The crusade for the everglades expands...
I was guaranteed there was no snakes in this area.
...Into forbidden territory.
Did you see that?
-I think it's a snake. -Aah!
Some breeding facility.
It's a horrible science experiment.
Yeah, they didn't want something in
Or something getting out.
As hunters evade lurking beasts...
What is that? That was eyes.
Either a cat or a bear.
Confront ancient lore...
Why'd you have to pick
The creepiest spot in the whole swamp?
...And pull in new recruits.
No, no, no. I ain't touching that thing.
Get up in there.
They battle for dominance in a war...
Aah! Oh!
Whoa!
Aah!
...That's just beginning.
-Ooh! -Sick!
Look at that thing.
As python hunting season picks up,
Troy and pickle head out to a snake-infested area
Rarely visited by humans
Due to its high number of big cats.
Pee-wee, this is what the locals call panther alley.
Panther alley is kind of like an island
In the middle of the everglades
That's really a jungle.
And it's got a lot of big game on it,
A lot of bears, a lot of panthers.
Snakes are making their way over here
Because there's a lot of wildlife in this area.
Florida panthers are fierce hunters
That can grow as large as 160 pounds.
They feed on hogs, deer and even livestock.
These ambush predators are intensely territorial,
And if they feel threatened, they will attack anything,
Including humans.
I don't like them cats, man.
I had a run-in with a big panther one time.
Me and my daddy were turkey hunting,
And I heard that cat holler, whaa!
And, uh-oh, uh-uh.
I ran over there, grabbed the decoy,
Put that in my turkey vest.
I got my ass out of there.
My daddy's like, "where you going?"
I said, "nuh-uh, I ain't playing around with that kitty cat."
They have a strong smell that lasts for a while.
Really?
Almost like a housecat's litterbox,
-But a hundred times stronger. -Ooh, ooh.
Well, I could smell that.
I didn't know you could smell 'em.
I ain't never smelled one before.
Oh, yeah. Oh, believe me,
If we get close to one, you gonna smell it.
Oh, I'll be looking. I'll be looking.
Oh, look, snake, snake, snake, snake, snake!
What? Are you serious?
-Oh! -Where?
Look at that thing.
Whoo! How you spotted that from on the buggy?
-Aah! -Oh!
Get his attention. I'm gonna grab him.
-Aah! Aah! -He's coming after you.
He's coming after me. Watch him.
Ooh!
Stretch him out. Stretch him out, pee-wee.
Stretch him out.
Oh, dude, we forgot the sack. Go get the sack.
I'm gonna get the sack. We gotta catch him first.
No, I got him. Go get the sack.
Oh, goodness. Watch him, pee-wee, watch him.
All right, pee-wee, he's focused on me.
Do your thing.
Grab him. Grab him!
-Aah! -Whoa-ho-ho-ho.
-Oh, I'm gonna go get the sack. -Hurry!
We didn't even get where we going and we got one.
What?
This nine-foot python will bring $300
Thanks to pickle's keen eyesight.
Well, I'm a lot younger than mr. Troy,
And the snakes, I find
That I'm spotting them a lot quicker.
I don't know if I just pick up
More on the motions better or what.
He's just getting a little old here.
Hey, good job.
36 miles east,
Bill and tes enter a secluded corner of the glades
Where a rumored animal test lab may be a python hotspot.
Some local friends of mine was telling me
About like there was some kind of some breeding facility,
Research kind of thing back in the cold war days.
I'm taking tes to this new place that I've never been.
One of the stories I heard about this particular area
Is there was some kind of facility back in there.
They did all kinds of weird testing stuff.
In the decades after world war ii,
The everglades became home to various government projects
Buried deep in the swamp.
Many of them have long since been abandoned
Or lie in ruins.
Testing on animals? Like science experiments?
Yeah, something like that.
They had some kind of wildlife in there,
And they were doing some research and stuff like that,
And then something happened.
A storm came in and just obliterated this whole place.
And, uh, there's just, like, weird stuff.
That's crazy.
It might be worth going and checking out.
31 miles west...
Come on, ri, let's go to work.
Dusty gears up to hunt
In an area known as the rock yard.
Get in the back. Been there before.
