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A giant, hairy beast
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that walks on two legs.
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A ferocious killer wolf
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with a taste for human flesh.
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And a red-eyed,
nocturnal bird of prey
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that is believed to be
a harbinger of doom.
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Throughout the world,
there have been
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countless sightings
of bizarre creatures
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that, based on
eyewitness accounts,
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can only be
described as monsters.
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Fearsome, grotesque beasts
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that cannot be
explained by science.
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Is it possible that there
really are terrifying monsters
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lurking in the
shadows of our planet?
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Well, that is what
we�ll try and find out.
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Bigfoot researcher
Matt Moneymaker and a colleague
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are investigating
reported Bigfoot sightings
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in a wooded area
near the town of Kent.
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After spending years
pursuing Bigfoot in hopes
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of seeing one himself,
Matt is eager to find out
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whether there really is a
giant creature in these woods.
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We were staked out along a road.
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The guy I was with
was about 60 feet away.
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And at about 2:30 a.m.,
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something comes
walking down the road.
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I see something.
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He sees it first
through night vision.
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Matt rushes over to investigate
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and is stopped dead in
his tracks by the sound of...
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inhuman growling.
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This thing steps out,
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a very big, tall,
hair-covered thing...
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standing out
there growling at me.
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When you�ve got something
that big that close to you,
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you could see it well enough
to know that must be a Bigfoot.
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So I just kind of backed
up and walked away.
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I was pretty happy at that
point, because I�m thinking
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if this one�s going
to do that reliably,
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then this is a place
that we�re going to get
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some video footage of them,
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if we�re coming here
with the right kind of gear.
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But when Matt
returned with camera equipment
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to document the encounter,
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the creature had vanished.
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Although Matt was not
able to photograph the large,
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hairy beast that he witnessed,
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he remains convinced
that what he saw
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was, in fact, Bigfoot.
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It�s one of those things
that sounds so over the top,
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but after I had a
face-to-face encounter,
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I knew it was exactly
the same thing
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that all the witnesses
around there had described.
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The encounter
inspired Matt to found
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the Bigfoot Field Researchers
Organization, or BFRO.
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The roots of it are
people who were sharing information.
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We were sharing
sighting reports mainly
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from different
parts of the country.
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And I came up
with the idea that...
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Why don�t we put all
these into a website?
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You know, sort it
by county and state
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so people can look up reports.
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And when we did that,
it worked really well.
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Lots of people started
submitting reports.
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According to the
BFRO, there have been more than
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3,500 credible Bigfoot
sightings since 1960.
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Although science has
yet to prove the existence
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of the legendary man-beast,
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that hasn�t stopped Bigfoot
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from becoming a
full-fledged phenomenon.
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Bigfoot is literally everywhere.
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There are Bigfoot
stories in Nevada.
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There are Bigfoot stories
in Nebraska, Florida, Texas.
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Literally every
part of the country
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has its own stories
and legends of Bigfoot.
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It�s likely wherever
you live in this country,
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you are within 100
miles of a place
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that purportedly has a Bigfoot.
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If these
sightings are of a real creature,
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then what exactly is Bigfoot?
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And how did this
phenomenon begin?
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Bigfoot is generally reported
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to be a very large, very
furry, hominid creature.
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Something like a person,
but not a person.
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Seen very often
remotely in the forest.
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And with various stories about
sightings or about footprints
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that really are
pretty widespread
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in many, many communities in
the United States and in Canada.
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Before 1958, people
didn�t use the word Bigfoot.
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But it was in 1958
in Northern California
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guys building a
road found footprints
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around their gear when they
would come back in the morning.
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And a guy named Jerry
Crew made plaster footprints
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of these tracks and
showed them to a reporter
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in Eureka, and they
dubbed it Bigfoot.
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That was where the
name first originated
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and got into
American vocabulary.
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Photos of Jerry
Crew�s cast of giant footprints
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made headlines
across the country.
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Many Americans came
to believe that a tall,
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bipedal, apelike creature roamed
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the forests of the
Pacific Northwest.
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I grew up in Washington State
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where it�s hard to
underestimate Bigfoot�s power.
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Bigfoot is the mascot
of different companies.
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Bigfoot is all over billboards.
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As a young boy in
Washington State,
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I fully believed in
Bigfoot�s existence.
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In 1967,
interest in Bigfoot surged
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when an investigator
named Roger Patterson
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captured incredible footage
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of a creature that matched
the description of Bigfoot
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near Bluff Creek in
Northern California.
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Patterson�s film became
an instant sensation,
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but skeptics claimed
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that it had to be a man
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in a monkey suit.
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One of the issues when it
comes to people believing
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in Bigfoot existing
is, let�s face it,
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mainstream sciences
shun away from this topic.
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However, amateur researchers
are trying to pick up the slack,
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bridge that gap between
amateur and mainstream science.
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Bigfoot researchers
claim that the vast majority
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of Bigfoot sightings are sincere
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and that hoaxes represent
only a small fraction of reports.
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They also point out that stories
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of Bigfoot-like animals
are not merely a recent fad.
