1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,120 I'M BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,020 I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT ALIVE 3 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:17,160 FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:18,440 WHOO! 5 00:00:20,340 --> 00:00:22,440 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT THROUGH A WEEK OF CHALLENGES 6 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:25,240 IN THE SORT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T LAST A DAY 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,160 WITHOUT THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS. 8 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:29,100 THIS TIME, 9 00:00:29,140 --> 00:00:32,000 I'M GONNA BE IN THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH OF THE U.S., 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,080 WHERE I'LL BE BATTLING THROUGH TERRIFYING TERRAIN... 11 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:36,440 OWW! 12 00:00:37,180 --> 00:00:38,340 ...FIGHTING FOR FOOD, 13 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,080 FINDING HAZARDS DEEP IN THE SWAMP... 14 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:42,280 WHOA! 15 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:44,140 ...AND COMING FACE TO FACE 16 00:00:44,180 --> 00:00:47,100 WITH SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS WILDLIFE ON THE PLANET. 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,040 SOMETHING JUST WENT -- HIT ME QUITE HARD. 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,340 THE DEEP SOUTH IS HOME TO THE LARGEST SWAMPS IN THE U.S. 19 00:01:04,220 --> 00:01:07,260 IT'S THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF EXTREME WILDERNESS 20 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,300 ON THE VERY EDGE OF CIVILIZATION -- 21 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:12,180 THE FRONT LINE BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE. 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,020 AND IT SEES SOME OF nTHE WORST WEATHER IN THE WORLD. 23 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:17,400 THIS IS HURRICANE COUNTRY! 24 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,240 THIS PLACE HAS SEEN SOME OF THE WILDEST WEATHER ON THE PLANET -- 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,080 WITH TORNADOES, THUNDERSTORMS, AND HURRICANES LIKE KATRINA! 26 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:30,040 WHEN KATRINA RIPPED THROUGH HERE IN 2005, 27 00:01:30,180 --> 00:01:32,420 IT BROUGHT 175-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS, 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,060 30-FOOT STORM SURGES, 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,140 AND DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. 30 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,220 I'VE GOT A FEW BASIC SURVIVAL TOOLS, 31 00:01:42,340 --> 00:01:44,480 AND MY CAMERA CREW ARE COMING WITH ME! 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,360 AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE IN KATRINA COUNTRY! 33 00:01:48,460 --> 00:01:49,460 LET'S GO! 34 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:52,340 I CAN'T LAND IN THE SWAMPS, 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,420 SO THE PILOT IS GONNA DROP ME IN A DEEPWATER CHANNEL. 36 00:01:57,340 --> 00:02:00,120 AS SOON AS IT TOUCHES THE WATER, I'M OFF. 37 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:03,420 HITTING THE WATER AT THIS SPEED IS DANGEROUS. 38 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:08,000 GET IT WRONG, AND YOU'RE GONNA BREAK A LIMB OR WORSE. 39 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,160 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 40 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,340 ( GRUNTS ) 41 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,400 I DO NOT WANT TO HANG AROUND LONG IN THIS RIVER. 42 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,420 I NEED TO GET TO THE BANK. 43 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:39,480 DEEP WATER IS HOME TO THE BIGGEST DANGERS IN THE SWAMPS. 44 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:43,120 THE PILOT SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER TWO MILLION ALLIGATORS 45 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:44,460 IN THESE SWAMPS, 46 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:49,380 INCLUDING THE BIGGEST ONE EVER RECORDED -- OVER 19 FOOT. 47 00:02:50,060 --> 00:02:53,280 THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS RIVER... 48 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,360 IN 2006, THREE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA 49 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,240 WERE KILLED BY ALLIGATORS IN JUST A FEW DAYS. 50 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,240 I'M GONNA NEED TO STAY SHARP AND KEEP FOCUSED. 51 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:19,200 THERE'S SOMETHING EERILY STILL ABOUT THIS PLACE. 52 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:27,440 IT'S AMAZING HOW SENSITIVE YOUR EARS BECOME 53 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,420 JUST TO EVERY LITTLE CRACK OF A TWIG... 54 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,240 WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S UNDER THE SURFACE. 55 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:40,360 AS WELL AS ALLIGATORS, THESE SWAMPS ARE HOME 56 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,200 TO HALF A DOZEN SPECIES OF POISONOUS SNAKES, 57 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,240 AGGRESSIVE SNAPPING TURTLES 58 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:47,480 THAT CAN WEIGH AS MUCH AS A FOOTBALL QUARTERBACK, 59 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,440 AND PREHISTORIC FISH UP TO 10 FEET LONG. 60 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,400 ( GRUNTS ) 61 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,180 SOMETHING JUST WENT -- HIT ME QUITE HARD. 62 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:05,320 I CAN TELL ALREADY IT'S JUST GONNA BE A CASE OF... 63 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,180 ACCEPTING THAT THERE IS STUFF IN THIS WATER... 64 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 AND JUST GETTING ON WITH IT. 65 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,100 I HAVE TO TRY AND CONQUER MY INITIAL FEARS 66 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,380 AND JUST KEEP MOVING. 67 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,400 SWAMP IS THE TOUGHEST TERRAIN TO GET THROUGH, 68 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,100 WITH DEEP WATER, THICK MUD, AND UNSEEN HAZARDS EVERYWHERE. 69 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:30,300 THE FIRST THING I REALLY WANT IS JUST SOME SORT OF STICK 70 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:34,120 TO HELP ME MOVE THROUGH HERE. 71 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:36,360 ( WATER SPLASHES ) 72 00:04:37,020 --> 00:04:37,280 YOU OKAY? 73 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:40,340 THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO GET A STICK. 74 00:04:41,220 --> 00:04:43,300 THE SWAMP BED IS FULL OF HOLES, 75 00:04:43,380 --> 00:04:46,380 AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING DOWN THERE. 76 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,100 JAM IT BETWEEN THESE KNEES OF THE ROOT. 77 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,200 ( CRACKS ) 78 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,320 ( GRUNTS ) 79 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,180 THAT'LL DO. 80 00:04:59,260 --> 00:05:01,000 A STICK HELPS YOU MOVE, 81 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,280 PROVIDES SOME PROTECTION FROM ALLIGATOR ATTACK, 82 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,180 AND CAN BE A USEFUL WEAPON 83 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:07,260 WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S 'ROUND THE NEXT CORNER. 84 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:09,200 ( GRUNTS ) 85 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,180 ( SPITS ) 86 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:14,400 DID YOU SEE THAT?! 87 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,160 THAT WAS A HUGE NUTRIA! 88 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,280 IT JUST SHOT ALONG HERE UNDER THIS TREE. 89 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:26,480 THESE ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RODENTS IN THE WORLD. 90 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:32,380 KIND OF LIKE A BEAVER WITH A HUGE, LONG RATTAIL, 91 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,180 AND THEN THESE BIG ORANGE TEETH. 92 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,280 NUTRIA ARE GOOD TO EAT, 93 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:39,420 BUT THEY'RE ALSO DANGEROUS 94 00:05:39,460 --> 00:05:42,400 AND WILL ATTACK ANIMALS FAR LARGER THAN THEMSELVES. 