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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,635 --> 00:00:03,635 >> NARRATOR: It's huge... 2 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:05,637 (roar) 3 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:07,639 ...it's hairy, 4 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:09,641 and it's been hiding for 5 00:00:09,643 --> 00:00:11,383 centuries. 6 00:00:11,379 --> 00:00:13,479 (roar) 7 00:00:13,481 --> 00:00:14,521 >> KEN STORCH: I could see a 8 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:16,175 creature of sorts standing, 9 00:00:16,184 --> 00:00:17,654 looking back at me. 10 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:21,221 It was a dark shaped shadow. 11 00:00:21,222 --> 00:00:22,662 >> NARRATOR: But is the legend 12 00:00:22,656 --> 00:00:24,126 known as Bigfoot real? 13 00:00:24,125 --> 00:00:25,125 >> WILLIAM BARNES: I know 14 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:26,126 they're real. 15 00:00:26,127 --> 00:00:27,127 Nobody can convince me 16 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:28,128 differently. 17 00:00:28,129 --> 00:00:29,659 >> NARRATOR: Or is it a hoax? 18 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:30,663 >> JEFF MELDRUM: I think the 19 00:00:30,664 --> 00:00:32,774 reported sightings are just the 20 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:34,196 tip of the iceberg. 21 00:00:34,202 --> 00:00:35,272 >> NARRATOR: Could the facts be 22 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:37,139 so provocative that even the 23 00:00:37,138 --> 00:00:38,668 government doesn't want you to 24 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:40,272 know the truth? 25 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:41,284 >> WILLIAM JEVNING: If there's 26 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:42,775 any sort of a concerted cover-up 27 00:00:42,776 --> 00:00:43,776 at higher levels, we simply 28 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:46,277 don't know at this point. 29 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,380 >> NARRATOR: There are those who 30 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:48,681 believe in the existence of a 31 00:00:48,682 --> 00:00:50,552 book. 32 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:53,121 A book that contains the most 33 00:00:53,121 --> 00:00:56,561 highly guarded secrets of the 34 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:59,687 United States of America. 35 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:03,433 A book... whose very existence 36 00:01:03,431 --> 00:01:06,301 is known to only a select few. 37 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:09,570 But if such a book exists, what 38 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:12,710 would it contain? 39 00:01:12,706 --> 00:01:15,176 Secret locations? 40 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:19,106 Secret programs? 41 00:01:19,113 --> 00:01:22,823 Secret experiments? 42 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:25,846 Does there really exist 43 00:01:25,853 --> 00:01:29,693 America's Book of Secrets? 44 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:40,833 >> NARRATOR: Flathead County, 45 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:42,144 Montana. 46 00:01:42,136 --> 00:01:45,336 August 26, 2012. 47 00:01:45,339 --> 00:01:48,739 At 10:30 p.m., a teenage girl 48 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:52,482 drives down U.S. Highway 93. 49 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,420 Suddenly, she spots a mysterious 50 00:01:55,416 --> 00:01:57,416 ape-like figure emerging from 51 00:01:57,418 --> 00:01:58,748 the dark. 52 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:00,492 It moves towards her, then 53 00:02:00,488 --> 00:02:02,758 steps right into the beams of 54 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:04,556 her headlights. 55 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:06,188 Unable to stop, the girl's car 56 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:08,164 strikes the creature and knocks 57 00:02:08,162 --> 00:02:09,362 it to the ground. 58 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:11,303 (shout) 59 00:02:13,501 --> 00:02:15,571 The vehicle behind her runs 60 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:17,569 right over it. 61 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:19,241 First responders quickly 62 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,910 determine that the strange, 63 00:02:20,908 --> 00:02:22,838 mutilated corpse is a man named 64 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,183 Randy Lee Tenley, dressed in the 65 00:02:25,179 --> 00:02:27,849 military issue camouflage-- or 66 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:29,778 ghillie suit-- to look like 67 00:02:29,783 --> 00:02:31,753 Bigfoot. 68 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:33,885 But why? 69 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:35,917 >> RO SAHEBI: Randy Lee Tenley 70 00:02:35,923 --> 00:02:37,833 was set on creating convincing 71 00:02:37,858 --> 00:02:39,858 Bigfoot footage. 72 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:42,530 He was determined to create a 73 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:45,370 viral video and, when crossing 74 00:02:45,366 --> 00:02:47,666 the road, was tragically struck 75 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:49,338 by a car. 76 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:50,937 With the popularity of YouTube 77 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:52,538 and viral videos, there has been 78 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:54,480 a-a dramatic increase in hoaxing 79 00:02:54,475 --> 00:02:57,205 in the Bigfoot field. 80 00:02:57,211 --> 00:02:59,911 It's unfortunate that Randy Lee 81 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,623 Tenley was killed. 82 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:02,815 Some people are willing to go to 83 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:04,486 extremes to create viral videos, 84 00:03:04,485 --> 00:03:06,285 in the quest to have that 85 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:07,417 million hits drawn to your 86 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:08,561 YouTube channel. 87 00:03:08,556 --> 00:03:10,356 That kind of traffic is worth 88 00:03:10,358 --> 00:03:11,888 thousands of dollars to the 89 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:13,892 owner of the YouTube channel. 90 00:03:13,894 --> 00:03:16,364 (growling) 91 00:03:16,364 --> 00:03:17,504 >> NARRATOR: Could the real 92 00:03:17,498 --> 00:03:19,268 secret behind the Bigfoot legend 93 00:03:19,267 --> 00:03:21,667 be not that the beast truly 94 00:03:21,669 --> 00:03:24,839 exists, but that it's all an 95 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:28,378 elaborate hoax perpetuated by a 96 00:03:28,376 --> 00:03:31,506 multimillion dollar industry? 97 00:03:31,512 --> 00:03:34,722 >> JEVNING: The Bigfoot business 98 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:35,845 has actually grown exponentially 99 00:03:35,849 --> 00:03:36,819 over the years. 100 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:38,850 Everybody's writing books. 101 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:39,852 There's all kinds of radio 102 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:40,853 shows. 103 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,694 It's since become quite, um, 104 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:45,263 a large business these days. 105 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:47,429 The prospect of becoming rich 106 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:48,858 and famous has always muddied 107 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:50,862 the waters, uh, in terms of 108 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:52,934 research, and-and it's 109 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:55,403 especially pronounced today. 110 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:56,543 >> SAHEBI: One of the biggest 111 00:03:56,537 --> 00:03:57,537 brands today in America is 112 00:03:57,538 --> 00:03:58,538 Bigfoot. 113 00:03:58,539 --> 00:03:59,869 We see it growing everywhere. 114 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:00,873 There are entire communities 115 00:04:00,874 --> 00:04:02,344 built about the Bigfoot 116 00:04:02,343 --> 00:04:03,613 folklore. 117 00:04:03,611 --> 00:04:05,281 We have Bigfoot museums. 118 00:04:05,279 --> 00:04:06,479 We have Bigfoot roadside 119 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,420 attractions. 120 00:04:08,416 --> 00:04:09,876 >> NARRATOR: Bigfoot is the 121 00:04:09,883 --> 00:04:11,353 subject of hundreds of 122 00:04:11,352 --> 00:04:12,892 television shows, both fiction 123 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:15,556 and nonfiction. 124 00:04:15,556 --> 00:04:18,456 Bigfoot also serves as a popular 125 00:04:18,459 --> 00:04:20,729 TV pitchman, selling everything 126 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:23,298 from monster trucks to sub 127 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:25,767 sandwiches. 128 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,026 >> SAHEBI: Corporate America has 129 00:04:27,034 --> 00:04:28,444 begun to embrace Bigfoot as a 130 00:04:28,436 --> 00:04:29,566 brand, and it's free to use. 131 00:04:29,570 --> 00:04:32,370 So it's not surprising that more 132 00:04:32,373 --> 00:04:33,513 and more people are putting 133 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:35,607 Sasquatch in their product. 134 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:37,879 Bigfoot is a big economy. 135 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:42,351 >> MAN: The Abominable Snowman-- 136 00:04:42,350 --> 00:04:44,450 or as this creature is known in 137 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:47,585 North America, Bigfoot. 138 00:04:47,588 --> 00:04:48,918 >> NARRATOR: The commercialism 139 00:04:48,922 --> 00:04:50,362 of the Bigfoot legend began in 140 00:04:50,358 --> 00:04:52,458 1967... 141 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:53,930 (screams) 142 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:55,397 ...with the publication of the 143 00:04:55,396 --> 00:04:58,996 so-called Patterson-Gimlin film. 144 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:00,599 Even though the creature seen in 145 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:02,371 the 60-second clip is believed 146 00:05:02,370 --> 00:05:04,540 by some to be nothing more than 147 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:06,668 a man wearing a costume, it 148 00:05:06,674 --> 00:05:08,614 commands tens of thousands of 149 00:05:08,609 --> 00:05:11,549 dollars in licensing fees. 150 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,816 In the years since, Bigfoot has 151 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:21,558 also become a movie star. 152 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:23,455 But why does the creature's 153 00:05:23,491 --> 00:05:26,431 popularity continue to grow? 154 00:05:26,427 --> 00:05:27,527 >> SAHEBI: There's nothing 155 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:29,098 scarier to me than something 156 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:31,626 that could be possibly real. 157 00:05:31,632 --> 00:05:33,972 Jaws made people scared to go 158 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:35,037 into the water. 159 00:05:35,035 --> 00:05:37,065 Bigfoot makes people scared to 160 00:05:37,104 --> 00:05:39,114 go into their own backyard. 161 00:05:39,106 --> 00:05:40,566 >> EDUARDO SANCHEZ: My 162 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,384 fascination with Bigfoot is 163 00:05:42,376 --> 00:05:44,106 based on the idea that there is 164 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:46,411 something out there that we 165 00:05:46,414 --> 00:05:47,824 don't know and there is this 166 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:49,575 semi-intelligent creature that 167 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:50,853 has kind of kept out of, um, the 168 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:53,991 public eye for so long. 169 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:55,417 There's obviously something 170 00:05:55,423 --> 00:05:56,463 curious about what's been going 171 00:05:56,457 --> 00:05:57,987 on and all the credible 172 00:05:57,991 --> 00:05:59,961 eyewitness reports. 