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ON THIS EPISODE OF "EXPEDITION X..."

WOW, THAT IS BIG.

...MY TEAM INVESTIGATES A NEW WAVE

OF BIZARRE DEATHS IN EASTERN OREGON.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE.

IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS.

A MYSTERIOUS KILLER

LURKS IN THE SHADOWS.

IT'S THAT WAY.SO IS SOMETHING OVER THERE?

YES.

BUT IS IT MAN...

WHAT IS THIS?

HO...LY...

...BEAST...

...OR SOMETHING ELSE?

THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING.

WHOA, WHOA!

EASY NOW!

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!

PHIL TORRES IS A SCIENTIST WHO HUNTS FOR RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS.

JESSICA CHOBOT'S PARANORMAL RESEARCH

HAS MADE HER A TRUE BELIEVER.

PHIL, DO YOU SEE THAT?

I JUST SAW SOMETHING RUN ACROSS.

TOGETHER WE'RE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS...

WHAT IS THAT?

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

THIS IS "EXPEDITION X."

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SO CASE WE'RE TACKLING TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN

BAFFLING EXPERTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST--

NOT BIGFOOT.

DAMN IT.

ACTUALLY, IT'S SOMETHING MUCH MORE DISTURBING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CATTLE MUTILATIONS.

SO, WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THIS RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OTHERWISE HEALTHY ANIMALS

THAT ARE SUDDENLY FOUND DEAD,

NO SIGN OF A STRUGGLE,

OFTEN WITH THESE STRANGE SURGICAL-LIKE CUTS

AND ORGANS REMOVED.

YEAH, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS AS A BIOLOGIST

IS THAT IT IS REAL.

LIKE, THIS ISN'T JUST ANECDOTES OR A FUZZY TAPE.

THERE ARE THESE GIANT FOUR-HOOVED CHUNKS

OF EVIDENCE LEFT BEHIND

THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY ANALYZE SCIENTIFICALLY, RIGHT?

WELL, ALRIGHT, BUT ISN'T THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM--

THE FACT THAT SCIENTISTS AND INVESTIGATORS

HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS FOR DECADES

AND THEY STILL CAN'T EXPLAIN IT?

RIGHT. THE FIRST EXPLOSION OF CASES

HAPPENED IN THE 1970s. IN THAT DECADE ALONE,

21 DIFFERENT STATES

REPORTED SIGNIFICANT CATTLE MUTILATIONS,

AND NOW WHATEVER'S CAUSING IT

SEEMS TO BE BACK IN THE STATE OF OREGON.

SINCE 1973, OVER 10,000 HEAD OF CATTLE HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED

IN A WAY THAT HAS BAFFLED RESEARCHERS.

EVEN THE LEADING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY

HAS INVESTIGATED.

IN MAY 1979, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY

INTO THE CATTLE MUTILATION PHENOMENON.

THE FBI ISSUED THEIR FINAL REPORT IN JUNE OF 1980,

SAYING THE DEATHS WERE MOST LIKELY THE RESULT OF COMMON

PREDATORS CONSUMING THE SOFT TISSUE OF THE CARCASSES.

IT'S A CONCLUSION THAT HAS REMAINED CONTENTIOUS TO THIS DAY

BECAUSE EVERY YEAR SINCE, RANCHERS DISCOVERED DEAD CATTLE

WITH A VARIETY OF ORGANS REMOVED WITH SURGICAL PRECISION,

OFTEN WITH THEIR BLOOD DRAINED, NO SIGNS OF STRUGGLE,

OR ANY OTHER REAL CLUES LEFT BEHIND.

NO FOOTPRINTS, NO TIRE TRACKS, NO DISTURBANCES.

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR THEORIES IS ALSO ONE OF THE WILDEST--

THAT THESE ATTACKS ARE A DIRECT RESULT

OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITATION.

BELIEVERS POINT TO REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

SPOTTED AROUND THE TIME OF THE MUTILATIONS,

LEAVING MANY TO WONDER IF THERE'S A CONNECTION.

ON TOP OF THAT, RECENTLY RELEASED DATA

CONFIRMS THAT THE STATE OF OREGON

HAS THE SECOND-MOST UFO SIGHTINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

IT HAS EVEN BEEN PROPOSED THAT CATTLE MUTILATIONS

ARE PART OF SINISTER CULT RITUALS,

A TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT OPERATION,

OR THE WORK OF SOME UNKNOWN CRYPTID.

WITH A NEW WAVE OF STRANGE INCIDENTS

UNFOLDING IN EASTERN OREGON, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

NOT ONLY ARE THE RANCHERS FRUSTRATED,

BUT THEY'RE ALSO SCARED OF WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING ON THEIR LAND.

SO, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF RECENT CASES IN OREGON,

BUT THERE IS A RANCH IN EASTERN OREGON

THAT JUST SAW FIVE HEAD OF CATTLE SLAIN,

SEEMINGLY DRAINED OF BLOOD WITH THEIR ORGANS REMOVED.

SO THIS IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY?

YEAH, THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, LET'S GET OUT THERE.

OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

MY TEAM HOPS A FLIGHT

AND TRAVELS 2,900 MILES

FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND, OREGON,

THEN IT'S A 4 1/2 HOUR DRIVE SOUTHEAST TO A RANCH IN SENECA

AND THE SCENE OF A RECENT SLAUGHTER

THAT DEFIES EXPLANATION.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS CAUSING ALL THESE CATTLE MUTILATIONS?

ONE OF THE BEST LESSONS I'VE LEARNED AS A BIOLOGIST

IS JUST KNOWING HOW UNEXPECTED

AND FASCINATING NATURE CAN REALLY BE.

PEOPLE ARE ENCOUNTERING A PART OF NATURE

THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED...

MAYBE THERE'S A NEW PREDATOR OR A NEW SCAVENGER AROUND HERE

THAT'S EATING THEM IN AN UNUSUAL WAY.

...SO THEY LEAN TOWARDS THE SUPERNATURAL

OR THE SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RANCHERS HERE,

RANCHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS.

