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[Josh] On this episode
of Expedition X,
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reported attacks
by an aggressive monster
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in the farthest reaches
of Alaska
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have locals on edge.
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[Sean] I heard
a coyote getting killed.
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It was scary.
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[Josh] My team heads
to the last frontier
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to stalk what could be
the infamous Sasquatch.
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[Phil] It was right here.
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[Jess] There's like,
two sets of tracks.
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[Phil] Holy [bleep]
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All right, you just
send it up...
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There are the trees.
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[Josh] But Phil
and Jess soon realize
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that this Alaskan beast...
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might be stalking them.
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-[Jess] There it is.
-[dramatic music playing]
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That thing is sprinting.
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-Oh, [bleep] Oh, my God.
-[Jess] Oh, that's it.
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[Phil] Okay, you guys.
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I have something
I really want to show you
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that I cannot stop
thinking about.
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These are photos
that were recently taken
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at Alaska's
Denali National Park.
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And I got to say,
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they're pretty interesting.
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-[Josh] Whoa.
-[Jess] Ooh.
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That's Sasquatch.
There you go.
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Phil, are we looking at
genuine Sasquatch prints here?
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You know I'm not
going to go that far,
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but what I will say is
that they are unusual.
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Initially, I thought, okay,
it could be bear,
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but bears have five toe pads.
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This looks more
like three or four.
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Also, it looks like something
that's walking on two legs,
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not four legs.
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So, based on these images,
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this is not something
I can identify.
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Because it's a Sasquatch.
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[Josh] Did the National Park
weigh in on this?
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They did.
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And they agree.
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It does look like
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something walking on two legs.
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But they also said it
could be a wolf
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whose hind foot stepped
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in the exact same spot
as the front foot.
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But then again,
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they didn't actually go there
to investigate it.
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Uh-huh. And you'd like to?
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I've already started.
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And the more I research this,
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the more I think
we need to get there now
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while the evidence is hot.
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Because, considering
Alaska's vast wilderness,
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there could be something
big out there
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waiting to be found.
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This is a really
compelling case,
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not just because
of this evidence.
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When it comes to legends
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of unknown creatures
in Alaska,
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there is more mythology there
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than anywhere else
in the country.
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[Josh] Alaska,
the last frontier.
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A land shrouded in mystery
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that has long beckoned
rugged explorers
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into its vast, punishing,
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and mostly
unexplored wilderness.
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Today, civilization has
only encroached
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into around 250 of Alaska's
almost 665,000 square miles,
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leaving an area about
twice the size of Texas
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completely uninhabited.
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It's not just the wilderness
that's dangerous here.
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-It's the wildlife.
-[bear growling]
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Grizzly bears, Arctic wolves,
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and even the gargantuan moose
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all pose a threat
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to humans unlucky enough
to cross their paths.
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But some believe
the most dangerous creature
of them all
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is one that is yet
to be discovered.
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The Alaskan Sasquatch.
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Reported encounters
with the creature
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date back to 1899,
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when US Army Captain
W.R. Abercrombie leads
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an expedition into Alaska
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during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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In his report,
Abercrombie includes
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an encounter with a miner
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who claims
that his son has been killed
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by a hairy beast
he describes as a demon.
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Most infamously, there's
also the case of Portlock,
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a village
on the Kenai Peninsula.
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The once-bustling fishing
and canning community
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is hastily abandoned
in the 1940s
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after a string
of shocking disappearances
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and savage attacks
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reportedly perpetrated
by a large,
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hairy, man-like creature.
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Indigenous legends
go back even further.
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Some native southwestern
Alaskans warn children
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not to venture alone
into the forest,
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lest they fall prey
to the Urayuli,
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or hairy man.
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A legendary beast, said
to be taller than a bear,
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with shaggy fur,
a strange call,
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and a penchant for
punishing disobedient kids.
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While the Inuit people
of Northern Alaska
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warn of the Tunit,
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a giant, man-like beast
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that once peacefully coexisted
with humans.
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Today, lifelong Alaskans
and tourists alike
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continue to report
harrowing encounters
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with huge, humanoid,
and often hairy creatures.
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In the fall of 2021,
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one witness reports
that his dog is killed
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by a possible Sasquatch
near Susitna Creek.
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Early in 2023,
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a witness in Copper Valley
claims to see
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a furry, bipedal giant
cross the highway.
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And in just
the last few weeks,
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an oyster farmer from Homer
has come forward with tales
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of a disturbing encounter
in Kachemak Bay.
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Are these accounts
a case of ancient folklore
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casting a very long shadow?
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Or could there be
an undiscovered,
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unfathomably violent creature
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roaming the brutal
Alaskan wilderness?
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The evidence and sightings
are so intriguing,
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I just don't think
we can pass this one by.
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Look at this guy,
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so enthusiastic about this.
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I love this, too.
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I mean, so many
indigenous tribes
in Alaska have
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Sasquatch-like legends
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that there's got to be
something to this.
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Okay, I don't want to snow
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on anybody's
subarctic parade here,
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but just in terms
of the eyewitness reports,
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a big, shaggy,
aggressive creature.
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Couldn't this just be a bear?
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I mean, bears can stand
on two legs, right?
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They absolutely can
stand on two legs,
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but they can't walk
long distances on two legs.
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I'm not saying it's Sasquatch.
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I'm saying we need
to go there to investigate.
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And I already lined up
our first witness,
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and get this, he swears
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that he just had
a close encounter
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with a Sasquatch.
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Okay, amazing. So go up there,
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meet this eyewitness,
see what you can find out.
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I'll look into
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some of the other
recent reports here,
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and you guys stay safe,
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especially considering
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you're hunting a monster
that could be hunting you.
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-Yeah.
-We'll try.
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[Josh] It's
an eight-hour flight
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from New York to Anchorage.
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Although the footprints
in Denali National Park
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that sparked Phil's interest
have since melted,
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the trail is far from cold
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and has picked up
to the south.
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Jess and Phil take
a four-hour drive
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along the Kenai Peninsula
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toward the town of Homer,
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where they'll meet
their first witness.
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[Jess] How dangerous are
we talking here?
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Like, how would
a Bigfoot kill you,
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-do you think?
-[Phil] Oh.
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That's a fun question
going into this.
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I guess if you compare it
to other primates,
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chimpanzees, gorillas,
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they're way stronger per mass
of muscle than we are.
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-Mm-hmm.
-And they can kill mammals
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-by ripping off their limbs.
-Oh.
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And I know
chimpanzees and humans
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have interacted in that way
in the past and--
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"Interacted that way
in the past"?
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Like, gotten their limbs
ripped off?
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Yeah, that if a chimp
attacks a human,
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they will rip off
their ears or nose
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or bite their face off.
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-That's disgusting.
-Yeah.
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-And terrifying.
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[Jess] So it boils down
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to a really dangerous creature
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that we're chasing after.
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If they're out there,
you don't want
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to be their neighbor.
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-[Jess] Mmm.
-That's my guess.
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Well, we're gonna meet
with somebody who--
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...may have moved in
right next door?
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[chuckles] May have
moved in right next door.
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[Phil] After
a 12-hour travel day,
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we finally arrive
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at Homer's main port
and harbor.
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Fishing and charter boats line
the docks,
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that is in between
the countless sea otters,
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who may be
as infamous around here
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as the fabled
Alaskan Sasquatch.
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-[Jess] Hey, Sean.
-[Sean] Hey.
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Nice to meet you. Jess.
