1 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:05,572 - ♪ 2 00:00:09,242 --> 00:00:12,645 - MALE NARRATOR: Every state has one, 3 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,548 a bloodcurdling boogie man. 4 00:00:15,648 --> 00:00:19,252 - He has hooves for his feet, large wings. 5 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:22,122 - He has hairy devilish hands. 6 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:25,425 - This is a four-legged monstrosity. 7 00:00:26,426 --> 00:00:28,194 - NARRATOR: But which local legend brings 8 00:00:28,294 --> 00:00:30,330 the biggest fright? 9 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,465 - Mothman. We're talking about a figure 10 00:00:32,565 --> 00:00:35,268 that's seven feet tall, glowing red eyes. 11 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:37,170 - Light on it, he scared the hell out of me 12 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:38,738 my whole life. 13 00:00:38,838 --> 00:00:42,976 - The black-eyed children, once you invite them in 14 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,344 all hell breaks loose. 15 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:46,579 - ♪ 16 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:49,416 - NARRATOR: We're taking you from coast-to-coast 17 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:53,019 to meet the scariest monsters in the US. 18 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:55,889 - He's huge, um, and he's fast, 19 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:58,124 and he's dangerous. 20 00:00:58,224 --> 00:01:00,927 - By all accounts, this creature should have 21 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:03,530 come out of Dr. Frankenstein's lab. 22 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:07,934 - NARRATOR: From a sinister sea creature... 23 00:01:08,034 --> 00:01:10,103 - That's what's causing these drowning 24 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:12,672 - NARRATOR:...to a horrifying home invader. 25 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:15,308 - You would hear the sound of chains rattling 26 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:18,111 to the sound of knocks on the walls. 27 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:20,447 - NARRATOR: From a legendary swamp monster. 28 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,882 - ♪ 29 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:24,350 - MALE: There you are. 30 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:27,253 - NARRATOR: To a cunning cannibal. 31 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:29,355 - It needs to eat, it needs to feed. 32 00:01:30,657 --> 00:01:32,892 - NARRATOR: We've narrowed it down to 10. 33 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:35,929 But only one can reign supreme. 34 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:39,299 Will your state monster make the cut? 35 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:42,235 - It's the scariest, most terrifying, 36 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:45,672 deadliest monster I hope you never encounter. 37 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:50,110 - NARRATOR: Join us if you dare, as we count down 38 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:53,012 the most haunting, bloodthirsty, 39 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:56,449 and wicked monsters America has ever seen. 40 00:01:57,083 --> 00:01:58,785 - ♪ 41 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:11,197 - ♪ 42 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:22,542 - ♪ 43 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:25,578 - NARRATOR: The United States of America, 44 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:30,717 home to amber waves of grain and purple mountains majesty. 45 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,952 - ♪ 46 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,291 - NARRATOR: But lurking in the shadows of this 47 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:41,227 picturesque landscape are the beasts of our 48 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,229 collective nightmares. 49 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:46,900 - Scary narratives kind of follow us around. 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,270 Accounts of ghosts, of monsters. 51 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:51,971 - There's new ones coming all the time. 52 00:02:52,071 --> 00:02:55,208 Stories that we've not yet found the evidence for. 53 00:02:55,308 --> 00:02:56,876 Maybe we never will. 54 00:02:56,976 --> 00:03:00,713 - If we take these stories at their word, you know, 55 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:03,950 we're dealing with something much more bizarre 56 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:06,686 than we could ever imagine. 57 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:09,956 - NARRATOR: But which mysterious being sends the biggest shivers 58 00:03:10,056 --> 00:03:12,592 down your spine? 59 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:16,095 Our journey to find the scariest monster starts along the 60 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:19,566 sprawling plains of the Lonestar state, 61 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,936 where we find number 10 on our list, 62 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:27,106 a four-legged vampire that's striking fear in the South. 63 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:29,309 It's the Texas chupacabra. 64 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:36,482 - The chupcabra's name means the goat sucker. 65 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:39,819 - The chupacabra does have an unsettling appearance, 66 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:44,524 almost as though it's a hybrid of an alligator and a wolf. 67 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:48,461 - It has very sharp teeth, really sharp point ears, 68 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:51,598 but at the same time, reptile-like feet. 69 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:54,701 - This is a four-legged monstrosity, 70 00:03:54,801 --> 00:04:00,740 a wild animal trying to survive, out there devouring livestock, 71 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,278 draining the blood from them with two bites on its neck. 72 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:11,751 - I mean, it sucks your blood. That's typical vampire behavior. 73 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:15,688 - ♪ 74 00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:18,858 - NARRATOR: The first recorded sightings of this 75 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:22,895 ferocious beast were in the early 1990s when farmers began 76 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:26,699 noticing dead livestock and a strange creature roaming 77 00:04:26,799 --> 00:04:28,701 closely nearby. 78 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:30,703 - FEMALE: You never expect something like this 79 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:32,572 to happen down here, but... - FEMALE: For Jeannie Torres, 80 00:04:32,672 --> 00:04:35,842 it was a frightening discovery. 16 of her chickens found dead 81 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:38,611 inside their coop. At first she thought it might 82 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,447 have been a dog that managed to get to her birds, 83 00:04:41,547 --> 00:04:44,951 but after examining them, she says she's convinced it was 84 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:47,453 the work of the chupacabra 85 00:04:47,553 --> 00:04:50,123 You see, each chicken has a puncture wound. 86 00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:53,893 And legend has it that's the trademark of the chupacabra. 87 00:04:53,993 --> 00:05:00,533 - ♪ 88 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:05,938 - The chupacabra is one of the more recent animals or monsters 89 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:11,077 in the field of the supernatural only dating back a few decades. 90 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:14,781 - The original description was something bipedal with 91 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:19,886 a large, kinda, elongated skull, more humanoid in appearance. 92 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:27,894 - Spikes running down its back, glowing red eyes, sharp teeth. 93 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:30,630 - Three to four feet tall and kinda large, 94 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:35,134 almond-shaped eyes. So more alien-like. 95 00:05:36,302 --> 00:05:40,673 - I think most cryptids are based in our primal fears 96 00:05:40,773 --> 00:05:42,775 and then they evolve and evolve with stories. 97 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:49,382 - A cryptid is basically an unhuman figure. 98 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:52,585 Of course, many of these cryptids can take human form 99 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,387 or can posses human in nature 100 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:57,390 But it's basically this idea of a monster. 101 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:59,359 And it has a narrative or a legend that attaches 102 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:00,660 itself to it. 103 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,464 - Like the Bible, a lot of these legends are told 104 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:08,568 as motif with lessons. Valuable life lessons, 105 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:13,673 whether ironic, humorous, or, frankly, quite frightening. 106 00:06:15,641 --> 00:06:20,113 - Supernatural creatures give us a way to put a face, 107 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:25,084 and a body, and a name to things that go bump in the night, 108 00:06:25,184 --> 00:06:29,389 things that make us feel afraid or, uh, make us 109 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:33,059 feel uncomfortable in ways that we can't quite put a finger on. 110 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:36,629 - NARRATOR: But those that have experienced the chupacabra 111 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:41,334 for themselves have come to know a different truth. 112 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,903 - You can't rule out a story because you think 113 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:47,373 it's too weird, because when you're dealing with the weird, 114 00:06:47,473 --> 00:06:50,543 what is too weird? Where is that line? 115 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,813 - The African mountain gorilla was considered 116 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:58,618 a cryptocreature mythology until about 1905 when the 117 00:06:58,718 --> 00:07:02,722 mountain gorillas were finally documented by scientists 118 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:04,957 and everyone could see they really existed. 119 00:07:05,057 --> 00:07:07,593 They were not a myth. 120 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:12,031 - There's always this evolving relationship 121 00:07:12,131 --> 00:07:14,834 with the world around us where we think we figured it out 122 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:18,905 and then something happens that completely rearranges 123 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:21,107 our understanding all over again. 124 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,710 - NARRATOR: Skeptics claim the chupacabra is merely 125 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:27,780 a mangy dog or a rabid coyote. 126 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,350 But these Texas golf course workers feel differently 127 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:35,121 after discovering what some believe to be a dead chupacabra 128 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:37,623 along a wooded driving range. 129 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:41,194 - I don't know. That's just weird. Weird animal. 130 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:44,363 It was like a shaved weenie dog with raccoon feet, 131 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,766 a possum tail, and a possum head. 132 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:50,069 - If you look at the claws on it, and the feet, 133 00:07:50,169 --> 00:07:51,404 nothing like it. 134 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,306 I've never seen anything like it. 135 00:07:53,406 --> 00:07:56,142 I don't know. I don't know what it is. 136 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:59,612 - Most of the witnesses, they're avid outdoorsmen 137 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:01,948 and women. They're hunters, 138 00:08:02,048 --> 00:08:04,684 they're trappers, they're hikers. 139 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:08,120 They know the local wildlife. They're adamant. 140 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:13,025 They're entirely convinced that this creature is something 141 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:15,261 not of any known species. 142 00:08:16,529 --> 00:08:19,265 - NARRATOR: And they've got proof. 143 00:08:19,365 --> 00:08:22,368 With the chupacabra being one of the only cryptids ever 144 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:25,638 successfully capture on camera... 145 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:29,108 - FEMALE: What is th... oh man! 146 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:31,210 He's lost! 147 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:33,746 - The most infamous footage was caught on a dash cam 148 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:37,850 of a police car where they're following behind what looks 149 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:42,822 like to be the el chupacabra running down the side of a road. 150 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:44,557 - FEMALE: I'm seeing it, but I don't believe it. 151 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:47,193 It's in the daytime. 152 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:51,998 - We have plenty of eyewitness video evidence, 153 00:08:52,098 --> 00:08:57,236 photographic evidence of these alleged monsters roaming about. 154 00:08:57,336 --> 00:09:02,074 The sightings, the encounters, the capturing of chupacabras 155 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:05,811 seem to be rising every single year. 156 00:09:05,912 --> 00:09:09,549 Some of the alleged dead chupacabras have tested 157 00:09:09,649 --> 00:09:12,752 to be coyotes or a fox with mange. 158 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:15,555 But others of these seem to be bigger 159 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:18,057 than what you would consider a coyote, 160 00:09:18,157 --> 00:09:20,126 and more hideous. 161 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:23,429 The fangs seem to be long, the claws, 162 00:09:23,529 --> 00:09:28,000 deadly long and sharp, again, placing it in a category 163 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,037 of not just your typical unknown species. 164 00:09:32,939 --> 00:09:35,308 - I wouldn't be surprised if this animalistic creature 165 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,344 had multitudes of itself, if there was offspring, 166 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:41,714 if there was groups and families and maybe they hunt in packs. 167 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:44,383 There could be a lot of chupacabras roaming around. 168 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:48,754 - NARRATOR: The chupacabra has a long history 169 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:51,424 of going after livestock. 170 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:55,528 Cows, sheep, chickens, 171 00:09:55,628 --> 00:09:58,764 and especially goats. 172 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:02,034 But what many believers fear is that these bloodthirsty 173 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:06,072 predators have been working their way up the food chain. 