1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 on this episode of Expedition X. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,640 Oh, big splash overhead. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,240 My team embarks on a journey 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,800 into the wild Peruvian Amazon. 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,340 Holy s***. We got a venomous snake here. 6 00:00:12,340 --> 00:00:16,340 On the hunt for a legend of monstrous proportions. 7 00:00:16,340 --> 00:00:18,020 Probably 30 meters. 8 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:18,920 It's 90 feet. 9 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,220 Huge. Like this. 10 00:00:21,220 --> 00:00:24,260 But witnesses say this super-sized beast 11 00:00:24,260 --> 00:00:27,420 is not only real, it's on the attack. 12 00:00:28,180 --> 00:00:31,880 How long would I have before it squeezed me to death? 13 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:32,720 30 seconds. 14 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:33,560 Ah, s***. 15 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,160 While your heart is still beating, 16 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,320 they swallow you as long. 17 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,020 Phil and Jess hunt for clues. 18 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:41,020 Oh, s***. 19 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:41,860 I'm gonna go this way. 20 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:43,200 I'm gonna grab you and drag you under. 21 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,040 Yeah. 22 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,900 Deep in the territory of the jungle's deadliest creatures. 23 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:49,000 What? He just got bit? 24 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,200 Oh, my God, you're bleeding. 25 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,900 That is the most painful sting in the Amazon. 26 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:55,040 That is what I call an ambush predator. 27 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,040 Holy s***. 28 00:00:58,420 --> 00:01:01,420 Monster of the Amazon. 29 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:04,420 My name is Josh Gates. 30 00:01:04,420 --> 00:01:07,420 In my travels, I've experienced strange things 31 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:11,420 that defy logic and made me question everything. 32 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:13,420 Oh, my God. 33 00:01:13,420 --> 00:01:15,420 Now, I've put together a team to investigate 34 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:18,420 the stranger side of the unknown. 35 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:19,420 Let's go. 36 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:22,420 Phil Torres is a scientist who hunts 37 00:01:22,420 --> 00:01:24,420 for rational explanations. 38 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:27,420 This is a criminal who actually found two stones. 39 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:29,420 Jessica Chobot's paranormal research 40 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:32,420 has made her a true believer. 41 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:34,420 If you're here with us, knock again. 42 00:01:34,420 --> 00:01:36,420 Together, we're searching for answers. 43 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:38,420 What is happening here, Jess? 44 00:01:38,420 --> 00:01:41,420 To the world's most extraordinary mysteries. 45 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:44,420 This is Expedition X. 46 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:50,420 Jess, Phil, for your next investigation, 47 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:53,420 I am sending you to what is without a doubt 48 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:55,420 the wildest place in the world. 49 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:57,420 We're going to Vegas, baby! 50 00:01:57,420 --> 00:01:58,420 Different kind of wild. 51 00:01:58,420 --> 00:01:59,420 Ah! 52 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,420 Phil, you're familiar with the Amazon rainforest? 53 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:02,420 Oh, no. 54 00:02:02,420 --> 00:02:03,420 Oh, yes. 55 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:05,420 Oh, man, I can feel the insect bites now. 56 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:07,420 I spent the last 10 years working on conservation 57 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:09,420 research projects down there, and you're right. 58 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:10,420 It is wild. 59 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:13,420 Huge areas of it haven't been properly mapped yet. 60 00:02:13,420 --> 00:02:15,420 There's new species being found all the time. 61 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:16,420 Let's go! 62 00:02:16,420 --> 00:02:18,420 What gets me excited to go to the Amazon 63 00:02:18,420 --> 00:02:20,420 is it's known as the birthplace. 64 00:02:20,420 --> 00:02:22,420 There's so many amazing legendary creatures. 65 00:02:22,420 --> 00:02:25,420 To that end, locals in the Peruvian part of the Amazon 66 00:02:25,420 --> 00:02:27,420 claim that there is a creature 67 00:02:27,420 --> 00:02:31,420 living deep in the rainforest that has not been identified by science. 68 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:34,420 They say it's huge, and it's on a rampage. 69 00:02:38,420 --> 00:02:40,420 The Amazon river basin spreads 70 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:42,420 across eight South American countries 71 00:02:42,420 --> 00:02:46,420 and covers over 2 million square miles. 72 00:02:46,420 --> 00:02:49,420 An area nearly the size of Australia. 73 00:02:49,420 --> 00:02:51,420 In parts of the Amazon, 74 00:02:51,420 --> 00:02:53,420 the tree canopy is so thick 75 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:57,420 that only 1% of sunlight penetrates to the forest floor. 76 00:02:57,420 --> 00:02:59,420 And below that dark canopy 77 00:02:59,420 --> 00:03:03,420 live some of the world's most dangerous animals. 78 00:03:03,420 --> 00:03:06,420 Poisonous frogs, venomous giant centipedes, 79 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:09,420 deadly vipers like the Fertilance. 80 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:11,420 And in the river, 81 00:03:11,420 --> 00:03:14,420 electric eels that can generate 800 volts 82 00:03:14,420 --> 00:03:17,420 enough to stun and potentially kill a human, 83 00:03:17,420 --> 00:03:20,420 not to mention schools of deadly piranhas. 84 00:03:20,420 --> 00:03:23,420 And those are just the creatures we know about. 85 00:03:23,420 --> 00:03:28,420 The rainforest is always revealing new, unclassified wildlife. 86 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:31,420 Early 1500s. 87 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:33,420 When the Spanish invade Peru, 88 00:03:33,420 --> 00:03:36,420 the indigenous tribes tell terrifying stories 89 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:39,420 of a powerful predatory serpent. 90 00:03:41,420 --> 00:03:43,420 It's said to be 100 feet long, 91 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:45,420 with a large triangular head, 92 00:03:45,420 --> 00:03:47,420 fiery dark orange stripes, 93 00:03:47,420 --> 00:03:49,420 glowing eyes, 94 00:03:49,420 --> 00:03:51,420 and menacing fangs. 95 00:03:51,420 --> 00:03:53,420 The locals call the beast 96 00:03:53,420 --> 00:03:56,420 Yakomama, or Water Mother. 97 00:03:56,420 --> 00:03:58,420 She stalks the forest, 98 00:03:58,420 --> 00:04:00,420 bring rain, 99 00:04:00,420 --> 00:04:01,420 thunder and lightning, 100 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:03,420 and sucking up any creature 101 00:04:03,420 --> 00:04:05,420 that comes within 100 paces. 102 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:08,420 1906. 103 00:04:08,420 --> 00:04:10,420 Famed British explorer, 104 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:12,420 Colonel Percy Fawcett, 105 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:15,420 mounts an unprecedented expedition to map the Amazon. 106 00:04:15,420 --> 00:04:18,420 Fawcett documents encounters with strange beasts. 107 00:04:19,420 --> 00:04:21,420 Including huge snakes. 108 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:24,420 Savage ape men called Marakoshi, 109 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:26,420 and spiders the size of dinner plates. 110 00:04:26,420 --> 00:04:28,420 And perhaps most notably, 111 00:04:28,420 --> 00:04:30,420 a monstrous serpent. 112 00:04:32,420 --> 00:04:34,420 Many of Fawcett's contemporaries 113 00:04:34,420 --> 00:04:36,420 don't believe his wild claims, 114 00:04:36,420 --> 00:04:39,420 but the reports of a giant reptilian river predator 115 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:41,420 persist for nearly a century. 116 00:04:41,420 --> 00:04:43,420 August 1997. 117 00:04:44,420 --> 00:04:46,420 In the village of Nueva Tacna, 118 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:49,420 a few miles from the Amazonian port of Aqitos, 119 00:04:49,420 --> 00:04:52,420 locals report hearing a loud rumbling 120 00:04:52,420 --> 00:04:54,420 coming from the jungle. 121 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:56,420 Just before something massive emerges, 122 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:58,420 uprooting trees, 123 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:00,420 and leaving a trail of destruction 124 00:05:00,420 --> 00:05:02,420 on its way to the river. 125 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:04,420 As it drops into the water, 126 00:05:04,420 --> 00:05:06,420 the resulting whirlpool is said to have taken down 127 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:08,420 several nearby fishing boats. 128 00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:11,420 2009. 129 00:05:11,420 --> 00:05:13,420 In two separate incidents on the outskirts of Aqitos, 130 00:05:13,420 --> 00:05:16,420 witnesses report a massive black serpent 131 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:18,420 with eyes resembling boat lights, 132 00:05:18,420 --> 00:05:21,420 wreaking havoc, destroying homes, and vegetation. 133 00:05:22,420 --> 00:05:25,420 Now, those reports of a large monster lurking in 134 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:28,420 and near the river are surfacing again. 135 00:05:28,420 --> 00:05:31,420 Locals say their livestock is being snatched at night 136 00:05:31,420 --> 00:05:33,420 and dragged into the water. 137 00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:36,420 A mystery beast is stalking Peruvian villages 138 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:38,420 along the Amazon. 139 00:05:38,420 --> 00:05:41,420 And some are saying Yakumama is back. 140 00:05:44,420 --> 00:05:46,420 So what about you? 141 00:05:46,420 --> 00:05:48,420 Did you run into any Yakumamas 142 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:50,420 when you were down in the Amazon? 143 00:05:50,420 --> 00:05:52,420 I did not see any Yakumama. 144 00:05:52,420 --> 00:05:54,420 But you heard of this story. 145 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:56,420 Yes, they really treat this legend with a lot of respect. 