1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,300 On this episode of Destination Truth, Josh and his team travel to Romania, the gothic motherland of vampires, ghosts, and a legendary beast that locals claim is all too real. 2 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:13,000 People still believe in these creatures. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:13,500 Yes. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Chasing reports made by remote mountain villagers, can Josh uncover the truth behind this historic howler? 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Evan, watch out! 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:21,500 Whoa! 7 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:22,000 What?! 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Evan?! 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Next, the team traverses the globe to northern Chile, where they embark on an epic adventure in search of what locals claim is a terrifying creature that has survived extinction. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 It just stood in front of the car and then it looked over before it walked away. 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Does Josh discover something from the Jurassic period roaming the desert in South America? 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,000 There's something in there. 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Oh, God! 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 I'm Josh Gates. 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things, and I've done some things I can't quite explain. 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Okay, don't... 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Oh! 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries. 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, but I know what I'm looking for. 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,000 The truth. 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:16,000 To most people, werewolves are regarded as fictional creatures that shift from man to beast, howl at the moon, and can only be killed with a silver bullet. 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,000 But to many people living in Romania, werewolves are very real and very dangerous predators. 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 A hidden species that has defied observation by science. 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:31,000 The werewolf is a pillar of Romanian mythology, but could people be mistaking regular wolves or even bears for this nocturnal monster? 25 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:44,000 And while it might sound crazy that people here really do believe, recently residents in a Romanian village were so terrified that they unearthed a human corpse, removed its heart, and drank its blood as part of an arcane ritual to ward off the creature. 26 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:53,000 But the most recent reports of werewolf sightings are emerging from deep in the forest, near the rural Romanian town of Brad, where terrified locals recently abandoned a mountain village. 27 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Compiling all of our eyewitness accounts, we were able to produce this digital mock-up of what we'd be looking for. 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 The werewolf is believed to be a fast runner, with an incredibly aggressive disposition. 29 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000 He is thought to stalk isolated Romanian forests in the dead of night. 30 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 This broad-chested beast is believed to have a canine anatomy. 31 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Its body covered in a coat of dark fur that conceals it at night. 32 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:20,000 It is reported to rise up on two legs when it attacks its victims, and his muzzle is larger and broader than a normal wolf. 33 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 His distinct call can be heard for miles, though he usually works alone. 34 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,000 His place in folklore is undeniable, but could this legend be based in reality? 35 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,000 My team and I headed out to expose the identity of this elusive creature of the night. 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:38,000 From Los Angeles, we flew 20 hours head at east to Bucharest, Romania. 37 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 How do these things get so dirty? 38 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 It's like a monkey-sh** in these cases. 39 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 That is a werewolf. 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 After being momentarily detained at customs, 41 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,000 This is where you end up when you mark purpose of visit, a werewolf hunting. 42 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 We hit the streets to begin our search. 43 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Here, in the center of Bucharest, surrounded by old-world architecture, it's almost impossible not to think of werewolves. 44 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 After all, this is Van Helsing country. 45 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Josh, I don't know if the middle of the day is the best time to look for a werewolf in the middle of the city. 46 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 And that's when you don't expect a werewolf, Mike. 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 You think, I'm not going to find one, and then suddenly, 48 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Rrraaarrrr! 49 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Paranormal, awful, walrus, 50 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Witchcraft, werewolves. 51 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Clearly we needed more scholarly assistance, so we spoke to one of Romania's leading anthropologists, 52 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 an expert on all things werewolf. 53 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 How far back does this story go in Romania? 54 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000 How many creeds are there in Romania? 55 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 This tradition comes from prehistory. 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 This tradition is prehistoric. 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 People still believe in these creatures? 58 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yes, they do. 59 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 This is a strong belief in Romania. 60 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 They always claim that they saw them. 61 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 They claim they saw them? 62 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Yes. 63 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 And do all the measurements at the werewolf hunting? 64 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:55,000 People are afraid and they are taking measures to keep them away. 65 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 The professor told us that to locate recent eyewitnesses, 66 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 we should take a distant trip into the back woods of Romania. 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 That is, if we could make the one train that headed there, 68 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 which departed in less than 30 minutes. 69 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Look at this. 70 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 She's closing it. 71 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 So much for window five. 72 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 I need some train tickets. 73 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 I do not speak Romanian. 74 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 How many are you going to Italian? 75 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Train tickets. 76 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Off we go. 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Apparently, Italian is the new universal language. 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Okay, quickly, quickly. 79 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Okay, that's good. 80 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 The other one. 81 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 There you go. 82 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Thank you so much. 83 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Come on, come on, come on. 84 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Romanian trains. 85 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Okay, here we go. 86 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 This is like the Hogwarts Express. 87 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 This thing is packed. 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Which one is full of Romanian supermodels? 89 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Mike, our sound guy is a werewolf. 90 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Seriously, that is a werewolf. 91 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 That is a werewolf. 92 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Our train ride would take us north, 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,000 175 miles away from Bucharest to the small province of Sibiu, 94 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,000 as the hours ticked by, the city faded away 95 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 and we found ourselves traveling into rural territory. 96 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Here in the frigid mountains of Transylvania, 97 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 life goes on as it has for centuries, 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 and the remote wilderness of the vast forests here 99 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 are seldom explored. 100 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 It was here that the majority of recent sightings 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 were being reported. 102 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 The Lord is cold. 103 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Cold and rainy and wet. 104 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Okay, let's find some place to sleep and get some food. 105 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 What is this place? 106 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 It's lodging. 107 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 They have food and they have a bed. 108 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 But it says Morticia. 109 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Let's eat. 110 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Yeah, they're gonna eat us. 111 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 The owner of Romania's version of a B&B 112 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 was gracious enough to put us up for the night, 113 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 complete with a traditional meal. 114 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Werewolf wine. 115 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 And there are descriptions of how to spot a werewolf 116 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,000 on the back of your arm. 117 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 This is not booze. 