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Believe it or not, more
than 3,000 years ago,
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the ancient
Babylonians told stories
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of a creature that sounds
an awful lot like Bigfoot.
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Except they called it Enkidu.
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Enkidu is a hairy, wild
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man-creature
with super strength,
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and he�s fearsome,
he�s ready and willing
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to defend this wild
territory that he inhabits.
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The king, Gilgamesh,
becomes his soulmate,
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basically... best friends.
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So, this king becomes
this amazing hero
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through his relationship
with this wild man
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that has shown him how
to negotiate the boundaries
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between humanity and wildness.
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Since that time,
descriptions of so-called "wild men,"
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half-human, half-ape beasts,
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have popped up throughout
history, all over the world.
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In the Caucasus,
there was something called the Alma
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that was a big monster,
a nature creature.
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In Australia, there�s
the aboriginal version,
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which they call it a Yowie.
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There is the Yeti
in the Himalayas.
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So there are local variations,
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but the story is more
or less the same:
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very big, seemingly animallike.
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Or is it human or
is it some hybrid?
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There�s the point.
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In North America,
there are Native American legends
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that go back centuries,
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long before the discoveries
made by Jerry Crew
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or Roger Patterson.
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We know that
Sasquatch, the preeminent Bigfoot creature
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that we have in
the United States
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located in the
Pacific Northwest,
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that very word, Sasquatch,
comes from a Salish tribal word
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that means wild
man or hairy man.
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The natives of the Northwest say
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that there are creatures that
walk upright and only at night.
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And can speak in their language.
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I found in
speaking with indigenous peoples
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that they don�t describe
them as an animal at all.
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They call them the First
Ones or the Old Ones.
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These were the tribe that
was here before we got here.
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Could Bigfoot be one of
man�s ancient ancestors?
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According to many
cultures around the world,
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it�s a distinct possibility.
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And if Bigfoot does
exist, could it mean
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that we might share our world
with other strange creatures?
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Perhaps a clue can
be found in Texas,
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where legend has it
that a vicious monster
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prowls the night and
has an insatiable thirst
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for blood.
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After purchasing
a brood of chickens
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from a neighboring ranch,
Phylis Canion makes a series
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of gruesome discoveries
inside her brand-new henhouse.
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I brought the chickens home,
and I had them for about two weeks.
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And I went outside, and
one of the chickens was dead.
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What makes it unusual
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is the chicken was
still laying there.
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And with the amount of
predators that we have
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in the state of Texas,
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any predator would have
taken the chicken and eaten it.
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Over the next few
weeks, Phylis collected the remains
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of 27 more of her chickens,
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each one killed in the
same inexplicable fashion.
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Every one of them had been
opened up in the thorax area,
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the feathers missing,
and what appeared to me
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to be no blood on the ground.
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So, that told me
then whatever it was
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was not interested in the
meat but interested in the blood.
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And when I was talking to
friends and neighbors about it,
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they all immediately
said, "My gosh,
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"that�s the behavior
of a chupacabra.
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It�s going to kill the
animal and suck the blood."
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"Chupacabra."
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To those who claim to
have encountered one,
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it is a fearsome monster.
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Chupacabra means "goat sucker."
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And it�s a really
creepy-looking creature.
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Some people say it
looks like some kind of
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strange hybrid-like dog.
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The continental North
American chupacabra,
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is a four-legged, or
quadrupedal animal
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about the size of a
dog, completely hairless
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with a bluish-gray elephant
hide type of covering.
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They also display a number
of abnormal characteristics.
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Oftentimes, their limbs
are disproportionate lengths.
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So they�re very grotesque,
odd, weird-looking animals.
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Certain that what was
preying on her chicken coop
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was not a coyote or
any other known canine,
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Phylis began to consider
whether it might be a chupacabra.
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And then one morning,
she got her answer.
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One Saturday morning, I
got a very early call, 7:00.
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My neighbor rancher called
and said, "My gosh.
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"The strangest animal
has been hit and killed
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in front of the Canion Ranch."
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So, I got in the truck, drove
over there and I brought it back
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and I took a 50-pound feed sack
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and I cut it in half and
laid it on the ground
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and I laid the animal
on it to give everybody
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a perspective of the
size of the animal.
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I have seen mangy
coyotes all of my life,
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and this had no hair on
it and no indication at all
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that the skin was
infested with any type
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of skin disorder from
mange or anything else.
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It just did not have
any hair on it at all.
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Phylis sent tissue samples
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from the dead
creature out for analysis.
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After waiting
expectantly for weeks,
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she was surprised
by the results.
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So, when they
called me, they said,
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"Well, it�s coyote
on the maternal side
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and Mexican wolf
on the paternal."
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The DNA tests
indicating that the...
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the animal was a...
was a hybrid, essentially,
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between a Mexican
wolf and a coyote
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is a little surprising
in the fact
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that those species
don�t typically hybridize.
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But it�s not
entirely impossible.
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We do know that the ranges
of those two species do overlap
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in Arizona and Texas
and northern Mexico,
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so it�s at least
physically possible
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that they could encounter
each other, um, to form hybrids.
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With such
conclusive DNA results,
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many considered the case closed.
