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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,827 --> 00:00:08,758 They fly. 2 00:00:08,862 --> 00:00:09,896 They creep. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,379 [screeching] 4 00:00:11,482 --> 00:00:13,586 They claw at everything in sight. 5 00:00:13,689 --> 00:00:14,482 [snarling] 6 00:00:14,586 --> 00:00:17,241 And some even have a taste 7 00:00:17,344 --> 00:00:18,931 for human flesh. 8 00:00:19,034 --> 00:00:21,413 - [screaming] - [growling] 9 00:00:23,689 --> 00:00:27,965 All over the world, legions of cryptozoologists 10 00:00:28,068 --> 00:00:31,068 insist that somewhere out there 11 00:00:31,172 --> 00:00:33,482 are hundreds of weird, 12 00:00:33,586 --> 00:00:35,793 bizarre, nightmarish creatures 13 00:00:35,896 --> 00:00:40,103 that hide in the shadows and terrorize small towns. 14 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:42,103 They give them names like Mothman, 15 00:00:42,206 --> 00:00:44,896 chupacabra, the Jersey Devil and... 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,620 the Goatman. 17 00:00:46,724 --> 00:00:49,172 But can they be dismissed as mere figments 18 00:00:49,275 --> 00:00:51,965 of the public's overactive imagination? 19 00:00:52,068 --> 00:00:55,655 Or could they actually be... 20 00:00:55,758 --> 00:00:57,724 real? 21 00:00:57,827 --> 00:01:00,655 Well... 22 00:01:00,758 --> 00:01:03,931 that is what we'll try and find out. 23 00:01:04,034 --> 00:01:06,000 ♪ 24 00:01:17,827 --> 00:01:19,931 ♪ 25 00:01:20,034 --> 00:01:23,448 SHATNER: Eyewitness descriptions of cryptid creatures 26 00:01:23,551 --> 00:01:26,586 are as varied as they are vivid. 27 00:01:28,413 --> 00:01:30,689 Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 28 00:01:30,793 --> 00:01:33,206 April 1967. 29 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:34,931 LINDA SIGMAN: A boyfriend and I 30 00:01:35,034 --> 00:01:38,482 decided to pull in off the country road, 31 00:01:38,586 --> 00:01:42,448 and I noticed off of my right shoulder it was a creature. 32 00:01:44,172 --> 00:01:47,482 And, uh, we sat there in awe of what we were looking at. 33 00:01:47,586 --> 00:01:51,482 It came right over in front of the car, 34 00:01:51,586 --> 00:01:54,758 and we looked up, and I could make out the shape 35 00:01:54,862 --> 00:01:56,724 of a winged man. 36 00:02:03,137 --> 00:02:04,758 SHATNER: Cuero, Texas. 37 00:02:04,862 --> 00:02:08,103 August 2007. 38 00:02:08,206 --> 00:02:10,965 Something was sucking the blood out of my chickens. 39 00:02:12,103 --> 00:02:14,275 The first time I saw it, 40 00:02:14,379 --> 00:02:16,896 - [howling] - the color of it was different, 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,241 the physique of the animal was different. 42 00:02:21,344 --> 00:02:24,655 It has absolutely no hair on it, 43 00:02:24,758 --> 00:02:28,344 and all of these different, bizarre features on it. 44 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:30,000 What is it? 45 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:33,275 SHATNER: High Falls, New York. 46 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:37,344 October 2015. 47 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:39,379 My wife and I were staying at this cabin. 48 00:02:39,482 --> 00:02:41,172 There was a stream behind the cabin 49 00:02:41,275 --> 00:02:43,206 and a very steep ridge. 50 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:45,379 Middle of nowhere. 51 00:02:45,482 --> 00:02:48,517 I was exploring the woods behind the cabin. 52 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:51,172 And then I noticed some movement. 53 00:02:51,275 --> 00:02:53,379 Black, hairy figure, 54 00:02:53,482 --> 00:02:55,344 at first I thought was a black bear, 55 00:02:55,448 --> 00:02:56,896 but this figure was much bigger. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,758 Looked like it was standing upright. 57 00:02:58,862 --> 00:03:02,241 At this point in time, I still don't know what it was. 58 00:03:04,931 --> 00:03:07,310 Most people generally have heard of Bigfoot, 59 00:03:07,413 --> 00:03:09,413 the Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, 60 00:03:09,517 --> 00:03:12,862 but what they aren't aware of is that there is a whole world 61 00:03:12,965 --> 00:03:16,137 of really unusual creatures out there, lesser-known things, 62 00:03:16,241 --> 00:03:20,586 many of them quite otherworldly and strange. 63 00:03:20,689 --> 00:03:24,413 When it comes to animals that are known as cryptids, 64 00:03:24,517 --> 00:03:26,931 there's a huge number of them. 65 00:03:27,034 --> 00:03:31,206 We actually find reports and cases all around the world 66 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:33,344 of strange creatures. 67 00:03:33,448 --> 00:03:35,689 For example, one of them being Mothman, 68 00:03:35,793 --> 00:03:38,482 which is this huge humanoid-type figure 69 00:03:38,586 --> 00:03:41,517 with bat-like wings and fiery red eyes 70 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:44,310 that's perceived as kind of like a grim reaper 71 00:03:44,413 --> 00:03:47,241 that surfaces when bad luck or disasters 72 00:03:47,344 --> 00:03:49,068 are about to happen. 73 00:03:49,172 --> 00:03:52,931 If you go to Africa, there are reports there of creatures 74 00:03:53,034 --> 00:03:55,758 that look just like something out of Jurassic Park. 75 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:59,068 We're talking about something very much akin 76 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:02,965 to a gigantic lizard or a monitor lizard. 77 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:07,206 The phenomenon of what's become known as the Dogman 78 00:04:07,310 --> 00:04:12,000 in recent years is a genuinely weird, odd one. 79 00:04:12,103 --> 00:04:16,551 People talk about seeing these huge, bipedal wolves 80 00:04:16,655 --> 00:04:19,206 that seem to look like the closest thing 81 00:04:19,310 --> 00:04:21,310 you could imagine to a werewolf. 82 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:24,689 You have hellhounds, or devil dogs, 83 00:04:24,793 --> 00:04:27,275 that are thought to be omens of death. 84 00:04:27,379 --> 00:04:30,068 You have thunderbirds. 85 00:04:30,172 --> 00:04:33,551 You have creatures like the Van Meter Visitor. 86 00:04:33,655 --> 00:04:36,724 You have creatures like the skunk ape. 87 00:04:36,827 --> 00:04:42,206 You have all these creatures that defy what we know as... 88 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:44,965 flesh-and-blood creatures here on this planet. 89 00:04:47,586 --> 00:04:49,206 J. NATHAN COUCH: Some of these creatures 90 00:04:49,310 --> 00:04:52,931 seem to possess abilities that are borderline supernatural, 91 00:04:53,034 --> 00:04:56,379 and they have qualities that can harm you. 92 00:04:56,482 --> 00:04:59,793 Creatures like the Goatman and the Mongolian death worm. 93 00:04:59,896 --> 00:05:03,379 The wendigo is said to possess people 94 00:05:03,482 --> 00:05:07,482 and cause them to go mad and often crave human flesh. 95 00:05:07,586 --> 00:05:10,172 They terrorize people, 96 00:05:10,275 --> 00:05:12,413 cause harm to other animals. 97 00:05:12,517 --> 00:05:13,655 They prey on other animals. 98 00:05:13,758 --> 00:05:16,172 They're essentially predators. 99 00:05:16,275 --> 00:05:19,310 There have been countless stories of cryptid creatures, 100 00:05:19,413 --> 00:05:23,827 and they exist throughout all different cultures, 101 00:05:23,931 --> 00:05:26,482 all periods of time in history, 102 00:05:26,586 --> 00:05:29,206 even right up to the present day. 103 00:05:29,310 --> 00:05:33,758 But there's a shocking lack of actual evidence that they exist. 104 00:05:33,862 --> 00:05:35,965 Skeptics would say that the sightings 105 00:05:36,068 --> 00:05:37,896 of all of these cryptid creatures 106 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,103 are to be related to some kind of hallucination 107 00:05:41,206 --> 00:05:44,172 or psychological projection or whatnot. 