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-Oh, big splash up ahead.
-What?

[Josh] My team embarks
on a journey into the wild
Peruvian Amazon.

Holy [bleep] we got
a venomous snake here.

[Josh] On the hunt
for a legend
of monstrous proportions.

Probably 30 meters.

That's 90 feet.

Huge, like this.

[Josh] But witnesses say
this super-sized beast
is not only real,

it's on the attack.

How long would I have
before it squeezed me
to death?

-30 seconds.
-Ah, [bleep]

While your heart
is still beating,
they swallow you slowly.

[Josh] Phil and Jess
hunt for clues...

[Phil] Oh [bleep]
we got eye shine.

-Swim up, grab you
and drag you under.
-[Phil] Yeah.

[Josh] Deep in the territory
of the jungle's
deadliest creatures.

[Jess] What, he just got bit?
Oh, my God. You're bleeding.

[Phil] That is the most
painful sting in the Amazon.

That is what I call
an ambush predator.

-[Jess] Holy [bleep]
-[snake hissing]

[Josh reading]

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.

[Phil speaking]

[Josh] Jessica Chobot's
paranormal research
has made her a true believer.

If you're here with us,
knock again.

[Josh] Together
we're searching for answers...

[Phil]
What is happening here, Jess?

[Josh] ...to the world's
most extraordinary mysteries.

This isExpedition X.

Jess, Phil,
for your next investigation

I am sending you
to what is without a doubt

the wildest place
in the world.

We're going to Vegas, baby!

-Different kind of wild.
-[groans]

Phil, you're familiar
with the Amazon Rainforest?

-Oh, no.
-Oh, yes.

Oh, man. I can feel
the insect bites now.

I spent the last ten years
working on conservation
research projects down there.

And you're right. It is wild.

Huge areas of it haven't been
properly mapped yet.

There's new species
being found all the time.
Let's go!

What gets me excited to go
to the Amazon is it's known
as the birthplace

to so many amazing
legendary creatures.

To that end, locals
in the Peruvian part
of the Amazon claim

that there is a creature
living deep in the rainforest

that has not been
identified by science.

They say it's huge
and it's on a rampage.

The Amazon river basin
spreads across eight
South American countries

and covers over
two million square miles.

An area nearly the size
of Australia.

In parts of the Amazon,
the tree canopy is so think

that only 1%
of sunlight penetrates
to the forest floor.

And below that dark canopy
live some of the world's
most dangerous animals.

Poisonous frogs,
venomous giant centipedes,

deadly vipers
like the fer-de-lance.

And in the river,
electric eels that can
generate 800 volts,

enough to stun
and potentially kill a human.

Not to mention schools
of deadly piranhas.

And those are just
the creatures we know about.

The Rainforest is always
revealing new,
unclassified wildlife.

[shouting]

[Josh] Early 1500s.

When the Spanish invade Peru,
the indigenous tribes
tell terrifying stories

of a powerful,
predatory serpent.

It's said to be 100 feet long
with a large, triangular head,

fiery dark orange stripes,
glowing eyes

and menacing fangs.

The locals call the beast
Yacumama or Water Mother.

She stalks the forest,
bringing rain,
thunder and lightning

and sucking up any creature
that comes within 100 paces.

1906, famed British explorer
Colonel Percy Fawcett mounts
an unprecedented expedition

to map the Amazon.

Fawcett documents encounters
with strange beasts,

including huge snakes.

Savage ape men called Maricoxi

and spiders the size
of dinner plates.

And perhaps most notably,
a monstrous serpent.

Many of Fawcett's
contemporaries don't believe
his wild claims.

But the reports of a giant
reptilian river predator
persist for nearly a century.

August, 1997.

In the village of Nueva Tacna,

a few miles from the Amazonian
port of Iquitos,

locals report hearing
a loud rumbling
coming from the jungle

just before something
massive emerges,

uprooting trees and leaving
a trail of destruction
on its way to the river.

As it drops into the water,
the resulting
whirlpool is said

to have taken down
several nearby fishing boats.

2009, in two
separate incidents
on the outskirts of Iquitos,

witnesses report
a massive black serpent

with eyes
resembling boat lights

wreaking havoc,
destroying homes
and vegetation.

Now, those reports
of a large monster
lurking in and near the river

are surfacing again.

Locals say their livestock
is being snatched at night
and dragged into the water.

A mystery beast is stalking
Peruvian villages
along the Amazon.

And some are saying
Yacumama is back.

So what about you?
Did you run into any Yacumamas

when you were down
in the Amazon?

I did not see any Yacumama.

-But you've heard
of this story?
-Yes.

They really treat this legend
with a lot of respect.

But I can't really imagine
what could be

destroying people's homes
or sinking boats.

Snatching livestock, sure.
There are some absolutely
massive reptiles,

like the black caiman
that are known to eat deer.