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But according to Phylis,
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something was
not quite adding up.
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The mystery of the whole thing
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was the manner in which
every chicken was killed.
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It would suck all
of the blood out.
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So, we know that it�s
coyote and Mexican wolf,
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but neither of those
animals suck blood.
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So, even though this animal
has that DNA, what is it?
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Why would it have that behavior?
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When the taxidermist
mounted it for me,
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he had to get a coyote
mold and a wolf mold,
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and blend them together
to make the hide fit.
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The tail is longer than a
wolf tail or a coyote tail.
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The neck, the ears,
everything was so extreme.
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It took him forever
to get it mounted.
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We had about 13
different specialists
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from around the world
come and look at it.
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And to date, they�ve all
left scratching their head
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like the day they came in,
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because they just
cannot figure it out as well.
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If they really exist,
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are chupacabra merely the result
of natural selection gone wrong?
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Or could this grotesque monster
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be the result of
not natural causes
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but manmade ones?
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There are some who
believe the answer
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is a disturbing yes.
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Through the course
of my research
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on the Texas chupacabras,
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I found a direct correlation
between sightings
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on Phylis Canion�s
property and elsewhere,
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and coal-burning power plants.
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Coal-burning power plants,
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in fact, emit huge
amounts of sulfur dioxide
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and other hard metals like
lead into the atmosphere.
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And in recent studies,
scientists have found
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that sulfur dioxide
is, in fact, a mutagen.
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It altered the cellular
makeup or genetic makeup
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of laboratory mice.
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So, in fact, this
pollution could be having
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a similar effect on these
Texas coyotes or other canids.
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Chemicals in the environment
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can absolutely cause mutations
to animals in-in the wild.
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We saw this in Minnesota
when a classroom
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out on a field trip
discovered a pond
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with frogs that had extra
legs or missing limbs
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or body features in
the wrong position.
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And these were most
likely caused by some type
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of environmental contaminant.
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There is actually a
type of chupacabra
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that�s been reported
from parts of Puerto Rico.
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The Puerto Rican chupacabra
is described as about
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three and a half
to five feet tall,
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standing on two
legs, fangs, claws,
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and strangely a row of
spikes going down its back.
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Why are there so many different
versions of the chupacabra,
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and why are they so
radically different-looking
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in terms of the
Puerto Rican version
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versus the North American
version versus other versions?
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So, in fact, pollution
could be having
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a similar effect to create all
types of strange creatures.
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Is the chupacabra a
genetically mutated animal
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that evolved as a result
of industrial pollution?
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Perhaps, but then again,
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monsters have been
reported for centuries,
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long before the onset
of modern civilization.
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For instance, in
18th-century France,
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more than 100 people fell victim
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to a ravenous, wolflike
creature that was known
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as the Beast of G�vaudan.
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On a warm summer
morning in this farming region
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of south-central France,
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14-year-old Jeanne Boulet
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leaves home to tend
her flock of sheep.
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By sundown, she�s dead.
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Murdered by a mysterious animal
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that reportedly
mutilated her body,
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severed her head and
ripped out her heart.
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Jeanne Boulet was the
first documented casualty
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of a monster that
many people believed
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was roaming around
south-central France
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beginning in the
late spring of 1764.
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By the end of September,
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another ten or so casualties,
however, had appeared.
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La B�te du G�vaudan,
also known as the Beast of G�vaudan,
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was a mysterious
wolflike creature
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which mounted a
murderous rampage
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over a three-year span
within the 18th century.
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The Beast frequently attacked
women and young children
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who had been assigned the task
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of herding sheep and cattle in
remote mountainous meadows.
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And in many cases,
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they were rather
defenseless and vulnerable.
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Between 1764 and 1767,
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the so-called Beast of G�vaudan
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terrorized the Margeride
Mountain region
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of southern France.
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According to historical records,
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more than 100 people
were brutally killed.
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The Beast of
the G�vaudan�s ravages
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did incite panic
among the people.
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And we know this largely
from evidence from journalists
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00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:15,344
and others who were
commenting about
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00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,303
the activities of the Beast.
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00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:21,355
By early 1765, newspapers
all across France,
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00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:23,969
and indeed all across
Europe and in America,
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00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:26,978
were reporting on the
Beast of the G�vaudan.
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His exploits, the various
hunts for the Beast,
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the various mysteries
surrounding it,
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which is why so many people
were transfixed by this story.
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00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:39,464
There were many
attempts to hunt down the Beast.
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People in the G�vaudan
region typically did not own guns,
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but there were posses formed.
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Groups that would go out
in the woods and literally
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beat the brush with pitchforks,
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00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:52,079
sticks, knives, whatever types
of weapons were available.
368
00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:54,998
However, the hunt for
the Beast really ramped up
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00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:58,049
when King Louis
XV became involved.
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He brought in a professional
wolf hunter named d�Enneval,
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00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:04,354
who allegedly killed
over 100 wolves,
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00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,522
but the killing
still did not end.
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According to multiple
reports, the beast resembled a wolf
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but was unlike any canine
that was known to man.
