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ON THIS EPISODE
OF "EXPEDITION X"...

OH, YEAH!
ALL RIGHT!

...PHIL AND JESS
INVESTIGATE THE LEGEND

OF A DEMONIC CREATURE IN THE
PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY.

THAT LURE, THE STORY,
EVERYTHING BEHIND IT.

IT'S SOMETHING OUT
OF A NIGHTMARE.

SAID TO HAVE BEEN TERRORIZING
THE REGION FOR 300 YEARS,

ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GOD-AWFUL
SCREECH, AND I JUST FROZE.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

COULD IT BE A PREDATOR
UNKNOWN TO MODERN SCIENCE?

THAT WAS TERRIFYING.

- WHAT WAS IT?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.

THE MERE PRODUCT
OF TALL TALES

AND PARALYZING FEAR?

CAN ALL THESE PEOPLE
BE WRONG?

THERE'S
SOMETHING OUT THERE.

OR IS IT SOMETHING DEMONIC?

IT'S OVER HERE
IN THE TREES.

YOU SHOULD GET BACK HERE.
I'M A LITTLE SCARED.

HEADING YOUR WAY.

AAAAH!

"DEVIL IN THE FOREST."

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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OK, SO AS WE KICK OFF
A NEW CASE HERE,

I WANT TO START
BY SHOWING YOU A PHOTO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
EWW!

THAT IS WEIRD.
- YEAH.

- AND VERY DEAD.
- AND VERY GROSS.

CORRECT ON ALL COUNTS.
WEIRD, DEAD AND GROSS.

THIS IS REFERRED
TO AS THE MONTAUK MONSTER.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WASHED ASHORE

IN MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND,
IN 2008.

AND IT'S WHAT PEOPLE
REFER TO AS A CRYPTID,

AN UNIDENTIFIED,
UNKNOWN ANIMAL.

IN THIS CASE, BIOLOGISTS
WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE

THAT THIS PARTICULAR
CRYPTID IS, IN FACT,

THE BLOATED, DECOMPOSING
CARCASS OF A RACCOON.

SEE? SCIENCE FOR THE WIN!
NOW WE'RE TALKING.

"SCIENCE FOR THE WIN."

WELL, TODAY'S CASE MIGHT BE
A LITTLE HARDER

FOR SCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT,

AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT FAR
FROM LONG ISLAND.

IT IS, IN FACT, A CRYPTID
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,

ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY
CONTESTED CRYPTID STORIES

IN AMERICAN HISTORY,

SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL
HAVING TERRIFYING EXPERIENCES

WITH IN THE WILDS
OF NEW JERSEY.

THE CAST
OF THE "JERSEY SHORE"?

EVEN SCARIER, JESS.

NO!

THE JERSEY DEVIL.

THE LEGEND GOES THAT IN 1735,

IN A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA

KNOWN TODAY AS THE PINE BARRENS
OF NEW JERSEY,

A WOMAN NAMED JANE LEEDS LEARNS

THAT SHE IS PREGNANT
WITH HER 13th CHILD

AND BECOMES INCENSED
THAT HER HUSBAND IS NEVER AROUND

TO HELP RAISE THEIR KIDS.

IN SOME VERSIONS,
MOTHER LEEDS IS A WITCH.

IN OTHERS,
SIMPLY A STRESSED-OUT MOM.

REGARDLESS, IN HER ANGER,
IT IS SAID

THAT SHE RAISES HER FISTS
TO THE HEAVENS

AND PROCLAIMS,
"LET THIS ONE BE A DEVIL."

ACCORDING TO THE STORY,
MOTHER LEEDS GETS HER WISH,

ALTHOUGH BORN LOOKING HUMAN,

THE CHILD SOON DEVELOPS
GHASTLY DEMONIC FEATURES,

A LARGE HORSE-LIKE HEAD,
CLOVEN HOOVES,

AND HUGE LEATHERY WINGS.

AFTER SAVAGELY ATTACKING
ITS SIBLINGS,

THE DEVIL DISAPPEARS
INTO THE EXPANSIVE FOREST,

AND SOME CLAIM IT TAKES REFUGE
IN AN ABANDONED INN

DEEP IN THE WOODS.

AS CRAZY AS THE LEGEND SOUNDS,

WHAT IS UNDENIABLE IS THE NUMBER
OF EYEWITNESS SIGHTINGS,

PEOPLE WHO SWEAR
THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED THE MONSTER.

THE MOST INFAMOUS REPORTS OCCUR
IN JANUARY 1909,

WHEN SOUTH JERSEY RESIDENTS FIND
CLOVEN HOOFPRINTS IN THE SNOW

THAT CROSS FIELDS,
FENCES, ROOFTOPS,

AND END IN A BLOODY MESS
OF DEAD LIVESTOCK.

PANIC BEGINS TO SPREAD
AS OTHERS PROFESS

TO WITNESS
THE DEVIL FACE TO FACE,

INCITING MASS HYSTERIA
IN THE REGION.

OVER A CENTURY LATER,

THERE ARE STILL
FREQUENT REPORTS

OF A GROTESQUE FLYING CREATURE

PROWLING THE PINES
OF SOUTH JERSEY.

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO,
A LOCAL WOODSMAN REPORTS

A NEW SHOCKING ENCOUNTER.

THEN A LOCAL FARMER
FINDS CLOVEN HOOFPRINTS

AND BLOOD TRAILS
CRISSCROSSING HIS PROPERTY.

ANOTHER EYEWITNESS DESCRIBES
AN ANIMAL

RESEMBLING
A KIND OF WINGED LLAMA

RUNNING THROUGH THE TREES
AND TAKING FLIGHT.

SKEPTICS BELIEVE THE CREATURE
MAY BE A LARGE PREDATORY BIRD

OR A DEER AFFLICTED WITH MANGE.

THERE'S EVEN SOME WHO BELIEVE
IT'S A MUTANT BAT.

BUT TRUE BELIEVERS INSIST
A MONSTER INHABITS THE BARRENS.

SO IS THE JERSEY DEVIL TRULY
AN UNHOLY ABOMINATION

OR SIMPLY A SERIES
OF MISIDENTIFIED ANIMALS

THAT SPAWNED A LEGEND
THAT WON'T DIE?

OK, SO PHIL, THOUGHTS?

COME ON! I MEAN, YOU LOST ME
AT FLYING LLAMA.

I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU

HOW BIOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
THIS THING IS.

FOR SOMETHING
THE SIZE OF A HORSE

TO BE FLYING THROUGH THE TREES,

IT WOULD NEED WINGS BIGGER THAN
THIS ROOM.

JUST CAN'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

NOT A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED
RESPONSE FROM PHIL.

- MM-HMM.
- AND LET'S BE HONEST,

THE ORIGIN STORY OF THIS CRYPTID
IS REALLY FANTASTICAL. RIGHT?

BUT WE DO HAVE
ALL THESE SIGHTINGS.

SO, JESS, JERSEY DEVIL,
YES OR NO?

LLAMA JERSEY DEVIL, NO.

JERSEY DEVIL SOMETHING, YES.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT SO MANY
COMPELLING REPORTS

FROM PEOPLE THAT
SPAN CENTURIES.

PEOPLE ARE TAKING
THIS SERIOUSLY.

MY INSTINCT HERE SAYS
THAT THIS

IS JUST A CASE OF MISIDENTIFICATION.

