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[Forrest] For centuries,
fishermen have intrigued us

with tales of mysterious
monsters from the deep.

Or prehistoric serpents
larger than their vessels.

But with no physical proof,

it's always been easy
to write these creatures
off as fantasy.

So, how do we explain
the continued sightings,
year after year?

Or the unique
concentration of reports

in the Pacific Northwest?

There's something
really snaking
through the water there.

I'm fairly convinced
it's a case
of mistaken identity.

There's something
swimming there. Look.

Well, my wife Jess
believes there's a possibility

it's an unidentified creature.

We could potentially
have a creature

that's going in and out
of these waterways.

[Forrest] And to prove it,
we're following every lead

together, as a family.

[exclaiming]

No matter where it takes us.

This is crazy.

Until we solve
the mystery of...

[laughing excitedly]

...the Lake Monsters
of the Pacific Northwest.

I'm Forrest Galante.

As a wildlife biologist,
tracking and rediscovering

animals on the verge
of extinction...

Oh, my God.

...I've noticed a pattern
of mysterious sightings.

And human-wildlife
conflicts...

Look, it's an elephant.
There's an elephant,
right there.

...which often turned deadly.

[clamoring]

Now, my team and I
are scouring the globe

to shed light on the myths
and misconceptions

surrounding our planet's
mostMysterious Creatures.

Throw it, throw it, throw it.

-Nice, what's that?
-[chuckles]

Having a lot of fun
throwing sticks in the water.

[Forrest] My wife Jessica
is a biologist, like myself.

With a master's degree
in education,

and a passion for nature's
greatest mysteries.

We've had our hands full
since the birth
of our son, Rhodes.

-Mama!
-Let's go see Mommy.
Let's go see Mommy.

But now that
he's travel-ready,

we're eager to investigate
a very particular obsession

we all share.

[Jessica] So,
I've put together a map.

This is Oregon,
Washington, Idaho,

into British Columbia
up there.

This purple line right here,

this represents
the Columbia river.

-Okay.
-And it all feeds out
into the ocean.

Now, obviously, we're
talking about a really
big geographic area here.

But there's one common
thread that I have seen,

kinda going on,

and these are reports of...

...some kind of monster.

Whether it be
a sea creature,

a river monster,
a lake monster...

[Forrest] Lake monsters.

It sounds like something
you would be
more likely to see

at a drive-in double feature
than in nature.

But mysterious sightings
are reported regularly.

Scotland's Loch Ness monster

is easily the most well-known.

Described as
a long-necked creature,
with numerous humps

people have been
spotting Nessie since 1933.

But she's not
the only unconfirmed creature

to earn a name.

This side here,
this is Colossal Clod.

Over there we've got Wally.

And then on the far side,
it's Charlie.

What are these ones up here?

-[Jessica] Well, that one's
Marcon, over there.
-[Forrest] Marvin?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

Right by your foot over there,
that's Ogopogo.

And that one?

Oh...

So that's a monster
actually been reported
right outside of Seattle.

The Willatuk Sea Serpent.

Go get Ogopogo.

Way up there.
Go on, go get him.

Oh... Ogopogo's cousin.

The Lake Chelan dragon.

I mean, you're talking about
one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven
reported sea monsters.

[Jessica]
I mean, all of this water
feeds out to the ocean.

-Okay.
-We could potentially
have a creature

that's going in and out
of these waterways.

From the ocean,
up the river...

But I think we need to start
with Lake Chelan.

There have been people
on boats that have reported

these scaly beasts
and things like that.

So that's where we
have to start,

So I think that's
a good starting point.

And I know a historian
that can help us out

with some of this
background information too.

Oh, he's ready. Look at him.

Oh, thanks, Sweet pea.

-[squeals]
-[both chuckle] Yeah!

Come on.

[Forrest]
The Pacific Northwest
is loosely defined

as Oregon, Idaho,
British Columbia
and Washington.

With five mountain ranges
and ten active volcanoes,

this is one of the most
geographically active
area of the world.

And the fresh mountain water
running down those peaks,

flows into some of
America's largest
and most active rivers,

streams, and glacial lakes.

