1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,333 I'M JEREMY WADE.... 2 00:00:05,333 --> 00:00:06,333 FISH ON! 3 00:00:06,333 --> 00:00:10,200 BIOLOGIST AND UNDERWATER DETECTIVE. 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,000 HER BODY WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,100 THE ATTACKER'S IDENTITY UNKNOWN. 6 00:00:17,133 --> 00:00:20,133 IN SEAS AND RIVERS AROUND THE WORLD, 7 00:00:20,133 --> 00:00:21,933 I'VE GOTTEN HANDS-ON... 8 00:00:21,933 --> 00:00:23,300 AAH! 9 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:27,133 WITH SOME OF THE PLANET'S MOST NIGHTMARISH CREATURES... 10 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:33,033 BEASTS THAT HAVE OFTEN BEEN BLAMED FOR MYSTERIOUS DEATHS. 11 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:35,333 [ SHOUTS ] 12 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,333 BUT THIS TIME, IT'S DIFFERENT. 13 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:43,900 IN A FOREST AS OLD AS THE DINOSAURS, 14 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:48,733 I'M ON A MISSION TO HUNT DOWN A MONSTER FROM MY PAST 15 00:00:48,733 --> 00:00:52,267 IN A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN. 16 00:00:52,267 --> 00:00:56,400 MY TARGET IS A FRESHWATER GIANT WITH A GRUESOME RAP SHEET. 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,433 [ YELLS ] 18 00:00:57,433 --> 00:01:00,500 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS INJURY. 19 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,967 AND I'M NOT LETTING UP TILL I'VE SETTLED AN OLD SCORE. 20 00:01:04,967 --> 00:01:06,200 IT'S FISH, IT'S FISH. 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,233 AND IT BROUGHT A COW.... YEAH. 22 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,800 IT BROUGHT A COW INTO THE WATER. 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,267 HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO. 24 00:01:11,267 --> 00:01:12,567 [ GRUNTS ] 25 00:01:15,667 --> 00:01:17,967 [ MAN SCREAMS ] 26 00:01:17,967 --> 00:01:21,433 [ GASPS, SCREAMS ] 27 00:01:21,433 --> 00:01:24,433 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 28 00:01:24,433 --> 00:01:27,467 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 29 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:41,733 FROM A REMOTE LAKE IN MALAYSIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, 30 00:01:41,733 --> 00:01:45,300 COMES A DISTURBING REPORT OF A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. 31 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:53,900 THE SUN IS OUT AND THE WATER IS CALM, 32 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:56,967 BUT SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT. 33 00:02:05,267 --> 00:02:07,933 WHEN THE EMPTY BOAT IS EVENTUALLY SPOTTED, 34 00:02:07,933 --> 00:02:11,533 NO ONE CAN FIND ANY SIGN OF ITS MISSING OWNER. 35 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:21,700 A DIVE TEAM IS CALLED IN, 36 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:25,400 FULLY EQUIPPED TO SCOUR THE DEPTHS. 37 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:31,867 WITHIN HOURS, THOUGH, 38 00:02:31,867 --> 00:02:35,567 ONE OF THE SEARCH PARTY HAS ALSO VANISHED. 39 00:02:44,633 --> 00:02:48,500 IT TAKES ANOTHER DAY TO LOCATE BOTH VICTIMS. 40 00:02:56,867 --> 00:02:58,300 IN EACH CASE, 41 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:02,333 THE SIMPLE EXPLANATION IS ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. 42 00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:05,167 BUT THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING. 43 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:11,067 ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, PEOPLE START BLAMING 44 00:03:11,067 --> 00:03:14,800 THE TWO DEATHS ON A CREATURE THAT LIVES IN THE LAKE. 45 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,533 PREVIOUS STRANGE SIGHTINGS OF SOMETHING 46 00:03:17,533 --> 00:03:20,067 THAT PRODUCES BUBBLES AT THE SURFACE 47 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:24,333 SUGGEST TO SOME AT LEAST THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS NO ACCIDENT. 48 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:25,900 EVEN MORE SURPRISING, THOUGH, 49 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:29,533 IS THE PROPOSED IDENTITY OF THE KILLER. 50 00:03:29,533 --> 00:03:32,600 ARAPAIMA ARE NOT NATIVE TO MALAYSIA. 51 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,567 THEY'RE A PREDATORY FISH FROM SOUTH AMERICA. 52 00:03:35,567 --> 00:03:38,067 YET ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, 53 00:03:38,067 --> 00:03:39,967 ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE LAKE 54 00:03:39,967 --> 00:03:41,667 AFTER IT WAS RELEASED 55 00:03:41,667 --> 00:03:46,667 AS AN UNWANTED PET MANY YEARS AGO. 56 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:51,567 THE IDEA OF A DEADLY ARAPAIMA IS CERTAINLY INTRIGUING. 57 00:03:51,567 --> 00:03:55,067 I KNOW FROM PAINFUL EXPERIENCE THAT THIS FISH 58 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:58,400 CAN BLAST OUT OF THE WATER LIKE A MISSILE. 59 00:04:01,433 --> 00:04:02,767 AH! 60 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:06,067 A BIG ONE COULD POTENTIALLY KNOCK A MAN OUT OF A BOAT 61 00:04:06,067 --> 00:04:07,900 OR RAM A DIVER. 62 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,333 ON THE OTHER HAND, DESCRIPTIONS OF 63 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:15,800 THE SUPPOSED ARAPAIMA ARE PRETTY SKETCHY, 64 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,400 RANGING FROM DARK BROWN TO SILVER IN COLOR, 65 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:24,100 AND ANYTHING FROM 4 FEET TO 15 FEET IN LENGTH. 66 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:27,233 THEN THERE'S THIS INTERNET PHOTO 67 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:30,733 CLAIMING TO SHOW THE CAPTURED BEAST. 68 00:04:30,733 --> 00:04:32,600 SITTING HERE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, 69 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,933 IT'S HARD TO TO JUDGE IT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M SKEPTICAL. 70 00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:45,067 SO IS THAT REALLY A ROGUE ARAPAIMA ON THE LOOSE? 71 00:04:45,067 --> 00:04:48,533 AND IF SO, DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TWO DEATHS? 72 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,800 I THINK THERE COULD BE MORE TO THIS MYSTERY THAN MEETS THE EYE, 73 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,267 SO I'M HEADING TO THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. 74 00:05:07,533 --> 00:05:11,367 CREATED SOME 30 YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE HYDROPOWER, 75 00:05:11,367 --> 00:05:16,133 MALAYSIA'S LAKE KENYIR IS SAID TO BE DEEPER THAN LOCH NESS. 76 00:05:19,167 --> 00:05:24,300 ENTOMBED WITHIN IT ARE THE REMAINS OF 13 FLOODED VILLAGES. 