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There's an endless ocean of possibilities for the identity of the White River monster.

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It's been seen since the 1800s.

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30 year intervals of silence.

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Down through the years, there are some strange animals in that river.

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White River monster was swirling in the water so it looked as big as a box car.

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Apparently lifted their boat out of the water.

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It's big. It's 15 to 20 feet long.

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It's one of those things where people talk about it and they wonder if it's down there that I'm going to attack them.

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There are creatures science refuses to recognize.

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But new technology makes us question what is real.

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If our eyes see it, if our cameras capture it, does it exist?

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Enter a realm where fact meets fiction.

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Science meets legend, where nightmares come to life.

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Science meets legend, where nightmares come to life.

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Lost tapes, White River monster.

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Mom, Dad, come look at the duck.

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Where baby?

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Look right there.

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Oh, I see it.

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It's cute.

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Hey baby, where's Michael?

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I don't know.

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What do you mean you don't know?

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Michael.

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I don't remember.

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When was the last time you saw him?

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Michael.

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She was here a second ago.

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Michael.

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Seriously, I don't know.

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Michael.

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Oh, oh.

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Don't do that.

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You just say it's seen to look at her face.

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Why?

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Why?

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Something in the water just ate the duck.

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You're kidding.

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Come on, it's this way, man.

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Dude, are you sure, man?

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Yeah, just check the map. Come on.

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I don't know about your map chicken skills, man.

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Last time you had us lost for an hour.

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Oh, who was right?

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Who was right?

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In June 2009, two adventure seekers,

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Mac Barrett and Tyler Crenshaw,

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decided to try the unusual sport of catfish noodling,

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which involves fishing with bare hands,

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rather than a rod and reel.

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They hired veteran guide Earl Gaines to teach them the ropes.

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Unbeknownst to the men,

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the teeth of a 40-pound catfish would be the least of their worries,

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as something far more dangerous lurked in the waters of the White River.

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These are their tapes.

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Woo-hoo-hoo!

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Yeah!

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Arkansas-style hoggin', baby.

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It's in this beautiful river filled with catfish.

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Is this where he's gonna meet us?

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Yeah, I think so.

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Alright.

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Dude, what do you got in there?

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You got like two weeks worth of crap in there.

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You ever noticed that I'm the only one who brings the gear?

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What exactly do you bring?

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What do I bring?

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Yeah, you.

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I bring the luck, my friend.

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Oh, the luck?

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Yes.

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Okay, I got you.

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Well, you have the luck.

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I got my luck.

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I think I'm gonna get all that stuff.

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Down here we catch flatheads with our hands.

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It's a thing of nails to teeth.

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You must be Earl.

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Now, we call it hoggin' down here.

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New boys can call it anything you want,

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because you're a pain,

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but down here we call it hoggin'.

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So is this your secret spotter?

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No, hell no.

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Fisherman, where the salt wouldn't tell you his spot.

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He'd rather give up a kidney,

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and Lord knows you're not worth a kidney.

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That's why I showed you this spot, somebody else's.

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Okay, well, here, macaroni,

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you go ahead and hold on to the camera.

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All right.

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I'm going in.

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I'll see you on the inside.

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Oh, what the hell?

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Now, boys, that's what they call a bear trap.

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That's meant to hold you until the shocking shows up.

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Somebody has staked out this spot,

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and they're real serious about keeping it.

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Now, you all watch your little toots, you there?

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They don't need the weight.

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You follow me?

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Come on.

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How long you been doodling?

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Oh, long enough to know better.

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What's the biggest fish you ever caught?

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I caught me a hundred pounder one time.

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Didn't use no dynamite, neither.

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This is a map of Arkansas, and this would be Newport.

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Many sightings had taken place right here

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in this bend of the White River,

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of the White River monster.

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In July of 1971, you have the Richardson Odie report.

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They described this creature coming up underneath their boat

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and then feeling like this creature was out to attack them.

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They had lifted their boat out of the water.

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So apparently they were riding on the back of this creature

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in the size of a row of box-card.

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Oh, man, this is like a grace ball right here.

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Yeah.

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But the water's too fast.

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You lose your foot in the river, it'll take you away.

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We're moving on.

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Oh, man.

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Oh, man.

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This is what I'm talking about.

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I got a good vibe from this place, man.

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Dude, Tyler, look at all those nooks and crannies over there.

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This has got to be catfish central.

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What do you say, Earl?