THEY'VE DEFINITELY SEEN A DEAD COW

THAT HAS BEEN SCAVENGED. SO FOR THEM TO SAY

THAT THEY DON'T KNOW

WHAT IS CAUSING THESE MUTILATIONS

I THINK IS VERY INTERESTING AND SOMETHING

THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

I WILL AGREE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE

AND A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF.YEAH.

ALRIGHT, SEE WHAT WE FIND OUT HERE.

YEP.

JESS AND PHIL ARRIVE AT THE RANCH TO MEET

WITH COLBY MARSHALL.

HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH CATTLE HIS WHOLE LIFE,

HAVING BEEN RAISED WRANGLING THE HERD

ON HIS FAMILY'S PROPERTY, AND HE WAS WORKING HERE

IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF RANCH OPERATIONS

WHEN BULLS JUST RECENTLY STARTED TURNING UP DEAD.

WHAT DID YOU SEE THERE?IT WAS REALLY A SURREAL SCENE.

I COME UPON THIS CRITTER

AND HE'S LAYING THERE AND THERE'S NO BITE MARKS,

THERE'S NO FROTH, THERE'S NO STRUGGLE,

AND THERE WASN'T A DROP OF BLOOD.

THAT IS-- THAT IS SO WEIRD.THAT'S SO WEIRD.

AND NOT ONLY IS THERE NO BLOOD AT THE SCENES,

BUT THEN THE TESTICLES AND THE PENIS

AND THE ANUS AND THE TONGUES ARE MISSING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE.

SO, IF YOU HAD FOUND ONE OF THOSE CATTLE

THAT LOOKED MUTILATED, THAT WOULD'VE

STOOD OUT TO YOU? ABSOLUTELY.

BUT YOU FOUND FIVE IN TWO DAYS.CORRECT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? POSSIBLY A CULT GROUP.

- HMM. - WOW.

THERE'S SOME VERY IMPORTANT REASON

WHY THEY ARE HARVESTING

THOSE ORGANS FROM A LIVE ANIMAL

THAT'S OUT FREE-RANGE,

AND THE TYPE OF GROUP THAT WOULD DO

THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY IS VERY CLOSE-KNIT.

HAVE CULTS BEEN KNOWN TO BE IN THIS AREA?

THIS IS AN ISOLATED,

VERY REMOTE PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME

TO BECOME UNKNOWN, IF YOU WILL

NOT BE NOTICED.CORRECT.

FOR DECADES, THERE'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING RUMOR

THAT CULTS AND SATANISTS

COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CATTLE MUTILATIONS.

MANY BELIEVE IT'S THE DIRECT RESULT

OF THE SO-CALLED SATANIC PANIC,

A MASS MEDIA SCARE THAT LED TO FRIGHTFUL ACCUSATIONS

AND TRIALS AGAINST SATANISTS

IN THE '80s AND '90s.

IN OREGON ALONE, BY 1990,

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS INVESTIGATING OVER 300 CRIMES

BELIEVED TO BE LINKED TO THE OCCULT,

INCLUDING CASES OF RITUAL SACRIFICE AGAINST ANIMALS.

SO MAYBE THE IDEA ISN'T SO OUTLANDISH AFTER ALL.

WE TOOK ACTIONS BY BRINGING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

THAT COULD INVESTIGATE

AND HOPEFULLY GIVE US SOME ANSWERS.

SO WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO SAY?WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THEY FOUND NOTHING.

THESE RANCHERS LOST $7,000

FOR EACH MUTILATED ANIMAL,

AND ALL THEY HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT

OR SOME TRULY HORRIFIC

CRIME SCENE PHOTOS.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL OF THOSE ORGANS HAVE BEEN TAKEN,

BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THE ABDOMEN.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND THEY KNEW HOW TO DO IT.

I WONDER IF A SCAVENGER CAME BY

AND TORE AT THOSE ORGANS.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE PART OF THE ANIMAL

THAT SCAVENGERS LOVE TO GET TO,

AND NOTHING IS TOUCHING THIS CARCASS.

HMM.THAT IS COMPLETELY ODD.

IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SEE THE LOCATION

WHERE YOU FOUND THE FIRST BULL.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THERE'S SOME RUGGED TERRAIN.

BUT THERE'S A WAY TO GET THERE.

NOW, THIS IS HOW YOU GET AROUND THE COUNTRY!

WATCH IT HERE!

COLBY LEADS THE TEAM ON ATVs FOR A 10-MILE RIDE

TO THE REMOTE CRIME SCENE, WHERE PHIL AND JESS

PLAN TO SET UP THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION.

ALRIGHT!

THIS RANCH SPRAWLS 140,000 ACRES...

HEY, BUDDY!...MAKING IT EASY TO SEE

HOW SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN TO ONE OF THESE ANIMALS

WITHOUT ANYONE WITNESSING IT,

WHETHER THE CULPRIT BE MAN, BEAST, OR OTHERWISE.

THIS THE SPOT?

THIS IS THE SPOT.

WE FOUND THE FIRST BULL HERE,

WE FOUND THE NEXT BULL KIND OF ON DOWN THE STREAM,

AND THEN WE FOUND THREE OTHER BULLS UPSTREAM

FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.WELL, WE'RE KIND OF

IN PART OF IT, THEN. THIS IS PERFECT.

I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT

TO SET UP CAMP IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH US BEING HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO CAMP OUT HERE ON THIS GROUND.

I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL TONIGHT.

WHY?

WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT HERE.

THIS LOCATION IS THE EPICENTER OF THE FIVE RECENT MUTILATIONS,

SO THE TEAM HURRIES TO SET UP CAMP BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

THEY'LL INVESTIGATE THIS AREA AT NIGHT

WHEN MOST CATTLE MUTILATIONS TAKE PLACE TO TRY TO FIND OUT

WHO OR WHAT MAY BE LURKING AROUND THIS RANCH.

WHAT'S KNOWN HERE-- MOUNTAIN LION, BEAR, BOBCAT.