174 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,240 - ♪ 175 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:13,613 - In 2020, a cab driver was killed and found 176 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:16,482 reportedly without any blood in him. 177 00:10:16,582 --> 00:10:20,720 And reports were circulating that it was a chupacabra attack. 178 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,688 - That's very scary to think about. 179 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:25,458 I would not be surprised if these chupcabras 180 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,793 start feasting on human beings. 181 00:10:27,893 --> 00:10:31,797 - Because it's relatively diminutive that you might 182 00:10:31,897 --> 00:10:34,867 be thinking, I could probably out wrestle this thing. 183 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:36,502 - ♪ 184 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,004 - NARRATOR: But our next creatures prove 185 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:40,272 that size doesn't matter when you're dealing 186 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:42,975 with the supernatural. We're traveling to one 187 00:10:43,075 --> 00:10:47,913 of America's smallest states, where some even smaller monsters 188 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:51,083 are bringing the biggest fright yet. 189 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:53,119 And if that's not enough to leave you battening 190 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:56,822 down the hatches, stick around. Because the monster 191 00:10:56,922 --> 00:11:00,526 at the top of our list is so terrifying people are 192 00:11:00,626 --> 00:11:04,130 already building up defenses against it. 193 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:06,232 - Still has the prisoner partition, it has the 194 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,335 plastic seats in the back, it has steel door panels 195 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:12,071 and window bars, and we've also added the canine 196 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:15,041 window bars in the back window which are super rare. 197 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:17,543 He could break out of a regular car door if he wanted to. 198 00:11:17,643 --> 00:11:20,112 - ♪ 199 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,349 - ♪ 200 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:25,885 - NARRATOR: We're tracking down the top 10 giants, 201 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:30,990 ghosts, and ghouls that keep Americans up at night. 202 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:34,927 But sometimes the scariest monsters aren't the ones 203 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:38,230 with mangled faces or razor-sharp claws. 204 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:41,667 They're the ones that appear innocent and sweet 205 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:43,969 until the moment they attack. 206 00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:47,973 That's the case with our next state monster, 207 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:50,342 who comes in at number nine on our list. 208 00:11:51,677 --> 00:11:57,116 Beware the haunting gaze of the Vermont black-eyed children. 209 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:02,755 - So, black-eyed children. Ooh, that one's a creepy one. 210 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:07,827 - In the late 1990s, people started reporting 211 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:13,199 sightings and encounters of unusual children. 212 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,302 - NARRATOR: But unlike the California dark watchers 213 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:20,906 who attack travelers at random, these roaming terrors take 214 00:12:21,006 --> 00:12:24,276 a more calculated approach with their prey. 215 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:26,378 - It doesn't matter where you are. 216 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:29,181 You could be at a stop light, you could be at home, 217 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:32,251 you could be at school. But wherever you are, 218 00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:35,721 somehow there's these kids that appear. 219 00:12:35,821 --> 00:12:37,389 - NARRATOR: The descriptions are varied, 220 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:42,495 but some details stay the same. The kids are always pale, 221 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:47,299 they travel in pairs, and they all have one goal. 222 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:50,903 - They want in some way to be welcomed or let into 223 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:52,938 whatever your location is. 224 00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:58,778 - Now, this hearkens somewhat back to, almost, 225 00:12:58,878 --> 00:13:02,248 vampire lore or demonic lore in that they seem 226 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:06,385 to be asking permission to come in the person's home. 227 00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:09,455 - You go open the door, Dracula would stand there 228 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:11,257 until you say come in. 229 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:13,325 - ♪ 230 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:18,998 - The black-eyed children possess that same quality. 231 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:23,469 You have to invite them in. And then once you invite 232 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:25,337 them in, all hell breaks loose. 233 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,574 - NARRATOR: Imagine your quiet night at home 234 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:32,645 is interrupted by a series of knocks at the front door. 235 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,413 The knocks come in threes... 236 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:35,881 - ♪ 237 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,783 - NARRATOR:...a mocking of the Holy trinity. 238 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:42,054 And they don't let up until someone answers. 239 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:45,391 - They ask the people to let them in. 240 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:47,092 Please, let me in. 241 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:49,094 - And they get more and more aggressive, apparently, 242 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:51,130 the more that you say no to them. 243 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:55,401 - NARRATOR: That's exactly what happened to an elderly woman 244 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:59,638 in rural Vermont on a snowy night in the early 1990s. 245 00:14:01,073 --> 00:14:05,110 - They approached her and said, can we use the bathroom? 246 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,680 - Now, of course if you see a couple of children 247 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:09,882 and they're like, we need help, of course the first thing 248 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:11,517 that you're gonna think of is, come into my home. 249 00:14:11,617 --> 00:14:13,986 Let me help you in any way that I possibly can. 250 00:14:14,086 --> 00:14:15,621 - NARRATOR: But even before the woman welcomes 251 00:14:15,721 --> 00:14:21,260 the children inside, she can see that something is not right. 252 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,630 - And at that point, she noticed that their eyes 253 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:27,132 were pitch black. 254 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:29,635 - NARRATOR: When confronted by the gaze of a grown-up, 255 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:32,037 these tiny visitors will look away. 256 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:36,342 But that's just part of their manipulative ploy. 257 00:14:36,442 --> 00:14:39,411 - Once eye contact is made, they're dealing with something 258 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:43,449 that is just unnatural, that is not quite human. 259 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:48,187 People report that they sound robotic or unnatural. 260 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:51,357 They use terms that aren't completely current 261 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:56,395 with the time, and they just don't seem like normal children. 262 00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:59,098 - NARRATOR: The woman eventually caves and allows the children 263 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:01,233 into her home. That's when things 264 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,936 start to get really strange. 265 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:06,572 - She runs to her husband. The husband's nose 266 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:09,942 is bleeding profusely. The cat was going crazy. 267 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,945 It was angry, it was jumping around. 268 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:16,882 - NARRATOR: But just as soon as they arrived... 269 00:15:16,982 --> 00:15:19,985 the children are gone. 270 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:23,956 Still, the terror continues. 271 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:26,592 - The nose bleeding never really stops. 272 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:31,630 The woman gets cancer, the cat is found dead 273 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:35,167 in a pool of its own blood. 274 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:39,772 - Some people believe that these things are sinister 275 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,441 and they are bringing the misfortune 276 00:15:42,541 --> 00:15:44,343 to those they encounter. 277 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:47,212 - People have lost pets, they've gotten 278 00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:49,715 really dark diagnosis of sickness. 279 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:51,450 People have gotten in car accidents 280 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:53,385 right after seeing them. 281 00:15:53,485 --> 00:15:55,721 - NARRATOR: And the encounters stretch even beyond 282 00:15:55,821 --> 00:15:57,423 the Vermont state border. 283 00:15:57,523 --> 00:16:01,460 - In Abilene, Texas, apparently there was a police officer 284 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,029 that came across these black-eyed children 285 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,365 in the road and they started banging on the car, 286 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:08,167 and you have to let us in or else. 287 00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:11,570 And of course, like any person, this police officer 288 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,839 was very terrified. He was like, I don't feel safe. 289 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:16,208 And he drove off. And apparently in his 290 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:19,712 rear view mirror, those children were nowhere to be seen. 291 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:20,980 - ♪ 292 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,082 - NARRATOR: Which is why some believe they 293 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:25,351 aren't children at all. 294 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:30,255 - Some people believe that they're an alien-human hybrid. 295 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:32,558 - When you look at the black-eyed children, 296 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:36,061 if you remove their hair, they look exactly like 297 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:39,298 the shape-shifting gray aliens 298 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,701 - There's something unearthly about looking 299 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:46,839 into eyes like that because people report that they 300 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,607 feel like they're staring into a void 301 00:16:48,707 --> 00:16:53,078 or staring into nothingness, or staring into darkness, 302 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:56,615 darkness in the sense that it feels very negative 303 00:16:56,715 --> 00:17:00,619 and very ominous. So others believe that they're 304 00:17:00,719 --> 00:17:04,490 something from the depths of hell, something demonic 305 00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:09,461 that has manifested on Earth for whatever nefarious reason. 306 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:13,332 - They are bringing death to people's doors. 307 00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:16,802 Most likely, these are demonic entities that just kinda 308 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:22,007 skip around history and try to show what they believe 309 00:17:22,107 --> 00:17:25,077 a child would look like during this period. 310 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:27,212 And a lot of times they're just guessing. 311 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:30,816 So that's why the appearance is kinda off at all times. 312 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:34,787 There's some kind of spiritual evil that is personified. 313 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:38,757 - Maybe it is the devil trying to find his way in. 314 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:42,594 - So it leaves us with this puzzle that we can't 315 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:45,697 quite figure out what these children maybe are 316 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:47,199 supposed to be. 317 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,502 - NARRATOR: One thing is for certain. 318 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:54,106 You wouldn't want to come face-to-face with them. 319 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:56,608 - I'd be very scared if I saw them at my door, 320 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,745 these little children with very, very dark eyes. 321 00:17:59,845 --> 00:18:03,649 - So if you find yourself in the Green Mountain state, 322 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:07,352 how do you protect yourself against the black-eyed children? 323 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:09,188 - They don't just come into your house. 324 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:10,823 They don't just do that. 325 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,124 - MALE: They always knock. 326 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:14,426 - And if the person does not give permission, 327 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:16,829 the children don't intrude. 328 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:19,832 - Here's the thing with the black-eyed children. 329 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:25,270 Their approach usually knocks their victims off-balance. 330 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:29,508 They're looking at children that are appearing harmless, 331 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:34,513 helpless, and in need. And then you find out 332 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:38,117 that they're not harmless. How do you respond? 333 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:40,085 So that makes them extremely dangerous. 334 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:41,854 - ♪ 335 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:45,190 - NARRATOR: As conniving as these creepy children may be, 336 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,860 there's still a chance of avoiding their calls, 337 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,663 if you're savvy enough to say no. 338 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:54,867 That's not the case for our next state monster, 339 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:58,937 a terror in the water that you'll never see coming. 