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[Forrest] High in the mountains of Peru,

a legendary curse has returned.

[speaking Quechua]

[Forrest] There's something dead up here.

A remote farming village believes it's being tormented.

Just heard a sound.

By a creature that is not just super rare, but supernatural.

[shouts]

-[Forrest] What is it? -Right there. See the eyes?

It's a big, dark shape staring right back at us.

[Forrest] Is it a case of mistaken identity,

What is that?

[Forrest] A new species,

or, in fact, a demon from hell?

-Iwanchi! Iwanchi! -[shouting in native language]

I'm Forrest Galante.

As a wildlife biologist

tracking and rediscovering animals on the verge of extinction,

Oh, my God!

I've noticed a pattern of mysterious sightings

and human-wildlife conflicts

Look, there's an elephant! There's an elephant right there.

which often turn deadly.

Now, my team and I are scouring the globe

to shed light on the myths and misconceptions

surrounding our planet's most

Mysterious Creatures.

[Peruvian music playing]

[dog barking]

[rooster crowing]

[Forrest] Jess and I have come to remote, rural Peru

in the foothills of the Andes Mountains.

And it's in this area that a farmer has recently had incursions

of what he says is a small, hairy, mythological man

that's been coming in and scaring and terrorizing his livestock trough.

Our job is to figure out if there's any biological truth

to whatever this creature might be.

[tires screeching]

[Forrest] Alright, let's go see what's going on.

Oh, they blew a tire.

Well, we've been in Peru for all of about three and a half hours,

and Mitchell has had way too much for breakfast this morning, it would appear,

because we've already blown a tire.

So things are off to a smashing start.

[horn beeping]

[Forrest] Bordered by the Andes mountain range

and the Pacific Ocean on the west,

Peru is an enormous, but very remote country.

It's more than three times the size of California.

But you won't find many supermarkets or big-box stores here.

-[car honking] -[goats bleating]

Local villagers rely mostly on livestock

and farmers like Valentine.

[in Spanish]

[Forrest] Valentine's daughter reached out to Jess and I with her father's dilemma.

And while I expect we're going to discover a puma

or some other local predator is to blame,

who could resist the opportunity to track a legendary demon?

- Si, thank you. Muchas gracias. - Si, gracias.

Okay, listos.

Valentine has invited us to join his family

in a traditional, Peruvian meal.

[Forrest in Spanish]

[Forrest] We're having roast guinea pigs,

orcuy , as the Peruvians call them,

a name based on the unique sound they make.

I've never had cuybefore, I've never had guinea pig before.

Cuy are a delicacy here in the Andes,

and have been treasured and enjoyed for over 5000 years.

-It's actually really good. Yeah! -Do you like it? Yeah.

[in Spanish]

That looks beautiful. Thank you very much.

Valentine raises cuy as well as other livestock and crops

here on his family farm.

The same livestock Valentine believes is being terrorized

by a mysterious creature.

So, what has started happening now,

that you're having the problem?

[speaking Spanish]

-[Forrest] Si? - Si.

Has it killed a llama?

He's just saying there's something that's coming and scaring his animals.

Es posible, uh, a puma?

Puma?

- Si. - Si.

[Forrest] Theiwanchi, according to ancient Peruvian myth,

are not an animal at all.

They're two-legged demons from hell.

It's a legend as old as the communities that have survived here,

believing these creatures come to punish the damned.

They're said to be too heavy for tree branches,

and alleged witnesses suggest they resemble giant, man-sized maquisapa monkeys

covered in long, black hair and pimples.

Yup. Giant, hairy, pimple-monkeys from hell.

And Valentine is concerned that may be what broke his fence

and scared off his donkey.

And which way did the burrogo?

Which way did the donkey go?

-[Forrest] Ah, okay. - Si.

[Forrest] You know, Valentine's entire livelihood is his farm.

And what I find interesting is the fact that he has not actually seen this creature

kill any of his livestock yet.

However, he's seen it several times.