77 00:05:27,233 --> 00:05:30,200 I OFTEN GET VITAL CLUES FROM VILLAGERS, 78 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,933 BUT OUT HERE, 79 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:35,767 THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A LIVING SOUL. 80 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,333 ONE REALLY ODD THING ABOUT THIS LAKE 81 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:50,300 IS JUST HOW FEW PEOPLE THERE ARE. 82 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:54,867 APART FROM A FEW SCATTERED TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, 83 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:56,933 IT'S PRETTY WELL DESERTED, 84 00:05:56,933 --> 00:06:00,267 AND EVEN THESE MODERN RESORTS LOOK AS IF 85 00:06:00,267 --> 00:06:02,333 THEY'VE ALMOST BEEN LEFT TO THE JUNGLE. 86 00:06:02,333 --> 00:06:05,567 IT'S REALLY -- IT'S REALLY QUITE SPOOKY. 87 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:12,767 IN THEIR NATIVE AMAZON, 88 00:06:12,767 --> 00:06:16,633 ARAPAIMAS STICK TO SHALLOW LAKES AND SLOW-MOVING RIVERS, 89 00:06:16,633 --> 00:06:21,200 SO MY IMMEDIATE INSTINCT IS TO CHECK OUT THE QUIET BACKWATERS. 90 00:06:32,167 --> 00:06:34,833 JUST LIKE THE DAY WHEN THE MEN WENT MISSING, 91 00:06:34,833 --> 00:06:37,400 THE LAKE IS DEAD CALM. 92 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:43,267 I'M ITCHING TO INTERROGATE IT THE WAY I KNOW BEST. 93 00:06:58,967 --> 00:07:03,533 ARAPAIMA GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY WHEN THEY SURFACE TO GULP AIR. 94 00:07:03,533 --> 00:07:06,967 BUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS, THERE ISN'T SO MUCH AS A RIPPLE. 95 00:07:09,933 --> 00:07:13,500 HAVE I PERHAPS BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW? 96 00:07:16,133 --> 00:07:18,900 WITH HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS AND HIDDEN COVES, 97 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:22,433 KENYIR IS MORE LABYRINTH THAN LAKE. 98 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:30,100 SEARCHING IT THOROUGHLY COULD TAKE A LIFETIME, 99 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:32,067 BUT MY BOAT DRIVER, ARMAN, 100 00:07:32,067 --> 00:07:35,833 RECKONS HE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE A LEAD. 101 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,800 KHAIRUL ABU BAKAR IS A WILDLIFE GUIDE 102 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,067 WHO SPENT 10 YEARS RECORDING EVERYTHING 103 00:07:45,067 --> 00:07:47,533 THAT LIVES IN AND AROUND THE LAKE. 104 00:07:53,933 --> 00:07:56,567 WOW. 105 00:07:56,567 --> 00:07:59,067 TIGER! TIGER. 106 00:07:59,067 --> 00:08:00,900 ARE THERE MANY TIGERS HERE? 107 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:03,100 UH, I THINK SO, 108 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:06,700 BECAUSE WE FOUND LOT OF FOOTPRINTS. 109 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:09,367 TO ME, I MEAN, THIS -- WHO ARE THEY? 110 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,367 THEY LIVE IN THE FOREST? 111 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:15,333 THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE TOWNS AND THE VILLAGES? 112 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:16,400 NO, STAY IN THE FOREST, 113 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,967 BUT THEY MIGRATE FROM THE ONE PLACE 114 00:08:18,967 --> 00:08:21,967 TO ONE PLACE LOOKING FOR FOOD. 115 00:08:21,967 --> 00:08:24,367 Wade: I'M INTRIGUED BY THESE BATEK, 116 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:28,233 BUT IT'S A BIG FISH I NEED TO FOCUS ON. 117 00:08:28,233 --> 00:08:30,100 I'M WONDERING ABOUT WHAT'S UNDER THE WATER. 118 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,067 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ARAPAIMA? 119 00:08:32,067 --> 00:08:35,800 I HEARD RUMORS ABOUT ARAPAIMA A FEW YEARS AGO, 120 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,800 BUT I NEVER SEEN IT. 121 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,233 SO ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN THE WATER, YOU'VE NEVER -- 122 00:08:40,233 --> 00:08:43,733 YEAH, JUST HEARD THE STORY, BUT I NEVER SEEN IT. 123 00:08:43,733 --> 00:08:46,067 Wade: WHAT KHAIRUL TELLS ME NEXT, HOWEVER, 124 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:49,167 COMPLETELY BLOWS OPEN MY INVESTIGATION. 125 00:08:49,167 --> 00:08:53,133 WHEN I WAS YOUNG, WE GO TO PICNIC. 126 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:56,933 WE SAW A GROUP OF COWS GO TO THE EDGE OF THE WATER 127 00:08:56,933 --> 00:08:59,900 AND GET SOME DRINK, AND SUDDENLY, 128 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:02,600 SOMETHING BIG LIKE A CROCODILE 129 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,067 COME UP FROM THE WATER AND CATCH THE BABY COW 130 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:08,133 AND PULL IT INTO THE WATER. 131 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:09,267 BUT IT'S NOT CROCODILE. 132 00:09:09,267 --> 00:09:10,500 YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CROCODILE? NO CROCODILE. 133 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:11,733 NO CROCODILES HERE? NO CROCODILE. 134 00:09:11,733 --> 00:09:12,967 SO YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S A FISH. 135 00:09:12,967 --> 00:09:14,067 IT'S FISH, IT'S FISH. 136 00:09:14,067 --> 00:09:15,333 AND IT PULLED A COW -- IT'S BIG FISH. 137 00:09:15,333 --> 00:09:16,633 IT PULLED A COW INTO THE WATER? 138 00:09:16,633 --> 00:09:18,067 MM-HMM. YOUR WHOLE FAMILY SAW IT? 139 00:09:18,067 --> 00:09:19,300 YEAH. 140 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:21,867 DO THEY HAVE -- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT WAS? 141 00:09:21,867 --> 00:09:24,167 UH, WE CALL IT A TAPAH. 142 00:09:24,167 --> 00:09:25,900 TAPAH? TAPAH. 143 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:27,433 IT'S VERY BIG FISH. 144 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:35,300 Wade: THE TAPAH IS THE ONLY FISH THAT'S EVERY BEATEN ME. 145 00:09:35,300 --> 00:09:40,067 IN INDIA, WHERE HUMAN LIMBS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ITS STOMACH, 146 00:09:40,067 --> 00:09:42,567 IT'S KNOWN AS THE SARENG. 147 00:09:42,567 --> 00:09:48,500 MANY HINDUS REGARD IT AS SACRED AND SAY YOU MUST LEAVE IT ALONE. 148 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,867 IT'S STILL THERE, I CAN FEEL IT. 149 00:09:50,867 --> 00:09:53,333 IT'S OFF, IT'S OFF, IT'S OFF. 150 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:56,367 PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED. 151 00:09:56,367 --> 00:09:58,800 [ GROANS ] 152 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,867 THE MORE I TRIED TO CATCH IT, THE MORE I SEEMED TO BE CURSED. 153 00:10:03,867 --> 00:10:05,233 OH! 154 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:10,367 RIGHT TO THE BITTER END, I WAS LEFT EMPTY-HANDED. 155 00:10:10,367 --> 00:10:13,967 THAT COULD BE THE NET RESULT OF MY RETURN TO INDIA -- 156 00:10:13,967 --> 00:10:17,300 A BROKEN LINE. 157 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:19,900 CAPABLE OF GROWING AS LONG AS A MAN, 158 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:24,100 THE TAPAH IS MALAYSIA'S BIGGEST FRESHWATER FISH. 159 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:28,700 UNUSUALLY FOR A CATFISH, IT'S KNOWN TO GULP AIR, 160 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:34,000 AND DESPITE ITS SIZE, IT'S SURPRISINGLY AGILE. 