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I WAS BACKING THE BOAT UP, AND I FELT A BUMP UNDERNEATH THE BOAT.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER, I HAD THE SCARE OF MY LIFE.

SOME KIND OF ANIMAL OR CREATURE REACHED OUT

OF THE WATER AND SPLASHED BACK DOWN,

MAKING SOME VERY LARGE WAVES, WHICH ROCKED THE BOAT

VIOLENTLY BACK AND FORTH.

IT DID MAKE A NOISE-- SOUNDED LIKE A ROARING BULL.

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

BACK AWAY FROM THE GIRL.

HELP!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND...

AAH!

SHOOT IT!

AAH!

- GET IN THE CAR! - GO! GO!

- GET IN THE CAR! - GET IN THE CAR!

- GET IN! - AAH AAH AAH!

OKAY, WE ARE APPROACHING A BEAST THAT YOU

RARELY GET TO SEE IN THIS KIND OF HABITAT.

QUIETLY AS WE COME ACROSS,

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE.

IT'S THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT JUST MOVES AND THE PHYSIQUE.

GET OUT HERE, YOU LITTLE CREEPER.

ON JUNE 21, 2008, ERICA JAMISON

CELEBRATED HER 22nd BIRTHDAY.

TO MARK THE HAPPY OCCASION, FRIENDS JAN HOLLIS, ROSE PETERS,

AND SALLY RUDOLPH PLANNED AN OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP

BY THE LAKE.

LADIES, WE SAID NO CELLPHONES.

RELAX, I'M JUST FILMING.

- COME ON, BEACH IS WAITING. - BEACH.

BEACH TIME.

WHAT BEGAN FOR THESE FRIENDS

AS A WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE LIFE QUICKLY TURNED INTO

A TERRIFYING EVENING MIRED IN DEATH.

OH, WOW.

- WELL? - OH, THIS IS GORGEOUS, SALLY.

- THANK YOU. - NICE WORK.

THANKS. I TOLD YOU, LADIES. I TOLD YOU.

- GOOD JOB, SALLY. - THANK YOU.

THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER IS A TYPICAL LAKE MONSTER-- LARGE.

IT'S HUGE.

THE INITIAL SIGHTINGS THAT WERE CONVEYED

WAS OF A BEAST THAT WAS BROWN IN COLOR.

LOOKED LIKE A WALRUS WITHOUT TUSKS, OR AN ALLIGATOR.

HAD A LOT OF TEETH, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN UP TO 40 FEET LONG.

IN TERMS OF THE DESCRIPTION, PART OF THE THING

THAT ALWAYS COMES OUT IS THAT IT'S SWIMMING

VERY FAST TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEING IT.

OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE HEAR ABOUT IT BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE,

KEEPING HUMANS OUT, KEEPING OTHER ANIMALS OUT.

THE PERSONAL THEORY THAT I HAVE IS THAT

IT MAY ACTUALLY BE A HOLDOVER FROM THE ICE AGES.

- BIRTHDAY GIRL, GIVE ME A HUG. - BIRTHDAY HUG.

THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS.

- THANK YOU, SALLY. - WHOO!

I LOVE IT. SO, WINE?

- YES? - OKAY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

ROUGHLY HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU THINK IS IN

JUST ONE MARSHMALLOW?

- ONE? - YEAH.

DID SHE REALLY ASK THAT QUESTION?

- SERIOUSLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW. - LOOK AT THE BAG.

WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH MARSHMALLOWS

YOU'RE GONNA EAT TONIGHT?

AW, WHATEVER.

DO YOU GUYS KNOW IF MARY ELLEN'S COMING?

SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES, I THINK IT'S TIME

WE PROPOSE A TOAST TO THE BIRTHDAY GIRL.

YES.

ROSE, DO YOU WANT TO HONOR US?

OH, BE CAREFUL THERE, SALLY.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. HERE'S TO...