Many of them
have reported sightings
of unexplained creatures.

But the highest concentration
is around Lake Chelan.

If you're gonna be a creature
you need somewhere to hide.

-I feel like
Lake Chelan could be it.
-Yeah.

I've got my fingers crossed
that we might just
find something amazing.

[Forrest] Lake Chelan
sits in a very isolated
part of Washington State.

It's a 50-mile long strip.

And with a maximum depth
of nearly 1500 feet,

it's one of the deepest lakes
in the world.

Kind of an ideal spot
for a lake monster to hide
from detection.

I mean, spring's the time
of year to be here.

Early summer, late spring.
Everything comes
out of hiding, you know.

Including all the big fish,
all the animals, everything.

[Jessica] Okay,
I'm just saying,

-you never know
what we could find.
-That's true.

I hope we see beavers.

-[chuckles]
-I hope I see beavers too.
I love beavers.

[baby squeals]

[Forrest] If we're gonna
catch this creature on film,

we need to know
where to look.

So Jess arranged a meeting
with John Fahey.

He's a local historian
who studied the lake.

As well as its own
legendary monster.

The Lake Chelan dragon.

Let's talk about
the elephant in the room.

-Okay.
-Or the dragoon
in the lake.

Yeah, right.
My best guess is
there's something here.

-I don't know what it is.
-That's how Jessica feels.

-Yeah. Yeah.
-That's how I feel, so...

I think, just based on
all these people
having these sightings,

-and it's been going on
for, you know, so long.
-Sure, yeah.

I had the chance to work
on the lake monster
for my book about Lake Chelan.

So, I've interviewed
a lot of people,

-done a lot of research on it.
-Right.

So, I met a gal, who--
She gave me
a first-hand report.

And they were picnicking
on the shore,

and somebody looked up
and they said, "What is that?"

And they thought, at first,
it was a seal.

And then they look
behind the seal,

and they saw other humps.
And they watched it.

And somebody said,
"That's a lake monster."

And then they watched it
for 20 minutes.

-They watched it
for 20 minutes.
-For 20 minutes.

Now, my first thought,
"Where was your camera then?"

-[all laughing]
-That's the question.
Right.

-Yes.
-Exactly. Exactly.

Level with me.
What do you think
this monster could be?

You can imagine
something could actually
be trapped in this lake

that's been isolated
from every other tributary.

Could be extinct
everywhere else,

and still only exist here.

So the big question would be,
how would a lake monster

-get in a lake carved up
in the high cascades.
-Right.

Well, this was carved
by a glacier,

and at the time it was done
the glacier was about
3,500 feet above us.

And it dammed the lake
called Lake Missoula.

It's called
Glacial Lake Missoula.

And it's about as big
as Lake Erie.

-Okay.
-And then,

one time or several times,

um, this lake burst.

And we had massive floods.

These were some
of the largest floods

in history.

During that time,
there would have been

massive waterways all over
the inland Northwest,

All interconnected.

And then they all
would have splashed together.

-You said it. Yeah.
-Yeah.

This lake was once connected
to all the other waterways,

including probably
the ocean at one point.

Then, when this water receded
and when the glaciers receded,

you ended up with the--
Kinda the small pools
that are left over.

And it's in these pools
where we have
these lake monsters.

Where would I get started?
Where is
the place that I go

to find and film this thing?

I think you're gonna
find it at the deepest
point in the lake.

It is 1,486 feet deep.

It's about 22 miles that way.

-Okay.
-And it's actually
400 feet below sea level.

-[both] Wow.
-Yeah, so this is

really carved down
into the continent.

And I think people think
this monster is maybe shy.

So if you guys
are on the hunt,
I would say, be stealthy.

And see
what's going on up there.

[Forrest] John really
has us intrigued.

The unique history
of these lakes

provides a possible
explanation,

as to how a foreign species
could have been introduced

and even survived here.

Alleged sightings
generally describe a large,
dark, snake-like head

emerging from the lake
with humps trailing it.

But that's all
we got to go on.