161 00:10:35,833 --> 00:10:37,400 AFTER KHAIRUL'S STORY, 162 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,600 I'M WONDERING IF THE TAPAH COULD BE THE CULPRIT. 163 00:10:43,433 --> 00:10:48,400 LIKE THE ARAPAIMA, THE TAPAH IS CARNIVOROUS, 164 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,900 AND IT TOO CAN LAUNCH ITSELF OUT OF THE WATER. 165 00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:57,600 BUT WHICH, IF EITHER, OF THESE TWO PREDATORS, 166 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,467 ARAPAIMA OR TAPAH, IS ACTUALLY STALKING THIS LAKE? 167 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:08,200 SOMETHING ON HERE. 168 00:11:24,467 --> 00:11:28,767 Wade: A DOUBLE TRAGEDY ON MALAYSIA'S LAKE KENYIR 169 00:11:28,767 --> 00:11:33,667 HAS STIRRED UP SPECULATION ABOUT A GIANT FISH, 170 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:37,767 AND I'M ON THE TRAIL OF TWO POSSIBLE CULPRITS. 171 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,167 RUMOR HAS IT THAT A SOUTH AMERICAN FISH 172 00:11:42,167 --> 00:11:44,600 CALLED AN ARAPAIMA IS ON THE LOOSE 173 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,700 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WORLD. 174 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:52,533 BUT MAYBE THE MYSTERIOUS LAKE MONSTER IS A NATIVE TAPAH, 175 00:11:52,533 --> 00:11:56,533 THE ONLY FISH THAT'S EVER DEFEATED ME. 176 00:11:56,533 --> 00:11:58,633 SOMETHING ON HERE. 177 00:12:09,633 --> 00:12:11,800 I'M JUST GOING TO SWING IT IN THE BOAT. 178 00:12:13,867 --> 00:12:18,233 I'VE HOOKED A THIRD PREDATOR FOR MY LIST. 179 00:12:18,233 --> 00:12:20,867 QUITE A FEISTY THING. 180 00:12:20,867 --> 00:12:22,800 WHAT IT LACKS IN SIZE, 181 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,200 A SNAKEHEAD MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR WITH AGGRESSION. 182 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,367 THOSE TEETH ARE -- THEY'RE LIKE DAGGERS, REALLY. 183 00:12:30,367 --> 00:12:34,100 THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ACTUALLY SAWING PIECES OF FLESH 184 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:36,567 OUT OF ANOTHER FISH. 185 00:12:36,567 --> 00:12:38,833 IT'S A BIT LIKE THE TEETH ON A SAW BLADE. 186 00:12:38,833 --> 00:12:41,067 IF THEY SHAKE THE HEAD SIDE TO SIDE LIKE THAT, 187 00:12:41,067 --> 00:12:44,567 THEY CAN ACTUALLY RIP A PIECE OF FLESH OUT. 188 00:12:44,567 --> 00:12:48,133 VERY AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING THEIR YOUNG. 189 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:50,100 THEY'VE EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO GO FOR PEOPLE. 190 00:12:53,367 --> 00:12:55,933 BUT DESPITE ITS ATTITUDE, 191 00:12:55,933 --> 00:13:00,067 THIS FISH IS NOT ONE OF MY SUSPECTS. 192 00:13:00,067 --> 00:13:01,767 ALTHOUGH IT'S CALLED THE GIANT SNAKEHEAD, 193 00:13:01,767 --> 00:13:03,200 THESE GROW TO A MAXIMUM SIZE 194 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,433 OF ABOUT 40 POUNDS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 195 00:13:05,433 --> 00:13:08,233 AND, AT THAT SIZE, THERE'S NO WAY THAT A SNAKEHEAD 196 00:13:08,233 --> 00:13:11,533 COULD JUMP OUT OF THE WATER AND PULL SOMEBODY FROM THE BOAT. 197 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:21,867 IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HAVE CAUGHT SOMETHING, 198 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:25,667 BUT I'M NO CLOSER TO FINDING THE ALLEGED LAKE MONSTER. 199 00:13:31,067 --> 00:13:35,400 ANY KIND OF LEAD WOULD BE WELCOME. 200 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,400 I'M HOPING THAT WHOEVER LIVES IN THIS FLOATING HOUSEBOAT 201 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,067 MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION. 202 00:13:42,933 --> 00:13:45,600 THE OWNER IS A FISHERMAN NAMED MOKSAN, 203 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,700 WHO TELLS ME HE'S LIVED HERE SINCE THE LAKE WAS CREATED. 204 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:53,467 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 205 00:13:53,467 --> 00:13:55,467 DID YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING STRANGE IN THE WATER? 206 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:57,133 PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE'S ARAPAIMA HERE. 207 00:13:57,133 --> 00:13:58,133 YOU EVER SEEN ARAPAIMA? 208 00:13:58,133 --> 00:14:02,300 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 209 00:14:04,667 --> 00:14:05,833 Wade: LIKE KHAIRUL, 210 00:14:05,833 --> 00:14:08,167 HE'S HEARD THE RUMORS ABOUT AN ARAPAIMA, 211 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:11,267 BUT HASN'T SEEN IT HIMSELF. 212 00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:14,567 HE SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LARGE BOUNTY ON ITS HEAD, 213 00:14:14,567 --> 00:14:17,067 NO ONE HAS EVER CASHED IN. 214 00:14:17,067 --> 00:14:19,433 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 215 00:14:19,433 --> 00:14:23,233 ANOTHER FISH I'M INTERESTED IN IS THE TAPAH. 216 00:14:23,233 --> 00:14:27,233 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN OR HEARD STORIES ABOUT THEM 217 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:31,933 TAKING FISH OR ANIMALS FROM THE SURFACE OF THE WATER? 218 00:14:31,933 --> 00:14:34,333 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 219 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,133 Wade: BEFORE THE VALLEYS HERE WERE FLOODED, 220 00:14:39,133 --> 00:14:41,867 THERE WERE APPARENTLY MANY TAPAH IN THE RIVERS. 221 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:44,933 MOKSAN RECOUNTS STORIES OF THEM GRABBING DOGS 222 00:14:44,933 --> 00:14:46,767 AND WILD PIGS. 223 00:14:46,767 --> 00:14:49,467 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 224 00:14:59,167 --> 00:15:02,067 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LAKE COULD ALSO BE HARBORING 225 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:05,600 A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF KILLER, 226 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,867 AND THIS ONE IS NO FISH. 227 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:12,500 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 228 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:16,100 WOW. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT TAPAH 229 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:17,500 ATTACKING THINGS ON THE SURFACE, 230 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:21,200 AND HE'S JUST SAID TO ME, 231 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,067 "WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE." 232 00:15:23,067 --> 00:15:25,067 AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A WHIRLPOOL. 233 00:15:25,067 --> 00:15:27,567 APPARENTLY IT'S NOT A WHIRLPOOL, THE WATER ISN'T TURNING. 