95 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:45,200 WATCH OUT IF HE COMES FLYING OUT OF HERE. 96 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,480 ( THUDDING ) 97 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,140 HE'S PRETTY WELL BURIED IN THERE. 98 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,000 LET'S LEAVE HIM BE. 99 00:05:57,180 --> 00:05:59,280 THE SWAMP IS TEEMING WITH WILDLIFE, 100 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,320 WHICH MEANS THERE IS FOOD OUT THERE. 101 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:03,460 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE 102 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,120 BETWEEN WHAT'S EDIBLE AND WHAT'S GONNA KILL YOU. 103 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,420 OHH! SNAKE! 104 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:12,160 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 105 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:13,360 THERE'S A LITTLE WATER SNAKE. 106 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,140 THIS ONE ISN'T VENOMOUS, 107 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:17,340 BUT THE SWAMP IS ALSO FULL OF WATER MOCCASINS 108 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:18,480 AND CORAL SNAKES, 109 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,060 BOTH OF WHICH CAN BE DEADLY. 110 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:24,080 AND THIS GUY WILL MIGHT FEED OFF FISH. 111 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,360 AND NONPOISONOUS AND REALLY JUST GOOD TO EAT -- 112 00:06:29,060 --> 00:06:30,220 GOOD TO EAT RAW. 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:31,480 ( CRUNCHES ) 114 00:06:32,060 --> 00:06:34,040 SNAKE MEAT IS FULL OF NUTRITION, 115 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,400 BUT WITH THIS SNAKE, THAT'S NOT ALL YOU MIGHT GET. 116 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,200 YOU WANT TO BE A BIT CAREFUL 117 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,400 EATING A LOT OF THESE SORT OF SNAKES WITHOUT COOKING THEM 118 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:46,360 'CAUSE, ESSENTIALLY, THE INSIDES OF THEM 119 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:50,140 ARE FULL OF LOADS OF ROTTING... 120 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:53,180 FISH... 121 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,160 THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET -- 122 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,480 THERE YOU GO -- INSIDE YOUR MOUTH. 123 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,380 BUT THAT MUCH IS ALL RIGHT. 124 00:07:05,220 --> 00:07:07,020 THAT'S ONE LESS SNAKE TO WORRY ABOUT. 125 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:07,460 LET'S KEEP GOING. 126 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:13,120 FINDING FOOD IN THE SWAMPS 127 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,420 CAN BE EASIER THAN FINDING YOUR ROUTE OUT. 128 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,240 TWO YEARS AGO, 129 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,260 A MAN WAS LOST OUT HERE WHEN HIS BOAT GOT STRANDED. 130 00:07:21,380 --> 00:07:23,400 HE HAD NO FOOD, NO WATER, 131 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,140 AND WAS FINALLY FOUND SIX DAYS LATER, 132 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:29,200 EXHAUSTED, DEHYDRATED, AND BARELY ALIVE. 133 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,180 HE'D ONLY GONE OUT FOR A PACK OF CIGARETTES, 134 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,000 AND AT NO TIME WAS HE MORE 135 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,120 THAN A FEW MILES FROM CIVILIZATION. 136 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,380 ( SPLASHING ) 137 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:48,080 IT'S FUNNY HOW, NOW THAT THE SWAMP IS LESS DEEP, 138 00:07:48,380 --> 00:07:50,240 IT'S BECOME A LOT MORE STINKY. 139 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:52,460 AND LOOK. YOU SEE IF I STICK THIS IN THE MUD, 140 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:55,240 IT RELEASES ALL THESE BUBBLES. 141 00:07:55,380 --> 00:07:57,200 AND THAT'S JUST THE METHANE 142 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,400 FROM ALL THE ROTTING VEGETATION DOWN THERE. 143 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,100 LOOK -- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WADING THROUGH. 144 00:08:05,140 --> 00:08:06,020 ( SNIFFS ) 145 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,300 AND THAT REALLY SMELLS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL ROOM 146 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:12,480 HAVING EATEN TOO MANY BEANS. 147 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,000 THERE ARE ONE AND A HALF MILLION ALLIGATORS HERE. 148 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,220 THEY PREFER THE SHALLOW, MUDDY WATERS, 149 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,200 AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOU FIND ONE. 150 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,240 LOOK -- A LITTLE BABY ALLIGATOR. 151 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:29,160 LOOK AT THIS GUY. 152 00:08:31,420 --> 00:08:32,380 WHOA. 153 00:08:33,220 --> 00:08:34,440 NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 154 00:08:38,220 --> 00:08:39,040 ( HISSES LOUDLY ) 155 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,180 ( GRUNTS ) SEE, THAT'S HOW THEY CATCH THEIR PREY. 156 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,240 AND YOU HAD THAT STUMP BETWEEN US. 157 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,180 WHACK WITH ITS TAIL AND AT THE SAME TIME WITH HIS HEAD. 158 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,280 ( HISSES ) 159 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,420 HE'S QUITE A FIGHTER, THIS GUY. 160 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,340 JUST KEEP YOUR DISTANCE A LITTLE BIT. 161 00:08:56,020 --> 00:08:59,040 JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT AS WE'RE MOVING. 162 00:08:59,140 --> 00:09:02,220 LAST YEAR, THE STATE RELEASED MORE THAN 60,000 ALLIGATORS 163 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:04,260 INTO THE WILD TO ENCOURAGE HUNTING. 164 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,460 AVOIDING THEM OUT HERE IS NOT GONNA BE EASY. 165 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,020 HE'S PRETTY PRIMED. 166 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:23,260 I'M STRUGGLING THROUGH HURRICANE COUNTRY 167 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:24,320 IN THE DEEP SOUTH. 168 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,380 EVERY YEAR, THIS AREA IS BATTERED BY NATURE, 169 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,080 AND THE STORMS CAN LEAVE SURPRISING STUFF BEHIND. 170 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:33,020 LOOK AT THIS. LOOK. 171 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:41,200 A LITTLE LOO SEAT JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 172 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:43,060 KIND OF RANDOM. 173 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:48,120 ACTUALLY, LOOK -- THERE'S SOMETHING OVER HERE, AS WELL. 174 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,240 ( SPLASHING ) 175 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,020 LOOK, IT'S AN OLD DOMESTIC WATER HEATER. 176 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 AND THE ONLY WAY THIS WOULD HAVE GOT HERE 177 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,420 IS FROM A BIG STORM SURGE. 178 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,140 YEAH, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BEAR IN MIND 179 00:10:03,180 --> 00:10:05,200 THIS PLACE SEES HUGE HURRICANES -- 180 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:09,980 150-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS, WATER LEVEL RISING 20, 25 FOOT. 181 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,180 AND THAT'S WHY YOU GET THESE RANDOM THINGS 182 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,060 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 183 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,320 THESE TRACES OF CIVILIZATION ARE A GOOD SIGN. 184 00:10:19,460 --> 00:10:21,300 THIS COULD BE THE WAY OUT OF HERE. 185 00:10:24,180 --> 00:10:26,240 THE MORE HUMANS THAT COME INTO THE SWAMPS, 186 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:29,080 THE MORE THEY'RE GONNA COME UP AGAINST ALLIGATORS. 187 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,140 THIS IS VERY MUCH THEIR HOME. 188 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:37,160 THEY CAN LIE LOW IN THE WATER HERE, DROP INTO THAT MUD, 189 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:39,440 AND YOU'RE HARDLY GONNA NOTICE THEM. 190 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:41,320 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALMOST STAND ON TOP OF THEM 191 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,080 BEFORE YOU'RE GONNA REALIZE. 