1 00:00:06,958 --> 00:00:08,500 [Narrator] Tonight, on MonsterQuest... 2 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:12,042 there are specific areas of unexplained activity 3 00:00:12,125 --> 00:00:15,417 that exist all across the country. 4 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,500 [man] The Skinwalker Ranch continues to attract 5 00:00:18,625 --> 00:00:20,417 strange phenomena. 6 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:22,667 [man 2] Unexplained animal deaths, 7 00:00:22,792 --> 00:00:24,083 eerie encounters, 8 00:00:24,167 --> 00:00:25,875 strange lights in the sky. 9 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:28,042 [Narrator] They are known as hot spots, 10 00:00:28,125 --> 00:00:31,375 locations where reports of unknown creatures 11 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:35,417 and strange encounters happen over and over again. 12 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,000 [woman] This creature's stalking me. 13 00:00:38,792 --> 00:00:41,625 [man] I could have been torn up, you know, into pieces. 14 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,833 [dramatic musical sting] 15 00:00:43,917 --> 00:00:47,000 [Narrator] For many centuries, people have reported strange 16 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:49,458 and sometimes terrifying encounters 17 00:00:49,542 --> 00:00:52,417 with what they describe as monsters. 18 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,292 [man] Its eyes just lit up in the moon and we were like... 19 00:00:55,375 --> 00:00:58,250 that is nothing I've ever seen. 20 00:00:59,042 --> 00:01:01,333 [man 2] If I try to run, I'd be dead. 21 00:01:02,250 --> 00:01:04,000 [Narrator] Now, for the first time, 22 00:01:04,042 --> 00:01:06,958 some are sharing their experiences. 23 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:09,875 Is there a pattern to their encounters? 24 00:01:09,958 --> 00:01:12,375 [man] It was just terrifying. 25 00:01:13,125 --> 00:01:15,500 [Narrator] And if so, what could it mean? 26 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:17,167 [dramatic musical sting] 27 00:01:22,125 --> 00:01:24,000 Skinwalker Ranch... 28 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:26,708 a 512-acre stretch of land 29 00:01:26,875 --> 00:01:29,458 in Utah's Uinta Basin 30 00:01:29,542 --> 00:01:32,500 has become one of the most infamous paranormal hotspots 31 00:01:32,542 --> 00:01:34,458 in the world, 32 00:01:34,542 --> 00:01:38,500 a place long associated with reports of unknown beasts, 33 00:01:38,583 --> 00:01:40,208 shadowy entities, 34 00:01:40,292 --> 00:01:44,500 and unidentified flying objects. 35 00:01:44,583 --> 00:01:46,750 Today, the ranch's current owner 36 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:49,667 oversees scientific studies in an effort to understand 37 00:01:49,792 --> 00:01:51,833 the unexplained activity 38 00:01:51,917 --> 00:01:55,083 that seems to surround this land. 39 00:01:55,167 --> 00:01:57,792 While investigations are ongoing, 40 00:01:57,875 --> 00:02:00,917 reports of strange phenomena in the Uinta Basin 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,708 are anything but new. 42 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:07,500 [man] The Ute tribe have stories dating back centuries 43 00:02:07,542 --> 00:02:10,167 that involve strange lights seen in the sky 44 00:02:10,250 --> 00:02:13,958 and also star people traveling here from other galaxies. 45 00:02:14,042 --> 00:02:16,542 There are a lot of tales from Native people 46 00:02:16,667 --> 00:02:19,083 saying they had seen strange lights in the sky, 47 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:21,167 but they aren't the only ones. 48 00:02:21,208 --> 00:02:23,750 Franciscan priests traveling in the area 49 00:02:23,833 --> 00:02:26,167 in the 17th century wrote in their journals 50 00:02:26,208 --> 00:02:28,708 about seeing strange lights in the sky 51 00:02:28,792 --> 00:02:31,458 that moved erratically and then would suddenly disappear. 52 00:02:32,708 --> 00:02:33,875 [Hanks] Similar reports 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,667 continued into the 20th century. 54 00:02:35,708 --> 00:02:37,333 Since the 1950s alone, 55 00:02:37,417 --> 00:02:39,125 there've been more than 400 reports 56 00:02:39,208 --> 00:02:41,000 involving lights in the sky. 57 00:02:41,083 --> 00:02:43,333 [man] At one point, in the 1970s, 58 00:02:43,417 --> 00:02:45,583 reported sightings became so frequent 59 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:48,375 that local law enforcement stopped taking official reports. 60 00:02:49,792 --> 00:02:52,000 [Narrator] In 1994, 61 00:02:52,042 --> 00:02:54,125 the Sherman family purchased a ranch 62 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:56,500 in the Uinta Basin 63 00:02:56,583 --> 00:03:01,167 with no idea of the history of the land it sat on, 64 00:03:01,208 --> 00:03:04,292 land that would one day be the site 65 00:03:04,375 --> 00:03:07,292 of the infamous Skinwalker Ranch. 66 00:03:10,042 --> 00:03:13,833 [man] Terry and Gwen Sherman are successful cattle ranchers 67 00:03:13,917 --> 00:03:17,542 looking to expand their business with a new property. 68 00:03:17,625 --> 00:03:20,042 [Banias] When Terry and Gwen visit to check out the property, 69 00:03:20,125 --> 00:03:22,500 they say they love what they see. 70 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:24,292 [Oluseyi] It's a strange house, 71 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:27,458 but they believe the land is perfect. 72 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:30,750 They decide to go for it and buy the ranch. 73 00:03:31,458 --> 00:03:34,167 [Narrator] As the family begins to settle into life 74 00:03:34,208 --> 00:03:36,417 on their new ranch, 75 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:40,083 several unsettling events begin. 76 00:03:40,167 --> 00:03:41,917 [Banias] While checking on their cattle, 77 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,708 they claim to find these huge circular burn marks. 78 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:48,167 [Oluseyi] Leading from the burn marks 79 00:03:48,250 --> 00:03:50,500 were also unusual animal tracks 80 00:03:50,583 --> 00:03:53,875 they say they can't identify. 81 00:03:53,958 --> 00:03:56,042 Their prized livestock start turning up dead 82 00:03:56,125 --> 00:03:58,375 all over the property. 83 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:00,458 And the Shermans are concerned because they don't think 84 00:04:00,542 --> 00:04:03,375 it looks like it's from natural causes. 85 00:04:03,458 --> 00:04:05,583 They say the cattle have been mutilated. 86 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:08,083 Further, organs and tissue have been removed 87 00:04:08,208 --> 00:04:10,333 with surgical precision. 88 00:04:11,958 --> 00:04:14,083 [cattle lowing] 89 00:04:14,167 --> 00:04:15,833 [Narrator] The Shermans press on, 90 00:04:15,875 --> 00:04:19,708 rebuilding their ranch and replacing their animals. 91 00:04:19,833 --> 00:04:23,500 But months later, they claim to come face to face 92 00:04:23,583 --> 00:04:27,375 with the creature they believe is behind the attacks. 93 00:04:29,708 --> 00:04:32,792 [Oluseyi] Terry, Gwen, and the children are outside, 94 00:04:32,875 --> 00:04:35,167 tending to the cattle in the corral 95 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:37,708 when they say they notice a large wolf. 96 00:04:37,792 --> 00:04:41,583 They say it's unlike any wolf they've ever encountered. 97 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:44,333 It doesn't seem afraid of them. 98 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:46,458 It's also incredibly large, 99 00:04:46,542 --> 00:04:49,542 maybe three times the size of a normal wolf. 100 00:04:49,667 --> 00:04:51,417 [Banias] According to the story, 101 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,708 this wolf lunges at a newborn calf... 102 00:04:54,792 --> 00:04:58,167 and it tries to pull it out of the corral. 103 00:04:58,250 --> 00:05:00,792 Terry grabs his .358 Magnum, 104 00:05:00,875 --> 00:05:02,875 takes careful aim, and pulls the trigger. 105 00:05:04,917 --> 00:05:07,000 But nothing happens. 106 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:08,792 [Hanks] There's no blood. 107 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:11,250 But when he fires his last round... 108 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:13,792 then he says the creature suddenly lets go 109 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:15,667 and finally runs off. 110 00:05:17,667 --> 00:05:20,708 [Oluseyi] Terry and his son say they try to track the predator, 111 00:05:20,708 --> 00:05:24,458 but after about a mile, its tracks suddenly end 112 00:05:24,542 --> 00:05:26,750 as if the creature has vanished. 