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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,896 --> 00:00:07,896 WILLIAM SHATNER: Creatures of the night. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,793 They hide in the shadows. 3 00:00:10,896 --> 00:00:13,344 Ready to drink the blood 4 00:00:13,448 --> 00:00:15,758 and tear at the flesh 5 00:00:15,862 --> 00:00:18,827 - [wolf howling] - of their human prey. 6 00:00:18,931 --> 00:00:20,793 [screaming] 7 00:00:22,896 --> 00:00:26,551 For centuries, mankind has told frightening tales 8 00:00:26,655 --> 00:00:30,862 of bloodthirsty vampires and moon-crazed werewolves. 9 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:33,620 But what is it about these two very different monsters 10 00:00:33,724 --> 00:00:37,379 that have made them such a large part of our nightmares? 11 00:00:37,482 --> 00:00:40,275 Is it because they're also... 12 00:00:41,344 --> 00:00:43,206 ...part human? 13 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:46,000 Could it be that the same gruesome urges 14 00:00:46,103 --> 00:00:50,931 they have reported to have also lurk deep inside ourselves? 15 00:00:51,034 --> 00:00:55,000 Well, that is what we will try and find out. 16 00:00:55,103 --> 00:00:57,275 ♪ 17 00:01:10,241 --> 00:01:12,241 SHATNER: Vlad the Impaler. 18 00:01:12,344 --> 00:01:14,793 Lycaon of Arcadia. 19 00:01:14,896 --> 00:01:16,931 Nosferatu. 20 00:01:17,034 --> 00:01:19,931 The Beast of Gévaudan. 21 00:01:20,034 --> 00:01:24,000 These are the names of grotesque and terrifying monsters. 22 00:01:24,103 --> 00:01:26,896 Unearthly creatures that, according to legend, 23 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,827 thrived on human blood and feasted on human flesh. 24 00:01:30,931 --> 00:01:33,310 [snarling] 25 00:01:33,413 --> 00:01:36,896 But could they actually be real? 26 00:01:39,344 --> 00:01:41,413 [crickets chirping] 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,103 SHATNER: Police arrive upon a gruesome scene. 28 00:01:49,206 --> 00:01:52,827 A local prostitute lies bloody and battered on the street. 29 00:01:52,931 --> 00:01:56,344 Her leg is shattered in three places. 30 00:01:56,448 --> 00:01:58,413 Based on eyewitness accounts, it's believed 31 00:01:58,517 --> 00:02:02,068 she intentionally leapt from a balcony 20 feet above. 32 00:02:04,068 --> 00:02:06,275 JONATHAN WEISS: She'd been with a wealthy man. 33 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:09,172 He'd been friendly, generous, funny, kind. 34 00:02:09,275 --> 00:02:11,517 He'd made no advances, though he'd paid for her time. 35 00:02:11,620 --> 00:02:15,034 But then he attacked her. 36 00:02:16,655 --> 00:02:19,172 He moved upon her with unnatural swiftness 37 00:02:19,275 --> 00:02:21,620 and wrapped his arms around her, pulled her head to the side 38 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:24,965 and began to, quote, "rip at her flesh." 39 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,379 SHATNER: Her attacker was a man 40 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,758 by the name of Jacques St. Germain, 41 00:02:30,862 --> 00:02:35,379 an affluent, well-known fixture in the New Orleans upper class 42 00:02:35,482 --> 00:02:37,068 who claimed to be a direct descendant 43 00:02:37,172 --> 00:02:38,620 of French nobility. 44 00:02:39,862 --> 00:02:41,344 Historical accounts described him 45 00:02:41,448 --> 00:02:43,517 as a charming ladies' man, 46 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:45,241 celebrated throughout the French Quarter 47 00:02:45,344 --> 00:02:49,965 for his tales of adventure and elaborately catered parties. 48 00:02:50,068 --> 00:02:53,068 But curiously, his guests never see him partake 49 00:02:53,172 --> 00:02:55,689 of so much as a morsel of the food he serves. 50 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:59,034 Instead, he reportedly got all of his sustenance 51 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:03,551 from bottles that were thought to be filled with red wine. 52 00:03:03,655 --> 00:03:07,517 But when police went to question Jacques St. Germain 53 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,965 about the murder of the prostitute, 54 00:03:10,068 --> 00:03:12,448 they found that his preferred wine 55 00:03:12,551 --> 00:03:17,206 was of a very unusual vintage. 56 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:20,551 JOSEPH LAYCOCK: When they went to the house in the morning, 57 00:03:20,655 --> 00:03:22,620 it was entirely empty-- no furniture, 58 00:03:22,724 --> 00:03:24,448 everything was gone. 59 00:03:24,551 --> 00:03:26,310 Jacques had completely disappeared. 60 00:03:26,413 --> 00:03:29,586 However, on the second floor, according to the story, 61 00:03:29,689 --> 00:03:33,137 they found bottles of wine mixed with human blood. 62 00:03:34,448 --> 00:03:37,103 SHATNER: Bottles of wine 63 00:03:37,206 --> 00:03:39,482 mixed with human blood? 64 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:42,965 Was Jacques St. Germain merely a demented killer 65 00:03:43,068 --> 00:03:45,793 who preyed upon a vulnerable woman? 66 00:03:45,896 --> 00:03:49,413 Or could his taste for blood 67 00:03:49,517 --> 00:03:52,862 have had a more disturbing explanation? 68 00:03:54,931 --> 00:03:57,448 KEN GERHARD: Jacques St. Germain resided in New Orleans 69 00:03:57,551 --> 00:03:59,586 in the early part of the 20th century. 70 00:03:59,689 --> 00:04:01,448 And one must look back in history 71 00:04:01,551 --> 00:04:04,655 at an eerily similar-looking figure named Count St. Germain, 72 00:04:04,758 --> 00:04:07,551 who lived in Paris, France over a century earlier. 73 00:04:07,655 --> 00:04:10,448 The similarities between the two gentlemen 74 00:04:10,551 --> 00:04:12,413 are pretty striking. 75 00:04:12,517 --> 00:04:15,586 LAYCOCK: Count St. Germain was known to the French court 76 00:04:15,689 --> 00:04:17,344 in the 1700s. 77 00:04:17,448 --> 00:04:18,758 He was a mysterious figure. 78 00:04:18,862 --> 00:04:20,586 He was rumored to be an alchemist, 79 00:04:20,689 --> 00:04:24,034 and he let the rumor slip that he had found the secret 80 00:04:24,137 --> 00:04:27,137 to eternal life through his alchemy. 81 00:04:27,241 --> 00:04:29,724 MARITA WOYWOD CRANDLE: He would speak as if 82 00:04:29,827 --> 00:04:31,827 he had lived in the 1500s, 83 00:04:31,931 --> 00:04:34,655 and he never looked a day over 40 years old. 84 00:04:36,413 --> 00:04:38,758 LAYCOCK: We have portraits of the original Count St. Germain 85 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:40,620 when he's 40 years old. 86 00:04:40,724 --> 00:04:43,103 Jacques St. Germain was also 40 years old 87 00:04:43,206 --> 00:04:45,137 when he disappeared, and some people commented 88 00:04:45,241 --> 00:04:47,172 that he looked like the man in the portrait. 89 00:04:47,275 --> 00:04:48,586 WEISS: Early 40s, 90 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:50,551 maybe five foot, six inches tall, 91 00:04:50,655 --> 00:04:52,241 140 pounds, 92 00:04:52,344 --> 00:04:54,689 pale skin and high cheekbones, thin lips, hawk nose, 93 00:04:54,793 --> 00:04:56,517 long, curling dark hair, large blue-gray eyes. 94 00:04:56,620 --> 00:04:59,206 He's elegant, he's charming, he's French. 95 00:04:59,310 --> 00:05:00,758 He spends money like it's water. 96 00:05:00,862 --> 00:05:02,896 Many people say that Jacques St. Germain 97 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,137 and the Count St. Germain are the same person. 98 00:05:05,241 --> 00:05:09,931 SHATNER: Jacques St. Germain and the Count de St. Germain: 99 00:05:10,034 --> 00:05:11,379 one in the same? 100 00:05:11,482 --> 00:05:15,172 If so, that would have made him almost 170 years old 101 00:05:15,275 --> 00:05:18,965 at the time of his disappearance from New Orleans in 1903. 102 00:05:19,068 --> 00:05:22,827 That is, if he ever really disappeared. 103 00:05:22,931 --> 00:05:24,551 CRANDLE: Even down to modern times, 104 00:05:24,655 --> 00:05:26,448 there have been sightings of St. Germain 105 00:05:26,551 --> 00:05:28,620 wandering our streets late at night. 