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MY NAME IS JEREMY WADE, BIOLOGIST
AND UNDERWATER DETECTIVE.

FISH ON! FISH ON!

USING A ROD AS MY LINE OF
INQUIRY, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS,

I'VE PUSHED THE ENVELOPE
OF AQUATIC UNDERSTANDING.

THIS THING REALLY IS
A RIVER MONSTER.

AAH!

NOW I'M HEARING REPORTS FROM ONE OF
THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH...

A LAND OF FIRE AND FOLKLORE, WHERE
AN ANCIENT FISHING COMMUNITY

IS BEING ROCKED BY A SERIES
OF VICIOUS ATTACKS

BY AN UNIDENTIFIED
UNDERWATER ASSAILANT.

VICTIMS ARE LEFT MAIMED, STAMPED
WITH MYSTERIOUS BITE MARKS.

THE INJURY WAS SO BAD THAT HE
MIGHT EVEN BLEED TO DEATH.

WHAT IS BEHIND THIS
ERUPTION OF VIOLENCE?

WHAT IS THE IDENTITY OF THE FISH THAT
IS TERRORIZING THESE VOLCANIC ISLANDS?

I'M REGULARLY SENT REPORTS ABOUT
ATTACKS HAPPENING IN WATERS

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

FROM THESE, I EXTRACT THE EXTRAORDINARY
FROM THE EASILY EXPLAINED.

AND RECENTLY, ONE REMARKABLE
CASE LEAPT TO MY ATTENTION.

IT COMES FROM A FISHING COMMUNITY
ON A REMOTE VOLCANIC ISLAND

THAT'S PART OF PAPUA NEW
GUINEA IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

IT CONCERNS A SPATE
OF UNDERWATER ATTACKS

THAT HAS LEFT A TRAIL OF BLOODIED
VICTIMS ALONG THE COAST.

THE ASSAILANT STRIKES QUICKLY
AND SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM,

LEAVING BEHIND LARGE PUNCTURE WOUNDS
BUT NO OTHER CLUE TO ITS IDENTITY.

THE LOCALS ARE
BAFFLED AND AFRAID

BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON
THE SEA FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

WITH THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE
BUILT UP OVER CENTURIES,

THEY KNOW EVERYTHING IN THEIR WATERS...
OR THOUGHT THEY DID.

COULD A BLOOD-THIRSTY ALIEN
HAVE MIGRATED FROM ELSEWHERE?

COULD THIS BE
A NATIVE SPECIES GONE BAD?

OR IN THIS REMOTE
CORNER OF THE WORLD,

COULD THERE BE A COMPLETELY
NEW KIND OF MONSTER?

NOT JUST NEW TO THE LOCALS, BUT
NEW TO ME, NEW TO ALL OF US.

THE REMOTE ISLAND WHERE THE REPORT
ORIGINATED IS CALLED NEW BRITAIN.

IT'S ONE OF THE LEAST EXPLORED
PLACES ON EARTH

AND SOMEWHERE
I'VE NEVER SET FOOT.

NAMED IN THE 17th CENTURY
BY AN ENGLISH EXPLORER,

IT'S MOUNTAINOUS, COVERED IN RAINFOREST,
AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF MARYLAND.

FORGED BY VOLCANOES
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO,

NEW BRITAIN SITS ON
THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE.

THE ISLAND IS STILL ROCKED
BY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.

ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WITHOUT
WARNING AND WITH DEVASTATING EFFECT.

AN ANCIENT FISHING COMMUNITY UNDER
ATTACK BY SOMETHING NEW IN THE WATER

IS A SCENARIO
I CAN'T RESIST INVESTIGATING.

BUT ALL I KNOW FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT THE INCIDENTS

HAPPENED ALONG
A PARTICULAR STRETCH OF COAST

WHERE DOZENS OF CORAL ISLANDS
LIE JUST OFFSHORE.

I'VE MANAGED TO FIND A BOATMAN NAMED
JOHN WHO HAS AGREED TO TAKE ME

TO SOME OF THE ISOLATED COMMUNITIES,
WHERE I CAN START MY INVESTIGATION.

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK ON THE
WATER, YOU'VE GOT CANOES,

AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE ACTUALLY
IN THE WATER THEMSELVES.

IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY SPEND MORE
TIME IMMERSED THAN THEY DO ON LAND.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FISHING
BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE,

THEY HAVE TO FISH EVERY SINGLE
DAY JUST TO FEED THEMSELVES.

I WANT TO START COLLECTING INFORMATION
ABOUT THE RECENT ATTACKS,

AND JOHN HAS SUGGESTED
THIS MARKET ISLAND,

WHERE PEOPLE GATHER
TO EXCHANGE AND BARTER GOODS.

THESE ISOLATED
FISHING COMMUNITIES

HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTACT WITH THE REST
OF THE WORLD AND RARELY SEE OUTSIDERS.

I EXPECT THEM TO BE SUSPICIOUS
OF A STRANGER LIKE ME,

BUT A CATCH BEING UNLOADED
GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY

TO TALK ABOUT FISHING,
OUR COMMON GROUND.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF FISH?

IN A THROWBACK TO COLONIAL TIMES, MOST
PEOPLE HERE SPEAK A VERSION OF CREOLE

CALLED TOK PISIN, AND SOME
SPEAK A LITTLE ENGLISH.

YES. SO ALL SPEAR THIS, THESE FISH.
SO OKAY.

SO YOU'RE GOING DOWN VERY DEEP,
OR SOMEONE IS GOING DOWN.

- YEAH.
- IS THIS YOU?

- THESE TWO MEN.
- SO YOU GO LIKE 30, 40 METERS?

- YEAH.
- SO LIKE 100 FEET.

MORE THAN, YEAH,
MORE THAN 100 FEET.

- WOW.
- YEAH.

THE IDYLLIC WATERS CONCEAL AN
ARMS RACE BENEATH THE SURFACE.

THE FISH ARE BRISTLING WITH WEAPONRY,
INCLUDING THINGS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

HE'S JUST TELLING ME YOU'VE GOT
TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE TAIL.

- YEAH. - THERE IS A SPINE, WHICH
IS ACTUALLY POINTING FORWARD.

SO I'M GLAD THEY POINTED IT OUT TO
ME BECAUSE I COULD'VE HURT MYSELF.

THESE FISH CAN ALL
INFLICT SOME INJURY,

BUT I'M TOLD NONE OF THEM GET BIG ENOUGH
TO BE A SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMANS.

THE LOCALS SOON WARM
TO A FELLOW FISHERMAN,

AND I TURN THE CONVERSATION
TOWARDS THE ATTACKS.

ARE THERE ANY BIG FISH HERE THAT
BITE PEOPLE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT?

