1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600 On this episode of Expedition X, 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,600 my team and I launch our biggest investigation yet 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,000 as we uncover shocking new reports 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,600 of a terrifying creature prowling the American Midwest. 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,000 I could see an iridescent, orange-ish-red-eye, 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,400 six and a half, seven feet off the ground. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,200 Look at that. 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,200 Is this vicious beast to blame for a recent killing spree? 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,000 Oh, my God. 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 That is horrendous. 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,200 That whole chunk's missing. 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:35,000 Is it a rabid dog, a massive wolf, or an unknown predator? 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,800 I think it's a werewolf. 14 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,400 And this time, I'm joining the hunt. 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,400 Definitely sounds like an animal. 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Holy f***, look at this. 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,400 Look at this. 18 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,400 That's huge. 19 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,000 Everybody be really careful where you're standing. 20 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,600 We've got fresh prints here. 21 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,800 Something was f***ed right there. 22 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,400 Something is out there. 23 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,800 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 24 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,400 There it is. You see that? 25 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,200 Right there. Right there. 26 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,200 And we're on a hunt for the truth behind... 27 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,200 Holy f***, it's moving in the brush. 28 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,200 ...an American werewolf. 29 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,200 My name is Josh Gates. 30 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 In my travels, I've experienced strange things 31 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,200 that defy logic and made me question everything. 32 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,200 Oh, my God. 33 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,200 Now, I've put together a team to investigate 34 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,200 the stranger side of the unknown. 35 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,200 Let's go. 36 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,200 Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts for rational explanations. 37 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,200 This is the criminal for actually found stationery. 38 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:42,200 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research has made her a true believer. 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,200 Phil, do you see that? 40 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,200 I just saw some papers across. 41 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,200 Together, we're searching for answers... 42 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,200 What is that? 43 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,200 ...to the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 44 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,200 This is Expedition X. 45 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,200 All right, Phil, Jess, I hope you've got your pitchforks ready, 46 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,200 your silver bullets on hand, 47 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,200 because this case is going to get a little hairy. 48 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Werewolves? 49 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,200 Werewolves. 50 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Hang with me here. Hang with me. 51 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,200 I want to tell you a story about a guy named Danny Morgan. 52 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,200 He's from Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, 53 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,200 and he's driving home one night on this lonely road, 54 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,200 and suddenly he sees something terrifying coming out of the woods. 55 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,200 He slows down, manages to snap a picture with his phone, 56 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,200 a picture that has set the internet ablaze. 57 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,200 Behold, a real-life werewolf? 58 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,200 I have seen this photo before. 59 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,200 And? 60 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,200 I mean, it's super creepy. 61 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,200 It's super creepy, but it's also super blurry. 62 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,200 Yeah. 63 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,200 It does look like a canine if you look at the rear legs, 64 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,200 but it's... 65 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:42,200 ...like, Peter was standing upright. 66 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,200 Is this thing legit? 67 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,200 That's what we're here to find out. 68 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,200 I guess it could be something like a large dog or a wolf 69 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,200 that reared up maybe because it was scared of the car 70 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,200 and at the right time he took a photo of it, 71 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,200 and then, voila, it looks kind of like a werewolf. 72 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Maybe? 73 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Maybe not. 74 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,200 If this was just a one-off sighting, right, 75 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,200 we would dismiss it, fine. 76 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,200 But locals claim that a creature matching this description 77 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,200 has been terrorizing this area for decades. 78 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,200 1991, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. 79 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,200 Newspaper reporter Linda Godfrey follows up on a bizarre report 80 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,200 by a woman who had been driving home late one evening 81 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,200 on Bray Road, a rural street that cuts through miles of cornfields. 82 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,200 She claims to spot what she describes as a large wolf-like creature 83 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,200 running on two legs at incredible speed. 84 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,200 Little does Godfrey know that the small piece she writes 85 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,200 would empower an avalanche of eyewitnesses to come forward 86 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,200 with accounts of their own sightings of this mysterious monster. 87 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,200 Faster than you can say, Howl at the Moon, 88 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,200 the legend of the Beast of Bray Road, is born. 89 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,200 In the decades that follow, sightings of the creature 90 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,200 continue with shocking regularity. 91 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,200 And every eyewitness description is practically identical. 92 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,200 A huge terrifying beast with canine-like features, 93 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,200 dark matted fur, bright glowing eyes, 94 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,200 moving at remarkable speed, 95 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,200 sometimes on all fours, sometimes upright on its hind legs. 96 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,200 Then in 2018, Danny Morgan's tantalizing photograph 97 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,200 becomes what believers are calling the Smoking Gun. 98 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,200 Since releasing his photograph, 99 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 Danny Morgan is no longer talking to the press, 100 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,200 leaving skeptics to suggest his story is less than authentic. 101 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,200 But sightings of the beast have sharply increased in frequency. 102 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,200 Just last week, a deliveryman claimed he saw the creature 103 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,200 coming out of the woods in a nearby town. 104 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:49,200 And only days ago, another man encountered the beast on his farm 105 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,200 and says it is responsible for a heinous bloodbath. 106 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,200 Are all of these credible reports simply cases of mistaken identity? 107 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Or is it possible there is an animal unknown to science 108 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,200 stalking the Midwest? 