[babbles]

♪ We're going on a boat
We're going on a boat ♪

-Boat ride. Boat ride.
-Ready?

[Jessica] All right.

Here we go.

Here, come drive.

Come drive the boat. Come on.

[Forrest] My family
raised me while running
safaris in Africa

-Drive? Drive the boat.
-Drive the boat.

Experiencing
the animal kingdom up close

is exactly what inspired
my passion for wildlife
conservation and biology.

Jess and I want Rhodes to have
the same opportunities
and respect for our world

[Jessica and Forrest] Hi!

Or really, his world.

Buddy, look here.
Driver guy.

[indistinct chatter]

So we've come about 20 miles
up Lake Chelan now,

and you can see
it's no longer tourist town.

It is remote. It is rugged.

It is rough and windy
and cold and miserable.

The closer we get
to the deepest part
of the lake,

the more our afternoon cruise
is turning into
a choppy stomach churn.

[Rhodes whimpering]

[Jessica]
Daddy's driving, love.

[Rhodes] Daddy.

Da!

[Jessica] Oh, my goodness.

[Forrest] The extreme depth
makes it feel like we're out
in the middle of the ocean.

Not a situation I expected
to bring Rhodes into.

And these pontoons
were not designed
for this kind of a beating

[Jessica speaking]

[Rhodes] Daddy.

We need to make camp.
This is getting
a little too rough.

This is getting
a little too rough.

[Jessica] Yes,
this is way too rough.

[Jessica groans]

[Forrest] Look at this spot.

All right. I think we can
make land here.

This is the spot.
We're gonna pull in here.

Watch the rocks.

[Jessica] Let me know
if you need me
to go grab the line.

Yeah, go up on the bow.

Take Rhodes. Be careful.

We sink a boat out here,

We're not getting back.

-[Jessica] This looks like
a nice, sandy pebbly beach.
-Yeah, this will work.

This will work.
See, it's a little
more protective

All right. This is it,
this is camp.

Don't do it.

-I'll grab that.
-All right

-[sighs]
-[babbling]

Da, Da, Da.

This will serve
as our observation point.

Jess, the crew and I will
set up multiple surveillance
opportunities from here.

So we need to get comfortable.

Hey, not helpful.

[Jessica chuckling]

-[squealing]
-[Forrest] No, no, no.

-My goodness. This is
slightly slower pace...
-Can you get the--

than how I'm usually
doing this.

Rhodes, can you
put that n the hole?

There you go. Good job, buddy.

Okay. Oops, donks.

Okay, that's gonna go there.

The one thing that
John said is that
we need to be discreet.

So what I'd like to do
is cover camp

-in a concealment cloth.
-Okay.

I have got these right here.

Take this.

This will help us blend in
without disturbing
the natural wildlife...

We're just going to
wrap around the tent
a little bit.

...and stay stealthy,
as John advised.

I've built blinds
all over the world
and even ghillie suits.

So this cloth is kind of like
a ghillie suit for our tent.

[Rhodes] Daddy!

Yes, son.

Hey, is there a monkey
in that tent?

No, Mama. [giggles]

And since there's so much
natural camouflage around,

we'll use that too.

Ah, there we go.

-Hi, Daddy.
-Oh, there he is.

-[Jessica] Oh, there he is!
-[Jessica and Forrest chuckle]

[Forrest] Go ahead,
all the way in,
you monster.

[Jessica] All right.

-[Forrest] Hello, hat man.
-[Jessica] You could
actually nap in here, bud,

[both babbling]

Hey!

As intriguing
as John's stories were,

It's amazing how people

never seem to have a camera
when they see
the lake monster.

So I'm setting up cameras
that will record

any motion on the water.

Whether I'm here
to witness it or not.

I'm gonna set
one of my cameras up here,

just shooting
out towards the lake.

The easiest way to track down
almost any animal is to
figure out where it feeds.

But finding anything
in a deep, dark lake
can be challenging.

So instead, I looked
to the geography,

like right here
where the stream
meets the lake.

And so, in a confluence
area like this,

what happens is
little fish get washed out
from the stream.