118 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 This is an investigation tool. 119 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Is that a guy with an accordion outside the door? 120 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 It seemed our host was intent on turning our quiet night 121 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 into a local rave. 122 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 And against my better judgment, 123 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 the crew and I showed off our hot American dance moves. 124 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 As the night wound down, 125 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 the conversation turned to the werewolf, 126 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 and it turned out our host had a lot to say 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 about the war in Dere Beast. 128 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Are there people in Romania 129 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 do you think that still believe in the werewolf? 130 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Well, yeah. 131 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 In the mountains areas. 132 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 In the forest. 133 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 So do people in Romania, as a general rule, 134 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 do they avoid the forest at night? 135 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 During the night, 136 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 we are not very happy to walk in the forest. 137 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Do you think that if I look for a werewolf, 138 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 I might find one? 139 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Maybe. 140 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Soren explained to me that we needed to travel 141 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 further north toward the town of Brad, 142 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 where he heard a werewolf had recently been spotted 143 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 and villagers had fled their homes. 144 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 He also mentioned a large cave where the villagers 145 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 were convinced the creature was hiding. 146 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 In the morning, 147 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 we made our way to the nearly 2,000 year old town, 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 which is surrounded by Transylvania's dense woods. 149 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 In order to distinguish the regular werewolf 150 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 from an undiscovered animal, 151 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 our first stop was at a makeshift zoo, 152 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 where several Romanian wolves were in captivity 153 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 and where safety procedures were a little lax. 154 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Oh, this seems like a grand idea. 155 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,000 I don't think I have enough suture kits. 156 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Get closer, Gabe. 157 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 40% of all wolves in Europe can be found here in Romania, 158 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 but I couldn't imagine someone mistaking this agile canine 159 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 for a monster. 160 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Can you tell him that these wolves are beautiful 161 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 and I would like to have a coat made out of them? 162 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 All right, that's good. 163 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Let's all get out of the wolf cage. 164 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Come on. 165 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 With an up-close and personal look at the common wolf, 166 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 we spoke to several villagers who moved away from the forest 167 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 out of fear of a much larger creature. 168 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 I'm very little, 169 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 but I'm not afraid of the animals. 170 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I'm not afraid of the moon. 171 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 So almost everyone left this village. 172 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 And why did they abandon their homes? 173 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 People believe that werewolves are out there. 174 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 For 10 years, the wolf has been in the car. 175 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 From the woods, the wolves show up. 176 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 He has a very scary look and strange eyes. 177 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Where do I find this creature? 178 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Up in the mountains. 179 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 And are there abandoned buildings there? 180 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Yes, there are lots of houses abandoned up there. 181 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 They used to live here with 60 families. 182 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,000 And now there are 14 persons left. 183 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 The man explained that if we traveled up into the hills, 184 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 we would eventually come to a stone cross, 185 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 which marks the outskirts of the abandoned village. 186 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 He also directed us to the remote cave, 187 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 high above the village, where the creature is rumored to dwell. 188 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 One right there, yeah? 189 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 What we weren't forewarned about was the sheer cliff 190 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 we would have to climb to get there. 191 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Wow. 192 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 It's kind of steep. 193 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Hangar X? 194 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Yeah. 195 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Get the ropes. 196 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Okay. 197 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 So we're going to go set the lines. 198 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Get ropes down to you guys. 199 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 We'll belay everybody up. 200 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 That's great. 201 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 It sounds good. 202 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Who's going to take me up, though? 203 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Looking good, Evan. 204 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 You're almost there, Evan. 205 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 No, it's not. 206 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 Okay, here we go. 207 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 There you go. 208 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 You got it. 209 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 You got it. 210 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 You got it. 211 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 You got it. 212 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 You got it. 213 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 You got it. 214 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 You got it. 215 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 You got it. 216 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 You got it. 217 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 There you go. 218 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 You got it. 219 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Okay, Shira, let's go. 220 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Nice and slow on the way up. 221 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Rocks are slippery. 222 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 All right, got it. 223 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 We got you. 224 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Keep coming. 225 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 The slippery rock provided little to hold onto, 226 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 and we struggled to keep our footing as we ascended. 227 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Whoa, whoa. 228 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 We got you, man. 229 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 It's okay. 230 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Okay. 231 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 With my team now safely up the wall, 232 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 we scrambled higher and discovered the mysterious cave. 233 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 According to the locals, this is a possible habitat 234 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 for our creature. 235 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 If I was a werewolf, that's where I would live. 236 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Let's get ready to go inside. 237 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 We'll take the cameras out. 238 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 All right. 239 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 You guys ready to go? 240 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Yeah. 241 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Yeah, let's do it. 242 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Here we go. 243 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Okay, I'm going to take Evan and Mike. 244 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 We're going to go inside, check out the main tunnel. 245 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Sharon, be sure you guys are going to hang out here, 246 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 see if you see any movement on the outside of the cave. 247 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,000 And Rex, you and Jielle, splinter off with Gabe. 248 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Check out some of the side tunnels. 249 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 All right, let's do it. 250 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 All right, guys. 251 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Good luck. 252 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 See that? 253 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 See the scratch marks here? 254 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 These are claw marks right here. 255 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Right here. 256 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 257 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Oh, f*****. 258 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Evan, come here, quick, come here. 259 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Careful, careful, careful, careful. 