[narrator] Previously on Expedition Bigfoot...
People talk about seeing worms
wherever they have Sasquatch activity.
There's one, two, three different lengths over there.
Throughout the years,
they see lots of humanlike creatures.
Primate creatures, Bigfoot creatures.
Look at this.
"Terrorized by beast.
"During the day, the monster keeps to himself."
I have a contact who has military grade equipment.
Not only can it locate living things,
but it can tell you exactly what those living things are.
Let's see what's out there.
-Whoa. -Whoa. [bleep]
The signals you're seeing, they're all primate.
There are no known primates here.
-Take a look at that. -What the...
Whoa! Holy [bleep] It's a tree structure.
We just found a very unusual structure in the woods.
This is purposely put here. [bleep] Jackpot.
The forest can sometimes seem like
it's a place of just complete chaos.
But what catches your eye in a place like this is order.
And I knew.
Those tree branches. They were placed.
They don't just naturally fall that way.
When you find something that doesn't fit
the behaviors of animals that are known out here,
then the next question is, well, then what made it?
At the southeast edge of the target zone,
near the base of Pine Mountain,
investigators Mireya Mayor and Ronny Le Blanc
are returning to the site of a mysterious tree structure,
possible evidence that a Bigfoot is nearby.
Oh, wow.
Bingo.
That's amazing.
Oh, my God.
Looks even better during the day.
You can just see how everything is kind of woven in
and laid on top of each other.
It could be a symbol saying, "Stay out.
"This is my territory or domain."
So far, I'm not seeing hair or any type of footprints.
This is really [bleep] weird.
Finding this brought me back to the moment where we found
the nest in Oregon.
Last year, the team discovered
what they believed was a Bigfoot nest.
It was impressive in the way that it was in a woven,
but I had to duck down to get underneath it.
Whereas with this,
the apex is at least eight feet high,
and so the sheer size of this is rather impressive.
Something with hands
definitely put this together.
It's not out of the realm of possibility
that this could be symbolic.
If an animal was going to use this to communicate,
then this is what you would want
because you could see this
from any direction going up and down these trails.
And it definitely does cross my mind
that someone built to this.
But this is so far out of the way.
Someone would have had to have hiked
for hours up steep terrain with a ladder to get something
at that level in the tree, which would require an amount
of strength and energy. That just doesn't seem likely.
The only way to rule out if a human did this
is to collect eDNA samples from the dirt.
EDNA or environmental DNA is the genetic material
naturally left behind by animals in the soil.
By scientifically analyzing this material,
the eDNA specimen will help generate a snapshot
of any living creatures that have been close to the structure.
Something built it. Something is using it.
Whatever it was is going to be coming back again tonight.
So I say we go all out,
we deploy everything that we have.
These are GPS trackers.
What I've done is put a bunch of Velcro around it,
and the idea is to string these in such a way
if we have a Bigfoot walking through,
it should snag on the fur,
and then instantly, we'll be able to track this.
Also I would love to set up a bunch of these tags.
Female human pheromone mixed with primate.
So if it's a male, it's going to be attracted to the female.
If there's another female around,
that says, "Hey, there's somebody invading my territory,"
that it's gonna draw something in.
We can try this, um, with primitive primates.
There are examples where they actually used scent to fight.
So it may get them angry.
I know that the magnetic antenna detected primates here,
but I don't know what kind of response
you might get from something like this,
because there's no textbook on this.
Right. But I'm willing to try everything.
Yeah, well, let's just see if we can draw something out tonight.
Okay.
We're close.
Seven this way.
Eight miles outside of the target zone,
Bryce Johnson is on his way to speak to a woman
who claims to have once possessed the remains
of a massive humanlike creature.
The tree structure the team uncovered last night is amazing,
and I can't wait to hear what Ronny and Mireya find.
But I got a phone call this morning
that could crack this investigation wide open.
I'm on my way to talk to
a lady by the name of Nancy Lawson.
Her father and his friends used to do archaeological digging,
and they managed to find some skeletal remains
that were out of ordinary, to say the least.
So I want to talk to her and see what she remembers.
I really want to find out what made these bones so interesting.
Well, Nancy, thanks for meeting with me today.
It's my pleasure.
Tell me a little bit about your father.
My dad grew up here.
The only time he was gone
was when he was in World War II.
-He was a tailgater on a bomber. -I'll be darned.