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Nice to meet you. Hey, Phil.
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[Phil] Sean Crosby is
a local oyster farmer
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who's lived in Alaska
for nearly 40 years.
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His alleged
Sasquatch encounter occurred
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at the site of the cabin
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that he's building
near Peterson Bay,
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which is about
a 15-minute boat ride
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across Kachemak Bay.
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-All right. Away we go.
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-[Jess] Good to go.
-[Phil] Let's go.
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[Phil] So,
our long travel day just got
even longer.
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[Phil] So what is out there?
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Well, there's a few small
summer communities,
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and then it's
the Kenai Mountains.
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It's a national park.
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[Phil] How small are
we talking when you say
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"summer communities"?
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[Sean] Anywhere
from three cabins to 20
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in some of the other bays
and coves.
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So, at any one time,
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especially during winter
and spring,
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there's only probably
a handful of people
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on that entire area?
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In winter, there will be none.
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[Phil] No one else is
out here?
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[Sean] No. We are alone.
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[Jess chuckles] All right.
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[Phil] We got
this whole peninsula
[chuckles] to ourselves.
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And what time of year
were you out there
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when you had your encounter?
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[Sean] That was February 1st.
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I'd been working on my cabin.
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Winter's the best time
to burn and slash.
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[Phil] So, you're
basically clearing land
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-so you could build a cabin?
-Correct.
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[Jess] Do you think
that whatever you heard is
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fighting for territory,
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now that people are
building cabins out there?
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No, I think it was
winter hunting.
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[Phil] You hear a lot
of stories out here?
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Yes, because
of Port Chatham there.
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-Portlock?
-[Phil] Yeah.
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We've heard
the history of Portlock.
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What do people
around here believe
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about what happened there?
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Uh, some people do believe it.
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The native Alaskans do.
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-[Phil] Yeah?
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That, essentially,
a Sasquatch came in there
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and attacked people and killed
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-almost an entire town?
-Yeah.
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Do you believe in Bigfoot
or Sasquatch out here?
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-I do now. Yeah.
-[Jess] Yeah.
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[Phil] Let's say
you were a large predator
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out here in the winter.
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What kind of prey is out there
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in this area of the peninsula?
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The biggest game would
be coyotes and wolves.
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Small game,
rabbits, uh, squirrels.
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Are there bears out there too?
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The bears will be coming out
right about now, actually.
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[Jess] Oh, great.
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How do those bears behave
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right when they come
out of hibernation?
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The same way you would
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if you hadn't eaten
in six months.
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-[Jess] Ah, [bleep]
-[Sean chuckles]
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[Jess] God, I love Alaska.
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We pull into Peterson Bay
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and Sean docks up
at the edge of his property.
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All right.
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There's a lot of [bleep]
on this dock.
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-[Phil] Sea-otter crap.
-[Sean] Uh-oh.
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[Jess chuckling]
It's everywhere. Ugh!
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From there, it's a short climb
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to the site
of Sean's future cabin
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where he had
his infamous run in
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with what he thinks was
a Sasquatch.
284
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[dramatic music playing]
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-So this is it?
-This is it.
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[Phil] Okay.
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Can you take us back
to that night?
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Walk us through
exactly what happened to you
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that made you realize this was
something a little odd.
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It was about midnight,
pitch black out,
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coyotes howling all around me.
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[Phil] Where was your tent?
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Right underneath
that black net there.
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That particular night,
I listened to the coyotes
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for a few minutes.
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[howling in distance]
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-[Sean] And then
I heard the sound
-[coyote yelping]
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of a coyote getting killed.
299
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[coyote yelping]
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That's not a fun sound
to hear.
301
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But you recognize it.
302
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[Phil and Jess] Mm-hmm.
303
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-[Phil] It's got that yelp--
-Correct.
304
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-...and that kind of
desperate whimper.
-Right.
305
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And that was somewhere
off in the distance this way.
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And I lay there listening.
307
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And I started hearing
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footsteps coming up
this game trail.
309
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[eerie music playing]
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[faint shuffling]
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[Sean] I was
absolutely terrified.
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[Jess] Were you able
to record any of this?
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[Sean] No, but I did catch
the coyotes' howling.
314
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-[clicks]
-[coyotes yelping]
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[yelping and howling
continues]
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-[Sean] They're close.
They're real close.
-They're super close.
317
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-That's really close.
-Very loud.
318
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[Sean] When it was light,
I came out,
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and first thing
I saw was blood drops
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coming up the trail
to right about here
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where there was
a small pool of blood.
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[Phil] Hmm.
323
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Could you see
footprints in the snow?
324
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[Sean] I could
see impressions.
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No toes, no claws
or anything like that,
326
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but it looked more like
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a large, uh, foot
in a moccasin sort of thing.
328
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So could it have been
somebody out here
329
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that you just didn't
know about?
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Anything's possible,
331
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but there again,
332
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it was midnight,
333
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no flashlight, no headlamp,
334
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no boats in the bay here.
335
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What else could be
walking around?
336
00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:19,567
[Sean] Uh, well,
it could be a wolf.
337
00:12:19,567 --> 00:12:22,000
-[Jess] But then there would
be drag marks, right?
-[Sean] Yeah.
338
00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,667
-[Jess] Did you have
any drag marks?
-No.
339
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Okay.
340
00:12:24,367 --> 00:12:25,467
Bears?
341
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Not in early February.
342
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[Jess] Hmm.
343
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[Sean] I don't
know what it was,
344
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but I was so terrified
345
00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:33,400
that the only thing
I could do was
346
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just grab my gun
and lay there.
347
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It was scary.
348
00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:38,800
-[Jess] Yeah. It sounds scary.
-[Phil] Okay.
349
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The last direction
you saw it go was
350
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that trail of blood
leading up that way?
351
00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:44,667
-Yes.
-Okay.
352
00:12:44,667 --> 00:12:46,900
Then, Jess, I think
we should go up that way.
353
00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:48,367
Okay. I agree.
354
00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:49,467
You guys have a sat phone?
355
00:12:49,467 --> 00:12:50,900
-We do.
-We do.
356
00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,467
Good. The bears are starting
to come out right now,
357
00:12:53,867 --> 00:12:54,767
so be careful.
358
00:12:54,767 --> 00:12:56,467
But if you should
get into any trouble,
359
00:12:56,467 --> 00:12:58,700
there's a trapper cabin
not far that way.
360
00:12:58,700 --> 00:12:59,467
[both] Okay.
361
00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:00,367
Well, that's good to know.
362
00:13:00,367 --> 00:13:01,400
Yeah. We'll look out for that.
363
00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,367
Even if we just need
some shelter for the night.
364
00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:05,000
Awesome. Well,
thank you so much.
365
00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,100
-Pleasure.
-Thanks you, Sean.
366
00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,166
-Good luck on the cabin.
-Nice meeting you.
367
00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:11,000
Ooh, look at this view.
368
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,200
[Jess] Let me see.
369
00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,166
Ooh! That's pretty.
370
00:13:15,367 --> 00:13:16,667
Wow.
371
00:13:16,667 --> 00:13:17,800
[Phil] The initial plan is
372
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,000
to get a lay of the land
surrounding Sean's property
373
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before we set up our camp.
374
00:13:22,266 --> 00:13:24,500
-All right. Getting steep
right here, Jess.
-Oh, jeez.
375
00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:25,834
Yeah, it does. Hold on.