AGING POORLY AND LEAVING US SOME MEN TO DEVOUR ON OUR OWN,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MISS HOTTIE OVER HERE.

SHE HAS ENOUGH GUYS AS IT IS. EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SALLY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. YOU'RE A LITTLE ANAL-RETENTIVE.

AW, POOR SALLY.

THERE'S SOME POOR SOUL OUT THERE FOR ME.

SALLY.

OH! DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT?

YEAH, DID YOU?

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S JUST A CAR, YOU GUYS.

IT'S TOO MUCH.

SORRY.

I'LL KEEP IT MORE CONTAINED.

DURING THE TIME THAT DINOSAURS WERE LIVING,

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MARINE REPTILES

THAT WERE NOT DINOSAURS.

MOSASAUR WAS A VERY, VERY EFFICIENT,

RUTHLESS MARINE PREDATOR AND FUNCTIONED KIND OF

IN THE SAME WAY THAT A WOLF TODAY WOULD FUNCTION ON LAND,

BUT LIVED IN THE OCEAN, AND IT'S PROBABLY ANALOGOUS

WHEN WE LOOK AT KILLER WHALES.

WELL, SOME OF THEM WERE QUITE LARGE--

PERHAPS 18 TO 20 FEET LONG.

MANY OF THEM HAD VERY SHARP TEETH FOR CATCHING FISH.

OTHERS HAD MORE BLUNT TEETH FOR PERHAPS CRUSHING

SOME OF THE HARD-SHELLED INVERTEBRATES, LIKE AMMONITES,

THAT WERE LIVING AT THAT TIME.

IT'S NOW THOUGHT THAT MOSASAURS ARE CLOSE COUSINS

TO THE LIVING LIZARDS THAT ARE KNOWN AS VARANIDS,

OR MONITOR LIZARDS.

THE CAR HORN THAT HAD STARTLED THE GIRLS

SIGNALED THE LATE ARRIVAL OF ERICA'S FRIEND

MARY ELLEN STEWART.

- OH, HI. - HEY!

HERE SHE IS.

HERE, LET ME HELP YOU.

HI! I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE IT.

HI. AAH, I'M DROPPING PRESENTS.

HEY, SAL.

- HI. - GOOD TO SEE YOU.

COME ON. WE HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP OVER HERE.

HOW WAS THE DRIVE?

IT WAS LONG.

I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE IT.

ISN'T THIS BEAUTIFUL?

IT'S GORGEOUS.

UH, HELLO! NO PHONE CALLS, THANK YOU.

SHE'S PROBABLY TALKING TO THAT JERK WHO DUMPED HER.

SHE NEEDS TO GET OVER THAT GUY.

- WHATEVER. - NO. NO, SHE'S NOT.

- YES, SHE IS. - NO, REALLY?

- SHE IS. - OKAY. OKAY.

GO GET HER, MAMA ROSE.

I'M ALL OVER IT.

I'M NOT EVEN ON THE PHONE.

I'M JUST VIDEOTAPING.

- SHE'S NOT MAKING A PHONE CALL. - NO SIGNAL ANYWAY.

GOOD CATCH. OH, I'M OPEN.

OH!

GUYS, COME ON, THIS PHONE IS EXPENSIVE.

IT'S THE COMPANY PHONE. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

COME ON, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

ME-- I'M HERE, I'M HERE.

OH.

GREAT, GUYS. THANKS.

- DIDN'T MEAN TO. - WHAT HAPPENED?

PHONE IS IN THE WATER.

COME ON, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.

ME-- I'M HERE, I'M HERE.

- OH. - OH.

GREAT, GUYS. THANKS.

- DIDN'T MEAN TO. - WHAT HAPPENED?

PHONE IS IN THE WATER.

OKAY, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE IT WENT IN?

NO, SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE, THOUGH.

GUYS, LET'S JUST FORGET IT. WHO CARES?

I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY FRIED ALREADY. IT'S A CELLPHONE.

