 so we got to get some extra eyes up in a hurry. 232 00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:35,310 This is a nice little natural archway. 233 00:12:35,344 --> 00:12:37,586 With really, really sharp spines, 234 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:39,103 so I'm not gonna put it on this tree. 235 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:40,965 I'll put it right here. 236 00:12:44,275 --> 00:12:45,379 Holy [bleep] 237 00:12:54,965 --> 00:12:56,448 Holy [bleep] 238 00:12:56,482 --> 00:12:59,344 This is no joke one of the biggest vipers I've ever seen in the Amazon. 239 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:01,448 It's right in the crook of this tree. A big one. 240 00:13:01,482 --> 00:13:03,517 We've got a venomous snake here. 241 00:13:03,551 --> 00:13:06,655 -Alright, use the light. Use the light, Jess. -Let me see. Let me see. 242 00:13:06,689 --> 00:13:09,103 -Here, let me get over here by you. -[bleep] 243 00:13:09,137 --> 00:13:11,724 -[Phil] Oh my God. -[Jess] Oh, yeah. 244 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:13,068 Look at that beauty. 245 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:16,137 -Do you know what kind that is? -[bleep] 246 00:13:16,172 --> 00:13:19,724 Not sure from here. It could be a fer-de-lance. Looks like bothrops. 247 00:13:19,758 --> 00:13:23,000 -There's a few species of them around, but wow. -[snake hisses] 248 00:13:23,034 --> 00:13:26,103 -That is what I call an ambush predator. -Good thing you looked. 249 00:13:26,137 --> 00:13:28,965 Just sits and waits in a little crook of a tree like that. 250 00:13:30,482 --> 00:13:34,206 The fer-de-lance is the most dangerous snake in South America. 251 00:13:34,241 --> 00:13:37,827 Upon attack, this pit viper releases a necrotizing venom 252 00:13:37,862 --> 00:13:39,689 that's painful and often deadly. 253 00:13:40,793 --> 00:13:43,034 This is like, 20 steps into the Amazon Rainforest 254 00:13:43,068 --> 00:13:45,724 and we just found that. 255 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:47,862 -Something to murder us. -Is that a good omen or a bad omen? 256 00:13:47,896 --> 00:13:49,965 -Uh, yes. -I think it's a good omen. 257 00:13:50,827 --> 00:13:52,862 -Sh... Yes. -Just don't get bit. 258 00:13:52,896 --> 00:13:54,241 Oh, and that's a bull ant. 259 00:13:54,275 --> 00:13:57,103 -See that big ant right there? Crawling up the side? -No. Yes. 260 00:13:57,137 --> 00:14:00,103 -So that is the most painful sting in the Amazon. -Great. 261 00:14:00,137 --> 00:14:02,344 [Phil] Essentially lesson learned. 262 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:06,310 No one ever lean on trees or step at the roots of them. 263 00:14:06,344 --> 00:14:09,758 Alright, can you please just pick a tree to put that game cam on 264 00:14:09,793 --> 00:14:12,068 -so we can get out of here? -Yeah. 265 00:14:12,103 --> 00:14:13,551 Yeah, why do you want to leave here, Jess? 266 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:15,517 Oh gee. I don't know. 'Cause everything's trying to kill me? 267 00:14:15,551 --> 00:14:18,413 -It's the most magical place on the planet. -Mmm-hmm. 268 00:14:18,448 --> 00:14:21,758 [Jess] Suddenly the 90-foot beast I'm after isn't as intimidating 269 00:14:21,793 --> 00:14:24,448 as all the other things crawling around me. 270 00:14:24,482 --> 00:14:26,137 But I have to stay focused. 271 00:14:26,172 --> 00:14:27,793 To prove Yacumama is out here, 272 00:14:27,827 --> 00:14:29,482 I first need photographic proof. 273 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,034 -Ooh, do you know what we should do? -Hmm? 274 00:14:32,068 --> 00:14:34,310 Point the camera at the snake... 275 00:14:34,344 --> 00:14:36,758 -Yeah. -...so we can not only catch anything passing through here, 276 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,620 but we can catch if it eats anything. 277 00:14:38,655 --> 00:14:41,103 -Okay, that is actually pretty cool. Alright. -Right? 278 00:14:41,137 --> 00:14:43,655 [Jess] So we're setting up a series of 25 cameras 279 00:14:43,689 --> 00:14:47,758 along what locals say has been her most recent path. 280 00:14:47,793 --> 00:14:51,137 Our witnesses gave us a roughly 12 and a half mile range to cover 281 00:14:51,172 --> 00:14:52,862 between their sightings. 282 00:14:52,896 --> 00:14:56,275 The plan is to position our cameras on alternating sides of the river 283 00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:58,655 and retrieve them at the end of our investigation. 284 00:14:58,689 --> 00:14:59,448 There's my foot. 285 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,655 I'm hoping Yacumama is still in the area. 286 00:15:03,689 --> 00:15:05,137 And if you believe the legend, 287 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:06,758 she's about to make an appearance. 288 00:15:06,793 --> 00:15:08,620 [thunder rumbling] 289 00:15:08,655 --> 00:15:09,793 -Did you hear that thunder? -Yeah. 290 00:15:11,896 --> 00:15:16,068 [Jess] Legends say that Yacumama is more than just a jungle beast. 291 00:15:16,103 --> 00:15:18,137 She is a protective spirit of the Amazon 292 00:15:18,172 --> 00:15:20,827 with the power to control the weather and other animals. 293 00:15:22,137 --> 00:15:23,000 Alright, alright. 294 00:15:23,517 --> 00:15:24,379 Set, sleep. 295 00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:28,620 [distant birds squawking] 296 00:15:28,655 --> 00:15:30,344 [whispers] What the [bleep] 297 00:15:32,551 --> 00:15:35,068 [Phil] It does sound like some very upset parrots. 298 00:15:35,103 --> 00:15:38,620 [Jess] I wonder if the parrots going crazy is some kind of warning call. 299 00:15:38,655 --> 00:15:43,310 Between that and the thunder that stories say precedes a Yacumama appearance, 300 00:15:43,344 --> 00:15:45,551 I'm feeling like she can't be far away. 301 00:15:58,103 --> 00:15:59,517 [Phil] Based on our witness testimony, 302 00:15:59,551 --> 00:16:02,275 we're looking for something roughly 90 feet long, 303 00:16:02,310 --> 00:16:04,827 which for a reptile is simply off the charts. 304 00:16:06,344 --> 00:16:08,931 The largest snake around here is the green anaconda 305 00:16:08,965 --> 00:16:14,172 and the biggest one of those on record was 28 feet long and 44 inches around. 