1 00:00:02,036 --> 00:00:05,037 [josh gates] on this episode of expedition x. 2 00:00:05,072 --> 00:00:08,640 That canyon looks exceptionally dangerous. 3 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:10,075 [josh] something has been reported, 4 00:00:10,111 --> 00:00:15,080 stalking the slopes of mount st. Helens for a century. 5 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:18,117 The night of the attack, creatures are trying to be through their way in 6 00:00:18,152 --> 00:00:19,385 and they started shooting. 7 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:21,854 [josh] could it be an undiscovered primate? 8 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:26,492 Something dug out the earth marking its territory. 9 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:28,260 [josh] with ferocious strength. 10 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:34,099 Something had grabbed the fur and just kind of ripped it off. 11 00:00:34,135 --> 00:00:37,269 [josh] we recruit renowned cryptid hunters. 12 00:00:37,304 --> 00:00:39,438 Let's see if we can hear something out back. 13 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:40,672 [vocalizing] 14 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:45,644 and reconnaissance vehicle with all the bells and whistles. 15 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,047 [man] we have turned up top with the thermal imaging system 16 00:00:48,082 --> 00:00:50,549 with the equivalent of a military blackhawk helicopter. 17 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,384 [josh] to unearth the truth. 18 00:00:53,154 --> 00:00:54,553 [jessica] something is there. 19 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:56,021 [phil] oh, yeah, yeah. 20 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:58,657 Oh, [bleep]. Okay. 21 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:01,293 [josh] hidden. 22 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:02,928 [man whispering] we're not alone. 23 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:05,197 [josh] in the canyon of the apes. 24 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:08,167 My name is josh gates. 25 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:11,170 In my travels, I've experienced strange things 26 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:14,773 that defy logic and made me question everything. 27 00:01:14,809 --> 00:01:16,575 Oh, my god. 28 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:21,680 Now I've put together a team to investigate the stranger side of the unknown. 29 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:23,715 Let's go. 30 00:01:23,751 --> 00:01:27,986 Phil torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations. 31 00:01:28,022 --> 00:01:28,821 [phil speaking] 32 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:36,161 [josh] jessica chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer. 33 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:37,396 Phil, you see that? 34 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:38,797 [whispers] I just saw something run across. 35 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:40,899 [josh] together we're searching for answers 36 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:42,400 [man] what is that? 37 00:01:42,403 --> 00:01:45,504 [narrator] to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 38 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:49,007 This is expedition x. 39 00:01:53,848 --> 00:01:57,549 Okay, so when you think of famous american monsters, 40 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:59,318 -what do you think of? -Madman. 41 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:00,586 -Harrier. -Ooh! 42 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:02,754 I'm guessing we're talking about bigfoot. 43 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:05,157 We are. Come on get excited, phil. 44 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:07,192 We're talking bigfoot sasquatch, 45 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:09,061 the king of the american cryptids. 46 00:02:09,096 --> 00:02:13,999 And much of that fame is due to a single piece of film, 47 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:19,138 the patterson gimlin film, which was shot in 1967 in northern california. 48 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:21,607 And even today, more than half a century later, 49 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,709 it's still reigned supreme 50 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:27,546 as one of the most compelling and controversial pieces of evidence out there. 51 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:30,349 But still for my money is a guy in a man costume. 52 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:31,617 It's never been fully debunked. 53 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:33,318 Okay, so whatever the truth is, 54 00:02:33,354 --> 00:02:36,922 most people do think of that film as the thing that put bigfoot 55 00:02:36,957 --> 00:02:38,557 on the map of american folklore 56 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:41,994 but it is far from the first reported encounter 57 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:42,995 to make headline news. 58 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:45,764 Check this out, nearly 100 years ago, 59 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:47,966 on the slopes of mount st. Helens 60 00:02:48,002 --> 00:02:51,737 in washington state something really, really bizarre happened. 61 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,071 These are actual headlines, 62 00:02:53,107 --> 00:02:57,709 "trappers cabin bombarded at night by ape men, eight feet tall." 63 00:02:57,745 --> 00:02:58,944 ooh, I like mine, 64 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:02,648 "expedition ready to begin hunt for mountain devils." 65 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,584 how about, "strange beasts, attack miners." 66 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:08,420 whatever, it was that happened to these miners happened a long time 67 00:03:08,455 --> 00:03:10,689 before the term bigfoot was ever coined. 68 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:12,424 And according to locals in washington state, 69 00:03:12,493 --> 00:03:14,626 these creatures may still be up there. 70 00:03:17,131 --> 00:03:19,864 [narrator] 1924, gold prospectors 71 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:23,769 flocked to the slopes of mount st helens hoping to strike it rich, 72 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:26,471 but a few of them encounter something else 73 00:03:26,507 --> 00:03:28,907 hidden in the volcanoes thick forest. 74 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:34,246 According to reports, five men find a promising spot along a treacherous slope, 75 00:03:34,281 --> 00:03:38,884 where they build a cabin and establish a small gold mining operation. 76 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:43,755 But one day they claim to spot a frightening figure across the canyon, 77 00:03:43,791 --> 00:03:47,726 standing at nearly seven feet tall with blackish brown hair. 78 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:51,730 The men shoot at the creature but it disappears into the woods. 79 00:03:54,235 --> 00:03:57,169 The miners are so unnerved by what they see, 80 00:03:57,204 --> 00:04:00,405 they agree to abandon the cabin at first light. 81 00:04:00,441 --> 00:04:04,610 But in the dead of night, the cabin reportedly comes under siege, 82 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,912 bombarded by rocks. 83 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:10,182 The miners catch a glimpse of their attackers, 84 00:04:10,217 --> 00:04:14,019 which appear to be large bipedal primates. 85 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,988 The miners shoot in defense, 86 00:04:16,023 --> 00:04:18,590 but the assault rages on through the night. 87 00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:23,729 At first light, the five men flee the cabin. 88 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:27,599 But legend says, one of the creatures follows in pursuit. 89 00:04:27,635 --> 00:04:30,202 It is said one minor gets off a shot, 90 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:33,038 sending it toppling to the ground. 91 00:04:33,073 --> 00:04:36,775 Back in town, front page news 92 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:40,245 and to the remote gorge where the incident allegedly took place 93 00:04:40,281 --> 00:04:42,681 becomes known as ape canyon. 94 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:45,417 Expeditions are soon launched into the wilderness 95 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:49,121 for evidence of the beasts but little is found. 96 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:51,256 However, in the ensuing century, 97 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:54,960 sightings in this region have not only continued but increased. 98 00:04:56,163 --> 00:04:58,797 Blood curdling howls and large footprints 99 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:02,301 are consistently reported along the eight canyon trail 100 00:05:02,336 --> 00:05:05,771 that winds through old growth forest. 101 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:09,308 Locals regularly find mutilated deer in the area. 102 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:11,009 The skull has been crushed. 103 00:05:12,246 --> 00:05:16,014 And hikers recently reported seeing three hulking primates 104 00:05:16,050 --> 00:05:18,383 and claimed to capture them on video. 