1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,500 On this episode of Destination Truth, 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,000 Josh and his team returned to the United States 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 to investigate the infamous and frightening Jersey Devil. 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,500 Chris Williams from the Ghost Hunters lands ahead. 5 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:15,000 Something came flying straight up out of the trees. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Had a very large wing span. 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,500 With new reports emerging from the vast and uninhabited Pine Barrens, 8 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:26,000 Josh takes to the skies for the world's first aerial investigation of this monstrous animal. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,500 Right there, right there, you're just shot away to death. 10 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:32,500 Next, the team truth traverses 13 time zones to central China 11 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:36,500 in search of a creature regarded as the cousin to the US Bigfoot. 12 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,500 A year in, that's the very last grassy human. 13 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:44,500 Can Josh uncover evidence of this creature deep in the uncharted forests of China? 14 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:46,500 Are you here for him? 15 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:48,500 Where's the human form? 16 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,500 Hold on! 17 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,500 I'm Josh Gates. 18 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,500 In my travels, I've seen some unexplainable things, 19 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,500 and I've done some things I can't quite explain. 20 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,500 Now, I've pulled together a team armed with the latest technology 21 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,500 in the search for answers to the world's strangest mysteries. 22 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,500 I'm not sure what's out there waiting for me, 23 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,500 but I know what I'm looking for. 24 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:10,500 The truth. 25 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:15,500 You might guess that Bigfoot holds the record as America's oldest legendary creature. 26 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:17,500 But you'd be wrong. 27 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:21,500 Deep in the wilderness of New Jersey, residents have been encountering something much more terrifying 28 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:23,500 for more than 300 years. 29 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:27,500 And if these woods could talk, they might tell you about a winged creature 30 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,500 known the world over as the Jersey Devil. 31 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,500 Legend has it this dark prince was the 13th child 32 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:35,500 born to a woman named Mother Leeds in the 1700s. 33 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:38,500 Though the origin story is clearly folkloric, 34 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:40,500 the fact remains that hundreds of people are still today 35 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,500 reporting frightening encounters with something very real. 36 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,500 New Jersey is at the heart of the sightings, 37 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:48,500 which occur almost exclusively in a massive area of improbable wilderness 38 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:50,500 called the Pine Bears. 39 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:53,500 This forest makes up one-fifth of the entire state, 40 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:57,500 and all of Rhode Island could fit comfortably inside the more than one million acres here. 41 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:00,500 We matched up the long lineage of consistent descriptions 42 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:03,500 and rendered a 3D profile of this colonial creature. 43 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:06,500 Spotted in the skies above the Pine Bears, 44 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:08,500 the Jersey Devil is a terrifying sight indeed. 45 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:13,500 This ungainly monster is reported to make a fallacious noise as he hunts along the ground. 46 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,500 His large frame is supported by leathery, fat-like wings, 47 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:19,500 which span to more than 10 feet across. 48 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:24,500 His name is derived from devilish features which include powerful cloven hooves. 49 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,500 But what seems to make a lasting impression with eyewitnesses 50 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:32,500 is the devil's horse-like head and his famed piercing red eyes which emerge from the darkness. 51 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:37,500 Dealing with what some believe is the devil incarnate called for special reinforcements. 52 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:40,500 I called over to Ghost Hunters and asked my old friend Chris Williams 53 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:42,500 to lend a hand in our investigation. 54 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:44,500 We made plans to meet Chris on the road 55 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:48,500 and packed up our gear for a journey deep into the garden state. 56 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,500 From Los Angeles, we jetted across the nation to Philadelphia 57 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:54,500 to kick off our hunt for this devilish creature. 58 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:57,500 Every country in the world free luggage carts. 59 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:00,500 America, $4 for one luggage cart. 60 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:02,500 Ice cream is to cost a quarter. 61 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,500 Now a luggage cart is $4. 62 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,500 Thirty-two dollars later, we hit the road 63 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:10,500 and met up with paranormal investigator extraordinaire, Chris Williams from Ghost Hunters. 64 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,500 Chris Williams. Hey, you. How are you? Good. 65 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,500 Good. Last time I saw you was... 66 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:16,500 Prison? Was in prison. 67 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:18,500 Oh, yeah, our night at the Essex County Penitentiary. 68 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:19,500 I don't know why they let us out. 69 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:21,500 We're not going to be here much longer. 70 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,500 We're tired and we're cranky. 71 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:25,500 Is that your bad confidence? 72 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:26,500 No, we'll get there. 73 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,500 To get to the heart of this story, we exited the interstate 74 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:33,500 and worked our way 75 miles east into the endless forest of the Pine Bears. 75 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:36,500 First of all, look at the sunglasses lined up in the backseat. 76 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:39,500 Mike and Bobby look like Mafia guys transporting Aaron somewhere. 77 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,500 Couple two tree guys. 78 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,500 We have a package. 79 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,500 The drive took us away from the East Coast's urban centers 80 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:50,500 and into a perennial corner of historic America. 81 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:53,500 Here, remnants of the colonial era were all around us. 82 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,500 In the 300-year-old town of Smithville, 83 00:03:55,500 --> 00:04:00,500 we found a local gift shop that was cashing in on the area's evil residence. 84 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,500 I'm not even in the door and I'm breaking things. 85 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,500 This is one of those stores that I'm way too big for. 86 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:07,500 Like, one false move and I take out $1,000 worth of merchandise. 87 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:10,500 I don't know if there's $1,000 worth of merchandise in here. 88 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,500 Finally, we get to go antiquing. 89 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:16,500 I gave Ryder a present that she promptly re-gifted. 90 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,500 We sifted through endless Jersey Devil merchandise 91 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:22,500 and I may have gotten a little out of control with my purchases. 92 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,500 Ryder, can you get the NBC credit card out? 93 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:27,500 I'm just about ready to go. 94 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:30,500 Let's get out of this town before we get arrested. 95 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:34,500 It was clear that the Jersey Devil was alive and well in the commercial sector, 96 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:38,500 but plenty of folks claim they've had real-life run-ins with this flying terror. 97 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:44,500 A large animal flew by and like swept the top of my windshield 98 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:46,500 and scared me to death. 99 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:49,500 Do you think it's possible that what you saw was a bird? 100 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,500 Was an owl of some kind, maybe? 101 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,500 No, because I'm a scientific-minded person. 102 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:57,500 It did not look like anything that it had ever seen before. 103 00:04:57,500 --> 00:05:00,500 We drove to the edge of town where we met up with another motorist 104 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,500 who claims to have had a brush with the creature. 105 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:05,500 Something came flying straight up out of the trees. 106 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:09,500 It had a very large wing span and it had these very large bat-like wings. 107 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:12,500 Do you think that whatever it is that you saw is still out there? 108 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:13,500 Probably. 109 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:16,500 And do you think that I could borrow the lotus to go and check out the area, 110 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:18,500 try to relive the experience a little bit? 111 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,500 Stop, it don't even tease me, sir. 112 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,500 Have you ever seen this show? I will leave in the skirt. 