106 00:05:28,724 --> 00:05:31,448 People will say that they have encountered him, 107 00:05:31,551 --> 00:05:34,344 - and now and then, one of them disappears. - [scream] 108 00:05:34,448 --> 00:05:37,655 This is actually an account from some people I know fairly well. 109 00:05:37,758 --> 00:05:39,448 A few years ago, at Halloween, 110 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:42,000 they were in the middle of the crowd on Bourbon Street, 111 00:05:42,103 --> 00:05:43,793 when the crowd just parted itself, 112 00:05:43,896 --> 00:05:45,379 almost of its own accord... 113 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,655 ...and there was a man standing by himself 114 00:05:48,758 --> 00:05:50,172 in the middle of the crowd. 115 00:05:50,275 --> 00:05:52,620 Maybe five-foot-six, somewhat slight of build, 116 00:05:52,724 --> 00:05:56,034 with a long, dark coat and sunglasses on at night. 117 00:05:56,137 --> 00:05:58,965 He raised his head up like he's sniffing the air. 118 00:05:59,068 --> 00:06:01,172 The crowd kept parting around him. 119 00:06:01,275 --> 00:06:03,068 And then they said that he just vanished. 120 00:06:03,172 --> 00:06:05,827 They swear that actually happened, 121 00:06:05,931 --> 00:06:09,344 and in New Orleans, how can I not believe it? 122 00:06:10,724 --> 00:06:12,517 LAYCOCK: What do we make of people 123 00:06:12,620 --> 00:06:14,103 still seeing someone of this description 124 00:06:14,206 --> 00:06:16,448 in the French Quarter in New Orleans today? 125 00:06:16,551 --> 00:06:18,413 That's hard to say. 126 00:06:18,517 --> 00:06:21,931 These stories speak to, uh, the idea that many people hold 127 00:06:22,034 --> 00:06:24,689 that, walking among us, our neighbors even, 128 00:06:24,793 --> 00:06:28,827 could actually be super creatures who never die. 129 00:06:28,931 --> 00:06:31,034 In the French Quarter in New Orleans at night, 130 00:06:31,137 --> 00:06:32,586 those stories don't seem as silly 131 00:06:32,689 --> 00:06:34,241 as they might otherwise. 132 00:06:34,344 --> 00:06:38,034 SHATNER: Whether he's called the Count or Jacques, 133 00:06:38,137 --> 00:06:40,275 there are many who believe that the vampire 134 00:06:40,379 --> 00:06:42,896 who haunted the streets of New Orleans for over a century 135 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,827 still walks the streets at night. 136 00:06:46,931 --> 00:06:50,068 If true, could it mean that other 137 00:06:50,172 --> 00:06:52,724 seemingly absurd tales of undead creatures 138 00:06:52,827 --> 00:06:57,413 - living among us are also true? - [eerie shriek] 139 00:06:57,517 --> 00:07:01,793 DAVID SKAL: Vampires are just part of the human imagination, 140 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:05,000 going back to time immemorial. 141 00:07:05,103 --> 00:07:07,000 In folklore, there are so many different ways 142 00:07:07,103 --> 00:07:09,517 to become a vampire or to destroy a vampire 143 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:11,551 or to avoid a vampire. 144 00:07:11,655 --> 00:07:15,551 The idea of the wooden stake, 145 00:07:15,655 --> 00:07:18,413 the recoiling from the crucifix, 146 00:07:18,517 --> 00:07:20,827 the destruction by sunlight. 147 00:07:20,931 --> 00:07:24,758 Vampires like the night, because they could skulk around 148 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:28,310 and cover their terrible deeds in the shadows. 149 00:07:28,413 --> 00:07:32,137 In Eastern Europe, we think that vampire legends are very old. 150 00:07:32,241 --> 00:07:35,275 In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, 151 00:07:35,379 --> 00:07:38,413 vampires were seen as satanic figures 152 00:07:38,517 --> 00:07:40,482 and enemies of the church. 153 00:07:40,586 --> 00:07:42,172 We continually find graves 154 00:07:42,275 --> 00:07:45,103 where people have put stakes through the corpses 155 00:07:45,206 --> 00:07:46,586 and things like this, to make sure 156 00:07:46,689 --> 00:07:48,482 that the dead stay dead. 157 00:07:48,586 --> 00:07:50,965 But our idea of the vampire really comes from a moment 158 00:07:51,068 --> 00:07:53,172 in the 1700s; and this was a time 159 00:07:53,275 --> 00:07:55,827 when you had vampire panics going on in Eastern Europe, 160 00:07:55,931 --> 00:07:57,517 where you would have entire towns 161 00:07:57,620 --> 00:08:00,827 digging up their cemeteries hunting for vampires. 162 00:08:01,758 --> 00:08:03,482 GERHARD: Even in China, 163 00:08:03,586 --> 00:08:05,310 we have vampire-like legends. 164 00:08:05,413 --> 00:08:07,551 Creatures known as the jiangshi, 165 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:09,517 or hopping vampires, 166 00:08:09,620 --> 00:08:12,655 said to be very stiff-bodied with outstretched arms. 167 00:08:12,758 --> 00:08:18,137 SKAL: These stories come from the margins of the known, 168 00:08:18,241 --> 00:08:20,689 and the lore tells us that the boundary 169 00:08:20,793 --> 00:08:22,758 between the known and the unknown, 170 00:08:22,862 --> 00:08:26,275 life and death itself, might be traversed. 171 00:08:26,379 --> 00:08:28,758 Perhaps at great cost, 172 00:08:28,862 --> 00:08:32,034 or perhaps there is a way to live forever. 173 00:08:34,103 --> 00:08:35,827 HARVEY ROSENSTOCK: In Romanian, the word for a vampire 174 00:08:35,931 --> 00:08:38,000 includes the word "vârcolac," 175 00:08:38,103 --> 00:08:41,000 which, uh, really means, uh, "werewolf." 176 00:08:41,103 --> 00:08:44,034 So you have werewolf, vârcolac, uh, vampyr, 177 00:08:44,137 --> 00:08:47,517 uh, vampire; so, sometimes, I can see how people 178 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:51,689 can coalesce and come out with something that's a mixture. 179 00:08:51,793 --> 00:08:53,448 LAYCOCK: Every culture on Earth 180 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:55,896 has stories of humans who can change into animals 181 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,793 and about the idea of supernatural beings 182 00:08:58,896 --> 00:09:00,379 living among us. 183 00:09:00,482 --> 00:09:04,551 And so, instead of seeing an enemy or a nemesis, 184 00:09:04,655 --> 00:09:06,413 we see something of ourselves. 185 00:09:06,517 --> 00:09:09,862 The werewolf and the vampire merge and morph 186 00:09:09,965 --> 00:09:11,965 and inform each other. 187 00:09:12,068 --> 00:09:14,827 When Bram Stoker wrote his novel, 188 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:17,896 Dracula had the power to become a wolf. 189 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,241 He was a werewolf. 190 00:09:19,344 --> 00:09:22,172 He was a bloodsucking vampire as well. 191 00:09:22,275 --> 00:09:26,241 And, uh, it was the kind of arbitrary grab bag 192 00:09:26,344 --> 00:09:29,000 of characteristics that he chose 193 00:09:29,103 --> 00:09:32,275 that we are still mostly playing with today. 194 00:09:34,827 --> 00:09:37,793 SHATNER: But are vampires merely the figments of myth 195 00:09:37,896 --> 00:09:39,379 and imagination? 196 00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:42,103 Perhaps the answer to that question can be found 197 00:09:42,206 --> 00:09:44,862 by investigating not those vampires 198 00:09:44,965 --> 00:09:46,827 who hide in the shadows 199 00:09:46,931 --> 00:09:49,931 but those who thrive by daylight 200 00:09:50,034 --> 00:09:55,551 and who dwell right next door. 201 00:10:05,413 --> 00:10:07,758 SHATNER: After a difficult and dysfunctional childhood, 202 00:10:07,862 --> 00:10:12,344 15-year-old Rod Ferrell finds solace in death, 203 00:10:12,448 --> 00:10:15,000 the occult and blood-drenched horror films. 204 00:10:15,103 --> 00:10:17,310 At his local high school, 205 00:10:17,413 --> 00:10:19,724 Rod discovers a group of kindred spirits, 206 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:22,034 among some outcasts who also enjoy 207 00:10:22,137 --> 00:10:25,068 his favorite vampire role-playing games. 208 00:10:25,172 --> 00:10:28,862 SKAL: In the '90s, people stopped being afraid of vampires. 209 00:10:28,965 --> 00:10:33,517 They started identifying with them, sometimes very intensely. 