109 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,200 I know this sounds crazy, but there is a real volume of sightings here. 110 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,200 And this isn't some ancient bit of folklore. 111 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,200 People have been regularly reporting this for the last 30 years. 112 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:21,200 So not to humble brag, but I've been following this story for a decent amount of time. 113 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,200 And the county animal control officer that patrolled that area 114 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,200 actually collected all of these eyewitness reports in a file folder 115 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,200 that was just labeled werewolf. 116 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,200 And that's the point, like these eyewitnesses are reporting their sightings 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,200 as werewolf sightings. 118 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,200 Phil, I can smell the skepticism wafting off you. 119 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,200 I mean, werewolves don't exist. 120 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,200 What is it? 121 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:45,200 I don't know what that is. 122 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:51,200 But there are a lot of known predators in Wisconsin, like bears, like wolves. 123 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,200 And in the last 20 years, a lot of their forests got replaced by urban sprawl. 124 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,200 So predators are coming out of the woodworks and humans are interacting with them 125 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,200 in ways that they didn't expect. 126 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,200 So if they see a wolf on the street or on the road, they're going to be scared of it. 127 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,200 Say it's a monster. 128 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,200 I mean, these aren't brand new farmers that just started a farm yesterday. 129 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,200 These are people that have lived in the area for years. 130 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,200 So they wouldn't know the difference between what is a wolf 131 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,200 versus what is something that they can't explain. 132 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,200 She's right. 133 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,200 There are a lot of locals who've been really scared by whatever this is 134 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,200 and who claim that it is something other, something unknown. 135 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,200 So what do you say? 136 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,200 Are you ready to get to the bottom of the legend of the Beast of Bray Road? 137 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Absolutely. 138 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,200 Yeah. 139 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,200 I want to know what that is. 140 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,200 All right, good. 141 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,200 Okay. 142 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,200 So for this case, I am going to be sending you out there with some backup. 143 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,200 A real heavy hitter in the field. 144 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,200 I'm talking about somebody who's been investigating legends around the world for years. 145 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,200 Talented, a whiz with technology. 146 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,200 He's a pleasure to work with. 147 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Very handsome. 148 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,200 Humble. 149 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,200 Me. 150 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,200 I'm coming with you. 151 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,200 Oh, that's great. 152 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Hey, that'll be fun. 153 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,200 Yes. 154 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:56,200 Look, I really do love this story. 155 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,200 This is right up my alley. 156 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,200 I love legends like this, especially one that's right here in the USA. 157 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,200 I mean, I'm with you, right? 158 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:03,200 A werewolf in the Midwest. 159 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,200 But we have this photo. 160 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,200 There's been an uptick in sighting. 161 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,200 Something is killing animals out there. 162 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 This is a real story here, and I want to find out what it is. 163 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,200 All right, let's go do this. 164 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,200 Yeah. 165 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,200 One thing, when we get to Wisconsin, I get to drive the Jeep. 166 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,200 Shotgun. 167 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,200 I'll take backseat? 168 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Yes, yes, you will. 169 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,200 All right. 170 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,200 The next morning, Phil and Jess and I hop on a flight to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 171 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,200 From there, it's just a short, hour-long drive southwest to the town of Elkhorn 172 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,200 and the alleged hunting ground of the beast. 173 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,200 And nothing like a little weekend getaway looking for monster. 174 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,200 Exactly. 175 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,200 I actually love monster stories. 176 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:46,200 They're like some of my favorite cases because, you know, some people might say, 177 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,200 oh, this sounds ridiculous, you know, a werewolf in Wisconsin. 178 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,200 But those are my favorite stories because whether or not you believe in the creature, 179 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,200 you have to believe in the mystery, right? 180 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,200 Yeah. 181 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,200 People are seeing something out here they can't explain, and now we're out here hunting for a beast. 182 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,200 I mean, you know, it didn't happen that long ago. 183 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:09,200 You know, we're essentially at the birthplace of a new urban myth, which to me is super cool. 184 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,200 Totally. 185 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,200 I mean, there are people out here genuinely terrified having encounters they can't explain. 186 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:19,200 Whether it's a werewolf, misidentification, folklore, whatever, that's what we got to figure out. 187 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,200 I think there's all sorts of possibilities out here, which is why what I'm after here is evidence. 188 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:28,200 What can we tangibly find and document a photograph that could get us towards some sort of answer? 189 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:35,200 Werewolves are staples of European folklore, but there are also actual sightings reported around the world. 190 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:41,200 There were multiple reports in Scotland in the 1950s and 60s of a half-man, half-wolf. 191 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:49,200 In 1988, security officers near Wittlitz, Germany, spot a large wolf-like creature standing on its hind legs. 192 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:57,200 2016, locals in the town of Hull in Northern England have multiple sightings of a similar beast feasting on local dogs. 193 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,200 And then there's right here, Ground Zero for the American Werewolf. 194 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,200 Welcome to Elkhorn, Wisconsin. 195 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,200 Look at this. This is adorable. 196 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,200 It is a very cute town. 197 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,200 Also known as America's Christmas Card Town. 198 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Okay. 199 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:21,200 Because of the many festive paintings of the charming downtown area that have been turned into Christmas cards. 200 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,200 That is so sweet. 201 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:34,200 This enchanting farming community in the heart of Wallworth County boasts a population of just over 10,000 residents and, quite possibly, one terrifying beast. 202 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Sightings of the cryptid have been reported all over the county, with the highest concentration of encounters taking place around Bray Road. 203 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:54,200 So if we have any chance of finding a creature that's managed to elude identification for decades, we have to start with its last known location and speak to the man who saw it. 204 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,200 I think this is our guy right here. 205 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,200 Yep. 206 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:05,200 Just a few miles outside of town, we've arranged a meeting with Lee Hemple, a retired math teacher who's been living in this area since 2007. 