306 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:16,827 Some anacondas have yellowish-orange facial markings, 307 00:16:16,862 --> 00:16:19,758 but I've never heard of one with the dark, fiery markings 308 00:16:19,793 --> 00:16:21,517 said to be on Yacumama. 309 00:16:21,551 --> 00:16:24,448 So maybe there is a subspecies of anaconda down here 310 00:16:24,482 --> 00:16:26,034 yet to be identified by science. 311 00:16:33,172 --> 00:16:34,827 Jess, we got a tributary right here. 312 00:16:34,862 --> 00:16:36,689 -[Jess] Perfect. -[Phil] Alright, going in. 313 00:16:39,068 --> 00:16:42,310 So Jess, this is where we have a really good chance 314 00:16:42,344 --> 00:16:45,310 of seeing something like a jaguar or a tapir. 315 00:16:45,344 --> 00:16:48,137 A lot of those really rare, big mammals because... 316 00:16:48,172 --> 00:16:49,068 -[Jess] There. -Oh! 317 00:16:52,413 --> 00:16:53,931 Can we see if we can hit this right side? 318 00:16:54,655 --> 00:16:56,034 [speaking Spanish] 319 00:16:56,068 --> 00:16:57,034 [dramatic music playing] 320 00:17:00,689 --> 00:17:02,620 -[Jess] Wait, wait, wait. -[Phil] Woah, what? 321 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,241 [Jess] Something's moving over there. 322 00:17:04,931 --> 00:17:05,931 [dramatic music swelling] 323 00:17:11,103 --> 00:17:12,724 Damn, what's here? Light it up. 324 00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:15,000 You see it? 325 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:18,517 -Tracks? We got tracks? -[Phil] We got big tracks. 326 00:17:18,551 --> 00:17:21,275 I'm not sure what Jess saw, but there are definite signs 327 00:17:21,310 --> 00:17:23,206 of lots of mammal traffic through here. 328 00:17:23,241 --> 00:17:25,413 -[Jess] Oh, that totally looks like capybara? -[Phil] Yeah. 329 00:17:26,758 --> 00:17:28,965 These are some big ones. These could be 50, 60 pounds. 330 00:17:31,344 --> 00:17:34,344 Capybaras are the world's largest rodents. 331 00:17:34,379 --> 00:17:37,000 They're semi-aquatic mammals living in high numbers 332 00:17:37,034 --> 00:17:38,620 in the forests near the Amazon, 333 00:17:38,655 --> 00:17:43,586 putting them at the top of the menu for hungry caimans and other big reptiles. 334 00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:47,482 And where there's prey, predators usually aren't far behind. 335 00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:50,586 Let's, uh, try to find a spot over here just in case we get 336 00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:52,896 -any animals passing through here. -[Jess sighs] Okay. 337 00:17:52,931 --> 00:17:55,310 Phil and I continue positioning our cameras along the river, 338 00:17:55,344 --> 00:17:59,724 keeping our eyes and ears open for anything that might be lurking in the dark. 339 00:17:59,758 --> 00:18:02,103 [Phil] I want to find a good solid log and maybe a little trail going in. 340 00:18:08,724 --> 00:18:10,586 Careful, Jess. Don't stray too far. 341 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:18,172 [exhales] Alright, right here. I think this is the one. 342 00:18:18,206 --> 00:18:20,206 -That one? -Jess, how does this look from where you are? 343 00:18:20,241 --> 00:18:21,758 -Looks fine for me. -Okay. 344 00:18:21,793 --> 00:18:25,517 Right now I'm setting up a camera pointed basically all along the shore here. 345 00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:28,482 So if anything comes from the forest to there 346 00:18:28,517 --> 00:18:30,827 or walks along the stream, 347 00:18:30,862 --> 00:18:32,758 hopefully we'll have an image of it. 348 00:18:32,793 --> 00:18:34,413 Get a sense of what's living around here. 349 00:18:36,206 --> 00:18:38,724 Just insanely dense rainforest in here. 350 00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:40,827 [exhales] 351 00:18:41,551 --> 00:18:42,379 Oh, we got a snake. 352 00:18:43,413 --> 00:18:44,068 Look at this thing. 353 00:18:44,862 --> 00:18:45,517 Wow. 354 00:18:46,517 --> 00:18:49,931 So it may be a coral snake, 355 00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:51,793 but by the fact that it's climbing in the tree 356 00:18:51,827 --> 00:18:54,655 and most coral snakes you generally find on the ground, 357 00:18:54,689 --> 00:18:55,862 I don't think it is. 358 00:18:55,896 --> 00:18:59,137 I think that warning coloration is false coloration. 359 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:01,793 If it were a coral snake and you get bit, you die pretty quick. 360 00:19:01,827 --> 00:19:06,241 This one I'm fairly certain it is non-venomous. 361 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:07,275 Oh, wow. Look at that. 362 00:19:08,827 --> 00:19:10,896 Ow. Hey there, little guy. 363 00:19:10,931 --> 00:19:12,103 He's nice. Oh! 364 00:19:13,275 --> 00:19:15,379 -[Jess] Oh. -Oh, he's moving. 365 00:19:15,413 --> 00:19:16,724 -Where'd he go? Inside there? -[Jess] I have no idea. 366 00:19:21,586 --> 00:19:23,965 You would think you'd be able to find 367 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,758 a super bright, candy cane colored snake out here, 368 00:19:26,793 --> 00:19:28,931 but nope. Just disappeared. 369 00:19:32,172 --> 00:19:35,827 So since every witness has seen it both on land and in water, 370 00:19:35,862 --> 00:19:38,206 I like that idea of putting one facing the water 371 00:19:38,241 --> 00:19:39,655 and some fish in the water. 372 00:19:39,689 --> 00:19:42,103 Let's maybe try to get this side of the river. 373 00:19:43,137 --> 00:19:45,137 -Alright, how solid is this? -That's good. 374 00:19:45,172 --> 00:19:46,827 Pretty solid. 375 00:19:46,862 --> 00:19:50,655 [Jess] Alejandro and Roner said they were fishing when they saw Yacumama. 376 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,827 So we're gonna try to chum this monster out of hiding. 377 00:19:53,862 --> 00:19:58,586 I'm hoping she won't be able to resist the funky... I mean, tasty smell 378 00:19:58,620 --> 00:20:01,034 of these dead fish I bought back in Iquitos. 379 00:20:01,068 --> 00:20:02,896 A perfect nighttime snack. 380 00:20:04,137 --> 00:20:06,827 Alright. Ugh, that stinks. 