146 00:05:56,420 --> 00:05:58,420 But I can't really imagine what could be destroying 147 00:05:58,420 --> 00:06:00,420 people's homes or sinking boats, 148 00:06:00,420 --> 00:06:02,420 snatching livestock. 149 00:06:02,420 --> 00:06:04,420 Sure, there are some absolutely massive reptiles 150 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:06,420 like the black caiman that are known to eat deer. 151 00:06:06,420 --> 00:06:09,420 Yeah, but you've said yourself that the Amazon 152 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:11,420 is home to countless undiscovered species. 153 00:06:11,420 --> 00:06:13,420 So why not a gigantic serpent? 154 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:15,420 Why not? 155 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:17,420 And so your mission, Amazon Explorers, 156 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:20,420 is to get down to Peru and talk to locals along the river. 157 00:06:20,420 --> 00:06:23,420 See if you can figure out what's terrorizing these people. 158 00:06:23,420 --> 00:06:26,420 Could there be some sort of unidentified massive serpent? 159 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:29,420 Or, Phil, can you come up with another explanation 160 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:31,420 for what these witnesses are claiming? 161 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:33,420 So we're going on a jungle cruise. 162 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:35,420 Ooh, does that make me the rock? 163 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:37,420 No, you're still the nerdy scientist, Phil. 164 00:06:37,420 --> 00:06:39,420 Fine. Good luck, guys. 165 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:43,420 Phil and Jess fly more than 3,600 miles 166 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:45,420 from New York to Lima, Peru. 167 00:06:45,420 --> 00:06:48,420 From there, it's another 630 miles 168 00:06:48,420 --> 00:06:50,420 on a flight to Aquitos, 169 00:06:52,420 --> 00:06:55,420 a city accessible only by air or water. 170 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:58,420 This is the gateway to the Amazon, 171 00:06:58,420 --> 00:07:00,420 where deadly creatures, both big and small, 172 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:02,420 lurk at every turn. 173 00:07:03,420 --> 00:07:05,420 So you've been to Peru before, yeah? 174 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:08,420 Yes, I've worked in Peru for years, 175 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:12,420 but I've never been to the Amazon River. 176 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:14,420 I've been to nearly every tributary of it. 177 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:18,420 But the fact that I get to go see the Amazon River itself, 178 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:19,420 I'm so stoked. 179 00:07:19,420 --> 00:07:20,420 That's cool. 180 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:24,420 Founded in 1864, Aquitos became a major port 181 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:27,420 for the rubber boom of the late 19th century. 182 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:30,420 Today, this isolated city is home 183 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:32,420 to almost half a million residents, 184 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:35,420 and what seems like a similar number of moto taxis. 185 00:07:36,420 --> 00:07:38,420 Look at all this traffic. 186 00:07:40,420 --> 00:07:42,420 We head to Masu Support, where we've arranged 187 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:45,420 to meet two local fishermen who've had encounters 188 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:47,420 with mysterious beasts in the Amazon. 189 00:07:48,420 --> 00:07:51,420 Rona and Alejandro have lived here all their lives. 190 00:07:51,420 --> 00:07:53,420 I asked Phil to have them tell us their stories 191 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:55,420 about what they saw in the river. 192 00:07:58,420 --> 00:08:00,420 These are more than just stories. 193 00:08:00,420 --> 00:08:02,420 These are our true testimonials. 194 00:08:02,420 --> 00:08:04,420 I went fishing up river, 195 00:08:04,420 --> 00:08:06,420 and saw a bunch of snakes. 196 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:09,420 But then I saw something else along the water in the distance 197 00:08:09,420 --> 00:08:12,420 that was much more massive and aggressive. 198 00:08:12,420 --> 00:08:14,420 It looked like nothing I've ever seen before. 199 00:08:14,420 --> 00:08:18,420 Dark orange stripes on its face with big, shining eyes. 200 00:08:18,420 --> 00:08:20,420 It was huge. 201 00:08:20,420 --> 00:08:22,420 The whole ground was moving. 202 00:08:22,420 --> 00:08:25,420 When I asked him how big he thought the creature was, 203 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:28,420 the answer is, well, astounding. 204 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:33,420 Probably 30 meters, and it looked about this thick. 205 00:08:34,420 --> 00:08:36,420 He says it was that round, 206 00:08:36,420 --> 00:08:38,420 and he thinks it was about 30 meters. 207 00:08:38,420 --> 00:08:42,420 So that's 60, no, that's 90 feet. 208 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:46,420 Alejandro backs up Rona's size estimation 209 00:08:46,420 --> 00:08:49,420 because he too claims he had an encounter 210 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:52,420 with a similar-looking beast while out fishing on the river. 211 00:08:52,420 --> 00:08:55,420 My father had a gun, and was going to shoot it. 212 00:08:55,420 --> 00:08:57,420 But I told him that would be a waste of a bullet 213 00:08:57,420 --> 00:08:59,420 because the thing was just so big. 214 00:09:00,420 --> 00:09:03,420 I asked him if it's possible they saw a large snake, 215 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:05,420 and Rina and Acondas around here can typically grow 216 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:07,420 to about 18 or 20 feet. 217 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:09,420 We're fishermen. 218 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:11,420 We've seen every type of snake in the Amazon. 219 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:13,420 This was something different. 220 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:15,420 This was Yakumama. 221 00:09:16,420 --> 00:09:19,420 We've heard that she has also been seen by indigenous villagers 222 00:09:19,420 --> 00:09:22,420 in the swamp areas farther south. 223 00:09:22,420 --> 00:09:25,420 But we both saw her just off the main river 224 00:09:25,420 --> 00:09:28,420 in a section between 30 to 50 kilometers from the city. 225 00:09:28,420 --> 00:09:30,420 All right, let's start there. 226 00:09:30,420 --> 00:09:32,420 Bye. 227 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:40,420 Go down there? 228 00:09:40,420 --> 00:09:41,420 Yeah. 229 00:09:41,420 --> 00:09:43,420 We quickly load up our gear 230 00:09:43,420 --> 00:09:46,420 and plot our course roughly 20 miles upriver. 231 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:47,420 Listo. 232 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,420 To a tributary off the Amazon 233 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:51,420 where our witnesses had their encounters 234 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:53,420 with what they believe was Yakumama. 235 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:55,420 We got some hours on this river, Jassy. 236 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:56,420 Ready? 237 00:09:56,420 --> 00:09:57,420 I'm ready. 238 00:09:57,420 --> 00:09:59,420 All right, let's do it. 239 00:10:00,420 --> 00:10:07,420 The Amazon Brain Force is the most biodiverse place 240 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:08,420 on the planet. 241 00:10:08,420 --> 00:10:11,420 You'll find 10% of all known species here, 242 00:10:11,420 --> 00:10:15,420 not to mention the countless species yet to be catalogued. 243 00:10:15,420 --> 00:10:17,420 Out here, you have to watch every step, 244 00:10:17,420 --> 00:10:20,420 because a lot of those animals are downright deadly, 245 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:22,420 with their ability to strike, 246 00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:24,420 inject venom, constrict, 247 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:27,420 electrify, and carry lethal diseases. 248 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:30,420 The Amazon River is home to 3,000 species of fish 249 00:10:30,420 --> 00:10:33,420 and nearly 400 species of reptiles. 250 00:10:33,420 --> 00:10:35,420 And if you believe Jassy, 251 00:10:35,420 --> 00:10:38,420 one unidentified queen of the jungle. 252 00:10:38,420 --> 00:10:41,420 Yakumama isn't the only legendary beast in this river. 253 00:10:41,420 --> 00:10:44,420 Tails vary, and some of them are dark, 254 00:10:44,420 --> 00:10:46,420 but the boat is said to be a dolphin 255 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:49,420 that shape-shifts into a seductive man. 256 00:10:49,420 --> 00:10:52,420 Like many legends, there's some truth behind the tail. 257 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:55,420 The Amazon's murky waters are home to a river 258 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:58,420 sometimes aggressive species of pink river dolphin. 259 00:10:58,420 --> 00:11:00,420 So, while we're here, 260 00:11:00,420 --> 00:11:04,420 I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any shape-shifting shenanigans. 261 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:07,420 Oh, big splash up ahead. 262 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:11,420 Ooh. 263 00:11:11,420 --> 00:11:13,420 After hours in the boat, 264 00:11:13,420 --> 00:11:15,420 we approach the remote tributary 265 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:18,420 where the fishermen had their disturbing sightings. 266 00:11:18,420 --> 00:11:20,420 And we're already seeing a lot of fish 267 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:22,420 and reptiles in the water. 268 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:25,420 We're seeing a lot of disturbing sightings. 269 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:27,420 And we're already seeing encouraging signs 270 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:30,420 that something big could be lurking in these waters. 271 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:32,420 What's right here? Tracks, tracks. 272 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:33,420 All over that bank, actually. 273 00:11:33,420 --> 00:11:34,420 Yeah, there's a lot. 274 00:11:34,420 --> 00:11:35,420 Look at that. 275 00:11:35,420 --> 00:11:36,420 Is it a capybara? 276 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:39,420 I believe our witnesses did run into something enormous out here. 277 00:11:39,420 --> 00:11:41,420 Something they insist was not a snake. 278 00:11:41,420 --> 00:11:44,420 But there are plenty of other real-world beasts 279 00:11:44,420 --> 00:11:46,420 to fear in this jungle. 280 00:11:46,420 --> 00:11:49,420 Black caimans are the apex predators of these parts. 281 00:11:49,420 --> 00:11:50,420 With the alligator family, 282 00:11:50,420 --> 00:11:52,420 these stealthy, ruthless, nocturnal carnivores 283 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:54,420 can grow to 15 feet. 284 00:11:54,420 --> 00:11:56,420 With their powerful jaws, 285 00:11:56,420 --> 00:11:59,420 they'll attack anything that wanders into their territory. 