Big fish hang out here,
ready to eat them.

And hopefully
the biggest fish of all,

the potential monster,
is hanging out here.

Occasionally,
coming up for air.

So it's a long shot,
but I'm gonna place
some game cameras right here.

Let's see what happens.

Let's go put
some more up. [sighs]

Okay, well,
it's somewhat unusual.

I'm gonna place
another camera here
pointing up the creek.

And although the monster
that we're looking for

is said to live
in Lake Chelan,

maybe it's an animal that's

that's moving in and out
of connected waterways.

So I'm just gonna
put a camera up here
as well and see if we get

anything
coming down the creek.

Ooh, big fish jump
right there.

Since we're looking
for a creature
we know nothing about,

I can't be sure
whether it's active
during the day or the night.

So while our camera man
Mitch is watching over Rhodes,

Jess and I are
heading out for some
nocturnal surveillance.

We've switched
to night vision cameras

to capture what
the human eye cannot.

-Whoa, Look at the size
of the dandelion. It's huge!
-I saw that.

-[Forrest] Make a wish.
-All right.

What you wish for?

-A lake monster
-[Forrest chuckles]

Right here.
Here's the spot, right here.

I'll take this.

[Jessica] Okay.

[Forrest] And I'm gonna fly
the thermal from here,

-and to see
if we can see anything.
-Okay.

Thermal cameras
create an image

using infrared radiation
rather than visible light.

Oh, that's cool.

The hotter something is,
the brighter it appears.

So any creatures surfacing
on this frigid mountain lake
should be easy to spot.

Usually I have Mitch doing it.

But he is as fast asleep
as Rhodes is right now.

-So...
-Oh, I just--

Did I actually hear something?

-[Forrest] There
was any splash?
-[Jessica] Yeah.

[Forrest] All right, well,
let's get the drone up.
Maybe we'll see what it is

-[Forrest Oh, look at that.
Big-horned sheep.
-Whoa.

[Jessica chuckles] Cool.

I'm going to change it.

There you go.
Now you can really
see the hot spots.

Oh, look, there's camp.

-See, there are the boats
-Yeah, yeah.

Look at how that
cold, cold water
comes out into the lakes.

See how much colder it is
than the lake--

[Jessica] Yeah, that's where
the creek's coming out.

[Forrest]
That's actually amazing.

Oh, look,
someone's up at camp.

-[Jessica] Who do you think
it is, up at camp?
-It's Mitch.

He heard the drone.
He's having a mild
panic attack right now.

Without any doubt.

Look, there's something. Look.

-Can you go down a bit?
-I'm trying. Disappeared.
Wait, wait, wait.

Yeah, look, look, look.
There's something
swimming there.

There's something
swimming there. Look.

It just went out by the shore.

[Jessica] Oh,
yeah, look at it go.

It's right there.
It's right by

-where we put those
trail cameras.
-Yeah.

I lost it.
Mitch wouldn't have lost it.

Don't tell him I said that.

I just saw a round thing
bobbing there,

and then it splashed
and ducked under.

[Jessica] Hm.

Well, let's head back to camp
before Rhodes wakes up,

and call it a night.

Whatever we saw
should have been captured

by the trail cameras
I set out earlier,

so there's still a chance
we can identify it.

But first, we're hungry.

And fortunately,
in an area this full of life,

providing for ourselves
is as easy as taking a hike.

Oh, look what I see.

This is Sweet Sicily.

Now, any time you go foraging,
you want to know

with 100 percent certainty
that you are eating something

that is safe.

Sweet Sicily
is in the carrot family,

which means that
there are some potentially
poisonous relatives.

I can identify this one
based on leaf shape

and it actually
has a couple little
micro hairs along the stem.

And when you taste it...

Wanna taste?

It should have a sweet,
fennel like flavor to it

These gorgeous flowers
are wild roses.

Now, along with
being beautiful

and smelling absolutely
wonderful, like perfume,

they're delicious.
You can eat them
straight off of the bush

Yeah, there you go

Yum, they're like candy, huh?

Yummy.

