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[josh gates] on this episode
of expedition x.
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That canyon looks
exceptionally dangerous.
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[josh] something
has been reported,
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stalking the slopes
of mount st. Helens
for a century.
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The night of the attack,
creatures are trying to be
through their way in
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and they started shooting.
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[josh] could it be
an undiscovered primate?
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Something dug out
the earth marking
its territory.
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[josh] with
ferocious strength.
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Something had grabbed the fur
and just kind of
ripped it off.
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[josh] we recruit
renowned cryptid hunters.
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Let's see if we can hear
something out back.
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[vocalizing]
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and reconnaissance vehicle
with all the bells
and whistles.
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[man]
we have turned up top with
the thermal imaging system
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with the equivalent
of a military
blackhawk helicopter.
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[josh]
to unearth the truth.
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[jessica]
something is there.
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[phil] oh, yeah, yeah.
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Oh, [bleep]. Okay.
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[josh] hidden.
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[man whispering]
we're not alone.
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[josh] in the canyon
of the apes.
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My name is josh gates.
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In my travels,
I've experienced
strange things
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that defy logic
and made me
question everything.
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Oh, my god.
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Now I've put together a team
to investigate the stranger
side of the unknown.
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Let's go.
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Phil torres
is a scientist who hunts
for rational explanations.
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[phil speaking]
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[josh] jessica chobot's
paranormal research
has made her a true believer.
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Phil, you see that?
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[whispers] I just saw
something run across.
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[josh] together
we're searching for answers
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[man] what is that?
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[narrator] to the world's
most extraordinary mysteries.
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This is expedition x.
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Okay, so when you think
of famous american monsters,
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-what do you think of?
-Madman.
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-Harrier.
-Ooh!
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I'm guessing
we're talking about bigfoot.
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We are.
Come on get excited, phil.
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We're talking
bigfoot sasquatch,
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the king
of the american cryptids.
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And much of that fame
is due to a single piece
of film,
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the patterson gimlin film,
which was shot in 1967
in northern california.
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And even today, more than
half a century later,
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it's still reigned supreme
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as one of the most compelling
and controversial pieces
of evidence out there.
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But still for my money
is a guy in a man costume.
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It's never been
fully debunked.
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Okay,
so whatever the truth is,
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most people do think
of that film
as the thing that put bigfoot
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on the map
of american folklore
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but it is far from
the first reported encounter
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to make headline news.
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Check this out,
nearly 100 years ago,
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on the slopes
of mount st. Helens
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in washington state
something really, really
bizarre happened.
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These are actual headlines,
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"trappers cabin bombarded
at night
by ape men, eight feet tall."
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ooh, I like mine,
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"expedition ready
to begin hunt
for mountain devils."
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how about,
"strange beasts,
attack miners."
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whatever, it was that happened
to these miners happened
a long time
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before the term bigfoot
was ever coined.
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And according to locals
in washington state,
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these creatures
may still be up there.
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[narrator] 1924,
gold prospectors
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flocked to the slopes
of mount st helens
hoping to strike it rich,
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but a few of them encounter
something else
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hidden in
the volcanoes thick forest.
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According to reports,
five men find a promising spot
along a treacherous slope,
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where they build a cabin
and establish
a small gold mining operation.
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But one day they claim
to spot a frightening figure
across the canyon,
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standing at
nearly seven feet tall
with blackish brown hair.
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The men shoot at the creature
but it disappears
into the woods.
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The miners are so unnerved
by what they see,
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they agree
to abandon the cabin
at first light.
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But in the dead of night,
the cabin reportedly comes
under siege,
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bombarded by rocks.
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The miners catch a glimpse
of their attackers,
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which appear
to be large bipedal primates.
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The miners shoot in defense,
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but the assault rages on
through the night.
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At first light,
the five men flee the cabin.
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But legend says,
one of the creatures follows
in pursuit.
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It is said one minor
gets off a shot,
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sending it toppling
to the ground.
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Back in town,
front page news
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and to the remote gorge
where the incident
allegedly took place
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becomes known as ape canyon.
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Expeditions are soon launched
into the wilderness
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for evidence of the beasts
but little is found.
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However,
in the ensuing century,
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sightings in this region
have not only continued
but increased.
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Blood curdling howls
and large footprints
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are consistently reported
along the eight canyon trail
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that winds
through old growth forest.
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Locals regularly find
mutilated deer in the area.
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The skull has been crushed.
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And hikers recently reported
seeing three hulking primates
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and claimed to capture them
on video.
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With modern sightings
on the rise,
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and an alleged cabin attack
nearly a century,
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believers contend
that ape canyon is ground zero
for the american sasquatch.
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Are these stories
just local folklore
or something real?
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To believers,
this area marks
the true origin
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of the creature
we now call bigfoot.
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-So, what do you think?
-Just the history alone
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of what the miners
went through,
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and their story to me
is super compelling.
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I just think it sounds
like a perfect story
to tell over a campfire.
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Well, a couple of things
to remember,
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first of all,
these five miners,
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they didn't seem
to profit office in any way.
They came down,
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they were ridiculed
in the press.
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And they stuck to their story.
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And according to authorities,
were genuinely terrified
by whatever, they encountered.
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And I think
that's an excellent point.
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Because why make up
a story like this,
for no reason?
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I don't know
the answer to that.
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But what evidence
do we really have
that this even happen at all?
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We don't.
And that's where you come in.
Right?
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If this isn't made up,
if this isn't a yarn,
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this would be
a really compelling
and important mass sighting,
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get a whole group
of people here.
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But the fact is,
we don't even know
if the cabin is real.