113 00:05:29,375 --> 00:05:31,167 [Banias] Terry searches for answers, 114 00:05:31,292 --> 00:05:33,458 but the only explanation he says he finds 115 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:35,750 comes from Native American lore, 116 00:05:35,875 --> 00:05:38,333 which describes something called a skinwalker, 117 00:05:38,375 --> 00:05:41,333 a former shaman who takes on supernatural powers 118 00:05:41,417 --> 00:05:43,292 and can shapeshift at will. 119 00:05:45,042 --> 00:05:46,750 [Hanks] According to Ute lore, 120 00:05:46,833 --> 00:05:50,042 skinwalkers infest this entire region. 121 00:05:50,042 --> 00:05:53,542 It's said that their presence stems from a war that broke out 122 00:05:53,625 --> 00:05:57,500 between the Navajo and the Ute tribe in the 1840s. 123 00:05:57,583 --> 00:06:00,333 As the story goes, the Navajo called upon 124 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:02,167 dark forces to curse the Ute, 125 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:04,917 summoning skinwalkers to haunt and harass their enemies 126 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,375 in retaliation for siding with the US Army. 127 00:06:08,458 --> 00:06:10,500 Some people believe that the land 128 00:06:10,583 --> 00:06:12,458 where the Sherman ranch sits 129 00:06:12,542 --> 00:06:15,500 is right in the heart of that cursed territory. 130 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:18,250 [Narrator] Inside the Shermans' new house, 131 00:06:18,333 --> 00:06:21,167 they say things are unraveling as well. 132 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:22,875 [Oluseyi] The TV and radio 133 00:06:22,958 --> 00:06:25,750 sometimes turn on and off by themselves 134 00:06:25,875 --> 00:06:28,917 and clocks and appliances start to malfunction. 135 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,167 These unusual incidents continue to escalate, 136 00:06:31,250 --> 00:06:33,458 and before long, Gwen says 137 00:06:33,542 --> 00:06:35,333 she's seeing things happening in the house-- 138 00:06:35,417 --> 00:06:37,458 dark, shadowy figures in hallways 139 00:06:37,542 --> 00:06:39,292 and corners of the home. 140 00:06:39,375 --> 00:06:41,917 She believes these figures that she sees in the corners 141 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,500 are dark entities. 142 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:47,250 Over time, facing wave after wave 143 00:06:47,333 --> 00:06:49,792 of escalating and terrifying encounters, 144 00:06:49,875 --> 00:06:53,500 they say they start eventually sleeping in one room 145 00:06:53,542 --> 00:06:55,375 with their weapons out. 146 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:59,083 [Narrator] For the next several months, 147 00:06:59,167 --> 00:07:01,500 the family says it scrapes by, 148 00:07:01,542 --> 00:07:03,500 trying to survive the bizarre things 149 00:07:03,583 --> 00:07:06,250 that are happening on their ranch. 150 00:07:06,333 --> 00:07:09,500 Then, in the summer of 1995, 151 00:07:09,542 --> 00:07:12,417 about a year after the Shermans first move in, 152 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,750 they say a series of tragedies 153 00:07:14,833 --> 00:07:17,000 pushes them to their physical 154 00:07:17,083 --> 00:07:19,625 and emotional breaking point. 155 00:07:19,708 --> 00:07:22,625 [Oluseyi] One night, Terry Sherman is outside 156 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:26,542 when he sees a huge orange orb in the sky. 157 00:07:26,625 --> 00:07:29,042 Beams of light come down from it, 158 00:07:29,125 --> 00:07:32,458 and Terry says it seems to scan the property from the sky. 159 00:07:32,542 --> 00:07:34,542 [dogs barking] 160 00:07:34,625 --> 00:07:36,792 The orbs are so terrifying 161 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:39,042 that the Shermans say their beloved dogs 162 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:42,458 spring into action, chasing after them into the woods, 163 00:07:42,542 --> 00:07:45,167 -trying to protect the family. -[dogs barking] 164 00:07:46,875 --> 00:07:49,542 But the dogs never return. 165 00:07:49,625 --> 00:07:53,333 The Shermans desperately search for their beloved pets, 166 00:07:53,375 --> 00:07:57,333 only to find them in a wooded area, no longer alive, 167 00:07:57,375 --> 00:08:00,000 their bodies seemingly liquified. 168 00:08:00,042 --> 00:08:01,208 [dramatic musical sting] 169 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:06,625 [Narrator] In 1996, 170 00:08:06,708 --> 00:08:08,792 just two years after moving in, 171 00:08:08,875 --> 00:08:12,625 the Shermans decide to put their ranch up for sale. 172 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:14,667 This seems like it's gonna be a hard sell 173 00:08:14,708 --> 00:08:16,667 because of all the paranormal activity 174 00:08:16,792 --> 00:08:19,167 and the skinwalker sightings on the ranch. 175 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:21,792 [Oluseyi] But after reading about the strange happenings 176 00:08:21,917 --> 00:08:25,375 on the Sherman ranch, a man makes an offer 177 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:28,500 to buy the ranch for $200,000. 178 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:31,000 It's less than what the Shermans paid for it, 179 00:08:31,083 --> 00:08:32,875 but they say, to get out, 180 00:08:32,958 --> 00:08:35,958 they're more than happy to accept the loss. 181 00:08:37,833 --> 00:08:40,417 The Shermans tell a reporter for the Deseret News 182 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:42,833 essentially everything that's happened. 183 00:08:42,917 --> 00:08:45,333 Their bizarre and unprecedented story 184 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:47,833 fascinates and spreads world-wide. 185 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:50,333 Their property earns a new moniker-- 186 00:08:50,417 --> 00:08:51,875 Skinwalker Ranch. 187 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,583 It's been decades 188 00:08:55,708 --> 00:08:57,375 since the Shermans sold Skinwalker Ranch, 189 00:08:57,458 --> 00:09:00,750 but the strange occurrences there continue. 190 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:03,500 [Narrator] The Skinwalker Ranch is a notorious hotspot 191 00:09:03,583 --> 00:09:06,333 for chilling accounts of unexplained phenomena, 192 00:09:06,375 --> 00:09:08,292 but across the country, 193 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:11,250 the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virgina, 194 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:14,500 became the alleged home to another creature, 195 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:17,000 what would come to be known as... 196 00:09:17,083 --> 00:09:18,750 the Mothman. 197 00:09:22,250 --> 00:09:24,417 [Frey] Between November of 1966 198 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:26,708 and December of 1967, 199 00:09:26,792 --> 00:09:28,917 there were more than 100 sightings 200 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,833 of this winged creature terrorizing Point Pleasant. 201 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:34,667 The descriptions of this creature 202 00:09:34,750 --> 00:09:36,917 are different from anything else 203 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,875 that had been heard before or since. 204 00:09:39,958 --> 00:09:43,542 They all describe a creature that's 7 to 9 feet tall 205 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:45,833 with these huge, terrifying, feathery wings 206 00:09:45,917 --> 00:09:48,000 and these glowing red eyes. 207 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:51,542 And, perhaps most frightening, 208 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:54,083 this terrifying cry. 209 00:09:54,167 --> 00:09:56,250 [Narrator] One of those 100 sightings 210 00:09:56,333 --> 00:10:00,167 comes in November, 1966, from Kristina Bennett 211 00:10:00,250 --> 00:10:03,000 who believes she was one of the first people 212 00:10:03,042 --> 00:10:06,208 to come face to face with the Mothman. 213 00:10:07,208 --> 00:10:08,750 [Kristina] We've been in Point Pleasant 214 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,167 for generations upon generations. 215 00:10:11,250 --> 00:10:14,458 I had a great childhood growing up, you know? 216 00:10:14,542 --> 00:10:16,083 I mean, it was a close-knit family... 