WHAT'S UNKNOWN HERE

THAT I THINK MAY BE LEAVING SIGNS

THAT THE RANCHERS DON'T KNOW IS WOLF.

THEY'VE BEEN SEEN THREE COUNTIES NORTH OF HERE

BUT HAVEN'T BEEN DETECTED HERE IN DECADES.

AND CHECK THIS THING OUT. IT'S CALLED THE FOXPRO.

UH-HUH.IT'S INCREDIBLY LOUD SPEAKER

WITH THE CATALOG OF WILD ANIMALS YOU CAN CALL IN,

INCLUDING WOLF.

SO, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS

WE'RE DRAWING WOLVES TOWARDS US.

THAT IS THE PLAN,

BUT TO KEEP US EXTRA SAFE

OR AT LEAST LET US KNOW WHAT'S COMING AT US, I HAVE THESE.

SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A LASER TRIP WIRE--

ANYTHING CROSSES THAT,

IT'S GONNA TRIGGER THIS,

WHICH WE CAN KEEP AT CAMP.

SO WILL AT LEAST HAVE A GOOD HEADS UP

IF SOMETHING IS HEADING OUR WAY.

AWESOME. SO I'LL GET A HEADS UP

THAT I'M GONNA DIE SOON

INSTEAD OF JUST SURPRISED WITH IT.

'CAUSE I HATE SURPRISES.EXACTLY.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE SURPRISED.

FANTASTIC.

ALRIGHT, WELL, IF YOU'RE SET HERE,

THEN I'M GONNA TAKE A QUICK SWEEP OF THE AREA.

COLBY'S SO CONVINCED

THAT THERE'S SOMETHING CULT-LIKE HAPPENING HERE,

SO I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK RUN

AND SEE WHAT I CAN SEE.ALRIGHT, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

WHILE JESS CANVAS IS THE AREA,

I'M SETTING UP A SERIES OF INFRARED TRAIL CAMERAS

BETWEEN THE LASER TRIP WIRES.

SO, IF WE DO DRAWN IN A PREDATOR

THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE MUTILATIONS,

WE CAN CAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.

I TAKE THE QUAD TO COVER MORE GROUND,

LOOKING FOR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, I SEE A VAGUE WHITE SHAPE

THAT CUTS THROUGH THE DARKNESS.

OH, . WHAT'S THAT?

SO I PUT ON A PAIR OF NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES

FOR BETTER VISIBILITY.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

THAT IS NOT NORMAL.

OH, . WHAT IS THIS?

OKAY, YEP.

THIS IS EXTREMELY CREEPY.

JESS, YOU GOT SOMETHING?

UH, YEAH. DEFINITELY GOT SOMETHING.

THERE IS A SKULL OF SOME SORT

WITH BLOOD ON IT.

THAT IS NOT NORMAL.

OH, . WHAT IS THIS?

JESS, YOU GOT SOMETHING?

UH, YEAH. DEFINITELY GOT SOMETHING.

THERE IS A SKULL OF SOME SORT

WITH BLOOD ON IT AND THEN A PILE OF BONES

NEXT TO A BUNCH OF BEER BOTTLES

AND A PAW

WITH FUR ON IT LYING NEXT TO THIS SKULL.

YIKES. THAT'S PRETTY CREEPY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M SEEING HERE,

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY CREEPY--

THE BLOOD, THE PAW, ALL OF IT.

SOMEBODY'S BEEN BACK HERE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD HEAD BACK TO CAMP.

LET ME COLLECT THE STUFF THEN I'LL HEAD BACK.

COPY THAT. SEE YOU AT BASE CAMP.

THE RANCHERS HERE ARE CONVINCED THAT SOME SORT OF CULT

COULD BE INVOLVED IN THESE BIZARRE SLAYINGS,

AND BASED ON THE SCENE THAT I JUST DISCOVERED,

MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT.

CHECK OUT WHAT I FOUND.

WHOA! YEAH.

OKAY. UH... LOOK AT THAT.

HORSE SKULL.

ALRIGHT, WELL, THIS WAS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

THIS COULD BE A FOX 'CAUSE THE CLAWS ARE OUT.

GENERALLY WITH CANIDS, THEY'RE OUT.

WITH CATS, THEY'RE RETRACTED UNTIL THEY PUT THEM OUT.

WELL, HERE, LOOK AT THE PICTURES.

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.

AND THERE'S THAT PILE OF BONES.OH, MY GOSH.

YEAH. THOSE TEETH.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE BEER BOTTLES

SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

TRASH WAS LEFT BEHIND.

FIRST OFF, THESE ARE NOT CATTLE REMAINS.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS.

HORSE SKULL, I DON'T KNOW, ROAD KILL PAW,

AND BEER BOTTLES.

IT'S JUST SO RANDOM.

PEOPLE IN TOWN KNOW

THAT THE CATTLE MUTILATIONS HAPPENED HERE.

MAYBE SOME TEENAGERS COME OUT, HAVE SOME BEERS,

BRING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS CREEPY...

WHAT DID YOU SET UP AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TONIGHT?

BASICALLY, I HAVE THE ENTIRE PERIMETER

SET UP WITH THAT LASER TRIP WIRE.

SO IF ANYTHING CROSSES OVER THERE,

WE WILL GET NOTIFIED HERE.

WITH THIS, EACH ONE OF THESE NUMBERS

CORRESPONDS TO A DIFFERENT SENSOR THAT I HAVE.

GOTCHA.

I'VE SET UP THE LASER TRIP WIRES.

IN A BOX PATTERN SURROUNDING OUR BASE CAMP.

IN ADDITION, I'VE ALSO PLACED A SERIES OF TRAIL CAMERAS

ALL ALONG THAT PATH.

IF ANYTHING CROSSES THIS MOTION SENSOR,

WE'LL GET A PHOTO OF IT.OKAY.

BUT TO GET SOMETHING TO APPROACH,

THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE FOXPRO.

THIS GAME CALLER IS A HIGH-DEFINITION SPEAKER

THAT SENDS OUT A WOLF HOWL THAT CAN BE HEARD

AS FAR AS 10 MILES AWAY.