376
00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,000
[Phil] As we try to track down
377
00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,900
whatever it was
that Sean witnessed,
378
00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:31,367
we're potentially going to be
379
00:13:31,367 --> 00:13:34,166
spending multiple nights
out here in the elements,
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isolated and cut off
from civilization.
381
00:13:36,867 --> 00:13:39,500
So, the trapper cabin
that he mentioned could
382
00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,166
come in real handy for us.
383
00:13:41,667 --> 00:13:43,000
We found it, Jess.
384
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,166
[whispers] Jess, hold on.
385
00:13:44,166 --> 00:13:45,200
-[Jess speaks softly] What?
-Just remember,
386
00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,367
if this is the only shelter
for miles,
387
00:13:47,367 --> 00:13:49,867
there could be
something living
in it right now.
388
00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:50,700
Oh.
389
00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:54,367
[Phil] So, let's just...
enter carefully.
390
00:13:59,000 --> 00:13:59,767
Anything?
391
00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:01,767
I don't think so.
392
00:14:01,767 --> 00:14:03,333
Hold on. Let me check
the corner.
393
00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:05,166
-Ooh, careful.
-Oh, my God.
394
00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:06,066
Like someone almost...
395
00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:07,567
[Jess] Ugh. It's disgusting.
396
00:14:07,567 --> 00:14:09,634
Something's definitely been
living in here.
397
00:14:11,066 --> 00:14:12,467
-[Jess shrieks]
-[Phil exclaims]
398
00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:14,233
[dramatic music playing]
399
00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,767
-[Jess shrieks]
-[Phil grunts]
400
00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:21,800
-[yelling] I saw a rat!
-You saw a rat?
401
00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:22,600
[chuckling] I saw a rat.
402
00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,867
-I'm sorry. [laughs]
-You scared me
403
00:14:23,867 --> 00:14:25,567
into falling
through the floor.
404
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000
[Jess] Ugh!
What have you kicked up?
405
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,166
[exclaims in disgust]
406
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,667
Okay. This place looks
disgusting, though.
407
00:14:32,667 --> 00:14:34,567
It looks really disgusting.
408
00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:37,767
It's totally not usable,
409
00:14:37,767 --> 00:14:39,166
except for in a bind
410
00:14:39,166 --> 00:14:41,266
in a really bad snowstorm...
411
00:14:41,266 --> 00:14:43,533
we can hide in here and hope
the roof doesn't collapse.
412
00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:45,567
I'm going to work on GPS
413
00:14:45,567 --> 00:14:47,066
so that we can head back here.
414
00:14:47,066 --> 00:14:49,867
Yeah, I wouldn't want
to stay in here too, too long.
415
00:14:49,867 --> 00:14:50,934
-[GPS beeps]
-No.
416
00:14:51,667 --> 00:14:53,066
We got to find a game trail.
417
00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:54,233
[Jess] All right.
418
00:14:56,467 --> 00:14:58,100
Ooh, watch the floor.
419
00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,166
[Phil] If we want to lure
a large predator out of hiding
420
00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:03,967
and if indeed coyotes are
its natural prey,
421
00:15:03,967 --> 00:15:06,300
then we need
to get the coyotes out.
422
00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,567
So, we're on the lookout
for an active game trail,
423
00:15:09,567 --> 00:15:10,467
a path created
424
00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,867
by the natural movements
of animals.
425
00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:14,767
-[Jess] Look over there.
To your left.
-Yeah.
426
00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:15,834
Right there.
427
00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:18,000
[Phil] That's a game trail.
428
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,767
[Jess] Perfect.
429
00:15:19,767 --> 00:15:22,100
[Phil] We finally find one
near the banks of a river,
430
00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,166
down a ways
from the old hunter's cabin.
431
00:15:24,767 --> 00:15:25,967
All right. Let's do it.
432
00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,166
We canvas the game trail
with our camera traps
433
00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:31,133
to give us more sets of eyes.
434
00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:32,967
Smile for the camera.
435
00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:37,467
Coyotes may be using this area
as a feeding ground,
436
00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:39,567
so that means
any alleged Sasquatch
437
00:15:39,567 --> 00:15:42,834
or unidentified beast could be
using it too.
438
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,500
So, considering this is
the most solid game trail
439
00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:47,700
we've seen the entire time,
440
00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:50,834
I wonder if we set up
the coyote lure right here...
441
00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:52,867
and see what comes in?
442
00:15:52,867 --> 00:15:54,100
Yeah, absolutely.
443
00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:55,667
Okay, Jess. You want
to see this thing?
444
00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:57,166
Yeah. I'm curious.
445
00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:01,400
[chuckling] Oh, my God.
446
00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,367
Yep. And just wait. Wait.
447
00:16:03,867 --> 00:16:05,400
[motor whirring]
448
00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,333
Is that...
449
00:16:06,867 --> 00:16:07,800
for real?
450
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,266
This actually works.
451
00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:11,634
-Seriously?
-Seriously.
452
00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:13,266
Okay.
453
00:16:13,266 --> 00:16:16,667
Something about
the fuzziness in this triggers
454
00:16:16,667 --> 00:16:19,166
the predatory response
in an animal like a coyote,
455
00:16:19,166 --> 00:16:20,934
and they just
go straight for it.
456
00:16:21,367 --> 00:16:22,467
-All right.
-All right.
457
00:16:22,467 --> 00:16:23,567
-So, I'm going to put it--
-All right.
458
00:16:23,567 --> 00:16:24,767
...where it's nice
and visible.
459
00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,133
[softly] That
looks ridiculous.
460
00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:34,867
But I think
it's going to work.
461
00:16:37,567 --> 00:16:38,967
[Jess] Is that ketchup
in your hand?
462
00:16:38,967 --> 00:16:40,233
What you got over there?
463
00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,900
[incredulously] Coyote juice?
464
00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:43,700
We're busting out
465
00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:45,367
-the big guns tonight, Jess.
-Wow!
466
00:16:45,367 --> 00:16:46,567
Wow!
467
00:16:46,567 --> 00:16:47,367
All right.
468
00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:48,667
Let's do this.
469
00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,066
[Phil] The best way
to lure in a coyote is
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through their sense of smell.
471
00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:58,100
Our coyote juice emits
a powerful scent
472
00:16:58,100 --> 00:16:59,767
that triggers their curiosity
473
00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:01,533
and predatory instinct.
474
00:17:03,767 --> 00:17:04,900
-[Jess] Good?
-Yeah.
475
00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:07,867
[Jess] All right.
[hums] Back up.
476
00:17:07,867 --> 00:17:10,367
[Phil] We spray coyote juice
all along the trail
477
00:17:10,367 --> 00:17:12,200
and rig up more camera traps.
478
00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,166
As night falls,
479
00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:14,767
we establish
our surveillance perch
480
00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:17,567
on a hill that overlooks
the game trail.
481
00:17:17,567 --> 00:17:19,066
[speaking indistinctly]
482
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,767
[Phil] Get
the FLIR up and running.
483
00:17:23,767 --> 00:17:25,166
I calibrate the thermal imager
484
00:17:25,166 --> 00:17:27,767
while Jess sets up
the parabolic mic.
485
00:17:27,767 --> 00:17:30,700
Getting a visual
heat signature might be
more challenging
486
00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,266
through the thick forest.
487
00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:33,266
[Jess] Oh, yeah.
488
00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:35,266
[Phil] But we should be
able to at least hear
489
00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:36,867
any animal or beast
490
00:17:36,867 --> 00:17:39,066
that approaches
the game trail below.
