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Josh: ON THIS EPISODE
OF "EXPEDITION X,"

MY TEAM TREKS DEEP
INTO THE CAMBODIAN JUNGLE...

THERE IS A MONSTER
LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

♪♪

...TO TRACK
A TERRIFYING CREATURE...

[ GROWL ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?

JESS, WE GOT A CAVE.

- JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.
- ALL RIGHT.

Josh:
...THAT'S NOW ON THE ATTACK.

- COME HERE. NO, PHIL.
- PHIL, PHIL, PHIL.

- HOLY --
- OW!

MY NAME IS JOSH GATES.

IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE EXPERIENCED
STRANGE THINGS THAT DEFY LOGIC

AND MADE ME QUESTION EVERYTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

NOW, I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM

TO INVESTIGATE THE STRANGER SIDE
OF THE UNKNOWN.

LET'S GO.

Josh:
PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST

WHO HUNTS FOR
RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND TOMBSTONES.

Josh: JESSICA CHOBOT'S
PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

THERE IS A MONSTER
LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

PHIL, PHIL, PHIL,
I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.

Josh: TOGETHER, WE'RE SEARCHING
FOR ANSWERS...

WHAT IS THAT?

...TO THE WORLD'S
MOST EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERIES.

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

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PHIL AND JESS, THE CASE
THAT WE'RE TACKLING TODAY

IS ONE THAT
I'M SUPER INTRIGUED BY.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS
I'M SO INTRIGUED BY IT

IS BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY HAD
MY OWN FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.

ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO,
MY TEAM AND I DISCOVERED

AND CAST A SERIES

OF ENORMOUS MYSTERIOUS
FOOTPRINTS IN THE HIMALAYAS

WHILE INVESTIGATING
REPORTS OF THE YETI.

THAT ONE IS A BEAUTY.
LOOK AT THAT.

THAT ONE IS CLEAR AS DAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
IT'S A BIG ANIMAL.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A CLEAR,
ALMOST LIKE A HUMAN FOOTPRINT.

SO YOU ACTUALLY FOUND REAL
YETI FOOTPRINTS?

WELL, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THEY'RE REAL,
THEY'RE FOOTPRINTS.

THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT ARE THEY FROM?

AND EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED,

I HAVE BEEN OBSESSED BY THE IDEA
THAT THERE COULD BE UNKNOWN,

UNCATALOGED PRIMATES OUT
IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT REALLY SPANS THE GLOBE.

EVERY CULTURE, EVERY CONTINENT
MAKES REFERENCE

TO THIS KIND
OF BIGFOOT-LIKE CREATURE.

AND WITH THAT MANY SIGHTINGS

AND THAT MANY STORIES,
I JUST DON'T THINK

IT'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN EASILY WRITE OFF.

YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

HERE IN THE STATES,
WE THINK OF THIS AS BIGFOOT.

IT'S THE YETI
IN THE HIMALAYAS,

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY
VARIANTS OF THIS STORY.

IN AUSTRALIA,
THEY CALL IT THE YOWIE.

IN CHINA,
IT'S CALLED THE YEREN.

IN CENTRAL ASIA,
IT'S CALLED THE ALMAS.

AND IN FACT, NEARLY EVERY
CULTURE DOES HAVE

ONE OF THESE MYSTERY
PRIMATE STORIES.

AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE
CLAIM TO SEE THEM.

SO, PHIL, YOU'RE OUR RESIDENT
BIOLOGIST HERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS SOMETHING
LIKE THIS A POSSIBILITY?

I WILL ADMIT THAT
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT MAY BE SMALL, BUT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT SOME OF THE EVIDENCE,

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN AWAY.

YES, IT'S A STORY
THAT SPANS THE GLOBE,

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO LOOK AT IT REGIONALLY.

AND CERTAIN AREAS HAVE MORE
OF A BIOLOGICAL PLAUSIBILITY

THAT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS COULD EXIST.

AND IN TERMS OF A REGION
WHERE THERE'S BEEN

A LOT OF INTERESTING
EYEWITNESS REPORTS,

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
TURN TO SOUTHEAST ASIA.

THERE IS SOMETHING
REALLY UNUSUAL GOING ON

IN CAMBODIA RIGHT NOW.
CHECK THIS OUT.

LOCALS CALL IT THE TEK TEK OR
THE [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE],

AND IT HAS EARNED ITSELF A
UNIQUE AND FEARSOME REPUTATION.

THOUGH CAMBODIA IS HOME TO MORE
THAN 800 SPECIES OF MAMMALS,

BIRDS, AND REPTILES,

LARGE APES ARE NOT KNOWN
TO INHABIT THE REGION.

AND YET FOR CENTURIES,
LOCALS HAVE TOLD STORIES

ABOUT A TERRIFYING APELIKE
CREATURE THEY SAY

INHABITS THE MOST REMOTE AREAS

OF CAMBODIA'S 500 MILLION
ACRES OF JUNGLES.

DUTCH TRADERS IN CAMBODIA
WROTE ABOUT THEM IN THE 1700s.

DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT
IN THE '60s AND '70s,

U.S. SERVICEMEN
AND NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES

NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER
FILED OFFICIAL

AFTER-ACTION REPORTS

OF ENCOUNTERS
WITH FEARSOME APELIKE CREATURES

DURING FIREFIGHTS.

SOLDIERS CALLED THEM ROCK APES
BECAUSE THE BEASTS

REPORTEDLY RESPONDED TO RIFLE
AND MACHINE GUN FIRE

BY THROWING ROCKS.

MORE RECENTLY, TERRIFIED
VILLAGERS IN WESTERN CAMBODIA

DESCRIBE ENCOUNTERS
WITH A BIGFOOT-LIKE CREATURE

MORE THAN SEVEN FEET TALL,
AGGRESSIVE,

FEROCIOUS, FOUL-SMELLING,

AND AT TIMES
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

NOW, AS HUMANS ENCROACH FURTHER

INTO THIS JUNGLE HABITAT,
SIGHTINGS ARE INCREASING.

WILDLIFE RESEARCHERS,
PARK RANGERS, HUNTERS,

AND HIKERS HAVE ALL DESCRIBED
THE TEK TEK

AS SOMETHING MORE THAN LEGEND.

THEY INSIST IT'S
A FLESH-AND-BLOOD CREATURE.

SO THERE WE GO.
YOU LOOK INTRIGUED.

YEAH, I'M VERY INTRIGUED.

I MEAN, THE TEK TEK
SEEMS TO BE CREDIBLE.

AND IF WE CAN PROVE
ITS EXISTENCE,

THEN THAT MEANS
WE COULD POSSIBLY PROVE

THE EXISTENCE
OF OTHER MYSTERY PRIMATES.

AND, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

YOU KNOW I LOVE ME
A GOOD JUNGLE MYSTERY.