THERE IS THIS THING
CALLED INSULAR GIGANTISM,

WHICH IS WHEN AN ISOLATED
POPULATION OF ANIMALS,

SAY, ON AN ISLAND,
CAN BECOME GIANT,

LIKE GIANT TORTOISES--
WE SEE GALAPAGOS--

OR THERE USED
TO BE THIS GIANT EAGLE

THAT'S NOW EXTINCT.
IT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
NEW JERSEY HERE, NOT AN ISLAND.

SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD
BE SOME WEIRD BIGGER POPULATION

OF OWLS OR BATS.

ALWAYS WITH
THE BATS AND OWLS.

WELL, THEY FLY AT NIGHTS
AND THEY SCARE PEOPLE.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT PEOPLE'S
DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS THING

ARE SO UNIQUE
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

AND PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SEEING SOMETHING

FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS.

SO I THINK INSTEAD OF SITTING
AROUND TALKING ABOUT IT,

LET'S GET OUT THERE
AND INVESTIGATE IT.

LET'S START
BY TALKING TO PEOPLE

THAT ARE HAVING
THESE CURRENT ENCOUNTERS.

ARE THEY
MISIDENTIFYING SOMETHING

OR COULD THERE BE A REAL
CRYPTID HERE? SOUND GOOD?

- AGREED.
- I'M IN.

MY TEAM DRIVES 100 MILES
SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY

TO ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE
AND UNPOPULATED AREAS

ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD,

OR EXIT 52
OFF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY

FOR YOU JERSEYITES.

I'M SEEING
SOME PINE TREES, JESS,

WHICH MEANS WE'VE MADE IT
TO THE PINE BARREN FOREST.

YEAH.

THE NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS,

ALSO KNOWN AS THE PINES,

IS OVER A MILLION ACRES
OF THICK FOREST

THAT STRETCH OVER SEVEN COUNTIES

AND MAKE UP NEARLY A QUARTER
OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE LANDMASS.

THE NAME "PINE BARRENS" REFERS
TO THE AREA'S SANDY,

ACIDIC, NUTRIENT-STARVED SOIL,

BUT IT STILL MANAGES TO SUPPORT
AN IMPRESSIVE

900 DIFFERENT PLANTS
AND HUNDREDS OF UNIQUE ANIMALS,

FROM BALD EAGLES AND BEARS TO
FLYING SQUIRRELS AND TREE FROGS.

THIS PLACE IS AMAZING.

YEAH, MAYBE
AN ECOSYSTEM

THAT CAN SUPPORT
THE JERSEY DEVIL?

I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF STUFF
THRIVING OUT HERE,

BUT HOME TO JERSEY DEVIL,
I'M NOT SO SURE.

HOW IS THERE NO ACTUAL
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THIS THING

THAT PEOPLE CLAIM IS REAL?

THIS IS ACRES AND ACRES
AND ACRES OF WOODS

THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN TOUCHED.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE ANYWHERE
WHERE YOU CAN HIDE,

AND PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A TOUGH
TIME TO FIND YOU,

THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.

ARE THERE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THIS AREA?

YES, BUT I JUST CAN'T SEE
A GIANT JERSEY DEVIL

BEING ABLE TO HIDE OUT HERE
WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

JESS AND PHIL ARRIVE
AT A LOCAL WATERING HOLE

TO MEET WITH THE MOST RECENT EYEWITNESS

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD
A CHILLING ENCOUNTER WITH,

WELL, HIM.

- OH, WOW.
- YEAH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE JERSEY DEVIL.

WHO KNEW THAT THE JERSEY DEVIL
LOVES THE GYM?

OH, THAT GUY WORKS OUT.

HE IS SWOLL.

WELL, WE FOUND HIM.LET'S GO HOME.

YEAH, WE GOT IT. COOL.

ANYWAY, THE TEAM ARE MEETING
BRUCE POWELL...

HI, IT'S BRUCE?

YES. HOW YOU DOING?

...A LOCAL WOODSMAN
WHO'S BEEN HUNTING

IN THE PINE BARRENS FOR DECADES.

BRUCE CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD
A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER

WITH WHAT HE BELIEVES
WAS THE JERSEY DEVIL.

I HAD AN EXPERIENCE
THAT I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO,
I WAS UP A DEER STAND

AND I WAS SITTING THERE
MOST OF THE DAY,

AND GOT TOWARDS DARK,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THIS GOD-AWFUL SCREECH.

I JUST FROZE.

I HEARD TWO STEPS AND THEN ONE
FAINT STEP, AND THAT WAS IT.

THERE'S ONLY TWO TIMES
IN MY LIFE I'VE BEEN SCARED,

AND THAT WAS
ONE TIME RIGHT THERE.

AND IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A DEER
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

OH, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO.

DEER MAKE BLOWING NOISES.
THEY'LL SNORT.

THEY MAKE ALL SIGNALS
LIKE THAT.

WHAT ABOUT LIKE CATS
IN THE AREA,

LIKE BOBCATS OR ANYTHING?

I FELT THIS.
THAT'S HOW BIG IT WAS.

YOU SEE ANY FOOTPRINTS
OR ANYTHING?

I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER.

YOU JUST GOT OUT
OF THERE.

I GOT OUT OF THERE
AND I NEVER WENT BACK.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING UNKNOWN
IN THESE WOODS.

ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

IF THERE REALLY IS A
LARGE AND MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL

LIVING IN THE PINES,
WE HAVE TO TRACK IT DOWN.

AND THAT STARTS WITH ITS LAST
KNOWN LOCATION.

AND TO GET THERE, WE'RE HEADING
DOWN THE MULLICA RIVER,

A FORMER TRADE ROUTE
THAT ONCE FUNNELED

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CARGO
INTO NEW JERSEY.

TO LOOK AT IT,
YOU'D NEVER KNOW,

BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY
MADE HERE SINCE THE 1700s.

SCHOONERS CAME ALL THE WAY UP
HERE FROM JAMAICA WITH RUM.

THIS IS WHERE THEY DROPPED
EVERYTHING OFF DUTY-FREE.

RUM WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO
THE PEOPLE HERE,

THAT THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO JAMAICA

TO PICK IT UP
BEFORE COMING?

ABSOLUTELY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
TO ONE WHERE IT WAS SERVED.

IT'S ALSO VERY CLOSE
TO WHERE I HAD MY EXPERIENCE

WITH THE ANIMAL THAT
MADE THE NOISE THAT NIGHT.

THIS IS A SPOT RIGHT HERE,
AND I GREW UP...

AND I'LL WALK YOU BACK IN.

BRUCE'S HUNTING STAND IS
LOCATED MILES INTO THE FOREST.

THESE WOODS PROVIDE HABITAT

FOR THE HIGHLY VENOMOUS
TIMBER RATTLESNAKE,

WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SNAKES

IN THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.,
SO WE NEED TO WATCH OUR STEP.

FOLLOW ME UP HERE.

AS WE VENTURE DEEPER
INTO THE WOODS,

BRUCE POINTS OUT
AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK

WITH HISTORIC TIES
TO THE JERSEY DEVIL.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S
LEFT OF THE BODINE TAVERN.

THE LAST REMNANTS
OF THE FOUNDATION

ARE UNDERNEATH THAT TREE.
GREW RIGHT OVER TOP.

SEE THE STONE STICKING OUT?
- OH, I DO SEE IT. YEAH.

THAT'S THE CORNER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
CONGREGATED AROUND HERE

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
JERSEY DEVIL SIGHTINGS HERE.

THE BODINE TAVERN OPENED
ITS DOORS IN 1769.

NOT LONG AFTER, SIGHTINGS OF
THE CREATURE PERCHED ON ITS ROOF

BECAME SO COMMON THAT
IN THE EARLY 1800s

THEY BEGAN PRINTING IMAGES OF
THE DEVIL ON THEIR CIDER JUGS.