It's got all these little craters in it and stuff
And limestone rock.
With it heating up like it is,
The snakes are gonna be coming up out of the ground.
Pulling them out of the candy store,
Remember, ri?
Man, one thing every camp needs
Is a good old swamp buggy, son.
Man, sitting on top of that buggy
Is like being up on the damn eiffel tower.
But right now, it just goes in reverse,
So we're stuck like that for now.
Usually reverse is the first to go out,
But, man, as long as I still got reverse,
I'm in the game, bud.
What in the world, son? Are you kidding me?
[laughs]
Hey! There we are, son,
Just cruising along in old huckle buggy, son,
And there's my old boy bubba.
We go way back, boy.
He come up out of the navy, son. When he got out,
He was a wild and crazy son of a gun.
He started hanging out with me, man,
Running these crazy roads and stuff.
But, listen, he used to be scared to death of snakes.
Son, what in the world are you doing out here?
Man, I was supposed to come out here
And get this culvert installed
Before the next rain came through,
And everybody bailed on me.
Nobody showed up, so...
Look, man, I could really use your help today, man.
I'm going to the rock yard.
Just like old times, man, remember?
Me and you used to ride around, had all kind of fun.
I know, but that was before them snakes.
I know that you don't like 'em too much,
But it's baby steps now.
Listen, I done got busted up.
I could use some extra help, man.
-All right. -Deal.
-Come on, come on, let's go.
Man, your leg did get busted up, didn't it?
I'm lucky to be here.
I couldn't believe I seen old bubba.
Since I'm by myself, you know, it makes sense
To kind of bring somebody with me like that.
Why are we driving backwards?
When the snakes see me, they think I'm leaving.
[riley barks]
What you got, ri, it's a snake? It's a snake?
Of course, riley, you know,
She's florida's finest python-tracking beagle, son.
She's the og.
She puts her nose to the ground, she goes to work.
What's riley all excited for?
Oh, there's one in here.
Right here in the rock pile.
[riley barks] I got it, ri.
-Uh. -Hold his tail,
I gotta work around and grab the head.
Nuh-uh.
Come on, this ain't the biting end.
Hold this a minute for me.
Pull it back.
Keep going. Watch out, riley.
Pull it back, pull it back.
-Oh! -Go ahead.
Don't let ri get bit!
You got it, you got it, you got it.
Oh, goodness!
You got it? I'm gonna get it, ri.
All right, I'm holding.
-You got it? -Whoo. I got it.
Oh, ho ho! Whoo!
Yeah! [both laugh]
Oh, man, it was awesome, it was awesome.
[both laugh]
Bubba, you know, he's doing real good so far, I think.
I can't believe he's actually willing
To even put his hands on one.
He's overcoming his fear.
That's the main thing,
Is you gotta have your head right.
[both laugh]
Nice work.
Thanks.
20 miles north,
Zak and aaron enter an area called the stikini forest,
Steeped in native lore.
Oh, I'm sure there's gonna be tons of pythons, man.
-It's far. It's far. -That's what I'm talking about.
There's a place that I've always wanted to travel
In the everglades.
It's so deep back here,
I mean, there's gonna be a lot of snakes.
It harbors this vampire-like creature
Called a stikini.
It's gonna be worth it.
It has the ability to turn into any animal,
But it prefers to be an owl.
According to seminole legend, stikini are witches
Who turn into monstrous owl-like creatures at night.
It is said that before their transformation,
They regurgitate their own inner organs
And hang them in a tree for safekeeping
While they prey on their victims.
You just hope you don't hear that cry that it does.
They say it's a screech, I guess.
They say if you hear that cry,
You know it's instant death after that.
The whole ancient oogie-boogie folklore stuff
Is kind of a common thing in the everglades.
I'm used to hearing stuff about it,
And it's never bothered me.
The point is, wherever this thing lives,
There's a lot of snakes,
And I'm all ears,
And I'm ready to go check it out.
That's it. Venture this way.
Man, look at all the vultures, man.
Yeah, this is it.
This is the place, man.
You sure are excited
For someone that's about to get torn up by a giant owl.
It's getting thick so fast back here
From sawgrass and water
To just thick, thick, thick brush and forest.