YES.
AND THE WAY I SEE IT,

WE ARE IN A GOLDEN AGE
OF DISCOVERY, OR REDISCOVERY,

BECAUSE WE HAVE
ALL THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY

TO PUT TO USE IN THE FIELD
THAT WASN'T EVEN AVAILABLE

TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
RIGHT.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN NEW MONKEYS
DISCOVERED IN TANZANIA

AND THE CONGO,
THERE'S A NEW SPECIES

OF ORANGUTAN
IDENTIFIED IN INDONESIA,

NOT FAR FROM CAMBODIA.
RIGHT.

SO THERE ARE MYSTERIES
OUT THERE YET TO BE DISCOVERED.

I'M NOT SAYING
IT'S A TEK TEK,

BUT THERE COULD BE
SOMETHING THERE

IN THE JUNGLES OF CAMBODIA
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND.

WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THESE
STORIES OF THESE U.S. SERVICEMEN

WHO CLAIMED TO SEE
SOME SORT OF APELIKE CREATURE

DURING FIREFIGHTS IN VIETNAM
AND CAMBODIA DURING THE WAR.

NOW, I'D ONLY EVER READ
ABOUT THESE ACCOUNTS UNTIL NOW.

I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO TRACK
DOWN ONE OF THESE MEN.

HE'S A GREEN BERET
WHO SERVED IN CAMBODIA,

NOT FAR FROM WHERE THESE RECENT
TEK TEK SIGHTINGS WERE REPORTED.

AND HE'S AGREED TO GO ON RECORD
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE
AND HIS MEN CLAIMED TO SEE.

MY NAME IS ROBERT GALE.

I ENTERED THE ARMY
IN THE LATE '60s.

I TRAINED TO BE
A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER.

ULTIMATELY, I WAS AWARDED
AND EARNED THE GREEN BERET

AND THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP
WITH PART OF

THE FIFTH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP
IN VIETNAM AND IN CAMBODIA.

WE WERE UNDER DIRECT ORDERS.
IT WAS A CLASSIFIED MISSION.

AND THE WEIRDEST ENCOUNTER
I EVER HAD WAS

ON -- LATE ONE AFTERNOON.

IT WAS VERY DARK.
WE ENCOUNTERED AN ATTACK.

I'LL NEVER FORGET,
THE POINT MAN STOPS,

HE SAW SOMETHING
AND HE POINTED UP.

AND I TOLD THE PEOPLE AROUND ME,
"LOOK UP, LOOK UP."

AND WE LOOKED UP, AND HE SAW
SOMETHING CLIMBING THE TREE.

SAW IT SCAMPERING UP,
APELIKE HUMAN FORM,

SOMETHING THAT
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

OUR POINT MAN,
HE GOT PELTED WITH A ROCK,

AND THEN WE ALL STARTED
GETTING PELTED WITH ROCKS.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME ALERT TO
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE TREES

AND I SAW THE MOVEMENT,
IT WAS BLACK, NO CLOTHES.

I COULD SEE IT WAS CLUMPED
WITH DIRT AND MUD.

I COULD SEE THE EYES,

WHICH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IN THE TREES,

IT TENDS TO SCARE YOU.
IT WAS KIND OF A FOUL ODOR.

YOU KNOW, THE HAIR'S
KIND OF BUSHY AND MATTED

AND IT WAS JUST STRANGE
AND VERY UNNERVING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I MEAN, EVERYTHING
THAT HE MENTIONS

IN REGARDS TO THE THROWING
OF THE ROCKS, THE BAD ODOR,

IS ALL CONSISTENT
WITH OTHER REPORTS

THAT I'VE HEARD AND READ ABOUT
REGARDING TEK TEK.

AND, PHIL,
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?

YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY BELIEVE
THEY SAW SOMETHING

AND EVEN WERE ATTACKED
BY SOMETHING,

BUT I'M JUST NOT CONVINCED
OF WHAT IT WAS.

AND TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,

I'D LIKE TO SEND
THE TWO OF YOU ON A MISSION

DEEP INTO THE JUNGLES
OF NORTHWESTERN CAMBODIA.

ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.

- YOU READY FOR THIS?
- Both: YEAH.

THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THIS
GREEN BERET AND HIS MEN SERVED.

IT'S ALSO THE AREA
WHERE THE MOST RECENT

TEK TEK SIGHTINGS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

IT'S ALSO AN AREA
WHERE AN ANCIENT RUINED CITY

CALLED MAHENDRAPARVATA
WAS RECENTLY REDISCOVERED.

IT'S A FASCINATING PLACE,

BUT THE VILLAGERS
WHO LIVE THERE, REMEMBER,

THEY BELIEVE THAT
THIS MYSTERY PRIMATE

IS NOT ONLY REAL,
THEY BELIEVE IT'S DANGEROUS.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS
OF RECENT ATTACKS.

SO YOUR MISSION IS SIMPLE.

FIND OUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERING.

ALL RIGHT.
SOUND GOOD?

GREAT. YEAH.
YEAH, LET'S DO THIS.

Josh: PHIL AND JESSICA
HEAD TO SIEM REAP,

200 MILES NORTH
OF THE CAPITAL OF PHNOM PENH.

THIS IS A LAND OF TEMPLES
AND TUMBLED STONE,

A GATEWAY TO
THE GLORIES OF THE PAST,

AND TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS
OF THE ANGKOR EMPIRE.

IT IS ALSO THE REGION
OF THE COUNTRY

WITH THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION
OF TEK TEK SIGHTINGS.

THE INVESTIGATION
BEGINS AT ANGKOR WAT.

WOW. HERE WE ARE.

WHOA. THIS IS SO COOL.

Josh: THIS 400-ACRE SITE
WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED

AS A HINDU TEMPLE
IN THE 12th CENTURY.

AND ACCORDING TO THE CARVED
RECORDS ON THE WALL,

IT TOOK MORE THAN
300,000 WORKERS

OVER 35 YEARS TO BUILD IT.

TODAY, THE RUINS
ARE AN EVOCATIVE REMINDER

OF THE POWERFUL KINGDOM

THAT ONCE ROSE FROM
THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

- SO WE'RE MEETING NICK UP HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.

Josh: I'VE CONNECTED MY TEAM
WITH MY FRIEND,

AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST, NICK RAY,

WHO'S AN EXPERT ON CAMBODIAN
CULTURE AND HISTORY.

- HI.
- SO GOOD TO MEET YOU.

- NICK. GOOD TO MEET YOU. HI.
- NICE TO SEE YOU.

Josh: NICK NOTES THAT
THE RESIDENTS OF THIS REGION

HAVE LONG SHARED SPACE
WITH THEIR PRIMATE BRETHREN,

FROM THE PIGTAILED MACAQUES
THAT NOW OVERRUN ANGKOR WAT,

TO ANCIENT HINDU IMAGERY
THAT ADORNS THE TEMPLE WALLS.