THEY TELL ME THAT BECAUSE OF
THE RECENT INCIDENTS,

EVERYBODY IS NOW WARY
IN THE WATER.

NOBODY ON THIS ISLAND HAS BEEN ATTACKED,
BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT A SPEARFISHERMAN

WHO ENCOUNTERED A LARGE, TOOTHY
FISH HE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE,

AND THEY THINK
IT COULD BE THE CULPRIT.

YES, BUT ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER
HIM AS OLDER MAN NAMED GEORGE.

THEY TELL ME THIS MAN'S NAME
IS GEORGE, AND HE LIVES...

I BELIEVE IT'S THE ISLAND
RIGHT ON THE HORIZON THERE.

SO I NEED TO GO AND TO TRY AND
GET SOME MORE DETAILS FROM HIM.

AS A SPEARFISHERMAN, GEORGE
WILL KNOW THESE WATERS WELL,

SO HE COULD BE A VALUABLE FIRST
WITNESS IN MY INVESTIGATION.

THESE PEOPLE ENCOUNTER FISH
ON A DAILY BASIS,

AND BECAUSE BEING
ACTUALLY UNDER THE WATER

AND SPEARFISHING IS SUCH A BIG
PART OF THAT, THEIR FAMILIARITY

WITH THOSE FISH AND THEIR
BEHAVIOR POSSIBLY SURPASSES

THAT OF FISHERMEN
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

SO FOR AN EXPERIENCED SPEARFISHERMAN TO
SEE SOMETHING THAT HE CAN'T IDENTIFY,

IF THAT'S TRUE,
THAT IS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT.

ON THE WAY TO GEORGE'S ISLAND,
I SPOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY...

A SIGN THAT FISH ARE FEEDING.

THERE'S A CHANCE TO GET MY LINE IN THE
WATER AND CATCH POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

I'M HOPING THAT PULLING
A BRIGHT LURE BEHIND THE BOAT

WILL CALL OUT
TO ANYTHING PREDATORY NEARBY.

THIS DIVING VEIN HERE,
THAT WILL SEND IT DOWN DEEP.

I'M EXPECTING THIS TO WORK
FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM

IN THIS COASTAL
BIT OF WATER HERE.

THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT
OF A RATTLE THERE.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WORKING
ON DIFFERENT CHANNELS.

IT'S SENDING OUT VISUAL CUES, BUT
ALSO, THERE'S VIBRATION IN THE WATER.

FLOATING DOWN, FLOATING, FLOATING,
FLOATING, AND THEN DOWN IT GOES.

IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
SOMETHING TAKES MY LURE.

YEP.

IT'S INTERESTING.

THIS IS SORT OF HEAVY,
BUT IT'S NOT REALLY RUNNING.

AH, IT'S COMING IN.

JUST A FLASH. THERE IT IS.

THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.

IT'S GOING DOWN AGAIN.

IT'S A GOLDEN SNAPPER,
AND IT'S PRETTY WELL-ARMED.

THIS IS A VERY SPIKY FISH.

IT'S ALL A BEAUTIFUL FISH.
WHAT A LOVELY COLORATION.

BIG EYES...
SUGGEST A SIGHT PREDATOR.

BIG MOUTH.

WELL, THAT JUST CONFIRMS
THAT IT'S A HUNTER.

IT IS A PREDATOR.

TEETH IN THERE.
THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG TEETH.

BUT THAT'S BASICALLY...
IF THEY GRAB SOMETHING,

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT'S NOT GONNA GET AWAY.

IT'S A FEARSOME PREDATOR, BUT THEY
ONLY GROW TO A COUPLE OF FEET,

AND THEIR TEETH ARE TOO SMALL
TO INFLICT

THE LIFE-THREATENING PUNCTURE
WOUNDS I'M INVESTIGATING.

BACK ON TRAIL OF WITNESSES, I ARRIVE
AT THE ISLAND WHERE GEORGE LIVES.

AND I'M GREETED
BY AN INQUISITIVE CROWD.

GEORGE ISN'T AMONGST THEM,
SO I HEAD INTO THE VILLAGE,

WHERE THERE ARE CARVINGS
EVERYWHERE,

INCLUDING WHAT APPEAR TO BE
RITUALISTIC TOTEMS.

LOTS OF FISH CARVINGS,
WHICH YOU'D SORT OF EXPECT.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE LIVE
RIGHT ON THE WATER.

HERE IT'S VERY, VERY RICH
IN ART AND REPRESENTATION.

SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE
CLEARLY IMAGINARY OR MYTHICAL,

AND THERE ARE SOME
REAL CREATURES HERE, AS WELL.

IT'S A ROGUES' GALLERY
WITH MUGSHOTS

OF ALL THE WELL-KNOWN
LETHAL PREDATORS IN THE AREA.

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
UNDERWATER AND UNKNOWN,

AND I'M HOPING GEORGE
THE SPEARFISHERMAN CAN HELP.

HE TELLS ME HE WAS OUT FISHING
ON A NEARBY REEF.

AT FIRST, THERE WASN'T MUCH AROUND,
BUT THEN HE SPOTTED A SCHOOL OF FISH

AND DIVED DOWN AFTER THEM.

HE DIDN'T NOTICE A LARGE, MYSTERIOUS
FISH COMING STRAIGHT FOR HIM

UNTIL IT WAS INCHES
FROM HIS FACE.

THIS WAS A DARK-COLORED FISH.

NOT EXCESSIVELY LONG, HE SAYS,
YOU KNOW, A PRETTY LONG FISH.

BUT THE MAIN THING ABOUT IT,
VERY DEEP-BODIED,

A BIG HEAD WITH
WHAT LOOKED LIKE BIG TEETH.

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME
YOU HAD SEEN THIS FISH?

YEAH.

IN OVER 30 YEARS OF
SPEARFISHING IN THESE WATERS,

GEORGE HAD NEVER SEEN
A FISH LIKE THIS BEFORE.

SO IT'S A SUSPECT
I HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

JOHN AND I HAVE HEADED OUT TO THE REEF
WHERE GEORGE'S ENCOUNTER HAPPENED

IN THE HOPE OF CATCHING
THE FISH THAT WENT AFTER HIM.

INSTEAD OF FISHING A SINGLE
SPOT, I START TRAWLING,

ALLOWING ME TO COVER
MUCH MORE OF THE REEF.

OH, AHEAD, AHEAD.

THE FISH ARE ON THE HUNT.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY ON THE HUNT.

THE BIRDS ARE COMING DOWN TO GRAB
ANY CONFUSED, INJURED BAIT FISH.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY
KICKING OFF HERE NOW.