105 00:05:18,419 --> 00:05:20,285 With modern sightings on the rise, 106 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:24,690 and an alleged cabin attack nearly a century, 107 00:05:24,725 --> 00:05:30,028 believers contend that ape canyon is ground zero for the american sasquatch. 108 00:05:30,064 --> 00:05:34,199 Are these stories just local folklore or something real? 109 00:05:34,234 --> 00:05:37,369 To believers, this area marks the true origin 110 00:05:37,404 --> 00:05:40,272 of the creature we now call bigfoot. 111 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:45,844 -So, what do you think? -Just the history alone 112 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:47,212 of what the miners went through, 113 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:49,548 and their story to me is super compelling. 114 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:52,417 I just think it sounds like a perfect story to tell over a campfire. 115 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:53,585 Well, a couple of things to remember, 116 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:55,387 first of all, these five miners, 117 00:05:55,422 --> 00:05:57,956 they didn't seem to profit office in any way. They came down, 118 00:05:57,991 --> 00:06:00,058 they were ridiculed in the press. 119 00:06:00,094 --> 00:06:01,827 And they stuck to their story. 120 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:05,831 And according to authorities, were genuinely terrified by whatever, they encountered. 121 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:07,199 And I think that's an excellent point. 122 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:10,569 Because why make up a story like this, for no reason? 123 00:06:10,604 --> 00:06:11,937 I don't know the answer to that. 124 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:14,606 But what evidence do we really have that this even happen at all? 125 00:06:14,641 --> 00:06:16,541 We don't. And that's where you come in. Right? 126 00:06:16,577 --> 00:06:19,010 If this isn't made up, if this isn't a yarn, 127 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:22,647 this would be a really compelling and important mass sighting, 128 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,015 get a whole group of people here. 129 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:26,485 But the fact is, we don't even know if the cabin is real. 130 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,954 If you could find out where these men were, 131 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:30,589 find the remains of that cabin, 132 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:33,825 that would go a long way to at least putting some meat on the bone here. 133 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:35,861 And plus, we'll have had all that research reports, too. 134 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,362 Exactly. 135 00:06:37,398 --> 00:06:41,032 So, I want you guys to dig in and see what you can make of all of this. 136 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:44,302 And to give you some help, I'm going to link you up with matt moneymaker, 137 00:06:44,338 --> 00:06:46,571 the lead investigator of the finding bigfoot team. 138 00:06:46,607 --> 00:06:49,708 Nobody knows more about bigfoot stories than him. 139 00:06:49,743 --> 00:06:52,444 I love moneymaker. I've actually worked with them before in the past. 140 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:54,246 -Happy squatching. -Awesome. 141 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:55,947 Let's do this. 142 00:06:55,983 --> 00:06:59,451 The team flies cross country from new york to portland, oregon, 143 00:06:59,486 --> 00:07:02,421 just across the washington border from mount st. Helens. 144 00:07:03,524 --> 00:07:06,091 And the gorge known as ape canyon. 145 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:11,129 [jessica] ooh, it's pretty out here. 146 00:07:11,165 --> 00:07:12,831 [phil] so amazing. 147 00:07:12,866 --> 00:07:14,800 To me as a biologist, what I think is the coolest thing 148 00:07:14,835 --> 00:07:18,703 about mount st. Helens, is that it has been studied extensively. 149 00:07:18,739 --> 00:07:22,874 It was so destroyed that scientists were able to measure 150 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:25,277 and observe how it came back to life. 151 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,781 In 1980, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake 152 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:33,952 triggered the most destructive volcanic eruption in us history. 153 00:07:33,987 --> 00:07:36,087 The lateral blast from mount st. Helens 154 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:39,224 scorched 230 square miles of forest 155 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:44,129 and spewed 900,000 tones of ash 12 miles high. 156 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:48,967 57 people lost their lives along with thousands of animals. 157 00:07:49,002 --> 00:07:52,304 The devastation hit the northern slopes of the mountain hardest, 158 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:55,507 but much of the old growth forests to the south and east, 159 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:58,276 including ape canyon was spared. 160 00:07:58,312 --> 00:08:01,179 So, in theory, if an undiscovered species 161 00:08:01,215 --> 00:08:04,449 really has lived in that area for nearly a hundred years, 162 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:06,985 it's possible they survived the eruption 163 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:10,288 and even thrived in the remote wilderness ever since. 164 00:08:13,594 --> 00:08:16,561 So, let me ask you as a biologist and a scientist, 165 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:20,565 is there anything out here that could explain these sightings? 166 00:08:20,634 --> 00:08:23,335 [phil] bears, it matches the description so well. 167 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:28,039 Washington state is home to upwards of 30,000 american black bears. 168 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:31,009 Hikers often spot bears along trails in this area. 169 00:08:31,044 --> 00:08:33,945 Sometimes even standing upright on their hind legs. 170 00:08:33,981 --> 00:08:36,882 If I had to bet, many of the alleged bigfoot sightings, 171 00:08:36,917 --> 00:08:38,483 could just be smokey, the bear. 172 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:40,952 [jessica] I know, you're sceptic, 173 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:44,089 but this is the perfect habitat for bigfoot 174 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:47,726 'cause this stuff is thick, and vast. 175 00:08:47,761 --> 00:08:50,195 I feel like we do have this conversation million times, jess, 176 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:53,131 but there's one conversation I feel like we need to have. 177 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,432 What? 178 00:08:54,468 --> 00:08:56,067 You're really sticking to that hat? 179 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:58,003 What are you talking about? 180 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,939 Are you trying to like, if a bigfoot sees you 181 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:03,174 then it'll recognize you as one of its kind? 182 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,877 No, I just don't understand, 183 00:09:05,913 --> 00:09:10,749 why I can't also be fashionable while finding a bigfoot. 184 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,620 Phil, jess and the furry hat 185 00:09:15,656 --> 00:09:18,189 arrived at the north american bigfoot center. 186 00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:20,692 It's not exactly the museum of natural history, 187 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:24,062 but it is one of the largest sasquatch museums in the world. 188 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:26,565 -Hello. -Woah, look at this. 189 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,802 -[phil] wow. -[jessica] this is cool. 190 00:09:30,837 --> 00:09:33,104 [josh] the exhibit houses an impressive collection 191 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:37,275 of mysterious primate footprint casts collected in the region. 192 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:41,112 There's even a life sized display of bigfoot 193 00:09:41,148 --> 00:09:42,948 that's anatomically accurate. 194 00:09:42,983 --> 00:09:44,416 Well, supposedly. 195 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:47,719 And checked, it's got big feet. 196 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,854 That's what you checked, huh? 197 00:09:49,856 --> 00:09:52,057 [jessica] while phil deals with his foot envy, 198 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:54,726 we meet up with my old friend matt moneymaker. 199 00:09:54,761 --> 00:09:56,795 -Hello. -Hello. 200 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:59,230 -How are you? -Good, how are you doing? 201 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:01,600 -Very good. It's been a while. -Yeah, I know. 202 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,669 [jessica] I joined matt several years ago, 203 00:10:04,705 --> 00:10:07,672 searching for sasquatch near shaver lake, california. 204 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:10,442 He's a legend in the world of bigfoot exploration 205 00:10:10,477 --> 00:10:13,578 and founded the bigfoot field researchers organization. 