381 00:20:11,655 --> 00:20:14,586 Honestly, we're just trying to get a sense of what this habitat is like. 382 00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:16,379 What species live around here. 383 00:20:16,413 --> 00:20:18,931 And obviously if something big, 384 00:20:18,965 --> 00:20:22,551 really big comes through to take that fish. 385 00:20:22,586 --> 00:20:25,413 [Jess] With the camera traps all set, we'll stay at the river's edge 386 00:20:25,448 --> 00:20:28,793 and break out the thermal cam to help us see in the dark. 387 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:31,896 Even a coldblooded animal will retain heat from the day 388 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:34,068 and register on this sensitive piece of equipment. 389 00:20:35,379 --> 00:20:37,448 [Phil] It looks like we're in business. 390 00:20:37,482 --> 00:20:40,482 -Ooh, look at those bats. This place is covered in bats. -[Jess] Yeah. 391 00:20:40,517 --> 00:20:42,000 [Phil] That's wild. 392 00:20:42,034 --> 00:20:45,000 -[bats squeaking] -[Jess] That's one word for it. Wildlife everywhere. 393 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,827 No, wait, wait, wait. 394 00:20:53,862 --> 00:20:56,172 -Oh yeah. There's movement under the water. Look. -[Phil] Where? 395 00:20:56,206 --> 00:20:58,103 -Yeah, right there. I see it. -[Jess] Right over there. 396 00:20:58,137 --> 00:20:59,758 See it pops up every once in a while? 397 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:01,655 [Phil] That's not one of the bats just rippling the water? 398 00:21:01,689 --> 00:21:03,000 [Jess] No, no. It's coming up from the bottom. 399 00:21:10,448 --> 00:21:12,379 [Phil] That's not one of the bats just rippling the water? 400 00:21:12,413 --> 00:21:14,034 [Jess] No, no. It's coming up from the bottom. 401 00:21:14,068 --> 00:21:15,931 -[both exclaim] -[Jess] What's that? 402 00:21:15,965 --> 00:21:17,448 -[Phil] That's a caiman. -[Jess] No way. 403 00:21:17,482 --> 00:21:19,793 -[Phil] A little baby. Look at him. Wow. -[Jess] Oh, you're right. 404 00:21:19,827 --> 00:21:21,586 -[Phil] You know what I'm gonna try to do? -[Jess] What? 405 00:21:21,620 --> 00:21:25,448 -Should I call in, see if its mom responds? -Okay. 406 00:21:25,482 --> 00:21:26,758 [imitating caiman chirps] 407 00:21:31,689 --> 00:21:34,413 [Phil] Animal calls aren't exactly my specialty, 408 00:21:34,448 --> 00:21:37,034 but I have been successful with this one in the past. 409 00:21:38,241 --> 00:21:40,206 Seeing this little guy also makes me wonder 410 00:21:40,241 --> 00:21:44,517 if what the witnesses saw here could have been a group of caiman swimming together 411 00:21:44,551 --> 00:21:48,344 that, in the water, look like one monster creature. 412 00:21:48,379 --> 00:21:50,379 [continues chirping] 413 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,586 [whispers] I don't think he's convinced. 414 00:21:54,137 --> 00:21:56,931 You would definitely expect momma to be close. 415 00:21:56,965 --> 00:21:59,379 [Jess] I wonder if momma's over by our fish. 416 00:21:59,413 --> 00:22:01,517 [Phil] Ooh, that's a good question. 417 00:22:01,551 --> 00:22:03,034 [Jess] Oh, yeah. Here. Okay, we got one. 418 00:22:04,482 --> 00:22:06,068 I don't see the ones in the water anymore. 419 00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:10,517 [Phil] And hopefully, the scent of that fish washed downstream. 420 00:22:10,551 --> 00:22:13,413 -[Jess] Uh-huh. -[Phil] So that if anything comes upstream, 421 00:22:13,448 --> 00:22:15,103 -we'll get it on camera. -Perfect. 422 00:22:15,137 --> 00:22:19,241 Having these cameras set up is probably the best thing we can do right now 423 00:22:19,275 --> 00:22:21,482 because they are gonna be here all night 424 00:22:21,517 --> 00:22:23,896 recording anything that comes through here. 425 00:22:23,931 --> 00:22:25,379 A lot of things out here are nocturnal. 426 00:22:26,827 --> 00:22:29,827 [Jess] Yacumama has been seen both day and night. 427 00:22:29,862 --> 00:22:32,689 Our bases should be covered because our camera traps we've set up 428 00:22:32,724 --> 00:22:34,827 can spot motion up to 20 feet away 429 00:22:34,862 --> 00:22:36,793 in daylight and total darkness. 430 00:22:46,413 --> 00:22:48,379 [Jess] With our cameras set to catch Yacumama 431 00:22:48,413 --> 00:22:50,344 where she was reported by the fishermen, 432 00:22:50,379 --> 00:22:52,551 the next morning Phil wants to keep heading south 433 00:22:52,586 --> 00:22:55,862 where the fishermen said there were other Yacumama sightings. 434 00:22:55,896 --> 00:22:59,862 And where the wildlife populations are even more concentrated. 435 00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:03,034 But that would take us into restricted indigenous territory. 436 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:09,413 We got a text on our set phone from Josh asking us to call him. 437 00:23:09,448 --> 00:23:11,896 So we're going to see if he can help us get access. 438 00:23:15,517 --> 00:23:20,172 The set phone works by beaming radio signals to and from satellites orbiting Earth. 439 00:23:20,206 --> 00:23:21,689 No cell service required. 440 00:23:22,655 --> 00:23:24,137 Josh, you there? 441 00:23:24,172 --> 00:23:25,896 Hey, guys. How's Peru treating you? 442 00:23:25,931 --> 00:23:27,931 It is so nice to be back. 443 00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:31,517 We've seen so many things that can kill you or seriously maim you. 444 00:23:31,551 --> 00:23:33,206 -It's amazing. -Yeah, I'm having a great time. 445 00:23:33,241 --> 00:23:35,862 -[laughs] -I'm sure you are, Jess. 446 00:23:35,896 --> 00:23:37,965 So, is Percy Fawcett full of it 447 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,137 or did you find a giant serpent in the Amazon? 448 00:23:40,172 --> 00:23:41,689 [Phil] I think we're getting close. 449 00:23:41,724 --> 00:23:43,586 We are definitely in the right habitat. 450 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:45,551 Yeah. Things are looking good. 451 00:23:45,586 --> 00:23:47,931 [Phil] But I know the deeper we go in the jungle, 452 00:23:47,965 --> 00:23:50,931 the more likely we are to find wildlife that's more elusive. 453 00:23:50,965 --> 00:23:53,551 We just need some help from you getting access to those areas 454 00:23:53,586 --> 00:23:56,034 because they are off limits to outsiders. 