210 00:10:33,620 --> 00:10:36,896 And I think it was the beginning of a world in which 211 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,586 the boundaries between imagination and reality 212 00:10:39,689 --> 00:10:42,448 were going to become increasingly blurred. 213 00:10:42,551 --> 00:10:45,448 And, uh, that can be a dangerous place to be. 214 00:10:47,172 --> 00:10:50,551 Anne Rice resurrected what had become kind of a stale 215 00:10:50,655 --> 00:10:52,827 popular culture cliché. 216 00:10:52,931 --> 00:10:54,931 She brought back the romanticism, 217 00:10:55,034 --> 00:10:57,896 the idea of the vampire as an antihero. 218 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,344 LAYCOCK: I think modern people, when they think of vampires, 219 00:11:01,448 --> 00:11:03,689 think of Anne Rice's vampires. 220 00:11:03,793 --> 00:11:07,310 They think of sexy, dark, aristocratic, 221 00:11:07,413 --> 00:11:10,206 tragic characters who live forever 222 00:11:10,310 --> 00:11:11,896 and have supernatural powers. 223 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,551 CRANDLE: Vampires have become protectors 224 00:11:14,655 --> 00:11:16,896 rather than just predators in fiction. 225 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,275 You have this very powerful creature 226 00:11:19,379 --> 00:11:21,241 that desires you so much. 227 00:11:21,344 --> 00:11:22,896 And they don't want you to die, 228 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,275 but they're willing to kill for you. 229 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 LAYCOCK: Rod Ferrell did not grow up with his father around much. 230 00:11:32,103 --> 00:11:36,206 He has alleged that his grandfather sexually abused him. 231 00:11:36,310 --> 00:11:38,896 Add to that that he was experimenting with LSD 232 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,655 and other kinds of psychedelic drugs, 233 00:11:40,758 --> 00:11:43,827 and this is a recipe for extreme behavior. 234 00:11:43,931 --> 00:11:47,827 BROWNING: He was part of this vampire coven, 235 00:11:47,931 --> 00:11:50,758 over which he was sort of the elder, or master. 236 00:11:50,862 --> 00:11:53,241 He knew about vampire lore through the game 237 00:11:53,344 --> 00:11:55,034 Vampire: The Masquerade. 238 00:11:55,137 --> 00:11:58,689 And he began to believe he was some sort of, uh, embodiment 239 00:11:58,793 --> 00:12:00,586 of some vampire god. 240 00:12:04,689 --> 00:12:06,586 LAYCOCK: Rod often told them that he was 241 00:12:06,689 --> 00:12:09,344 a 400-year-old vampire named Vesago. 242 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:13,310 That he could help them cross over, 243 00:12:13,413 --> 00:12:15,965 which means to become a vampire through rituals 244 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:18,413 that sometimes involved cutting each other 245 00:12:18,517 --> 00:12:20,000 and drinking each other's blood. 246 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:24,862 SHATNER: Despite the red flags in her son's behavior, 247 00:12:24,965 --> 00:12:27,551 Rod's mother, Sondra, appeared supportive 248 00:12:27,655 --> 00:12:29,965 of his new group of friends. 249 00:12:30,068 --> 00:12:33,620 Some even claim that she expressed a desire 250 00:12:33,724 --> 00:12:37,310 to be initiated into her son's coven. 251 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:39,551 LAYCOCK: His mother was fascinated 252 00:12:39,655 --> 00:12:42,586 by this vampire role that he had assumed 253 00:12:42,689 --> 00:12:44,655 for himself and for, uh, his friends. 254 00:12:44,758 --> 00:12:46,620 She wanted to play, too. 255 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:49,862 And in this case, instead of guiding her son, 256 00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:52,655 there was this kind of game going on between them, 257 00:12:52,758 --> 00:12:54,862 which ultimately became toxic. 258 00:12:59,137 --> 00:13:01,517 SHATNER: In order to protect each other from a world 259 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:03,655 that didn't understand their obsessions, 260 00:13:03,758 --> 00:13:06,862 Rod and his coven formed a sacred pact, 261 00:13:06,965 --> 00:13:09,724 and then sealed it in blood. 262 00:13:12,206 --> 00:13:14,896 ROSENSTOCK: To belong to a gang, there has to be 263 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,551 some kind of ritual that distinguishes you 264 00:13:17,655 --> 00:13:19,137 from everybody else. 265 00:13:20,655 --> 00:13:22,931 You're taking a vow 266 00:13:23,034 --> 00:13:25,551 that from this point, forever, irreversible, 267 00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:27,689 I'm a member of this gang. 268 00:13:27,793 --> 00:13:32,689 And when we get to the vampire-type thinking, 269 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:36,896 there always has to be blood involved. 270 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,689 We're gonna cut my wrist. 271 00:13:38,793 --> 00:13:40,482 The other member's gonna suck the blood 272 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:46,793 so that each one is consuming the blood of the other person, 273 00:13:46,896 --> 00:13:50,034 so that now we're all one blooded family. 274 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,896 SHATNER: Over the course of the next year, 275 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,310 Rod would move with his mother to Eustis, Florida. 276 00:14:02,517 --> 00:14:04,206 After forming a close friendship 277 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:07,931 with one of his new classmates, a girl named Heather Wendorf, 278 00:14:08,034 --> 00:14:10,724 the pair spent their weekends at the local graveyard, 279 00:14:10,827 --> 00:14:13,724 engaging in bloodletting rituals. 280 00:14:18,103 --> 00:14:22,758 There are some people who adhere to a delusion. 281 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,551 A delusion is a belief, in psychiatry, 282 00:14:25,655 --> 00:14:29,931 that you accept something in spite of facts to the contrary. 283 00:14:31,275 --> 00:14:34,034 And therefore, they start to really believe 284 00:14:34,137 --> 00:14:36,965 that they have these extraordinary powers. 285 00:14:37,068 --> 00:14:40,103 Many people, for example, can easily, 286 00:14:40,206 --> 00:14:43,620 in a form of autohypnotic suggestion, 287 00:14:43,724 --> 00:14:47,517 transform themselves into an imaginary person, 288 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:50,586 animal, creature that accomplishes 289 00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:53,379 what they cannot do in real life. 290 00:14:53,482 --> 00:14:54,862 And they go with it. 291 00:14:59,862 --> 00:15:01,965 SHATNER: During a series of tearful phone calls, 292 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:05,517 Rod listens as Heather describes a miserable home life, 293 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:09,172 culminating in alleged abuse at the hands of her father. 294 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:12,793 Enraged that his close friend has been mistreated, 295 00:15:12,896 --> 00:15:17,241 Rod and three members of his clan rush to her aid. 296 00:15:19,172 --> 00:15:23,310 When the group arrived at the home of Heather Wendorf 297 00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:24,896 in Eustis, Florida, 298 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,655 Rod and one of his companions went inside. 299 00:15:27,758 --> 00:15:31,344 They came in through the garage, where Rod found a crowbar, 300 00:15:31,448 --> 00:15:32,931 which he took with him. 301 00:15:34,931 --> 00:15:37,689 When he went inside, he found Heather's father 302 00:15:37,793 --> 00:15:39,862 asleep on the couch. 303 00:15:44,137 --> 00:15:46,793 And he beat him to death with the crowbar. 304 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,482 He also encountered Heather's mother, 305 00:15:51,586 --> 00:15:54,862 who splashed, uh, coffee on him in self-defense, 306 00:15:54,965 --> 00:15:57,793 and he beat her to death as well. 307 00:16:03,517 --> 00:16:06,068 SHATNER: In the aftermath of the horrific killings, 308 00:16:06,172 --> 00:16:09,000 Rod was convicted of first-degree murder. 