173 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:03,600 >> NARRATOR: According to a 174 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:06,597 recent poll, nearly 30% of all 175 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,670 Americans believe that Bigfoot 176 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:12,469 actually exists, a belief that 177 00:06:12,473 --> 00:06:15,543 is made stronger by the fact 178 00:06:15,543 --> 00:06:17,683 that there are over one million 179 00:06:17,678 --> 00:06:19,678 square miles of federally 180 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,110 protected wilderness in the 181 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:24,688 United States. 182 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:25,845 Could this be what drives us to 183 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:27,623 continue searching for the 184 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:29,621 legendary beast? 185 00:06:29,623 --> 00:06:31,023 Can thousands of reported 186 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:32,864 sightings, dating back more than 187 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:35,860 a century, all be dismissed? 188 00:06:35,863 --> 00:06:39,603 Perhaps the real proof lies in 189 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,540 eyewitness accounts. 190 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,036 >> STORCH: I could see about 50 191 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,640 yards into the woods a creature 192 00:06:48,642 --> 00:06:51,782 of sorts standing, looking back 193 00:06:51,779 --> 00:06:53,449 at me. 194 00:06:53,447 --> 00:06:55,447 It was a dark shaped shadow. 195 00:06:55,449 --> 00:06:56,649 I could make the outline of a 196 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:58,050 humanoid form. 197 00:06:58,051 --> 00:06:59,521 >> JEVNING: Less than 15 feet in 198 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,790 front of me was this huge, 199 00:07:00,788 --> 00:07:03,458 manlike creature covered with 200 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:06,187 hair, and I-I had a pretty good 201 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:07,633 idea that this was about 800 202 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:09,198 pounds and about eight feet 203 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:10,526 tall. 204 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:11,671 I didn't know what to think. 205 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:12,895 I froze. 206 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:14,640 >> BARNES: Well, I thought it 207 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:15,765 was a bear in the beginning 208 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:16,869 until it got about 30 feet 209 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,070 from the car. 210 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:19,541 My heart was beating so hard 211 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:20,670 that I could hear it in my ears. 212 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:23,544 And actually, it was scary. 213 00:07:23,544 --> 00:07:25,814 Very strange. 214 00:07:25,813 --> 00:07:26,953 I mean, I know they're real. 215 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:28,077 Nobody can convince me 216 00:07:28,081 --> 00:07:31,151 differently. 217 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:32,651 >> NARRATOR: According to 218 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:33,953 Bigfoot researchers, there are 219 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:36,164 approximately 200 reported 220 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:39,156 sightings of Bigfoot each year. 221 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:42,229 But they believe an even greater 222 00:07:42,229 --> 00:07:43,899 number of encounters go 223 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,627 unreported, as many are afraid 224 00:07:46,634 --> 00:07:48,244 to come forward for fear of 225 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:50,195 ridicule. 226 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:51,973 >> MELDRUM: I think that the 227 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:54,782 reported sightings are just the 228 00:07:54,775 --> 00:07:57,105 tip of the iceberg. 229 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:58,250 >> ANNA NEKARIS: I thought if 230 00:07:58,245 --> 00:07:59,675 people saw Bigfoot, they would 231 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,250 tell people. 232 00:08:01,248 --> 00:08:04,248 But I have now had many e-mails 233 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:06,651 claiming I was the only person 234 00:08:06,654 --> 00:08:08,594 they'd ever told because they 235 00:08:08,589 --> 00:08:09,789 feared being crazy. 236 00:08:09,790 --> 00:08:11,120 And that's a very large sample 237 00:08:11,124 --> 00:08:12,594 size of e-mails, so it's clear 238 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:14,133 there's a lot of people in the 239 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:16,197 world who don't tell. 240 00:08:16,196 --> 00:08:17,596 (sirens wailing) 241 00:08:17,598 --> 00:08:18,598 >> PAUL BARTHOLOMEW: Several 242 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:20,699 police officers, uh, had to wait 243 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:22,571 20 years before they would even 244 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:23,800 come forward with their sighting 245 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:25,214 because they were afraid it 246 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,605 would interfere with their work. 247 00:08:26,607 --> 00:08:27,937 They have everything to lose and 248 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,681 nothing to gain by coming 249 00:08:29,677 --> 00:08:31,677 forward with their experience. 250 00:08:31,679 --> 00:08:33,749 >> DR. MICHAEL SCHERMER: I have 251 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:34,877 spoken to many pro-Bigfoot 252 00:08:34,882 --> 00:08:36,682 people, and I absolutely 253 00:08:36,684 --> 00:08:37,694 believe that they believe. 254 00:08:37,685 --> 00:08:38,685 No question about it. 255 00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:39,686 I think they're just simply 256 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:40,987 mistaken about what they believe 257 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:42,158 and now we know enough about 258 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:43,285 cognitive psychology to know how 259 00:08:43,290 --> 00:08:45,830 easy it is to self-deceive. 260 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:48,826 We just need a body. 261 00:08:48,829 --> 00:08:50,859 Blurry photographs, grainy 262 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:52,904 videos and stories about things 263 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:54,570 that go bump in the night at 264 00:08:54,568 --> 00:08:55,998 3:00 in the morning in your tent 265 00:08:56,003 --> 00:08:57,543 do not constitute evidence in 266 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:59,571 science. 267 00:08:59,573 --> 00:09:00,973 >> NARRATOR: But proponents of 268 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:02,244 Bigfoot argue that the evidence 269 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:04,582 goes much further than blurry 270 00:09:04,578 --> 00:09:06,048 photographs and campfire 271 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:08,746 stories. 272 00:09:08,749 --> 00:09:10,179 >> BARTHOLOMEW: This phenomena 273 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:12,053 has a lot of tantalizing clues 274 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,652 and evidence that would lead you 275 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:15,194 to believe that it's a physical 276 00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:16,718 phenomena. 277 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:17,864 We not only have eyewitness 278 00:09:17,858 --> 00:09:19,058 sightings but we also have 279 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:22,629 physical things like footprints. 280 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:25,200 We have hair samples that have 281 00:09:25,198 --> 00:09:26,198 been collected and haven't been 282 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:28,199 classified. 283 00:09:28,201 --> 00:09:30,601 >> GARY: All right, I'm gonna 284 00:09:30,604 --> 00:09:31,614 set a shot. 285 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:32,935 Let me know how you make out. 286 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:34,640 >> NARRATOR: In recent years, 287 00:09:34,642 --> 00:09:36,082 Bigfoot hunters have been 288 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,306 encouraged by new evidence and, 289 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:41,211 using newly available GPS and 290 00:09:41,214 --> 00:09:43,084 night vision technology, they 291 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:45,053 have stepped-up their search for 292 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:47,052 the creature also known as 293 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:48,824 Sasquatch. 294 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:50,962 But is the animal they're 295 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:52,958 looking for simply rare and 296 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,290 reclusive? 297 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:55,804 Or is it something that the 298 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:57,226 U.S. government does not want 299 00:09:57,230 --> 00:10:01,100 them to find? 300 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:04,201 (growl) 301 00:10:12,179 --> 00:10:14,149 >> NARRATOR: Upstate New York. 302 00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:18,051 November 3, 2012. 303 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,851 In a remote location deep in the 304 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:23,164 forests of the 6.1 million-acre 305 00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:25,786 Adirondack State Park, a team of 306 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:29,063 six hunters prepares for the 307 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:30,932 night's expedition. 308 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:33,871 Their prey: 309 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:35,437 the legendary creature many 310 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:38,135 believe is the most elusive 311 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:41,408 animal in America: Bigfoot. 312 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:43,778 Led by investigator Steve Kulls, 313 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:45,207 their mission is to gather 314 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:46,812 evidence to prove that Bigfoot 315 00:10:46,814 --> 00:10:49,754 really exists. 316 00:10:49,750 --> 00:10:50,880 >> GARY: From the other previous 317 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:52,424 missions that we've done, um, 318 00:10:52,419 --> 00:10:53,749 this seems to be the area 319 00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:55,694 that-- of most activity. 320 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:00,890 All right, so we have a clear 321 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:02,834 shot? 322 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:05,898 All right, golden. 323 00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:06,899 Lock it down right there. 324 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,100 Thank you. 325 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:09,101 >> NARRATOR: The researchers 326 00:11:09,102 --> 00:11:10,802 quickly set up a sophisticated 327 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:12,714 network of recording devices in 328 00:11:12,706 --> 00:11:14,706 an area they believe is 329 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:16,438 inhabited by the creature who 330 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:19,383 is also known as Sasquatch. 