207 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:16,200 Recently, while driving, he had a chilling encounter with a mysterious creature just outside his farm, which is located, you guessed it, right off Bray Road. 208 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,200 I understand you've got quite a story. 209 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Boy, I do. I do. It was 1030 at night and I drove down the road. 210 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,200 Here were two. Here were just some orangey's red eyes. 211 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,200 Probably about 150 feet away right next to the road. 212 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,200 It's standing looking at me. 213 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:44,200 I mean, blink of an eye, it's 20 feet out in the field and instantaneously, it was gone. 214 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,200 You can't imagine how fast it moved. 215 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,200 In that moment, were you thinking, I just saw the beast of Bray Road? 216 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,200 Absolutely. Yes. Yeah, I did. 217 00:10:54,200 --> 00:11:02,200 I called my brother, you know, 11 o'clock at night and I said, I got to tell somebody because I just saw what I think is a beast of Bray Road. 218 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:07,200 Were there any other physical characteristics that stood out? Did you see fur? Anything? Color? 219 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,200 No, I could not see any fur. I could not see any color. 220 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:21,200 My assumption is that whatever it was was very, very dark or black because there was no shape that I could see in it other than these iridescent orangey's red eyes. 221 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,200 They were six and a half, seven feet off the ground looking at me. 222 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,200 So it was kind of formless. Right. 223 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,200 Were you able to tell where it was headed? It was headed directly west. 224 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,200 And what's in the west? Is there any area there? 225 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,200 It just was a cornfield that had been harvested. 226 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,200 What would you say to someone who says, oh man, you must have just seen a deer or a coyote out there? 227 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:48,200 You're wrong because I know what I saw. I've seen deer and coyote before many times and that was not a deer or a coyote. 228 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,200 Well, and back the next day and I found these very interesting tracks. 229 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:56,200 There are five toad seven pad tracks and no animal in these parts have these tracks. 230 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,200 And did you take any photos of the tracks? 231 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,200 I have photos of the tracks. Let's see. 232 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Yeah. 233 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,200 Right there. 234 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,200 So point out the five toes to me. 235 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:10,200 Okay. Here's one, two, three, four, five. 236 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,200 It's canid because you can see the claw right there. 237 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,200 There's a center pad which no canid has. 238 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,200 And there's a heel pad and this is about three and a half by three inches. 239 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,200 So it's a very large track, much larger than coyotes. 240 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200 Right. 241 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,200 And what I saw made those tracks. 242 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,200 A typical canine has four clawed toes and a heel pad. 243 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:38,200 The imprint Lee recorded has an additional toe and an extra heel pad which is not consistent with a coyote or a wolf. 244 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:44,200 There are some large dog breeds that do have five toes, most commonly the great Pyrenees. 245 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,200 But Lee's next piece of evidence suggests we're not dealing with a domesticated animal. 246 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,200 I also have photos of middle-aged deer. 247 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 It's taken down deer. 248 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,200 Absolutely. Yes. 249 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,200 I have a really good photo of that. 250 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Here it is. Right here. 251 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Oh, look at that. 252 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,200 Right there. 253 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Right there. 254 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,200 Wow. 255 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,200 That whole chunk's missing. 256 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,200 That's a whole quarter. 257 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,200 Yeah. 258 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,200 And look at that's not chewed. 259 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,200 That just ripped off. 260 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,200 And that front quarter was totally carried away. 261 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,200 Yes it was. 262 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,200 Yes. 263 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,200 And if you take the whole front quarter away it would have to be a pretty sizable animal to drag that out. 264 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,200 Oh yeah. Yeah. 265 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,200 This deer was attacked by an extremely powerful predator. 266 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:27,200 The state of Wisconsin is home to a number of animals capable of taking it down including bears and cougars. 267 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,200 The most obvious suspects are gray wolves with a large population in the northern part of the state, 268 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,200 but sightings this far south are extremely rare. 269 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:41,200 In your opinion based on these tracks would you say it's a four-legged creature or a two-legged creature? 270 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,200 Well I'd say two-legged creature. 271 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,200 Definitely bipedal because the tracks are 48 inches apart. 272 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:53,200 If this is accurate the animal that made these tracks had a very long stride, about four feet. 273 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:58,200 By comparison the stride of a wolf is only about 28 to 30 inches apart. 274 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,200 Okay. 275 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,200 So you know the area. 276 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,200 If we're going out looking for this thing where would you send us? 277 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,200 It's called a beast of Bray Road for a reason. 278 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,200 I'd send you down Bray Road. 279 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,200 Got it. 280 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,200 Lee is definitely convinced he witnessed the fabled beast. 281 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:17,200 At this stage it's impossible to say for sure what he actually did encounter. 282 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:23,200 But the mysterious footprint and mutilated deer carcass suggests that a very large, very strong, 283 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,200 and very fast predator is prowling the area. 284 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,200 And if there is such a thing as a favorable time to go hunting for a werewolf, 285 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,200 well let's just say tonight is the night. 286 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Is it a full moon today? 287 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,200 It is a full moon. 288 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:38,200 It is a full moon. 289 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,200 It is a full moon. 290 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Oh well now it's going to happen for sure. 291 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,200 Okay. 292 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,200 I mean you know, if you're going to go looking for a werewolf, 293 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,200 you may as well do it during a full moon. 294 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,200 Okay this is it. 295 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Bray Road. 296 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,200 Wow. 297 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,200 Bray Road. 298 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,200 Oh this is it. 299 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,200 Right here. 300 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,200 Take a left. 301 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,200 All right. 302 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,200 Heading into werewolf country. 303 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:11,200 My team and I are investigating the truth behind one of the most famous cryptids in America 304 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,200 that's been reported along this rural Wisconsin road for decades. 