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[Josh] On this episode
of "Expedition X"--

- [Heather] Oh my gosh.
- [Phil] [indistinct]--
let's go get it.

[Josh] My team chases
horrifying reports

of the blood-sucking
chupacabra...

These chickens had no blood.

This animal sucked
all of the blood out of them.

[Josh] This infamous demon dog
is said to be terrorizing Texas.

These animals
may be mutations.

- Well, I have the real thing.
- Oh, my goodness!

What the hell am I looking at?

[Josh]...with help from
their own cutting-edge

canine companion.

All right, Robodog,
you got my back?

[Josh] Heather and Phil
will search for proof

of the vampiric beast.

If you have blood running
through your veins,

there's cause for alarm.
- [Phil] Oh, my god.

[Phil] It's running.

[Josh] But they'll find that
catching a horrifying hellhound

is not as simple
as just saying, "Fetch."

Holy [bleep].

It just got knocked over.

[theme music plays]

All right, Gates.
I got a story to pitch,

but I know what
you're gonna say.

What am I gonna say?

- He's gonna say, "Oh my word."
- He says that a lot.

Hey, there's nothing wrong
with a catchphrase, Phil.

You should try it sometime.
Come on, pitch me, what is it?

The chupacabra.

Oh, I do love the chupacabra,

legendary
blood-sucking creature,

but we investigated
this in Puerto Rico,

where the story started,
and it just didn't stand up.

It felt like a combination
of recent folklore

and some wild dogs.
- I knew you were

gonna say that,
but would it change

your mind if I said
there was a specimen?

A specimen?

Someone has
a physical chupacabra?

Yes.
A doctor in Texas says

she found a dead chupacabra,

had it taxidermied,
and checked this sucker out.

- [Josh] Oh my word.
- See?

It's good.
That is seriously creepy.

Look at that.
OK.

It does still kind of
look like a dog.

- [Josh] Kind of.
- [Phil] Yeah.

[Phil] But the fur,
or lack thereof,

is definitely unusual.

And here's the thing,
she says that this chupacabra

broke into her chicken coop,
killed her chickens,

leaving puncture wounds
and no blood.

OK, a literal bloodsucker.

- Mm-hmm.
- OK, so could it be

that this legendary,
blood-sucking beast

is on the loose in Texas?

[camera shutter snaps]

[Josh] The chupacabra legend
begins on the island

of Puerto Rico
in 1995.

The territory is shocked by
a series of disturbing attacks

on livestock.
- [ominous chord strike]

Hundreds of goats are killed
in the dead of night.

The goats are found with
two massive puncture wounds

to the neck and their blood
completely drained.

As rumors of this blood-sucking
beast spreads across

the island, the locals name
the monster Chupacabra,

or, "Goat-sucker."

In 2019, I went
to Puerto Rico to investigate

the mysterious murders.

Oh my word, look at this!

- One, two, three,
four chickens.
- [man] Si.

- And they were in these pens.
- This was ripped open here.

So whatever did this not only
ripped back all this wire,

but actually bent back
the corrugated metal.

But since then,
suspected chupacabra attacks

have not only continued,
they've spread

to mainland America.

Thousands of chickens,
goats, and cattle have been

found dead in Texas
with puncture wounds

and their blood drained,
just like in Puerto Rico.

There have been
possible sightings, too.

Texans from San Antonio
to Houston report terrifying,

hairless, vicious,
four-legged beasts that are

unlike any known canine.
- [sinister strings play]

In 2010, a woman in Texoma
claims she is savagely bitten

after discovering a chupacabra
lurking inside her camper.

Years later, a family near
the town of Victoria

allegedly shoots and kills
one of the animals...

[gunshot blasts]

...after hearing its terrifying
howl near their livestock.

Experts believe the epicenter
of this activity is near

the small town of Cuero, Texas,
where ranchers report seeing

the elusive creature more
frequently than anywhere else

in the state.

But what exactly is
the mysterious chupacabra?

Some believe it's
a lab experiment that

escaped and bred.

Others say it's the accelerated
evolution of a common predator,

like a wolf or coyote.

And one wild theory states this
could even be some kind of

vampiric extraterrestrial
somehow living on Earth.