286 00:11:59,420 --> 00:12:02,420 And yeah, that includes humans. 287 00:12:02,420 --> 00:12:03,420 The mammal tracks on the riverbank 288 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:05,420 tell me there's plenty of food here 289 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:09,420 to support a whole population of very big caimans. 290 00:12:09,420 --> 00:12:12,420 Can we pull over right here? 291 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:15,420 I'm thinking this could be a good spot to set a camera trap. 292 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:18,420 Oh, that's a good idea. 293 00:12:19,420 --> 00:12:22,420 With miles of river and jungle to cover, 294 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:26,420 we need to be strategic in the placement of our 25 cameras. 295 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,420 But we're also chasing daylight, 296 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:31,420 so we gotta get some extra eyes up in a hurry. 297 00:12:31,420 --> 00:12:34,420 This is a nice little natural arched clay 298 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,420 with really, really sharp spines. 299 00:12:36,420 --> 00:12:38,420 So I'm not gonna put on this tree. 300 00:12:38,420 --> 00:12:40,420 Put it right here. 301 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:45,420 Holy s***. 302 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:50,420 This is no joke. 303 00:12:50,420 --> 00:12:53,420 One of the biggest vipers I've ever seen in the Amazon. 304 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:55,420 It's right on the crook of this tree. 305 00:12:55,420 --> 00:12:57,420 A big one. We got a venomous snake here. 306 00:12:57,420 --> 00:12:58,420 All right. 307 00:12:58,420 --> 00:12:59,420 Here's a light. Here's a light. 308 00:12:59,420 --> 00:13:00,420 Jess, take a look. 309 00:13:00,420 --> 00:13:01,420 Let me see. Let me see. 310 00:13:01,420 --> 00:13:02,420 Here, let me get over here. 311 00:13:02,420 --> 00:13:03,420 Bye, you. 312 00:13:03,420 --> 00:13:05,420 Oh, my God. 313 00:13:05,420 --> 00:13:06,420 Yeah. 314 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:08,420 Look at that beauty. 315 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:10,420 You know what kind of s***? 316 00:13:10,420 --> 00:13:11,420 Not sure from here. 317 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:12,420 It could be a fertilizer lance. 318 00:13:12,420 --> 00:13:13,420 Looks like bathrobes. 319 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:15,420 There's a few snakes. 320 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:17,420 It's a maroon, but... 321 00:13:17,420 --> 00:13:18,420 Wow. 322 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:19,420 That's... 323 00:13:19,420 --> 00:13:20,420 Good thing you looked. 324 00:13:20,420 --> 00:13:22,420 ...is what I call an ambush predator. 325 00:13:22,420 --> 00:13:25,420 Just sits and waits in a little crook of a tree like that. 326 00:13:25,420 --> 00:13:28,420 The fertilizer lance is the most dangerous snake 327 00:13:28,420 --> 00:13:29,420 in South America. 328 00:13:29,420 --> 00:13:33,420 Upon attack, this pit viper releases a necrotizing venom 329 00:13:33,420 --> 00:13:36,420 that's painful and often deadly. 330 00:13:36,420 --> 00:13:39,420 This is like 20 steps into the Amazon rainforest, 331 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,420 and we just found that... 332 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:42,420 Something to murder us. 333 00:13:42,420 --> 00:13:43,420 Is that a good idea? 334 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:44,420 Something to murder us. 335 00:13:44,420 --> 00:13:46,420 Is that a good omen or bad omen? 336 00:13:46,420 --> 00:13:47,420 Uh, yes. 337 00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:48,420 I think it's a good omen. 338 00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:49,420 Yes. 339 00:13:49,420 --> 00:13:50,420 Just don't get bit. 340 00:13:50,420 --> 00:13:51,420 Oh, and that's a bold ant. 341 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:52,420 See that big ant right there? 342 00:13:52,420 --> 00:13:53,420 No. 343 00:13:53,420 --> 00:13:54,420 Yes. 344 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:56,420 Call him up the side, so that is the most painful sting 345 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:57,420 in the Amazon. 346 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:58,420 Great. 347 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:02,420 Essentially, lesson learned, no one ever lean on trees 348 00:14:02,420 --> 00:14:04,420 or step at the roots of them. 349 00:14:04,420 --> 00:14:06,420 All right, can you please just pick a tree 350 00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:09,420 to put that game cam on so we can get out of here? 351 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:10,420 Yeah. 352 00:14:10,420 --> 00:14:11,420 Yeah, why do you want to leave here, Jess? 353 00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:12,420 Oh, gee, I don't know, 354 00:14:12,420 --> 00:14:13,420 because everything's trying to kill me. 355 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,420 This is the most magical place on the planet. 356 00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:16,420 Mm-hmm. 357 00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:18,420 Suddenly, the 90-foot beast I'm after 358 00:14:18,420 --> 00:14:21,420 isn't as intimidating as all the other things 359 00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:22,420 crawling around me, 360 00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:24,420 but I have to stay focused. 361 00:14:24,420 --> 00:14:25,420 To prove Yakumama is out here, 362 00:14:25,420 --> 00:14:28,420 I first need photographic proof. 363 00:14:28,420 --> 00:14:29,420 Ooh, do you know what we should do? 364 00:14:29,420 --> 00:14:30,420 Hmm. 365 00:14:30,420 --> 00:14:32,420 Point the camera at the snakes. 366 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:33,420 Yeah. 367 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:34,420 We can not only catch anything passing through here, 368 00:14:34,420 --> 00:14:36,420 but we can catch if it eats anything. 369 00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:37,420 Okay, that is actually pretty cool. 370 00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:38,420 Right. 371 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:39,420 All right. 372 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,420 So we're setting up a series of 25 cameras 373 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:45,420 along what locals say has been her most recent path. 374 00:14:45,420 --> 00:14:48,420 Our witnesses gave us a roughly 12 and a half mile range 375 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:50,420 to cover between their sightings. 376 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:52,420 The plan is to position our cameras 377 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:54,420 on alternating sides of the river 378 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:56,420 and retrieve them at the end of our investigation. 379 00:14:56,420 --> 00:14:58,420 Here's my foot. 380 00:14:58,420 --> 00:15:01,420 I'm hoping Yakumama is still in the area, 381 00:15:01,420 --> 00:15:02,420 and if you believe the legend, 382 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:06,420 she's about to make an appearance. 383 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:07,420 Did you hear that thunder? 384 00:15:07,420 --> 00:15:09,420 Yeah. 385 00:15:09,420 --> 00:15:13,420 Legends say that Yakumama is more than just a jungle beast. 386 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:16,420 She is a protective spirit of the Amazon, 387 00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:19,420 with the power to control the weather and other animals. 388 00:15:19,420 --> 00:15:21,420 All right, all right, all right. 389 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:22,420 Set. 390 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:23,420 Sweet. 391 00:15:27,420 --> 00:15:29,420 F***. 392 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:32,420 Those sound like some very upset parrots. 393 00:15:32,420 --> 00:15:34,420 I wonder if the parrot's going crazy 394 00:15:34,420 --> 00:15:36,420 is some kind of warning call. 395 00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:39,420 Between that and the thunder that stories say 396 00:15:39,420 --> 00:15:41,420 precedes a Yakumama appearance, 397 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:44,420 I'm feeling like she can't be far away. 398 00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:57,420 Based on our witness testimony, 399 00:15:57,420 --> 00:16:00,420 we're looking for something roughly 90 feet long, 400 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:03,420 which for a reptile is simply off the charts. 401 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:07,420 The largest snake around here is the green anaconda, 402 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:09,420 and the biggest one of those on record 403 00:16:09,420 --> 00:16:12,420 was 28 feet long and 44 inches around. 404 00:16:12,420 --> 00:16:15,420 Some anacondas have yellowish-orange facial markings, 405 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:18,420 but I've never heard of one with the dark, fiery marking 406 00:16:18,420 --> 00:16:20,420 said to be on Yakumama. 407 00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:23,420 So maybe there's a subspecies of anaconda down here 408 00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:25,420 yet to be identified by science. 409 00:16:31,420 --> 00:16:32,420 Jess, got a tributary right here. 410 00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:33,420 Perfect. 411 00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:35,420 All right, going in. 412 00:16:36,420 --> 00:16:39,420 Suggests this is where we have a really good chance 413 00:16:39,420 --> 00:16:42,420 of seeing something like a jaguar with a tape here. 414 00:16:42,420 --> 00:16:46,420 A lot of those really rare, big mammals because... 415 00:16:46,420 --> 00:16:47,420 Oh. 416 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:52,420 Do you think we can hit this right side? 417 00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:53,420 I love derecho. 418 00:16:58,420 --> 00:17:00,420 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 419 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:02,420 Something's moving over there. 420 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:09,420 Sam, what's here? 421 00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:10,420 Light it up. 422 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:12,420 You see it? 423 00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:14,420 Tracks? We got tracks? 424 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:16,420 Big tracks. 425 00:17:16,420 --> 00:17:17,420 I'm not sure what Jess saw, 426 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:20,420 but there are definite signs of a lot of mammal traffic 427 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:21,420 through here. 428 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:23,420 Oh, that totally looks like Capybara. 