1 00:00:01,266 --> 00:00:04,100 [Josh] On this episode of Expedition X, 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,767 reported attacks by an aggressive monster 3 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:08,667 in the farthest reaches of Alaska 4 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,000 have locals on edge. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,166 [Sean] I heard a coyote getting killed. 6 00:00:13,767 --> 00:00:14,967 It was scary. 7 00:00:15,867 --> 00:00:18,266 [Josh] My team heads to the last frontier 8 00:00:18,266 --> 00:00:21,634 to stalk what could be the infamous Sasquatch. 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,734 [Phil] It was right here. 10 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:27,200 [Jess] There's like, two sets of tracks. 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,066 [Phil] Holy [bleep] 12 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:30,634 All right, you just send it up... 13 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:33,867 There are the trees. 14 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,667 [Josh] But Phil and Jess soon realize 15 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:37,433 that this Alaskan beast... 16 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,100 might be stalking them. 17 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:41,767 -[Jess] There it is. -[dramatic music playing] 18 00:00:41,767 --> 00:00:44,400 That thing is sprinting. 19 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,033 -Oh, [bleep] Oh, my God. -[Jess] Oh, that's it. 20 00:00:56,166 --> 00:00:57,300 [Phil] Okay, you guys. 21 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:58,400 I have something I really want to show you 22 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,166 that I cannot stop thinking about. 23 00:01:00,166 --> 00:01:02,266 These are photos that were recently taken 24 00:01:02,266 --> 00:01:04,867 at Alaska's Denali National Park. 25 00:01:04,867 --> 00:01:06,367 And I got to say, 26 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:07,634 they're pretty interesting. 27 00:01:08,266 --> 00:01:09,266 -[Josh] Whoa. -[Jess] Ooh. 28 00:01:09,266 --> 00:01:10,867 That's Sasquatch. There you go. 29 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:13,266 Phil, are we looking at genuine Sasquatch prints here? 30 00:01:13,266 --> 00:01:14,700 You know I'm not going to go that far, 31 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:17,867 but what I will say is that they are unusual. 32 00:01:17,867 --> 00:01:19,667 Initially, I thought, okay, it could be bear, 33 00:01:19,667 --> 00:01:21,266 but bears have five toe pads. 34 00:01:21,266 --> 00:01:23,567 This looks more like three or four. 35 00:01:23,567 --> 00:01:26,467 Also, it looks like something that's walking on two legs, 36 00:01:26,467 --> 00:01:27,467 not four legs. 37 00:01:27,467 --> 00:01:28,600 So, based on these images, 38 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,934 this is not something I can identify. 39 00:01:31,467 --> 00:01:32,900 Because it's a Sasquatch. 40 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:34,266 [Josh] Did the National Park weigh in on this? 41 00:01:34,266 --> 00:01:35,166 They did. 42 00:01:35,166 --> 00:01:36,166 And they agree. 43 00:01:36,166 --> 00:01:37,100 It does look like 44 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:38,567 something walking on two legs. 45 00:01:38,567 --> 00:01:40,567 But they also said it could be a wolf 46 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:41,667 whose hind foot stepped 47 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:44,500 in the exact same spot as the front foot. 48 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:45,567 But then again, 49 00:01:45,567 --> 00:01:47,900 they didn't actually go there to investigate it. 50 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:49,367 Uh-huh. And you'd like to? 51 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:50,667 I've already started. 52 00:01:50,667 --> 00:01:51,867 And the more I research this, 53 00:01:51,867 --> 00:01:54,667 the more I think we need to get there now 54 00:01:54,667 --> 00:01:55,867 while the evidence is hot. 55 00:01:55,867 --> 00:01:59,467 Because, considering Alaska's vast wilderness, 56 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:01,600 there could be something big out there 57 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,800 waiting to be found. 58 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,667 This is a really compelling case, 59 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,700 not just because of this evidence. 