260 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Drops off. 261 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Get down here. 262 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Hold the f***** down here. 263 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Evan, come here, quick, come here. 264 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Careful, careful, careful, careful. 265 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Drops off. 266 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Get down here. 267 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Hold the f***** down here. 268 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 That is a human bone. 269 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 This is unbelievable. 270 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 These are all human bones. 271 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I mean, do you know how old that is? 272 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Pre-Romanian, pre-Roman. 273 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Hey, Visha. 274 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:58,000 It just stumbled upon a really deep hole inside the cave. 275 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I got that. 276 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 We're gonna try to get down as far as we can 277 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 without risking too much. 278 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 There's a lot of things to be doing in there, so watch out. 279 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 What was that? 280 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Looks like some hair fibers. 281 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 A little clump of hair. 282 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Oh. 283 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 You think it's animal or human? 284 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 It doesn't look human to me. 285 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 It looks more like fur than hair. 286 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Yeah, it does. 287 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 It looks a little softer. 288 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Yeah, it does. 289 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 Well, let's bag that and take it with us. 290 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 We can find out what's been through here, at least. 291 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Josh for Gion and Rex. 292 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 We found what looks like some hair samples in here. 293 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Could be fur. 294 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 We're gonna bag it and put it in the evidence kit. 295 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 We're gonna head back towards the surface. 296 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Sounds good. 297 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 It's getting cold in this cave, so I'm happy to get out. 298 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Darkness fell upon us quickly, 299 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 and after descending to the forest floor, 300 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 the trails became impossible to navigate on foot. 301 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Luckily, some brave locals were passing through 302 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 and offered us a ride the rest of the way to the village. 303 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Can I come in? 304 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Can my group come in? 305 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Yeah? 306 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 No. 307 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 You're not gonna cut us up in little pieces, right? 308 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Okay, let's do it. 309 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 All right, guys, I think we gotta ride. 310 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Ladies, this thing has got a full-sport package. 311 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Natural air conditioning. 312 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Keyless entry. 313 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Don't let you notice. 314 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Ah, f***. 315 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Ow! 316 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Oh, f***. 317 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Ugh. 318 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 All right, guys, keep your eyes peeled for that white cross. 319 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Oh, my God. 320 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Okay, sir, sir, can you stop right here? 321 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 All right. 322 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 After our slow-moving haul up the mountain, 323 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 we finally came to the stone cross 324 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 that the man and Brad told us marked the entrance 325 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 to the abandoned village. 326 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 We had arrived in werewolf country. 327 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Let's get base camp set up. 328 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Yeah, I saw a spot right over there. 329 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 That'll work. 330 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Perfect. 331 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Come on, guys. 332 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Let's do it. 333 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 We unpacked our gear and began to assess the area 334 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 we planned to investigate. 335 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 We set up base camp 100 yards from the entrance 336 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 to the abandoned village. 337 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Our plan was to set up four IR cameras 338 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 in a 300-foot perimeter from base, 339 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 which we would monitor throughout the night. 340 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 To entice the werewolf, 341 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 we baited the cameras with raw meat, 342 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 reportedly his favorite meal. 343 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Okay, let's give this werewolf something to eat. 344 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 How could it resist? 345 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000 We have been led here by a number of eyewitnesses 346 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 who claim that in this part of Romania, 347 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 in these forests, there is some sort of creature 348 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 that people are seeing, that people are scared of. 349 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 This is obviously a story that has real origin 350 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 in the folklore of this country. 351 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 We're here to do an investigation to see if there's any merit 352 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 to the notion that there is something biological, 353 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,000 unknown, unidentified that is responsible for these attacks. 354 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 In an effort to cover as much ground as possible, 355 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 I split up the team in cardinal directions. 356 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Shar and I headed west to sweep the area 357 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 with our FLIR thermal imager to see if anything 358 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 with a pulse remained in the abandoned village. 359 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Gial and Beesha headed east, 360 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 and we'd all stay in communication with Rex 361 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 back at base camp. 362 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 There is something living in here. 363 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 This is definitely a trail. 364 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Yeah, it feels like whatever it is 365 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 is just outside of what we can see. 366 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000 What is that? 367 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Evan! 368 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Flip around, there's something hot on the FLIR. 369 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 See anything over the river? 370 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 I just got a hit on the FLIR right now, 371 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 right across the river there. 372 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Something just cruised right by on the FLIR. 373 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Right there, right there, come on, come on, come on! 374 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Ah, f***! 375 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Now it's f*** gone now! 376 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 I just could have sworn I heard something out there. 377 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Okay, let's stop and listen for a second. 378 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 There's something out here, I don't know what. 379 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I swear, I don't know what you heard, but I heard something also. 380 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Did you hear it too? 381 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Yeah. 382 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Okay. 383 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 There's something out here. 384 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000 What is this? 385 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 You see that? 386 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 That place looks seriously creepy. 387 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Yeah. 388 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Josh at base camp, we just found these ruined buildings. 389 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 I think this is part of the abandoned village. 390 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Sean, are they gonna go inside and check them out? 391 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Copy that. 392 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Let's go go slowly check them out. 393 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Oh, creepy. 394 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 This place has been abandoned for a while. 395 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 There's some old clothes here. 396 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Whatever happened here, people took off in a hurry. 