And then he went into the forestry and found his love.
Wow.
And he and one of his buddies,
they would go into the mountains
and dig under caves and in caves and around cliffs.
And he found all kinds of Indian artifacts.
Well, in his findings, he found a jawbone.
Now I brought this picture of my dad out.
So you can see he was not a little man.
Yeah.
And I was probably about 13.
And Dad held that jawbone up to his vice.
I mean, he would have been this much bigger.
I mean, it was huge.
-It was that big. -It was that big.
It was a good two inches out from his jaw.
Wow.
I asked him was it an animal, and he said,
no, this isn't an animal.
He said it's something we don't know.
I was completely blown away when she told me
that a large jawbone was discovered just in this area.
And let me tell you, that's all we would need
to confirm the existence of a Bigfoot-like creature.
One jawbone is all it would take
to put this mystery to bed.
I wanted to call it a human bone,
but I remember Dad saying, if it's human, it's a jot.
Dad had no clue, really.
They had no clue.
Well, that's why I'm so interested in talking to you
because so many people say, if these creatures did exist
then we would find their bones.
So when somebody comes across a large bone like that
and perhaps we can make some headway on
to prove that these things might exist.
Except that when he passed away,
gave all his things to museums.
So I'm not sure what happened to that jawbone.
Yeah. Do you know which museum?
I don't know.
I found a lot of his records.
Nothing was ever logged.
That's wild.
It's a huge blow that that jawbone is missing.
But wherever your dad found it,
it could still hold additional evidence.
Where was the cave that they found the jawbone?
In this mountain, Pine Mountain,
and it was a massive cave.
Would you know the location of that cave today?
Not to my knowledge, but he probably
wouldn't have told we girls anyway.
And he was all over these mountains.
There's still the possibility of finding something
in and around this area near Pine Mountain,
where our team is right now.
Finding something like skeletal remains
could give us the conclusive proof
and evidence that we need
to really solve this mystery and put it to bed for science.
Thank you so much, Nancy.
I really appreciate it.
You never know what's in these mountains.
You never know.
It's like a little outcropping of rock here.
Nature pushed it up, gave a natural shoulder.
It's not what we're looking for.
Going up the hill and see everything else up there.
In the south-east corner of the target zone
near the base of Pine Mountain,
survivalist Russell Acord is searching for evidence
that may explain the strange lights he saw last night.
I can't tell you what was the origin of those lights.
It seemed odd. It was certainly out of place.
It didn't make sense.
However, a lot of the testimonies I've heard,
and a lot of researchers would tell you
that they've heard stories of white lights and Bigfoot.
We saw it last year in Oregon.
Whether I believe it or not,
I can't dismiss what I saw last night.
It could be something very, very simple.
It could be something very complex,
but I have to follow up on it.
I don't like unanswered questions.
Wow. Look at that.
Here's an old truck.
You know, coming through these woods,
you never know what you're gonna find. It's crazy.
Well, this isn't what I was after.
Thomas Edison wasn't projecting those lights last night.
This truck hasn't run in decades.
I need to get back.
I don't know what was the source of those lights,
but we're running out of time,
and I still have so much area I have to cover.
So I think we're gonna back away from this area
and work our way towards Pine Mountain
and get into some of those spots that I've been looking for.
With rumors of a massive cave system
throughout the 125-mile long Pine Mountain ridge,
the team believes it may prove
to be the perfect hiding spot for Bigfoot.
On my way to Pine Mountain, I have to pick up
whatever gear we got and pulled my trail cam
because I don't believe we're coming back through here.
Let's see what we got.
Okay, I'm picking up a trail camera
number six of the trail.
Hopefully, we got something good
to look at on the camera.
Should be right up here.
It should be here.
Hang on a second.
Where's my trail camera?
Hold on a second.
I don't see my...
Oh, look at that.
That thing's just destroyed.
What the hell?
Where's my trail camera?
I don't see my...
Oh, look at that.
That thing's just destroyed.
What the hell?
Survivalist Russell Acord has discovered a trail camera
he placed near his camp has been severely mangled.
Look at this thing. It's like it got chewed up.
Look at that tree.
Holy crap.
This is where the trail cam was.
Looks like it got chewed off or clawed down.
There's prints on this trail, too.
Looks like we've got a lot of depression through here.
Uh, I think we got a bear.