234 00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:30,667 IT ACTUALLY BUBBLES UP, AND IT STARTS FAIRLY SMALL, 235 00:15:30,667 --> 00:15:33,867 BUT IT SPREADS TO COVER AN AREA ABOUT 40 FEET ACROSS. 236 00:15:33,867 --> 00:15:36,100 THAT'S ACTUALLY WIDER THAN THE WIDTH OF THIS BOAT HERE. 237 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:37,967 AND HE SAYS YOU GET SEDIMENT AND AIR 238 00:15:37,967 --> 00:15:41,467 AND ALL SORTS COMING UP FROM THE BOTTOM. 239 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:46,733 CERTAIN DEEP LAKES ARE KNOWN TO BELCH DEADLY GASES. 240 00:15:46,733 --> 00:15:49,467 HE SAYS IT'S VERY SCARY, IT'S VERY SPOOKY. 241 00:15:49,467 --> 00:15:50,767 PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE ON A SMALL BOAT, 242 00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:53,933 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR IT. 243 00:15:53,933 --> 00:15:59,633 COULD THIS STRANGE PHENOMENON EXPLAIN THE MISSING BOATMEN? 244 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:02,767 ONE THING THAT'S BECOMING CLEAR TO ME IS THAT THIS LAKE 245 00:16:02,767 --> 00:16:05,300 IS EVEN MORE MYSTERIOUS THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS. 246 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:11,700 MOKSAN'S WARNING HAS PUT ME ON EDGE. 247 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,233 THE MORE I GET TO KNOW THIS PLACE, 248 00:16:14,233 --> 00:16:17,633 THE MORE SINISTER IT FEELS. 249 00:16:17,633 --> 00:16:23,300 BUT MAYBE, AT LAST, I'M ABOUT TO GET A BREAKTHROUGH. 250 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:25,733 TIPPED OFF ABOUT MY INVESTIGATION, 251 00:16:25,733 --> 00:16:32,200 A WITNESS HAS COME FORWARD, SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN 252 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,800 AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE ELUSIVE LAKE MONSTER. 253 00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:51,367 Wade: TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS HAVE DRAWN ME 254 00:16:51,367 --> 00:16:54,367 TO MALAYSIA'S LAKE KENYIR, 255 00:16:54,367 --> 00:16:57,167 WHERE MY SUSPECT LIST IS GROWING. 256 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,100 THERE ARE RUMORS OF A ROGUE ARAPAIMA, 257 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,767 BUT SO FAR, I'VE FAILED TO FIND A WITNESS. 258 00:17:08,967 --> 00:17:12,667 NOW I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN 259 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:15,900 AND PHOTOGRAPHED THIS LAKE PHANTOM. 260 00:17:17,867 --> 00:17:19,833 ALL I KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S A FISHERMAN 261 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:23,067 WHO GOES BY THE NAME OF MATT RAMBO. 262 00:17:23,067 --> 00:17:24,533 HELLO? 263 00:17:24,533 --> 00:17:25,800 HELLO. HELLO, ARE YOU MATT? 264 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,833 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. HELLO, THEN. 265 00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:29,600 I'M JEREMY. 266 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,800 YOU SAW THE ARAPAIMA IN THE LAKE? 267 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,167 CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY HOW THAT HAPPENED? 268 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,067 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 269 00:17:43,233 --> 00:17:45,833 Wade: ONE EVENING, HE WAS OUT FISHING ON THE LAKE. 270 00:17:45,833 --> 00:17:47,800 HE WAS IN HIS BOAT, IT WAS JUST HIM IN THE BOAT. 271 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,900 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 272 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:55,900 HE SAW THIS FISH ABOUT SIX FOOT DOWN IN THE WATER, 273 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:58,067 AND THE THING IS, THE BOAT WAS APPROACHING IT. 274 00:17:58,067 --> 00:17:59,367 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 275 00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:00,500 YEAH. 276 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:02,200 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 277 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,400 AH, SO YOU SURPRISED IT? THE FISH IS THERE. 278 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,667 THE BOAT COMES AND IT GOES AWAY. 279 00:18:07,667 --> 00:18:09,300 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 280 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:13,067 HE SAYS IT WAS PALE GRAY AND ABOUT SIX FEET LONG, 281 00:18:13,067 --> 00:18:15,500 WHICH DOES FIT WITH AN ARAPAIMA. 282 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:17,500 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 283 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:21,133 BUT HIS STORY COMES WITH A TWIST. 284 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:26,267 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 285 00:18:26,267 --> 00:18:28,667 SO YOU HAD IT ON YOUR PHONE? 286 00:18:28,667 --> 00:18:32,300 BUT SINCE THEN, THE PHONE HAS FALLEN IN THE LAKE. 287 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:34,167 HE'D HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT ARAPAIMA, 288 00:18:34,167 --> 00:18:36,600 SO HE SAYS HE'S ABSOLUTELY SURE IT WAS ARAPAIMA. 289 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,400 HE DID GET A PICTURE ON THE PHONE. 290 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:39,733 HE SAYS IT WASN'T THAT CLEAR, 291 00:18:39,733 --> 00:18:41,600 BUT YOU COULD IDENTIFY IT FROM IT. 292 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,067 SINCE THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, 293 00:18:43,067 --> 00:18:44,933 HE'S DROPPED THE PHONE IN THE LAKE, 294 00:18:44,933 --> 00:18:49,600 SO THE LAKE HAS TAKEN BACK THE EVIDENCE OF THIS SIGHTING. 295 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,833 BUT HE'S CERTAIN THAT IT WAS AN ARAPAIMA. 296 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:58,600 ARAPAIMA OR NOT, 297 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,433 AT LEAST I NOW HAVE A POSSIBLE LOCATION. 298 00:19:03,433 --> 00:19:08,333 AND I'M CURIOUS TO REVISIT THE ONE PHOTO THAT DOES EXIST, 299 00:19:08,333 --> 00:19:11,967 THE PHOTO THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE. 300 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:15,133 THE KEY DETAIL FOR ME IS THE SOIL HERE, 301 00:19:15,133 --> 00:19:16,800 THE COLOR OF IT. 302 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,267 IF YOU LOOK AT ANYWHERE ON THE LAKE HERE, 303 00:19:19,267 --> 00:19:21,533 IT'S THIS SORT OF REDDY-ORANGE COLOR, 304 00:19:21,533 --> 00:19:24,600 WHEREAS HERE IT'S ALMOST WHITE OR GRAY. 305 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,733 THEN THERE IS THIS HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND. 306 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,733 THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE BUILDINGS 307 00:19:29,733 --> 00:19:33,400 I'VE SEEN ON THE LAKE HERE, SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS 308 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,700 A GENUINE PICTURE OF A BIG ARAPAIMA, 309 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:38,767 I AM PRETTY CERTAIN THAT IT WASN'T TAKEN HERE. 310 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:48,067 IF SOME KIND OF CREATURE REALLY IS TO BLAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED, 311 00:19:48,067 --> 00:19:50,600 THEN I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT IT'S NOT THE FISH 312 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,533 EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 313 00:19:56,067 --> 00:19:59,267 IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEWHERE ON THIS LAKE 314 00:19:59,267 --> 00:20:03,133 THERE IS AN ESCAPED ARAPAIMA ON THE LOOSE. 