192 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:45,240 BUT YOUR BEST WEAPON IS ACTUALLY YOUR EARS. 193 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,140 JUST LISTEN, 'CAUSE WHEN ANYTHING MOVES THROUGH HERE, 194 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:49,440 YOU'RE BASICALLY GONNA HEAR IT. 195 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,440 OVERHUNTING ONCE THREATENED THE GATOR POPULATION, 196 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,220 BUT SINCE THE 1970s, 197 00:10:54,260 --> 00:10:56,240 THEIR NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP NEARLY TENFOLD. 198 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,080 THERE'S ONE AND A HALF MILLION OF THEM IN THESE SWAMPS. 199 00:10:59,340 --> 00:11:02,180 THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THRASHING AROUND 200 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,140 ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY OVER THERE. 201 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,420 JUST MOVE REALLY QUIETLY. 202 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:09,400 HUNTING IS ENCOURAGED HERE. 203 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:13,020 EACH YEAR, HUNTERS KILL 30,000 WILD GATORS 204 00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:14,200 FOR THEIR SKIN AND MEAT. 205 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,120 AND I WANT THAT MEAT. 206 00:11:17,420 --> 00:11:19,020 ( ROAR ) 207 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:20,980 THERE YOU GO. DID YOU HEAR THAT? 208 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,240 THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT OVER THIS WAY. 209 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,980 LET'S GO 'ROUND. LET'S GO 'ROUND. 210 00:11:24,260 --> 00:11:26,140 ALLIGATOR ATTACKS ON HUMANS 211 00:11:26,180 --> 00:11:28,240 HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE U.S. 212 00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:29,360 IN THE LAST DECADE, 213 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,380 MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED THAN IN THE PREVIOUS 30. 214 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,220 WITH SO MANY ALLIGATORS AROUND, CONTACT IS INEVITABLE. 215 00:11:36,380 --> 00:11:39,320 BUT THERE ARE WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEM IF YOU EVER HAVE TO. 216 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:43,400 OKAY. COME THROUGH. 217 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,000 HE'S SEEN US. HE'S SEEN US NOW. 218 00:11:46,140 --> 00:11:47,460 COME ON. JUST COME NICE AND STEADY. 219 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:52,340 ONE BITE FROM THIS WOULD SEVER MY ARM LIKE A ROTTEN TWIG. 220 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,100 THAT'S A GOOD SIZE -- ABOUT SIX FOOT, PROBABLY. 221 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,380 A GATOR THIS BIG IS ALREADY FULLY MATURE, 222 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:01,100 BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN SIZE. 223 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,060 AND ONCE THEY STRIKE, 224 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:05,340 THEIR INSTINCT IS TO GET YOU INTO A DEATH ROLL. 225 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:11,000 YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE SIX FOOT OF SOLID MUSCLE. 226 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,440 AND DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW POWERFUL THESE THINGS ARE. 227 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,100 AND THIS THING IS STRONGER THAN ME, 228 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:20,100 AND IT'S DEFINITELY FASTER THAN ME. 229 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:22,260 YOU CAN'T OUTRUN THESE. 230 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,200 THEY CAN SPRINT AT OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR. 231 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:28,340 AND THIS CLOSE TO HIM, YOU'VE GOT NO MEANS OF ESCAPE. 232 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:32,300 AND LOOK, THOSE EYES ARE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME. 233 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,200 HE'S PRETTY PRIMED. 234 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:39,220 HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE SCARED OF VERY MUCH IN THESE SWAMPS. 235 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:42,180 AND THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT BACKING AWAY FROM ME. 236 00:12:42,980 --> 00:12:44,280 THERE'S NO GOING BACK NOW. 237 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,340 I'VE GOT TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AND AS HUMANELY AS POSSIBLE. 238 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,280 I WANT TO PIN IT DOWN, CLAMP ITS JAW SHUT, 239 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:51,400 AND THEN HOLD ON. 240 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:53,360 OKAY, I NEED TO GO FOR THIS FAST. 241 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:55,300 WHOA! OKAY. 242 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,020 ( Straining ) AND, REALLY, THIS GUY'S JUST SOLID POWER. 243 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,980 TRY AND KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT. 244 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,240 ALL THE POWER OF ITS JAWS ARE THE FORCE THAT CLOSE. 245 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,060 THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH STRENGTH TO OPEN IT. 246 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,100 THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DISPATCH IT 247 00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:13,340 IS TO SEVER THE SPINAL COLUMN BEHIND THE HEAD. 248 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,380 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 249 00:13:15,980 --> 00:13:19,040 OKAY, THAT'S HIS SPINAL CORD...CUT. 250 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,200 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 251 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,180 AND DEATH IS INSTANTANEOUS. 252 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,460 ( Panting ) OKAY. 253 00:13:32,140 --> 00:13:35,140 THIS ALLIGATOR IS GONNA BE INCREDIBLY USEFUL TO ME. 254 00:13:37,060 --> 00:13:39,340 BUT FIRST, I NEED TO FIND A PLACE TO MAKE CAMP. 255 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:46,120 THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF HIGH GROUND JUST OVER THERE. 256 00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:51,200 IF I CAN REACH THAT, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PLACE TO SET UP CAMP. 257 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,040 IT'S A BIT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT. 258 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,420 ( EXHALING SHARPLY ) 259 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,300 ( GRUNTS ) 260 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,000 TIDES, RAINS, AND STORMS CAN MAKE THE WATER LEVELS RISE 261 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,100 SEVERAL FEET IN JUST A FEW HOURS. 262 00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:10,360 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO PITCH YOUR SWAMP CAMP 263 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,340 ON THE HIGHEST GROUND YOU CAN FIND. 264 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,000 ACTUALLY, THIS COULD WORK QUITE NICELY HERE. 265 00:14:19,420 --> 00:14:22,420 USE THIS AS A PLATFORM TO LIE ON. 266 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,020 LOTS OF SPANISH MOSS, AS WELL. 267 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:29,380 WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT IS ANY SORT OF VINE AROUND HERE. 268 00:14:30,140 --> 00:14:33,000 I'VE GOT ONE IDEA OF WHAT ICANUSE. 269 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,060 ALLIGATOR HIDE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST 270 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:37,460 AND SUPPLEST OF ANIMAL SKINS, 271 00:14:38,220 --> 00:14:40,380 WHICH MAKES IT GREAT MATERIAL TO WORK WITH. 272 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,340 IF I CAN JUST CUT STRIPS OF THIS SKIN, 273 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:51,220 THIS IS GONNA BE THE TOUGHEST CORDAGE YOU CAN EVER GET. 274 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,080 AND IT'S GONNA BE IDEAL JUST FOR TYING MY CAMP TOGETHER. 