Is the chupacabra really
stalking the Texas Badlands?

And is it still thirsty
for blood?

[ominous chord strike]

Guys, this is
a really compelling case.

It's not Puerto Rico, it's
an all-new location in Texas.

And we might have a real
specimen on our hands.

And not only that, this is
not some ancient legend.

These sightings are
happening right now.

- Yeah.
- And this Texas part

may be key to what I think
could really be happening there.

There are wolves,
coyotes, feral dogs, all found

in this region, and canids can
be afflicted by conditions like

mange and rabies that
not only drastically alter

their appearance, but also can
make them behave

in very disturbing ways.
- So, the big question--

is it something known
or something unknown?

That's what we have to
figure out.

And to do that, there's a new
piece of technology I think

would be perfect for this case.

Here, boy!

[orchestral music plays]

- [chuckling]
- What?

Come on up.

Come on up.

Phil, what the hell
am I looking at?

- What is this?
- This is a robotic quadruped.

- And Josh, say, "Shake."
- Shake?

- [beeping]
- [gasps]

- [Phil] Right?
- [Josh] Oh my word.

What are you gonna do
with this thing?

I mean, maybe it takes a dog
to catch a dog.

This thing has 360-degree laser
scanning, 3D mapping LiDAR.

It has autonomous AI.

And because it's a robot,
it has no scent.

So it can go places that
we can't go and do it

relatively undetected.
- OK, so Robodog.

- Yeah.
- No... no.

- What?
- It needs a way cuter name
than that.

- And can I teach him tricks?
- Heather, this is not a toy.

This is a scientific,
investigatory tool.

- This is a dystopian nightmare.
- Don't listen to them.

You're not a tool and you're
not a dystopian nightmare.

All right, you two.
Time to go walk the dog.

See if you can catch
a real-life chupacabra.

And you, down boy.

- [beeping]
- [thump]

[Josh] The flight
from New York to Austin

is four and a half hours.

Then it's another two-hour
drive southeast to the quiet

Texas town of Cuero,
where Heather's witness claims

to have found a chupacabra
corpse on her property.

- [ominous music plays]
- [bleating]

- [Phil] It's real
Texas ranch land.
- [Heather] I'm so excited.

We got the chupacabra,
and we got Robodog.

Hey, you know what would
make a good doggy treat

for the chupacabra?
- [Heather] What?

- Blood sausage.
- Oh, god.

[Heather]
Hey, you know what would make
a good treat for Robodog?

- What?
- AA batteries.

- Ha.
- [laughing]

You're rubbing off on me,
these stupid dad jokes.

That wasn't stupid.
That was pretty good, Heather.

That's how I know it was bad.

[Phil] This is it.

[Heather] Dr. Canion.

- Hi, how are you?
- Hi, so nice to meet you.

[Heather]
Rancher Dr. Phylis Canion
has hunted animals

all over the world,

but says the strangest creature
she's ever encountered was

terrorizing her own backyard.

So tell me, what happened
the first time you saw it?

It was nighttime.
I'm driving into the ranch.

This animal stands up
on all fours and looks at me.

I stopped and got out
of my car.

Never have I seen anything
as bizarre as this animal.

It just stood there
looking back at me.

That's what scared me

because this thing
did not look friendly.

And then eventually, it just
trotted off into the pasture.

- Could it have been a coyote?
- Absolutely no.

This was definitely
not a coyote.

I've lived on a ranch all
of my life, and I've never seen

anything that looked
like this, ever.

Were you concerned at all?

Well, yes, I was concerned,
because we have so many animals

on the ranch.

I went down to my chicken coop,
and sure enough,

the chickens had been killed,
but what made it so strange was

how they were killed.

These chickens had no blood
pooled on the ground,

in the chicken, nothing,
and the carcass was left whole.

It's almost like this animal
sucked all of the blood

out of them.
- Weird.

And then it escalated.

One day I'm gone for 30 minutes,
came back, not only

did this animal kill
another chicken, it put it

on my back porch

with no blood.
- That's a threat.

This was a threat, because to
lose one was one thing,

but all total,
I lost 29 chickens.

- 29 chickens.
- 29.

So, at this point, you wanted
to get this thing.