331 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,916 >> STEVE KULLS: Time is 7:25 332 00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:25,918 p.m. 333 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:28,719 The date is November 3, 2012. 334 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:30,262 We're on the, uh, Sasquatch 335 00:11:30,257 --> 00:11:31,927 Mission, Research Area 1, and, 336 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:33,385 uh, we're good to go. 337 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:36,133 >> NARRATOR: Unlike other 338 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:37,999 Bigfoot hunters, this team 339 00:11:37,998 --> 00:11:39,868 believes the secret to catching 340 00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:42,937 the mysterious man-ape is to 341 00:11:42,936 --> 00:11:46,136 not chase it but lure it in. 342 00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:48,009 >> GARY: If we push after them, 343 00:11:48,008 --> 00:11:49,278 we're gonna scare them away. 344 00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:50,806 So if we can slowly just get 345 00:11:50,811 --> 00:11:51,951 them to come to us, then, you 346 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,145 know, our work's done. 347 00:11:54,147 --> 00:11:56,147 >> KULLS: We're gonna do a DNA 348 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,149 trap tonight. 349 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:58,250 Primates have two ecstasy taste 350 00:11:58,251 --> 00:12:00,291 centers: first is salty, second 351 00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:01,757 one is sweet. 352 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:02,815 We always like our candy, as 353 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:03,823 primates. 354 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:05,234 So if they eat the candy off the 355 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,255 stick, the stick gets left 356 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:07,389 behind-- we'll have a saliva 357 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,964 sample on these sticks. 358 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,403 So there you have the marriage 359 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,168 of the technologies, DNA with 360 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,896 photographic evidence, video 361 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:16,842 evidence and audio evidence. 362 00:12:16,837 --> 00:12:18,167 >> NARRATOR: Steve Kulls and 363 00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:20,011 his crew have been conducting 364 00:12:20,007 --> 00:12:21,367 Sasquatch hunts for over five 365 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,984 years, and though they've never 366 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:25,977 captured irrefutable evidence of 367 00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:27,919 the creature, he's certain that 368 00:12:27,915 --> 00:12:28,975 they've had some close 369 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:30,782 encounters. 370 00:12:30,784 --> 00:12:32,024 >> KULLS: Remember I was taking 371 00:12:32,019 --> 00:12:33,019 a shot and we kept hearing 372 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:34,020 something moving and I was 373 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:35,021 turning the camera? 374 00:12:35,022 --> 00:12:36,192 Well, the first shot you see 375 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:37,189 the eye. 376 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:38,460 I-It was... I think it was 377 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:39,458 walking sideways 'cause you got 378 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:40,459 one eye. 379 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:41,460 >> MIKE: Yeah. 380 00:12:41,461 --> 00:12:42,801 >> KULLS: And it was back 381 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:44,056 between a couple of trees. 382 00:12:44,064 --> 00:12:45,204 And then when I took the second 383 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:46,398 picture, it was closer. 384 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:49,939 So it was pretty freaky. 385 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:51,337 >> NARRATOR: They attempt to 386 00:12:51,338 --> 00:12:52,808 bait Bigfoot into their 387 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:54,876 "technology trap" by mimicking 388 00:12:54,875 --> 00:12:56,935 the sounds it is believed to 389 00:12:56,944 --> 00:12:58,884 make when communicating with 390 00:12:58,912 --> 00:13:00,952 others of its kind. 391 00:13:00,948 --> 00:13:02,018 >> KULLS: What we're gonna do 392 00:13:02,015 --> 00:13:03,545 now is make some noise, knock 393 00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:06,590 some trees and then wait, listen 394 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,216 and see if we get anything 395 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:09,491 walking around us, making some 396 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:10,959 calls back, some tree knocks 397 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:13,228 back, whatever. 398 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:16,196 (knocking) 399 00:13:25,238 --> 00:13:27,238 That's a good idea. 400 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,210 (indistinct chatter) 401 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:39,918 We got 'em out there. 402 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,990 As long as they're out there, 403 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,119 they've got a chance at filming 404 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:45,063 it. 405 00:13:51,098 --> 00:13:53,028 (distant tree knock) 406 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,267 (distant tree knock) 407 00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:04,883 >> KULLS: Go. 408 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:05,878 >> GARY (over walkie): We have 409 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:07,009 something that's... it's-it's 410 00:14:07,014 --> 00:14:08,284 almost right in front of us. 411 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:09,281 We can... It's going back and 412 00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:11,252 forth here. 413 00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:17,258 (distant tree knock) 414 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:22,504 >> KULLS: That's what they do. 415 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:23,625 (whoop, distant tree knock) 416 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:25,170 >> KULLS: Gary, did you just 417 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:26,395 make a tree knock? 418 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:27,399 >> GARY: No, I heard that. 419 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,900 Right before I just made a 420 00:14:28,902 --> 00:14:30,042 whoop, there was another knock. 421 00:14:30,037 --> 00:14:31,037 >> STACY (over walkie): We got 422 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:33,038 it on the parabolic. 423 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,170 >> KULLS: Are we recording 424 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:35,184 the parabolic? 425 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:36,305 >> STACY: Yep, yep. 426 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:38,009 >> KULLS: Yeah. 427 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:40,011 >> NARRATOR: Although the U.S. 428 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:41,383 government does not officially 429 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,051 acknowledge the existence of 430 00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:45,920 Bigfoot, new laws regarding its 431 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:47,649 safety and survival have 432 00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:49,424 appeared on both the state and 433 00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:53,062 county level. 434 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:55,660 For example, while it is legal 435 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:58,072 to shoot a Bigfoot in Texas, 436 00:14:58,065 --> 00:14:59,995 it's not allowed in Skamania 437 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,330 County, Washington, or 438 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:03,604 Whitehall, New York. 439 00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:05,613 A curious contradiction? 440 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:08,935 Or are these laws evidence of a 441 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:12,012 more secret agenda? 442 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:14,152 >> KULLS: There's a lot of talk 443 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:15,347 about people shooting a 444 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:17,148 Sasquatch-- is it legal? 445 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:18,220 Is it illegal? 446 00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:20,088 As an investigator who's had to 447 00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:21,957 work with laws before, I would 448 00:15:21,955 --> 00:15:24,455 vent it as kind of a gray area. 449 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:27,227 It depends a lot on states. 450 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:28,357 It's not necessarily a federal 451 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:30,361 law, 'cause in some cases a 452 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:31,733 state law could supersede a 453 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:33,501 federal law. 454 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,470 So it's really hard to say what 455 00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:38,468 would be legal and what wouldn't 456 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:40,071 be. 457 00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:41,373 There's been statements by the 458 00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:43,114 government in New York recently 459 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:44,610 that said that Sasquatch would 460 00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:48,054 be protected. 461 00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:50,248 >> NEKARIS: If anyone did prove 462 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,250 their existence, they would fall 463 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:54,592 under the normal laws regulating 464 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:58,191 protected species. 465 00:15:58,191 --> 00:15:59,461 They probably are extremely 466 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,999 rare, and therefore even more so 467 00:16:01,995 --> 00:16:03,395 these laws should be instigated 468 00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:06,396 if one or more species of these 469 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:09,769 cryptic hominoids were found. 470 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:12,009 >> NARRATOR: On June 10, 1982, 471 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:14,605 Paul Freeman, a U.S. Forestry 472 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,477 Service employee, did what no 473 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:19,076 other government employee has 474 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:22,479 ever done: he went public with 475 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:26,022 his sighting of a Sasquatch. 476 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,989 (brush crunching) 477 00:16:35,295 --> 00:16:36,295 >> MELDRUM: Because his 478 00:16:36,296 --> 00:16:37,426 encounter occurred while on 479 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:38,570 official business for the 480 00:16:38,565 --> 00:16:39,765 National Forest Service, they 481 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:42,539 had to address the issue. 482 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:44,765 On the one hand, they 483 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:46,571 acknowledged that there had been 484 00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:48,513 other reports of such sightings, 485 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:50,008 such encounters in that region 486 00:16:50,043 --> 00:16:52,113 and footprints found. 