We're not gonna have
any to bring back to Dad

at the rate
that you're eating them.

Going on a mushroom hunt.

We're going to find a big one.

Oh, I almost stepped on it.

[chuckles] This is a morel.

-Morels are delicious.
Whoa! Watch your feet.
-[squeals]

Mushrooms are so fascinating
because they grow
in a network.

So almost think
of it like a tree.

And the branches are
underneath the ground.

And what pops up is the fruit.

So when we pick this morel,
we're actually helping

because it's
clearing the forest
for more mushrooms to grow.

Man, look at that.

[Forrest] While Jess
and Rhodes gather
edibles in the forest,

I'm in charge of protein,
which means
it's time to go fishing.

There's lake trout in here,
there's rainbow trout,
cutthroat trout, burbot.

There's all kinds of fish
in the Pacific Northwest.

And a couple of them,
fantastic eating.

In order
to catch one of those,

you use something
nice and shiny.

Like a little
rooster tail like this

All right, let's go fishing.

There it is.

Fish on.
Ooh, he's a fighter.

Look at this beautiful,
big, fat cut throat trout,

and it's gonna be perfect
to go with whatever

Jess gets out there
today, foraging.

So see if we can get
a couple more as well.

Oh.

Oh, yeah.

That's a fighter right there.

Another cuttie.

Dude, it is crazy on here.

And they're big trout,
like for a cut throat

that's huge,
and just beautiful.

The amount of fish here.
The abundance is unbelievable.

I mean, in three-- four casts,
I've caught three fish.

Two absolutely
stunning brook trout
and now one small lake trout.

This is going to be delicious.

Look at that.
It's a hell of a stringer
in five minutes of fishing.

[laughs]

[gasps]

-What do you see?
-[Forrest] Buddy!

Did you guys find
all kinds of--

Dandelion greens
and sweet Sicily,
some pine tips

and we got
some morels as well.

-A whole bag, I love it.
-I know,
it's a haul of morels.

[Rhodes] Dad--

-[Forrest] Yeah,
you want olive oil?
-[Jessica] Yes, please.

So we have these beautiful
wild cut throat trout
that we caught in the lake

and Jessica went out
and got an entire smorgasbord.

of veggies, spices, mushrooms,
all kinds of incredible thing.

And here we are
with another installment

of Cooking in the Forest
with Forrest, family edition.

[laughs]

We're just going to roast
these trout over hot coals

using the aromatics
Jess and Rhodes collected.

It's like literally
tasting your environment.

Ooh, wild spinach.
I'll have some of that.

[Jessica] I'm gonna put some
dandelion greens on mine.

Beautiful. Yours looks
a lot nicer than mine.

This is why I don't have
a cooking show.

Who's gonna be better, Rhodes?

Daddy or Mommy?

-Mama.
-Mama.

Who knew that searching
for a lake monster
could be so delicious.

-You guys are gonna
get dinner too, out of this.
-It'll be good.

-You keep going and I'm gonna
get these on the grill.
-Okay.

[Mitch speaking]

But when it's just us,
we get grub, worms
and bug critters.

-[Johnny] Scorpions.
-[Mitch] Scorpions.

[Johnny] And lard.

[Jessica] Oh, wonderful.

That's one of the reasons
I love trout.

Just pull off these
beautiful fillets like that.

-I have a little surprise
for you.
-You do?

When we first got here,
I went ahead

and collected a few things
and I started fermenting.

I thought that's something
Rhodes made.

No, this is not
a Rhodes Potion.

It's got some wild rose,
some elderflower
some fresh pine sprigs.

Here you go.

Oh, you bottled some?

-Yeah. Ready?
-Oh, nice.

Oh, my God, That's delicious.

Come and taste this.
You think I'm joking?

Come and taste this.

Wow.

-Let me taste it.
-Oh, hell no.

Give me the trout.
Let's go, Let's eat.

I appreciate
all the camera work,
but it's-- it's time to eat.

Come get some food.

I'm so bummed
Rhodes is missing this.

[Forrest] That energy was
just what we needed
to get back to the search.