113 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:26,500 Just across town at her family's farm, Amy Day saw the Devil near a chicken coop. 114 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:30,500 I looked back into the woods behind that fence over there, behind the house, 115 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,500 and I saw two red-blowing eyes. 116 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,500 Were the eyes reflecting red the way an animal's eyes reflect? 117 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:37,500 It was actually glowing from the inside. 118 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,500 What did it sound like, exactly? 119 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:40,500 Like it was taken off. 120 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:41,500 Like a wolf exactly. 121 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:42,500 Right. 122 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,500 And definitely couldn't have been the sound of one of the birds out here? 123 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:46,500 No, it was too big. 124 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:48,500 And how many chickens do you have here? 125 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:49,500 I think 11 or 12. 126 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:50,500 And what is that? 127 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:51,500 It's a turkey. 128 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:52,500 I'm sorry, what is it? 129 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:53,500 It's a turkey. 130 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:54,500 And what is a turkey? 131 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:55,500 It's just a chicken. 132 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:56,500 These are... 133 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:58,500 Sulkies. They're chickens. 134 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:00,500 Why does it have a fur hat on them? 135 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:02,500 I think Nancy's chicken I've ever seen. 136 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:05,500 How have I lived 32 years and never seen one of these before? 137 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:09,500 Having talked with eyewitnesses, Chris and I visited an entire museum 138 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:13,500 devoted to the Jersey Devil, complete with relics, historical documents, 139 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:16,500 and most importantly, data on sighting locations. 140 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:19,500 The museum's curator pointed us to the undisputed hotspot of activity. 141 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:23,500 If I were looking for the Jersey Devil and I actually wanted to see the Jersey Devil, 142 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,500 I would go to Wharton State Forest. 143 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,500 We have a lot of sightings there. 144 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:30,500 So it's hard for people to imagine it, but it is a very dense forest. 145 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:33,500 It's very much a separate country unto itself. 146 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:36,500 The museum is also in possession of purportedly biological remains 147 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:39,500 from a dead Jersey Devil, collected at the turn of the century. 148 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,500 And have you ever actually tested any of these materials 149 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,500 to see if they have any sort of viable DNA? 150 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:44,500 No, I have not. 151 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:47,500 We would love, if possible, to take some sort of a tissue sample from these 152 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:50,500 and try to see if there's any viable DNA in there. 153 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:51,500 Well, I would absolutely like to have you... 154 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:52,500 You'd allow that? 155 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:53,500 Yes. 156 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:54,500 That would be great. 157 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,500 We've bagged a tissue sample to test the DNA for ourselves 158 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,500 and pressed on deeper into the barrens. 159 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:02,500 The Jersey Devil is, above all, a colonial era story. 160 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:05,500 So who better to speak to than colonial era experts? 161 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:08,500 Kathy directed us to a remote location deep in Wharton Forest 162 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:10,500 to meet with a group of historical enthusiasts 163 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:13,500 who've had modern-day encounters with the Devil. 164 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,500 This is like X-word or stuff. 165 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:15,500 No, it's not. 166 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:16,500 Yeah, just this little bit. 167 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:18,500 Chris, when have I ever steered you wrong? 168 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:20,500 Um... 169 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,500 We were quickly drawn to the sound of music 170 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:24,500 and the sight of a crackling fire. 171 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,500 The haunted land of nestilence, drubbine 172 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:31,500 There's Jersey Devil in falls upon a tide 173 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:32,500 Woo! 174 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,500 These men didn't just know the Jersey Devil through song, 175 00:07:34,500 --> 00:07:36,500 but from their own experiences. 176 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:39,500 Now, as a kid, did you grow up actually fearing it? 177 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,500 We were very convinced that if we went out in the woods alone, 178 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,500 that we would not make it back alive. 179 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:48,500 And many people's minds and legends still live on today. 180 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:49,500 And as they prepared us dinner, 181 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:52,500 it turned out that Ryder fit right in with this motley crew. 182 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,500 A little something for you to share with our guests. 183 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:56,500 Ryder, I love the idea that you're just rolling around with booze. 184 00:07:56,500 --> 00:07:57,500 You guys drink wine? 185 00:07:57,500 --> 00:07:58,500 Oh, we drink wine. 186 00:07:58,500 --> 00:07:59,500 We don't. 187 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:02,500 You're not driving a horse in buggy later, are you? 188 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:03,500 No, it's okay. 189 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:06,500 And what would any night of drinking with Civil War soldiers be 190 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:08,500 without a little gunpowder in the mix? 191 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:10,500 Here we go. 192 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:15,500 I gotta get one of these. 193 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,500 Well-armed, we put our fears of the Devil aside for the night 194 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:20,500 and made merry by the fire. 195 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,500 Come now, Sam. 196 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,500 We can shout, we can shout. 197 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,500 We're the fire in the sky. 198 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:29,500 We can turn the world into a movie. 199 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,500 You can give a round of applause. 200 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:35,500 I don't know about you, but I'm fitting right in. 201 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:39,500 By the light of a new day and with the benefit of extensive local knowledge, 202 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:42,500 we headed deeper into Wharton State Forest to continue our search. 203 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:45,500 Our first stop was to split up to conduct a daytime sweep, 204 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:48,500 both for the monster and for an ideal investigation site. 205 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:51,500 So let's have part of the team go out and check out these waterways. 206 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,500 Bobby will take those dirt bikes, 207 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:56,500 and we'll start checking out some of these service roads and these old trails. 208 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:58,500 Wharton State Forest lies at the center of Sightings reports 209 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:03,500 and is a sprawling maze of trails, rivers, and forests. 210 00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:06,500 Bobby and I smoked out old service roads while Ryder led the rest of the team 211 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:13,500 along the river where we'd heard the Jersey Devil comes to drink. 212 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,500 Alright guys, keep your eyes open. 213 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:20,500 We searched for hours on the water and overland on the bikes, 214 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:24,500 and by late afternoon had found a promising location at the center of the Sightings. 215 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:26,500 Josh for Ryder, coming Ryder? 216 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:27,500 Go for Ryder? 217 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,500 Ryder, we've got what we think is a pretty good investigation site. 218 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:32,500 Basically, Rhonda, who's back at Batstow Village, 219 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:35,500 and let's meet there, get in the jeeps and head into the interior. 220 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:37,500 I think we've got a good spot here. 221 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:39,500 We convened the team and got ready for nightfall. 222 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:41,500 We decided to do something unprecedented. 223 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:45,500 No expedition has ever actually searched for the Jersey Devil in the air. 224 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,500 I made arrangements for a helicopter to be put on standby 225 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:50,500 to try to catch a glimpse of the Devil in flight. 226 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:52,500 Meanwhile, we began setting up cameras. 227 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:57,500 We activated four infrared cameras to help detect anything moving in the darkness. 228 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:02,500 Beyond these IR cams, we placed four digital trap cameras, faded with raw mean. 229 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:06,500 These machines would begin firing photos if anything moved in front of them. 230 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,500 Lastly, we erected a virtual perimeter around all of our equipment 231 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,500 with linked motion detectors that transmit a signal 232 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:15,500 and set off an alarm at base camp if anything crosses their path. 233 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,500 Vanessa would monitor all of the equipment throughout the night. 