217 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:19,167 Sunday dinners at Grandma's house. 218 00:10:19,292 --> 00:10:21,958 But that day, it changed. 219 00:10:23,625 --> 00:10:25,708 [Narrator] In November, 1966... 220 00:10:28,167 --> 00:10:30,542 ...four-year-old Kristina joins her aunt, uncle, 221 00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:34,333 and mother to visit her cousins. 222 00:10:35,042 --> 00:10:38,458 After a few hours, they prepare to drive home. 223 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:40,792 [Kristina] It was just getting dark, 224 00:10:40,875 --> 00:10:44,000 and we were heading back to the car 225 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,125 and Mother went to the passenger side with me. 226 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:54,500 She just sensed that her... she was-- 227 00:10:54,625 --> 00:10:57,208 she just kinda looked over her shoulder 228 00:10:57,292 --> 00:11:00,000 and she thought, well, you know, that's odd. 229 00:11:03,167 --> 00:11:04,708 She saw the red eyes. 230 00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:06,792 It was... 231 00:11:06,917 --> 00:11:09,542 like hunkered down, like this. 232 00:11:10,417 --> 00:11:13,708 My mother was just, like, in so much shock 233 00:11:13,792 --> 00:11:15,417 that she couldn't move. 234 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,708 She was frozen. 235 00:11:18,542 --> 00:11:22,208 I just remember looking up and seeing 236 00:11:22,292 --> 00:11:25,083 this creature... 237 00:11:25,208 --> 00:11:27,167 and... 238 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:28,667 that it screeched. 239 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:31,625 My mother started screaming. 240 00:11:31,708 --> 00:11:35,333 I mean, she was just hysterical. 241 00:11:42,875 --> 00:11:44,667 [Narrator] November, 1966, 242 00:11:44,750 --> 00:11:47,333 Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 243 00:11:47,417 --> 00:11:50,000 Kristina Bennett says she and her family 244 00:11:50,083 --> 00:11:53,958 come face to face with a feathery, red-eyed creature 245 00:11:54,042 --> 00:11:56,792 that will later become known as the Mothman. 246 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,708 [Kristina] Uncle Raymond came around 247 00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:02,750 to the other side of the car, 248 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:05,500 and he grabbed ahold of me and my mother 249 00:12:05,542 --> 00:12:07,833 and he took us back into the house. 250 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:12,833 It came up on the porch. 251 00:12:12,917 --> 00:12:14,542 -[voices screaming] -And at that point, 252 00:12:14,625 --> 00:12:16,125 my cousins were terrified. 253 00:12:16,208 --> 00:12:18,667 They were screaming. We were all screaming, 254 00:12:18,708 --> 00:12:20,708 "Don't go outside! Please don't go outside!" 255 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:23,875 They go to get the gun. 256 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,208 Uncle Raymond said, "I'll go outside." 257 00:12:28,375 --> 00:12:31,417 My uncle was, you know, a coal miner, Uncle Raymond, 258 00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:33,667 so he wouldn't have been afraid about anything. 259 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:37,000 But he was even shaken up. 260 00:12:39,375 --> 00:12:41,667 I remember my mother saying, 261 00:12:41,750 --> 00:12:43,583 "You're gonna have to shoot it, Raymond. 262 00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,958 You're gonna have to shoot it." 263 00:12:47,708 --> 00:12:49,875 [heartbeat thumping] 264 00:12:51,375 --> 00:12:53,250 But it's gone. 265 00:12:56,708 --> 00:12:58,833 It disappeared. 266 00:12:58,917 --> 00:13:00,500 [Narrator] Kristina says they then called 267 00:13:00,625 --> 00:13:02,500 the Point Pleasant Sheriff 268 00:13:02,542 --> 00:13:04,833 and learned that they aren't the first witnesses 269 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:08,000 to report a feathery, red-eyed creature. 270 00:13:08,083 --> 00:13:10,000 [Banias] The day before the Bennetts' encounter, 271 00:13:10,042 --> 00:13:13,042 local police field a call from two married couples 272 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:15,500 who report the presence of a strange creature 273 00:13:15,542 --> 00:13:17,458 lurking in the woods. 274 00:13:17,542 --> 00:13:19,000 [Oluseyi] According to them, 275 00:13:19,083 --> 00:13:21,000 among the trees are, reflected back, 276 00:13:21,083 --> 00:13:24,000 two huge red eyes. 277 00:13:25,542 --> 00:13:27,833 The four eyewitnesses say they're terrified. 278 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,542 The driver peels off away from the creature. 279 00:13:31,375 --> 00:13:33,833 [Frey] The eyewitnesses file a report 280 00:13:33,875 --> 00:13:36,000 and they describe seeing the creature 281 00:13:36,042 --> 00:13:37,833 shoot straight up into the air, 282 00:13:37,917 --> 00:13:40,833 and then it followed their car, 283 00:13:40,917 --> 00:13:43,667 flying back and forth across the back end of it, 284 00:13:43,750 --> 00:13:45,958 which is really quite impressive, 285 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:50,167 because they said they were going 100 to 105 miles per hour. 286 00:13:50,250 --> 00:13:52,000 Another witness actually described 287 00:13:52,083 --> 00:13:54,792 hearing the massive wings flap. 288 00:13:57,875 --> 00:13:59,667 [Banias] One witness draws a rough sketch 289 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:02,417 of this angry-looking creature. 290 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:04,292 [Narrator] The Point Pleasant Register 291 00:14:04,375 --> 00:14:06,500 picks up on these mysterious sightings 292 00:14:06,583 --> 00:14:08,833 and publishes an article. 293 00:14:08,917 --> 00:14:11,250 [Frey] Three days after that initial sighting, 294 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:14,000 The Gettysburg Times cited eight other people 295 00:14:14,083 --> 00:14:16,500 who claim to have seen the winged creature. 296 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:23,917 [Narrator] Dozens and dozens of reports continue to pile up. 297 00:14:24,042 --> 00:14:26,542 The unique and uniform nature of the sightings 298 00:14:26,625 --> 00:14:30,292 take over local news, but it's what happens next 299 00:14:30,375 --> 00:14:33,000 that pushes the tiny town of Point Pleasant 300 00:14:33,083 --> 00:14:35,375 into the national spotlight. 301 00:14:37,292 --> 00:14:39,708 [Kristina] It was December the 15th, 302 00:14:39,792 --> 00:14:42,167 a year after the sightings started. 303 00:14:43,083 --> 00:14:44,875 [Oluseyi] Point Pleasant Silver Bridge 304 00:14:44,958 --> 00:14:47,042 is packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic, 305 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:50,000 full of Christmas shoppers and commuters 306 00:14:50,042 --> 00:14:52,042 winding their way home 307 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:56,833 when suddenly a deafening noise fills the air... 308 00:14:56,917 --> 00:14:59,000 as the bridge begins to wobble. 309 00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:05,250 The steel suspension bridge collapses entirely. 310 00:15:07,208 --> 00:15:10,917 31 vehicles plunge into the frigid waters below, 311 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 killing 46. 312 00:15:14,375 --> 00:15:16,917 It was traumatic for a small town. 313 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,583 You know, it was 10 days before Christmas, 314 00:15:19,667 --> 00:15:21,583 and we have Christmas presents 315 00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:24,042 floating down the river and... 316 00:15:24,125 --> 00:15:27,417 people trying to find people. 317 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:31,667 [Narrator] But there is a strange coincidence. 318 00:15:32,542 --> 00:15:35,500 That morning, several townspeople reported seeing 319 00:15:35,542 --> 00:15:38,917 a menacing winged creature flying near the bridge. 320 00:15:39,875 --> 00:15:41,458 [Frey] In the aftermath, 321 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:43,500 there is a popular theory that emerges 322 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:45,333 that Mothman being there 323 00:15:45,417 --> 00:15:47,917 was actually a warning of this disaster coming. 324 00:15:49,875 --> 00:15:51,542 [Kristina] After the bridge fell, 325 00:15:51,625 --> 00:15:54,333 my mother and Uncle Raymond, and Aunt Catherine also, 326 00:15:54,375 --> 00:15:58,958 they felt that the Mothman was... 327 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:01,000 the omen. 328 00:16:01,083 --> 00:16:04,208 This had a correlation. 