206 00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:15,246 And this is marc myrsell. 207 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:18,016 -He's the ape canyon expert for our area. -[phil] wow. Perfect 208 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:19,484 awesome. 209 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:22,220 [jessica] marc myrsell has spent decades, researching and writing 210 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,422 about unexplained historical events. 211 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:25,790 And his fascination began 212 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:30,795 after his extensive study of the 1924, ape canyon attack. 213 00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:33,999 I've never heard of attacks that hardcore before. 214 00:10:34,034 --> 00:10:35,500 So that's not normal. 215 00:10:35,535 --> 00:10:36,868 [matt] no, that's unusual. 216 00:10:36,903 --> 00:10:38,737 Have people actually found the cabin 217 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:40,939 -that they claim they stayed in? -No. 218 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:44,809 'cause my thing is like if we can't actually find the cabin, 219 00:10:44,845 --> 00:10:46,778 or evidence of the cabin, 220 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:50,448 then how do we even know that this happened at all? 221 00:10:50,484 --> 00:10:53,184 What we have is a basket full of clues. 222 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:54,853 Right after the attack, 223 00:10:54,888 --> 00:10:58,089 two or three journalists actually went up to the cabin site. 224 00:10:58,125 --> 00:11:00,659 One journalist was a guy named jack gregory, 225 00:11:00,694 --> 00:11:03,028 he gave us in his articles, 226 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:06,031 sort of a narrative of how he travelled 227 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:10,068 enough to get us in the right location to at least start looking. 228 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,037 [phil] on July 20th, 1924, 229 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:15,407 journalist jack gregory publishes an article about an expedition 230 00:11:15,442 --> 00:11:19,911 to not only find the cabin, but also as he puts it, wild apes. 231 00:11:19,946 --> 00:11:23,882 He details his journey down a sharp cliff face into a canyon 232 00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:25,550 and claimed to find the cabin site 233 00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:28,586 on a flat ledge about 700 feet down. 234 00:11:28,622 --> 00:11:31,056 Well, we want to get to ape canyon. 235 00:11:31,091 --> 00:11:33,124 We want to see if the cabin is there. 236 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,227 But what sounds like this cabin place, 237 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:40,532 if it exists at all, is going to be pretty high up a volcano. 238 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:41,933 But we've got a plan. 239 00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:48,373 [jessica] phil and I have arranged a chopper to take us, 240 00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:51,509 matt and mark along the steep slopes of mount st. Helens 241 00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:55,046 to attempt to identify the location of the fabled cabin site. 242 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,952 [jessica] with recent bigfoot sightings and ape canyon 243 00:12:00,987 --> 00:12:03,588 if we can find proof of the cabin's existence, 244 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:08,059 the site would not only mark the first documented report of a sasquatch, 245 00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:11,162 but also helped prove that these creatures have inhabited the forests 246 00:12:11,198 --> 00:12:14,466 around mount st. Helens for nearly a century. 247 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:17,602 [phil over radio] wow, we are high up, right now. 248 00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:20,171 [over radio] yeah, yeah, we are. Yeah, yeah. Whoo! 249 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:25,110 [jessica] that is if the high wind stop, banging us around. 250 00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:27,946 -Oh! -Whoa! [bleeps]. 251 00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:30,281 Okay. 252 00:12:30,317 --> 00:12:32,517 That's... That's some choppy air. 253 00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:44,262 That's some choppy air. 254 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:46,131 [phil] get ready for a fun ride, jess. 255 00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:48,533 Oh, [bleep]. 256 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:51,803 How's the condition looking? 257 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,271 Little bit shaky. 258 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:56,141 Yeah, you could say that. 259 00:12:56,176 --> 00:12:59,410 Hey, jess, if you're going to puke, puke out the window, please. 260 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:01,679 [jessica] oh, gosh! 261 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:05,917 All right. Ape canyon on the left. 262 00:13:05,952 --> 00:13:07,952 - [phil] we got our canyon. - [jessica] where? Where? 263 00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:09,020 [phil] wow! 264 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:13,324 That canyon looks exceptionally dangerous. 265 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,794 [phil] ape canyon is a steep walled gorge 266 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:18,997 that plunges two and a half miles down the southeast shoulder 267 00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:20,532 of mount st. Helens. 268 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,634 So, where do you think, the cabin would be? 269 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:25,670 On the left hand side of the deep canyon, 270 00:13:25,739 --> 00:13:28,406 that's where we need to be looking for the cabin right now. 271 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,709 Ooh! Those sides are steep. 272 00:13:31,745 --> 00:13:33,011 [phil] according to one journalist 273 00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:36,114 who claimed to visit the cabin site in 1924, 274 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:41,519 the cabin was located down the side of the canyon about 700 feet from the top. 275 00:13:41,555 --> 00:13:46,124 But I can't exactly buy the miners were attacked by sasquatches at their cabin 276 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,827 unless we find actual evidence that this place 277 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,862 even existed in the first place. 278 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:52,831 But, you know, that they did have access to dynamites. 279 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:56,768 They were used again, mainly to blast out the mine itself. 280 00:13:56,803 --> 00:13:58,102 But they would have also used it 281 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,104 to blast out an area beside the hill 282 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:03,241 to have a flat face to be able to build the cabin. 283 00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:07,078 Okay, so we should be looking for a flat area. 284 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:09,848 [josh] at first glance, a cabin has no business 285 00:14:09,883 --> 00:14:12,317 being hidden along this steep canyon. 286 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:14,219 But this might have been strategic. 287 00:14:14,254 --> 00:14:19,324 In 1891, german immigrants discovered extensive deposits of precious metals 288 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:23,995 on the slopes of mount st. Helens, sparking a wave of gold fever. 289 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:28,199 Over the next several decades, thousands of miners poured into the area, 290 00:14:28,235 --> 00:14:29,667 forcing many prospectors 291 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:32,737 to climb higher up the steep slopes of the mountain 292 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:34,806 to stake a claim of their own. 293 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:37,876 Are you seeing anything, yet? 294 00:14:37,911 --> 00:14:39,110 [marc] nothing yet. 295 00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:44,482 [jessica] I don't see anything. 296 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:45,917 [marc] wait. Look right there. 297 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:49,721 [phil] so, I see a little black area. 298 00:14:49,756 --> 00:14:51,990 -A blackish area, do you see that, jess? -[jessica] oh, yeah, I do. 299 00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:53,625 [phil] maybe, it's this area, right here. 300 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:56,728 Anywhere, along the ridge. That's about 700 feet. 301 00:14:57,731 --> 00:14:58,997 [jessica] well, obviously, there's no way 302 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:00,965 to put a chopper down on that ridge. 303 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:04,068 [phil] the area we've identified matches the only description 304 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,937 of the cabin site ever documented. 