397 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Let's get out of here before this roof gives in. 398 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Hey, there's a chapel, let's check it out. 399 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 This place is totally abandoned. 400 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Hello? 401 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 There's still old rugs on the ground. 402 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Okay, let's go. 403 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Josh at base camp, snow is really starting to come down now. 404 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 We're gonna make our way back through the forest towards base camp. 405 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 We'll see in a few. 406 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Look at this. 407 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 That's like a huge, almost as big as a hand. 408 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 It's a hand. 409 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Wow, nothing is huge. 410 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 See right there, there's a big hill, that's a weird footprint. 411 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 B-shell for base camp? 412 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Copy, chef. 413 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 We found some footprints. 414 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,000 It looks like it's a hand, almost like a footprint. 415 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Bigger than a hand, I don't know what it is. 416 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 You alright? 417 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Cold. 418 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I got Shael here, she's not feeling good at all. 419 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000 She's feeling really sick, she's feeling really faint. 420 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 We're gonna head back down to base camp, we're gonna mark this area up here. 421 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I think she has to get off her feet, 422 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 because I don't know if she can make it any longer tonight. 423 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Have breakfast down there, ready for her, okay? 424 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Okay, copy, standing by. 425 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Can you make it down the hill? 426 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Yeah, I can make it down the hill. 427 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Just a step, why are you so nervous? 428 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Yeah, I can make it down the hill. 429 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Just a step, why don't you step? 430 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Alright. 431 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,000 What's going on guys? 432 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Vanilla, this is in batch shape, we got Rex. 433 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I'm just really cold. 434 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Here, sit down. 435 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 I feel like sh**. 436 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,000 So you're gonna stay down here with Jail? 437 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Yeah, yeah, it's me. 438 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 So, Rex and I will go back up there, 439 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 we'll go cast the footprint, Mike and Evan, 440 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 you guys definitely come because you know where we're going. 441 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 And let's explore that whole ridge up there, 442 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 cast the print if we can. 443 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Yeah, sounds good. 444 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Okay, great. 445 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Good luck guys. 446 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Okay, where is it? 447 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 It's right up this trail here. 448 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Very slippery guys, be careful. 449 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Yeah. 450 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 I see tracks here. 451 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Look at this. 452 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 That's almost a foot long, look at that thing. 453 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I have no idea what that is. 454 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 That's big. 455 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000 That's not a shoe print and that's not a wolf print. 456 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Man, that looks like a big footprint. 457 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000 It's got a clean heel print though. 458 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Yeah. 459 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Hey, Josh, your base camp, come in. 460 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Yeah, go for base camp. 461 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Just wanna let you know be sure we arrive at the top of the ridge. 462 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 And I'm looking at these footprints that you guys saw, 463 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 they are amazing. 464 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Yeah, it's great to hear. 465 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 I mean, that definitely, definitely something up there. 466 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 We are gonna do a casting up here and see if we can take these back 467 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 and have somebody in Los Angeles who's a specialist identify them. 468 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Yeah. 469 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Oh, f***. 470 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 What? 471 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 That's how it is. 472 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Yeah. 473 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,000 I just saw two eyes with this camera. 474 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Where is it? 475 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Right there. 476 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 I see it. 477 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 A little light, two little lights just flash right through those trees, 478 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 like little glinting eyes. 479 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Evan, watch out. 480 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Evan! 481 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 I just saw two eyes with this camera. 482 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Where is it? 483 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Right there. 484 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 I see it. 485 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 I see it. 486 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 I see it. 487 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 I see it. 488 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 I see it. 489 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 I see it. 490 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 I see it. 491 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 I just saw two eyes with this camera. 492 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 It's that one. 493 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Right there. 494 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 I see it. 495 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 A little light, two little lights just flash right through those trees, 496 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 like little glinting eyes. 497 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Evan, watch out! 498 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Whoa, whoa! 499 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Evan! 500 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 You foul holy s***! 501 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Evan, hang on! 502 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 F***, oh! 503 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Evan! 504 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 You okay? 505 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Stay right there. 506 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Is that hurt in there? 507 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 That's a little numb. 508 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 That's all numb. 509 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Okay, I'll be near back. 510 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 I think I'm gonna get there. 511 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Move your toes. 512 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,000 You feel that? 513 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Uh, right there. 514 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 You can feel that though? 515 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Yeah. 516 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 You know this? 517 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Real slow, Evan. Real slow. 518 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Real slow. 519 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Real slow. 520 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Slow. 521 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Are you sure you're all right, Matt? 522 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I'm all right. 523 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Dude. 524 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000 I was filming you guys and I just slipped out of note. 525 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 I mean, it just the bottom fell out. 526 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,000 We continue to explore the snowy forests until the break of dawn. 527 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 With a slightly bruised cameraman and a sick researcher in tow, 528 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 it was time to pack up base camp and get moving. 529 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Our night spent in the Romanian forest turned up some very intriguing evidence. 530 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,000 We cast a set of footprints and spotted mysterious eyes lurking through the trees 531 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 and recorded some eerie howling. 532 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Was the werewolf signaling his presence that night, 533 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,000 or was it just a creature of more earthly origins, like a wolf or bear? 534 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,000 By the light of a new day, we flew home to California where the DNA results 535 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 from the fur we collected indicated a Romanian wolf, 536 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,000 a logical suspect that must have spooked the villagers below the cave. 537 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,000 We brought our other evidence to mnemologist Dr. Jim Dines 538 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. 