491
00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:41,734
So, since the lure is
that way,
492
00:17:42,266 --> 00:17:44,000
the scent trail is this way,
493
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,600
I'm just going
to leave the FLIR...
494
00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:46,500
Right there?
495
00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,066
...pointing in
that direction, recording.
496
00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:05,066
[soft rustling]
497
00:18:10,266 --> 00:18:11,333
[soft cracking]
498
00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:33,533
[Phil whispers]
Jess, is that moving?
499
00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:35,600
[Jess whispers]
Oh, yeah. Big time.
500
00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:36,767
[Phil] It's
the hot spot right there.
501
00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:40,000
[Jess] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I hear it, too.
502
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,367
You can actually see there's
a branch right in front of it,
503
00:18:42,367 --> 00:18:44,634
-so it's behind one
of the trees up there.
-Yeah.
504
00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:46,834
[Phil speaking]
505
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,734
-[Jess] Ooh.
What's that down there?
-What's that?
506
00:18:59,867 --> 00:19:02,367
-[Phil] That, I think,
was a little--
-Oh.
507
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,233
[Phil speaking]
508
00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,500
It's moving along the trail.
509
00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:13,467
Is that other heat signature
still there?
510
00:19:13,467 --> 00:19:14,367
Yep.
511
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:16,467
What we could be
about to see right now is
512
00:19:16,467 --> 00:19:18,867
whatever
the big thing is go after
513
00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:20,333
whatever the little thing is.
514
00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:23,166
[Jess speaking]
515
00:19:23,967 --> 00:19:24,867
No.
516
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,166
[rapid beeping]
517
00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:29,867
Oh [bleep] Jess.
518
00:19:29,867 --> 00:19:31,166
Did you get a hit?
519
00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:33,600
-Oh, nice. Oh!
-Oh, my God.
520
00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:34,700
That was it. That was it!
521
00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,467
-[Phil] Look, look,
look, look.
-That's it.
522
00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:38,100
We got a tail.
523
00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:39,900
So, a fox or a coyote
or something.
524
00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:42,700
I-- I think that's
a coyote or a wolf.
525
00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:43,667
[Jess] You think a wolf?
526
00:19:43,667 --> 00:19:44,967
[Phil] By the thickness
of that tail,
527
00:19:44,967 --> 00:19:46,066
it's definitely not a fox.
528
00:19:46,066 --> 00:19:47,033
It's too tall.
529
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,900
So the coyote lure is working.
530
00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,634
-This game trail is active.
-Yeah.
531
00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:58,133
[Phil speaking]
532
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,300
We've basically attracted
every large predator
533
00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,934
within a mile or two
of here to this location.
534
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,433
-[rustling]
-I heard that.
535
00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:12,500
It sounded like it was
right in front of me.
536
00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:14,634
Oh, man. I can't see anything.
537
00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:16,166
[Phil] No.
538
00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:18,066
Nothing on the FLIR?
539
00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:21,233
-I feel like something--
-[shrieking]
540
00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:24,100
[Jess] Where was that?
Where was that?
I couldn't tell.
541
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:26,033
-It just started echoing.
It was so loud.
-God.
542
00:20:27,066 --> 00:20:28,300
[faint footsteps]
543
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:29,367
[Jess speaking]
544
00:20:30,367 --> 00:20:31,700
Okay. Okay. Okay.
545
00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,133
[suspenseful music playing]
546
00:20:40,667 --> 00:20:41,767
[Jess] Did you see anything?
547
00:20:41,767 --> 00:20:43,133
[Phil] Nothing on the FLIR.
548
00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:46,734
[Jess] I was hearing
something running
in this direction.
549
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,667
[shrieking]
550
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,433
-[Jess] Oh, that was
definitely over there.
-Oh, my God.
551
00:20:54,467 --> 00:20:55,834
[Jess] Something's running.
552
00:21:02,667 --> 00:21:04,500
[Phil] That was a coyote...
553
00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:07,667
yelping as if it just got
attacked by something.
554
00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:10,367
-[Jess] Nothing on your FLIR?
-I got nothing.
555
00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:12,533
[whistling]
556
00:21:13,467 --> 00:21:14,867
[Jess] Was that a whistle?
557
00:21:14,867 --> 00:21:16,834
[Phil] We should
head that direction.
558
00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:20,567
[Jess] Many experts in
the cryptozoology world
believe
559
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:23,166
that Sasquatch communicate
by whistling.
560
00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:25,000
So we might have
just heard one
561
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,867
up close and personal.
562
00:21:29,467 --> 00:21:31,166
I don't see anything.
563
00:21:31,967 --> 00:21:33,467
[Phil] Snow is
melted right here,
564
00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:35,734
so we're not going to have
good luck with tracks.
565
00:21:36,667 --> 00:21:38,066
Oh, [bleep].
566
00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:40,900
That is a cliff right there.
567
00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,100
[Jess] Oh, yeah.
That's a straight drop.
568
00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,000
That's like 30 feet.
569
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,467
[Jess] Did something fall
off the cliff?
570
00:21:45,467 --> 00:21:47,567
It's possible. It's super icy
at the edge right here.
571
00:21:47,567 --> 00:21:49,433
Let me see if there's
anything down there.
572
00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:51,834
Got nothing on the FLIR.
573
00:21:52,767 --> 00:21:54,166
[Jess] All right.
So, here's the thing.
574
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:56,767
I'm not seeing any evidence
575
00:21:56,767 --> 00:21:58,266
of whatever was
making that noise,
576
00:21:58,266 --> 00:22:02,066
but we definitely have
coyote or wolf in the area.
577
00:22:02,867 --> 00:22:03,867
[Phil] Let's head back.
578
00:22:10,767 --> 00:22:12,567
[Phil] We return
to our surveillance spot
579
00:22:12,567 --> 00:22:13,867
and continue our stakeout.
580
00:22:13,867 --> 00:22:16,700
But the trail goes quiet
for the rest of the night.
581
00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:19,767
So we decide
to shift our strategy.
582
00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:26,867
The next day,
Jess and I split up
583
00:22:26,867 --> 00:22:28,367
to gather more intel.
584
00:22:28,367 --> 00:22:31,567
While she tracks down another
alleged Sasquatch witness,
585
00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,667
I pay a visit to the local zoo
586
00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:36,100
to see if the legend
of the Alaskan Hairy Man could
587
00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,967
simply be a pervasive case
of mistaken identity.
588
00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:42,367
Wow, it's staring at me.
589
00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:43,667
[bear purrs]
590
00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,600
It's a big boy.
591
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,867
[Phil] Rich Capitan is
the Education Director
592
00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,100
at the Alaska Zoo
593
00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,100
and one
of the foremost authorities
594
00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:52,767
on wildlife in the area.
595
00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:54,800
Given your extensive
experience out here
596
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:55,867
and scientific background,
597
00:22:55,867 --> 00:22:57,266
how do you interpret it
598
00:22:57,266 --> 00:22:58,467
when people say
they've encountered
599
00:22:58,467 --> 00:22:59,567
something like a Sasquatch?
600
00:22:59,567 --> 00:23:00,700
Sure.
601
00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:02,767
I always run, kind of, through
the rolodex in my head.
602
00:23:02,767 --> 00:23:04,500
"Well, all right.
That could be the case.
603
00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:07,400
But what might you run into,
you know, more likely?
604
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,166
Is it a brown bear?