305 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:09,340 It's hard to get a sense of how big that shelf is from the air, 306 00:15:09,376 --> 00:15:11,476 but I'm determined to find out firsthand. 307 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:14,178 I want to get on the ground to see if we can find any evidence of the cabin, 308 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:16,014 'cause I've not seen anything up here. 309 00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:20,018 Maybe me and marc can hike up and then you guys can tackle from down below. 310 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:21,653 [jessica] yeah, that works. 311 00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:24,722 I like that plan. 312 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:27,859 [phil] back on the ground, we'll split up to maximize our efforts. 313 00:15:27,894 --> 00:15:30,561 Jess and matt will head into the valley of ape canyon 314 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,397 at a lower elevation to start hunting 315 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,532 for any evidence of bigfoot in the area. 316 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:38,002 Meanwhile, mark and I have a very long hike 317 00:15:38,038 --> 00:15:39,671 4000 feet up the mountain 318 00:15:39,706 --> 00:15:43,675 to reach the coordinates the potential cabin site we spotted from the air. 319 00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:46,411 And the whole way, we need to keep an eye out for bears, 320 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:48,313 cougars and these guys. 321 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:51,015 Whoa, whoa, whoa, look at that. What have we got? 322 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:52,450 We've got two mount goats ahead of us. 323 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:55,153 Yeah, keep your distance. 324 00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,922 Last year here in washington just north of here, 325 00:15:57,958 --> 00:15:59,257 a hiker was hiking. 326 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,326 The goat didn't want him there and the goat killed him. 327 00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:02,727 Whoa, boy. 328 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:05,596 When we walk through here, we need to keep one eye on the trail 329 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:07,332 and one eye on those goats. 330 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:08,566 Okay. 331 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,836 [phil] as we gain elevation, 332 00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:16,107 we've hit a dense old growth forest filled with towering trees. 333 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:20,078 Many of these massive timbers are over 500 years old. 334 00:16:20,113 --> 00:16:22,780 So, it's clear this thick forest was spared 335 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,316 from the catastrophic eruption in 1980. 336 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:31,255 Ooh! We are going higher and higher up here. 337 00:16:31,291 --> 00:16:32,623 How much higher we got? 338 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:34,959 Probably, another 600 feet. 339 00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:38,930 [phil] after hiking for hours, we reach a dangerous dead end. 340 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,300 Whoa. 341 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,735 Check this out. 342 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:44,769 Whoa. 343 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,838 This is ape canyon, phil. We've arrived. 344 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:50,842 -Wow. -We are in the clouds of here. 345 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:53,378 We're about 4000 foot elevation right now. 346 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:57,415 So, you think somewhere down there is where the cabin is. 347 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,684 -Hopefully, and that's why we're here. -All right. 348 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,486 [phil] with darkness nearly upon us, 349 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,756 it's too dangerous to rappel down into the canyon tonight. 350 00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:07,091 What do you say let's set up tents, maybe, we get a fire going. 351 00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:10,962 [phil] so, mark and I will establish a base camp and contact jess and matt. 352 00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:20,671 [matt] okay, so ape canyon is kind of a cross into the right. 353 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,140 [jessica] after an hour of hiking, 354 00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:23,941 matt and I are finally in position 355 00:17:23,977 --> 00:17:26,377 at the bottom of ape canyon after dark, 356 00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:31,349 approximately 2500 feet directly below phil and mark's position. 357 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:37,021 And based on recent reports, this is the prime location to investigate. 358 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:38,589 Should we burst out the flare? 359 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:40,291 That might be a good idea. 360 00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:41,793 [jessica] so, I'm busting out the flir camera 361 00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:44,896 to help identify any heat signatures moving in the brush. 362 00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:50,868 Phil, your copy? 363 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,371 Yeah, we hear you. 364 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:56,707 Awesome. Okay, well, we're in position so we're ready to get started. 365 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,310 [phil over walkie-talkie] perfect. So, what you guys' plan? 366 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:02,346 We're going to kick off some howls here on our end. 367 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:05,383 And I want you to let us know if you hear anything in reply. 368 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,718 Copy that. All right. We'll be listening. 369 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:10,555 Sounds good. Here we go. 370 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,591 [matt howls] 371 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:14,959 [jessica] matt is literally mimicking 372 00:18:14,994 --> 00:18:17,762 what he believes is the sound of a bigfoot howl. 373 00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:19,397 He thinks these creatures communicate 374 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,432 with one another over great distances, 375 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:23,000 much like a coyote pack. 376 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:29,841 I'm keeping my eye on the flir to see if these calls draw anything in. 377 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:34,979 That sounded fantastic. 378 00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:37,048 Yeah. We're going through good. 379 00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:38,950 So, it's going to carry a long way around. 380 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,186 Phil, did you hear matt howl up there? 381 00:18:42,222 --> 00:18:44,422 -Well, we hear you. -[matt] okay, cool. 382 00:18:46,226 --> 00:18:48,693 [howls] 383 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:56,100 [jessica] have you guys heard anything respond? 384 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,972 [whispers] you hearing anything? 385 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:02,039 No. 386 00:19:02,075 --> 00:19:03,407 [phil] nothing, yet. 387 00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,776 I think we should just give another shot. 388 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,712 Do you mind if I try? It's been a while. 389 00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:10,047 Okay. 390 00:19:10,083 --> 00:19:13,551 Okay, phil, jess is going to do one of her screams. 391 00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,887 [phil] copy that. I'll be listening for it. 392 00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:17,121 Okay. 393 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,725 [jessica howls] 394 00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:25,897 [howling in the distance] 395 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:27,532 heard it. Heard it. Heard it. 396 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:30,234 That was crazy. 397 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:31,402 What did we just hear? 398 00:19:31,437 --> 00:19:33,838 [marc] I don't know, perhaps coyotes. 399 00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:35,273 You think this high up. 400 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,010 -That's a good point. -I don't know. 401 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:40,311 I don't know. 402 00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:50,188 I just saw something move. 403 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:53,090 [matt whispers] we're not alone. 