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If you could find out
where these men were,
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find the remains
of that cabin,
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that would go a long way
to at least putting some meat
on the bone here.
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And plus, we'll have
had all that research
reports, too.
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Exactly.
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So, I want you guys to dig in
and see what you can make
of all of this.
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And to give you some help,
I'm going to link you up
with matt moneymaker,
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the lead investigator
of the finding bigfoot team.
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Nobody knows more
about bigfoot stories
than him.
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I love moneymaker.
I've actually worked
with them before in the past.
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-Happy squatching.
-Awesome.
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Let's do this.
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The team flies cross country
from new york
to portland, oregon,
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just across
the washington border
from mount st. Helens.
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And the gorge known
as ape canyon.
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[jessica] ooh,
it's pretty out here.
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[phil] so amazing.
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To me as a biologist,
what I think
is the coolest thing
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about mount st. Helens,
is that it has been
studied extensively.
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It was so destroyed
that scientists
were able to measure
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and observe
how it came back to life.
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In 1980,
a magnitude 5.1 earthquake
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triggered the most destructive
volcanic eruption
in us history.
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The lateral blast
from mount st. Helens
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scorched 230 square miles
of forest
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and spewed 900,000 tones
of ash 12 miles high.
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57 people lost their lives
along with thousands
of animals.
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The devastation hit
the northern slopes
of the mountain hardest,
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but much
of the old growth forests
to the south and east,
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including ape canyon
was spared.
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So, in theory,
if an undiscovered species
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really has lived in that area
for nearly a hundred years,
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it's possible
they survived the eruption
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and even thrived
in the remote wilderness
ever since.
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So, let me ask you
as a biologist
and a scientist,
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is there anything out here
that could explain
these sightings?
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[phil] bears, it matches
the description so well.
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Washington state
is home to upwards of 30,000
american black bears.
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Hikers often spot bears
along trails in this area.
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Sometimes
even standing upright
on their hind legs.
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If I had to bet,
many of the alleged
bigfoot sightings,
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could just be smokey,
the bear.
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[jessica]
I know, you're sceptic,
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but this is the perfect
habitat for bigfoot
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'cause this stuff is thick,
and vast.
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I feel like we do have
this conversation
million times, jess,
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but there's one conversation
I feel like we need to have.
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What?
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You're really sticking
to that hat?
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What are you talking about?
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Are you trying to like,
if a bigfoot sees you
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then it'll recognize you
as one of its kind?
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No, I just don't understand,
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why I can't
also be fashionable
while finding a bigfoot.
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Phil, jess and the furry hat
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arrived at the north american
bigfoot center.
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It's not exactly the museum
of natural history,
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but it is one of
the largest sasquatch museums
in the world.
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-Hello.
-Woah, look at this.
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-[phil] wow.
-[jessica] this is cool.
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[josh] the exhibit houses
an impressive collection
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of mysterious
primate footprint casts
collected in the region.
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There's even
a life sized display
of bigfoot
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that's anatomically accurate.
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Well, supposedly.
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And checked,
it's got big feet.
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That's what you checked, huh?
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[jessica] while phil deals
with his foot envy,
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we meet up
with my old friend
matt moneymaker.
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-Hello.
-Hello.
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-How are you?
-Good, how are you doing?
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-Very good.
It's been a while.
-Yeah, I know.
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[jessica] I joined matt
several years ago,
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searching for sasquatch
near shaver lake, california.
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He's a legend in the world
of bigfoot exploration
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and founded the bigfoot field
researchers organization.
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And this is marc myrsell.
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-He's the ape canyon
expert for our area.
-[phil] wow. Perfect
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awesome.
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[jessica] marc myrsell
has spent decades,
researching and writing
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about unexplained
historical events.
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And his fascination began
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after his extensive study
of the 1924,
ape canyon attack.
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I've never heard of attacks
that hardcore before.
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So that's not normal.
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[matt] no, that's unusual.
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Have people
actually found the cabin
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-that they claim
they stayed in?
-No.
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'cause my thing
is like if we can't
actually find the cabin,
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or evidence of the cabin,
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then how do we even know
that this happened at all?
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What we have
is a basket full of clues.
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Right after the attack,
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two or three journalists
actually went up
to the cabin site.
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One journalist was a guy
named jack gregory,
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he gave us in his articles,
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sort of a narrative
of how he travelled
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enough to get us
in the right location
to at least start looking.
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[phil] on July 20th, 1924,
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journalist jack gregory
publishes an article
about an expedition
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to not only find the cabin,
but also as he puts it,
wild apes.
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He details his journey
down a sharp cliff face
into a canyon
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and claimed
to find the cabin site
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on a flat ledge
about 700 feet down.
234
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Well, we want to get
to ape canyon.
235
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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
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if it exists at all,
is going to be
pretty high up a volcano.
238
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But we've got a plan.
239
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[jessica] phil and I have
arranged a chopper to take us,
240
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matt and mark
along the steep slopes
of mount st. Helens
241
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to attempt
to identify the location
of the fabled cabin site.
242
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[jessica] with recent
bigfoot sightings
and ape canyon
243
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if we can find proof
of the cabin's existence,
244
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the site would not only mark
the first documented report
of a sasquatch,
245
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but also helped prove
that these creatures
have inhabited the forests
246
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around mount st. Helens
for nearly a century.
247
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[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
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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
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[jessica] oh, gosh!
261
00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:05,917
All right.
Ape canyon on the left.
262
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- [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
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Ooh! Those sides are steep.
272
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[phil] according
to one journalist
273
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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
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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
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816
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