275 00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:03,120 DARKNESS COMES QUICKLY IN THE SWAMP, 276 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,280 AND I NEED TO GET THIS CAMP BUILT FAST. 277 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,260 SO I'M MAKING A SIMPLE SWAMP BED, 278 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:09,160 USING JUST WHAT'S AROUND ME -- 279 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:12,460 LOTS OF FALLEN CYPRESS BROUGHT DOWN BY THE HURRICANE WINDS. 280 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,180 OKAY -- THAT'S THE PLATFORM THAT I'M GONNA LIE ON. 281 00:15:17,380 --> 00:15:18,260 AND THEN WHAT I CAN DO 282 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:22,360 IS USE ALL OF THIS SPANISH MOSS HANGING IN THE TREE. 283 00:15:23,140 --> 00:15:25,340 AND IF THIS STUFF IS ON THE GROUND, 284 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:27,240 YOU WANT TO BE A BIT CAREFUL OF IT. 285 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,020 IT'LL OFTEN BE FULL OF HORRIBLE CHIGGERS -- 286 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,340 THESE LITTLE BUGS THAT WILL BITE YOU TO DEATH. 287 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,380 WHEN IT'S IN THE TREE LIKE THIS, 288 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,380 IT'S NICE, IT'S DRY, AND IT'S SOFT. 289 00:15:39,060 --> 00:15:41,440 AND IT'S GREAT BEDDING. 290 00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:46,360 RIGHT, LET'S JUST GIVE THIS A TEST. 291 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,240 THAT'S ALL GOOD. 292 00:15:58,140 --> 00:16:00,140 I'M GONNA PULL SOME OF THESE -- 293 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,320 PULL SOME OF THESE ACROSS, MAKE A BIT OF A ROOF, AS WELL. 294 00:16:05,380 --> 00:16:09,180 TROPICAL STORMS BRING HUGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN TO THIS AREA, 295 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:11,460 SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS AN INCH IN AN HOUR. 296 00:16:12,140 --> 00:16:15,000 IN WEATHER LIKE THIS, RAIN COVER IS ESSENTIAL, 297 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,000 AND THESE PALMETTO LEAVES ARE JUST WHAT I NEED. 298 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:21,400 WELL, THAT'S KIND OF FINISHED. 299 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,100 I'M OFF THE GROUND, NICE AND SOFT, 300 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,120 AND I'VE GOT SOME COVERING FROM THE RAIN. 301 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,280 NEXT THING I NEED IS A FIRE. 302 00:16:34,380 --> 00:16:35,360 HANG ON -- LOOK. 303 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,080 SEE OVER THERE? IT'S UNDER THAT LOG. 304 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,120 THAT'S A NUTRIA. 305 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:42,240 THAT'S WHAT WENT INTO THAT TREE THAT I COULDN'T GET OUT. 306 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,300 A LITTLE RODENT-LOOKING THING. 307 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,360 HE HAS BIG, BEAVER-LIKE TEETH -- REALLY GOOD EATING. 308 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,100 BUT I'VE GOT MASSES OF MEAT WITH THIS ALLIGATOR. 309 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,400 RIGHT, LET'S GET THIS FIRE GOING. 310 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,080 WHEN THE SUN SETS, THE TEMPERATURE HERE DROPS FAST. 311 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,060 AND AT NIGHT, IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. 312 00:17:03,220 --> 00:17:06,000 MAKING FIRE IN THE SWAMP 313 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,160 WHERE EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY SOAKING WET, 314 00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:12,340 I'M NOT PREDICTING IT BEING VERY EASY. 315 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,200 THIS STUFF'S QUITE NICE AND DRY 316 00:17:15,980 --> 00:17:18,160 AND GOT FROM OUT OF THE NOOK IN THAT TREE. 317 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,980 ( FLINT SCRAPING ) 318 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,360 AHH. 319 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,220 WELL, I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED. 320 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:33,240 AFTER HOURS SPENT IN THE WATER, 321 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,200 YOU'VE GOT TO TRY AND DRY YOURSELF OUT 322 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,000 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY YOUR FEET. 323 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,140 AND THE DANGER IS IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR FEET DRY, 324 00:17:42,340 --> 00:17:45,240 YOU JUST END UP WITH TRENCH FOOT -- 325 00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:48,040 OR, IN THIS CASE, SWAMP FOOT -- 326 00:17:48,140 --> 00:17:51,260 WHERE EVERYTHING JUST STARTS TO SHRIVEL 327 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,200 AND THEN BASICALLY FALL APART, GET INFECTED. 328 00:17:56,100 --> 00:18:00,080 AND THEN IT'S KIND OF ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK ON THEM. 329 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:04,240 THAT'S HOW PEOPLE DIE IN THIS SORT OF PLACE. 330 00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:11,120 WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND HUNGRY, 331 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,980 ALLIGATOR MEAT IS ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF ENERGY 332 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,280 AND NUTRITION THAT YOU CAN GET. 333 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:20,460 AND THIS IS WHERE THE BEST MEAT ON THE ALLIGATOR IS -- 334 00:18:21,260 --> 00:18:23,340 HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE TAIL. 335 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,260 IT'S WHERE THE REAL POWER IS. 336 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,200 LOOK AT THAT. 337 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,100 LEAN -- IT'S GONNA BE DELICIOUS. 338 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:38,100 ALLIGATOR MEAT IS VERY LOW IN CHOLESTEROL. 339 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:39,460 POUND FOR POUND, 340 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,140 IT'S GOT THE SAME PROTEIN BUT HALF THE FAT OF BEEF. 341 00:18:47,180 --> 00:18:48,100 ( FIRE CRACKLING ) 342 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:50,340 THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY NOW. 343 00:18:53,180 --> 00:18:54,340 HAVE A LITTLE LOOK. 344 00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:58,060 AFTER AN EXHAUSTING DAY IN THE SWAMPS, 345 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,080 IT'S GREAT TO GET DRY, WARM, 346 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,380 AND HAVE SOME GOOD, LEAN MEAT TO CHEW ON. 347 00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:05,360 MMM. DELICIOUS. 348 00:19:06,140 --> 00:19:10,280 AND THE GREAT THING IS, NO SHORTAGE OF SECONDS. 349 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,120 THE ALLIGATOR HAS GIVEN ME PLENTY OF FOOD 350 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,240 AND ESSENTIAL CORDAGE FOR MY SHELTER. 351 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,120 BUT IT CAN ALSO HELP PREVENT ME CATCHING WEST NILE FEVER, 352 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,020 A DEADLY DISEASE SPREAD BY THE EVER-PRESENT SWAMP MOSQUITO. 353 00:19:24,220 --> 00:19:27,000 ONE THING THE LOCAL NATIVE INDIANS USED TO DO 354 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,420 TO KEEP THE MOSQUITOES AWAY WAS USE ALLIGATOR FAT. 355 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:35,240 AND YOU SEE THERE -- IT'S MASSES OF THE FAT ABOVE THE MEAT. 356 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:39,160 AND YOU CAN JUST RUB THIS ONTO YOUR SKIN. 357 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,240 AND IT'S NOT GONNA SMELL VERY NICE, 358 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,980 BUT IT'LL KEEP THOSE MOSQUITOES AWAY. 359 00:19:46,180 --> 00:19:50,100 AND, MAN, ARE THERE A LOT OF THEM AROUND AT THE MOMENT HERE. 360 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:51,320 KKGHH! 361 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:55,260 AND I'M NOT HOLDING OUT MUCH HOPE FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. 362 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,140 ( FROGS CALLING LOUDLY ) 363 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:01,980 THE SWAMP'S QUITE AN EERIE PLACE AT NIGHTTIME. 364 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,040 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH NOISE. 365 00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:08,040 BUT ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT LIVES IN THE SWAMPS 366 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,260 DOES ITS HUNTING DURING THE NIGHT. 367 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:14,100 AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S ALL I CAN HEAR AT THE MOMENT. 368 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,060 AND THIS PLACE JUST NEVER SLEEPS... 