THE DETAILS PRESERVED
IN THESE WALLS --

THIS IS AMAZING.

AS YOU SEE, IT'S SHOWING ALL
THESE EPIC CHARACTERS

FROM HINDUISM, INCLUDING
HANUMAN, THE MONKEY.

Josh: OFTEN REFERRED TO
AS THE MONKEY GOD,

HANUMAN IS A WARRIOR DEITY
PROMINENTLY FEATURED

IN AN EPIC HINDU POEM

ABOUT CAMBODIA'S ORIGINS,
CALLED "THE REAMKER,"

AND APPEARS ALL OVER
THE WALLS OF ANGKOR WAT.

HE MAY ALSO HAVE SERVED
AS FOLKLORIC INSPIRATION

FOR THE CREATURE SEEN
IN THE JUNGLES TODAY.

THEY MAY ACTUALLY RESEMBLE
WHAT A TEK TEK LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT TYPE OF WRITTEN RECORDS
OR EVIDENCE

IS THERE ABOUT THE TEK TEK?

MAINLY IT COMES FROM THESE
EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORER ACCOUNTS

THAT DESCRIBES
FROM LOCAL TRIBES,

THE HORROR OF THIS
JUNGLE CREATURE.

Josh: IN THE 17th CENTURY,
A FRENCH EXPLORER

NAMED HENRI BEAUDASSIN

WAS THE FIRST TO WRITE
ABOUT THE TEK TEK.

WHEN HE VISITED
WESTERN CAMBODIA,

LOCAL TRIBESMEN SPOKE
OF A GIANT APELIKE BEAST

FIERCER THAN ANYTHING ELSE
IN THE JUNGLE,

A KIND OF MONSTER
THAT WOULD ATTACK VILLAGERS.

AS TIME WENT ON, SIMILAR STORIES
OF GIANT APE ATTACKS

STARTED POPPING UP ALL OVER
THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

AND WHAT'S BEEN
THE MOST RECENT SIGHTING?

NOT SO FAR FROM HERE, THE HOLY
MOUNTAIN OF PHNOM KULEN,

THE BIRTHPLACE
OF THE KHMER EMPIRE,

THERE'S SOME PEOPLE UP THERE,

AND THEY ALSO HAVE
THE SAME STORIES

WHERE THE TEK TEK
WOULD ATTACK PEOPLE.

WOW.
INTERESTING.

HOW DO PEOPLE SEE
THE TEK TEK NOW?

DO THEY SEE IT AS A PROTECTOR
OR AS SOMETHING TO FEAR?

THEY SEE IT AS DANGEROUS.

DEFINITELY SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANT TO AVOID

AND YOU CAN SEE PALPABLE FEAR ON
LOCALS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT.

THEY BELIEVE,
AND THEY'RE SCARED.

♪♪

BLOODY TAIL.

- IT'S BEEN SCRAPPING.
- OH, SOMEBODY GOT IN A FIGHT.

YEAH.

Jessica: THOUGH
SOMETIMES AGGRESSIVE,

THESE MONKEYS ARE USUALLY
NO THREAT TO HUMANS.

THOUGH IF YOU IMAGINE THEM
SCALED UP TO 10 TIMES THIS SIZE,

THEY'D BE TERRIFYING.

IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT
THESE LITTLE GUYS HERE,

BUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT WITH THIS TEK TEK,

IT REMINDS ME ACTUALLY
OF THE GIGANTOPITHECUS.

THIS WAS A FACTUAL THING,

THAT THERE WAS
AN APELIKE CREATURE

ROAMING AROUND THIS AREA

AS RECENTLY AS
A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS,

WHICH IN EVOLUTIONARY TERMS,
THAT'S PRETTY RECENT.

IT'S CERTAINLY PLAUSIBLE
THAT A SPECIES COULD

CONTINUE TO EXIST HERE
THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN SEEN.

Phil: THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR
THE DISCOVERY OF SPECIES

THAT WERE BELIEVED
TO BE MERE LEGEND.

NORSE MYTHOLOGY IMMORTALIZE
THE FEARSOME KRAKEN,

A TENTACLED MONSTER RUMORED
TO ATTACK SHIPS.

IT WAS MOST LIKELY INSPIRED
BY SIGHTINGS

OF THE ELUSIVE GIANT SQUID,

WHICH WASN'T SEEN BY CAMERAS
UNTIL A JAPANESE TEAM

CAPTURED FOOTAGE
FROM A DEEP SEA MISSION IN 2004.

WITH MUCH OF CAMBODIA'S JUNGLES
STILL LARGELY UNPOPULATED,

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS REGION
COULD BE HIDING A GIANT PRIMATE

LIKE THE TEK TEK?

Jessica: WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP
OF RECENT SIGHTINGS.

OH, FANTASTIC.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

- YEAH.
- THIS IS OUR WORKING THEORY

- RIGHT NOW.
- YEP.

UP IN THIS AREA OF VIRACHEY
NATIONAL PARK,

THAT'S WHERE A LOT
OF THE OLDER SIGHTINGS

WERE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND NOW IN THIS AREA,
JUST NORTH OF WHERE WE ARE NOW,

THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH
OF RECENT SIGHTINGS.

AND THAT FASCINATES US.
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

YEAH, THAT'S THE HOTSPOT.

WELL, THAT'S, YEAH, YOU'RE
LOOKING AROUND PHNOM KULEN

AND THE LOCATION OF THE LOST
CITY OF MAHENDRAPARVATA.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, JOSH WENT
TO MAHENDRAPARVATA

AND WAS TELLING US ABOUT IT,
AND AT THE TIME

HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
PEOPLE TO GO THERE.

AND IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE

HOW A PLACE THAT BIG HAS
BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

IT'S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF HOW LEGEND AND ORAL HISTORY

ACTUALLY TURNED OUT
TO BE TRUE.

YEAH.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WITH ALL THE NEW
ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDINGS THERE,

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT
MORE HUMAN ACTIVITY

HAPPENING IN THAT AREA,
WHICH COULD FLUSH OUT WILDLIFE.

CERTAINLY HUMAN ENCROACHMENT,

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY
GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT

ON ALL THE WILDLIFE,
INCLUDING ANY POSSIBLE TEK TEK.

YEAH. JUST MORE EYES
TO SEE THE THINGS.

MM-HMM.
ABSOLUTELY.

Josh: NICK OFFERS TO CONNECT
PHIL AND JESS

WITH A PROMINENT
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST

WORKING AT A RESEARCH STATION
HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN.

THAT IS,
IF THEY CAN REACH HIM.

AND KEEPING THAT IN MIND,
IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO GET TO.

THE TERRAIN IS
INCREDIBLY REMOTE.