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Many of the local
villagers noted as saying it resembles
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00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:22,613
a very large wolf, but
the Beast of G�vaudan
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attacked and killed people
378
00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:27,410
in a nature that was
very unlike a wolf.
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00:21:29,163 --> 00:21:31,673
The nature of these attacks...
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the way that this thing
was decapitating people...
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00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,841
disemboweling people,
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00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,522
this was something
completely different.
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00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:43,643
One of the reasons this
becomes such a magnetic story,
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00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:46,219
it�s because there were
always new strange stories
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00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:47,887
about the Beast�s behavior,
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00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,345
its appearance,
its strange abilities.
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00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:55,437
The peasants on the
ground were describing it as
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00:21:55,523 --> 00:21:59,073
having the ability to
walk on its hind legs,
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00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:03,573
glowing eyes, and
having five or six talons
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00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:05,617
rather than four.
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00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:08,827
They didn�t use
the word "werewolf."
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They used descriptions
of this creature
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00:22:11,539 --> 00:22:12,959
that made it easy to believe
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00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,000
that this could
indeed be a werewolf.
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00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:19,416
The Beast of
G�vaudan is one of France�s
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00:22:19,547 --> 00:22:22,087
most enduring and
popular mysteries.
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00:22:22,216 --> 00:22:23,796
There are museums.
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00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:26,635
There are statues.
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00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,100
There are songs.
There are stories.
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00:22:29,223 --> 00:22:32,273
This was like a
real-life nightmare.
401
00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:34,943
To this day, the Beast
of G�vaudan is celebrated
402
00:22:35,062 --> 00:22:39,072
in French culture and it really
has a profound effect on people.
403
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:43,492
The descriptions
of the Beast were so terrifying
404
00:22:43,571 --> 00:22:45,951
that it�s not surprising
locals thought
405
00:22:46,073 --> 00:22:50,333
it was some kind of
supernatural monster.
406
00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:53,331
But there were
scientists at the time
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00:22:53,414 --> 00:22:56,124
who proposed a different theory.
408
00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,790
Among the many
hypotheses that emerged
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00:22:58,919 --> 00:23:01,379
was that the beast might
be an African hyena.
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00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:05,469
The hyena was this
very mysterious creature
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00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:08,683
that lots of naturalists
and others wrote about
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00:23:08,762 --> 00:23:11,972
in the 1750s and �60s.
413
00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,849
The general description
of the Beast of G�vaudan
414
00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:17,975
was a wolflike
creature but bigger,
415
00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:21,145
the size of a mule
or a calf, perhaps.
416
00:23:21,275 --> 00:23:23,285
It had a large head.
417
00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:27,702
It had a long muzzle,
lined with razor-sharp teeth.
418
00:23:27,781 --> 00:23:29,241
Pointy ears.
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00:23:29,325 --> 00:23:33,545
A long tail with a
tuft of fur on the end.
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00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:35,541
The coat of fur was
typically described
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00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:38,713
as a reddish-brown or gray,
422
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:42,552
with a black stripe running
down the back and a white breast.
423
00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:46,550
These are hyena-like
characteristics.
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00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:51,048
Back in the
day, kings and even people of status
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00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:53,718
had exotic pets,
they had exotic zoos.
426
00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:56,177
Who�s to say that a
hyena didn�t escape?
427
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:58,900
If you take a
look at the victims,
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00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:01,569
their chest cavities torn apart,
429
00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:05,739
their limbs missing,
their heads decapitated,
430
00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:09,279
this all resembles
attacks of a hyena.
431
00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:15,001
Could the Beast of G�vaudan
have been an escaped African hyena?
432
00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:16,199
Perhaps.
433
00:24:18,332 --> 00:24:21,922
But while that theory
may make sense,
434
00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:24,462
the best clue
scientists have today
435
00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,376
about the Beast�s identity
436
00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:30,257
was obtained on the day
it was reportedly killed.
437
00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:35,888
The Beast�s reign of terror
ended on June 19, 1767,
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00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:40,056
when a local hunter
named Jean Chastel
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00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:43,607
felled the monster with
one shot of a silver bullet.
440
00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,605
After Chastel shot
this strange creature,
441
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:53,278
the killings actually stopped,
so everyone was in agreement
442
00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:55,407
that-that he had
actually killed the beast.
443
00:24:57,246 --> 00:25:00,206
A surgeon who conducted
an autopsy determined
444
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,752
that while it resembled
a wolf, it was not a wolf.
445
00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:06,417
And in fact, it
possessed 40 teeth
446
00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:11,427
compared to a wolf�s 42
teeth, which is quite strange.
447
00:25:13,554 --> 00:25:15,934
The Beast�s remains
were paraded around
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00:25:16,056 --> 00:25:18,516
the G�vaudan region
for weeks thereafter.
449
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,480
And by the time the
carcass was taken
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00:25:20,561 --> 00:25:24,651
to the Palace of Versailles
and presented to King Louis XV,
451
00:25:24,732 --> 00:25:28,242
it was so smelly that he
immediately demanded
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00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:29,898
that it be removed
from the palace.
453
00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,949
And to this day, nobody
knows what happened
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00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:33,702
to those remains...
They vanished.