340 00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:01,206 - 341 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:06,979 - ♪ 342 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:11,183 - NARRATOR: From the highest peaks to the lowest valleys, 343 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:13,719 we're leaving no stone unturned in our hunt 344 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:16,622 for the scariest monsters in America. 345 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:19,958 We've traveled to the plains of Texas and the porches 346 00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:22,494 of homes in suburban Vermont. 347 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:27,266 Up next, we're headed to the fresh lakes of Oklahoma, 348 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:31,537 where we're diving in to find number eight on our list, 349 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,772 an eight-armed anomaly that wreaks havoc 350 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:38,810 on unsuspecting swimmers. It's the Oklahoma Octopus. 351 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:42,347 - ♪ 352 00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:47,920 - The Oklahoma Octopus is an octopus or a creature 353 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:53,392 that resembles an octopus that is the size of a horse, 354 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:59,765 that is 200 pounds, with eight long octopus legs 355 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,034 that is extremely strong. 356 00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:08,073 - So the origin of where this octopus suddenly appeared 357 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:11,210 were these three lakes. Lake Oologah, 358 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:15,380 Lake Tenkiller, and Lake Thunderbird. 359 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:22,554 - It's the octopus hunter. I've just returned 360 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:26,425 from leading a tour group on a tour of the lair 361 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:28,393 of the Oklahoma Octopus. 362 00:20:28,493 --> 00:20:32,497 I've been called a madman, a lunatic, 363 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:37,536 Captain Ahab chasing his morbid Moby Dick, 364 00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:40,572 except it's an octopus and not a whale. 365 00:20:40,672 --> 00:20:43,375 Oklahoma truly is a unique space. 366 00:20:45,944 --> 00:20:51,316 You know, I don't remember the first time I heard 367 00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:53,685 of the Oklahoma Octopus. 368 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:59,358 But I know it's real. 369 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:02,160 I've heard numbers, the death toll 370 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:07,065 from drownings unexplained has risen 138%. 371 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:14,072 I'll hunt it, track it, capture it, 372 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:16,708 not to kill it, but for science. 373 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:21,480 - The Oklahoma Octopus, like the Loch Ness Monster, 374 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:25,717 very few people see these creatures, 375 00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:29,554 but their existence is always spoken about. 376 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:33,125 - NARRATOR: But there's one particular encounter that first 377 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:36,361 put the Oklahoma Octopus on the map. 378 00:21:36,461 --> 00:21:38,597 And it wasn't that long ago. 379 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:44,770 - 2007, a little boy swims out too far into this lake. 380 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:49,508 Now they're trying to rescue the little boy 381 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:54,046 who begins to say, something is pulling me down. 382 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:58,383 As rescuers, and family members and the like are trying 383 00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:03,522 to get this boy, he, poof... 384 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:07,626 disappears in the lake, never to be found. 385 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:11,363 - NARRATOR: Soon, rumors spread about what lurks 386 00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:14,132 beneath the lake's placid waters. 387 00:22:14,232 --> 00:22:17,369 - What ended up spurring these rumors was the amount 388 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,971 of different people, like, the amount of deaths, 389 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:21,173 the drownings. 390 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:23,508 Like, what's causing these drownings? 391 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:26,511 They almost work like how seaweed would work, like, 392 00:22:26,611 --> 00:22:28,347 basically you get your leg caught. 393 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:30,515 The arm of the octopus is grabbing you 394 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:32,150 and pulling you down. 395 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:37,322 - Some survivors have said it was the Oklahoma Octopus. 396 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:39,424 They've witnesses it, they've seen it. 397 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:42,361 Some people even went as far as saying they felt it 398 00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:44,796 pulling them under the water, those who were 399 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:46,398 able to get away. 400 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:56,641 - NARRATOR: But these sightings aren't just a recent thing. 401 00:22:56,742 --> 00:23:00,412 Hundreds of years ago, tales emerged of a 402 00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:03,682 giant octopus in Oklahoma that terrorized 403 00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:07,419 Indigenous people fishing on the local waterways. 404 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:11,790 - They have a legend of a similar creature, 405 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:17,396 same size, same description, red skin, but theirs 406 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:22,768 is a demonic marine life entity 407 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:27,472 that will kill you if you came to the lake stream water 408 00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:30,142 to bathe or drink. 409 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:34,546 - And there have been tales of this giant octopus, 410 00:23:34,646 --> 00:23:37,549 this red leathery octopus with long tentacles 411 00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:43,455 the size of a horse, basically dwelling in these lakes. 412 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:45,824 - NARRATOR: With so many documented sightings, 413 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:48,794 the Oklahoma Octopus seems to have some edge 414 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:51,897 over similar creatures. Like Nebraska's 415 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:56,535 Walgren Lake Monster and the Lake Worth Monster in Texas. 416 00:23:56,635 --> 00:24:00,038 But there's one detail that still bothers skeptics. 417 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:04,576 - There is a huge issue there trying to figure out 418 00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:07,579 how exactly something which is a salt water animal 419 00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,247 could exist in fresh water. 420 00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:13,151 - There's some people who say, well, you know, 421 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:17,856 a jellyfish or a catfish, or this, or that put in 422 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:20,592 a different atmosphere can adapt. 423 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,362 - It's possible for animals and creatures 424 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:30,335 to adapt to new surroundings. We know this, we've seen this. 425 00:24:30,435 --> 00:24:32,838 What if this actually is something that's 426 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,973 purposefully trying to take you out? 427 00:24:35,073 --> 00:24:37,642 I don't wanna be a part of that number. 428 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:41,213 - I would say it's demonic. It's possibly taking souls. 429 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:45,750 - NARRATOR: The Oklahoma Octopus may have you 430 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:50,121 thinking twice about taking a dip anytime soon. 431 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:54,726 But deep in the marshes of the southern US, 432 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:58,363 even dry land can be dangerous when number seven on our list 433 00:24:58,463 --> 00:25:03,335 is lying in wait, ready to attack anyone 434 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,837 whose morals have started to slip. 435 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:08,306 It's the Louisiana Rougarou. 436 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:13,578 - The Rougarou is Louisiana's version 437 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:15,814 of the werewolf. 438 00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:20,185 - It's bipedal, it's torso heavy, 439 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:24,155 canine head, the dog-like ears, anywhere between 440 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:28,193 six to nine-feet tall, brown fur or gray fur, 441 00:25:28,293 --> 00:25:30,962 sometimes black. 442 00:25:31,062 --> 00:25:37,102 - Just very tall, upright wolf stalking the swamps at night. 443 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:42,874 - ♪ 444 00:25:42,974 --> 00:25:47,345 - MALE: In the swamp, there's something standing up 445 00:25:47,445 --> 00:25:49,247 on the bank over there. 446 00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:52,183 - MALE: There you are. 447 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:55,320 - MALE: Look how tall, bro. 448 00:25:58,123 --> 00:26:02,561 Just wanted to show you all what the Rougarou is. 449 00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:05,630 - This is a type of creature that is seen 450 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:07,499 as a shape shifter. 451 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:11,236 - It has the body of a man, um, but the head 452 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:12,604 of a wolf or a dog. 453 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:14,573 - NARRATOR: Like their brethren the werewolf, 454 00:26:14,673 --> 00:26:17,008 the Rougarou is able to conceal its identity 455 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:20,211 as a human during the day. But at night, 456 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:23,481 this hairy brute transforms into a violent predator 457 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,784 that's only after one thing. 458 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:27,953 - ♪ 459 00:26:28,053 --> 00:26:30,622 - NARRATOR: The blood of an ill-practicing Christian. 460 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:33,124 - The Rougarou targets people who aren't 461 00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:34,759 observing Lent correctly. 462 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:39,264 It's very closely tied to moral behaviors 463 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,969 and to expected social behaviors especially, um, 464 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:46,905 behaviors related to Catholicism 465 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:51,176 - In many ways, it can be viewed as a manifestation of shame. 466 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:53,411 - The main course of action for the Rougarou is 467 00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:54,813 gonna be to attack. 468 00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:57,282 They bite, scratch, attack, or draw blood 469 00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:58,850 from another human. 470 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:03,121 - NARRATOR: Once infested by this feral beast, 471 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:07,258 you face a fate more frightening than death, 472 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,195 becoming a Rougarou yourself 473 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,930 - That's not the case for all the cryptids. 474 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:14,599 But in this particular case, that is a very, very 475 00:27:14,699 --> 00:27:17,002 important part of the Rougarou story 476 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:20,705 that you are cursed to become a Rougarou. 477 00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:23,975 - NARRATOR: Which means that any number of Rougarou could 478 00:27:24,075 --> 00:27:26,811 be walking amongst us today. 479 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:30,148 - You have great stories like the story of the young boy 480 00:27:30,248 --> 00:27:32,684 in Louisiana and was being pursued by a dog 481 00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:35,920 and the dog would not stop pursuing this young boy, 482 00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:39,624 and the young boy ends up cutting the dog 483 00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:41,960 on his front leg. 484 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:45,764 Then, the dog gets away. And later on that day, 485 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:51,002 the town physician shows up with a cut on his shoulder 486 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:54,105 that he has bandaged up and saying, hey, what's going on? 487 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:56,041 What's happening? And so it was a very 488 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:59,344 strong suspicion that that physician was 489 00:27:59,444 --> 00:28:01,546 the Rougarou himself. 490 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:04,082 - NARRATOR: Unlike the Michigan Dog Man, 491 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:07,318 or Wisconsin's Beast of Bray Road, 492 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:11,890 the Rougarou has roots tracing far behind America's borders. 493 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:16,094 - It actually has its origins both in name and in behavior 494 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:19,798 and shape in the French Loupalou, which is 495 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:22,467 a werewolf from the middle ages. 496 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,970 - NARRATOR: Traveling to America with Louisiana's 497 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:29,507 first settlers, the French wolf soon got 498 00:28:29,607 --> 00:28:32,010 an American makeover. 499 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:35,780 - Rougarou kinda sounds almost like a butchered 500 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,050 pronunciation of Loupgarou. 501 00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:41,252 - The Rougarou, we get that from the Cajun accent. 502 00:28:41,352 --> 00:28:43,021 Everything just kinda gets smoother when you 503 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:46,291 get to Louisiana. When the legend moved 504 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:49,761 to Louisiana, that kinda ties into witchcraft, 505 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:52,263 and voodoo, and all of that good stuff 506 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:53,798 we get out of Louisiana. 507 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:59,037 - NARRATOR: Now lurking in the Louisiana bayou, 508 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:02,974 this monstrous creature is as murky as the swamp itself. 509 00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:08,480 - So you have gators, large spiders, frogs, 510 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:13,084 just feels like everything is alive in that place. 