108 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:46,793 When you look at folkloric tales of monsters, 109 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:49,379 sometimes they turn out to be 110 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:51,413 hoaxes or legends, 111 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:53,448 to the point where we're just not able 112 00:05:53,551 --> 00:05:56,965 to confirm what they actually were. 113 00:05:57,068 --> 00:05:59,448 Many people simply make up stories. 114 00:05:59,551 --> 00:06:01,517 You can't rule out the possibility 115 00:06:01,620 --> 00:06:03,000 that people, for example, 116 00:06:03,103 --> 00:06:05,344 are creating some of these colorful legends 117 00:06:05,448 --> 00:06:07,896 simply to garner attention 118 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,827 or to propagate their own motives. 119 00:06:11,862 --> 00:06:13,137 KIRSTEN FISHER: As a scientist, 120 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:15,068 I don't discount that there is some animal 121 00:06:15,172 --> 00:06:17,034 or some creature that's been sighted. 122 00:06:17,137 --> 00:06:19,379 If there are organisms that we haven't found yet, 123 00:06:19,482 --> 00:06:23,068 it probably speaks to the fact that the Earth is a vast place 124 00:06:23,172 --> 00:06:25,689 with many types of habitats, and it's possible 125 00:06:25,793 --> 00:06:28,310 that we haven't explored them all completely yet. 126 00:06:29,482 --> 00:06:31,172 SHATNER: We tend to think 127 00:06:31,275 --> 00:06:34,517 that everything in the world we live in is pretty much known, 128 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:37,517 Every tree, every insect, 129 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:40,551 every species has been photographed, 130 00:06:40,655 --> 00:06:43,413 studied, cataloged. 131 00:06:43,517 --> 00:06:45,896 But it isn't true. 132 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,827 According to mainstream scientists, 133 00:06:48,931 --> 00:06:51,379 there are still literally thousands of species 134 00:06:51,482 --> 00:06:53,586 that have yet to be discovered. 135 00:06:53,689 --> 00:06:56,172 So is it far-fetched to believe 136 00:06:56,275 --> 00:06:59,586 that wild, possibly hybrid creatures 137 00:06:59,689 --> 00:07:01,793 could exist out there? 138 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:04,758 Strange so-called cryptids 139 00:07:04,862 --> 00:07:07,000 that have been seen by average people 140 00:07:07,103 --> 00:07:09,448 but haven't yet been officially recognized 141 00:07:09,551 --> 00:07:12,000 as being real? 142 00:07:12,103 --> 00:07:16,413 While mainstream scientists might say yes, 143 00:07:16,517 --> 00:07:19,344 cryptozoologists argue that we've already found 144 00:07:19,448 --> 00:07:21,068 such an animal 145 00:07:21,172 --> 00:07:25,137 and even have the photographic evidence to prove it. 146 00:07:27,413 --> 00:07:30,137 One of the most compelling cryptids that we investigate 147 00:07:30,241 --> 00:07:32,482 is something known as the Tasmanian tiger, 148 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:34,310 or the thylacine, 149 00:07:34,413 --> 00:07:37,275 which were considered legendary or mythological 150 00:07:37,379 --> 00:07:39,689 until living specimens were discovered 151 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,965 and documented by scientists. 152 00:07:42,068 --> 00:07:44,758 This is definitely a known animal. 153 00:07:44,862 --> 00:07:49,206 The last verified specimen died off in 1936. 154 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:51,448 However, since that time, there has been 155 00:07:51,551 --> 00:07:55,448 thousands of sightings of Tasmanian tigers, or thylacines, 156 00:07:55,551 --> 00:07:59,068 on both the island of Tasmania and mainland Australia, 157 00:07:59,172 --> 00:08:01,068 since its presumed extinction. 158 00:08:01,172 --> 00:08:03,758 And there have been some fairly compelling photographs 159 00:08:03,862 --> 00:08:06,931 that have never been fully explained. 160 00:08:07,034 --> 00:08:09,586 The thylacine was a very weird-looking animal. 161 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,896 It looks like a large dog, 162 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,517 like a German shepherd, but it's actually a marsupial, 163 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:18,137 like a kangaroo. 164 00:08:18,241 --> 00:08:21,068 In other words, it carries its young in its pouch. 165 00:08:21,172 --> 00:08:23,586 And it has these stripes down its head and neck, 166 00:08:23,689 --> 00:08:26,862 which give it sort of, like, a tiger-type appearance. 167 00:08:26,965 --> 00:08:29,586 And it could almost open its jaw 168 00:08:29,689 --> 00:08:31,827 to about 180 degrees, 169 00:08:31,931 --> 00:08:34,275 kind of like snakes. 170 00:08:34,379 --> 00:08:38,931 COUCH: If someone just saw it running through the woods, 171 00:08:39,034 --> 00:08:41,827 they would think it was some sort of monster. 172 00:08:41,931 --> 00:08:44,482 The peculiar qualities of the thylacine, 173 00:08:44,586 --> 00:08:47,620 or the Tasmanian tiger, are a great example 174 00:08:47,724 --> 00:08:50,758 of how evolution can provide 175 00:08:50,862 --> 00:08:55,172 some amazing mutations and hybridization. 176 00:08:55,275 --> 00:08:58,551 Just having the thylacine as a hybrid 177 00:08:58,655 --> 00:09:00,482 increases the possibility 178 00:09:00,586 --> 00:09:03,586 that there are other of these hybrids out there 179 00:09:03,689 --> 00:09:05,620 lurking in the shadows. 180 00:09:07,827 --> 00:09:10,068 SHATNER: But what are the other cryptids? 181 00:09:10,172 --> 00:09:14,827 The legions of strange, hybrid creatures that fly, swim 182 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:17,724 and suck their victims dry of blood? 183 00:09:17,827 --> 00:09:19,413 [man speaking excitedly] 184 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:22,896 Is there similar photographic evidence out there 185 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,103 that can help prove their case? 186 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:28,724 There are those who believe the answer is yes... 187 00:09:28,827 --> 00:09:30,379 [women speaking excitedly] 188 00:09:30,482 --> 00:09:33,137 ...and that better than a photograph, 189 00:09:33,241 --> 00:09:35,517 there's something even more compelling 190 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:37,724 and harder to disprove: 191 00:09:37,827 --> 00:09:41,068 actual samples of a monster's DNA. 192 00:09:41,172 --> 00:09:43,068 [snarls] 193 00:09:49,310 --> 00:09:51,034 SHATNER: Cuero, Texas. 194 00:09:51,137 --> 00:09:53,206 August 2007. 195 00:09:53,310 --> 00:09:55,103 After purchasing a brood of chickens 196 00:09:55,206 --> 00:09:56,931 from a neighboring ranch, 197 00:09:57,034 --> 00:10:00,724 Phylis Canion makes a series of gruesome discoveries 198 00:10:00,827 --> 00:10:03,620 inside her brand-new henhouse. 199 00:10:03,724 --> 00:10:06,034 I brought the chickens home, and I had them 200 00:10:06,137 --> 00:10:07,862 for about two weeks. 201 00:10:09,379 --> 00:10:12,206 And I went outside, and... 202 00:10:12,310 --> 00:10:14,344 one of the chickens was dead. 203 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:16,586 [chickens squawking, clucking] 204 00:10:16,689 --> 00:10:17,931 What makes it unusual 205 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:20,551 is the chicken was still laying there. 206 00:10:20,655 --> 00:10:22,344 And with the amount of predators 207 00:10:22,448 --> 00:10:26,206 that we have in the state of Texas, 208 00:10:26,310 --> 00:10:30,689 any predator would have taken the chicken and eaten it. 209 00:10:33,482 --> 00:10:35,034 SHATNER: Over the next few weeks, 210 00:10:35,137 --> 00:10:36,448 Phylis collected the remains 211 00:10:36,551 --> 00:10:39,206 of 27 more of her chickens, 212 00:10:39,310 --> 00:10:44,482 each one killed in the same inexplicable fashion. 