404 00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:03,801 I just saw something move. 405 00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:08,906 -[matt] what did you see? -I don't know, 406 00:20:08,942 --> 00:20:10,308 it just moved from right to left 407 00:20:10,343 --> 00:20:13,911 it just kind of like went across was right, 408 00:20:13,947 --> 00:20:15,246 coming through here. 409 00:20:20,053 --> 00:20:21,252 Oh, look, look, look. 410 00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:25,856 Oh, where did it go? 411 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,826 Damn it. 412 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:32,363 [josh] phil and marc are near what could be the location of the cabin, 413 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:37,535 where the first alleged bigfoot sighting was reported in 1924. 414 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:40,471 Jess and matt are 2500 feet below them 415 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,340 in the valley of ape canyon, 416 00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:45,042 a hotbed for recent sasquatch sightings. 417 00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:52,049 [phil] there's [indistinct] 418 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:55,052 well... 419 00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,623 Let's just see what it was. 420 00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:02,760 Hey, uh... 421 00:21:03,363 --> 00:21:04,362 Look at that. 422 00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:08,199 Oh, yeah, that's fresh scat. 423 00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:09,700 Look at this. 424 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:16,507 Almost like something like dug out the earth. 425 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:19,877 Seems like something was marking its territory, with his scat. 426 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:22,179 What's your guess, is it herbivore? 427 00:21:23,316 --> 00:21:25,449 It's pellety like [indistinct] 428 00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,818 it's... It is a little pellety. 429 00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:31,022 Look, we got real pellet scatter right here. 430 00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:32,523 -Yeah. -This is something different. 431 00:21:32,558 --> 00:21:34,425 This one seems more omnivore. 432 00:21:38,298 --> 00:21:40,131 Hey, guys, we got something up here. 433 00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:43,601 -Whoa. - Very, very fresh scat 434 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,804 with some like scratch markings right below. 435 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:48,439 Of course, phil had found the poop. 436 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,274 [matt chuckles] 437 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:52,410 [phil] we have a sample that we could send back to analyze 438 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:54,812 and just at least, see what it is. 439 00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:57,915 Whatever, left this scat behind could still be in the area. 440 00:21:57,950 --> 00:21:59,784 So, after collecting our sample 441 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:03,187 marc and I continue searching for anything out of the ordinary. 442 00:22:03,222 --> 00:22:05,489 -[phil] all right. Let's keep going. -All right. 443 00:22:05,525 --> 00:22:09,660 [phil] after another hour of investigating, the forest has gone quiet. 444 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:12,363 [jessica] I am not seeing anything. 445 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:17,501 Before calling it a night, I set up a few trap cameras. 446 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,570 Maybe, whatever I picked up on thermal, 447 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:21,739 will come back and we'll get a better shot of it. 448 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:25,609 [phil] as the sun rises on the next day, 449 00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:28,212 marc and I set off to investigate a flat area 450 00:22:28,247 --> 00:22:32,049 along the sheer ape canyon cliff that we discovered from there. 451 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:34,352 Oh, wow. 452 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:36,954 [phil] we're searching for any physical evidence of a cabin 453 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:39,990 that was supposedly abandoned by a group of miners 454 00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:42,693 who claim they were attacked by sasquatches. 455 00:22:42,729 --> 00:22:44,495 I know jess is already believer, 456 00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:47,365 but if I can find proof the cabin was down there, 457 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,435 it would help convince me that this whole story isn't just another tall tale. 458 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:54,372 -That is steep down there. -Yeah. 459 00:22:54,407 --> 00:22:56,173 -All right, let's get to it. -Let's go. 460 00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:01,278 [phil] with marc acting as my safety from above, 461 00:23:01,314 --> 00:23:05,750 I'm starting my descent into ape canyon to search for the last cabin. 462 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:08,753 It might not look like an ideal place for a gold mining venture, 463 00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:12,156 but throughout history men have put their lives on the line, 464 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,859 blasting tunnels and trails into sheer mountain sides 465 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:18,262 with hopes of finding a potential fortune hidden in the earth. 466 00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:25,970 [phil] this is a crazy story about miners 467 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:27,705 being in here being attacked by sasquatch, 468 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:32,977 but I think the craziest part is this damn descent 469 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:34,145 into this canyon. 470 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:36,514 I mean, what were these people thinking? 471 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:38,015 The cabin better be here. 472 00:23:43,356 --> 00:23:45,656 Okay, feeling good. 473 00:23:45,691 --> 00:23:47,892 Just got like 200 more feet to go. 474 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,294 [exhales] 475 00:23:51,497 --> 00:23:52,830 [grunts] 476 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:01,138 that's what I get to climb down all fancy. 477 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:06,010 At the bottom of my 700 foot descent, 478 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:08,712 there appears to be a small flat area 479 00:24:08,748 --> 00:24:11,549 hidden by a cluster of heavily leaved trees, 480 00:24:11,584 --> 00:24:14,585 which explains why we couldn't see it from the helicopter. 481 00:24:16,389 --> 00:24:20,458 Okay. Well, I got to admit, this place doesn't look like much 482 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:23,260 but it is at least flat, 483 00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:24,929 especially flat for ape canyon. 484 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:31,402 So, if these miners would to have a place to work to build a cabin, 485 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:33,871 I mean I feel like this got to be it. 486 00:24:33,906 --> 00:24:35,272 According to news articles, 487 00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:38,042 the cabin was located on such a steep cliff 488 00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:40,411 that you needed a rope to get to it. 489 00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:43,414 This location definitely lines up with that description. 490 00:24:43,449 --> 00:24:46,917 We also know that it was a small basic cabin made with logs, 491 00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:50,221 some wood planks and building paper. 492 00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:53,557 There's been countless snowstorms and wind storms, rain storms, 493 00:24:53,593 --> 00:24:56,894 but maybe there's something left behind that we could find. 494 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,462 That will be a bit of evidence to say 495 00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:02,433 at least some of that ape canyon story is true. 496 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:04,768 So, let's get started. 497 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,671 Wood planks from the cabin are most certainly rotten away 498 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:09,540 from the cold and damp climate here, 499 00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:10,875 but there would have been nails 500 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:13,310 or other metal hardware from the cabin. 501 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:16,981 On top of that, the miners would have been using metal sitting pans hammers 502 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,350 and other mining equipment here. 503 00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:21,685 So, I'm going to use a metal detector 504 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:24,755 to see if anything like that may have been left behind. 505 00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:28,559 That's not something there. 