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WHOO!

THERE'S OUR BIG STRONG FISHING MAN.

GONNA CATCH SOME FISH FOR US?

THERE ARE NO FISH IN THERE.

OH, THEY'RE IN HERE. THEY WERE WAITING FOR ME.

YOU SEE?

WE'RE BEING PICKY. I'M SO HUNGRY.

WE DON'T WANT THAT ONE.

HERE, YOU CAN HAVE THIS.

WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?

I SAVED IT. I DIDN'T EAT IT.

NO, I DON'T WANT THAT. IT'S YOURS.

NO, APRIL, I'M SERIOUS. YOU CAN HAVE IT.

IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING GOOD, I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT, OKAY?

OKAY. THANKS.

OKAY, WHERE ARE THE FISH? DON'T SEE ANY.

YOU ARE NOT SERIOUSLY GOING TO COOK THAT, ARE YOU?

I DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.

DUDE, WE'RE LOST, BUT WE'RE NOT ANIMALS.

GET IT OUT OF HERE. GET IT OUT OF HERE.

GUYS, IT'S BEEN DAYS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD.

I'M NOT GONNA EAT THAT. NO.

TURN THAT THING OFF.

HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!

HELP! MATTHEW!

NO!

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE!

WHAT IS THAT?

THEM-- THEY'RE MONSTERS!

OKAY, GUYS, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.

IN SEPTEMBER 2009,

A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WAS DISPATCHED

TO LOCATE FOUR INEXPERIENCED CAMPERS

LOST IN THE APPALACHIAN WILDERNESS.

THE TEAM WAS ASSEMBLED BY LEAD EVALUATOR SHELBY NASH

AND INCLUDED VETERAN TRACKER PORTER VOSS

AND PARAMEDIC TRENT DORSEY ON HIS FIRST RESCUE EFFORT.

THEY ENTER THE WOODS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO

FOR A SPRING-BREAK CAMPING TRIP,

AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T RETURN ON MONDAY TO HOMER SCHOOL,

WE WERE CALLED.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM?

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE AGE.

WE KNOW THERE'S TWO GIRLS AND TWO BOYS,

AND WE HAVE PICTURES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM.

HOW ABOUT FIRST-AID EXPERIENCE?

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE NO FIRST-AID EXPERIENCE. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

I GOT A FULL KIT. I'M READY TO GO.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE.

THOUGH THE TEAM WAS PREPARED FOR ALMOST ANY EVENTUALITY,

THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE HORROR

THAT HAD ALREADY BEFALLEN THE CAMPERS.

HEADQUARTERS, THIS IS NASH. DO YOU COPY? OVER.

This is Base, over.

WE'RE ABOUT A MILE IN. THERE'S NO SIGN OF OUR SUBJECTS.

Copy that. Continue on. We'll be standing by.

COPY THAT.

LET'S HOLD UP, GUYS.

IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THESE KIDS MADE IT THIS FAR.

WHAT WAS THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A HUMAN VOICE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

DO YOU SEE SOMETHING?

NO.

NOTHING.

COME ON. LET'S KEEP MOVING.

THERE IT IS.

LANE!

MATTHEW?

VINCE! APRIL!

LET'S CHECK THE TENTS.

I GOT BLOOD HERE.

A WENDIGO IS A MALEVOLENT SPIRIT

LITERALLY BROUGHT INTO LIFE THROUGH WHAT WE CONSIDER

ONE OF THE MOST ULTIMATE ACTS OF EVIL-- CANNIBALISM.

THEY HAVE BEEN PART AND PARCEL OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THEY NORMALLY START OUT AS A HUMAN

THAT BECOMES DEPRAVED AND CANNIBALISTIC,

AND THOSE CANNIBALISTIC TENDENCIES

MAKE IT TURN INTO THIS MONSTER.

THE WENDIGO IS INSATIABLE.

IT WANTS FLESH. IT WANTS BLOOD.

IT IS NEVER SATISFIED

WITH THE AMOUNT OF WHAT IT CAN EAT.

ALL OF ITS DESCRIPTIONS EMPHASIZE ITS MONSTROSITY,

ITS DEVIATION FROM MANKIND.

IT CAN LITERALLY MOVE BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE

TO BE WHERE ITS VICTIMS ARE,

AND SO WHEN THE WENDIGO HAS ITS SIGHTS ON YOU AS A VICTIM,

THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

HEADQUARTERS, THIS IS NASH.

WE FOUND THE CAMPSITE, BUT THERE ARE NO HIKERS.

BASE, THIS IS NASH. DO YOU COPY?

PROBABLY OUT OF RANGE.

GO EASY ON THAT WATER, DORSEY.

ACTUALLY, WE SHOULD REPLENISH.

THERE'S A STREAM 400 YARDS THAT WAY.

YEAH, MY GPS SHOWS THE SAME THING.

HERE. WHAT?