SO IF THERE ARE WOLVES ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT RANGE,

I'M HOPING THEY'LL RESPOND.

OKAY, YOU READY?

YEAH.

OH, THAT'S SCARY.

OKAY, LET'S LISTEN.

WOLVES HOWL TO ADVERTISE THE SIZE OF THEIR PACK,

WARN EACH OTHER OF DANGER,

AND TO FIND OTHER WOLVES.

IF THESE PACK PREDATORS HAVE RETURNED TO THE AREA,

THEN FREE-RANGE CATTLE COULD MAKE FOR IDEAL PREY.

THAT THING IS FREAKING LOUD.

IF ANY WOLF IS AROUND HERE,

THEY HEARD THAT.

HEARING ANYTHING?NO, NOTHING YET.

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE SEND OUT THE VIRTUAL WOLF CALL,

BUT SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE.

HIT NUMBER FOUR.

THAT'S OVER HERE. IT'S THAT WAY.

DOES THAT MEAN IT'S CLOSE?

SENSOR'S ABOUT 100 YARDS OUT.

I THINK THAT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF.NO.

SO IS SOMETHING OVER THERE?

YES.

I HAVE A TRAIL CAM SET OVER THERE...

OKAY.

...AND I THINK IT'S WORTH CHECKING.

YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE?

WHATEVER CROSSED THAT SENSOR, WE SHOULD HAVE A PHOTO OF IT.

I MEAN, FOR ALL WE KNOW, IT'S A DEER.

I WANT TO KNOW.

ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT, YEAH.

SOMETHING TRIPPED SENSOR NUMBER FOUR NORTH OF CAMP.

WITH COUGARS, BEARS, COYOTES ALREADY CONFIRMED

HUNTING IN THESE HILLS,

WE NEED TO STAY ALERT.

YEAH, IT'S ON THIS TREE. SEE IT?

OH, YEP. I SEE IT.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

ALRIGHT.

MOMENT OF TRUTH. - ALRIGHT.

WE GOT SOMETHING.

ALRIGHT, LET'S BRING THIS BACK.

SEE WHAT WE GOT ON THE CARD.

IF A WOLF PACK HAS MIGRATED TO THIS RANCH,

IT STRENGTHENS MY THEORY THAT PREDATORS

COULD BE PREYING ON THE CATTLE HERE.

OKAY. MOMENT OF TRUTH HERE.

WHAT DO WE GOT?

LOOK AT THAT!HOLY . THERE IT IS.

BIG HEAD. THICK TAIL.

THAT'S A WOLF.

THERE'S A PREDATOR THAT LIVES HERE

THAT IS CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN A 2,000 POUND BULL

AND THEY HUNT IN A PACK. AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED

SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HERE BEFORE.

THIS IS BIG. I HEAR YOU,

BUT THAT STILL DOES NOT EXPLAIN

WHY THERE'S NO BLOOD ANYWHERE THESE CARCASSES ARE FOUND.

ADMIT IT. THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE

WE NEED TO EXPLAIN TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

IT'S TRUE.

DEFINITELY WE'RE ABLE TO PROVE

THAT THERE'S PACK PREDATORS OUT HERE.

OH, YES. THAT STILL DOESN'T

EXPLAIN TO ME

WHAT IS MAKING THOSE SURGICAL CUTS

AND WHY IS THERE NO BLOOD.

WELL, THERE'S AN ENTIRE SCIENCE OF PEOPLE STUDYING

HOW THINGS DECAY IN NATURE

AND SPECIFICALLY HOW BUGS

WILL EAT AWAY AT ROTTEN FLESH.

MAYBE EVEN LEAVE SOMETHING

THAT LOOKS LIKE A SURGICAL INCISION.

SO, I SAY WE SET UP A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT

THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW US WHERE THE BLOOD WENT, ETC.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

ALRIGHT. WE GOT A PLAN.

I LIKE HAVING A PLAN. YEAH.

IT'S LIKE WE ALMOST KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR ONCE.

TO PUT MY THEORY TO THE TEST

THAT INSECTS MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE ANOMALOUS WOUNDS ON THE CATTLE,

WE NEED TO RECORD HOW A DEAD BULL NATURALLY DECOMPOSES

IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT.

COLBY WAS ABLE TO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH A RANCHER

THAT HAS A BULL THAT JUST PASSED AWAY.

THE RANCHER AGREED TO TAKE IT TO A REMOTE LOCATION

FOR LITTLE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

THAT JUST MIGHT BREAK THIS CASE WIDE OPEN.

WOW, THAT IS BIG.

YOU CAN PUT HIM DOWN HERE! THIS LOOKS GOOD!

- OHH. - OOF...

AH... WOW.

ALRIGHT. THANKS.

TO EXECUTE MY PLAN, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO SET UP

A SERIES OF TIME-LAPSE CAMERAS AROUND THE CARCASS

TO CAPTURE A 360-VIEW OF THE DECOMPOSING BULL

FOR AT LEAST 36 HOURS.

WE'LL COMPARE THE IMAGES OF THIS DEAD BULL

TO THE IMAGES OF THE MUTILATED ANIMALS ON COLBY'S RANCH

TO SEE IF A COMBINATION OF SCAVENGERS, INSECTS,

AND NATURAL DECOMPOSITION

CAN PRODUCE SIMILAR RESULTS.

ALRIGHT, IF WE GET THE EXACT SAME THING

FROM NATURAL CAUSES,

THEN CASE CLOSED. WE SOLVED IT.

IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE RIGHT BACK ON MY SIDE.

THERE'S MORE GOING ON HERE THAN JUST SCAVENGERS AND BUGS.

WE'LL SEE. ALRIGHT.

WHILE PHIL'S EXPERIMENT COULD EXPLAIN POTENTIAL NATURAL CAUSES

FOR THE STRANGE WOUNDS FOUND ON THE CATTLE,

I WANT TO RUN DOWN A POTENTIAL OTHERWORLDLY CULPRIT.

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS

AND ADMITTEDLY MOST DRAMATIC THEORIES

IS THAT THESE MUTILATIONS ARE CONNECTED TO UFOs.