539 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 He lent his expert eye to our footprint castings. 540 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 What, if anything, can you make of that? 541 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,000 So what I'm seeing here, um, these are caned footprints. 542 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Got the pad of the paw with toes surrounding it, four toes, 543 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 a caned pattern. 544 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:23,000 This one you see the claws sticking out from those toes, so that could be a wolf. 545 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,000 With the possibility that these footprints belong to a common wolf, 546 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,000 we then turned to the much larger print that we spied in the field. 547 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 There aren't any definitive features. 548 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000 It's great you've got that pen in there for size comparison, for scale. 549 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,000 And that alone is telling me that's way too big for a wolf. 550 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Did this print belong to an unknown species, 551 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 a real-world iteration of the legendary werewolf? 552 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,000 With a known population of real wolves and other predators in the forest of Romania, 553 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 there seems to be a lot of room for misidentification here. 554 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,000 And my own instincts tell me that the werewolf will always remain the stuff of legend, 555 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,000 a potent symbol in old-world Europe that will forever reappear, like the full moon itself. 556 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:12,000 The Atacama Desert in Chile covers 70,000 square miles of uninhabitable and unexplored rock. 557 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Over 20 million years old and 50 times drier than California's Death Valley, 558 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 it's high on my list of the most uncomfortable places on Earth. 559 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 On the lone highway traversing the desert, 560 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:27,000 several drivers recently reported seeing a dinosaur-like creature keeping pace with their cars. 561 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:32,000 If what they're reporting is accurate, there could be an animal so well-adapted to its brutal desert habitat 562 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 that it's cheated its fate for millions of years. 563 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,000 We compiled numerous eyewitness accounts and loaded them into 3D rendering software 564 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 to produce a model of what we'd be looking for. 565 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,000 The Areca monster reportedly survived for millions of years in the barren caves 566 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,000 and canyons of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. 567 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:54,000 This large creature reportedly has thick and leathery skin and is presumed to live near a water source. 568 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:59,000 It stands upright on two muscular legs and attacks with a jaw of razor-sharp teeth. 569 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Its three-toed foot leaves a unique and unmistakable signature print 570 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 and it is believed to be an extremely fast runner. 571 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,000 With these dramatic recent accounts making headlines, 572 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 we were eager to get to Chile and begin investigating on the ground ourselves. 573 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I jumped online and investigated orbits.com, 574 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 one stop shopping for international monster-hunting travel arrangements. 575 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Tickets in hand, we packed our gear to go looking for dinosaurs in the Chilean desert. 576 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:30,000 We flew nearly 5,000 miles from Los Angeles to the city of Antofagasta, Chile. 577 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 Once on the ground, we would drive north to the town of Areca, 578 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 the desert outpost where several eyewitnesses had recently seen the creature. 579 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:44,000 This desert region is so desolate, rocky and lifeless, it has been compared to the moon. 580 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Along the way, we stopped to speak with a local paleontologist 581 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 who could offer an expert's view on the recent sightings here. 582 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Dr. Santoro has been studying the possibility of the Areca monster for years 583 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 and he could tell me if the recent sightings were plausible. 584 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,000 The Atacama desert was one of the places where there used to be dinosaurs, that's for sure. 585 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000 What are some environments where an animal could stay off the radar? 586 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:11,000 You have to be in the valleys where you will have more vegetation and canyons with running water. 587 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 The paleontologist referred me to local eyewitnesses 588 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 who claimed to have seen the Areca monster within the last month. 589 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 We headed into the city center to speak with them 590 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,000 and to peruse the local flea market for any hot leads. 591 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Look at that, found a dinosaur. 592 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Some people said that I would never find a dinosaur here in Chile. 593 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 They were wrong. 594 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 I also found an old photo of Joan Crawford. 595 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 So, that's two dinosaurs. 596 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,000 We also got momentarily sidetracked by some hot-blooded natives 597 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 settling a dispute stone age style. 598 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Get out of here! 599 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Get out of here! 600 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 I'll get you back! 601 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 I know you! 602 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,000 You can all have my autographs. 603 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 You're crazy, old man! 604 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 What were they arguing about? 605 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Somebody stole something. 606 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,000 I'm a passionate culture here for passionate people. 607 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000 I don't like it because I'm always doing this, I don't like it! 608 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Latin women are crazy! 609 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Cacela! 610 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Ah! 611 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:07,000 With tempers cooled, I spoke to retired Chilean military officer Hernán Cuevas, 612 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 a key witness who swears he saw the dinosaur 613 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 while driving with his family on the desert highway. 614 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Tell me exactly what you saw. 615 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Dinos exactly what you saw. 616 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 And arriving here, in the present tense. 617 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,000 You know, the first thing they saw was this cloud of dust, 618 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,000 and then his daughter started yelling that something was coming toward the car, 619 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,000 and then all of them saw, you know, this shape go by very quickly. 620 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Do you think it was some sort of dinosaur? 621 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 A dinosaur from another time. 622 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Yes. 623 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Of course. 624 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000 He saw a dinosaur. 625 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 That's what he thinks it was. 626 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,000 It's full of debris, which can easily be... 627 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,000 You know, there's many unexplored places and valleys in these deserts 628 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,000 that these creatures could live in. 629 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,000 So it's a possibility. 630 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 So it's a possibility that it's still there. 631 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 Many other locals had seen signs of the Ereca monster 632 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 and were eager to share their story. 633 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 She said it just stood in front of the car, 634 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:01,000 and then it looked over, it stared at them for a moment before it walked away. 635 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Most of the time. 636 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000 One was sleeping, my mom was in front of her, 637 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 but she cried and said nothing. 638 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 She and her mom had the best view, 639 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 because they were both in the front seats, 640 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,000 and her mom just, like, got so scared and started crying 641 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 and was kind of freaking out, was nervous, 642 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 didn't know if she should run out of the car, stay inside. 643 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Oh, you don't want to run out of the car. 644 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 I learned that in Jurassic Park. 645 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 It's like the lawyer you get eaten, don't... 646 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,000 She made the right decision. 