506 00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:30,794 [metal detector beeps] 507 00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:31,829 oh! 508 00:25:34,267 --> 00:25:36,734 Okay, got something here. 509 00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,103 What the hell? 510 00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:49,513 [josh] phil is in ape canyon on the eastern slopes of mount st. Helens. 511 00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:51,749 [metal detector beeps] 512 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:53,284 oh! 513 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:57,621 Okay, got something here. 514 00:25:59,125 --> 00:26:01,625 [josh] searching for evidence and investigating 515 00:26:01,627 --> 00:26:05,996 the 100-year-old legend of the first reported, bigfoot attack. 516 00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:08,065 Oh! 517 00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:12,870 That's a rock. 518 00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:18,909 That's another rock. 519 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,182 Hold up! 520 00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:27,718 Oh, my god, look at that. 521 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:31,288 That is 100% man made, 522 00:26:31,324 --> 00:26:34,024 that you can see there'd be nails going in this side, 523 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:36,193 there probably be nails go into this side. 524 00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:38,629 This is a bracket that would hold pieces of wood together 525 00:26:38,664 --> 00:26:41,732 pieces of wood like you would use to build a cabin. 526 00:26:42,368 --> 00:26:43,667 And it is old. 527 00:26:43,703 --> 00:26:45,569 Look at all that corrosion that we're getting here. 528 00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:50,307 This thing is easily 50 to 100 years old. 529 00:26:50,343 --> 00:26:53,110 [phil] the condition of this bracket makes it hard to date. 530 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:56,246 But the one attached nail offers a clue. 531 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:59,883 Because the material and the shapes of nails have changed over time, 532 00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:03,420 archaeologists often will use a technique called nail chronology 533 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:05,556 to date historical structures. 534 00:27:05,591 --> 00:27:10,227 So there's a chance I'll be able to see just how old this really is. 535 00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:13,497 And after finding the bracket, the floodgates open. 536 00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:16,000 Wow. 537 00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:20,437 I find several more pieces of metal all very weathered and old. 538 00:27:20,473 --> 00:27:22,573 I'll send all the samples out for analysis 539 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:24,775 to see if they date back to the same time 540 00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,978 as the alleged bigfoot attack in 1924. 541 00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:30,981 There is no way that it is just a coincidence 542 00:27:31,017 --> 00:27:34,485 that all of these really, really old pieces of metal 543 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,522 ended up in this flat spot where purportedly there was a cabin. 544 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,693 Now, I'm not saying that means bigfoot is real 545 00:27:42,728 --> 00:27:44,261 and that they were attacked by bigfoot. 546 00:27:44,296 --> 00:27:45,963 But something might have happened to them, 547 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:49,700 and we are in the right spot to figure out what it was. 548 00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:52,569 Let me see what else I can find before I have to climb back up that cliff 549 00:27:52,605 --> 00:27:55,639 to then hike back down this volcano. 550 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:01,178 [jessica] phil's discovered potential evidence 551 00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,514 that there could have been a cabin in ape canyon, 552 00:28:03,549 --> 00:28:06,083 which in my mind only corroborates the story 553 00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:09,553 of the sasquatch attack in 1924. 554 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:12,690 Last night, we heard strange howls in the same canyon. 555 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:17,061 And I managed to capture something on thermal 556 00:28:17,096 --> 00:28:18,562 in the valley of ape canyon, 557 00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:23,033 the same area where locals have reported large bipedal creatures. 558 00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:27,037 We need to hit that location again even harder tonight. 559 00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:28,439 But in such dense forest, 560 00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:30,340 we'll need even more surveillance tech 561 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:32,976 and vehicles to navigate that terrain. 562 00:28:33,012 --> 00:28:35,279 So, we're hoping josh can hook us up with the gear 563 00:28:35,314 --> 00:28:38,849 we need to finally get video evidence of these animals to prove 564 00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:40,884 that they've been living in ape canyon 565 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,287 since they were first reported a century ago. 566 00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:48,292 Hey guys, how are you? How goes it in the land of the ape man? 567 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:49,927 -It's going awesome. -It's going great. 568 00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:52,696 -What did you find? -Well, we went up mount st. Helen's, 569 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:55,032 propelled down to the purported cabin site. 570 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:58,902 Sure enough, we found some really, old pieces of metal. 571 00:28:58,938 --> 00:29:02,039 So, it seems like something might have happened 100 years ago. 572 00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:04,241 Okay, so, phil, are you becoming a believer? 573 00:29:04,276 --> 00:29:06,710 Well, you know, I still am thinking 574 00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:10,614 that the most likely scenario back then was a bear. 575 00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:12,883 Jess, you don't look impressed by that theory. 576 00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,918 I'm not terribly impressed by that theory. 577 00:29:14,954 --> 00:29:17,187 I mean, I was out there with moneymaker, 578 00:29:17,223 --> 00:29:19,256 we actually started calling for it 579 00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:21,158 to see if we would get a response. 580 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:24,628 And sure enough, we ended up hearing a response. 581 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:28,132 And at one point I actually picked something up on the thermal. 582 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:30,467 So, we possibly have some confirmation there. 583 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:31,969 Yeah, I mean, that being said 584 00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:34,138 the only other weird thing that happened to us, josh, 585 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:37,608 you're going to love this, I got some scat heading your way. 586 00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:39,743 Phil, why are you always mailing me [bleep]? 587 00:29:39,779 --> 00:29:41,812 You know if I find some mystery scat, 588 00:29:41,847 --> 00:29:44,815 I got to throw it in a bag, josh. 589 00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:47,851 Share the smell of the adventure, a little bit. 590 00:29:47,887 --> 00:29:49,353 Okay. Well, we'll send it to the lab 591 00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:50,788 and we'll see if we can id it. 592 00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:52,156 [jessica] I mean the bottom line 593 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,957 is that we need to get back out to that spot 594 00:29:53,993 --> 00:29:56,560 with some upgraded tech as soon as possible. 595 00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:59,229 That way we can get a clean photo of whatever we saw and heard 596 00:29:59,265 --> 00:30:00,964 while it's still in the area. 597 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,966 Yeah, we could use all the backup we could get. 598 00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:05,536 There's a guy up there I would love for you to link up with. 599 00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:08,105 His name is joe bongiovanni. 600 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,607 Not jon bon jovi, very easy to confuse. 601 00:30:10,643 --> 00:30:15,112 This guy is like the mount st. Helens bigfoot authority. 602 00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:16,980 He has been up there for years. 603 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:18,816 He knows all the back country up there. 604 00:30:18,851 --> 00:30:21,451 He has a huge array of investigation equipment. 605 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,454 I think meeting up with him could be invaluable for the next investigation. 