234 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:22,500 We really honed into what we think is the epicenter of this story. 235 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:23,500 This is the spot. 236 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:26,500 There are a lot of people who live in the Pine Barrens who think there's something out here. 237 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:30,500 I think our job here tonight is to try to figure out what are these people seeing. 238 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,500 Is there an unknown creature out here? 239 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:34,500 And if there's not, what are possible alternate explanations 240 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,500 for what these folks are running into out here? 241 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:37,500 Let's get to it, guys. 242 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:38,500 Here we go. Let's do it. 243 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:43,500 Our best chance of seeing this nocturnal animal would be to catch it in flight, 244 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:46,500 meaning we all needed to get to a higher altitude. 245 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:50,500 We initiated our plan to begin the first ever aerial investigation for the Jersey Devil. 246 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:54,500 Chris Evan and I took our four by four through the woods to a remote helipad 247 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:58,500 while Ryder, Gabe and Rex navigated through the forest to an abandoned fire tower 248 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:00,500 that appears on local maps. 249 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:04,500 We were anxious to get off the ground and continue to hunt from the air. 250 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:07,500 Hey, Josh, where's the status of you and that helicopter? 251 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:10,500 We are hunting through one of the old service roads in the middle of the Pine Barrens. 252 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,500 I'll keep in touch along the way. 253 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:13,500 Woo! 254 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:15,500 That scared the f*** out of me. 255 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:16,500 And it was a deer. 256 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:18,500 At first, I thought it was a devil. 257 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:21,500 That scared me to death, and that could be what people are seeing 258 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:23,500 when they think of the Jersey Devil. 259 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,500 Oh. Wow. 260 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:29,500 Ryder for Josh. 261 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:31,500 We just made our way up to the fire tower. 262 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:35,500 It's intact. Just doesn't look like it has been used in a really long time. 263 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,500 Copy that. We're going to go to the top of that thing if you can. 264 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:39,500 We'll coordinate our search on tour in the air. 265 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,500 Let's see how these steps hold up, huh? 266 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:43,500 Ladies first. 267 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,500 How'd I know you were going to say that? 268 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,500 Oh, I just feel it wobbling underneath me. 269 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:57,500 Oh, this thing goes on forever. 270 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,500 Careful coming up. 271 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,500 Whoa! 272 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,500 What did I sign up for, Josh? 273 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:15,500 You signed up for the Royalty of Life. 274 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,500 Pretty great. 275 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,500 Chris, is anything back there? 276 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:29,500 Nothing yet. 277 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:31,500 You got any brighter than that? 278 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:33,500 Yes, Mr. Ryder. 279 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,500 Now we are open to fire, and there's three targets down there. 280 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,500 They had a hard time finding the tower. 281 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,500 Four years ago, we were overcast. 282 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,500 Can you show us what's going on in the situation? 283 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,500 Copy that. Rex is on it right now. 284 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,500 Let us know when you see this. 285 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:49,500 Josh, right there. Straight ahead. 286 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:51,500 Josh, I can see you in this right now. 287 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:55,500 Hey, we got you guys. I see your lights. 288 00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:57,500 Copy that. We're going to head out from the tower. 289 00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:59,500 Use the thermal imager and the night vision scope to scan the canopy. 290 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:01,500 If you see anything about the tree line, 291 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,500 just let us know we're chasing down the chopper. 292 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,500 Copy that. Sounds good. We'll let you know if we see anything. 293 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:09,500 Can I see? 294 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:11,500 There are a lot of trees. 295 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:13,500 Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys, right here. 296 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,500 Something just moved through the canopy right here. 297 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,500 I just saw something right here. 298 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:19,500 It went from left to right. 299 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,500 Ryder for Josh? 300 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:23,500 We need to make our way back towards us. 301 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,500 Rex just saw something in the tree line just north of where the tower is. 302 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,500 We're going over there as fast as we can. 303 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,500 Describe us on the way to see over there. 304 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:31,500 It was a dark figure. It looked like a huge bird. 305 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:33,500 And it just went from tree to tree. 306 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:35,500 Guys, so you can go right to the right of the tree. 307 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:37,500 Sorry. 308 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,500 Right there. Right over that group of trees right there. 309 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,500 Hey, Josh, Rex has a light right on. 310 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,500 I got a signal on the thermal imager. 311 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:45,500 I got a spot on the thermal imager. Stand by. 312 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:51,500 Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys, right here. 313 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:53,500 Something just moved through the canopy right here. 314 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:57,500 We're coming over here as fast as we can. Describe us on the way to see over there. 315 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:01,500 It was a dark figure. It looked like a huge bird. 316 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:03,500 And it just went from tree to tree. 317 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,500 Guys, so you can go right to the right of the tree. 318 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:07,500 Sorry. Right there. Right over that group of trees right there. 319 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,500 Hey, Josh, you can access the light right on it. 320 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,500 I got a signal on the thermal imager. 321 00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:13,500 I got a spot on the thermal imager. 322 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,500 I just saw something move just around the tree line. 323 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:17,500 Not sure who it was. 324 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,500 Just a quick shot. I saw something just came up. 325 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:21,500 I pressed that from the trees and it just started back down. 326 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,500 Whenever a word went back down inside the tree line, 327 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:25,500 I marked it on the GPS. 328 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,500 We could follow one finger, try to track it on the ground, 329 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,500 on the order of land, look for it on point. 330 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:31,500 Copy that. Get home safe. 331 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,500 We circled back across the barons, scanning hundreds of square miles in total. 332 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:39,500 At the helipad, Chris, Evan, and I hustled back to work camp to meet up with Ryder's team, 333 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:43,500 who made their way to the GPS coordinates we marked from the air. 334 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:53,500 Shh, that log of town. 335 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:55,500 There's something right up there. 336 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:59,500 We are super close to where Josh marked on the helicopter. 337 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,500 Right for base camp. 338 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:03,500 Over base camp? 339 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,500 Right north of base camp, right where Josh marked on the GPS. 340 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:09,500 And we just saw a branch of a straight from the trees. 341 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:11,500 There's no reason for stuff here to just be lying down. 342 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,500 I'm not seeing anything on the IR cams here, 343 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:17,500 but I am hearing some crazy noises as well. 344 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:20,500 Let me know if you see anything or hear anything else. 345 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:23,500 Copy that. 346 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,500 So Chris, what do you think of each of your Devil's stories so far? 347 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:30,500 I just have a hard time believing something I haven't seen myself. 