647 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Stay in the car. 648 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,000 She told me she had an image of the monster's three-toed footprint 649 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,000 seared in her memory. 650 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000 So three toes and small nails in the front. 651 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 That looks like a dinosaur footprint. 652 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,000 All of the recent eyewitness sightings had been concentrated 653 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 in a narrow zone of the desert in the Pampa Ancha Sector, 654 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 120 miles northeast of Ereca. 655 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 If any creature were to survive out here for weeks, 656 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,000 let alone millennia, 657 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,000 it would need a life support system, 658 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 water and a food source. 659 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000 In barren terrain like this, 660 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 such a green oasis would be easy to spot from the sky. 661 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 That is, if we could get off the ground. 662 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 These dudes are jump-starting a plane. 663 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 I've had a lot of vehicles that won't start on the show. 664 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Having an aircraft that won't start 665 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 is really not that inspiring a feeling. 666 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 When did the plane last fly? 667 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000 What are you looking for? 668 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Oh, your glasses. 669 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Yeah, you got your glasses now. 670 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 How long have you been flying for? 671 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,000 In this dinosaur of an airplane 672 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 with Captain Magoo behind the controls, 673 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,000 I pondered whether or not this flight was a good idea. 674 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,000 Nope. 675 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Rare that I refused to fly, 676 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 but that plane's engine was not in good shape. 677 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 So we'll just need to find another mode of transportation 678 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000 to see the desert. 679 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Having exercised the passenger bill of rights, 680 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,000 we improvised new transportation 681 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 to seek out a promising habitat 682 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 and look for any tracks, remains, 683 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 or other physical evidence of the creature. 684 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 The Out of Comet Desert is enormous, obviously. 685 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,000 We have these quad runners. 686 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,000 We're looking for any evidence of this creature. 687 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Droppings, footprints, material remains. 688 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000 Be safe, move fast, cover a lot of ground, 689 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000 and we'll stay in touch. 690 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Okay. 691 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000 Let's do it, guys. Come on. 692 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000 All right. 693 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Okay, let's go! 694 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000 The Out of Comet Desert is dangerous desolation. 695 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000 With no medical facilities or potable water 696 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000 for hundreds of miles, 697 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 we scoured the 120-degree deserts at high speeds 698 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 to cover as much ground as possible 699 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000 and battered our ATVs in some extremely difficult conditions. 700 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 This muddy stream proved to be a dead end 701 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,000 since the water was dangerously sulfuric. 702 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 I mean, look at our dinosaurs. It's not easy. 703 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000 All right. 704 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 Can I have your B-shell, come in? 705 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Yeah, go for B-shell. What do you got? 706 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000 Guys, get over here! 707 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,000 All right, we're on our way down. 708 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000 We're on our way down. Hold on one second. 709 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Come here! Come here! 710 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 Guys, get over here! 711 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000 All right, we're on our way down. We're on our way down. 712 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Hold on one second. 713 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Come here! Come here! 714 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000 Huge footprints. 715 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Three toes. One, two, three. 716 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000 I'm not a paleontologist, 717 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000 but there are not a lot of animals running around 718 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000 with three toes that big. 719 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000 This canyon was exactly the type of remote habitat 720 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,000 where a creature could survive undetected. 721 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000 And though it didn't look like these prints were left just yesterday, 722 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 finding this evidence on the canyon's rim 723 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000 indicated at the very least 724 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000 that a large animal had once tracked through here. 725 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 Guys, let's take everything off the quads. 726 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,000 We're going foot from here. 727 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000 With the light failing, we decided to break out our gear 728 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000 and dig into a thorough investigation 729 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 of this increasingly plausible habitat. 730 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 Hold up. We've got a nice flat plateau here. 731 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 We're losing the sun. Let's set up base camp 732 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,000 before it gets too dark, 733 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000 and we can get out, keep pressing through these canyons 734 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000 and see what we find. 735 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Sounds great. 736 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,000 Yeah? 737 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,000 There were only two ways in and out of this canyon. 738 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,000 We set four infrared cameras 739 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000 at various positions on the canyon rim 740 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000 where we had seen the footprint earlier. 741 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,000 This would all feed back to Shara at base camp 742 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,000 who would relay any animal sightings to us in the field. 743 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000 And we're going to try to radiate out from this canyon 744 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000 as far as we can. 745 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000 And what we're really looking for is 746 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000 a place where this creature could live. 747 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000 We're looking for a shelter. 748 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000 We're looking for caves. We're looking for nests. 749 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,000 We're also looking for vegetation and a water source. 750 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000 If there is some sort of large, unidentified animal living here, 751 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 it's got to be living up in these canyons somewhere 752 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,000 where it's off the radar. 753 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000 We've heard different descriptions of what it looks like, 754 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,000 but certainly I think we'll know it if we see it. 755 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,000 Okay. 756 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,000 This is very strange. 757 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000 There you go. 758 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Jel, come here. 759 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 What do you got? 760 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000 I got a hit on the flare. 761 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Something up in that canyon. See it? 762 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Oh, yeah. 763 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000 Whatever that is, it's alive. 764 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000 It's just kind of sitting up there. 765 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000 It's like they're hiding behind some rocks 766 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 or something, getting... 767 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Joshua, base camp, come in. 768 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000 I only just picked up something on the thermal imager. 769 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000 It looks like it's pretty far up this canyon. 770 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,000 It's actually pretty high steep up on the wall. 771 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,000 I don't know what it is. 772 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 It's a pretty good size, because it's fairly... 773 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,000 It's got to be a couple hundred feet for me, at least. 774 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000 Okay, cop of that, keep me informed. 