Just getting into the tree line,
There's vultures everywhere, and it smells like death.
Look how thick it is in here, man.
I haven't even seen a squirrel in the trees.
You just keep your eyes out, man.
I got my eyes. Eyes are working just fine.
Zak, right here, right here, right here!
Oh, my god, dude, I didn't even see him.
That's bigger than you think, aaron.
-Stretch him out. -Come on, come on,
Come on, big guy.
There you go.
Aah!
Don't get bit, man.
You know it don't feel good.
-Watch out, aaron! Aaron! -Got him?
No, he's right between my legs, dude.
Aah!
In the stikini forest, zak and aaron battle
Their first python of the day.
Oh! Aah!
Aaron! Come on! Whoa!
He's trying to burrow down there.
Aah! Not today.
-Aah! -Whoa.
He does not like you whatsoever.
Uh-huh. We gotta change the plan.
Aah!
I have an idea. Hold on.
Ready?
Come on, you.
-Come on. -You got him.
Good job, zak.
They're not always right where it's obvious.
Aaron, you know, he's got a solid spot
It looks like to find some snakes,
But he's mentioning some type of folklore.
It's a little bit too much to even get my head around.
I just wanna catch the snakes.
In a secluded corner of the swamp...
This is weird.
Bill and tes enter an area that according to rumor,
Once housed an animal research facility.
I'm always looking for new places to go,
Maybe places that people don't even go to or can't get to.
That's how you learn stuff out here in the everglades.
Go check out places that people talk about,
And you learn every time you come out here.
What's this?
-Let's see what it is. -Is that fencing?
-This doesn't belong out here. -No.
This is like a cage. Can you go in it?
Yeah, I think so.
We're going through this uncharted territory,
And we stumble upon this, some kind of a cage.
There's really no structure around it or anything,
So it could be a dog pen
Or some kind of a cage to keep something out.
You gotta go first.
I don't know if it's still in here.
Yeah, that's weird out in the middle of nowhere.
Oh, shoot!
Did you go down?
Oh, god, I thought you got bit or something.
[laughs] um, a trap.
I thought I was gonna die.
Yeah, it's weird, and it's tall, too.
See how high this is?
Well, if it was a dog pen that's understandable.
You know, back in the old days,
They used to hunt with dogs a lot, so...
Panthers or other animals or...
There's no telling.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was something out there,
Because the government's always doing sneaky stuff
In different places all over the area.
And so what's out here, that's yet to be found.
[hissing] do you hear that?
I heard something over there.
Okay, let's go check.
I wanna see what that was.
Didn't you hear it out here?
Yeah, I thought I did.
-There, right there. In the-- -where?
In the bushes right there.
See him?
Underneath this tree in the shade.
Oh, shoot. How do we get this one out of here?
-Very carefully. -Are you able to pull it?
I got his tail.
You got him? You got him?
-Yeah, let me drag him out. -Okay.
Boy, he's wrapped around the tree.
All right, well, can I get in there
And kind of mess with him?
-He's hooked around that tree. -I see him.
Watch out. Don't let him hit you in the face.
Oh, shoot.
I've got his tail over here.
Here, throw me his tail.
I got him, I got him.
-Boy, what a pain in the... -Okay, watch your head now.
-I'm pulling him towards me. -All right.
Watch your head, bill.
If you can get him out, I'll crawl out.
-Got him loose, I got him loose. -All right.
Okay, shoot, shoot, shoot.
[laughs]
Bill, I dropped his tail.
Can you grab him? Can you grab him?
-Aah! -Oh, whoa!
-He's facing me. -Okay, okay, okay,
-You want me to grab his tail? -Yeah. See if you can get him.
-Oh! -Bill, look out.
Where's he going?
Probably just scared.
Oh, my god.
I got his tail. There he goes.
He's dialed in on you.
Bill, he's looking right at me.
Oh!
-Oh, god. -What're you afraid of?
Maybe the snake jumping at me, trying to bite me.
Oh!
Yeah, he's a feisty little thing.
He is not happy.
Here, I'll distract him.
-You'll get him towards you? -Yeah.
-You ready? -Yup.
Aah! Oh!
All right, pull him so I can grab him.
Good job, tes. Good job, girl.