213 00:10:44,586 --> 00:10:47,551 Every one of them had been opened up 214 00:10:47,655 --> 00:10:50,689 in the thorax area, the feathers missing, 215 00:10:50,793 --> 00:10:55,689 and what appeared to me to be no blood on the ground. 216 00:10:55,793 --> 00:11:00,724 So that told me then, whatever it was 217 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,241 was not interested in the meat 218 00:11:03,344 --> 00:11:06,241 but interested in the blood. 219 00:11:06,344 --> 00:11:08,137 And when I was talking to friends 220 00:11:08,241 --> 00:11:10,068 and neighbors about it, they all immediately said, 221 00:11:10,172 --> 00:11:12,551 "Oh, my gosh, that's the behavior of a chupacabra. 222 00:11:12,655 --> 00:11:14,689 It's gonna kill the animal and suck the blood." 223 00:11:17,758 --> 00:11:19,862 SHATNER: Chupacabra. 224 00:11:19,965 --> 00:11:22,310 To those who claim to have encountered one, 225 00:11:22,413 --> 00:11:25,172 it is a fearsome monster. 226 00:11:25,275 --> 00:11:28,000 Chupacabra means "goat sucker." 227 00:11:28,103 --> 00:11:30,620 And it's a really creepy-looking creature. 228 00:11:30,724 --> 00:11:32,620 Some people say it looks like some kind 229 00:11:32,724 --> 00:11:35,689 of strange, hybrid-like dog. 230 00:11:35,793 --> 00:11:38,827 The continental North American chupacabra, 231 00:11:38,931 --> 00:11:42,689 uh, is a four-legged or quadrupedal animal 232 00:11:42,793 --> 00:11:46,137 about the size of a dog, completely hairless, 233 00:11:46,241 --> 00:11:50,068 with a bluish-gray elephant hide-type of covering. 234 00:11:50,172 --> 00:11:53,241 They also display a number of abnormal characteristics-- 235 00:11:53,344 --> 00:11:56,275 oftentimes their limbs are disproportionate lengths-- 236 00:11:56,379 --> 00:12:00,275 so they're very grotesque, odd, weird-looking animals. 237 00:12:02,137 --> 00:12:03,793 SHATNER: Certain that what was preying 238 00:12:03,896 --> 00:12:05,862 on her chicken coop was not a coyote, 239 00:12:05,965 --> 00:12:10,758 or any other known canine, Phylis began to consider 240 00:12:10,862 --> 00:12:13,068 whether it might be a chupacabra. 241 00:12:13,172 --> 00:12:18,241 And then, one morning, she got her answer. 242 00:12:18,344 --> 00:12:22,793 One Saturday morning, I got a very early call, 7:00. 243 00:12:22,896 --> 00:12:24,655 My neighbor rancher called 244 00:12:24,758 --> 00:12:28,103 and said, "Oh, my gosh. The strangest animal 245 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:33,551 has been hit and killed in front of the Canion ranch. 246 00:12:33,655 --> 00:12:37,068 So I got in the truck, drove over there, 247 00:12:37,172 --> 00:12:38,620 and I brought it back, 248 00:12:38,724 --> 00:12:42,206 and I took a 50-pound feed sack, 249 00:12:42,310 --> 00:12:45,655 and I cut it in half and laid it on the ground, 250 00:12:45,758 --> 00:12:48,931 and I laid the animal on it to give everybody 251 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:52,379 a perspective of the size of the animal. 252 00:12:53,896 --> 00:12:57,724 I have seen mangy coyotes all of my life, 253 00:12:57,827 --> 00:13:02,241 and this had no hair on it and no indication at all 254 00:13:02,344 --> 00:13:06,241 that the skin was infested with any type 255 00:13:06,344 --> 00:13:09,931 of skin disorder, from mange or anything else. 256 00:13:10,034 --> 00:13:13,034 It just did not have any hair on it at all. 257 00:13:13,137 --> 00:13:15,655 SHATNER: Phylis sent tissue samples 258 00:13:15,758 --> 00:13:18,551 from the dead creature out for analysis. 259 00:13:18,655 --> 00:13:21,965 After waiting expectantly for weeks, 260 00:13:22,068 --> 00:13:25,310 she was surprised by the results. 261 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:30,275 So, when they called me, they said, "Well, it's coyote 262 00:13:30,379 --> 00:13:32,689 "on the maternal side 263 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:37,275 and Mexican wolf on the paternal." 264 00:13:37,379 --> 00:13:40,862 The DNA tests indicating that the... the animal was a... 265 00:13:40,965 --> 00:13:42,413 was a hybrid, essentially, 266 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:45,379 between a Mexican wolf and a coyote 267 00:13:45,482 --> 00:13:47,862 is a little surprising in the fact that those species 268 00:13:47,965 --> 00:13:49,413 don't typically hybridize. 269 00:13:49,517 --> 00:13:51,206 But it's not entirely impossible. 270 00:13:51,310 --> 00:13:54,448 We do know that the ranges of those two species do overlap 271 00:13:54,551 --> 00:13:57,310 in Arizona, Texas and northern Mexico, 272 00:13:57,413 --> 00:13:59,551 so it's at least physically possible that they could 273 00:13:59,655 --> 00:14:02,379 encounter each other to form hybrids. 274 00:14:05,862 --> 00:14:08,931 SHATNER: With such conclusive DNA results, 275 00:14:09,034 --> 00:14:11,620 many considered the case closed. 276 00:14:11,724 --> 00:14:13,862 But, according to Phylis, 277 00:14:13,965 --> 00:14:18,103 something was not quite adding up. 278 00:14:18,206 --> 00:14:20,379 The mystery of the whole thing was the manner in which 279 00:14:20,482 --> 00:14:21,965 every chicken was killed. 280 00:14:22,068 --> 00:14:24,275 It would suck all of the blood out. 281 00:14:24,379 --> 00:14:28,068 So we know that it's coyote and Mexican wolf. 282 00:14:28,172 --> 00:14:31,310 But neither of those animals suck blood. 283 00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:36,724 So, even though this animal has that DNA, what is it? 284 00:14:36,827 --> 00:14:39,206 Why would it have that behavior? 285 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:43,310 When the taxidermist mounted it for me, 286 00:14:43,413 --> 00:14:48,689 he had to get a coyote mold and a wolf mold 287 00:14:48,793 --> 00:14:53,827 and blend them together to make the hide fit. 288 00:14:53,931 --> 00:14:57,310 The tail is longer than a wolf tail or a coyote tail. 289 00:14:57,413 --> 00:14:58,586 The neck, the ears. 290 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:02,000 Everything was so extreme, 291 00:15:02,103 --> 00:15:04,827 it took him forever to get it mounted. 292 00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:10,931 We had about 13 different specialists 293 00:15:11,034 --> 00:15:14,310 from around the world come and look at it, 294 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:18,448 and to date, they've all left scratching their head 295 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:20,103 like the day they came in 296 00:15:20,206 --> 00:15:23,379 because they just cannot figure it out as well. 297 00:15:23,482 --> 00:15:27,931 The only higher vertebrate that has evolved 298 00:15:28,034 --> 00:15:30,689 to suck blood is the vampire bat. 299 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:34,758 And this particular process of adaptation 300 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:36,724 has taken millions of years. 301 00:15:36,827 --> 00:15:40,137 It involves highly specialized characteristics. 302 00:15:40,241 --> 00:15:43,586 For example, an anticoagulant in their saliva 303 00:15:43,689 --> 00:15:48,448 and a very, very distinct liver, kidney digestive system. 304 00:15:48,551 --> 00:15:51,965 So, to assume that an animal would simply develop 305 00:15:52,068 --> 00:15:57,068 a vampire-like predation pattern would be really unexpected. 