I said, "You [bleep].
You're gonna be hanging

on my wall at some point."

So, I have the real thing,

and if you want
to see it, let's go--

I'll show it to you.
- Let's take a look.

- [mysterious music plays]
- [door creaks]

- Oh my goodness.
- What?

[Phil] Look at that thing.

This is the animal that I had
been seeing on the ranch.

[Phil] And then you decide
to have it taxidermied?

I did.
I had to preserve it.

But this, we don't know
what it is.

All canines have four nipples
on each side, male or female.

This one only has two.

It does not have hair on it,
but it's covered in fuzz.

And we did skin-punch biopsies
to determine if it had any kind

of skin infection.
It was all negative.

- Come on.
- Yeah.

Everything about this
is strange.

It looks like it has extra skin
over the ears.

Blue eyes?
Did it actually have blue eyes?

[Dr. Canion] It did.

- Are these
the original teeth, too?
- [Dr. Canion] Yes.

- There is the Mexican
hairless dog, the Xoloitzcuitli.
- [Dr. Canion] Yes.

And that same gene that causes
them to be hairless

also causes them to lose teeth.

But it seems like
it has all of its teeth, yeah?

This is one of the weirdest
animals I've ever...

seen.

And I'm assuming this is
not the only one.

Absolutely, because
we see them with frequency.

When was the last time
you saw one?

- About a month ago,
so very recent.
- [Phil] OK.

So if we're gonna try to find
this thing on your ranch,

where should we look?
- The first place that

I would send you
definitely would be

to the pond.
- [Heather] OK.

Because we're the only pond
in this area,

so it's the calling card
for all animals.

Do you mind if we take
a DNA sample ourselves,

do a quick examination of it?
- No problem.

And one more thing--
we know it likes chicken.

Can we borrow a chicken?

I promise to return it
safe and sound,

with all of its blood intact.
- No problem.

Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much, Dr. Canion.

[Phil] After collecting a skin
sample, it's time to hopefully

track down a living specimen
for ourselves.

First, we need to lure it in,
and I want to put poultry

on tonight's menu.

So, when we were in France,
we had pretty good luck using

Mr. Clucky to lure in
the beast of Gévaudan.

[Heather] The chicken that
you took about, what, 30 minutes

to catch?
- It was not that long.

[Heather] My watch
said otherwise.

[frantic clucking]

- [laughing]
- [clucking]

Heather, this time
it's your turn to catch it.

OK.

I'll show you how
it's actually done.

Listen, I got chickens
at home.

When you get in there,
they're gonna be

running all around.
You're gonna have to

scramble to get one.
- Mm-hmm.

- See what you got.
- OK.

Oh, that's cheap.
Mealworms?

Is it?
Or is it just knowledge?

Hello, girls.

Hello.

[ba-gawk]

- [bawking]
- [clucking]

- Oh.
- [Heather] Oh my goodness.

Wasn't that easy?

OK, when I did it,
it was nighttime, I didn't have

mealworms, and there
were roosters.

- Sure.
- [clucking]

- All right.
- [Heather] Whatever you say.

- Stop showing off.
- [Heather] Let's go, Miss Henny.

[Heather]
With our fair-feathered decoys
safely secured, we set out

for the pond on the far side
of Dr. Canion's property,

where she had her alleged
chupacabra encounter.

- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.
- [motor purring]

[Phil] Wow.

- This is some thick brush.
- [Phil] Yeah.

Clearly, there's a lot
of shelter around.

We're heading to the water,
and we're bringing the food.

We got everything
a chupacabra needs.

- GPS says just
a little bit farther up.
- [Phil] OK.

- [motor purring]
- [dramatic music plays]

[Phil] OK, we made it.

This is it.
Chupacabra country.

[Heather]
Activating autonomous patrol.

Be careful out there,
Robodog.

[suspenseful music builds]

[Phil] The only water for miles.

Look, animals already
coming in for a drink.

If we're gonna find
this thing, this is the spot.

- You know what that means.
- Time to bust out Robodog?

- [Phil] Let's do it!
- Yes!

[Phil] The Unitree Go2 Pro,
aka Robodog,

isn't just a good boy,
he's a smart boy.

