[Erik] Previously on Expedition Bigfoot...
[whispering] Where are you?
Oh, look!
I'm catching something right in the center.
It's upright. What the hell is that?
[Ronny] We have something darting across in front of this camera
and it shakes as if something was thrown.
[Russell] What the frick!
This is high tide. We are trapped on this island
with something, I don't know what it is.
You think these creatures are dangerous?
Yes. Time to go home.
[Mireya] Holy [bleep].
Something's howling.
[Ronny whispering] Oh, my God!
[Ronny speaking]
I say we go and try and lay eyes on whatever made that sound.
We'll leave this on that channel recording, in case it happens again,
-and we'll take this with us and we'll know... -Yeah.
...if we got it.
You got the camera?
[Erik] Along the northern face of Gray Mountain,
Ronny and Mireya have just heard a strange howl
captured by one of the audio surveillance devices
placed around the area.
[Ronny] They're placed right at the top, along the line.
[Erik] Utilizing multi-directional acoustic technology,
the microphones can triangulate the location
from which the sound originated.
[Mireya] One of the things that happens so often is that we'll hear a sound
and we try to find the direction that it was coming from
and then, not know if whatever made it is still there.
By grabbing this mobile device, we're able to approach the area and still monitor it
to make sure that whatever it is that we're pursuing,
is still in the area.
And, if it moves, we'll know that, too.
[Mireya whispering] Ronny.
I know.
[whispering] Just as you move, remember that that sound came
just a few minutes ago, right? So, whatever made it
is likely still here.
[whispering] Chances are we're not alone right now.
Are you freaking seeing this?
That thing is upside down.
[Erik] After pursuing an unknown creature,
Russell has become trapped by the tide on a small island off the coast
and has just encountered an upside-down tree
unnaturally buried in a marsh.
[Russell] Yeah, something forced that down into the mud in the middle of that water.
This thing's been pulled out of the soil and stuck into the ground,
I would say within the last
two hours.
Ryan, we're on an island. What would've done that?
This is the strangest thing.
A couple days ago,
I spotted a couple of uprooted trees that are upside-down in the soil.
Do you see that? It looks like an upside-down tree.
I, officially, don't freaking like this place.
But tonight, I've stumbled across a third upside-down tree.
After how many years of research I've done, I've never seen one
until I get here.
And, now I've seen three.
This whole island belongs to,
well, I'll tell you what, it doesn't belong to us.
When you start finding multiples of that same strange thing,
we're seeing a pattern here.
And, I'm feeling like
I'm walking into a space that is not safe.
I'll check that out.
Are you seeing these footprints in the water?
That's crazy.
We got high tide.
You feel like you're surrounded by this moat that you can't cross.
You're stuck here.
Ryan, look at this thing.
That went out the other side.
Anything that's on this island right now,
we're in it together.
We need to be alert tonight. That's for sure.
Oh, check it out.
Holy [bleep].
[whispering] Look at this old building.
I'm following tracks from this upside-down tree
and I find this cabin.
Wow!
Check this out.
Okay, hang on.
All right.
I bet this is from the '40s or '50s. This is old.
This is really old.
It hasn't been used in a very, very long time.
But, the four walls and the roof are structurally sound.
Let's get in here and get set up.
If we're gonna stay, we're gonna stay in that one-room structure.
It's a great way to stay dry and stay protected.
Let's find something just to push up against here
so we're not dealing with just open air.
That'll work perfectly right there.
If we put our backs to this wall,
kinda hug this corner,
we're facing the only entrance and exit in the room.
If we're both facing out, we should be good.
Hugging these walls.
Does that work for you?
All right, man.
[Mireya whispering] Listen.
Do you notice how quiet it suddenly got?
It's almost like someone is turning down the volume on the forest.
That can happen for a lot of reasons,
especially if there's a predator nearby.
-There's a really strong smell here. -I just was gonna say that.
[whispering] When I came through here earlier to put those sensors in,
it didn't smell like this.