369 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:20,380 AND AT THE MOMENT, NOR AM I. 370 00:20:22,380 --> 00:20:24,380 IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT. 371 00:20:34,180 --> 00:20:37,120 I'VE JUST SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH. 372 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,180 THIS PLACE NEVER RESTS, AND I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP, 373 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,360 BUT AT LEAST THERE WERE NO STORMS. 374 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,380 HURRICANE WINDS HAVE BROUGHT DOWN 375 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:51,240 LOADS OF TREES AROUND HERE, 376 00:20:51,980 --> 00:20:55,260 AND WHEREVER I CAN, I USE THEM nTO KEEP ME OUT OF DEEPER WATER, 377 00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:57,960 WHERE THE BIGGER ALLIGATORS MIGHT BE LURKING. 378 00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:03,080 LOOK OVER THERE. LOOK. 379 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:05,140 LET'S GO AND HAVE A LOOK. 380 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:07,400 THIS LOOKS LIKE MORE SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION, 381 00:21:07,980 --> 00:21:10,100 AND THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE THAT CAN HELP ME. 382 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:18,380 LOOKS LIKE AN OLD LOGGING CABIN. 383 00:21:19,060 --> 00:21:22,200 BUT LOOK -- IT'S PRETTY TRASHED NOW. 384 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,160 PROBABLY KNOCKED DOWN IN ONE OF THE HURRICANES. 385 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:29,440 BUT, ACTUALLY, THERE'S STILL LOADS THAT YOU COULD USE IN HERE 386 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:31,980 IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. 387 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,160 I COULD PROBABLY USE SOME OF THIS 388 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,000 TO MAKE A RAFT TO GET ACROSS THIS RIVER... 389 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,360 'CAUSE IT'S IN THE BIG RIVERS LIKE THIS 390 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:45,960 THAT YOU GET THE BIG ALLIGATORS. 391 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,360 THESE DEEP RIVERS ARE HOME TO ALLIGATORS UP TO 18 FOOT LONG. 392 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,260 YOU DON'T WANT TO TANGLE WITH ONE OF THESE MONSTERS, 393 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,960 SO I'M GONNA TRY AND STAY OUT OF THAT WATER. 394 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,100 THERE'S A COTTONMOUTH. 395 00:21:58,260 --> 00:21:59,240 COME HERE. 396 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:01,120 NICE AND STEADY. 397 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:03,100 SEE THAT? IT'S MOVING THROUGH THERE. 398 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,260 IT JUST SLITHERED STRAIGHT UNDER THERE. 399 00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:09,160 THERE YOU GO. SEE HIM? 400 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:12,180 THIS SHACK IS JUST FULL OF HIDDEN DANGERS. 401 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,980 AND THE COTTONMOUTHS ARE ONE OF THE FEW SNAKES 402 00:22:16,020 --> 00:22:17,340 WHO WILL ACTIVELY GO FOR YOU. 403 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:22,240 HE'S GONE, AND IN THE CASE OF A COTTONMOUTH, 404 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,040 THAT'S A GOOD THING. 405 00:22:25,140 --> 00:22:28,360 THIS RUINED SHACK IS OF NO USE TO ANYBODY ELSE ANYMORE. 406 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,000 BUT FOR ME, IT'S A GOLD MINE. 407 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:36,040 THIS WILL SUPPLY ME WITH ALL THE RAW MATERIAL I NEED 408 00:22:36,140 --> 00:22:38,040 TO BUILD A SUBSTANTIAL RAFT. 409 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,380 IT MAY LOOK LIKE OLD JUNK, 410 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,180 BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 411 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:47,400 THIS STUFF CAN BE A REAL LIFESAVER. 412 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,100 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 413 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,380 WELL, THIS WILL WORK REALLY WELL 414 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:57,240 AS A GOOD, LIKE, BASEBOARD FOR THIS RAFT. 415 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,260 I'LL USE THAT... 416 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:05,080 AND THEN A LOAD OF STRUTS ALONG IT. 417 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,260 AND THEN ALL I NEED -- 418 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:11,220 ONE OF THOSE BIG PLANKS JUST ON THE TOP. 419 00:23:11,420 --> 00:23:14,980 AND THAT'LL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME OUT OF THE WATER 420 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,120 AND FLOAT ME ACROSS. 421 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,400 THE SHACK IS FULL OF OLD RUSTY NAILS. 422 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,240 I CAN USE THEM TO HOLD MY RAFT TOGETHER. 423 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:31,960 BUT IT'S SO EASY TO GET A NICK OR CUT FROM ONE, 424 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,000 WHICH COULD TURN SEPTIC WITHIN HOURS 425 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,360 IN THIS STINKY, FETID SWAMP. 426 00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:37,020 OWW! 427 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:40,180 BUT I NEED TO HURRY 428 00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:42,300 BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORSE. 429 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,060 ( THUNDER RUMBLES IN DISTANCE ) 430 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,380 THAT'S THE THUNDER STARTING. 431 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,000 IT'S ALSO STARTING TO DRIZZLE. 432 00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:53,000 KKGHH! 433 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,300 AND THE MOSQUITOES ARE OUT. 434 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,080 MY WORST TIME OF DAY IN THE SWAMPS. 435 00:23:59,340 --> 00:24:03,280 I WANT TO GET THIS FINISHED AND GET ACROSS THIS RIVER 436 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,420 WITHOUT GETTING EATEN. 437 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,040 OKAY, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY. 438 00:24:11,220 --> 00:24:13,000 LET'S HOPE THIS FLOATS. 439 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,240 THIS NEEDS TO WORK 440 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,380 BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TIME TO CROSS THE RIVER. 441 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,260 THERE'S A THUNDERSTORM ON THE WAY. 442 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:23,320 BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS, 443 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,040 AND WHEN IT COMES TO BIG ALLIGATORS AND BIG RIVERS, 444 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,140 YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT. 445 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:32,360 NO, NO, NO, NO. 446 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,100 IT'S GONNA BE NO GOOD. IT NEEDS MORE. 447 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,380 I DO NOT WANT TO BE SINKING 448 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:38,980 RIGHT OUT IN THAT ALLIGATOR RIVER. 449 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,020 IT NEEDS MORE BUOYANCY. 450 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:45,140 I'VE GOT TO WORK QUICKLY 451 00:24:45,180 --> 00:24:47,260 IF I'M GONNA GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT THIS. 452 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,100 THE WEATHER IS GETTING WORSE ALL THE TIME. 453 00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:53,060 I NEED TO GO FOR THIS NOW. 454 00:24:53,380 --> 00:24:56,220 I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT ON OPEN WATER IN A LIGHTNING STORM 455 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:58,400 BECAUSE THERE'S A REAL DANGER OF BEING STRUCK. 456 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:00,960 LET'S GIVE THIS A SECOND GO. 457 00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:05,280 ( RAIN FALLING ) 458 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,040 ( THUNDER RUMBLES IN DISTANCE ) 459 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:16,400 NO. THIS IS GONNA BE MAD. 460 00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:22,980 MY RAFT STILL ISN'T BUOYANT ENOUGH, 461 00:25:23,020 --> 00:25:25,200 AND THE WEATHER IS MAKING THIS TOO DANGEROUS. 462 00:25:25,260 --> 00:25:28,060 THERE'S NO CHOICE BUT TO WAIT THIS OUT. 463 00:25:34,380 --> 00:25:37,080 AND EVENTUALLY, CALM RETURNS TO THE SWAMPS. 