606 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:27,224 - [jessica] yeah, for sure. -Okay, I'm going to text you his info. 607 00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,326 Good luck and stay safe out there. All right? 608 00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:30,561 -We will. -We got it. 609 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,763 Happy hunting. 610 00:30:32,798 --> 00:30:35,499 [josh] with the team heading back to the valley of ape canyon 611 00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:38,869 where they already encountered something the other night, 612 00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,704 I'm calling in some backup 613 00:30:40,739 --> 00:30:42,806 that have designed state of the art tech 614 00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:45,676 specifically designed to search for bigfoot. 615 00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:48,011 -Well, hello there. -Welcome. 616 00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:49,513 Jon bongiovanni, 617 00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:52,683 founder of the cascade sasquatch research organization 618 00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:54,184 has been hunting bigfoot 619 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,220 since he claimed to have encountered one, 620 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:59,189 near mount st. Helens in the year 2000. 621 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:02,159 And along with his colleague, jim snodgrass, 622 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:08,198 built a custom humvee equipped with over a 1,20,000 dollars worth of state of the art, 623 00:31:08,234 --> 00:31:11,501 military grade search and reconnaissance gear. 624 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:14,438 It's the perfect vehicle for tracking at night 625 00:31:14,473 --> 00:31:16,707 when the majority of sightings take place. 626 00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:18,909 When I'm looking at this and I'm seeing a lot of things 627 00:31:18,944 --> 00:31:22,279 that do not look like a typical modifications on a humvee. 628 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:23,680 What do you set up here? 629 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:26,250 So, one of the things that we've been doing looking for bigfoot 630 00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:30,587 is to try and make us as not noticeable as possible. 631 00:31:30,623 --> 00:31:34,024 And the best way to do that is to not use any light. 632 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:36,627 We have a turned up top with a thermal imaging system, 633 00:31:36,662 --> 00:31:39,396 the equivalent of a military blackhawk helicopter. 634 00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:42,099 And then there's an ir illumination system on it. 635 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:45,068 We use this to look 360 degrees. 636 00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:47,437 The idea is, is that if we see something on thermal, 637 00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:51,241 the operator can turn on an ir spotlight and light that target. 638 00:31:51,277 --> 00:31:54,745 Most of the time we use that to eliminate the variables 639 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:56,947 and say this wasn't the bigfoot, this was something... 640 00:31:56,982 --> 00:31:59,049 -That's great -...More common alive. 641 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:03,420 And then I drive using night vision equipment, or ir illumination. 642 00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:06,256 [jessica] so, here's the plan for tonight. 643 00:32:06,292 --> 00:32:09,459 We're targeting the area where I captured the large heat signature 644 00:32:09,495 --> 00:32:11,161 in the valley of ape canyon. 645 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:14,598 I'll be on patrol in the tricked out humvee to stay mobile 646 00:32:14,633 --> 00:32:16,800 in case we need to move fast. 647 00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:19,703 [phil] if they manage to scare something up in the humvee, 648 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:22,873 I might be able to see it from my position. 649 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:25,275 I'll be surveilling the area from 100 feet 650 00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:28,178 over the forest floor in a tree standing... 651 00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:29,813 ...In the middle of our search zone. 652 00:32:29,848 --> 00:32:31,715 This is pretty high. 653 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:35,085 Any big animal that's down below, 654 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:36,687 when they're looking for any threat or any prey, 655 00:32:36,722 --> 00:32:38,722 they're going to be looking to the left and to the right, 656 00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:41,758 they're not necessarily going to be looking up. 657 00:32:41,794 --> 00:32:44,628 That's where I'll be... If I can get there. 658 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,600 I'll also be equipped with a thermal camera 659 00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:54,137 to help me see anything that might be lurking below in the dark. 660 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:56,573 All right, jess, I'm up. 661 00:32:57,776 --> 00:32:59,810 Really good view up here. 662 00:32:59,845 --> 00:33:01,712 If anything's broken down below here, 663 00:33:01,747 --> 00:33:04,748 I think I'm for sure going to get on the thermal. 664 00:33:04,783 --> 00:33:07,184 [jessica] with our eye in the sky in place, 665 00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:09,119 and the humvee in stealth mode... 666 00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:11,288 ...We start our patrol. 667 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,094 You can see that road real good I hope. 668 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:18,962 I can see it perfectly. 669 00:33:18,998 --> 00:33:21,664 [jessica] and along with the humvee's mounted thermal camera, 670 00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,701 we have multiple handheld thermal and ir cameras 671 00:33:24,737 --> 00:33:27,270 to help us spot anything hiding in the forest. 672 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:30,073 All right, phil, how you doing up there? 673 00:33:30,109 --> 00:33:32,309 All right, I'm, uh, settled in. 674 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:35,479 It's dark, it is [indistinct], but I got the flir going. 675 00:33:39,151 --> 00:33:40,684 We have all of our equipment running. 676 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:43,553 So, we're going to see what we can pick up. 677 00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:45,889 All right, good luck. 678 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:46,990 Thanks. You, too. 679 00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:52,996 Let's see what we have got? 680 00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:57,901 This is, uh, trickier than it seems 681 00:33:57,936 --> 00:34:02,105 because I can't actually see where the edge of this platform is. 682 00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:04,107 Because it's completely dark out here. 683 00:34:04,143 --> 00:34:06,343 This is the only light I have so, 684 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,412 here's to not falling off the edge. 685 00:34:12,618 --> 00:34:14,518 I'm hoping, we spot a big animal. 686 00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:18,021 Did you guys get any on your side? 687 00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:20,424 I don't see anything ahead in the night vision. 688 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:21,892 Nothing yet here. 689 00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:26,229 How about you matt? Are you getting anything on your end? 690 00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:27,631 Nothing over there. 691 00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:32,769 Wait, hang on. I think I saw something over there. 692 00:34:32,805 --> 00:34:34,071 Stop. 693 00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:43,013 [jessica] whatever jim saw, we can't get a visual on it. 694 00:34:43,048 --> 00:34:46,817 So, we're going to send out some calls and hopefully, draw it out of hiding. 695 00:34:46,852 --> 00:34:50,253 Okay, let's see if we can hear something howl back at us. 696 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:52,689 You ready, jim? 697 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:53,957 And joe? 698 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,193 [howls] 699 00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:04,701 oh, lots of echoes. 700 00:35:09,741 --> 00:35:11,441 [howling in the distance] 701 00:35:13,712 --> 00:35:15,278 do you hear that? 702 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:17,347 -Something's up in the canyon. -Yeah. 703 00:35:18,050 --> 00:35:19,349 Yeah. 704 00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:20,784 Something, right there. 705 00:35:26,325 --> 00:35:30,127 When the ape canyon story made headlines back in 1924, 706 00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:34,030 newspapers called the mysterious creature ape men, beasts, 707 00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:35,966 and even mountain devils, 708 00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:38,468 because, well, the iconic name bigfoot 709 00:35:38,504 --> 00:35:41,271 wouldn't be coined for another three decades. 