The trail cam that I'd set up was in pieces.
It's like it got chewed up really bad.
There's some scratches on the tree,
so my first instinct is it looked like a bear.
But generally, the animals don't go after
what's taking the pictures,
so that is a bit odd.
See if we can get that card out of there.
And look at this.
Look at that. There's no card.
The camera's micro memory card may contain video
of whatever destroyed the device,
but it's missing from its slot.
Okay, watch around your feet. See if you see the card.
Oh, come on.
If I can find the card, there should be some good pictures on that thing.
Just a piece of the body.
Wait a minute. Is this it?
No.
I can't really figure out what it is.
[thunder rumbling]
That was insane.
That was right over top of us.
I think it's time to get out of here.
Little too close for my taste.
Getting off this hillside.
If I could find that piece of evidence,
we can have it analyzed and find out
exactly what we have on our hands.
But I didn't get to continue searching
because of the storm.
Find a safe place to be.
It's coming down.
With the water and drainage and mud,
this is gonna be fairly impossible.
This is a dangerous situation as well.
The lightning is directly overhead.
And it's not safe being in an environment like this.
Russell quickly makes camp by the base of Pine Mountain,
where he'll lay low until the storm passes.
Come on. Come on. Come on, buddy.
That's the fastest I've had to put up this tent in a while.
Night-time is coming, so it won't be too long
before I'm able to get back out if this rain lets up.
Hey, Meriya.
Talk to me.
I'm in position now
and I'm ready to go into the dark.
Okay. It'll go dark in about thirty seconds.
All right. Sounds good.
As darkness falls, Ronny and Mireya
are preparing to launch a night investigation
surrounding the mysterious tree structure.
Tonight, the game plan is we're gonna go no holds barred.
We're bringing everything we have.
I'm going to be positioned by the tree structure
with a thermal camera.
Okay, I have the IR camera ready to go.
Okay. I've got my eyes on you from up here.
All right. Sounds good.
Mireya will be up on that ravine with a thermal
to capture any type of movement.
She's going to help be my eyes and ears.
She's also going to have a recording
and blast the sound that we've been using
and having some great success.
Over a week ago, the team played a recording
of a possible Kentucky Bigfoot howl,
which appeared to draw several
large, unidentified creatures closer.
[distant howling]
Tell me you heard that.
Tonight, they hope the tactic will have
a similar result near the tree structure.
[howling]
Ronny, do you recognize that sound?
We just got a tree knock.
I heard it clearly, whatever that was.
Yeah, tree knocks always happen
when Bigfoot is around.
It's believed that Bigfoots communicate
by hitting branches against the trees.
And every time I've heard one, weird stuff comes with it.
Ronny, I'm not seeing anything moving,
but I'm going to play the call back again now.
Sit tight.
Roger that.
[howling]
[knocking]
Did you hear that?
That was too sounds now.
That sounded closer to me.
I'm scanning to your left, scanning to the left.
The hair in the back of my neck
is standing up like crazy.
There's electricity in the air.
I can't describe it, but this is crazy.
What just happened?
I just saw something flash very quickly on the thermal...
My camera just died.
I'm running blind out here.
It just got extremely cold around me right now.
The forest just went dead silent.
I just got the chills.
I feel eyes on me.
Listen.
I can hear branches popping.
I got something coming towards me now.
Well, whatever it is, it's hiding from my thermal.
There's definitely something around here.
I'm not picking anything up.
That's weird, because I hear something
coming closer and closer and I can't see [bleep].
Whatever it is, it's getting closer.
Here it comes. Can you hear it?
I heard something out there.
There's a strange light in front of me. Can you see it?
I'm seeing something.
What is that?
No idea.
I have eyes moving towards me...
...that looks like it's looking right at me.
Here it comes.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
We got company.
Oh, my God.
I have eyes moving towards me.
Here it comes.
We got company.
In the dead of night,
Ronny and Mireya are experiencing
what could be a close encounter
with a creature in the woods.
I have a light in front of me that is going crazy.
It's, like, dancing.
What?
A white light directly in front of me. I'm gonna point to it now.
You should be able to pick it up on the thermal.
Yeah, something's going crazy on the thermal now.
The trees are lighting up and flashing on my screen right now.
Very weird.
You still have the heat signature?
Oh, my God, it's gone.
Do you still hear something close to you?
Negative.