315 00:20:03,133 --> 00:20:06,767 BUT EVEN IF THERE IS, DO I BELIEVE THAT IT 316 00:20:06,767 --> 00:20:10,200 COULD'VE KNOCKED SOMEBODY OUT OF A BOAT 317 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,367 AND RAMMED A DIVER? 318 00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:15,333 THERE ARE TWO VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES 319 00:20:15,333 --> 00:20:17,167 WHEN ARAPAIMA WILL GO FOR PEOPLE. 320 00:20:17,167 --> 00:20:21,900 THE FIRST ONE IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT ONE CORNERED IN A NET. 321 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:25,000 THE SECOND CIRCUMSTANCE IS WHEN THE ARAPAIMA 322 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,800 ARE DEFENDING THEIR NESTS. 323 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,533 NOW, HERE, NOBODY TRIES TO NET ARAPAIMA, 324 00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:35,067 AND IN ORDER TO HAVE A NEST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS 325 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:40,733 WHICH FIND EACH OTHER SOMEHOW AND FORM A BREEDING PAIR. 326 00:20:40,733 --> 00:20:44,000 WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE BIGGEST FACTOR, REALLY, 327 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,667 WHICH IS JUST THE MATH. 328 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:50,967 IN ORDER TO FALL FOUL OF AN ARAPAIMA ON THIS HUGE LAKE, 329 00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:55,867 IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE MILLION-TO-ONE FREAK ACCIDENT. 330 00:20:59,033 --> 00:21:02,400 I DON'T THINK AN ARAPAIMA CAN BE THE CULPRIT. 331 00:21:07,167 --> 00:21:10,667 AND THAT LEAVES ME TO FOCUS ON MY SECOND SUSPECT. 332 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,467 [ THUNDER ] 333 00:21:12,467 --> 00:21:16,400 THE ONLY RIVER MOSTER THAT'S EVER ELUDED ME. 334 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:28,633 TAPAH CAN CERTAINLY GROW BIG. 335 00:21:33,267 --> 00:21:36,433 BUT DO THEY DELIBERATELY ATTACK PEOPLE? 336 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,500 THE GRISLY HUMAN REMAINS REPORTED FROM THEIR STOMACHS 337 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:48,100 IN INDIA COULD JUST HAVE BEEN SCAVENGED FROM THE DEAD. 338 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:54,400 BEFORE I CAN ACCUSE THIS FISH, 339 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,200 I'M GOING TO NEED PROOF OF INTENT. 340 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,633 PROMPTED BY STORIES OF AGGRESSIVE TAPAH 341 00:22:00,633 --> 00:22:03,067 IN ANOTHER PART OF MALAYSIA, 342 00:22:03,067 --> 00:22:07,533 I'M HEADING TO SARAWAK, ON THE ISLAND OF BORNEO. 343 00:22:11,067 --> 00:22:14,067 TAPAH ALSO LIVE HERE, 344 00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:16,633 NOT IN EMPTY BACKWATERS, 345 00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:19,300 BUT IN BUSY RIVERS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, 346 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,700 WORK, AND PLAY. 347 00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:28,900 IN THE VILLAGE OF PANDAN, I'M TOLD THAT MANY PARENTS 348 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:31,233 KEEP THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE WATER 349 00:22:31,233 --> 00:22:36,067 FOR FEAR OF THEM BEING SNATCHED BY ONE OF THESE FISH. 350 00:22:36,067 --> 00:22:38,433 SO THIS RIVER, THIS RIVER, THE BIG RIVER. 351 00:22:38,433 --> 00:22:41,800 A FEW INQUIRIES LEAD ME TO A MAN NAMED MADAHI, 352 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,733 WHO STILL REMEMBERS THE DAY SOMEONE WAS ATTACKED 353 00:22:44,733 --> 00:22:47,200 RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. 354 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,267 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 355 00:22:51,267 --> 00:22:54,067 Wade: SO THIS WAS A YOUNG BOY, THREE, FOUR YEARS OLD. 356 00:22:56,133 --> 00:23:00,867 HE WAS WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ON A PLATFORM. 357 00:23:00,867 --> 00:23:03,233 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 358 00:23:07,267 --> 00:23:10,733 BOTH PARENTS ARE BUSY WITH THEIR DAILY CHORES. 359 00:23:10,733 --> 00:23:15,067 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 360 00:23:18,667 --> 00:23:20,933 THEY DON'T LET KIDS HERE BATHE ON THEIR OWN. 361 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:24,733 THEY'RE ALWAYS SORT OF SUPERVISED TO SOME EXTENT. 362 00:23:24,733 --> 00:23:27,067 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 363 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:32,767 MADAHI DESCRIBES BUBBLES AT THE SURFACE. 364 00:23:35,767 --> 00:23:39,567 THIS IS A KEY DETAIL FOR ME, SINCE TAPAH ARE THOUGHT 365 00:23:39,567 --> 00:23:43,900 TO CONTROL THEIR BUOYANCY BY GULPING AND THEN RELEASING AIR. 366 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:47,067 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 367 00:23:47,067 --> 00:23:48,700 THERE'S A SPLASH. 368 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:51,500 SOMETHING'S GRABBED HIM BY THE LEG. 369 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:56,400 THE BOY COULD EASILY HAVE VANISHED. 370 00:23:58,167 --> 00:24:01,967 BUT HIS QUICK-THINKING FATHER PULLS HIM TO SAFETY. 371 00:24:03,467 --> 00:24:05,233 IF HE HADN'T DONE THAT, 372 00:24:05,233 --> 00:24:06,967 THE CHILD COULD WELL HAVE DISAPPEARED. 373 00:24:06,967 --> 00:24:08,667 AND THIS DEFINITELY WASN'T A CROCODILE? 374 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:11,133 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 375 00:24:11,133 --> 00:24:12,200 NO. 376 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,633 SO THIS WAS -- THIS WAS A FISH. 377 00:24:13,633 --> 00:24:14,667 THIS WAS IKAN TAPAH? 378 00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:18,233 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, IKAN TAPAH. 379 00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:21,100 THERE WERE MARKS ON HIS LEG. 380 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:23,567 THIS WAS A FISH THAT THEY ESTIMATE WOULD'VE BEEN 60, 381 00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:25,267 70 POUNDS IN WEIGHT OR SOMETHING, 382 00:24:25,267 --> 00:24:27,300 AND THIS HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS 383 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:29,100 DOWN THE RIVER FROM HERE. 384 00:24:31,167 --> 00:24:35,333 MADAHI'S ACCOUNT ADDS TO OTHER REPORTS FROM ALONG THIS RIVER 385 00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:42,267 OF A FISH THAT ATTACKS DUCKS, DOGS, AND EVEN BOAT PROPELLERS. 