309 00:16:09,103 --> 00:16:11,482 LAYCOCK: Sociologists who study adolescent crime 310 00:16:11,586 --> 00:16:15,758 have framed this as a kind of game that gets out of hand. 311 00:16:15,862 --> 00:16:18,827 I think that Rod Ferrell and his friends had a kind of game 312 00:16:18,931 --> 00:16:21,448 where they played the role of vampires 313 00:16:21,551 --> 00:16:24,379 until they reached irrevocable consequences 314 00:16:24,482 --> 00:16:27,103 when Rod Ferrell sort of got caught up in his role 315 00:16:27,206 --> 00:16:29,034 and murdered the Wendorfs. 316 00:16:29,137 --> 00:16:32,551 This is a little bit like putting on a Halloween mask 317 00:16:32,655 --> 00:16:35,862 and then discovering that you can never take it off. 318 00:16:42,413 --> 00:16:46,793 If you still don't believe that vampires really do exist, 319 00:16:46,896 --> 00:16:50,793 then what would you say to someone who drinks human blood? 320 00:16:50,896 --> 00:16:53,965 Not only because he has a strange desire to do so 321 00:16:54,068 --> 00:16:57,413 but also because he claims he needs it 322 00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,586 to stay alive. 323 00:17:05,551 --> 00:17:07,655 [indistinct chatter] 324 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:13,482 ASHANTISON: My name is Belfazaar Ashantison. 325 00:17:13,586 --> 00:17:15,034 Most of my friends call me Zaar. 326 00:17:15,137 --> 00:17:16,724 WOMAN: Hi, Zaar. Whoo! 327 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:17,931 Hi, guys. 328 00:17:18,034 --> 00:17:19,827 54 years old. 329 00:17:19,931 --> 00:17:22,103 I've been drinking blood since I was 11. 330 00:17:22,206 --> 00:17:24,103 And a sanguine vampire. 331 00:17:24,206 --> 00:17:25,517 How you doing, brother? 332 00:17:25,620 --> 00:17:27,689 - I'm good. How are you? - Good, good, good. 333 00:17:27,793 --> 00:17:31,034 At 11 years old, things started changing for me. 334 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:34,862 I was short, round and always sickly. 335 00:17:34,965 --> 00:17:38,655 And one of my uncles that was big and tall and strong 336 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:41,517 was picking on us-- me and my sister. 337 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:44,896 And something snapped, and I went charging. 338 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,793 And he was bigger and stronger, 339 00:17:46,896 --> 00:17:50,103 and he pinned my arms down to my side. 340 00:17:50,206 --> 00:17:54,758 And then I just kind of reared my head back and bit him. 341 00:17:57,827 --> 00:17:59,965 He was wearing a coat. 342 00:18:00,068 --> 00:18:03,034 I bit through the coat, through his shirt, 343 00:18:03,137 --> 00:18:07,758 and into his flesh enough that I could actually taste blood. 344 00:18:07,862 --> 00:18:10,586 Like, lots of blood. 345 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:14,655 Once that blood hit my tongue, it was like 346 00:18:14,758 --> 00:18:18,586 I suddenly came alive. 347 00:18:21,344 --> 00:18:23,172 I really need the blood. 348 00:18:23,275 --> 00:18:25,103 I do. 349 00:18:25,206 --> 00:18:26,724 And I've gone without 350 00:18:26,827 --> 00:18:29,965 for lengths of time just to see what would happen. 351 00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:33,137 I'm the kind of person that it physically shows on. 352 00:18:33,241 --> 00:18:34,586 WOMAN: Hi! 353 00:18:34,689 --> 00:18:36,551 ASHANTISON: My skin will get ashy. 354 00:18:36,655 --> 00:18:39,586 My eyes will be dull and glazed. 355 00:18:39,689 --> 00:18:43,206 It literally physically shows on me. 356 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:45,517 [man shouts indistinctly] 357 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:48,965 So, what are some of the common misconceptions? 358 00:18:49,068 --> 00:18:51,413 How about: Holy water gets me wet. 359 00:18:51,517 --> 00:18:54,482 Garlic tastes good on pizza. 360 00:18:54,586 --> 00:18:56,275 Stick a stake through anything's heart, 361 00:18:56,379 --> 00:18:58,137 and it will die. 362 00:18:58,241 --> 00:18:59,620 I do not sleep in a coffin. 363 00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:01,655 I have a king-size bed, thank you very much. 364 00:19:03,758 --> 00:19:05,034 SHATNER: Unlike mythical vampires, 365 00:19:05,137 --> 00:19:07,000 who can turn themselves into bats, 366 00:19:07,103 --> 00:19:10,862 modern-day vampires admit to having to obey physical laws. 367 00:19:10,965 --> 00:19:13,586 Because he can't exactly fly in 368 00:19:13,689 --> 00:19:15,793 through someone's bedroom window for a quick bite, 369 00:19:15,896 --> 00:19:18,517 Belfazaar has devised sanitary methods 370 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:21,344 to suck blood from his victims. 371 00:19:21,448 --> 00:19:25,724 He finds victims... who are willing to feed him. 372 00:19:27,448 --> 00:19:29,517 - Well, hello. - I'm here. 373 00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:32,034 I like to think I have a pretty good grasp 374 00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:35,965 on human vampirism after now ten years of doing field work. 375 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:39,965 But I realized very quickly that the only thing 376 00:19:40,068 --> 00:19:42,448 that real vampires are more secretive about than themselves 377 00:19:42,551 --> 00:19:43,724 are their donors. 378 00:19:43,827 --> 00:19:45,586 They have to hide in the shadows 379 00:19:45,689 --> 00:19:48,034 because almost no one ever believes them 380 00:19:48,137 --> 00:19:49,655 when they say that they feel the need 381 00:19:49,758 --> 00:19:51,206 to consume human blood. 382 00:19:51,310 --> 00:19:54,068 I began to realize that if I want to get 383 00:19:54,172 --> 00:19:56,517 some of my research done, it might just be 384 00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:58,862 easier for me to sort of volunteer myself. 385 00:19:58,965 --> 00:20:00,551 ASHANTISON: I'm gonna go grab my doctor's bag. 386 00:20:00,655 --> 00:20:01,862 I'll be right back. 387 00:20:01,965 --> 00:20:03,896 I use a clean technique. 388 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,034 I'll clean the area on the donor. 389 00:20:07,275 --> 00:20:10,655 Honestly, alcohol swabs always leave 390 00:20:10,758 --> 00:20:13,034 a funny taste afterwards. 391 00:20:13,137 --> 00:20:17,689 I make sure that the blade is new every time. 392 00:20:17,793 --> 00:20:20,068 - Ready? - Ready. 393 00:20:20,172 --> 00:20:23,310 More often than not, I'll use the back side of the shoulders. 394 00:20:25,827 --> 00:20:28,551 I poke a series of holes, and those holes actually 395 00:20:28,655 --> 00:20:30,172 provide me enough. 396 00:20:30,275 --> 00:20:31,689 There we go. 397 00:20:31,793 --> 00:20:33,137 - You ready? - Yeah. 398 00:20:37,655 --> 00:20:40,758 The lore tells us that vampires live forever. 399 00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:43,896 At least, as long as they have a victim. 400 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,172 That, of course, is a great human desire. 401 00:20:46,275 --> 00:20:49,172 So part of the power and fascination of the story is: 402 00:20:49,275 --> 00:20:50,689 How do I live forever? 403 00:20:50,793 --> 00:20:52,517 Is there some secret here? 404 00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:54,241 Well, yes. 405 00:20:54,344 --> 00:20:55,862 Drink the blood of others. 406 00:20:55,965 --> 00:20:58,931 Steal the life force from others. 407 00:21:00,689 --> 00:21:03,172 That's not bad. 408 00:21:03,275 --> 00:21:06,310 Sweeter taste-- you've been getting fatty acids again. 409 00:21:06,413 --> 00:21:07,724 Oh, that's good. 410 00:21:07,827 --> 00:21:08,896 ASHANTISON: I can tell when people 411 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,068 are a little bit low 412 00:21:11,172 --> 00:21:13,206 on their magnesium and potassium. 413 00:21:13,310 --> 00:21:16,482 I can tell when they're not getting enough fatty acids. 