Yeah, but you said yourself
that the Amazon is home

to countless
undiscovered species.

So why not a gigantic serpent?

Why not? And so, your mission,
Amazon explorers,
is to get down to Peru

and talk to locals
along the River.

See if you can figure out
what's terrorizing
these people.

Could there be some sort of
unidentified massive serpent?

Or Phil, can you come up
with another explanation

for what these witnesses
are claiming?

So we're going
on a jungle cruise!

Ooh, does that make me
The Rock?

-No, you're still
the nerdy scientist, Phil.
-Fine.

-Good luck, guys.
-Thanks.

[Josh] Phil and Jess fly
more than 3,600 miles
from New York to Lima, Peru.

From there,
it's another 630 miles
on a flight to Iquitos.

A city accessible
only by air or water.

This is the gateway
to the Amazon,

where deadly creatures
both big and small
lurk at every turn.

-So, you've been
to Peru before, yeah?
-Yes.

I've worked in Peru for years,

but I have never been
to the Amazon River.

I've been to nearly
every tributary of it,

but the fact that
I get to go see
the Amazon River itself.

-I am so stoked.
-[Jess] That's cool.

[Josh] Founded in 1864,
Iquitos became an major port

for the rubber boom
of the late 19th century.

Today, this isolated city
is home to almost
half a million residents,

and what seems like
a similar number
of moto taxis.

[Phil] Ooh, look at
all this traffic.

[Jess] We head to Masusa Port
where we've arranged to meet
two local fishermen

who've had encounters
with mysterious beasts
in the Amazon.

Roner and Alejandro
have lived here
all their lives.

I asked Phil to have them
tell us their stories

about what they saw
in the River.

[speaking Spanish]

[Roner] These are more
than just stories. These are
our true testimonials.

I went fishing up river
and saw a bunch of snakes,

but then I saw something else
along the water
in the distance

that was much more
massive and aggressive.

It looked like nothing
I'd ever seen before.

Dark orange stripes
on its face
with big, shining eyes.

It was huge. The whole ground
was moving.

[Phil] And when I ask him
about how big
he thought the creature was,

the answer is,
well, astounding.

[Roner] Probably 30 meters
and it looked
about this thick.

He says it was that round
and he thinks it was
about 30 meters.

So that's... That's 60...
No, that's 90 feet.

Alejandro backs up
Roner's size estimation,

because he too claims
he had an encounter
with a similar looking beast

while out fishing
on the River.

[Alejandro]
My father had a gun
and was going to shoot it.

But I told him that would be
a waste of a bullet

because the thing
was just so big.

[Phil] I asked him
if it's possible they saw
a large snake.

Green anacondas around here
can typically grow
to about 18 or 20 feet.

[Roner] We're fishermen.
We've seen every type of snake
in the Amazon.

This was something different.

This was Yacumama.

[both] Yacumama.

[Roner] We've heard
that she has also been seen
by indigenous villagers

in the swamp areas
farther south.

But we both saw her
just off the main river

in a section between
30 to 50 kilometers
from the city.

Alright, let's start there.

-[Phil] Gracias.
-[Jess] Bye.

-[Phil] Is the boat
down there?
-[Jess] Yep.

[Phil] Hola.

[Jess] We quickly
load up our gear

and plot our course
roughly 20 miles upriver.

[Phil] Listos.

[Jess] To a tributary
off the Amazon

where our witnesses
had their encounters

with what they believe
was Yacumama.

We got some hours
on this river, Jess.
You ready?

-I'm ready.
-Alright. Let's do it.

[Phil] The Amazon Rainforest
is the most biodiverse
place on the planet.

You'll find 10%
of all known species here.

Not to mention the countless
species yet to be catalogued.

Out here, you have
to watch every step

because a lot of those animals
are downright deadly

with their ability to strike,
inject venom, constrict,

electrify and carry
lethal diseases.

The Amazon River is home
to 3,000 species of fish

and nearly 400 species
of reptiles.

And if you believe Jess,
one unidentified
queen of the jungle.

[Jess] Yacumama isn't the only
legendary beast in this river.

Tales vary
and some of them are dark,

but the boto is said to be
a dolphin that shapeshifts
into a seductive man.

Like many legends,
there is some truth
behind the tale.

The Amazon's murky waters
are home to a rare,

sometimes aggressive
species of pink river dolphin.

So while we're here,
I'm keeping my eyes peeled

for any
shapeshifting shenanigans.

-[water splashes]
-Ooh.

-Big splash up ahead.
-What? Ooh.

[Phil] After hours
in the boat, we approach
the remote tributary

where the fishermen had
their disturbing sightings.

And we're already seeing
encouraging signs

that something big could be
lurking in these waters.

Just right here.
Tracks, tracks.

-All over that bank actually.
Look at that.
-Yeah, there's a lot.

[Phil] It's capybara?

I believe our witnesses
did run into something
enormous out here.