511 00:29:13,184 --> 00:29:16,087 - If you set a foot wrong, you could disappear. 512 00:29:16,187 --> 00:29:19,290 And so the Rougarou is an embodiment of that wildness 513 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:22,560 and that unpredictability of the Louisiana landscape. 514 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:26,498 - NARRATOR: Over the years, the Rougarou survives 515 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:30,034 by keeping a low profile, which is why is is one of 516 00:29:30,135 --> 00:29:32,237 the lesser-known cryptids on record. 517 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:37,509 - You're a human by day, you're a Rougarou by night, 518 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,211 so if somebody is attacked by a Rougarou, it's likely 519 00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:42,614 somebody you go to school with, somebody you work with, 520 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:44,883 somebody you're seeing on the daily. 521 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:51,222 - It's a curse that's placed on someone, you know? 522 00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:54,392 Deep inside the Rougarou is a person that's trying 523 00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:57,462 to be freed from this curse. 524 00:29:57,562 --> 00:30:01,499 - NARRATOR: And there is one possible way out. 525 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:03,501 - So even though they are this very dangerous creature, 526 00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:06,371 there's still a chance of redemption or of reversing this 527 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:10,441 curse and bringing them back into society and civilization. 528 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:15,146 - One of the versions of the legend is that a person 529 00:30:15,246 --> 00:30:18,082 will be cursed with the Rougarou, 530 00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:20,752 and then after 101 days, they can pass it on 531 00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:22,220 to another person. 532 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:25,456 - NARRATOR: Should you stumble onto the path of one of 533 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:30,261 these desperate hunters, forget the crucifix 534 00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:34,432 and silver bullets. Your best defense here 535 00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:36,234 is a piggy bank. 536 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:38,570 - One of the more popular ways to ward off a Rougarou 537 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,639 is with the usage of 13 pennies. 538 00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:44,676 - So if you take 13 pennies in front of your door, 539 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:47,812 Rougarou, when he comes out at night, he's gonna look 540 00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:50,014 and he's gonna count. 541 00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:53,218 - The lore says that once a human turns into a Rougarou, 542 00:30:53,318 --> 00:30:55,353 they forget how to count past 12. 543 00:30:55,453 --> 00:30:58,389 They'll continuously count to 12, and then back to 12, 544 00:30:58,489 --> 00:31:00,725 and then back to 12 until the sun comes up 545 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:05,096 and then they're heading back home, turning into human form. 546 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:08,099 - The Rougarou is obsessed with counting. 547 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:11,536 But he is not very good at it. 548 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:15,673 So math is your friend if a Rougarou is around. 549 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:20,345 - NARRATOR: Even monsters have their quirks. 550 00:31:20,445 --> 00:31:24,415 But don't let that fool you. The Rougarou is still one 551 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:27,785 of the most dangerous threats out there. 552 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:31,055 - I think the Rougarou is personally one of 553 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:33,558 the scariest things out there. Not necessarily because of 554 00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:36,394 what it is, but the possibility that any one of us 555 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:39,063 can become the Rougarou. 556 00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:43,067 - He's huge, um, and he's fast, and he's dangerous. 557 00:31:43,167 --> 00:31:46,004 It's funny that he can't count all that well, 558 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:48,973 but you know, we all have days like that. 559 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:51,442 - I would say just make sure if you're in France 560 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:55,914 or Louisiana, to keep 13 objects handy just in case. 561 00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:57,482 - NARRATOR: But pennies won't 562 00:31:57,582 --> 00:32:00,618 help you when it comes to our next paranormal terror. 563 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:02,153 - ♪ 564 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:05,256 - NARRATOR: Because this next monster's so old 565 00:32:05,356 --> 00:32:09,127 it was haunting well before America even had a currency. 566 00:32:09,227 --> 00:32:11,896 And still, its hold on this country grows 567 00:32:11,996 --> 00:32:13,965 stronger every day 568 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:19,971 - NARRATOR: It's a state that is known for suburban sprawl 569 00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:23,908 and sandy shorelines. But its hunting ground is a 570 00:32:24,008 --> 00:32:26,644 huge swampy wasteland. 571 00:32:26,744 --> 00:32:29,380 Coming in at number six on our scariest monster 572 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,518 countdown is the ghoul of the Garden State. 573 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,453 Meet the Jersey Devil. 574 00:32:35,553 --> 00:32:41,225 - ♪ 575 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:44,729 - Deep in the pine barons of southern New Jersey, 576 00:32:44,829 --> 00:32:50,201 in a forest where not much grows outside of pine trees 577 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:53,705 lurks the infamous Jersey Devil. 578 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:58,309 - The Jersey Devil was a kind of mix of different creatures. 579 00:32:58,409 --> 00:33:01,312 It's got bat-like wings, it's got a horse-like head, 580 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:04,949 it's got horse-like hooves, it's got a devil tail, 581 00:33:05,049 --> 00:33:07,051 a tail with, uh, the kind of point at the end. 582 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,886 And it's also upright. 583 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:12,557 - One of the most unique aspects of the Jersey Devil is its 584 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:14,459 connection with humans. 585 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:16,594 Not only its interaction with them, 586 00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:21,632 but seemingly coming from the body of a human. 587 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:26,704 By all accounts, this creature should have come out 588 00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:28,740 of Dr. Frankenstein's lab. 589 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:36,381 - NARRATOR: When the Jersey Devil first appeared, 590 00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:39,584 New Jersey was a colony, not a state. 591 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:43,021 - The Jersey Devil is one of the oldest legends 592 00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:46,724 in the United States, at least. It's from 1735, 593 00:33:46,824 --> 00:33:50,294 a full 40 years before the United States became a country. 594 00:33:51,929 --> 00:33:54,198 - It's been around for a long time. 595 00:33:54,298 --> 00:33:57,802 And all of it just spurred from literally 596 00:33:57,902 --> 00:34:00,838 a birth gone wrong. 597 00:34:00,938 --> 00:34:04,776 Mother Leeds, she was 50 years old 598 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:06,878 and she's expecting her 13th kid. 599 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:09,280 Unlucky number 13. 600 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:12,517 - Mother Leeds lived out in the pine barons 601 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:16,087 and had 12 children to care for. 602 00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:19,557 So when she became pregnant with her 13th child, 603 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:21,592 she muttered that she would rather have 604 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:25,630 the devil as a child than another mouth to feed. 605 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:30,334 - NARRATOR: But be careful what you wish for... 606 00:34:30,435 --> 00:34:33,771 because Mother Leeds soon gave birth to an offspring 607 00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:38,309 that would make Rosemary's baby look like an angel. 608 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:41,245 - So once the child came out, they said that originally 609 00:34:41,345 --> 00:34:43,881 the child was perfectly fine. There was nothing wrong. 610 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:46,384 But then, all of a sudden, it started to get hooves, 611 00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:50,721 it got wings, and it basically turned 612 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:53,324 into this demonic creature. 613 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:58,696 - The creature devoured its entire family and then 614 00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:03,234 flew out of the chimney into the pine barons area 615 00:35:03,334 --> 00:35:06,337 where it has been terrorizing people ever since. 616 00:35:08,739 --> 00:35:11,809 - So the pine barons is a million acres of woodland. 617 00:35:11,909 --> 00:35:14,745 It's extremely dense, there's a lot of animals 618 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:18,116 in there, dangerous animals. It has, sort of, 619 00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:21,419 a reputation for being a scary place. 620 00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:24,689 I know the Native Americans were a little bit afraid 621 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:28,426 of the pine barons, of that section of the forest. 622 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:31,729 Early American often, if people were discovered 623 00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:35,700 as witches or witch doctors, they would ostracize them out 624 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,303 into the pine barons, so there's definitely sort of 625 00:35:39,403 --> 00:35:42,673 a reputation for witchcraft and spooky things 626 00:35:42,773 --> 00:35:44,375 going on out there. 627 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:47,278 - NARRATOR: Over the years, the Jersey Devil has been known 628 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:50,715 to attack trolleys and kill countless livestock, 629 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:54,619 even now, nearly three centuries since his birth, 630 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,456 the menacing monster continues to make his presence known. 631 00:35:58,556 --> 00:36:02,193 - There are more sightings today of the Jersey Devil 632 00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:05,463 than nearly at any time in history. 633 00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:09,300 - The thing is for that creature to have lived for so long, 634 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,638 it's obviously something that's not of this world. 635 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:16,774 It's some different type of creature, because so many 636 00:36:16,874 --> 00:36:19,343 people have reported seeing it and some people have 637 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:20,945 captured it on camera. 638 00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:22,914 - ♪ 639 00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:34,225 - ♪ 640 00:36:34,325 --> 00:36:35,893 - NARRATOR: One of the most recent sightings 641 00:36:35,993 --> 00:36:39,764 of the Jersey Devil came in 2017. 642 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:43,467 A father and his sons driving through the pine barons say 643 00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,737 they saw a strange creature through the trees. 644 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:49,674 - They have some photographs of it, which clearly shows 645 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:54,378 something out in the field. And from where it was standing 646 00:36:54,478 --> 00:36:58,015 to how tall it was would suggest something between 647 00:36:58,115 --> 00:36:59,550 five and seven feet tall. 648 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:02,220 It's a little blurry so you can't quite make out what 649 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,655 it is, but it doesn't look like a human. 650 00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:08,859 - NARRATOR: Though these men were able to run off 651 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,397 without a scratch, not all are so lucky. 652 00:37:13,497 --> 00:37:17,401 Only time will tell how much longer this horrific beast 653 00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:20,404 will torment the residents of New Jersey. 654 00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:22,807 - The amazing thing about something like the Jersey Devil 655 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,443 is how it has outlasted the many changes 656 00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:27,678 our culture has taken. 657 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:30,848 - The Jersey Devil belongs on the Mount Rushmore 658 00:37:30,948 --> 00:37:36,354 of creatures of America because it has a long lifespan. 659 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,590 A lot of legends come and go, they're forgotten about. 660 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:43,728 But the Jersey Devil has broke out of that confine 661 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:47,732 where it's one of the best-known legends in America. 662 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:49,900 - NARRATOR: This reputation doesn't seem to bother 663 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:52,570 the locals one bit. 664 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:57,642 - Obviously the New Jersey NHL team, known as the Devils, 665 00:37:57,742 --> 00:38:02,079 many communities in New Jersey will have museums set up 666 00:38:02,179 --> 00:38:04,148 for the Jersey Devil. 667 00:38:04,248 --> 00:38:07,418 - I believe it is technically even their state demon. 668 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:13,591 - NARRATOR: But no amount of pop culture appeal can change 669 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:15,893 the fact that coming face to snout with 670 00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:20,197 the real Jersey Devil is a living nightmare. 671 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,733 - Those gigantic wings in your face, 672 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:26,737 the hooves chasing you down the darkened trail in the woods, 673 00:38:26,837 --> 00:38:28,773 something I would not want to encounter. 674 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:33,477 - NARRATOR: Still, there's some comfort in the fact 675 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:36,847 that the Jersey Devil is grounded in one place. 676 00:38:36,947 --> 00:38:40,885 But 700 miles away in a small Tennessee town, 677 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,888 residents are haunted by an even greater menace, 678 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,924 one that can appear out of thin air. 679 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:50,895 And if this cunning shapeshifter doesn't keep you 680 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:54,031 on the straight and narrow, we've got another 681 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:57,468 waiting in the wings who's wails alone are enough 682 00:38:57,568 --> 00:39:00,571 to scare even the most fervent of sinners. 