348 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:33,500 I think that in a lot of ways we're doing it in parallel work. 349 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,500 Instead of looking for evidence of the paranormal, 350 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:37,500 we're looking for physical evidence, footprints, 351 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,500 and droppings of something that's biological. 352 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:41,500 You guys are crazy. 353 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,500 I don't have to worry about anything eating me at my work. 354 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,500 Yeah, but you have to worry about ghosts. 355 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:47,500 Yeah, but they don't eat people. 356 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:49,500 Chris, look at this. 357 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,500 Bones of some kind, or some sort of mammal. 358 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:55,500 Trying to see if they have been bitten and all are not. 359 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:57,500 And now the carcass is definitely gone. 360 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,500 These bones have been stripped clean. 361 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,500 So whatever it is was killed and then dragged out of here. 362 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,500 I'd like to just take at least one of these bones as a sample. 363 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:06,500 What's the importance of knowing where animal that came from? 364 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,500 This is probably where the methodology is between 365 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:10,500 co-sunders and destination trees diverging a little bit. 366 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,500 We're looking for types of physical or material evidence like this. 367 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,500 And obviously folks are saying there's some sort of unknown creature 368 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:17,500 living out here in the pine gardens. 369 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,500 We want to make sure we know what animal this is. 370 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:21,500 Something for us to collect and take back and look out there. 371 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,500 Thanks. 372 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:28,500 Okay, let's go. 373 00:16:31,500 --> 00:16:33,500 I don't know how you guys see this. 374 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,500 So you used to four walls and knowing what to look for 375 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:38,500 in certain rooms. This is crazy. 376 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,500 What the f*** is that? 377 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,500 Something was very first thing. 378 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,500 There's somebody f***ing scolking around right in front of us right there. 379 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:52,500 Whatever it is Josh is being really quiet. 380 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,500 It's just damn nice to know whatever it is. 381 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:00,500 Josh, the rider come in. 382 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:01,500 You go for rider? 383 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:03,500 I'm pretty far from camp. We're south and east at this point. 384 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,500 We've wandered for a while. 385 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:07,500 I've seen what looks like a light or an eye in the woods. 386 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,500 Is that you that I'm seeing out there? 387 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,500 We saw what I thought was an eye and then I thought maybe it was a light. 388 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:12,500 Now it's not there anymore. 389 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,500 No Josh, it's not us. We're in the woods again. 390 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,500 We're right over near you. 391 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:18,500 We're right around the GPS coordinates you gave us 392 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,500 and we are hearing some crazy stuff right now. 393 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:23,500 We're hearing something crazy over here as well. 394 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:26,500 We're definitely hearing this out of what I think is coyotes like barking. 395 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:28,500 But intermingled with that we hear something else. 396 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:32,500 Rider, I'm gonna have Mike use the parabolic dish to isolate and record whatever we're hearing. 397 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:34,500 Copy that. 398 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:47,500 Here, take my cans. Listen to this. 399 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,500 Hello, Steve. 400 00:17:57,500 --> 00:17:59,500 I don't know if you can hear what it sounds like. 401 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:03,500 Maybe coyotes like barking, but it also sounds like a wailing or a screaming behind it. 402 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:04,500 Yeah. 403 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,500 You got clean audio over it. 404 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:07,500 I definitely got clean audio. Maybe we can analyze later. 405 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:09,500 Great. Let's keep moving on. 406 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,500 Josh, for base camp, come in base camp. 407 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,500 Go for base camp? 408 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,500 Yeah, we can analyze. Just to give you an update, we've tracked to a couple of the GPS coordinates that we tagged. 409 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:21,500 We saw something that we couldn't identify off in the distance. 410 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,500 We've heard a couple of noises and we definitely heard some strange animal sounds. 411 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:28,500 Whatever we saw up above the canopy, I don't think we've had any close calls with tonight. 412 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:31,500 We're gonna fire up the GPS and start pointing ourselves back toward base camp. 413 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:32,500 We should be there pretty soon. 414 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:33,500 Copy that. 415 00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:36,500 Let me know if you see anything or hear anything else. 416 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:39,500 We'll see you pretty soon. We're gonna head back now. 417 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:41,500 What are you guys doing? 418 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,500 Ah! 419 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:52,500 What's that? 420 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:53,500 Right there. 421 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:54,500 That's moving. 422 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,500 It's going behind the trees. 423 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:57,500 Base camp for Ryder or Bobby. 424 00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:58,500 I call for Bobby. 425 00:18:58,500 --> 00:18:59,500 That's awesome. 426 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:06,500 Whatever it was, it was showing up on infrared camera number four by the clearing and it was heading north, just another tree line. 427 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:09,500 We'll run over there as quick as we can and check that out. 428 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,500 Hey Rex, we're down here at the clearing. 429 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:20,500 You want to run down here and show us exactly where and what's up? 430 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,500 You see something. Make sure you radio it as soon as possible. 431 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:24,500 Okay. 432 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:39,500 Hey guys, whatever it was, it was picked up on the infrared camera. 433 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:44,500 It just went off in this direction and it just roosed along the tree line. 434 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,500 Whatever was in it was on the move. 435 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:53,500 I don't hear anything guys. 436 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,500 I don't see anything either up here. 437 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,500 I think we should be heading back. 438 00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:58,500 That sounds good. 439 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,500 Most crazy sounds we've ever died out. 440 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,500 After sure. 441 00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:13,500 Not hearing any further noises and with Don approaching, we fell back to base camp to call it a night. 442 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:19,500 With numerous recordings and physical evidence, I was hopeful that we could pinpoint what people were attributing to the Jersey Devil. 443 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:23,500 So we flew back to our West Coast offices in Los Angeles to analyze our evidence. 444 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:28,500 First, Mike and I processed the audio recordings of the strange sounds we heard in the pine barriers. 445 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:35,500 We then headed to the DNA Diagnostics Lab in Timson, Texas where we brought the tissue sample we collected from the Jersey Devil Museum. 446 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:38,500 There we sat down with forensic geneticist Dr. Melba Ketchum. 447 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,500 It was an interesting type of sample. It's very degraded. 448 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:44,500 Looks like it's been in solution for a really long time and it's had its effect on it. 449 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:47,500 Could you identify a species just based on the appearance? 450 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:51,500 I think that it's probably a species that's been in use for a long time. 451 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:54,500 It looks like it's been in solution for a really long time and it's had its effect on it. 452 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:57,500 Could you identify a species just based on the appearance? 453 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:03,500 I think that it's probably a fish bone or some type of a creature from the ocean because their bones tend to be a little softer. 454 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,500 And did the sample yield up any DNA? 455 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,500 It yielded human DNA. 456 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,500 Human DNA? So do you think it's a human bone? 457 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,500 No, I don't think it's a human bone at all. I'd be very surprised if it was. 458 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:15,500 I think somebody probably handled it at some point. 459 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,500 So we can't prove this is a Jersey Devil but we can't prove it's not. 460 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,500 No, it doesn't disprove it or prove it. 461 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:25,500 And finally, we hit the LA Museum of Natural History to have Jim Dines go over our skeletal findings. 