With an onboard 4k camera,
a LiDAR sensor to avoid

obstacles, and an AI-powered
surveillance mode,

allowing this high-tech hound
to patrol a perimeter

with the push of a button.

All right, gonna get it
cleaned off.

Before deploying Robodog
on his first mission,
I wipe him down

to remove any human scent
that might alert wildlife.

I also attach a thermal cam
to help detect any creatures

lurking in the brush to try to
up our chances of catching

a so-called chupacabra.

Then Heather and I get to work
setting up a perimeter of

cameras and sensors
along the pond

and its surrounding brush,

signaling us if anything
approaches for a drink.

I'll be starting at the north
end of the thicket and working

my way south, hoping to
flush out anything hiding

in the trees, right towards
Heather and Robodog.

Meanwhile, Heather will monitor
the pond from the south end,

with Miss Henny as our brave,
feathery decoy and Robodog

on duty, too, our unlikely team
is as ready as we can be for

whatever's prowling the night.
- Give me the remote.

- I'll make sure Robodog
and Miss Henny are set.
- [Phil] OK.

Before we split up,
let's remember,

something killed 29
of Dr. Canion's chickens.

By all accounts, there is
a mysterious predator out here,

so be careful tonight, OK?
- OK.

Good luck.
Stay on walkie.

[Heather] Copy that.

[Heather] First things first,
we gotta make sure Miss Henny

is taken care of.

Hello, girl.

There's some water
and a nice little snack for you,

just in case you want some.

You're set.
All right, come on, Robodog.

I got a pretty sweet
setup here.

I am looking at what Robodog
is looking at.

So I've got a LiDAR scan
of everything around him.

I have a live feed from
his video camera, and then

on this screen, I actually have
a thermal feed.

And not only that, I've got
the remote sensors, so that

if anything is heading from
the pasture, I'm gonna know.

All right, Robodog
you got my back?

[whirring]

OK, activating
autonomous patrol.

Be careful out there, Robodog.

[suspenseful music plays]

[Phil] OK, we've made it to the
far north end of the thicket,

which means Heather
and the pond and Robodog

are far to the south.
Look down, check this out.

This is a heavily used game
trail going straight into it,

so I figured if I move in
kind of a zigzag pattern,

I might be able to flush
anything towards Heather.

I'm gonna get out the FLIR,
which would help us see

through the dense brush
much further.

[whispering] So far,
in front of us looks clear.

Let's keep moving.

Robodog has a great view
of the pond right now

and a lot of the shore.

So far,
no animals.

He's moving, though.

He's definitely watching
my back.

[Phil] OK, found a clearing.

This would be a good place
to ambush prey.

There's not a lot of cover.

Did you hear that?

Can't tell if it was the wind,
but it seemed like there was

something moving back here.
Let's move slow.

Let's get closer.
I don't want to disturb it.

[ominous tones plays]

Come here, come here.

Look at that, right there.

There's a hot spot.

Right there.

[bleep].
Just moved off.

Oh, there.

Look at that shape.

It has a strong arch
in its back.

We're just gonna
move quick and see

if we can
get eyes on it.

- [footsteps]
- [crunching]

Oh-- [grunting]

I don't see it on
the FLIR anymore.

[bleep]

It was right here.

Let me just check
this whole perimeter.

Oh, holy [bleep], look at this.

Look at that.

That looks almost like
little claw marks.

Let me get the 3D scanner out.

As you can see, the edge of
the pad, that looks like one,

two, three, maybe four
little claw marks.

Looks like it's heading
in that direction, which is...

south.

That's where Heather
is, right now.

[Phil, on walkie]
Heather, you copy?

Yeah, what's going on?

[Phil] There was an animal that
we just got on the FLIR that

had a hunched back.
- It had a hunched back?

Yes.
It is heading due south.

- Wait, towards me?
- [Phil] Yes, towards you.

I'm getting closer
to your position.

Let me know if you see
anything out there--

I'll meet you there.
- Copy that.

[gasps]

Phil, we got activity
on the motion sensors.

I think you're right.
It's heading my way.

Let's move.
Let's go.

Let's go.

[suspenseful music plays]

- [Heather] Did you see anything?
- No.

[Heather] The motion sensor
just went off.