60 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:08,066 When it comes to legends 61 00:02:08,066 --> 00:02:10,166 of unknown creatures in Alaska, 62 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:11,867 there is more mythology there 63 00:02:11,867 --> 00:02:13,433 than anywhere else in the country. 64 00:02:17,967 --> 00:02:21,000 [Josh] Alaska, the last frontier. 65 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,166 A land shrouded in mystery 66 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:25,367 that has long beckoned rugged explorers 67 00:02:25,367 --> 00:02:27,900 into its vast, punishing, 68 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,767 and mostly unexplored wilderness. 69 00:02:30,767 --> 00:02:33,100 Today, civilization has only encroached 70 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:39,567 into around 250 of Alaska's almost 665,000 square miles, 71 00:02:39,567 --> 00:02:42,567 leaving an area about twice the size of Texas 72 00:02:42,567 --> 00:02:44,600 completely uninhabited. 73 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,166 It's not just the wilderness that's dangerous here. 74 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:48,867 -It's the wildlife. -[bear growling] 75 00:02:48,867 --> 00:02:51,066 Grizzly bears, Arctic wolves, 76 00:02:51,066 --> 00:02:53,166 and even the gargantuan moose 77 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,266 all pose a threat 78 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:58,667 to humans unlucky enough to cross their paths. 79 00:02:58,667 --> 00:03:01,900 But some believe the most dangerous creature of them all 80 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:04,900 is one that is yet to be discovered. 81 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:06,834 The Alaskan Sasquatch. 82 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,367 Reported encounters with the creature 83 00:03:11,367 --> 00:03:13,567 date back to 1899, 84 00:03:13,567 --> 00:03:16,767 when US Army Captain W.R. Abercrombie leads 85 00:03:16,767 --> 00:03:18,667 an expedition into Alaska 86 00:03:18,667 --> 00:03:20,634 during the Klondike Gold Rush. 87 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,767 In his report, Abercrombie includes 88 00:03:23,767 --> 00:03:24,967 an encounter with a miner 89 00:03:24,967 --> 00:03:27,367 who claims that his son has been killed 90 00:03:27,367 --> 00:03:30,734 by a hairy beast he describes as a demon. 91 00:03:32,667 --> 00:03:36,000 Most infamously, there's also the case of Portlock, 92 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,400 a village on the Kenai Peninsula. 93 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,166 The once-bustling fishing and canning community 94 00:03:41,166 --> 00:03:44,000 is hastily abandoned in the 1940s 95 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,667 after a string of shocking disappearances 96 00:03:46,667 --> 00:03:48,400 and savage attacks 97 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,867 reportedly perpetrated by a large, 98 00:03:50,867 --> 00:03:54,000 hairy, man-like creature. 99 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,166 Indigenous legends go back even further. 100 00:03:57,166 --> 00:04:00,066 Some native southwestern Alaskans warn children 101 00:04:00,066 --> 00:04:02,567 not to venture alone into the forest, 102 00:04:02,567 --> 00:04:05,567 lest they fall prey to the Urayuli, 103 00:04:05,567 --> 00:04:06,867 or hairy man. 104 00:04:06,867 --> 00:04:09,867 A legendary beast, said to be taller than a bear, 105 00:04:09,867 --> 00:04:12,667 with shaggy fur, a strange call, 106 00:04:12,667 --> 00:04:16,233 and a penchant for punishing disobedient kids. 107 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:19,767 While the Inuit people of Northern Alaska 108 00:04:19,767 --> 00:04:21,367 warn of the Tunit, 109 00:04:21,367 --> 00:04:23,100 a giant, man-like beast 110 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:26,667 that once peacefully coexisted with humans. 111 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:30,000 Today, lifelong Alaskans and tourists alike 112 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,700 continue to report harrowing encounters 113 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:36,834 with huge, humanoid, and often hairy creatures. 114 00:04:37,266 --> 00:04:39,100 In the fall of 2021, 115 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,467 one witness reports that his dog is killed 116 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:44,834 by a possible Sasquatch near Susitna Creek. 117 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:46,867 Early in 2023, 118 00:04:46,867 --> 00:04:49,500 a witness in Copper Valley claims to see 119 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:52,567 a furry, bipedal giant cross the highway. 