IT'S REALLY DEEP JUNGLE.
THIS IS THE WET SEASON

AND THERE'S ONLY KIND OF
ONE SMALL ROAD UP THERE.

WELL, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE
A DETERRENT FOR US

BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY
HAVE A PLAN.

WE'RE HOPING A RIDE
TO AN OUTPOST

ON THE EDGE OF CIVILIZATION

WHERE THE REAL DANGERS
OF THE CAMBODIAN JUNGLE AWAIT --

DEADLY INSECTS,
VENOMOUS SNAKES,

AND HOPEFULLY
THE STRANGE CREATURE

THAT'S TERRIFYING LOCALS.

♪♪

Josh: MY INVESTIGATORS,
PHIL TORRES AND JESSICA CHOBOT,

HAVE TOUCHED DOWN
IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA,

TO LOOK INTO RECENT REPORTS
OF A MYSTERIOUS APELIKE CREATURE

KNOWN AS THE TEK TEK.

Josh: NOW, THEY'RE FLYING OUT
OF THE CITY,

BOUND FOR THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
OF PHNOM KULEN

TO MEET A BIOLOGIST AND HIKE

TO THE ONCE-LOST CITY
OF MAHENDRAPARVATA,

THE EPICENTER
OF THE RECENT SIGHTINGS.

YEAH.

Phil: THIS IS THE WETTEST
TIME OF YEAR,

WHEN THE AREA WE'RE FLYING
OVER GETS 75% OF ITS RAINFALL.

WITH STORMS DUMPING WATER
TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE DAYS,

MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVERS
OVERFLOW.

THAT MEANS MUCH
OF THE FOREST AREA

WHERE WE WILL BE TREKKING
COULD BE HIT BY DEADLY FLOODS.

YEAH.

COME ON.

♪♪

Josh: THE TEAM LANDS AT A REMOTE
JUNGLE OUTPOST,

WHICH IS AS CLOSE TO THE LOST
CITY AS THEY CAN GET BY AIR.

♪♪

THE SUN DROPS AND THE TEAM
HEADS INTO THE VILLAGE

TO MEET THEIR CONTACT,
WILDLIFE RESEARCHER,

GREG McCANN.

GREG IS THE PROJECT DIRECTOR
FOR HABITAT I.D.,

A GROUP WHOSE MISSION
IS TO PROTECT THE PLANET'S

ENDANGERED WILDLIFE AREAS.

HE HAS AGREED TO TAKE PHIL
AND JESSICA

TO THE OUTSKIRTS
OF MAHENDRAPARVATA,

WHERE AN ALLEGED APELIKE BEAST

HAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED
SEVERAL VILLAGERS

IN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THIS AREA

IS THAT THERE ARE
SO MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEY ALL SPEAK
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST

LANGUAGE DIVERSE AREA
IN THE WORLD.

PROBABLY.

AND THEY PROBABLY
ALL HAVE A WORD

FOR SOMETHING LIKE A TEK TEK.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

MY TAKE ON IT IS THIS IS
ACTUALLY THE REAL THING.

NOT TO MENTION BOTH
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY

AND THE AMERICAN G.I.s

CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN
AND FIRED ON THIS THING.

I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
WHO SAY THEY'VE SEEN IT

BECAUSE THEIR DESCRIPTIONS
ARE CONSISTENT

OVER A LARGE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA,

AND THESE DESCRIPTIONS
GO BACK CENTURIES.

- TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
- OOH, YEAH.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR. THERE'S
THE OLDER ONES OVER HERE --

YEAH, BUT LOOK AT THAT.

THERE'S SO MANY SIGHTINGS

HAPPENING IN
AND AROUND THAT PLACE.

SOME OF THESE LINE UP
WITH WHAT I HAVE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHAT THEY'RE CALLING

THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLACE THAT --

NOT A LOT OF LOCAL PEOPLE
WANT TO GO UP THERE.

THERE ARE CAVES UP HERE.
THIS IS HARDER TO GET TO.

IT'S MORE REMOTE.
IT'S LIKE A HOTSPOT OF ACTIVITY.

Jessica: THE AREA ON THE MAP
IS ONLY EIGHT MILES AWAY,

BUT GREG SAYS
WITH THE ROUGH TERRAIN,

IT WILL TAKE US
AN ENTIRE DAY TO GET THERE.

TOMORROW MORNING,
WE'RE TAKING IT ON.

PERFECT.
LET'S DO IT.

♪♪

YOU GUYS HAVE HANDLED
MACHETES BEFORE?

YEAH.
OH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
Jessica: IN THE MORNING,

WE PACK UP OUR THERMAL
AND INFRARED CAMERAS

PLUS SOME AUDIO
RECORDING EQUIPMENT

AND HEAD OUT WITH GREG
AND HIS LOCAL COLLEAGUE

DO YUK
IN SEARCH OF THE TEK TEK.

I PUNCH IN
THE GPS COORDINATES

FOR THE EASTERN RUINS
OF MAHENDRAPARVATA.

THAT'S WHERE THE TEK TEK
HAS BEEN SPOTTED MULTIPLE TIMES

AND GREG HAS PUT
HIS CAMERA TRAPS

HOPING TO CAPTURE
DEFINITIVE PROOF

OF THE CREATURE'S EXISTENCE.

♪♪

ALL RIGHT, WATCH YOUR STEP HERE.
ALL RIGHT.

GUYS, CHECK THIS OUT.
LOOK AT THIS SCORPION.

HE LOOKS TICKED.

THIS THING IS READY TO STRIKE.
LOOK AT THAT.

THIS IS THE ASIAN
FOREST SCORPION,

AND I SWEAR THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

YOU FLIP ANY LOG,
YOU WILL FIND A SCORPION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A JUVENILE.

THEY GET PROBABLY
FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN THIS.

OKAY.

GOOD JOB FINDING THE MOST
PAINFUL THING IN THE FOREST.

YOU KNOW?

[ GRUNTING ]
[ EXHALING ]

- AND WE GOT A RIVER.
- Jessica: UGH!

Josh: GREG POINTS OUT THAT
IF THEY TRAVEL BY RIVER,

THEY COULD SHAVE HALF A DAY
OFF THEIR JOURNEY.

A RAFT, I THINK, IS PROBABLY...

- YEAH.
- ...OUR OWN BEST OPTION.

DO YUK, DO YOU THINK
WE COULD BUILD A RAFT?

YES...

♪♪

HE WILL MAKE US
AN UNSINKABLE CRAFT.

DO YOU WANT TO GO GRAB
THOSE VINES?

- YEAH.
- IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE

A LITTLE RAFT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WE GOING TO FLOAT?

NO, I DON'T THINK...
[ LAUGHTER ]

YOU DON'T THINK
WE'RE GOING TO FLOAT?