- [Phil] Right back there?
- [Heather] Yeah.

[Heather] I think we got to send
Robodog over there and see

if he can pick up anything.
- [Phil] OK, let's do it.

[Phil] All right.
Let's go get it.

Switching to manual mode.

Let's check it out.

How far are these
motion sensors?

Maybe 200, 300 yards.

[Phil] All right, Robodog,
let's see what you got.

He's getting closer
to the trees.

[Heather] OK.

Over there.
Over there.

Go to the right.
Go to the right a little bit.

[Heather] Whoa.

- [Phil] That.
- [Heather] What is that?

[Phil] Oh my gosh, it's just
right in front of the Robodog.

Look at that shape.

It has that hunchback,
just like I saw before.

I think it might be
the same thing.

Look at the feet down here.

- [Phil] There's nothing there.
- [Heather] It must be
behind the trees.

OK, let me get
closer, slowly.

- [gasping]
- [Heather] Oh my god.

- [Phil] Hold it, hold it.
- [Heather] OK.

- [Heather] [bleep].
- [Phil] What's going on?

[Heather] The brush
is too dense.

It is really thick over there.

[Heather] But we know that thing
is right in front of it.

- Let's get out there.
- OK, let's move.

[suspsenseful music plays]

[Phil] OK, there he is.

- [Phil] Let me
scan with the FLIR.
- [Heather] Anything?

[Phil] Not seeing
any signatures right now.

Doesn't mean it's not close.

So it was facing this direction,
meaning whatever

animal it saw would have been
right here, heading through

that clearing.
- OK.

Let's go in.

- See it?
- [Heather] I don't see anything.

[Heather] No eyeshine.

[Phil] Where did you go?

[gasps]

[Phil] That sounded big.

[Heather] It sounded like it
came from right over here.

[Phil] Oh, look at that.
Look at that.

[Heather] What's that?

[Phil] There's a hot spot
on that tree.

[Heather] What do you mean
a hot spot on a tree?

[Phil] I don't know what it is.

Oh my god, look.

Do you see that?

[Heather] Am I looking at
what I think I'm looking at?

[Phil] Yes.
Looks like pee.

Some dirt was
kicked up here, too.

And look, the glow is
basically gone.

- [Phil] It's already cooled off.
- [Heather] So that's fresh.

[Phil] Very, very fresh.

The way the dirt is kicked up
and that pee on the side

of the tree, this is
a territorial marking.

Let's get a sample of it.

You think maybe Robodog made
something assert its dominance?

[Phil] Whoa.

That's kind of a wild theory.
Maybe.

Maybe it was intimidated.

I want to check on Miss Henny,
but whatever did this,

it's got to still be close.
Let's keep looking for it.

[Phil] OK.

[Phil] Knowing that this could
have been left by our potential

chupacabra heat signature,
I collect a urine sample

and place a game camera
at the tree.

We retrieve Robodog
and continue the search.

But as the hours roll by
and the sun begins to rise,

our leads have dried up.

[Heather]
The next morning, I head out
to meet up with an old buddy

of mine who has an interesting
theory on the origins

of this blood-sucking beast.

- Ken.
- [Ken] Hi there.

- Good to see you.
- So good to see you.

Thank you so much for
coming down to help us out.

Absolutely.
Always happy to help a friend.

[Heather]
Chupacabra expert Ken Gerhard
has compiled a wealth

of evidence and eyewitness
accounts across Texas,

dating back to the creature's
earliest reported sightings.

I know you've been researching
the chupacabra for years.

Walk me through
what you think it is.

Well, they seem to be
grotesque-looking canids,

or dog-like animals.

And of course,
the great mystery at the root

of it all is, are these animals
actually drinking blood?

That is an adaptation that
we only see in very specific

higher vertebrates,
vampire bats.

- Yeah.
- So if suddenly we're seeing

a strange type
of evolution happening

right before our very eyes--
that's pretty miraculous.

So why here?
Why would there be

this large population
of strange animals

in southeastern Texas?

Well, one interesting theory
that I've explored, Heather,

is that these animals
may be mutations.

Clusters of these animals
seem to be appearing

near coal-burning power plants.
- Hmm.