305 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:19,200 The beast of Bray Road. 306 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,200 Heading into werewolf country. 307 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,200 Okay this is it. 308 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:25,200 Bray Road. 309 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Wow. 310 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,200 Look at this. 311 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,200 Ooh. 312 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,200 Beginning just a mile and a half from downtown Elkhorn, 313 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:39,200 Bray Road is a four mile long country road that cuts through about 30 square miles of farmland and forest. 314 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,200 We'll recon the area until nightfall. 315 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:46,200 Nearly every sighting along this road takes place under cover of darkness. 316 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,200 Something we plan to take advantage of. 317 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,200 I do like how much visibility you have. 318 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,200 I mean it's pretty flat. 319 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,200 You can see for quite a distance. 320 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,200 Well right now we can. 321 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,200 I don't know what you'd see out in these fields in the dark though. 322 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,200 I think that eye shine reflecting is going to be one of the best things we can be looking for out here. 323 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,200 Totally. 324 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,200 Just shining our flashlight everywhere. 325 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:14,200 If the animal whatever's out here has the tapitum lucidum it's going to reflect back. 326 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,200 So shining our Bray. 327 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,200 What did you call it? 328 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,200 The tapitum lucidum. 329 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,200 Oh my god. 330 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,200 How do you put up with it? 331 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,200 You guys need to read more books alright. 332 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:34,200 The say it with me the tapitum lucidum is a reflective membrane behind the retina of many nocturnal and carnivorous animals that make it look like their eyes can glow in the dark. 333 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,200 That's a Harry Potter spell isn't it? 334 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,200 Tapitum lucidum. 335 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,200 That's awesome. 336 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,200 That's from Hogwarts that. 337 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,200 That's not the kind of book I was talking about Josh. 338 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,200 They're still great nonetheless. 339 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,200 Well Lee said that the tapitum lucidum. 340 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,200 Tapitum lucidum. 341 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,200 That glows red on this thing. 342 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,200 But that's where it can be tricky because you it can seem like it is glowing. 343 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:04,200 Even if your light your headlights are tangentially hitting that animal's face and it'll still pop. 344 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,200 Six foot eye shine at night though. 345 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,200 That's weird. 346 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 I don't know having grown up in the Midwest and driven down many of these roads. 347 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:18,200 I immediately know when there's an animal looking at the car versus when there is something with glowing red eyes. 348 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,200 That's six foot tall staring at me. 349 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:32,200 The full moon soon takes center stage in the sky and our active investigation can begin. 350 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,200 And it is so dark. 351 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:35,200 So dark. 352 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:41,200 Okay so we should be coming up to where Lee had his encounter. 353 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,200 Step one is to retrace our eyewitnesses recent sighting. 354 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,200 Okay this is the spot here we go. 355 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:53,200 Okay so his story is that he couldn't quite tell the shape of it right. 356 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,200 And of course he could see the eyes. 357 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,200 Yes. 358 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,200 And he said the creature was how far away. 359 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,200 150 feet yeah. 360 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,200 What can you even see at 150 feet. 361 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Totally does the story even add up. 362 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,200 Let's find out let's recreate it and see what we can see. 363 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:16,200 A simple visibility test should give us an idea of how much detail an eyewitness can really make out when spotting an animal in the darkness off the road. 364 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,200 So what we need to have somebody go out there. 365 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,200 Yes Phil. 366 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,200 I'll be the werewolf. 367 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Get out of the car. 368 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,200 All right. 369 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,200 Good luck out there. 370 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Take a walkie and I'll call you. 371 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:25,200 You got it. 372 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,200 Going to 150 feet. 373 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,200 All right I'm in position. 374 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,200 Okay great we will back out onto the road and see if we see you. 375 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,200 Try to look very werewolf-y. 376 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,200 I'll do my best. 377 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,200 Okay Phil headed your way. 378 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,200 We are at about 150 feet. 379 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Start taking off. 380 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,200 Yeah you can see a movement. 381 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,200 You can see a movement. 382 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,200 I mean you can't tell exactly what it is. 383 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,200 Like I'm not even sure I could tell that was a person. 384 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,200 No. 385 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,200 But you see a shape. 386 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,200 You see a shape that's about all you get. 387 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Okay that was super interesting. 388 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,200 So from 150 feet we can see you. 389 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 Could you see like all my features. 390 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,200 No. 391 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,200 No details just kind of the fact that there was a shape there 392 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,200 and then it started moving. 393 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,200 Based on what we just witnessed it's very possible that a number 394 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,200 of the reports in the area could be misidentifications. 395 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,200 But at the same time there's no good explanation for glowing 396 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,200 red eyes seven feet off the ground. 397 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,200 The strange tracks our witness found. 398 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,200 Oh and that eviscerated deer doesn't exactly give me the 399 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,200 warm and fuzzies. 400 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,200 Tell you what 50 yards out it is dense forest. 401 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,200 So it makes sense that there would be an animal here. 402 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,200 It would run there. 403 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,200 Okay. 404 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Into the woods. 405 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,200 So why don't we do this. 406 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,200 You guys have a bunch of trap camps right. 407 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,200 Oh yeah. 408 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,200 Let's go into this part of the woods and see if we can find a 409 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,200 good place to set up some trail cameras. 410 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,200 Maybe whatever Leigh saw is still cruising around back there. 