306 00:15:59,206 --> 00:16:01,551 SHATNER: If they really exist, 307 00:16:01,655 --> 00:16:06,206 are chupacabra merely the result of natural selection gone wrong, 308 00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:10,344 or could this grotesque monster be the result of 309 00:16:10,448 --> 00:16:14,034 not natural causes, but man-made ones? 310 00:16:14,137 --> 00:16:19,275 There are some who believe the answer is a disturbing yes. 311 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:22,310 Through the course of my research 312 00:16:22,413 --> 00:16:26,034 on the Texas chupacabras, I found a direct correlation 313 00:16:26,137 --> 00:16:29,862 between sightings on Phylis Canion's property and elsewhere, 314 00:16:29,965 --> 00:16:32,448 and coal-burning power plants. 315 00:16:32,551 --> 00:16:36,517 Coal-burning power plants, in fact, emit huge amounts 316 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:39,448 of sulfur dioxide and other hard metals, like lead, 317 00:16:39,551 --> 00:16:41,103 into the atmosphere. 318 00:16:41,206 --> 00:16:43,206 And in recent studies, scientists have found that 319 00:16:43,310 --> 00:16:46,206 sulfur dioxide is, in fact, a mutagen. 320 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:48,620 It altered the cellular makeup, or genetic makeup, 321 00:16:48,724 --> 00:16:50,413 of laboratory mice. 322 00:16:50,517 --> 00:16:54,034 So, in fact, this pollution could be having a similar effect 323 00:16:54,137 --> 00:16:58,034 on these Texas coyotes or other canids. 324 00:16:58,137 --> 00:17:01,586 Chemicals in the environment can absolutely cause mutations 325 00:17:01,689 --> 00:17:04,137 to animals in-in the wild. 326 00:17:04,241 --> 00:17:07,724 We saw this in Minnesota when a classroom, 327 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:10,310 out on a field trip, discovered a pond 328 00:17:10,413 --> 00:17:13,724 with frogs that had extra legs or missing limbs 329 00:17:13,827 --> 00:17:17,137 or body features in the wrong position. 330 00:17:17,241 --> 00:17:19,793 And these were most likely caused by some type 331 00:17:19,896 --> 00:17:22,689 of environmental contaminant. 332 00:17:22,793 --> 00:17:25,551 There is a actually a type of chupacabra that's been reported 333 00:17:25,655 --> 00:17:27,172 from parts of Puerto Rico. 334 00:17:28,724 --> 00:17:31,758 The Puerto Rican chupacabra is described as about 335 00:17:31,862 --> 00:17:34,103 three and a half to five feet tall, 336 00:17:34,206 --> 00:17:38,344 standing on two legs, fangs, claws, 337 00:17:38,448 --> 00:17:41,655 and strangely, a row of spikes going down its back. 338 00:17:41,758 --> 00:17:45,137 Why are there so many different versions of the chupacabra, 339 00:17:45,241 --> 00:17:47,068 and why are they so radically different-looking 340 00:17:47,172 --> 00:17:49,137 in terms of the Puerto Rican version 341 00:17:49,241 --> 00:17:51,655 versus the North American version versus other versions? 342 00:17:51,758 --> 00:17:55,344 So, in fact, pollution could be having a similar effect 343 00:17:55,448 --> 00:17:59,068 to create all types of strange creatures. 344 00:17:59,172 --> 00:18:01,620 I think it's possible that there are mutations out there 345 00:18:01,724 --> 00:18:05,862 that science has yet to discover or to understand. 346 00:18:05,965 --> 00:18:08,551 Not only what nature is constructing, 347 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:13,241 but also what mankind may be constructing, too. 348 00:18:15,586 --> 00:18:20,034 SHATNER: Are creatures like chupacabra merely freaks of nature, 349 00:18:20,137 --> 00:18:22,655 a rare but nonetheless disturbing consequence 350 00:18:22,758 --> 00:18:25,655 of natural selection run amok? 351 00:18:25,758 --> 00:18:27,413 Perhaps. 352 00:18:27,517 --> 00:18:30,482 But there are those who believe these monsters 353 00:18:30,586 --> 00:18:34,931 are actually the products of deliberate experimentation. 354 00:18:35,034 --> 00:18:39,137 Experimentation that has gone too far. 355 00:18:46,137 --> 00:18:47,896 [thunder cracks] 356 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,586 SHATNER: According to legend, it hunts in the darkness. 357 00:18:54,068 --> 00:18:57,379 A monster, seemingly drawn from a nightmare. 358 00:18:57,482 --> 00:18:58,793 [thunder crashes] 359 00:18:58,896 --> 00:19:01,724 It walks on two legs, like a human, 360 00:19:01,827 --> 00:19:03,896 but has the head of a beast. 361 00:19:06,206 --> 00:19:09,620 It is a creature so horrifying, it is rarely spoken about 362 00:19:09,724 --> 00:19:11,172 above a whisper. 363 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,620 [whispers]: The Goatman. 364 00:19:14,724 --> 00:19:16,793 LEWIS: The Goatman is terrifying. 365 00:19:16,896 --> 00:19:20,172 It's something striking that strikes fear in the witnesses, 366 00:19:20,275 --> 00:19:22,275 and it's certainly something you would not 367 00:19:22,379 --> 00:19:24,103 want to meet in the dark. 368 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:27,103 LOREN COLEMAN: From my understanding of the Goatman, 369 00:19:27,206 --> 00:19:32,206 it seemed to start up, really, in 1971 in Maryland. 370 00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:36,206 It looks like an upright, human-like creature, 371 00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:40,103 but has a goat-like head, with glowing red eyes 372 00:19:40,206 --> 00:19:43,172 and huge horns, and looks like the devil 373 00:19:43,275 --> 00:19:44,689 and is very frightening. 374 00:19:44,793 --> 00:19:46,689 I think one of the most intimidating things 375 00:19:46,793 --> 00:19:50,655 about the Goatman is that it reportedly resembles 376 00:19:50,758 --> 00:19:52,103 the Christian devil. 377 00:19:52,206 --> 00:19:55,172 I mean, it's half man, it's half goat. 378 00:19:57,931 --> 00:20:01,172 SHATNER: For decades, tales of this grotesque creature 379 00:20:01,275 --> 00:20:04,793 have been told wherever cryptozoologists gather. 380 00:20:04,896 --> 00:20:09,172 Particularly in and around suburban Maryland. 381 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:12,103 It all started following a shocking incident 382 00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:15,275 that took place in the small town of Bowie 383 00:20:15,379 --> 00:20:17,655 in October of 1971. 384 00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:19,586 [crickets chirping] 385 00:20:19,689 --> 00:20:22,344 [laughter, indistinct chatter] 386 00:20:22,448 --> 00:20:25,275 COUCH: A young teenage girl was having a sleepover 387 00:20:25,379 --> 00:20:27,137 with some of her friends. 388 00:20:27,241 --> 00:20:28,931 [loud snap] 389 00:20:29,034 --> 00:20:30,620 - What was that? - I don't know. 390 00:20:30,724 --> 00:20:32,034 COUCH: They looked out the window, 391 00:20:32,137 --> 00:20:35,000 and to their horror, they saw this strange, 392 00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:39,137 hairy creature skulking around outside. 393 00:20:39,241 --> 00:20:41,655 LEWIS: It scurried into the woods. 394 00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:45,137 A few days later, their new puppy went missing. 395 00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:48,241 Eventually, it was discovered along the railroad tracks. 396 00:20:49,965 --> 00:20:53,310 It had been decapitated and ripped apart. 397 00:20:56,172 --> 00:20:59,206 Skeptics claim it was just run over by a train. 398 00:20:59,310 --> 00:21:02,172 Others believed it was killed by the Goatman. 399 00:21:02,275 --> 00:21:04,896 [snarling] 400 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,827 Usually, these kinds of stories of creatures 401 00:21:07,931 --> 00:21:09,689 have some starting point. 402 00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:13,275 For the Goatman, in 1971, 403 00:21:13,379 --> 00:21:18,103 everybody got hysterical and started reporting it. 404 00:21:18,206 --> 00:21:20,551 LEWIS: This case really spawned terror 405 00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:22,103 in the entire community. 406 00:21:22,206 --> 00:21:24,931 The fever reached a pitch when some teenagers 407 00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:27,103 thought they had the Goatman trapped. 