I don't understand being able to pick up
a heat signature on a thermal camera
and then just have it vanish.
It's a really weird experience.
On top of that, we're hearing sounds.
Ronny is hearing footsteps coming towards him,
and I've got all the right tools in front of me
to see whatever is making these sounds, and I can't.
All right, let's try something else.
We get our flashlights and try to find out
whatever it is around here.
Copy that, Ronny. Let's really search this area.
Any prints down there?
I don't see anything.
There was absolutely no trace that anything had been there.
Given all those sounds that we heard,
this is something that I find
really difficult to rationalize.
That was the strongest evidence that I saw
that something different was out there
and then it was just gone.
There's nothing here.
Damn it.
Gonna set up our thermals here.
I got a pretty good, vast area around me.
So any animals walking in this area
is gonna stand out like a spotlight.
With just hours until dawn,
Russell is investigating an open field
at the base of Pine Mountain,
adjacent to where his trail cam was destroyed.
I don't know what attacked my trail cam, but I feel like something big
is signaling or marking this territory.
It could have been a bear. It could've been a mountain lion.
Or it could have been what I've been looking for.
I found a really nice clearing
not far from where this took place.
I feel like there's a lot of activity here,
so I'm using my thermals
and I'm hoping to get a sign of whatever it was.
Oh.
I see something small moving.
There's a smaller animal down here going moving around.
That means food for an apex predator.
It appears to be a fox.
It's curious enough to poke his ears up.
The fact that it's comfortable to be out moving around
is a sign nothing has scared it away.
Did you hear something off the side here?
Uh-oh.
There's something red moving.
Wow, that's a rabbit.
There's something taller right here.
[Russell] I'm not sure.
Just gonna watch it for a second, see if it's gonna come out.
It has to come out of the trees.
[bleep] It's a deer.
I know there's something out here.
So it's a game of patience...
...till you hear it again.
I just spent the last several hours using my thermal imaging.
The only thing I found were a couple of deer
and a lot of a smaller animals,
a couple rabbits, that sort of thing,
but nothing that would actually have destroyed my trail camp.
I still have limited time,
so I need to get back, load up my camp.
I need to get to Pine Mountain.
Look at that.
Holy smokes.
Something destroyed my tent.
[Russell] Look at that.
Holy smokes.
Something destroyed my tent.
[narrator] At the base of Pine Mountain,
Russell has returned to his camp
to discover it's been violently ransacked.
Uh, check this out.
[Russell] I'm not sure because there's not enough detail in this track
to tell if it's a bear or a Bigfoot.
Whatever it was just destroyed this thing.
I don't know if It's still around or not.
But my first guess is most likely a bear.
You know, I shouldn't be surprised.
We've been seeing bear sign for days.
I had that trail mix in here.
I know better than to leave food in a tent.
That's just weird, though.
There's something that doesn't line up here.
I left my backpack in there, and I have some trail mix in there.
A bear has an incredible sense of smell,
and if it smells food, it's gonna come after it.
My tent was completely destroyed,
and yet my food was left untouched.
Why would something destroy my tent and not touch my food?
This doesn't make sense
'cause there's an abundance of food.
I don't wanna rule out bears
except for the fact that this area
has a very, very funky smell.
Do you smell that?
It's nasty. That's that game you smelled.
Keep your eyes open.
If there's a Bigfoot out here, maybe they--
There's something on that hillside above us.
Did you hear it coming through the leaves?
Having a tent destroyed,
having my trail cam destroyed does not make sense.
The closer I am getting too Pine Mountain
the more aggressive activities
seem to be happening around this.
It's like things were being thrown on my path
to either slow me down or to stop me.
The more you head a certain direction,
and the more resistance you get in that path
is nothing but more evidence
that you're on the right trail.
I've got the attention of something,
and this is not the time to turn back.
[narrator] As Russell treks up Pine Mountain...
-[Mireya] I'll check this trail camp here. -All right.
There are just shots of us walking up and down this trail.
[Ronny] So, okay. Nothing?
[Mireya] Nothing on this one.
Let's go check the next one.
[narrator] One mile northwest,
Ronny and Mireya are reexamining the area
around the tree structure, searching for any evidence
that may explain the strange encounter the experienced the night before.
All right, so this one, something activated it,
-but there's nothing in the picture. -[Ronny] Nothing.
Huh.
All right, this one, again, something triggered it.