411 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,200 Well so while you guys are doing that I'd like to keep driving 412 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,200 up and down Bray Road. 413 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,200 I mean maybe we'll get lucky something crosses the road. 414 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,200 But if anything else I could get at least hopefully an idea 415 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,200 of what animals are around here. 416 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,200 Totally. 417 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,200 We'll stay in touch by walkie but we'll meet back here. 418 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Okay. 419 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,200 Near this intersection and see what we get. 420 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,200 Okay. 421 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,200 Perfect. 422 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,200 Yeah. 423 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,200 Okay let's do it. 424 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,200 Just the wheel is yours. 425 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Thank you sir. 426 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,200 Let's go. 427 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,200 Okay let's do it. 428 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,200 You ready? 429 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Yep. 430 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,200 Got walkie, flashlight, cam traps. 431 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,200 We're good. 432 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Okay. 433 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,200 Be careful out there you guys. 434 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,200 All right. 435 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,200 Okay. 436 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,200 Let's go. 437 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,200 Okay. 438 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,200 Into the woods. 439 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,200 Boy it's dense isn't it? 440 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,200 It is really dense. 441 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,200 So we gotta try to find a game trailer some way into this 442 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,200 because it just looks like Thorn City right now. 443 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Yeah it really does. 444 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Got a little trail. 445 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,200 You got a way in there Phil? 446 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Yeah. 447 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,200 I got a way in there Phil. 448 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,200 I got a way in there Phil. 449 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,200 I got a way in there Phil. 450 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,200 I got a way in there Phil. 451 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,200 I got a way in there Phil. 452 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,200 I got a way in there Phil. 453 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,200 You got a way in there Phil? 454 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,200 Yeah. 455 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,200 It's right here. 456 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Game trails are not only a good way to get through the thick brush 457 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,200 but also a good way to track down larger predators. 458 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,200 These beaten down paths are most likely the places where large animals 459 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,200 hunt for smaller prey. 460 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,200 This is definitely used by deer and who knows what. 461 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,200 Wow this is cool in here. 462 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,200 You come here during the day and it's like oh this is so cute. 463 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Beautiful farms, beautiful country. 464 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:49,200 They come here at night and it's like oh something's out to kill me. 465 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:54,200 Driving down this road I can't stop thinking about several reports in this area 466 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,200 claiming that the beast targeted people in their vehicles. 467 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,200 One eyewitness reported that it lunged at his car without stretch claws 468 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,200 and that it chased him for a quarter mile. 469 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,200 So with those guys out there on foot, if it does come after them 470 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,200 there's no out running it. 471 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,200 Okay we're in the corn. 472 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,200 The game trail we've been following leads out of the forest 473 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,200 and opens up into another corn field. 474 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,200 A lot of corn, a lot of woods out here. 475 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,200 Looks like a little opening right there. 476 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,200 Oh stop freeze, freeze, freeze. 477 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,200 Look, look. 478 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,200 We got a track. 479 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,200 Whoa check it out. 480 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,200 Tons of animal tracks. 481 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,200 Let's all walk real easy around here. 482 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,200 Let's check the mud. 483 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,200 I think we're gonna be finding a lot of prints. 484 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,200 Me too. 485 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,200 Lots of little stuff. 486 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,200 A lot of little stuff. 487 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,200 A lot of deer, raccoon. 488 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:56,200 Phil? 489 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Yeah? 490 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,200 Get over here. 491 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,200 What do you see? 492 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,200 Holy ****. 493 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,200 Look at this. 494 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,200 Oh that's huge. 495 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,200 Oh look at this. 496 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,200 Another one right here. 497 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,200 Oh another one, another one, another one. 498 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,200 Okay everybody be really careful where you're standing. 499 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,200 We got fresh prints here. 500 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,200 Holy ****. 501 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Look at this. 502 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,200 Oh look at this. 503 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,200 Okay everybody be really careful where you're standing. 504 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,200 We got fresh prints here. 505 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Try to avoid the mud. 506 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,200 Let's stay on the corn. 507 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,200 Big, big toe prints right? 508 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,200 Yeah. 509 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,200 One, two, three, four, maybe five? 510 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,200 Five? 511 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,200 On this one, two, three, four, five. 512 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,200 No question, five toes. 513 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,200 Is there a pad back there? 514 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,200 No. 515 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,200 Look it kind of looks like they have the middle pad and the back pad on both. 516 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,200 Kind of like the print Lee showed us. 517 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,200 Fairly fresh though right? 518 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,200 Ground still wet and soft. 519 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Yeah. 520 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,200 This is incredible. 521 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,200 At first glance this print appears to be very similar to the one Lee captured 522 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,200 in his field. 523 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:08,200 They both have five toes, look canine, but too big to be a domestic dog. 524 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:14,200 From the size and shape I'd have to say wolf, but wolves only have four toes. 525 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,200 So it's hard to say what we're dealing with here. 526 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,200 Let's get the scale bar in there. 527 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,200 Okay so from the bottom of the pad to the tip of the claw. 528 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,200 That's almost six inches on that. 529 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,200 That's unbelievable. 530 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,200 Across we're at five and a half inches. 