429 00:17:23,420 --> 00:17:24,420 Yeah. 430 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:25,420 These are some big ones. 431 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,420 These could be 50, 60 pounds. 432 00:17:28,420 --> 00:17:31,420 Capybars are the world's largest rodents. 433 00:17:31,420 --> 00:17:34,420 They're semi-aquatic mammals living in high numbers 434 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,420 in the forest near the Amazon, 435 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:39,420 putting them at the top of the menu for hungry caimans 436 00:17:39,420 --> 00:17:40,420 and other big reptiles. 437 00:17:40,420 --> 00:17:44,420 And where there's prey, predators usually aren't far behind. 438 00:17:44,420 --> 00:17:47,420 Let's try to find a spot over here 439 00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:49,420 just in case we get any animals passing through here. 440 00:17:49,420 --> 00:17:50,420 Okay. 441 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:53,420 Phil and I continue positioning our cameras along the river, 442 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:55,420 keeping our eyes and ears open for anything 443 00:17:55,420 --> 00:17:57,420 that might be lurking in the dark. 444 00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:58,420 I want to find a good saw log 445 00:17:58,420 --> 00:18:00,420 and maybe a little trail going in. 446 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:07,420 Careful, Jess. 447 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:08,420 Don't stray too far. 448 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:14,420 All right, right here. 449 00:18:14,420 --> 00:18:15,420 I think this is the one. 450 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:16,420 That one? 451 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:17,420 Jess, how does this look from where you are? 452 00:18:17,420 --> 00:18:18,420 Looks fine for me. 453 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:19,420 Okay. 454 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:20,420 Right now, I'm sitting up a camera, 455 00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:22,420 pointing basically all along the shore here. 456 00:18:22,420 --> 00:18:25,420 So if anyone comes from the forest to there 457 00:18:25,420 --> 00:18:27,420 or walks along their stream, 458 00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:29,420 hopefully have an image of their... 459 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:32,420 get a sense of what's living around here. 460 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:35,420 Just insanely dense rainforest in here. 461 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:37,420 Ooh. 462 00:18:37,420 --> 00:18:39,420 Oh, we got a snake. 463 00:18:39,420 --> 00:18:41,420 Look at this thing. 464 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:42,420 Wow. 465 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:46,420 So it may be a coral snake, 466 00:18:46,420 --> 00:18:48,420 but by the fact that it's climbing in a tree 467 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:49,420 and most coral snakes, 468 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,420 you generally find out that there's a lot of snakes 469 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:53,420 that you generally find on the ground. 470 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:54,420 I don't think it is. 471 00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:57,420 I think that warning coloration is false coloration. 472 00:18:57,420 --> 00:18:59,420 If we're a coral snake and you get bit, 473 00:18:59,420 --> 00:19:00,420 you die pretty quick. 474 00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:02,420 This one, fairly certain, 475 00:19:02,420 --> 00:19:04,420 it is non-venomous. 476 00:19:04,420 --> 00:19:06,420 Oh, wow, look at that. 477 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:07,420 Wow. 478 00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:09,420 Yeah, oh, yeah. 479 00:19:09,420 --> 00:19:10,420 Nice. 480 00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:11,420 Ooh. 481 00:19:11,420 --> 00:19:13,420 Ooh, he's moving. 482 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:14,420 Where'd he go? 483 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:15,420 Inside there? 484 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:16,420 There. 485 00:19:19,420 --> 00:19:21,420 You would think you'd be able to find 486 00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:24,420 a super bright candy cane colored snake out here, 487 00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:26,420 but nope, just disappeared. 488 00:19:29,420 --> 00:19:31,420 So since every witness has seen it 489 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:33,420 both on land and in water, 490 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:36,420 I like that idea of putting one face in the water 491 00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:37,420 and some fish in the water. 492 00:19:37,420 --> 00:19:40,420 Let's maybe try to get this side of the river. 493 00:19:40,420 --> 00:19:42,420 All right, how solid is this? 494 00:19:42,420 --> 00:19:43,420 That's good. 495 00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:44,420 Pretty solid. 496 00:19:44,420 --> 00:19:47,420 Alejandro and Roner said they were fishing 497 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:48,420 when they saw Yakumama, 498 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,420 so we're going to try to chum this monster 499 00:19:50,420 --> 00:19:51,420 out of hiding. 500 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:54,420 I'm hoping she won't be able to resist the funky, 501 00:19:54,420 --> 00:19:57,420 I mean, tasty smell of these dead fish 502 00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:59,420 I bought back in Iquitos, 503 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:01,420 a perfect nighttime snack. 504 00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:03,420 All right. 505 00:20:03,420 --> 00:20:05,420 Oh, that stinks. 506 00:20:09,420 --> 00:20:11,420 Honestly, we're just trying to get a sense 507 00:20:11,420 --> 00:20:12,420 of what this habitat is like, 508 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:14,420 what species live around here, 509 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:16,420 and obviously if something big, 510 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:20,420 really big comes through to take that fish. 511 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,420 With the camera traps all set, 512 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:23,420 we'll stay at the river's edge 513 00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:24,420 and break out the thermal cam 514 00:20:24,420 --> 00:20:26,420 to help us see in the dark. 515 00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:28,420 Even a cold, blooded animal 516 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:29,420 will retain heat from the day 517 00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:32,420 and register on this sensitive piece of equipment. 518 00:20:33,420 --> 00:20:35,420 I said one business. 519 00:20:35,420 --> 00:20:36,420 Oh, look at those bats. 520 00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:38,420 This place is covered in bats. 521 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,420 That's wild. 522 00:20:40,420 --> 00:20:41,420 That's one word for it. 523 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:43,420 Wild life everywhere. 524 00:20:50,420 --> 00:20:51,420 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 525 00:20:51,420 --> 00:20:53,420 Oh, yeah, there's movement under the water. 526 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:54,420 Look. 527 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,420 Right over there. 528 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:56,420 See it, I see it. 529 00:20:56,420 --> 00:20:57,420 See it pops up every once in a while. 530 00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:58,420 And that's not one of the bats 531 00:20:58,420 --> 00:20:59,420 just coming through in the water? 532 00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:01,420 No, no, it's coming up from the bottom. 533 00:21:06,420 --> 00:21:07,420 And that's not one of the bats 534 00:21:07,420 --> 00:21:08,420 just coming through in the water? 535 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:10,420 No, no, it's coming up from the bottom. 536 00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:11,420 Oh, what's that? 537 00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:12,420 That's a caiman. 538 00:21:12,420 --> 00:21:13,420 No way. 539 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:14,420 Little baby, look at it. 540 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:15,420 Oh, you're right. 541 00:21:15,420 --> 00:21:16,420 Wow. 542 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:17,420 Now what are you gonna try to do? 543 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:18,420 Huh. 544 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:20,420 Try calling, see if it's mom response. 545 00:21:20,420 --> 00:21:21,420 Okay. 546 00:21:21,420 --> 00:21:26,420 Eww, eww, eww, eww, eww, eww, eww, eww. 547 00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:30,420 Animal calls aren't exactly my specialty, 548 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:33,420 but I have been successful with this one in the past. 549 00:21:34,420 --> 00:21:36,420 Seeing this little guy also makes me wonder 550 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:37,420 if what the witnesses saw here 551 00:21:37,420 --> 00:21:40,420 could have been a group of caiman swimming together 552 00:21:40,420 --> 00:21:44,420 that, in the water, looked like one monster creature. 553 00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:46,420 Eww, eww, eww. 554 00:21:47,420 --> 00:21:49,420 I don't think he's convinced. 555 00:21:50,420 --> 00:21:53,420 You would definitely expect mama to be close. 556 00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:55,420 I wonder if mama's over by her fish. 557 00:21:55,420 --> 00:21:57,420 Oh, that's a good question. 558 00:21:57,420 --> 00:21:58,420 Oh, yeah. 559 00:21:58,420 --> 00:21:59,420 Here, okay, we got one. 560 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,420 I don't see the ones in the water anymore. 561 00:22:04,420 --> 00:22:05,420 And hopefully the scent of that fish 562 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:06,420 washed on the stream. 563 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:08,420 So that if anything comes upstream, 564 00:22:08,420 --> 00:22:10,420 we'll get on that camera. 565 00:22:10,420 --> 00:22:11,420 Perfect. 566 00:22:11,420 --> 00:22:13,420 Having these cameras set up is probably the best thing 567 00:22:13,420 --> 00:22:16,420 we can do right now, because they're gonna be here 568 00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:19,420 all night, just recording anything that comes through here. 569 00:22:19,420 --> 00:22:21,420 A lot of things out here are nocturnal. 570 00:22:22,420 --> 00:22:25,420 Yakumama has been seen both day and night. 571 00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:27,420 Our bases should be covered because the camera traps 572 00:22:27,420 --> 00:22:30,420 we've set up can spot motion up to 20 feet away 573 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:32,420 in daylight and total darkness. 