455 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:59,793 [Jess] I mean, to me that means a better chance to find something unknown. 456 00:23:59,827 --> 00:24:02,689 [Josh] Okay, well I may have some good news for you in terms of access. 457 00:24:02,724 --> 00:24:04,413 I've been doing some research on my end 458 00:24:04,448 --> 00:24:08,206 and I got linked up with a local guide down there named Juan Carlos. 459 00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:10,000 He goes by JC. 460 00:24:10,034 --> 00:24:12,965 This guy's a former Peruvian army commando, 461 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,965 so you know this dude is legit. 462 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,862 And he is super well connected down there. 463 00:24:17,896 --> 00:24:21,689 Not only that, he says that the Yacumama is 100% real 464 00:24:21,724 --> 00:24:23,896 because he claims to have seen it for himself. 465 00:24:23,931 --> 00:24:26,827 and he says he knows where you can find it. 466 00:24:26,862 --> 00:24:28,275 Perfect! 467 00:24:28,310 --> 00:24:30,344 Okay, I'll arrange a meeting and I'll send you the coordinates. 468 00:24:30,379 --> 00:24:31,482 [Phil] Sweet! 469 00:24:31,517 --> 00:24:32,655 -Can't wait to meet him. -[Josh] All right, be safe. 470 00:24:32,689 --> 00:24:33,724 -[Phil] All right, Josh. -[Jessica] Bye, Josh. 471 00:24:33,758 --> 00:24:34,413 -[Josh] Bye. -[Phil] Thanks. 472 00:24:39,413 --> 00:24:43,586 [Phil] With our cameras in place and recording, we cover more ground up-river. 473 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:48,137 After about two hours, we reach the remote outpost of Nauta. 474 00:24:48,172 --> 00:24:51,827 We're meeting Josh's contact Juan Carlos Palomino. 475 00:24:51,862 --> 00:24:55,724 JC has spent nearly two decades leading explorers and researchers 476 00:24:55,758 --> 00:24:58,206 into the Amazon to track all manner of wildlife. 477 00:24:58,724 --> 00:24:59,793 My kind of guy. 478 00:25:01,689 --> 00:25:03,517 Welcome to the middle of nowhere! 479 00:25:03,551 --> 00:25:04,793 -[Phil] Welcome aboard. -[JC] Yeah, okay, okay, okay! 480 00:25:04,827 --> 00:25:06,344 -[Jessica] Got it? -[JC] Yeah. 481 00:25:06,379 --> 00:25:09,068 [Jessica] JC says he was guiding a group through the jungle 482 00:25:09,103 --> 00:25:11,965 when he had a terrifying encounter with Yacumama. 483 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,241 Right near an oxbow lake. 484 00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:18,068 Named for its shape, an oxbow lake is when a bend in the river 485 00:25:18,103 --> 00:25:20,551 is cut off from the main channel. 486 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:24,000 It creates a calm water habitat that attracts more wildlife, 487 00:25:24,034 --> 00:25:28,827 which I'm hoping includes an unidentified, super-sized serpent. 488 00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:32,172 The lake is in an area called Renecal, about 80 miles away. 489 00:25:33,551 --> 00:25:36,275 That's pretty far from the fishermen's recent sightings, 490 00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:41,000 so it makes me wonder if there might be more than one Yacumama. 491 00:25:41,034 --> 00:25:44,551 My question is, what are people actually seeing? 492 00:26:09,448 --> 00:26:10,551 Not, like, inhabited. 493 00:26:10,586 --> 00:26:12,310 Typically, if you see a big head in the water here, 494 00:26:12,344 --> 00:26:14,000 you're gonna think, that's a black caiman. 495 00:26:14,034 --> 00:26:15,586 Or... or a big turtle. 496 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:17,344 -[Phil] Okay. -Especially if you are far away. 497 00:26:17,379 --> 00:26:19,896 -[Phil] Mmm-hmm. -[JC] But, it was close enough, like, to see... 498 00:26:26,965 --> 00:26:28,586 Maybe... 499 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,655 ...there could be some kind of subspecies out here that hasn't been documented. 500 00:26:39,655 --> 00:26:40,517 Okay. 501 00:26:40,551 --> 00:26:41,586 [Jessica] On our way to Renecal, 502 00:26:41,620 --> 00:26:43,379 we stop at a small village along the river 503 00:26:43,413 --> 00:26:48,517 to pick up JC's snake-hunting buddy Edwin, aka Monkey. 504 00:26:48,551 --> 00:26:52,034 Given the size of the Yacumama, the more bodies, the better. 505 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:03,827 Out of curiosity, if Yacumama came after me and managed to get me, 506 00:27:03,862 --> 00:27:07,586 how long would I have before it squeezed me to death? 507 00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:10,413 It will squeeze you in less than 30 seconds. 508 00:27:10,448 --> 00:27:12,137 -Ah, [bleep]. -Once it bites... 509 00:27:13,241 --> 00:27:14,689 -wraps you up... -That's it. 510 00:27:14,724 --> 00:27:16,172 [Phil] And you pass out. 511 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:23,551 -Whoo! That's a bummer. -[JC] So, they... 512 00:27:23,586 --> 00:27:27,896 So your only option would be to break the eyes. 513 00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:29,931 -Break the eyes? -[JC] Break the eyes. 514 00:27:29,965 --> 00:27:31,517 -[Jessica] Yeah. -That's the only way to survive. 515 00:27:37,931 --> 00:27:39,379 [JC] It's over there. 516 00:27:39,413 --> 00:27:40,931 -That's where we're stopping. -[Jessica] Perfect. 517 00:27:40,965 --> 00:27:43,655 [Phil] Okay. Okay, Jess. Time to lose sunlight? 518 00:27:43,689 --> 00:27:45,379 -[Jessica] Mmm-hmm. -[Phil] And then... 519 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:47,862 -[Jessica] Are you ready? -[Phil] So ready. 520 00:27:47,896 --> 00:27:51,379 [Phil] We arrive at the Renecal shore just before sundown. 521 00:27:51,413 --> 00:27:54,310 And as we prepare for the hour-long hike to the inland lake 522 00:27:54,344 --> 00:27:56,379 where JC says he saw Yacumama, 523 00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:59,586 he warns the team about everything else to watch out for, 524 00:27:59,620 --> 00:28:02,310 which pretty much spans every color of the rainbow. 525 00:28:03,413 --> 00:28:04,034 [JC] If you see... 526 00:28:05,034 --> 00:28:07,448 ...yellow, bright eyes on the trees, 527 00:28:07,482 --> 00:28:08,586 boa constrictors. 528 00:28:09,758 --> 00:28:11,517 If you see blue eyes, tarantulas. 