455
00:25:35,159 --> 00:25:37,199
Ultimately, while
some people feel
456
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:41,246
the Beast of G�vaudan may have
been a supernatural phenomenon,
457
00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:45,631
the deaths, the occurrences
documented, they�re real.
458
00:25:45,753 --> 00:25:50,133
And the Beast of G�vaudan
remains a great mystery.
459
00:25:52,092 --> 00:25:56,562
Was the Beast of
G�vaudan a common wolf
460
00:25:56,638 --> 00:26:00,098
or something far
more terrifying?
461
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,095
Either way, the people
of France believed
462
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:06,357
that the Beast needed to
be hunted down and killed.
463
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,860
But fighting back
against monsters
464
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:10,532
may not always be an option.
465
00:26:10,611 --> 00:26:12,361
In fact, there have been reports
466
00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:17,236
of another wolflike
creature, in Utah.
467
00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:20,496
One that is so fearsome
and so powerful
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00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:23,421
that not even
bullets can stop it.
469
00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:36,970
Here on 512 acres of rugged land
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00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,886
lies a remote cattle ranch.
471
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:44,980
But according to local
legend, this desert landscape
472
00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:50,232
is also home to a creature
of unspeakable evil.
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00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:55,322
A creature known
as the Skinwalker.
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00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,490
A Skinwalker is a shape-shifter.
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00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:03,158
It can become many
things: a fox, a coyote, a wolf.
476
00:27:04,331 --> 00:27:07,831
There are these recorded
stories of bipedal creatures
477
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,750
that are walking around
with wolflike heads.
478
00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:13,048
The locals on the reservation,
they won�t talk about it
479
00:27:13,173 --> 00:27:15,683
because even mentioning
the name of the Skinwalker
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00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:17,549
invites these things in.
481
00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:22,558
Skinwalkers.
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00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:24,353
Shape-shifting werewolves
483
00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:27,774
who dwell not in remote
forests of Eastern Europe
484
00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:32,155
but in the remote desert
regions of North America.
485
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:41,446
Experienced ranch hands
Terry and Gwen Sherman
486
00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:44,295
purchased the ranch
and the surrounding area.
487
00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:46,961
Almost immediately, they
find themselves face-to-face
488
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,710
with something they would
later describe as pure evil.
489
00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:55,716
One day, Terry had gone up to
check on his cattle and noticed
490
00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:58,219
this extremely large,
what appeared to be a wolf
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00:27:58,302 --> 00:27:59,972
walking around on his property.
492
00:28:01,555 --> 00:28:03,225
It grabbed one of the
calves by the snout
493
00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:04,887
and began to tear at it.
494
00:28:04,975 --> 00:28:07,735
So he pulls out his .357 Magnum
495
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:10,483
and shoots point-blank.
496
00:28:11,857 --> 00:28:13,477
And the wolf doesn�t react.
497
00:28:13,567 --> 00:28:15,487
It doesn�t appear fazed at all.
498
00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:18,029
So he grabs his
deer hunting rifle
499
00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:21,453
and shoots the wolf
to knock it down.
500
00:28:21,575 --> 00:28:24,995
A piece of fur and
flesh flies off of the wolf.
501
00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:28,118
But, again, completely unfazed,
502
00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:30,998
and at this point, the
wolf is kind of trotting off
503
00:28:31,084 --> 00:28:33,344
into the distance, casually.
504
00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:36,590
Leveling
his rifle, Terry cautiously
505
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:39,505
followed the wolf�s trail,
506
00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:43,143
only to discover it
had disappeared.
507
00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:46,845
In the days and
weeks that followed,
508
00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:49,524
the Shermans began to
wonder if what they encountered
509
00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:52,023
was a normal wolf
510
00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:53,515
or something more.
511
00:28:55,776 --> 00:28:58,129
In the case of the
bulletproof wolf, what�s interesting
512
00:28:58,153 --> 00:29:00,363
is that wolves are not
native to the state of Utah
513
00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:02,527
for, I think, the past
100 years or so.
514
00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:08,003
The werewolf of
legend is described as looking
515
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:11,291
very much like a regular
wolf except much larger.
516
00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,675
And oftentimes, it is said to be
517
00:29:13,794 --> 00:29:15,884
sort of bloodthirsty
and cunning.
518
00:29:16,797 --> 00:29:19,877
We have lots of interesting
legends around the world.
519
00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,467
For example, in
Russia, they�re known
520
00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:24,221
as the v�rcolac or the bodark.
521
00:29:24,304 --> 00:29:27,144
In France, you
have the loup-garou.
522
00:29:27,224 --> 00:29:32,154
In Scotland, the wulver, and
in South America, the lobizon.
523
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:33,957
And even in countries
where you don�t traditionally
524
00:29:33,981 --> 00:29:36,071
have wolves, you
have similar legends.
525
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:39,439
For example, in India,
there are weretigers.
526
00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:42,818
And in Africa, wereleopards
and werehyenas.
527
00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:46,156
And even in Mexico, werejaguars.