414 00:21:17,758 --> 00:21:20,034 And, because of the flow, 415 00:21:20,137 --> 00:21:23,034 I can also tell if they're not drinking enough. 416 00:21:24,827 --> 00:21:27,103 YOUNG: As a psychologist, I think we're talking 417 00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:29,655 about people caught up in a story, 418 00:21:29,758 --> 00:21:33,551 caught up in a kind of melodramatic ritual. 419 00:21:33,655 --> 00:21:36,137 People will go into cosplay 420 00:21:36,241 --> 00:21:39,310 and other, uh, dramas, because it's creative 421 00:21:39,413 --> 00:21:42,620 and it makes them feel special and it is very imaginative. 422 00:21:42,724 --> 00:21:44,793 So, the rewards are great, 423 00:21:44,896 --> 00:21:48,000 even though the activity may be in a way meaningless, 424 00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:51,068 that it-it isn't an actual transfer of energy 425 00:21:51,172 --> 00:21:55,172 from one body to another, as in the old vampire stories. 426 00:21:55,275 --> 00:21:58,172 LAYCOCK: In the Bible, in the book of Leviticus, 427 00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:00,724 God tells the Israelites, "You may not drink blood, 428 00:22:00,827 --> 00:22:02,344 because blood is the life." 429 00:22:02,448 --> 00:22:05,655 And the assumption in the ancient Israelite religion 430 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:08,793 was probably that when things run out of blood, they're dead. 431 00:22:08,896 --> 00:22:11,034 And so, there must be something important 432 00:22:11,137 --> 00:22:12,931 and supernatural, uh, about blood. 433 00:22:13,034 --> 00:22:15,344 It's a mysterious substance, and this is why 434 00:22:15,448 --> 00:22:17,827 it would've been offered to the gods in animal sacrifices 435 00:22:17,931 --> 00:22:19,310 in ancient cultures. 436 00:22:19,413 --> 00:22:21,931 And, presumably, this is also why vampires 437 00:22:22,034 --> 00:22:23,965 and similar creatures would want it, 438 00:22:24,068 --> 00:22:26,068 because it has that power. 439 00:22:26,172 --> 00:22:29,758 At any given time, I can drink from... 440 00:22:29,862 --> 00:22:31,862 an ounce to six ounces, depending. 441 00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:33,689 The whole process, start to finish, 442 00:22:33,793 --> 00:22:36,000 usually takes... 443 00:22:36,103 --> 00:22:37,896 maybe 20, 25 minutes, 444 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,448 depending on how much I need to feed. 445 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:43,068 - You good? - Yeah. 446 00:22:43,172 --> 00:22:46,517 BROWNING: When Zaar was feeding on blood from me-- 447 00:22:46,620 --> 00:22:48,896 it couldn't have been more than a couple of teaspoons-- 448 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,206 I suddenly felt incredibly weak. 449 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:53,413 Like I had gone from someone with stamina and energy 450 00:22:53,517 --> 00:22:56,034 to someone who just had the life drained out of me. 451 00:22:56,137 --> 00:22:57,344 ASHANTISON: All right. 452 00:22:57,448 --> 00:22:58,793 I only usually feed 453 00:22:58,896 --> 00:23:00,689 two to three times a week, and I have 454 00:23:00,793 --> 00:23:02,310 four different donors, so I alternate. 455 00:23:02,413 --> 00:23:05,241 I don't want to take too much from any one person. 456 00:23:05,344 --> 00:23:07,000 - Thank you, thank you. - All right. 457 00:23:07,103 --> 00:23:08,827 SHATNER: Belfazaar claims that drinking blood 458 00:23:08,931 --> 00:23:11,965 helps him feel energized and alive. 459 00:23:12,068 --> 00:23:14,517 Without regular feeding, he believes that he, 460 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:17,724 and those like him, would not be able to survive. 461 00:23:17,827 --> 00:23:21,068 But is Belfazaar simply 462 00:23:21,172 --> 00:23:25,137 the delusional product of some kind of Dracula fixation? 463 00:23:25,241 --> 00:23:28,724 Or is there an actual physiological benefit 464 00:23:28,827 --> 00:23:30,655 to his consumption of human blood? 465 00:23:30,758 --> 00:23:32,000 BROWNING: There have been some 466 00:23:32,103 --> 00:23:34,310 medical conditions that people have thought 467 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:38,000 or theorized maybe this is where we get human vampirism from. 468 00:23:38,103 --> 00:23:40,344 Like people who have porphyria-- they are anemic, 469 00:23:40,448 --> 00:23:43,068 or they need blood to sustain themselves, but they also have 470 00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:45,448 this skin condition where they can't be out in the sun. 471 00:23:45,551 --> 00:23:48,586 And that will cause some major defects. 472 00:23:48,689 --> 00:23:50,620 ROSENSTOCK: In some of the studies 473 00:23:50,724 --> 00:23:53,724 about why someone would seek blood, 474 00:23:53,827 --> 00:23:56,965 the closest that we can see medically 475 00:23:57,068 --> 00:24:00,724 is they have iron-deficiency anemia, 476 00:24:00,827 --> 00:24:02,758 and so, theoretically, 477 00:24:02,862 --> 00:24:06,448 if I could get some source of iron heme, 478 00:24:06,551 --> 00:24:08,793 that I would feel stronger 479 00:24:08,896 --> 00:24:11,827 instead of feeling without any energy. 480 00:24:11,931 --> 00:24:15,551 That makes some kind of sense at some level. 481 00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:20,137 The hunger never fully goes away. 482 00:24:22,068 --> 00:24:25,482 The thirst, whatever you want to call it... 483 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:27,103 that hunger is always there. 484 00:24:27,206 --> 00:24:29,241 [indistinct chatter] 485 00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:34,448 SHATNER: Is it possible that folklore about vampires 486 00:24:34,551 --> 00:24:36,758 originated because of misunderstood 487 00:24:36,862 --> 00:24:39,862 or undiagnosed medical conditions? 488 00:24:39,965 --> 00:24:43,137 Or is a vampire's insatiable appetite for blood 489 00:24:43,241 --> 00:24:46,379 due to a supernatural hunger? 490 00:24:46,482 --> 00:24:50,275 Perhaps the answer can be found not by examining vampires 491 00:24:50,379 --> 00:24:52,965 but a different, and related, 492 00:24:53,068 --> 00:24:55,379 type of human monster. 493 00:24:55,482 --> 00:24:56,517 [growls, howling] 494 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:58,448 Werewolves. 495 00:25:10,034 --> 00:25:13,379 SHATNER: Here, on 512 acres of rugged land, 496 00:25:13,482 --> 00:25:16,310 lies a remote cattle ranch. 497 00:25:17,620 --> 00:25:19,896 But according to local legend, 498 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,655 this desert landscape is also home 499 00:25:22,758 --> 00:25:26,655 to a creature of unspeakable evil. 500 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:29,413 A creature known as... 501 00:25:29,517 --> 00:25:32,000 the skinwalker. 502 00:25:32,103 --> 00:25:34,000 [man chanting] 503 00:25:34,103 --> 00:25:36,620 GERHARD: There are whisperings by the local Ute tribe 504 00:25:36,724 --> 00:25:39,137 that the region is essentially been cursed 505 00:25:39,241 --> 00:25:40,827 by the Navajo people. 506 00:25:40,931 --> 00:25:45,241 And that it is home to several skinwalkers, 507 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:46,758 the yee naaldlooshii. 508 00:25:46,862 --> 00:25:48,793 They're typically witches or shaman 509 00:25:48,896 --> 00:25:52,379 that use black magic and evil arts 510 00:25:52,482 --> 00:25:56,137 in order to transform into the forms of various animals. 511 00:26:00,241 --> 00:26:02,517 [howling] 512 00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:05,137 The Utes to this day are very respectful. 513 00:26:05,241 --> 00:26:06,620 They're very mindful. 514 00:26:06,724 --> 00:26:08,379 Matter of fact, they stand at an arm's length 515 00:26:08,482 --> 00:26:10,275 from this ranch. 516 00:26:10,379 --> 00:26:13,586 They firmly believe that this ground is cursed 517 00:26:13,689 --> 00:26:16,551 and that this concentration of this phenomenon, 518 00:26:16,655 --> 00:26:19,724 this host, is on the Skinwalker Ranch. 