AND THIS ACTIVITY IS A SIGN
UNSEEN PREDATORS ARE ON THE HUNT.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
HERE WE GO. FISH ON.

I'M OFF A REMOTE ISLAND IN PAPUA NEW
GUINEA, INVESTIGATING AN UNSEEN ATTACKER

THAT'S BEEN TERRORIZING LOCALS.

I'M AT THE SCENE OF A MYSTERIOUS RECENT
ENCOUNTER... OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND I'VE GOT A FISH ON.

THAT'S REALLY GOING.

THIS IS A POWERFUL FISH.

OH, I CAN SEE COLOR. HERE WE GO.

GOING TO GET SLOWLY
NEARER TO THE SURFACE.

OH, WE GOT A SUPER FISH.

IT'S A GIANT TREVALLY.

EXCELLENT.

BIG EYE, THAT GOES WITH BEING A SIGHT
PREDATOR HUNTING DOWN PREY BY SIGHT.

AS I DISCOVERED IN FIJI,
GIANT TREVALLY CAN BE LETHAL,

USING THEIR HEAD
AS A BATTERING RAM.

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR
AN AGGRESSIVE BITER.

THEY GOT TEETH.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF CANINES
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOWER JAW.

YOU KNOW, THAT COULD
INFLICT SOME DAMAGE.

BUT NOT THE LIFE-THREATENING
WOUNDS I'M INVESTIGATING.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER THING...

AN EXPERIENCED FISHERMAN
LIKE GEORGE WOULD RECOGNIZE IT.

THESE ARE VERY FAMILIAR FISH.

IF SOMEBODY SAW A GIANT TREVALLY,
THEY'D KNOW IT WAS A GIANT TREVALLY.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.

BACK ON THE TRAIL
OF THE MYSTERY ASSAILANT,

MY BOATMAN, JOHN, AND I CARRY ON
TRAWLING TO SEE WHAT OTHER BIG PREDATORS

CAN BE ENTICED FROM THE DEPTHS.

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, THIS GIVES
A REAL HIT ON THE ROD.

WELL, IT SEEMS QUITE CLOSE NOW.

I CAN SEE...
THAT'S QUITE A LONG FISH.

WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S A BARRACUDA.

OKAY. HERE WE GO.

THIS FISH HAS THE HARDWARE
TO CAUSE SOME SERIOUS INJURY.

THOSE TEETH ARE
ALMOST LIKE DAGGERS.

THE MOUTH DOESN'T REALLY
EVEN NEED TO CLOSE.

IT JUST SWIMS AT SPEED WITH ITS
MOUTH OPEN AND LEAVES A LONG CUT.

THE TEETH ARE SO SHARP
THAT IN FLORIDA,

JUST A GLANCING BLOW WAS ENOUGH
TO SLICE A MAN'S ARM TO THE BONE.

ALTHOUGH DANGEROUS, THIS FISH DOESN'T
MAKE MY SUSPECT LIST, EITHER.

THE SHAPE AND EVERYTHING
IS ALL WRONG, FOR A START,

BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHAT A BARRACUDA IS AROUND HERE.

THE SPEARFISHERMAN DESCRIBED A DARK,
FULL-BODIED CREATURE WITH A BIG HEAD,

SO DEFINITELY NOT THIS FISH.

I'M STARTING TO RACK UP THE SPECIES,
AND CERTAINLY LOTS OF PREDATORS HERE.

BUT NOTHING SO FAR THAT'S
AT ALL OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

AT THE MOMENT, THERE'S NO FIRM LINK
BETWEEN THE FISH THAT WENT AFTER GEORGE

AND WHAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MORE SERIOUS
INCIDENTS I'M HERE TO INVESTIGATE.

TO GET CLOSER TO THAT CULPRIT,
I NEED TO FIND MORE WITNESSES.

BUT THAT'S EASIER SAID
THAN DONE.

THESE COMMUNITIES ARE SPREAD
ALONG MILES OF COAST

AND OVER DOZENS OF SMALL ISLANDS,
AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE LIMITED.

BUT IN ONE VILLAGE, I'M TOLD
ABOUT A MAN NAMED ANDREW,

WHO, SOME YEARS AGO, WAS BITTEN
BY SOMETHING UNKNOWN.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?

THIS LARGE FISH, YEAH.

NET.

WE THROW NETS OUT.

ANDREW TELLS ME HOW HE AND A
FRIEND WENT FISHING ONE DAY,

WADING INTO CHEST-DEEP WATER
ON THE REEF.

THEY WERE USING A LONG GILLNET
TO MAKE A CIRCULAR TRAP.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO ANDREW WAS
HE'S DEPLOYED THE NET.

HE'S GATHERING IT IN, AND THERE'S
SOMETHING IN THERE WHICH IS BIG.

AND BECAUSE IT'S ENCLOSED,
IT'S WANTING TO ESCAPE.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS
IT BIT HIS LEG.

THE ASSAILANT LEFT A BLOODY
PUNCTURE WOUND IN ANDREW'S CALF.

IT THEN ESCAPED, BUT NOT BEFORE
HE GOT A GOOD LOOK AT IT.

- IS THIS A BIG FISH?
- VERY BIG FISH.

HOW BIG IS... ABOUT THIS BIG.

- BLACK FISH?
- BLACK FISH.

MEAN-OLD LOOKING FISH.

IT'S A STRIKINGLY
SIMILAR DESCRIPTION

TO THE MYSTERY FISH THAT WENT
FOR GEORGE THE SPEARFISHERMAN.

THIS ONE?

BUT THERE'S MORE.

THIS TIME, IT LEFT BEHIND PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE, A SCAR ON ANDREW'S LEG.

ONE HOLE, ONE TOOTH?

ONE HOLE. ONE HOLE.

SO A SHARP TOOTH.

THE SCAR IS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE
SAID THIS IS A FISH WITH BIG TEETH.

THEY'RE SORT OF POINTED TEETH,
AND IT MADE ONE HOLE IN HIS LEG.

ON THE BASIS OF WHAT I JUST
HEARD, IT'S SOUNDING VERY LIKELY

THAT THE MYSTERY FISH
ON THE REEF

AND THIS FISH THAT BIT ANDREW,
THEY COULD BE ONE AND THE SAME.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS VERY
INTERESTING WAS THE SCAR ON HIS LEG.

A SINGLE HOLE, IT'S VERY
CHARACTERISTIC, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

I'VE GOT NO IDEA AT THE MOMENT
WHAT THAT COULD BE.

AS THERE WAS ONLY ONE MARK
ON ANDREW'S LEG,

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CULPRIT'S
TEETH ARE QUITE FAR APART,

SO THIS IS THE DENTAL PROFILE
I NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR.