AND THESE SIGHTINGS WEREN'T
JUST THE RESULTS OF LOCALS

PICKLING THEMSELVES IN RUM.

EVEN AFTER THE TAVERN CLOSED,

THE ABANDONED STRUCTURE
REMAINED A HOT SPOT

FOR MANY YEARS.

FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING,

WHERE DID YOU HAVE YOUR
EXPERIENCE?

RIGHT DOWN THAT PATH
THROUGH HERE,

VERY NEAR AN OLD FIRE TOWER
THAT'S OUT THERE PRETTY FAR.

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO GO.

THAT'S WHERE
YOU'RE GOING.

WHERE WE'RE GOING.

I'M STAYING HERE.OK.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, BE CAREFUL
WALKING DOWN THERE NOW.

ALL RIGHTY.

BRUCE HAS AGREED
TO PICK US UP IN HIS BOAT

AT FIRST LIGHT TOMORROW MORNING.

OUR PLAN IS TO SPEND THE NIGHT
IN THESE WOODS

LOOKING FOR ANY SIGN
OF WHATEVER HE ENCOUNTERED.

I BELIEVE THE JERSEY DEVIL
IS NOT A DEVIL AT ALL,

BUT A MISIDENTIFIED ANIMAL.

AND LIKE EVERY FLESH
AND BLOOD CREATURE,

IT WILL REQUIRE SPECIFIC
ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES

TO SUSTAIN ITSELF.

IF WE CAN FIND AND GAIN ACCESS

TO THE FIRE TOWER
BRUCE MENTIONED,

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT

WHERE AN ANIMAL LIKE THIS
IS MOST LIKELY TO CALL HOME.

LOOK AT THAT?
ARE YOU SEEING THAT?

OH, YEAH!
THERE'S THE FIRE TOWER.

WOW.

YEAH.

WELL, SHOULD WE GET UP THERE?

YEAH, I MEAN,
IT SAYS NO TRESPASSING,

BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO TRESPASS ON THIS ONE,

WE'LL JUST TRESPASS
A LITTLE.

A LITTLE BIT. MAKE IT FAST.

THE DOOR'S OPEN, SO...

KIND OF AN OPEN INVITATION
RIGHT THERE.

OH, IT'S TALL!

THIS 10-STORY
FIRE TOWER WAS BUILT

BY THE NEW JERSEY FOREST
FIRE SERVICE

TO HELP WITH THE EARLY DETECTION
OF BRUSH FIRES.

WILDFIRES HAVE HELPED SHAPE
THE PINE BARRENS

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

THESE FIRES CAN CREATE
LARGE CLEARINGS

WHICH GIVE RISE
TO EDIBLE PLANTS,

WHICH ATTRACT HERBIVORES,

MAKING THE EDGE
OF THOSE CLEARINGS IDEAL

FOR PREDATORS TO HUNT FOR PREY.

OOH, WE ARE HIGH.

I WISH THESE HEIGHTS
DIDN'T MAKE ME THROW UP,

OR ELSE THIS
WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

THAT'S WHY I'M ABOVE YOU,
SO YOU DON'T PUKE ON ME.

BASED ON FOLKLORE,
THE JERSEY DEVIL IS A CARNIVORE,

WHICH MAKES THIS VANTAGE
POINT PERFECT

FOR SCOUTING THIS NECK
OF THE WOODS.

- HEY, JESS.
- WHAT?

YOU COULD STOP
BY THE BASE OF THESE STAIRS.

THE FLOOR FEELS A LITTLE
UNSTABLE FOR TWO UP HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

ALL RIGHT. WOW.
IT IS AN AMAZING VIEW.

OH, YEAH?

I MEAN, IT IS JUST GREEN
PINE TREES ALL THE WAY

IN EVERY DIRECTION
TO THE HORIZON.

WE GOT OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US, JESS.

BASED ON REPORTS,
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE

THAT THE SO-CALLED JERSEY DEVIL

LIVES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE
BODINE TAVERN AND THIS TOWER,

BUT FINDING HIM IN THIS--
THAT'S A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.

YOU SEE ANYTHING
WORTHWHILE?

NO JERSEY DEVIL YET.

HANG ON, I THINK
I'M SEEING SOMETHING OVER HERE.

YEAH, WHAT?

IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S SOME SORT OF CLEARING

OR A SINKHOLE
OR MAYBE EVEN A CAVE.

WHERE SHOULD I BE
LOOKING?

IF THE SUN IS 12:00...YEAH.

...LOOK AT AROUND 10:30.

OK, NO, I THINK I SEE IT.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,
DOES IT LOOK LIKE A PLACE

WHERE A CREATURE
WOULD LIVE?

YEAH, I MEAN, IN AN AREA THAT IS
COMPLETELY UNIFORM

WITH PINE TREES,
ANYTHING THAT--

WHAT THE WAS THAT?

JESS AND PHIL ARE
INVESTIGATING RECENT SIGHTINGS

OF THE JERSEY DEVIL,
THE LEGENDARY MONSTER

WHOSE STORY HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS
WITH NEW JERSEY'S PINE BARRENS

FOR 285 YEARS.

WHERE DID YOU HAVE
YOUR EXPERIENCE?

RIGHT DOWN THAT PATH.
VERY NEAR AN OLD FIRE TOWER.

SO THAT'S
WHERE WE GOT TO GO.

THAT'S WHERE
YOU'RE GOING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME SORT
OF CLEARING

OR SINKHOLE
OR MAYBE EVEN A CAVE.

DOES IT LOOK LIKE A PLACE
WHERE A CREATURE WOULD LIVE?

YEAH. I MEAN,
ANYTHING THAT--

WHAT THE
WAS THAT?

JESS, YOU HEARD THAT,
YEAH?

YEAH, I DID.
WHAT WAS IT?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

AS IT'S GETTING SUNDOWN,
A LOT OF BIRDS START TO CALL

WHEN THEY GO TO ROOST
FOR THE NIGHT, SO.

SO THAT DIDN'T SOUND
LIKE A BIRD.

THERE'S
ABOUT 300 SPECIES

THAT CAN BE FOUND HERE, JESS.

DO ANY OF THOSE
300 SPECIES OF BIRD GROWL?

I ACTUALLY HAVE NO CLUE.

IT SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME
FROM NEAR THAT AREA.

AM I CRAZY?

IF A LARGE FLESH
AND BLOOD CREATURE

MADE THAT SOUND,
THERE HAS TO BE EVIDENCE OF IT.

TRACKS, HAIR, FEATHERS,
SCAT-- SOMETHING.

AND BASED ON
OUR EYEWITNESS'S SIGHTING,

THE CLEARING WE SAW
FROM THE FIRE TOWER

COULD BE PRIME HABITAT.

YOU SEE ANYTHING DOWN
THAT WAY?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

HMM? WHAT?

WOW!

OH, CHECK THIS OUT.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THIS THING.

IT'S SOME SORT OF BUILDING.

YEAH.

I MEAN,
IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER WALL.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS PROBABLY

THE BEST STRUCTURE
FOR SHELTER AROUND,

AND IT'S BEEN AROUND
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

YEAH.SO I COULD DEFINITELY SEE

THE WILDLIFE AROUND HERE
USING THIS

AS ESSENTIALLY A SANCTUARY
OR A HOME BASE.

I THINK
WE SHOULD SET UP HERE.

WE GOT GREAT VISIBILITY
OF THE SKY,

AND IT'S PERFECT
FOR THE LOW LIGHT CAMERA,

SO IF THE JERSEY DEVIL FLIES
OVER, WE'LL CATCH IT.