487 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:54,052 They'd, however, brought a 488 00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:55,777 Border Patrol tracker in to 489 00:16:55,782 --> 00:16:58,822 evaluate the evidence, and he 490 00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:00,318 was very critical of the 491 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,720 footprint evidence and 492 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,561 essentially dismissed it as 493 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,486 being a hoax. 494 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:09,727 >> NARRATOR: Dr. Jeff Meldrum is 495 00:17:09,729 --> 00:17:12,269 a professor of anthropology at 496 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:14,465 Idaho State University and is a 497 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,067 leading expert on foot 498 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:18,839 locomotion in apes and hominids. 499 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:20,138 >> MELDRUM: Now, I've 500 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:21,270 familiarized myself with his 501 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,614 report, and on every point that 502 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,280 he took exception, it was some 503 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:27,708 point of deviation from the 504 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:30,284 expected morphology of a human 505 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:33,223 trackway, and deviating in 506 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:36,290 exactly the way I would predict, 507 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:37,619 given the distinctions of the 508 00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:39,364 Sasquatch foot. 509 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,099 I don't doubt Mr. Hardin's skill 510 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:44,355 as a man-tracker, but when it 511 00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:46,704 came to evaluating Sasquatch 512 00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:48,769 tracks, he did not have the 513 00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:52,208 wherewithal to evaluate them 514 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:54,505 accurately. 515 00:17:54,507 --> 00:17:56,107 >> NARRATOR: When Dr. Meldrum 516 00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:57,309 visited the site, he was 517 00:17:57,310 --> 00:18:01,180 stunned by what he discovered in 518 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:04,181 the strange 15-inch footprints. 519 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:05,354 >> MELDRUM: It really literally 520 00:18:05,352 --> 00:18:07,122 set me back on my heels. 521 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,760 As I knelt down and I could see 522 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,616 the remarkable detail-- even the 523 00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:14,534 ridge pattern on the sole of the 524 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:16,597 foot preserved in some places-- 525 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:18,366 I could see the-the slippage 526 00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:20,625 and-and gripping of the toes. 527 00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:23,543 Very obvious toe animation. 528 00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:25,666 These were things that-- given 529 00:18:25,672 --> 00:18:27,642 my background, my specialized 530 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,210 training in the evolution of 531 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:30,539 human bipedalism-- literally 532 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:32,353 jumped out. 533 00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:34,245 And as the realization set in, 534 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:35,647 the hair literally stood up on 535 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,218 the back of my neck. 536 00:18:37,217 --> 00:18:39,217 My gosh, this creature walked by 537 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:40,789 here. 538 00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:43,417 >> NARRATOR: Dr. Meldrum 539 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:44,823 determined that the tracks had 540 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:47,164 not only been made by a living 541 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,560 creature but that they appeared 542 00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:51,562 to be those of an enormous 543 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:53,674 bipedal ape. 544 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:55,896 >> MELDRUM: We quickly made some 545 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:57,572 casts showing the interaction of 546 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:58,910 the foot with the soil, showing 547 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:01,235 very dramatic evidence of a 548 00:19:01,241 --> 00:19:03,311 mid-tarsal break or a mid-foot 549 00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,940 flexibility, which proved to be 550 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:06,914 so significant in inferring a 551 00:19:06,913 --> 00:19:08,953 model of the distinctions of the 552 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:11,578 anatomy of the Sasquatch foot. 553 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:12,924 So it was a very impressive 554 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:16,259 first exposure, and we were able 555 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,716 to glean a lot of information 556 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,264 from this extraordinary 557 00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:20,659 footprint find. 558 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:21,960 >> NARRATOR: Could these strange 559 00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,661 footprints be the strongest 560 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,933 evidence yet that Bigfoot really 561 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:27,972 exists? 562 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:29,297 >> NEKARIS: There's even a 563 00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:30,602 science now that you can name a 564 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,843 species from its prints. 565 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,609 There are plenty of fakes out 566 00:19:34,607 --> 00:19:36,737 there, but there are some that 567 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,483 do seem to be real. 568 00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:40,678 And the ones that are real are 569 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,320 very impressive. 570 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:43,815 >> NARRATOR: Studying the foot 571 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:45,816 structure further, Dr. Meldrum 572 00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,748 theorizes that without a 573 00:19:47,754 --> 00:19:49,964 mid-tarsal break, the creature 574 00:19:49,956 --> 00:19:51,456 would walk with a gliding 575 00:19:51,458 --> 00:19:52,828 motion, similar to that 576 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:56,629 reported by eyewitnesses. 577 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:59,299 >> MAN: I see this very tall, 578 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:01,999 dark-haired creature swiftly, 579 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,641 quickly walking from one tree to 580 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:06,307 the next tree... 581 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:07,736 >> MELDRUM: One of the things 582 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,340 that many eyewitnesses note when 583 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:11,642 viewing a Sasquatch walking is 584 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:13,654 the remarkable smoothness of 585 00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:15,246 their gait. 586 00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:16,878 They lack that characteristic 587 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:18,853 bobbing of the head that is the 588 00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:21,521 result of us literally vaulting 589 00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:23,661 over a relatively stiff extended 590 00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:25,756 leg. 591 00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:27,458 >> STORCH: It was a very fluid 592 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:30,000 motion of the muscles. 593 00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:32,266 It was poetry in motion. 594 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:34,665 >> BARNES: Fluid. 595 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:35,767 I mean, when it walked up the 596 00:20:35,768 --> 00:20:36,868 side of the hill, I mean, it was 597 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,913 just graceful. 598 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,665 It was like nobody could do what 599 00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:42,683 it could do when it walked. 600 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:43,875 And it didn't walk like an ape 601 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,546 and it didn't walk like a man. 602 00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:47,405 It was like more of... 603 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,554 in-between, I guess you could 604 00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,689 say. 605 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:54,015 >> NARRATOR: Are the numerous 606 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:55,890 eyewitness accounts of Bigfoot 607 00:20:55,888 --> 00:20:57,558 further evidence that the 608 00:20:57,557 --> 00:20:58,957 legendary beast really does 609 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:01,488 exist? 610 00:21:01,494 --> 00:21:03,704 Or could the government be 611 00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:06,826 secretly covering up physical 612 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:09,303 evidence left behind? 613 00:21:19,312 --> 00:21:21,852 >> NARRATOR: Steve Kulls, a.k.a. 614 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:23,718 the Squatch Detective, 615 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:25,516 and his team of investigators 616 00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:27,718 are several hours into their 617 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,090 hunt for Bigfoot in upstate New 618 00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:31,919 York. 619 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:33,394 They've heard some tree 620 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:36,003 knocks and mysterious footsteps, 621 00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:38,595 and now believe Bigfoot may be 622 00:21:38,598 --> 00:21:40,728 circling their camp. 623 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,603 >> KULLS: So they're moving 624 00:21:42,602 --> 00:21:43,572 around us. 625 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,613 They're walking around. 626 00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:46,735 So the whole idea is to keep 627 00:21:46,739 --> 00:21:47,739 getting 'em closer and keep 628 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:48,740 getting 'em to go to the 629 00:21:48,741 --> 00:21:49,741 technology. 630 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:51,482 (walkie beeps) 631 00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:53,548 Go. 632 00:21:57,083 --> 00:21:59,493 Roger that. 633 00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:07,727 Start making a turn in. 634 00:22:12,632 --> 00:22:15,542 (vehicle passing) 635 00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:18,914 >> GARY: The car went down the 636 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:19,905 road. 637 00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:21,436 >> KULLS: Roger that. 638 00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:24,041 They're spooked. 