Oh, man.
Beautiful.
I see dollar signs when I see these things.
About $300, $400.
Okay. Maybe that's the more important question.
Yeah, you see the beauty. I see the money.
-They both are beautiful. -[laughs]
I don't know what it is about me, but I always seem
To find the toughest spots to catch snakes, you know.
Climbing trees, underneath trees, inside of trees,
It's just my luck, I guess.
I'm happy to be out here catching these things,
But I just don't know that I love this area.
10 miles north,
Troy and pickle search for pythons
In the notorious panther alley.
There's a lot of bears,
A lot of big cats, a lot of wild hogs.
There's a little bit of everything here,
And that's why the snakes coming this far.
Because there's a lot of wildlife in this area.
Look, look, look, look, look, look.
Look right here, look right here!
-Oh, wow. -Look right here.
Look at the size of that!
-That's a cat track? -That's a cat.
That don't have no claws or nothin' on it, though.
Their claws only come out when they make 'em come out,
When they gonna catch an animal.
99% of the time,
Their claws are in just like a regular cat.
Identifying panther tracks
Comes down to recognizing
The distinctive features of the panther's paw,
Highlighted by four teardrop-shaped toes
And three lobes at the heel.
This cat, I guarantee you by the size of them toes
And the size of that pad,
That cat weighs more than you, I promise.
That's a vicious killing machine.
I do not like big cats.
I have a fear of big cats.
I've had a lot run-ins with them.
I'm scared to death out here, honestly,
And I'm just looking over my shoulder every chance I get.
-That's a big mature-- -oh, look, look, look.
Snake, snake, snake!
-What? What? -Snake!
Are you frickin' serious? How did you spot that?
Oh! Oh, pee-wee.
-[laughs] whoo! -Look! Snake!
How in the hell you spotted that from 50 feet over there?
Get him out of there. Get him out, pull him out.
-Here, hold the tail. -Pull him out.
You need help? Want me to get him?
He's stuck.
-Whoa! -Wait, wait.
Whoa, watch him.
Watch him, pee-wee!
I don't know where his head's at.
I can't see the head neither.
-Oh, right there. -Oh, there he is.
There he is. We found the head.
Get him away from this. Watch him, p.
He's a big one. That's a money snake.
-Whoo! -Oh!
-Whoa! -Ooh, he's feisty.
I think I'd rather face the panther than this thing.
You keep him distracted. Stop moving.
Okay, watch, watch.
I got his attention.
-You ready? -Yup.
All right, that's your move.
Go for it. Good job!
Whoo! That's what I'm talking about, baby girl.
Grabbed him a little too far back. Whoa!
This aggressive 10-footer is worth $300,
But pickle doesn't like sticking around to celebrate.
Got him.
You all right? He didn't bite you?
Nope.
-Huh? -Not the snake.
I don't know if mr. Troy can defend me against these cats.
I'm sure thinking of a plan
As far as tripping him and running kinda thing.
Stay close to me. Stay close.
Meanwhile, zak and aaron
Are searching for their third python of the day
In a remote region
That indigenous people refer to as the stikini forest.
[screeching] dude.
You hear that?
It's still daylight.
-It's like an owl. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sun hasn't even gone all the way down yet, man.
I guess you were right about your owl story.
-Stikini. -Yeah.
Owls are nocturnal animals,
And when you do see them when the sun's going down
Or even in the night, they're kind of silent.
But this particular owl that's being heard right now,
I mean, it's like screeching kind of oddly.
It's just not normal.
Look at this bad boy.
Yeah, looks like a tunnel.
[owl continues screeching]
It's solid, too. It's not dead.
Giant.
Yo, yo. Yo, it's a snake! It's a snake!
Come on, aaron! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
He's shedding right here, right here.
Ah! Ah, I got it.
-Wow. -Wait.
Coming back your way, coming back your way.
-Watch yourself, zak. -Yeah?
It's gonna be a fast one.
Be careful, aaron. Aah!
He almost made contact.
I don't even think he knows where he's striking, dude.
Holy cow, man. Aah!
Come on, try to get under him.
He's just striking at everything.
Yeah, there you go, there you go, there you go. Oh!
Oh!
In the heart of the stikini forest...