I grabbed the media
from all the cameras
I placed earlier,

so let's see if we
caught a glimpse
of the Lake Chelan dragon.

-That was a little bat flying
by, that's what triggered it.
-What's that? Yeah.

-Think it was triggered
by the reeds moving?
-That's nothing

The cattails over there?

Any movement sets off
the record function.

So there's plenty of
footage to look through,

-[Jessica] Hey, a duck!
-[both laugh]

Some mallards.
Not looking promising.
Let's try another one.

[Jessica]
No monsters here so far.

-[Forrest] There's something.
-[Jessica] Oh, yeah.

There's something
really snaking through
the water there.

That's something big.

That's something big

Yeah.

Huh. Maybe it's a little fish
coming up to feed?

It's not that.
Way too big to be a fish.

The head of something.

-Still going.
-Oh, there it is!

-[Forrest]
It's a beaver. Yeah.
-[Jessica] It's a beaver.

-Beavers are so cute.
-So cute.

[Forrest] That's definitely
what we saw in the thermal.

-[Jessica] Yeah.
-What time was
this clip taken?

[Johnny] 1:34 am.

[Forrest] Yeah, that's
definitely what we saw
on the thermal last night.

Think about it.
Especially like
this kinda light,

We saw
like a couple of beavers

and they were going
in and out of the dam.

You had 'em lined up
single file.

You could mistake that
for a serpent
or some kind of a monster,

especially if you are,
like, into this

-and you wanted to see one.
-Hundred percent.

-Yep.
-[Forrest] I don't think
trail cams are going to do it.

We're looking
for an aquatic animal.

We're-- We're getting
beavers and ducks.

I do have with me
that Garmin
lake floor mapping tool,

-the one with 3-D printing.
-Oh, yeah.

That's so cool. So.

-Let's do it.
-All right.

Thanks.

Look at this water,
it is so crystal clear.

But what's crazy is,
it just drops off.

Where we might be
in 20 or 30 feet here,

but the back of the boat,
we're in 200.

Just such a sheer
vertical space,

and because of that,
the majority of this lake

is completely unmapped
and unexplored.

It's just too deep
for people
to check it out, so...

Fortunately, we have
cutting edge technology.

Okay.

Okay, so you go
run that off the bow.

-I'm gonna put this here.
-Huh. Whenever you're ready.

Okay, go ahead.
Wanna make sure
it's working

Oh, see, this is sick.
Look at this.

Look at it.
it's drawing it as we go.

Wow, look at that

You see what it's doing

is the sonar is
literally painting a picture

of what the lake looks like
underneath us.

Right now we're in
25 feet of water.

Not that interesting.
You can see the bottom,

but what we're about to do
is head to the drop off.

I just want to scan--

Oh, look at that.
There's a big reef.

See, this is incredible.

I mean, it's likely
that no one in history

has ever seen
this structure before.

A three dimensional
composition

of what this piece
of the lake floor
actually looks like.

Here, come and look at it.

-Yeah.
-Switch it up.
Go look at it.

You can drive for a bit

Oh, yeah.

You see,
it's like a cliff going down.

[Forrest] Technology like this
is so incredible.

This is something that's made
for fishermen to find fish,

but having the ability
to repurpose this,

to use it to map a lake floor,
to understand how
currents are formed,

where fish hide,
where creatures go at night
that live under water...

I mean, it can just
give us so much data

that furthers
our understanding of wildlife.

So look, we're coming up
on like this dark
abyss over here.

You see that? Oh, yeah.

You could see a log.
Like, perfectly.

Really?

-Yeah, or a rock or something.
-Oh, I can't
see anything at all.

[Forrest] Here we go.
Here's some cool structure.

There's something there.

[Jessica] Are you
seeing something?

[Forrest] Hand that
off to Johnny.
Come and see.

-Oh, yeah, look at that.
-See it?

-[Jessica] What is that?
-I don't know.

It's a big structure, though.

You see how it's a little
bit hollow underneath?

-Yeah.
-So it could be like a cave.

It could be a cavern.

It could be like
a big overhang.