639 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:27,383 >> MIKE: They can't see it. 640 00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:30,850 I don't know where it is. 641 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,390 >> NARRATOR: Sensing the 642 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:33,585 mysterious creature in their 643 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,516 midst has been frightened off, 644 00:22:35,522 --> 00:22:37,392 the team gathers to analyze what 645 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:39,460 they've observed. 646 00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:40,789 >> GARY: We basically had some 647 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:42,133 activity in front of us. 648 00:22:42,128 --> 00:22:43,798 We had a, uh... a tree knock 649 00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:44,896 while you guys were over there. 650 00:22:44,897 --> 00:22:46,627 We saw what looked like to be 651 00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:47,933 some eye shine, but it was 652 00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:49,144 pretty far off. 653 00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:50,795 With his I.R. in his camera, we 654 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:51,803 couldn't see that far. 655 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:52,814 >> MIKE: Which is right outside 656 00:22:52,805 --> 00:22:54,805 of the capability of my light. 657 00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:55,807 >> KULLS: It'd be something to 658 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:57,038 see a shadow or some eye shine 659 00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:58,413 off the I.R. moving around in 660 00:22:58,411 --> 00:22:59,411 there. 661 00:22:59,412 --> 00:23:00,412 Combine that with the pictures. 662 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:01,413 >> MIKE: We saw something out 663 00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:02,424 there, yeah. 664 00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:03,415 >> GARY: Yeah, we don't know 665 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:04,476 what it was. 666 00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:05,524 When the car started coming down 667 00:23:05,518 --> 00:23:06,818 the road, it seemed like it 668 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:07,819 pushed it back toward us a 669 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,490 little bit, but then... 670 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:10,489 >> MIKE: It seemed to have moved 671 00:23:10,490 --> 00:23:11,620 all around us and then it was 672 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:14,564 shh and then it just got quiet. 673 00:23:14,561 --> 00:23:16,031 >> KULLS: Well, tonight we 674 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:17,658 started some tree knocking, did 675 00:23:17,664 --> 00:23:18,834 some vocalizations, and we'd 676 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,831 gotten a few knocks in return. 677 00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,843 Now, whether it was a deer, we 678 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:24,495 can't rule out. 679 00:23:24,504 --> 00:23:25,914 Maybe even a bear. 680 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,505 We'll go through the audio. 681 00:23:27,507 --> 00:23:29,037 We'll go through the video. 682 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:30,841 Other than that, that's what we 683 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,983 got. 684 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,450 >> NARRATOR: Reports and home 685 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,578 videos of Sasquatch sightings 686 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:40,124 come from all over America. 687 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,519 And although these reports go 688 00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:44,122 back hundreds of years, the 689 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:46,133 public didn't pay much attention 690 00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,555 to them until a series of events 691 00:23:48,561 --> 00:23:51,831 occurred in 1958 in Bluff Creek, 692 00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:54,204 California. 693 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,870 >> JEVNING: That area was 694 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:58,869 opened up to logging for the 695 00:23:58,871 --> 00:23:59,971 first time. 696 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:01,472 A bulldozer operator by the 697 00:24:01,474 --> 00:24:02,544 name of Jerry Crew cast some 698 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:05,142 16-inch footprints that he found 699 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:07,554 along his equipment one day, and 700 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:09,717 this got into the Eureka, 701 00:24:09,716 --> 00:24:11,546 California, newspaper. 702 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:14,751 >> NARRATOR: Bluff Creek locals 703 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:16,164 had been calling the creatures 704 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:19,025 "Big Apes" ever since the 1920s, 705 00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:20,885 but when Jerry Crew told The 706 00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,733 Humboldt Times that the 707 00:24:22,729 --> 00:24:24,959 footprints he found must have 708 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:26,704 been made by an animal with a 709 00:24:26,699 --> 00:24:29,999 really "big foot," the term 710 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:33,012 "Bigfoot" was coined. 711 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,505 >> BARTHOLOMEW: The Bigfoot 712 00:24:34,507 --> 00:24:36,037 phenomena can be tracked back to 713 00:24:36,042 --> 00:24:37,912 ancient times from the Algonquin 714 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:40,010 and the Iroquois legends of the 715 00:24:40,012 --> 00:24:42,252 giant men of the mountains. 716 00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:44,178 And these sightings go right on 717 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,793 through into the 1800s, in which 718 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:47,515 these creatures were called 719 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,920 "Wild Men" or "Strange Bears." 720 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:51,722 So we have a very rich history 721 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,634 of the Bigfoot phenomena in the 722 00:24:53,626 --> 00:24:54,986 United States and throughout the 723 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,634 world. 724 00:24:56,629 --> 00:24:58,059 >> NEKARIS: You even see 725 00:24:58,064 --> 00:25:00,134 paintings in Native American 726 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:02,942 cave art of creatures that look 727 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:04,065 like a Sasquatch. 728 00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:06,010 There are very nice recordings 729 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:09,035 of these creatures in settlers' 730 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:11,141 diaries moving out to the 731 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,177 western United States. 732 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:14,949 For me, they're so believable 733 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:16,677 because those people hadn't seen 734 00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:17,683 television. 735 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:19,054 They didn't have any conception 736 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,221 of what this thing was, and they 737 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:22,319 all are described in the same 738 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:24,961 way. 739 00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:26,757 >> NARRATOR: The search for 740 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,189 Sasquatch in America is 741 00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:30,964 primarily a private enterprise. 742 00:25:30,963 --> 00:25:33,703 No U.S. government agency has 743 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,230 ever acknowledged looking for 744 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:37,674 the mysterious hominid, but 745 00:25:37,670 --> 00:25:39,170 could there be agents inside the 746 00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:42,041 government hiding evidence of 747 00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:43,981 its existence? 748 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,976 The former President of the 749 00:25:45,978 --> 00:25:47,678 Pacific Coast 750 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,720 Investigation Team and the 751 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:51,646 author of three books on 752 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:54,121 Bigfoot believes the answer is 753 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:55,990 yes. 754 00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:56,988 >> JEVNING: There's quite a 755 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,089 range of stories, and-and it 756 00:25:58,090 --> 00:25:59,330 does appear that there's some, 757 00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:01,255 uh, some serious things going 758 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:03,000 on at high levels. 759 00:26:02,995 --> 00:26:04,725 >> NARRATOR: According to 760 00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:06,201 Jevning, one of the most 761 00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:07,998 suspicious incidents occurred in 762 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,740 1995, when two of Jevning's 763 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:13,737 fellow investigators came across 764 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:15,880 some tracks on an access road 765 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,275 near Mount St. Helens in 766 00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,607 Washington state. 767 00:26:20,613 --> 00:26:21,713 >> JEVNING: They knew instantly 768 00:26:21,714 --> 00:26:22,884 they weren't bear tracks. 769 00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:24,082 The size obviously was a 770 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,693 giveaway. 771 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,615 On the way out, they encountered 772 00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:29,360 a Forest Service supervisor, and 773 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:31,215 they told him where to find the 774 00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:33,033 tracks. 775 00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,385 Then they went to pick me up. 776 00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:36,133 So from the time they found the 777 00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:37,358 tracks to the time I arrived on 778 00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:39,033 the scene with them spanned 779 00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:40,371 about four hours. 780 00:26:40,366 --> 00:26:43,036 We went into the location, 781 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:45,635 tracks were gone. 782 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:47,238 And I could tell the road had 783 00:26:47,239 --> 00:26:49,779 been misted. 784 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,306 In other words, they wiped the 785 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:52,780 tracks out without making it 786 00:26:52,779 --> 00:26:54,109 look like they'd been done, and 787 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:56,123 I couldn't figure out why in the 788 00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:57,175 world they would want to destroy 789 00:26:57,183 --> 00:26:59,793 the tracks. 