[branch snapping]
Ronny, what was that?
[baby crying]
Hey!
[whispering] Ronny.
-Ronny, did you hear it? -I just heard that, yeah.
[Ronny] Felt like it was coming from over there.
Well, it was coming from way over there, but it didn't,
so, it didn't pick up on this.
I'll switch the channel.
-It sounded like a crying baby. -Hmm.
Or, seriously like a wailing goat.
-It was really strange. -[Ronny] That's what I would say, like a wailing goat.
[Ronny] I'm absolutely convinced that we're dealing with a Sasquatch right now.
I believe one of two things are happening.
Either a Bigfoot is trying to lure us deeper into the forest,
or we're hearing a Bigfoot feeding on something.
It's similar to what Bryce heard in Washington state.
[indistinct screaming]
[Bryce] That sounds like the deer being attacked.
My blood just ran cold.
[Mireya whispering] That was not a natural sound of the forest.
That was insanely, insanely creepy.
I mean,
I don't ever wanna hear that sound in a forest.
Let's keep going this way.
[Ronny whispering] Be careful. It could be right here.
[Mireya whispering] Hey, Ronny. Let's switch to our red lights.
Whatever that crazy sound was, it was definitely in this direction.
[Ronny speaking]
[Mireya] Are you seeing any prints or anything?
[Ronny] I'm not seeing anything.
[Mireya whispering] This place is insane.
[Ronny] Hold on. There's another path over here.
Whoa!
The hell's this?
Mireya!
[Mireya] What's that?
[bleep]
[soft rustling]
[loud bang]
Ryan, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up.
Get out of... Get up, get up.
Out the front. Get up. Go, go, go, go.
Move, move, move.
It was right here. Son of a [bleep].
It was right here.
Look at that [bleep].
[exhales] Oh!
Got all of our stuff?
Okay, get out. Get out.
Get out. Let's go.
Grab your gear.
Right beside me on the wall with a window that has glass out of it,
something pushed that piece of wood out.
It was like it was taunting me.
-Got your bag? -[Ryan] Yeah.
That aggressive behavior was enough to make me realize right here, right now,
I'm in the wrong place and I need to move.
[bleep]
It was right beside us.
Come on. Move.
When you get comfortable and you let your guard down,
suddenly you realize that all that safety and security is no longer there.
We had to leave. We needed a space that was
not confined, not congested, not a perfect ambush situation.
Move. Get up here with me.
Don't get far.
Listen. That thing was right on that [bleep] wall.
[Russell] No, I just know that whatever it was that hit that wall
and pushed that thing off was big.
It could've been a bear.
But it was
something I didn't wanna mess with.
We were literally sitting ducks.
I'm sorry, man. Well, we're not gonna get any sleep tonight.
I hope we can wait for that sunrise here.
I feel so much better out here in the open air.
I don't feel like we're trapped in a box.
[Ronny] Jeez!
A tombstone made of wood.
[Erik] After hearing mysterious sounds
captured by their surveillance microphones,
Ronny and Mireya have discovered a small grave site.
...and when.
[Ronny] Holy [bleep], man.
Child's tombstone.
Reminds me of Oregon.
[Erik] Three years ago, during the team's first expedition in Oregon...
[Ronny] Look at this.
[Mireya] Cemetery?
[Erik] ...Ronny and Mireya discovered a cemetery
dating back over 100 years...
[Mireya] Oh, my God!
These are all children.
[Erik] ...filled mostly with children's graves.
According to legends and reports,
Bigfoot often show up in areas marked by sorrow and emotional darkness.
And to hear what sounded like a scream
coming from an area where we found this
child's tombstone in the middle of the woods,
this just affirms that idea.
[Mireya speaking]
I don't put a lot of stock into stories about Bigfoot connected to emotions,
but this is the second time that we have found a grave site near an area of activity
and I have to admit that that's pretty odd.
[Bryce] I get very uneasy vibe about this place.
[Erik] Five miles west,
Bryce is exploring the area where a witness had a possible Bigfoot encounter.