529 00:28:12,586 --> 00:28:15,620 If you see bright, orange eyes... 530 00:28:16,413 --> 00:28:17,068 ...anacondas. 531 00:28:18,379 --> 00:28:19,344 -[JC] Okay. -[Phil] Let's find it. 532 00:28:19,379 --> 00:28:20,310 [JC] All right. Vamonos. 533 00:28:26,241 --> 00:28:28,586 [Phil] Check it out. This is the lake. 534 00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:31,172 [Jessica] Doesn't even look like a lake. It looks like a field. 535 00:28:31,206 --> 00:28:32,448 [JC] Watch out. It's really muddy, yeah? 536 00:28:32,482 --> 00:28:33,586 -[Jessica] Yeah. -[Phil] Whoa. 537 00:28:34,448 --> 00:28:36,344 Look at that. So in that water... 538 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:39,206 ...there could be... 539 00:28:39,241 --> 00:28:42,551 ...anacondas, maybe even Yacumama herself. 540 00:28:42,586 --> 00:28:44,103 [Jessica] Swim up, grab you, and drag you under. 541 00:28:44,137 --> 00:28:47,103 [Phil] Yeah, you can see, this is the perfect place for ambush predator. 542 00:28:47,137 --> 00:28:49,241 -[Phil] Just use a little splashing. -[Jessica] Yeah. 543 00:28:49,275 --> 00:28:50,862 [Phil] And hoo! Takes you right in. 544 00:28:50,896 --> 00:28:52,172 [Jessica] Do you see any eye shine? 545 00:28:52,206 --> 00:28:53,620 -[Phil whispering] Nothing. -[Jessica] Mmm, okay. 546 00:28:53,655 --> 00:28:54,586 Ooh, wait a minute. 547 00:28:55,965 --> 00:28:57,206 [Phil] We got eye shine, we got eye shine. 548 00:28:57,586 --> 00:28:58,241 Oh, yeah. 549 00:28:59,000 --> 00:28:59,965 [Jessica gasping loudly] 550 00:29:07,172 --> 00:29:08,310 [Phil] We got eye shine. We got eye shine. 551 00:29:10,068 --> 00:29:11,137 [Phil whispering] Oh, yeah. 552 00:29:11,172 --> 00:29:12,103 [Jessica gasping loudly] 553 00:29:12,137 --> 00:29:14,931 [Phil] Wow, oh, it's moving. It is moving. 554 00:29:14,965 --> 00:29:16,172 JC, what would that be? 555 00:29:16,206 --> 00:29:17,103 [JC] Yeah, it's a caiman. 556 00:29:17,137 --> 00:29:18,965 [Phil] Oh, wow! Just look to the right! 557 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,275 -[Jessica] Yeah. -[Phil] Ooh! 558 00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:21,482 -[Jessica] Yeah, I totally see it. -[Phil] There's probably... 559 00:29:21,517 --> 00:29:23,344 ...five, six. 560 00:29:23,379 --> 00:29:24,586 -[Phil] Oh, oh it's not... -[JC] You found more? 561 00:29:24,620 --> 00:29:25,827 [Phil] Oh, yeah. 562 00:29:25,862 --> 00:29:28,379 [JC] Aw, man. Yeah, you actually found a bunch of that. 563 00:29:28,413 --> 00:29:30,137 -[Phil quietly] I wanna try to use the FLIR. -[Jessica] Okay. 564 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:34,068 What does it look like? 565 00:29:34,965 --> 00:29:36,827 [Phil] Ooh, we're gettin' hits. 566 00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:37,965 [Jessica] Can you tell how big it is? 567 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,344 [Phil whispering] I cannot tell. 568 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:41,000 But there's multiple small ones around it, 569 00:29:41,034 --> 00:29:43,310 so that could be a big caiman and smaller caiman. 570 00:29:43,344 --> 00:29:44,827 Are you picking up any anacondas? 571 00:29:44,862 --> 00:29:46,586 [sighing] It's really hard to tell. 572 00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:48,448 Nothing that screams anaconda to me. 573 00:29:49,517 --> 00:29:51,827 But definitely a lot more activity in this lake 574 00:29:51,862 --> 00:29:53,344 than we can see with the naked eye. 575 00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:54,000 I'll tell you that. 576 00:29:56,241 --> 00:29:57,655 -[Phil] All right, I'mma back up. -[Jessica] Okay. 577 00:29:59,620 --> 00:30:01,551 [Phil] So, we're gonna go along the side of the lagoon here. 578 00:30:01,586 --> 00:30:04,275 [JC] Yeah, yeah. We're gonna go on the side then go up to the high ground. 579 00:30:12,241 --> 00:30:13,275 [JC] Watch your step. 580 00:30:19,896 --> 00:30:21,758 [Jessica] JC takes us to the very spot 581 00:30:21,793 --> 00:30:24,448 where he had his encounter with Yacumama. 582 00:30:24,482 --> 00:30:27,724 This whole area is teeming with deadly wildlife, 583 00:30:27,758 --> 00:30:30,655 so JC sends Monkey to scout the trail ahead of us. 584 00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:35,344 [Jessica] Aw, [bleep]! 585 00:30:35,379 --> 00:30:36,344 [Phil] What you got? 586 00:30:36,379 --> 00:30:37,931 [JC speaking] 587 00:30:37,965 --> 00:30:39,448 [Jessica] Oh, my god! 588 00:30:39,482 --> 00:30:41,068 -[Phil] Smoky jungle frog? -[JC] Yes. 589 00:30:41,103 --> 00:30:43,344 Those are edible, actually. In the community, we eat them. 590 00:30:43,379 --> 00:30:45,206 -[Phil] You eat it? -[JC] The legs taste like chicken. 591 00:30:45,758 --> 00:30:46,793 [Jessica] Frog legs. 592 00:30:46,827 --> 00:30:48,000 [Phil] Oh [bleep], look at this guy. 593 00:30:48,758 --> 00:30:50,172 -Hi, bud! -[Jessica] Oh, my god! 594 00:30:50,206 --> 00:30:51,551 [Phil] Look how big he is! 595 00:30:51,586 --> 00:30:53,965 Wow, you can kind of tickle his chin a little bit. Hey, buddy. 596 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,310 [Jessica] Can't believe he's just sitting there. 597 00:30:55,344 --> 00:30:56,551 -Like, he doesn't care. -[Phil] He's just sitting. 598 00:30:56,586 --> 00:30:58,793 Okay. Bye, toad. 599 00:30:58,827 --> 00:31:00,517 -Do you see those big glands back there? -[Jessica] Yeah. 600 00:31:00,551 --> 00:31:02,689 [Phil] They're called the parotid glands and they're full of poison, 601 00:31:02,724 --> 00:31:05,206 so that's why he's not too defensive. 602 00:31:09,896 --> 00:31:11,517 Aw, you guys gotta look at this. 603 00:31:11,551 --> 00:31:12,931 [Jessica] Check out these leaf-cutters. 604 00:31:12,965 --> 00:31:16,724 [Phil] Jess, welcome to the hardest working creatures in the Amazon. 605 00:31:16,758 --> 00:31:19,586 They can take leaves from 150 feet up in a tree, 606 00:31:20,586 --> 00:31:22,482 cut 'em, carry 'em all the way down, 607 00:31:22,517 --> 00:31:24,448 drag 'em hundreds of feet across the forest. 608 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:26,793 Jess, it's crazy to think that during the rainy season, 609 00:31:26,827 --> 00:31:29,482 this entire area we're walking is underwater. 