683 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:04,742 We're only halfway through our quest for the 684 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:08,346 scariest monster in America. And already we've come 685 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:10,715 face-to-face with the blood-sucking chupacabra 686 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:15,953 in Texas, and the ominous black-eyed children in Vermont. 687 00:39:16,053 --> 00:39:18,889 We've uncovered the enormous octopus that strangles 688 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:23,027 swimmers in Oklahoma, and the shape-shifting Rougarou 689 00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:26,564 who feasts on the blood of sinners in Louisiana. 690 00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:29,400 And who could forget the oldest beast of them all, 691 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:30,935 the New Jersey Devil? 692 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:32,970 - ♪ 693 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:36,474 - NARRATOR: But our top five monsters are still to come, 694 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,477 and each one is more frightening than the last. 695 00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:45,583 Up next, we're traveling to the land of rolling hills 696 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:49,520 where the fear-inducing lady of number five on our lists 697 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:53,591 is known to some spirits far beyond any element on earth. 698 00:39:53,691 --> 00:39:55,893 It's the Tennessee Bell witch. 699 00:39:55,993 --> 00:40:01,699 - ♪ 700 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:03,701 - Hearing about the Bell Witch, I thought the Bell Witch 701 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:06,504 was an actual witch, when it turns out that it's actually 702 00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:09,073 some sort of supernatural being. 703 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,575 - We see it manifest in a number of different ways. 704 00:40:11,675 --> 00:40:15,446 Scary animal configurations, large birds, 705 00:40:15,546 --> 00:40:17,681 a ghost girl in the woods. 706 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:23,521 We're told that it has hands, at least, because several people 707 00:40:23,621 --> 00:40:26,457 report shaking its hands. One person describes, like, 708 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:28,893 a demure, sort of soft female hand, 709 00:40:28,993 --> 00:40:31,796 another person describes a hairy devilish hand. 710 00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:39,670 - This entity could imitate and use the same voice 711 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:44,041 and completely repeat everything that you had said. 712 00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:45,776 Whether it was a prayer, it would repeat your prayer 713 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:47,945 to you, if you sang a song, it would completely sing 714 00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:50,948 that song back to you word for word. 715 00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:56,854 A lot of people were very bothered by that because first 716 00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:59,490 they're thinking, what is this? Is this a demon? 717 00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:01,225 Why is this messing with us? 718 00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:06,831 - The Bell Witch is extremely scary. 719 00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:13,904 Because there is dimensional entities that are walking 720 00:41:14,004 --> 00:41:20,144 among us and apparently able to affect your physical 721 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:24,281 surrounding if not just your physical being. 722 00:41:24,381 --> 00:41:29,787 So it's not far-fetched to me that these things happen. 723 00:41:35,726 --> 00:41:38,996 The story of the Bell Witch actually takes place 724 00:41:39,096 --> 00:41:42,700 in the mid to late 1800s in Tennessee. 725 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:47,705 A witch was terrorizing the Bell family on their farm. 726 00:41:47,805 --> 00:41:49,340 - We used to talk about it 727 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,975 some especially around Halloween. 728 00:41:51,075 --> 00:41:53,911 And since I'm a descendant of the Bell family, 729 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:56,780 I was always asking my grandmother, I was saying, hey, 730 00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:58,682 what do you know about the Bell Witch? 731 00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:07,892 - The most common version of the story that I've heard is 732 00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:10,227 that the Bell family, John, and his wife, 733 00:42:10,327 --> 00:42:14,632 and his kids moved into the area, got some land, 734 00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:17,201 and in the same area, Kate Batts lived 735 00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:18,869 with her husband, Frederick. 736 00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:23,440 - NARRATOR: But after Frederick is injured in a farming accident 737 00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:26,443 he struggles to support his family. 738 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:30,247 That's when he's forced to make a land trade with the Bells. 739 00:42:31,949 --> 00:42:35,819 - Kate Batts, feeling that her husband was taken advantage of, 740 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,088 swore to have revenge on the Bell family. 741 00:42:38,188 --> 00:42:40,724 - 742 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:46,830 - It was said that Kate then initiates a seance and ritual 743 00:42:46,931 --> 00:42:52,870 to curse the Bell family and their farm as she was 744 00:42:52,970 --> 00:42:57,741 alleged to be an occultist demonic witch. 745 00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:01,478 - NARRATOR: In the years since, there have been 746 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:03,981 strange happenings up at the Bell farm. 747 00:43:05,149 --> 00:43:09,386 - Around 1817, John Bell is walking the property and he 748 00:43:09,486 --> 00:43:14,758 sees what he believes to be a dog with a rabbit head. 749 00:43:14,858 --> 00:43:17,628 - Obviously, he was really freaked out and he unloaded 750 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:20,197 on it with his gun. And supposedly when he went 751 00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:22,566 to go check on the animal that he had just shot, 752 00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:24,301 it disappeared. 753 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:30,040 - Right after this, uh, John's daughter, Betsy sees a 754 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:32,943 girl swinging from a branch in the woods. 755 00:43:33,043 --> 00:43:36,447 And, uh, then realizes that that girl is not actually there. 756 00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:41,952 - ♪ 757 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:45,422 - NARRATOR: Over time, the incidents only get stranger. 758 00:43:46,991 --> 00:43:48,959 - They would see a girl in a green dress, 759 00:43:49,059 --> 00:43:52,463 or they would see a bird, or even, apparently there 760 00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:55,332 was a dog, there was a large black dog that would follow 761 00:43:55,432 --> 00:43:58,035 one of their servants to their houses every morning. 762 00:43:58,836 --> 00:44:00,204 - NARRATOR: Convinced these 763 00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:03,073 beings had been conjured up by their occultist neighbor, 764 00:44:03,173 --> 00:44:05,342 the Bells began referring to the presence 765 00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:08,779 as Kate Batts' old witch. 766 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:13,484 Today, the spirit is better known as the Bell Witch. 767 00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:15,719 - Usually when it comes to witches, we think of them 768 00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:17,955 as shape shifters that turn into different animals 769 00:44:18,055 --> 00:44:20,491 so that they can move around freely without being caught 770 00:44:20,591 --> 00:44:22,426 doing any sort of actions. 771 00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:25,329 - Really we would describe this now as a poltergeist. 772 00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:29,099 There's knocking on the walls, bed sheets pulled off of people 773 00:44:32,369 --> 00:44:34,004 - They started hearing what sounded like what they 774 00:44:34,104 --> 00:44:36,106 described as rats knawing on the floor boards, 775 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:38,142 maybe even knawing on the bed posts. 776 00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:42,946 - This eventually escalated into the children waking up 777 00:44:43,047 --> 00:44:45,549 with bruising, and scratches, and bleeding. 778 00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:49,520 And one of the girls was even tied to the bed by her hair 779 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:51,055 and beaten in the middle of the night. 780 00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:54,992 - Word of mouth is huge. As people would travel 781 00:44:55,092 --> 00:44:57,394 they would go, hey, did you hear about the Bell family? 782 00:44:57,494 --> 00:44:59,697 They've got this weird spirit going on, they're trying 783 00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:01,131 to figure out what's happening. 784 00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:03,133 So people from all around the region were coming in 785 00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:04,935 to see what was going on. Of course, it spread 786 00:45:05,035 --> 00:45:07,071 like wildfire because a lot of people that are born there 787 00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:10,874 were having experiences The spirit would talk to them, 788 00:45:10,974 --> 00:45:12,876 it would sing to them, and then they would go out 789 00:45:12,976 --> 00:45:14,745 and say, hey, this really happened. 790 00:45:17,181 --> 00:45:22,419 - NARRATOR: In 1843, Kate Batts dies and the town has high hopes 791 00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:24,421 that the curse will go with her. 792 00:45:25,989 --> 00:45:30,094 But nearly 200 years later, the Bell Witch still has 793 00:45:30,194 --> 00:45:33,263 a hold on this small Tennessee town. 794 00:45:33,363 --> 00:45:35,232 - When you get around a monster or a creature, 795 00:45:35,332 --> 00:45:39,737 that shrieks a certain nerve. It tends to outlast generations. 796 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:41,872 - It said over the several year period 797 00:45:41,972 --> 00:45:44,174 we're talking about hundreds if not thousands of people 798 00:45:44,274 --> 00:45:46,844 who pass through the town with the hopes of, 799 00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:50,781 uh, experiencing the Bell Witch. 800 00:45:50,881 --> 00:45:53,951 - I think people are so entranced by the world 801 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:56,887 of cryptids, this adventure of who are these people, 802 00:45:56,987 --> 00:46:00,324 who are these monsters, who are these ghosts? 803 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,593 - And when I was a kid, I learned about the 804 00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:05,195 Bell Witch house where you can actually go and visit. 805 00:46:05,295 --> 00:46:07,164 So not only is her spirit present in the house, 806 00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:10,033 it's also present outside of the house. 807 00:46:10,134 --> 00:46:13,303 - A lot of people came to explore the Bell house, 808 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:15,973 including Andrew Jackson at one point. 809 00:46:16,073 --> 00:46:19,209 And what's really cool about this is they could hear 810 00:46:19,309 --> 00:46:22,679 the witch's voice from the woods. 811 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:26,717 There's a cave on the property that's still open to this day. 812 00:46:26,817 --> 00:46:28,919 You can go for tours. 813 00:46:29,019 --> 00:46:31,555 - People say that she might be hiding out there. 814 00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:35,859 When it comes to the Bell Witch, it almost worked in, 815 00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:39,229 like, the same way with demons or with spirits. 816 00:46:39,329 --> 00:46:41,965 They feed on your fear, whether it's an actual witch 817 00:46:42,065 --> 00:46:44,868 or a poltergeist, something was there and something 818 00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:47,037 was affecting these people 819 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:48,472 The question is, who she decides 820 00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:50,874 to show herself to next. 821 00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:53,510 For me, being a descendant, I'm a little scared. 822 00:46:53,610 --> 00:46:55,245 My anxiety goes up. 823 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:59,383 - NARRATOR: But what's an attack on an entire family 824 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:02,586 when this next beast sends shock waves of fear 825 00:47:02,686 --> 00:47:05,756 across an entire town... 826 00:47:05,856 --> 00:47:09,159 - NARRATOR:...that continues to spread across the entire nation? 827 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:14,264 And later, we're bringing you the most horrific 828 00:47:14,364 --> 00:47:17,968 monster of all, a beast whose name alone 829 00:47:18,068 --> 00:47:20,938 brings fear from coast to coast. 830 00:47:21,038 --> 00:47:24,174 - He is scary. Like, very scary. 831 00:47:24,274 --> 00:47:28,145 Mostly because I think it's the most likely to be real. 832 00:47:28,245 --> 00:47:34,618 - ♪ 833 00:47:39,389 --> 00:47:42,025 - NARRATOR: Some monsters go right for the kill. 834 00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:47,531 Others hold back and allow deadly events to take a toll. 835 00:47:47,631 --> 00:47:50,534 That's what haunts residents in West Virginia, 836 00:47:50,634 --> 00:47:53,470 who've laid eyes on the monster coming in at number four 837 00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:54,905 on our list. 838 00:47:56,106 --> 00:47:58,842 Some say he has the power to kill without lifting 839 00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:01,078 a finger. Watch out for the 840 00:48:01,178 --> 00:48:03,280 West Virginia moth man. 841 00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:07,951 - So the West Virginia moth man is probably one of the most 842 00:48:08,051 --> 00:48:10,587 popular cryptids out there. 843 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:13,323 - When you look at moth man and you hear about what he 844 00:48:13,423 --> 00:48:15,826 looks like, it almost sounds like he's a villain 845 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:18,262 in a comic book story. 846 00:48:18,362 --> 00:48:21,765 - Now, we're talking about a figure around seven feet tall, 847 00:48:21,865 --> 00:48:24,968 glowing red eyes, a 10-foot wingspan. 848 00:48:25,068 --> 00:48:29,439 Now, this is not a normal creature by any account. 849 00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:30,774 - NARRATOR: The story of 850 00:48:30,874 --> 00:48:34,111 the moth man emerges from the most unassuming of towns, 851 00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:37,281 Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 852 00:48:37,381 --> 00:48:39,883 - Point Pleasant is a very small town. 853 00:48:39,983 --> 00:48:43,186 It's really kinda centered on one main strip. 854 00:48:43,287 --> 00:48:47,224 Everybody knows everybody, kinda feel to the town. 855 00:48:47,324 --> 00:48:51,128 - And like a lot of rural towns, you don't have to go far 856 00:48:51,228 --> 00:48:54,097 outside of the outskirts of the city limits 857 00:48:54,197 --> 00:48:57,000 when things get wild and primitive. 