AND WE'VE GOT THE RUINS.
THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH POINT.

- YEAH.
- MAYBE HE'LL PERCH OVER THERE.

GOOD VISIBILITY
OF THE TREELINE.

I THINK I'M GONNA
GO ALL AROUND THE PERIPHERY.

I HAVE THE THERMAL-IMAGING
CAMERA.

I'LL SHINE IT UP IN TREES.

IF I GET A HEAT SIGNATURE
OF AN ANIMAL

RUNNING AROUND OUT THERE,
FLYING AROUND UP THERE,

MAYBE IT'LL GIVE US A CLUE

AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE
ARE SEEING,

WHAT THEY THINK IS
THE JERSEY DEVIL.

I ALSO HAVE THE FOXPRO

I CAN SEND OUT SOME CALLS AND
SEE IF WE CAN DRAW SOMETHING.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WE JUST GOT TO REMEMBER, THOUGH,

WHATEVER PEOPLE ARE
SEEING OUT HERE,

IT SCARED THE HECK OUT OF THEM.
WE GOT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL.

WELL, YEAH, WE'RE CALLING
THE JERSEY DEVIL.

OF COURSE I'M GOING
TO BE CAREFUL.

I WANT TO GET
MY HEAD RIPPED OFF.

ALL RIGHT.
GOOD LUCK HERE.

- OKAY.
- I'M HEADING OUT.

- YOU'RE WALKING?
- YEAH.

I'M USING A SPECIALIZED
LOW-LIGHT CAMERA

CAPABLE OF MAGNIFYING LOW LEVELS
OF AMBIENT LIGHT.

ANYTHING THAT STREAKS
ACROSS THE SKY

OR LANDS NEAR THIS STRUCTURE,

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

THIS CAMERA WILL IMAGE IT.

RIGHT.

I'M GONNA TAKE OUT
THE THERMAL IMAGER.

THIS THERMAL IMAGER
CAN IDENTIFY HEAT SOURCES

IN COMPLETE DARKNESS

BY MEASURING THE HEAT
RADIATING OFF AN OBJECT

OR LIVING THING.

WHERE YOU AT, DEVIL?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

THERE'S SOMETHING UP HERE.

COME ON, WHAT WAS IT?

OH! LOOK AT THAT.

I JUST SAW SOME BATS FLYING BY.

TO SEE IT FLY ACROSS THE NIGHT
SKY WITH THE THERMAL WAS AMAZING

BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO
SEE WITH JUST A FLASHLIGHT,

BUT THIS THING,
THEY ARE LIGHTING UP.

AMAZING!

OK, I'VE GOT THE NIGHT
VISION CAMERA SET UP,

AND I'M READY TO SEND OUT CALL
FOR THE FOXPRO.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO SEND OUT FIRST?

I'm going to try and see

IF DOING THE RODENT CALL
BRINGS ANYTHING IN.

ALL RIGHT.
GO FOR IT. I'M READY.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IF I HEAR IT FROM HERE.

THE FOXPRO IS
AN INCREDIBLY LOUD

HIGH-DEFINITION SPEAKER

CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING A
THOUSAND DIFFERENT ANIMAL CALLS.

WITH A RANGE OF ABOUT 10 MILES,

THIS THING IS LIKE
RINGING THE DINNER BELL.

COME ON.

YOU SEEING ANYTHING?

No, nothing yet.
I'm thinking we do

A WHITETAIL DEER
DISTRESS CALL.

LET'S SEE IF THAT
BRINGS ANYTHING IN.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT MY EYES
ON THE SKY HERE.

THAT'S A TERRIFYING NOISE
SHE'S CALLING OUT.

WE CAN ONLY GUESS
HOW TO CURATE A MENU

FOR THE SO-CALLED JERSEY DEVIL.

WHILE A RODENT CALL MIGHT DRAW
ON PREDATORY BIRDS,

THIS WOUNDED DEER CALL COULD
ATTRACT SOMETHING BIGGER

THAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO TANGLE WITH IN THE DARK,

LIKE A 400-POUND BLACK BEAR.

JESS...THE WOODS JUST GOT
SUPER QUIET AROUND HERE.

YEAH, I NOTICED.
IT'S QUIET OVER HERE, TOO.

That tells me

SOMETHING IS EITHER HERE

OR SOMETHING COULD BE
HEADED THIS WAY.

OH!

JESS, I JUST HAD
SOMETHING FLYING OVERHEAD.

OK, I'M LOOKING.
I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING.

WHAT WAS THAT?

WHAT'S UP WITH JESS?
COME ON!

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMETHING FLEW
RIGHT OVER ME.

WHAT THE HECK?

I'M GOING TO CHECK
THE THERMAL CAMERA.

MAYBE IT'S STILL HERE.

NOTHING.

WHATEVER FLEW ABOVE JESS'S HEAD

SEEMS TO BE GONE NOW.

KIND OF SOUNDED
LIKE IT WENT BACK HERE.

IS THIS WHERE YOU HAD
THE LOW-LIGHT CAMERA?

I PUT IT OVER HERE.

MAYBE LET'S TRY TO CUT...
THIS AREA.

YEAH. SEE? RIGHT THERE.
CHECK THAT OUT.

THERE. YOU SEE IT?WOW.

RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS LIKE A WING.

GO BACK WITH THE TIME.

THAT'S A WING.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE A WING.

IF THERE ARE MOSQUITOES
FLYING AROUND YOU,

BATS ARE KNOWN TO FLY RIGHT BY
YOU TO PICK THOSE UP.

IT WAS DEFINITELY LARGE,
LARGER THAN A BAT.

WHATEVER JUST SCARED YOU,
THAT COULD BE THE THING

THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING
THE JERSEY DEVIL.

AND WE HAVE SOMETHING
ON TAPE.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST
KEEP THIS THING ROLLING,

DO A FEW MORE CALLS,
JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE CONTINUE SENDING OUT
MORE VIRTUAL CALLS,

BUT THINGS STAY QUIET.

THE FOOTAGE WE MANAGE TO CAPTURE
IS A FRUSTRATING NEAR-MISS

OF WHATEVER THE HELL
FLEW OVER MY HEAD,

AND WHATEVER IT WAS,
I'M CERTAIN IT WAS NO BAT

BECAUSE,
WHILE I COULDN'T SEE IT,

I COULD DEFINITELY TELL IT
WAS SOMETHING EXTREMELY LARGE.

I'M JUST SO PISSED
THAT IT DIDN'T JUST LAND

ON THE TOP OF THAT LEDGE

SO THAT WE COULD GET
A PICTURE OF IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE THAT EASY, JESS.

AT THE END OF A LONG NIGHT,
I'M CERTAIN OF TWO THINGS.

ONE, SOMETHING SCARED THE CRAP
OUT OF JESS,

AND TWO, THERE ARE BATS
ALL OVER THESE WOODS.

I RECORDED SOME OF THEM
ON MY THERMAL CAMERA.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT IS
WHAT JESS ENCOUNTERED OUT HERE,

THOUGH SHE'S CONVINCED
IT WAS MUCH LARGER

THAN ANY BAT NATIVE
TO THIS AREA.

SO AS A NEW DAY DAWNS,
WE MEET UP WITH BRUCE,

WHO TAKES US BACK
TO CIVILIZATION

SO WE CAN EACH SCARE UP
SOME NEW LEADS.

ALL RIGHT, BACK TO
THE MARINA WE GO. HOLD ON.