ANDREW HAS TOLD ME
WHERE HE WAS ATTACKED,

AND I'VE WADED OUT
TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

BUT FISHING WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF
A BOAT LEAVES ME FEELING VULNERABLE

TO WHATEVER MIGHT BE OUT HERE.

I'M STANDING ON NICE, SHALLOW WATER
HERE, BUT RIGHT HERE, IT PLUNGES AWAY.

IT'S DARK.

I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S THERE, BUT ANYTHING
THAT'S THERE CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE ME.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT
MORE ADRENALINE,

PERHAPS, THAN NORMAL INVOLVED
IN THIS FISHING.

AH, YES!

THIS IS A STRONG FISH.

IF I'M NOT CAREFUL,
IT COULD PULL ME OVER THE EDGE.

LEADER IN SIGHT.
LEADER IN SIGHT.

ON A REMOTE ISLAND
OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA,

I'M ON THE TRAIL OF A MYSTERY ATTACKER
THAT'S TERRORIZING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

I'M FISHING ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE REEF,
AND I'VE HOOKED INTO SOMETHING BIG.

AH, YES!

I'M TAKING IT AWAY
FROM THE CORAL.

IT'S A STRONG FISH, AND I'M
STRUGGLING TO KEEP MY FOOTING.

LEADER IN SIGHT.
LEADER IN SIGHT.

AAH!

THAT WAS 10 FEET FROM WHERE
I'M STANDING WHEN THAT CAME OFF.

IT WAS JUST AROUND THE EDGE
OF THE LIP OF THE CORAL HERE.

IT WAS SOMETHING DARK AGAINST A DARK
BACKGROUND BECAUSE HERE IS LIGHT.

THAT IS ALL DARK WATER THERE.

THE STEALTHY ATTACKER I'M AFTER
IS A BIG, DARK FISH.

SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN IT.

SO THAT WAS A SIZABLE FISH, AND I JUST...
I JUST WISH I'D SEEN IT, AT LEAST.

YOU KNOW, EVEN IF I DIDN'T GET IT
IN, JUST A GLIMPSE, BUT NO GLIMPSE.

SOME PREDATORY FISH ARE SERIOUSLY
TERRITORIAL, AND IT COULD COME BACK FOR MORE.

BUT ALTHOUGH I KEEP CASTING, IT DOESN'T
FALL FOR THE SAME TRICK TWICE.

THE FISH AREN'T BITING,
SO I CARRY ON UP THE COAST

IN SEARCH
OF OTHER ATTACK VICTIMS.

AT THE NEXT VILLAGE,
I HEAR ABOUT AN INCIDENT

THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES
I'M INVESTIGATING,

BUT WITH AN INTERESTING,
NEW DETAIL.

THE ATTACKS, WHICH I THOUGHT WERE
RECENT, MAY HAVE BEGUN DECADES AGO.

ONE OF THE WITNESSES
IS NOW 70 YEARS OLD.

JIM WAS JUST A BOY
WHEN THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE,

BUT EVERY DETAIL FROM THAT DAY
IS SEARED INTO HIS MEMORY.

HE WAS WITH A GROUP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AT A RIVER MOUTH NEAR THEIR VILLAGE.

IT WAS A HOT DAY, SO JIM AND A FRIEND
RAN INTO THE WATER TO COOL OFF.

JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO JUMP
OFF A LOG, JIM SPOTTED SOMETHING.

THEY SAW MOVEMENT IN THE WATER.

THEY SAW, FIRST OF ALL,
IT WAS BUBBLES.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A CROCODILE.

BUT THEN THEY SAW A DARK SHAPE, AND
THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS A FISH.

THINKING THIS LARGE FISH WOULD
MAKE AN EASY MEAL FOR THE FAMILY,

JIM CALLED OVER HIS
OLDER BROTHER TO SPEAR IT.

HIS BROTHER HIT IT FIRST TIME, BUT THE
FISH THRASHED FREE... AND ATTACKED.

IT SANK ITS TEETH INTO HIS BROTHER'S
LEG AND STARTED TO DRAG HIM AWAY.

HEARING SCREAMS, THE ADULTS
RACED INTO THE WATER.

JIM SAYS BUT IF PEOPLE HADN'T COME TO
HELP, HE WOULD'VE BEEN PULLED AWAY.

A TUG-OF-WAR ENSUED,
AND THE FISH FINALLY LET GO.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
JIM'S BROTHER BACK TO SHORE.

THE ASSAILANT HAD LEFT BEHIND
TWO BIG PUNCTURE WOUNDS.

AND IT'S BLEEDING SO PROFUSELY

THAT THEY'RE REALLY WORRIED
THAT HE COULD BE IN DANGER.

HE COULD MAYBE EVEN
BLEED TO DEATH.

THEY MADE A MAKESHIFT TOURNIQUET OUT
OF VINES AND HOPED FOR THE BEST.

DESPITE HIS INJURIES, JIM'S
BROTHER SURVIVED THE ATTACK.

IT'S ALL STARTING TO ADD UP.

THE LARGE PUNCTURE WOUNDS SOUND VERY
SIMILAR TO ANDREW'S... ABOUT THIS BIG.

- BLACK FISH?
- BLACK FISH.

AND JIM'S DESCRIPTION
OF THE FISH MATCHES

ALL THE OTHERS I'VE HEARD,
SIZE, SHAPE AND COLOR.

SO ALTHOUGH THE ATTACKS
ARE 60 YEARS APART,

I BELIEVE THE SAME TYPE
OF FISH IS RESPONSIBLE,

AND JIM HAS A NAME
FOR THE ASSAILANT.

MOGILLO.

MOGILLO.

IT'S NOT A NAME I RECOGNIZE.

LINKING ALL THESE ATTACKS
IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD,

BUT I STILL HAVE NO IDEA
OF THE PERPETRATOR'S IDENTITY.

JIM'S STORY DOES GIVE ME ONE OTHER
PIECE OF INFORMATION, THOUGH.

THE RECENT INCIDENTS WERE ALL IN THE
OCEAN, BUT JIM'S BROTHER WAS ATTACKED

IN THE BRACKISH WATERS
OF A RIVER MOUTH.

MY BOATMAN, JOHN,
KNOWS THE SPOT.

ESTUARIES CAN BE
VERY INTERESTING PLACES

BECAUSE THIS BOUNDARY BETWEEN FRESH
AND SALT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BARRIER.

MOST SALTWATER SPECIES, YOU KNOW,
THEY CAN'T GO UP THE RIVER.

MOST RIVER SPECIES
CAN'T CONTINUE TO THE SEA,

BUT YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MIXING.

YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MIXING OF THE WATER,

AND ALSO A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MIXING OF SPECIES.