531 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:34,200 The paw size of the average dog measures around two inches by three and a half inches long. 532 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,200 This print is over twice that size. 533 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,200 It's huge. 534 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,200 Huge. 535 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,200 As we document this print. 536 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,200 Okay, got it. 537 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,200 Jess continues to patrol Bray Road. 538 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,200 Got a nice werewolf moon tonight. 539 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:55,200 Looking for anything that might explain what so many eyewitnesses have seen out here on nights just like this. 540 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Everything's just silhouettes, weird lights in the distance, empty expanses where the corn's been harvested, 541 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:19,200 and these pockets of woods, really thick woods where all sorts of animals are hiding out in. 542 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,200 I mean werewolves are supposed to be people that transform into monsters. 543 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,200 I mean could it be one of these farmers? 544 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,200 I mean it's spooky out here. 545 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,200 Nothing there. 546 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,200 Oh, what's that? 547 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,200 Something's blowing. 548 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,200 Right there, you see? 549 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,200 What is that? 550 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,200 What is it? 551 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,200 Is that kitten? 552 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,200 That was a cat. 553 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,200 The tiny beast of Bray Road. 554 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,200 Which is kind of adorable. 555 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,200 Alright Josh, I got something good tonight. 556 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,200 What do you got? 557 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,200 So it's a little bit of tech. 558 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,200 I think it's going to help us really document this thing. 559 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,200 I'm intrigued. 560 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,200 So. 561 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,200 Whoa, iPad Pro. 562 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,200 Oh yeah. 563 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,200 Phil turns out of paying you too much. 564 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,200 What do you got? 565 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,200 So this thing literally has a LiDAR laser scanner built into it. 566 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,200 Which means we can take a 3D scan of this print. 567 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,200 And we will be able to look at it from different angles. 568 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,200 We can take it to experts. 569 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,200 It's basically a way of preserving this evidence in a digital way forever. 570 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,200 Hell yeah, this is so awesome. 571 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,200 Alright, let's see it work. 572 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,200 Alright, lasers do your thing. 573 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,200 I'm starting to get real low so we get all that. 574 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,200 That is so cool. 575 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,200 LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, 576 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:49,200 is a remote sensing method that takes millions of individual laser scans per minute 577 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,200 and pieces them together to create a comprehensive 3D image. 578 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,200 I think we got it. 579 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,200 Okay, let's check it out. 580 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,200 First stop, let's see what we got. 581 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,200 Insane. 582 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,200 Oh yeah. 583 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,200 Insane. 584 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,200 Look at that. 585 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,200 That is so crazy. 586 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,200 Look at the detail there, that's incredible. 587 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,200 It's more clear than we could see with our naked eye. 588 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,200 And you can see the pad really, really well now. 589 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:18,200 Really well, and then we can see one, two, three, four. 590 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,200 Maybe five. 591 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,200 Maybe five? 592 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,200 Could be a black bear. 593 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,200 Bears do have five toes. 594 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:28,200 If we take the size and the width of this, this to me says more wolf than it does dog or coyote. 595 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,200 Dog is usually pretty narrow. 596 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,200 This thing is really wide, way too big to be a coyote. 597 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,200 But with that is an extra toe and pad. 598 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,200 I can't be sure what really left this track. 599 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,200 This is a big animal. 600 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,200 Yeah, absolutely. 601 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,200 All right, so we've got a potential culprit. 602 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,200 We got suspect number one. 603 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,200 And we've got a great scan. 604 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,200 Yeah. 605 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,200 It looks like the tracks head toward those woods. 606 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 So let's get in here and see what we find. 607 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,200 Before we go any further, we place a motion-activated trail camera on a tree facing this clearing. 608 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,200 If whatever made this track comes back through here. 609 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,200 Okay, trap cam is set. 610 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,200 We'll be able to capture a photo of it. 611 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,200 No joking here. 612 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,200 It's really sick right here. 613 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,200 You get through? 614 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,200 Looks like it opens up up ahead. 615 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,200 Yeah. 616 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,200 Okay, this is easier. 617 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,200 It looks way creepier in here. 618 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,200 More dead branches hanging down everywhere. 619 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,200 Yeah. 620 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,200 Hold on. 621 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,200 Hold on. 622 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,200 Stop. 623 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,200 Shh. 624 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,200 Shh. 625 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,200 Did you hear something? 626 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,200 No, my spidey sense just went off. 627 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,200 All the hairs on my neck just stood up. 628 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,200 I don't know why. 629 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,200 I can't believe it. 630 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,200 I can't believe it. 631 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,200 I can't believe it. 632 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,200 I can't see anything. 633 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,200 I think this is a good spot to set up some cameras. 634 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,200 For sure, let's get a couple up in here. 635 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,200 Yeah. 636 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,200 Alright. 637 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,200 We're going to set a few more trail cameras at either end of the clearing. 638 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,200 If the so-called beast of Bray Road comes through here looking for a meal. 639 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,200 I'm gonna go down the other end here, Phil. 640 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,200 Copy. 641 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,200 We'll have another opportunity to get a photo of it. 642 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,200 Alright. 643 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,200 Bray, roll. 644 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,200 So, let's just keep on keeping on. 645 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,200 Okay, okay. 646 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,200 What was that? 647 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,200 No, no. 648 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,200 Definitely sounds like an animal. 