You know, is it a black bear?
605
00:23:09,166 --> 00:23:11,300
Is it a person?
If it's that big,
606
00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:13,200
sounds like a brown bear."
607
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,066
When they stand upright,
how tall are they?
608
00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:16,667
Oh, gosh, I mean, they can be,
you know, ten feet.
609
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:17,967
[Phil] Wow.
610
00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:19,767
[Rich] It's looking like,
with climate change
611
00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:21,867
and temperatures changing, uh,
612
00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:23,300
brown bears are moving,
613
00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:25,000
basically, into
polar bear habitat.
614
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,467
And the two are kind of
meeting and intermingling,
615
00:23:28,467 --> 00:23:29,567
and they are
able to reproduce.
616
00:23:29,567 --> 00:23:30,567
[Phil] Hmm.
617
00:23:30,567 --> 00:23:33,066
Species are doing,
kind of, unexpected things.
618
00:23:33,867 --> 00:23:34,567
Interesting.
619
00:23:34,567 --> 00:23:36,000
[bear growls]
620
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:36,834
[grunts]
621
00:23:39,567 --> 00:23:40,433
[Jess] Hi!
622
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:41,900
[car door closes]
623
00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:43,266
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
624
00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:44,500
-How are you doing?
-Good, thanks.
625
00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:46,000
-Ryan.
-Nice to meet you, Ryan.
626
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,767
While Phil is at the zoo,
I've arranged
627
00:23:47,767 --> 00:23:50,500
to speak with Fred Roehl
and Ryan Benner.
628
00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:53,567
Fred is a native Alaskan
and local Sasquatch expert
629
00:23:53,567 --> 00:23:55,400
who's been collecting
encounter stories
630
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,100
from his fellow Alaskans
for years.
631
00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:01,467
One of his newest contacts is
Ryan, who had a recent scare
632
00:24:01,467 --> 00:24:02,867
in these woods.
633
00:24:02,867 --> 00:24:04,000
I was out hiking
634
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,300
-next to a creek--
-[Jess] Mm-hmm.
635
00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:08,166
...and I brought
my two dogs with me.
636
00:24:08,166 --> 00:24:10,867
Off to my left,
I heard a sharp whistle.
637
00:24:10,867 --> 00:24:12,166
It was like a-- [whistles]
638
00:24:12,166 --> 00:24:14,066
[whistling]
639
00:24:14,066 --> 00:24:15,667
It sounded like
a person whistling.
640
00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:16,767
[Jess] Hmm.
641
00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:17,867
Phil and I heard a whistle
642
00:24:17,867 --> 00:24:20,000
in our investigation
last night.
643
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,400
[whistling]
644
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,000
[Jess] I want to dig further,
645
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,567
as this could be
a substantial link
646
00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:27,266
between the various
Sasquatch sightings
in the region.
647
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,667
Like trying to get
your attention kind of thing?
648
00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:31,667
Yeah, yeah, and continue
along the game trail.
649
00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:33,767
And from my front,
650
00:24:33,767 --> 00:24:35,066
-I hear another whistle.
-[whistling]
651
00:24:35,066 --> 00:24:36,867
So the first one was
off to my left.
652
00:24:36,867 --> 00:24:39,200
The second one was
from my front.
653
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,000
After we heard
the second whistle,
654
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,166
I could hear something rubbing
up against the spruce trees.
655
00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:44,367
[Jess] So, something moving
through the woods?
656
00:24:44,367 --> 00:24:47,567
[Ryan] Yeah, and it was
coming towards us.
657
00:24:47,567 --> 00:24:51,000
And that's where
the alarm bells started
going off for me.
658
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,166
If it was a bear,
659
00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:54,166
it would've changed direction
from my smell.
660
00:24:54,166 --> 00:24:56,033
-[Jess] Mm-hmm.
-You know, they don't
like people.
661
00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:58,266
[Jess] Did
the dogs react at all
662
00:24:58,266 --> 00:24:59,467
when they heard this whistle?
663
00:24:59,467 --> 00:25:01,300
[Ryan] They reacted
to the second whistle
a little bit,
664
00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,967
-like their ears peeked up.
-Uh-huh.
665
00:25:02,967 --> 00:25:06,567
[Ryan] And as I decided
to leave, the dogs left me...
666
00:25:06,567 --> 00:25:07,367
[dogs barking]
667
00:25:07,367 --> 00:25:08,634
[Ryan] ...which is abnormal.
668
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,867
They stick, usually,
right next to me.
669
00:25:11,867 --> 00:25:14,166
This noise parallels me
670
00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:17,767
for about 150 yards.
671
00:25:17,767 --> 00:25:20,567
-So it starts tracking
alongside you?
-Yeah, I can hear it.
672
00:25:20,567 --> 00:25:23,100
I couldn't see it,
and I couldn't see
any trees moving,
673
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,567
-but I could hear this
thing paralleling me out...
-Uh-huh.
674
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,467
...to the end of the trail.
675
00:25:27,467 --> 00:25:29,667
-That's legit terrifying.
-Uh, yeah.
676
00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:32,166
Just to know that something's,
like, stalking you
677
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,200
in the woods.
678
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,667
[Jess] What got you
into collecting
679
00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,567
stories of people's
experiences?
680
00:25:37,567 --> 00:25:38,967
Um...
681
00:25:38,967 --> 00:25:41,700
-because we're losing elders
at a fast rate.
-[Jess] Mm-hmm.
682
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,333
And so I decided to start
683
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,100
collecting the stories.
684
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:47,367
And, so it's just to continue
685
00:25:47,367 --> 00:25:48,867
that lineage
of the oral history,
686
00:25:48,867 --> 00:25:51,467
and instead of just
keeping it exclusively native,
687
00:25:52,166 --> 00:25:54,767
I... expanded out
to all Alaskans,
688
00:25:54,767 --> 00:25:56,767
'cause, you know, there's
people throughout the state
689
00:25:56,767 --> 00:25:58,367
that deal with the hairy man,
690
00:25:58,367 --> 00:25:59,500
completely covered in hair,
691
00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,367
-but with, like,
an ash-gray skin tone.
-Okay.
692
00:26:02,367 --> 00:26:04,166
Do you mind
giving me the coordinates
693
00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:06,166
to where you had
your encounter?
694
00:26:06,166 --> 00:26:08,667
-Yeah, I'll text them to you.
-Okay, perfect.
695
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,900
Let's just say I probably
think about the Sasquatch
696
00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:13,467
similar to the way
that you think about it.
697
00:26:13,467 --> 00:26:14,900
In general, I'm skeptical
698
00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,367
but very curious as to what
someone actually did see.
699
00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:18,200
Yeah.
700
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,367
But the question
I always come across is
701
00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:22,066
if something like that has
702
00:26:22,066 --> 00:26:24,400
lived around here
for thousands of years,
703
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:25,467
why is there no carcass?
704
00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:26,900
Why is there
no fossil evidence?
705
00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:28,000
If you've been out
in the woods, you know,
706
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,700
how often do you find
the carcass of a bear?
707
00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:32,000
It's not very common.
708
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,600
-[Phil] Hmm.
-You know, nature takes
care of it really quickly.
709
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,667
Up here, we've got
porcupines and other rodents
710
00:26:35,667 --> 00:26:36,900
that eat those bones
711
00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:38,000
-for the calcium.
-Really?
712
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,600
So those carcasses disappear
pretty darn quick.