710 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:44,774 In 1958 jerry crew, a bulldozer operator 711 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:48,845 for a logging company made a shocking discovery in northern california, 712 00:35:48,881 --> 00:35:52,716 unusually large human like footprints in the mud. 713 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,551 The humble times picked up the story 714 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:57,220 and ran it on October, 5th 1958. 715 00:35:57,256 --> 00:36:01,791 But it was the first time the name of bigfoot was officially put in print, 716 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:04,561 and so began a worldwide phenomenon. 717 00:36:04,596 --> 00:36:09,432 Sure, it was revealed in 2002 that hoaxers made those prints by walking around 718 00:36:09,468 --> 00:36:11,635 in oversized feet carved out of wood, 719 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:16,173 but, hey, one fake event doesn't diminish a genius bit of branding. 720 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:18,208 So sorry, mountain devils. You got the boot. 721 00:36:18,243 --> 00:36:19,342 Bigfoot is here to stay. 722 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:27,951 [jessica] what the [bleep] is this? 723 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:29,219 There's something right, there. 724 00:36:29,254 --> 00:36:31,254 [josh] my team is searching for the truth 725 00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:35,158 behind sightings of bigfoot in the shadow of mount st. Helens, 726 00:36:35,194 --> 00:36:37,093 and the hunt is heating up. 727 00:36:37,763 --> 00:36:39,262 Right there. 728 00:36:39,298 --> 00:36:41,231 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 729 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:44,668 There's two. There's two. There's two. 730 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:47,170 There's that one that's big, and there's one over here. 731 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,674 [man] oh, yeah. 732 00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:51,908 Oh, yeah. 733 00:36:51,944 --> 00:36:53,443 [jessica] yeah? 734 00:36:59,484 --> 00:37:01,251 Can't see it at all, now. 735 00:37:01,286 --> 00:37:04,387 I think it took off. It's not there anymore. 736 00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:10,126 [jessica] the two anomalous heat signatures are nowhere to be found. 737 00:37:10,162 --> 00:37:11,661 It's like they were watching us. 738 00:37:11,697 --> 00:37:15,065 And once they realized we had eyes on them, they disappeared. 739 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,601 The question is, where did they go? 740 00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:22,706 [whispering] nothing, so far. 741 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:29,879 Oh, [bleep]. 742 00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:31,348 I think we've got something. 743 00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:36,720 Is it moving, though, is the question. 744 00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,188 Yeah, I think it's moving. 745 00:37:39,992 --> 00:37:41,758 Holy [bleep]. We've got something. 746 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:42,993 What is that? 747 00:37:43,862 --> 00:37:44,861 [jessica howling in the distance] 748 00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:50,934 okay, I just heard jess and moneymaker call at the distance 749 00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:52,602 I want to see if this thing reacts. 750 00:37:53,905 --> 00:37:55,405 Oh, it's changing directions. 751 00:37:56,742 --> 00:37:58,541 This is definitely an animal. 752 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:02,479 [bleep], let's go behind this branch. 753 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:05,815 Hey, you. 754 00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:08,485 Let me try to... Let me stand on this thing. 755 00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:14,758 Oh, come on. What the [bleep]! 756 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:17,394 Okay. 757 00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:18,595 Okay. 758 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,430 I think we'll stand low... 759 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,065 From here on out. 760 00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:25,435 But I got it. 761 00:38:29,875 --> 00:38:31,141 [bleep]. 762 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:32,776 Where is it? 763 00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:36,279 Damn it. 764 00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:37,514 Come on. Come on. 765 00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:40,150 That slip may have cost me a chance to get a full picture 766 00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:42,018 of what's lurking around ape canyon. 767 00:38:42,054 --> 00:38:43,853 I don't know where this thing went. 768 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:47,290 Damn, I think I've lost it. 769 00:38:49,061 --> 00:38:50,660 [howls] 770 00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:55,632 [jessica] if there were sasquatches in the area, 771 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:59,235 I think after they got to look at us, they moved on. 772 00:38:59,271 --> 00:39:00,770 [whispering] that's so frustrating. 773 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:07,744 [jessica] we send out calls and continue to patrol the area 774 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,613 into the early morning, but with no luck. 775 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:13,416 Whatever was out here is long gone. 776 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:22,992 You having fun, phil? 777 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:24,728 Not really. 778 00:39:24,763 --> 00:39:26,863 You guys, the tree platform. 779 00:39:26,898 --> 00:39:29,766 -That's a serious thing right there. -Yes, it is. 780 00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:32,235 [jessica] after a long exhausting night, 781 00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:33,703 we call it quits. 782 00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:37,140 So, we reconnect with phil and head back to civilization. 783 00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:40,377 How do I have it in front of me, 784 00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:43,446 and yet it still manages to get away? 785 00:39:43,482 --> 00:39:45,348 It's so frustrating. 786 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:47,751 -Welcome to bigfoot. -Right. 787 00:39:51,923 --> 00:39:54,057 [josh] for many people of the pacific northwest, 788 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:57,627 the legend of bigfoot is all too real. 789 00:39:57,662 --> 00:40:01,398 But is ape canyon along the slopes of mount st. Helens 790 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:04,167 truly ground zero for the origin story 791 00:40:04,202 --> 00:40:08,171 of the elusive creature known as sasquatch. 792 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,707 Holy [bleep], we've got something here. What is that? 793 00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:15,645 [josh] the team did capture multiple unidentified heat signatures on thermal cameras, 794 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:20,950 but are they truly legendary beasts or just unknown species? 795 00:40:20,986 --> 00:40:22,419 After lab analysis, 796 00:40:22,454 --> 00:40:27,190 the scat sample that phil recovered turned out to be from a bear. 797 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:30,160 However, after wildlife experts analyzed 798 00:40:30,195 --> 00:40:34,130 the strange sounds recorded in ape canyon, 799 00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:38,501 they could not be identified as a bear, wolf or coyote. 800 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,908 In addition, the nail and metal fragments phil discovered 801 00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:46,743 at the alleged cabin site 802 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:51,948 all date back to late turn of the century between 1900 and 1930. 803 00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:55,218 That is 100% man-made. 804 00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:57,921 [josh] this suggests the cabin did exist, 805 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,356 and miners were likely in this area 806 00:41:00,392 --> 00:41:02,792 at the time of the reported attack. 807 00:41:02,828 --> 00:41:05,295 This adds credibility to their story, 808 00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:08,031 but it doesn't close the case. 809 00:41:08,066 --> 00:41:13,369 However, the trap cameras jess set up are still rolling right now. 810 00:41:13,405 --> 00:41:14,938 With all of the strange activity 811 00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:17,140 the team experienced in the area, 812 00:41:17,175 --> 00:41:19,642 something unknown could be out there. 813 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:23,713 So, if a strange animal does inhabit ape canyon, 814 00:41:23,748 --> 00:41:27,450 we may be just one snap away from proving it. 815 00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:30,487 For more information on expedition x 816 00:41:30,522 --> 00:41:32,822 head to discovery.Com/expeditionx.