BRUCE CLAIMED TO HAVE
HEARD A MONSTROUS CALL

IN THE WOODS,
AND BASED ON LAST NIGHT,

JESS BELIEVES THERE COULD BE
A LARGE WINGED CRYPTID

THAT INHABITS THE PINES.

AFTER HITTING THE PHONES
ALL DAY,

JESS HAS MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN
ANOTHER EYEWITNESS

THAT BELIEVES SHE ACTUALLY SAW
THE JERSEY DEVIL

WITH HER OWN TWO EYES.

MEANWHILE, PHIL HEADS TO THE
NEW JERSEY WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

AND EDUCATION CENTER
TO FOLLOW UP ON HIS THEORY

THAT THE LEGENDARY JERSEY DEVIL

IS NOTHING MORE THAN SOME
KIND OF MISIDENTIFIED BAT.

HEY, YOU MUST BE PHIL.

YES. JUDGING BY
ALL THE BATS I'M SEEING HERE,

I'M GUESSING
I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
YOU'RE IN THE BAT CAVE.

JOE D'ANGELI, THE DIRECTOR
AND CURATOR OF THE CENTER,

HAS BEEN STUDYING BATS
FOR OVER 25 YEARS

AND IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST
EXPERTS ON NATIVE BAT SPECIES

IN THE PINE BARRENS.

I AM SURE NEW JERSEY IS ACTUALLY
LOOKING INTO THE JERSEY DEVIL.

ANYBODY IN NEW JERSEY HAS TO BE
FAMILIAR WITH THE JERSEY DEVIL,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK
WITH BATS.

YEAH, AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT
THERE'S LIKE

A 10 FOOT HORSE-HEADED
JERSEY DEVIL FLYING AROUND?

NO, THERE'S NO BATS THERE
THAT BIG, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING

COULD BE OVEREXAGGERATED,

ESPECIALLY WITH BATS,
BECAUSE THEY'RE

ONE OF THE ANIMALS THAT YOU LOVE
OR YOU'RE AFRAID OF.

SO THE JERSEY DEVIL,
THAT LURE, THE STORY,

EVERYTHING BEHIND IT,
IT'S MYSTERIOUS ENOUGH,

AND THEN ADD IN
THE BAT FACTOR--

OF COURSE, IT'S ALMOST
SOMETHING OUT OF A NIGHTMARE.

THE LEGEND OF THE DEVIL
THAT INHABITS THESE PINE BARRENS

HAS INSPIRED FEAR
IN THIS REGION FOR CENTURIES,

AND SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND
THAT FEAR ITSELF

CAN DISTORT OUR PERCEPTIONS

IN 2016,
RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED

THAT PEOPLE WITH A FEAR
OF SPIDERS,

IN THIS CASE TARANTULAS,

ACTUALLY ESTIMATED THAT THEY
WERE THREE TIMES LARGER

THAN THEY REALLY WERE.

SO IF A PERSON SEES A LARGE BAT

FLYING OVERHEAD
IN THE PINE BARRENS,

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A FEARFUL
RESPONSE COULD ACTUALLY

TRANSFORM THAT SAME BAT
INTO A GIANT WINGED MONSTER.

NOW, SPEAKING OF BATS,
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH

THAT COULD BE MISTAKEN
FOR THE JERSEY DEVIL?

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.

OK.

WHILE PHIL HANGS
WITH THE BATMAN,

I'M SPEAKING WITH EYEWITNESS
MEGAN ZALINKA,

WHO JUST DAYS AGO
HAD WHAT SHE SAYS WAS

A FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER
WITH THE JERSEY DEVIL,

AND WHATEVER SHE SAW,

IT COULD BE
THE SAME LARGE CREATURE

THAT SWOOPED PAST ME
IN THE WOODS THE OTHER NIGHT.

SO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

MY MOM WAS DRIVING AND I WAS
IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

WE WERE GOING HOME,
AND I KIND OF LIKE GLANCED UP

AND CROUCHING
ON THE EAVES OF THE HOUSE

WAS LIKE SOMETHING HUGE
LOOKING DIRECTLY AT ME.

AND THEN WE PASSED IT.

I GLANCED BEHIND AND YELLED
AT MY MOM TO TURN AROUND.

BUT BY THEN IT
WAS ALREADY GONE.

WHAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA
THAT THIS THING WAS SO BIG?

THEY HAD A CHIMNEY
ON THE ROOF.

IT WAS PROBABLY TWICE
THE SIZE OF THE CHIMNEY.

BACK AT THE BAT CAVE,

I'M HAVING A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
OF MY OWN,

SO, THESE, PHIL...

WHOA!

...ARE OUR BIG, BIG BATS.

YEAH, THAT IS HUGE!

THESE ARE THE FLYING FOXES.

THESE ARE SOME OF
THE BIGGEST BATS IN THE WORLD.

WOW!

YOU CAN REALLY SEE
WHEN THEY EXTEND THEIR FRONT ARM

HOW GIANT THEY WOULD BE
WHEN THEY'RE IN FLIGHT.

THIS IS DEFINITELY MEGA
OF THE MEGA BAT FAMILY.

YEAH. OK,
NOW WE'RE TALKING.

OK, YOU'RE OK.
YOU'RE OK.

WOW! BEAUTIFUL.

HUGE ANIMAL.
YEAH, I SAID YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

AND THAT FACE, THAT'S NOT
WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM A BAT.

NO, MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT THINK
OF A BAT AS CUTE OR CUDDLY.

YEAH. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE
IF PEOPLE

IN THE 1700s
HERE IN NEW JERSEY,

LIKE, IF THEY SAW
THIS FLYING AROUND,

THEY WOULD
JUST THINK IT'S A DEVIL.

YEAH. I MEAN THEIR LATIN
NAME MONSTROSUS

BASICALLY SIGNIFIES THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING MONSTROUS.

WOW.

WHILE THE FLYING FOX
IS LIVING PROOF

THAT BATS DEFINITELY COME
IN SIZE EXTRA LARGE,

THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.

THIS IS A WARM CLIMATE SPECIES

AND SIMPLY NOT ABLE TO SURVIVE
THE HARSH WINTERS HERE.

SO THIS SANCTUARY IS
THE ONLY PLACE IN NEW JERSEY

WHERE YOU'LL FIND THEM.

SORRY, FLYING FOX,
BUT YOU ARE NOT

THE JERSEY DEVIL.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT WE COULD STILL

BE LOOKING
AT SOME UNUSUAL BAT?

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER
THAN PEOPLE ARE USED TO HERE.

THAT COULD EXPLAIN
THE SIGHTINGS TODAY.

MY TEAM IS INVESTIGATING
THE JERSEY DEVIL,

AND PHIL IS GOING BATTY
OVER A NEW WINGED SUSPECT,

IF THEY SAW THIS
FLYING AROUND,

THEY WOULD JUST THINK
IT'S A DEVIL.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY

THAT WE COULD STILL BE
LOOKING AT SOME UNUSUAL BAT?

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER
THAN PEOPLE ARE USED TO HERE.

THAT COULD EXPLAIN
THE SIGHTINGS TODAY.

SURE. I MEAN, ANYTHING
IS POSSIBLE.

THEY'RE VERY
RESILIENT ANIMALS.

THEY CAN FIND WAYS OF FINDING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD.

THEY ARE EXCELLENT
AT ADAPTING.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME KIND
OF LARGE UNIDENTIFIED

OR MUTANT BAT SPECIES
HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT

AND HAS YET TO BE DISCOVERED
IN THE VAST PINE BARRENS?

THE EYEWITNESS THAT JESS
HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING

IS CONVINCED WHAT SHE SAW
WAS MORE LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL.