408 00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:31,379 COUCH: People were so scared of the Goatman 409 00:21:31,482 --> 00:21:32,689 during those initial sightings 410 00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:34,965 that a posse of teenagers had actually 411 00:21:35,068 --> 00:21:36,724 closed off an entire road, 412 00:21:36,827 --> 00:21:38,379 claiming that they had captured the animal. 413 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,000 And when police arrived, though, 414 00:21:40,103 --> 00:21:42,448 whatever it was that they had cornered had escaped. 415 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,068 When you hear people's accounts of a goat-like, 416 00:21:48,172 --> 00:21:52,379 man-sized creature, you have to stop and think for one minute, 417 00:21:52,482 --> 00:21:53,793 you know, is it possible 418 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:55,896 for a creature like this to even exist? 419 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,551 It defies understanding. 420 00:21:58,655 --> 00:22:02,655 However, people have been seeing this creature for decades. 421 00:22:02,758 --> 00:22:04,793 REDFERN: Some cryptozoologists 422 00:22:04,896 --> 00:22:07,689 suggested that possibly it was the creation 423 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,655 of some sort of secret lab, 424 00:22:09,758 --> 00:22:12,448 and that some experiments had been going on, 425 00:22:12,551 --> 00:22:14,896 and the creature had escaped 426 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,206 from that same secret lab. 427 00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:19,379 [soft growling] 428 00:22:19,482 --> 00:22:21,758 RIHERD: And as far-fetched as that may seem, 429 00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:25,758 in 1959, Soviet scientists were able 430 00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:28,068 to transplant the head 431 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:32,448 and forelimbs of a small dog onto the body of a large dog. 432 00:22:35,344 --> 00:22:38,034 The Russian scientist Vladimir Demikhov was actually, 433 00:22:38,137 --> 00:22:41,103 uh, something of a pioneer of organ transplant. 434 00:22:42,655 --> 00:22:44,965 In the 1950s, he decided 435 00:22:45,068 --> 00:22:49,172 he wanted to attempt to attach two dogs. 436 00:22:49,275 --> 00:22:52,896 He and his team actually went through a series of surgeries 437 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,103 to try to accomplish this. 438 00:22:56,206 --> 00:23:01,172 He took the, uh... the head and front torso of a small dog, 439 00:23:01,275 --> 00:23:04,068 um, removed it and attached it 440 00:23:04,172 --> 00:23:06,896 to the body of a much larger dog, 441 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,241 so it was basically able to be supported 442 00:23:10,344 --> 00:23:14,896 off of the heart and-and vessels of the big dog. 443 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,344 We tend to believe that we figured out everything 444 00:23:17,448 --> 00:23:19,413 with modern science and technology, 445 00:23:19,517 --> 00:23:23,862 but being that the Goatman combines both goat and man 446 00:23:23,965 --> 00:23:25,827 makes you think, was it some sort 447 00:23:25,931 --> 00:23:28,241 of Frankenstein experiment gone wrong? 448 00:23:30,655 --> 00:23:33,275 Or was it purposely constructed 449 00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:37,034 and built and almost born this way? 450 00:23:38,827 --> 00:23:40,413 RIHERD: It's interesting to note 451 00:23:40,517 --> 00:23:43,551 that there's important research going on to produce 452 00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:46,620 something called a "chimera," which is a combination 453 00:23:46,724 --> 00:23:50,896 of two different types of DNA. 454 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,275 The way this is performed is 455 00:23:53,379 --> 00:23:57,206 to introduce human genetic material into pig embryos. 456 00:23:57,310 --> 00:24:01,137 And what they found when they analyze the DNA of these embryos 457 00:24:01,241 --> 00:24:06,689 is that they're actually 1/100,000 human. 458 00:24:06,793 --> 00:24:08,620 So this is kind of the basis 459 00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:11,758 for how to create different creatures or mix and match, 460 00:24:11,862 --> 00:24:15,000 uh, the DNA from two different species. 461 00:24:17,068 --> 00:24:19,000 SHATNER: A chimera? 462 00:24:19,103 --> 00:24:21,137 A creature comprised of the DNA 463 00:24:21,241 --> 00:24:25,206 from two entirely different species? 464 00:24:25,310 --> 00:24:29,517 Could such a frightening notion help to explain a beast 465 00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:32,931 as bizarre and disturbing 466 00:24:33,034 --> 00:24:35,275 as the Goatman? 467 00:24:38,827 --> 00:24:42,068 With the recent advances in DNA science, 468 00:24:42,172 --> 00:24:44,172 it's not completely implausible 469 00:24:44,275 --> 00:24:45,862 that some of these creatures are the result 470 00:24:45,965 --> 00:24:48,000 of these types of experiments. 471 00:24:50,620 --> 00:24:53,517 If the Goatman does exist, 472 00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:57,241 could it be the product of some unholy scientific experiment? 473 00:24:57,344 --> 00:24:58,931 There are those who believe 474 00:24:59,034 --> 00:25:02,206 that not only is such a disturbing notion true, 475 00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:05,517 but that mankind has opened a virtual Pandora's box-- 476 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:08,517 one that may now be too late for us to close. 477 00:25:08,620 --> 00:25:12,000 And the monster they cite as proof of their theory 478 00:25:12,103 --> 00:25:14,689 is the one that doesn't only walk on two legs 479 00:25:14,793 --> 00:25:18,379 but flies on two wings. 480 00:25:19,689 --> 00:25:21,482 The Mothman. 481 00:25:26,034 --> 00:25:28,206 SHATNER: Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 482 00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:30,206 April 1967. 483 00:25:32,620 --> 00:25:34,793 Linda Sigman and her boyfriend 484 00:25:34,896 --> 00:25:37,793 head out for a quiet nighttime drive. 485 00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:41,620 Far beyond the city lights, they pull over 486 00:25:41,724 --> 00:25:43,827 to do some amateur stargazing. 487 00:25:45,034 --> 00:25:47,448 After a few minutes, they realize 488 00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:48,965 they're not alone. 489 00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:52,758 We got out, and we sat on the car, 490 00:25:52,862 --> 00:25:54,758 and we're sitting there talking for a little bit, 491 00:25:54,862 --> 00:25:59,000 and I noticed a bright star over to my right. 492 00:25:59,103 --> 00:26:02,068 And all of a sudden, it started to get bigger. 493 00:26:02,172 --> 00:26:04,896 And it turned bright red, and it started to glow, 494 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,172 and, like, it burst through the clouds. 495 00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:10,137 And it came right over in front of the car, 496 00:26:10,241 --> 00:26:13,931 and we looked up, and the object was so big 497 00:26:14,034 --> 00:26:17,931 that we couldn't see the night sky or the stars or anything. 498 00:26:18,034 --> 00:26:21,482 My boyfriend tried to start the car, and it wouldn't start. 499 00:26:21,586 --> 00:26:25,103 Finally got the car started, and we started to pull forward, 500 00:26:25,206 --> 00:26:27,344 and I saw him. 501 00:26:27,448 --> 00:26:32,172 And he appeared to be a large flying man with wings. 502 00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:36,655 It was the creature that I perceive to be Mothman. 