- DO YUK, COME ON.
- HE'S GOT A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.

- OKAY, READY?
- READY.

UGH! WHOO!

HEY, IT'S FLOATING.
Jessica: NICE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO
ON THE BACK AND PUSH.

YOU GOT UP FRONT STEERING?
I'LL STEER, YEP.

- SEE YOU DOWNSTREAM.
- YEAH.

[ GRUNTS ]

♪♪

Josh:
RIVERS IN THE CAMBODIAN JUNGLE

HAVE DANGERS ON, IN,
AND AROUND THEM,

FROM VENOMOUS SWIMMING SNAKES
LIKE THE KING COBRA

TO ALL MANNER
OF DEADLY PARASITES.

IT'S DEFINITELY MUCH SAFER TO BE
ON THE RAFT THAN IN THE WATER.

PADDLE FORWARD.

- ALL RIGHT, LOOK OUT.
- OKAY.

- WE GOT...
- YEAH.

...A BIG BRANCH UP AHEAD.

♪♪

- WHOO! WHOO, OOH.
- GOT IT?

STAY TO THE RIGHT UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'VE BEEN ON THE
RIVER FOR A COUPLE HOURS NOW.

MAKING UP GOOD GROUND.

STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO,
BUT WE WILL GET THERE.

THERE WE GO.
ONE, TWO, THREE.

GOT IT.
[ GRUNTS ]

Josh: THE TEAM PULLS ASHORE
AT THE SPOT

CLOSEST TO THE RUINS
OF THE LOST CITY.

THEY'RE NOW WITHIN TWO MILES
OF WHERE THE TEK TEK

WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ATTACKED
SEVERAL VILLAGERS.

HOW ARE WE LOOKING, JESS?
GETTING CLOSE?

UH, YES. WE'RE GETTING --

WE'RE ALMOST JUST ABOUT THERE.
ALL RIGHT.

♪♪

IS THIS WHAT I THINK IS?

LET ME CHECK. YEAH.
GPS SAYS WE'RE HERE.

WOW. THIS IS THE LOST CITY
OF MAHENDRAPARVATA.

WOW!

♪♪

Josh: PHIL AND JESS ARE
IN THE JUNGLES OF CAMBODIA

IN SEARCH OF THE GIANT APELIKE
CREATURE KNOWN AS THE TEK TEK.

THEY ARE TREKKING
WITH GREG McCANN

AND HIS ASSOCIATE
DO YUK,

WILDLIFE EXPERTS WHO HAVE PLACED
REMOTE TRAIL CAMERAS

IN THE VICINITY
OF A RUINED ANCIENT CAPITAL.

Phil:
IS THIS IS WHAT I THINK IT IS?

LET ME CHECK. YEAH.
GPS SAYS WE'RE HERE.

WOW. THIS IS THE LOST CITY
OF MAHENDRAPARVATA.

WOW! THIS IS IT.
YEAH, THIS WAS THE OLD CAPITAL.

300 YEARS PREDATING
ANGKOR WAT.

Josh: THE CONSTRUCTION OF
MAHENDRAPARVATA

IN THE YEAR 802 MARKED THE
BEGINNING OF A POWERFUL EMPIRE

THAT STRETCHED THROUGH
WHAT IS TODAY CAMBODIA,

THAILAND, LAOS,
AND VIETNAM.

IT THRIVED FOR MORE THAN
SIX CENTURIES.

IT WASN'T UNTIL 2012

THAT SCIENTISTS LEARNED
OF ITS TRUE SIZE.

AND RECENTLY VILLAGERS WORKING
AROUND THESE SPRAWLING RUINS

CLAIMED TO HAVE SPOTTED
THE ELUSIVE BEAST

KNOWN AS THE TEK TEK.

LIDAR SAYS ALL OF THIS
WAS THE SIZE OF BERLIN.

WE'RE JUST SEEING A SMALL,
SMALL PORTION.

SO, ALMOST ALL OF IT
IS STILL BURIED.

- YEAH.
- SO YEAH, THIS THING IS HUGE.

Josh: LIDAR SCANNERS EMIT
MILLIONS OF LASER PULSES

AND CAN DIGITALLY STRIP AWAY

THE JUNGLE CANOPY, IN THIS CASE,
TO REVEAL A LOST CITY

STRETCHING ACROSS
20 SQUARE MILES.

BUT AT GROUND LEVEL,
YOU'D HARDLY KNOW IT.

DOWN HERE,
THE SITE IS OVERGROWN

AND CRAWLING
WITH ALL MANNER OF LIFE.

♪♪

- IS IT NOT STINGING?
- NO.

- NO WAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]

HANG ON.
I GOT TO GET SOME.

OH, IT TASTES LIKE...
McCann: THEY ARE GOOD.

THEY ARE REALLY GOOD.
...LIKE A LIME DORITO.

Jessica: YOU'RE SUCH A LIAR.
I AM NOT.

THAT TASTES BETTER
THAN TARANTULA AND SCORPION.

- OH.
- IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.

- IT'S GOOD!
- RIGHT? THEY'RE DELICIOUS.

WOW. NO WONDER HE WAS HUNGRY.
YOU'RE LIKE GRINNING.

OH, MY GOSH.
THESE ARE REALLY GOOD!

YEAH.

IT'S LIKE GETTING THE LAST
CRUMBS OUT OF A BAG OF CHIPS.

YEAH.

Josh: AFTER A LIGHT LUNCH, PHIL
AND JESS TURNED THEIR ATTENTION

TO THE GPS COORDINATES
OF THE TRAP CAMERAS

THAT GREG AND HIS TEAM
HAVE PLACED CLOSE BY.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE.

WE SHOULD HEAD RIGHT ON
OVER THAT WAY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THEN.
I SAY WE GET GOING.

OKAY, YEAH.

Phil: WE MOVE INTO THE SUSPECTED
TEK TEK HABITAT WITHIN A MILE

OF SEVERAL RECENTLY
REPORTED ENCOUNTERS AND ATTACKS.

THERE ARE OTHER DANGERS
HERE TOO --

LEOPARDS, TARANTULAS,

AND EVEN DEADLY PIT VIPERS
INHABIT THIS REGION.

AND EVEN GREATER DANGER
ARE THE MILLIONS OF LAND MINES

LEFTOVER FROM
THE CAMBODIAN CIVIL WAR.

IN OTHER WORDS,
WE WATCH EVERY STEP.

WHOA.
OH, LOOK AT THIS GUY.

WHAT DID YOU FIND?
LOOK AT THIS.

McCann:
OH, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

THAT LOOKS LIKE
A BEAR CLAW MARK,

BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT THIN.

Jessica: THIS COULD TOTALLY BE
THE TEK TEK.

AGAIN, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE.

WE'VE GOT PHOTOS
ON THE CAMERA TRAP.