610 00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:33,275 [Jessica] Uh, what's really crazy is that Mr. Wizard 611 00:31:33,310 --> 00:31:35,379 is geeking out over ants and toads, 612 00:31:35,413 --> 00:31:37,793 when we might be closing in on a monster. 613 00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:49,827 [JC] This is a tapir footprint. 614 00:31:49,862 --> 00:31:51,517 -[Phil] Tapir footprint? Where, where, where? -[JC] Yup. 615 00:31:51,551 --> 00:31:52,827 -Over here. -[Jessica] What's that? 616 00:31:52,862 --> 00:31:57,241 [JC] All this. It's a big 250 kilo animal with a long snout. 617 00:31:58,241 --> 00:31:59,620 [JC speaking] 618 00:32:03,034 --> 00:32:04,482 [Phil] Can you do a tapir call? 619 00:32:04,517 --> 00:32:05,862 [JC] They actually whistle... 620 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:06,896 [Phil] Yeah, can you do the whistle? 621 00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:08,310 [JC] ...like a sloth. 622 00:32:09,965 --> 00:32:12,241 [whistling] 623 00:32:14,275 --> 00:32:16,034 [Phil] Yeah, that sounds exactly like it, 624 00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:18,310 -which is absolutely crazy. -[JC] That's... 625 00:32:18,344 --> 00:32:22,448 [Phil] And that means you just made the call of, potentially, Yacumama's prey. 626 00:32:24,620 --> 00:32:26,000 [JC speaking] 627 00:32:35,655 --> 00:32:36,689 [Jessica] Okay. 628 00:32:36,724 --> 00:32:38,344 They got a whole bunch of stuff in this area. 629 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:46,103 [Phil] Hey, guys, these are really bad ants. 630 00:32:46,137 --> 00:32:48,172 Do not touch these ants. These will hurt. 631 00:32:48,206 --> 00:32:49,931 [JC] Yeah, listen to Phil. 632 00:32:49,965 --> 00:32:51,103 [Phil] These are all Cecoprian. 633 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:52,689 They're protected by this Azteca ant. 634 00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:54,965 So if you touch the tree, you'll get stung. 635 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,620 And we're in a forest. Fantastic. 636 00:32:57,655 --> 00:32:58,931 [Jessica] Oh, my god! You're bleeding! 637 00:32:58,965 --> 00:32:59,931 Monkey, are you okay? 638 00:32:59,965 --> 00:33:00,689 [JC speaking] 639 00:33:02,103 --> 00:33:03,862 [JC] Monkey found an anaconda nest. 640 00:33:03,896 --> 00:33:05,068 So he got a bite. 641 00:33:05,103 --> 00:33:06,482 -[Jessica] Wait, what? He just got bit? -[Phil] What? 642 00:33:06,517 --> 00:33:07,758 [Phil] Holy [bleep]. 643 00:33:07,793 --> 00:33:09,379 Wait, what kind of snake are we talking about right now? 644 00:33:09,413 --> 00:33:10,689 [JC] This the anaconda. 645 00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:14,206 -Yeah. -[Phil whispering] We got an anaconda. 646 00:33:14,241 --> 00:33:17,137 [Phil] Anacondas do their killing through constricting. 647 00:33:17,172 --> 00:33:20,620 Their bites are not venomous, but that doesn't mean they don't hurt like hell. 648 00:33:20,655 --> 00:33:23,448 [JC speaking in Spanish] 649 00:33:23,482 --> 00:33:24,931 Yeah, okay. 650 00:33:24,965 --> 00:33:28,413 [Phil] JC grabs a piece of vine to treat Monkey's bite. 651 00:33:28,448 --> 00:33:32,448 It's used by natives here because of its potent pain-killing properties. 652 00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:35,172 There's also a natural antibiotic in the sap. 653 00:33:37,172 --> 00:33:38,793 [JC] You're a bastard, crazy! 654 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,517 Keep an eye open, okay? 655 00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:42,068 -Keep an eye open. -[Jessica] Okay. 656 00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:44,172 [Phil] I'm just gonna see if this snake's still here. 657 00:33:44,206 --> 00:33:45,413 [JC] It's there, it's there! 658 00:33:45,448 --> 00:33:46,517 -[JC repeating] It's there! -[Monkey repeating] It's here! 659 00:33:46,551 --> 00:33:47,655 -[JC repeating] Come on! -[Phil] Okay wait, hold on! 660 00:33:47,689 --> 00:33:48,965 [JC] It's over there, it's over there! 661 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,275 -[JC] Hurry up, hurry up! -[Phil] Whoa, whoa, whoa! 662 00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:51,586 Are you okay? 663 00:33:51,620 --> 00:33:52,448 -[Jessica] Phil, he's fine, he's fine. -[JC] Yes, yes, yes. 664 00:33:52,482 --> 00:33:53,724 He's fine, he's fine, it's here. 665 00:33:53,758 --> 00:33:54,793 [Phil] Okay. 666 00:33:54,827 --> 00:33:55,758 Where is he, where is he, where is he? 667 00:33:55,793 --> 00:33:58,724 [Monkey repeating] There, there, there... 668 00:33:58,758 --> 00:34:00,620 [JC] If it's that aggressive, be careful. 669 00:34:00,655 --> 00:34:02,137 Phil, don't get too close. 670 00:34:02,172 --> 00:34:03,517 -[Jessica] Phil, do you see it? -[Phil] I don't see it. 671 00:34:03,551 --> 00:34:04,448 [JC] Do you still see it? 672 00:34:06,413 --> 00:34:09,413 -It was there. -[Jessica] Underneath these dead trees? 673 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:11,379 -[Phil] Yeah, you can see it. Just right here? -[Jessica] Yeah. 674 00:34:11,413 --> 00:34:13,827 -I mean, I can see where he's talking. -[Phil] Huh? 675 00:34:13,862 --> 00:34:15,689 Look at the size of this snakeskin. 676 00:34:15,724 --> 00:34:16,379 Look at that! 677 00:34:17,482 --> 00:34:18,448 Look at that. 678 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,620 [whispering] Oh, my god. 679 00:34:22,655 --> 00:34:24,862 [Phil] This is just a piece of shed skin. 680 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:29,206 But it looks like it came from something that could be at least a foot wide. 681 00:34:29,241 --> 00:34:31,310 I think we're gonna have really good genetic material here. 682 00:34:31,344 --> 00:34:32,931 [Jessica] I just wish we got a look at its face 683 00:34:32,965 --> 00:34:36,068 to see if it had the dark orange markings of Yacumama. 684 00:34:36,103 --> 00:34:38,758 [Phil] Oh, yeah. All of this snakeskin. 685 00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:41,448 Look at that. Are you kidding me? [bleep]. 686 00:34:41,482 --> 00:34:42,344 Look at all that skin! 687 00:34:43,344 --> 00:34:47,241 This snake must've been so huge. 688 00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:49,655 [Phil] It's possible what people are calling Yacumama 689 00:34:49,689 --> 00:34:52,896 is actually an unknown subspecies of anaconda. 