503 00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:41,655 His wings were back, and he was anywhere 504 00:26:41,758 --> 00:26:44,000 between eight and nine feet tall, 505 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,758 and as we were going around a turn, 506 00:26:45,862 --> 00:26:49,965 the Mothman flew and flew into the trees. 507 00:26:50,068 --> 00:26:52,137 I don't know what else it could have been. 508 00:26:53,275 --> 00:26:55,000 SHATNER: The Mothman? 509 00:26:55,103 --> 00:27:00,482 A large, red-eyed, human-sized creature that flies? 510 00:27:00,586 --> 00:27:05,896 But if such a creature exists, where could it have come from? 511 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,689 GERHARD: Mothman is one of the most enigmatic creatures 512 00:27:09,793 --> 00:27:12,068 in the annals of the unexplained. 513 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,206 And it first gained public notoriety 514 00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:16,517 in November of 1966, 515 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:18,862 and within a matter of days and weeks, 516 00:27:18,965 --> 00:27:21,724 there were dozens or perhaps hundreds of sightings 517 00:27:21,827 --> 00:27:23,965 of this creature around the Point Pleasant area, 518 00:27:24,068 --> 00:27:27,000 causing a mass hysteria situation. 519 00:27:29,344 --> 00:27:31,172 Skeptics have attributed the Mothman sightings 520 00:27:31,275 --> 00:27:33,137 to a misidentification 521 00:27:33,241 --> 00:27:37,172 of giant owls, or even a crane that is local to the area. 522 00:27:37,275 --> 00:27:38,965 There's all kinds of other explanations 523 00:27:39,068 --> 00:27:40,965 that have been given, but when you interview 524 00:27:41,068 --> 00:27:43,689 the people that actually saw and experienced this, 525 00:27:43,793 --> 00:27:45,413 they're not talking about anything 526 00:27:45,517 --> 00:27:47,172 that is conventionally known. 527 00:27:47,275 --> 00:27:51,034 SPINKS: West Virginia people are outdoorsy people. 528 00:27:51,137 --> 00:27:53,413 They know all the animals in the woods. 529 00:27:53,517 --> 00:27:56,965 Most are avid outdoorsmen, hunters, fishermen. 530 00:27:57,068 --> 00:27:59,034 They know the difference between an owl 531 00:27:59,137 --> 00:28:01,448 and a Mothman-type creature. 532 00:28:01,551 --> 00:28:05,448 GERHARD: We have to consider that the Mothman's behavior, 533 00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:09,137 which involved chasing cars at over a hundred miles an hour, 534 00:28:09,241 --> 00:28:12,379 taking straight up off the ground like a helicopter, 535 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:16,344 none of those would indicate any type of flesh-and-blood animal. 536 00:28:16,448 --> 00:28:21,137 SHATNER: Chasing cars at over a hundred miles an hour? 537 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:24,620 If true, then this thing is no owl, 538 00:28:24,724 --> 00:28:28,103 at least not a normal one. 539 00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:32,344 There's no animals anywhere on this planet that even resemble 540 00:28:32,448 --> 00:28:37,034 a giant man-sized creature with ten-foot wings anywhere. 541 00:28:37,137 --> 00:28:39,655 And to me, that would lead to the fact 542 00:28:39,758 --> 00:28:42,379 that it's definitely not of this world. 543 00:28:45,068 --> 00:28:48,206 SHATNER: Not of this world? 544 00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:52,068 According to a growing number of mainstream scientists, 545 00:28:52,172 --> 00:28:57,034 such a profound notion is, in fact, possible. 546 00:28:58,206 --> 00:29:00,275 In 2018, a fascinating study 547 00:29:00,379 --> 00:29:03,586 was published on the DNA of the octopus. 548 00:29:03,689 --> 00:29:06,448 The octopus is a really unusual creature here on earth. 549 00:29:06,551 --> 00:29:10,241 They can rewrite their own DNA, they can camouflage themselves, 550 00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:11,896 and they are considered the most intelligent 551 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,724 of all invertebrates. 552 00:29:13,827 --> 00:29:17,896 What these researchers concluded was that the DNA of the octopus 553 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 had traveled here on a comet. 554 00:29:20,103 --> 00:29:22,931 In other words, this DNA didn't start off on Earth. 555 00:29:23,034 --> 00:29:25,068 It came from somewhere else. 556 00:29:25,172 --> 00:29:28,241 FISHER: There are many instances of organisms, 557 00:29:28,344 --> 00:29:30,793 particularly extremophiles, that can occur 558 00:29:30,896 --> 00:29:33,517 in extremely inhospitable conditions. 559 00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:36,517 And there are even cases of organisms like these 560 00:29:36,620 --> 00:29:39,724 being able to survive exposure to-to space. 561 00:29:39,827 --> 00:29:42,034 So, it's not completely out of the question that something 562 00:29:42,137 --> 00:29:45,206 like a microorganism might be able to survive spaceflight 563 00:29:45,310 --> 00:29:48,862 on a comet that was coming to Earth, for example. 564 00:29:48,965 --> 00:29:51,482 One of the most intriguing theories for Mothman 565 00:29:51,586 --> 00:29:54,965 is that possibly, it could have reached the Earth 566 00:29:55,068 --> 00:30:00,000 via an asteroid, and the DNA developed on our planet 567 00:30:00,103 --> 00:30:03,137 to the point now we're actually seeing creatures 568 00:30:03,241 --> 00:30:05,517 that ultimately became Mothman. 569 00:30:08,172 --> 00:30:11,586 SHATNER: Could the Mothman's DNA have hitched a ride to Earth 570 00:30:11,689 --> 00:30:14,206 on an interstellar comet? 571 00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:17,413 For the residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 572 00:30:17,517 --> 00:30:19,827 the more pressing question is whether the Mothman 573 00:30:19,931 --> 00:30:24,758 is a friend or a foe. 574 00:30:24,862 --> 00:30:28,586 It's been seen a lot of times right before tragedies happen. 575 00:30:28,689 --> 00:30:31,068 That's the only common thing we know. 576 00:30:31,172 --> 00:30:33,241 It seems to show up at tragedies. 577 00:30:34,931 --> 00:30:37,206 JEFF WAMSLEY: On December 15, 1967, 578 00:30:37,310 --> 00:30:39,827 the Silver Bridge, which spanned from Point Pleasant 579 00:30:39,931 --> 00:30:42,103 over to Kanauga, Ohio, 580 00:30:42,206 --> 00:30:46,206 collapsed at about 5:00 on a Friday evening. 581 00:30:46,310 --> 00:30:49,448 Uh, it was the worst bridge disaster in U.S. history. 582 00:30:50,551 --> 00:30:52,068 46 people died. 583 00:30:52,172 --> 00:30:54,482 I was six when the bridge fell. 584 00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:57,275 And I remember, at that time, there were people that claimed 585 00:30:57,379 --> 00:31:00,275 that they'd seen a large bird flying back and forth, 586 00:31:00,379 --> 00:31:03,241 you know, across the-the river before the bridge fell. 587 00:31:03,344 --> 00:31:06,724 REDFERN: The official story is that it was just wear and tear, 588 00:31:06,827 --> 00:31:09,103 and the 46 people who were killed 589 00:31:09,206 --> 00:31:11,310 just didn't really stand a chance. 590 00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:15,172 There are rumors that the Mothman was seen 591 00:31:15,275 --> 00:31:18,758 around the time that the bridge collapsed, 592 00:31:18,862 --> 00:31:22,068 so there was inevitably talk around town 593 00:31:22,172 --> 00:31:26,448 that somehow the Mothman had either caused the tragedy 594 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,310 or, in a strange way, 595 00:31:28,413 --> 00:31:31,551 was kind of like a grim reaper for many people. 596 00:31:34,724 --> 00:31:37,275 GERHARD: To this day, residents of Point Pleasant 597 00:31:37,379 --> 00:31:39,620 draw a connection between the Mothman 598 00:31:39,724 --> 00:31:41,206 and this bridge collapse, 599 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:43,344 perhaps perceiving the Mothman's appearance 600 00:31:43,448 --> 00:31:47,379 as some type of premonition or omen of the tragedy. 