462 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:26,500 Jim, how have you been? 463 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:27,500 Good, how have you been? 464 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,500 I've been very well, thanks. I see that you're still running your House of Horrors here. 465 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:31,500 We try. 466 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:35,500 So a couple of samples that we collected would love to have you take a look at. What do you make of these? 467 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:44,500 What I'm seeing here is part of the pelvis from a hooved animal and it actually is the same hooved animal that this comes from. 468 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:49,500 So this is the pelvic bone or part of the pelvis and this is the humerus. 469 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,500 Jim, there's nothing funny about this. This is serious business. 470 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:53,500 Yes, you're right. 471 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:55,500 Okay, so this is the humerus from a hooved animal. 472 00:21:55,500 --> 00:22:04,500 Yes, I understand the Jersey Devil is supposed to be a hooved animal but unfortunately this is not from the Jersey Devil. 473 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:08,500 This is actually from a hooved animal called the Whitetail Deer. 474 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:14,500 Whitetail deer populations have been strong in pine barrens for hundreds of years. 475 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,500 Indeed, we almost ran one down during our visit. 476 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:17,500 Whoa! 477 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:25,500 It is entirely likely that a great number of the ground-based Jersey Devil sightings can be dismissed as fast-moving deer. 478 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:30,500 Even descriptive elements such as color, hooves, and a horse-like head bear notable resemblances. 479 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:33,500 But how do we explain a flying suspect? 480 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:38,500 Whatever we saw both from above and from below appear to be massive and airborne. 481 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:43,500 Our own experiences add one more footnote to more than 300 years of legend. 482 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:47,500 The Jersey Devil is a campfire institution as old as the colonies themselves, 483 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,500 and it has survived through both sighting and superstition. 484 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:55,500 For now, it seems that the identity of this flying beast is destined to be shrouded in mystery. 485 00:22:55,500 --> 00:23:00,500 But if you should find yourself in the garden state and happen to make a wrong turn into the pine barrens, 486 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:04,500 be sure to look up. You might just catch sight of America's original monster. 487 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:11,500 The hunt for crypto-zoological creatures is rarely supported by mainstream scientists, let alone the government. 488 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:15,500 After all, it's hard to picture Barack Obama decreeing a national search for Bigfoot. 489 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:23,500 Half a world away, though, China has done just that, and established the world's only government-sanctioned search for the creature which they call the Yeren. 490 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:28,500 The Yeren, or Wildman, is a mysterious primate said to inhabit the mountains of central China. 491 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:35,500 After centuries of locals reporting run-ins, the Chinese Academy of Sciences ordained the Committee for the Search of Rare and Strange Creatures 492 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,500 in hopes of finding the Yeren. 493 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:42,500 So far, they've turned up unidentifiable hares and massive footprints, but as of yet, no photographic proof. 494 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:47,500 Most of the sightings take place in China's remote Hubei province, in Shenzhen National Park. 495 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:52,500 More than half of this 1,200 square mile preserve is closed to foreign tourists. 496 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:56,500 Making the sightings in these rain-soaked forests extremely difficult to investigate. 497 00:23:56,500 --> 00:24:02,500 We've co-alated similar descriptions from Chinese news sources and rendered a 3D image of China's version of Bigfoot. 498 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:07,500 Witnesses have caught sight of the Yeren in the most remote corners of this sprawling natural preserve. 499 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:15,500 A person head to toe in reddish-brown hair, it stands upright on two feet and ranges from six to a colossal eight-feet tall. 500 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,500 It has a strong jaw, low brow, and deep-set eyes. 501 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:22,500 Its limbs are prolonged, each with four fingers and an opposable thumb. 502 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:28,500 It has been theorized that it may be Gigantepithecus, an ancestor of modern man that once inhabited this region. 503 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,500 Locals warn that it is aggressive and prone to attacking humans. 504 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:39,500 That the Chinese government has dedicated enormous resources toward finding this creature certainly lends credibility to its potential existence. 505 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:42,500 However, much of their findings remain highly classified. 506 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:46,500 In an effort to blow the doors wide open on this case, my team and I packed up our gear, 507 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:51,500 bound for China to conduct our very own investigation to find evidence of the mysterious Yeren. 508 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:56,500 We flew 6,000 miles from Los Angeles to Beijing and then on to Yicheng, China. 509 00:24:56,500 --> 00:25:00,500 After a 15-hour flight, we arrived in the central provinces. 510 00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:03,500 With a complex story like the Yeren, I knew I'd need some assistance, 511 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:06,500 so I brought in my old team member, Gael, to help us out. 512 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:09,500 Great researcher, bad baggage handler. 513 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,500 Gael! 514 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:11,500 Gael! 515 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:16,500 This is not your first rodeo, Gael. 516 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,500 Really, like a full-on of China shot. 517 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,500 Where is Ryder? 518 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,500 All right, here we go. 519 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:29,500 After a long flight in cramped seats, our first priority was getting a little medical attention for our camera operators aching back. 520 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:34,500 Fortunately, we found a state-of-the-art hospital right here in rural China. 521 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:37,500 As far as I know, that's normal. That's totally normal. 522 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,500 Don't worry about it. Just come right this way. 523 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:41,500 Is this man actually a doctor? 524 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,500 He's putting a dirty lab coat on over and over coat and they're cleaning garbage. 525 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,500 How possible is this? 526 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:49,500 Ow. 527 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:51,500 Wait, what? 528 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,500 What's up? 529 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:57,500 Is it pay? 530 00:25:57,500 --> 00:25:58,500 Yeah. 531 00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,500 Ow. 532 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:00,500 Ow. 533 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:01,500 That hurt. 534 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:02,500 This is cutting-edge acupuncture. 535 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:03,500 What is an electrocution thing? 536 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:07,500 They just run a little bit of current through the needles to soothe the muscles. 537 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:08,500 Ow. 538 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,500 Ow. 539 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:10,500 They're out. 540 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:11,500 That was great. 541 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:16,500 All right, Gael, we got about a 50-pound camera for you to carry. Let's go. 542 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:17,500 Come on. 543 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:23,500 With Gaeib on the mend, we headed over to meet with paleoanthropologist Yuan Zhenzhen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 544 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:27,500 He was part of the government-sponsored expedition charged with finding the creature 545 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:31,500 and possibly held a key to what the Chinese government wasn't telling us. 546 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:34,500 Do you think the government knows more about the Yeren than they tell people? 547 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:35,500 Does it work? 548 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:36,500 It does. 549 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:39,500 The institute, the university and the government, they're in the same line. 550 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,500 So there's no secrets that are being kept from me? 551 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:43,500 No. 552 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,500 Sir, wink twice if you know where the Yeren is. 553 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:46,500 What? 554 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:47,500 Oh. 555 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,500 You saw that. 556 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,500 I know you were a part of one or a number of these expeditions that went looking for the Yeren. 557 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,500 What did this expedition turn up? 558 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:57,500 This is the actual hair sample. 559 00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,500 These are the actual hairs. 560 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:04,500 I know you were a part of one or a number of these expeditions that went looking for the Yeren. 561 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:06,500 What did this expedition turn up? 562 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:09,500 This is the actual hair sample. 563 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:11,500 These are the actual hairs. 564 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:16,500 There's no way that these are from any other known primate living in Shenanjia because I know there are monkeys there. 565 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:21,500 They compare the hair samples they can definitely say this is something new. 566 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:25,500 We knew we weren't going to find a Yeren in the city, so we made our way towards Shenanjia. 