BECAUSE IF WE'VE GOT
A CLAW MARK HERE,

A CAMERA TRAPS NOT FAR AWAY.
ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO CHECK THAT OUT.
OH, AMAZING.

♪♪

YEAH, WE'VE GOT THE CAMERA
RIGHT HERE.

LET'S DO IT.
NOTHING I LIKE MORE THAN THIS.

IT SHOULD BE IN.
HERE WE GO.

YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?

YEAH, THE CLOUDED LEOPARD.
WHOA. WOW.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST
OF THE BIG CATS.

THESE THINGS ARE SO BIZARRE.
WOW.

WHAT ELSE?

- ALL RIGHT.
- OOH, [BLEEP] THAT?

WE GOT BIG LEG...

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER LEG OF SOME SORT.

I CAN'T TELL WHAT THAT IS.

IT COULD BE THE BACKSIDE
OF A BEAR.

- I'M NOT SURE.
- THAT'S TOO BIG FOR THE BEAR.

LOOK AT HOW THICK
THOSE LEGS ARE.

THAT IS A THICK LEG.
THAT IS REALLY THICK.

AND I DON'T THINK -- WAIT,
WHAT'S THERE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM?

IS THAT, IS IT LIKE --
IS THAT A KNEE OR A HEEL?

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A BLACK BEAR EITHER.

Phil: GREG'S CAMERA TRAPS

HAVE CAPTURED IMAGES OF BEARS
IN THIS REGION,

AND THEY ARE KNOWN
TO LEAVE CLAW MARKS ON TREES.

BUT THIS IMAGE COULD BE
OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE IMMEDIATELY SCOUR THE AREA
FOR SIGNS OF PRINTS OR SCAT

BEFORE RETURNING THE CAMERA
TO ACTIVE DUTY.

AND IT IS ARMED.

ARMED AND READY.
AND IT IS READY.

♪♪

Phil:
WE CONTINUE OUR TREK TOWARDS THE EPICENTER OF THE SIGHTINGS MAP,

AND I FINALLY SEE
ANOTHER CREATURE

I'VE BEEN HUNTING FOR --
LEECHES.

OH, LOOK AT THIS THING!
HANG ON. THIS IS PERFECT.

LEECHES.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THESE.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THESE.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS
FOREVER BECAUSE INSIDE OF THESE,

WHATEVER THEY DRINK THE BLOOD
OF, THERE'S A DNA IN THERE.

- EXACTLY.
- SO IF WE COLLECT

A BUNCH OF THESE,
WE CAN ANALYZE THE DNA

AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ANIMALS
ARE LIVING OUT HERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN
SO MUCH RAINFALL

THAT I'M SEEING
PUDDLES EVERYWHERE.

I BET IF WE CHECK THESE PUDDLES,
WE'LL GET MORE LEECHES.

YEP, THERE'S SOME MORE
RIGHT THERE.

- WOW. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
- OH, THEY'RE SO GROSS.

THIS IS WHAT I CALL
SCIENTIFIC GOLD RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET
THIS GUY IN.

YI!

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,
WHATEVER ANIMAL,

A LA A TEK TEK,
THE BLOOD WOULD BE IN THERE.

LET'S IMAGINE A TEK TEK

IS HYPOTHETICALLY OUT HERE...
UH-HUH.

...AND IT'S INTELLIGENT.

I DON'T CARE
HOW INTELLIGENT YOU ARE,

YOU'RE STILL GOING
TO GET LEECHES YOU.

POTENTIAL TEK TEK PROOF IN THAT
LITTLE JUG OF SLIMY LEECHES.

♪♪

Phil:
LEECHES PRESERVE DNA EVIDENCE OF WHATEVER THEY FED ON

FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I'LL SEND THE SAMPLES TO A LAB,

AND WE'LL KNOW
WHAT KINDS OF MAMMALS

ARE INHABITING THIS AREA.

♪♪

[ RUSTLING ]

WHAT IS THAT?
SHH.

LISTEN. WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S NOT GOOD.

♪♪

♪♪

Josh: PHIL, JESS, AND LOCAL
WILDLIFE EXPERTS

ARE IN THE THICK
OF THE CAMBODIAN JUNGLE

SEARCHING FOR THE ELUSIVE
APELIKE CREATURE

KNOWN AS THE TEK TEK.

AFTER CAPTURING
AN INTRIGUING IMAGE

ON A TRAIL CAMERA
OF AN UNIDENTIFIED ANIMAL,

THE TEAM SUDDENLY HEARS
SOMETHING IN THE BUSH.

[ RUSTLING ]

WHAT IS THAT?
SHH.

OH, THAT'S A PERSON.

THAT IS A PERSON, YEAH.
IT'S PROBABLY A POACHER,

AND I WOULD SAY
IT'S A GOOD CHANCE HE'S ARMED.

Josh: POACHERS ARE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST DANGERS

IN THE JUNGLES OF CAMBODIA.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE COUNTRY
HAS EMERGED AS A KEY REGION

FOR THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE.

[ GUNSHOT ]

ONE 250-POUND ELEPHANT TUSK
CAN FETCH MORE THAN

A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS
ON THE BLACK MARKET.

WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE,
POACHERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN

TO PROTECT THEIR ILLEGAL
LIVELIHOODS WITH DEADLY FORCE.

[ GUNSHOT ]

THESE GUYS DON'T REALLY LIKE
TO BE SEEN IN THE FOREST.

THEY DON'T LIKE
TO BE APPROACHED.

LET ME HANDLE IT.
I'LL TALK TO 'EM.

HEY.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

♪♪

HOW WAS THAT?

YEAH. I TOLD HIM
WHY WE'RE HERE,

THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR THE TEK TEK.

AND I USED THE CAMBODIAN WORD,
THE [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE].

WITHOUT A MOMENT'S
HESITATION,

HE SAID THAT HE SAW THE TEK TEK
DOWN BY THE RIVER'S EDGE.

OH, MY GOD.

HE SAYS HE'S
ACTUALLY SEEN IT,

OR SOMETHING VERY MUCH
LIKE THAT,

DOWN BY THE RIVER OVER THERE,
KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

ALL RIGHT,
WE GOT TO GET DOWN THERE.

♪♪

Jessica:
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE RIVER.

♪♪

Phil: WITH THE SUN GOING DOWN,
WE FIND THE AREA

WHERE THE POACHER CLAIMED
TO HAVE HIS SIGHTING,

ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN
THE EDGE OF THE RUINS

OF MAHENDRAPARVATA
AND THE NEARBY RIVER.

THAT TEK TEK SIGHTINGS TEND TO
OCCUR NEAR A RIVER MAKES SENSE.

MOST LARGE PREDATORS,
WHETHER A BEAR,

OR EVEN A THEORETICAL
SEVEN-FOOT APE MAN,

HUNT NEAR FRESH WATER.