THE FACT IS, THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS SIGHTINGS

OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

OBSERVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CATTLE MUTILATION SITES.

EVEN IN THIS AREA, DOZENS OF EYEWITNESSES

HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED UFOs,

AND I'VE TRACKED DOWN ONE LOCAL MAN,

WHO'S MANAGED TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE THEM ON CAMERA.

HOW YOU DOING?HI.

KAINAN JORDAN RECENTLY FILMED A GROUPING OF STRANGE LIGHTS

FLYING JUST 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE GRISLY CRIME SCENE

AT COLBY'S RANCH.

THANKS FOR MEETING US OUT HERE.YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO YOU'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY STRANGE THINGS

IN THE SKY LATELY.ONE NIGHT, I WAS UP HERE

JUST FILMING A BLOOD MOON

WHEN I NOTICED SOME ORANGE LIGHTS

COMING UP OVER THE HORIZON

AND MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT THAT WAY.

I FILMED THEM FOR PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR.

THE LIGHTS THAT KAINAN CAPTURED ON CAMERA

WERE SEEN AROUND THE SAME TIME

AS THE RECENT CATTLE MUTILATIONS,

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A COINCIDENCE.

CAN WE SEE THE VIDEO YOU TOOK OF THEM?

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.

AND THESE COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE CARS

OR ANYTHING DRIVING ALONG THE HORIZON?

THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WERE AUTOMOBILES.

OH, THAT IS WEIRD.

LOOK AT THAT!I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

RECENT CATTLE MUTILATIONS HAVE LEFT RESIDENTS

IN EASTERN OREGON GRIPPED BY TERROR.

AND WITH UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS REPORTED

AND FILMED IN THE SAME AREA AROUND THE SAME TIME

AS THE RECENT WAVE OF ATTACKS,

PHIL AND JESS HAVE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE

IF THESE PHENOMENA ARE CONNECTED.

ALRIGHT, LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.

OH, THAT IS WEIRD.Torres: LOOK AT THAT!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

THAT RED LIGHT WAS ALWAYS THERE.

THEY JUST ALL ORIGINATED HERE AND TRAVEL THIS WAY.

THEY'RE NOT FLARES BECAUSE THEY MOVE ON THEIR OWN POWER.

THEY'RE COMPLETELY SILENT, SO THEY'RE NOT JETS.

THAT IS SO STRANGE.THAT IS SO BIZARRE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SEEING THERE?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

THEY'RE NOT ANY KIND OF AIRCRAFT THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY CORRELATION

BETWEEN WHEN THE LIGHTS SHOW UP IN THE SKY

AND THE CATTLE MUTILATIONS?YES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T REALLY COME UP

WITH ANY OTHER EXPLANATION BUT SOME SORT OF ALIEN ENCOUNTER.

NOW, WITHOUT DIRECT EVIDENCE,

I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.

OUR INVESTIGATION IS NOW COVERING BOTH CARCASSES

ON THE GROUND AND LIGHTS IN THE SKY.

SO WE SET UP A CALL WITH JOSH TO GET HIM UP TO SPEED.

HEY, GUYS! HOW ARE YOU?

HI! HEY! GOOD.

HOW'S THE INVESTIGATION GOING?

IT'S GOING REALLY GOOD.IT'S GOING GREAT.

WE MANAGED TO CONFIRM

THAT WOLVES HAVE RETURNED TO THIS AREA.

I MEAN, NO QUESTION OF PACK OF WOLVES COULD TAKE DOWN A BULL,

BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE LACK OF BLOOD

OR TRACKS OR THESE SURGICAL WOUNDS

THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN.I'M DOING AN EXPERIMENT.

BASICALLY, WE MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN A BULL

THAT HAD DIED RECENTLY.

WE GOT SOME CAMERAS ON IT TO JUST WAIT

AND SEE WHAT NATURE DOES

TO SEE IF IT MATCHES WHAT THE RANCHERS

HAVE BEEN FINDING WITH THE MUTILATED CATTLE.

OKAY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND SUPER GROSS.

SO GROSS. IF WE COULD GET THAT CAMERA

ANY CLOSER TO THAT BULL'S BUTT,

IT'S JUST-- OHH, IT'S DISGUSTING.

OHH... YOU GUYS THOUGHT

THIS WAS GONNA BE A GLAMOROUS JOB.

NO, THIS ONE'S DEFINITELY...

NOT THAT.

WHAT OTHER LEADS ARE YOU FOLLOWING?

SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF EYEWITNESSES

THAT REPORT UNEXPLAINED LIGHTS IN THE AREA.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SUSPECT

THIS MIGHT BE UFOs OR SOME SORT OF OBJECT

THAT'S UNEXPLAINABLE THAT ARE COMING IN

AND TAKING CARE OF THESE CATTLE FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO TUG ON THAT THREAD.

IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS ASSOCIATION

WITH THESE CATTLE MUTILATIONS.

AND TO THAT END, I HAVE SOME KIND OF EXCITING NEWS, ACTUALLY.

THERE IS A BRAND-NEW REPORT

OF UNIDENTIFIED LIGHTS IN THE SKY

AND IT TOOK PLACE OVER A RANCH

JUST OUTSIDE OF BURNS.

THAT'S WHERE EYE-WITNESS KAINAN

SAID HE SAW LIGHTS IN THE SKY.

THEY'RE ALSO REPORTING THAT FIVE CALVES ALSO WENT

MISSING THE SAME NIGHT.

JUST DISAPPEARED? YES.

THAT'S STRANGE. OKAY.

I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT,

BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU CAN BE THERE WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING,

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHAT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING THIS.

AND TO GIVE YOU A HAND,

I'M GONNA SEND YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKUP.

I'M GONNA SEND YOU THESE GPS TRACKING COLLARS.

YOU CAN FIT THOSE TO CALVES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW,

AND IT'LL TRACK THEIR VITALS-- THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE,

BODY TEMPERATURE, HEART RATE, ANY OF THAT STUFF.

SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO STRESS THESE ANIMALS OUT,

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT IN REAL TIME.

WOW.OKAY. THAT SOUNDS PERFECT.

THESE RANCHERS HAVE AGREED TO LET THE TEAM INVESTIGATE,

BUT THEIR CATTLE ARE PART OF A FREE-RANGE HEARD

ROAMING ON A 500-SQUARE-MILE AREA.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE,

SO I'VE ARRANGED A HELICOPTER

SO PHIL AND JESS CAN GET A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

AND ANSWER ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION--

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

HELICOPTER 2-0 TAKING OFF

...

WHOO!

NOW THAT WE'VE LOCATED THE HERD,

WE RACE TO THE RANCH WHERE A COUPLE OF COWBOYS

LEAD US ON A TWO-HOUR RIDE BACK INTO THE FRONTIER

SO WE CAN TAG SOME CATTLE WITH SOME VERY COOL TECH.

- CHECK IT OUT. - OH, YEAH.

I SEE THEM. - WE GOT THEM.

CATTLE AND CALVES. THIS MUST BE THE SPOT.

ALRIGHT, SO I'VE GOT THE TRACKING COLLARS IN MY BACKPACK,

SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

IT MIGHT GET KIND OF WILD. IF THEY START TO TAKE OFF,

YOU MIGHT KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THEM AND HOLD THEM.

ALRIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT.ALRIGHT, WILL DO.

THE COWHANDS WILL ROPE THE CALVES,

AND JESS AND I WILL HAVE TO RUSH IN AND COLLAR THEM.

GOOD SHOT, COWBOY.

THIS IS DANGEROUS WORK.

THIS PROCESS CAN AGITATE THE HERD

AND LEAD TO A STAMPEDE.

ADULT BULLS CAN RUN UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR,

AND A COLLISION AT THAT SPEED

GENERATES NEARLY 4 TONS OF FORCE.

SO WE NEED TO MOVE FAST... - GO, GO, GO!

GO GET A COLLAR ON HER! - ...AND WATCH OUR BACKS.

YOU GOT HIM? YEP.

AS WE TAG THESE CALVES,

WE CAN USE THE DATA FROM THE COLLARS

TO SEE IF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

IS TARGETING THEM.

WE'LL BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY

IF THERE'S A RAPID CHANGE IN THEIR VITALS.

SO HAVING TAGGED THE CALVES, WE HEAD BACK INTO TOWN.

AT THIS POINT OUR INVESTIGATION,

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DOTS THAT NEED CONNECTING.

SO, WE'VE TRACKED DOWN ONE MAN

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

CHRIS O'BRIEN-- AUTHOR OF "STALKING THE HERD:

UNRAVELING THE CATTLE MUTILATION MYSTERY"

IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST EXPERTS ON THE PHENOMENON.

HE'S INVESTIGATED THOUSANDS OF CASES

WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, EX-MILITARY,

AND RANCHERS FOR 30 YEARS.

HI! HI, CHRIS!

HEY, GUYS. THANKS FOR MEETING WITH US.

CHRIS BELIEVES HE NOT ONLY KNOWS

WHO'S PILOTING THE MYSTERIOUS CRAFTS

SEEN DURING THESE MUTILATIONS,

BUT ALSO THEIR SHOCKING MOTIVE.

ALRIGHT, SO I'M DYING TO KNOW THESE THEORIES THAT YOU HAVE

BEHIND THE CATTLE MUTILATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? WELL, WE'RE DEALING

WITH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SCARY.

AND THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED.

THE TEAM IS INVESTIGATING THE RECENT WAVE

OF CATTLE MUTILATIONS IN EASTERN OREGON,

AND EXPERT CHRIS O'BRIEN HAS A UNIQUE THEORY

THAT NOT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

REPORTED AROUND THE TIME OF THESE ATTACKS,

BUT ALSO A SHOCKING HUMAN AGENDA.

I THINK AT THE CORE OF THE PHENOMENON,

THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON.

I THINK THERE'S A SECRET GOVERNMENTAL GROUP

USING MILITARY TECHNOLOGY HELICOPTERS

AND FLYING AROUND MUTILATING LIVESTOCK.

WHAT, YOU'RE SAYING OUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS?

I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED

THAT WE'VE HAD ALMOST 400 HELICOPTER SIGHTINGS

BY RANCHERS AROUND MUTILATION SITES.

THAT CAN'T BE AN ACCIDENT.

I GOT TO SAY, THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY ANGLE

SOUNDS A LITTLE JUST CRAZY TO ME.

WHY WOULD THEY WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH CATTLE?

I THINK THEY'RE DEATHLY AFRAID OF RADIATION CONTAMINATION

IN THE GROUNDWATER AND IN THE FOOD CHAIN.

IF YOU GO DOWNWIND AND DOWNSTREAM,

WEAPONS ENRICHMENT FACILITIES, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.

THAT'S THE AREAS YOU'LL FIND WHERE THERE'S

THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION

OF CATTLE MUTILATION CASES.

WHILE CHRIS' THEORY MIGHT SOUND FAR-FETCHED,

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN MONITORING RADIATION LEVELS

IN CATTLE SINCE THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE.

ON JULY 16TH, 1945,

THE UNITED STATES TESTED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB IN HISTORY

AT THE TRINITY TEST SITE IN NEW MEXICO.

AND JUST FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE U.S. ARMY

PURCHASED 75 HEAD OF CATTLE

FROM LOCAL RANCHERS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS

OF RADIATION EXPOSURE ON THE ANIMALS.

WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT NOT WANT US TO KNOW

ABOUT A RISK TO OUR FOOD SUPPLY?

BECAUSE IT'S THE BEEF INDUSTRY.

IT'S THE LARGEST INCOME PRODUCER IN AGRIBUSINESS.

THEY DO NOT WANT PEOPLE

TO QUESTION THE SAFETY OF BEEF.

SO, CHRIS, IF THESE ARE COVERT OPERATIONS,

WHERE ARE THESE GOVERNMENT HELICOPTERS COMING FROM?