NO, THE PHONE IS WATERPROOF.

SO IF YOU GUYS CAN PLEASE FOCUS AND KEEP LOOKING,

I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL FIND IT, HONEY, OKAY?

DON'T WORRY. - ALL RIGHT.

- WE'RE GONNA FIND IT. - ALL RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT, WE'LL KEEP LOOKING. - JUST KEEP LOOKING.

- AAH! - WHAT?

I JUST FELT SOMETHING BRUSH MY LEG.

- IT'S A LAKE. - ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

AAH! OH, MY GOD.

SERIOUSLY, YOU GUYS. I'M NOT KIDDING.

I JUST FELT IT BRUSH MY LEG TWICE.

THE MOST FEARSOME ASPECTS OF THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER

WERE THE FACT THAT IT WOULD SLOWLY MOVE

INTO SHALLOW WATER ALONG THE SHORELINE,

AND INDIVIDUALS REALLY WOULDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WOULD BE A GIANT SPLASH,

AND THIS CREATURE WOULD JUMP UP ONSHORE

AND DRAG THE POOR INDIVIDUAL OR ANIMAL BACK INTO THE LAKE.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE MONSTER WOULD CRUNCH

AND DROWN THE PARTICULAR ITEM THAT IT HAD

IN ITS MOUTH AND THEN LET GO,

AND AS IT FLOATED LIFELESSLY TOWARDS THE BOTTOM,

IT WOULD PICK IT UP AND SWALLOW IT.

IT'S PROBABLY A FISH OR SOMETHING.

NO, IT WAS REALLY BIG.

IT'S PROBABLY THE TADPOLE YOU SAW EARLIER.

MAYBE IT WAS JAN'S CELLPHONE.

- HA-HA. - OH, HA HA HA HA HA HA.

GUYS, I THINK I SEE SOMETHING.

- OKAY. - WELL, KEEP LOOKING GUYS.

KEEP LOOKING HERE, TOO.

GUYS, SHE HASN'T COME BACK UP.

SHE'S A GOOD SWIMMER, GUYS.

YOU GUYS, SERIOUSLY, SHE'S NOT COMING UP.

- ROSE? - ROSE!

- ROSE, COME ON. - OKAY, ROSE.

- ROSE! - STOP PLAYING.

ROSE!

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW,

DO YOU THINK IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY EAT A HUMAN BEING?"

WELL, PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER

THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY A REPTILE.

AND REPTILES DON'T REALLY DIFFERENTIATE THAT MUCH

BETWEEN HUMANS AND MOOSE OR ELK OR A DEER OR A FLOCK OF BIRDS.

TO THEM, THEY'RE ONE THING-- THAT'S FOOD.

COULD IT HAVE EATEN HUMAN BEINGS?

CERTAINLY.

- ROSE, IT'S OKAY. - ROSE?

- ROSE, COME ON. - SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

- ROSE? - ROSE! - ROSE?

- ROSE, THAT'S ENOUGH. - COME UP.

- UGH. - OH.

- OH, MY GOD, ROSE. - THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

- ALL RIGHT, ROSE. - AWESOME.

CHAMPION.

ALL RIGHT, ROSE, CAN I HAVE MY PHONE BACK NOW, PLEASE?

IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NICE OUT HERE.

I'M GONNA STAY.

THE PHONE STILL WORKING?

IT IS TOTALLY STILL WORKING, COMPLETELY,

RECORDING EVERYTHING.

- NICE. - JUST BE CAREFUL WITH IT, ROSE.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT AGAIN.

SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL, ANY BIRTHDAY WISHES, IN PARTICULAR?

BIRTHDAY WISHES. UH, YEAH, MY PRESENT.

OH, YOU GET THAT LATER.

COME ON, WHAT DID I GET?

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THE PRESENT I GOT YOU.

NO, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU, YOUR BOYFRIEND GONNA LIKE IT, THOUGH.