THAT'S WHERE THEIR PREY
ARE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE,

WHEN THEY'RE STOPPING TO DRINK.

THIS HABITAT IS ABSOLUTELY
PERFECT FOR THE TEK TEK.

WE HAVE THE RIVER.
WE HAVE A STREAM OF FRESH WATER.

WE HAVE FRUITING TREES,
AND WE HAVE AN EYE WITNESS.

SO I THINK WE NEED SET
A PERIMETER OF THE TRAIL CAMP,

JUST TO SEE WHAT'S AROUND HERE.
UH-HUH, OKAY.

WHILE GREG AND DO YUK

ARE SETTING UP CAMP
A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY,

JESSICA AND I
LOOK TO POSITION CAMERAS

IN THE LIKELIEST PLACES
TO CAPTURE WILDLIFE ACTIVITY.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
LIKE, WHAT KIND OF TREE--

SO YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE?

YOU SEE HOW IT ALMOST
LOOKS LIKE A TRAIL?

THIS IS A GAME TRAIL.

DO YOU THINK A TEK TEK WOULD USE
A GAME TRAIL AS WELL, THEN?

EVERY BIG MAMMAL, BASICALLY.
THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE US.

IF THERE A TRAIL,
THEY'LL TAKE IT.

YEAH. MAKES IT EASIER?
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, I FEEL EXCEPTIONALLY SAFE
STANDING IN THIS GAME TRAIL NOW.

[ CHUCKLES ]

GOT EVERYTHING?

I LIKE...THIS.

ARMED. THIS GUY'S SET.
ALL RIGHT.

GOT IT?
ALL RIGHT,

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. ARM CAMERA.

WE ARE GOOD TO GO.

[ BEEP ]

Jessica:
WE TREK AWAY FROM THE TRAIL CAMERAS, MAKE A ROUGH CAMP,

AND SETTLE IN AROUND A FIRE.

THAT'S WHERE GREG SHARES
THE STORY

OF HIS OWN ENCOUNTER
WITH THE TEK TEK.

I WAS IN THE PARK WITH THREE
CAMBODIAN RANGERS.

WE'RE ALL CAMPED OUT
IN OUR HAMMOCKS,

WE'RE LISTENING TO THE JUNGLE
MUSIC LIKE WE'RE HEARING NOW...

[ IMITATES JUNGLE CHIRPING ]

I'M JUST ENJOYING IT,
AND SUDDENLY HEAR --

[ IMITATES CHIRP STOPPING ]

IT STOPPED.
I'M LIKE, "THAT'S WEIRD."

IT WENT COMPLETELY SILENT.

COMPLETELY SILENT.

AND THEN THIS ABSOLUTELY
AWFUL SMELL DRIFTED IN.

IT LASTED ABOUT ONE MINUTE,

AND THEN SUDDENLY
THE SMELL LIFTED,

AND ALL THE INSECTS CAME BACK.

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

I ASKED LIKE, "WHAT WAS THAT?"
EVERYONE REFUSED TO DISCUSS IT.

THE NEXT MORNING,
THEY WANTED OUT.

THEY SAID THAT WAS A TEK TEK.

IT'S ALSO WHAT THEY SAY
IN NORTH AMERICA ABOUT BIGFOOT.

THEY SAY IT HAS
A TERRIBLE SMELL.

- Both: YEAH.
- I MEAN, THAT'S NEXT LEVEL FEAR,

TO NOT EVEN WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IT,

NOT EVEN LIKE SAY ITS NAME UNTIL
YOU'RE BACK AT THE BASE CAMP.

♪♪

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT RAIN COMING.

[ RUMBLING CONTINUES ]

Jessica:
THERE WAS NO WARNING!

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

WHOA!
THAT LIGHTNING IS CLOSE.

WE'RE RIGHT BY A RIVER,

AND YOU CAN ALREADY TELL,
THE WATER LEVEL IS RISING.

WE HAVE STREAMS
FORMING AT OUR FEET.

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

HOLY -- WOW.
LOOK AT THIS WATER.

OH, WHOA,
THAT CAME UP QUICK.

LOOK AT THAT.

THIS WATER'S RISING FAST.
I'M SEEING ROCKS UP HERE.

LET'S SEE IF WE
CAN FIND SOME COVER.

Phil: WHILE GREG AND DO YUK
MOVE OUR CAMP

AWAY FROM THE FLOODING RIVER,

WE HEAD BACK TOWARDS THE GAME
TRAIL AND OUR TRAIL CAMERAS.

I WANT TO GET TO SOME HIGH LAND.

I ALSO WANT TO GET OUT
FROM THE TREES, SINCE,

YOU KNOW, LIGHTNING STRIKES.

Phil: THIS IS BAD.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE
IN THE RAINFOREST

IN THE MIDDLE
OF A RAIN STORM.

[ GROWLING ]

DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WHAT THE [BLEEP] WAS THAT?

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THAT SOUND?

[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]

♪♪

- I THINK IT WAS OVER HERE.
- THIS WAY?

YEAH.

♪♪

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

♪♪

[ EXHALES ]

JESS, WE GOT A CAVE.

WOW. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ RUSTLING ]

THAT'S CRAZY.
LIKE...

♪♪

OKAY.

WOW. THAT'S A BIG SPIDER.

♪♪

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
BACK OVER THIS WAY.

Phil: OKAY.

♪♪

[ ROARING ]

YEAH.

WAIT, DOWN HERE?
I DON'T KNOW.

...AND SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
OKAY.

♪♪

PHIL! PHIL, PHIL, PHIL!
PHIL, COME HERE.

- COME HERE!
- WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

DID YOU SEE IT?

♪♪

PHIL AND JESS'S SEARCH
FOR THE ELUSIVE TEK TEK

IS TAKING PLACE
ALMOST 100 YEARS

AFTER ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO TRACK
DOWN A SO-CALLED MONSTER,

THIS ONE IN INDONESIA.

THAT'S WHEN A WEALTHY
AMERICAN EXPLORER

NAMED W. DOUGLAS BURDEN

MOUNTED AN EXPEDITION
AND SAILED TO KOMODO ISLAND.

THE GOAL, TO FIND
AND CAPTURE EXAMPLES

OF THE ENORMOUS DRAGONS
BEING REPORTED THERE,

AND TO BRING THEM BACK
TO NEW YORK ALIVE.

WHEN BURDEN FINALLY
REACHED THE ISLAND

AND SAW ONE OF THE CREATURES
FOR THE FIRST TIME,

HE WAS ASTONISHED.

HE DESCRIBED
A HARROWING ENCOUNTER

WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
10-FOOT-LONG PREHISTORIC BEAST.

HE AND HIS TEAM CAPTURED IT,

BUT THE FEROCIOUS CREATURE BIT
THROUGH ITS CAGE AND ESCAPED.