567 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:31,500 The roads to the national park are notoriously unreliable, so we decided to bypass them by sailing up the mighty Yangtze River. 568 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:33,500 Alright guys, here we go! 569 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,500 Yangtze River, cleanest water in China. 570 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,500 Our plan was to steam more than 60 miles. 571 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:43,500 We were going to go to Yangtze River to see the Yangtze River. 572 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:49,500 Our plan was to steam more than 60 miles, bypassing steep muddy trails, and disembarking at Badang, 573 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:54,500 where we would drive an additional five hours on winding roads to Shenanjia National Park. 574 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:58,500 The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world and is the lifeblood of China, 575 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:01,500 allowing shipping between the inland provinces and the coast. 576 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:05,500 It is also a place where Evan and I share our love for badly dubbed movies. 577 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,500 Like an old Kung Fu movie, I love it. 578 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,500 We're on the Yangtze River. 579 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:12,500 This is a beautiful area known as the Three Gorges. 580 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:16,500 Right now, we're going to go to the ancient forest with a Yaren list. 581 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:18,500 Ha ha ha ha ha ha! 582 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:20,500 That's pretty good. 583 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:25,500 Alright guys, we've got about four hours of this thing, so let's get comfy. 584 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:29,500 We spent the afternoon coursing between thousand foot valley walls 585 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,500 and letting our boat carry us deep into central China. 586 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:35,500 Eventually, we arrived at the banks of Badang. 587 00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:41,500 From there, we drove north 150 miles to the heart of Shenanjia National Reserve. 588 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:46,500 At an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, the steep climb seems never ending. 589 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,500 Mike, remind me again why we're out in the middle of China, the freezing cold, the rain. 590 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:54,500 Because, fortunately in glory, we want the fame, the money and the women. 591 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,500 You think of my mind, Yaren, I'll get more girls? 592 00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:58,500 Nobody's better at almost finding monsters than us. 593 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,500 And it's true. 594 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:05,500 Once we finally arrived in the park, I looked out over the misty mountains and massive forests 595 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:08,500 and realized just how challenging this location was going to be. 596 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:12,500 At the impressive Dallas Shrine that stands guard over the preserve, 597 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:15,500 I did my best to talk with the mountain locals. 598 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:17,500 Trying to find the Yaren? You guys know the area? 599 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,500 Don't choose your mouth open, seriously it's rude. 600 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:20,500 These goats are no help, they don't speak English. 601 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,500 Anybody speak goat Chinese? 602 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,500 Perfect, Evan. 603 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:33,500 Hello, sir, what are you selling up here alone at the top of this mountain? 604 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:36,500 If you had a Twix bar in here, I would pay you a million dollars. 605 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,500 And the man is selling a Yaren statue. 606 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:40,500 Look at Mike's face. 607 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:43,500 Uh-oh, slingshot. 608 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,500 Bobby! 609 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:50,500 Sorry! 610 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,500 I will definitely take this. 611 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:57,500 We finally met up with Juan Yu Hao, who has been a forest ranger in the National Park for over 30 years. 612 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:02,500 He's not only an expert in the Shen and Jha area, he's also had his own encounter with the Yaren. 613 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,500 Have you yourself seen the Yaren? 614 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,500 I don't believe in the Yaren at the time. 615 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:13,500 He found the Yaren and tried to chase the Yaren, but he could not follow. 616 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:15,500 He believed in the Yaren. 617 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:17,500 Where do you think the Yaren lives? Where should I look for the Yaren? 618 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,500 The Yarenfung. 619 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,500 The Yarenfung, the stone forest. 620 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,500 He thinks the stone forest area? 621 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,500 The highest altitude of this area. 622 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:29,500 With night upon us, we drove into the small town inside Shen and Jha National Park. 623 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:33,500 There, I had arranged to meet with a local guide who described for me his run-in with the Yaren. 624 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,500 He led a group of forests with five people. 625 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,500 The driving staff, the car, and the Xiao Jie Yiren. 626 00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:41,500 And it was walking on two legs? 627 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:42,500 Very clearly. 628 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:47,500 They saw the Yaren with black fur and walking with two legs. 629 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:53,500 It had been a long day, but as we walked towards our hotel, I realized I still had one more thing left to do. 630 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:57,500 I would like to buy an enormous container of fireworks. 631 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:01,500 Oh, good sweet heaven above. 632 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:03,500 Yes, that's the one. 633 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:06,500 Oh, you're really elusive. Where can I light it? 634 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,500 In the middle of a street. 635 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:09,500 In the middle of a street? 636 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:10,500 Yeah, you're probably in the middle of a street. 637 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:12,500 Oh, it's Shai'en. I love you. 638 00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:13,500 It's got a lighter. 639 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:14,500 Mike, not in here. 640 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:15,500 What? 641 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:16,500 What is wrong with this crew? 642 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,500 Exploded Chinese fireworks factory. That's all we need. 643 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:19,500 Okay, here we go. 644 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,500 I thought Shai'en was full of rules. 645 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:23,500 Turns out you can do whatever you want. 646 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:24,500 I'm gonna light this. 647 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:25,500 Okay. 648 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:27,500 And the three of us are gonna run like hell. 649 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:28,500 Okay. 650 00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:29,500 Does he get it? 651 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:30,500 I don't know. 652 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:31,500 I don't know. 653 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:32,500 Okay. 654 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,500 Run like hell. 655 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:45,500 I blew fireworks in China. 656 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,500 After waking up the entire town and possibly the errand, 657 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,500 we headed off to bed. 658 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:53,500 Early the next morning, we began our investigation. 659 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:55,500 With special permission from the government, 660 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,500 we ascended the perilous muddy roads into the area 661 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:59,500 that were otherwise restricted to foreigners. 662 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:08,500 Okay, guys, we're on foot. Get all the gear out. 663 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:11,500 After a long and arduous hike up slippery terrain 664 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:14,500 and over rocky ledges, we eventually arrived in the stone forest, 665 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,500 the very heart of the reported sightings. 666 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:20,500 Okay, guys, we got some good shelter here with these rocks and trees. 667 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:21,500 Hey. 668 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:22,500 Come on. Here we go. 669 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:25,500 As day turned to night, we began setting up base camp. 670 00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:28,500 First, we cabled four stationary infrared cameras 671 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,500 hundreds of feet from camp in different directions. 672 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,500 Beyond those, we positioned several trap cameras 673 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,500 to surprise anything skulking through the woods. 674 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:38,500 Finally, we constructed an invisible perimeter fence 675 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:40,500 about a half mile around our camp. 676 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,500 Laser sighted sensors would transmit a signal and trip an alarm 677 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,500 if anything crossed inside. 678 00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:48,500 Vanessa would monitor the cameras and perimeter throughout the night. 679 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:50,500 We've obviously traveled a long way to get here. 680 00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:53,500 We've talked to a lot of people who believe this thing exists. 681 00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:54,500 We have heard that it can be aggressive. 682 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,500 We've heard that it's dangerous. 