574 00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:38,420 We're pretty sure that we're gonna be here 575 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:39,420 all night long. 576 00:22:41,420 --> 00:22:43,420 With our cameras set to catch Yakumama, 577 00:22:43,420 --> 00:22:45,420 where she was reported by the fishermen, 578 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:47,420 the next morning, Phil wants to keep heading south 579 00:22:47,420 --> 00:22:49,420 where the fishermen said there were other 580 00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:52,420 Yakumama sightings, and where the wildlife populations 581 00:22:52,420 --> 00:22:54,420 are even more concentrated. 582 00:22:54,420 --> 00:22:57,420 But that would take us into restricted, 583 00:22:57,420 --> 00:22:59,420 indigenous territory. 584 00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:03,420 We got a text on our set phone from Josh 585 00:23:03,420 --> 00:23:05,420 asking us to call him. 586 00:23:05,420 --> 00:23:08,420 So we're going to see if he can help us get access. 587 00:23:11,420 --> 00:23:14,420 The set phone works by beaming radio signals to 588 00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,420 and from satellites orbiting Earth. 589 00:23:16,420 --> 00:23:18,420 No cell service required. 590 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:20,420 Josh, are you there? 591 00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:22,420 Hey, guys. How's Peru treating you? 592 00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:24,420 It is so nice to be back. 593 00:23:24,420 --> 00:23:26,420 We've seen so many things that can kill you 594 00:23:26,420 --> 00:23:28,420 or seriously maim you. It's amazing. 595 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:30,420 Yeah, I'm having a great time. 596 00:23:30,420 --> 00:23:32,420 I'm sure you are, Jess. 597 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:34,420 So is Percy Fawcett full of it, 598 00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:36,420 or did you find a giant serpent in the Amazon? 599 00:23:36,420 --> 00:23:38,420 I think we're getting close. 600 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:40,420 We are definitely in the right habitat. 601 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:42,420 Yeah, things are looking good. 602 00:23:42,420 --> 00:23:44,420 But I know the deeper we go into the jungle, 603 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:46,420 the more likely we are to find wildlife that's more 604 00:23:46,420 --> 00:23:48,420 lucid. We just need some help from you getting 605 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:50,420 access to those areas because they're off-limits 606 00:23:50,420 --> 00:23:52,420 for outsiders. 607 00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:54,420 I mean, to me, that means a better chance 608 00:23:54,420 --> 00:23:56,420 to find something unknown. 609 00:23:56,420 --> 00:23:58,420 Okay, well, I may have some good news for you 610 00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:00,420 in terms of access. I've been doing some research 611 00:24:00,420 --> 00:24:02,420 on my end, and I got linked up with a local 612 00:24:02,420 --> 00:24:04,420 guy down there named Juan Carlos. 613 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:06,420 He goes by JC. 614 00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:08,420 This guy's a former Peruvian army commando, 615 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:10,420 so you know this dude is legit. 616 00:24:10,420 --> 00:24:12,420 And he is super well connected down there. 617 00:24:12,420 --> 00:24:14,420 Not only that, he says that the Yaku mama 618 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:16,420 is 100% real because he claims to 619 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:18,420 have seen it for himself. 620 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:20,420 And he says he knows where you can find it. 621 00:24:20,420 --> 00:24:22,420 Perfect. 622 00:24:22,420 --> 00:24:24,420 Okay, I'll arrange a meeting, and I'll send you the coordinates. 623 00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:26,420 Sweet. Can't wait to meet him. 624 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:28,420 All right, be safe. 625 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:30,420 All right, Josh. Bye, Josh. 626 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:32,420 Bye. Thanks. 627 00:24:36,420 --> 00:24:38,420 With our cameras in place and recording, 628 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,420 we cover more ground up river. 629 00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:42,420 After about two hours, we reach the 630 00:24:42,420 --> 00:24:44,420 remote outpost of Nalta. 631 00:24:44,420 --> 00:24:48,420 We're meeting Josh's contact Juan Carlos Palomino. 632 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:50,420 JC has spent nearly two decades 633 00:24:50,420 --> 00:24:52,420 leading explorers and researchers 634 00:24:52,420 --> 00:24:54,420 into the Amazon to track all manner of wildlife. 635 00:24:54,420 --> 00:24:56,420 My kind of guy. 636 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:58,420 Welcome to the middle of nowhere. 637 00:24:58,420 --> 00:25:00,420 Welcome aboard. 638 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:02,420 Okay, okay. Got it? 639 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:04,420 JC says he was guiding a group through the jungle 640 00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:06,420 when he had a terrifying encounter 641 00:25:06,420 --> 00:25:08,420 with Yaku mama, right near an oxbow lake. 642 00:25:08,420 --> 00:25:10,420 Named for its shape, 643 00:25:10,420 --> 00:25:12,420 an oxbow lake is when a bend in the river 644 00:25:12,420 --> 00:25:14,420 is cut off from the main channel. 645 00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:16,420 It creates a calm water habitat 646 00:25:16,420 --> 00:25:18,420 that attracts more wildlife, 647 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:20,420 which I'm hoping includes 648 00:25:20,420 --> 00:25:22,420 an unidentified, super-sized serpent. 649 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:24,420 The lake is in an area called 650 00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:26,420 Renacol, about 80 miles away. 651 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:28,420 That's pretty far from the 652 00:25:28,420 --> 00:25:30,420 fishermen's recent sightings, 653 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:32,420 so it makes me wonder if there might be 654 00:25:32,420 --> 00:25:34,420 more than one Yaku mama. 655 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:36,420 My question is, what are people 656 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:38,420 actually seeing? 657 00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:40,420 Actually, I had a conflict in my mind 658 00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:42,420 between our traditional beliefs 659 00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:44,420 and scientific explanations until I saw it. 660 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:46,420 So, and we were with some guys 661 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:48,420 that came to make survival trip. 662 00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:50,420 And I just heard noise. 663 00:25:50,420 --> 00:25:52,420 I was like, what's going on? 664 00:25:52,420 --> 00:25:54,420 And I just heard noise. 665 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:56,420 And I see, you know, a big, big head. 666 00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:58,420 Really big head, like this big. 667 00:25:58,420 --> 00:26:00,420 It slowly warped 668 00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:02,420 in the water. 669 00:26:02,420 --> 00:26:04,420 Doesn't make sense because the lake, 670 00:26:04,420 --> 00:26:06,420 especially in dry season, does not have a current. 671 00:26:06,420 --> 00:26:08,420 Not like in Hanover. 672 00:26:08,420 --> 00:26:10,420 Typically, if you see a big head in the water here, 673 00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:12,420 you're going to think that's a black caiman. 674 00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:14,420 Or a big turtle. 675 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:16,420 Especially if you are far away. 676 00:26:16,420 --> 00:26:18,420 But it was close enough to see from the tail. 677 00:26:18,420 --> 00:26:20,420 To the head, I could say 678 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:22,420 that he saw a big, big carp, 679 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:24,420 so he's been swimming in the water. 680 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:26,420 It could be two large, big, big, big, big 681 00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:28,420 mits, so 33 to 39 feet long. 682 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,420 Maybe there could be some kind 683 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:32,420 of subspecies out here that hasn't been documented. 684 00:26:32,420 --> 00:26:34,420 I believe that also, 100%. 685 00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:36,420 50% 686 00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:38,420 50% 687 00:26:38,420 --> 00:26:40,420 50% 688 00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:42,420 I will go up to my friend, ok? 689 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:44,420 On our way to Rennecall, we stop 690 00:26:44,420 --> 00:26:46,420 at a small village along the river 691 00:26:46,420 --> 00:26:48,420 to pick up J.C.'s Snake hunting buddy 692 00:26:48,420 --> 00:26:50,420 окой soror sweating. 693 00:26:51,580 --> 00:26:53,300 Set lunch time now, 694 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:54,960 forachel, 695 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,420 andLANSI keeps screwing them down. 696 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,920 Out of curiosity, 697 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,440 if Yakmama came after me and managed to-to get me, 698 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,400 how long would I have before it squeezed me to death? 699 00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:16,200 It would squeeze you in less than 30 seconds. 700 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,200 They swallow you as long as you can. 701 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,200 Ooh, that's a bummer. 702 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,200 So your only option would be to break the ice. 703 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,200 Break the ice? 704 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,200 Break the ice. 705 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,200 That's the only way to survive. 706 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,200 It's over there. 707 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,200 That's where we'll stop it. 708 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,200 Perfect. 709 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,200 OK, Jess. 710 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,200 Back to the sunlight. 711 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,200 Heading in. 712 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,200 Are you ready? 