SO IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU
CAN SOMETIMES FIND A SURPRISE.

THIS LOCATION COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH
BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT

WHAT I'M AFTER
ISN'T JUST A MARINE FISH.

BECAUSE I'M AFTER A CARNIVORE, I'M
GOING TO BE USING A DEAD FISH.

QUITE SMELLY, THIS ONE.

THE THING IS, WHEN I PUT IT
IN THE WATER,

THE CURRENT IS GOING TO TAKE OUT
A NICE TRAIL.

UNWEIGHTED, THE BAIT WOULD GET
WASHED AWAY BY THE CURRENT.

SO I'M USING A BIG LUMP OF DEAD
CORAL TO HOLD IT ON THE BOTTOM,

WHERE THERE'S A MUCH BETTER
CHANCE OF GETTING A STRIKE.

I'M TYING THE WEIGHT ONTO THE
MAIN LINE WITH WEAK MONOFILAMENT

SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING TAKES
THE BAIT, IT WILL SNAP OFF,

AND I WON'T HAVE TO HAUL IN
THE ROCK, AS WELL.

NO NEED TO CAST THIS.

I'M JUST GONNA LOWER IT
OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT,

AND THE CURRENT
WILL TAKE IT DOWN SOME WAY.

I'VE BARELY SET MY RIG
WHEN THERE'S A BITE.

OH, HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

YES. YES, YES, YES.

HERE WE GO. FISH ON.

I'M IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
HUNTING DOWN AN ASSAILANT

THAT'S BEEN TERRORIZING
REMOTE FISHING COMMUNITIES.

MY PRIME SUSPECT IS A FISH
KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE MOGILLO.

AND MY INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT
IN ADDITION TO ATTACKS IN THE OCEAN,

IT HAS STRUCK IN A RIVER MOUTH
WHERE SALT AND FRESH WATER MIX.

OH, HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.

YES.

HERE WE GO.

FISH ON.

IT'S HERE. IT'S THIS SIDE.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE FEET LONG.

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT'S ABOUT FIVE FEET LONG.

THERE IT IS.

AN UNMISTAKABLE FIN
BREAKS THE SURFACE.

IT'S A JUVENILE BULL SHARK AT HOME
IN SALT WATER BUT ALSO COMFORTABLE

IN THE BRACKISH WATER
OF A RIVER MOUTH.

I'M GOING TO GET HIM IN THE BOAT,
HAVE A SLIGHTLY CLOSER LOOK AT IT.

SO IF I JUST LIFT UP, HERE
JOHN'S GOING TO GET THE TAIL.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

THERE IT IS.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

THE SHARK'S HIGHLY FLEXIBLE
CARTILAGE SKELETON ALLOWS IT

TO BEND BACK ON ITSELF IN WAYS
THAT BONY FISH CAN'T.

THE THING WITH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST,
HALF-A-SECOND LACK OF CONCENTRATION,

YOU'VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR
ARM, AND YOU'RE... OKAY.

THIS IS ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE FOR
THE FISH THAT BIT JIM'S BROTHER,

BUT LOOK AT THE TEETH.

I'VE SEEN THE MARK
OF THIS BEAST BEFORE.

NORMALLY HIDDEN BY GUMS, ITS
TEETH, LIKE ALMOST ALL SHARKS,

LEAVE BEHIND A DISTINCTIVE
CRESCENT-SHAPED BITE.

SO SHARKS AREN'T
ON MY SUSPECT LIST.

THE JAWS JUST DON'T MATCH THE
PUNCTURE WOUNDS I'M INVESTIGATING.

SO INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S IN THESE
WATERS IN THE WAY OF PREDATORS.

I THINK IT'S STILL ALIVE.

I THINK IT'S TIME
TO PUT THIS OVER THE SIDE.

ALTHOUGH IT'S A BITER... THIS ONE'S
JUST TRIED TO TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF ME...

THIS ISN'T THE MOGILLO
THAT JIM TALKED ABOUT.

OFF IT GOES.

I'VE BEEN INVITED TO A GATHERING AT
THE VILLAGE OF ATTACK VICTIM ANDREW,

THE MAN WHO SPORTS A SCAR
FROM THE MYSTERY ASSAILANT.

IT'S A CELEBRATION CALLED A SING-SING,
WHERE TRIBESPEOPLE MEET TO SHARE MUSIC,

DANCE, AND STORIES.

FOR ME, ANY EVENT LIKE THIS
IS A CHANCE

TO MEET POTENTIAL WITNESSES
AND UNCOVER MORE INFORMATION.

I CAN ALSO BRING ANDREW UP
TO SPEED WITH MY INVESTIGATION.

I TELL HIM THAT I'VE WIDENED MY SEARCH
FOR HIS ATTACKER TO THE RIVER MOUTH,

AND IT'S THEN THAT HE GIVES ME
A TANTALIZING CLUE.

DOWN IN THE WATER.

YOU OKAY.

THIS LARGE FISH, AND OBLONG FISH,
IT'S OBLONG, MOVES THROUGH WATER.

BUT NOT GOING TO STOP
IN THE SAME PLACE.

- MOVE WHERE?
- YEAH. MOVE UP THE RIVER.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING
EXTRA PIECE OF INFORMATION.

HE'S SAYING HE HAS SEEN A LARGE FISH
MOVING FROM THE ESTUARY UP THE RIVER.

ANDREW KNOWS IT WASN'T A SHARK, BUT
HE SAYS IT WAS LARGE AND DARK.

SO NOW I HAVE REPORTS OF
UNIDENTIFIED DARK-COLORED FISH

IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES...
OCEAN, ESTUARY, AND UPRIVER.

AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER
THEY'RE ALL THE SAME FISH.

SO WHAT COULD IT BE?

WHAT IS THIS FISH
THAT OLD JIM CALLED MOGILLO?

ONE THING IS FOR SURE...
IF I'M GOING TO FIND IT,

I NEED TO TAKE THIS INVESTIGATION
SOMEWHERE I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO.

I THINK I'VE JUST SEEN SOMETHING
THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN STARING ME

IN THE FACE FOR A WHILE.

I'VE CHECKED OUT THE REEF.

I'VE CHECKED OUT THE ESTUARY, AND I
THOUGHT I'D RUN INTO A BIT OF A DEAD END.

BUT AFTER WHAT ANDREW HAS JUST TOLD ME,
THERE IS, OF COURSE, ONE OTHER PLACE

THAT I JUST MUST GO INVESTIGATE.

IF THIS FISH CAN STRADDLE THE SALT AND
FRESHWATER DIVIDE AND GO UP RIVERS,

IT'S PART OF A VERY SELECT CLUB

WHOSE OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDE NOT JUST
BULL SHARKS, BUT STURGEONS AND SALMON,

NEITHER OF WHICH LIVE HERE.