713
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,400
And there's also talk,
you know, if it's a Sasquatch,
714
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,166
is that a cultural thing
that species has
715
00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:46,266
where, what if they bury
their dead?
716
00:26:46,266 --> 00:26:48,100
Um... You know,
something like that.
717
00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:49,567
So there's kind of
a lot of unknowns
718
00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,066
and you know, variables there.
719
00:26:51,066 --> 00:26:52,567
Interesting.
720
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,667
While a mistaken identity
might be a reason
721
00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:57,000
for many Alaskan
Hairy Man sightings,
722
00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,166
it's interesting
that a career biologist
like Rich doesn't
723
00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:02,100
doesn't completely close
the door on the idea
724
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:05,567
of an elusive Bigfoot roaming
these wilds.
725
00:27:05,567 --> 00:27:08,066
After our day of research,
Jess and I meet up
726
00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:11,166
to plan our Sasquatch search
for night number two.
727
00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:13,900
I did get coordinates
from Ryan
728
00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:15,867
as to where he had
his encounter.
729
00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:18,700
It looks really far away.
730
00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:20,166
[Phil] Well,
if it's so remote,
731
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:21,900
any ideas how we're gonna
get out there?
732
00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:24,166
[Jess] Yeah. Snowmobiles.
733
00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:25,567
[Phil] Snowmobiles it is.
734
00:27:25,567 --> 00:27:27,233
[engines revving]
735
00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:37,934
[Phil speaking]
736
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:39,900
[Phil] Through the trees.
737
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:41,166
[Jess speaking]
738
00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:50,500
[Phil speaking]
739
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,433
[Jess speaking]
740
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:55,834
[Phil speaking]
741
00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:58,066
[engine revs]
742
00:28:05,967 --> 00:28:07,066
[Phil] I got you.
743
00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:13,533
Let me help you out.
744
00:28:18,266 --> 00:28:19,800
[engine revving]
745
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,533
[Jess exclaims] Behind you.
746
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:25,767
[Jess] We continue on
and cut through the woods
747
00:28:25,767 --> 00:28:27,967
as far as the snowmobiles can
take us.
748
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,467
But in order to get
to the exact spot
749
00:28:32,467 --> 00:28:34,867
where Ryan had
his alleged encounter,
750
00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:37,033
that requires a bit
of a hike on foot.
751
00:28:39,867 --> 00:28:43,300
GPS says we should
be going that way.
752
00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:45,367
[Phil] That looks
like some thick snow.
753
00:28:45,367 --> 00:28:47,567
[Jess] Some of the snow here
can reach depths
754
00:28:47,567 --> 00:28:49,967
of up to six feet
this time of year,
755
00:28:49,967 --> 00:28:51,867
but we should be able
to stay on the surface
756
00:28:51,867 --> 00:28:53,266
with these snowshoes.
757
00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:54,066
All right, let's go.
758
00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:01,166
[Jess] Oh, man,
even with the snowshoes,
759
00:29:01,166 --> 00:29:03,033
-I'm sinking.
-Yeah.
760
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:06,567
[Jess sighs]
761
00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:07,934
[Phil exhales]
762
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,433
[Phil groans]
763
00:29:10,767 --> 00:29:11,567
[Jess grunts]
764
00:29:12,567 --> 00:29:13,333
All right, hold up.
765
00:29:14,567 --> 00:29:15,634
How are we looking?
766
00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:18,900
We are right on it.
767
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:19,867
[Phil exhales]
768
00:29:19,867 --> 00:29:22,000
-This is the spot, huh?
-This is the spot.
769
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,734
[eerie music playing]
770
00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,200
-[Phil] Okay.
-[Jess sighs] Set up camp?
771
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,767
[Phil] I say
we set up camp here.
772
00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:32,700
[Jess] Okay.
773
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,066
I'll build us
a little snow shelter here.
774
00:29:34,066 --> 00:29:35,266
I'll start working
on the tripwire.
775
00:29:35,266 --> 00:29:36,700
-[Phil] All right.
-See you in a bit.
776
00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:38,467
[Phil] Time to start digging.
777
00:29:39,667 --> 00:29:40,600
[strains]
778
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:44,467
[Jess] Ryan said that
whatever he encountered
779
00:29:44,467 --> 00:29:46,467
stalked him from all sides.
780
00:29:46,467 --> 00:29:48,667
So while Phil builds us
a protective snow bunker
781
00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:50,100
to keep us
out of sight tonight,
782
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:53,166
I establish a perimeter
all around our position
783
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:55,333
using a tripwire alarm system.
784
00:29:55,767 --> 00:29:56,834
[Phil strains]
785
00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,066
All those years building
snow forts as a kid
786
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:02,767
finally paying off.
787
00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:06,467
[strains]
788
00:30:06,467 --> 00:30:07,867
Here's what we've got.
789
00:30:07,867 --> 00:30:10,433
I've got a... personal alarm
790
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,166
and some wire.
791
00:30:14,166 --> 00:30:17,667
We're going to tie this end
to one tree trunk,
792
00:30:17,667 --> 00:30:20,667
tie this end
to another tree trunk.
793
00:30:20,667 --> 00:30:23,500
That way, if anything busts
through this wire,
794
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:27,066
-it will pull this
out of the alarm.
-[alarm ringing]
795
00:30:28,567 --> 00:30:30,066
-[alarm stops]
-And we know
that something's trying
796
00:30:30,066 --> 00:30:31,367
to sneak up on us.
797
00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:34,200
So inside this case,
798
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,700
I have four microphones
just like this.
799
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,066
They're unidirectional
microphones, meaning--
800
00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:41,033
for example, this one
that is pointing due north.
801
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:44,667
Uh, and then I'll go
[inhales sharply]
802
00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:46,367
south, east, west as well.
803
00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:48,300
And I'll have them all fed
into an iPad
804
00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,166
that gives me
the different levels.
805
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:52,400
Using this setup,
we'll know 100%
806
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,667
if something's coming
from the north or the west
807
00:30:54,667 --> 00:30:55,867
or somewhere in between.
808
00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:57,166
And we'll know
to look in that direction
809
00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:58,834
and maybe head that way too.
810
00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:03,634
So we've got
the snow fort built.
811
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,100
Microphones are all recording.
812
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,667
Obviously, we want
to document something
that's out here
813
00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:12,467
but we don't want
that something
to get too close.
814
00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:15,000
We have snowshoes to try
to walk around in the snow,
815
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,667
and we don't do it
very gracefully.
816
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,266
Any big predator out here,
817
00:31:18,266 --> 00:31:20,100
bear, sasquatch, or otherwise,
818
00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:22,467
it's going to be very good
at moving around.
819
00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:26,567
We are at a distinct
evolutionary disadvantage
out here.
820
00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:29,166
Welcome to your new office.
821
00:31:29,166 --> 00:31:31,100
It actually looks quite nice.
822
00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:32,266
I'm very impressed.
823
00:31:33,967 --> 00:31:35,734
I think it's-- [yelps]
824
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,834
-[both chuckle]
-I'm still walking
on the stairs.
825
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,467
[Jess] This looks like
826
00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:43,333
-a modern art exhibit.
-[Phil chuckles]
827
00:31:43,867 --> 00:31:44,800
[Jess laughs] What-- What?
828
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,100
So, talk a little bit.
829
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:48,400
[Jess] Talk, talk, talk.
830
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,100
So you are south
and a little bit west.
831
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:52,467
[Jess] Oh, that's great.