Now, this is very odd behavior for a predator,

but we're gonna start to dig into it,

try and go and investigate where these incursions have taken place,

and see if we can get to the bottom of what this creature is

that's been plaguing this area,

see if we can help both the family and the animal.

[Forrest in Spanish]

[Valentine speaking]

[Forrest] This is the fence Valentine believes was damaged by the iwanchi.

[Valentine speaking]

[Jessica] Here's the spot.

-Check out these claw marks. -[Forrest] I can see the scratching here.

[Valentine speaking]

-Yeah. -So it's... Yeah.

[Forrest] For Valentine and his family,

losing these llamas would be devastating to the farm.

Tonight, I'm going to put some alarms around the llamas, so nothing will come tonight.

[Valentine speaking]

Muchas gracias. Gracias, Valentine. Okay.

Well, I mean, there's claw marks here.

It could... I know he's saying it's not a puma, but it could easily be a mountain lion.

-Especially in this dry habitat. -Yeah.

[Forrest] There's lots of mountain lions in this area.

I mean, it could also be...

-Like, a jaguar out of its range, potentially? -Possibly.

[Jessica] Ocelot?

Possibly, but those claws are really big for an ocelot,

and it just feels very strange.

I mean he's... He's not saying that--

[Jessica] He was pretty convinced it wasn't a cat.

He was convinced it wasn't a cat, and it scared for his animals,

but none of them have died.

[Jessica] Hey, hey! Check this out.

-Yeah? -I don't think it's donkey.

No. It's definitely longer than the llamas' as well.

-It's very long. -I mean, it matches his description.

-It's very long for a tropical environment, actually. -Mhmm.

-Dark hair like that? -Yeah.

[Forrest] There's still a lot we don't know, but the clues are here.

And while Valentine hasn't lost any animals,

death is clearly in the air.

It could have killed the livestock.

There's a ton of vultures circling right up there.

[Jessica] That's a good point.

Why don't we set up some proximity alarms around the llamas?

We'll throw up a couple trail cameras as well.

-Alright, that's a great jumping-off point. -[Forrest] Okay.

Hello, Smush-Face.

Our son, Rhodes, is a little too young for this adventure,

so he's staying with Grandma nearby.

[Jessica] Are you filming?

-[cameraman] I'm filming. -Okay.

Rhodes, we got to see llamas today!

-Look at the llamas! Hi, llama. Hi, llama. -Check 'em out, buddy!

[Forrest] Look at this one, Rhodes!

[Jessica] And there's chickens in there too, bud!

So these are solar-powered proximity alarms,

and they're something that I've actually used

for human-wildlife conflict in Africa,

and the way they work is, say the iwanchidecides to come back tonight,

all of a sudden, you hear [wailing]

and there's a flashing light, and it gets scared off.

And so, that will, at the very least,

-protect Valentine's llamas from any intrusions. -[digital beep]

[Forrest] But we also want to get a look at the allegediwanchi,

so Jess is placing trail cameras to capture any potential approach.

[Jessica] We don't know what the iwanchiis,

so I'm gonna go a little taller than I normally would,

just in case, um, you know, we capture this creature and it's standing on two legs.

[Forrest] Valentine is even providing bedding for us,

so we can sleep out here with his llamas.

-[speaking Spanish] -[Jessica] So we can sleep here...

Ah, okay! Gracias, perfecto!

[Jessica] I feel like Valentine has offered us the true Peruvian experience.

I had guinea pig for the first time,

we're spending the night next to some llamas,

I just can't wait to get our boots on the ground and head out on mission.

[Forrest] With our cameras and alarms in place,

we'll know if theiwanchi makes another appearance.

So now, we can get more aggressive in our search.

Plus, we'll attempt to track down Valentine's donkey,

which went missing nine days ago.

[Jessica] Oh, wow!

You've got the farm over here,

town is over here,

and the reservoir that stretches all the way around here,

meaning any creature that's coming down to plague this livestock

has to be coming out of those mountains there.

[Jessica] Okay, let's go.

[Forrest] As remote as we are, the community here has spread out,

leaving the mountains as the only path for any encroaching wildlife.

And you can already see how dry and brittle some of the foliage is.

This is a brutal environment to survive in,

which could be encouraging wildlife to venture down the mountain towards the farm.

Oh, snake!

[Forrest] Oh, yeah, look at that!

-Back up! -[Jessica] Uh-huh.

[Forrest] He's very venomous, hold on guys and he's very hot. Look at that!

That is a Barnett's pit viper.

Very, very venomous snake. That can easily make one lose appendages.

[Forrest] Also known as thesancarranca here in Peru,

pit vipers are ambush predators.

I mean, look at this, guys. Look at this camouflage right here.

[Jessica] Could not have placed him better.

[Forrest] They have a unique depression between their eyes

and nostrils called the loreal pit,

that actually allows them to sense infrared or thermal radiation.

And they are masters of stealth.

See how he's curled up in this duff right here?

This is exactly how people get bitten.

Unbelievably cryptic, the Barnett's pit viper,

and even cooler than their cryptic nature is the fact that they are endemic to Peru

meaning they exist here and absolutely nowhere else.

And out here, this far out, there's absolutely no antivenom, so...

I mean, that is camouflage at its absolute best.

Interesting thing about Barnett's pit viper,

when threatened, sometimes they will shake their tail

like a rattlesnake just to show you how tough they are

even though they don't have a rattle.

Which is an amazing thing that this snake has somehow figured this out.

Oh. Careful there. See how hot and bothered he is?

Look. Look at the rattle.

That's all it takes. That little guy packs a very powerful punch.

Cheeky little bugger.

[cameraman speaking]

If you get bit, you're definitely going to lose

a lot of flesh with these guys.

So, out here that gets into your bloodstream,

your foot rots off, your hand rots off,

it goes gangrenous and that's the end.

Alright.

He's not in anybody's way here so I say we just leave him be

let him perform his very important service of cleaning up rodents

and continue on our way.

[Forrest] Not a demon, to be sure,

but another example of the deadly predators that are active here.

[Forrest] Eyes out while we're walking out, guys.

[Jessica] Look at them. There's over a dozen vultures.

There's defiantly something on the ground here that they're going after.

[Forrest] They're riding the thermals, but there's something dead up here.

So, what I want to do from here, guys, is just move really quietly.

Just head right up to it. Okay.

[Jessica] Smell it?

Oh! Forrest, Forrest, Forrest.

[Forrest] Oh, my God.

[Jessica] Oh, wow.

Yeah. Here she is.

Well, the farmer wasn't wrong. The donkey did get out.

[Jessica] Yeah.

The soft area like the neck, and the groin and the anus

have all been eaten now, but that's scavengers.

[Forrest] Valentine is convinced his farm was attacked

by the legendary man-beast,iwanchi.

But this body shows no signs of attack.

No claw marks. There's no chew marks.

So whatever had chased the donkey out of the farmer's pen

doesn't seem to have killed it or eaten it.

-No. -I would say that this animal died of either exhaustion or

-Dehydration -dehydration, yeah.

And I'm hoping that if what scared it

out of the farmer's area was a predator,

-it will come back to eat the remains. So, -Come back.

let's cut this grass out so that we have an open sight.

And then under that tree, that's a natural hide.

So, we'll pop up a blind there, buckle down in there,

and just see if whatever killed this poor donkey comes back to actually eat it.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[Forrest speaking]

[Forrest] It's believed the name "king vulture"

comes from its reputation for taking the first taste of a carcass

and forcing the smaller vultures to wait until it's done feasting.

[Forrest speaking]

[Jessica speaking]

[both]

[Forrest] That was insane.

Just a minute of an Andean condor,

but such an incredible minute to see that bird.

[Jessica] Oh, my gosh. That's a big check on the bucket list.

[Forrest] Well, I don't think whatever spooked this donkey is feeding on it.

I think it's just these scavengers that are cleaning it up.

But, my instinct is telling me whatever chased this donkey out of the pen

was not trying to eat it.

I agree.

[Forrest] Though we've discovered Valentine's donkey,

we're no closer to finding this mysterious creature.

So, we're going to leave a trail camera on the site and push on.

This is the only trail that heads deeper into the Andes

and it's the direction that Valentine's daughter said the animal came from.

So, it's still our best shot at finding it.

[Jessica] We are in the Peruvian Andes

and this ecosystem is just so remarkable.

The plant life, the bird life, just everything as we walk around,

it honestly just warms my heart to see something so wild still.

And it's just, it's a great reminder

of how important these little microhabitats are to protect.

[Forrest] Scientists are still discovering new species here on a weekly basis.

And yet this area, due to all its microclimates,

is changing at such a rapid pace

that we can't even keep up with all of the animals that are here.

We don't even know about them all before they're going extinct.

[Jessica] So, who's to say the animal we're looking for

might not even be discovered yet?

[Forrest] Yeah. It could be something that's completely undescribed to this region.

Oh, yeah.

-[Forrest] Look at this beautiful Andean waterfall. -[Jessica] Whoa.

Wow. Look at that.

-[Forrest] What a spot. -[Jessica] That is stunning.

[Forrest] A beautiful cascade like this is much more than just nature's greatest shower.

Although, it is irresistible.

This is also an abundance of freshwater

crashing loudly and literally calling out to any wildlife in the vicinity.

Mitch, let me see what that climbing shot looks like.

[Forrest] And while there is no sign of theiwanchi,

we've got our own hairy man-beast in need of a bath.

Yeah!

Aside from just being fun and getting to cool off,

it does, also, wash our scent away.

And, given that the animal that we're looking for we know nothing about,

it might be a very olfactory animal.

So, getting rid of that human stink

could be the difference between finding it and not finding it.

[Forrest] If this creature came through here as the farmer told us,

it's very likely it stopped to drink.

So it's possible we may have some evidence.

Hopefully anything that comes by will trigger it.

[Forrest] We're placing over a dozen trail cams.

Which means if something approaches

this fresh mountain water from any direction, we'll be able to identify it.

Alright.

[Forrest] We've collected 24 trail cameras from the farm and the site of the donkey.

We've told Valentine and his family about the fate of their preciousburro,

and now, we're hoping to discover what scared it off.

-[Forrest] Puma. -[Valentine] Puma.

We have a mountain lion here.

Or a puma, as they say,

big male, but I think this is just a coincidence that we caught him.

Do you think that a puma like this could have been what came down and broke the fence?

[Valentine speaking Spanish]

Ah. A deer.

-It's a little buck. -[Jessica] Yeah.

There's, there's no iwanchi, though. See? The deer is calm. Nothing like that.

It still just feels like plenty of nothing.

Nada.

What is that?

[Valentine] Iwanchi.

Turn it, turn it off.

-[Forrest] I'm just getting hair. -[Jessica] Black, hairy thing.

[Jessica] Just what is that thing?

[Forrest] Whatever we just saw has Valentine and his daughter

convinced we've witnessed a demon in the flesh.

[Jessica] Yeah, I mean, it could be anything.

[Forrest] There's nothing definitive in our recording.

But Valentine's family believes we have witnessed the supernatural.

They've asked us to immediately see their shaman for protection.

It's an honor as visitors to this community.

So we're happy to oblige.

[percussion music playing]

[Forrest] A shaman is typically a spiritual guide and healer.

And they've been an integral part of the culture for thousands of years.

They're the keepers of wisdom here in The Andes.

Profoundly honored and respected.

[speaking Quechua]

[Forrest] I believe the shaman is calling on the spirit world

to protect us from theiwanchi .

[Jessica whispering] So even though Forrest and I

might not understand everything that's going on,

these people, they've gone to such great lengths to offer us some form of protection.

And that's really special.

[Shaman exclaiming]

[Forrest] Since Jess and I actually bore witness to what they believe to be a demon,

the shaman is now removing the bad spirits around us.

[Forrest speaking Spanish]

[Forrest] It was actually really beautiful.

I appreciate and respect the beauty of the custom and the culture so much

that this is honestly one of the highlights of being in Peru altogether.

So I absolutely loved it.

It's not what I was expecting to do in coming here,

and I couldn't be more thrilled that I got to have this experience.

[siren wailing]

[Jessica] Forrest , Forrest, Forrest, Forrest, Forrest, wake up.

-What? What? What? -The alarms are going off. Wake up.

[Forrest] Mitch, get the camera.

-Mitchell, we got him. -I'll catch up. Go, go, go.

Jess, it's all the way down here.

One of the proximity alarms we set up near the llamas has been triggered.

-It's coming from up the hill, do you hear it? -Yeah.

Mitch, look at the eyes. Look at the eyes right there.

I've got her in the night vision. I can see it.

Oh, my God.

-[Forrest] Right there. Right there. -[Jessica] Oh. Oh, yeah.

See the eyes? Look at the eyes. Mitch, look at the eyes right there.

It's a big, dark shape.

Right there, it's just looking back at us now.

About 300 yards away.

-It's a bear. -[Jessica gasping]

[both] A spectacled bear.

Holy crap. I mean...

-That's awesome -They're so rare. I was not expecting to see one.

It's the only bear native to South America.

Totally in the back of my mind, I'm going, it's gotta be a puma, it's gotta be a puma.

And I realize it's the spectacled bear, an incredibly vulnerable species,

a species that only occurs in South America.

The spectacled bear is the last remaining short-faced bear in the world.

This is a rare species, named for the markings on its face

that resemble spectacles, or glasses.

Of the few that exist, they are almost entirely endemic to the Andes.

So much so that it is sometimes referred to as the Andean bear.

Jess and I never even suspected it was spooking the llamas,

because while it is a predator, its diet is only around 5% meat.

This bear mostly survives on fruit, orchid hearts and bromeliads.

-I think that answers what iwanchiis. -[laughing] I mean, yeah.

I get what the farmers saw.

Imagine seeing a spectacled bear standing on its hind legs,

'cause you know, they posture up.

Absolutely. Yeah.

-So you could totally see like... -Look like a...

-Hairy, dark man. [laughing] -Exactly.

Its short face only makes it look that much more like a man.

And with a weight averaging between 150 and 250 pounds,

it's roughly the same size as a person.

[Forrest] That's undeniably what he's been seeing.

[Jessica] I mean, really, it's the bear who's in danger.

-[Forrest] Yeah, 100%. -[Jessica] I mean, it's not these llamas.

Because if they're perceived even as like, destroying crops or anything like that,

the bear's life could be potentially at risk.

[Forrest] Most of the farmers in this community will not realize this is a rare animal,

and will likely try to shoot it if it approaches their livestock.

Because this bear is coming into human conflict,

the bear's life is now in danger.

Forrest and I need to do everything in our power to save this bear.

-[Forrest] It's stuck. -[Jessica] Right.

I mean, this is a tiny strip of wild habitat between a reservoir, a farm and a town.

Yeah, and there's nothing we can do with a bear in a tree at night.

It's gonna be difficult.

We don't even know if we can get close to this animal.

So the... the real challenge starts now,

and that challenge is figuring out what we're gonna do with this incredible animal.

We have to catch it,

we have to figure out if we can find somewhere to put the bear.

Oh my God, this is gonna be very difficult.

[Jessica] Do you remember that place, the Chaparri Ecological Reserve?

[Forrest] Chaparri Ecological Reserve is a private, 85,000 acre reserve in Northern Peru.

Established by wildlife photographer

and Peruvian native Heinz Plenge in the year 2000.

It has become a safe haven for many of Peru's endangered animals.

Pumas, Andean weasels, collared anteaters.

Some of the rarest vertebrates in the world can be found there,

as well as over 20 spectacled bears.

If we can locate and capture the bear we saw last night,

Chaparri would be the perfect home.

-[Jessica] Brush is thick, For. [laughing] -[Forrest] Yeah, very.

Everything has thorns. Every single plant has thorns. Watch out, guys.

Is there a thornier spot, Forrest, that we can possibly go through?

[Forrest] I'm trying.

As dry and difficult as this brush is, it's my crew that's becoming a thorn in my side.

-Just gonna open up your whiny brigade. -[Jessica laughing]

[Forrest] Guys, look at this. Look at this tree.

Yeah. Absolutely riddled in bear scratch marks.

I think exactly where Jess is standing is where the bear was last night,

and we were down in that area looking up.

-It's all stripped out. -You see how torn up it is?

[Forrest] That's all from bear claws ripping this to shreds.

We're in the right zone. We've just gotta keep going and try to get close.

All right, let's carry on.

The species exists almost entirely here in the Andes.

It can adapt to living in high altitudes, dry forests, or even scrub deserts.

[Jessica] Look at what I found.

[Forrest] Yeah, whoa. All opened up. Oh, there's more here, too. Look.

Yeah.

-Yeah, this is all from the bear. -Mm-hm.

See all the scratch marks? Eating all the fruit out of the guava.

Mm-hm. It's like one of their favorite foods, too.

And it's not... it's not too crunchy yet. See? It's still soft.

-Mm-hm. -So this is less than 24 hours of sitting in the sun here.

Good. Guys, we're getting... we're getting really close now.

The home range of a spectacled bear is less than ten square miles, so it can't be far.

They're also known for being extremely solitary, staying far away from their own kind,

so we know it's alone.

Our plan is to track it down and safely tranquilize it.

If we're successful, Heinz's son Juan is waiting nearby with a truck

to transport it safely to its new home in Chaparri.

Guys, look here. Fresh bear droppings, right here.

Look at this.

It's still wet. That's how fresh it is.

-[Jessica] Full of berries. -[Forrest] Could be right over that next ridge.

Let's just... let's go really quietly from here, but we're close.

-There's fresh poop right here. -Right.

-[Forrest] I mean, [sniffs] still stinks. We're close now. -[Mitch] Cool.

-[Forrest] Settled down on that rock. See him there? -[Jessica] Yeah.

We're downwind of him. They have excellent smell, so we're downwind.

What we need to do is try and sneak up around him and stay downwind, okay, guys?

And I don't want him to see us like last night,

so, um, let's put on those ghillie suits that we brought.

The ghillie suit is camouflage, but rather than just using colors,

it actually takes on the shape of the surrounding brush,

and should allow us to get close enough to attempt a capture.

-Okay, give me next the chemicals. -Yeah.

Here in Peru, getting a rifle, even with scientific permits, is incredibly challenging.

So the best we could do is get a blow dart gun,

which limits my range to about 30 feet.

So I have to get within around 30 feet of this bear in order to tranquilize it.

We've estimated this bear to be just under 150 pounds.

And Jess has measured out the appropriate dose of Ketamine.

This is our one shot. The dart's ready.

Ok, here's what we're gonna do, guys. We're gonna go single file, okay?

We're gonna sneak up this way, come up the ridge that way, so that we're beside him.

If we move that way, we'll get in the upwind.

If we get upwind of him, he'll be gone.

There has only been one deadly encounter with a spectacled bear,

and it was a hunter who had just put a bullet into one.

You could call it self-defense,

but it shows this bear can be deadly when provoked.

So we have to be ready for anything.

Shh, shh, shh. Stop, stop, stop, stop.

[bear growling]

[Forrest] We have just found this incredible little creature.

If you look at it, you're like, "Oh, that's just an earthworm."

Well, this is not an earthworm. This is a very unique snake.

It's got this slender, beautiful,

little shiny body. Very shimmery.