690 00:34:52,931 --> 00:34:56,344 Not a thunder-wielding monster, but a very big snake. 691 00:34:56,379 --> 00:34:58,862 One not officially documented by science. 692 00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:01,413 I just... I'm gonna get the kit out, 693 00:35:01,448 --> 00:35:03,724 because that skin could hold the key... 694 00:35:03,758 --> 00:35:05,620 ...to this whole thing. 695 00:35:05,655 --> 00:35:08,793 [Phil] We'll compare this DNA sample, and any others we collect, 696 00:35:08,827 --> 00:35:11,068 to that of known anaconda DNA. 697 00:35:11,103 --> 00:35:13,172 Then we'll know if we found something unique. 698 00:35:13,931 --> 00:35:14,793 [Jessica] Got it? 699 00:35:14,827 --> 00:35:15,689 [Phil whispering] All right. 700 00:35:16,241 --> 00:35:17,068 [whispering] Wow. 701 00:35:17,103 --> 00:35:18,275 It's beautiful. 702 00:35:19,413 --> 00:35:21,862 This is venomous snake territory. 703 00:35:21,896 --> 00:35:24,275 So just watch... basically everything we touch. 704 00:35:29,310 --> 00:35:30,448 [Jessica loudly] Oh, holy [bleep]! 705 00:35:30,482 --> 00:35:32,103 -[JC] Oh, mama! -[Phil] Snake, snake! 706 00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:33,448 -[JC] Go, go, go! -[Phil] We're goin'! 707 00:35:33,482 --> 00:35:34,413 [Jessica] Oh, my god! 708 00:35:39,758 --> 00:35:44,206 Peru isn't the only place in the world being terrorized by giant snakes. 709 00:35:44,241 --> 00:35:48,034 There's also oversized serpents in Florida. 710 00:35:48,068 --> 00:35:52,517 Scientists estimate that the Everglades are home to nearly 300,000 snakes 711 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:55,689 that should be living in Southeast Asia. 712 00:35:55,724 --> 00:35:58,655 It's believed Burmese pythons were introduced in the 80s, 713 00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:02,586 when people released their pet constrictors into the wild. 714 00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:05,862 They multiplied rapidly, and are now consuming food sources 715 00:36:05,896 --> 00:36:10,689 for native predators and wreaking havoc on the swamp's ecosystem. 716 00:36:10,724 --> 00:36:14,241 Authorities are so desperate to curb the python population, 717 00:36:14,275 --> 00:36:16,413 they're paying by the foot. 718 00:36:16,448 --> 00:36:20,068 Anyone who catches a python can collect 50 bucks for the first four feet, 719 00:36:20,103 --> 00:36:23,310 and $25 for each additional foot. 720 00:36:23,344 --> 00:36:27,620 Not bad, considering Burmese pythons can grow up to 25 feet. 721 00:36:27,655 --> 00:36:30,379 There's also an annual 10-day python challenge, 722 00:36:30,413 --> 00:36:33,931 with a grand prize of ten grand for whoever removes the most pythons. 723 00:36:33,965 --> 00:36:36,000 I'm already training for next year. 724 00:36:43,172 --> 00:36:44,793 [Jessica] Oh, holy [bleep]! 725 00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:45,862 [Phil] Snake, snake! 726 00:36:48,344 --> 00:36:49,758 Holy [bleep]! 727 00:36:49,793 --> 00:36:52,379 -[Jessica] Careful! Oh, her head's turning! -[Phil] Holy [bleep]! 728 00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:56,275 [JC] Careful. That's a real big one. 729 00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:57,655 [Phil] Ready? Ready? I got it, I got it. 730 00:36:58,241 --> 00:36:59,068 [Jessica] Oh, my god! 731 00:36:59,103 --> 00:37:00,724 [snake hissing] 732 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:02,896 -[Jessica] Whoo! -[JC] Okay, okay. Watch out, watch out! Hold the head! 733 00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:04,586 -[JC] Watch out, watch out! Need help with the tail? -[Jess stammering] 734 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:06,275 -[Jessica] JC, help him! -[JC] Yeah, with the tail! 735 00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:08,068 -[Phil] We got it, we got. -[JC] Don't release the head! 736 00:37:08,103 --> 00:37:09,034 [JC] Don't release the head! 737 00:37:09,068 --> 00:37:10,448 -[Phil] I got it, I got it. -[snake hissing] 738 00:37:10,482 --> 00:37:11,482 [Phil] Check the face. 739 00:37:11,517 --> 00:37:13,862 -[Phil grunting] -[Jessica] Oh, black markings! 740 00:37:13,896 --> 00:37:16,448 -Mask... -[Phil] Do we have the red on the side? 741 00:37:16,482 --> 00:37:18,000 [JC] I'm seeing orange. I'm seeing orange! 742 00:37:18,034 --> 00:37:19,655 [Jessica] Uh, yeah, I'm seeing orange! Orange on the side! 743 00:37:19,689 --> 00:37:21,241 -[JC] Okay. -[snake hissing] 744 00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:22,655 -[Jessica] Yup. All right, let me get your bags. -[JC] Whoa, whoa, whoa! 745 00:37:24,103 --> 00:37:26,413 [Phil] Come on. It's okay. It's okay. 746 00:37:26,448 --> 00:37:27,896 -[Jessica] You okay, Phil? -[Phil] I got it, I got it. 747 00:37:27,931 --> 00:37:28,965 [Jessica] Okay. 748 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,310 [Phil] That, my friends, is a mouthful of teeth. 749 00:37:32,689 --> 00:37:33,586 [Phil whispering] Wow. 750 00:37:33,620 --> 00:37:36,482 We finally found ourselves an anaconda 751 00:37:36,517 --> 00:37:39,103 with the specific markings associated with the Yacumama. 752 00:37:39,965 --> 00:37:42,517 So, I've got my shin over its body. 753 00:37:42,551 --> 00:37:44,206 I'm not putting too much pressure on it right now. 754 00:37:44,241 --> 00:37:45,551 [snake hissing] 755 00:37:45,586 --> 00:37:48,000 Just trying to get it to calm down so we can get a DNA sample, 756 00:37:48,034 --> 00:37:51,379 and try to figure out if this is a specific subspecies 757 00:37:51,413 --> 00:37:54,758 unique to this area that maybe gets huge. 758 00:37:54,793 --> 00:37:56,482 There we go. It's calmin' down. It's calmin' down. 759 00:37:57,172 --> 00:37:57,931 [quietly] It's okay. 760 00:37:58,586 --> 00:37:59,241 It's okay. 761 00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:03,137 Look for loose scales. 