OH!

OH, MY GOSH. LOOK AT ROSE.

CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE IS BACK IN THERE?

- COME BACK, ROSE! - ROSE, YOU ARE GONNA FREEZE.

YOU GUYS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

COME ON.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.

WAIT, DID ANYONE GET CAKE?

OH, CAKE, YES. I GOT THE CAKE.

- WHOO! - CUPCAKES, RED VELVET?

RED VELVET.

AAH!

SOME OF THE EARLIEST SIGHTINGS

OF THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER WERE BY SHOSHONI INDIANS IN UTAH.

BUT WHAT RENOWNED FIGURE OF WILD WEST FOLKLORE

IS SAID TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH THE CREATURE?

THE DARING DETAILS WHEN "LOST TAPES" RETURNS.

THE SHOSHONI INDIANS WERE THE FIRST

TO RECOUNT SIGHTINGS OF THE BEAR LAKE MONSTER,

DESCRIBING HOW IT WOULD SNATCH UNLUCKY SWIMMERS

IN ITS JAWS AND OCCASIONALLY CRAWL ASHORE.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE TALL TALES OF THE WILD WEST,

IT WAS PECOS BILL WHO TURNED THE TABLES

ON THE CREATURE IN AN EPIC WRESTLING MATCH

THAT WAS SAID TO LAST FOR DAYS

BEFORE HE FINALLY DEFEATED THE BEAST.

AAH! - WHAT WAS THAT?

I DON'T SEE ROSE. I DON'T SEE ROSE.

GET BACK, GET BACK, GET BACK!

I'M GOING IN. JUST GET BACK.

- ROSE! - WHERE'S THE PHONE?

- WHERE'S THE PHONE? - DOES SHE KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING?

IF ANYBODY KNOWS, SHE WILL.

I'M NOT GETTING ANY SERVICE!

- DO YOU SEE? - JAN, BE CAREFUL.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

- JAN, IT'S BEHIND YOU! - JAN!

- JAN, NO! - JAN, JUST SWIM BACK TO SHORE!

- JAN! - DID YOU SEE THAT?

I DON'T ANY OF SEE THEM. DO YOU-- COME ON!

SHOULD WE GO IN AND HELP? SHOULD WE GO IN?

I'M NOT GOING BACK IN THERE!

WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM OUT THERE.

WE ARE NOT GOING BACK IN THAT WATER.

DID YOU SEE THAT?

JAN! ROSE!

WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM OUT THERE!

WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AQUATIC CREATURES,

FISH IN PARTICULAR, THAT HAVE EVOLVED WAYS

OF GETTING AROUND ON LAND, SO THAT IF THEIR POND

OR LAKE DRIES UP, THEY CAN SURVIVE BY

GETTING OUT OF A MUD HOLE THAT THEY'RE NOT IN

AND GETTING TO SOME OTHER BODY OF WATER.

THERE ARE CATFISH THAT HAVE SPINES

THAT KIND OF FUNCTION AS LEGS

THAT CAN PROPEL THEM ACROSS THE GROUND.

WE'VE SEEN DRAMATIC FILM OF ORCAS, KILLER WHALES,

IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT ACTUALLY LEAVE THE SURF

AND CHARGE UP OUT OF THE WATER ONTO THE BEACH

TO GRAB SEA LIONS AND THEN MANAGE TO GET

THEIR ENORMOUS BODIES BACK INTO THE SURF,

INTO THE REALM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE.

SO, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF BOTH THE OCEAN

AND ALSO THE BEACH AS HUNTING GROUNDS.

WHILE ERICA AND MARY ELLEN SCOUR THE LAKE

FOR THEIR MISSING FRIENDS, SALLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST POINT

WHERE SHE COULD GET A CELLPHONE SIGNAL TO CALL FOR HELP.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR BIRTHDAY.

I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND I WANT GO HOME.

THIS ISN'T FAIR.