120 00:04:52,567 --> 00:04:55,266 And in just the last few weeks, 121 00:04:55,266 --> 00:04:58,600 an oyster farmer from Homer has come forward with tales 122 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,967 of a disturbing encounter in Kachemak Bay. 123 00:05:01,967 --> 00:05:04,467 Are these accounts a case of ancient folklore 124 00:05:04,467 --> 00:05:07,166 casting a very long shadow? 125 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:09,200 Or could there be an undiscovered, 126 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,300 unfathomably violent creature 127 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,333 roaming the brutal Alaskan wilderness? 128 00:05:18,567 --> 00:05:20,800 The evidence and sightings are so intriguing, 129 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,500 I just don't think we can pass this one by. 130 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:23,767 Look at this guy, 131 00:05:23,767 --> 00:05:25,867 so enthusiastic about this. 132 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:26,834 I love this, too. 133 00:05:26,834 --> 00:05:29,400 I mean, so many indigenous tribes in Alaska have 134 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,800 Sasquatch-like legends 135 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,867 that there's got to be something to this. 136 00:05:32,867 --> 00:05:34,066 Okay, I don't want to snow 137 00:05:34,066 --> 00:05:36,000 on anybody's subarctic parade here, 138 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,367 but just in terms of the eyewitness reports, 139 00:05:38,367 --> 00:05:41,767 a big, shaggy, aggressive creature. 140 00:05:41,767 --> 00:05:44,367 Couldn't this just be a bear? 141 00:05:44,367 --> 00:05:46,567 I mean, bears can stand on two legs, right? 142 00:05:46,567 --> 00:05:48,266 They absolutely can stand on two legs, 143 00:05:48,266 --> 00:05:51,100 but they can't walk long distances on two legs. 144 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:52,600 I'm not saying it's Sasquatch. 145 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,967 I'm saying we need to go there to investigate. 146 00:05:54,967 --> 00:05:56,900 And I already lined up our first witness, 147 00:05:56,900 --> 00:05:58,900 and get this, he swears 148 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,100 that he just had a close encounter 149 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:02,500 with a Sasquatch. 150 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:04,266 Okay, amazing. So go up there, 151 00:06:04,266 --> 00:06:06,100 meet this eyewitness, see what you can find out. 152 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:06,967 I'll look into 153 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:09,200 some of the other recent reports here, 154 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,500 and you guys stay safe, 155 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:11,567 especially considering 156 00:06:11,567 --> 00:06:13,367 you're hunting a monster that could be hunting you. 157 00:06:13,367 --> 00:06:15,333 -Yeah. -We'll try. 158 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:17,667 [Josh] It's an eight-hour flight 159 00:06:17,667 --> 00:06:19,266 from New York to Anchorage. 160 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:21,500 Although the footprints in Denali National Park 161 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:24,300 that sparked Phil's interest have since melted, 162 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:26,100 the trail is far from cold 163 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:28,166 and has picked up to the south. 164 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:30,166 Jess and Phil take a four-hour drive 165 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:31,767 along the Kenai Peninsula 166 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:33,166 toward the town of Homer, 167 00:06:33,166 --> 00:06:35,233 where they'll meet their first witness. 168 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:37,900 [Jess] How dangerous are we talking here? 169 00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:39,900 Like, how would a Bigfoot kill you, 170 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:40,800 -do you think? -[Phil] Oh. 171 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,567 That's a fun question going into this. 172 00:06:42,567 --> 00:06:44,867 I guess if you compare it to other primates, 173 00:06:45,266 --> 00:06:46,667 chimpanzees, gorillas, 174 00:06:46,667 --> 00:06:49,667 they're way stronger per mass of muscle than we are. 175 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:52,266 -Mm-hmm. -And they can kill mammals 176 00:06:52,266 --> 00:06:54,266 -by ripping off their limbs. -Oh. 177 00:06:54,266 --> 00:06:55,700 And I know chimpanzees and humans 178 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:57,767 have interacted in that way in the past and-- 179 00:06:57,767 --> 00:06:59,166 "Interacted that way in the past"? 