858 00:48:58,168 --> 00:49:02,172 - NARRATOR: On November 15th, 1966, a group of friends 859 00:49:02,272 --> 00:49:05,108 drives out to a former munitions depot. 860 00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:08,312 That's when they see something bizarre. 861 00:49:08,412 --> 00:49:12,950 - At first glance, it looked like a tall, skinny human. 862 00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:16,119 but it didn't have a head on its shoulders 863 00:49:16,219 --> 00:49:19,256 - More of just a lump that came up out of the chest 864 00:49:19,356 --> 00:49:24,061 where the eyes were set, and these massive wings. 865 00:49:24,161 --> 00:49:25,662 - At first they didn't know what they were looking at 866 00:49:25,762 --> 00:49:27,497 and they picked up speed. What they didn't expect 867 00:49:27,597 --> 00:49:32,169 was this thing was gonna chase them and follow them. 868 00:49:32,269 --> 00:49:34,671 This creature took off and kept pace with their car, 869 00:49:34,771 --> 00:49:36,373 going about 100 miles per hour. 870 00:49:36,473 --> 00:49:39,109 They said that they could hear, basically, his wings 871 00:49:39,209 --> 00:49:41,645 hitting the side of the car as they were being 872 00:49:41,745 --> 00:49:42,913 chased by him. 873 00:49:43,013 --> 00:49:45,449 And as soon as they were able to get away, 874 00:49:45,549 --> 00:49:47,584 there was, like, that moment of debate whether or not 875 00:49:47,684 --> 00:49:51,722 to tell the police or anybody in town, oh, we saw this. 876 00:49:52,856 --> 00:49:55,726 - NARRATOR: The witnesses tell their unlikely story 877 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:58,862 that they were chased by a massive man-sized bird 878 00:49:58,962 --> 00:50:01,331 with red eyes. 879 00:50:01,431 --> 00:50:04,868 - Soon, dozens of people reported encountering 880 00:50:04,968 --> 00:50:09,172 this mysterious monster or apparition. 881 00:50:09,272 --> 00:50:12,142 When you have a car full of young people reporting it, 882 00:50:12,242 --> 00:50:14,678 that's one thing. But then, when you have other 883 00:50:14,778 --> 00:50:18,548 area people that had a solid reputation saying, 884 00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:21,485 oh, this this is real and it's out there, 885 00:50:21,585 --> 00:50:23,320 then it goes to a different level. 886 00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:27,157 - NARRATOR: With all those sightings, the moth man 887 00:50:27,257 --> 00:50:29,960 become a huge local news story. 888 00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:34,498 And soon, a national one, too. 889 00:50:34,598 --> 00:50:38,335 - Once it picked up traction, news reports started appearing 890 00:50:38,435 --> 00:50:41,538 about different sightings. People started fearing it. 891 00:50:41,638 --> 00:50:44,174 - So many people pointed to how the red eyes 892 00:50:44,274 --> 00:50:46,209 seemed to be hypnotizing them or putting them 893 00:50:46,309 --> 00:50:49,146 in some trance-like state. So the moth man definitely was 894 00:50:49,246 --> 00:50:51,314 a terrifying figure. 895 00:50:51,415 --> 00:50:54,217 - NARRATOR: The moth man fills people with fear, 896 00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:59,189 but also questions. What is this strange creature 897 00:50:59,289 --> 00:51:02,225 and where did it come from? 898 00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:06,229 - Some believed it was an escaped medical experiment 899 00:51:06,329 --> 00:51:09,766 Others believed it was not of this dimension 900 00:51:09,866 --> 00:51:13,103 or that it was a demon or demonic-like creature. 901 00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:16,640 - NARRATOR: Whatever its origin, the moth man 902 00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:21,011 is soon as common as coal in West Virginia. 903 00:51:21,111 --> 00:51:25,382 Still, it's not the only strange thing around. 904 00:51:25,482 --> 00:51:29,186 - There's UFO sightings all over West Virginia at the time 905 00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:33,156 And it all kinda culminates in 1967. 906 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:36,093 - People were seeing weird lights in the sky, 907 00:51:36,193 --> 00:51:39,229 darting about, changing in size, shape, and color. 908 00:51:40,330 --> 00:51:42,332 - NARRATOR: A little more than a year after that 909 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:45,569 first sighting, on December 15th, 1967, 910 00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:48,105 commuters are traveling along this bridge that 911 00:51:48,205 --> 00:51:50,941 borders West Virginia and Ohio when the legend 912 00:51:51,041 --> 00:51:54,244 of the moth man flies to new heights. 913 00:51:54,344 --> 00:51:58,548 - All of a sudden, people started reporting that 914 00:51:58,648 --> 00:52:02,152 they saw moth man flying back and forth across the river. 915 00:52:02,252 --> 00:52:04,654 And nobody knew why. Nobody knew why he was doing 916 00:52:04,754 --> 00:52:07,457 that, but then a couple seconds later, 917 00:52:07,557 --> 00:52:10,093 that's when they realized why. 918 00:52:10,193 --> 00:52:12,696 - NARRATOR: Witnesses watch in sheer horror 919 00:52:12,796 --> 00:52:16,099 as the bridge falls apart. 920 00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:18,368 - 46 people lost their lives in the collapse 921 00:52:18,468 --> 00:52:21,304 of Silver Bridge. Others were injured. 922 00:52:21,404 --> 00:52:23,140 Two of the missing were never found. 923 00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:25,842 And it has become an integral part of 924 00:52:25,942 --> 00:52:27,310 the moth man legend. 925 00:52:27,410 --> 00:52:30,313 - It was at that moment where people basically were like, 926 00:52:30,413 --> 00:52:34,117 okay, maybe he's a harbinger of death or an omen. 927 00:52:34,217 --> 00:52:36,920 So we're gonna see him whenever tragedy 928 00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:39,422 is about to happen. 929 00:52:39,523 --> 00:52:41,458 - NARRATOR: Others claim the moth man is actually 930 00:52:41,558 --> 00:52:44,194 a would-be savior, trying to alert people 931 00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:46,763 to the danger ahead. 932 00:52:46,863 --> 00:52:49,199 - There's a lot of debate whether or not moth man 933 00:52:49,299 --> 00:52:54,771 is the harbinger of doom or a warning to something. 934 00:52:54,871 --> 00:52:59,109 - It's possible that moth man came, gave his predictions, 935 00:52:59,209 --> 00:53:01,478 tried to save people from the bridge collapse, 936 00:53:01,578 --> 00:53:04,781 and then just disappeared 'cause his work was done. 937 00:53:04,881 --> 00:53:06,983 - NARRATOR: For years, moth man stays out of 938 00:53:07,083 --> 00:53:11,721 the public eye until decades later when word of a huge 939 00:53:11,821 --> 00:53:16,159 man-sized bird with dark red eyes began circulating 940 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:19,196 way beyond West Virginia. 941 00:53:19,296 --> 00:53:22,499 - Over the years, the moth man, its habitat 942 00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:25,235 seems to have grown. Where it started out 943 00:53:25,335 --> 00:53:28,038 as Point Pleasant on the outskirts of the town, 944 00:53:28,138 --> 00:53:31,274 now it covers a vast region. 945 00:53:31,374 --> 00:53:34,711 - Interestingly enough, the sightings have kind of 946 00:53:34,811 --> 00:53:39,082 moved in a northward pattern since 1967. 947 00:53:39,182 --> 00:53:41,318 - NARRATOR: Each one of these sightings shares something 948 00:53:41,418 --> 00:53:45,355 in common with that infamous bridge collapse. 949 00:53:45,455 --> 00:53:47,257 They all come just before some of the 950 00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:50,560 world's biggest disasters. 951 00:53:50,660 --> 00:53:53,730 - There are stories that the moth man appeared before 952 00:53:53,830 --> 00:53:56,800 the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl. 953 00:53:56,900 --> 00:54:01,638 - Another supposed sighting is right before 9/11 happened. 954 00:54:01,738 --> 00:54:03,640 - There as rumors and conspiracies, 955 00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:07,544 and at that point, it wasn't more of the fear of him, 956 00:54:07,644 --> 00:54:11,014 it was more of, like, oh, he's giving us warning. 957 00:54:11,114 --> 00:54:14,618 - NARRATOR: New moth man sightings continue to this day, 958 00:54:14,718 --> 00:54:18,221 and they show no signs of stopping. 959 00:54:18,321 --> 00:54:21,091 - Many legends have faded throughout history. 960 00:54:21,191 --> 00:54:24,527 If people are not interested in them, they don't start 961 00:54:24,628 --> 00:54:27,264 passing them down from generation to generation, 962 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:29,266 they disappear, they fade. 963 00:54:29,366 --> 00:54:31,501 The moth man is the exact opposite. 964 00:54:31,601 --> 00:54:34,404 It has only gained steam over the years. 965 00:54:34,504 --> 00:54:37,574 Also, the story reached Hollywood to the point where 966 00:54:37,674 --> 00:54:40,043 we ended up having a movie with Richard Gere in it. 967 00:54:42,279 --> 00:54:44,648 - NARRATOR: So, how fearful would you be 968 00:54:44,748 --> 00:54:47,717 to spot the moth man overhead? 969 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:50,520 - As a kid, I remembered I did live in fear of moth man 970 00:54:50,620 --> 00:54:55,425 and it did spur my fear of bridges at the same time, too. 971 00:54:55,525 --> 00:54:59,496 - So if moth man visits your town, the going theory 972 00:54:59,596 --> 00:55:01,531 is that it's the harbinger of doom. 973 00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:04,567 Maybe he's bringing a disaster with him, 974 00:55:04,668 --> 00:55:06,970 or maybe he's warning of it. But either way, 975 00:55:07,070 --> 00:55:08,571 a disaster's coming. 976 00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:11,408 - NARRATOR: Catching sight of the moth man is usually 977 00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:14,878 just the beginning of a nightmare. 978 00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:17,414 But our next ominous creature has racked up quite 979 00:55:17,514 --> 00:55:20,650 a haunting past of her own. 980 00:55:20,750 --> 00:55:23,353 One that she's more than willing to make you pay 981 00:55:23,453 --> 00:55:25,055 to help her forget. 982 00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:32,395 - NARRATOR: Our countdown of American's 10 scariest monsters 983 00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:34,831 has brought us face-to-face with beasts of all 984 00:55:34,931 --> 00:55:37,901 shapes and sizes. But there are only 985 00:55:38,001 --> 00:55:41,905 three monsters left, and they're the top of the heap 986 00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:45,408 for a reason. They're the most frightening, 987 00:55:45,508 --> 00:55:48,745 fear-inducing creates the country has to offer, 988 00:55:48,845 --> 00:55:52,115 even if that's not how some may seem on the surface. 989 00:55:55,652 --> 00:55:57,787 - NARRATOR: It might surprise you to learn that some 990 00:55:57,887 --> 00:55:59,923 describe this next supernatural being as 991 00:56:00,023 --> 00:56:03,526 the most beautiful woman they've ever seen. 992 00:56:03,626 --> 00:56:05,662 When they hear her wailing in the dark, 993 00:56:05,762 --> 00:56:07,997 they are tempted to run and help. 994 00:56:08,098 --> 00:56:10,100 But should you find yourself in this scenario 995 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,236 while visiting Arizona, you may be under the spell 996 00:56:13,336 --> 00:56:15,071 of number three on our list. 997 00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:19,309 In which case, the only place you should be running 998 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:22,879 is far away. 999 00:56:22,979 --> 00:56:25,081 Look out for La Llorona. 1000 00:56:26,249 --> 00:56:28,451 - La Llorona means the wailing woman 1001 00:56:28,551 --> 00:56:30,520 or the weeping woman 1002 00:56:30,620 --> 00:56:33,723 - The way that I heard the legend of La Llarona told 1003 00:56:33,823 --> 00:56:36,826 for the very first time when I was a kid is that 1004 00:56:36,926 --> 00:56:39,562 centuries ago, there was the most beautiful woman 1005 00:56:39,662 --> 00:56:42,966 in the world and her name was Maria. 1006 00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:44,968 - ♪ 1007 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:48,004 - She fell in love with a man, she was seduced 1008 00:56:48,104 --> 00:56:50,807 and became his mistress, and had children with him, 1009 00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:53,977 and they were very happy for awhile. 1010 00:56:54,077 --> 00:56:57,447 - Then, tragedy struck, either through the man 1011 00:56:57,547 --> 00:57:01,084 leaving her for another woman or mental illness 1012 00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:04,721 where she snapped, went psychotic, lost her mind. 1013 00:57:07,724 --> 00:57:13,797 - She was so enraged, and desperate, and furious, 1014 00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:17,267 and jealous, that she drowned the children 1015 00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:18,735 that she had had with him. 1016 00:57:18,835 --> 00:57:21,104 - ♪ 1017 00:57:23,173 --> 00:57:24,441 - ♪ 1018 00:57:24,541 --> 00:57:29,946 - And as punishment for this murder, 1019 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:33,783 she has been condemned to wander the night, 1020 00:57:33,883 --> 00:57:36,786 looking for her lost children. 1021 00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:40,690 - And so the legend goes that every night when it's 1022 00:57:40,790 --> 00:57:44,561 dark and foggy near a body of water, La Llarona appears 1023 00:57:44,661 --> 00:57:47,897 as this ghostly apparition that is crying. 1024 00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:49,799 - ♪ 1025 00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:51,868 - NARRATOR: To this day, there are countless sightings 1026 00:57:51,968 --> 00:57:55,638 of the weeping woman by the lake. 1027 00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:58,741 - She does appear very consistently, 1028 00:57:58,842 --> 00:58:00,710 ether it's near a lake or a river, 1029 00:58:00,810 --> 00:58:02,846 or whether it's in these more intimate spaces, 1030 00:58:02,946 --> 00:58:04,380 like behind people in their cars. 1031 00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:07,684 There are stories of teenagers waking up 1032 00:58:07,784 --> 00:58:09,786 and seeing La Llarona standing at the foot 1033 00:58:09,886 --> 00:58:13,723 of their bed, weeping. And so this idea that she, 1034 00:58:13,823 --> 00:58:15,592 she could be anywhere, that she could even 1035 00:58:15,692 --> 00:58:20,196 be in your home speaks to how powerful she is. 1036 00:58:22,031 --> 00:58:26,469 - La Llarona's normally spotted at night, but not always, 1037 00:58:26,569 --> 00:58:30,006 dressed in a gown, a nice flowing, 1038 00:58:30,106 --> 00:58:32,775 usually white gown. 1039 00:58:32,876 --> 00:58:35,078 - She's wearing this kind of wedding dress, 1040 00:58:35,178 --> 00:58:38,414 white and tattered, and she's often wearing a veil, 1041 00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:42,886 a white veil, and she has very, very long dark hair as well. 1042 00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:46,556 - Some people say that she is soaking wet because she 1043 00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:48,791 came out of that water. They say that she can 1044 00:58:48,892 --> 00:58:52,996 be beautiful or she can be scary-looking, like, old. 1045 00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:54,898 - So she really is quite chameleonic 1046 00:58:54,998 --> 00:58:57,166 and resourceful in that way. 1047 00:58:58,968 --> 00:59:01,371 - NARRATOR: Some say that her appearance changes 1048 00:59:01,471 --> 00:59:04,140 to suit each intended target. 1049 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,142 - When she appears to men, she's seen as a 1050 00:59:06,242 --> 00:59:10,280 very sexy woman, a very, very romanticized version 1051 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:11,781 of this woman. 1052 00:59:11,881 --> 00:59:15,084 - And most often, La Llorona is approaching people she wants 1053 00:59:15,184 --> 00:59:17,854 to offer moral guidance. 1054 00:59:17,954 --> 00:59:23,726 - So if one were to meet La Llorona after, say, 1055 00:59:23,826 --> 00:59:26,162 a night of drinking, or out of the road 1056 00:59:26,262 --> 00:59:29,265 when you should be at home, should you survive, 1057 00:59:29,365 --> 00:59:35,338 it's a very starling message that says, you know, 1058 00:59:35,438 --> 00:59:36,940 get your act together. 