Sulfur dioxide is one of
the main emissions that these

power plants put out.

It's actually been proven that
sulfur dioxide is a mutagen,

which means it will alter
the DNA or change

the cellular structure
of an animal, of a species.

I know this sounds like
the plot from a bad

science fiction movie...
- Yeah, it's wild.

...but I think there's actually
a chance that these toxins that

are being put into
the groundwater are genetically

altering wild canids like
coyotes and things like that

that could actually explain
the grotesque appearance

and the strange behaviors
of these animals.

If we do want to get close
to this chupacabra,

where should we look?

I would say you need to be
around water and stay near

the power plants.

I've actually heard there have
been some very recent sightings

around Coleto Creek.
- OK.

How do you suggest
we go about it?

Well, forgive me for stating
the obvious, but we're trying

to lure in something
that drinks blood.

And so it's all about using
the right type of bait.

But, you know, remember,
these animals seem to be

very brazen around people,

and they're
very hyperaggressive.

If you have blood running
through your veins, I think

that there's cause for alarm.
So, watch your back.

[Heather] OK.
Thank you so much.

So good seeing you.

- Good luck, Heather.
- [Heather] Thank you.
I'll need it.

Take care.

[Phil] While Heather meets
with her contact...

- Hey, Michael.
- Hey, Phil.

[Phil] Hey, good meeting you.

I travel to a nearby ranch
and meet the owner,

Michael Demel,
who shares a photo

of a mysterious creature
a trail cam caught at the edge

of his property.

[Michael] Take a look at that.

You ever seen anything
like that before?

- What is that?
- I have no idea.

[Michael] There was something
I'd never seen before.

[Phil] That is so bizarre.

It's definitely not a coyote
or a mangy dog.

And I'd like to know
what it really is.

Yeah, we'll let you know
if we find anything.

The wilderness around this
ranch is another potential

chupacabra hotspot.

So I tell Heather to meet me
here to plan our next steps.

Heather, check this out.

This is the photo I was
telling you about.

- Look at that thing.
- That's weird.

Isn't that so bizarre?

[Heather] Where was this taken?

[Phil] You see these
long posts right there?

This is underneath
a deer feeder, which you can see

right there.

Seems like this thing was
heading through the woods

to the water.
- That is key.

Ken mentioned water as well.
And bear with me on this one.

- Uh-oh.
- Ken has a hypothesis that
the coal plants that are near

water are actually polluting
the waterways and potentially

causing a mutation
in what would otherwise

be normal wildlife.

I mean, typically those types
of pollutants would cause

things like cancer, which I
guess could make something like

a coyote go bald.

But I would have to see a lot
of evidence to back that up.

Agreed.

Regardless, it does seem like
all signs point

towards the water.

So I think we should actually
get on the water tonight.

That'll give us
the best vantage point.

I think that's a great idea.
Just one more thing.

- [Phil] Yeah?
- This was Ken's idea.

- Is that blood?
- [Heather] Yep.

You should be so thankful that
I actually went to the butcher

and got us some.
I figure we'll use it as bait.

- I mean, let's give it a shot.
- All right.

[suspenseful strings play]

[Phil] There it is.
It's the deer feeder.

[Heather]
So this deer feeder will let
out food at regular intervals

throughout the day.
- Which will bring in
all the deer,

the hogs,
and probably the things that

want to eat them.
- [Heather] Exactly.

So this is where a predator

would be waiting to
come get prey.

- And potentially-- oh [bleep].
- [gasp]

- [Phil] There it goes.
- See?

You weren't lying.

[Heather] That's the sound of
the dinner bell.

[exhales heavily]

My dinner bell sounds
a little different.

Never been scared
by corn before.

There it is.

In case Michael's unusual
creature returns for another

midnight snack, we set up trail
cams at the edge of the woods

by the deer feeder...

- [Phil] There we go.
- [Heather] Camera traps set?

- [Phil] Yeah, is that it?
- [Heather] All right.

[Phil]...and start heading
for the river.

- [Phil] Right through
here, see that?
- [Heather] Yeah.

Tonight, we're paddling
Coleto Creek to an area

downstream from a power plant
where several recent

alleged chupacabra sightings
have been reported.