180 00:06:59,166 --> 00:07:00,767 Like, gotten their limbs ripped off? 181 00:07:00,767 --> 00:07:03,400 Yeah, that if a chimp attacks a human, 182 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,567 they will rip off their ears or nose 183 00:07:05,567 --> 00:07:06,800 or bite their face off. 184 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,567 -That's disgusting. -Yeah. 185 00:07:08,567 --> 00:07:09,900 -And terrifying. -Yeah. 186 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:11,166 [Jess] So it boils down 187 00:07:11,166 --> 00:07:14,266 to a really dangerous creature 188 00:07:14,266 --> 00:07:15,667 that we're chasing after. 189 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:16,500 Yeah. 190 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:17,867 If they're out there, you don't want 191 00:07:17,867 --> 00:07:19,567 to be their neighbor. 192 00:07:19,567 --> 00:07:20,433 -[Jess] Mmm. -That's my guess. 193 00:07:20,433 --> 00:07:22,600 Well, we're gonna meet with somebody who-- 194 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,100 ...may have moved in right next door? 195 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:26,967 [chuckles] May have moved in right next door. 196 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:31,166 [Phil] After a 12-hour travel day, 197 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:32,266 we finally arrive 198 00:07:32,266 --> 00:07:34,166 at Homer's main port and harbor. 199 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:37,567 Fishing and charter boats line the docks, 200 00:07:37,567 --> 00:07:40,166 that is in between the countless sea otters, 201 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:42,166 who may be as infamous around here 202 00:07:42,166 --> 00:07:44,667 as the fabled Alaskan Sasquatch. 203 00:07:44,667 --> 00:07:45,867 -[Jess] Hey, Sean. -[Sean] Hey. 204 00:07:45,867 --> 00:07:46,667 Nice to meet you. Jess. 205 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:47,867 Nice to meet you. Hey, Phil. 206 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:49,867 [Phil] Sean Crosby is a local oyster farmer 207 00:07:49,867 --> 00:07:53,567 who's lived in Alaska for nearly 40 years. 208 00:07:53,567 --> 00:07:55,700 His alleged Sasquatch encounter occurred 209 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:57,000 at the site of the cabin 210 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,667 that he's building near Peterson Bay, 211 00:07:59,667 --> 00:08:01,767 which is about a 15-minute boat ride 212 00:08:01,767 --> 00:08:03,800 across Kachemak Bay. 213 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,166 -All right. Away we go. -[Phil exhales] 214 00:08:06,166 --> 00:08:07,867 -[Jess] Good to go. -[Phil] Let's go. 215 00:08:07,867 --> 00:08:10,867 [Phil] So, our long travel day just got even longer. 216 00:08:16,767 --> 00:08:18,000 [Phil] So what is out there? 217 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,900 Well, there's a few small summer communities, 218 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:22,867 and then it's the Kenai Mountains. 219 00:08:22,867 --> 00:08:24,467 It's a national park. 220 00:08:24,467 --> 00:08:25,867 [Phil] How small are we talking when you say 221 00:08:25,867 --> 00:08:26,867 "summer communities"? 222 00:08:26,867 --> 00:08:29,967 [Sean] Anywhere from three cabins to 20 223 00:08:29,967 --> 00:08:31,867 in some of the other bays and coves. 224 00:08:32,300 --> 00:08:33,266 So, at any one time, 225 00:08:33,266 --> 00:08:35,166 especially during winter and spring, 226 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,166 there's only probably a handful of people 227 00:08:37,166 --> 00:08:38,000 on that entire area? 228 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 In winter, there will be none. 229 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,800 [Phil] No one else is out here? 230 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,467 [Sean] No. We are alone. 231 00:08:43,467 --> 00:08:44,634 [Jess chuckles] All right. 232 00:08:44,634 --> 00:08:46,934 [Phil] We got this whole peninsula [chuckles] to ourselves. 233 00:08:48,467 --> 00:08:50,000 And what time of year were you out there 234 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,400 when you had your encounter? 235 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,867 [Sean] That was February 1st. 236 00:08:52,867 --> 00:08:54,467 I'd been working on my cabin. 237 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,767 Winter's the best time to burn and slash. 