WELL, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS OF HIGH INCIDENTS,

THERE'S ALWAYS SOME SORT OF GOVERNMENT FACILITY,

A MILITARY BASE NEARBY.

CHRIS' THEORY IS DEFINITELY INTRIGUING,

AND IT'S OUR JOB TO PUT IT TO THE TEST.

IF THE RECENT CATTLE MUTILATIONS

ARE THE RESULT OF TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT TESTS

ON CONTAMINATED CATTLE,

THERE HAS TO BE A PAPER TRAIL.

AND SINCE THE VITAL SIGNS ON THE CALVES ARE STILL NORMAL,

WE HEAD TO THE HARNEY COUNTY LIBRARY

TO POUR THROUGH THE LOCAL ARCHIVES FOR HOURS,

AND WE GET A HIT.

WE FIND EVIDENCE FROM 2020

THAT RADIOACTIVE WASTE

WAS DUMPED ILLEGALLY NEAR ARLINGTON, OREGON,

NORTH OF OUR LOCATION.

WOW, THAT'S HUGE.

SUPER RECENT.NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.

UH-UH.

LOOKING AT A MAP OF THE WATERSHED,

FROM ARLINGTON, WATER FLOWS SOUTH RIGHT INTO THIS AREA

AND POSSIBLY WITH CONTAMINATED WATER.

AND IF THOSE COWS ARE DRINKING THAT WATER...

THE MORE RADIOACTIVE THEY BECOME?

ESSENTIALLY, YEAH.

WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL, THEN,

THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S TRYING TO COVER SOMETHING UP.

I THOUGHT THIS THEORY WAS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.

AND THE MORE I LOOK INTO IT, THE MORE I SAY

IT'S NOT QUITE AS CRAZY AS I THOUGHT IT WAS.

SO WAS THE GOVERNMENT REALLY WORRIED

ABOUT DEADLY CONTAMINATION IN THE LIVESTOCK HERE,

AND HAVE THEY USE STEALTH HELICOPTERS

TO DROP IN UNDETECTED

AND CARVE UP PRIZE BULLS TO PERFORM OVERT TESTS

TO DETECT HARMFUL RADIOACTIVITY?

MAYBE IT'S NOT SO CRAZY AFTER ALL.

TURNS OUT THE RANCHES WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING

AND WHERE UNIDENTIFIED LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SEEN

HAPPEN TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT CONNECTION.

JESS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS.

LOOKING AT THE MAP, YOU KNOW WHAT'S

FIVE MILES AWAY FROM HERE?

AN ABANDONED AIR FORCE BASE.ARE YOU SERIOUS?

IT'S NO LONGER IN USE,

BUT THAT'S WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING

GETS USED FOR, LIKE,

BLACK OPS-Y-TYPE OPERATIONS.YEAH.

I THINK I SHOULD GO CHECK OUT THE AIR FORCE BASE TONIGHT.

OKAY. AND I THINK YOU SHOULD

STAY ON THE CATTLE.

KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRANSMISSION

BECAUSE IF THEY START GOING WILD,

WE KNOW SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TONIGHT.

OH, YEAH, FOR SURE.

WHILE JESS HEADS OUT TO THE RANCH

TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE HERD,

I'M TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS MILITARY BASE

TO SEE IF I CAN FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF RECENT ACTIVITY.

WHOA...

SO, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DETECT RECENT MILITARY ACTIVITY

IS ACTUALLY TO DETECT RADIOACTIVITY.

A LOT OF THE TOP-SECRET HELICOPTERS

WILL HAVE STRONTIUM IN THE BLADES

OR OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN THEIR NIGHT-VISION CAMERAS.

SO, I BROUGHT ALONG A GEIGER COUNTER,

AND MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETECT SOMETHING

THAT SAYS SOMEONE'S BEEN HERE AND WE'LL GET A HIT.

THE GPS COORDINATES SENT FROM THE TRACKING COLLARS INDICATE

THAT THE HERD HAS MOVED CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE RANCH.

SO I'M MONITORING THEIR VITAL SIGNS

FROM A SAFE DISTANCE ON AN ACCESS ROAD

THAT BISECTS THE PROPERTY-- NOT TOO CLOSE TO SPOOK THEM

BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET TO THEM IF I HAVE TO.

IF THERE'S A SPIKE IN PULSE, RESPIRATION, OR BLOOD PRESSURE,

THAT MEANS THEY'RE STRESSED BY SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS.

AND I'M COVERING ALL MY BASES.

SO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW

IS SETTING UP AN INDUSTRIAL CAMERA

THAT CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED SPECTRUM.

ANYTHING THAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF THIS CAMERA,

EVEN IF I CAN'T SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES,

WILL BE CAUGHT ON THIS.

OH, LOOK AT UP HERE. LOOK AT THIS.

THIS ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A LANDING PAD RIGHT HERE.

ONE...TWO.

THAT, TO ME, LOOKS LIKE HELICOPTER SKID MARKS...

OR SOME SORT OF CRAFT LANDED HERE.

ALL THE DUST BLEW AWAY.

OH, WOW.

LISTEN TO THAT.

THIS WHOLE AREA, WE'RE GETTING HITS.

HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

WOW.

THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL BACKGROUND RADIATION.

THIS IS A BIG HIT.

HO...LY...

WAIT, WHAT'S THAT NOISE?

IT'S LIKE A METALLIC SOUND.

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE SKY.

HOLY !

OH, SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY FREAKING THEM OUT.

THEIR VITALS ARE JUST SKYROCKETING.

I WANT TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER. HOLD ON.

OH, THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING.

THEY'RE MOVING.

WHOA! WHOA! EASY NOW!

JESS AND PHIL ARE FOLLOWING A LEAD

ON POTENTIAL TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT TESTING ON CATTLE.

LOOK, THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

SURROUNDING ALL SORTS OF SECRET GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR DECADES.

BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, HISTORY REVEALS

THEY'RE BASED IN TRUTH.