762 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:07,241 [Jessica] No? 763 00:38:07,275 --> 00:38:08,413 [JC speaking] 764 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:10,275 [Jessica] Ugh. 765 00:38:12,793 --> 00:38:14,758 [Phil] Well, hang on. I might have some scar tissue right here. 766 00:38:16,034 --> 00:38:16,896 Right here, right here, right here. 767 00:38:16,931 --> 00:38:18,517 [JC speaking] 768 00:38:22,172 --> 00:38:24,310 [Jessica] Okay, will these work? How about this? 769 00:38:24,344 --> 00:38:25,758 -[Phil] Yeah, yeah. -[Jessica] Watch your fingers. 770 00:38:27,862 --> 00:38:29,793 Yeah, it's small, but it's a piece. Hold on. 771 00:38:29,827 --> 00:38:31,862 It's small, but it'll do Jess. 772 00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:33,862 [Jessica breathing heavily] 773 00:38:35,241 --> 00:38:36,482 [Jessica] All right. I got it. 774 00:38:37,034 --> 00:38:37,689 [Phil] Okay. 775 00:38:38,206 --> 00:38:39,517 Wow. 776 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:41,448 I'm gonna back off the head real quick. 777 00:38:41,482 --> 00:38:43,793 [Jessica] All right, which direction do we run? 778 00:38:43,827 --> 00:38:45,827 Uh, I say everybody back up this way. 779 00:38:45,862 --> 00:38:46,551 -[Jessica] Okay. -[Phil] Yeah. 780 00:38:46,586 --> 00:38:47,793 [JC] Okay. Ready. 781 00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:49,965 -[Phil] One, two, three. -[Jessica] Go! 782 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:50,827 Go, go, go! 783 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,034 [snake hissing] 784 00:38:54,310 --> 00:38:56,068 -[Phil] Okay! -[Jessica] Nice. 785 00:38:56,103 --> 00:38:57,586 [Phil] Jess, come on. 786 00:38:57,620 --> 00:38:59,034 -Drop that machete and give me a high-five. -[Jessica sighing in relief] 787 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:02,241 [Phil] Wow. That is beautiful. 788 00:39:02,275 --> 00:39:04,206 All right, how long do you think? Now that we can see it. 789 00:39:04,241 --> 00:39:06,103 Close to five meters. 790 00:39:06,137 --> 00:39:07,793 [Phil] So it's, like, 15 feet? 791 00:39:07,827 --> 00:39:09,965 [Jessica] Could be a baby Yacumama. 792 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,172 -But hey, keep growing. -[Jessica] Nice. 793 00:39:12,206 --> 00:39:14,068 -All right, back to the river? -[Phil] Back to the river. 794 00:39:14,103 --> 00:39:15,448 [Jessica] Let's go. 795 00:39:19,241 --> 00:39:21,793 [Josh] My team came to the Peruvian Amazon 796 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:25,482 to investigate reports of a legendary monster. 797 00:39:25,517 --> 00:39:27,758 [man] It looked like nothing I've ever seen before, 798 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:30,000 with big, shining eyes. 799 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:31,344 It was huge! 800 00:39:31,379 --> 00:39:34,241 [Josh] What Phil and Jess found is that behind the legend... 801 00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:35,620 [Phil] We got eye shine, we got eye shine. 802 00:39:35,655 --> 00:39:38,896 [Josh] ...there could be a grain of truth. 803 00:39:38,931 --> 00:39:42,758 After collecting the trap cameras and reviewing the images, 804 00:39:42,793 --> 00:39:46,206 it turns out they got plenty of shots of prey, 805 00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:50,827 but the predator that took Jess's bait remained elusive. 806 00:39:50,862 --> 00:39:54,931 Based on what we've heard about the mythical Yacumama's markings, 807 00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:57,931 the snake that Phil so expertly subdued, 808 00:39:57,965 --> 00:40:02,862 looked like it could be a 15-foot juvenile version of the Amazon legend. 809 00:40:02,896 --> 00:40:05,862 -[JC] Don't release the head! -[Phil] I got it, I got it. 810 00:40:05,896 --> 00:40:08,827 [Josh] DNA analysis on the skin sample that Jess collected, 811 00:40:08,862 --> 00:40:12,137 came back as a match for anaconda. 812 00:40:12,172 --> 00:40:14,586 Though it did not identify a subspecies. 813 00:40:17,241 --> 00:40:21,413 But the DNA from that snake did not match the shed skin samples 814 00:40:21,448 --> 00:40:23,379 that Phil collected earlier in the night. 815 00:40:23,413 --> 00:40:26,931 Meaning, that came from a completely different snake. 816 00:40:26,965 --> 00:40:29,862 And the size of that skin suggests to Phil, 817 00:40:29,896 --> 00:40:32,379 something much bigger than 15 feet. 818 00:40:32,413 --> 00:40:33,586 [Phil quietly] It's enormous. 819 00:40:34,379 --> 00:40:35,482 Let's find it. 820 00:40:35,517 --> 00:40:37,000 [Josh] I have to say, I'm impressed with the way 821 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:39,724 my team braved the dangers of the jungle. 822 00:40:39,758 --> 00:40:42,103 [Phil] This is venomous snake territory. 823 00:40:42,137 --> 00:40:44,724 [bleep]. This is, no joke, one of the biggest vipers 824 00:40:44,758 --> 00:40:46,068 I've ever seen in the Amazon. 825 00:40:46,103 --> 00:40:47,379 Why do you wanna leave here, Jess? 826 00:40:47,413 --> 00:40:49,206 Oh, gee, I don't know. Cause everything's trying to kill me? 827 00:40:49,241 --> 00:40:50,551 It's the most magical place on the planet. 828 00:40:50,586 --> 00:40:52,034 [Jessica] Mmm-hmm. 829 00:40:52,068 --> 00:40:53,551 [Jessica repeating] Wait. Wait, wait, wait... 830 00:40:53,586 --> 00:40:55,620 -[Phil] What? -[Jessica] Something's moving. Over there. 831 00:40:56,965 --> 00:40:58,896 [Josh] Sure, Phil knew what he was getting into. 832 00:40:58,931 --> 00:41:01,310 But Jess didn't run for the boat when surrounded 833 00:41:01,344 --> 00:41:03,965 by stingers, venom, and fangs. 834 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,000 -[Phil] Drop that machete and give me a high-five. -[Jessica sighing in relief] 835 00:41:07,034 --> 00:41:10,724 [Josh] As for Yacumama, all the eyewitnesses remain convinced 836 00:41:10,758 --> 00:41:12,586 that there's a monster-sized serpent 837 00:41:12,620 --> 00:41:16,689 lurking in the remote recesses of the Amazon rainforest. 838 00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,448 The evidence Phil and Jess collected 839 00:41:18,482 --> 00:41:23,068 suggests that perhaps some unclassified species could be out there, 840 00:41:23,103 --> 00:41:26,241 still at large, and getting larger. 841 00:41:34,241 --> 00:41:36,448 For more information on Expedition X, 842 00:41:36,482 --> 00:41:39,620 head to discovery.com/expeditionx.