SO THAT WINGED MONSTER
YOU SAW,

WERE YOU ABLE TO GLEAN
ANY DETAILS FROM IT

AT ALL OF WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE?

ITS EYES WERE RED AND GLOWING.
YOU COULD SEE THE WINGS.

THEY WERE LIKE A BAT BECAUSE
I DIDN'T SEE ANY FEATHERS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE WINGS
WERE POINTED AT THE TOP.

YOU KNOW LIKE A GARGOYLE
SITS LIKE WITH ITS ARMS

IN FRONT OF ITS LIKE LEGS

WHEN IT SITS ON TOP OF
LIKE THE CATHEDRAL.

IT KIND OF
REMINDED ME OF THAT.

WERE YOU FREAKING OUT?

I WAS. I FEEL LIKE IT COULD
REALLY TEAR YOU APART.

AND THIS AREA THAT YOU WERE
DRIVING THROUGH,

IS IT A SUBURBAN AREA?
IS IT NEARBY ANY WOODS?

IT'S RIGHT. LIKE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PINELANDS.

OK, SO WE COULD HAVE TAKEN OFF
AND GONE ANYWHERE

AND BE HIDDEN RIGHT AWAY.

YEAH.

INTERESTING,

ACCORDING TO MEGAN,

THE LARGE CREATURE SHE SAW
HAD THE WINGS OF A BAT,

SO I CAN SEE
WHY PEOPLE LIKE PHIL

MIGHT JUMP ON THE BATWAGON.

BUT THE FACT IS, BATS DON'T HAVE
GLOWING RED EYES.

AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
IN THIS STATE,

THEY DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE

TO THE SIZE OF THE CREATURE
SHE WITNESSED.

SO PHIL AND I MEET BACK UP,
AND WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS.

WE'RE HOPING JOSH CAN POINT US
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

JESS AND PHIL, HOW ARE YA?

GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GREAT.
HOW'S THE INVESTIGATION?

IT'S BEEN PRETTY CRAZY.

I ACTUALLY HAD A POSSIBLE
ENCOUNTER WITH THE JERSEY DEVIL.

WAIT, WHAT?

YEAH, WE WERE OUT
BY THESE RUINS.

I WAS SENDING OUT THESE DEER
DISTRESS CALLS,

AND RIGHT THEN SOMETHING
SWOOPED DOWN PAST MY FACE.

DID YOU GET
A GOOD LOOK AT IT?

NO, BUT I DO THINK WE GOT SOMETHING

WORTH CHECKING OUT ON CAMERA.

PHIL, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THIS?

JUST ABSOLUTELY
ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING.

I JUST DON'T KNOW
QUITE WHAT IT WAS.

NOW, MY THEORY, BASED ON WHAT
WE'VE SEEN OUT HERE,

IS THAT THE JERSEY DEVIL
COULD BE A BAT.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND
OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES

OR MIGRANT SPECIES
THAT SHOWS UP

IN NEW JERSEY
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

AND KIND OF THOSE PEOPLE OFF
AND SWOOPS JESS'S HEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO DISAGREE.

THIS THING
THAT FLEW OVER ME FELT HUGE.

NOT LIKE JUST ONE TINY
LITTLE BAT SWINGING ON BY.

IT WAS SIGNIFICANT.

PHIL, LAST TIME I CHECKED,
THERE ARE NO HUGE,

MONSTER-SIZED BATS
IN NEW JERSEY. RIGHT?

I GOT TO SAY,
THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT NATURE HAS A WAY OF
SURPRISING US ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, SURE,
COULD BE ANYTHING.

COULD BE A MUTANT BAT
FOR ALL WE KNOW.

BUT LET'S SAY YOU ARE RIGHT.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN WRANGLE

SOME TECH FOR YOU GUYS
TO SEND OUT THERE

TO HELP YOU IN IDENTIFYING
THE SPECIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

- GREAT.
- SOUNDS GOOD.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

AND REMEMBER, IF SOMETHING
SWOOPS DOWN TO ATTACK,

YOU JUST KEEP FILMING.

- WILL DO.
- WE'RE ON IT.

AS A BIOLOGIST, I KNOW
THAT EVERY BIG ANIMAL

NEEDS THREE THINGS TO SURVIVE--
SHELTER, FOOD AND WATER.

SHELTER AND FOOD
ARE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

BUT A WATER SOURCE THAT REACHES

THE DEEP INTERIOR
OF THE PINE BARRENS,

THAT CAN ONLY BE
THE MULLICA RIVER.

OUR PLAN IS TO NAVIGATE
TO ITS MOST REMOTE AREA

WHERE WE'LL DEPLOY SOME VERY
COOL NEW TECH WE GOT FROM JOSH.

AND IN JERSEY, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO TRAVEL ON THE WATER.

CUE THE DRUM AND BASS.

ALL RIGHT!

THESE BABIES CAME WITH A COUPON

FOR A FREE SPRAY TAN
AND A SLICE OF PIZZA.

NOW THIS IS HOW YOU GET AROUND
THE PINE BARRENS.

LET'S GO HERE!

THROUGH THAT
LITTLE WOOD THING?

- YEAH.
- SUN'S GOING DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW
IF WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THIS.

- WE'RE SO CLOSE.
- ALL RIGHT.

THESE JET-SKIS AREN'T JUST FOR
THE GYM TAN LAUNDRY CROWD,

THEIR FLAT BOTTOM HULLS
MAKE THEM THE ONLY VIABLE WAY

TO TRAVEL
DEEP INTO THE SHALLOW INLETS

THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH.

HEY, HERE'S A GOOD SPOT.

I LIKE IT.

AFTER AN HOUR OF NAVIGATING
A MAZE OF SMALL TRIBUTARIES,

WE FIND THE IDEAL SPOT
TO SET UP CAMP.

OK, WELL,

IF MY HYPOTHESIS IS CORRECT

AND THE JERSEY DEVIL IS
ACTUALLY SOME SORT OF BAT,

I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING
I CAN TO ATTRACT IT TO US.

- OK.
- SO HERE'S THE PLAN.

LARGE BATS ESSENTIALLY
EAT ONE OF TWO THINGS,

ONE OF THEM BEING INSECTS.

SO WE GOT THIS REALLY BRIGHT
LIGHT SHINING OVER THE STREAM.

IT'S ALREADY BRINGING
IN TONS OF BUGS.

MY HOPE IS THAT THE BATS
WILL SEE THEIR FOOD SOURCE

AND COME IN, GET A MEAL
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPOT THEM.

- OK.
- OTHER THING

THAT LARGE BATS LIKE TO EAT
IS FRUIT.

WHEN I LIVED IN THE AMAZON,

WE WOULD HAVE BIG BUSHELS
OF BANANAS HANGING BY OUR BASE

AND EVERY SINGLE MORNING,

THERE'D BE BIG CHUNKS
TAKEN OUT OF IT BY BATS.

SO I'M GOING TO HANG THIS UP
IN A TREE

AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS,
MAYBE IT'LL BRING IN SOMETHING.

OK.

AND THIS IS WHERE
JOSH'S TECH COMES IN.

THIS IS A ECHOLOCATION
HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND SENSOR.

I CAN PLUG THIS THING
DIRECTLY INTO MY PHONE.

AND WHEN IT LISTENS,
IT CAN NOT ONLY DETECT BATS,

BUT IT CAN ALSO TELL ME
WHAT SPECIES IS FLYING OVERHEAD.

OK. THAT ACTUALLY
IS REALLY COOL.

RIGHT? THIS IS LIKE
MY FAVORITE TOY EVER.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

AND I'LL BE LISTENING
TONIGHT, TOO,

WITH THE PARABOLIC MIC.