601 00:31:49,896 --> 00:31:52,896 HIPES: I would say, probably, in Point Pleasant it's 50/50. 602 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 50% of the people believe that Mothman 603 00:31:55,103 --> 00:31:56,310 caused the Silver Bridge tragedy, 604 00:31:56,413 --> 00:31:58,310 and the other 50% believe that he may have 605 00:31:58,413 --> 00:32:00,413 been here as a warning to get everyone on guard 606 00:32:00,517 --> 00:32:02,379 that something terrible may happen. 607 00:32:04,103 --> 00:32:05,965 SHATNER: Mothman, a force for good? 608 00:32:06,068 --> 00:32:08,310 A protector from harm? 609 00:32:08,413 --> 00:32:11,896 Is it possible that some crypto-creatures, 610 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,379 like the Mothman, are just... 611 00:32:14,482 --> 00:32:16,413 misunderstood? 612 00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:21,896 It's an interesting and even comforting notion. 613 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,896 But if such creatures exist, 614 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,310 they would be just as likely to attack us 615 00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:29,965 as we would be to attack them. 616 00:32:30,068 --> 00:32:35,586 For we appear as strange and menacing to them 617 00:32:35,689 --> 00:32:38,344 as they do to us. 618 00:32:42,931 --> 00:32:44,931 SHATNER: Lake Shelbyville, Illinois. 619 00:32:45,034 --> 00:32:47,137 July 1977. 620 00:32:47,241 --> 00:32:50,137 While on a fishing trip with his son, 621 00:32:50,241 --> 00:32:52,931 construction worker "Texas" John Huffer captures 622 00:32:53,034 --> 00:32:57,862 incredible footage of two giant creatures taking flight. 623 00:32:57,965 --> 00:33:00,551 LEWIS: In Huffer's film, we see what appears to be 624 00:33:00,655 --> 00:33:03,379 two large birds perched on a tree 625 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:06,241 and then flying off into the sky. 626 00:33:06,344 --> 00:33:10,000 He actually honked his boat horn to get their attention, 627 00:33:10,103 --> 00:33:12,137 and that seemed to startle them, 628 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:17,137 and they flew off out of his sight before he ran out of film. 629 00:33:17,241 --> 00:33:19,931 A lot of people in the field still talk 630 00:33:20,034 --> 00:33:23,172 about Huffer's footage because it's so remarkable. 631 00:33:23,275 --> 00:33:25,034 The birds are large. 632 00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:30,689 COUCH: They appear to be a very unique-looking animal, 633 00:33:30,793 --> 00:33:34,000 particularly in that their tail feathers seem larger 634 00:33:34,103 --> 00:33:37,896 than any type of raptor that I am, uh, personally aware of. 635 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,000 LEWIS: These creatures were gigantic 636 00:33:41,103 --> 00:33:44,379 compared to your normal turkey vulture. 637 00:33:44,482 --> 00:33:48,000 Whatever they are, they're actually there, and they're big. 638 00:33:48,103 --> 00:33:51,482 SHATNER: Gigantic flying birds? 639 00:33:51,586 --> 00:33:53,724 Larger than turkey vultures? 640 00:33:53,827 --> 00:33:57,862 But if so, what kind of bird is it? 641 00:33:57,965 --> 00:34:01,448 And why haven't we noticed anything like it before? 642 00:34:03,896 --> 00:34:06,172 One of my specialties within the field of cryptozoology 643 00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:09,586 is investigating accounts of what are known as thunderbirds. 644 00:34:09,689 --> 00:34:14,241 Thunderbirds are creatures from Native American mythology, 645 00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:18,068 and they are essentially giant raptor types of birds, 646 00:34:18,172 --> 00:34:20,620 similar to an eagle with a hooked beak, 647 00:34:20,724 --> 00:34:22,034 enormous wingspans 648 00:34:22,137 --> 00:34:24,827 ranging anywhere from 15 to 20 feet across, 649 00:34:24,931 --> 00:34:27,241 basically the size of a small airplane. 650 00:34:29,379 --> 00:34:31,137 We consider them very sacred 651 00:34:31,241 --> 00:34:35,034 because they do have the power to take a life. 652 00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:39,482 And they also have power to give life. 653 00:34:39,586 --> 00:34:41,137 And we see them all over, 654 00:34:41,241 --> 00:34:43,482 all over the skies, 655 00:34:43,586 --> 00:34:47,413 so you'll get many descriptions of the thunderbird. 656 00:34:47,517 --> 00:34:52,310 In the beginning, they're the ones that protected us, 657 00:34:52,413 --> 00:34:57,172 and in the future, they said they will protect us again. 658 00:34:57,275 --> 00:34:59,620 That's power. 659 00:34:59,724 --> 00:35:01,896 These things were said to be able to swoop down 660 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000 out of the sky and carry off grown adults. 661 00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:06,241 LEWIS: In fact, many claim 662 00:35:06,344 --> 00:35:10,068 that when these gigantic birds flap their wings, it sounds 663 00:35:10,172 --> 00:35:14,482 like thunder in the sky, hence the name "thunderbirds." 664 00:35:14,586 --> 00:35:17,344 Oftentimes, the old legends tell 665 00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,103 of great wars in the Midwest 666 00:35:19,206 --> 00:35:22,275 between the thunderbirds and other creatures. 667 00:35:22,379 --> 00:35:23,793 [shrieking] 668 00:35:25,275 --> 00:35:26,517 [bird screeches] 669 00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:28,206 SHATNER: Thunderbirds. 670 00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:31,965 Giant flying creatures from Native American folklore. 671 00:35:32,068 --> 00:35:36,724 Could such supernatural beings actually exist? 672 00:35:36,827 --> 00:35:41,586 Or could they be something that has, until now, 673 00:35:41,689 --> 00:35:44,137 been considered extinct? 674 00:35:46,034 --> 00:35:48,793 They could be a teratorn, 675 00:35:48,896 --> 00:35:51,310 which is a giant condor-like beast 676 00:35:51,413 --> 00:35:55,172 that existed during the last ice age. 677 00:35:55,275 --> 00:35:58,344 We know that they existed at the same time as humans 678 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:02,172 because there are burials of humans and teratorns. 679 00:36:04,206 --> 00:36:06,172 SHATNER: According to paleontologists, 680 00:36:06,275 --> 00:36:10,965 teratorns had wing spans which measured up to 12 feet wide. 681 00:36:11,068 --> 00:36:12,689 They're also believed to have been extinct 682 00:36:12,793 --> 00:36:14,896 for at least 10,000 years. 683 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,931 But given the incredible size of the creatures 684 00:36:18,034 --> 00:36:19,896 in John Huffer's footage, 685 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,275 is it possible the teratorns survived extinction? 686 00:36:24,379 --> 00:36:29,586 According to cryptozoologists, the answer's yes, 687 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:33,724 and for evidence, they point to the rediscovery of a creature 688 00:36:33,827 --> 00:36:38,586 that was thought to be extinct, not just for thousands of years, 689 00:36:38,689 --> 00:36:41,000 but for millions. 690 00:36:45,482 --> 00:36:47,482 South Africa. 1938. 691 00:36:47,586 --> 00:36:50,551 A group of fishermen returning home notice something 692 00:36:50,655 --> 00:36:53,551 much larger than normal in their daily catch. 693 00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:57,793 It measures five feet long, weighs 200 pounds, 694 00:36:57,896 --> 00:37:01,448 and is covered with strange, silver markings. 695 00:37:01,551 --> 00:37:04,758 After careful examination, 696 00:37:04,862 --> 00:37:07,206 the creature is finally identified 697 00:37:07,310 --> 00:37:11,000 as a coelacanth, a large saltwater fish 698 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:13,000 that was thought to be extinct 699 00:37:13,103 --> 00:37:17,517 for the past 65 million years. 