It is also in close proximity to their target zone.
Right now, I'm just exploring this area
where Jeffrey said
something ran its claw across his camper.
When I first spoke to Jeffrey,
he told me about his grandfather's encounter with a Bigfoot
or Kushtaka.
But I just learned
he's had a terrifying encounter of his own.
Next thing you know, it started shaking the whole trailer.
Did you get a look at what it was?
We ran outside
and I could see this face.
So, I'm back in the area of the woods
where he was attacked in his camper.
It's so close to our target zone
and the fact that it only happened a few months ago,
I wanna see if whatever scared him off left any evidence behind.
Thinking back,
to what that logger told me about his work site,
being terrorized and things being taken,
and then, hearing Jeffrey's story,
there seems to be
this common theme that when you stumble into a territory
where Bigfoot does not want you, he is gonna let you know.
Oh, my God. [bleep] Look at this one.
Holy [bleep].
What!
Look at this. This is all just
connected and woven together.
Looking at these tree structures,
I can tell that they were built with intelligence and design.
But knowing that this is the same area where Jeffrey had his encounter,
tells me that there's something significant about this place.
I just got the most
uneasy feeling
just looking at this thing.
This is insane.
[branch snapping]
[bleep]
What the [bleep] was that?
Hey,
turn off your lights.
Turn off your lights.
Let's switch to our IR flashlights to keep a lower profile.
I'm gonna pull out my camera.
Okay.
I don't know what the hell that was.
But that was loud.
And it was right when I was checking out whatever this is.
That sounded close.
I don't see anything.
I'll tell you what, I didn't like this place when I walked into it,
and I like it even less right now.
It feels like I'm being watched.
You know,
I hear a lot of people talk about
-just that-- -[strange wailing]
[bleep]
Did you hear that?
That was the strangest [bleep] noise.
Now look, if it came from over there...
[exhales]
That was the creepiest sound I've ever heard.
I'm not a wildlife expert,
but when people talk about an unnatural sound coming from the woods,
that was that.
Let me just see if I can see something here.
Oh, my God!
What the hell was that?
Oh, man.
I am getting an overall sensation
of something not wanting me here.
Starting with finding that tree structure,
to hearing whatever the hell that was,
the message is clear.
And it's sending a chill up my spine.
Something is trying to scare me out of these woods.
My legs don't wanna move, but I think we need to move in that direction.
All right.
Just move real slow and follow my lead, all right?
Let's go.
Oh, my gosh. I'm tired.
I got
just a little bit more time before that
tide starts rising back up and it's all the way on the bottom now.
So now I can get across.
[Erik] On a small island off the coast of Prince of Wales,
Russell has spent the night outside
after being forced from the cabin
where he and his cameraman were taking shelter.
Hey, man. Hey!
Let's get our gear.
I didn't sleep much last night
and that gave me some time to think.
Look where we are.
We're on this island
where there is definitely something around me.
A few days ago, I was led to that abandoned mine
where it showed signs that something was living inside of it.
So now, we have two locations that are both perfect places to hide.
Now, you've got a river with fresh water,
hunting grounds
that connects both of these locations.
It's a pretty well used trail.
It's exactly what I'm looking for.
I think if Bigfoot is here,
it's using the river and the forest around it
to maneuver between these two points.
Look at this trail.
This is that wilderness Alaskan highway I was looking for.
Now that I think I know where they're moving to,
I have the perfect tool to help me find them.
Might be able to use this for some of those burrs.
I've got with me burrs that have tiny little tracking devices in them.
Now last year, we were very successful with these tools.
And this will stay with whatever it hooks on to.
Hey, look at this!
Where's my burr?
Where's my device?
Something picked this thing up, Zach.
I'm gonna use this branch right here beside you, bud.
I'm placing trackers along the trails.
These things will attach themselves
to anything passing by that has hair and I can track its movement and location.
Now, I've brought twice as many trackers with me this year.
These things move and I will get an alert.