329 00:16:04,292 --> 00:16:06,875 I really feel that it was a... 330 00:16:06,958 --> 00:16:09,333 a first-class warning. 331 00:16:09,417 --> 00:16:11,875 [Narrator] An investigation eventually reveals 332 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,583 why the Silver Bridge collapsed. 333 00:16:14,667 --> 00:16:18,792 A fracture in an I-bar caused a suspension chain to give way, 334 00:16:18,875 --> 00:16:22,167 which toppled the entire bridge. 335 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,125 But locals still debate 336 00:16:24,208 --> 00:16:27,625 whether the creature's reported appearance was a curse. 337 00:16:28,875 --> 00:16:31,000 I don't like being in Point pleasant. 338 00:16:31,042 --> 00:16:33,667 I'll be honest with you. 339 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:36,542 I-I can't put a name on it. 340 00:16:36,625 --> 00:16:38,625 I just have a fear. 341 00:16:42,375 --> 00:16:44,333 [Narrator] Point Pleasant isn't the only town 342 00:16:44,417 --> 00:16:46,542 with a cluster of mysterious sightings 343 00:16:46,625 --> 00:16:49,208 that ended in tragedy. 344 00:16:49,292 --> 00:16:51,833 In Texas, there's a long history of reports 345 00:16:51,917 --> 00:16:55,167 describing a muscular bipedal creature 346 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:58,792 with the face of a dog or wolf, 347 00:16:58,875 --> 00:17:02,208 often aggressive and sometimes violent. 348 00:17:03,250 --> 00:17:06,042 The official sightings date back to the late 1800s 349 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:08,000 and are so common 350 00:17:08,083 --> 00:17:10,833 that many have given this hotspot a name-- 351 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:14,042 the Texas Dogman Triangle. 352 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:16,000 [Banias] The Texas Dogman Triangle 353 00:17:16,083 --> 00:17:18,792 is a 700-plus-square-mile area, 354 00:17:18,875 --> 00:17:22,458 and it stretches across Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston. 355 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,083 Dozens of encounters there have made it a modern hotspot 356 00:17:25,167 --> 00:17:26,542 for Dogman sightings. 357 00:17:26,625 --> 00:17:29,208 [Oluseyi] Indigenous tribes in the area 358 00:17:29,292 --> 00:17:31,958 like the Caddo, Comanche, and Apache 359 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,000 have long told stories 360 00:17:34,042 --> 00:17:37,208 of shape-shifters and spirit wolves. 361 00:17:37,292 --> 00:17:39,250 In the early 1800s, 362 00:17:39,333 --> 00:17:43,000 French fur traders reported run-ins with the Rougarou, 363 00:17:43,042 --> 00:17:44,667 werewolf-like creatures 364 00:17:44,792 --> 00:17:47,125 that were said to roam the dense Southern forests. 365 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:50,375 [Narrator] In 2021, one case 366 00:17:50,458 --> 00:17:53,750 brings this Texas hotspot into national headlines 367 00:17:53,833 --> 00:17:55,958 when a man was found dead, 368 00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:59,333 allegedly killed by an unknown canine. 369 00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:02,042 [Oluseyi] In 2021, just outside Dallas, 370 00:18:02,167 --> 00:18:05,042 Christopher Whiteley is found dead in the woods 371 00:18:05,125 --> 00:18:08,083 with severe neck injuries. 372 00:18:08,167 --> 00:18:10,625 The cause of death is officially listed as 373 00:18:10,708 --> 00:18:14,125 injuries of the neck, due to animal attack 374 00:18:14,208 --> 00:18:16,083 with no reference to a mountain lion 375 00:18:16,167 --> 00:18:18,333 or any specific animal. 376 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:20,417 [Banias] After performing an autopsy, 377 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:24,292 experts agree that the wounds do seem to belong to an animal, 378 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:26,417 but no one can seem to agree what kind of animal. 379 00:18:26,833 --> 00:18:30,125 [Narrator] Monica Rawlins of Dallas, Texas, 380 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:32,667 has a theory. 381 00:18:32,750 --> 00:18:36,083 She believes the creature that attacked Christopher Whiteley 382 00:18:36,167 --> 00:18:40,583 is the same creature she encounters in 2013... 383 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:43,083 the Dogman. 384 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:47,833 I remember the night very well. 385 00:18:47,958 --> 00:18:50,167 It's something I'm not going to forget. 386 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:54,958 I had to pick my daughter up from work. 387 00:18:55,042 --> 00:18:57,458 To drive to her work takes me through 388 00:18:57,542 --> 00:19:01,083 a few, um, areas, but it's generally considered very safe. 389 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:07,375 It was between 11 and 11:30 at night. 390 00:19:07,458 --> 00:19:10,833 I'd done that drive probably 20 times. 391 00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:12,625 I was just kind of zoning out. 392 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:18,500 At that point, I notice a feeling come over me, 393 00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:21,500 a wave, 394 00:19:21,542 --> 00:19:25,542 like this feeling, the sense, just this sense of...danger. 395 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:29,333 I make the turn onto the street. 396 00:19:29,417 --> 00:19:32,875 There is a pretty decent-sized pool of light 397 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,458 from this one street light, 398 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:36,542 and it illuminated quite a decent area. 399 00:19:39,167 --> 00:19:42,000 So as I'm driving, 400 00:19:42,083 --> 00:19:45,417 I see something moving low to the ground. 401 00:19:46,708 --> 00:19:48,583 I thought it was a dog, 402 00:19:48,667 --> 00:19:51,167 and it's coming towards the ring of light. 403 00:19:53,042 --> 00:19:55,375 It was 20 yards from it. 404 00:19:55,458 --> 00:19:58,333 It must notice me. 405 00:19:58,375 --> 00:20:01,417 It makes kind of a beeline for my vehicle. 406 00:20:05,208 --> 00:20:07,167 As it got closer, 407 00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:09,417 I'm turning my head to look at it. 408 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:14,583 It starts--instead of this crouching run that it was doing 409 00:20:14,708 --> 00:20:17,333 it starts bounding. 410 00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:20,833 My mind is telling me dogs don't hop like that. 411 00:20:20,875 --> 00:20:22,708 I am terrified. 412 00:20:29,042 --> 00:20:30,667 [Narrator] It's 2013. 413 00:20:30,708 --> 00:20:32,917 Monica Rawlins is driving through what many call 414 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,708 the Texas Dogman Triangle 415 00:20:34,792 --> 00:20:37,208 to pick up her daughter from work 416 00:20:37,292 --> 00:20:39,875 when she encounters what she describes 417 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,375 as a menacing dog-like creature. 418 00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,708 [Monica] It's a big animal and... 419 00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:49,500 muscular. 420 00:20:49,583 --> 00:20:53,125 It did have like a hump on the back of its neck 421 00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:55,208 like a hyena. 422 00:20:55,333 --> 00:20:58,375 And it had tall, pointy ears. 423 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,500 And it had a long snout, but it wasn't... 424 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:02,458 it wasn't long like a wolf. 425 00:21:02,542 --> 00:21:04,333 It was a blunted snout, 426 00:21:04,375 --> 00:21:06,750 kind of like a bear. 427 00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:09,458 The logical and rational part of my mind 428 00:21:09,542 --> 00:21:12,083 is very much at odds with 429 00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:16,083 the instinctual part of my body 430 00:21:16,167 --> 00:21:18,750 telling me this is-- this is happening. 431 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:20,792 This is real. 432 00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:25,875 My mind is telling me don't look it in the eyes. 433 00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:33,792 I come to, and I just punch that gas. 434 00:21:36,583 --> 00:21:40,042 I remember thinking, oh, I've done it now. 435 00:21:40,167 --> 00:21:42,000 I just ran, and that's gonna trigger 436 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:44,458 the predator-prey response. 