IN 1977, DOCUMENTS WERE DISCOVERED

THAT REVEALED THE CIA ACTUALLY FUNDED

A SERIES OF HUMAN MIND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS

UNDER THE MONIKER "MKUltra."

FIRST APPROVED IN 1953,

MKUltra EXPERIMENTED WITH DRUGS LIKE LSD

AS WELL AS HYPNOSIS,

ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND SENSORY DEPRIVATION...

...ALL IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP INTERROGATION PROCEDURES

THAT MIGHT, SAY, ENCOURAGE A CONFESSION

FROM AN OTHERWISE STUBBORN DETAINEE.

WHICH OF COURSE BEGS THE QUESTION--

WHAT OTHER TOP-SECRET PROJECTS DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT?

WAIT, WHAT'S THAT NOISE?

THEIR VITALS ARE JUST SKYROCKETING.

OH, SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY FREAKING THEM OUT.

I WANT TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER. HOLD ON.

OH, THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING.

THEY'RE MOVING.

WHOA! WHOA! EASY NOW!

YOU HEARING THAT?

IT'S LIKE A LOW HUM.

PHIL, ARE YOU THERE?

YEAH, COME IN.

SOMETHING'S FREAKING OUT THE COWS.

WAIT, WE GOT SOMETHING?

I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE,

THEIR VITAL STARTED SKYROCKETING.

THE CALVES ARE GOING BERSERK.

THEY ALL TOOK OFF. I TRIED TO CATCH THEM.

THEY'RE MOVING TOO FAST.

WE GOT SOMETHING. LET'S GO.

ALRIGHT, I'M COMING YOUR WAY.

HOPEFULLY, WHATEVER'S SPOOKING THE CATTLE

ISN'T DANGEROUS OR ARMED.

ALRIGHT, HERE.

- OH! DID YOU SEE THAT?! - OH!

OH, LOOK AT THAT!OH...MY...GOSH.

HOLY CRAP!

LOOK... OH, LOOK AT IT TURN!

WHAT-- IT JUST STOPPED AND MOVED!

IS THAT A SATELLITE?

I MEAN, A SATELLITE CAN'T TURN LIKE THAT.

I DID NOT SEE THAT WHILE I WAS OUT THERE AT ALL.

I'M BLOWN AWAY.

WE BOTH HEAR A STRANGE HUMMING SOUND FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS,

CATTLE ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES,

AND NOW WE HAVE A CONFIRMED UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IN THE SKY.

DID WE JUST FILM WHAT'S RESPONSIBLE

FOR THESE CATTLE MUTILATIONS?

WE'VE GOT IT RECORDED.

THAT IS UNDENIABLE.

WE GOT SOMETHING RECORDED.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING IN THE SKY

SPOOKED THE CATTLE,

BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT JESS CAUGHT SOMETHING ON CAMERA,

BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT IT IS,

AND I'M NOT GIVING UP ON MOTHER NATURE JUST YET.

A COUPLE DAYS AGO, WE SET UP A SERIES OF TIME-LAPSE CAMERAS

ON A DECOMPOSING BULL.

OKAY. ALRIGHT.

READY FOR THIS?YES.

ALRIGHT, SO, THIS IS FROM THE FRONT CAMERA.

IF I'M RIGHT, A COMBINATION OF SCAVENGERS, INSECTS,

AND NATURAL DECOMPOSITION

MAY HAVE PRODUCED SIMILAR ANOMALOUS WOUNDS

ON OUR DEAD BULL

JUST LIKE AT COLBY'S RANCH.

LOOK AT THOSE FLIES!

WOW. THAT IS GROSS!

WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS THAT IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE

THE IMAGES OF THE MUTILATED CATTLE.

LIKE, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I GOT TO ADMIT, THIS ISN'T THE RESULT I WAS HOPING FOR

SO YOU DON'T THINK IT'S NATURAL?

YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I GOT TO FOLLOW WHERE THE EVIDENCE LEADS US.

IT'S SAYING THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON HERE.

THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY THING

SOUNDS PRETTY CRAZY TO ME,

BUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS HOW ANYBODY ELSE

HAS THE RESOURCES TO PULL OFF

TAKING DOWN FIVE BULLS IN THIS WAY

AND DOING IT WITHOUT ANYBODY FINDING OUT.

I'M FULLY BUYING INTO CHRIS' THEORY.

I THINK THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING IT

TO KEEP TABS ON THE FOOD SUPPLY.

THE RECENT EVENTS IN EASTERN OREGON

HAVE RE-IGNITED ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST HEAD-SCRATCHING

AND GRUESOME MYSTERIES.

BUT AFTER PHIL AND JESS' INVESTIGATION,

A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE

IS COMING INTO FOCUS.

FIRST, PHIL MADE A SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY

THAT WOLVES HAVE RETURNED TO THE AREA.

PACKS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TARGET AND KILL CATTLE

AND ARE UNDOUBTEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE ATTACKS,

BUT OTHER MUTILATED CATTLE DO NOT SHOW SIGNS

OF HAVING BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY LARGE PREDATORS.

A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT INDICATED THAT INSECTS

AND NATURAL DECOMPOSITION CAN LOOK UNUSUAL

BUT IT DID NOT PRODUCE THE SAME SURGICAL WOUNDS

SEEN IN MANY CASES.

AND WHILE LOCAL RANCHERS BELIEVE THAT CULT ACTIVITY

MAY BE TO BLAME, THE TEAM FOUND NO DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE

BETWEEN THESE INCIDENTS AND UNIDENTIFIED LIGHTS IN THE SKY.

ARE THERE REALLY STEALTH HELICOPTERS--

PART OF SOME SHADOWY GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY--

OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?

AT THIS POINT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY FOR SURE.

FOR NOW, RANCHERS WILL KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THEIR CATTLE,

AND RESIDENTS WILL KEEP LOOKING TO THE SKIES.

WITH TRAIL CAMERAS STILL DEPLOYED ACROSS THE RANCH,

IN TIME, WE MAY JUST CAPTURE DEFINITIVE PROOF

AND CLOSE THE CASE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

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