But there's no visual of anything.
And this one got triggered as well,
but it doesn't show anything.
[Ronny] It's disappointing.
I figured we would get something
with all the activity that we saw.
Wood knocks and something walking around us.
[Mireya] Okay, so this is the last one.
Nothing.
[Ronny] I can't believe it.
[Mireya] We have really investigated
every single angle of this structure,
and we haven't found a lot of what most scientists
would consider hard evidence.
We have very limited time here,
and I just feel like we're hitting a dead end.
[cell phone rings]
-Hey, Mireya, what's going on? -[Mireya] Hey, Bryce.
Listen, man, we're just calling you
because we're hitting a lot of walls out here.
We're not really sure what to do at this point.
And we're running out of time.
There's only one day left.
[Bryce] I totally get it.
You guys took a eDNA sample of that tree structure, right?
[Ronny] Right, we did that.
[Bryce] Great. I have a contact.
He's a certified man tracker.
And whatever touched the soil of that tree structure last,
this guy should be able to track that scent.
And with any luck, he will be able to lead you
right to wherever Bigfoot is hiding in these hills.
Bryce, that would be amazing.
That's what we need. That's exactly what we need.
Perfect. Let me get in touch with this guy,
tell him what the plan is and send him out your way.
-Wow, Bryce, that's awesome, man. -Yeah.
-Thanks so much. -Thank you, man.
[Bryce] All right, you got it. Listen, I'll talk to you soon.
[Ronny] Okay. [Mireya] Bye.
So I'm gonna go visit my good friend Zach,
who is part of our Expedition Bigfoot team.
He was the one who was with Russell.
He had a leg injury just a few days ago.
[man] Hang on, hang on.
[Zach] I can't stand up.
Zach was a huge part of this team,
and this is where Zach grew up his entire life.
He knows the locals and they know him,
and they trust him and they adore him as part of the community.
Well, it turns out that many people in the area know his connection to Bigfoot.
And last night someone came forward
and gave him what he thinks is a great piece of evidence.
So I'm on my way to see what he has.
Hey, Zach.
-What's up, Bryce? -How are you, man?
[Zach] Good. As good as can be expected.
[Bryce] Are you in pain or...?
[Zach] No, not for the most part.
I'm in pain because I'm not out there with you guys.
Totally get that. Yep.
It sucks.
I mean, I grew up right here in southeast Kentucky,
the mountains, the hollers as we call 'em.
Yeah.
And to get hurt and not get to finish here,
that kinda bothers me.
It's actually one of the reasons
this has been so special to me,
and why it hurt so bad to get taken out
is because I grew up hearing stories from my dad.
I know you have something to show me,
and I can't wait to see it, but I never realized
that your father had a Bigfoot encounter.
Would you be willing to tell me about that?
He was about 15 years old.
He was hunting. And it was about dusk, getting ready to be dark.
He wanted get home before it got dark.
He was coming off the mountain,
and as he was coming down, he could hear this just loud,
rustling loud, like, steps coming down the hill across from him.
And every time he would stop to listen,
it would just be quiet and calm.
Right.
So he just made a mad dash.
And as soon as he looked back, he could see just this
large silhouette of something just running out on two feet.
Just heavy... [mimics swooshing]
Wow.
So, he, he kept running.
And just when he finally gets to his house
a guy came out on the porch
and started shooting at something behind it.
Wow.
And it...
It makes me sad because, you know,
again, I grew up with this stuff.
Mmm-hmm.
And when you guys came to Kentucky,
it just kinda feel like Dad was there
and Dad was a part of it and...
You know, and it just...
So it sucks to get taken out.
But, uh...
I can tell it means a lot to you.
Yeah. I mean, he believe in...
I feel like if I say that I don't believe...
-Yeah. -...I'm calling my dad a liar.
Are people nervous of that?
Like, being called a liar
-around here? -Around here, yeah.
How come?
Well, it's the Bible Belt.
It all comes down to religion and spirituality.
If you go out and you say, "I saw this thing,"
People are gonna say you're crazy,
and if you're crazy, then you're probably
not a good Christian.
You're not gonna go to heaven, you know?
So, they're afraid of what people will think about 'em.
And that's kinda where I base my beliefs, you know?
I believe in God, you know?
So, are you familiar with Nephilims?
-Mmm-hmm. -Nephilims.