437 00:21:44,542 --> 00:21:48,042 I'm flying down these like residential roads. 438 00:21:48,125 --> 00:21:50,833 There were several stop signs, 439 00:21:50,917 --> 00:21:53,250 and I blew through every single one of them. 440 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:58,042 I'm terrified, and I am thinking 441 00:21:58,167 --> 00:22:00,667 I'm gonna feel this thing jump on the back of my car. 442 00:22:02,708 --> 00:22:04,667 And I wanted to get away from that sensation. 443 00:22:04,792 --> 00:22:07,667 I wanted to get away from the clear danger in my mind. 444 00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:15,333 I came to the shopping center that my daughter worked at. 445 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,708 I parked, facing the road, 446 00:22:17,875 --> 00:22:20,333 fully expecting to see this thing 447 00:22:20,375 --> 00:22:22,292 come out of the darkness. 448 00:22:27,125 --> 00:22:28,792 I remember thinking, 449 00:22:28,875 --> 00:22:30,667 they're gonna find my car tomorrow 450 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,208 with all the windows broken out. 451 00:22:32,292 --> 00:22:33,500 There's gonna be blood everywhere, 452 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:35,958 and nobody's gonna know what happened to me. 453 00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:41,500 I am also concerned that my daughter is going to 454 00:22:41,583 --> 00:22:43,458 come out to the car right as this thing emerges. 455 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:48,250 What do I do? Do I hit it with my car? 456 00:22:48,333 --> 00:22:51,250 [tense music throbs] 457 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:55,042 ♪ 458 00:22:55,167 --> 00:22:58,417 She meanders on up to the car, 459 00:22:58,417 --> 00:23:00,542 taking her time, 460 00:23:00,625 --> 00:23:02,833 and the entire time I am thinking, 461 00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:05,333 "Get in the car. Get in the car. Get in the car." 462 00:23:09,208 --> 00:23:12,667 When she finally opens the door, 463 00:23:12,708 --> 00:23:16,583 we start our drive home, and I am quiet. 464 00:23:16,708 --> 00:23:19,958 She asked me if I was okay 'cause I was just clearly 465 00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:22,167 driving in my own head. 466 00:23:22,250 --> 00:23:24,208 And I said it's nothing. 467 00:23:24,292 --> 00:23:27,458 Let's just go. I've had a long night. 468 00:23:27,542 --> 00:23:30,750 I didn't want to tell her, because I was debating 469 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:33,750 whether or not I wanted to tell anybody what I saw. 470 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:39,042 I remember, once we got home that night... 471 00:23:41,958 --> 00:23:45,667 I went straight to bed, and I laid there in the dark. 472 00:23:45,708 --> 00:23:49,292 Every time the wind would rustle a brush 473 00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:52,208 or a leaf would scrape across the concrete, 474 00:23:52,292 --> 00:23:55,000 I would jump out of my skin. 475 00:23:55,083 --> 00:23:57,667 I would imagine this creature stalking me 476 00:23:57,750 --> 00:24:00,458 in the dark, just stalking me, 477 00:24:00,583 --> 00:24:02,667 watching me move, waiting to grab me 478 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:05,333 and take me to wherever it was it came from. 479 00:24:05,458 --> 00:24:09,500 I-I legitimately have a really hard time 480 00:24:09,542 --> 00:24:13,125 trying to rationalize where this thing came from 481 00:24:13,208 --> 00:24:15,792 in the middle of Dallas. 482 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:20,708 I didn't know that there were so many sightings 483 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:23,667 in this triangular area of Texas 484 00:24:23,750 --> 00:24:25,542 until I really started looking into it. 485 00:24:28,417 --> 00:24:30,333 [Narrator] Later, Monica discovers 486 00:24:30,417 --> 00:24:32,708 the Christopher Whiteley story 487 00:24:32,792 --> 00:24:35,333 and wonders if the killer responsible 488 00:24:35,417 --> 00:24:37,917 is the same creature she saw that night. 489 00:24:39,208 --> 00:24:40,667 I wasn't surprised. 490 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:42,583 I wasn't surprised that one of these things 491 00:24:42,667 --> 00:24:45,708 had potentially killed a human. 492 00:24:45,792 --> 00:24:47,917 I know that officials 493 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,167 were trying to say that it was a mountain lion attack. 494 00:24:50,292 --> 00:24:53,625 The game wardens are saying it's not a mountain lion. 495 00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:55,625 I don't know what killed him, 496 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:58,500 but absolutely, I think it is 497 00:24:58,583 --> 00:25:00,333 within the realm of possibility 498 00:25:00,417 --> 00:25:03,125 that it was one of these dogmen. 499 00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:13,417 [Narrator] During the 1960s, Northern California's 500 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:15,667 Klamath Mountains emerge as a major hotspot 501 00:25:15,792 --> 00:25:19,000 for alleged sightings of a strange, bipedal 502 00:25:19,042 --> 00:25:22,125 ape-like creature known as Bigfoot. 503 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,083 Multiple local and national newspapers 504 00:25:27,167 --> 00:25:30,083 regularly cover the mysterious encounters. 505 00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:35,708 For all the claims, there is little physical evidence... 506 00:25:35,833 --> 00:25:40,292 until 1967 when two men claim to capture the creature 507 00:25:40,375 --> 00:25:41,750 on camera. 508 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,000 [Hanks] Rodeo-cowboys-turned-filmmakers 509 00:25:46,125 --> 00:25:49,167 Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin head into the remote wilderness 510 00:25:49,292 --> 00:25:52,167 following reports of a strange, ape-like creature. 511 00:25:54,458 --> 00:25:56,375 Armed with a 16 millimeter film camera, 512 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,000 they're determined to capture 513 00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:00,333 what so many others have already claimed that they've seen. 514 00:26:00,417 --> 00:26:01,875 [Banias] On October 20th, 515 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 two friends are beside Bluff Creek, 516 00:26:04,083 --> 00:26:06,833 25 miles northwest of Orleans, California, 517 00:26:06,917 --> 00:26:08,875 when they see what appears to be 518 00:26:08,875 --> 00:26:11,750 a massive, hair-covered bipedal creature. 519 00:26:11,833 --> 00:26:14,125 Patterson and Gimlin roll the camera on the creature 520 00:26:14,208 --> 00:26:16,333 for about 59 seconds, 521 00:26:16,417 --> 00:26:18,875 and they refer to it as Bigfoot. 522 00:26:19,792 --> 00:26:23,583 The footage is rough. It's grainy and shaky. 523 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,458 But it seems to capture the creature 524 00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:27,458 walking away from the camera 525 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:29,667 and momentarily glancing over its shoulder. 526 00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:32,292 It defines the modern image of Bigfoot-- 527 00:26:32,375 --> 00:26:35,583 upright, muscular, and reclusive. 528 00:26:35,667 --> 00:26:38,583 Their film becomes the most widely recognized 529 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:42,167 piece of cryptid evidence ever captured, 530 00:26:42,208 --> 00:26:45,208 today known as the Patterson-Gimlin film. 531 00:26:47,208 --> 00:26:49,375 But skeptics dismiss it 532 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:51,667 as nothing more than a man in a costume. 533 00:26:54,542 --> 00:26:56,458 [Narrator] 16 years later, 534 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:59,208 in the summer of 1983, 535 00:26:59,292 --> 00:27:02,333 Curtis and Ray Jones believe they may have encountered 536 00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:03,958 the same type of creature 537 00:27:04,042 --> 00:27:06,792 captured in Patterson and Gimlin's footage 538 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:09,333 when vacationing in the same mountain range 539 00:27:09,375 --> 00:27:10,708 where it was filmed. 