BECAUSE I'VE USED THIS IN
THE JUNGLE TO RECORD BIRD CALLS,

FROG CALLS,
THAT SORT OF THING.

THOSE THINGS ARE POWERFUL.

HAVE YOU USED
ONE OF THESE BEFORE?

- YEAH.
- FOR WHAT?

BIGFOOT.

OF COURSE YOU HAVE.

I HEARD HIM, TOO.

OF COURSE YOU DID.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

BETWEEN THE HIGH TECH
AND THE LOW TECH,

WE GOT TO GET
SOMETHING TONIGHT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS,
WALKIE ME.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S
LISTEN TO SOME BATS.

LOOK AT THAT.
CHECK THAT OUT.

EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT SEEING
ANY BATS FLYING BY,

THIS THING IS DETECTING THEM.

THERE, JUST HAPPENED AGAIN.
THIS SAYS LITTLE BROWN BAT.

SO THERE'S SOME BAT
FLYING AROUND.

OK, THIS LOOKS LIKE
A GOOD PLACE TO START.

THIS PARABOLIC MICROPHONE

CAN DETECT EVEN THE FAINTEST
OF SOUNDS UP TO 500 FEET AWAY.

I AM HEARING SO MUCH STUFF
ON THIS THING.

HUH, IT'S DETECTING A BAT,

BUT IT'S SAYING
"NO MATCHES FOUND."

SEE? LOOK AT THAT.

THAT MEANS THEY CAN'T I.D.
WHAT IT JUST HEARD.

COULD JUST BE AN ANOMALY

OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING
WEIRD FLYING AROUND HERE.

OH, JUST HAPPENED AGAIN.

I BETTER GET A CAMERA SET UP
ON THIS TREELINE.

THESE ANOMALOUS READINGS
ONLY STRENGTHEN MY THEORY

THAT A LARGE
UNIDENTIFIED BAT SPECIES

COULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR JERSEY DEVIL SIGHTINGS.

SO I'M DEPLOYING THE SAME
SPECIAL LOW LIGHT CAMERA

THAT WE USED THE OTHER NIGHT.

HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WE'LL GET A
COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE CREATURE

THAT HAS BEEN TERRORIZING
THIS LAND FOR OVER 300 YEARS

AND PUT THIS LEGEND TO REST
ONCE AND FOR ALL.

AND RECORDING.

SEE IF WE GET ANYTHING.

WHAT WAS THAT?

I HEARD SOME RUSTLING
THROUGH THE TREES,

SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED
LIKE FLAPPING,

LIKE SOMETHING TAKING OFF.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET A CLOSER
LOOK AT WHAT MADE THAT SOUND.

WHOA!

CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL CREATURES HAVE
ALWAYS CAPTURED OUR IMAGINATIONS

AND WE'LL PAY HARD-EARNED MONEY

FOR THE CHANCE
TO GET A LOOK AT THEM.

AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
HUCKSTERS AND SHOWMEN

HAVE TAKEN NOTE,
SUCH AS P.T. BARNUM,

THE LEGENDARY PROMOTER
AND FOUNDER

OF THE BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS,
THE WORLD FAMOUS SPECTACLE

DUBBED "THE GREATEST SHOW
ON EARTH."

IN THE 1840s, BARNUM DREW CROWDS
WITH THE PROMISE

OF CATCHING A GLIMPSE
OF A REAL-LIFE MERMAID,

ONE OF HIS MOST
ELABORATE HOAXES.

SURE, IT WAS REALLY JUST
THE UPPER BODY OF A MONKEY,

SEWED TO THE TAIL OF A FISH.

BUT HEY, THE FIJI MERMAID HELPED
PUT BARNUM ON THE MAP.

THEN IN 1911,
ANOTHER GROUP IN PHILADELPHIA

WANTED TO CASH IN
ON A FAMOUS CREATURE

THAT WAS CAUSING LOCAL HYSTERIA,

THE JERSEY DEVIL.
MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF IT.

THEY PAINTED GREEN STRIPES
ON A KANGAROO

AND SLAPPED SOME FAKE WINGS
ON ITS BACK.

QUITE THE COOKED-UP CURIOSITY.

AS TO THE CREATURE
THAT INSPIRED IT,

WELL, THAT'S THE REAL MYSTERY.

PHIL, I GOT IT.
IT'S OVER HERE IN THE TREES.

OK, I'M GONNA HEAD YOUR WAY.

TURN OFF YOUR LIGHT.
TURN OFF YOUR LIGHT.

- WHAT?
- TURN OFF YOUR LIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO SCARE IT OFF.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

SOMETHING SWOOP IN,
LAND IN THESE BRANCHES,

AND JUST KIND OF
RUSTLE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK?

PRETTY CLOSE.
I'M GONNA SNEAK UP.

OH!

OK, WE WERE CLOSE.

OK.

HOLY...

WHAT...WAS THAT?

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
RIGHT HERE.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.

YEAH, I'M NOT HEARING
ANYTHING EITHER.

THIS IS THE ONE TIME
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU

THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OWL
BECAUSE OWLS FLY SILENTLY.

SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE
PICKED IT UP.

SO MAD WE DIDN'T
GET VISUAL ON IT.

BECAUSE IF YOU SEE EYESHINE,

THAT CAN TELL YOU
SO MUCH ABOUT IT.

WHETHER IT'S A MAMMAL,
IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A BAT,

ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WHAT DO WE DO?

NOW THAT THERE'S RAIN,

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING
TO MAKE IT REALLY HARD

TO PICK OUT
A SINGULAR SOUND.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF ALL JUST LIKE
WHITE NOISE AT THIS POINT,

JUST HITTING
ALL THE RAINDROPS.

SO WHATEVER IT WAS HERE,
WE'VE PROBABLY SPOOKED ENOUGH

THAT IT'S NOT GOING
TO COME BACK.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING
TO GET A SECOND CHANCE

TO GET CLOSE TO IT,
BUT WERE CLOSE.

SO CLOSE.

I FEEL LIKE WE JUST ALMOST
SNUCK UP ON THIS THING.

YEAH.

DAMN.

I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN
WHAT JESS HEARD IN THE TREES,

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW
IS THAT MY SENSOR DETECTED

SOME KIND OF BAT FLYING AROUND,

BUT IT WASN'T ABLE
TO IDENTIFY IT.

HUH. IT COULD BE SOMETHING
WEIRD FLYING AROUND HERE.

SO DOES THAT ADD WEIGHT
TO MY THEORY

THAT THE JERSEY DEVIL
IS SOME KIND OF MYSTERIOUS

BAT SPECIES THAT'S COME
TO INHABIT THESE WOODS?

AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT
AND HOW DID IT GET HERE?

WE FOUND HISTORIAN AND JERSEY
DEVIL EXPERT TOM HANSON.

- HI.
- HI. WELCOME.

...WHO HAS NOT ONLY STUDIED
THE LEGEND FOR OVER A DECADE,

BUT ALSO BELIEVES HE KNOWS
WHAT THE JERSEY DEVIL REALLY IS.

AND IT MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN
THE STRANGE READINGS

I WAS GETTING ON
THE BAT DETECTOR.

HISTORY BOOKS ACTUALLY SHOW
THAT THERE WAS A MOTHER LEEDS

WHO HAD 13 CHILDREN, AND
HER HUSBAND WAS DANIEL LEEDS,

WHO THIS IS ALL
FOCUSED AROUND.