238 00:08:56,767 --> 00:08:58,266 [Phil] So, you're basically clearing land 239 00:08:58,266 --> 00:09:00,367 -so you could build a cabin? -Correct. 240 00:09:00,367 --> 00:09:02,100 [Jess] Do you think that whatever you heard is 241 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:03,100 fighting for territory, 242 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,000 now that people are building cabins out there? 243 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,266 No, I think it was winter hunting. 244 00:09:07,266 --> 00:09:08,667 [dramatic music playing] 245 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:13,400 [Phil] You hear a lot of stories out here? 246 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,667 Yes, because of Port Chatham there. 247 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:17,500 -Portlock? -[Phil] Yeah. 248 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:18,867 We've heard the history of Portlock. 249 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:20,266 What do people around here believe 250 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:21,233 about what happened there? 251 00:09:21,767 --> 00:09:23,667 Uh, some people do believe it. 252 00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:24,967 The native Alaskans do. 253 00:09:24,967 --> 00:09:27,000 -[Phil] Yeah? -[Sean] Yeah. 254 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,300 That, essentially, a Sasquatch came in there 255 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:30,667 and attacked people and killed 256 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:32,433 -almost an entire town? -Yeah. 257 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:37,266 Do you believe in Bigfoot or Sasquatch out here? 258 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:39,433 -I do now. Yeah. -[Jess] Yeah. 259 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:42,000 [Phil] Let's say you were a large predator 260 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:42,867 out here in the winter. 261 00:09:42,867 --> 00:09:45,000 What kind of prey is out there 262 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,200 in this area of the peninsula? 263 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,700 The biggest game would be coyotes and wolves. 264 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,266 Small game, rabbits, uh, squirrels. 265 00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:54,967 Are there bears out there too? 266 00:09:54,967 --> 00:09:57,500 The bears will be coming out right about now, actually. 267 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:58,266 [Jess] Oh, great. 268 00:09:58,266 --> 00:09:59,767 How do those bears behave 269 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:01,367 right when they come out of hibernation? 270 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:02,300 The same way you would 271 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,700 if you hadn't eaten in six months. 272 00:10:03,700 --> 00:10:06,634 -[Jess] Ah, [bleep] -[Sean chuckles] 273 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,000 [Jess] God, I love Alaska. 274 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,600 We pull into Peterson Bay 275 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,266 and Sean docks up at the edge of his property. 276 00:10:14,266 --> 00:10:15,233 All right. 277 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:19,567 There's a lot of [bleep] on this dock. 278 00:10:19,567 --> 00:10:21,000 -[Phil] Sea-otter crap. -[Sean] Uh-oh. 279 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,066 [Jess chuckling] It's everywhere. Ugh! 280 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,166 From there, it's a short climb 281 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:27,166 to the site of Sean's future cabin 282 00:10:27,166 --> 00:10:29,100 where he had his infamous run in 283 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,967 with what he thinks was a Sasquatch. 284 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:33,967 [dramatic music playing] 285 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,400 -So this is it? -This is it. 286 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,600 [Phil] Okay. 287 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,000 Can you take us back to that night? 288 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,100 Walk us through exactly what happened to you 289 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:45,500 that made you realize this was something a little odd. 290 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:48,166 It was about midnight, pitch black out, 291 00:10:48,166 --> 00:10:49,900 coyotes howling all around me. 292 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:50,900 [Phil] Where was your tent? 293 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,667 Right underneath that black net there. 