540 00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:15,292 [man] We were living in Yreka, California, 541 00:27:15,375 --> 00:27:16,833 which is right at the foothill 542 00:27:16,917 --> 00:27:19,250 of the Klamath National Forest. 543 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,167 Me and my brother were 15 years old. 544 00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:28,875 Ray is, uh, well, of course he's my identical twin brother. 545 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,958 We were outdoorsy all the time. 546 00:27:31,042 --> 00:27:33,625 We liked to go out and be adventurous. 547 00:27:33,708 --> 00:27:34,708 Yeah, we didn't have video games. 548 00:27:34,833 --> 00:27:36,833 We had to play physical games 549 00:27:36,917 --> 00:27:39,000 if we wanted to have any kind of excitement. 550 00:27:40,875 --> 00:27:43,333 Our game is kinda like a mixture of guns 551 00:27:43,458 --> 00:27:45,125 and hide and go seek. 552 00:27:45,208 --> 00:27:47,042 It was just fingers. We just had, you know, 553 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:49,875 bang, bang, bang type of game, you know? 554 00:27:49,958 --> 00:27:51,625 We didn't have any real set rules. 555 00:27:52,625 --> 00:27:54,333 [laughter] 556 00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:57,417 [Narrator] Curtis and Ray divide teams. 557 00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:01,625 Ray and two friends stay at home plate 558 00:28:01,708 --> 00:28:03,542 while Curtis and the other kids 559 00:28:03,625 --> 00:28:06,750 hide beyond the back fence. 560 00:28:06,833 --> 00:28:08,917 [Curtis] Probably about 8:00 or 9:00 at night. 561 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,417 The sun was already going down. 562 00:28:12,333 --> 00:28:15,125 My brother had to count down from a hundred 563 00:28:15,208 --> 00:28:17,667 while my team took off. 564 00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:21,792 We laid down right next to that chain-link fence. 565 00:28:24,208 --> 00:28:26,333 And we were waiting for the other team to come after us. 566 00:28:28,042 --> 00:28:29,792 [Narrator] But as Ray and his team 567 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:33,750 turn to start searching, they see three figures. 568 00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:35,958 [Ray] And we could see these black figures. 569 00:28:36,042 --> 00:28:38,000 I'm trying to figure out if I can recognize 570 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:40,167 some kind of clothing on them or something, you know. 571 00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:43,417 We were trying to focus on what they were. 572 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,292 [Narrator] Beyond the back fence, 573 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:48,958 Curtis and his team notice the same obscure figures. 574 00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:52,833 [Curtis] My sister nudged me, 575 00:28:52,917 --> 00:28:56,458 said, "The other team's walking across the field." 576 00:28:56,542 --> 00:28:58,875 Sure enough, three figures walking right through 577 00:28:58,958 --> 00:29:00,917 the middle of the field, basically. 578 00:29:03,167 --> 00:29:06,500 So we crawled, and we're doing it real slow. 579 00:29:06,625 --> 00:29:08,333 We'll have the element of surprise. 580 00:29:08,417 --> 00:29:10,542 And all I'm doing is just scanning around, 581 00:29:10,625 --> 00:29:12,167 looking for the other team. 582 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:13,833 [Narrator] While Curtis assumes 583 00:29:13,917 --> 00:29:16,333 the three figures on the field are the other team, 584 00:29:16,375 --> 00:29:18,000 back at home plate, 585 00:29:18,042 --> 00:29:21,583 Ray knows he is not looking at his brother. 586 00:29:21,667 --> 00:29:23,542 [Ray] The way that they were walking, 587 00:29:23,625 --> 00:29:26,958 it almost looked like they were like marching in a certain way 588 00:29:27,042 --> 00:29:29,250 like they're like synchronizing each other. 589 00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:32,708 The two little bit smaller ones went around the fence. 590 00:29:32,792 --> 00:29:34,917 The other one took like two leaps 591 00:29:34,917 --> 00:29:36,583 and was over the fence. 592 00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:40,125 [tense music plays] 593 00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:41,917 ♪ 594 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,208 That fence was at least 10 feet. 595 00:29:44,292 --> 00:29:46,333 There's no way that I can just go like this 596 00:29:46,417 --> 00:29:49,875 and leap over the fence like that like this thing did. 597 00:29:50,958 --> 00:29:52,708 And that just scared me and I go, 598 00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:54,750 "They're not regular humans." 599 00:29:56,542 --> 00:29:58,958 I go, man, could this be Bigfoot? 600 00:29:59,042 --> 00:30:01,042 Yeah, we've heard of Bigfoot before. 601 00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:03,292 You know, we've seen stories about Bigfoot. 602 00:30:04,833 --> 00:30:07,333 I was scared. 603 00:30:07,417 --> 00:30:09,292 You know, we knew my brother was over there still. 604 00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:16,875 [Narrator] The Klamath Mountains 605 00:30:16,958 --> 00:30:18,000 are a world-famous hotspot 606 00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:19,958 for Bigfoot encounters. 607 00:30:19,958 --> 00:30:23,333 In 1983, while playing within the mountain range, 608 00:30:23,375 --> 00:30:27,333 Curtis and Ray Jones see three obscure figures. 609 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000 One of the brothers witnessed a figure 610 00:30:31,042 --> 00:30:34,167 make an impossible leap over a large fence. 611 00:30:37,583 --> 00:30:39,917 Ray has identified the creatures. 612 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,167 Curtis is oblivious. 613 00:30:43,292 --> 00:30:47,167 In the tall grass, he can't discern the dark shapes. 614 00:30:48,292 --> 00:30:50,833 [Curtis] Now I notice two figures 615 00:30:50,875 --> 00:30:53,500 sitting about 20 feet away from me 616 00:30:53,583 --> 00:30:56,417 just slightly to my left. 617 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:59,375 They were staring at me, these two figures. 618 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:00,958 They weren't moving. 619 00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:03,542 They were just--they were fixated looking at me. 620 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:07,125 I seen a third figure come running, 621 00:31:07,208 --> 00:31:09,417 dashing right around the other two. 622 00:31:10,833 --> 00:31:13,250 It was covered in fur or hair, 623 00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:15,167 'cause I could see the upper torso 624 00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:17,500 and I could see like the individual hairs. 625 00:31:17,583 --> 00:31:20,958 It was like 3 feet wide, definitely on two legs. 626 00:31:21,042 --> 00:31:23,500 This thing was running so fast, 627 00:31:23,542 --> 00:31:26,500 and then it just made a beeline right straight towards me. 628 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:32,167 I'm looking at this creature. 629 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:35,750 It finally came to a dead stop like 10 feet from me. 630 00:31:35,875 --> 00:31:38,833 I could see him, or her, 631 00:31:38,875 --> 00:31:40,333 tilt its head to one side like it wanted to 632 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:43,208 say something to me, like it wanted to communicate with me. 633 00:31:45,583 --> 00:31:47,833 I was in shock at this point. 634 00:31:47,833 --> 00:31:49,708 That's how scared I was. 635 00:31:49,792 --> 00:31:51,542 I didn't know what else to do. 636 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:57,000 And I started using my fingers. 637 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,833 I started going bang, bang, bang! 638 00:32:00,917 --> 00:32:02,875 When I started doing that, 639 00:32:02,958 --> 00:32:05,125 when I started shooting at this creature... 640 00:32:07,417 --> 00:32:10,417 ...they just turned around and then they just started, um, 641 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:13,667 they started leaping real high in the grass away from me. 642 00:32:18,125 --> 00:32:19,917 That's when I started running toward the fence. 643 00:32:23,333 --> 00:32:26,500 [Curtis] My brother Ray, he just yells out, flat out, 644 00:32:26,542 --> 00:32:29,833 he just says, "We just saw a Bigfoot!" 645 00:32:29,917 --> 00:32:32,375 That's all I heard. "We saw a Bigfoot." 