VOSS, GIVE US YOUR CAMP PACK.

OH, YEAH, WHY DON'T I GET THAT? THERE YOU GO.

OH, THANKS, BUDDY.

VOSS, START CATALOGING.

YOU GOT IT.

DORSEY.

BE QUICK.

WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU BACK HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SURE, SEND THE NEW GUY INTO THE WOODS TO GET THE WATER.

WHERE'S THAT STREAM?

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

HELLO?

IS THAT SKIN?

WHAT THE HELL?

I'M STILL NOT GETTING ANYTHING.

NASH!

NASH! WHAT?

OH.

IS IT ONE OF OURS?

VINCE.

OH.

THIS ISN'T A BEAR ATTACK.

NO.

THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BEAR.

IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH A BEAR AT ALL.

IT'S BEEN CHEWED PRETTY CLEAN. IT'S NOT CRUSHED.

THERE'S SOMETHING VICIOUS OUT HERE IN THESE WOODS.

DORSEY!

WHO WOULD DO THIS?

OH, MY GOD!

AAH! AAH!

OH, MY GOD!

AAH! AAH!

DORSEY, ARE YOU OUT HERE?

VOSS, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?

I SEE A LOT OF TRACKS, BUT I CAN'T TELL FROM WHAT.

VOSS!

CHECK THIS OUT.

IT'S A CAVE.

I'M GOING IN.

DORSEY?

DORSEY!

SOMETHING'S IN HERE.

AAH! PLEASE, DON'T HURT ME!

DON'T HURT ME!

WHOA, RELAX. LANE.

JUST RELAX. LANE?

WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.

I THINK THAT THE ALGONQUIN INDIAN TALE OF THE WENDIGO

HAS MORE TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH

THAN IT DOES WITH CANNIBALISM.

WENDIGO PSYCHOSIS CAN BE CHARACTERIZED

AS A VERY EXTREME FORM OF CABIN FEVER.

TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IN A WENDIGO PSYCHOSIS

IS SOMEBODY IS TRAPPED OR ISOLATED WITH OTHER PEOPLE

FOR VERY, VERY LONG PERIODS OF TIME,

AND THEY MAY HAVE PLENTY OF PROVISIONS TO EAT.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS SYNDROME

IS THAT A PERSON WILL START TO DEVELOP THE BELIEF

THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO A MONSTER

AND THEN CANNIBALIZE THE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

AND SO IT CAN BECOME A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS DELUSION.

YOU CAN THINK OF THE WENDIGO PSYCHOSIS

AS A FORM OF COMPULSION,

AND THEY BELIEVE THAT ONCE THEY EAT THE HUMAN FLESH

THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA WANT TO EAT IT,

AND THEY'LL NEVER GET ENOUGH.

IN A WAY, THIS COULD BE SIMILAR

TO A SYNDROME SUCH AS DRUG ADDICTION.

WHY ARE YOU HIDING?

BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID.

DID YOU HEAR US?

IT CAN MAKE NOISES THAT SOUND LIKE PEOPLE.

WHAT CAN MAKE NOISES?

MATTHEW. IT.

YOU'RE NOT MAKING A LOT OF SENSE HERE.

LANE...

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED ON THE CAMPING TRIP?

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING...

THEN WE GOT LOST...

AND THEN WE GOT REALLY SCARED, AND WE RAN OUT OF FOOD.

THAT'S WHEN THINGS GOT REALLY, REALLY BAD.

MATTHEW?

WHAT ARE YOU EATING?

IT'S-- IT'S NOT ANOTHER SQUIRREL, IS IT?

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT WAS CHASING US.

I FELL.

WHAT WAS CHASING YOU?

IT WAS LIKE AN ANIMAL! IT WAS SCREAMING.

OKAY, I THINK WE HAVE TO PUSH THE BONE BACK IN, APRIL.

NO, NO, NO! YES!

NO! I'M SERIOUS.

LANE, STOP.

I THINK I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO THAT, OKAY?

I'M SORRY!

THERE'S SOMETHING-- THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING.

IT'S LIKE-- IT'S LIKE IT'S INSIDE MY HEAD

AND IT'S LIKE-- IT'S LIKE AN ITCH

THAT I CAN'T-- I CAN'T SCRATCH.

MATTHEW, WHERE'S VINCE?

WHAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHERE VINCE IS.

WHERE IS HE? I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE STARTING TO SCARE ME, YOU KNOW THAT?

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT APRIL.

OKAY, WHAT?

APRIL NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION.

WE DON'T HAVE IT. I KNOW!

WE HAVE TO GET HER OFF THE MOUNTAIN.

WE'RE NOT GETTING HER OFF THIS MOUNTAIN, LANE.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

SO JUST LEAVE HER? JUST LEAVE HER HERE TO DIE?

NO.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN...

SINCE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO EAT?

OH, YOU'RE SICK. EXCUSE ME?