1059 00:59:38,341 --> 00:59:40,810 - Ideally, though, turn from their wicked ways. 1060 00:59:40,910 --> 00:59:42,712 If not, they'll pay the price. 1061 00:59:42,812 --> 00:59:45,214 They could die. They could just go insane 1062 00:59:45,315 --> 00:59:48,952 or just be mentally unstable for the rest of their life. 1063 00:59:49,052 --> 00:59:51,087 - NARRATOR: Witnesses say La Llorona also 1064 00:59:51,187 --> 00:59:53,823 targets children, still grieving over 1065 00:59:53,923 --> 00:59:56,159 the loss of her own. 1066 00:59:56,259 --> 00:59:59,162 - La Llorona might be the best babysitter 1067 00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:03,633 you could ask for. Parents use her as a way 1068 01:00:03,733 --> 01:00:06,302 to not only discipline their children, 1069 01:00:06,402 --> 01:00:10,306 but to keep them in line. That if you do not get home 1070 01:00:10,406 --> 01:00:14,077 when I ask, La Llorona will come looking for you. 1071 01:00:14,177 --> 01:00:16,212 - It's a mom thing, I think, too. 1072 01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:18,915 Mom's are scary. She's got that going on, too. 1073 01:00:19,015 --> 01:00:23,252 - ♪ 1074 01:00:23,353 --> 01:00:25,488 - NARRATOR: If reports are any indication, 1075 01:00:25,588 --> 01:00:29,225 La Llorona has no shortage of targets. 1076 01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:33,630 - We have well over 100 years of sightings of her. 1077 01:00:33,730 --> 01:00:36,466 She is alive. She is along the river. 1078 01:00:36,566 --> 01:00:40,236 She really is there. She's there. 1079 01:00:40,336 --> 01:00:42,872 - People believe in La Llorona and they always have, 1080 01:00:42,972 --> 01:00:44,907 and people always will. 1081 01:00:45,008 --> 01:00:49,646 But I've never seen any indication that this legend 1082 01:00:49,746 --> 01:00:51,881 is waning in its strength and popularity 1083 01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:54,951 and I'm sure it never will. 1084 01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:57,086 - NARRATOR: While people may have different ideas 1085 01:00:57,186 --> 01:01:00,523 of what La Llorona looks like, almost everyone can 1086 01:01:00,623 --> 01:01:05,228 agree on one thing. She's terrifying. 1087 01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:07,664 - Even though I may not be a male or a kid, 1088 01:01:07,764 --> 01:01:09,799 that does scare me a lot. Like, I wouldn't wanna 1089 01:01:09,899 --> 01:01:11,467 see her, I wouldn't wanna hear her. 1090 01:01:13,469 --> 01:01:16,439 - I would just be leary of her because encounters 1091 01:01:16,539 --> 01:01:20,143 with her don't tend to go well, and if you encounter her, 1092 01:01:20,243 --> 01:01:22,979 you probably shouldn't be doing what you're doing. 1093 01:01:26,482 --> 01:01:29,452 - NARRATOR: La Llorona may hold the southwest captive 1094 01:01:29,552 --> 01:01:31,621 with her frigid stare, 1095 01:01:31,721 --> 01:01:36,325 but in the tundra of Minnesota, there's an even colder monster. 1096 01:01:36,426 --> 01:01:39,829 - ♪ 1097 01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:41,597 - NARRATOR: Who's got an insatiable appetite 1098 01:01:41,698 --> 01:01:45,468 for only one thing, human flesh. 1099 01:01:45,568 --> 01:01:51,107 - ♪ 1100 01:01:55,578 --> 01:01:58,014 - ♪ 1101 01:01:58,114 --> 01:01:59,582 - NARRATOR: We're nearing the top of our 1102 01:01:59,682 --> 01:02:02,418 scariest monsters in America list, 1103 01:02:02,518 --> 01:02:06,422 and traveling way up north to track down our next beast. 1104 01:02:06,522 --> 01:02:09,459 Coming in at number two is a creature so vicious, 1105 01:02:09,559 --> 01:02:13,529 it's known to kill anyone that falls under its influence. 1106 01:02:13,629 --> 01:02:15,798 It's the Minnesota Wendigo. 1107 01:02:17,066 --> 01:02:20,002 - ♪ 1108 01:02:20,103 --> 01:02:23,773 - The Wendigo is the perfect emobodiment 1109 01:02:23,873 --> 01:02:28,177 of the harshness of the northern winters. 1110 01:02:28,277 --> 01:02:33,750 the subarctic, freezing temperatures, lack of food, 1111 01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:37,887 crippling wind, and snow, and ice. 1112 01:02:37,987 --> 01:02:41,190 - It shows up in time of famine during the winter, 1113 01:02:41,290 --> 01:02:44,827 when food is scare, people are at their weakest 1114 01:02:44,927 --> 01:02:48,030 mentally and physically. And that's when the Wendigo 1115 01:02:48,131 --> 01:02:52,235 will show up as this elemental creature of the winter, 1116 01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:54,337 of the cold. 1117 01:02:54,437 --> 01:02:57,073 - Many times it's seen as, like, this very tall being 1118 01:02:57,173 --> 01:03:00,243 with antlers, its teeth are super sharp. 1119 01:03:00,343 --> 01:03:03,579 I've also heard a lot of people say that he has no lips 1120 01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:06,482 because he's chewed them off because he's so hungry. 1121 01:03:06,582 --> 01:03:07,917 Oh my goodness. 1122 01:03:08,017 --> 01:03:10,686 - NARRATOR: And this skeleton on legs has some 1123 01:03:10,787 --> 01:03:12,522 surprising superpowers. 1124 01:03:14,323 --> 01:03:19,162 - He is supernaturally fast. He runs with the speed 1125 01:03:19,262 --> 01:03:21,230 of the wind. 1126 01:03:21,330 --> 01:03:24,700 - He has superhuman strength, can uproot trees, 1127 01:03:24,801 --> 01:03:27,537 can throw cars, things of that nature. 1128 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:31,407 - NARRATOR: The Wendigo also has super strong senses. 1129 01:03:31,507 --> 01:03:33,276 - They're gonna hear you coming a mile away, 1130 01:03:33,376 --> 01:03:35,845 they'll smell you before you even know they're there. 1131 01:03:37,446 --> 01:03:39,482 - NARRATOR: The Wendigo uses these tools to secure 1132 01:03:39,582 --> 01:03:42,318 its next meal. 1133 01:03:42,418 --> 01:03:45,321 But you won't find this beast munching on car bumpers, 1134 01:03:45,421 --> 01:03:48,958 like South Carolina's lizard man. 1135 01:03:49,058 --> 01:03:51,060 It takes something far more sinister to sate 1136 01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:53,396 the Wendigo's appetite. 1137 01:03:56,232 --> 01:03:59,001 - What sets the Wendigo apart from nearly every other 1138 01:03:59,101 --> 01:04:02,438 monster is that while other monsters may have 1139 01:04:02,538 --> 01:04:06,742 sinister motives and plans, the Wendigo has one goal 1140 01:04:06,843 --> 01:04:11,013 and one goal only, devour human flesh. 1141 01:04:12,215 --> 01:04:15,184 - It needs to eat, it needs to feed. 1142 01:04:15,284 --> 01:04:18,921 - Eat flesh, eat flesh, consume, consume, consume. 1143 01:04:19,021 --> 01:04:21,891 - It's not actively in the background going about 1144 01:04:21,991 --> 01:04:25,795 its own business. We are its business. 1145 01:04:25,895 --> 01:04:27,496 And it's looking for us. 1146 01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:33,169 - ♪ 1147 01:04:33,269 --> 01:04:35,938 - NARRATOR: This taste for human flesh draws comparisons 1148 01:04:36,038 --> 01:04:39,408 to another well-known monster. 1149 01:04:39,508 --> 01:04:41,711 - A lot of people make the comparison between 1150 01:04:41,811 --> 01:04:44,013 zombies and Wendigo. 1151 01:04:44,113 --> 01:04:47,383 And although maybe by appearance they seem 1152 01:04:47,483 --> 01:04:50,253 semi-similar, skeletal and gaunt, 1153 01:04:50,353 --> 01:04:52,588 but where zombies are thought to be mindless 1154 01:04:52,688 --> 01:04:55,458 creatures of the undead, the Wendigo is thought 1155 01:04:55,558 --> 01:04:57,927 to be very intelligent. 1156 01:04:58,027 --> 01:05:01,264 - So they're cunning as well as ravenous. 1157 01:05:05,268 --> 01:05:07,737 - MALE: Possible Wendigo caught on camera. 1158 01:05:07,837 --> 01:05:10,139 - ♪ 1159 01:05:10,239 --> 01:05:12,575 - He's basically, like, the best hunter you 1160 01:05:12,675 --> 01:05:14,010 could ever think of. He has thought of it all 1161 01:05:14,110 --> 01:05:17,413 and he knows exactly how to get to his prey. 1162 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:22,285 - NARRATOR: Along with its size, strength, and speed, 1163 01:05:22,385 --> 01:05:26,722 the Wendigo has another weapon, its brain. 1164 01:05:26,822 --> 01:05:31,827 This beast can play some pretty clever mind games. 1165 01:05:31,928 --> 01:05:35,631 - One of the beliefs is that the Wendigo has the ability 1166 01:05:35,731 --> 01:05:39,101 to mimic human voices. 1167 01:05:39,201 --> 01:05:42,638 - If you hear a friend's voice but you know that they are 1168 01:05:42,738 --> 01:05:46,642 either further away from you or they're not with you at all, 1169 01:05:46,742 --> 01:05:49,445 you do not listen to that voice, you do not listen to it. 1170 01:05:49,545 --> 01:05:52,381 It's a lure. It's trying to bait you 1171 01:05:52,481 --> 01:05:54,784 to come to it so that it can eat you. 1172 01:05:54,884 --> 01:05:58,621 - ♪ 1173 01:05:58,721 --> 01:06:00,556 - NARRATOR: So if you're out wandering in the 1174 01:06:00,656 --> 01:06:04,460 snow-covered woods, how do you know if there's a Wendigo 1175 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:09,031 on your trail? Just follow your nose. 1176 01:06:09,131 --> 01:06:12,101 - The Wendigo, it has a very putrid smell. 1177 01:06:12,201 --> 01:06:16,105 Many people have equated it to rotting flesh. 1178 01:06:16,205 --> 01:06:19,175 - There's another sign the Wendigo is nearby. 1179 01:06:19,275 --> 01:06:22,178 Even in the bitter cold, you'll feel the temperature 1180 01:06:22,278 --> 01:06:25,681 take a sharp and sudden drop. 1181 01:06:25,781 --> 01:06:27,984 - He has a heart made of ice. 1182 01:06:28,084 --> 01:06:32,922 And you know he's around because often he'll bring 1183 01:06:33,022 --> 01:06:36,325 winter storms or cold with him. 1184 01:06:36,425 --> 01:06:39,362 - NARRATOR: But perhaps the most difficult sign to ignore 1185 01:06:39,462 --> 01:06:42,365 is the piercing shriek of a Wendigo just before 1186 01:06:42,465 --> 01:06:45,267 he attacks. 1187 01:06:45,368 --> 01:06:48,604 - Hearing the Wendigo scream, someone you know is 1188 01:06:48,704 --> 01:06:52,008 going to die very shortly. 1189 01:06:52,108 --> 01:06:53,809 - NARRATOR: If you do find yourself facing off 1190 01:06:53,909 --> 01:06:57,546 against a Wendigo, what next? 1191 01:06:57,646 --> 01:07:00,950 Step one, panic. 1192 01:07:01,050 --> 01:07:05,054 Step two, look for something sharp. 1193 01:07:05,154 --> 01:07:07,089 - You need some way to take out his heart, 1194 01:07:07,189 --> 01:07:10,059 because that is the source of its possession. 1195 01:07:10,159 --> 01:07:13,195 And because in many tellings, the Wendigo's heart 1196 01:07:13,295 --> 01:07:15,331 is made of ice. 1197 01:07:15,431 --> 01:07:17,433 - The most common way to defend yourself against 1198 01:07:17,533 --> 01:07:21,103 a Wendigo, if you're able to is to cut out their heart 1199 01:07:21,203 --> 01:07:23,072 and melt it over a fire. 1200 01:07:25,508 --> 01:07:28,110 However, if this thing is real, I don't think anyone 1201 01:07:28,210 --> 01:07:30,212 is getting close enough to it to do that before 1202 01:07:30,312 --> 01:07:31,881 it tears you apart. 1203 01:07:31,981 --> 01:07:35,151 - ♪ 1204 01:07:35,251 --> 01:07:37,353 - To kill a Wendigo, I mean, good luck. 1205 01:07:40,156 --> 01:07:41,457 - NARRATOR: To all who know him, 1206 01:07:41,557 --> 01:07:43,492 the Wendigo is the kind of creature you never 1207 01:07:43,592 --> 01:07:47,963 want to meet on a cold winter's day or night. 1208 01:07:48,064 --> 01:07:50,900 - He eats humans. So in a sense, if I were 1209 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:52,802 to come face-to-face with a Wendigo, 1210 01:07:52,902 --> 01:07:55,271 nobody would see me right after that because I'm gone. 1211 01:07:55,371 --> 01:07:57,206 I'm dinner, basically. 1212 01:07:58,274 --> 01:08:01,544 - The Wendigo, there's nothing like it ever. 1213 01:08:01,644 --> 01:08:04,447 It's the scariest, most terrifying, 1214 01:08:04,547 --> 01:08:07,850 deadliest monster I hope you never encounter. 1215 01:08:08,851 --> 01:08:10,853 - But there's still one slot in our top 10 1216 01:08:10,953 --> 01:08:13,389 scariest monsters countdown. 1217 01:08:13,489 --> 01:08:16,292 And we've saved the worst for last. 1218 01:08:17,393 --> 01:08:21,063 Up next is a cryptid that needs no introduction. 1219 01:08:21,163 --> 01:08:24,266 It's a monster as American as apple pie, 1220 01:08:24,366 --> 01:08:26,569 but a whole lot deadlier. 1221 01:08:26,669 --> 01:08:30,406 - ♪ 1222 01:08:34,743 --> 01:08:36,779 - NARRATOR: We've used our map of monsters to find 1223 01:08:36,879 --> 01:08:39,915 the scariest creatures around. 1224 01:08:40,015 --> 01:08:41,750 From the Louisiana bayou... 1225 01:08:41,851 --> 01:08:45,554 - ♪ 1226 01:08:45,654 --> 01:08:51,460 - NARRATOR:...to small town West Virginia, 1227 01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:54,330 the icy plains of Minnesota... 1228 01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:57,633 - ♪ 1229 01:08:57,733 --> 01:09:00,636 - NARRATOR:...to the New Jersey pine barons. 1230 01:09:04,206 --> 01:09:06,008 Now we're going to the home turf of 1231 01:09:06,108 --> 01:09:09,345 the scariest monster of all. 1232 01:09:09,445 --> 01:09:12,815 Coming in at number one on our top 10 countdown, 1233 01:09:12,915 --> 01:09:16,318 it's the biggest, baddest, beast of them all. 1234 01:09:17,686 --> 01:09:21,457 Watch out for the Washington Bigfoot. 1235 01:09:23,492 --> 01:09:25,561 - If cryptozoology had a poster child, 1236 01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:28,063 that poster child would definitely be Bigfoot 1237 01:09:28,164 --> 01:09:30,399 or Sasquatch. 1238 01:09:30,499 --> 01:09:35,237 - Bigfoot is a large humanoid creature, 1239 01:09:35,337 --> 01:09:38,741 and he inhabits wooded areas. 1240 01:09:39,975 --> 01:09:42,811 - We have accounts of these creatures being very large, 1241 01:09:42,912 --> 01:09:47,449 very muscular and bulky. These are apex predators 1242 01:09:47,550 --> 01:09:50,052 when it comes down to it. The king of the forest, 1243 01:09:50,152 --> 01:09:55,491 if you will, because they are the largest thing out there. 1244 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:57,626 - A lot of people equate his appearance to maybe that 1245 01:09:57,726 --> 01:10:00,596 of a gorilla, maybe that of a bear. 1246 01:10:00,696 --> 01:10:03,699 It makes you question, am I in danger? 1247 01:10:08,337 --> 01:10:10,105 - NARRATOR: Tales of these towering creatures 1248 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,708 go all the way back to Indigenous people 1249 01:10:12,808 --> 01:10:15,244 who believe that Bigfoot stands as a reminder 1250 01:10:15,344 --> 01:10:18,013 of the untamed beast within us all. 1251 01:10:19,682 --> 01:10:23,686 - Most of the more respected theories about 1252 01:10:23,786 --> 01:10:27,389 where Bigfoot came from is that it's practically 1253 01:10:27,489 --> 01:10:30,759 a missing link, if you will, a part of our chain 1254 01:10:30,859 --> 01:10:34,263 of evolution that has been hidden. 1255 01:10:37,032 --> 01:10:39,368 - NARRATOR: Over the years, increased sightings 1256 01:10:39,468 --> 01:10:44,273 of these savage creators have led to rising panic. 1257 01:10:44,373 --> 01:10:46,976 - There were all kinds of accounts in cities 1258 01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:50,980 and towns across America where they were encountering 1259 01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:56,252 giant hairy men, covers in hair from top to bottom. 1260 01:10:56,352 --> 01:10:58,721 They named them wild men of the woods. 1261 01:10:58,821 --> 01:11:01,423 And when they started seeing thee creatures, 1262 01:11:01,523 --> 01:11:03,626 they took it in a little different manner that 1263 01:11:03,726 --> 01:11:05,928 they're fearful, they're something that 1264 01:11:06,028 --> 01:11:08,530 should be hunted. 1265 01:11:08,631 --> 01:11:11,634 They have a very long gait, they're very quick 1266 01:11:11,734 --> 01:11:14,837 when they want to be, very strong. 1267 01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:17,306 And I think for a lot of people, that's the fear 1268 01:11:17,406 --> 01:11:18,741 of encountering them. 1269 01:11:18,841 --> 01:11:22,878 - ♪ 1270 01:11:22,978 --> 01:11:24,780 - There are violent reports. 1271 01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:28,917 For example, 1924 up near Mount St. Helens, 1272 01:11:29,018 --> 01:11:33,289 these gold miners were setting up their mine 1273 01:11:33,389 --> 01:11:36,125 and they are surrounded by ape men, 1274 01:11:36,225 --> 01:11:38,961 which throw rocks at the cabin, 1275 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:41,430 punching the walls of the cabin, trying to get in, 1276 01:11:41,530 --> 01:11:43,599 trying to break the door down. They're shooting 1277 01:11:43,699 --> 01:11:47,536 at them with rifles up until daybreak when they go away. 1278 01:11:47,636 --> 01:11:50,139 When they come out of the cabin, 1279 01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:54,510 they find long footprints on the ground 1280 01:11:54,610 --> 01:11:56,512 all surrounding the cabin. 