Original subtitles

This never ends well for the people

that go out with cameras and flashlights, does it?

Oh!

What do you see?

Those are eyes.

It could be a Sasquatch.

Do you guys want to see something really scary?

No.

Yes, you do.

Come on.

Let's go down to the river.

I don't know if this is such a good idea.

Oh, I'm about to show you guys the scariest thing

you have ever seen.

I've been thinking about this all day.

I found one earlier, but at night,

it could be a whole lot better.

So where are you really taking us?

To the river. What?

You know, rivers at night can be really pretty scary.

So what we're going to do is go all

the way through the deep, dark woods and down to the river.

Let's find some creatures.

Oh! What do you see?

Eyeballs. Where?

Do you see that, way out there?

Where?

Those are eyes.

Let's see if I can see it on camera.

What is that?

Mario, what is that?

Oh, I can see them on camera.

Mario, wildlife biologist, identify, identify.

Those are eyes, guys.

Uh, well, most logical thing is a deer,

but we are in Bigfoot territory.

It could be a Sasquatch. Come on.

Let's go that way.

We're being watched, guys.

We're being watched.

Mario. We're being watched.

I can see the eyes.

Oh, man, there's like a creepy old shed out here.

Yep.

You don't want to go in the shed.

I think we've seen too many horror movies

to know how these all begin.

Kind of feels like that, doesn't it?

Yeah, an old rusty shed.

An old shed in the middle of nowhere in West Virginia.

This never ends well for the people that go out with cameras

and flashlights, does it?

Yeah.

See all this moisture in the grass?

This means that they're going to be out and about tonight.

They?

That's a really good sign. Yes.

Who-- there's more than one?

There will definitely be more than one.

But all it's going to take is one to find

out how bad the bite is.

What was that?

Did you hear that?

No, not your foot.

It sounded like rocks knocking together.

What does that mean?

That's actually a definitive sign of a Sasquatch calling.

But that's not what we're after tonight.

The odds of us seeing Bigfoot, slim to none.

If we do see one, we're going to film it.

But we want to get to the river, and I can hear it from here.

Come on. Just over this ridge.

Oh, this is creepy.

Looks like a beach.

Where is the water?

I thought I heard something.

Sorry.

of reflective eyes.

All right, I need a big flat rock.

To defend ourselves with?

No.

To look under.

Uh oh.

It's not there.

OK, let's venture up this way a little bit.

No, nothing.

Oh!

Oh!

What is it?

There's one right here.

What?

Ah! What is that?

There it is! Ah!

What is that?

Oh, gross!

Ugh!

Where'd it go?

Where'd it go?

Under the rock, under the rock!

Ah, I got it!

Ah, ah, ah!

Oh, it's trying to bite me!

Oh!

There it is!

What is that?

It's a hellgrammite!

Oh, mackerel!

That's a big one too!

Wow!

All right, guys.

Well, if you remember an Instagram

post I made a few weeks ago of a creature that looks--

Ow!

He's biting me!

OK, they do bite!

There you have it!

Everybody want to know, do they bite?

Yes, they do bite.

It is latched onto my finger right now.

Oh!

That hurts.

But it's not breaking skin.

Yeah, that's, uh-- oh!

Ah!

Oh, it's got a hold of me.

Now, the hellgrammite-- can you see it OK there?

Oh, yeah.

It's got a hold of me.

The hellgrammite is actually the larvae stage of the dobsonfly.

Now, the dobsonfly, you may be thinking to yourself, oh, well,

is that maybe some beautiful butterfly type creature?

No.

It's about as wicked looking as this thing

is, only with big wings and enormous front mandibles.

However, those mandibles aren't strong enough

to pinch and bite onto anything like the larvae stage.

Now, I'm going to turn it slightly like this.

Wow. Ew!

Oh, it is just latched.

Now, if the bite isn't enough, what they will also do to deter

a predator is squirt a nasty smelling musk

from their rear end.

And it actually smells just like human feces.

And-- Ew.

What? - Ugh!

It smells like--

Ugh!

Like poop, exactly like poop.

Ugh.

And it has already squirted musk all over my finger.

Oh, it absolutely stinks.

It's biting down harder.

That is about the most alien-looking creature

I think I have ever come across, like something out

of the show "Stranger Things."

Ugh.

OK, it's been latched onto my finger for a while now.

And what I'm going to do is just gently dip it into the water.

Now, they are semi-aquatic, so putting it in the water

isn't going to cause any issues.

But I do want to get it off of my finger.

All right, here, try this.

I'm just going to set it down gently.

So just like I get crayfish off of me.

Oh, he's not letting go.

Let go.

Ow!

Ow, it's biting down harder!

Ow!

There it goes.

Got it. OK.

Ah!

Oh, it bit me again!

Man. - There we go.

You can't catch a break.

OK, now let's take a good look at the anatomy

of this creature.

Look at that underside.

Wow.

That is gnarly.

This is like a mix between a scorpion, a centipede,

a water bug, and a tremor.

Wait.

Look at its mouth!

That was on your finger!

Yeah, those front mandibles right there-- can you see that?

Those were latched onto my finger.

Yikes.

And these two back appendages there have hooks on them,

just like the rear hooks on a centipede.

Oh.

See how they move backwards?

Ow!

Yow!

Ah!

He's got me right underneath the fingernail!

I'm going to hold him there, though.

All right, now he's hooked on to me.

Oh, let go.

There, look at that!

Oh, wow.

That is so bizarre.

I don't know how you're leaving [inaudible]...

Oh!

It's like an alien!

Ah!

Ugh!

Oh, it has all these little hooks on its arms.

Just the way it moves. - Ah!

It, like, slinks.

What did I tell you?

It's like a living nightmare.

Look at that!

Oh, it's hooked on to me. Oh!

Where'd it go?

Where'd it go?

Can you imagine what it would be like to have

one of these things crawl into your ear?

It's going to eat your brain.

Ugh!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Ow!

Ah, ah!

Oh, that actually really hurts. Oh!

Oh, oh, oh!

Looks pretty good, dude.

I think it's actually poked a hole in my ear.

Ah!

Ow!

What do you guys think?

Hellgrammite earrings?

Could this be the new look?

No!

Is it dangling down from my ear?

Oh, yeah.

Ah!

Here, can you turn to the--

Oh, my gosh.

Hold on.

Hold it there.

What if it went into your brain?

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, I got to get it off of my ear.

Ugh.

Now-- oh!

Oh!

Wow!

Your ears are a lot softer than your finger.

Mm, that hurts!

So at this point, I pretty much just have to wait

for it to drop off on its own.

You can't just take it off?

Well, if I touch it or pull on it,

it's going to just bite down harder.

All right, let's, uh--

do you want me to try to get it off?

Uh, let me see.

Oh!

Ow!

Oh, let's see it.

Turn to your ear.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

Is it bleeding?

It's got a good crease.

There's a little white speck.

Ouch.

Well, I would say that this, without question,

is the creepiest looking creature that we have come

across here in West Virginia.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

All right, back under your rock, little creeper.

Oftentimes, we fear things that have a creepy

and alien looking appearance.

Even I'll admit, the moment I found my first hellgrammite,

I was incredibly nervous to pick it up,

especially with that set of intimidating mandibles.

However, in the end, I think what we all

learned is that while this creature may look intimidating,

it's non-venomous, and its bark is far worse than its bite.

Do you know what's creepier than one hellgrammite?

25 hellgrammites.

What's that for?

Well, what Mark doesn't know is that, earlier today, when

I stopped by the river and I found the first hellgrammite,

I also found 25 of them.

And I'm going to make Mark put his hand

in this bowl full of them.

Hey, Mark.

Really?

Well, that's cool.

So you know how earlier we started this

and I was like, hey, you know what I found today?

Mhm.

Something really gross.

Yeah, I know the hellgrammites [inaudible]...

Yeah, the hellgrammite, right?

And that was super gross.

Well, I kind of didn't tell you the whole truth.

OK.

I found one hellgrammite, and then I kept flipping over rocks

and I found 25 hellgrammites.

Dude.

That is so gross.

So what I challenge you to do right now--

Oh, my gosh.

You really did.

- is put your hand into this bowl and see if you

get bitten by a hellgrammite.

- No, no, no. - Yeah, come on!

No, no, no.

- I got stunned by a bullet ant. - Guys, come on.

Come on.

I was stung by a bullet ant.

And I just want you to put your hand in there for 60 seconds.

60 seconds?

Yeah, you guys always tell me, can you last for 60 seconds.

Can you last for 60 seconds with your hand

in a bowl of hellgrammites?

Oh.

I'll count it down for you. Ready?

Wait. Who signed me up for this?

I didn't agree to this.

No, well, you know, Mario and I were kind of like,

you know what'll be really fun?

Getting Mark finally bitten by something.

And it's not that bad.

I was even bitten on the ear and it didn't break skin.

Let me see this.

1, 2, 3, 4.

There's 25 of them.

Yeah, there's definitely 25 in there.

That's so gross.

OK, so you know what the line is, right?

No, I don't.

What is the line?

You got to say your name, and I'm about to enter the bite

zone with the hellgrammite.

And then, you got to just place one of your hands in there

and let them crawl all over you for 60 seconds.

I don't know, man.

You sure you don't want me to film this?

Mario, come on!

No, no, no, no.

Put your-- here, give me your camera.

All right. You're going to film it?

I'm not going to film it.

Just so you don't drop your camera in case you get bitten.

Yeah, let's put it down.

Yeah, let's get ourselves situated.

Get on the ground.

We'll have a little setup.

And we're going to do this just like a normal scene here.

All right.

I did find a millipede [inaudible]...

Did you?

Uh, we don't care that you found a millipede.

We care about you getting bitten by hellgrammites.

Do you have a good shot?

Yeah.

I was kind of hoping you'd say no.

Here we go.

All right, Coyote Pack.

Mark is going to do it. - OK.

Director of "Breaking Trail" is

going to enter the bite zone.

OK.

I'm Director Mark, and I'm about to enter the bite

zone with 25 hellgrammites.

All right.

I can't watch this.

Put your hand in there. Come on.

1, 2, 3.

Oh, it's so creepy!

They're all up on you there.

Oh, they're pooping on you.

Ah! I just got bit!

Oh, god. Oh, no!

Oh!

There's another one!

Oh, god!

Keep your hand in there!

Keep your hand in there!

All the way in the bowl! Ah!

All the way in the bowl.

Ah.

That's about 30 seconds.

Ah!

There's another bite!

Oh, there's another bite, see, on my finger!

Yeah, that's right.

Oh, there's another bite!

Ah!

Oh, they're biting me!

Dude-- ah!

3, 2--

This actually does hurt.

- 1.

All right, let him out.

Ah!

Ah, it's on me!

Oh, look at that.

It's latching on to you.

Let me get it.

Ah!

Ew!

Ugh!

Now smell your hand.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, Mario, smell my hand. Oh, no!

What are you--

Well, there you have it.

Good job, buddy.

I'll give you a stinky high-five.

I'm like shaking, man. That's like--

It hurts a little bit, right?

No, it's just super, super creepy.

I saw that one really got the side of your finger

pretty good.

Oh, they're biting me!

Oh, man.

Well, we're going

to let all these little hellgrammites

go back off into the wild.

And they are going to metamorphosis into dobsonflies.

And then they're going to be flying everywhere.

Absolutely.

Ugh.

I think I just got some of that in my eye.

Ugh. All right, guys.

I got to wash my hands.

Here they go.

Look at 'em go!

OK, here we go.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

I'm about to be bitten by the toe-biter on my big toe.

Here we go.

1, 2, 3.

Ah!

So loud.

Get back in the incubator!

Ah!

Oh, it's just as bad as I remembered!

Ah!

Oh, that is worse than a sting!

My goodness.

Dude, you are bleeding.

[groans] I hope you guys got that shot!

Got it.

I think he got it too, man.

Your big toe is messed up.

Ah!

All right, guys.

We are headed back to our jungle base camp.

My toe is still throbbing right now.

We're going to try to film an aftermath episode,

show you guys how to clean up the bite from a toe-biter.

I did put my boot back on my foot.

I can't walk through all this jungle mud and grime and risk

getting a bunch of dirt wedged into it.

But-- ugh.

I'm just having to walk on my heel right now with every step.

It's just like a shooting pain right into my big toe.

My toe's absolutely throbbing right now.

What I want to do is just get it in some hot water

as soon as I possibly can.

Mark and Mario went on up ahead.

I said, yeah, I'll be fine.

I just want to get a couple of takes right here in the field.

Sweating and just uncomfortable.

Feels like somebody slammed my big toe with a hammer.

All right, let's keep moving.

That is a slow hike back out of the rain forest

to get to our jungle camp.

Oh, the toe-biter is pretty much as bad

as I remembered it to be.

Now granted, before, I was bitten on the thigh and not

on the toe.

But, like I said, the toe just seemed sort of poetic

in this instance.

You may be wondering, do I regret it now?

A little bit, maybe because of how much pain I'm in.

But, honestly, hopefully, we all learn

something incredibly valuable from this little experiment.

If you see a toe-biter, don't try to pick it up.

Don't try to step on it, if you're barefoot.

And do your best to just admire it from a safe distance.

All right, I'll check in with you guys

as soon as we get back to base camp.

Here we go.

All right, guys.

I'm almost back to base camp.