464 00:25:37,260 --> 00:25:39,280 NOW'S MY CHANCE TO MAKE THE CROSSING. 465 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,340 I PUT MORE WOOD IN IT AND BUOYANCY. 466 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:44,980 HOPEFULLY, NOW IT SHOULD FLOAT. 467 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:48,320 THE PROBLEM IS THAT MUCH OF THIS WOOD IS SO WATERLOGGED, 468 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,380 IT'S MAKING IT HEAVY. 469 00:25:50,420 --> 00:25:53,160 LET'S GIVE IT A GO RIGHT NOW. 470 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,980 IT'S BUSINESS TIME! 471 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,220 THIRD TIME LUCKY. 472 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:02,360 I'VE WAITED OUT THE STORM AND REDESIGNED MY RAFT. 473 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,020 NOW I'VE JUST GOT TO PADDLE IT ACROSS. 474 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,060 THIS IS WORKING PRETTY WELL. 475 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:19,280 AND NO ALLIGATOR'S GONNA WANT TO TAKE A BITE OF THIS. 476 00:26:21,260 --> 00:26:23,160 THERE'S SO MANY NAILS IN IT. 477 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,320 SURVIVAL IS ABOUT WORKING YOUR WAY 'ROUND PROBLEMS 478 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,100 AND NEVER GIVING UP. 479 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,080 AS THEY SAY IN THE ARMY, 480 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,380 "IMPROVISE, ADAPT, AND OVERCOME." 481 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,000 WELL, IT MIGHT NOT BE VERY PRETTY, 482 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:39,380 BUT I MADE IT ACROSS WITHOUT BEING EATEN. 483 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,280 AND IN MY BOOK, THAT MAKES IT A GREAT RAFT. 484 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,000 WHEW! 485 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:49,980 AAH! 486 00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:51,080 IN MY NEXT CHALLENGE, 487 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,360 I'M GOING FISHING THE SOUTHERN WAY. 488 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,040 THAT IS QUITE A BIG -- QUITE A BIG CATFISH! 489 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,400 I'M IN THE SWAMPS OF THE DEEP SOUTH. 490 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,380 AND DOWN HERE, I'M IN THE WATER MOST OF THE TIME. 491 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:28,260 BUT IT'S NOT THE SORT OF WATER I WANT TO BE DRINKING. 492 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:32,140 BUT YOU CAN GET TO CLEAN FLUIDS IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 493 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,020 ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN THE SWAMPS 494 00:27:34,060 --> 00:27:37,260 IS ACTUALLY JUST GETTING ANY WATER THAT YOU CAN DRINK. 495 00:27:38,380 --> 00:27:41,220 BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THESE THISTLE PLANTS 496 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,320 ONCE YOU GET RID OF THESE HORRIBLE SPIKES. 497 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,220 ( HOLLOW THUDDING ) 498 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,420 AND LOOK -- KIND OF BREAKS OFF A BIT LIKE CELERY. 499 00:27:54,180 --> 00:27:55,940 BUT YOU CAN CHEW THAT. 500 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,220 ( CRUNCHES ) 501 00:27:57,380 --> 00:28:00,180 ( SUCKING, CHEWING ) 502 00:28:01,340 --> 00:28:04,320 AND IT'S GOT LOTS OF DRINKABLE, CLEAN FLUID IN IT. 503 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:11,320 I'LL TAKE THE REST OF THAT TO CHEW ON. 504 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,300 ( CRUNCHES ) 505 00:28:18,940 --> 00:28:20,420 THE SWAMP IS MAINLY STILL WATER, 506 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,140 BUT IT'S CRISSCROSSED WITH THESE LITTLE RIVERS 507 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,420 CALLED BAYOUS. 508 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,080 AND IF YOU'RE HUNGRY nAND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 509 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,160 THESE CAN BE A GOOD PLACE TO FIND FISH. 510 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,000 WHAT YOU'LL OFTEN GET WITH THESE TREES -- 511 00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:45,960 YOU GET A BIT WHERE ALL THE ROOTS HAVE BEEN ERODED... 512 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:47,280 BY THE WATER. 513 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:51,080 AND YOU GET THESE MINI CREVICES AND CAVERNS. 514 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,960 I THINK THAT'S A NICE ONE. 515 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:57,260 THESE HOLES ARE OFTEN HOME TO CATFISH -- 516 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,940 LARGE, STRONG, SOLITARY FISH 517 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,200 THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND BUT ARE REALLY GOOD TO EAT. 518 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,280 CATFISH ARE PREDATORS 519 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,300 THAT CAN GROW TO SIX FOOT AND WEIGH 100 POUNDS. 520 00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:10,220 THEY WILL LIE IN THEIR HOLES ALL DAY 521 00:29:10,260 --> 00:29:12,960 WAITING FOR SMALLER FISH TO SWIM PAST 522 00:29:13,060 --> 00:29:14,260 AND THEN MAKE A GRAB FOR THEM 523 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,360 WITH THEIR HUGE TOOTH-FILLED MOUTHS. 524 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,980 WHAT I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO 525 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:24,380 IS JUST USE MY...HAND AND FINGERS... 526 00:29:26,180 --> 00:29:29,220 AS KIND OF HOOK AND BAIT. 527 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,000 I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET MYSELF SOMETHING. 528 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,120 A CATFISH LOCKS ON TO ITS PREY AND DRAGS IT INTO ITS HOLE. 529 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,200 I WANT IT TO LOCK ON TO MY HAND, 530 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,940 AND THEN I'LL HAUL HIM OUT. 531 00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:43,400 THAT'S RISKY ENOUGH, 532 00:29:43,980 --> 00:29:46,160 BUT CATFISH HOLES ARE SOMETIMES TAKEN OVER 533 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,180 BY ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES 534 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,120 THAT CAN WEIGH OVER 200 POUNDS 535 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,040 AND BITE YOUR HAND CLEAN OFF. 536 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:54,380 OWW! 537 00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:58,420 MAN, THERE'S SOMETHING -- THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN HERE. 538 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:02,300 ( GRUNTING ) 539 00:30:04,180 --> 00:30:05,300 OWW! 540 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,340 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 541 00:30:13,940 --> 00:30:16,980 ALL MY INSTINCTS ARE SCREAMING TO GET MY HAND OUT OF THERE. 542 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,140 BUT I WANT THIS FISH. 543 00:30:20,380 --> 00:30:21,320 ( GRUNTING ) 544 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,240 THAT IS QUITE A BIG -- QUITE A BIG CATFISH. 545 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,140 GET HIM ONTO THE SHORE. 546 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,980 ( Straining ) LOOK, HE'S -- YOU HEAR THAT? 547 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,260 LOOK, HE'S GOT MY -- TRY AND SHOW YOU THIS. 548 00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:44,220 ( SPITS ) 549 00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:46,000 ( CATFISH GRUNTING ) 550 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,140 HE'S GOT MY FINGER RIGHT DOWN ITS MOUTH. 551 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,420 AND WHAT I GOT TO DO IS HANG ON TO THOSE GILLS. 552 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,280 BUT THESE ARE THE BITS YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR -- 553 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,280 THE FINS AND THESE LITTLE BARBS HERE. 554 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,300 STICK YOU WITH THOSE -- THEY'LL STING YOU. 555 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:04,120 AAH! 556 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,340 THESE SPINES ON THE PECTORAL AND DORSAL FINS 557 00:31:07,380 --> 00:31:09,080 CAN CAUSE SEVERE WOUNDS, 558 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,960 AND THEY CONTAIN A POWERFUL nVENOM THAT CAUSES EXTREME PAIN. 559 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,360 ( SPITTING ) 560 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:22,220 AND THESE GUYS JUST KIND OF HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE. 561 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,280 OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW! 562 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,060 AND HE'S JUST SHREDDED MY FINGERS. 