646 00:32:32,458 --> 00:32:34,833 And that's when-- that's when all the blood 647 00:32:34,917 --> 00:32:38,000 just rushed down from the top of my head. 648 00:32:38,125 --> 00:32:40,375 Never felt a fear like that before. 649 00:32:41,375 --> 00:32:43,500 [Ray] And of course, we don't wanna admit that we were scared, 650 00:32:43,625 --> 00:32:45,125 but he was definitely scared. 651 00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:46,833 I could see it in his face. 652 00:32:46,917 --> 00:32:48,958 At that point I was trying to figure out what was going on. 653 00:32:49,042 --> 00:32:50,917 I was just... I was in total shock. 654 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:56,333 I was physically shaken so bad, 655 00:32:56,417 --> 00:32:59,375 and I had tears come down my eyes. 656 00:32:59,458 --> 00:33:02,917 And my team was all gathered around me and stuff. 657 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,208 It mighta taken hours to be totally 658 00:33:05,292 --> 00:33:07,167 more calm about it. 659 00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:11,333 [Narrator] The next day, Curtis and Ray 660 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:15,875 begin researching the creatures they saw the night before. 661 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,375 [Curtis] We decided to go to the library. 662 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:21,333 So we're scanning through all these news articles and stuff. 663 00:33:21,417 --> 00:33:23,708 I've always seen that Patterson film. 664 00:33:23,792 --> 00:33:26,667 I didn't realize that that was on the same mountain range. 665 00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:30,000 I didn't realize that that was that close, you know? 666 00:33:30,042 --> 00:33:32,958 And I found stuff way back that was in Yreka 667 00:33:33,042 --> 00:33:36,000 that date way back in the early 1900s... 668 00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:38,833 that that whole mountain range has the most sightings 669 00:33:38,875 --> 00:33:41,167 in California. 670 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:43,292 [Narrator] Curtis continues to research. 671 00:33:43,375 --> 00:33:45,375 He questions why the reclusive creatures 672 00:33:45,458 --> 00:33:49,167 adventured into the outskirts of Yreka. 673 00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,250 I came to find out that, in '83, we were experiencing like 674 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:55,000 a four or five-year drought at the time. 675 00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:57,792 My theory was that they were looking for food. 676 00:33:57,792 --> 00:33:59,167 [Narrator] The Klamath Mountains 677 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:01,125 and the Pacific Northwest 678 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:04,292 are the most fertile ground for Bigfoot encounters 679 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,125 with hundreds of documented reports 680 00:34:07,208 --> 00:34:09,833 and a sustained history of sightings. 681 00:34:09,875 --> 00:34:14,042 Many have questioned if this mountain range is its home. 682 00:34:14,125 --> 00:34:16,792 I'm so convinced what I saw was real. 683 00:34:16,875 --> 00:34:18,917 Nothing can change my mind. 684 00:34:19,042 --> 00:34:21,125 I don't care who you are or what you say. 685 00:34:21,208 --> 00:34:24,125 I'm gonna believe what I saw. And that's it. 686 00:34:25,958 --> 00:34:27,250 [Narrator] The Pacific Northwest 687 00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,042 has become synonymous with the Bigfoot legend 688 00:34:30,125 --> 00:34:32,625 while another region across the country 689 00:34:32,708 --> 00:34:36,375 has earned a reputation for something even more ominous. 690 00:34:37,875 --> 00:34:39,583 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 691 00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:43,167 is known as the Steel Capital of the World. 692 00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:45,625 Many also allege that it's a hotspot 693 00:34:45,708 --> 00:34:47,417 for demonic possession. 694 00:34:49,042 --> 00:34:50,333 During its long history, 695 00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:52,750 there are reports of violent possessions 696 00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:54,917 at a boarding school, 697 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,875 exorcisms at St. Joseph's House, 698 00:34:57,958 --> 00:34:59,958 and hauntings of a residence 699 00:35:00,042 --> 00:35:01,750 where Native Americans were massacred 700 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,542 in the late 1700s. 701 00:35:04,625 --> 00:35:07,333 These strange and dark encounters 702 00:35:07,417 --> 00:35:10,042 continue to modern times. 703 00:35:10,125 --> 00:35:11,792 [Oluseyi] Pittsburgh is so plagued 704 00:35:11,875 --> 00:35:15,375 by the volume and severity of exorcism cases, 705 00:35:15,458 --> 00:35:19,500 the local Catholic diocese hires a full-time exorcist 706 00:35:19,583 --> 00:35:21,542 named Adam Blai. 707 00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:23,500 [Banias] In his first 10 years on staff, 708 00:35:23,542 --> 00:35:27,208 Blai performs over 100 exorcisms. 709 00:35:28,458 --> 00:35:30,958 [Narrator] But Blai's not the only person in Pittsburgh 710 00:35:31,042 --> 00:35:33,958 helping those possessed. 711 00:35:34,042 --> 00:35:37,292 In 2022, Jennifer Flack, 712 00:35:37,375 --> 00:35:40,333 a 42-year-old therapist and counselor, 713 00:35:40,458 --> 00:35:43,667 claims to have performed an exorcism on a woman 714 00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:45,667 at one of her retreats. 715 00:35:45,708 --> 00:35:49,500 In 2022, I just started building these women's retreats. 716 00:35:49,583 --> 00:35:51,875 Just gather the women, have fellowship. 717 00:35:51,958 --> 00:35:54,542 We're talking about resentments or healing traumas 718 00:35:54,625 --> 00:35:57,875 we termed as a CPR for the Soul workshops. 719 00:35:57,958 --> 00:36:01,750 The day's finished, and most of the women left. 720 00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:03,000 I'm cleaning up. 721 00:36:03,083 --> 00:36:05,083 These two women lingered. 722 00:36:05,167 --> 00:36:07,833 Joy and her sister Risa are just amazing folks. 723 00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:11,167 They're just wonderful elementary school teachers, 724 00:36:11,250 --> 00:36:13,583 proper little Catholic sisters. 725 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:17,667 Joy approached me and she said, "My sister, she's dark." 726 00:36:17,792 --> 00:36:19,833 And Risa is coming out of the bathroom. 727 00:36:19,958 --> 00:36:24,417 I just by happenstance put my right hand on her shoulder 728 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:28,333 and I said, "She dark like how? What do you mean, she's dark?" 729 00:36:28,417 --> 00:36:31,000 And when I laughed, I turned my head back 730 00:36:31,083 --> 00:36:33,667 and Risa's eyes were black. 731 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,667 [Narrator] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 732 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:43,125 a city many believe 733 00:36:43,208 --> 00:36:45,542 is a hotspot for demonic possession. 734 00:36:45,625 --> 00:36:47,583 It's here that Jennifer Flack, 735 00:36:47,708 --> 00:36:50,417 moments after leading a women's retreat, 736 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:55,333 encounters a woman whose eyes suddenly turn pitch black. 737 00:36:57,417 --> 00:37:01,292 She looked hollow. She looked like...inhuman. 738 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:03,167 Her head goes from pointing straight 739 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:07,792 to weirdly snapping to me. 740 00:37:07,875 --> 00:37:09,750 She spit in my face. 741 00:37:11,792 --> 00:37:13,500 She called me a... 742 00:37:15,792 --> 00:37:18,083 Whatever was talking to me was not Risa. 743 00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:20,583 It was not her. 744 00:37:20,708 --> 00:37:23,208 I couldn't get my right hand off of her shoulder. 745 00:37:23,292 --> 00:37:24,458 Like I had stuck to her. 746 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:29,250 It was a very strong magnetism. 747 00:37:29,375 --> 00:37:32,000 I was trapped. 748 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,125 She was grinding her teeth. 749 00:37:34,208 --> 00:37:36,292 It was so loud 750 00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:38,208 I thought there was only gonna be dust 751 00:37:38,292 --> 00:37:40,167 or fragments of her teeth. 