Something they insist
was not a snake.

But there are plenty of other
real world beasts to fear
in this jungle.

Black caimans are the apex
predators of these parts.

The largest
of the alligator family,

these stealthy, ruthless,
nocturnal carnivores
can grow to 15 feet.

With their powerful jaws,
they'll attack anything

that wanders
into their territory.

And yeah,
that includes humans.

Mammal tracks
on the river bank tell me
there's plenty of food here

to support a whole population
of very big caimans.

Can we pull over right here?

I'm thinking this could be
a good spot to set up
a camera trap.

[Jess] Oh, that's a good idea.

[Phil] With miles of river
and jungle to cover,

we need to be strategic
in the placement
of our 25 cameras.

But we're also
chasing daylight,

so we got to get
some extra eyes up in a hurry.

This is a nice little
natural archway.

With really, really
sharp spines,

so I'm not gonna
put it on this tree.

I'll put it right here.

Holy [bleep]

Holy [bleep]

This is no joke
one of the biggest vipers
I've ever seen in the Amazon.

It's right in the crook
of this tree. A big one.

We've got
a venomous snake here.

-Alright, use the light.
Use the light, Jess.
-Let me see. Let me see.

-Here, let me get
over here by you.
-[bleep]

-[Phil] Oh my God.
-[Jess] Oh, yeah.

Look at that beauty.

-Do you know
what kind that is?
-[bleep]

Not sure from here.
It could be a fer-de-lance.
Looks like bothrops.

-There's a few species
of them around, but wow.
-[snake hisses]

-That is what I call
an ambush predator.
-Good thing you looked.

Just sits and waits
in a little crook
of a tree like that.

The fer-de-lance is the most
dangerous snake
in South America.

Upon attack, this pit viper
releases a necrotizing venom

that's painful
and often deadly.

This is like, 20 steps
into the Amazon Rainforest

and we just found that.

-Something to murder us.
-Is that a good omen
or a bad omen?

-Uh, yes.
-I think it's a good omen.

-Sh... Yes.
-Just don't get bit.

Oh, and that's a bull ant.

-See that big ant right there?
Crawling up the side?
-No. Yes.

-So that is the most painful
sting in the Amazon.
-Great.

[Phil] Essentially
lesson learned.

No one ever lean on trees
or step at the roots of them.

Alright, can you please just
pick a tree to put
that game cam on

-so we can get out of here?
-Yeah.

Yeah, why do you want
to leave here, Jess?

Oh gee. I don't know.
'Cause everything's
trying to kill me?

-It's the most magical place
on the planet.
-Mmm-hmm.

[Jess] Suddenly the 90-foot
beast I'm after
isn't as intimidating

as all the other things
crawling around me.

But I have to stay focused.

To prove Yacumama is out here,

I first need
photographic proof.

-Ooh, do you know
what we should do?
-Hmm?

Point the camera
at the snake...

-Yeah.
-...so we can not only catch
anything passing through here,

but we can catch
if it eats anything.

-Okay, that is actually
pretty cool. Alright.
-Right?

[Jess] So we're setting up
a series of 25 cameras

along what locals say has been
her most recent path.

Our witnesses gave us
a roughly 12 and a half
mile range to cover

between their sightings.

The plan is to position
our cameras on alternating
sides of the river

and retrieve them at the end
of our investigation.

There's my foot.

I'm hoping Yacumama
is still in the area.

And if you believe the legend,

she's about to make
an appearance.

[thunder rumbling]

-Did you hear that thunder?
-Yeah.

[Jess] Legends say that
Yacumama is more than
just a jungle beast.

She is a protective spirit
of the Amazon

with the power to control
the weather and other animals.

Alright, alright.

Set, sleep.

[distant birds squawking]

[whispers] What the [bleep]

[Phil] It does sound like
some very upset parrots.

[Jess] I wonder if the parrots
going crazy is some
kind of warning call.

Between that and the thunder
that stories say precedes
a Yacumama appearance,

I'm feeling like
she can't be far away.

[Phil] Based on
our witness testimony,

we're looking for something
roughly 90 feet long,

which for a reptile is simply
off the charts.

The largest snake around here
is the green anaconda

and the biggest one of those
on record was 28 feet long
and 44 inches around.

Some anacondas have
yellowish-orange
facial markings,

but I've never heard of one
with the dark, fiery markings

said to be on Yacumama.

So maybe there is a subspecies
of anaconda down here

yet to be identified
by science.

Jess, we got a tributary
right here.

-[Jess] Perfect.
-[Phil] Alright, going in.

So Jess, this is where
we have a really good chance

of seeing something
like a jaguar or a tapir.

A lot of those really rare,
big mammals because...

-[Jess] There.
-Oh!

Can we see if we can
hit this right side?

[speaking Spanish]

[dramatic music playing]

-[Jess] Wait, wait, wait.
-[Phil] Woah, what?