832
00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:55,066
And if I talk, I'm south
and a little bit east.
833
00:31:55,066 --> 00:31:56,266
Ooh.
834
00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:02,433
-It just got really quiet.
-[whispers] Yeah, it sure did.
835
00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,667
I have a whistle
on my backpack.
836
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,867
You want to try
and lure something here?
837
00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:15,166
-All right.
-Might as well try it.
838
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:16,367
Yeah.
839
00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:17,867
-[Jess] All right?
-Yeah.
840
00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:21,634
[blowing whistle]
841
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,300
I either...
842
00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:32,000
scared it away
or drew it closer.
843
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,767
We're committed now.
Go for it.
844
00:32:33,767 --> 00:32:35,800
-[Jess] Again? [inhales]
-Yeah.
845
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,734
[blowing whistle]
846
00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:46,433
[Phil] It's picking up
something to the north.
847
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:49,333
[Jess whispering]
848
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,900
[faint rustling]
849
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:01,567
[whispers] What the [bleep]
is that noise, Jess?
850
00:33:01,567 --> 00:33:04,033
-[whispers] I can hear it.
-Sounds like
something's being dragged.
851
00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:07,133
[Jess] I hear it. Hold on.
852
00:33:09,567 --> 00:33:11,567
[faint rustling]
853
00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:14,533
[Phil] A little bit more left.
854
00:33:14,867 --> 00:33:15,767
We're south.
855
00:33:15,767 --> 00:33:17,300
It should be
right around there.
856
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:19,634
[Jess] Okay. Yeah. I hear
it coming from that direction.
857
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,000
I'm not seeing-- Oh.
858
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,567
[rustling]
859
00:33:23,567 --> 00:33:25,567
[Jess] What was that?
Did you see that?
860
00:33:25,567 --> 00:33:26,934
Did you see that
right there?
861
00:33:27,667 --> 00:33:28,667
Weird. Okay.
862
00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:29,767
-You see that, right?
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
863
00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:31,500
-That?
-Yeah. Did you see that?
864
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,000
[Phil] Is that eyeshine?
865
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,333
[Jess] That's
what I'm thinking.
866
00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:36,600
[Phil whispering]
867
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,033
[Jess whispering]
868
00:33:39,567 --> 00:33:41,700
Whatever we're hearing
does not sound small, Jess.
869
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:43,634
No, it does not.
870
00:33:46,867 --> 00:33:49,066
Oh, [bleep]
that's getting close.
871
00:33:59,166 --> 00:34:00,266
[alarm beeping]
872
00:34:00,266 --> 00:34:01,200
That's one of the alarms.
873
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,000
[alarm beeping continues]
874
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,266
[intense music playing]
875
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,700
Just 20 miles from where
the team investigated
876
00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:12,800
on the Kenai Peninsula,
877
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,800
lies the abandoned
fishing village of Portlock.
878
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,500
It was once
a bustling community.
879
00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,000
But according to legend,
880
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,667
an Alaskan Sasquatch
changed all that.
881
00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:24,266
In the 1940s,
villagers reported sightings
882
00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:26,567
of a hairy bipedal creature.
883
00:34:26,567 --> 00:34:27,700
According to accounts,
884
00:34:27,700 --> 00:34:29,567
residents then began
to vanish,
885
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,467
before bodies started
showing up
886
00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:32,867
in the nearby wilderness.
887
00:34:32,867 --> 00:34:35,100
The community was
said to be terrified.
888
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,367
Businesses closed.
The school shuttered.
889
00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,367
Families, fearing that
they'd be next,
890
00:34:39,367 --> 00:34:43,266
packed up and fled,
abandoning the town forever.
891
00:34:43,266 --> 00:34:46,500
Now, what exactly happened
to Portlock remains a mystery.
892
00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:49,467
The buildings and homes
have long since decayed,
893
00:34:49,467 --> 00:34:53,133
gradually consumed
by the relentless
Alaskan wilderness.
894
00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:56,300
Today, the few traces
that remain are
895
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:58,600
eerie reminders
of an entire village
896
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,100
supposedly destroyed
897
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,033
because of the fearsome
Alaskan Sasquatch.
898
00:35:08,567 --> 00:35:10,000
[alarm beeping]
899
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,533
[Phil] It was right here.
900
00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:15,000
[Jess] There's like
two sets of tracks.
901
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,266
[Phil] Holy [bleep].
902
00:35:16,266 --> 00:35:17,767
[Jess] This has got
to be a game trail.
903
00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:18,567
[Phil] Oh, yeah.
904
00:35:18,567 --> 00:35:19,567
[alarm continues beeping]
905
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,266
-[Jess speaks indistinctly]
-[Phil shushes]
906
00:35:22,266 --> 00:35:23,934
[alarm continues beeping]
907
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,367
[Jess] There's the alarm,
right there.
908
00:35:26,367 --> 00:35:28,166
[Phil] Keep your eyes out
for anything.
909
00:35:39,266 --> 00:35:40,233
[alarm stops]
910
00:35:41,667 --> 00:35:42,634
[Phil] Okay.
911
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,867
[coyotes howling]
912
00:35:46,867 --> 00:35:49,266
-You hear all those coyotes
barking too?
-Yeah.
913
00:35:49,266 --> 00:35:50,367
Yeah, it was quiet
the whole night
914
00:35:50,367 --> 00:35:51,367
until this just happened
915
00:35:51,367 --> 00:35:52,834
and those things went off.
916
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:58,567
I mean,
it definitely ran through here
917
00:35:58,567 --> 00:35:59,533
and look at this.
918
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,166
[Phil] Oh, my God.
919
00:36:01,166 --> 00:36:03,000
-[Jess] Yeah.
-So it must have ran
920
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:03,900
all the way up here.
921
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,567
-Tripwire scared it.
-Tripped it. Yup.
922
00:36:06,567 --> 00:36:08,467
And it freaked out
and ran back out.
923
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:11,266
It looks like it stuck around
here for a little bit.
924
00:36:11,266 --> 00:36:13,467
[Jess] Well, it's probably
sitting and watching us.
925
00:36:13,467 --> 00:36:15,266
-[Phil] God, look how far
that trail goes.
-Yeah.
926
00:36:15,967 --> 00:36:17,467
It's so hard to tell.
927
00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:20,567
-[Jess] That one
looks really--
-It looks big,
928
00:36:20,567 --> 00:36:22,667
but it also looks
kinda pointed.
I can't tell.
929
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:25,433
If something is sprinting
through this snow,
930
00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:27,467
is it going to be
running on its toes
931
00:36:27,467 --> 00:36:29,266
or completely flat footed?
932
00:36:29,266 --> 00:36:30,367
Yeah, I don't know.
933
00:36:30,367 --> 00:36:31,567
[Phil] I don't think
we stand a chance
934
00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:33,166
trying to actually track
that thing down
935
00:36:33,166 --> 00:36:35,800
and keep up with it.
What if...
936
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,867
we try to send
the thermal drone after it?
937
00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:38,900
Let's do that from base camp
938
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:40,667
'cause I want to make sure
that we actually have,
939
00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:43,000
like, all our defenses up
as much as possible
940
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,734
because I do not feel good
just sitting out here...
941
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,233
waiting to be attacked.
942
00:36:50,066 --> 00:36:50,967
[Phil] Our snow bunker is
943
00:36:50,967 --> 00:36:53,300
the only defensive position
out here,
944
00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:54,266
so we head back there
945
00:36:54,266 --> 00:36:56,667
and prepare to launch
our thermal drone.