713 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,200 I'm so ready. 714 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,200 We arrive at the Renicol shore just before sundown. 715 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,200 And as we prepare for the hour-long hike to the inland lake 716 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,200 where JC says he saw Yacumama, 717 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,200 he warns the team about everything else to watch out for, 718 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,200 which pretty much spans every color of the rainbow. 719 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,200 If you see yellow bright ice on the trees, 720 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,200 boy constructors. 721 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,200 If you see blue ice, tarantulas. 722 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,200 If you see bright orange ice, 723 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,200 you'll see anacondas. 724 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,200 OK. 725 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,200 Let's find it. 726 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,200 All right. 727 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,200 Vamos. 728 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,200 Check it out. 729 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,200 This is the lake. 730 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,200 It doesn't even look like a lake. 731 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,200 It looks like a field. 732 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,200 Which always, really, Maria. 733 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,200 Yeah. 734 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,200 Wow. 735 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,200 Look at that. 736 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,200 So in that water, there could be anacondas, 737 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,200 maybe even Yacumama herself. 738 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,200 Swim up, grab you, and drag you under. 739 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,200 Yeah. 740 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,200 See, this is the perfect place for ambush predator. 741 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,200 Just use a little splash in. 742 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,200 Yeah. 743 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,200 Take you right in. 744 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,200 Can you see any eye shine? 745 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,200 Nothing. 746 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,200 Oh, wait a minute. 747 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,200 We got eye shine. 748 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,200 We got eye shine. 749 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,200 Oh, yeah. 750 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,200 No! 751 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:02,200 We got eye shine. 752 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,200 We got eye shine. 753 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,200 Oh, yeah. 754 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,200 No! 755 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,200 Wow. 756 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Oh, it's moving. 757 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,200 It is moving. 758 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,200 JC, what would that be? 759 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,200 Yeah, it's a caiman. 760 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,200 Oh, wow. 761 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,200 Just look to the right. 762 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,200 Yeah. 763 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,200 Oh, yeah. 764 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,200 There's probably five, six. 765 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,200 Oh, oh, oh. 766 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,200 You found more? 767 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,200 Oh, yeah. 768 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,200 Oh, man. 769 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,200 Yeah, you found actually a bunch of them. 770 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,200 I'm going to try to use the flare. 771 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,200 OK. 772 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,200 What does it look like? 773 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,200 Oh, we're getting hits. 774 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,200 Can you tell how big it is? 775 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:33,200 I cannot tell. 776 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,200 But there's multiple small ones around it. 777 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,200 So that could be a big caiman and smaller caiman. 778 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,200 Are you picking up any anacondas? 779 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,200 It's really hard to tell. 780 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,200 Nothing that screams anaconda to me. 781 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,200 But definitely a lot more activity in this lake 782 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,200 than we can see with the naked eye. 783 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,200 I'll tell you that. 784 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:51,200 All right, I'm going to go up. 785 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,200 OK. 786 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,200 So we're going to go along the side of the lagoon here? 787 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,200 Yeah, we're going to go on the side 788 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,200 and then go up to the high ground. 789 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,200 Watch your step. 790 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,200 Oh, my God. 791 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,200 JC takes us to the very spot where he had his encounter 792 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,200 with Yakumama. 793 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,200 This whole area is teeming with deadly wildlife. 794 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,200 So JC sends monkey to scout the trail ahead of us. 795 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,200 What you got? 796 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,200 Huge. 797 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:32,200 One kilopter from us. 798 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,200 Oh, my God. 799 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,200 Smoky jungle frog? 800 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,200 Yes. 801 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,200 Those are edible actually in the community we eat it. 802 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,200 The leg stays like chicken. 803 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,200 Frog legs. 804 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,200 Oh, look at this guy. 805 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,200 Hi, bud. 806 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,200 Oh, look how big he is. 807 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,200 Wow, you can kind of tickle his chin a little bit. 808 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,200 Hey, buddy. 809 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,200 I can't believe he's just sitting there. 810 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,200 Like he doesn't care. 811 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,200 He's just sitting there. 812 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,200 OK, by Toad. 813 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,200 You see those big glands back there? 814 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,200 Yeah. 815 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,200 They're called the parotid glands and they're full of poison. 816 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,200 So that's why he's not too defensive. 817 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,200 Oh, you guys got to look at this. 818 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,200 Check out these leaf cutters. 819 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,200 Jess, welcome to the hardest working creatures in the Amazon. 820 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,200 They can take leaves from 150 feet up in a tree, 821 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,200 cut them, carry them all the way down, 822 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,200 drag them hundreds of feet across the forest. 823 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,200 Jess is crazy to think that during the rainy season 824 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,200 this entire area we're walking is underwater. 825 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,200 What's really crazy is that Mr. Wizard is geeking out 826 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,200 over ants and toads when we might be closing in on a monster. 827 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,200 This is a taper footprint. 828 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,200 Taper footprint. 829 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,200 Where? 830 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,200 Over here. 831 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,200 What's that? 832 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,200 All this. 833 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,200 It's a big 250-kilometer animal with the longest snout, 834 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,200 actually vegetarian. 835 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,200 It only leaves muscle. 836 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,200 Can you do a taper call? 837 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,200 They actually whistle. 838 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,200 Yeah, can you do the whistle? 839 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,200 Like a sloth. 840 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,200 Yeah, that sounds exactly like it, which is absolutely crazy. 841 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,200 And that means you just made the call of potentially 842 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,200 Yacumamas prey. 843 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,200 The footprints are low, but so let's keep an eye open on the trees. 