700 00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:20,172 It was supposed to have died out 701 00:37:20,275 --> 00:37:23,206 with the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, 702 00:37:23,310 --> 00:37:27,034 and it became a fantastic discovery. 703 00:37:27,137 --> 00:37:30,965 It's essentially a living fossil. 704 00:37:31,068 --> 00:37:33,241 LEWIS: What strikes me is that this creature 705 00:37:33,344 --> 00:37:36,724 wasn't a small insect or a bug that was thought to be extinct. 706 00:37:36,827 --> 00:37:38,862 It's five feet long, 200 pounds. 707 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:40,862 It looks prehistoric. 708 00:37:40,965 --> 00:37:42,620 When you see this creature, 709 00:37:42,724 --> 00:37:45,137 if you were to catch it on your fishing pole, 710 00:37:45,241 --> 00:37:48,172 you would immediately know that it was a relic from the past. 711 00:37:48,275 --> 00:37:52,344 SHATNER: But if this coelacanth, recently caught and killed 712 00:37:52,448 --> 00:37:56,172 in a fisherman's net, could survive 65 million years 713 00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:59,586 of presumed extinction and evolution, 714 00:37:59,689 --> 00:38:02,517 why not the teratorns? 715 00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:06,586 It seems very naive to believe that the coelacanth 716 00:38:06,689 --> 00:38:08,517 was the only survivor out there. 717 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:11,137 If we discovered one of these creatures 718 00:38:11,241 --> 00:38:13,517 thought to be in the realm of folklore, 719 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,034 it would change our complete understanding 720 00:38:16,137 --> 00:38:18,241 of evolution, science 721 00:38:18,344 --> 00:38:21,034 and the field of what's known and unknown. 722 00:38:21,137 --> 00:38:26,206 SHATNER: Just because physical evidence of certain strange creatures 723 00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:28,517 has not yet been recovered, 724 00:38:28,620 --> 00:38:31,655 why do we assume that eyewitness accounts, 725 00:38:31,758 --> 00:38:35,551 and even filmed footage, is not enough to convince us 726 00:38:35,655 --> 00:38:38,620 that they can and do exist? 727 00:38:38,724 --> 00:38:41,413 And not only exist, 728 00:38:41,517 --> 00:38:44,793 but are out there hiding, not only in the skies 729 00:38:44,896 --> 00:38:47,000 above our heads, 730 00:38:47,103 --> 00:38:50,206 but deep in the ground beneath our feet. 731 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:52,655 [roars] 732 00:38:56,827 --> 00:38:59,103 SHATNER: Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, 733 00:38:59,206 --> 00:39:00,931 an arid wasteland, 734 00:39:01,034 --> 00:39:04,965 almost completely devoid of life-- almost-- 735 00:39:05,068 --> 00:39:08,275 because there are those that believe the area 736 00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:11,103 is home to a creature so deadly 737 00:39:11,206 --> 00:39:15,896 that just catching an accidental glimpse of it can kill. 738 00:39:17,034 --> 00:39:19,448 This creature's name in Mongolian 739 00:39:19,551 --> 00:39:21,517 actually means "large intestine worm." 740 00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:24,586 It appears as if it's lacking a head 741 00:39:24,689 --> 00:39:27,000 and maneuvers by traveling under the sand, 742 00:39:27,103 --> 00:39:30,275 and it's often referred to as the Mongolian death worm 743 00:39:30,379 --> 00:39:33,655 'cause it can kill its victims in a number of ways. 744 00:39:33,758 --> 00:39:38,620 Mongolian death worm is a hideous-looking creature, 745 00:39:38,724 --> 00:39:40,689 one to two feet long. 746 00:39:40,793 --> 00:39:43,172 People talked about it for generations. 747 00:39:43,275 --> 00:39:46,137 It can shoot out electricity for miles on end 748 00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:49,310 that can be felt by anyone traveling through the desert. 749 00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:52,034 It's even more terrifying 750 00:39:52,137 --> 00:39:55,413 because you can't see it till it's too late. 751 00:39:55,517 --> 00:39:57,758 - [roars] - It is said to pop up 752 00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:00,137 and shoot venom on its victims 753 00:40:00,241 --> 00:40:04,000 where the tiniest bit will cause the victim to drop dead. 754 00:40:04,103 --> 00:40:08,068 RIHERD: Biologists know of large species of worms, 755 00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:12,551 and they know of species of animals that can spit venom 756 00:40:12,655 --> 00:40:14,896 or that can electrocute their prey, 757 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000 but to find all of these features 758 00:40:17,103 --> 00:40:20,448 in one species of animal is highly unusual. 759 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:23,758 COUCH: People who live near the Gobi Desert in Mongolia 760 00:40:23,862 --> 00:40:26,068 are deathly afraid of this creature, 761 00:40:26,172 --> 00:40:28,068 and, actually, uh, there are descriptions 762 00:40:28,172 --> 00:40:30,862 given by the prime minister of Mongolia 763 00:40:30,965 --> 00:40:33,068 saying that this is what the creature looks like 764 00:40:33,172 --> 00:40:35,931 and that it's out there in the Gobi Desert. 765 00:40:37,931 --> 00:40:39,793 COLEMAN: There's many science-fiction movies 766 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:43,758 that has copied the real stories of the Mongolian death worm. 767 00:40:43,862 --> 00:40:47,241 Some people say they're scared to death when they see it. 768 00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:49,241 [roars] 769 00:40:49,344 --> 00:40:51,000 People were seeing something. 770 00:40:51,103 --> 00:40:54,827 I don't think it's a simple case of it being an allegory 771 00:40:54,931 --> 00:40:57,241 or a cautionary tale of avoiding things 772 00:40:57,344 --> 00:40:59,068 that can kill you in the desert. 773 00:40:59,172 --> 00:41:01,620 I think they were actually seeing something 774 00:41:01,724 --> 00:41:04,034 that terrified them. They witnessed it 775 00:41:04,137 --> 00:41:06,241 killing their friends and loved ones, 776 00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:08,931 and they wanted to avoid it at all costs. 777 00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:10,482 [shrieks] 778 00:41:10,586 --> 00:41:12,827 SHATNER: A creature so lethal that a drop of its venom 779 00:41:12,931 --> 00:41:15,793 can cause instant death? 780 00:41:15,896 --> 00:41:19,482 And if you somehow managed to avoid its venom, 781 00:41:19,586 --> 00:41:21,275 it could still electrocute you? 782 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:23,931 [shrieking] 783 00:41:24,034 --> 00:41:26,103 [sighs] 784 00:41:26,206 --> 00:41:29,172 Remind me to think twice before planning that trip to Mongolia. 785 00:41:29,275 --> 00:41:31,793 So, what do you think? 786 00:41:31,896 --> 00:41:34,551 Are creatures like the chupacabra, Goatman 787 00:41:34,655 --> 00:41:36,517 and the Mothman real? 788 00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:39,655 Or are they figments 789 00:41:39,758 --> 00:41:42,758 of overactive imaginations? 790 00:41:42,862 --> 00:41:45,689 Perhaps mankind is so good at creating its own demons 791 00:41:45,793 --> 00:41:48,310 that they become real. 792 00:41:48,413 --> 00:41:52,310 And we say we want to find them, capture them, study them, 793 00:41:52,413 --> 00:41:57,413 but perhaps all we really should do is leave them alone. 794 00:41:57,517 --> 00:41:59,896 Let them stay in the shadow. 795 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,310 Let them remain The UnXplained. 63150

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