-[Jessica] Mm-hm.
It's like a dome.
-Exactly It's like a dome.

-That's a really cool
-Perfect place

for something big
to hide under there.

You think
it's hollow in the middle?

It's definitely hollow,
see all of this
negative space in here?

Let's get down there.

-I mean, it's 130 feet deep.
-Let's check it out.

-Yeah it's deep.
-That's gonna be cold.

It's gonna be cold.

[Forrest] Diving in a lake
is very different
from ocean diving

and requires special care.

Without the saltwater,

you sink like a stone,

so you have to always be aware
of where the surface is.

On top of that,
this mountain water is cold,

about 43 degrees right now.

So I'm glad
we brought wetsuits

Here's something I don't see
often in the ocean,

but wrecks like this
can form a shelter

and become a home
for millions of organisms.

Phew! You okay?
It was called down there.

-[exclaiming]
-Let me see the one
that you found.

All the same.
Oh, yours is huge,
look at that.

Aren't those amazing?

Those literally look like
the scaled armor of a dragon.

Look at that. Let's get in
before you freeze to death.

Okay.

It's just the extremities.

I think I know exactly
what this is.

Let me see that.
The one that you found.

Take this one, bud.

You like Daddy's
funny glasses?

[Forrest]
I carry jewelers' glasses

to examine artifacts
in the field. Don't you?

If I'm not mistaken,
these belong to,
literally, a living dinosaur.

So you think you know
what our monster is?

I'm absolutely certain.
I know what these belong to.

And if we can catch one
and I can match it up
to confirm it,

I believe we'll actually know
what, at one point in time,

was the living lake monster
trapped inside this lake.

I don't want to
tell Jess my theory
until I can prove it,

But these air old scales
belonging to a creature
that's long dead.

I don't know if any others
exist in Lake Chelan.

But I do have
a pretty good idea
where I can catch one.

So if it's not in the lake,
then where do we need to go?

Guys, we're gonna
pack up camp.

We're gonna get out of here.
We got to drive ahead of us.

Were leaving Lake Chelan,
traveling down
the Columbia River

past several major dams
to one of the very last ones.

[reading]

Its pale waters are
a rumored hotspot

for a species with scales
just like our specimen

My theory is this species
once traveled up river,

as far as Lake Chelan,

before dams started going up
in the 1930s.

And I believe one or more
may have survived to this day.

Now, to prove my theory,
I need to catch one

and compare it to
the scales we found.

This creature could be
what people are calling
the Lake Chelan Dragon.

So, we have some beautiful
big, fresh shad here,

that came from actually
getting tumbled around

in the loch system
as they migrate up.

What we're gonna do,
cut the tail off.

-[Rhodes whines]
-[both chuckle] Oh...

Can you believe it?

What do you think? Taste?

No. Yuck, Dad.

-[babbles]
-That's right. We're going to
throw it in the water.

[Forrest] Luckily,
I came prepared
for an enormous animal.

These rods and reels
are set for tuna fishing,

which means an extra
powerful trolling riel

and 130 lb. test fishing line.

But they weren't designed
for pelicans.

We're up here, pelican.

Not today, sir.

I'm baiting multiple rods
to increase our chances.

He's not getting that.

That just shows you
how accustomed to the dam

the other wildlife
around here is.

The pelicans, they're looking
for fish like the shad

that floated up.

Everything here
is affected by
restricted waterways.

The creature I'm looking for

is common in these waters.

But there's no natural way

it could have slipped around
over a dozen dams
to reach Lake Chelan.

We're fishing with huge baits,
so we're not going to be

catching anything small,
so it might take an hour.

It might take ten hours.

-It's a waiting game.
-Settle in.

It gets a hit,
make sure you
set the hook hard

Coming. It's coming.

There we go!

-Hold on.
-Yeah.

Oh, yeah, there we go.

Ooh. We have him/

This might be a big animal.

[Jessica] I can see something!

Where, Jess?

Now it's more like this way.

Did you get a shot of it?
I saw it with my eyes,
just look like a--

-like a weird black head
or something.
-Like a little black bubble--

Did nobody get a shot of it?