519 00:26:19,827 --> 00:26:24,137 SKINNER: A skinwalker is a shape-shifter. 520 00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:27,586 It can become many things-- a fox, a coyote, a wolf. 521 00:26:27,689 --> 00:26:28,793 [snarling] 522 00:26:28,896 --> 00:26:30,896 There are these recorded stories 523 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,413 of bipedal creatures that are walking around 524 00:26:33,517 --> 00:26:35,068 with wolflike heads. 525 00:26:35,172 --> 00:26:37,620 The locals on the reservation, they won't talk about it 526 00:26:37,724 --> 00:26:40,068 because even mentioning the name of the skinwalker 527 00:26:40,172 --> 00:26:41,965 invites these things in. 528 00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:44,655 [growling] 529 00:26:44,758 --> 00:26:46,586 SHATNER: Skinwalkers. 530 00:26:46,689 --> 00:26:49,137 Shape-shifting werewolves who dwell 531 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:52,000 not in remote forests of Eastern Europe 532 00:26:52,103 --> 00:26:56,724 but in the remote desert regions of North America. 533 00:27:03,344 --> 00:27:05,827 Experienced ranch hands Terry and Gwen Sherman 534 00:27:05,931 --> 00:27:08,103 purchase the ranch and the surrounding area. 535 00:27:08,206 --> 00:27:11,620 Almost immediately, they find themselves face-to-face 536 00:27:11,724 --> 00:27:14,137 with something they would later describe 537 00:27:14,241 --> 00:27:16,758 as pure evil. 538 00:27:16,862 --> 00:27:18,896 SKINNER: One day, Terry had gone up 539 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,862 to check on his cattle and noticed this extremely large 540 00:27:21,965 --> 00:27:24,896 what appeared to be a wolf walking around his property. 541 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,517 It grabbed one of the calves by the snout 542 00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:29,310 and began to tear at it. 543 00:27:29,413 --> 00:27:33,413 So he pulls out his .357 Magnum 544 00:27:33,517 --> 00:27:36,000 and shoots point-blank, 545 00:27:36,103 --> 00:27:37,827 and the wolf doesn't react. 546 00:27:37,931 --> 00:27:39,655 It doesn't appear fazed at all. 547 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,655 So he grabs his deer hunting rifle 548 00:27:42,758 --> 00:27:45,000 and shoots the wolf to knock it down. 549 00:27:45,103 --> 00:27:46,586 [gunshot] 550 00:27:46,689 --> 00:27:49,620 A piece of fur and flesh flies off of the wolf. 551 00:27:49,724 --> 00:27:52,827 And again, completely unfazed, 552 00:27:52,931 --> 00:27:55,586 and at this point the wolf is kind of trotting off 553 00:27:55,689 --> 00:27:57,862 into the distance, casually. 554 00:27:57,965 --> 00:27:59,655 SHATNER: Leveling his rifle, 555 00:27:59,758 --> 00:28:03,103 Terry cautiously followed the wolf's trail, 556 00:28:03,206 --> 00:28:06,965 only to discover it had disappeared. 557 00:28:09,206 --> 00:28:11,068 In the days and weeks that followed, 558 00:28:11,172 --> 00:28:12,827 the Shermans began to wonder 559 00:28:12,931 --> 00:28:15,620 if what they encountered was a normal wolf 560 00:28:15,724 --> 00:28:18,241 or something more. 561 00:28:18,344 --> 00:28:20,241 [distant howling] 562 00:28:20,344 --> 00:28:22,758 SKINNER: In the case of the bulletproof wolf, what's interesting 563 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:25,000 is that wolves are not native to the state of Utah 564 00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:27,103 for, I think, the past hundred years or so. 565 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,655 [growling] 566 00:28:28,758 --> 00:28:30,655 GERHARD: The werewolf of legend 567 00:28:30,758 --> 00:28:33,034 is described as looking very much 568 00:28:33,137 --> 00:28:35,896 like a regular wolf, except much larger. 569 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,103 And, oftentimes, it is said to be 570 00:28:38,206 --> 00:28:40,448 sort of bloodthirsty and cunning. 571 00:28:40,551 --> 00:28:43,758 We have lots of interesting legends around the world. 572 00:28:43,862 --> 00:28:45,724 For example, in Russia, 573 00:28:45,827 --> 00:28:48,689 they're known as the vârcolac or the bodark. 574 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:51,586 In France, you have the loup-garou; 575 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:53,241 in Scotland, the wolver; 576 00:28:53,344 --> 00:28:56,620 and in South America, the lobizon. 577 00:28:56,724 --> 00:28:58,862 And even in countries where you don't traditionally have wolves, 578 00:28:58,965 --> 00:29:00,758 you have similar legends. 579 00:29:00,862 --> 00:29:04,068 For example, in India, there are weretigers. 580 00:29:04,172 --> 00:29:07,620 And in Africa, wereleopards and werehyenas. 581 00:29:07,724 --> 00:29:10,862 And even in Mexico, werejaguars. 582 00:29:10,965 --> 00:29:13,172 We have to acknowledge that the notion 583 00:29:13,275 --> 00:29:16,482 of a shape-shifter, like a werewolf, 584 00:29:16,586 --> 00:29:18,827 something that combines the elements of human 585 00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:21,206 and animal together into one single body, 586 00:29:21,310 --> 00:29:24,413 from a scientific perspective, is quite troubling. 587 00:29:24,517 --> 00:29:26,103 [growling, roars] 588 00:29:26,206 --> 00:29:28,586 But the fact that these legends are so widespread 589 00:29:28,689 --> 00:29:29,931 is quite intriguing. 590 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:32,413 SHATNER: An enormous, 591 00:29:32,517 --> 00:29:34,931 bloodthirsty, cunning wolf 592 00:29:35,034 --> 00:29:37,931 that also happens to be bulletproof. 593 00:29:38,034 --> 00:29:40,724 Is it possible that the Shermans encountered 594 00:29:40,827 --> 00:29:42,689 one of the werewolves that may have been 595 00:29:42,793 --> 00:29:45,689 haunting Skinwalker Ranch for centuries? 596 00:29:45,793 --> 00:29:49,827 And if so, what physical evidence is there 597 00:29:49,931 --> 00:29:52,827 to support such a fantastic notion? 598 00:29:52,931 --> 00:29:56,655 SKINNER: There has been numerous reports of cattle mutilations 599 00:29:56,758 --> 00:29:58,620 that occur not only on Skinwalker Ranch 600 00:29:58,724 --> 00:30:00,620 but the entire Uinta Basin. 601 00:30:00,724 --> 00:30:02,103 GERHARD: Many of the accounts 602 00:30:02,206 --> 00:30:04,965 of animal mutilations from Skinwalker Ranch 603 00:30:05,068 --> 00:30:07,034 describe animal carcasses that have 604 00:30:07,137 --> 00:30:09,689 almost been surgically dissected. 605 00:30:09,793 --> 00:30:13,586 Certain large cats can make very clean, precise wounds. 606 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:15,965 Things like mountain lions. 607 00:30:16,068 --> 00:30:19,103 But it is notable that you have so many accounts 608 00:30:19,206 --> 00:30:23,517 of weird livestock mutilations from Skinwalker Ranch. 609 00:30:23,620 --> 00:30:29,000 It's very hard to explain in terms of the natural world. 610 00:30:29,103 --> 00:30:33,103 SHATNER: With so many accounts of cattle mutilations 611 00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:37,241 and sightings of unusually large and ferocious wolves, 612 00:30:37,344 --> 00:30:40,965 it is difficult to escape the notion that something strange 613 00:30:41,068 --> 00:30:43,931 is prowling the grounds of Skinwalker Ranch. 614 00:30:44,034 --> 00:30:46,517 But, according to some scientists, 615 00:30:46,620 --> 00:30:49,206 that doesn't necessarily mean 616 00:30:49,310 --> 00:30:52,034 that people are seeing a werewolf. 617 00:30:52,137 --> 00:30:54,655 One of the really fascinating theories 618 00:30:54,758 --> 00:30:58,275 that relates to these monstrous wolves from Skinwalker Ranch 619 00:30:58,379 --> 00:31:01,931 is that these could, in fact, be surviving representatives 620 00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:05,482 of a species known as dire wolves, Canis dirus. 621 00:31:05,586 --> 00:31:09,172 These were very robust wolves that lived 622 00:31:09,275 --> 00:31:13,034 during the Pleistocene epoch up until about 11,500 years ago, 623 00:31:13,137 --> 00:31:15,275 and they were very prevalent in North America. 