[Jess] Something's moving
over there.

[dramatic music swelling]

Damn, what's here?
Light it up.

You see it?

-Tracks? We got tracks?
-[Phil] We got big tracks.

I'm not sure what Jess saw,
but there are definite signs

of lots of mammal traffic
through here.

-[Jess] Oh, that totally
looks like capybara?
-[Phil] Yeah.

These are some big ones.
These could be 50, 60 pounds.

Capybaras are the world's
largest rodents.

They're semi-aquatic mammals
living in high numbers

in the forests
near the Amazon,

putting them at the top
of the menu for hungry caimans
and other big reptiles.

And where there's prey,
predators usually
aren't far behind.

Let's, uh, try to find a spot
over here just in case we get

-any animals
passing through here.
-[Jess sighs] Okay.

Phil and I continue
positioning our cameras
along the river,

keeping our eyes and ears open
for anything that might be
lurking in the dark.

[Phil] I want to find a good
solid log and maybe
a little trail going in.

Careful, Jess.
Don't stray too far.

[exhales] Alright, right here.
I think this is the one.

-That one?
-Jess, how does this look
from where you are?

-Looks fine for me.
-Okay.

Right now I'm setting up
a camera pointed basically
all along the shore here.

So if anything comes
from the forest to there

or walks along the stream,

hopefully we'll have
an image of it.

Get a sense of what's
living around here.

Just insanely dense
rainforest in here.

[exhales]

Oh, we got a snake.

Look at this thing.

Wow.

So it may be a coral snake,

but by the fact
that it's climbing in the tree

and most coral snakes
you generally find
on the ground,

I don't think it is.

I think that
warning coloration
is false coloration.

If it were a coral snake
and you get bit,
you die pretty quick.

This one I'm fairly certain
it is non-venomous.

Oh, wow. Look at that.

Ow. Hey there, little guy.

He's nice. Oh!

-[Jess] Oh.
-Oh, he's moving.

-Where'd he go? Inside there?
-[Jess] I have no idea.

You would think
you'd be able to find

a super bright, candy cane
colored snake out here,

but nope. Just disappeared.

So since every witness
has seen it both on land
and in water,

I like that idea of
putting one facing the water

and some fish in the water.

Let's maybe try to get
this side of the river.

-Alright, how solid is this?
-That's good.

Pretty solid.

[Jess] Alejandro and Roner
said they were fishing
when they saw Yacumama.

So we're gonna try
to chum this monster
out of hiding.

I'm hoping she won't be able
to resist the funky...
I mean, tasty smell

of these dead fish I bought
back in Iquitos.

A perfect nighttime snack.

Alright. Ugh, that stinks.

Honestly, we're just trying
to get a sense of
what this habitat is like.

What species live around here.

And obviously
if something big,

really big comes through
to take that fish.

[Jess] With the camera traps
all set, we'll stay
at the river's edge

and break out the thermal cam
to help us see in the dark.

Even a coldblooded animal
will retain heat from the day

and register on this sensitive
piece of equipment.

[Phil] It looks like
we're in business.

-Ooh, look at those bats.
This place is covered in bats.
-[Jess] Yeah.

[Phil] That's wild.

-[bats squeaking]
-[Jess] That's one word
for it. Wildlife everywhere.

No, wait, wait, wait.

-Oh yeah. There's movement
under the water. Look.
-[Phil] Where?

-Yeah, right there. I see it.
-[Jess] Right over there.

See it pops up
every once in a while?

[Phil] That's not
one of the bats
just rippling the water?

[Jess] No, no. It's coming up
from the bottom.

[Phil] That's not
one of the bats
just rippling the water?

[Jess] No, no. It's coming up
from the bottom.

-[both exclaim]
-[Jess] What's that?

-[Phil] That's a caiman.
-[Jess] No way.

-[Phil] A little baby.
Look at him. Wow.
-[Jess] Oh, you're right.

-[Phil] You know what
I'm gonna try to do?
-[Jess] What?

-Should I call in,
see if its mom responds?
-Okay.

[imitating caiman chirps]

[Phil] Animal calls
aren't exactly my specialty,

but I have been successful
with this one in the past.

Seeing this little guy also
makes me wonder

if what the witnesses saw here
could have been a group
of caiman swimming together

that, in the water, look like
one monster creature.

[continues chirping]

[whispers] I don't think
he's convinced.

You would definitely expect
momma to be close.

[Jess] I wonder if momma's
over by our fish.

[Phil] Ooh,
that's a good question.

[Jess] Oh, yeah. Here.
Okay, we got one.

I don't see the ones
in the water anymore.

[Phil] And hopefully,
the scent of that fish
washed downstream.

-[Jess] Uh-huh.
-[Phil] So that if anything
comes upstream,

-we'll get it on camera.
-Perfect.

Having these cameras set up
is probably the best thing
we can do right now

because they are gonna
be here all night

recording anything
that comes through here.