1281 01:11:58,981 --> 01:12:02,318 - NARRATOR: But it wasn't until the 1950s that one 1282 01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:06,121 close encounter gave the beast a new name. 1283 01:12:06,221 --> 01:12:12,328 - 1958, a man named Jerry Crew and his logging crew 1284 01:12:12,428 --> 01:12:14,697 all began to experience some strange things. 1285 01:12:14,797 --> 01:12:18,200 They wake up in the morning and find their oil canisters, 1286 01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:22,504 and I mean, 45-gallon oil drums tossed into the creek below. 1287 01:12:22,604 --> 01:12:25,641 And a couple people report seeing a large 1288 01:12:25,741 --> 01:12:28,544 humanoid-like creature. They're finding large, 1289 01:12:28,644 --> 01:12:30,512 human-like footprints. 1290 01:12:30,612 --> 01:12:32,681 A journalist named Andrew Gonzoli comes up 1291 01:12:32,781 --> 01:12:36,719 with the term Bigfoot and that catches fire. 1292 01:12:36,819 --> 01:12:43,459 - ♪ 1293 01:12:43,559 --> 01:12:46,862 - There are different beliefs as to what Bigfoot is. 1294 01:12:46,962 --> 01:12:49,631 Some believe that Bigfoot is, perhaps, 1295 01:12:49,732 --> 01:12:51,934 an interdimensional being that comes in and out 1296 01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:55,371 of our reality at will. 1297 01:12:55,471 --> 01:12:57,473 - NARRATOR: It's this supernatural ability that 1298 01:12:57,573 --> 01:13:00,042 might help explain why sightings of Bigfoot 1299 01:13:00,142 --> 01:13:04,046 now stretch way beyond the Pacific northwest. 1300 01:13:04,146 --> 01:13:08,150 - You have the east coast variety, often called pine apes. 1301 01:13:08,250 --> 01:13:12,287 You have, down in the south in the swamps in Louisiana, 1302 01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:16,625 actually, it's called, uh, the skunk ape. 1303 01:13:16,725 --> 01:13:19,428 - A lot of the time people feel like they're feeling watched. 1304 01:13:19,528 --> 01:13:21,663 And I think all of us as human beings can feel 1305 01:13:21,764 --> 01:13:23,999 kind of off when we feel like somebody is staring 1306 01:13:24,099 --> 01:13:27,035 at us unwarranted. People say, I didn't see him, 1307 01:13:27,136 --> 01:13:29,238 but I felt him. I know he was interested. 1308 01:13:29,338 --> 01:13:31,807 I know he was watching. 1309 01:13:31,907 --> 01:13:33,709 - I believe that Bigfoot is something we should 1310 01:13:33,809 --> 01:13:36,779 be cautious of. It is not uncommon to find 1311 01:13:36,879 --> 01:13:40,549 deer out in the woods that have had their livers ripped out. 1312 01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:47,055 - NARRATOR: One boy from east Tennessee actually came 1313 01:13:47,156 --> 01:13:50,726 face-to-face with this colossal creature. 1314 01:13:50,826 --> 01:13:54,930 Though it was nearly 15 years ago, his dad, 1315 01:13:55,030 --> 01:13:59,101 Matt Seeber will remember the day forever. 1316 01:13:59,201 --> 01:14:01,737 - As a lot of young kids do in the summertime, 1317 01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:05,073 they play video games all night and they sleep all day. 1318 01:14:05,174 --> 01:14:07,309 So he was doing a chore for me in the middle 1319 01:14:07,409 --> 01:14:09,311 of the night. And as he was doing that, 1320 01:14:09,411 --> 01:14:12,648 a Sasquatch, a Bigfoot approached him. 1321 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:16,819 - NARRATOR: The 15-year-old stood there, stunned 1322 01:14:16,919 --> 01:14:21,490 as he considered this creature's frightening reputation. 1323 01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:22,825 - It is very possible 1324 01:14:22,925 --> 01:14:24,827 that they could have a violent streak. 1325 01:14:24,927 --> 01:14:27,296 I've heard some stories of some pretty chilling experiences 1326 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:29,198 where some violence took place. 1327 01:14:29,298 --> 01:14:31,733 Uh, people were actually killed. 1328 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:35,671 - You have to remember, you're on their turf. 1329 01:14:35,771 --> 01:14:39,341 - NARRATOR: Luckily, Matt says his son was able to slip away 1330 01:14:39,441 --> 01:14:44,246 without injury, but the encounter left a lasting mark. 1331 01:14:44,346 --> 01:14:46,615 - My son, who's now in his 30s, uh, 1332 01:14:46,715 --> 01:14:49,985 does not go outside at night. It is truly messed 1333 01:14:50,085 --> 01:14:51,820 with his mind. He's afraid of the dark, 1334 01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:53,989 basically, and he's a grown man. 1335 01:14:57,326 --> 01:14:59,595 - NARRATOR: It's incidents like these that have led 1336 01:14:59,695 --> 01:15:02,764 one man from east Tennessee to take action. 1337 01:15:02,865 --> 01:15:04,766 - So this is the only Bigfoot patrol car 1338 01:15:04,867 --> 01:15:08,704 in the country It's a 2005 lifted 1339 01:15:08,804 --> 01:15:11,139 Ford Crown Victoria. Um, it's a police interceptor. 1340 01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:14,710 It's a retired Missouri State Trooper car. 1341 01:15:14,810 --> 01:15:17,980 - Nate's modified this cruiser with everything you'd need 1342 01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:21,383 to take the world's most dangerous passenger. 1343 01:15:21,483 --> 01:15:23,352 - It still has the prison partition 1344 01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:25,354 it has the plastic seats in the back, 1345 01:15:25,454 --> 01:15:27,856 it has steel door panels and window bars. 1346 01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:31,260 We also added the K9 window bars in the back window, 1347 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,495 which are super rare. Took me about three years 1348 01:15:33,595 --> 01:15:35,764 to finally get my hands on them. 1349 01:15:35,864 --> 01:15:37,466 He could break out of a regular car door 1350 01:15:37,566 --> 01:15:39,234 if he wanted to. 1351 01:15:40,269 --> 01:15:42,804 - NARRATOR: Even with his Bigfoot-proof vehicle, 1352 01:15:42,905 --> 01:15:45,707 Nate's hoping he'll never have to make a Sasquatch 1353 01:15:45,807 --> 01:15:47,276 citizen's arrest. 1354 01:15:47,376 --> 01:15:50,546 - I don't feel like it's a smart idea to mess with a 1355 01:15:50,646 --> 01:15:52,915 creature that's at least twice my height 1356 01:15:53,015 --> 01:15:54,683 and probably three times my weight. 1357 01:15:54,783 --> 01:15:56,418 I'm not a tiny guy, but that scares 1358 01:15:56,518 --> 01:15:58,320 the crap outta me. 1359 01:15:58,420 --> 01:16:04,760 - ♪ 1360 01:16:04,860 --> 01:16:06,795 - This is a creature at the top of the food chain 1361 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:10,766 that can take you down as easily as a grizzly would. 1362 01:16:10,866 --> 01:16:15,871 I think that they are very powerful creatures 1363 01:16:15,971 --> 01:16:20,208 that deserve to be respected and approached with 1364 01:16:20,309 --> 01:16:21,310 a great deal of caution. 1365 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:24,046 - ♪ 1366 01:16:24,146 --> 01:16:27,316 - NARRATOR: Fear and fascination of this furry beast continue 1367 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:30,018 to fuel Bigfoot's cultural appeal. 1368 01:16:30,118 --> 01:16:32,421 He's now the headliner at festivals all 1369 01:16:32,521 --> 01:16:34,323 around the country. 1370 01:16:34,423 --> 01:16:37,993 - I think this festival has a lot of draw to it because, 1371 01:16:38,093 --> 01:16:41,863 um, Bigfoot's really mysterious and interesting. 1372 01:16:41,964 --> 01:16:44,700 - The dimensions are the pictures of the foot 1373 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:48,270 at that point, uh, convinces me there is 1374 01:16:48,370 --> 01:16:49,972 something out there. 1375 01:16:50,072 --> 01:16:51,640 - At an event like this, you get to be around 1376 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:55,377 like-minded people, of course, and sharing stories, 1377 01:16:55,477 --> 01:16:56,812 different techniques. 1378 01:16:56,912 --> 01:16:58,747 - And we get to listen to other people and their tips. 1379 01:16:58,847 --> 01:17:01,283 And we can share what we do, you know, 1380 01:17:01,383 --> 01:17:03,018 and learn a lot that way. 1381 01:17:05,554 --> 01:17:07,856 - NARRATOR: But is it enough to prepare any one of these 1382 01:17:07,956 --> 01:17:11,093 people for encountering Bigfoot in the wild? 1383 01:17:11,193 --> 01:17:13,328 - Very often, these people who see these creatures are just 1384 01:17:13,428 --> 01:17:15,964 going about their business They're walking their dogs, 1385 01:17:16,064 --> 01:17:18,734 they're on their way home from work or going to work. 1386 01:17:18,834 --> 01:17:21,737 They're out visiting family members 1387 01:17:21,837 --> 01:17:25,107 - He is often spotted at a distance. 1388 01:17:25,207 --> 01:17:30,045 Eyewitness reports suggest that he makes various noises, 1389 01:17:30,145 --> 01:17:33,115 like knocking, sometimes whistling. 1390 01:17:33,215 --> 01:17:36,785 - 1391 01:17:36,885 --> 01:17:38,286 - MALE: Hear that? 1392 01:17:41,289 --> 01:17:42,991 - MALE: I think I heard a knock that time, too. 1393 01:17:43,091 --> 01:17:45,827 - Sometime a screech or a scream can be heard 1394 01:17:45,927 --> 01:17:47,229 off in the woods. 1395 01:17:47,329 --> 01:17:51,833 - 1396 01:17:55,037 --> 01:17:56,938 - MALE: I think it's time to go. 1397 01:18:01,677 --> 01:18:05,347 - Sometimes people who see Bigfoot also see 1398 01:18:05,447 --> 01:18:08,150 these balls of light... - FEMALE: Okay, I found it. 1399 01:18:08,250 --> 01:18:11,153 - ...that are near that area right before, or after, 1400 01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:13,889 or during their Bigfoot sighting. 1401 01:18:13,989 --> 01:18:15,824 - FEMALE: This is interesting. Can you see? See that? 1402 01:18:20,295 --> 01:18:22,898 - The balls of light that people are seeing, 1403 01:18:22,998 --> 01:18:24,766 they are sometimes different colors. 1404 01:18:24,866 --> 01:18:27,169 There's the green ones that are, they look very much 1405 01:18:27,269 --> 01:18:29,771 like the same color green that's in a traffic light. 1406 01:18:29,871 --> 01:18:33,075 And it happens so frequently that the locals there 1407 01:18:33,175 --> 01:18:36,511 had developed a saying of, when the green lights appear, 1408 01:18:36,611 --> 01:18:38,180 Bigfoot is near. 1409 01:18:39,948 --> 01:18:42,317 - NARRATOR: North Dakota resident, Jen Crews has yet 1410 01:18:42,417 --> 01:18:45,454 to see Bigfoot up close, but she's determined 1411 01:18:45,554 --> 01:18:49,758 to face her fear, which is why she put together a team 1412 01:18:49,858 --> 01:18:52,561 known as the She Squatchers to track down 1413 01:18:52,661 --> 01:18:55,063 this elusive cryptid. 1414 01:18:55,931 --> 01:18:57,032 - I thought, well, I'll give this a try. 1415 01:18:57,132 --> 01:18:59,267 I'll find some ladies to go out with me. 1416 01:18:59,367 --> 01:19:02,404 We found a place where somebody had had 1417 01:19:02,504 --> 01:19:05,874 a recent encounter. And it was fairly close 1418 01:19:05,974 --> 01:19:09,711 to where I lived on the Cast Lake Indian Reservation. 1419 01:19:09,811 --> 01:19:12,214 A Native man had been fishing in his canoe 1420 01:19:12,314 --> 01:19:14,916 and there was a large Sasquatch that was about 1421 01:19:15,016 --> 01:19:17,586 knee-deep in the shallows of the water that was 1422 01:19:17,686 --> 01:19:20,989 aggressively moving towards him as he was coming into shore. 1423 01:19:22,591 --> 01:19:25,060 - NARRATOR: One night, Jen and her team prowled 1424 01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:27,896 the woods near that lake, tempting the beast 1425 01:19:27,996 --> 01:19:30,465 to make a repeat appearance. 1426 01:19:31,533 --> 01:19:34,369 - When we were driving along this little road, 1427 01:19:34,469 --> 01:19:36,905 I started feeling this interesting sensation that 1428 01:19:37,005 --> 01:19:39,808 I had never felt before. And so we stopped the car, 1429 01:19:39,908 --> 01:19:43,879 we got out. It was so dark that we couldn't 1430 01:19:43,979 --> 01:19:46,181 see anything. And so I had my equipment 1431 01:19:46,281 --> 01:19:49,017 in hand already, and one of the girls handed me 1432 01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:53,088 this thermal camera. Now I'm pointing it out 1433 01:19:53,188 --> 01:19:55,023 in front of the car. And on the left side 1434 01:19:55,123 --> 01:19:57,058 of the road, right where the tree line is, 1435 01:19:57,159 --> 01:19:58,994 maybe about 50 feet in front of the car, 1436 01:19:59,094 --> 01:20:01,963 there was somebody standing there. 1437 01:20:02,063 --> 01:20:04,132 So when I first saw it, I thought it was one 1438 01:20:04,232 --> 01:20:06,968 of my team members, because it looked like a person. 1439 01:20:07,068 --> 01:20:08,937 It was a humanoid shape. 1440 01:20:09,037 --> 01:20:12,040 - NARRATOR: Jen says she soon took a closer look 1441 01:20:12,140 --> 01:20:15,177 and realized it wasn't one of her teammates. 1442 01:20:15,277 --> 01:20:19,147 In fact, it wasn't human at all. 1443 01:20:19,247 --> 01:20:23,585 - It had more of a conal-shaped head, very thick trapezius, 1444 01:20:23,685 --> 01:20:27,022 almost like it had no neck whatsoever and wide shoulders. 1445 01:20:27,122 --> 01:20:29,958 So I put the camera down and I looked just to see 1446 01:20:30,058 --> 01:20:33,361 if I could see it with my eyes, and I didn't. 1447 01:20:33,461 --> 01:20:36,097 But then I put the camera back up and it's gone. 1448 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:42,103 - NARRATOR: Some say Jen was lucky she walked away 1449 01:20:42,204 --> 01:20:46,107 without a scratch. Next time might be different. 1450 01:20:47,542 --> 01:20:50,145 If we really think about, like, the food web, right, 1451 01:20:50,245 --> 01:20:52,514 he's clearly bigger than us and stronger than us, 1452 01:20:52,614 --> 01:20:55,684 then we would be next in line. 1453 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:58,353 - Bigfoot is scary, like, very scary, 1454 01:20:58,453 --> 01:21:01,823 mostly because I think it's the most likely to be real 1455 01:21:01,923 --> 01:21:04,860 of all the ones that I've looked into. 1456 01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:06,761 I mean, you're talking about something that could 1457 01:21:06,862 --> 01:21:09,264 sneak up on you completely silently 1458 01:21:09,364 --> 01:21:14,336 and just watch you. That is so terrifying. 1459 01:21:16,104 --> 01:21:18,240 - NARRATOR: What's most terrifying of all is that 1460 01:21:18,340 --> 01:21:23,178 nobody has ever been able to catch Bigfoot. 1461 01:21:23,278 --> 01:21:28,350 At least not anyone who's lived to tell the tale. 1462 01:21:28,450 --> 01:21:30,318 - We don't know what happened to these people 1463 01:21:30,418 --> 01:21:33,288 if Bigfoot has gotten them, if Bigfoot has eaten them. 1464 01:21:33,388 --> 01:21:35,357 It's crazy. 1465 01:21:35,457 --> 01:21:37,459 - NARRATOR: But even if a trip to Washington isn't 1466 01:21:37,559 --> 01:21:41,663 on your bucket list, America's scariest monsters 1467 01:21:41,763 --> 01:21:44,566 are closer than you think. 1468 01:21:44,666 --> 01:21:46,034 - MALE: What the hell is that? 1469 01:21:47,569 --> 01:21:48,703 - MALE: That ain't right. 1470 01:21:50,171 --> 01:21:52,374 - MALE: Get in the house! Get in the house! 1471 01:21:52,474 --> 01:21:54,476 - You know, no matter who you are, no matter where 1472 01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:57,345 you are, at any point in time you could experience something 1473 01:21:57,445 --> 01:21:59,881 that is far outside the realm of what we consider 1474 01:21:59,981 --> 01:22:01,549 to be . 1475 01:22:01,650 --> 01:22:05,921 - ♪ 1476 01:22:06,021 --> 01:22:09,090 - MALE: Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. 1477 01:22:11,459 --> 01:22:14,162 - That not knowing, that wanting to know 1478 01:22:14,262 --> 01:22:17,299 propels people forward. 1479 01:22:17,399 --> 01:22:19,935 You want to be scared. You want to go 1480 01:22:20,035 --> 01:22:23,471 and experience that monster that can't be found 1481 01:22:23,571 --> 01:22:25,106 anywhere else. 1482 01:22:25,206 --> 01:22:28,076 - It's the last bit of mystery left in the world. 1483 01:22:28,176 --> 01:22:31,079 Things that are nocturnal and run around at night, 1484 01:22:31,179 --> 01:22:33,648 I mean, what is that, if not a monster? 1485 01:22:35,784 --> 01:22:46,494 - ♪ 1486 01:23:55,563 --> 01:23:58,466 - ♪