649 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,200 Definitely sounds like an animal. 650 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,200 Somewhere over there, yeah. 651 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,200 Cool. 652 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,200 Come around this way. 653 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,200 I don't hear anything. 654 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,200 Nothing. 655 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,200 I mean, whatever that was. 656 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,200 It either took off or it's not moving. 657 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,200 Yeah. 658 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,200 I see where you're going. 659 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,200 That direction was on. 660 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,200 Maybe we get lucky. 661 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:42,200 Or unlucky. 662 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,200 Phew. 663 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,200 Alright, so we're going to go down the other end of the clearing. 664 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,200 We're going to go down the other end of the clearing. 665 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,200 We're going to go down the other end of the clearing. 666 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:01,200 Alright, so we're coming up on some more woods here. 667 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,200 So, I just want to check this out. 668 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,200 Oh my God. 669 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,200 Oh my God. 670 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,200 Did you see that? 671 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,200 Look at that. 672 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,200 Bray, come over here. 673 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,200 Come over here. 674 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,200 Right over here. 675 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,200 Where is it? 676 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,200 Right over here. 677 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,200 Follow my finger. 678 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,200 What is that? 679 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,200 That's creepy. 680 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,200 What the f*** is that? 681 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,200 F*** is that? 682 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,200 What the f*** is that? 683 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,200 Shhh. 684 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,200 Stop. 685 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,200 Don't move. 686 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,200 It's going to right at me. 687 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,200 Oh f***, it's moving. 688 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,200 Where did it go? 689 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200 I don't see it anymore. 690 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,200 The eyes definitely had an orange tint to them. 691 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,200 Our night vision cameras utilize image intensifier tubes, 692 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,200 which convert all colors to green-scale images. 693 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,200 Let's call Josh and Phil. 694 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,200 While these eyes glow white when seen on infrared, 695 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,200 the eyes I saw were definitely glowing orange. 696 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,200 Josh, shall we get happy? 697 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,200 What's up, Jess? 698 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,200 Holy s***, I just saw something weird in the wood. 699 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,200 What's she doing? 700 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,200 What do you mean? 701 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,200 Huge eyes glowing, looking right at me. 702 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,200 Bright orange color. 703 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,200 And then poof, it took off right after it started staring at me. 704 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,200 You have it on camera? 705 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,200 Yeah, we've got it on camera. 706 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,200 We're not far from Bray Road. 707 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,200 Where are you? 708 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,200 I'm about a quarter mile from where we split up. 709 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,200 We are not far from there. 710 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,200 We just heard something big in the woods. 711 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,200 Let me consider the road. 712 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,200 I'm on my way. 713 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,200 Where is she? 714 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Is she there? 715 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,200 Is that them? 716 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,200 Let's go right down. 717 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,200 We see you, we're coming to you. 718 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,200 All right, here they are. I see them. 719 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:20,200 Hey, you okay? 720 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,200 Yeah, I'm okay. 721 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,200 Oh my god, I'm freaking out though. 722 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,200 What's happened? 723 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,200 I saw red eyes over there in the woods. 724 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,200 So, wait, where are we talking to? 725 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,200 Where's the side? 726 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,200 Right hand side, looked in, saw a light, 727 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,200 I shined, totally orange, ran into the car 728 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,200 and called you guys. 729 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,200 Can we see it? 730 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,200 It was right there. 731 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,200 Was that it? 732 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,200 In the woods, yep. 733 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,200 What? 734 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,200 Yeah, check that out. 735 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,200 Those are eyes? 736 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,200 Those are eyes. 737 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,200 I mean, that is like nightmare fuel. 738 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,200 What is that? 739 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,200 It's glowing out there. 740 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,200 That is a monster. 741 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,200 Are you sure that's an animal? 742 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,200 I was gonna say it has a... 743 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,200 Positive. 744 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,200 Right there. 745 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,200 Right there. 746 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,200 Get out of here. 747 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,200 Yeah. 748 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,200 Wow. 749 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,200 Oh, and it's gone. 750 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,200 Whatever that is, it's still in there. 751 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,200 I see them go down there and get in the woods. 752 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,200 All right, let's go. 753 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Yeah, let's kill the white squad. 754 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,200 All right, I'll come. 755 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,200 Okay. 756 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,200 We're out here? 757 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Yeah, right up in here. 758 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:14,200 Okay. 759 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,200 So, step one, Prince, Scat, 760 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,200 any sign of whatever this was, look around. 761 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,200 Okay, it turned and it went off this way, right? 762 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,200 It turned and took off this way. 763 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,200 Okay, let's see where it went. 764 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,200 This makes me nervous, you guys. 765 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,200 This is the perfect place for Predator 766 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,200 to lie and wait before it bounces. 767 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,200 Stay frosty, because it could be anywhere. 768 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,200 Why do I get the feeling we're being watched? 769 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,200 A similar mystery has recently been solved. 770 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,200 In 2018, a strange wolf-like creature 771 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,200 was shot outside of Denton, Montana, 772 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,200 and it set the internet ablaze. 773 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,200 Some said it was a mythical monster, 774 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,200 a real-life werewolf. 