294 00:10:53,667 --> 00:10:55,867 That particular night, I listened to the coyotes 295 00:10:55,867 --> 00:10:57,467 for a few minutes. 296 00:10:57,467 --> 00:10:58,567 [howling in distance] 297 00:10:58,567 --> 00:11:00,066 -[Sean] And then I heard the sound -[coyote yelping] 298 00:11:00,066 --> 00:11:02,867 of a coyote getting killed. 299 00:11:02,867 --> 00:11:05,166 [coyote yelping] 300 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:06,300 That's not a fun sound to hear. 301 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:07,767 But you recognize it. 302 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:08,567 [Phil and Jess] Mm-hmm. 303 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:10,166 -[Phil] It's got that yelp-- -Correct. 304 00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:11,900 -...and that kind of desperate whimper. -Right. 305 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:14,734 And that was somewhere off in the distance this way. 306 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:17,300 And I lay there listening. 307 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:18,200 And I started hearing 308 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,066 footsteps coming up this game trail. 309 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:21,433 [eerie music playing] 310 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,367 [faint shuffling] 311 00:11:23,367 --> 00:11:25,567 [Sean] I was absolutely terrified. 312 00:11:25,567 --> 00:11:27,467 [Jess] Were you able to record any of this? 313 00:11:27,467 --> 00:11:30,166 [Sean] No, but I did catch the coyotes' howling. 314 00:11:31,467 --> 00:11:36,467 -[clicks] -[coyotes yelping] 315 00:11:36,467 --> 00:11:38,200 [yelping and howling continues] 316 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,800 -[Sean] They're close. They're real close. -They're super close. 317 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,900 -That's really close. -Very loud. 318 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:43,667 [Sean] When it was light, I came out, 319 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:46,600 and first thing I saw was blood drops 320 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,166 coming up the trail to right about here 321 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:52,066 where there was a small pool of blood. 322 00:11:52,066 --> 00:11:52,867 [Phil] Hmm. 323 00:11:52,867 --> 00:11:55,100 Could you see footprints in the snow? 324 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:56,867 [Sean] I could see impressions. 325 00:11:56,867 --> 00:11:59,400 No toes, no claws or anything like that, 326 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:00,767 but it looked more like 327 00:12:00,767 --> 00:12:04,600 a large, uh, foot in a moccasin sort of thing. 328 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,266 So could it have been somebody out here 329 00:12:06,266 --> 00:12:07,667 that you just didn't know about? 330 00:12:07,667 --> 00:12:08,967 Anything's possible, 331 00:12:08,967 --> 00:12:10,000 but there again, 332 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,867 it was midnight, 333 00:12:11,867 --> 00:12:14,166 no flashlight, no headlamp, 334 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:15,867 no boats in the bay here. 335 00:12:15,867 --> 00:12:17,300 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 00:12:23,667 --> 00:12:24,367 Okay. 340 00:12:24,367 --> 00:12:25,467 Bears? 341 00:12:25,467 --> 00:12:28,000 Not in early February. 342 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,166 [Jess] Hmm. 343 00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:30,500 [Sean] I don't know what it was, 344 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,100 but I was so terrified 345 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:33,400 that the only thing I could do was 346 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,967 just grab my gun and lay there. 347 00:12:35,367 --> 00:12:36,667 It was scary. 348 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:38,800 -[Jess] Yeah. It sounds scary. -[Phil] Okay. 349 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,767 The last direction you saw it go was 350 00:12:41,767 --> 00:12:43,667 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 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,266 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, 380 00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:36,867 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 470 00:16:53,066 --> 00:16:55,300 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.