844 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,200 The branches also for snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, 845 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,200 anything, any eye you see, OK? 846 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,200 OK. 847 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,200 You got a whole bunch of stuff in this area. 848 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,200 And guys, these are really bad ants. 849 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,200 Do not touch these ants. 850 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,200 These will hurt. 851 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,200 Yeah. 852 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,200 Listen to Phil. 853 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,200 These are all so appropriate and protected by this Azteca ant. 854 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,200 So if you touch the tree, you'll get stung. 855 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,200 And we're in a hurry. 856 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,200 We're in a hurry. 857 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,200 We're in a hurry. 858 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,200 We're in a hurry. 859 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,200 We're in a hurry. 860 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,200 We're in a hurry. 861 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,200 We're in a hurry. 862 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,200 We're in a hurry. 863 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,200 We're in a hurry. 864 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,200 We're in a hurry. 865 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,200 We're in a hurry. 866 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,200 We're in a hurry. 867 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,200 We're in a hurry. 868 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:52,200 Come on. 869 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,200 We're in a hurry. 870 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,200 You got stung and we're in a forced hole. 871 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,200 Fantastic. 872 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,200 Oh, my God. 873 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,200 You're bleeding. 874 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,200 OK. 875 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,200 OK. 876 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Monkey found an anaconda nest. 877 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,200 He got a bite. 878 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,200 Wait, what did you just got bit? 879 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,200 Holy s***. 880 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,200 Wait, what kind of snake are we talking about right now? 881 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,200 Anaconda. 882 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,200 Yeah. 883 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,200 Anacondas do their killing through constricting. 884 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,200 Their bites are not venomous. 885 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,200 Okay. 886 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,200 JC grabs a piece of iteningavine to treat monkeys bite. 887 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,200 It's used by natives here because of its potent pain-killing properties. 888 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,200 There's also a natural antibiotic in the sap. 889 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,200 You're a bastard, crazy. 890 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,200 Keep an eye open, okay? Keep an eye open. 891 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,200 I'm just going to see this thing still here. 892 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,200 It's there, it's there, it's there. 893 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,200 It's here, it's here. 894 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,200 Come on, come on, come on. 895 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,200 It's over there, it's over there. 896 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,200 Oh, oh, oh. 897 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,200 You okay? 898 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 899 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,200 It's fine, it's fine, it's fine, it's here. 900 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,200 Okay, where is it, where is it, where is it? 901 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,200 There, there, there. 902 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,200 There, there, there, there. 903 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,200 If it's that aggressive, be careful. 904 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,200 Phil, don't get too close. 905 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,200 Phil, do you see it? 906 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,200 I don't see it. 907 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,200 Do you still see it? 908 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,200 It was there. 909 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,200 Underneath these dead trees? 910 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Yeah, you can see it just right here. 911 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,200 Yeah, I mean, I can see where he's talking. 912 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,200 Huh? 913 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,200 Look at the size of this snake skin. 914 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,200 Look at that. 915 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Look at that. 916 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,200 Oh my God. 917 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,200 This is just a piece of shed skin, 918 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,200 but it looks like it came from something 919 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,200 that could be at least a foot wide. 920 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,200 I think we're gonna have really good genetic material here. 921 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,200 I just wish we got a look at its face to see if it had 922 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,200 the dark orange markings of Yakumama. 923 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,200 Oh yeah, all of this snake skin. 924 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,200 Look at that. 925 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:34,200 Are you kidding me? 926 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,200 Look at all that skin. 927 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:41,200 This snake must have been so huge. 928 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,200 It's possible what people are calling Yakumama 929 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,200 is actually an unknown subspecies of Anaconda, 930 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,200 not a thunder-wielding monster, 931 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,200 but a very big snake, 932 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,200 one not officially documented by science. 933 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,200 I'm just gonna get the kit out 934 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,200 because that scan could hold the key to this whole thing. 935 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,200 We'll compare this DNA sample and any others we collect 936 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,200 to that of known Anaconda DNA. 937 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,200 Then we'll know if we found something unique. 938 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,200 Got it? 939 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,200 All right. 940 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,200 Wow. 941 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,200 It's beautiful. 942 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,200 This is venomous snake territory. 943 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,200 So just watch. 944 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,200 This is everything we touch. 945 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,200 Oh, holy f***! 946 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,200 Snake! Snake! 947 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,200 What's up, Joe? 948 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:28,200 We're going. 949 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:29,200 Oh, my God. 950 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,200 Scientists estimate that the Everglades 951 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,200 are home to nearly 300,000 snakes 952 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,200 that should be living in Southeast Asia. 953 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,200 It's believed Burmese pythons were introduced in the 80s 954 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,200 when people released their pet constrictors into the wild. 955 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,200 They multiplied rapidly 956 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,200 and are now consuming food sources for native predators 957 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,200 and wreaking havoc on the swamps' ecosystem. 958 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,200 Authorities are so desperate to curb the python population, 959 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,200 they're paying by the foot. 960 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,200 Anyone who catches a python can collect 50 bucks 961 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,200 for the first four feet 962 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,200 and $25 for each additional foot. 963 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,200 Not bad considering Burmese pythons can grow up to 25 feet. 964 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,200 There's also an annual 10-day python challenge 965 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,200 with a grand prize of $10 grand 966 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,200 for whoever removes the most pythons. 967 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,200 I'm already training for next year. 968 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,200 Oh, holy f***! 969 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,200 Snake! Snake! 970 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,200 Holy f***! 971 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:41,200 Careful! 972 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,200 Oh, your head's turning. 973 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,200 F***! 974 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,200 Careful. 975 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:46,200 That's a real big one. 976 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,200 Ready? Ready? 