HE WAS A QUAKER, BUT HE DIDN'T
GET ALONG WITH THE QUAKERS

BECAUSE HE PUBLISHED
THE "AMERICAN ALMANACK,"

WHICH HAD SOME RISQUE
THINGS IN THERE

THAT THE QUAKERS DIDN'T LIKE.
SO THEY TOLD HIM TO STOP.

TURNS OUT DANIEL LEEDS REFUSED.

THEN IN 1728, THE LEEDS CHANGED
THE COVER OF THE ALMANAC

TO INCLUDE
THE LEEDS FAMILY CREST

THAT INCORPORATES A STRANGE
CREATURE WITH BAT WINGS

THAT ARE EERILY SIMILAR
TO DESCRIPTIONS

OF THE JERSEY DEVIL.

SO HE PUTS THESE BATS
THAT LOOK LIKE DEVILS,

AND THAT WAS A SHOT
AT THE QUAKERS.

AND THEN BEN FRANKLIN
COMES ALONG.

WAIT, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?

THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
THE FOUNDING FATHER

FROM PHILADELPHIA,
AND HE WAS A QUAKER.

AND HE BEGINS TO SAY THAT
THE LEEDS FAMILY IS...

BECAUSE THEY'RE IN LEAGUE
WITH THE DEVIL.

SO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE
JUST RUMORS AROUND THIS TOWN

THAT THE LEEDS FAMILY
WAS DEVIL WORSHIPING

WITH A BAT ON THE FAMILY CREST.

YOU COMBINE THOSE THINGS.

IS THAT THE FORMULA
TO MAKE A JERSEY DEVIL?

ABSOLUTELY.

HOWEVER, CAN ALL
THESE PEOPLE BE WRONG?

WHEREVER THERE'S
A LITTLE SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE.

THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.
- WHAT IS IT?

I THINK THE JERSEY DEVIL
WAS WHAT WE CALL

THE HAMMERHEAD BAT.

- I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BAT.
- I GOT TO SEE THIS.

WHEN WE PULL UP PICTURES
OF THE HAMMERHEADED BAT...

LOOK AT THAT FACE.
IT IS SO BIZARRE LOOKING.

OH, MY GOD.

THE SIMILARITIES ARE STRIKING
TO THE DESCRIPTIONS

OF THE JERSEY DEVIL.

HUGE WINGS,
HUGE BULBOUS HEAD.

LOOKS KIND OF
LIKE A HORSE'S HEAD.

IT'S ABOUT THIS HIGH

GAH! NO!

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IF I SAW THAT IN A TREE,
I'D BE LIKE, WHAT THE

THE HAMMERHEADED BAT

IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BATS
IN THE WORLD,

WITH A WINGSPAN
OF OVER THREE FEET,

MALES HAVE ELONGATED
HORSE-LIKE HEADS

THAT SOME HAVE DESCRIBED AS
THE SPITTING IMAGE OF A DEVIL.

THEY'RE NOCTURNAL FEEDERS
AND PRODUCE EXTREMELY LOUD

AND TERRIFYING CALLS.

BUT LIKE OTHER LARGE
MEGA BAT SPECIES,

THEY ARE NOT NATIVE
TO THE UNITED STATES.

PROBLEM IS, THESE ARE BATS
FROM AFRICA.

- RIGHT?
- SO HOW DO THEY GET HERE?

SO WHAT THEY DID WAS WHEN ALL
THE SAILING VESSELS

FROM THE 1600s, 1700s, 1800s
WERE BRINGING THINGS OVER,

THEY WERE COMING UP
FROM MULLICA RIVER.

THEY WOULD
UNLOAD THEIR GOODS,

AND THE BATS
WOULD BE INSIDE THE SHIPS.

THE BATS WOULD STOW AWAY.

WOW!

AND THEN THE BATS
WOULD GET LOOSE IN OUR AREA

AND THEY WOULD FLY UP
AND DOWN LOOKING FOR FOOD.

NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE A BAT
WITH THREE FOOT WINGS

FLYING OVERHEAD,
WITH A MOON BEHIND IT?

IN NEW JERSEY.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY
LOOK LIKE A DEVIL TO YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

- GEEZ.
- WOW.

WE'VE USED THE HISTORIC
MULLICA RIVER

OURSELVES TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE
REMOTE PART OF THE PINE BARRENS,

WHERE BOTH JESS
AND A RECENT EYEWITNESS

HAD A STRANGE ENCOUNTER WITH
A LARGE, UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE.

THAT WATERWAY WAS A BUSTLING
TRADE ROUTE

WITH SHIPS PACKED WITH CARGO
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MAY HAVE
INCLUDED A STRANGE

WINGED CREATURE FROM AFRICA

THAT JUST SO HAPPENS
TO LOOK STRIKINGLY SIMILAR

TO EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE JERSEY DEVIL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE EVIDENCE WE GOT?

NEW JERSEY SURPRISED ME.

I MEAN, YOU GOT A WEIRD READING
ON THE BAT DETECTOR.

YOU HEARD WEIRD NOISES.

WE'VE SEEN STUFF
KIND OF FLYING BY CAMERA.

ALL THAT POINTS TO SOMETHING
UNUSUAL FLYING AROUND HERE.

AND I THINK
IT IS ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE

THAT THE HAMMERHEADED BAT
CAN BE THE JERSEY DEVIL.

IT HOLDS UP TO SCIENCE,
IT HOLDS UP TO HISTORY,

AND IT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION
SO WELL.

I AGREE WITH YOU.
I REALLY LIKE THAT THEORY.

SOMETHING'S OUT HERE
SCARING PEOPLE.

YEAH.
I MEAN, SCARED US, TOO.

THE MONSTERS THAT LURK
IN THE DARKEST CORNERS

OF OUR MINDS OFTEN MANIFEST
THEMSELVES IN THE REAL WORLD,

300 YEARS AGO,

A RUMOR WAS SPREAD TO DEMONIZE
AN ENTIRE FAMILY TREE.

COMBINE THAT
WITH THE POSSIBILITY

OF AN UNDENIABLY STRANGE
WINGED CREATURE HITCHING A RIDE

FROM AN EXOTIC CORNER
OF THE WORLD...

WELL, PERHAPS

THE TEAM'S SUSPICIONS
ARE CORRECT.

SEE? RIGHT THERE.
CHECK THAT OUT.

DID THE MYSTERIOUS
WING THEY CAPTURED ON CAMERA

IN THE HEART OF THE FOREST TRULY
BELONG TO A GIANT AFRICAN BAT?

IT DOES LOOK LIKE A WING.

AND WAS IT THE SAME
UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE

THAT PHIL'S TECH DETECTED
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT?

COULD BE SOMETHING WEIRD
FLYING AROUND HERE.

THIS BOLD NEW THEORY LINES UP

WITH DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE MONSTER.

AND IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT
THESE BATS MAY HAVE PROVIDED

A POWERFUL BASIS
FOR THE STORY OF THE DEVIL.

BUT WHEN IT COMES
TO THE MODERN SIGHTINGS,

IT ISN'T ENTIRELY CASE CLOSED.

JUST LIKE THE FLYING FOX,
THE HAMMERHEADED BAT

WOULD BE UNABLE
TO SURVIVE THE WINTER HERE.

AS DR. IAN MALCOLM
FROM JURASSIC PARK

ONCE NOTED, THOUGH,
"LIFE FINDS A WAY."

COULD THESE BATS HAVE
SOMEHOW ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE,

OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE HERE?

AS LONG AS PEOPLE REPORT
TERRIFYING ENCOUNTERS

IN THE PINE BARRENS,

THE LEGEND OF THE JERSEY DEVIL
WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE FLIGHT.

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