-You didn't get shot of it?
-No, I was filming
the little guy.

I'm going to put the foil in
and run up to where it was.

[Jessica] Hm,
hair in your mouth.

And boogers in your nose.

Let's go

[Jessica] Daddy can't try
and stand up.

-[Rhodes] Dada!
-[Jessica] Say yay, Daddy!

[Forrest] Get me
all the way down.

Daddy gone, bud?

And old piece of plumbing
or like irrigation pipe
or something.

[grunts]

All right, you should get in.
You look freezing.

I am freezing.

Just a bit of human--
human trash.

It's coming. There we go.

[Forrest] Hold on, yeah.

Guys, this might be
a big animal

Thanks, sweetie.

Here we go.
Holy smokes, this is no joke.

Oh, he might come up
for a jump here.
he's starting to move.

Here goes here he goes.
He's gonna do it.

-Watch, watch, watch!
-[all exclaiming]

That is a lake monster, baby.

All right, I'm getting
some line now, guys.

It's getting tired,
at least for right now.

-[grunting]
-Oh, he's running.
He's running.

[overlapping chatter]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, my God.

[Jessica] That was
a flash of green.

-Holy--
-Whoa! Look at that.

-A white sturgeon.
-Oh, my God.
Look at that thing.

-What we need to do
is get the boat to the shore.
-Okay.

And see if we can confirm
whether or not
this is the lake monster.

Greg, Whenever
you're ready, let's do it.

[Jessica] Gotcha.
I'll go get our samples.

[Forrest] He's exhausted
from our lengthy battle.

-Slow, Greg, slow.
-And I'm keeping him

submerged and breathing,

as we move to shallow water,

where we can take
a good look at him.

-[Jessica] Okay, I can--
-[Mitch] Okay, got him?

All right, take the hook out.

Hook is out.
Hook is for you.

-Do you have the sample?
Roll it onto my lap.
-Yes.

Okay? Hold him here.

We're gonna take out
the big sample.

-[grunts] He's gonna go.
-Here we go.

Holy crap! There you go.
Hold him.

-Hold him.
-[screams]

Hold him.

This is the body protrusion
that we found, Right?

-Yeah.
-See how it fits there.

-Yeah.
-Feel how, on either side,

it's got this bony point.

Those are those bony plates
right there. 100 percent.

That is a scoop
from a white sturgeon.

White sturgeon like this.

can grow as long as 20 feet,

and one was recorded

weighing nearly 1,800 pounds.

Their rarity and enormous size
could certainly
startle any lake goers.

Plus the bony protrusion
from its spine

could give it
a serpentine look
as they break the surface.

You know, these things living
upwards of 100 years,

it's not at all impossible

to imagine, that when
these dams were built,

these animals were stuck
in all kinds of lakes,

where they're not
supposed to be.

Eleven dams were constructed
on this river alone,

between 1938 and 1972.

The scales we found tell us

white sturgeon were trapped
as far upriver as Lake Chelan.

If you ask me,
this is a very obvious answer

to an age-old question

of one incredible, crypted
mistaken identity.

Let's let go of this
amazing lake monster.

Let's give him a gentle--
a gentle glide.

And off he goes.

There he goes...

[both laughing]

I'd officially say
this is a mystery solved!

[Forrest] It's interesting how
the deep, dark lake waters
can hide so much from us.

Not just the white sturgeon,

but the ongoing conflict
between human-built dams

and the wildlife
that depends
on these waterways.

These waters have changed.

And as they've changed,
animals have
changed their behavior.

Giant fish, white sturgeon
have become stuck.

They've changed
their behavior.

Some are jumping
and leaping out of the water.

Some are feeding
on the surface.

Some are growing
to gigantic sizes.

And as this weird
behavior comes up,

and these 14-15 foot long
fish get sighted,

it looks like a monster.

I believe that these monsters,
these legends
of the Pacific Northwest

are these
giant prehistoric fish

changing the way
that they act.

People seeing them
and not knowing

what on earth could be
such a massive creature.

Attributing lore and legend

to a fish as old
as the culture itself.