386 00:24:44,267 --> 00:24:48,600 BUT WHAT I DISCOVER NEXT IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. 387 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,700 [ YELLS ] 388 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:02,067 Wade: I'M IN MALAYSIA 389 00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:04,900 ON THE TRAIL OF A FRESHWATER GIANT 390 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:08,833 THAT COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS. 391 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,700 THE TAPAH IS A FISH THAT'S CUT THROUGH MY LINE BEFORE. 392 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,867 OH! 393 00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:21,600 IT'S OFF, IT'S OFF, IT'S OFF. 394 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,233 AND I'M DETERMINED NOT TO LET IT GET AWAY A SECOND TIME. 395 00:25:28,067 --> 00:25:30,067 ON A BUSY RIVER IN BORNEO, 396 00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:34,067 I'VE ALREADY HEARD STORIES OF TAPAH ATTACKING BOAT PROPELLERS 397 00:25:34,067 --> 00:25:35,400 AND EVEN CHILDREN. 398 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:40,767 NOW I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF IT'S BOLD ENOUGH 399 00:25:40,767 --> 00:25:45,300 TO TARGET A FULL-GROWN PERSON. 400 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,100 PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT SOMEBODY IN THE WATER. 401 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:52,400 NIAH LENG, A VILLAGE ELDER, TELLS ME THAT WITH THIS FISH, 402 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,100 EVEN ADULTS ARE FAIR GAME. 403 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:59,633 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 404 00:25:59,633 --> 00:26:01,567 Wade: IN THE INCIDENT HE RECOUNTS, 405 00:26:01,567 --> 00:26:04,733 THE VICTIM IS IN WATER UP TO HIS CHEST. 406 00:26:04,733 --> 00:26:07,400 THIS WAS ACTUALLY A MAN BATHING IN THE RIVER HERE, 407 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,767 COMPLETELY NAKED. 408 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,167 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] MM-HMM. 409 00:26:11,167 --> 00:26:13,467 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 410 00:26:17,567 --> 00:26:19,867 AND A TAPAH BIT HIM IN THE GROIN. 411 00:26:19,867 --> 00:26:22,533 [ YELLS ] 412 00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:27,933 THIS IS A REAL STEP UP. THIS IS SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. 413 00:26:27,933 --> 00:26:32,067 WITH NOTHING TO PROTECT HIS SKIN, 414 00:26:32,067 --> 00:26:35,067 WHAT HAPPENED, HE ACTUALLY HAD ONE TESTICLE REMOVED. 415 00:26:35,067 --> 00:26:36,733 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 416 00:26:36,733 --> 00:26:39,667 THIS IS... A VERY SERIOUS INJURY. 417 00:26:43,067 --> 00:26:45,467 THOUGH THE MAN SURVIVED, 418 00:26:45,467 --> 00:26:48,867 IT SEEMS THAT A BIG TAPAH WILL GO FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING. 419 00:26:51,433 --> 00:26:56,367 EVEN IF IT OCCASIONALLY ENDS UP WITH MORE THAN IT CAN SWALLOW. 420 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:01,567 THE TAPAH NOW IS MY PRIME SUSPECT, 421 00:27:01,567 --> 00:27:03,967 BUT I KNOW FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE 422 00:27:03,967 --> 00:27:07,167 THAT CATCHING IT WON'T BE EASY. 423 00:27:09,167 --> 00:27:12,167 IN THEORY, A LURE THAT MIMICS A SMALL FISH 424 00:27:12,167 --> 00:27:14,933 SHOULD TRIGGER A PREDATORY RESPONSE. 425 00:27:17,233 --> 00:27:18,900 AND BY TOWING IT BEHIND THE BOAT, 426 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:21,933 I CAN COVER LARGE STRETCHES OF RIVER. 427 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:43,733 BUT THE HOURS SLIP BY WITHOUT A TAKE. 428 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:51,100 I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HERE TOO LATE. 429 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:03,067 THIS RIVER IS THE FIRST PLACE WHERE I'VE HEARD STORIES 430 00:28:03,067 --> 00:28:06,067 OF TAPAH ACTUALLY GOING FOR PEOPLE, 431 00:28:06,067 --> 00:28:08,167 SO IT'S CLEARLY A FISH WITH ATTITUDE. 432 00:28:08,167 --> 00:28:10,900 BUT WHAT'S EQUALLY CLEAR TRAVELING ALONG THE RIVER 433 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,133 IS THE SHEER AMOUNT OF FISHING PRESSURE. 434 00:28:13,133 --> 00:28:15,133 EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THERE'S LINES 435 00:28:15,133 --> 00:28:17,167 GOING INTO THE WATER, THERE'S NETS, 436 00:28:17,167 --> 00:28:21,200 SO THE QUESTION FACING ME IS WHETHER THE BIG ONES 437 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,233 ARE STILL ACTUALLY HERE. 438 00:28:26,367 --> 00:28:32,067 STICKING AROUND ON THIS HEAVILY FISHED RIVER FEELS FUTILE. 439 00:28:32,067 --> 00:28:35,167 BUT WHERE ON EARTH DO I GO NEXT? 440 00:28:35,167 --> 00:28:40,367 THE TAPAH IS THE ONLY FISH THAT'S EVER DEFEATED ME, 441 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:43,700 AND TO PUT THAT RIGHT, I'M READY TO TAKE A GAMBLE. 442 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,767 THEY ARE THE BATEK TRIBE. 443 00:28:48,433 --> 00:28:52,500 DOUBLING BACK, I RETURN TO THE MAINLAND, 444 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:54,633 WHERE I'VE OBTAINED SPECIAL PERMISSION 445 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:56,700 TO VISIT A TRIBE OF HUNTER-GATHERERS 446 00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:00,067 WHO LIVE DEEP IN THE FOREST OF TAMAN NEGARA. 447 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:09,600 THE BATEK, I'VE DISCOVERED, DO HUNT FISH. 448 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,700 I'M HOPING THEY'LL KNOW ABOUT THE TAPAH 449 00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:15,300 AND WHERE I CAN FIND ONE. 450 00:29:15,300 --> 00:29:19,567 BUT I'VE NO IDEA IF THEY'LL WELCOME AN OUTSIDER. 451 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,533 Wade: IN THE HEART OF THE MALAY PENINSULA, 452 00:29:32,533 --> 00:29:37,867 I'M ABOUT TO MEET AN ISOLATED TRIBE OF HUNTER-GATHERERS. 453 00:29:37,867 --> 00:29:39,367 THIS IS JEREMY. HELLO. 454 00:29:39,367 --> 00:29:41,433 JEREMY. JEREMY. 455 00:29:41,433 --> 00:29:44,067 Wade: THE BATEK ARE A REMNANT POPULATION 456 00:29:44,067 --> 00:29:46,767 WITH ANCIENT AFRICAN ROOTS. 457 00:29:49,967 --> 00:29:54,333 AT KAMPUNG AO, THEY SEEM FRIENDLY ENOUGH, 458 00:29:54,333 --> 00:29:57,967 AND OUR CONVERSATION SOON TURNS TO THE TAPAH. 459 00:29:57,967 --> 00:30:00,233 SO IT'S A VERY LONG FISH, A BIG ONE, 460 00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,900 COULD BE THE LENGTH OF THIS TABLE SOMETIMES? 