THIS IS SUDDENLY FEELING A LOT MORE
OF, LIKE, FAMILIAR TERRITORY FOR ME.

MOVING UP INTO FRESHWATER, THERE'S
WONDERFUL, WILD JUNGLY RIVER.

AND WHAT GETS ME PARTICULARLY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLACE IS,

BY ALL ACCOUNTS,
THIS IS UNEXPLORED.

MY BOATMAN, JOHN,
TELLS ME THAT THE FEW TRIBES

THAT HAVE PUSHED THIS FAR INTO
THE JUNGLE LEAD ISOLATED LIVES

AND HAVE LITTLE CONTACT WITH
THE WORLD BEYOND THE FOREST.

VISITORS ARE RARE, BUT HE HAS
HEARD OF ONE OTHER OUTSIDER

WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION
TO BE HERE.

ANY LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IS A GOOD THING,
SO WE'RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIS CAMP.

EXPLORING THE RIVER UPSTREAM,
WE SPOT SOME SIGNS.

HOW ARE YOU?

HIS NAME IS RICCARD, AND IT TURNS
OUT HE'S A FIELD RESEARCHER

FOR AN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY.

AS PART OF HIS STUDIES,
HE'S INVESTIGATING

WHAT SPECIES INHABIT
THIS RIVER SYSTEM.

I USE SMALL UNDERWATER CAMERAS,
AND WE POSITION THEM IN AREAS

WHERE I THINK THE FISH
ARE CONGREGATING, LIKE THE SNAGS

AND LIKE THOSE WEED BEDS
OUT THERE.

RICCARD HAS AN AMAZING
SETUP FOR A PLACE SO REMOTE,

AND HE'S BUILT UP QUITE AN
ARCHIVE OF WHAT'S IN THE RIVER.

SEE, EVERY NOW AND THEN,
WE GET THE SMALL FISH.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FOOTAGE OF SOME,
WHAT I THINK, COULD BE NEW SPECIES.

THE CAMERA GIVES ME A WINDOW ON WHAT
CONDITIONS ARE LIKE UNDER THE WATER HERE.

I'M INSTANTLY THINKING FISHING,
AND YOU'RE JUST ASKING

TO GET SORT OF HUNG UP
ON ALL THIS STUFF UNDER HERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DEAD
WOOD AND STUFF UNDER THE WATER.

AS WE SCROLL THROUGH MORE FOOTAGE,
SOMETHING HUGE COMES INTO VIEW.

SO WHAT IS THAT?

THAT IS WHAT THE LOCALS
CALL THE MOGILLO.

- THAT'S THE MOGILLO?
- THAT'S THE MOGILLO.

FINALLY, MY ELUSIVE SUSPECT
IS REVEALED.

I'VE ZEROED IN ON MY PRIME SUSPECT
FOR A SPATE OF ATTACKS IN A REMOTE,

COASTAL REGION
OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

THE LOCALS CALL IT MOGILLO, AND A
RESEARCHER HAS JUST SHOWN ME FILM OF ONE

TAKEN FAR UP AN UNCHARTED RIVER.

- THAT'S THE MOGILLO?
- THAT'S THE MOGILLO.

THIS IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

I RECOGNIZE IT AS
THE PAPUAN BLACK BASS,

A FISH I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF
AS A FRESHWATER SPECIES,

SO I NEVER CONSIDERED IT
FOR THE ATTACKS IN OPEN OCEAN.

I THOUGHT THE SAME,
THAT THEY'RE FRESHWATER FISH.

BUT IN ACTUAL FACT, WE'RE
STARTING TO DISCOVER NOW

THAT THEY DO MOVE
INTO THE SALTWATER.

THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE UNTIL THIS POINT,

EVERYTHING WAS NOT MAKING A LOT OF
SENSE, BUT THAT BIT OF INFORMATION,

I MEAN, SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING UP

UNTIL NOW JUST FALLS INTO PLACE.
YEP.

IT ALL STARTS TO MAKE SENSE.

RICCARD CAPTURED THE IMAGES OF BLACK
BASS AN HOUR UPSTREAM FROM HIS CAMP,

SO THAT'S WHERE JOHN AND I
ARE HEADING.

THE PAPUAN BLACK BASS IS RENOWNED
FOR ITS POWER AND AGGRESSION.

I'VE NEVER CAUGHT ONE, SO I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT

OF GOING UP AGAINST
THIS JUNGLE-RIVER GLADIATOR.

AND BY CATCHING ONE,
I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FOR MYSELF

WHETHER IT HAS
THE HARDWARE CAPABLE

OF CAUSING THE ATTACK WOUNDS
I'M INVESTIGATING.

THE TRIBES LIVING IN THE JUNGLE
OWN ALL OF THE RIVERS.

AND TO FISH HERE, I MUST HAVE
THEIR PERMISSION.

WHAT'S UP, JEREMY?

IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, IT'S CUSTOMARY
FOR VISITORS TO PRESENT A GIFT

WHEN THEY ENTER
A TRIBE'S TERRITORY.

SO I GIVE THEM SOME OF OUR RICE.

I'M POSSIBLY THE FIRST
WESTERNER THEY'VE EVER SEEN.

BUT ONCE JOHN
HAS EXPLAINED MY MISSION,

THEY'RE HAPPY TO GRANT ME
PERMISSION TO FISH.

SO, IT'S OKAY FOR ME
TO FISH... FISH HERE?

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM
FOR... FOR YOU?

BEFORE I HEAD OFF, THE VILLAGERS
RECOUNT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES

WITH THE BLACK BASS, OR MOGILLO.

OKAY.

SO, THE LITTLE ONES,
YOU CATCH AND EAT... EAT THEM?

BUT THE BIG ONE?

BIG ONE... NO.

ALWAYS... ALWAYS BREAK.

THEY SAY THAT THEY
DO FISH FOR MOGILLO.

THE BIG ONES, THEY SAY,
BREAK THE LINE.

AND IF IT WEREN'T TO BREAK THE LINE,
APPARENTLY, IF A BIG ONE GETS CLOSE,

IT COULD GO FOR THEM.

THANK YOU. IT WAS GREAT.

ONE MAN HAS TOLD ME THAT THE BEST PLACE
TO FIND THEM IS A BIT FURTHER UPSTREAM.

I'VE ACTUALLY ANCHORED HERE
FOR A REASON.

THIS IS A CONFLUENCE, AND IT'S
A BIT LIKE A MINIATURE VERSION

OF THE FAMOUS MEETING OF
THE WATERS IN THE AMAZON.