563 00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:39,420 THAT MUST BE -- MUST BE 20 POUNDS OF FISH. 564 00:31:40,140 --> 00:31:41,180 WHEW! 565 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,040 OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT I CAN GET OFF HIM. 566 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,020 A CATFISH THIS SIZE IS A GREAT CATCH, 567 00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:51,120 AND THERE'S MASSES OF MEAT ON IT. 568 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,160 AND THE BEST BIT IS JUST THE MAIN FILLET -- 569 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200 EITHER SIDE OF HIS BACKBONE. 570 00:31:59,060 --> 00:32:02,040 AND ALL OF THAT IS GREAT JUST TO EAT RAW. 571 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,400 OUT HERE, THE FLESH WOULD GO OFF REALLY QUICK. 572 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,080 IT'S NOT WORTH RISKING FOOD POISONING, 573 00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:12,040 SO I'M GONNA EAT ALL I CAN NOW AND LEAVE THE REST. 574 00:32:13,260 --> 00:32:15,360 BUT THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY FOR MY FISHING. 575 00:32:16,140 --> 00:32:19,420 ACTUALLY, ONE OF ITS SPINES JUST NIPPED ME. 576 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,960 IT'S ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO STING QUITE A LOT. 577 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,960 BUT ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO COUNTERACT IT 578 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,360 IS JUST USE AMMONIA. 579 00:32:31,020 --> 00:32:33,400 AND THERE'S AMMONIA IN YOUR PEE. 580 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,380 STAGE FRIGHT. 581 00:32:38,140 --> 00:32:39,200 THERE WE GO. 582 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,240 THE AMMONIA IN MY URINE NEUTRALIZES THE VENOM 583 00:32:42,340 --> 00:32:44,000 AND HELPS EASE THE PAIN. 584 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,320 AND THEN I'M READY TO GO. 585 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:46,960 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING. 586 00:32:48,980 --> 00:32:52,040 OUT HERE, IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS THAT WANT TO EAT YOU. 587 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:54,340 EVEN THE SWAMP WILL TRY TO SWALLOW YOU WHOLE. 588 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,060 I'M OUT OF THE DEEP SWAMP AND HEADING TOWARDS HIGHER GROUND. 589 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,120 BUT JUST WHEN I THINK THE GOING IS GETTING EASIER, 590 00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:14,260 IT GETS A WHOLE LOT TOUGHER. 591 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,300 ( Panting ) REALLY NOTHING IN THIS SWAMP IS EASY. 592 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,120 THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE WETTEST, STINKIEST, 593 00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:28,300 MOST HUMID HELLHOLES I'VE EVER BEEN IN. 594 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,300 OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING THROUGH -- 595 00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:34,000 TRY AND GET OUT ALL OF THIS CATTAIL. 596 00:33:35,060 --> 00:33:37,240 CATTAIL REEDS ARE COMMON IN WETLAND AREAS. 597 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:40,020 THEY GROW THICKLY, AND THEIR LEAVES ARE SHARP, 598 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,360 MAKING THEM EXHAUSTING AND PAINFUL TO MOVE THROUGH. 599 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,060 WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS JUST USE THIS STICK 600 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:52,940 TO LAY DOWN THE CATTAIL IN FRONT OF ME 601 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:55,340 AND MAKE MYSELF A PATH THROUGH THIS. 602 00:33:57,260 --> 00:34:02,980 IT IS HUMID, HUMID, HUMID IN THIS HIGH GRASS. 603 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:07,360 AND THIS REALLY IS SNAKE TERRITORY BIG-TIME IN HERE. 604 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,120 I KEEP SEEING FLASHES OF THINGS, AS WELL. 605 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,360 JUST BE REALLY CAREFUL. 606 00:34:14,140 --> 00:34:16,960 WITH THE TEMPERATURE UP TO 10 DEGREES HOTTER IN HERE, 607 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,000 DEHYDRATION AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE REAL DANGERS, 608 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,200 SO I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE FAST. 609 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,180 MAN, THANK THE THE LORD FOR THAT! 610 00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:32,180 ( EXHALES SHARPLY ) 611 00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:35,340 LOOKING A LITTLE CLEARER HERE. 612 00:34:37,140 --> 00:34:40,040 IT'S SUCH A RELIEF TO BE OUT OF THAT STUFF, 613 00:34:40,180 --> 00:34:41,000 BUT IN THIS PLACE, 614 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,000 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. 615 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,000 HERE YOU CAN BE DRY ONE MINUTE, 616 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,180 THEN BACK IN THE GLOOP THE VERY NEXT STEP. 617 00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:51,300 THIS LOOKS LIKE EASIER TERRAIN, 618 00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:53,400 BUT APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE. 619 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,180 THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THIS UNDERFOOT, 620 00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:58,300 AND IT DOESN'T FEEL AT ALL SAFE. 621 00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,300 ( SPLASHES ) 622 00:34:59,380 --> 00:35:00,260 ( SPITS ) 623 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,400 JUST BE REALLY CAREFUL WHERE WE STAND HERE 624 00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:06,380 AND GO THROUGH THIS IN A WHISTLE. 625 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,220 THIS ISN'T SOLID GROUND AT ALL. 626 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,300 IT'S FLOAT-ON -- 627 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:17,000 A THIN MAT OF VEGETATION LYING ON TOP OF THE WATER. 628 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,980 AND THERE'S NO TELLING HOW DEEP THAT WATER MIGHT BE. 629 00:35:22,260 --> 00:35:25,340 THIS STUFF IS ALL COMPLETELY MAD! 630 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:31,280 REALLY, IT'S LIKE A GIANT, VERY DANGEROUS TRAMPOLINE. 631 00:35:34,140 --> 00:35:36,960 IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS STUFF, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. 632 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:39,220 THERE'S A MASS OF TANGLED WEEDS DOWN THERE 633 00:35:39,260 --> 00:35:40,940 THAT WILL CLOSE OVER YOUR HEAD 634 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:43,060 AND STOP YOU GETTING BACK UP TO THE SURFACE. 635 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,340 ( SPLASHES ) 636 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,040 ( GASPING, SPITTING ) 637 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:00,980 WHOO! 638 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:09,220 ( BREATHING HEAVILY ) 639 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:13,960 THAT IS HORRIBLE! 640 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,140 ( SPITTING ) 641 00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:16,380 GET OUT OF THIS THING. 642 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:22,080 JUST A MASS OF WEEDS AND DARK. 643 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:26,960 AND ALSO QUITE SCARY. 644 00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:28,360 ( SPITS ) 645 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,140 WE NEED TO GO THIS WAY. 646 00:36:34,940 --> 00:36:37,320 I NEED TO HEAD FOR nTHE TREE LINE AND DRIER GROUND. 647 00:36:38,140 --> 00:36:41,040 BUT THERE'S NO EASY ROUTE OFF THIS DEADLY WATER BED, 648 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:43,160 AND IT'S A REAL STRUGGLE TO STOP MYSELF 649 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,280 GOING UNDER AGAIN AND AGAIN. 650 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,060 FINALLY, I'M OFF THE FLOATING MARSH, 651 00:36:55,140 --> 00:36:57,940 AND I'VE GOT REAL GROUND BENEATH MY FEET. 652 00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:03,120 IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD TO BE OUT OF ALL THAT WATER. 