A lot of things out here
are nocturnal.

[Jess] Yacumama has been seen
both day and night.

Our bases should be covered
because our camera traps
we've set up

can spot motion
up to 20 feet away

in daylight
and total darkness.

[Jess] With our cameras set
to catch Yacumama

where she was reported
by the fishermen,

the next morning Phil wants
to keep heading south

where the fishermen said
there were other
Yacumama sightings.

And where the wildlife
populations are even
more concentrated.

But that would take us
into restricted
indigenous territory.

We got a text
on our set phone from Josh
asking us to call him.

So we're going to see
if he can help us get access.

The set phone works by beaming
radio signals to and from
satellites orbiting Earth.

No cell service required.

Josh, you there?

Hey, guys.
How's Peru treating you?

It is so nice to be back.

We've seen so many things
that can kill you
or seriously maim you.

-It's amazing.
-Yeah, I'm having
a great time.

-[laughs]
-I'm sure you are, Jess.

So, is Percy Fawcett
full of it

or did you find
a giant serpent in the Amazon?

[Phil] I think
we're getting close.

We are definitely
in the right habitat.

Yeah. Things are looking good.

[Phil] But I know the deeper
we go in the jungle,

the more likely we are
to find wildlife
that's more elusive.

We just need some help
from you getting access
to those areas

because they are off limits
to outsiders.

[Jess] I mean, to me
that means a better chance
to find something unknown.

[Josh] Okay, well I may have
some good news for you
in terms of access.

I've been doing some research
on my end

and I got linked up
with a local guide down there
named Juan Carlos.

He goes by JC.

This guy's a former Peruvian
army commando,

so you know
this dude is legit.

And he is super well
connected down there.

Not only that, he says that
the Yacumama is 100% real

because he claims
to have seen it for himself.

and he says he knows
where you can find it.

Perfect!

Okay, I'll arrange a meeting
and I'll send you
the coordinates.

[Phil] Sweet!

-Can't wait to meet him.
-[Josh] All right, be safe.

-[Phil] All right, Josh.
-[Jessica] Bye, Josh.

-[Josh] Bye.
-[Phil] Thanks.

[Phil] With our cameras
in place and recording,
we cover more ground up-river.

After about two hours,
we reach the remote
outpost of Nauta.

We're meeting Josh's contact
Juan Carlos Palomino.

JC has spent nearly
two decades leading explorers
and researchers

into the Amazon
to track all manner
of wildlife.

My kind of guy.

Welcome to the middle
of nowhere!

-[Phil] Welcome aboard.
-[JC] Yeah, okay, okay, okay!

-[Jessica] Got it?
-[JC] Yeah.

[Jessica] JC says
he was guiding a group
through the jungle

when he had a terrifying
encounter with Yacumama.

Right near an oxbow lake.

Named for its shape,
an oxbow lake is when
a bend in the river

is cut off from
the main channel.

It creates a calm water
habitat that attracts
more wildlife,

which I'm hoping
includes an unidentified,
super-sized serpent.

The lake is in an area called
Renecal, about 80 miles away.

That's pretty far from
the fishermen's
recent sightings,

so it makes me wonder
if there might be more
than one Yacumama.

My question is,
what are people
actually seeing?

Not, like, inhabited.

Typically, if you see
a big head in the water here,

you're gonna think,
that's a black caiman.

Or... or a big turtle.

-[Phil] Okay.
-Especially if you
are far away.

-[Phil] Mmm-hmm.
-[JC] But, it was close
enough, like, to see...

Maybe...

...there could be some
kind of subspecies out here
that hasn't been documented.

Okay.

[Jessica] On our way
to Renecal,

we stop at a small village
along the river

to pick up JC's snake-hunting
buddy Edwin, aka Monkey.

Given the size of
the Yacumama,
the more bodies, the better.

Out of curiosity,
if Yacumama came after me
and managed to get me,

how long would I have
before it squeezed me
to death?

It will squeeze you
in less than 30 seconds.

-Ah, [bleep].
-Once it bites...

-wraps you up...
-That's it.

[Phil] And you pass out.

-Whoo! That's a bummer.
-[JC] So, they...

So your only option
would be to break the eyes.

-Break the eyes?
-[JC] Break the eyes.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-That's the only way
to survive.

[JC] It's over there.

-That's where we're stopping.
-[Jessica] Perfect.

[Phil] Okay. Okay, Jess.
Time to lose sunlight?

-[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.
-[Phil] And then...

-[Jessica] Are you ready?
-[Phil] So ready.

[Phil] We arrive at
the Renecal shore
just before sundown.

And as we prepare for
the hour-long hike
to the inland lake

where JC says he saw Yacumama,

he warns the team about
everything else
to watch out for,

which pretty much spans
every color of the rainbow.

[JC] If you see...

...yellow, bright eyes
on the trees,

boa constrictors.