790 00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:03,258 >> NARRATOR: But if the 791 00:27:03,255 --> 00:27:04,415 existence of Bigfoot is being 792 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:05,763 covered up by government 793 00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:08,188 officials, who would be doing 794 00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:10,734 it? 795 00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:12,200 >> JEVNING: In these incidents 796 00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:13,198 with the cover-ups, it was 797 00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:14,799 Forest Service personnel. 798 00:27:14,801 --> 00:27:15,801 At least they were wearing 799 00:27:15,802 --> 00:27:16,872 Forest Service uniforms. 800 00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:18,069 If there's any sort of a 801 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:19,140 concerted cover-up at higher 802 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:20,168 levels, we simply don't know at 803 00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:22,206 this point. 804 00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:24,208 >> MELDRUM: One of my closest 805 00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:26,110 colleagues, John Mionczynski, is 806 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:28,875 a wildlife consultant. 807 00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:30,451 He was working for the Fish & 808 00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:32,889 Game in the state of Wyoming, 809 00:27:32,885 --> 00:27:34,415 and his job was threatened 810 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:37,760 because of his involvement in an 811 00:27:37,757 --> 00:27:40,287 investigation of footprints 812 00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:43,102 and-and an encounter. 813 00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:45,425 And so for 28 years, he was 814 00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:47,771 silent on the subject. 815 00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,767 >> NARRATOR: Are there really 816 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:53,110 forces within the U.S. 817 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:54,465 government that are trying to 818 00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:55,983 keep the existence of Bigfoot a 819 00:27:55,975 --> 00:27:59,105 secret? 820 00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:01,711 If so, why? 821 00:28:01,714 --> 00:28:03,124 >> KULLS: I can understand why 822 00:28:03,115 --> 00:28:04,375 the government may not want 823 00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:05,953 these things to come forward 824 00:28:05,952 --> 00:28:07,722 as-as a legitimate, bona fide 825 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,190 creature. 826 00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:11,318 And that's because the 827 00:28:11,323 --> 00:28:13,733 government wants to protect our 828 00:28:13,726 --> 00:28:15,856 logging industry, which-- if 829 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:17,232 this creature is proven to 830 00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:19,799 exist-- definitely will have an 831 00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:21,399 environmental impact on the 832 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,140 logging industry. 833 00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:24,935 >> JEVNING: You hear it often 834 00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:26,207 said "follow the money." 835 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:29,135 >> NARRATOR: Could this really 836 00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:30,881 be the answer? 837 00:28:30,877 --> 00:28:32,747 That if Bigfoot was proven to 838 00:28:32,745 --> 00:28:35,405 exist, its classification as an 839 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:37,884 endangered species would have 840 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:40,354 devastating consequences for the 841 00:28:40,352 --> 00:28:42,962 American economy? 842 00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:46,425 Consider this: in 1990, when 843 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:48,355 the spotted owl was put under 844 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,230 the protection of the Endangered 845 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:52,529 Species Act, the Pacific 846 00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:54,901 Northwest timber industry nearly 847 00:28:54,901 --> 00:28:57,971 went bankrupt overnight. 848 00:28:57,970 --> 00:28:59,240 >> JEVNING: It essentially 849 00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:00,768 killed that industry. 850 00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:02,513 Those communities up and down 851 00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:03,978 the coast have never been the 852 00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:05,276 same since then. 853 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:06,377 They never recovered from that 854 00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:09,778 financial loss. 855 00:29:09,782 --> 00:29:11,322 >> NARRATOR: But if the 856 00:29:11,317 --> 00:29:12,787 existence of Bigfoot is being 857 00:29:12,785 --> 00:29:14,985 covered up by the government, 858 00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:16,887 could there be an even more 859 00:29:16,889 --> 00:29:19,059 secret motivation? 860 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:20,928 And what kind of creature might 861 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,857 it actually be? 862 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:24,302 A missing link? 863 00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,266 A hybrid human? 864 00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:29,465 Or could Bigfoot be from a 865 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:32,268 different world altogether? 866 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:41,951 Coming up... 867 00:29:41,948 --> 00:29:43,118 >> NARRATOR: Edinburgh, 868 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,175 Scotland. 869 00:29:44,183 --> 00:29:47,853 July 13, 2011. 870 00:29:47,854 --> 00:29:49,824 At the annual TEDGlobal 871 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:51,822 conference, hundreds of 872 00:29:51,824 --> 00:29:54,134 attendees from over 30 countries 873 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:56,126 gather to hear evolutionary 874 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:58,398 geneticist Svante Paabo expand 875 00:29:58,397 --> 00:30:00,527 on his theory that modern man 876 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:03,142 and Neanderthal interbred 877 00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:05,495 somewhere in the Middle East 878 00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:08,344 between 37,000 and 86,000 years 879 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:10,340 ago. 880 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,512 His findings indicate that all 881 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,611 non-African humans have about 882 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:17,023 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA and 883 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:20,416 concluded that there may be 884 00:30:20,419 --> 00:30:22,349 future discoveries of DNA from 885 00:30:22,354 --> 00:30:25,124 other hominids. 886 00:30:35,902 --> 00:30:37,442 Could one of these so-called 887 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:39,266 "other hominids" be the creature 888 00:30:39,305 --> 00:30:42,365 we call Bigfoot? 889 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:43,884 >> NEKARIS: Maybe modern humans 890 00:30:43,876 --> 00:30:45,976 are fascinated with Bigfoot 891 00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:47,648 because deep within our 892 00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:49,046 evolutionary lineage we always 893 00:30:49,048 --> 00:30:50,548 lived side by side with other 894 00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:52,549 primates and we're just missing 895 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:54,321 something within our 896 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,190 evolutionary roots and we want 897 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,918 to-to see these creatures 898 00:30:57,924 --> 00:31:00,064 living side by side with us. 899 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:01,459 I'm not really sure, but it 900 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:03,060 really touches something deep 901 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:04,202 within people, and it's hard to 902 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,326 explain why it should be so 903 00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:06,931 deep. 904 00:31:06,933 --> 00:31:07,933 >> BARTHOLOMEW: Even if the 905 00:31:07,934 --> 00:31:08,944 footprint evidence, the hair 906 00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,295 samples, the credible 907 00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:11,572 eyewitness-- even if you got rid 908 00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:13,010 of all that, there's still an 909 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:14,665 interest in why do we see 910 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:17,043 monsters. 911 00:31:17,043 --> 00:31:18,953 This is a global phenomena. 912 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:20,005 It seems to be part of our 913 00:31:20,012 --> 00:31:21,012 psyche. 914 00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:22,213 There is sort of an intoxication 915 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:23,624 with this phenomena and the-the 916 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,345 monster reports. 917 00:31:25,351 --> 00:31:28,091 >> NARRATOR: For others like 918 00:31:28,087 --> 00:31:30,017 Steve Kulls, the search for 919 00:31:30,022 --> 00:31:31,562 Bigfoot is a quest for the 920 00:31:31,557 --> 00:31:33,227 truth. 921 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:35,485 Kulls used to be a skeptic but 922 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,564 now dedicates his skill as a 923 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:39,333 private investigator to try and 924 00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:41,501 prove to the world that 925 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,240 Sasquatch exists. 926 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,066 >> KULLS: I really went into 927 00:31:46,072 --> 00:31:47,272 this believing that this was 928 00:31:47,306 --> 00:31:49,306 gonna be a complete flub. 929 00:31:49,308 --> 00:31:50,438 And then when I started 930 00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:51,512 interviewing the witnesses, I 931 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:52,980 could see physical body 932 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:54,449 reactions happening that, as a 933 00:31:54,446 --> 00:31:56,116 trained interviewer, I knew 934 00:31:56,115 --> 00:31:57,245 meant they were telling the 935 00:31:57,249 --> 00:31:58,249 truth. 936 00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,450 They had seen something. 937 00:31:59,451 --> 00:32:00,591 I mean, when people's jugular 938 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,116 veins distend, they get goose 939 00:32:02,121 --> 00:32:03,661 bumps, they get short of breath, 940 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:05,585 you can see they actually 941 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:07,231 encountered something they 942 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,659 believe is real. 943 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:11,601 >> NARRATOR: In 2012, a 944 00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:13,267 consortium of Bigfoot 945 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,325 researchers, engineers and 946 00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:17,404 scientists announced the Falcon 947 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:20,373 Project, a revolutionary new 948 00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:24,012 approach to finding Bigfoot. 