653 00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:08,280 BUT EVEN THIS STUFF -- DRY GROUND -- IS HARD WORK. 654 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,000 THE VEGETATION IS SO THICK 655 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,240 THAT I CAN ONLY SEE A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF ME, 656 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,240 AND IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP ANY SENSE OF DIRECTION. 657 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:18,920 LOOK. 658 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,960 TOP OF AN OLD -- LOOKS LIKE AN OLD FISHING BOAT. 659 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,080 GO AND HAVE A LOOK. 660 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,000 UNBELIEVABLE! 661 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,220 JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 662 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,000 THIS BOAT IS MANY MILES FROM HOME. 663 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:43,300 A VESSEL LIKE THIS 664 00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:46,360 IS USED TO CATCH SHRIMP IN nLARGE LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS. 665 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,200 BUT ITS FISHING DAYS ARE OBVIOUSLY OVER. 666 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,380 THIS WAS PROBABLY DUMPED HERE BY HURRICANE KATRINA. 667 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,920 YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FORCE OF WATER 668 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,280 TO PUT THIS SHRIMP BOAT 669 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,320 JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. 670 00:38:13,340 --> 00:38:16,960 NOW, THIS IS HOW TO GET A LIE OF THE LAND. 671 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,380 IT'S THE FIRST TIME I CAN ACTUALLY SEE 672 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:25,120 MORE THAN JUST SWAMP, WATER, OR TREES. 673 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:28,260 ITS RIGGING IS THE HIGHEST THING FOR MILES AROUND HERE, 674 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,060 AND THE BOAT OFFERS A PERFECT VANTAGE POINT. 675 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:35,140 AND IT LOOKS LIKE MORE OPEN GROUND, I THINK, OVER THERE. 676 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:37,080 OKAY. 677 00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:40,380 THAT'S THE WAY THAT I WANT TO BE HEADING. 678 00:38:42,140 --> 00:38:43,360 WHOA! 679 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,160 AS MY SWAMP ADVENTURE CONTINUES, 680 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,200 I FIND SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN SAFETY. 681 00:38:54,340 --> 00:38:57,980 LET'S JUST WATCH WHERE WE TREAD IN HERE. 682 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,300 I'M IN THE WATERLANDS OF THE DEEP SOUTH, 683 00:39:10,340 --> 00:39:12,980 FOLLOWING A TRAIL OF HURRICANE DESTRUCTION 684 00:39:13,020 --> 00:39:15,100 THAT'S LEADING ME OUT OF THE SWAMPS. 685 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:20,220 JUST LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION 686 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:22,240 THESE HURRICANES CAUSE. 687 00:39:23,940 --> 00:39:28,040 BUT AT LEAST NOW THIS IS GOOD OPEN GROUND. 688 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,120 KATRINA SENT A 30-FOOT WALL OF SEAWATER THROUGH HERE, 689 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,080 KILLING MUCH OF THE VEGETATION 690 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,120 AND SPREADING DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. 691 00:39:38,060 --> 00:39:40,340 SO I CAN NOW FOLLOW A TRAIL OF HURRICANE DESTRUCTION 692 00:39:40,380 --> 00:39:42,200 RIGHT OUT OF THE SWAMP. 693 00:39:44,220 --> 00:39:45,900 NOW IT'S EASIER GOING. 694 00:39:45,940 --> 00:39:48,980 IT CAN MAKE GOOD HEADWAY TOWARDS MY PICKUP POINT. 695 00:39:50,340 --> 00:39:52,300 THERE'S A HELICOPTER OUT HERE SOMEWHERE 696 00:39:52,340 --> 00:39:53,980 THAT'S GOING TO PICK ME UP, 697 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:55,380 SO I WANT TO FIND SOME HIGH GROUND 698 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,120 WHERE I'LL BE MORE VISIBLE AND WHERE I CAN SIGNAL FROM. 699 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,920 CHECK THIS OUT. 700 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,200 THIS COULD WELL BE MY WAY OUT OF HERE. 701 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,020 THIS WATER'S ONLY KNEE-DEEP. 702 00:40:20,060 --> 00:40:23,000 THERE'S LESS CHANCE OF FINDING BIG GATORS IN THE SHALLOWS, 703 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,080 AND IT'S WORTH RISKING THE CROSSING. 704 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:27,280 THE HOUSE MAY BE STORM-DAMAGED, 705 00:40:27,380 --> 00:40:29,060 BUT IT'S STILL STANDING, 706 00:40:29,140 --> 00:40:31,360 AND THE ROOF IS THE HIGH GROUND I NEED. 707 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:38,080 MAN, THIS PLACE HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETELY TRASHED. 708 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:44,200 AND PROBABLY THIS HOUSE AT ONE TIME WAS ON TOP OF THESE STILTS 709 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:46,360 AND JUST GOT BLOWN. 710 00:40:48,140 --> 00:40:52,100 THERE'S NO SIGN OF...ANYBODY. 711 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,080 LOOK, AT ONE TIME, THIS WAS SOMEONE'S HOME. 712 00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:06,020 THOUSANDS OF HOMES LIKE THIS WERE DESTROYED BY KATRINA, 713 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,020 ONLY TO BE RECLAIMED BY THE WILDLIFE. 714 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:10,320 HEY, LOOK. 715 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,260 THERE'S A COTTONMOUTH IN HERE. 716 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,020 SOMEBODY ELSE HAS MOVED IN. 717 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,040 LET'S JUST WATCH WHERE WE TREAD IN HERE. 718 00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:21,200 THE STORM DAMAGE WAS SO BAD 719 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,940 THAT MANY HOMES BECAME UNINHABITABLE. 720 00:41:25,180 --> 00:41:27,060 ALL JUST FALLING APART. 721 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,100 AFTER KATRINA, MANY FAMILIES WERE TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS, 722 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,180 AND THEY HAD TO TAKE REFUGE nIN THE HIGHEST PLACE AVAILABLE. 723 00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:41,280 THE ROOF LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH. 724 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,340 LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND A WAY UP THERE. 725 00:41:44,180 --> 00:41:47,240 AND THE HIGHEST POINTS AROUND HERE ARE THE ROOFTOPS. 726 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:52,180 FOR THOUSANDS OF KATRINA VICTIMS, 727 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,360 THE ROOF WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO BE -- 728 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,160 AWAY FROM THE FLOODWATERS AND THE DANGEROUS SWAMP WILDLIFE 729 00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:00,280 THAT WAS OFTEN WASHED UP IN THEIR HOMES. 730 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,040 IT WAS ALSO THE BEST PLACE TO GET NOTICED, 731 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:06,920 LOCATED, AND RESCUED. 732 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,100 AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE SAME FOR ME. 733 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,180 ON THE ROOF, I'M VISIBLE FOR MILES AROUND, 734 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,200 AND THE HELICOPTER HAS SPOTTED ME. 735 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:17,140 HE'S GOT ME. 736 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,940 AND THEN GIVE HIM THE BIG INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL -- 737 00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:22,080 A BIG "Y." 738 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,360 IT MEANS, "YES, I NEED HELP!" 739 00:42:24,940 --> 00:42:27,200 ( HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ) 740 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:37,960 MY HEART'S THUMPING. 741 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,260 I'VE GOT ONE CHANCE AT THIS, 742 00:42:39,340 --> 00:42:41,980 AND IF I MISS, IT'S A BIG FALL. 743 00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:49,900 I'VE SURVIVED THE CHALLENGES OF THE SWAMPS, 744 00:42:49,980 --> 00:42:51,360 THE SNAKES, AND THE ALLIGATORS. 745 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,900 AND FOR ME, MY DEEP-SOUTH ADVENTURE IS OVER. 746 00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:00,020 ( HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING )