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NARRATOR: Throughout the United States,

there are legends of strange unidentified creatures

stretching back hundreds of years.

This program is a legend brought to life.

It's told through dramatization, eyewitness accounts, and expert

interviews.

Some images are violent in nature.

Viewer discretion is advised.

[music playing]

There's a lot of mysterious creatures hanging out

in the swamp.

Sometimes you'll be sound asleep,

and you hear shrieks in the dark.

There's been a lot of strange attacks here lately.

In the swamps, there's things that you barely

catch a glimpse out the corner of your eye and vanish.

There's a monster that would come out of the marsh

and grab you up in a heartbeat.

[dog barking]

We believe that it's out there.

He is out there.

Just because you don't believe don't mean you're safe.

Did you hear that?

Oh, dear god.

WOMAN (VOICEOVER): Some people go into a swamp,

they don't come out.

[growling]

[music playing]

My name's Luc.

I grew up around here.

Lived here my whole life.

Been running Cagin' Beasts for 10-odd years.

What I do out here is animal control.

I capture and relocate dangerous animals, gators in swimming

pools, snakes behind stoves, things like that.

Calls out here are getting stranger and stranger

over the last few months, more than I've seen in 20-some years

doing this line of work.

Aggressive attacks, creatures doing things

that aren't in their nature.

Right now, I'm heading to Larry Gaudet's farm.

It seems something sneaked up there last night

and gnawed on one of his cows.

And it was probably a gator, but I'm

going to find out what did it and see if it's still around.

With all the things that have been hitting these past

the last few years, folks are getting all superstitious.

Something strange happens, people get riled up.

10 times out of 10, some animal done something natural

or some person done something terrible.

JAMI BURNS: Well, here in South Louisiana,

the swamps are very remote, very hostile, very dangerous.

And over the years, the legends from the old-timers

have brought up different ideas of what creatures lived

in these swamps.

The Rougarou, the Honey Island Swamp Monster, the Alligator

Man, there's lots of different stories about lots

of different things that live in the swamps there.

Jules beat us here.

I didn't expect that.

Move.

He doesn't look it, but he--

he knows his stuff.

Hey.

Is he?

We'll see you up there, cupcake.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: We've been working together for over 10

years, and we've known each other for forever, it

seems like.

Half my life.

Yeah, 2/3 of my life.

2/3.

Sorry you boy had to come out here like this.

Hey, Larry.

My boys was out here earlier this morning

and found one of my cows.

She's all tore up.

Take us to it.

[bird caws]

This is where the cow got attacked.

I done lost a calf or two through the years,

but never a 750-pound cow.

Whatever did that, it's big.

Oh, man.

Cow's all tore up.

What the hell?

I don't see no tracks over here.

The ground is too dry.

Look at them flies go.

I ain't never seen an animal do something like this.

You've got deep lacerations back here.

You think a big cat?

Panther?

Well, the way the neck's been thrashed, it might have been.

I'm thinking it's them Jagneaux boys.

They ain't never been right with the law.

They always doing something.

LAURENT T. GAUDET: Jagneauxs got their property over there

on the side of the field.

Big family.

They've been in trouble with the law.

They've been in trouble with me.

They've stolen from me.

I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come over here and do

something like this.

If you really think someone did this,

you ought to call the sheriff.

You ain't need to mess with this.

Took a big animal to take this cow down.

Took a bigger one to drag it this far.

25, 30 feet, I don't think a cat would've drug it that far.

LUC BAPTISTE: I'm kind of stumped right now.

It didn't leave behind anything that we can use to ID it,

no teeth, no claws, no scat.

There's deep lacerations like something

that a Florida panther could do, but there's no way

it would drag it that far.

And if a bear had come in and done that,

well, there wouldn't be anything left there because it would

just tear it to shreds.

That's how it would've killed it.

Looks like a panther killed it, and a bear came in

and drug it 20 feet, and then coyotes

came in and started feeding on it until somebody scared it

off.

The odds of all that happening or like a billion to one.

[music playing]

[police radio chatter]

Calm down.

I'm fine!

Put it down!

They're here right now.

Now, calm down, Elrey.

Animal--

You-- I'll calm down when you shoot the dog.

I'm not going to shoot your dog.

I gave you permission.

- Just take care of her. - Just calm down.

I don't want to spook your dog again.

Ma'am!

Hey, Tam.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: Whenever cops

have a problem with animals, they give us a holler.

Homo sapiens they can handle, but anything else,

they get Cagin' Beasts involved.

What happened?

I was giving her her food, and she latched onto my arm.

And then I locked her in that room to calm her down,

and she went right through the door jamb, everything.

She splintered it. You can see.

And then I came up here.

That dog right there did that to you?

Yeah, she would've gone for my throat.

Been having a lot of weird ones lately, especially dogs.

Well, I'm too-- she's got the scent--

Hey, pipe down.

If you've been abusing it or beating it up,

I'm going to pull you down that roof myself

and let her finish the job.

Tam, I don't mistreat my animals.

- Trio, tell her. - Elrey, keep quiet.

Hey, girl.

[dog growls]

Careful, Tam.

Hey.

[dog whimpers]

You good girl.

Good girl.

[dog whines]

Shh, shh, shh.

Well, it's not rabies.

Swear to God, she was not like that.

Let's see.

POLICE OFFICER: Go ahead.

[police radio chatter]

God. POLICE OFFICER: 10-4, en route.

What have you been doing?

Hey, Tam, I got a call I got to go on.

You got everything under control?

There ain't nothing wrong with this dog,

- except her pads are all torn up. - Make sure, y'all.

I got to get down.

Elrey, keep tight.

We're going to get you down.

Don't leave, bro.

Oh my God.

That dog was working on that door for a while,

and he even gnawed on that door handle and tore it apart.

I never seen a dog do anything like that.

You're stronger than you look.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: I just knew something

had to be really spooking the dog for it

to go to those lengths.

I didn't find any signs of rabies, no signs of abuse.

I can't really explain it.

It was like she was [bleep] possessed or something.

[music playing]

We got to see if we can find some tracks,

because I ain't seen nothing up here.

It's too dry.

Whatever it is could still be around here, so

be on your toes.

It's really thick over here.

LUC BAPTISTE: We're going to walk the fence,

see if we can see some fur trapped on it.

I ain't seeing nothing.

What you got over there, Jules?

Nothing.

[cows mooing]

We're going to go closer to water,

see if there's some tracks in the soft mud.

There ain't nothing.

LUC BAPTISTE: I'm not one to speculate outside of what

I know to be true, but based on what's happened here,

there's a dangerous predator out there.

And it certainly can't be around people,

so we're going to figure out what did it,

and we're going to get it out of here.

Whatever it was came up through the swamps.

We're going to have to get the traps and get them set.

What traps do you want?

All of them.

We're going to have to set up a--

- All of them? - --bear trap too.

Yeah, call Wildlife and Fisheries,

let them know what we're doing.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: I've been doing

this for 25 years, and that cow, that cow freaked me out.

For the past year, things have been getting

really crazy around here.

Animals dying, and people are starting to get worried.

They're worried about the old superstitions.

They're starting to believe them again.

And frankly, I don't blame them.

Right here, right now, people are scared.

You can see the fear in their eyes.

WOMAN: There's animals that come out of the woods

to our property that's never come out before.

It's like they're spooked by something that's out there.

I can remember a time growing up, animals died.

Cattle found dead in the fields, and the fish,

they were all dead.

The bayou was just paved in silver.

You don't understand.

Something not right is going on.

The legends my grandparents used to tell me,

it's like they're coming true.

PATRICK KRUG: One of the situations

that people are now discovering all over the world is what

happens to a giant predator when its habitat or food supply has

been compromised.

So for example, with the decreases

that we've seen in the Arctic Sea ice,

polar bears are often foraging into areas that bring them

into contact with humans.

So in a place like the bayou, you

could imagine a hurricane moving through

or maybe a human-mediated catastrophe such as an oil

spill.

Well, any disaster like that is going to force a large animal

into contact with humans, whereas normally you wouldn't

see them.

My family gave me the nickname Trio.

My name is actually Patrice Lambert III.

A little fancy, but don't go telling people

at the office that.

They're going to give me a hard time.

Right now, we're headed out to the cemetery.

Apparently, there was some kind of desecration.

It's not too uncommon for these kind of things

to happen in these remote areas.

I transferred to this office a few years ago from a larger

parish.

We got a few strange calls back then, but nothing like we

got here.

Watch where we're walking, fellas.

Make sure we aren't stepping on no graves.

Always so damn spooky at cemeteries.

Hey, Von.

Trio.

What we got?

Family crypt broken into, three bodies.

Or what's left of them.

Oh, [bleep].

And where's this guy's head?

TRIO LAMBERT: Sheriff's office got called

to the local cemetery because three bodies were dragged

from their crypt.

And apparently, one of them is now missing a head.

You ever seen anything like this before?

Crypts like these, being the way they are,

we have break-ins, but not like this.

ANDERSON MILFORD JR: Cemeteries here

are above ground in Louisiana because we

have a very high water table.

[lightning crashes]

You get a lot of rain, the water table rises.

And you trying to dig six feet under,

all you're doing is digging a swimming hole.

Come a flood or a big heavy rain,

them suckers just pop right back out of the ground.

That's likely why we have all the stories about voodoo

and zombies and vampires.

The one big downside to keeping crypts up top like this,

there's a lot of grave robbing.

[music playing]

I wonder if it was something against the family.

It's definitely not grave robbery.

The missus right there still has on her jewelry.

The grave robber was after the head.

Why just this guy's head?

TRIO LAMBERT: We got that mutilated cattle over

at Larry Gaudet's farm, and this decapitated corpse

exhumed at the cemetery.

Now, I don't want to say they're related,

but I'm definitely not going to rule it out.

LUC BAPTISTE: Some people in those swamps practice

the art of black magic.

A lot of it's done in the middle of the night

in these graveyards.

A few years ago, we had some satanic activity in the area

here.

About 10 miles north of us, they had some cows

killed in a graveyard.

Someone here is practicing that.

Who it is or where they are, unknown.

[music playing]

Come on.

Little further.

That's good.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: There's been a rash of animal attacks

around here.

Just now, a full-grown cow was torn up on Larry's farm.

My cousin Jules and I, we're setting up

just a bunch of different traps and snares to be safe.

From the looks of that cow, I'm banking on it being something

pretty big.

We got a bunch of different foothold

stops they call bear traps.

Got a [inaudible],, 4 and 1/2 inch right here.

What I like to use mostly is the snares,

because with the footholds, you're typically

going to break the animal's legs, which is just

like killing them in most cases.

A snare here, this little puppy is rated for about 850 pounds.

So we just anchor it into the ground, they walk into it,

and voila.

To use any of these tools of the trade,

you need a trapping license.

Unless it's on your own property.

Then you can get any damn thing you want.

You can catch a neighbor's cat.

It don't matter.

As long as you got one of these out here, this baby right here,

this a monster trap here.

People just dream about having one of these things.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: I've heard all kinds of stories

from all kinds of people.

They talk about this thing called a Skunk Ape,

the Bigfoot, the Rougarou.

A lot of people think a lot of different things

about the Rougarou.

Like the American Natives, they think it's a shapeshifter.

People up in Baton Rouge, they think it's the Bigfoot.

The French trappers, they brought

over legends of werewolves.

Hell, half the people I know know

stories that are unexplained, and they all

blame it on the Rougarou.

My mamaw, when I was a kid, she told me

she watched a man stand up, and he had, like, a wolf head.

She thought it was a big dog until it took off

running on its back legs.

And my mamaw's never, ever lied to me a day in her life.

Whatever it is, I know it comes out of the swamp,

and it's dangerous.

And I sure as hell ain't going to mess with it.

Mm-mm.

This is my little baby.

This is the stealth cam.

It's basically a camera trap or a trail cam.

It is a motion-activated camera.

It has 40 infrared sensors that take excellent pictures, even

in the dark, up to 50 feet.

This beautiful thing takes three megapixel photos in nine image

bursts.

Anytime it senses motion, it's going to take nine pictures

really fast.

We house it in a hardened steel weatherproof case.

This thing, completely unbreakable.

Well, I know Jules thinks we'll find something out

of the ordinary, a mega gator or some mysterious bayou creature.

And, I mean, who knows?

We might.

But that's what this baby's for.

If it's out there, we'll know.

[music playing]

[music playing]

Checked the traps again this morning on Gaudet's farm.

Found nothing.

But at least no other animals were attacked.

I got mixed feelings about--

What, you got a snake coming out your toilet again?

Yeah, I'll be right there.

[police radio chatter]

Apparently, a hunter was in the woods early this morning

and ran across this phone.

We're still trying to figure out who it belongs to.

It's prepaid, and a lot of hikers

get these so they don't mess up their real phones in the woods.

After watching the footage, he contacted us.

HIKER (ON VIDEO): There he goes.

[animal growling]

[screams]

He was just climbing around on my arm.

There he goes.

[animal growling]

[screams]

I don't know what would pull somebody up,

you know, that far up in the tree canopy.

I mean, some kind of, like, animal trap or something?

I mean, it could be a snare with a deadfall or something.

LUC BAPTISTE: Wait, wait, it can't be a snare.

See?

Right there.

If it were a snare, it'd wrap around his feet

and pull him up feet first.

He's going up headfirst.

OFFICER: He's right.

I can't say it's a hunter trap for sure,

but can't rule it out.

Let me slow it down right here.

You see him getting pulled up?

There's no ropes, nothing.

It's like he's thrown 20 feet or something.

LUC BAPTISTE: Then he drops his cell phone, it lands upright,

and he disappears.

I don't know what to tell you.

Well, Larry Gaudet's cow was killed.

It wasn't thrown, it was dragged.

But we're still trying to figure out what did it.

FEMALE OFFICER: This guy appears to be Caucasian, probably

about 6 foot tall, and there is no sign of him.

I mean, we searched that whole area.

We came up with nothing.

[animal growling]

HIKER (ON VIDEO): [screams]

[music playing]

LUC BAPTISTE: The legend of the Rougarou evolved from

the "loup-garou," which came from France.

When the French come over, they brought over their myths.

When they got over here, it became the Rougarou.

People believe it to be a werewolf-type animal.

He's definitely a monster that lives in the deep dark swamps.

I'll tell you here, the Rougarou is not some dumb animal.

He's very vicious.

He's able to pass himself off as people or other animals.

You don't know what you're dealing with.

Have I ever seen him?

No, not yet.

But I think I've heard things in there

at night that I could explain to be the Rougarou.

Look, we've been having some weird things going on lately.

Took a big animal to take this cow down.

Oh, [bleep].

Where's this guy's head?

OFFICER: I don't know what would pull somebody up that far up

in the tree canopy.

I mean, some kind of, like, animal or something?

[police radio chatter]

TRIO LAMBERT: A few of our current investigations

actually concentrate on one stretch of bayou.

Larry Gaudet's cow, that body at the cemetery,

that missing hiker all occurred just inside or at the border

of the swamplands.

Both the cow and corpse were mutilated in a-- what

I would call a brutal manner.

I'm trying to find out if there was any similarities

between their wounds.

Trio.

TRIO LAMBERT: Fred is just about the best there is when it comes

to knowing knives around here, so hopefully he can help.

Come on business today.

Whoa.

I want to know if you can narrow down what type of blade

might have been used to do something like that.

We're a little short on leads, and anything could help.

This is going to be a rough one here.

Can't see much details in this picture.

Man, oh, man.

Maybe something like this is a little more up your alley.

Well, I can tell right away the techniques

are completely different.

This one, the head is fairly clean and deliberate.

But your cow, she's slashed pretty well.

Could be an animal clawing repeatedly,

or a strong somebody didn't know what the hell he was doing.

I got some odds and ends in the back.

I'll try a few knives. Maybe we'll get a match?

Oh, yeah, listen, man, I'd appreciate that.

Sure, no problem.

Just got this in this morning.

This isn't cowhide, but it'll get us in the ball park.

We're trying to mimic what we see in the picture there.

Try this.

The lacerations aren't the same.

TRIO LAMBERT: He just couldn't match the wounds

in those photos.

Let's try it with a different knife.

TRIO LAMBERT: He's going to test out some more blades

to see if he can reproduce the same marks.

Hopefully at the very least, we can rule out

if a human was involved.

FRED TRUDEAU: I still don't think a knife did that.

But then I can't in my mind come up with what animal

could have done that.

Animals don't kill for pleasure.

Man's the only animal that does that.

WOMAN: Something is killing animals around here.

It's not natural for that to happen.

MAN: Some of the animals get killed at night.

Something will come in and just--

I mean, just kill them.

Not kill them and eat them, just kill them.

We got a call from this lady last night,

said she saw an animal out on the edge of her property.

Found that a little odd.

She kept referring to it as an animal.

Usually, you'd see something firsthand,

you'd say what it is, an alligator or a coyote

or whatever.

Hello?

Miss Bergeron?

Hey, officer.

Ha!

Ain't no officers here.

Luc Baptiste.

How you doing?

Maggie.

Why don't you show me what you got here?

OK, it's over here.

Oh, it was across the bayou what you saw?

Yeah, mm-hmm.

The last few nights, I would say around 10 o'clock,

I had spotted a peculiar creature.

One night, I saw it right here in this opening right here.

Right, right. That's a natural spot.

Something would come down there and drink.

Uh-huh.

I've seen it over to the left of this tree over here.

Scaring the animals.

You sure it wasn't an alligator?

It was not an alligator.

This was-- this was something different.

MARGARET BERGERON: Well, I've been living here pretty much

my whole damn life, so I'm used to people talking about what's

lurking in the bayou.

And I've never been inclined to believe it much.

You know, I just thought it's folklore you grow up with.

But I'm just staying inside my house

because I don't really want to get near that thing.

What it look like?

Well, it's reddish colored.

It's almost like the same color as an orangutan.

It's humanoid.

I mean, it walks upright.

I'd say it's a little taller than you.

It's about 6 foot.

You sure maybe it wasn't just your point of view where

it was?

No.

Well, I told my neighbors, and they were like, tell you

what, you saw the Skunk Ape.

You saw the Skunk Ape.

You know? And--

Your neighbors like to drink a lot, don't they?

- -I was like, I don't know.

LUC BAPTISTE: Skunk Ape's basically the swamp's Bigfoot.

Big hairy upright thing.

But I'll tell you what, in all my years working with animals,

I've never seen something that fits that description.

Sorry.

[music playing]

PATRICK KRUG: I've heard of the Skunk Ape.

But to my knowledge, there's no scientific evidence

that supports the existence of a creature like that.

It is described as kind of a reddish Bigfoot,

somewhat like an orangutan, but one

that emits an unusually pungent odor, hence the name Skunk Ape.

And we've discovered maybe 25 new species of primates

in the last decade or so.

Typically, anytime you find new species,

each species is going to be more different in its DNA.

So if we had DNA from something new like the Skunk Ape,

we would be able to tell, hey, this is an organism we've never

seen before.

So far, I am not aware of any scientific evidence that

supports the existence of the Skunk Ape.

I took some photos.

You got photos?

Yeah, I-- I do got photos.

We're standing out here talking, and you got photos?

That would've been a good thing to start with.

I'd like to see them.

It's as good as I could manage.

I don't want to get too close.

Well, you can kind of see the outline right there.

What the hell?

You can see it right there. I mean, that's--

Mm-hmm

Now, I don't want to jump to any conclusions,

but it does look like you got something out of the ordinary.

It's big too.

Mm-hmm.

Well, let's walk your property,

see if we can find some tracks or something.

People been saying that something

tore up a bunch of cows on Larry's farm the other day.

Well, you see there, that's how rumors get started

and folks get worked up.

There was only one cow.

I ought to know because I was there.

Well, it looks like something's been through here.

See how it's all matted down and the branches are broken?

Look at this.

Look it there, we got us some fur.

Oh yeah.

It's red, all right.

LUC BAPTISTE: The water's shallow enough here,

and there's fish in this pond.

Makes easy feeding for a bear, panther, wild dogs, wolves,

whatever is passing through here.

What I would think is a bear was up in that there tree.

But red's not the color of bear.

They're black around here.

Here we go.

We got a track right here.

Look at that.

That's a big one, all right.

My God, that's bigger than I thought.

NARRATOR: A rash of recent events in this remote Louisiana

town has left the locals on edge.

An unknown predator is slaughtering livestock.

Whatever did that is big.

NARRATOR: Graves are being desecrated,

and a hiker is missing.

HIKER (ON VIDEO): [screams]

NARRATOR: Some townsfolk believe the carnage

is the work of a Skunk Ape, a legendary Bigfoot creature.

Other locals believe it's an elusive shapeshifter called

the Rougarou.

But the animal nuisance experts at Cagin' Beasts

are searching for another explanation.

Here we go.

We got a track right here.

That's a big one, all right.

Wow.

Sometimes what folks think is a big two-legged animal could

actually be a four-legged animal.

What happens, the rear paw lands slightly ahead of or just

behind the forepaw print and it smears out the middle

and elongates it.

Makes it look like nothing we've ever seen around here.

And that'd be my bet for what's going on wherever people think

they got a Bigfoot.

Unless they've just got an outright hoax.

What got me concerned here is we've got claw marks right here

on the outside and in the inside,

but there's nothing in the middle.

What has claws like that?

I don't know.

LUC BAPTISTE: I've never seen anything like that before.

What's going through my mind is maybe the animal

had some sort of accident.

I mean, that's the only logical thing I can think of right now.

JEFF MELDRUM: From my perspective,

the Cripple Foot is a very compelling example of--

of evidence for the existence of Sasquatch.

Cripple Foot refers to a case of Sasquatch footprints

that were discovered in 1969 in Northeastern Washington State.

They were notable for two reasons.

One, thousands of individual footprints were counted.

The second aspect is the deformity of the right foot.

It is quite skewed, pulling apart the joints out here

on the outer edge, producing these large bunionettes.

The third digit's either amputated or pushed up out

of alignment with the other toes.

Some have suggested that this could-- could well be a hoax.

The problem with that is that there are only

a handful of people who could look at this

and provide a description of the-- the anatomical and

medical basis of it.

So for a hoaxer in 1969 to have perpetuated such a hoax,

it is virtually inconceivable in my mind.

[music playing]

It's about 6 feet long, probably

weigh about 500 pounds.

I don't know.

How many times she seen it?

Two nights in a row.

She got a picture of it standing right over there by that stump.

LUC BAPTISTE: Usually we set up traps and let

them do the waiting for us.

But we got enough evidence that this thing's been through here

the last few nights now.

And with a violent attack like we had at Larry's farm,

we figured it's best to throw ourselves at this thing

full force, see if we can't catch this thing

before somebody gets hurt.

So you'll sit up here.

We'll get Jules set up over there.

Yeah, I can get a real clear shot right here.

We just got to make sure it comes out of the woods.

That's no problem.

I brought my pheromone cards.

I'll go get them.

Go get them.

He swears they work.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: The purpose of the pheromone cards

is to create an invisible fence to kind of corral the thing in.

So if it goes and smells the stuff that it doesn't like,

it's going to turn away.

And then it'll get a whiff of the stuff it does like

and hopefully go to that smell.

Mwah.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: Basically, he's

going to go where we want him to go.

I got some ones that I know he'll like,

and I got some ones he probably ain't going to like.

All right.

Which one do you want?

- The ones he'll like. - There you go.

- You-- - Thanks.

- -take the one he won't like.

Ugh!

What the hell is this?

You said it was the good smelling ones.

Well, you ain't no Skunk Ape, are you?

God.

Skunk Ape will like it.

I'm going to take my home brew here.

Ugh!

You are so disgusting.

You guys get right through here.

I'm going to get along the bank.

Oh yeah.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT (VOICEOVER): Put out Jules's home brew

pheromone cards.

Pheromones is a chemical that's released.

It will either attract or repel an animal.