461 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:07,500 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 462 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,100 BEFORE LONG, MY GUIDE ROSLAN AND I 463 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:14,367 ARE HEARING ALL KINDS OF HAIR-RAISING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS. 464 00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:18,400 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 465 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,367 SO YOU WERE CHASED, BUT IT DIDN'T EAT YOU. 466 00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:22,667 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 467 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,100 SO THIS IS NOT A LOG OR A TREE? 468 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:30,900 SOMETHING HIT THE BOAT. 469 00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,600 IT'S EASY TO WARM TO THESE FELLOW FISHERMAN, 470 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:38,300 WHO ARE POSITIVELY EAGER TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE. 471 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:42,033 IF I WANT TO CATCH ONE, CAN YOU SUGGEST A GOOD RIVER? 472 00:30:42,033 --> 00:30:44,100 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 473 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,800 I'M SOON CRAMMING MY NOTEBOOK WITH SUGGESTIONS, 474 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,200 AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, I'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. 475 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,133 THEY'RE DEFINITELY TALKING A BIG FISH, 476 00:30:57,133 --> 00:30:59,733 AN AGGRESSIVE FISH, ONE THAT THEY RESPECT, 477 00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:04,100 SO IF I WANT TO CATCH ONE, THEY SAY, "STRONG TACKLE. 478 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:06,733 GET OFF THE MAIN RIVER, GO UP A SIDE TRIBUTARY." 479 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:16,400 TAKING THE BATEKS' ADVICE, I HEAD DEEPER INTO THE FOREST. 480 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,500 THE WATER LOOKS PERFECT FOR FISHING, 481 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:23,233 BUT I KNOW THIS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY IF IT RAINS HEAVILY. 482 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:32,333 ACCORDING TO ROSLAN, 483 00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:36,167 A TAPAH LIKES NOTHING BETTER THAN LIVE MEAT. 484 00:31:36,167 --> 00:31:38,400 IT'S ABOUT THREE FOOT. 485 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,233 HE TELLS ME HE ONCE SAW A BIG ONE GRAB A MONKEY 486 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,200 OFF AN OVERHANGING BRANCH. 487 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,733 SO THE TAPAH CAME RIGHT OUT? 488 00:31:44,733 --> 00:31:46,367 CAME RIGHT OUT, DID LIKE THAT, 489 00:31:46,367 --> 00:31:47,500 JUST DISAPPEARED. 490 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,567 AND YOU SAW THAT? I SAW THAT. 491 00:31:51,333 --> 00:31:54,167 THE BOATMAN, MEANWHILE, SAYS HE'S SEEN A TAPAH 492 00:31:54,167 --> 00:31:56,200 TRYING TO SWALLOW A STILL-THRASHING 493 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,700 SIX-FOOT MONITOR LIZARD. 494 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:01,567 HOW BIG WAS THIS TAPAH? 495 00:32:01,567 --> 00:32:04,767 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 496 00:32:04,767 --> 00:32:07,433 60, 70 KILOS, SO ABOUT 150 POUNDS? 497 00:32:07,433 --> 00:32:08,800 YEP. 498 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:13,167 BY ANY MEASURE, THAT'S A BIG FISH. 499 00:32:13,167 --> 00:32:16,567 ROSLAN HAS COME PREPARED. 500 00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:20,800 LOCAL LEGEND HAS IT THAT THIS SMALL KELI CATFISH 501 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,633 IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO RILE A TAPAH. 502 00:32:24,633 --> 00:32:26,333 IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY APPETIZING, 503 00:32:26,333 --> 00:32:27,967 BUT THERE'S A STORY, THE LOCALS SAY, 504 00:32:27,967 --> 00:32:30,133 THAT THE TAPAH IS JEALOUS OF THESE 505 00:32:30,133 --> 00:32:32,167 RATHER LUXURIANT WHISKERS ON THE CHIN. 506 00:32:32,167 --> 00:32:34,067 THE TAPAH HAS RATHER PATHETIC ONES. 507 00:32:34,067 --> 00:32:35,533 THEY'RE VERY SHORT LIKE THAT. 508 00:32:35,533 --> 00:32:37,733 SO THE TAPAH IS JEALOUS OF THIS FISH. 509 00:32:37,733 --> 00:32:39,700 WHEN IT SEES IT, IT MAKES IT ANGRY. 510 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:43,467 SOUNDS LIKE THE TAPAH HAS SERIOUS ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 511 00:32:43,467 --> 00:32:45,367 LET'S HOPE IT WORKS. 512 00:32:51,733 --> 00:32:55,200 I DECIDE TO FISH OVER A DEEP POCKET IN THE RIVER. 513 00:33:10,133 --> 00:33:11,767 AND WITHIN MINUTES, 514 00:33:11,767 --> 00:33:14,733 SOMETHING POWERFUL HAS HIT THE BAIT. 515 00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:23,367 I'M GOING TO SWING IT UP ONTO THE BOAT. 516 00:33:26,233 --> 00:33:28,100 AND... 517 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:29,400 NOW. 518 00:33:33,933 --> 00:33:35,433 WE GOT A SNAKEHEAD. 519 00:33:35,433 --> 00:33:37,067 THE FLOAT JUST VANISHED, 520 00:33:37,067 --> 00:33:39,200 AND I THOUGHT, "IT'S GOT TO BE A TAPAH." 521 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,100 I WAS USING A LARGE BAIT. 522 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:44,333 THAT ENGULFED A THREE-POUND CATFISH, 523 00:33:44,333 --> 00:33:46,367 AND IT JUST REMINDS YOU THAT FISH ARE NOT LIKE US. 524 00:33:46,367 --> 00:33:50,533 WE CUT THINGS INTO BITE-SIZE LUMPS AND CHEW THEM. 525 00:33:50,533 --> 00:33:54,667 FISH VERY OFTEN JUST SWALLOW SOMETHING WHOLE. 526 00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:57,733 A POWERFUL, MUSCULAR FISH. 527 00:33:57,733 --> 00:34:00,067 AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY CALL THEM SNAKEHEAD. 528 00:34:00,067 --> 00:34:01,800 THAT HEAD IS JUST LIKE A SNAKE'S. 529 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,800 I'M PLEASED WITH THAT, VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. 530 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,067 I FEEL SORT OF WARMED UP, READY FOR A TAPAH NOW. 531 00:34:19,667 --> 00:34:22,800 CLEARLY THERE ARE PREDATORS ON THE MOVE. 532 00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:29,500 BUT AFTER A PROMISING CURTAIN-RAISER, 533 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:33,267 I'M FAILING TO DRAW THE MAIN ACT OUT OF THE SHADOWS. 534 00:34:37,167 --> 00:34:40,567 IT LOOKS LIKE I COULD BE IN FOR A LONG NIGHT. 535 00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:46,733 LOCAL FISHERMEN LIKE ROSLAN SIMPLY TIE THEIR LINES 536 00:34:46,733 --> 00:34:50,433 TO FLEXIBLE BRANCHES AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL DAWN. 537 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,233 BUT THAT'S NOT MY STYLE. 538 00:34:55,233 --> 00:34:58,500 IF I HOOK A TAPAH, I WANT TO BRING IT IN QUICKLY, 539 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:04,067 GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT, THEN RELEASE IT UNHARMED. 