[suspenseful music plays]

- [Phil] Oh, right here.
- [Heather] All right.

[Phil] Using a canoe Michael has
provided for us, we load up

Robodog's kennel,
AKA a gear case,

and prepare
to set out.

OK, timing-wise, it couldn't
be more perfect because it is

about to be dusk.

That is when the majority
of animals will come to

the river's edge
to take a drink.

We have incredibly good chances
tonight of seeing

something interesting.

Before we head out,
I'm gonna pop the thermal drone

in the air, set it in follow
mode so it can actually track us

as we go and show us
if there's any thermal hits

on shore.
- Good idea, something will

have our back in the air.
- Yeah.

[whirring]

[Phil] Let's hit the water.

All right.

- [sloshing]
- [Phil] There we go.

- Drone is tracking us.
- [Heather] You see anything yet?

[Phil] No, not yet.

But it's gonna keep
following us as we go.

[sloshing]

[ominous tones play]

[Heather] It's very quiet.

Nothing on
the thermal drone yet.

I don't see anything either.

Oh, something on
the thermal drone.

Oh my god, it's running.

- Which direction?
- [Phil] Should be
right up there.

- [Phil] Let's move quick.
- [Heather] OK, let's go

Should be right up there.
Should be right up there.

- [Heather] Oh, oh.
- [Phil] What, what, what?

[Heather] What is that?
What is that?

[Phil] Where'd it go?

[Heather] I don't see it.

[Phil] Where are you?

Could be underneath us
right now.

- [Phil] Do you see any swimming?
- [Heather] No.

[Phil] Nothing showing up
on the thermal drone.

I think probably because it
went underwater.

[Heather] That thing looked
gray or darker.

It didn't look like
it had any fur.

[Phil] I know it sounds insane,
but I kind of agree.

Have you heard anything about
these chupacabras swimming

or being able to go
underwater like that?

Can canines swim?

Shh, shh, shh.
I still hear it moving.

[twigs snapping]

There is something back there.

[cracking, snapping]

Do you see it?

[Heather] I don't see it,
but it sounds [bleep] huge.

[twigs snapping]

[Phil] It's moving.

I'm not seeing it
on the thermal drone.

The brush is too thick.

I think it's gone up the ridge.

Just too steep for us
to get off here.

Let's try to find a place
down there.

[Heather] Copy that.
We gotta get up there.

[Phil] You see a spot
for us to land?

[Heather] I think right here,
up on the right.

[Phil] OK.

[Phil] OK.

- All right, I'm off.
- [Heather] OK.

Whatever the hell
we're hearing back there,

it should be still
right above that ridge.

I think we need to get up there
before we deploy Robodog.

All right, Heather, let's find
a place to land this drone.

[buzzing]

[grunting]

[Phil] Got it.

With the brush too thick for
our thermal drone, an eye

in the sky isn't as helpful
as eyes on the ground.

Once again, it's time to let
Robodog off his leash.

Last night, we didn't want any
scent on Robodog so he wouldn't

scare any animals,
vampire dogs included.

But tonight, I think
we'll try the opposite.

You still have that
jar of blood?

Yeah.

All right.
What are you thinking?

[Phil] So I want to take a rag,
dip it in this fresh blood,

and tie it around
our little friend here.

So when we send it out into
the world, hopefully some

predator will smell that blood
and come running straight at it

to investigate.
Time to be prey, Robodog.

Send him out.

[Heather] He's switching over
to live feed now.

Good luck, Robodog.

[Phil] To a predator, the way
it's stomping around

and pushing through the grass,

that sounds more like
the desperate moves of

an injured animal.
Plus, it smells like blood.

But a lot of animals
around here

may become very curious.

- [gasps]
- Ooh.

- [Phil] What?
- [Heather] That was
eyeshine right there.

[Heather] There was eyeshine.

It was crouched down low.

There is something
watching it.

- [gasps]
- Holy [bleep].

- He just got knocked over.
- By what?

As we've heard, one popular
origin story for the chupacabra

is that it's some kind
of mutant dog.

Disturbingly, there is evidence
that this could be possible.

Scientists say otherwise
peaceful animals can transform

when exposed to toxins,

becoming dangerously aggressive.