And if I'm within 1,000 yards of this tracker,
I can pinpoint that thing down to a five-foot section.
[Erik] Russell has placed 18 trackers at varying heights throughout the forest
in between the island and the abandoned mine.
Careful coming through.
Whatever this is, it's definitely smart enough to know that I'm following it
and it's definitely staying just ahead of me enough
to where, we're back in that cat-and-mouse game that I've played before.
Perfect.
I can't give up on this.
If this tracker does its job,
then I'll be able to do mine.
We're set.
Okay, let's cut back up the hill.
This is awesome.
-Military grade night vision. -[Mireya] Yeah.
[Erik] In addition to the acoustic devices spread throughout the forest,
Ronny and Mireya are deploying state-of-the-art visual technology.
[Ronny] I'm glad we're using these goggles again.
And it's gonna be a gamechanger for us.
[Mireya] I like this a lot,
mostly because it levels the playing field a little bit.
Nocturnal animals have superior vision
to what you and I would have walking around in the dark out here
and this is really gonna improve that.
But, we're gonna have to move a lot slower because we are gonna lose a lot of depth
-perception, typically we have that 190 degree range. -Yeah.
With these, we're gonna be limited to 40 degrees.
That's gonna be a challenge.
So, we're gonna cover less ground, but we're gonna be a lot more stealth.
Right. I have another idea that we can actually implement with this, too.
We could use these infrared
cameras, put them on the back of the helmet because I've been in
different situations where I felt like something was behind me or following me
and when you turn around, there's nothing there.
So, we can also use IR flashlights, which animals won't be able to see.
Even though we're losing some of that
field of vision
in the front, we're gonna have--
-We're gonna have eyes behind our head. -Yeah.
So, this will allow us to kind of
scan around as we're using the night vision, but also be recording in the back.
I like that because if you think of predatory behavior,
-they're gonna come from the back. -Mmm.
This just offers us
yet another way, a unique way, to explore this environment.
[Ronny] So, yeah. We'll place these right on the back.
-You know? -[Mireya] Mmm-hmm.
I like this a lot, just trying something different out here
-just a fresh approach, I think is really a good idea. -[Ronny] Yeah.
[Ronny] I think this will be awesome.
[Russell whispering]
Look at this.
Where's my tracker?
It's not here.
Something grabbed the tracker.
When I come to my first location,
the tracker's gone.
This tracker's moving.
Let's go.
Then, I get an alert and I know that
something has got one of my trackers.
So, I'm gonna start following this thing.
The chase is on.
We're right here
and it's out this way.
So, we'll head in that direction.
Whatever has this tracker, is constantly moving at a brisk pace.
But, the signal shows that I'm still closing that gap between the two of us.
[whispering] We're getting closer.
[mouthing]
[rustling]
[loud rustling]
Pow, pow, pow, pow.
I'm following the signal from this missing tracker
and as I'm tracking this thing, the only thing I'm finding on the ground
are wolf tracks.
Do you see how big these tracks are?
Do you see how heavy that sunk in the mud?
This thing just went through here.
We're following this wolf right here.
After seeing those prints, I'm satisfied with knowing that
my tracker is attached to a wolf
and that's not what I'm here for.
I'm not gonna go through this forest chasing a wolf down,
if I know that that's exactly what's got my tracker.
[Bryce] Look at this right here.
Wow!
[Erik] Bryce has received digital copies of the newly discovered evidence
from the field team.
That was weird. About two seconds of something.
It also looked like it had long
hair.
Let's get this SD card to Bryce.
[Bryce] So, the team just sent me
some amazing evidence.
The first is in this form of a trail camera video
which captured something truly unique.
Take a look.
Right here, you see something cross the camera.
It just happened so fast, but what catches my attention,
is the hair
of what appears to be something large running by.
You know, look, this could easily be a bear.
We're in a place that's massively populated by black bears.
So, this could be that, but,
but I don't know, this reminds me of what we saw in Kentucky.
These spikes just look like hair to me.