977 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,200 I got it. I got it. 978 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,200 Oh, my God. 979 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,200 Okay, okay. 980 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,200 Watch out. Just hold the head. 981 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,200 Watch out. Watch out. 982 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,200 We need to help with it. 983 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,200 Yeah, with the tail. 984 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,200 We got it. We got it. 985 00:36:58,200 --> 00:36:59,200 Don't release the head. Don't release the head. 986 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,200 I got it. I got it. 987 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,200 Check the face. 988 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:04,200 Oh, black markings. 989 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,200 Mask. 990 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,200 Do we have the red on the side? 991 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:08,200 I'm seeing orange. I'm seeing orange. 992 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,200 Yeah, I'm seeing orange. 993 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:10,200 Orange on the side. 994 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,200 Okay, guys. 995 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,200 Yep. All right. Let me get you back. 996 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,200 Oh, wait. 997 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,200 Come on. It's okay. 998 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,200 It's okay. 999 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,200 You okay, Phil? 1000 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:19,200 I got it. I got it. 1001 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,200 Okay. 1002 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:21,200 I have my friends as a mouthful of teeth. 1003 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,200 Wow. 1004 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,200 We finally found ourselves in Anaconda 1005 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,200 with the specific markings associated with the Akumama. 1006 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,200 So, I've got my shin over its body. 1007 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,200 I'm not putting too much pressure on it right now. 1008 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,200 I'm just trying to get it to calm down 1009 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,200 so we can get a DNA sample 1010 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,200 and try to figure out if this is a specific subspecies 1011 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,200 you need to this area that maybe gets huge. 1012 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,200 There we go. It's calming down. It's calming down. 1013 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,200 It's okay. It's okay. 1014 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,200 Look for loose scales. 1015 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,200 No. 1016 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,200 No, it's all new mold, but actually it's all fresh. 1017 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,200 Hang on. I might have some scar tissue right here. 1018 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,200 Right here. Right here. 1019 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,200 We must not allow the hair to drop. 1020 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,200 Phil, stretch it. 1021 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,200 Stretch it. 1022 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,200 Hey, with these marks? 1023 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:15,200 How about this? 1024 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,200 Yeah, yeah. 1025 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,200 Watch your fingers. 1026 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,200 Yeah, it's small, but it's a piece. Hold on. 1027 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,200 It's small, but it'll do, Jess. 1028 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,200 All right. I got it. 1029 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,200 Okay. 1030 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,200 Wow. 1031 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,200 I'm going to back off the head real quick. 1032 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,200 All right. Which direction do we run? 1033 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,200 I say everybody back up this way. 1034 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,200 Okay. 1035 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:39,200 Ready? 1036 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,200 One, two, three. 1037 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,200 Go. Go, go, go. 1038 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,200 Okay. 1039 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,200 Nice. 1040 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,200 Jess, come on. 1041 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,200 Shop them a shaggy. Give me high five. 1042 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,200 Wow. 1043 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:53,200 That is beautiful. 1044 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,200 All right. How long do you think? 1045 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,200 Another way we can see it. 1046 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,200 Close to five meters. 1047 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,200 So it's like 15 feet. 1048 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,200 Could be a baby, Yakumama. 1049 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,200 But hey, keep going. 1050 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,200 Nice. All right. Back to the river. 1051 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,200 Back to the river. 1052 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:06,200 Come on. 1053 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,200 My team came to the Peruvian Amazon 1054 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,200 to investigate reports of a legendary monster. 1055 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,200 It looked like nothing I've ever seen before. 1056 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,200 With big, shining eyes. 1057 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,200 It was huge. 1058 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,200 What Phil and Jess found is that behind the legend... 1059 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,200 We got ice on. We got ice on. 1060 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,200 There could be a grain of truth. 1061 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,200 After collecting the trap cameras 1062 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,200 and reviewing the images, 1063 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,200 it turns out they got plenty of shots of prey. 1064 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,200 But the predator that took Jess's bait 1065 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,200 remained elusive. 1066 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,200 Based on what we've heard about the mythical 1067 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,200 Yakumamas markings, 1068 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,200 the snake that Phil so expertly subdued 1069 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,200 looked like it could be a 15-foot juvenile version 1070 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,200 of the Amazon legend. 1071 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,200 Don't release the head. 1072 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,200 I got it. I got it. 1073 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,200 DNA analysis on the skin sample 1074 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,200 that Jess collected came back as a match for anaconda. 1075 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,200 Though it did not identify a subspecies. 1076 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,200 But the DNA from that snake did not match 1077 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,200 the shed skin samples that Phil collected earlier in the night, 1078 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,200 meaning that came from a completely different snake. 1079 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,200 And the size of that skin suggests to Phil 1080 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,200 something much bigger than 15 feet. 1081 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,200 That is enormous. Let's find it. 1082 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,200 I have to say I'm impressed with the way my team 1083 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,200 braved the dangers of the jungle. 1084 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,200 This is venomous snake territory. 1085 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,200 This is no joke. 1086 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,200 One of the biggest vipers I've ever seen in the Amazon. 1087 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,200 Why do you want to leave here, Jess? 1088 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,200 Oh, gee, I don't know, because everything's trying to kill me. 1089 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,200 It's the most magical place on the planet. 1090 00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,200 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 1091 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,200 Something's moving over there. 1092 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,200 Sure, Phil knew what he was getting into, 1093 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,200 but Jess didn't run for the boat 1094 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,200 when surrounded by stingers, venom, and fangs. 1095 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,200 Drop that machete and give me high five. 1096 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,200 As for Yakumama, all the eyewitnesses remain convinced 1097 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,200 that there's a monster-sized serpent lurking in the remote recesses 1098 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,200 of the Amazon rainforest. 1099 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,200 The evidence Phil and Jess collected suggests that perhaps 1100 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,200 some unclassified species could be out there, still at large, 1101 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,200 and getting larger. 1102 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,200 For more information on Expedition X, 1103 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,200 head to Discovery.com slash Expedition X.