I sent Mario ahead, and he is boiling some water right now.

Actually, boiling water is likely going to help

my toe in this scenario and--

OK, thanks.

Oh, yeah, a chair.

All right, Mark's got a chair for me.

And we're going to do a little first-aid-- ah!

My toe's still throbbing.--a little

first-aid on my toe-biter bite, which is on my big left toe.

Ah. All right.

I've got to get my boot off.

Hold on a second here.

Let's see.

Sock off.

Oh.

There's the spot right there.

See that?

There's a blood spot right there.

Now, what I want to do is I got a first-aid kit here

in my pack.

And I always have a trauma kit with me everywhere that I go.

Here we go.

Field trauma.

Open this up.

It is brand new.

I have a brand new one on every location that we go to.

This does have QuikClot, which I am not going to be using.

But I want antiseptic wipes and a little bit

of antibiotic ointment.

All right.

This is probably going to hurt a little bit.

You got a decent shot?

Ah!

Just a little sting.

Got to work that in there.

Nothing else coming out of there.

That's good.

I'm sure the pressure, actually, inside

of my boot probably helped with any further blood loss.

And it wasn't a lot of blood, but you could definitely

see that the gauge of the toe-biter's rostrum

pierced skin and put a pretty nice little puncture

in the tip of my toe.

I'm sure it did not help that my feet were already moist

because the inside of my boots are soaked

from last night's adventure when we

actually caught the toe-biter.

I don't know if you guys remember when I jumped

and fell off the edge of the pond,

my boot was absolutely soaked.

OK, that is probably about as good and clean

as we're going to need it.

This is just to prevent infection, correct?

That is correct.

And this isn't really doing much for your pain?

No, this is doing nothing for the pain.

And, honestly, the pain is not horrible at this point.

It kind of just feels like somebody

whacked my toe with a hammer.

It's like a dull, numb, throbbing pain at this point.

OK, Mario, let's bring that water in here.

OK.

Did you get it nice and hot, Mario?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, that's like right on the verge of being too hot.

Now, this should actually be really great for my toe.

Here we go.

Ready?

Mhm.

Ah!

Oh, that's real hot.

Just do it.

1, 2, 3, go.

Ah!

Oh, oh, oh!

Too hot for me to fully put my toes in at this point.

I got to let it cool off a little bit.

OK.

All right, here we go.

Ready?

Ah!

Oh!

Woo!

That's hot!

But it does feel good on my toe.

Ah!

What I actually want to do too is just massage that warm water

into the bite zone.

Ah!

Oh, oh, oh!

Ah!

Wow.

That's still really hot.

So talk to me.

Why does this kind of treatment work with something

like a toe-biter?

Well, I also used this tactic with the lionfish venom.

And the warm water is helping to break apart the enzymes,

the peptides, and the proteins in the saliva

from the toe-biter.

That's actually-- I can't tell if it's the hot water that's

taking away some of the pain or it's

the pain from the hot water that's

actually replacing the pain from the toe-biter bite.

I just got to let that soak for a little bit.

All right, let's cut the cameras and let's

come back here in about 10 minutes

and see where my toe is at.

Ah!

Whoa!

Oh, man!

Look, my toes kind of turned white from being in the water

that whole time.

Look at that.

Can you see that?

Zoom in on that.

Yeah, you can see where it poked through your skin there.

Right there, yeah.

Well, it definitely still hurts.

It's not as bad as it was, though.

The hot water actually is a great distraction

from the actual pain that's being induced

by the saliva of the toe-biter.

Now, I do want to just gently dry this off here.

Like that.

OK.

And the last thing I'm going to do

is apply some triple antibiotic ointment.

This will help fight any potential infection

that may set in.

It's basically Neosporin.

Yeah, Neosporin that came right out

of my field trauma kit.

I do have Neosporin, but we thought we'd use

something different this time.

I'm just going to go ahead and apply that.

You ready?

Glob it on there.

Ah, it's thick.

And going to kind of, ah, work that into the wound

and around on my toe.

And this is great.

Sunshine has actually come out, which is

going to help dry out my toe.

Now, I do want to keep it uncovered and keep an eye on it

to make sure that an infection does not set in.

Well, I think it's safe to say that, thus far, I have faced

the first of my two greatest fears,

being bitten by the toe-biter.

And it was bad, just as bad as I remembered

when I was eight years old.

However, a bite coming up, which is going

to come from the giant desert centipede, I fear

may be the worst bite you can possibly

get from any creepy crawly you find throughout the world.

Stay tuned, guys, because that episode is coming up soon.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see on the next location.