If you see blue
eyes, tarantulas.

If you see bright,
orange eyes...

...anacondas.

-[JC] Okay.
-[Phil] Let's find it.

[JC] All right. Vamonos.

[Phil] Check it out.
This is the lake.

[Jessica] Doesn't even
look like a lake.
It looks like a field.

[JC] Watch out.
It's really muddy, yeah?

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-[Phil] Whoa.

Look at that.
So in that water...

...there could be...

...anacondas, maybe
even Yacumama herself.

[Jessica] Swim up, grab you,
and drag you under.

[Phil] Yeah, you can see,
this is the perfect place
for ambush predator.

-[Phil] Just use
a little splashing.
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Phil] And hoo!
Takes you right in.

[Jessica] Do you see
any eye shine?

-[Phil whispering] Nothing.
-[Jessica] Mmm, okay.

Ooh, wait a minute.

[Phil] We got eye shine,
we got eye shine.

Oh, yeah.

[Jessica gasping loudly]

[Phil] We got eye shine.
We got eye shine.

[Phil whispering] Oh, yeah.

[Jessica gasping loudly]

[Phil] Wow, oh, it's moving.
It is moving.

JC, what would that be?

[JC] Yeah, it's a caiman.

[Phil] Oh, wow!
Just look to the right!

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-[Phil] Ooh!

-[Jessica] Yeah,
I totally see it.
-[Phil] There's probably...

...five, six.

-[Phil] Oh, oh it's not...
-[JC] You found more?

[Phil] Oh, yeah.

[JC] Aw, man. Yeah,
you actually found
a bunch of that.

-[Phil quietly] I wanna try
to use the FLIR.
-[Jessica] Okay.

What does it look like?

[Phil] Ooh, we're
gettin' hits.

[Jessica] Can you tell
how big it is?

[Phil whispering]
I cannot tell.

But there's multiple small
ones around it,

so that could be a big caiman
and smaller caiman.

Are you picking up
any anacondas?

[sighing] It's really
hard to tell.

Nothing that screams
anaconda to me.

But definitely a lot more
activity in this lake

than we can see
with the naked eye.

I'll tell you that.

-[Phil] All right,
I'mma back up.
-[Jessica] Okay.

[Phil] So, we're gonna go
along the side
of the lagoon here.

[JC] Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna go on the side
then go up to the high ground.

[JC] Watch your step.

[Jessica] JC takes us
to the very spot

where he had his encounter
with Yacumama.

This whole area is teeming
with deadly wildlife,

so JC sends Monkey
to scout the trail
ahead of us.

[Jessica] Aw, [bleep]!

[Phil] What you got?

[JC speaking]

[Jessica] Oh, my god!

-[Phil] Smoky jungle frog?
-[JC] Yes.

Those are edible, actually.
In the community,
we eat them.

-[Phil] You eat it?
-[JC] The legs
taste like chicken.

[Jessica] Frog legs.

[Phil] Oh [bleep],
look at this guy.

-Hi, bud!
-[Jessica] Oh, my god!

[Phil] Look how big he is!

Wow, you can kind of
tickle his chin a little bit.
Hey, buddy.

[Jessica] Can't believe he's
just sitting there.

-Like, he doesn't care.
-[Phil] He's just sitting.

Okay. Bye, toad.

-Do you see those big glands
back there?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Phil] They're called
the parotid glands
and they're full of poison,

so that's why
he's not too defensive.

Aw, you guys gotta
look at this.

[Jessica] Check out
these leaf-cutters.

[Phil] Jess, welcome
to the hardest working
creatures in the Amazon.

They can take leaves from
150 feet up in a tree,

cut 'em, carry 'em
all the way down,

drag 'em hundreds of feet
across the forest.

Jess, it's crazy to think
that during the rainy season,

this entire area we're walking
is underwater.

[Jessica] Uh, what's really
crazy is that Mr. Wizard

is geeking out
over ants and toads,

when we might be closing
in on a monster.

[JC] This is
a tapir footprint.

-[Phil] Tapir footprint?
Where, where, where?
-[JC] Yup.

-Over here.
-[Jessica] What's that?

[JC] All this.
It's a big 250 kilo animal
with a long snout.

[JC speaking]

[Phil] Can you do
a tapir call?

[JC] They actually whistle...

[Phil] Yeah, can you do
the whistle?

[JC] ...like a sloth.

[whistling]

[Phil] Yeah, that sounds
exactly like it,

-which is absolutely crazy.
-[JC] That's...

[Phil] And that means you
just made the call of,
potentially, Yacumama's prey.

[JC speaking]

[Jessica] Okay.

They got a whole bunch
of stuff in this area.

[Phil] Hey, guys,
these are really bad ants.

Do not touch these ants.
These will hurt.

[JC] Yeah, listen to Phil.

[Phil] These are
all Cecoprian.