Sure. Fallen angels that came down
-and created a large race of giants. -Exactly.
[narrator] According to biblical scholars,
the Nephilim were giants, violent, superhuman offspring
produced when renegade angels mated with human women
in the days of Noah.
Zach described himself as a religious person,
and so he sort of viewed these Bigfoots
in the context of the Bible
and talking about these large race of giants
that once inhabited the Earth.
Now, that's definitely a different theory.
But maybe that helps explain some of these large bones
that people have found in and around this area.
I wanted to call it a human bone.
But I remember Dad saying, "If it's human, it's a giant."
You said your friend found something and brought it to you?
Oh, yeah. So many people have come to me
and told me stories, and they're giving me things.
A fella came to me, and he said he found something in a creek
just below a cave that had collapsed.
It's right here in this box.
-Right here. -I want you to check that out.
[Bryce] It's heavy.
This is incredible.
What am I looking at here, Zach?
This is incredible.
What am I looking at here, Zach?
Looks like a handprint to me, man.
Looks like a handprint to me too.
A big hand print.
Oh, that is so heavy. Oh, my God.
Holy [bleep], that is wild.
One, two, three, four, five.
My mind is racing.
Yeah, there's no way that you can mistake that
for something else.
It's just...
I mean, doesn't that look like a hand to you?
-And it's large. -Yeah, it's a very large.
Make no mistake. Looking at this thing,
I can clearly see what looks like a large handprint
pressed into this stone.
That's insane.
Something like a fossilized record.
I mean, that could solve this mystery once and for all.
This is incredible.
Could this be the physical evidence that we need
to put this mystery to rest?
I mean, if this comes back as a real fossil
of a large primate, game over.
That's wild.
Wow.
[Mireya] This should be really cool. [Ronny] Yeah.
[narrator] Ronny and Marie are meeting an expert
that they believe will be able to locate
whatever built the tree structure.
[Ronny] Typically, when we need some help out in the field,
Bryce will send us a tech.
This time we went old-school and got a bloodhound
to help us track a scent.
[Mireya] Hey there. [Jerry] Hey, guys.
Good to see you.
-This is Zena, everybody. -Hey, Zena.
[narrator] Jerry Hall and his bloodhound partner
are certified trackers
with nearly a decade of experience hunting down scents
through the Kentucky wilderness.
Bloodhounds are exceptional trackers.
They can pick up scent in the air, on the ground.
They can hold that scent for hours on end.
This could be the missing piece that we need to solve this mystery.
Their nose is, like, 100 times stronger than ours.
So she can pick up the most minute scent out there.
Even a dead skin cell, she can pick it up.
Wow. Can she pick up a scent off soil?
[Jerry] Yes, they pick up off anything.
[Mireya] Well, we've got this sample from the tree structure
that could really help us pinpoint where to go look.
[Jerry] Okay.
It's gonna be a different odor for her.
So she may be a little hesitant at the start,
but she'll do her best on it.
All right, baby girl.
Make it work.
All right. Let's go work, baby.
Go find him.
See how her tail's curling up?
-[Ronny] Yeah. -Over her back.
She got her nose on the ground.
She's working. Just got something.
-But she's pulling hard. So she's on something. -[Ronny] Hmm.
[Mireya] Yeah, she's definitely gaining speed now, isn't she?
[Jerry] Yeah. A little faster than what she normally goes, really.
We'll find him.
[Ronny] Mireya, have you ever done anything like this for primates?
[Mireya] Never. [Jerry] There you go.
Man, his is steep.
[Jerry] Oh, it gets worse.
What was amazing to notice with this bloodhound
is it would not quit.
It picked up that scent and kept on going.
It was leading us so far ahead
that we were losing our breath.
And this terrain is treacherous.
It felt like we're walking straight up a wall.
It seems to get worse with every step.
[Jerry] We've done some searches over here for a couple of missing kids,
and it just seems like the further you go up the steeper they get.
[Ronny] I can't see anybody in their right mind going straight up this.
And if I was a Bigfoot, this is where I would hide.
[Zena whimpers]
[Jerry] What'd you get, baby?
She acts like this up in the hill.
[Zena whimpers]
And as you see, something's come down the hill right here, went up for something.
-[Ronny] Yeah. -[Jerry] That's where she's trying to go.
You're not gonna go up there?
[Zena whimpers]
Is she scared?