YOU'VE GOT THE CLOUDY WATER
WITH THE DARK SORT OF

TEA- OR COFFEE-STAINED
WATER COMING IN.

SO YOU GET THIS VERY CLEAR
BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO,

AND THEN FOR A LONG WAY DOWNSTREAM,
YOU'VE GOT AN AREA OF MIXING,

AND IT'S A CLASSIC PLACE
FOR PREDATORS TO HANG OUT,

PARTICULARLY IN THE CLOUDY WATER AND
POUNCING OUT INTO THE CLEAR WATER

TO GRAB UNSUSPECTING PREY FISH.

MY GAME PLAN
FOR GETTING A BLACK BASS

IS TO CAST WHERE THE CLEAR
AND CLOUDY WATERS MEET,

THEN WORK MY LURE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

SOMETHING GOES FOR IT
ALMOST STRAIGHT AWAY.

YES, THAT'S A GOOD-SIZED FISH.
THAT'S A GOOD FISH, A GOOD FISH.

OH, AND IT'S OFF.

IT'S OFF. IT'S OFF.

BUT IT'S LEFT SOMETHING BEHIND.

WE'VE GOT SOME TOOTH MARKS.
I'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE.

THEY'RE QUITE WIDELY SPACED
POINTED TEETH BY THE LOOK OF IT,

AND ONE HERE IS ACTUALLY GONE
IN QUITE A LONG WAY,

WHICH MAKES ME THINK OF THAT SCAR
ON ANDREW'S LEG, THAT SINGLE HOLE.

AND HERE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S
MADE QUITE A DEEP HOLE IN...

THIS IS ACTUALLY HARD PLASTIC.

I'M CLEARLY IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT
TIME LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE AGAINST ME.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.

BLACK BASS ARE SIGHT PREDATORS, AND
THE MUDDY RUNOFF FROM THE BANKS

MEANS THEY WON'T BE ABLE
TO SEE MY LURE.

CARRYING ON IN THIS IS FUTILE.

THE RIVER HAS TRANSFORMED OVERNIGHT WITH
WHOLE TREES BEING WASHED DOWNSTREAM,

AND THE WATER HAS
COMPLETELY CLOUDED UP.

THIS HAS HAPPENED VERY,
VERY QUICKLY.

THE THING IS, FOR THIS TO GET BACK TO
NORMAL IS GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL DAYS.

THAT'S IF IT DOESN'T RAIN AGAIN.

IF IT DOES RAIN AGAIN,
IT'S GOING TO STAY LIKE THIS.

IT'S GOING TO POSSIBLY
EVEN GET WORSE.

MY ONLY REALISTIC OPTION
OF CATCHING A BLACK BASS NOW

IS TO HEAD BACK DOWNSTREAM...

TO THE RIVER MOUTH.

SWAPPING THE CONFINED SPACE OF A
RIVER FOR A BIGGER EXPANSE OF WATER

WOULD NORMALLY MAKE CATCHING
ONE EVEN MORE OF A LOTTERY.

BUT AS THE RIVER WIDENS,
IT SLOWS.

THE SEDIMENT STARTS TO SETTLE, AND
THE WATER MIXES WITH THE OCEAN,

MAKING IT CLEARER.

BETTER CONDITIONS FOR SIGHT
PREDATORS LIKE BLACK BASS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE
QUITE A NICE SPOT HERE.

THERE'S THE MAIN CURRENT FLOWING
DOWN TO THE ESTUARY JUST THERE.

BUT THERE'S A LITTLE
SLACK THERE.

I THINK WE CAN TUCK IN THERE.

WE CAN BE IN A BIT OF A LITTLE BIT
OF SHADE, WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE.

I'M GOING TO USE
A DIFFERENT TACTIC.

I'M DITCHING THE LURES
AND GOING WITH BAIT.

AND I CAST OUT TO THE EDGE
OF THE DEEP CHANNEL.

THIS COULD BE MY FINAL CHANCE TO DO
BATTLE WITH THE ELUSIVE BLACK BASS.

OH. HERE WE GO.

THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE.

I'M IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
FISHING FOR A BLACK BASS,

A POSSIBLE CULPRIT FOR A STRING
OF VICIOUS ATTACKS

SPANNING 60 YEARS
AND 3 KINDS OF WATER.

I'VE BEEN WASHED OUT UPRIVER, AND
MY ONLY HOPE OF CATCHING ONE NOW

IS IN THE RIVER MOUTH.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT
SOMETHING ON THE END OF MY LINE.

OH, HERE WE GO.
THAT'S SOMETHING ON THERE.

LET'S GO OUT THIS WAY A BIT.
YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH. YES. YES. YES.
THAT'S A FISH.

MOTORING OVER TO WHERE
THE FISH IS AT THE MOMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS WELL
CLEAR OF THE BANK,

BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE COULD
WELL BE SUNKEN SNAGS DOWN HERE.

SHORTENING THE LINE.
SHORTENING THE LINE.

SHORTENING THE LINE.

YEAH, JUST KEEP COMING
THIS WAY INTO THIS CLEAR BIT.

IT'S A BIG FISH.

COULD YOU MAYBE STOP THE MOTOR?
STOP.

YEAH. THIS IS GOOD.

THIS IS GOOD.

THERE WE GO.

OH, THERE'S THE LEADER.
THERE'S THE LEADER.

I CAN SEE IT NOW.
IT'S ON THE SURFACE.

THERE IT IS. IT'S A BIG BASS.

NET IN THE WATER.

NET.
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

YES. WOW.

WELL, THIS IS A BIG
NEW GUINEA BLACK BASS.

THIS BATTLE-SCARRED SPECIMEN IS LARGE,
BUT THEY CAN GROW TO TWICE THIS WEIGHT.

I THINK ALL THE PIECES
FINALLY FALL INTO PLACE.

IT HAS THE COLORATION
THAT MATCHES GEORGE'S STORY

OF THAT MYSTERY FISH
ON THE REEF.

IT HAS THE TEETH THAT COULD'VE INFLICTED
THAT BITE WOUND THAT I SAW ON ANDREW.

AND HAVING FELT THIS ON THE END
OF A LINE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,

THE POWER, IF THIS THING
GRABBED HOLD OF YOUR LEG

AND STARTED PULLING,
I THINK YOU'D GO WITH IT.

YOU'D GO UNDER THE WATER.

THIS IS THE FISH
THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

THIS IS THE FISH
BEHIND THOSE STORIES.

WHEN I SET OUT TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ATTACKS,

I THOUGHT I WAS SEARCHING
FOR A SALTWATER PREDATOR.

TURNS OUT I WAS ONLY HALF RIGHT.