Yeah, that'll get them.

Hopefully this gets it out in the open.

Hang some of them up high. There you go.

Reach on up there.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: There's a science behind it.

I just don't know if Jules's way of going about it

is particularly scientific.

Territorial, you know, like pissing all

over the trees like dogs do.

[music playing]

MAN: People say the bayou has eyes, you know?

They just looking at you, but you can't see it.

One day, I was walking out to go check the mail,

and there was this big black animal.

He just stopped.

And it was huge.

It was bigger than anything I've ever seen out here.

It's not what you see that can get you,

it's what you can't see as can get you.

[music playing]

Headed over to the Jagneaux property.

Trying to see if I can get a statement or any information

about that cow that was killed on Larry's farm.

Larry Gaudet thinks the Jagneaux boys may have killed his cow.

This family lays claim to a lot of land that may or may not

be theirs.

This gate right here is one of the defined boundaries.

So as long as we stay on this side, we should be good.

Sheriff's office.

I'm just looking for someone with the last name Jagneaux.

All I want is five minutes of your time.

Anybody here?

Hello?

That was just my--

Yes, sir?

You one of them Jagneaux boys, ain't you?

Henri?

Listen, man, I just want to ask a few questions.

I'll be in and out.

Did you or any member of your family

see or hear any large or unusual animals on your property?

No.

Are you even aware of the animal incident

that occurred at Gaudet's farm last Tuesday morning?

No, Gaudet likes to make up a lot of stories.

This wasn't make believe, buddy.

I seen it with my own eyes.

But, listen, if you don't know anything.

I don't think it's the best idea to try and ask

around here, OK?

Look, I got to answer--

Hey!

Why are you harassing my family on our property?

Now, look, I'm--

I'm not harassing them.

Now, I need to know.

You boys seen anything cut across your property that

killed Larry Gaudet's cow?

Nope.

The sheriff's office is taking this investigation

very seriously.

All right.

Watch where you're cutting across.

We got traps and cameras set up all through Gaudet's property.

Y'all have a good night.

[music playing]

We done spent too much damn time setting all these up,

and now we got to move them because the wind changed on us.

And if we don't move them, I'm afraid we're not

going to be able to get the thing in position

to where we want it.

[thunder rumbling]

Looks like it's going to be a wet night.

LUC BAPTISTE: Just hope we didn't scare off

the damn thing we came for.

It's just a tranq gun.

It's non-lethal.

These are darts.

The sedative we use, it causes a loss of consciousness

within minutes.

[thunder rumbling]

It's coming down now.

Anybody got anything?

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT (ON RADIO): Got nothing.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: Nothing over here.

Problem now is I'm worried that Then he might come around

to the side.

JULES D'ENTREMONT (ON RADIO): I know you can handle it,

girl, but I--

Will you just shut the hell up?

Or nothing's going to come out at all.

JULES D'ENTREMONT (ON RADIO): To your left.

Shoot! Shoot!

It's coming towards you.

I don't see it.

LUC BAPTISTE (ON RADIO): Straight in front of you,

Tammany.

[animal growls]

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: I don't see it.

LUC BAPTISTE (ON RADIO): Straight in front of you,

Tammany. It's on the point there.

Shoot!

[gunshot]

It's on the move!

It's on the move!

I couldn't tell, but I know I got it.

Stop. Stop.

Stop, stop, stop.

Shh.

[animal moans]

It's right over there.

It's going deeper in the woods.

- This way, this way. - Slow down.

- You see him? - There he is!

There he is!

You see him moving?

All right, well, Steady.

He's losing steam.

He's going down right there. Let me see if he's alive.

- Oh, man. - Be careful.

All right, we got him.

We got him.

Make sure he's down.

Luc, what is it?

- Whoa! - [bleep].

You guys stay back.

Stay back.

Son of a bitch, look at the size of that sucker.

Looks like we got ourselves a bear.

He is huge.

Good shot.

Thank you.

You guys keep your-- keep your distance.

Yeah, he's out.

Color of that fur look familiar?

Look how red he is.

You guys want to get a closer look?

Come on in. Just don't go past that tree.