949 00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:25,540 The Falcon Project is a 950 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,354 high-tech aerial reconnaissance 951 00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:29,476 balloon that will take the 952 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:32,621 search for Sasquatch 8,000 feet 953 00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:35,088 up into the sky. 954 00:32:35,087 --> 00:32:36,757 >> BARNES: The higher we're 955 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,085 up, the better we can see 956 00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:39,060 straight down in between the 957 00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:41,091 trees. 958 00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:42,093 That's the whole purpose, is 959 00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:43,304 looking down in between the 960 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,425 trees, trying to find these 961 00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:46,300 creatures in the heavy forest. 962 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,698 It can hover, it can spin, it 963 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:50,169 can do 45 miles an hour, it can 964 00:32:50,169 --> 00:32:51,669 stop on a dime. 965 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:53,040 We don't even know how close we 966 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:55,009 can get to these creatures. 967 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:58,143 >> NARRATOR: The Falcon Project 968 00:32:58,144 --> 00:32:59,584 has commissioned an HD camera 969 00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:01,648 with secret night vision 970 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:04,117 technology to capture evidence 971 00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:05,776 from afar. 972 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,524 The airship will also be using 973 00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:10,389 CO2 detectors invented by the 974 00:33:10,389 --> 00:33:12,319 military to analyze the forest 975 00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:15,394 air for signs of life. 976 00:33:15,394 --> 00:33:17,434 But could the Falcon Project 977 00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:19,329 finally discover the truth about 978 00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:21,201 Bigfoot? 979 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,600 >> MELDRUM: The Falcon Project 980 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:24,571 really poses a real prospect at 981 00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:26,613 success. 982 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:28,205 I mean, we've investigated so 983 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:29,437 many other different ways of 984 00:33:29,441 --> 00:33:30,581 trying to get after this 985 00:33:30,576 --> 00:33:33,046 question, this challenge, and it 986 00:33:33,045 --> 00:33:35,345 literally is like searching for 987 00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:37,417 the proverbial moving needle in 988 00:33:37,416 --> 00:33:39,586 a haystack. 989 00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:41,145 >> BARNES: Today's technology is 990 00:33:41,153 --> 00:33:42,423 capable of doing this. 991 00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:43,821 We'll keep going, and we won't 992 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:46,162 stop. 993 00:33:46,158 --> 00:33:47,688 >> NARRATOR: While some continue 994 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:50,363 to scour the Earth for Bigfoot, 995 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:51,762 others wonder if we should be 996 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:54,503 looking for it not in the 997 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,440 forests but in an altogether 998 00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:59,165 different place. 999 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:00,841 >> LINDA MOULTON HOWE: In the, 1000 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:02,569 uh, early 1990s, I had one solid 1001 00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:05,784 case in Snohomish, Washington, 1002 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:08,247 where an eyewitness sees a 1003 00:34:08,247 --> 00:34:11,377 silver disc cause trees to move 1004 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:13,693 as if there were wind on a 1005 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:17,219 clear, absolutely sky-blue day. 1006 00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:19,593 And a beam comes down and in the 1007 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:23,201 beam is a huge eight-foot, 1008 00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:25,395 reddish-brown, hairy primate 1009 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,397 standing in front of him. 1010 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:28,869 And this creature disappeared in 1011 00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,737 a flash of light. 1012 00:34:30,736 --> 00:34:33,266 The fact that they are seen to 1013 00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:35,412 come and appear, that might 1014 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,537 explain why you could have them 1015 00:34:38,544 --> 00:34:40,254 in Georgia, Michigan, 1016 00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:41,746 Pennsylvania, California, all 1017 00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:43,247 over. 1018 00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:46,419 Maybe Sasquatch is a non-human 1019 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,548 genetic construct to do work on 1020 00:34:48,554 --> 00:34:50,424 this planet not comprehensible 1021 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:53,432 to humans. 1022 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:54,825 >> NARRATOR: While it's 1023 00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:56,556 uncertain if a living, 1024 00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:58,632 breathing Bigfoot will ever be 1025 00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:01,130 found, it is safe to say the one 1026 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:03,573 place it really does exist is in 1027 00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:06,509 our popular culture. 1028 00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:08,165 Bigfoot is an industry 1029 00:35:08,174 --> 00:35:09,644 generating millions of dollars 1030 00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:11,641 in revenue each year. 1031 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:13,653 And perhaps for that reason 1032 00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:16,245 alone, the search and every 1033 00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:18,278 scrap of evidence gathered must 1034 00:35:18,317 --> 00:35:21,187 be taken very seriously. 1035 00:35:21,187 --> 00:35:22,247 >> SAHEBI: This is in our own 1036 00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:23,724 backyards right here in America. 1037 00:35:23,722 --> 00:35:25,562 It's our personal boogeyman, and 1038 00:35:25,591 --> 00:35:27,661 a lot of people have seen it. 1039 00:35:27,659 --> 00:35:29,529 >> NARRATOR: Will the truth 1040 00:35:29,528 --> 00:35:32,828 about Bigfoot forever be hidden? 1041 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:35,531 Is there too much at stake to 1042 00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:36,944 reveal it to be true? 1043 00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:38,935 Or is the secret part of an even 1044 00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:41,337 bigger conspiracy? 1045 00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:43,540 One that, if exposed, threatens 1046 00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:46,352 to challenge everything we 1047 00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:49,215 believe about mankind's origins? 1048 00:35:49,215 --> 00:35:52,845 Perhaps all will be revealed 1049 00:35:52,851 --> 00:35:56,491 not when we find Bigfoot but 1050 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,888 when it finds us. 1051 00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:01,690 (roar) 1052 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:11,573 Coming up... 1053 00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:12,900 >> NARRATOR: Montauk, Long 1054 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,514 Island, New York. 1055 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:17,236 July 12, 2008. 1056 00:36:17,243 --> 00:36:19,383 Summer beachgoers are horrified 1057 00:36:19,378 --> 00:36:21,608 to see a grotesque and 1058 00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:24,253 unrecognizable carcass that has 1059 00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:26,250 washed ashore. 1060 00:36:26,252 --> 00:36:27,852 >> RUEHL: A photograph was 1061 00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:28,853 taken. 1062 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,524 Unfortunately someone grabbed 1063 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:32,222 the carcass, and then it 1064 00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:34,258 ultimately vanished. 1065 00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:35,590 So the only evidence we have 1066 00:36:35,594 --> 00:36:37,004 of-of this creature is the 1067 00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:38,395 photo. 1068 00:36:38,397 --> 00:36:39,367 It certainly looks like it's 1069 00:36:39,398 --> 00:36:41,398 possibly a hybrid entity. 1070 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:42,930 This could be created by genetic 1071 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,744 technology. 1072 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,806 There's the Plum Island Animal 1073 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:49,535 Medical Center nearby. 1074 00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:51,541 Perhaps this was an entity that 1075 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,553 had been created there and then 1076 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,505 escaped. 1077 00:36:57,649 --> 00:36:58,749 >> NARRATOR: The Plum Island 1078 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,420 Animal Disease Center is widely 1079 00:37:00,419 --> 00:37:02,549 believed to be a place where 1080 00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:03,894 the U.S. government conducts 1081 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,929 secret experiments on animals. 1082 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:09,825 Access to the island is highly 1083 00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:11,428 restricted, and armed guards 1084 00:37:11,430 --> 00:37:13,770 monitor the facility 24 hours a 1085 00:37:13,765 --> 00:37:16,565 day. 1086 00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:18,268 But could there really be a 1087 00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:19,910 secret connection between the 1088 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:23,305 strange creature found on the 1089 00:37:23,309 --> 00:37:26,549 beach at Montauk and Bigfoot? 1090 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:32,977 >> RUEHL: We are now at that 1091 00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:34,694 stage where we can carry out 1092 00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,856 the type of genetic technology 1093 00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:38,385 that could create such a hybrid 1094 00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:39,460 entity. 1095 00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:40,988 Sponsored by private industry, 1096 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:43,732 perhaps by government agencies 1097 00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:45,659 or the military. 