-Get him out of there. -There you go, buddy.
Stretch him out, stretch him out.
Watch out. Watch out.
He's getting in strike mode.
Whoa!
Watch out, the head!
Hold him, hold him, hold him.
-You got him? -Got him right here.
Aah!
He's slowing down.
No, you better not hit me.
All right, aaron.
Aah!
Grab him further up, grab him further up!
-Walk it up, walk it up. -I got him.
-Oh, my god, man. -That was close, dude.
-Yes, it was. -That was close.
[screeching]
-You hear that again? -Yeah.
That owl again, dude.
Yeah, it don't sound like a regular owl, does it?
No.
He's strong, man. Look at him.
He don't wanna go in there.
No, no, he doesn't.
As soon as the owl started screeching,
That snake was jumping out of the bag,
Like, definitely traumatized
By whatever was screeching in the forest.
I think it was an owl, but I don't know.
I'm just happy we got him in the bag.
The sound of that owl is making me a little superstitious.
It's a little bit more eerie than I want it to be, buddy.
A little more realistic, ain't it?
Yeah.
26 miles east...
It's right up here.
Dusty and bubba explore an area called the rock yard.
Come here, ri.
Dusty, wait up!
You move through here like a snake.
Human interaction
Is something kinda weird right now, you know?
I can't remember when the last time
I actually talked to somebody, a live person, you know.
I talk to riley and stuff all day,
But, hell, it's different.
Go to work, ri, go to work.
It's just so many nooks and crannies in here.
How do you ever find them?
We gotta uncranny the nooks.
-Uncranny a nook? -Yeah.
Right here in here, man. Just keep your eyes peeled.
Oh, boy, right here, right here. Look, look, look.
[riley barks]
-Hey, hey, hey! -What?
You're gonna have to get up and around
And go get this son of a bitch.
I can't climb up here with my leg like that.
Hey, no, no, no, I ain't touching that thing.
Get up in there. See it?
Nope.
Hold on.
-Got it? -I got it.
Dang, son, it's locked in there, huh?
Yeah, he is, he's locked, but I got him.
He ain't getting away. His head's right there.
-Where? -Right there.
You're looking right at it.
I don't see it.
Stop!
Oh!
Ho-ho-ho!
Oh, watch it, boy.
All right. Right here. See this one? See this one?
Aah!
I got you, boy.
Whoo-hoo.
I'm gonna pass him down to you. Ready?
Don't--you don't gotta choke him to death.
There you go.
Whoo-hoo!
I definitely couldn't have done what I just done
Without bubba there.
I can't believe he's come this far.
He's overcoming his fear.
You come at the right time.
That's all I gotta say.
35 miles west,
Bill and tes venture deeper into an area
That may have once housed a secret animal testing lab.
There's a lot of tall tales about stories of the everglades
That've been going around since before I was born.
You don't know whether to believe them.
A lot of it's just, like, hearsay.
But you get out into these places
And you find things out here
That you don't even expect to see.
It's like where'd this come from?
What is that?
I don't know.
There's no canines on it. Look.
It's all scaly.
Looks like a baby t-rex.
He's missing some legs or something.
It's some kind of a lizard.
There's part of the spine. Look there.
What kind of lizard's gonna have two legs?
You said there were some weird animal things going on out here.
Yeah, it could be a hybrid of something.
It's kinda gross.
It's not about-- [hissing]
Wait, do you see that?
What do you see now?
I think it's a snake.
Oh, it is, right there! Yeah, right here.
Bill, we're sitting right next to this thing.
I know.
Getting ready to shed, see?
-He can't see. He's blind. -Snap all crazy then?
-Yeah. All he can feel -oh, shoot.
Is vibration and the heat.
Watch it.
-He's looking right at me. -Yeah, he is.
Don't let him get you.
-Watch it, watch it! -Oh!
Outside a rumored cold war testing facility...
-Ooh! -He is just going crazy.
Bill and tes battle a blind snake.
-Oh, shoot. -Uh-oh.
He's really protective.
It's a bad situation. Watch him.
He's just gonna snap all crazy then?
Oh, yeah. I'm gonna have to get him off of there.
Okay, need to pull his tail?