Perhaps the best example
of this comes in the aftermath

of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

When the nuclear
power plant exploded,

humans were evacuated
from ground zero,

but thousands
of animals remained.

Analyzing these animals' genes
decades later,

scientists discovered that
radioactivity had

permanently altered their DNA.

Hundreds of boars still roam
Chernobyl feeding on

irradiated fauna.

They have mutated and,
according to returning locals,

have become much more aggressive
as a result.

If these reports are true,
then who knows?

The chupacabra really
might have gone from

man's best friend
to man's worst enemy.

I can't move it.
You can see its light
way up there.

- Let's go find it.
- [Heather] OK.

[suspenseful music plays]

OK, there it is.

[Heather] Oh my god.

Careful.

[Phil] Let's see if there's
anything around on the FLIR.

I'm not seeing anything
around us right now.

Look at this, Heather.

It got completely
knocked over.

Stand him up.

[whirring]

- Know what I'm wondering?
- What?

How hard is it to
knock this thing over?

I think pretty hard.

[Phil] What?
It catches its balance.

- [Heather] Yeah.
- [Phil] That is impressive.

Whatever hit this must have
hit it with a lot of force.

That's not an accidental blow,
that is an attack.

Yeah, and if this thing was
coming after the blood

and thought it was gonna eat,
it's probably

still prowling around.
- Yeah.

Let's keep looking around.

[Phil] I see new tracks.

[Heather] There's
a [bleep] bone right there.

[Phil] Oh my god, there is.
Look at that.

It's a vertabrae.
Holy [bleep].

Oh my god, look.

Bones are all over the place.

Oh my god.

I think this was the horse.

[Heather] Are we in
a chupacabra feeding ground?

[Phil] We just might be.

Now, scattered bones doesn't
exactly match this chupacabra's

MO because there's not
a whole dead animal

lacking blood here.

Doesn't mean something
couldn't have been

picked apart afterwards.

Look, and whatever ate that
could have been

whatever attacked Robodog.

[Phil] Obviously, I can't say
that's a chupacabra,

but we know that something
up here is carnivorous.

All right, I'm gonna collect
some of these bones.

Maybe they'll give us
a better idea of what

we've been chasing.

OK, let's keep watching
our backs here.

OK.

[Josh] Is the chupacabra
stalking the Texas Badlands?

Heather and Phil found
no further evidence

of it that night.

Holy [bleep].

[Josh] Robodog's attacker
remains a mystery.

[Phil] Bones are
all over the place.

We were able to definitively
identify the attacker

of the dead horse we found.

Toothpit analysis revealed it
was devoured by

a mountain lion,
not a vampire dog.

But some evidence we captured
was harder to explain.

[Phil] Oh my god, look.
Looks like pee.

[Josh] The urine sample Phil
gathered after chasing

a creature through
Dr. Canion's ranch was confirmed

as canine, but the species
could not be determined.

Could it be another of
Dr. Canion's chupacabras?

That should do.

[Josh] We sent the tissue sample
Phil scraped from

her taxidermied specimen to
a genetics lab, and the results

were fascinating.

The animal's mother was
a coyote,

but its father was
a Mexican wolf.

[Phil] That shape has
a strong arch in its back.

[Josh] But this creature looks
nothing like either animal.

So could the expert
Heather spoke to be correct?

These animals
may be mutations.

[Josh]
Is an environmental factor
somehow mutating wild dogs

into hairless,
blood-sucking beasts?

If this bold claim really is
the case, we should all be

very concerned.

While our many trail cams did
not capture definitive footage

of a vampire dog,
they captured plenty of coyotes

that, if you believe
the theory, could one day

become chupacabras.

The existence of the chupacabra
remains far from certain,

but at least we can have canine
confidence in one thing--

Robodog is a very good boy.

[Heather] I've been working
on something real important.

- Yeah?
- I taught Robodog
some new tricks.

- [whizz]
- Whoa, he can do a handstand?

Isn't that cool?
That's not all...

I renamed him.
- Let's hear it.

- Spot.
- Spot?

[Heather] Scientific and
Paranormal Observation Tracker.

Spot, welcome
to the team, buddy.

Oh, that's the spot.
That's the spot.