540 00:35:04,067 --> 00:35:06,667 SO I'M PLACING MY BAITS CAREFULLY 541 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:08,567 ON THE EDGE OF DEEP WATER 542 00:35:08,567 --> 00:35:11,633 AND THEN RUNNING THE LINES BACK TO MY RODS ON A SMALL, 543 00:35:11,633 --> 00:35:14,233 CLEAR SPACE ON THE OPPOSITE BANK. 544 00:35:14,233 --> 00:35:15,933 LITTLE BIT. THAT'S IT, THAT'S GOOD. 545 00:35:15,933 --> 00:35:18,800 LEAVE IT THERE. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT 546 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,167 THE WEAK LINE NOW WILL BREAK AND I'LL BE INTO A FISH. 547 00:35:22,167 --> 00:35:24,167 THAT'S THE THEORY, ANYWAY. 548 00:35:36,333 --> 00:35:41,100 THIS IS THE DEEPEST POOL IN THE DEEPEST JUNGLE. 549 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:43,733 I CAN ALMOST SMELL THEM. 550 00:35:43,733 --> 00:35:45,500 MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE TONIGHT. 551 00:35:49,833 --> 00:35:52,200 [ THUNDER ] 552 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:02,833 BUT AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON, I'M TORTURED BY BAD MEMORIES. 553 00:36:22,367 --> 00:36:26,067 DAYLIGHT BRINGS A MIXED RESULT. 554 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,600 SPENT A WHOLE NIGHT HERE, 12 HOURS, 555 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,067 WITH NOTHING TAKING EITHER OF THE BAITS. 556 00:36:35,067 --> 00:36:38,200 BUT ROSLAN HAS JUST BROUGHT ME THIS. 557 00:36:40,433 --> 00:36:45,667 THE MESSY, RAKING BITE IS AS GOOD AS A CALLING CARD. 558 00:36:45,667 --> 00:36:48,633 DEFINITELY A TAPAH, 559 00:36:48,633 --> 00:36:50,700 AND THAT WAS CLOSE. 560 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:55,400 IT SHOWS VERY GRAPHICALLY WHAT THOSE TEETH ARE CAPABLE OF. 561 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,867 ALMOST CERTAINLY, THE BEAST THAT MAULED 562 00:37:01,867 --> 00:37:06,367 ROSLAN'S BAIT WILL NOW BE TOO WARY TO BITE AGAIN, 563 00:37:06,367 --> 00:37:09,933 WHICH LEAVES ME WITH NO OPTION BUT TO MOVE ON. 564 00:37:12,467 --> 00:37:16,833 HAS THE CURSE OF THIS FISH COME BACK TO HAUNT ME? 565 00:37:16,833 --> 00:37:20,533 [ THUNDER ] 566 00:37:20,533 --> 00:37:23,100 THIS DOES ALL LOOK LIKE THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MONSOON, 567 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,267 AND THE THING IS, IF THE MONSOON REALLY HITS 568 00:37:25,267 --> 00:37:27,067 AND THE RAIN STARTS DRIPPING DOWN, 569 00:37:27,067 --> 00:37:28,500 THE WATER STARTS COMING UP, 570 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,300 I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IS IT AS FAR AS MY FISHING GOES, 571 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:35,433 AS FAR AS MY CHANCES OF A BIG TAPAH GO, 572 00:37:35,433 --> 00:37:39,833 SO IT'S TRUE TO SAY THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT. 573 00:37:39,833 --> 00:37:43,200 [ THUNDER ] 574 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:49,067 AS I RACE TO FIND A NEW FISHING SPOT, 575 00:37:49,067 --> 00:37:52,867 THE MONSOON LAUNCHES ITS FIRST BIG SALVO. 576 00:37:52,867 --> 00:37:56,233 [ THUNDER ] 577 00:38:07,233 --> 00:38:10,367 Wade: AFTER A HUGE STORM, I'M WORRIED THAT THE RIVERS 578 00:38:10,367 --> 00:38:13,100 COULD SWELL AND BECOME UNFISHABLE, 579 00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:15,633 POTENTIALLY IN A MATTER OF HOURS. 580 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:25,933 SETTING UP ON THE BANK AS BEFORE WOULD EAT PRECIOUS TIME, 581 00:38:25,933 --> 00:38:29,100 SO I DECIDE TO MOOR UP AND FISH FROM THE BOAT. 582 00:38:33,367 --> 00:38:38,367 ALL I CAN DO NOW IS WAIT AND HOPE THAT THE FISHING GODS 583 00:38:38,367 --> 00:38:42,100 WILL SEE FIT TO LIFT THEIR CURSE. 584 00:38:52,067 --> 00:38:54,067 I GOT A FISH! 585 00:38:54,067 --> 00:38:56,500 BUT THERE'S WORK TO DO. 586 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,833 IT'S ON A TREE. 587 00:38:57,833 --> 00:39:00,333 LET'S GO ABOVE IT. 588 00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:02,067 IT'S ROUND A TREE, I THINK. 589 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,100 OKAY, KEEP IN THE MIDDLE. 590 00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:07,733 OUT IN THE MIDDLE, PLEASE. 591 00:39:11,067 --> 00:39:13,467 IT'S COMING UP, IT'S COMING UP. 592 00:39:17,567 --> 00:39:19,233 RIGHT. READY? READY? 593 00:39:19,233 --> 00:39:20,800 I'M READY. 594 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,100 HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO. 595 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:24,367 IT'S CLEAR, IT'S CLEAR. 596 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,533 LIFT. LIFT, LIFT, LIFT, LIFT. 597 00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:29,800 NOW! 598 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:35,933 WE HAVE IT. WE HAVE IT. 599 00:39:35,933 --> 00:39:38,133 TAPAH. WE HAVE IT. 600 00:39:38,133 --> 00:39:39,633 LET'S GO TO THE BANK. 601 00:39:51,233 --> 00:39:55,933 AT LONG LAST, MY TAPAH CURSE HAS LIFTED. 602 00:39:55,933 --> 00:39:58,133 ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS BEAST. 603 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:05,933 LENGTHWISE, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. 604 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:11,500 THIS IS A FISH WITH EYES BIGGER THAN ITS STOMACH. 605 00:40:14,133 --> 00:40:20,800 DOGS, HUGE LIZARDS, A COW, AND EVEN HUMANS. 606 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,833 I'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT ITS FEEDING HABITS TO KNOW 607 00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:27,100 THAT THIS IS A BEAST THAT MEANS BUSINESS. 608 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:35,300 SO WHAT ABOUT THE BOATMAN AND THE DIVER ON LAKE KENYIR? 609 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:39,067 DID THEY IN FACT FALL FOUL OF A TAPAH? 610 00:40:44,367 --> 00:40:47,667 THE ONE THING THAT'S ACTUALLY BOTHERING ME IS THE TEETH. 611 00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:49,733 THEY'RE VERY SHARP, THEY'RE VERY NUMEROUS. 612 00:40:49,733 --> 00:40:51,933 IF ONE OF THESE JUMPED OUT OF THE WATER AND GRABBED YOU, 613 00:40:51,933 --> 00:40:54,000 YOUR ARM OR YOUR LEG IS GOING TO LOOK 614 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,700 BASICALLY LIKE HAMBURGER MEAT. 615 00:40:57,700 --> 00:41:00,633 AND YET, NEITHER OF THOSE CORPSES AT LAKE KENYIR 616 00:41:00,633 --> 00:41:02,300 HAD SO MUCH AS A SCRATCH. 617 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:10,933 FOR SO LONG, THIS CREATURE HAS BEEN MY NEMESIS, 618 00:41:10,933 --> 00:41:15,233 BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT GUILTY OF HOMICIDE. 619 00:41:15,233 --> 00:41:17,167 MAYBE FOR ONCE, 620 00:41:17,167 --> 00:41:19,867 THE REAL CULPRIT ISN'T AN ANIMAL. 621 00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:27,867 BUT EVEN IF THE TWO DEATHS ON KENYIR REMAIN A MYSTERY, 622 00:41:27,867 --> 00:41:32,367 IT HASN'T ALL BEEN IN VAIN. 623 00:41:32,367 --> 00:41:35,867 AT LONG LAST, I'VE FINALLY CAUGHT IT. 624 00:41:37,633 --> 00:41:42,533 THE TAPAH IS NO LONGER THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.