All right, I got his tail. He's coming to me.
All right, well, he's looking right at me.
Yeah, he is.
-He's wanting to dance. -Ready?
All right, let's wear him down a little bit.
Watch it, watch it.
I got him.
Aah!
All right, can you get him to--aah!
Good thing you're fast.
You gotta distract him, get him to look at you.
-You ready? -Yup.
Hurry up, 'cause he's fixing to bite me.
Pull him just a little bit.
There you go.
Oh, good job, tes.
Good job.
Good eye.
-Oh, man, he's got my leg. -Yeah.
Is this him?
Is this what smells so sweet?
Yeah, I smell something.
We definitely had a smell.
Maybe this building that was out here,
It could have chemicals and stuff like that.
And it kind of had,
Like, a little petroleum chemical smell to me.
Intense sweet smells can mask harmful
And even deadly chemicals such as benzene,
Which can be fatal if inhaled.
Certain rat poisons hide under the sweet scent of cinnamon,
While cyanide carries the odor of almonds.
I heard rumors, like, there was stuff in the ground,
Like, from this building or something
That got knocked down.
And there was all kinds of, like, chemicals and stuff
In the ground.
Maybe that's what we're smelling.
Yeah, it's definitely in this area, that's for sure.
All right, we're back this way?
Yeah, right over here.
As darkness starts to fall,
Zak and aaron hunt in a forest that native lore claims is home
To sinister owl-like creatures
That stalk their victims at night.
Dude, look at this owl looking at us, dude.
-That's that shrill-- -oh, my god.
That's that shrill I was telling you about.
I hear owls hoot at night all the time, you know.
It's a common thing that happens.
It's just all over the place.
But to hear one just shriek nonstop like that for no reason,
Just yelling at us,
They are kind of creepy, I'll give 'em that.
That thing is just staring at us.
It's way too curious. It's staying here.
Dude, why'd you have to pick
The creepiest spot in the whole swamp?
Yo, yo, yo, yo!
I see one, I see one.
Where is he?
Oh, my god!
That thing was right in my face.
[screeching continues] oh, watch him, watch him!
You hear that owl?
That's gotta be what he's looking at.
It's real interested in what's in the trees, man.
Look, he just wants you to grab him.
Dude. Uh-uh, man.
Dude, I'd just get him before he does something else funny.
This thing is so weird, man.
What is he looking up for?
Look at him. What in the world?
Nice catch.
What is he doing, though?
Man, what in the world?
That owl's just not going away, man.
Yeah.
Something ain't right, man.
Let's bag this snake, man. We need to keep moving.
This is getting a little too creepy right here.
With seven bagged pythons worth almost $2,000
And things just not feeling right,
Zak and aaron decide to call it a day.
I don't like being watched,
And these owls are nonstop just staring through our souls.
Folklore and whatever,
It starts becoming a little bit too real out here.
Yeah, man, let's get our lights and get moving, man.
There's something ain't right around here.
As night falls on panther alley,
Troy and pickle keep an eye out for snakes
And whatever else may be lurking in the dark.
Look how nasty it is in here.
Where we're at in this dense jungle,
Pretty much it's pitch black.
There's nothing except our little torchlights
And our headlights.
And I've been looking all day over my shoulder for these cats,
And I feel like something is watching us.
Oh, look here.
What? Oh.
I don't know what it is.
I see a deer horn.
You can see the squirrels been eating on it.
I guarantee that's one of them cats.
No way, huh?
Oh, yeah. I guarantee.
You see how they was kind of covered up and all?
Mm-hmm.
Them cats do that.
When they kill something, their kill, they cover it
With leaves and mud and everything else.
But I guarantee that's a cat.
Look at that pile of crap right there.
That look like cat crap.
There's panthers out here, there's bears out here.
They got all kinds of other animals out here besides snakes.
They had panther crap all around them antlers
And that skeleton.
That tells me that that cat keeps revisiting this area.
When a cat kills something like this,
They'll crap all around it,
And they'll cover it up with leaves and leave their pee.
They'll pee all over and crap all over.
What'd you hear?
Look, look, look, a snake!
Look at the size of this thing.
Watch him, he's gonna wrap around.
Watch him, he's right there.
Aah! Watch him.