THESE ATTACKS ARE PART
OF GROWING EVIDENCE

THAT BLACK BASS ARE ABLE TO STRADDLE THE
WORLDS OF BOTH FRESH AND SALTWATER.

IT'S AN AMAZING ADAPTATION THAT SCIENTISTS
ARE ONLY STARTING TO UNDERSTAND.

AND FOR ME,
IT'S ENCOURAGING PROOF

THAT NEW MONSTER MYSTERIES ARE STILL
OUT THERE WAITING TO BE UNCOVERED.

I'M JEREMY WADE, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
WATCHING "VOLCANIC ISLAND TERROR."

THIS TIME,
I'M THE ONE ON THE HOOK.

I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS
FROM "RIVER MONSTERS" VIEWERS,

AND I'LL ANSWER AS MANY AS I CAN
IN THE FEW MINUTES THAT WE'VE GOT.

HERE WE GO.

FIRST ONE... SHOOPALUCY, IF THAT'S THE
RIGHT PRONUNCIATION, ON INSTAGRAM ASKED,

"WHAT'S THE LONGEST TIME YOU'VE HAD A
FISH ON THE LINE, AND DID YOU LAND IT?"

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS
THAT BIG STINGRAY IN ARGENTINA,

WHICH TOOK ME 3 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES,
BUT WHILE FILMING THIS NEW SEASON,

I HAD A YELLOWFIN TUNA.

THIS WAS WHEN I WAS IN ASCENSION ISLAND,
AND I THINK THAT TOOK 41/2 HOURS.

YES, I DID LAND IT,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVEN
IN THE PROGRAM.

THERE WERE JUST SO MANY FISH
THAT WE WERE CATCHING THEN.

LEONARD K., FACEBOOK...
"OTHER THAN MALARIA,

WHAT OTHER TROPICAL DISEASES
OR PARASITES HAVE YOU HAD?"

I HAD ONE THAT WAS PRETTY GROSS.

IT WAS CALLED BARBER'S RASH.

IT STARTED OFF AS A SPOT
ON MY NOSE, WHICH DIDN'T HEAL,

AND THEN IT SPREAD TO ALL THESE, LIKE,
SORT OF WEEPING SORES ALL OVER MY FACE.

AND I WENT AND GOT TREATED BY
THIS RATHER SHORT-SIGHTED DOCTOR,

WHO GOT THESE COTTON BUDS, WHICH HE DIPPED
IN SOMETHING CALLED GENTIAN VIOLET,

WHICH IS BRIGHT PURPLE, AND HE
DOBBED THESE ALL OVER MY FACE.

AND IT THEN DRIPPED DOWN, SO I ENDED UP
WITH A PURPLE AND WHITE STRIPED FACE.

THAT'S THE MOST MEMORABLE
EXOTIC DISEASE I'VE HAD.

EMILY M., FACEBOOK... "WHAT ARE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL FISH YOU'VE EVER CATCHED?"

DON'T YOU MEAN CAUGHT, EMILY?

"P.S., LOVE THE SHOW."

SORRY, IT'S THE TEACHER IN ME
COMING OUT.

THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED
A PEACOCK BASS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

LOVELY LOOKING THING.

THEY'RE JUST WONDERFULLY PRETTY
AND LUMINOUS.

SILVER SPOON, INSTAGRAM... "WHAT'S
THE WORST INJURY FROM FISHING?"

DO YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'VE ACTUALLY... WELL,
I WAS GONNA SAY, "LUCKY."

IT'S NOT LUCK... IT'S PAYING
ATTENTION, IT'S BEING CAREFUL.

I'VE STILL GOT ALL MY FINGERS
AND TOES.

THE WORST INJURY, THOUGH, BY FAR WAS...
SOME OF YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN THIS...

I WAS HIT IN THE CHEST
BY AN ARAPAIMA,

AND OKAY, THAT'S NOT TEETH,
IT'S A BLOW.

BUT I WAS... HONESTLY, I COULD
STILL FEEL THAT AFTER SIX WEEKS.

NAIM E., FACEBOOK...
"DID YOU EVER REGRET ANYTHING?"

UM...

I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, MAYBE FOR A WHILE, I REGRETTED...
WHEN I WAS YOUNG,

I SORT OF DROPPED OUT OF
THE WHOLE NORMAL-CAREER THING,

AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME BEING NOT
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN NORMAL TERMS.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRAVELING
ON NOT VERY MUCH MONEY,

AND PART OF ME
WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THAT.

BUT PART OF ME WAS THINKING, "WELL,
MAYBE THIS WASN'T A GOOD MOVE,"

BUT THEN SUDDENLY,
IT ALL CAME RIGHT.

AND I ENDED UP
DOING WHAT I'M DOING ON TV.

I'M GETTING PAID FOR IT, SO FROM
THIS PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT, NO.

BUT A FEW YEARS BACK,
I MIGHT'VE REGRETTED THAT.

AVA ROSE, INSTAGRAM...
"WHAT WOULD YOU THINK

THE MOST DANGEROUS RIVER MONSTER
IS IN THE UNITED STATES?"

UM...

GOSH, THAT'S HARD.
I THINK... WELL... UH...

I WAS POSSIBLY GONNA SAY SOME OF
THE BULL SHARKS THAT YOU'VE GOT.

IF YOU GO DOWN TO FLORIDA,
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT BULL SHARKS

SWIMMING AROUND OFF THE COAST
AND EVEN INTO FRESH WATER,

AND GENERALLY, WITH MOST OF
THE FISH THAT I DEAL WITH...

AND IT'S TRUE IN THE CASE
OF BULL SHARKS, AS WELL...

IT'S NORMALLY
THE FAULT OF THE PERSON

PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME

THROUGH NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHAT'S IN THE WATER.

THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS
IS VERY SMALL.

IT'S NOT THE FAULT OF THE FISH.

MAX P., FACEBOOK...
"WHAT NON-FISHING ACTIVITY

WILL YOU BE SPENDING
YOUR TIME ON AFTER THIS SEASON?"

UM...

I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I USED TO
DO A BIT OF ROCK CLIMBING.

IN ENGLAND, WHERE I LIVE,
IT'S NOT A GREAT ACTIVITY

BECAUSE IT'S RAINING
ALL THE TIME,

AND YOU CAN'T REALLY GO CLIMBING
WHEN THERE ARE ROCKS SLIPPERY.

THAT COMPLETELY CAME TO A HAULT
WHEN "RIVER MONSTERS" STARTED.

MAYBE I'LL DO A BIT OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.

AND I'M AFRAID THAT'S ALL
WE'VE GOT TIME FOR TONIGHT,

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WATCHING
THIS AND FOR WATCHING "RIVER MONSTERS."

FISH ON.