683 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,500 I'm going to lead an initial sweep with Gael and Evan and Mike. 684 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,500 We're going to head up this river. 685 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,500 We've seen kind of a rough path through here. 686 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:04,500 We're going to see where that goes. 687 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:07,500 I'm going to lead a team downstream, see if we can cross the river 688 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:08,500 and then get up into the foothills. 689 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,500 We've heard that this creature may live in caves, 690 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,500 and we know that there may be some in this area. 691 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:15,500 So if we do find some, we should definitely head in there, 692 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:17,500 try and find some evidence. 693 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:18,500 And get eaten by a bear. 694 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,500 And possibly get eaten by a bear. 695 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,500 Let's do a plan. Let's do it. Come on, guys. 696 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:23,500 All right. 697 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:24,500 Let's do it. 698 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,500 Gael, what do you think? You think the air is real? 699 00:33:30,500 --> 00:33:32,500 Everybody around here seems to believe in him. 700 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:34,500 It's possible. 701 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,500 Looks like something tore right through here. 702 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:40,500 See this big rock missing? 703 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:44,500 Looks like something just, rock just came loose, I guess, 704 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:45,500 and went down the hill. 705 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:46,500 Yeah, it's possible. 706 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:49,500 The grass got torn off right there at the top, too. 707 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,500 All right, let's keep going uphill and see what's up there. 708 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:53,500 All right. 709 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,500 Hopefully this gets us above the waterfall. 710 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:01,500 Very careful. 711 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,500 I got a cave over here, man. Check this out. 712 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,500 Let's see. Wow. 713 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,500 They say the yarn lives in caves. 714 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:11,500 We've got a big cave out here. 715 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,500 I think we're going down. 716 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:15,500 It's kind of hazy down here. 717 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:16,500 All right. 718 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:20,500 All right. 719 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,500 His brace is broken down. Push down. 720 00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:31,500 It's just been mowed down. 721 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:32,500 Hey, look at that. 722 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:35,500 Those branches are all pressed down. 723 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:38,500 Pretty big and pretty powerful to mat everything down like this. 724 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:41,500 Right there, right there. 725 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,500 A lot of mud down here. 726 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:48,500 Definitely keeping an eye out for footprints. 727 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,500 Got some broken branches here. 728 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:53,500 Looks like something's coming through here and stepped on this. 729 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,500 These branches look like they've just been trampled by something. 730 00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,500 Let's keep going and see where this passage goes. 731 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:02,500 It's just going deeper and deeper, and I can hear running water. 732 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:03,500 Wow. 733 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,500 This is huge. 734 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,500 This thing just drops off all over the place, doesn't it? 735 00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:12,500 Jail, hang there for a minute, and I'm just going to go see where this cavern goes. 736 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,500 Jail, there's a big drop off here, 737 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:19,500 and it just looks like it empties out into the big chamber. 738 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,500 Can you make it down further? 739 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:23,500 I don't think so. 740 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:25,500 It's about a 30-foot drop from where I'm standing in here, 741 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:28,500 and so there's nowhere to go once you get down here. 742 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:30,500 No sign of the errand. 743 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:33,500 Anything hiding in this place? 744 00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:39,500 Stop! Stop, stop! 745 00:35:39,500 --> 00:35:41,500 Jail, you okay? 746 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,500 Sign for your little tier. 747 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:44,500 You okay? 748 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:46,500 Josh, I don't think we're going in here. 749 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:47,500 I hear that. 750 00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:48,500 I heard that. 751 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:49,500 I heard that. 752 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:50,500 I heard that. 753 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:51,500 I heard that. 754 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:52,500 That's right above us. 755 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:53,500 I told you. 756 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:54,500 Is that what you heard? 757 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:55,500 Yes. 758 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,500 That sounds like rocks on the moment. 759 00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:58,500 Just a minute. 760 00:35:58,500 --> 00:35:59,500 There's something moving over there. 761 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:00,500 It's right above us. 762 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:01,500 There it is. 763 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:02,500 There it is. 764 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:03,500 There it is. 765 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:04,500 There it is. 766 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:05,500 So these loose rocks down here? 767 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:06,500 Yeah. 768 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,500 I have this stuff just going off the ceiling. 769 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:09,500 I think that's all it is. 770 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,500 It did sound like something moving, 771 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:13,500 but I think it's just this rocks and water Jail. 772 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:15,500 Let's check the whole cave and the way back out, 773 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:16,500 the way we came in. 774 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:17,500 If we don't see anything by the time we reach the entrance, 775 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:19,500 I think we can chop it up to loose rocks. 776 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:21,500 Let's get back here to surface. 777 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:22,500 We're just nice and freezing. 778 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:23,500 Rex for Vanessa. 779 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:25,500 Go ahead, Rex. 780 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,500 Our team just made our way up the mountain. 781 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,500 I'm hearing some strange noises. 782 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,500 Whatever it was, it sounded really big. 783 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:33,500 It sounds like it's heading down towards you. 784 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:34,500 What do you mean it's moving towards you? 785 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:36,500 How do you know it's coming towards base camp? 786 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:38,500 It's moving in the direction that we came from. 787 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,500 If it passes you, it may be heading towards the other team. 788 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:42,500 Tomorrow we'll let them know if they think you're in port there. 789 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:43,500 Let's use it. 790 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,500 Alright, I'll let them know. 791 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:49,500 Rex, the perimeter alarm has just been tripped. 792 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:52,500 Whatever it is, it's just a trip of perimeter alarm. 793 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:53,500 Vanessa, Josh? 794 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:54,500 Go for Josh. 795 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:57,500 Josh, Rex and Bobby gave up chasing something down, 796 00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:00,500 something big that they said is heading towards base camp. 797 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,500 The perimeter alarm has just been tripped. 798 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:03,500 Copy that, V. We're headed back right now. 799 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:04,500 We'll be down there as soon as we can. 800 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:05,500 Let's go, go, go. 801 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:09,500 If someone set up the perimeter alarm, 802 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:10,500 it's probably close to camp. 803 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:16,500 Rex? 804 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:17,500 Yeah. 805 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:18,500 Hey guys, what's up? 806 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:19,500 Josh. 807 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:20,500 V said that you were chasing something big. 808 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:21,500 What is it? 809 00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:22,500 We don't know. 810 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,500 We should basically cover the ground 811 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,500 between us and where that alarm was tripped. 812 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:26,500 There's a lot of ground. 813 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:27,500 We can go both sides of the river. 814 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:28,500 I don't think it's headed upstream 815 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,500 and if it is, you're going to see them in those cameras. 