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Why not?

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There's a dam yonder that lets out about nightfall.

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It raises the water.

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It'll be up to your eyeballs in no time.

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It's too deep.

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I said we move on.

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What's the deal?

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You've been dumping on every single spot we come to.

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This place is perfect.

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The local people talk about a creature that lives here.

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He feeds on the catfish.

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Where it is, he can take a man under.

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This is his spot.

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He lives here.

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No, I said we move on.

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Get out of here, Earl.

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Okay, well, us city boys, we don't believe in creatures.

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I think we'll be all right.

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Yeah, I think we'll be just fine.

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I said we move on.

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We're gonna do this.

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I'm gonna stay right here.

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Mack, Mack, Mack, Mack, Mack, Mack.

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Look, Earl, me and Mack are tired of walking around.

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We've been walking around all day.

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Okay, so we're gonna stay here.

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If you wanna keep walking,

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I'm sure we can find another person to teach us how to noodle.

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Yeah, we'll just find something else.

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I'll kill you, Will.

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So what's it gonna be, Earl?

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I'm not.

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I'm not.

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Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

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Let's do this.

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You ready, man?

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You going in with that thing?

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Yeah, it's an aquacan.

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Hey, I got you, too, though.

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Check that out.

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What is this?

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You like that?

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Wait, I can go in the water with this?

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All right, give it a shot.

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Come on, Earl, let's go.

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Let's get a smile there, Earl.

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You can't fish or weight.

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All right.

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During the mid-Cretaceous,

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there was an inland sea

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that covered much of the Southwestern United States,

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including parts of Arkansas.

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This shallow-water sea contained

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some incredibly large voracious fish predators.

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And one of these was called Zephactanus.

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This family of fishes is related

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to living species of large, voracious predators.

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Zephactanus was about 15 to 20 feet long.

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Its teeth were as long as the fangs of a tiger.

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Based on the fossil record,

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we know that Zephactanus was very capable

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of taking human-sized fishes.

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It just shot its entire body

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over the prey item and engulfed it whole.

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The flatheads, they like to be up by the bank here.

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They'll dig themselves a hole down in the sea.

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Now, you gotta get down and reach your hand

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and wiggle your fingers a little bit.

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You can't get some kind of excitement.

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You can start feeling a bit on you.

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You let them get a good grip on it.

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And that's when you pull it out.

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Roll them up on the back like that.

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That was awesome!

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You are the man!

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That was like 35 pounds.

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I mean, not that big, but it's a keeper.

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I think I got another one.

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He's in there, Dave.

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Oh, he's a big one.

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That son's a...

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Get a gun!

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Get a gun!

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Ah!

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Get a gun!

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Oh, that fish just did that?

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That weren't no cat, man.

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I dropped my camera.

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Oh, you okay?

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Yeah.

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I got it.

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Oh, man, are you all right?

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Yeah, I'll be fine.

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But we better get out of here anyway.

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There's something in that hole we should be messing with.

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We still have two hours of daylight left.

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I mean, I think it was just a catfish.

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I mean, a big catfish.

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There weren't no catfish.

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Whatever it was, I mean, I think you killed the...

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...Step the hell out of it.

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All right.

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You want to get back in there?

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Go ahead, go get your arms ripped up.

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But you better hurry, because that river is rising.

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I mean, how will we know what to do?

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I'll tell you from here.

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I'm not getting back in there.

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I wouldn't even caught a fish yet.

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You down there?

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I'm down. You down?

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Let's do it.

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Let's do it.

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I mean, it'll come all this way for nothing.

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White river monster seems to show all of the characteristics...

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...of a more mammal-type creature,

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with maybe some out-of-place alligators thrown into.

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Some of the sightings say that this animal had a rough-looking hide...

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...appeared to be peeling.

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Dr. Roy Mackle wrote extensively about the White River Monster...

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...and concluded that probably a rogue male elephant seal...

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...had come up from the Gulf of Mexico...

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...and had made its way up to the town of Newport...

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...in the bend in the White River.

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You probably don't want to be in close contact...

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...with a bull elephant seal,

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capable of lifting two men in a boat out of the water.

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Alligators, of course, we now do cause fatalities...

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...and they do have a lot of characteristics...

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...we see in the White River Monster.

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There have been similar reports of crocodilians...

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...after civil wars, where lots of bodies get dumped into rivers...

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...that these animals become more accustomed to eating human remains.