Y'all be careful now.

Look, his-- his claws.

Oh, look at that.

It's definitely that print.

It's missing like three claws, huh?

Yeah.

This thing could easily grab ahold of Larry Gaudet's cow.

It's the only thing that could have.

All right, well, all I know is, now that we got us bear,

we need to call Wildlife and Fisheries.

Yeah, see if you get some reception

and get them out here.

You guys get what you want for this because if he wakes up,

you don't want to be around here.

[music playing]

Heading over to Larry Gaudet's farm,

give him the good news that we think we got it.

When I first saw Larry's cow, I didn't

think it was a bear attack.

Bears wouldn't normally attack cattle like that

and just leave it there.

They'd tear it apart.

But the bear we got was huge.

Could've easily taken that cow down

and dragged it through a field.

I'm sure when Larry's workers came in that morning,

it took off before it had time to finish.

And its reddish coat, that's what gave Maggie the Skunk Ape

vision.

Wildlife and Fisheries picked up the bear we tranq'd.

Best they can tell, it'd been pulling fish out of the pond

over at Miss Maggie's place for the last few nights.

I'm fairly confident that's the same bear that

tore through Gaudet's farm.

[cows mooing]

Y'all are overachievers driving too fast.

Going to get a ticket one of these days.

He deserves a cup of coffee.

Thank you, sir.

Hear the good news?

That's what I understand.

We got us a bear.

You sure you got the right bear?

I'm darn sure.

That bear was over 6 foot tail to snout.

That thing would've dragged five times its body weight.

That bear was out there gnawing on your cow,

and I bet you your boys came in and scared it off.

Well, I'm glad you all finally got it.

Yeah, you'll be breathing easy again once we get these traps

out here, all right?

JULES D'ENTREMONT: I know Luc seems

to think he got it under control, that that bear did

that to that cow.

I mean, it was--

the paw was injured.

He was hanging around Maggie's place,

and there ain't no big game a bear that size would be after.

Hanging out there just getting little bitty prey.

That's all it could catch.

Whatever took down that cow had to have been a lot of tougher

than that bear.

I think there's something else out there.

Yeah, you got to be careful.

When you set these traps up, forget where they are,

ruin your day.

JULES D'ENTREMONT: Hey, Luc, come here!

Hurry up!

Come here!

All right, hold on, honey, I'm coming, I'm coming.

You set them.

They do your job.

You come out, you catch a critter.

Look at this.

- It's all bent, man. - What could've done that, boss?

I ain't never seen that.

What you doing, setting broken traps for it?

Seriously.

I ain't [bleep] around.

Look at that, the springs are even busted.

Whatever it was, it got hurt.

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: Luc, get over here!

Yeah!

Look at this.

What is it?

That's the camera there.

It was ripped off the tree.

There's no claw marks on the tree.

Card's still here.

Let's see if you can pull up some pictures,

see what did this.

Man, you got to run over it with a truck to do that.

Get a picture, see if we can figure out what did this.

Maybe.

Right there, right there, hold on.

- Whoa! - What is that?

- What is that? - Are those eyes?

What's that? What's that?

What's that?

Are those teeth?

TAMMANY D'ENTREMONT: We tranq'd that bear at 1:13.

We had to record it for Wildlife and Fisheries.

And when my trail cam got knocked down,

the timestamp was 3:39.

So there's no way.

This ain't our bear.

NARRATOR: This season on "Cryptid--

The Swamp Beast."

[animal roars]

I heard a noise from over there.

Did you see that?

[animal moaning]

WOMAN (VOICEOVER): I've never heard anything like this

before. [animal growls]

These kills are fresh.

Ah!

[bleep] Did y'all see anything?

Jules!

Come on, man, answer us!

The sheriff, there's nothing that he can do.

Guys!

Oh my God.

My boys, they're gone.

Luc, you better hold back, you hear me?

LUC BAPTISTE (VOICEOVER): They're claiming they caught

whatever we've been after.

Oh, dear God.

[screaming]

Oh jeez.

You hear that?

- [animal growls] - Get out!

Get out! Run!

Go! Go!

[music playing]