1098 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:47,074 They can have both a positive 1099 00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:48,725 and negative result. 1100 00:37:48,734 --> 00:37:50,604 They could result in finding 1101 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:52,942 ways to make humans healthier. 1102 00:37:52,938 --> 00:37:54,868 On the other hand, they might be 1103 00:37:54,873 --> 00:37:57,343 designed to create an entity-- 1104 00:37:57,343 --> 00:38:00,413 part human, part wolf-- that 1105 00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:02,082 would be a super soldier. 1106 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,080 (roar) 1107 00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,882 It's reported that Joseph Stalin 1108 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:08,624 authorized experimentation to 1109 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,590 create a hybrid human-ape. 1110 00:38:12,991 --> 00:38:14,431 >> NARRATOR: Could Bigfoot 1111 00:38:14,426 --> 00:38:15,986 actually be an animal that was 1112 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:19,834 created in a government lab? 1113 00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:22,371 Or is it something even more 1114 00:38:22,368 --> 00:38:25,368 mysterious: a strange, still 1115 00:38:25,371 --> 00:38:27,671 unproven creature known as a 1116 00:38:27,706 --> 00:38:30,436 cryptid? 1117 00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:32,882 >> NEKARIS: A cryptid species 1118 00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:34,478 is defined as something that's 1119 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,650 very well-known in local 1120 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,778 beliefs, something where people 1121 00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:40,994 can describe the-the locomotion, 1122 00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:42,716 the movement patterns, how the 1123 00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:44,661 animal looks, but it just may 1124 00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,986 not be seen or it may not be 1125 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:49,062 captured on film. 1126 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:51,660 >> KULLS: There has been so many 1127 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:54,503 animals and creatures that were 1128 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:57,540 just rumored to exist. 1129 00:38:57,536 --> 00:39:00,136 The giant octopus, the giant 1130 00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:02,908 squid, the panda, the gorilla-- 1131 00:39:02,908 --> 00:39:05,478 all these creatures existed as 1132 00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:07,377 cryptids and eventually science 1133 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,079 would find them. 1134 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,920 >> NARRATOR: Could Bigfoot be 1135 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:13,687 America's biggest and most 1136 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,415 secretive cryptid? 1137 00:39:16,422 --> 00:39:17,692 >> JEVNING: If there was an 1138 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,689 America's Book of Secrets 1139 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,761 regarding Bigfoot, it would say 1140 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,830 monsters are real and they 1141 00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:26,769 inhabit our forests. 1142 00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:28,765 >> NARRATOR: But if Bigfoot is 1143 00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,167 proven to be real, what kind of 1144 00:39:31,169 --> 00:39:33,569 creature is it? 1145 00:39:33,572 --> 00:39:34,972 An animal? 1146 00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:37,983 Or perhaps a human ancestor? 1147 00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:39,106 >> MELDRUM: There are actually 1148 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:40,110 quite a number of 1149 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:41,451 interpretations of what Bigfoot 1150 00:39:41,447 --> 00:39:42,507 may actually be. 1151 00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:44,124 Personally, from my perspective 1152 00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:46,115 as a physical anthropologist, I 1153 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:48,417 perceive this as an undiscovered 1154 00:39:48,420 --> 00:39:50,560 species of-of very large ape, 1155 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:53,729 possibly a prehuman ancestor. 1156 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:55,125 >> NEKARIS: People really are 1157 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:56,996 trying to work out what it is. 1158 00:39:56,995 --> 00:39:58,955 They think either it's a large 1159 00:39:58,964 --> 00:40:01,134 ape, or they think it's some 1160 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:03,602 sort of a human creature. 1161 00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:05,002 Sometimes people believe it's a 1162 00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:07,613 primate mated with a human, so a 1163 00:40:07,606 --> 00:40:09,006 hybrid between primates and 1164 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:10,437 humans. 1165 00:40:10,442 --> 00:40:12,012 (roar) 1166 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:15,210 >> NARRATOR: Denisova, Siberia, 1167 00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:18,153 2010. 1168 00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,819 Researchers unearth a finger 1169 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:23,489 bone from deep inside a cave. 1170 00:40:25,557 --> 00:40:26,757 The DNA is analyzed and 1171 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:28,858 discovered to be a female from a 1172 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:30,630 member of the human evolutionary 1173 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:32,759 family previously unknown to 1174 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:35,174 modern man. 1175 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,766 They name the new primate Homo 1176 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:40,469 denisova and estimate that it 1177 00:40:40,472 --> 00:40:41,972 roamed the Earth during the 1178 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:43,783 Stone Age, some 20,000 years 1179 00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:45,635 ago. 1180 00:40:45,644 --> 00:40:47,254 >> NEKARIS: This was really 1181 00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:48,645 revolutionary because it told us 1182 00:40:48,647 --> 00:40:50,517 that we can have populations of 1183 00:40:50,516 --> 00:40:52,146 humans occurring in the same 1184 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:53,990 area but that were different 1185 00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:55,245 species. 1186 00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:56,793 And so just from a finger bone, 1187 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:57,988 we can see that Neanderthals 1188 00:40:57,989 --> 00:40:59,489 and another species were living 1189 00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:01,661 side by side with modern humans. 1190 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:02,930 >> MELDRUM: What was also very 1191 00:41:02,928 --> 00:41:04,598 fascinating is that the only 1192 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:06,056 other associated skeletal 1193 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:08,674 element was a-a molar tooth, 1194 00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:10,797 which in its dimensions was 1195 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,602 considerably larger than any 1196 00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:15,074 modern human or even Neanderthal 1197 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:17,083 tooth, which is exactly what we 1198 00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:19,805 have proposed for the Sasquatch, 1199 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:21,681 based on eyewitness descriptions 1200 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,280 of the facial proportions. 1201 00:41:23,281 --> 00:41:24,821 The discovery of denisova also 1202 00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:27,016 was startling because it was so 1203 00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:28,818 unexpected, and it came 1204 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:30,690 literally out of the blue. 1205 00:41:30,689 --> 00:41:32,959 >> NEKARIS: Finding the 1206 00:41:32,958 --> 00:41:35,088 Denisovan woman just shows us 1207 00:41:35,093 --> 00:41:37,033 that just a tiny bone can yield 1208 00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:39,668 a whole new species. 1209 00:41:39,665 --> 00:41:41,225 And so it does give some 1210 00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:43,842 optimism to finding Bigfoot, 1211 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:44,965 because all it might take is one 1212 00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:47,110 tiny specimen and that can yield 1213 00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:48,565 a whole new species. 1214 00:41:48,574 --> 00:41:49,914 >> MELDRUM: I get a sense that 1215 00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:51,078 the scientific community is 1216 00:41:51,076 --> 00:41:52,636 somewhat warming up to the very 1217 00:41:52,644 --> 00:41:54,184 real possibility that there are 1218 00:41:54,179 --> 00:41:56,979 relic hominoids about. 1219 00:41:56,982 --> 00:41:58,182 Homo floresiensis-- or "the 1220 00:41:58,183 --> 00:41:59,923 Hobbit"-- from Indonesia, when 1221 00:41:59,918 --> 00:42:00,988 that was discovered, it was 1222 00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:02,586 quite interesting that the 1223 00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:04,088 discoverers acknowledged that 1224 00:42:04,089 --> 00:42:06,059 there were native traditions of 1225 00:42:06,057 --> 00:42:08,257 such small, hairy people living 1226 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:09,699 up in the forest and that in 1227 00:42:09,695 --> 00:42:11,225 fact some European colonists had 1228 00:42:11,229 --> 00:42:12,859 even reported encounters in 1229 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,974 recorded history. 1230 00:42:14,966 --> 00:42:16,866 >> NEKARIS: Unlike Bigfoot being 1231 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,238 very big, the Homo floresiensis 1232 00:42:18,236 --> 00:42:19,606 is very small. 1233 00:42:19,605 --> 00:42:21,565 And so it does just go to show 1234 00:42:21,573 --> 00:42:22,873 that it just takes finding one 1235 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:25,144 creature in one space in time, 1236 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:27,283 one serendipitous moment. 1237 00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:29,078 And what the people who doubt 1238 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,750 finding Bigfoot say, "We just 1239 00:42:30,749 --> 00:42:32,149 need one skull. 1240 00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:33,950 We just need one finger bone. 1241 00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:35,352 We just need one specimen, and 1242 00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:37,223 then I will believe." 1243 00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:40,762 And that could happen. 1244 00:42:40,759 --> 00:42:42,759 >> NARRATOR: Could finding just 1245 00:42:42,761 --> 00:42:45,961 one bone turn America into a 1246 00:42:45,964 --> 00:42:48,774 nation of Bigfoot believers? 1247 00:42:48,767 --> 00:42:51,637 Or is it possible that once we 1248 00:42:51,637 --> 00:42:54,167 finally find Bigfoot, mankind 1249 00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:56,912 will find proof of something 1250 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:59,378 even greater, the facts behind 1251 00:42:59,377 --> 00:43:01,947 our own secret origins? 1252 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:03,010 Captioning sponsored by 1253 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:05,954 A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS 82031

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