752 00:37:40,250 --> 00:37:42,875 My hair was standing up on end. 753 00:37:43,625 --> 00:37:45,458 I was sick to the core of my being, 754 00:37:45,542 --> 00:37:47,417 like I just wanted to vomit. 755 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:49,833 So I put my other hand on her. 756 00:37:49,958 --> 00:37:53,000 [praying indistinctly] 757 00:37:53,083 --> 00:37:54,625 It hated me. 758 00:37:54,708 --> 00:37:56,875 It felt like I was gonna die. 759 00:37:56,958 --> 00:37:59,500 I felt like I wasn't getting out of this cabin. 760 00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:01,875 And Joy at this time already had started crying, 761 00:38:01,958 --> 00:38:03,708 and I said, "Pray every prayer you've ever known 762 00:38:03,792 --> 00:38:06,833 that you have ever learned, and don't stop." 763 00:38:06,875 --> 00:38:09,458 I am praying to every and all entities 764 00:38:09,542 --> 00:38:11,125 that will answer me-- 765 00:38:11,208 --> 00:38:14,208 God, Jesus, Mother Mary. 766 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:16,917 She begins to make this guttural noise 767 00:38:17,042 --> 00:38:19,292 that sounds kinda like a moan and a growl together. 768 00:38:19,375 --> 00:38:21,792 [muffled yelling] 769 00:38:21,917 --> 00:38:25,708 I felt like I was making whatever was in there angry. 770 00:38:25,833 --> 00:38:29,833 Risa's head turned so fast, it didn't seem human. 771 00:38:29,917 --> 00:38:34,292 And she says, "Get that [bleep] out of my pockets," 772 00:38:34,375 --> 00:38:36,458 and it was not her voice. 773 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:41,083 It sounded like a deep male 774 00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:44,083 scary voice, and it was raspy. 775 00:38:44,167 --> 00:38:45,958 It was gross. 776 00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:48,500 I asked Joy, I was like, "What's in her pocket?" 777 00:38:48,583 --> 00:38:51,583 She said, "I put the olive branch cross in one pocket 778 00:38:51,708 --> 00:38:53,625 and the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the other pocket." 779 00:38:53,625 --> 00:38:55,417 I said, "Put 'em on her skin." 780 00:38:55,542 --> 00:38:58,333 She slid the cross in between my right thumb 781 00:38:58,417 --> 00:39:00,667 and the back of Risa's neck 782 00:39:00,750 --> 00:39:04,583 and she held the Sacred Heart of Jesus on her chest. 783 00:39:07,875 --> 00:39:10,500 It literally looked like something poked out of there. 784 00:39:10,542 --> 00:39:12,875 This was far more than just evil. 785 00:39:12,958 --> 00:39:15,292 This felt demonic. 786 00:39:15,375 --> 00:39:17,833 We're both praying. We're both-- 787 00:39:17,875 --> 00:39:19,667 I know I was sweating. I was crying. 788 00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:21,667 I don't know what I said, 789 00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:23,750 just remember asking for God to help. 790 00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:29,042 It was spiritual warfare, and we were at war for her soul. 791 00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:33,167 I heard this loud pop... 792 00:39:33,292 --> 00:39:35,583 -[pop] -...and she falls 793 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:37,667 out of my hands onto the floor, 794 00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:39,875 and she's coughing and gagging and choking. 795 00:39:39,958 --> 00:39:41,500 [coughing] 796 00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:44,458 And this smell came out of her 797 00:39:44,542 --> 00:39:46,667 that smelled like rotten meat and death. 798 00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:49,083 It smelled like if Hell had a breath, 799 00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:51,000 it took a breath and let it out. 800 00:39:51,042 --> 00:39:54,250 She crawled a few steps to get onto her feet. 801 00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:56,500 She went running to the bathroom. 802 00:39:56,583 --> 00:39:58,375 She was still choking and gagging, 803 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:01,458 and it sounded like something was coming out of her. 804 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:02,875 [coughing] 805 00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:05,333 She started throwing up in the bathroom, 806 00:40:05,458 --> 00:40:07,625 and in that moment 807 00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:10,458 I just felt like there was something evil there, 808 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:12,583 like it was in the room with us. 809 00:40:12,708 --> 00:40:15,792 [intense music escalates] 810 00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:19,125 ♪ 811 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:21,917 I just went to the front door and opened the cabin door. 812 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,167 It went past me. 813 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:28,458 And when it did, I felt it. 814 00:40:28,542 --> 00:40:32,042 And it was a large tall-looking... 815 00:40:32,125 --> 00:40:35,292 entity--I don't know what else to describe it as. 816 00:40:35,292 --> 00:40:37,708 Whatever the energy was, it was... 817 00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:39,250 it was pissed. 818 00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:42,083 It lost something that it wanted, 819 00:40:42,208 --> 00:40:46,000 and it was angry with me, and I felt that. 820 00:40:46,958 --> 00:40:49,042 And when I shut the door, I felt like I locked it out, 821 00:40:49,042 --> 00:40:51,750 like I shut it outside. 822 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:53,542 My body's soaking wet. 823 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:56,458 You could wring sweat out of my clothes. 824 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,792 Joy's still crying. She was terrified. 825 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:02,458 Risa, when she emerged from the bathroom, 826 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:03,500 she sat on the couch. 827 00:41:03,583 --> 00:41:04,833 She looked right in my face 828 00:41:04,917 --> 00:41:07,167 and asked me if that was the devil. 829 00:41:07,208 --> 00:41:09,667 And I said... 830 00:41:09,750 --> 00:41:12,500 "I don't know what it was, but it wasn't God." 831 00:41:12,542 --> 00:41:15,292 [Narrator] The ordeal finally ends, 832 00:41:15,375 --> 00:41:17,250 leaving Jennifer with only questions 833 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,667 about what had occurred. 834 00:41:19,708 --> 00:41:22,542 [Jennifer] I called her the next morning 835 00:41:22,708 --> 00:41:26,000 and I said, "How's everybody doing? I'm just checking in." 836 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:29,500 She said to me, she said, "Did I do anything bad to you?" 837 00:41:29,583 --> 00:41:31,458 And I said, "No, that's okay." 838 00:41:31,542 --> 00:41:34,500 She said, "I'm sorry." I said, "It's okay." 839 00:41:34,583 --> 00:41:36,542 She had no idea what happened. 840 00:41:36,625 --> 00:41:38,333 I literally told them to go to their priest 841 00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:40,792 and tell them what had happened 842 00:41:40,875 --> 00:41:44,208 at their home church, and she said absolutely not. 843 00:41:44,292 --> 00:41:45,500 We didn't even tell our husbands. 844 00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:47,417 We're not telling anybody. 845 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:49,042 We're never talking about this again. 846 00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,708 I can't forget whatever that was. 847 00:41:53,792 --> 00:41:56,667 That was not--that was not a human disembodied spirit. 848 00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:58,750 That was evil. That was pure evil. 849 00:41:58,875 --> 00:42:00,917 I can feel it. I can smell it. 850 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,208 I-I will know it for the rest of my life. 851 00:42:03,208 --> 00:42:05,500 It's seared into my soul. 852 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,292 [Narrator] Some places are magnets 853 00:42:09,375 --> 00:42:11,125 for terrifying creatures, 854 00:42:11,208 --> 00:42:13,708 paranormal activity, 855 00:42:13,792 --> 00:42:15,792 and dark entities. 856 00:42:17,583 --> 00:42:20,375 These hotspots alter the lives 857 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,542 of the witnesses who question: 858 00:42:22,667 --> 00:42:24,500 Is it safe? 859 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:27,208 Are they still there?