528
00:29:46,243 --> 00:29:49,253
We have to acknowledge
that the notion
529
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,789
of a shape-shifter,
like a werewolf,
530
00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:53,543
something that
combines the elements
531
00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:57,047
of human and animal
together into one single body,
532
00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,760
from a scientific
perspective, is quite troubling.
533
00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:02,756
But the fact that these legends
534
00:30:02,843 --> 00:30:05,473
are so widespread
is quite intriguing.
535
00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:10,603
An enormous,
bloodthirsty, cunning wolf
536
00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,234
that also happens
to be bulletproof?
537
00:30:13,353 --> 00:30:16,193
Is it possible that the
Shermans encountered
538
00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:18,445
one of the werewolves
that may have been haunting
539
00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:20,935
Skinwalker Ranch for centuries?
540
00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:25,702
And if so, what physical
evidence is there
541
00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:28,412
to support such
a fantastic notion?
542
00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:31,156
There has been numerous reports
543
00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:33,956
of cattle mutilations that occur
not only on Skinwalker Ranch
544
00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:35,961
but the entire Uinta Basin.
545
00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:38,803
Many of the
accounts of animal mutilations
546
00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:42,129
from Skinwalker Ranch
describe animal carcasses
547
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:45,125
that have almost been
surgically dissected.
548
00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:49,308
Certain large cats can make
very clean, precise wounds.
549
00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:51,389
Things like mountain lions.
550
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:54,436
But it is notable that you
have so many accounts
551
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:59,231
of weird livestock mutilations
from Skinwalker Ranch.
552
00:30:59,316 --> 00:31:03,316
This is very hard to explain
in terms of the natural world.
553
00:31:04,404 --> 00:31:08,454
With so many
accounts of cattle mutilations
554
00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:12,615
and sightings of unusually
large and ferocious wolves,
555
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:16,666
it is difficult to escape the
notion that something strange
556
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:19,420
is prowling the grounds
of Skinwalker Ranch.
557
00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:22,214
But according to
some scientists,
558
00:31:22,297 --> 00:31:25,007
that doesn�t necessarily mean
559
00:31:25,092 --> 00:31:27,512
that people are
seeing a werewolf.
560
00:31:27,594 --> 00:31:30,684
One of the really fascinating
theories that relates
561
00:31:30,764 --> 00:31:33,734
to these monstrous wolves
from Skinwalker Ranch
562
00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:37,189
is that these could, in fact,
be surviving representatives
563
00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:40,940
of a species known as
dire wolves, Canis dirus.
564
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:44,566
These were very
robust wolves that lived
565
00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:48,363
during the Pleistocene epoch
up until about 11,500 years ago,
566
00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:50,658
and they were very
prevalent in North America.
567
00:31:50,784 --> 00:31:55,124
They were certainly much larger
and stockier than modern wolves.
568
00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:57,125
So it�s not beyond
the realm of possibility
569
00:31:57,249 --> 00:32:00,749
that a species from 11,000
years ago may have survived
570
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:04,956
in small pockets in certain
remote areas of North America.
571
00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:09,388
Is the Skinwalker a rare
breed of animal that simply
572
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:13,469
hasn�t been identified yet
by mainstream science?
573
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:18,561
Or could it be exactly
what witnesses insist it is:
574
00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:20,225
a werewolf?
575
00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:22,483
Well, if a shape-shifting canine
576
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,857
sounds too
frightening to be true,
577
00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:29,495
then just wait till you hear
about our next monster.
578
00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:33,910
It�s a flying beast
with glowing red eyes
579
00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:37,584
that has been seen in the
skies above West Virginia,
580
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:42,174
and it�s known as the Mothman.
581
00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:54,599
Linda Sigman and her boyfriend
582
00:32:54,681 --> 00:32:58,271
head out for a
quiet nighttime drive.
583
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:01,521
Far beyond the city
lights, they pull over
584
00:33:01,605 --> 00:33:03,775
to do some amateur stargazing.
585
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:09,033
After a few minutes, they
realize they�re not alone.
586
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,571
We got out and
we sat on the car,
587
00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,619
and we�re sitting there
talking for a little bit, and...
588
00:33:15,702 --> 00:33:18,912
I noticed a bright
star over to my right.
589
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,919
And all of a sudden,
it started to get bigger.
590
00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:25,042
And it turned bright
red and started to glow,
591
00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:27,378
and like it burst
through the clouds.
592
00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:31,304
And it came right over in front
of the car, and we looked up,
593
00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:35,304
and the object was so
big that we couldn�t see
594
00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:37,638
the night sky or the
stars or anything.
595
00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:42,396
When my boyfriend tried to
start the car and it wouldn�t start,
596
00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:45,899
finally got the car started
and we started to pull forward,
597
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:47,324
and I saw him.
598
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,650
And he appeared to be
599
00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:52,026
a large flying man with wings.
600
00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:54,533
It was the creature
601
00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:56,366
that I perceive to be Mothman.
602
00:33:58,787 --> 00:34:02,497
His wings were back, and
he was anywhere between
603
00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:05,502
eight and nine feet tall, and
as we were going around a turn,
604
00:34:05,585 --> 00:34:09,795
the Mothman flew
and flew into the trees.
605
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:12,093
I don�t know what
else it could�ve been.
606
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:14,681
The Mothman?
607
00:34:15,762 --> 00:34:20,982
A large, red-eyed,
human-sized creature that flies?
608
00:34:21,101 --> 00:34:25,731
But if such a creature exists,
where could it have come from?
609
00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:30,028
Mothman is one
of the most enigmatic creatures
610
00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:31,860
in the annals of
the unexplained.
611
00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:34,035
And first gained
public notoriety
612
00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:36,454
in November of 1966.
613
00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,083
And within a matter
of days and weeks,
614
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,540
there were dozens or
perhaps hundreds of sightings
615
00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:44,081
of this creature around
the Point Pleasant area,
616
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:46,665
causing a mass
hysteria situation.
617
00:34:49,129 --> 00:34:51,209
Skeptics have attributed
the Mothman sightings
618
00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:54,838
to a misidentification
of giant owls
619
00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:57,138
or even a crane that
is local to the area.
620
00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:58,972
There�s all kinds of
other explanations
621
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,017
that have been given,
but when you interview
622
00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:03,891
the people that actually
saw and experienced this,
623
00:35:03,977 --> 00:35:05,477
they�re not talking
about anything
624
00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,112
that is conventionally known.
625
00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:10,938
West Virginia
people are outdoorsy people.
626
00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:13,396
They know all the
animals in the woods.
627
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:15,816
Most are avid
outdoorsmen, hunters,
628
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,657
fishermen, they
know the difference
629
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:21,412
between an owl and a
Mothman type creature.
630
00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:25,249
We have to consider
that the Mothman�s behavior,
631
00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:28,882
which involved chasing cars
at over 100 miles an hour,
632
00:35:29,002 --> 00:35:32,172
taking straight up off the
ground like a helicopter,
633
00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:37,137
none of those would indicate
any type of flesh-and-blood animal.
634
00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:41,178
Chasing cars
at over 100 miles an hour?
635
00:35:42,015 --> 00:35:44,685
If true, then this
thing is no owl.
636
00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:46,849
At least not a normal one.
637
00:35:49,356 --> 00:35:52,526
But for the residents of
Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
638
00:35:52,609 --> 00:35:55,279
the more pressing question
is whether the Mothman
639
00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:59,532
is a friend or a foe.
640
00:36:00,867 --> 00:36:04,037
It�s been seen a lot of times
right before tragedies happen.
641
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,040
That�s the only
common thing we know.
642
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,374
It seems to show
up at tragedies.
643
00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:12,633
On December 15, 1967,
644
00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:14,462
the Silver Bridge, which spanned
645
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:17,007
from Point Pleasant
over to Kanauga, Ohio,
646
00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:21,302
collapsed at about
5:00 on a Friday evening.
647
00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:24,638
It was the worst bridge
disaster in U.S. history.
648
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,640
46 people died.
649
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:29,557
I was six when the bridge fell.
650
00:36:29,646 --> 00:36:32,646
And I remember at that time
there were people that claimed
651
00:36:32,732 --> 00:36:35,282
that they seen a large bird
flying back and forth, you know,
652
00:36:35,402 --> 00:36:38,112
across the river
before the bridge fell.
653
00:36:38,238 --> 00:36:41,948
The official
story is that it was just wear and tear
654
00:36:42,075 --> 00:36:44,335
and the 46 people
who were killed
655
00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:46,541
just didn�t really
stand a chance.
656
00:36:47,497 --> 00:36:50,327
There are rumors that
the Mothman was seen
657
00:36:50,417 --> 00:36:52,747
around the time that
the bridge collapsed.
658
00:36:53,837 --> 00:36:58,877
So, there was inevitably talk
around town that somehow
659
00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:01,587
the Mothman had
either caused the tragedy
660
00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:03,348
or, in a strange way,
661
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:06,430
was kind of like a grim
reaper for many people.
662
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:14,154
To this day, residents
of Point Pleasant draw a connection
663
00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:16,284
between the Mothman
and this bridge collapse,
664
00:37:16,359 --> 00:37:18,779
perhaps perceiving the
Mothman�s appearance
665
00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:22,532
as some type of premonition
or omen of the tragedy.
666
00:37:25,285 --> 00:37:28,005
I would say
probably in Point Pleasant it�s 50/50.
667
00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:30,411
50% of the people believe
that Mothman caused
668
00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:33,128
the Silver Bridge tragedy,
and the other 50% believe that
669
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,001
he may have been
here as a warning
670
00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:37,488
to get everyone on guard that
something terrible may happen.
671
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:44,640
Is it possible that,
contrary to popular belief,
672
00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:47,221
the Mothman is a force for good?
673
00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:49,678
It�s an interesting notion
674
00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:52,519
and suggests that
some strange creatures
675
00:37:52,645 --> 00:37:55,225
may have more in common
with humans than we realize.
676
00:37:55,315 --> 00:37:57,535
For instance, there
have been reports
677
00:37:57,650 --> 00:38:01,150
of a bizarre beast that dwells
in the swamps of South Carolina
678
00:38:01,237 --> 00:38:03,907
and is said to be part man...