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Supposedly, this has correlated with an increase in the number of attacks.

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People are much better off not knowing...

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...what things are swimming around in the rivers and lakes.

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Alright, man, watch and learn.

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Come on, man. Let's see what you got.

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Keep going. Go ahead and get those fingers.

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You get down in there deep.

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Dude, I think I feel something.

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Well, grab it! Get it in the gap!

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I had it! I totally had it!

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It was weak, man.

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That was awesome!

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Alright, dude, I gotta get in there, man.

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That was so much fun!

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Let me put this down.

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Oh, you're too funny over the pictures, you'll I'll tell you that.

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Alright.

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You ready to see how real mag does this?

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Alright, now reach in there as far as you can...

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...and wiggle your fingers while you do that.

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Alright.

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Got it?

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No, man. I was close though. I was really close.

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I feel it in there.

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Alright, well, reach that around there and grab its head...

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...and just yank it out then.

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Alright.

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Tyler, hold me with your mic.

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Earl, dude, you gotta help me, man. I'm stuck.

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Tyler?

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Tyler!

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Tyler! Hey!

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Tyler!

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Man, you scared the f*** out of me.

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Why'd you stay down there so long?

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I was this close, man. Hey, come and help me. It's a big one.

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I'm good, Laura. Thanks to you to catch a fish.

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Come on, I was this long, too.

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I'm stuck. Give it a break.

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Dude, I'm stuck. What?

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I'm stuck. You're stuck?

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Yeah, I'm stuck.

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You two are a piece of work. I had to just leave you there for the fish to eat.

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Come on, man, please.

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I'm getting too old for this.

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I'm sorry. I'm stuck.

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You didn't come out here.

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The river shifted or something. I got my legs stuck under a log.

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I'm ready to shift you down there.

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Help!

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Help!

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While most reports of the White River monster describe it terrorizing fishermen and boaters,

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some believe that this creature might have even had an impact on our nation's past.

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Far more than just a regional legend,

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some even claim the White River monster might have affected the Civil War.

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At that time, the White River was a major transportation route,

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and according to local lore,

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the monster was believed to be responsible for overturning a Confederate munitions boat.

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You're not going to get me out of here.

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You're not going to get me out of here. Hurry!

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He's back!

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What the f*** was that, man?

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Oh!

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He's gone.

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You gotta get me out of here.

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Come on, get in the water. Hurry up.

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There's something that's touching me, man!

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It's a bit...

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You think it's that creature I was talking about?

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I don't know, man. Come on, hurry up. Get out of here.

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There's something in there.

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Oh!

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Oh!

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What is that?

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Dude, hurry up. You gotta bring me out of here. Come on, man.

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What's that?

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My right arm.

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I couldn't get in here.

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Something's like two rocks in the water.

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Let me try again.

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It's really in there. I can't get in.

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Alright, listen.

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You gotta get a stick. There's something from your bag.

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I gotta stop. I gotta stop.

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I'm gonna jump and get back here.

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I'll be right back.

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Dude, hurry up.

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We might be familiar with the idea that

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a female lion is very protective

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of her young and will fight

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off intruders.

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In the fish world, sometimes

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the father or the mother

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will guard that

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with a nesting site, fending off

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potential predators.

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A notorious example are the Titan Trigger Fishes.

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Titan Trigger Fishes can be

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exceptionally aggressive, capable

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of delivering painful bites to your

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what-have-you. Because of human activities,

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because of human encroachment on

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wild areas, humans are

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much, much more of a threat

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to the big fishes in our rivers.

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I got it!

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I got it!

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I'm coming, man!

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Alright, dude.

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I'm gonna try to bring you up.

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Alright.

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Ow!

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F***!

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Dude, I couldn't get it.

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I got it between the rocks, but I couldn't get it.

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Okay, I'm gonna try it again.

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What are you doing?

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Dude!

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What are you doing?

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I saw a mushroom!

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What?

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Dude!

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What are you doing?

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I saw a mushroom!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Help!

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Help!

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Come on.

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Help!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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Tyler!

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The hope of recovering the bodies

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and proving the existence of the creature

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is request was repeatedly denied.

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The deaths of

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Tyler and Earl were officially attributed

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to rogue alligators,

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a rare occurrence in Arkansas,

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but an explanation that satisfied

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the authorities associated with the case.

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It did not, however,

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address the public's lingering

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curiosity. Do they live

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among us?