They're protected by
this Azteca ant.

So if you touch the tree,
you'll get stung.

And we're in
a forest. Fantastic.

[Jessica] Oh, my god!
You're bleeding!

Monkey, are you okay?

[JC speaking]

[JC] Monkey found
an anaconda nest.

So he got a bite.

-[Jessica] Wait, what?
He just got bit?
-[Phil] What?

[Phil] Holy [bleep].

Wait, what kind of snake
are we talking about
right now?

[JC] This the anaconda.

-Yeah.
-[Phil whispering] We got
an anaconda.

[Phil] Anacondas do
their killing
through constricting.

Their bites are not venomous,
but that doesn't mean
they don't hurt like hell.

[JC speaking in Spanish]

Yeah, okay.

[Phil] JC grabs a piece
of vine to treat
Monkey's bite.

It's used by natives here
because of its potent
pain-killing properties.

There's also a natural
antibiotic in the sap.

[JC] You're a bastard, crazy!

Keep an eye open, okay?

-Keep an eye open.
-[Jessica] Okay.

[Phil] I'm just gonna see
if this snake's still here.

[JC] It's there, it's there!

-[JC repeating] It's there!
-[Monkey repeating] It's here!

-[JC repeating] Come on!
-[Phil] Okay wait, hold on!

[JC] It's over there,
it's over there!

-[JC] Hurry up, hurry up!
-[Phil] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Are you okay?

-[Jessica] Phil, he's fine,
he's fine.
-[JC] Yes, yes, yes.

He's fine, he's fine,
it's here.

[Phil] Okay.

Where is he, where is he,
where is he?

[Monkey repeating] There,
there, there...

[JC] If it's that aggressive,
be careful.

Phil, don't get too close.

-[Jessica] Phil,
do you see it?
-[Phil] I don't see it.

[JC] Do you still see it?

-It was there.
-[Jessica] Underneath
these dead trees?

-[Phil] Yeah, you can see it.
Just right here?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

-I mean, I can see
where he's talking.
-[Phil] Huh?

Look at the size
of this snakeskin.

Look at that!

Look at that.

[whispering] Oh, my god.

[Phil] This is just a piece
of shed skin.

But it looks like it came
from something that could be
at least a foot wide.

I think we're gonna have
really good genetic
material here.

[Jessica] I just wish we got
a look at its face

to see if it had
the dark orange markings
of Yacumama.

[Phil] Oh, yeah.
All of this snakeskin.

Look at that.
Are you kidding me? [bleep].

Look at all that skin!

This snake must've been
so huge.

[Phil] It's possible
what people
are calling Yacumama

is actually an unknown
subspecies of anaconda.

Not a thunder-wielding
monster, but a very big snake.

One not officially
documented by science.

I just... I'm gonna get
the kit out,

because that skin could
hold the key...

...to this whole thing.

[Phil] We'll compare
this DNA sample,
and any others we collect,

to that of known anaconda DNA.

Then we'll know if we found
something unique.

[Jessica] Got it?

[Phil whispering] All right.

[whispering] Wow.

It's beautiful.

This is venomous
snake territory.

So just watch... basically
everything we touch.

[Jessica loudly] Oh,
holy [bleep]!

-[JC] Oh, mama!
-[Phil] Snake, snake!

-[JC] Go, go, go!
-[Phil] We're goin'!

[Jessica] Oh, my god!

Peru isn't the only place
in the world being terrorized
by giant snakes.

There's also oversized
serpents in Florida.

Scientists estimate that
the Everglades are home
to nearly 300,000 snakes

that should be living
in Southeast Asia.

It's believed Burmese pythons
were introduced in the 80s,

when people released
their pet constrictors
into the wild.

They multiplied rapidly,
and are now consuming
food sources

for native predators
and wreaking havoc
on the swamp's ecosystem.

Authorities are so desperate
to curb the python population,

they're paying by the foot.

Anyone who catches a python
can collect 50 bucks
for the first four feet,

and $25 for each
additional foot.

Not bad, considering
Burmese pythons can grow
up to 25 feet.

There's also an annual
10-day python challenge,

with a grand prize of
ten grand for whoever
removes the most pythons.

I'm already training
for next year.

[Jessica] Oh, holy [bleep]!

[Phil] Snake, snake!

Holy [bleep]!

-[Jessica] Careful!
Oh, her head's turning!
-[Phil] Holy [bleep]!

[JC] Careful.
That's a real big one.

[Phil] Ready? Ready?
I got it, I got it.

[Jessica] Oh, my god!

[snake hissing]

-[Jessica] Whoo!
-[JC] Okay, okay. Watch out,
watch out! Hold the head!

-[JC] Watch out, watch out!
Need help with the tail?
-[Jess stammering]

-[Jessica] JC, help him!
-[JC] Yeah, with the tail!

-[Phil] We got it, we got.
-[JC] Don't release the head!