679
00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:07,663
and part reptile.
680
00:38:15,585 --> 00:38:18,715
17-year-old Christopher
Davis stops to change a flat tire
681
00:38:18,838 --> 00:38:22,428
deep in the back roads
of Scape Ore Swamp,
682
00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:25,339
and he quickly senses
683
00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:28,098
that he is not alone.
684
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:33,443
About the time he�s putting
the jack and the flat tire
685
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,440
into the trunk of his car,
686
00:38:35,522 --> 00:38:37,362
he looks up and
he sees something
687
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,780
coming at him in the moonlight.
688
00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:43,113
The closer this thing got,
689
00:38:43,196 --> 00:38:46,566
the more he knew
this wasn�t a person.
690
00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:49,239
He looked up and he saw
691
00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:52,289
a greenish-looking figure,
692
00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:55,672
maybe about seven
to eight foot tall
693
00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,210
and arms that draped
down to the side
694
00:38:58,294 --> 00:39:01,514
with three claws on each hand.
695
00:39:03,091 --> 00:39:04,841
Sensing he could be in danger,
696
00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:06,546
Christopher bolts into the car
697
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,298
and drives away
as fast as he can.
698
00:39:10,223 --> 00:39:12,563
Christopher looked
in his rearview mirror,
699
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,564
and could see this
thing pursuing him.
700
00:39:15,395 --> 00:39:17,565
He was completely frightened,
701
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:21,819
utterly overwhelmed by
what he saw coming at him.
702
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,821
Eventually, it disappeared
into the darkness.
703
00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:29,664
Christopher
got home safe and sound.
704
00:39:29,742 --> 00:39:33,412
But his terrifying story quickly
spread through the media.
705
00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:36,328
Newspapers and
television stations
706
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:39,496
jumped on the bizarre encounter.
707
00:39:39,586 --> 00:39:42,296
Deep in the
Scape Ore Swamp of South Carolina,
708
00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:44,092
there reportedly
lives a creature
709
00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:46,683
that is part man and part beast.
710
00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:48,679
A creature that 17-year-old
Christopher Davis
711
00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:50,511
claims attacked
his car late one night
712
00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:52,307
on this lonely country road.
713
00:39:52,432 --> 00:39:55,352
Seven feet tall.
714
00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:59,025
Long arms. Red eyes.
715
00:39:59,105 --> 00:40:02,105
There was a media
frenzy once the story got out.
716
00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:06,821
There were stories in newspapers
in Korea about the Lizard Man.
717
00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:08,276
And that�s just a tribute
718
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:11,446
to the viral-ness
of the Lizard Man.
719
00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:16,205
During the media
frenzy, dozens of other eyewitnesses
720
00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:19,919
began contacting the
Lee County Sheriff�s Office.
721
00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:22,091
They all claimed to have
had similar encounters
722
00:40:22,170 --> 00:40:25,130
with a strange,
three-fingered creature
723
00:40:25,214 --> 00:40:29,724
that appeared to be
part man and part reptile.
724
00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:32,722
But rather than
dismiss such reports,
725
00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:35,635
law enforcement took
them quite seriously.
726
00:40:36,726 --> 00:40:38,266
They had the witnesses come in.
727
00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:39,693
They interviewed them,
728
00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:43,072
in some cases gave
them polygraph tests.
729
00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,229
And all of the witnesses
730
00:40:45,318 --> 00:40:48,238
that reported sightings of
the Lizard Man were credible.
731
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:52,664
Could there
really be a reptile species
732
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:57,964
that evolved to walk
upright like humans?
733
00:40:58,039 --> 00:41:01,579
And if so, is it possible
that there are bizarre
734
00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:05,588
human-and-reptile hybrids
that are still alive today?
735
00:41:05,672 --> 00:41:07,722
There have been
a number of other sightings
736
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,010
of the Lizard Man
outside of Lee County
737
00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:13,005
and Sumter County
in South Carolina.
738
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:16,217
There�s some in Europe.
There�s some in South Africa.
739
00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:18,729
Every one of them was
about six to eight feet tall
740
00:41:18,851 --> 00:41:20,811
with red eyes.
741
00:41:20,895 --> 00:41:23,475
It always had red eyes.
742
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,694
That is one commonality
that you can�t get over.
743
00:41:26,776 --> 00:41:30,946
And so, it is certainly possible
that the Lizard Man is real.
744
00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:33,704
So, what do you think?
745
00:41:33,783 --> 00:41:36,743
Do we share our
planet with Lizard Men,
746
00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:40,289
otherworldly beasts
and bloodthirsty wolves?
747
00:41:41,541 --> 00:41:42,961
May seem hard to believe.
748
00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:44,462
That is, until you
come face-to-face
749
00:41:44,544 --> 00:41:46,804
with one of these
creatures yourself.
750
00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:49,422
So perhaps we should
heed the warnings
751
00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:52,469
of the eyewitnesses,
just in case
752
00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:56,142
there really are dangerous
monsters on our planet that,
753
00:41:56,222 --> 00:42:00,142
for the moment,
remain unexplained.
754
00:42:00,192 --> 00:42:04,742
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