946
00:36:58,767 --> 00:37:01,000
[Phil exhales] Let's get
this thing in the air.
947
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,467
Whatever set off
the tripwire alarm could
still be close by.
948
00:37:04,467 --> 00:37:06,367
So we need to get eyes on it.
949
00:37:06,367 --> 00:37:08,567
All right. Drone is going up.
950
00:37:08,567 --> 00:37:10,033
[rotors whirring]
951
00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:11,734
[Jess] Nice.
952
00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:14,233
[Phil] All right,
I'm gonna send it up.
953
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,166
Clear the trees.
954
00:37:18,667 --> 00:37:20,300
And...
955
00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:22,300
-west. Let's see
where that gets us.
-Okay.
956
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:24,166
[Jess] So, those are
all the treetops, yeah?
957
00:37:24,166 --> 00:37:25,533
[Phil] Those are
all the treetops.
958
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,233
Oh, everything's blue.
959
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:29,066
It's so cold.
960
00:37:29,066 --> 00:37:29,834
[Phil] Yeah.
961
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:37,834
[Phil inhales sharply]
962
00:37:39,266 --> 00:37:41,266
Okay. Come on.
963
00:37:41,266 --> 00:37:43,567
Where are you? Where are you?
964
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,166
-Oh, [bleep].
-Is that--
965
00:37:52,166 --> 00:37:52,967
Did you see that glimmer?
966
00:37:52,967 --> 00:37:54,066
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-There it is.
967
00:37:54,066 --> 00:37:55,433
Okay, I'm chasing it.
968
00:37:58,266 --> 00:37:59,200
God, it's fast.
969
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,934
It's super-fast.
970
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:05,667
[Phil] That thing
is sprinting.
971
00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:06,600
[Jess] Chase it,
chase it, chase it.
972
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,000
[Phil] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
973
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,567
-Wow, that is hauling.
-It is fast.
974
00:38:10,567 --> 00:38:12,333
[dramatic music playing]
975
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,166
-[Phil] Oh. Oh. No.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You're going too fast.
976
00:38:16,166 --> 00:38:17,734
Go back. Go back, go back.
977
00:38:18,867 --> 00:38:20,333
[Phil] What just happened
to the drone?
978
00:38:23,166 --> 00:38:24,367
Jess, we got it.
979
00:38:28,166 --> 00:38:29,266
[Phil] [bleep]
It's lost signal.
980
00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:31,000
-Did you hit a tree?
-It just lost signal.
981
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,066
-Is it not connecting?
-It's not connecting.
982
00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:35,667
[Jess] All right. So,
you can track the drone
983
00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:36,467
with this thing, right?
984
00:38:36,467 --> 00:38:38,266
We have
the drone's last location,
985
00:38:38,266 --> 00:38:39,567
but look at this.
986
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:40,700
-Video feed's
completely blank.
-[Jess sighs in exasperation]
987
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:42,400
It says,
"Aircraft disconnected."
988
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,000
Okay. Well,
I want that footage,
989
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,400
so let's go-- and the drone,
990
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,533
so let's go get it.
991
00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,700
[Phil exhales]
992
00:38:50,467 --> 00:38:52,266
[Jess] I'm following you,
'cause I don't know
which way to go.
993
00:38:52,266 --> 00:38:53,166
[Phil] Okay.
994
00:39:03,266 --> 00:39:04,567
All right, Jess,
do you want to take that side
995
00:39:04,567 --> 00:39:06,000
I'll take this side?
996
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,266
[Jess] Yeah,
I'll go over here.
997
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,233
[Phil speaks indistinctly]
998
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:18,467
[Phil] Jess?
999
00:39:18,467 --> 00:39:19,867
-[Jess] You got it?
-Got it.
1000
00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:23,266
[Jess exclaims] It's busted.
1001
00:39:23,266 --> 00:39:24,867
It is very busted.
[whispering] Let's
look around.
1002
00:39:24,867 --> 00:39:25,967
Let's look around.
1003
00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:27,967
'Cause this was flying
1004
00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:29,767
right over top
of whatever that was.
1005
00:39:31,567 --> 00:39:33,967
[Jess] I mean,
that thing took off.
1006
00:39:33,967 --> 00:39:35,066
[Phil] It did.
1007
00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:37,467
I'm not seeing any tracks.
1008
00:39:37,467 --> 00:39:39,066
I'm not even hearing anything.
1009
00:39:40,066 --> 00:39:41,066
Check this out.
1010
00:39:41,567 --> 00:39:42,467
All the blades are gone.
1011
00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:44,266
There isn't
a prop blade there.
1012
00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:46,200
We have the SD card in here.
1013
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,467
-So even though
the signal cut out--
-Uh-huh.
1014
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:51,000
-...this should have
been still recording.
-[Jess exhales]
1015
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,400
So we'll be able to look at it
1016
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,166
and maybe be able
to identify it from that.
1017
00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:56,500
Let's take this back.
1018
00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:57,667
Let's plug the card in,
1019
00:39:57,667 --> 00:39:59,367
and let's check out
that footage again.
1020
00:39:59,367 --> 00:40:00,867
Okay. Here, I'll grab this.
1021
00:40:00,867 --> 00:40:02,433
-[Phil] All right, thanks.
-Uh-huh.
1022
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,367
[Josh] The thermal drone
managed to scare off
1023
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:13,100
whatever it was chasing,
1024
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,100
because Phil and Jess did not
hear a peep
1025
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:16,867
for the remainder
of the night.
1026
00:40:16,867 --> 00:40:19,200
They did go back
to the site of the tracks
1027
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,467
so Phil could collect
a snow sample
1028
00:40:21,467 --> 00:40:23,967
and run
an environmental DNA test
1029
00:40:23,967 --> 00:40:27,166
on whatever left
those large prints.
1030
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:29,166
eDNA opens up the possibility
1031
00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:32,166
of analyzing
imperceptible genetic material
1032
00:40:32,166 --> 00:40:35,600
that has been expelled into
the surrounding environment.
1033
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,000
Unfortunately, the results
came back inconclusive,
1034
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,066
possibly the result
1035
00:40:40,066 --> 00:40:43,266
of any biological material
becoming compromised
1036
00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:45,200
by the melting snow.
1037
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,300
When we later analyzed
the thermal footage,
1038
00:40:47,300 --> 00:40:51,467
the figure's speed was clocked
at roughly 15 miles per hour,
1039
00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:53,300
slower than a polar bear
or Grizzly
1040
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:56,200
but significantly faster
than a human being,
1041
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,367
especially in
the deep Alaskan snow.
1042
00:40:59,367 --> 00:41:02,100
But when we slow
the footage down,
1043
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,967
it appears
like it could be running
1044
00:41:03,967 --> 00:41:07,100
in a bipedal,
human-like manner.
1045
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:10,400
So is this the beast
who stalked our eyewitnesses,
1046
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,867
who maimed those coyotes...
1047
00:41:12,867 --> 00:41:14,066
[coyotes yelping]
1048
00:41:14,066 --> 00:41:16,867
[Josh] ...who's ravaged
this region for decades?
1049
00:41:16,867 --> 00:41:19,867
There are many more questions
than answers,
1050
00:41:19,867 --> 00:41:21,500
but one thing we do know is
1051
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:24,000
is that if there is
an Alaskan Sasquatch,
1052
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,367
he remains at large.