775 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Got to climb away up this ridge here. 776 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000 Yeah, we definitely can't go up this way without climbing gear. 777 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 Yeah, there's no easy way up over that ridge. 778 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Over here? 779 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 You can either go up that... 780 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Okay. 781 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Or try to plug through in there. 782 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000 Yeah, that looks better. It's not as steep. 783 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000 You want to try up here? 784 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Yeah, I say we go for it. 785 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 Balder, balder, balder. 786 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,000 This almost sounds like there's something on the ridge up there. 787 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,000 I just heard something crunching on this shale rock. 788 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,000 What the f***? 789 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000 We're extra base camp. 790 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000 Yeah. 791 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Go base camp, bro. 792 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Yeah, Sharra, we're definitely hearing noises up here. 793 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,000 It sounds like rocks falling off the sides of these canyons. 794 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000 Yeah, we're definitely hearing noises up here. 795 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,000 I don't know what to do. 796 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,000 I don't know what to do. 797 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000 I don't know what to do. 798 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,000 I don't know what to do. 799 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,000 We're going to go up the sides of these canyon walls. 800 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,000 With the echoing of the sound, it's hard to tell exactly which direction it's coming from. 801 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,000 Rather than deeper into the canyon. 802 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000 So we're going to try to make our way up there. 803 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,000 Okay, copy that. 804 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,000 Just let me know what's happening out there. 805 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000 Rex, you all right? 806 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000 Yeah. 807 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,000 It's close. 808 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,000 There's no way we can follow it. 809 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,000 It's just too steep. 810 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000 So let's head back. 811 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Okay. 812 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,000 Oh my god, guys. 813 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Get up here. 814 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,000 Get up here. 815 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,000 What is it, Josh? 816 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,000 Oh, wow. 817 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000 Wow. 818 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000 Look at the paw. 819 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,000 It is a paw. 820 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Okay. 821 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000 It's definitely a paw. 822 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,000 It could be a wolf, a dog. 823 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:21,000 I think whatever we're looking at here is victim, not perpetrator. 824 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:27,000 We've definitely talked about if there is some sort of large animal up here, it would need a food source. 825 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000 This is definitely a food source. 826 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:35,000 Whatever this was has been ripped apart and eaten. 827 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000 Let's go. 828 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 It gets really steep on this side of the embankment. 829 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000 Be really careful. 830 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,000 Whoa. 831 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000 Whoa. 832 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,000 Josh. 833 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,000 Josh. 834 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000 No. 835 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000 It gets really steep on this side of the embankment. 836 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,000 Be really careful. 837 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,000 Hey. 838 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000 Whoa. 839 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,000 Josh. 840 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Josh. 841 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,000 No. 842 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000 No. 843 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,000 No. 844 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,000 No. 845 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,000 No. 846 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,000 No. 847 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,000 No. 848 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,000 No. 849 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,000 No. 850 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,000 No. 851 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,000 No. 852 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,000 No. 853 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,000 No. 854 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,000 No. 855 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 No. 856 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,000 No. 857 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000 No. 858 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,000 No. 859 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,000 Josh, you alright? 860 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Josh. 861 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,000 Josh. 862 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,000 I'm okay. 863 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Oh my god. 864 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,000 Okay. 865 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,000 Why how's your leg? 866 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,000 I'm fine. 867 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,000 Okay. 868 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000 Did you fall? 869 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,000 What was that? 870 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000 I just, this big rock gave way under my foot. 871 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,000 I'm okay. 872 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,000 Oh my god. 873 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,000 I'm okay. 874 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,000 Oh, I just kind of gave way under my foot. 875 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:36,000 Be very careful coming down there. 876 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Hey, Josh, come here. 877 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,000 What do you got? 878 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 This looks like it could be feces. 879 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 That's definitely scab. 880 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,000 And look, there's more over there. 881 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:51,000 And it looks like it's leading into that little cave area. 882 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,000 Let's see, any tracks in the sand? 883 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,000 We should definitely sample it and bag it and keep moving. 884 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,000 That is old. 885 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Okay. 886 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000 Okay. 887 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,000 Josh, here, put this in your pocket. 888 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000 What about the kid? 889 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000 No, it's safer in your pocket. 890 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000 Okay, let's press on. Let's go. 891 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Okay. 892 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Hello, hello. 893 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,000 Hey, guys. 894 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000 Everyone alive? Nobody eaten by a dinosaur? 895 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Not yet. 896 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,000 10 fingers, 10 toes? 897 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,000 Still looking good. 898 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,000 Good. 899 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,000 I mean, I think we've got, you know, two of our criteria met right now. 900 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000 We have places where this thing could be hiding and living, 901 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 and we have a food supply. 902 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000 What we don't have yet is water or vegetation. 903 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,000 But, you know, certainly it's plausible that something large 904 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000 could be hiding up here. 905 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 All right, guys, Sharon and Bisho, why don't you two 906 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000 hit that eastern area and we'll go south. 907 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,000 All right. 908 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000 Great. We'll see you in a bit. Let's go, guys. 909 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000 Sure, for base camp. 910 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 Go ahead for base camp. 911 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000 Something is moving around. 912 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000 200 yards from me. 913 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000 Captain, what are you hearing? 914 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,000 Are you hearing rocks, gravel moving? 915 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,000 No, it definitely sounded like thud, thud, thud, thud, something heavy. 916 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,000 What's up? 917 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 Go, go, go, go. 918 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,000 Okay. 919 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Okay. 920 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 Okay. 921 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000 Okay. 922 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Okay. 923 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000 Okay. 924 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,000 Okay. 925 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,000 Okay. 926 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000 Okay. 927 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 We heard something. 