624 00:31:15,379 --> 00:31:19,241 They were certainly much larger and stockier than modern wolves. 625 00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:21,827 So it's not beyond the realm of possibility 626 00:31:21,931 --> 00:31:24,206 that a species from 11,000 years ago 627 00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:26,827 may have survived in small pockets 628 00:31:26,931 --> 00:31:29,896 in certain remote areas of North America. 629 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,310 Perhaps the most powerful story 630 00:31:32,413 --> 00:31:35,827 I have personally experienced at the ranch: 631 00:31:35,931 --> 00:31:38,310 I came out with another researcher. 632 00:31:38,413 --> 00:31:41,068 We had gone out there for almost two weeks straight. 633 00:31:41,172 --> 00:31:43,827 We found nothing each night. 634 00:31:43,931 --> 00:31:46,206 And then we peeked over the ridgeline. 635 00:31:46,310 --> 00:31:48,793 It's called Skinwalker Ridge. 636 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:51,379 There was these balls of light in the field. 637 00:31:51,482 --> 00:31:53,724 They were glowing and shrinking down. 638 00:31:53,827 --> 00:31:56,344 And suddenly a ball of light exploded. 639 00:31:56,448 --> 00:32:00,931 And from the light, a very, very large wolf came towards us. 640 00:32:01,034 --> 00:32:03,551 This thing is literally right in front of us. 641 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:06,793 It seemed very comfortable, almost as if it was studying us. 642 00:32:06,896 --> 00:32:09,206 And then it casually turned around 643 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:11,896 and walked around this boulder and vanished. 644 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,689 It was gone. 645 00:32:16,344 --> 00:32:19,034 This is an actual creature that haunts the property 646 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:20,482 and the surrounding area. 647 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,931 It's out there. 648 00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:26,137 [wolf growls] 649 00:32:26,241 --> 00:32:30,137 If the skinwalker does exist, 650 00:32:30,241 --> 00:32:33,758 could it be just some kind of rare breed of canine 651 00:32:33,862 --> 00:32:35,862 that simply hasn't been identified yet 652 00:32:35,965 --> 00:32:37,413 by mainstream science? 653 00:32:37,517 --> 00:32:40,482 Or could it be exactly 654 00:32:40,586 --> 00:32:43,482 what those who've encountered one insist it is, 655 00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:45,758 a shape-shifting werewolf? 656 00:32:45,862 --> 00:32:50,172 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining a group of people 657 00:32:50,275 --> 00:32:53,000 who are afflicted by a rare 658 00:32:53,103 --> 00:32:58,586 and mysterious condition known as "werewolf syndrome." 659 00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:12,758 SHATNER: After giving birth to five daughters, 660 00:33:12,862 --> 00:33:14,517 Parvatibai Patidor 661 00:33:14,620 --> 00:33:16,724 and her husband are overjoyed to find out 662 00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:18,689 that she is once again pregnant, 663 00:33:18,793 --> 00:33:22,103 this time with a boy. 664 00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:25,172 But when their son, Lalit, is finally born, 665 00:33:25,275 --> 00:33:27,620 the joy turns to shock 666 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:30,448 because Lalit is very different 667 00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:32,310 from the couple's other children, 668 00:33:32,413 --> 00:33:36,275 and it's not because he's the couple's first male child. 669 00:33:38,068 --> 00:33:40,724 Lalit was born with a rare congenital condition 670 00:33:40,827 --> 00:33:42,758 known as hypertrichosis, 671 00:33:42,862 --> 00:33:47,137 a genetic mutation which causes excess hair growth 672 00:33:47,241 --> 00:33:49,344 all over the body. 673 00:33:49,448 --> 00:33:54,310 People have often referred to hypertrichosis by another name: 674 00:33:54,413 --> 00:33:57,000 "werewolf syndrome." 675 00:33:57,103 --> 00:33:59,172 ROSENSTOCK: In the case of hypertrichosis, 676 00:33:59,275 --> 00:34:03,068 you can have a tremendous amount of hair either on your face 677 00:34:03,172 --> 00:34:05,517 or on your arm or another part of the body 678 00:34:05,620 --> 00:34:07,413 that almost looks like fur. 679 00:34:07,517 --> 00:34:11,344 That is just a rare kind of mutation, 680 00:34:11,448 --> 00:34:14,172 and people would right away jump to a conclusion, 681 00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:15,275 this is a wolf. 682 00:34:18,517 --> 00:34:22,517 SHATNER: Could the age-old tales about werewolves 683 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:25,137 simply be due to ancient ignorance 684 00:34:25,241 --> 00:34:27,068 about genetic mutations? 685 00:34:27,172 --> 00:34:31,000 GERHARD: Centuries ago, there were all types of monsters. 686 00:34:31,103 --> 00:34:32,793 These were generally people that were born 687 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:35,379 with different genetic deformities 688 00:34:35,482 --> 00:34:37,379 or congenital defects. 689 00:34:37,482 --> 00:34:39,413 You have things such as atavisms. 690 00:34:39,517 --> 00:34:43,758 An atavism is an ancient trait that surfaces randomly. 691 00:34:43,862 --> 00:34:46,965 For example, there are humans that are born with tails. 692 00:34:47,068 --> 00:34:49,206 It's very rare, but it does happen. 693 00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:53,068 SHATNER: Some believe the reason we're so intensely fascinated 694 00:34:53,172 --> 00:34:57,275 by such physical deformities is that they give a face 695 00:34:57,379 --> 00:34:59,551 to our innermost fear. 696 00:34:59,655 --> 00:35:02,448 I think it's human nature for people to fear 697 00:35:02,551 --> 00:35:03,931 what they don't understand. 698 00:35:04,034 --> 00:35:06,862 So, in that respect, when someone encounters 699 00:35:06,965 --> 00:35:09,310 an individual with hypertrichosis, 700 00:35:09,413 --> 00:35:14,068 it's very easy to sort of build that person into a monster. 701 00:35:18,344 --> 00:35:21,517 SKAL: In the 19th century, the sideshow, the freak show, 702 00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:26,517 was a very big part of, uh, American popular culture. 703 00:35:28,275 --> 00:35:31,034 GERHARD: P.T. Barnum exploited many of these people 704 00:35:31,137 --> 00:35:33,517 that were born with different congenital defects. 705 00:35:35,586 --> 00:35:39,206 SKAL: When the first cases of werewolf syndrome showed up, 706 00:35:39,310 --> 00:35:42,586 these people were immediately put on, um, display. 707 00:35:42,689 --> 00:35:46,931 GERHARD: One of the most popular was named "JoJo the Dog-Faced Boy." 708 00:35:47,034 --> 00:35:48,655 Certainly easy to understand 709 00:35:48,758 --> 00:35:51,827 how people visiting these freak shows 710 00:35:51,931 --> 00:35:54,103 may have been inspired to believe 711 00:35:54,206 --> 00:35:57,344 that things like werewolves could exist. 712 00:35:57,448 --> 00:35:59,689 We like things to be orderly, 713 00:35:59,793 --> 00:36:03,068 and people that have unfortunate appearances... 714 00:36:03,172 --> 00:36:05,931 Well, is that man, or is it a woman? 715 00:36:06,034 --> 00:36:08,862 Is that a human, or is it a wolf? 716 00:36:08,965 --> 00:36:11,482 That is a very distressing thing for many people, 717 00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:14,413 and one of the things that comes out are stories. 718 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:18,000 Folklore comes out of this kind of thing 719 00:36:18,103 --> 00:36:21,137 where we have a person that could shift back and forth 720 00:36:21,241 --> 00:36:24,034 between being a wolf and being an ordinary shop clerk. 