THEY BUILT STURDIER ENCLOSURES,

AND EVENTUALLY CAPTURED
TWO SPECIMENS,

BRINGING THEM BACK TO BE
EXHIBITED AT THE BRONX ZOO.

TODAY, WE STILL CALL THEM
KOMODO DRAGONS,

BUT IN FACT, THEY ARE
THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIZARD.

♪♪

Jessica: IN OUR SEARCH
FOR THE TEK TEK,

CAMBODIA'S SEVEN-FOOT-TALL
APE MAN,

PHIL AND I HAVE FOLLOWED
A MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL SOUND

TO THIS GIANT CAVE.

WE'RE TRACKING A NOISE
DOWN THIS WINDING PASSAGEWAY

WHEN I SPOT SOMETHING
ON MY THERMAL CAMERA.

PHIL! PHIL, PHIL, PHIL!
PHIL, COME HERE. COME HERE.

ALL RIGHT.
WHERE DID...

NO...

YEAH.

Phil: WE CONTINUE
SEARCHING THE CAVE,

SCOURING FOR
ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

OF WHATEVER MIGHT
BE LIVING IN HERE,

OR WHATEVER MADE THAT NOISE.

EVENTUALLY, WE HIKE BACK OUT
INTO THE JUNGLE,

WHERE WE CHECK
OUR TRAIL CAMERAS.

CAMERAS WILL ROLL
LONG AFTER WE LEAVE.

WE THEN RELINK WITH GREG AND HIS
PARTNER ON THE MAIN TRAIL,

AND FIND HIGHER GROUND TO CAMP.

BY THE LIGHT OF A NEW DAY,
WE CLIMB TO EVEN HIGHER GROUND,

A PLATEAU THAT OVERLOOKS
THE VAST JUNGLES

THAT ARE HOME
TO THE TEK TEK SIGHTINGS

AND LAST NIGHT'S ACTIVITY.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT
CRAZY RAIN STORM,

- WE ENDED UP IN THE CAVERN.
- Jessica: MM-HMM.

AND WE SAW SOMETHING
ON THE FLIR.

- WE GOT TO SHOW YOU THIS.
- McCann: SERIOUSLY?

IT'S WEIRD. LIKE, IT DOES LOOK
LIKE IT'S STANDING UPRIGHT,

WHATEVER IT IS.
YES, RIGHT.

Phil:
THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE,

BUT I'M NOT QUITE READY
TO CALL IT A TEK TEK.

I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH
THINGS OUT THERE

THAT CAN WALK
UPRIGHT LIKE THAT.

FOR THAT LONG?
AND IT WAS A QUICK VIEW.

I MEAN, THE -- IT'S HARD TO SEE
ON THE THERMAL CAMERA.

IT'S GREAT EVIDENCE FOR SURE
MM-HMM.

BUT I STILL THINK
IT LEAVES A BIG MYSTERY.

THE ONLY PHOTO I HAVE OF
SOMETHING THAT WOULD DO THAT

IS A SUN BEAR.

ALSO, I'VE GOT OUR AUDIO
RECORDING FROM LAST NIGHT.

YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW
THIS RAINFOREST

WAY BETTER THAN I DO,
SO WHATEVER WE HEARD,

I'M HOPING
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE.

I GOT TO HEAR THIS.

WE DEFINITELY HEARD
SOMETHING WEIRD.

[ ROARING ]

YEAH.

♪♪

I CAN'T TELL WHAT THAT IS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW.

WE FOUND CLAW MARKS
THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE.

WHOA!
WOW. LOOK AT THIS GUY.

- WHAT DID YOU FIND?
- LOOK AT THIS.

OOH, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

WE'VE GOT AN IMAGE ON YOUR TRAP
CAMERA THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN.

Phil: AND WE HAD SEVERAL
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

HE SAID THAT HE SAW THE TEK
TEK DOWN BY THE RIVER'S EDGE.

OH, MY GOD.

YEAH, HE SAYS
HE'S ACTUALLY SEEN IT

OR SOMETHING VERY MUCH
LIKE THAT.

APELIKE, HUMAN FORM.

IT WAS JUST STRANGE
AND VERY UNNERVING.

TO ME, THAT ALL BOILS DOWN
TO THE FACT

THAT THERE IS A MONSTER
LIVING IN THIS FOREST.

GUARANTEED THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF SPECIES OUT HERE

THAT WE STILL HAVE YET
TO DISCOVER.

DOES THAT MEAN ONE OF THEM
IS A TEK TEK?

I JUST DON'T KNOW.
ALL THESE CAVES,

VERY FEW OF HAVE BEEN EXPLORED
BY SCIENTISTS.

TRUE.
SO WE COULD EASILY FIND

FOSSIL EVIDENCE
OF A HOMINID,

LIKE GIGANTOPITHECUS, THAT COULD
HAVE LIVED HERE AT ONE POINT.

OR ACTUAL LIVE EVIDENCE
OF A TEK TEK

LIVING IN ONE OF THOSE CAVES
RIGHT NOW.

♪♪

Josh:
FOR TODAY, OUR INVESTIGATORS WILL HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE,

BUT THE TRAIL CAMERAS
WILL KEEP ROLLING.

AND IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS
WHAT THEY'LL CAPTURE NEXT.

AS FOR PHIL'S THEORY THAT THE
LEECHES COULD HOLD THE ANSWERS

TO THE TEK TEK MYSTERY,
WELL,

THE RESULTS OF THE DNA ANALYSIS
FROM THE LEECH BLOOD ARE IN.

IT INDICATES THAT THERE IS
PRIMATE DNA PRESENT,

BUT SCIENTISTS ARE UNABLE
TO CLASSIFY THE EXACT SPECIES.

SO, WHILE INTRIGUING, IT'S FAR
FROM CONCLUSIVE PROOF

OF THE TEK TEK'S EXISTENCE.

JESSICA IS CONVINCED THAT
THE CENTURIES OF TEK TEK LEGENDS

ARE BASED ON ACTUAL ENCOUNTERS
WITH AN APELIKE HOMINID.

AND MANY LOCALS IN CAMBODIA
WOULD AGREE WITH HER.

ADD TO THAT THE CLAW MARKS,

STRANGE IMAGE
ON THE TRAIL CAMERA,

MYSTERIOUS AUDIO,
THE THERMAL FOOTAGE,

AND THE PUTRID SMELL,

AND YOU CAN SEE
WHY SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE

THERE COULD BE
A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE

LURKING IN THE BACKCOUNTRY.

SOUTHEAST ASIA IS, AFTER ALL,

A PLACE
OF MONUMENTAL DISCOVERIES.

THESE JUNGLES STILL
HAVE SECRETS TO TELL,

AND IT'S ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE THEY YIELD UP
MORE INCREDIBLE WONDERS.

♪♪