YOU ARE SICK, MATTHEW.

YOU DON'T GET IT, DO YOU? YOU ARE SICK.

YOU DON'T GET IT. YOU DON'T GET IT.

GO! YOU JUST WAIT.

GET OUT OF HERE, MATTHEW! YOU WAIT!

APRIL?

APRIL?

OH, MY GOD! MATTHEW!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

EXTREME CONDITIONS

CAN FORCE HUMANITY'S MOST FUNDAMENTAL TABOOS

TO CLASH WITH THE BASIC WILL TO LIVE.

A HARROWING ACCOUNT OF SURVIVAL AGAINST ALL ODDS

AND AT ANY COST,

WHEN "LOST TAPES" CONTINUES.

AIR FORCE FLIGHT 571 FROM URUGUAY,

CARRYING 45 PASSENGERS,

CRASHES INTO THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.

NEARLY 30 SURVIVED THE INITIAL CRASH,

THOUGH SOME FELL VICTIM TO INJURIES

AND A LATER DEADLY AVALANCHE.

THE SURVIVORS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF A RUGBY TEAM,

HAD LITTLE FOOD AND NO SOURCE OF HEAT IN THE HARSH CONDITIONS.

FACED WITH CERTAIN DEATH FROM STARVATION,

THEY WERE SOON FORCED TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION--

THEY FED ON THEIR FELLOW PASSENGERS

PRESERVED IN THE SNOW,

MANY OF WHOM WERE FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES.

THIS NIGHTMARISH ORDEAL STRETCHED OVER TWO MONTHS

BEFORE TWO OF THE MEN

MIRACULOUSLY REACHED A REMOTE VILLAGE

AND THE LAST OF THE 16 SURVIVORS WERE FINALLY RESCUED.

APRIL?

OH, MY GOD! MATTHEW!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN GO AND FIND DORSEY.

BE QUICK.

ONCE SHE WAKES UP, WE GOT TO MOVE BACK.

IT'S GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH FOR TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE.

WE GOT TO BRING IN A BIGGER TEAM.

GIVE ME TWO HOURS.

DORSEY!

DORSEY!

WHAT THE HELL?

ARE THOSE DORSEY'S?

OH, MY GOD.

NASH! NASH! COME IN, NASH!

THERE'S SOMETHING OUT HERE.

NASH!

AAAH! IT'S COMING BACK! IT'S COMING BACK TO GET US.

COME ON.

COME ON!

NO! GET UP! WE GOT TO GO!

NO, I AM NOT GOING OUT IN THOSE WOODS!

WE CAN STILL HELP HIM!

NO! BESIDES, YOU ALREADY HEARD HE'S DEAD.

HE'S DEAD!

COME ON, THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TO SAVE HIM!

NO, I AM NOT GOING OUT THERE!

STAY HERE. NO, DON'T GO.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.

DON'T. DON'T GO.

DON'T GO.

WHO IS THAT?

VOSS?

WHO IS THAT?

STAY BACK!

STAY BACK!

GET AWAY FROM ME!

LANE! LANE!

IT'S RIGHT BEHIND ME! WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!

OKAY, COME ON, THIS WAY!

ARE YOU OKAY?

I DON'T KNOW.

CAN YOU KEEP GOING? MAYBE.

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN KEEP GOING.

I DON'T KNOW. NO, IT HURTS.

I CAN'T.

Male voice: LANE! LANE!

I THINK THAT'S DORSEY.

NO. IT'S A TRICK.

HE'S MY TEAMMATE. I HAVE TO GO GET HIM.

NO, DON'T GO. IT'S A TRAP. DON'T GO.

STAY HERE. IT WILL BE TWO MINUTES.

NO. I PROMISE I WILL BE BACK FOR YOU.

NO, DON'T LEAVE ME!

DON'T LEAVE ME!

OH, MY GOD.

DORSEY?

DORSEY?

OH, MY GOD!

DORSEY!

OH, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

WHERE ARE YOU?!

OHH!

MY NAME IS LANE COREY.

MY FRIENDS AND I GOT LOST HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

IF ANYONE FINDS THIS TAPE...

IF ANYONE FINDS...

AAAH!

DESPITE VIDEO EVIDENCE

RECOVERED FROM THEIR SEARCH CAMS,

THE FATALITIES OF RESCUERS SHELBY NASH,

PORTER VOSS, AND TRENT DORSEY

WERE ATTRIBUTED TO BLACK BEAR ATTACKS.

HIKERS APRIL DESOTO AND VINCE GABRIEL

WERE LATER DETERMINED TO HAVE MET THE SAME FATE.

THE BODIES OF MATTHEW GAAHL AND LANE COREY WERE NEVER RECOVERED,

AND THE SEARCH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.

TALES OF THE WENDIGO

PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE NATIVE LANDS OF THE NORTHEAST,

ECHOING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS LIKE AN AGE-OLD QUESTION--

DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

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