And, as soon as we couldn't key this out with any known species

from any of the reptile books,

we went to work and we found this could be an ancient, old world blind snake.

And, if it is, it potentially could be the species Anomalepis aspinosus.

Which was only seen once in history,

in 1939.

Making this the second ever specimen

of that species to ever be found.

Something that had disappeared from the world in 1939.

This little critter is a massive discovery.

[Forrest] Come on, guys, come on, quick.

[Forrest] My crew has been instructed to drop everything, if necessary,

to find this bear.

[Forrest] Right there. Right there.

I see her. Dart's still in.

She's going up the hill.

She's gone. We've got to keep tracking.

Here we go, here we go! Come on, we're close! We're close.

She's going to slow down. Jessica, time?

[Jessica] About two minutes.

[Forrest] The timing right now is life or death.

It's two minutes until the drug takes full effect.

But we have to locate the bear,

to make sure it doesn't fall and injure itself.

[Jessica] Right, right. Over there.

-[Jessica] That way. That way. -[Forrest] Do you see her?

[Forrest] She's here, guys, she's here! She's here!

-[Forrest] We got her. We got her. Lay her down. -[Jessica] Let's go.

[Forrest] Looks good. She went down easy.

Check your breathing. Stay back. Guys, stay back.

-[Forrest] Jessica, come! -Okay! I'm here.

-I'm here! -Give her a check.

Okay, get that out of here.

[Forrest] Okay... Alright. She's okay. Her eyes are open.

Everybody be careful, alright?

[Forrest] Guys, I know that was crazy.

But we just caught a spectacled bear, guys! This is amazing.

Oh, look at this absolutely stunning animal.

She is starting to wake up though, so, as much as I want to revel in this moment,

we've got to get her loaded up and we've got to get her to Chaparri.

-[Jessica] One, two. -Yeah. One, two, three. Yeah.

[Forrest] Alright, guys, just be careful. She can wake up.

So we don't get caught.

That's fine. Yeah, get them off.

[Forrest] We've got to get her out.

-Uh, JQ? -[JQ] Yeah?

-Get on the phone to Chaparri. Tell them we've got her. -[JQ] Alright.

Tell him to get the truck to the road, right now.

[Forrest] Okay. Can't roll her.

-I'll go backwards. Let me go backwards. -Okay.

[Forrest] Oh, such a beautiful little female bear.

I know. I can't believe what we're holding, right now.

[Forrest] We've managed to find, out here.

-I mean, look, the farm is literally right there. -[Jessica] Yeah.

[Forrest] This way.

[Forrest] Oh, there's the truck, right there. Juan!

[Forrest] Okay. Thank you very much. You've got there?

How are you?

Look at this beautiful bear.

[Forrest] Juan works at Chaparri.

And he's been waiting nearby to take this bear,

on the nearly four hour drive, back to the reserve,

where she'll join over 20 other spectacled bears, in a safe, open environment.

Meet us there!

[Forrest] Jess and I, are going to ride in the back to monitor her health.

[Forrest] We're giving her another dose 'cause she's starting to wake up.

[Forrest] Just watch those claws. If she wakes up,

she will absolutely rip up my ankles.

[Forrest] So we're just heading out from the farm now.

I mean, these kind of grain fields

are probably what the bear was actually coming down for.

But that's the kind of thing that's going to end up getting her killed.

So now that we're on the road, we're headed towards Chaparri.

Life is going to get a lot better for this beautiful little girl.

-How is she looking, Jess? -Let me check her.

Looking good. Breathing nicely.

-[Jessica] Eyes are closed. -Good.

It is starting to get late in the day.

But, it doesn't really matter, as long as

we're able to load her into a safe holding cell before she wakes up.

In the morning, if all goes well,

she'll be able to go into her new home.

[Forrest] Chaparri is just to the east of the city of Chiclayo, in northern Peru.

Once we arrive, she'll stay in a holding pen

for acclimation and observation,

until she can be released into the reserve, tomorrow morning.