816 00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:31,500 Let's get back out there. 817 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:32,500 Alright, let's do it. 818 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,500 Steep walls here too. 819 00:37:37,500 --> 00:37:38,500 Okay, here we go. 820 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,500 Okay, I'm still dry. 821 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:45,500 Somehow. 822 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:55,500 Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on. 823 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:57,500 I'm trying to see if there are any tracks, 824 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:58,500 any scouts. 825 00:37:58,500 --> 00:37:59,500 Any scouts. 826 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:07,500 What? 827 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:08,500 Right, no idea. 828 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:10,500 Stay here. 829 00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:11,500 Where are you? 830 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:12,500 Where are you? 831 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,500 Rex and Josh, we got something moving along the way 832 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,500 just in front of us. 833 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:16,500 It sounds like it's any cameras 834 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:18,500 that's lying towards you. 835 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:19,500 We got our eyes on it down here. 836 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,500 I have a thermal imager up and running. 837 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,500 It's coming down through the trees. 838 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,500 I'm going to see it. 839 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:26,500 There was a shadow. 840 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,500 And it seems there's a bright eye to do. 841 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:31,500 Okay, we have to get any of that camera. 842 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:32,500 No, it's too far down. 843 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:33,500 Shoot. 844 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:36,500 Rex, we're looking forward here, man. 845 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,500 I'm looking forward on the thermal 846 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:39,500 and with the night vision scope. 847 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,500 We do not see it coming down through the trees yet. 848 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:42,500 Let's go, Bobby. 849 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:43,500 Come on. 850 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,500 Looks like something might have come at this tree. 851 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:51,500 I don't see anything in here, though. 852 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:53,500 I'm looking for blood. 853 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,500 Just looking for anything. 854 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:57,500 Left behind. 855 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:00,500 Did you hear that? 856 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:01,500 I do hear it. 857 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:02,500 I do hear that. 858 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:04,500 Right there? 859 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,500 Something up there, buddy. 860 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:12,500 Listen carefully. 861 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:15,500 Guys, we got a thermal. 862 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:22,500 Did you hear that? 863 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:23,500 I do hear it. 864 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:24,500 I do hear that. 865 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:25,500 Right there? 866 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:31,500 Something up there, buddy. 867 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:34,500 Listen carefully. 868 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,500 Guys, we got a thermal. 869 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:39,500 Bobby, look at this. 870 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:40,500 I just saw something on this path. 871 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,500 Definitely heat signature for another path. 872 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:44,500 It was moving. 873 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:45,500 It was right on the side of the path. 874 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:48,500 Stand by. 875 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:49,500 Stand by. 876 00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:50,500 I don't have anything now. 877 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:51,500 Bobby, look at this. 878 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:52,500 Come here. 879 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:55,500 Something is standing right here. 880 00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:56,500 See? 881 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:57,500 Yeah. 882 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:58,500 We got a hot spot there. 883 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,500 I just have one fading right there. 884 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,500 I don't see it. 885 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:07,500 Guys, over here. 886 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:08,500 Over here. 887 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:09,500 What? 888 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:10,500 What you got? 889 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:11,500 I got an animal scat right here. 890 00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:12,500 Look at that. 891 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:14,500 But if we saw it move off the path, 892 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:15,500 we might have left this. 893 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:16,500 It looks fresh. 894 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:17,500 It does. 895 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,500 I'm going to back this up. 896 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,500 It's the only scat I've seen all night. 897 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:23,500 It might have been from whatever we saw. 898 00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:25,500 Oh, Lord. 899 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,500 This is a pretty substantial pile of s***. 900 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,500 That is a monster juice, man. 901 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,500 Let's take this back. 902 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,500 Maybe a little DNA analysis. 903 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,500 We'll figure out what we saw tonight. 904 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:37,500 Let's keep moving, guys. 905 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,500 Got a little stream over here. 906 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,500 Whatever it was, 907 00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:42,500 might have come along the small stream. 908 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,500 So keep your eyes peeled. 909 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:45,500 Bobby, I'll go down here 910 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,500 and watch you check up there. 911 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,500 It's just so slick up here. 912 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:50,500 Careful, guys. 913 00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:51,500 Hold on. 914 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:57,500 Oh! 915 00:40:58,500 --> 00:40:59,500 Hey, look, look, look. 916 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:00,500 Ow! 917 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:01,500 F***ing. 918 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:02,500 Hold on. 919 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:03,500 Hold on. 920 00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:04,500 I'm going to be like... 921 00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:06,500 It's sore as hell. 922 00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:08,500 But it's not broken. 923 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,500 Guys, I did hurt my leg a bit here. 924 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:13,500 So there's just a layer of ice 925 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:15,500 over all this stuff at this point. 926 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,500 Let's just start heading back. 927 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,500 One dangerous fall after another 928 00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,500 was enough to make me bring this investigation to an end. 929 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,500 With the entire mountain top frozen, 930 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:23,500 we limped back to base camp 931 00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:26,500 to warm up before one of us got seriously injured. 932 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:28,500 After dawn, we began the journey back to Yi Chang 933 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,500 and caught a flight found for Los Angeles 934 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,500 and our West Coast offices, 935 00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:34,500 where we would analyze our findings. 936 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:36,500 Our computers enhanced our thermal evidence, 937 00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:38,500 but without any supporting video footage, 938 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:41,500 we were unable to identify the species we saw in the darkness. 939 00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:44,500 And unfortunately, the fecal sample we sent for DNA testing 940 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,500 did not provide any results, 941 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,500 since bacteria had degraded it. 942 00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:51,500 The Yaren is a story as old as China itself. 943 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,500 Since the Chinese have meticulously preserved their heritage, 944 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:57,500 it is possible that the creature is an ancestral artifact, 945 00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,500 a legend passed down through the centuries 946 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:02,500 based on the massive Gigantipithic apes 947 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,500 that may have coexisted here with early Homo sapiens. 948 00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:08,500 Or perhaps there is a yet-to-be-catalogged species 949 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:10,500 still hiding here. 950 00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,500 As China's vast woodlands continue to be explored, 951 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:15,500 the truth about the Yaren's identity may come to light. 952 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:17,500 But with so much of the National Park 953 00:42:17,500 --> 00:42:19,500 mysteriously closed to tourists, 954 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:21,500 there's no shortage of unexplored caves 955 00:42:21,500 --> 00:42:24,500 or virgin forests in which to hide.