THESE KIND OF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE.

WHAT WAS THAT?

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

- SALLY? - SALLY, IS THAT YOU?

LIGHT SOURCES, BECAUSE THEY DRAW INSECTS

AND BECAUSE INSECTS ARE A FOOD SOURCE FOR LOTS OF THINGS,

CAN DRAW OTHER KINDS OF ANIMALS.

NIGHT-ACTIVE LIZARDS, OR NOCTURNAL LIZARDS,

WILL BE ATTRACTED TO THAT MOTION OF THOSE PREY

AND MOVE TOWARDS THE LIGHT TO GET THEIR DINNER.

IN THAT NOCTURNAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT,

THERE ARE LOTS OF PREDATORS THAT ARE OUT.

AND THESE PREDATORS, WHEN THEY SEE THOSE LIGHT CUES

THAT THE PREY ARE USING TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER,

THOSE LIGHT CUES MEAN SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT

TO THE PREDATOR.

THEY MEAN POTENTIAL DINNER.

- SALLY? - SALLY, IS THAT YOU?

- LOOK, CAN YOU SEE IT? - WHAT IS THAT?

- THE LANTERN, THE LANTERN. - OH, MY GOD.

THE ONE BY THE TENT.

- OH, MY GOD! - GET OUT OF HERE!

GET OUT OF HERE! GO!

GO TO THE CAR! GO TO THE CAR!

GO TO THE CAR! GO! - OH, MY GOD!

HURRY, HURRY!

AAH!

OH, MY GOD!

HURRY, HURRY!

AAH!

OH, MY GOD! COME ON, GET UP!

WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S ON THE GROUND!

MARY ELLEN, YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE CAR!

GO!

GET IN!

OH, MY GOD!

GO, GO, MARY ELLEN, GO!

OKAY, OKAY.

WHERE IS IT? WHERE DID IT GO? WHERE IS IT?

Mary Ellan: I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU SEE IT? DO YOU SEE IT?

NO!

AAH!

LISTEN TO ME, MARY ELLEN.

GET IN THE BACK.

I'M NOT DYING ON MY BIRTHDAY.

I'M NOT DYING ON MY BIRTHDAY!

I THINK THAT'S SALLY'S CAR.

I THINK THAT'S HER HORN.

OKAY. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

GIVE ME THE CAMERA. OKAY, JUST GIVE ME THE CAMERA.

HERE'S THE CAMERA.

JUST PULL IT OUT. DO YOU SEE IT?

I DON'T SEE IT! WHERE IS IT?

IT'S ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

I DON'T SEE IT.

DID YOU FIND IT?

OKAY, I GOT IT.

ONE--

AAH!

GET IN THE CAR!

MIRACULOUSLY, ERICA JAMISON WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE THE ATTACK.

MARY ELLEN STEWART WAS NOT AS LUCKY.

ERICA, ALONG WITH SALLY RUDOLPH, FLED TO SAFETY

WHERE THEY REPORTED THEIR ENCOUNTER TO THE POLICE.

AFTER HEARING THEIR STORY,

AUTHORITIES RETURNED TO THE SCENE.

THEY LOCATED THE ABANDONED VEHICLE

WHERE THE GIRLS HAD LEFT IT,

BUT MARY ELLEN'S BODY WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

THOUGH THE LAKE WAS DRAGGED,

THE BODIES OF ROSE PETERS AND JAN HOLLIS WERE NEVER RECOVERED,

AND THEIR DEATHS REMAIN A MYSTERY.

TO THIS DAY, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS

AND TOURISTS CONTINUE TO VISIT BEAR LAKE EACH SUMMER.

AND AFTER HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF REPORTED SIGHTINGS,

AS WELL AS THE DISTURBING IMAGES DEPICTED HERE,

WE ARE FORCED TO ASK OURSELVES IF UNDER THE DARK WATERS,

DOES IT LIVE AMONG US?