775 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,200 After all, the animal had large wolf-like features, 776 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,200 a wolf-like head, but its ears were too big 777 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,200 and its teeth, legs, and body seemed too short to be a wolf. 778 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,200 Representatives from Montana, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks 779 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,200 went on record to say we have no idea what this is 780 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,200 until we get a DNA report back. 781 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,200 So DNA of the animal was compared to thousands of samples 782 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,200 from other canids, and the result? 783 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,200 Well, it was a gray wolf. 784 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,200 So, okay, why the strange appearance? 785 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,200 Well, even animals within the same species 786 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,200 can present differently or inherit genetic traits 787 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,200 or even mutations that can make them look, well, weird. 788 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,200 So, case closed on the Montana werewolf, 789 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,200 but as for the one in southern Wisconsin, 790 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,200 well, the jury is definitely still out. 791 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,200 MUSIC 792 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,200 Stay frosty, because it could be anywhere. 793 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,200 Why do I get the feeling we're being watched? 794 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,200 We've been hunting the Beast of Gray Road all night, 795 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,200 and Jess managed to get eyes on something lurking in the shadows. 796 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,200 What the f*** is that? 797 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,200 Or should I say it had eyes on her 798 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,200 before it took off in this direction? 799 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,200 See anything? 800 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,200 I don't see any. 801 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,200 I'm looking for tuffs of hair and stuff, 802 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,200 but I'm not seeing anything either. 803 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,200 Looks like it opens up a little bit in here. 804 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,200 Yeah. 805 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,200 Oh, hey, let's go in here. 806 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,200 We'll fan out a little bit. Just stay with an eyesight of each other. 807 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,200 Okay, definitely opens up. 808 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,200 Yeah. 809 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,200 Careful, pricker bush. 810 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,200 Yeah. 811 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,200 I'm gonna take out the thermal. 812 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,200 Yeah, for sure. Let's see what we can see. 813 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,200 The vegetation in these woods is extremely thick, 814 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,200 and even with flashlights, we can't see far into them. 815 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,200 Using the thermal cameras will allow us to see 816 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,200 not only if the animal Jess spotted is still here, 817 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,200 but also if it's crouched in a bush waiting to ambush us. 818 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,200 If it's a mammal, if it's warm-blooded, 819 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,200 we're gonna see it in these woods for sure. 820 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,200 Oh, yeah, that thing's gonna glow. 821 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,200 Okay, let's keep following the direction it went. 822 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,200 All right. 823 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,200 Phil, you seeing anything on there? 824 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,200 Not picking up anything yet. 825 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,200 Am I nuts? Is there something back there? 826 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,200 Right down here. Did you see that? 827 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,200 Phil, get over here. Phil, come here. 828 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,200 Did you see that? 829 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,200 Back here. 830 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,200 Yeah, just just right over there. Did you get anything? 831 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,200 Good. I'll spot. 832 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,200 Yes, this is where it is. 833 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:34,200 Is it here? 834 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,200 It was right here. 835 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,200 Look at this. Right here. 836 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,200 Look at this. Look at this. On the thermal. 837 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,200 Oh, that's right. I knew I saw something. 838 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,200 And these leaves are all moved. Look at this. 839 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,200 It's all disturbed there. 840 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,200 Something was f***ing right there. 841 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,200 A warm body will transfer heat to whatever it touches. 842 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,200 As soon as the body moves off the surface, 843 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,200 the heat will quickly start to dissipate. 844 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,200 The fact that this log is lighting up like a Christmas tree 845 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,200 means that a warm-blooded animal was just here. 846 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,200 I'm going to do a quick scan around to see if I pick up anything. 847 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,200 Wait a whole bunch. Everything must be right here. 848 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,200 What the hell? Whatever that is, it's got it. 849 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,200 Okay. Okay. 850 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,200 Okay, real slow. Real slow. Let's get up. 851 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,200 Very, very cautiously. 852 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,200 Let's walk over there because that could be anything. 853 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,200 We've been tracking an unknown and potentially dangerous animal. 854 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,200 Through terrain it's far more familiar with than we are. 855 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,200 Large predators can be territorial, 856 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,200 and if we come face to face with one, 857 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,200 who knows how it's going to react? 858 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,200 Guess, guess, guess. Right here. 859 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,200 Stop moving. 860 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,200 Right back there. 861 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,200 Look at that. It's hiding behind this branch. 862 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,200 Yeah. I see it. 863 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,200 What the hell is over there? 864 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,200 It just f***ing is there. It's over. 865 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:23,200 I lost it. 866 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,200 Where is it? F***! 867 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,200 Next time on Expedition X. 868 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,200 It sounded like a sh**t. 869 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:38,200 The shocking conclusion of our hunt for the beast of Bray Road. 870 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,200 Feel you see it? 871 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,200 We talked to new, terrified eyewitnesses. 872 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,200 Looked right at me and I couldn't move. 873 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,200 And hunt for the creature's home 874 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,200 in a remote wilderness. 875 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,200 What the f***? What? 876 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,200 Look at this blood on here. 877 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,200 That looks like a pretty fresh kill. 878 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,200 Can we chase down the legendary monster of the Midwest? 879 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:07,200 F***! 880 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,200 I got a heat signature. It's big. 881 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,200 Yeah, I see it. I see something moving. 882 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,200 It's moving in impressions. 883 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,200 Feel it. Get over here. Now! 884 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:19,200 And finally unmask the American werewolf. 885 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,200 Who are you?