-Oh, [bleep]. -Aah!
Watch him, pee-wee, watch him!
Look at him. What's he doing?
I don't know what he's doing.
I can't figure it out, so be careful.
Over here, over here, bring him over here.
Okay. All right, pee-wee, be careful.
Whoa! Ay-yi-yi-yi-aah!
He's looking right at me over here.
That son of a gun.
Watch him, pee-wee.
Grab that tail.
Oh, he's hissing at me.
Aah! [bleep].
Aah!
-In panther alley... -Aah! [bleep].
Aah! Aah!
Whoo, if that don't get your blood pumping.
We gotta stretch him out.
Oh, yeah, we in danger right here.
He's in control. We gotta take control.
There you go, p, there you go.
All right, get his attention.
When he's gonna go to you, I'm gonna grab his tail.
He's looking straight at me. That's your chance.
He's focused.
Whoa! Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
Whoo! That's what I'm talking about.
You're not scared enough of them damn snakes.
You starting to scare me. Good job, pee-wee.
One, two, three.
-What? -Got him, dude.
This 11-foot python is worth 330 bucks
And removes one more invasive predator from the everglades.
But troy knows they have to stay vigilant.
We following these trails
And you don't know what you're gonna run into
And it's pretty scary.
I look at pee-wee as, like, one of my kids.
So I'm really more worried about her
Than I'm worried about myself.
-This way. You all right? -Yeah.
Straight through here. Let's go.
Okay.
In an area known as the rock yard,
Dusty is starting to realize that his friend bubba
May be ready to take the next step
In the fight against the invaders.
Is that his eyes shining evil?
No, his eyes don't shine like a gator's.
If I can teach bubba to catch these invasive pythons,
Not only it could be money in his pocket,
It could be another soldier for the state of florida,
And I think he's got it in him, you know what I mean?
Any man that can serve our country
And go to battle for us,
Son, that's who I want on my team.
Is there something shiny over there?
Where?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, man.
Be careful, dusty.
Watch out, watch it! Give me some room.
I got it. Just watch what I do.
Show me.
Ease up on the snake, slowly working it back.
Whoa, whoa-ho-ho!
-He coiled up. -Oh, man.
See how he's watching this one right here?
Yeah.
I'm gonna come scoop him out from under the bottom.
Yup.
He's not even gonna see my hand coming.
Watch. Ready?
-Whoo! -Oh!
-That's a nice snake there. -Whoo!
You starting to warm up on me, bud.
-[laughs] -whoo-hoo!
I can see that courage
Is building up inside of him, son.
It's his time to shine. He's ready, you know.
He's been in the on deck circle all night long, son.
It's time for me just to take my hands off the controls, son,
And let him fly this plane.
I'm ready.
Push through right there and see if you can kick something up.
I'm gonna cut through this way.
I'll meet you around the side.
All right.
Yeah, work it through that.
Dusty, what is that over there?
Oh!
Look at him, look at him.
-Grab his tail. -All right, all right.
Pull him out, pull him out.
I got him, I got him.
Get him out in the open so you can see him.
All right.
What you're gonna wanna do is pull him back now.
Okay.
Now if you kinda inch up his body a little bit.
-Whoa! -Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Now you come in and grab that head.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Oh, I got him, I got him.
-Whoo! -Hoo-hoo!
Man, my heart's racing.
I tell you, bud, that's an adrenaline rush, ain't it?
I never expected him to come around this fast, man.
He was totally against it this morning.
Watch him, ooh!
That's one more soldier for the fight, son.
-We done pretty good today, huh? -Yeah, man.
Let's go get these other snakes, man, and get out of here.
Let's go.
You been in the city too long, son.
[both laugh]
Deep into the night...
Man, it has gotten dark.
With eight pythons captured,
Bill and tes are working their way out of an area
That's kept them on edge all day.
I can see just a little bit of moon
Under those clouds there.
The moon does not help with the creepy creepiness
That is coming with this quietness.
Well, we're heading in the direction of the buggy.
We'll just hunt our way back there.
All right.
We've been catching snakes
And, you know, we just press on.
That's part of this deal.
You may get into places you don't really know about
Or don't really even wanna be,
But we're moving on to catch all these snakes.