I mean, this just looks like an animal with either hair or fur
that was extremely close to the camera.
Right here, just those hairs, those large hairs,
which are so reminiscent of a Bigfoot.
But, just like in Kentucky, all I really see here is some hair.
So, I'm not gonna rule out this piece of evidence,
but I just can't say with certainty that we captured what we're looking for.
But this, on the other hand,
really intrigues me.
This is an incredible 3D scan of a footprint that Ronny and Mireya captured
that was taken in the same area as this trail camera image was.
And so, when you put the two together, it starts to create a really compelling story.
Take a look at this footprint.
Right off the bat, I can tell it doesn't appear to be, what's called a double step.
A lot of the times, people will mistake a bear's double step
for a Bigfoot footprint.
A double step is when a bear's hindleg
steps into the same exact track as its front leg
making it appear to look like
a large human footprint.
I don't see any evidence of that here.
This is a pristine foot. I can see the heel clearly
and these toes splayed out, it's such a deep impression into the soil.
We'll have to actually just take some measurements here.
So, if I make a line just from the base of the heel all the way to the
biggest toe, we get about...
approximately...
16 inches.
Man!
You know what, just the shape of this and how
clean it is, reminds me of that incredible footprint
that Russell captured in Washington.
[Russell] Now, look how big this thing is. Holy crap!
-Look how long that thing is. -That is big.
-[Mireya] Nearly 16. -Sixteen inches.
[Bryce] Wow!
You know what?
They do sort of look similar. I'd love to actually
just take a look at that.
Here we go!
Oh, yeah!
I mean,
those look,
those look strikingly similar to me.
For the most part, these look almost identical.
Let's actually take a look at how wide this foot is.
So, this foot right here is about six-and-a-half
inches wide,
which guess what?
So is this one.
Is that a striking coincidence or similarity?
Sure, it's possible, right?
But, here's the thing.
We can only guesstimate how many of these creatures are actually out there.
And I think we have a pretty good idea at how far of a distance
these creatures can migrate.
So, it just has my mind spinning that perhaps,
these footprints could come from the same family grouping.
Or even,
what if this was the same Bigfoot?
Now, I know that's a pretty
far-stretched theory, but so was why we came to Alaska in the first place.
Right? We came here because we discovered a wolf hair
that should not have been in Northern California.
Yet, that led us on this quest that perhaps,
Bigfoot is migrating from Alaska, down through Canada,
through the Olympic Peninsula and in places like Northern California,
through the changing seasons.
I know it's a crazy thought, but it wouldn't surprise me
if this is the same creature.
It's just too much of a coincidence.
[device beeps]
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Here we go.
We've got another tracker on the move.
That's within 1,000 yards of here. Let's go.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Man, this thing is really moving.
Here's where I set up the tracker.
Now, this is the tallest one I put up.
And it's gone.
This was almost eye level to me.
A bear wouldn't have picked that up.
A deer wouldn't have picked that up.
Something as tall as a man
six feet or taller,
picked up my tracker and is on the move.
We gotta stay on this thing.
-[device beeps] -Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Signal, signal!
[device beeps]
There we go.
This thing is moving fast, moving with intent.
If I can get out ahead or parallel with it, I need eyes on this thing.
It's heading for the coast.
This is exactly what I've been looking for.
It's out in the front of us.
[Ronny] Okay.
So, I'm getting used to this
night vision binocular.
You can see pretty clearly, but you definitely lose some depth perception
as you're walking.
[Erik] The team is equipped with military grade night vision gear.
I have a pretty clear picture of the pass.
[Erik] They've also attached rear-facing infrared cameras to their helmets
along with an IR flashlight
that casts a light outside the visible spectrum.
So, with the naked eye, you don't see them right now?
No, that's crazy.
It's so bright for me.
[Erik] Its beam is only detectable
by the helmet cameras and those of the cameramen following the team.
Normally, visibility would be limited to your flashlight
beam.