[Jerry] She's acting like it.
[Ronny] Really?
[Jerry] Normally, she won't refuse to go somewhere.
She knows it's there, but she just won't go up in there.
-Something's got her scared. -So, is this as far as she'll go?
Yeah. You try to force her, you get her... She won't do anything.
So I think that's it. She's done.
[Mireya] Wow.
[Ronny] Has this ever happened before?
-No. -Has she ever reacted like this with a bear?
No. We've had bears right in front of us.
I've never seen her scared of anything.
[Zena whimpers]
Yeah. She's scared, man.
Yes, she's backing away.
So whatever it is that she's smelling, it's up there.
-Yeah. -[Ronny] So something's up there.
[Zena whimpers]
Is she scared?
[Jerry] She's acting like it.
[Ronny] Has this ever happened before?
-No. -[Ronny] Really?
I've never had her refuse to go on track.
[Ronny] The bloodhound picked up on a scent.
It would not move any further up the mountain.
It started to whimper and cower.
And my mind started scrambling,
thinking that we might have something serious here.
So something's up there.
And at that point in time
I realized if we're gonna find this thing,
it's up to us now to head up this mountain.
-Call me anytime, guys. -[Ronny] All right. Thanks, Jerry.
[Mireya] Bye.
[Ronny] Russell texted me his coordinates earlier.
He's directly above us on Pine Mountain.
[Mireya] Let's call and let him know. [Ronny] Sounds good.
[cell phone ringing]
Hey, Ronny, what's going on?
Well, we had some luck with the bloodhound
in, in, tracking, uh, the scent,
but we came to a point where the dog wouldn't go any further.
-That's too bad. -Yeah.
I was hoping we get something from that.
It was actually scared, Russ,
and apparently it hasn't reacted like that before.
This dog's not afraid of bears or anything.
So whatever it is, the bloodhound got spooked.
Sounds like it's worth finding out what's up here.
I came into the southeast, and now about 1,000 feet above you,
so we can split up search area and cover much more ground that way.
I'll let you know if I find anything.
All right, stay in touch.
Yeah, definitely. Keep me posted.
[Mireya] All right, man. [Ronny] Talk to you soon.
All right. Let's head up.
[narrator] The team begin scouring the side of Pine Mountain
to determine what caused the bloodhound to be alarmed.
Russell will continue further up the mountain
while Ronny and Mireya will search the unexplored
mountainside between them.
[Russell] Just kinda worked my way methodically back and forth,
cover as much ground as I can.
My cave would be the perfect shelter.
Just a matter of finding it.
[Ronny] Rock.
Ow.
[Ronny] That's all loose [bleep].
[Mireya] You all right?
Everywhere you step it's treacherous.
[Mireya] Yeah. There's no opening on this end.
[Ronny] All right, let me check this side.
[Mireya] Keep your eye out.
Because of the geology out here,
small holes can actually lead to really big spaces.
[Ronny] Okay.
Just when it goes back a couple feet...
It's the kinda stuff we're looking for, though.
No opening over here, Mireya.
This is all just some rock outcroppings.
[Mireya] Same on this side. I'm gonna check the lower level.
Okay.
[Russell] This is some steep terrain.
This kinda countryside is just a little too rough
for hordes of people come up here.
Perfect place to hide.
These rocks are insane. It's treacherous in here.
Holy crap.
Oh, man, it goes... Wait. Hold on.
Look at this.
See how far it goes down?
And opens up?
I see at least 10, 12 feet down there.
Look at all that space. Holy cow.
That goes way down. [bleep].
Look what's down here.
All these leaves have been pushed down.
Something's been in and out of here.
Wow.
Everything I've done these last couple weeks
has brought me to Pine Mountain.
This opening could be the doorway to the answers.
I've been looking for 40 years.
The smell that's coming out of this cave is insane.
I'm betting that this is where Bigfoot would be.
I'm here for answers.
I'm gonna get 'em.
[bleep] Next time on Expedition Bigfoot...
[Russell] There's a whole 'nother chamber below this.
This is a really great space for something large that wants to hide.
[Russell] We've got some bones here.
Does it look to you like this is six digit?
Five fingers plus the thumb.
That's wild.
[Mireya] This room is creepy.
[whoosh in the distance]
Shh, shh, shh.
There's something down there.
[indistinct growl]
Listen to that.
Holy [bleep].