[JC] Don't release the head!

-[Phil] I got it, I got it.
-[snake hissing]

[Phil] Check the face.

-[Phil grunting]
-[Jessica] Oh, black markings!

-Mask...
-[Phil] Do we have
the red on the side?

[JC] I'm seeing orange.
I'm seeing orange!

[Jessica] Uh, yeah,
I'm seeing orange!
Orange on the side!

-[JC] Okay.
-[snake hissing]

-[Jessica] Yup. All right,
let me get your bags.
-[JC] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Phil] Come on. It's okay.
It's okay.

-[Jessica] You okay, Phil?
-[Phil] I got it, I got it.

[Jessica] Okay.

[Phil] That, my friends,
is a mouthful of teeth.

[Phil whispering] Wow.

We finally found ourselves
an anaconda

with the specific markings
associated with the Yacumama.

So, I've got my shin
over its body.

I'm not putting too much
pressure on it right now.

[snake hissing]

Just trying to get it
to calm down so we can
get a DNA sample,

and try to figure out
if this is
a specific subspecies

unique to this area
that maybe gets huge.

There we go.
It's calmin' down.
It's calmin' down.

[quietly] It's okay.

It's okay.

Look for loose scales.

[Jessica] No?

[JC speaking]

[Jessica] Ugh.

[Phil] Well, hang on.
I might have some scar tissue
right here.

Right here, right here,
right here.

[JC speaking]

[Jessica] Okay,
will these work?
How about this?

-[Phil] Yeah, yeah.
-[Jessica] Watch your fingers.

Yeah, it's small,
but it's a piece. Hold on.

It's small, but it'll do Jess.

[Jessica breathing heavily]

[Jessica] All right. I got it.

[Phil] Okay.

Wow.

I'm gonna back off the head
real quick.

[Jessica] All right,
which direction do we run?

Uh, I say everybody back up
this way.

-[Jessica] Okay.
-[Phil] Yeah.

[JC] Okay. Ready.

-[Phil] One, two, three.
-[Jessica] Go!

Go, go, go!

[snake hissing]

-[Phil] Okay!
-[Jessica] Nice.

[Phil] Jess, come on.

-Drop that machete and give me
a high-five.
-[Jessica sighing in relief]

[Phil] Wow. That is beautiful.

All right, how long
do you think?
Now that we can see it.

Close to five meters.

[Phil] So it's, like, 15 feet?

[Jessica] Could be
a baby Yacumama.

-But hey, keep growing.
-[Jessica] Nice.

-All right, back to the river?
-[Phil] Back to the river.

[Jessica] Let's go.

[Josh] My team came to
the Peruvian Amazon

to investigate reports
of a legendary monster.

[man] It looked like nothing
I've ever seen before,

with big, shining eyes.

It was huge!

[Josh] What Phil
and Jess found is that
behind the legend...

[Phil] We got eye shine,
we got eye shine.

[Josh] ...there could be
a grain of truth.

After collecting the trap
cameras and reviewing
the images,

it turns out they got
plenty of shots of prey,

but the predator that took
Jess's bait remained elusive.

Based on what we've heard
about the mythical
Yacumama's markings,

the snake that Phil
so expertly subdued,

looked like it could be
a 15-foot juvenile version
of the Amazon legend.

-[JC] Don't release the head!
-[Phil] I got it, I got it.

[Josh] DNA analysis
on the skin sample
that Jess collected,

came back as a match
for anaconda.

Though it did not identify
a subspecies.

But the DNA from that snake
did not match the shed
skin samples

that Phil collected
earlier in the night.

Meaning, that came from
a completely different snake.

And the size of that skin
suggests to Phil,

something much bigger
than 15 feet.

[Phil quietly] It's enormous.

Let's find it.

[Josh] I have to say,
I'm impressed with the way

my team braved the dangers
of the jungle.

[Phil] This is venomous
snake territory.

[bleep]. This is, no joke,
one of the biggest vipers

I've ever seen in the Amazon.

Why do you wanna
leave here, Jess?

Oh, gee, I don't know.
Cause everything's trying
to kill me?

It's the most magical
place on the planet.

[Jessica] Mmm-hmm.

[Jessica repeating] Wait.
Wait, wait, wait...

-[Phil] What?
-[Jessica] Something's moving.
Over there.

[Josh] Sure, Phil knew
what he was getting into.

But Jess didn't run
for the boat when surrounded

by stingers, venom, and fangs.

-[Phil] Drop that machete
and give me a high-five.
-[Jessica sighing in relief]

[Josh] As for Yacumama,
all the eyewitnesses
remain convinced

that there's
a monster-sized serpent

lurking in
the remote recesses of
the Amazon rainforest.

The evidence Phil
and Jess collected

suggests that perhaps
some unclassified species
could be out there,

still at large,
and getting larger.

For more information
on Expedition X,

head to
discovery.com/expeditionx.