This allows me to see pretty deep and, uh,
having the infrared camera on the back of the helmet,
just allows me to not miss anything because
we definitely feel like we're being
followed and paralleled when we're go into certain areas, so...
I'm gonna have my head on a swivel, just looking around.
I'm hoping that this is gonna capture
anything that's trying to follow.
Walking through the forest with the rear-facing cameras
gives me an extra degree of confidence.
We've been in this scenario so many times where
I'm hearing something
moving beside me, almost paralleling me, but now,
if there is something following me,
we'll have video evidence of it.
Mireya for Ronny.
[Ronny whispering] Go for Ronny.
[whispering] Have you had anything over there?
[whispering] So far, no visuals. But it's been
really, really quiet. Almost too quiet.
All right. I haven't seen anything on this end either.
[Ronny] Yeah, the forest has this
really eerie
quietness about it right now.
[Mireya whispering] There's definitely an energy out here.
Like, you're waiting for something to happen.
Often times, Bigfoot reports,
they talk about the forest going completely silent.
All the prey here are aware of
Bigfoot being in the vicinity, so they all hunker down for the night.
Kinda makes you feel a bit uneasy walking through here.
So, because of the fact that
I'm able to sit out here in complete darkness,
I feel that by hunkering down,
I'm in a really good position that if anything
were to come through here,
it may not even realize that I'm here.
Shh!
[strange wailing]
What was that?
That sound, that was insane.
Yeah, it sounded like what we heard last night,
almost like a baby crying, or an animal being hurt.
Mireya for Ronny.
[Ronny] Go for Ronny.
[Mireya] Did you hear that?
I just heard what sounded like some of sort weird baby cry or animal noise again.
It sounded like it was close.
[Ronny] Oh, wow! Do you know what direction you're,
you're hearing that sound?
It sounded like it was coming north of my location.
Copy that.
[Mireya] Normally, I would start, sort of, running towards a sound like that,
but with the limited depth of field
I think my best strategy right now is to slowly start making my way in that direction.
[Ronny] Copy that.
I'm gonna head towards that direction and it looks like I should come to
your position, so I'm sure we're gonna hit each other at some point.
Okay. That sounds great.
[Ronny whispering] I just got the chills.
Really difficult to maneuver through here.
You feel like you're being watched.
That's what I'm getting right now.
-[thudding] -[Mireya] What the hell?
I mean, that to me sounded like something like, a heavy heart sound.
Oh, my God.
[Russell] Look at this.
That thing should be right in front of us.
Right down there.
I've been tracking something for hours now.
I've covered so much distance, I'm outside of our target zone
by about two or three miles.
This is continuous movement and non-stop.
I'm tired.
Now, I can tell by the way this thing is moving,
that it's not a wolf and it's certainly not a bear.
And, if I had to guess,
I would say this thing is running from me.
We're close.
[pants]
Oh, [bleep]!
Where did it go?
I got nothing.
Let's go down this way.
Is that the water right there?
[Russell] Watch your step.
That thing was right in front of us.
There's nothing in front of us but water.
This thing made a straight beeline for this coastline.
The trajectory of this thing did not deviate in any way.
It knew its direction, it knew its path and it came right to this water's edge
and vanished.
Ryan, I just don't get it, man.
It's absolutely impossible for it to disappear like that. There's no way.
What the hell!
Hang on a second.
That other coastline, maybe what, a mile away?
I think it went across, man.
Hey, check something here, man.
The only place it could've gone
is across these rocks and into that water
to swim to that other island.
Look at this.
This right here is the shortest distance between this island
and the chain of islands that leads to the mainland.
Holy crap!
I have something with that tracker attached to it
that is smart enough to know
that it is the shortest point
from this island to that mainland
right here in front of us.
Whatever has my tracker,
is in this water and I believe it's making its way over to the mainland right now.
You ready?
I need to be on that shore tomorrow morning
because if I can get within 1,000 yards
of where that tracker is,
I will be in hot pursuit.
I don't know what this thing wants on the mainland,
but I'm gonna be there right on its heels.