721 00:36:25,689 --> 00:36:27,379 GERHARD: In terms of werewolf hysteria, 722 00:36:27,482 --> 00:36:29,551 one truly has to wonder if some of these 723 00:36:29,655 --> 00:36:32,413 could be monsters of the mind. 724 00:36:32,517 --> 00:36:35,931 For example, you have something called "clinical lycanthropy," 725 00:36:36,034 --> 00:36:38,413 a very rare psychosis 726 00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:41,000 whereby an individual feels like 727 00:36:41,103 --> 00:36:43,896 they are actually transforming into an animal. 728 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,034 ROSENSTOCK: You're operating as if you're an animal. 729 00:36:48,137 --> 00:36:50,275 Sexual instincts, sexual behaviors, 730 00:36:50,379 --> 00:36:52,172 and so on, attacking. 731 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:56,448 It's a way of cooling down 732 00:36:56,551 --> 00:36:58,793 the engine of aggression, 733 00:36:58,896 --> 00:37:00,689 and it can be physical aggression, 734 00:37:00,793 --> 00:37:02,551 it can be sexual aggression, 735 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:08,068 and it gets into contact with early, early primitive things 736 00:37:08,172 --> 00:37:10,827 that maybe we are carrying with us 737 00:37:10,931 --> 00:37:12,413 over many generations. 738 00:37:14,793 --> 00:37:18,172 SHATNER: If it's true that monsters, like vampires and werewolves, 739 00:37:18,275 --> 00:37:20,862 really are just projections of the mind, 740 00:37:20,965 --> 00:37:24,000 what exactly is it about ourselves 741 00:37:24,103 --> 00:37:27,793 that we're so afraid of? 742 00:37:27,896 --> 00:37:30,931 Every human being has a primitive side. 743 00:37:31,034 --> 00:37:34,413 There is a beast, there is a wolf, 744 00:37:34,517 --> 00:37:39,137 there is a monster somewhere in all of our unconscious minds. 745 00:37:39,241 --> 00:37:42,689 YOUNG: We think of ourselves as distant from the beasts, 746 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:45,068 but we're more beast than intelligence. 747 00:37:45,172 --> 00:37:48,965 We are creatures, we are animals, we are beasts, 748 00:37:49,068 --> 00:37:51,931 and the beast will come out. 749 00:37:52,034 --> 00:37:55,482 We have to be in touch with the inner werewolf. 750 00:37:57,689 --> 00:38:00,862 SHATNER: Is it possible that our morbid fascination 751 00:38:00,965 --> 00:38:03,310 with vampires and werewolves 752 00:38:03,413 --> 00:38:06,931 actually arises out of a fear that there's a monster 753 00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:09,448 lurking inside each of us, 754 00:38:09,551 --> 00:38:13,620 just waiting to break free at any moment? 755 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:17,931 Perhaps, but there are many who claim that our attraction 756 00:38:18,034 --> 00:38:21,689 to these creatures isn't about fear at all 757 00:38:21,793 --> 00:38:24,724 but about desire. 758 00:38:36,068 --> 00:38:39,448 SHATNER: Bram Stoker's literary masterpiece Dracula 759 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:41,344 is published to critical acclaim. 760 00:38:41,448 --> 00:38:46,448 It will go on to sell tens of millions of copies worldwide 761 00:38:46,551 --> 00:38:50,517 and redefine both vampire and werewolf legends 762 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:52,758 for generations to come. 763 00:38:52,862 --> 00:38:55,827 According to some scholars, 764 00:38:55,931 --> 00:38:58,896 the reason it became so influential and successful 765 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,482 wasn't because it was just selling horror 766 00:39:01,586 --> 00:39:03,620 but because it was selling... 767 00:39:06,068 --> 00:39:07,275 ...sex. 768 00:39:08,793 --> 00:39:10,931 SKAL: Human beings have always needed 769 00:39:11,034 --> 00:39:14,931 fantasy constructs that can act out impulses 770 00:39:15,034 --> 00:39:17,517 that we would like to do ourselves 771 00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:20,275 but would rather just imagine ourselves doing. 772 00:39:22,517 --> 00:39:24,620 And that fantasy of being released 773 00:39:24,724 --> 00:39:28,137 from all constraints and strictures 774 00:39:28,241 --> 00:39:32,379 is something vampires get to do, and we are envious. 775 00:39:32,482 --> 00:39:34,655 CRANDLE: I think there are many reasons 776 00:39:34,758 --> 00:39:36,689 people want to identify as vampires. 777 00:39:36,793 --> 00:39:39,379 Definitely the sexual aspect, the eternal life. 778 00:39:39,482 --> 00:39:41,068 I mean, who wouldn't want that? 779 00:39:41,172 --> 00:39:43,206 And also the power that comes with it. 780 00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:47,793 It's a dangerous creature that's beautiful. 781 00:39:47,896 --> 00:39:50,862 LAYCOCK: Originally, you became a vampire 782 00:39:50,965 --> 00:39:55,551 if you did something like commit incest or witchcraft or suicide. 783 00:39:55,655 --> 00:39:59,517 Vampires were horrible, evil outsiders. 784 00:39:59,620 --> 00:40:02,000 But today, things have changed. 785 00:40:03,655 --> 00:40:06,068 We all feel misunderstood. 786 00:40:06,172 --> 00:40:09,137 We all feel like outsiders, just as the vampire is. 787 00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:11,482 So instead of becoming a-a demonic figure, 788 00:40:11,586 --> 00:40:13,896 it's become a tragic one 789 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,275 and, in some cases, even a glamorous figure. 790 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:21,000 We have a need, a desire, 791 00:40:21,103 --> 00:40:24,068 for these sort of creatures of the night. 792 00:40:24,172 --> 00:40:27,655 Blood drinking is viewed as kind of a bonding experience, 793 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:29,862 a way for people to interconnect. 794 00:40:29,965 --> 00:40:32,275 There is a degree of intimacy there, 795 00:40:32,379 --> 00:40:37,689 a sexuality in sharing one's vital life force, one's blood. 796 00:40:37,793 --> 00:40:39,862 There's a particular bond that can be forged there 797 00:40:39,965 --> 00:40:42,379 that is really beyond explanation. 798 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:44,379 YOUNG: The fantasy that a human 799 00:40:44,482 --> 00:40:46,862 turns into a wolf and back again, 800 00:40:46,965 --> 00:40:50,206 well, it illustrates one key mythological truth: 801 00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:54,862 we are animals, we are beasts, and we're humans. 802 00:40:54,965 --> 00:40:59,758 We're both at the same time, and we live in that tension. 803 00:40:59,862 --> 00:41:02,517 SKAL: People are always asking me, 804 00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:05,275 "Why don't vampires reflect in mirrors?" 805 00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:08,758 And there's a very good and direct answer to that. 806 00:41:08,862 --> 00:41:12,379 If they did, we would see our own faces. 807 00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:14,724 GERHARD: It shows that, 808 00:41:14,827 --> 00:41:16,758 even if they are completely disproven, 809 00:41:16,862 --> 00:41:20,034 I think vampires and werewolves will always be with us 810 00:41:20,137 --> 00:41:22,206 because they're a part of who we are. 811 00:41:23,551 --> 00:41:24,896 SHATNER: For hundreds of years, 812 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,137 they have been portrayed in literature and on film 813 00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:31,172 as fiercely intelligent, sexually powerful 814 00:41:31,275 --> 00:41:33,827 and immortal creatures. 815 00:41:33,931 --> 00:41:37,620 They have prayed on our innermost fears 816 00:41:37,724 --> 00:41:40,896 and haunted our darkest desires. 817 00:41:43,344 --> 00:41:47,517 Vampires promise us a future of never-aging immortality. 818 00:41:47,620 --> 00:41:50,827 That is, if we don't mind the taste of a little human blood. 819 00:41:50,931 --> 00:41:53,655 Werewolves represent our collective desire 820 00:41:53,758 --> 00:41:57,103 to break free of society's restrictions. 821 00:41:57,206 --> 00:42:02,241 And together, they remind us of the aspects of our own nature 822 00:42:02,344 --> 00:42:07,965 that we try to keep hidden and safely unexplained. 65219

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