928 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000 Base camp for sorrow. Are you guys okay? 929 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 Hey, I heard something. 930 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000 It was Chase mess. 931 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000 We weren't hanging around to find out what it was. 932 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 We're headed back. 933 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Joshua, base camp, come in. 934 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Go ahead. 935 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000 We stumbled on some sort of old cemetery. 936 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,000 It looks like it's been here for hundreds of years. 937 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,000 A bunch of old wooden crosses buried in the sand here in the canyon. 938 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,000 We're just going to keep heading down. 939 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000 I can hear the sound of water at this point. 940 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000 I can definitely see some trees and shrubs as well. 941 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,000 So I think we're getting close to a water source. 942 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000 I'll keep you posted. 943 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000 We heard something. 944 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000 We heard kind of a thump-thump. 945 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000 We tried to ignore it. 946 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000 We're like, all right, we're going to look at this evidence. 947 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000 We're going to hit thump-thump again. 948 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000 And we were like, okay. 949 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 And then we kind of started walking backwards slowly. 950 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,000 And then it was like, I don't know, was it a growl? 951 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,000 How would you describe what we heard? 952 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000 I don't know. It was like a rustling. 953 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000 It was a rustling that I heard like a noise from an animal. 954 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 955 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 And I was definitely hearing some kind of animal. 956 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,000 And it just started to sound like it was moving towards us. 957 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000 Could you actually hear the footsteps in the crowd? 958 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,000 Yeah, I don't know otherwise, but it just started coming to me from the book. 959 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,000 Oh my God. 960 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Yeah, it's there. 961 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,000 You guys watch your step. 962 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000 Nice. 963 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,000 Something's coming. 964 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Something's down in that brush. 965 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Something's catching it out of the brush. 966 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 I got down on that long rock. 967 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000 There, there it goes. 968 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,000 Right there. 969 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,000 Whatever the hell jumps out of those bushes, you stay together. 970 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000 Oh, okay. 971 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,000 All right. 972 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,000 Big, loud, lots of noise. 973 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000 Okay. 974 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,000 There's something in there. 975 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000 Okay, let me, let me get stable ground. 976 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,000 Okay. 977 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,000 Come at me, hold my breath. 978 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,000 Okay. 979 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Stand up, put your hands together. 980 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Okay. 981 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,000 You can't bring the cup. 982 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,000 Thanks man. 983 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:19,340 Take a left with me to that YOUMUSIC ROLLING AND F 984 00:40:19,340 --> 00:40:21,340 Down there. 985 00:40:21,340 --> 00:40:30,340 MUSIC 986 00:40:30,340 --> 00:40:32,340 Whatever it was just crashed in those bushes 987 00:40:32,340 --> 00:40:34,340 and then came ripping right down through here 988 00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:37,340 and I think it just went down into those woods right there. 989 00:40:37,340 --> 00:40:39,340 MUSIC 990 00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:41,340 Guys, I think I hear water up ahead. 991 00:40:41,340 --> 00:40:43,340 MUSIC 992 00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:45,340 Careful, careful. 993 00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:47,340 MUSIC 994 00:40:47,340 --> 00:40:49,340 F*** 995 00:40:49,340 --> 00:40:51,340 MUSIC 996 00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:53,340 F*** 997 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:55,340 We found the water guys. 998 00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:57,340 Joshua Base Camp, we found the correct water source 999 00:40:57,340 --> 00:40:59,340 and we saw something come down through here. 1000 00:40:59,340 --> 00:41:01,340 We made a huge noise in the bushes that it ran. 1001 00:41:01,340 --> 00:41:03,340 Chased it all the way down here. 1002 00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:05,340 I don't know how deep this thing is. 1003 00:41:05,340 --> 00:41:07,340 We're going to see if we can pursue it a little bit further. 1004 00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:09,340 We'll check if we can. 1005 00:41:09,340 --> 00:41:11,340 MUSIC 1006 00:41:11,340 --> 00:41:13,340 MUSIC 1007 00:41:13,340 --> 00:41:15,340 Guys, it gets pretty deep over here. 1008 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:19,340 MUSIC 1009 00:41:19,340 --> 00:41:21,340 You can't get through, it's all overgrown. 1010 00:41:21,340 --> 00:41:23,340 I just landed a rail, boys. 1011 00:41:23,340 --> 00:41:25,340 Whatever it was came through this way. 1012 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:27,340 There's nowhere for the trail to go. 1013 00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:29,340 It should ramble and catch us and put straight up 1014 00:41:29,340 --> 00:41:31,340 no way out of the river. 1015 00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:34,340 We had hit a dead end tracking whatever thirsty creature 1016 00:41:34,340 --> 00:41:36,340 had been heading for the water, 1017 00:41:36,340 --> 00:41:38,340 but had found several pieces of evidence 1018 00:41:38,340 --> 00:41:40,340 that an unusually large animal had been in this area. 1019 00:41:40,340 --> 00:41:43,340 But could a predator really have cheated extinction here 1020 00:41:43,340 --> 00:41:45,340 for millions of years? 1021 00:41:45,340 --> 00:41:47,340 The three-toed footprint that led us here 1022 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:49,340 and the animal droppings we collected 1023 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:51,340 needed to be analyzed back in the States. 1024 00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:53,340 So we flew home to search for answers. 1025 00:41:53,340 --> 00:41:56,340 We took our footprint cast to Dr. Louis Chiopi, 1026 00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:59,340 the director of the Dinosaur Institute in Los Angeles 1027 00:41:59,340 --> 00:42:01,340 and a world-renowned paleontologist. 1028 00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:04,340 Based on these castings, are you able to make any sort of determination 1029 00:42:04,340 --> 00:42:06,340 as to what kind of animal you think this came from? 1030 00:42:06,340 --> 00:42:07,340 Yes, absolutely. 1031 00:42:07,340 --> 00:42:11,340 The shape of this one seems to be more in line 1032 00:42:11,340 --> 00:42:14,340 with the shape of a meat-eating dinosaur. 1033 00:42:14,340 --> 00:42:15,340 It's a dinosaur? 1034 00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:16,340 Yes. 1035 00:42:16,340 --> 00:42:17,340 For sure? 1036 00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:18,340 Yes, no doubt. 1037 00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:19,340 Okay. 1038 00:42:19,340 --> 00:42:20,340 I would have no question about that. 1039 00:42:20,340 --> 00:42:22,340 And what type of dinosaur do you think these came from? 1040 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:25,340 A group of dinosaurs that are called iguanodons. 1041 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:30,340 And you can actually see, if you look at the structure of the foot, 1042 00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:33,340 you can actually see the three main toes 1043 00:42:33,340 --> 00:42:36,340 and that very long middle toe right there. 1044 00:42:36,340 --> 00:42:39,340 I was stunned that these were the prints of an actual dinosaur. 1045 00:42:39,340 --> 00:42:41,340 And though they were probably laid down in the mud 1046 00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:42,340 millions of years ago, 1047 00:42:42,340 --> 00:42:45,340 the discovery of a pristine run of tracks like this 1048 00:42:45,340 --> 00:42:49,340 is incredibly rare and represents a huge find for our team. 1049 00:42:49,340 --> 00:42:51,340 You know, there were these people living in the Atacama 1050 00:42:51,340 --> 00:42:53,340 that thought they saw a dinosaur. 1051 00:42:53,340 --> 00:42:54,340 There are many stories like that. 1052 00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:56,340 You know, we get them here all the time. 1053 00:42:56,340 --> 00:43:01,340 Maybe it was a rea, which is in some sense a dinosaur, 1054 00:43:01,340 --> 00:43:02,340 a living dinosaur. 1055 00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:04,340 It has the same three-toe structure. 1056 00:43:04,340 --> 00:43:07,340 It has the same overall shape. 1057 00:43:07,340 --> 00:43:10,340 It's really similar. 1058 00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:13,340 It seems that locals may have caught a glimpse of this rarely seen 1059 00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:17,340 but very much alive creature and jumped to Jurassic conclusions. 1060 00:43:19,340 --> 00:43:20,340 And in the end, maybe that's fitting, 1061 00:43:20,340 --> 00:43:24,340 since the rea is a distant descendant of the dinosaur we came here to find. 1062 00:43:24,340 --> 00:43:28,340 And so we closed the case, having made an amazing discovery 1063 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:30,340 and knowing that in the primordial Atacama Desert, 1064 00:43:30,340 --> 00:43:34,340 descendants of dinosaurs really do still rule the earth.