Okay. Everything good, Juan?

Alright. She's waking up a little bit,

but she's okay. See, her head is starting to lift up a bit?

-We're okay though. -[Jessica] Okay.

[Forrest] There you go.

[Forrest] Okay.

Where do you want to put her down?

[Forrest] Over here? Okay, this is great.

[Jessica] It's the only species of short-faced bear in the world.

-[Forrest] Her teeth look good. No major chipping. -[Jessica] Yeah.

I think she's good, Juan. What do you think?

[Forrest] She's in perfect condition.

[Forrest] As beautiful as she is,

it's easy to see how such a rare and unusual-looking

furry animal, that can stand on two feet,

could be confused for a legendary demon.

It's entirely possible spectacled bears

are largely responsible for theiwanchi myth.

[Forrest] Where will she go? She won't live in here, will she?

And then off she goes. Into the big preserve.

That is so wonderful. Things are looking very good.

[Forrest] And then, that's it, we've done it.

-[Forrest laughing] Hey, hey! That's great, huh? -[Juan] Well done.

Thank you, my friend. That was amazing, Juan.

-Nice job. -Thanks to you.

Aw, this is so great, man.

[Forrest] Look at that! Thank you for taking her

and taking care of her. It's wonderful.

[Forrest] It's been a long successful day.

and Juan has invited us all, including our son, Rhodes,

to join him and his team, here at Chaparri for dinner.

-Cheers, everyone! -Cheers!

Cheers, Rhodes! Cheers, buddy.

[all laughing]

[Forrest] Alright.

[Forrest] As the dawn breaks, on this 85,000 acre preserve,

we're eager to see our bear safely released into her new home.

-Hi. How are you? -[Forrest] Juan.

-Forrest, hi. Good to see you. -What a beautiful place this is.

[Forrest] But not before we get a tour

from the man who established Chaparri.

Juan's father, Heinz Plenge.

-Come, come in here. -[Forrest] Okay.

[Jessica] Come on, Rhodes. Let's go!

Wow. Look at that mountain.

[Plenge] It's the mountain. The name is Chaparri.

-[Forrest] So that's where the name comes from. -[Plenge] And is, maybe,

the most sacred mountain in, in, Peru.

-[Plenge] You know? -[Forrest] Uh-huh.

-[Forrest] Rhodes? Are you feeding the fish? -[faint laughter]

[Juan] 20 years ago, when we arrived here,

this environment was very damaged.

And there was no condors.

It was very rare to see a bear.

After 20 years of conservation...

So, we are really proud of what happens here with this forest.

-[Forrest] You should be. -[Juan] Yes.

[Forrest] It's absolutely stunning. It's beautiful.

[Forrest] And now, it's time to release the newest resident into the reserve.

[Juan] Look, Rhodes.

[Forrest] She looks good. She's awake.

I think she's ready to go, don't you?

[Forrest] Do we let her out?

-[Juan] Okay. -[Forrest] Great.

[Forrest] There we go.

-[Jessica] Okay. We've got movement. -[Forrest] She's going?

There she goes. Say, "Bye, bye, bear."

"Bye, bye, bear."

[Forrest] And in a few weeks, Juan,

-she'll go free into the whole reserve, huh? -Yes.

Alright. Good job, everybody.

[Forrest] Peru is one of the most magnificent countries

I've ever been lucky enough to visit.

And while, the people and the animals are beyond incredible,

and beyond generous and happy and healthy,

there is a problem here.

A problem with human wildlife conflict.

A problem with people expanding into the ranges of incredible creatures

like these spectacled bears.

Identifying this rare and beautiful bear, took away any mystery or fear,

Valentine and his family were having.

Their livestock is secure.

And we were able to safely transport her out of a conflict zone

and into a reserve where she can live freely.

Thanks to people like Juan and his family

one day, not just my son,

but my son's children's children,

will be able to come here, to Peru,

and get to witness these magnificent animals as they should be.

In the wild. Nowhere near humans and farms.