We better pray these lights don't go out,
Because we'll be camping right where we're at.
Golly.
-Hey, bill. -What?
You see that moving over there?
Bill, bill, yeah, this is a snake.
Get him, get him, get him.
Yeah, it's right here, it's right here.
Yeah, here he is. Here he is. Whoa, shoot!
Oh, my god!
In an area that may have housed an animal test lab...
-Hey, bill. -What?
You see that moving over there?
Bill, bill, yeah, this is a snake.
Get him, get him, get him.
Yeah, it's right here, it's right here.
Yeah, here he is, here he is.
God, that looks like a big one.
Right here.
Oh!
See how fast he is?
Want me to get this one?
Oh, yeah, that one's all you.
It's looking right at me.
-You gotta take that tail. -Yeah.
He's all yours.
Come on with it.
Bill, be careful. Bill, watch it.
Get him.
-Ah! -Good lord.
You got it.
Goodness gracious.
This nine-footer will bring in another $275,
Capping off a successful day and validating bill's hunch
To explore this sinister part of the everglades.
It's gotten so quiet.
Yeah.
It's like almost creepy.
It's actually-- it's actually really creepy.
We need to get the heck out of here.
Yeah, it's too-- too creepy in here for me.
There's a lot of weird stuff out in the everglades,
And it's just another weird place that we stumbled into.
But I get spooked when I go into the cities
And there's traffic and cars.
But out in the swamp, I'm pretty happy out here.
Yeah, I think we've had a good day.
Meanwhile, troy and pickle
Are making their way out of panther alley.
I'll be glad when we get back.
I'd rather hunt another area
Than come back here and play with these kitty cats,
But, uh, they got snakes in the area.
It's do or die, pee-wee. This is it.
Oh, pee-wee, pee-wee, pee-wee!
Go around the tree, go around the tree. Hurry up!
Oh, my god, look at the size of it.
-Look, look. -Oh! Ooh.
Ooh, pee-wee, look at this thing. Whoo!
Okay, we gotta be careful here. They might have tunnels.
He looks like he's trying to go back somewhere.
Oh, pee-wee. Aah!
I never seen one that want to climb the tree
As bad as this thing.
-Watch him! Watch him! -Aah!
We haven't been looking in the trees enough.
-Uh-uh. -Okay, hold him.
-Don't move, don't move. -This one's trying to climb.
There's your shot right there. You're gonna grab him.
Whoo, this one's aggressive.
It's do or die, pee-wee.
-Aah! -You got him?
-Watch him, watch him. -Aah!
Dude, I got him.
This 10-footer will add 300 bucks
To troy and pickle's already impressive haul.
Let's get him in the sack.
This is one of them mixed things.
-A pretty baby. -Huh?
-A pretty baby. -He's beautiful.
-One, two, three. -Whew.
Another one in the bag.
Girl, we gonna have more than we can carry.
We gonna have more than we can carry.
-Shh, shh. -What?
You heard that?
Over there.
-[growl] -what is that?
-That was eyes. Big eyes. -Yeah, I know. I seen 'em.
It was either a cat or a bear. It wasn't deer eyes.
[growl]
Back up, pee-wee.
Keep an eye that way
Just in case it was a big cat and not a bear.
Let's go. Let's get out of here.
Let's go to the buggy.
You know, we've done real good.
We've caught more snakes
Than we expected to catch,
And we just seen something.
I don't know what we saw, but we seen something,
So I really think we gonna quit while we ahead.
Just keep an eye behind us, okay?
-Keep an eye behind us. -[growl]
Come on, come on.
Come with me.
Whoo, I'm happy to see this buggy.
-Oh, yeah. -Ay-yi-yi.
That was it. I was done. I'm ready to get out of there.
Oh, yeah, we made it, we made it.
I don't like these cats, man.
-We did good, though. -Yeah.
We caught some beautiful snakes, big snakes, money snakes.
You know, we supposed to be averaging six snakes a night,
And we above that right now, so, you know, we comfortable.
We can leave and come back another day.
-You pumped? -Yeah.
-Huh? -I'm pumped.
You pumped to get outta here?
Absolutely. Yes, indeed.
Get to the camp before you know it.