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Deep within
the Ozark Mountains,

a vicious creature
lurks beneath the earth.

Everybody's seen something
that they can't explain.

It surfaces
to slaughter livestock

and terrorize
local residents.

It definitely looks more
reptilian and not a mammal.

With a long,
sharp tail...

and huge clawed feet.

I emptied that rifle,
still didn't seem to faze it.

Hold on,
hold on, I hear something. - Stop, stop.

Tormenting
the region since the 1800s...

the monster is believed
to den

in the underbelly
of the Ozarks.

Something has
definitely been here before.

And sightings of the creature known as gowrow...

Oh, my God,
is that what I think it is?

...continue to be
on the rise.

Right there, right there,
he's going in the hole.

Ssh! Guys, guys,
guys, guys.

In mid-20th century,

scientist Ivan Sanderson
set out to separate

fact from fiction.

He investigated hundreds
of frightening encounters

with unexplained creatures
around the world.

My next guest tonight
is one of the world's leading naturalists,

accumulating material
for some 30 years.

As the founder
of cryptozoology,

he built
the most extensive archive

of unclassified creatures
on Earth.

There seem to be
a lot of these creatures

in our continent,
in South America and Africa,

and all of Asia.

But following
his death in the 1970s,

that archive disappeared...

until now.

Armed with modern tech
and Sanderson's lost research...

We need to take this
and compare it

to what's in the archives.

...a team
of experts will reinvestigate

his unexplained cases

using up-to-the-minute
research

and predator expertise.

I've never seen
wildlife do this.

There's nothing like that that
should be doing that here.

Holy.

Can Sanderson's files

lead to an incredible
new insight...

...and take another
creature from myth...

Did you see that?

...to reality?

Sanderson spent a not
insignificant amount of time

towards the end of his life
looking into the Ozarks.

More specifically,
the caves in that region.

"A long,
spiny back creature,

approximately 10
to 12 feet long,

in a deep section of the river

near several
sunken car bodies"?

He'd been knocking on the door
of a major discovery

of a reptile, a large one,

all the way up
until his death in '73.

The last entry
in his report here

inside the binder
was updated in 1972.

There are
a number of unexplored regions of our, uh, universe.

In the summer of 1969,
I began correspondence

with, uh, Lawrence High
of Kansas City, Missouri.

He wrote to me
that in the seemingly endless caverns of the Ozarks,

there have been
numerous recent sightings

of a mysterious
reptilian creature.

And now, considering
it is not too far north, uh, climatically

and there are
still enormous areas

of North and South America

that have not been
professionally collected,

might it be possible
that there is an indigenous,

large, semi-aquatic lizard
in this area?

Sanderson was
on the team who discovered

the bioluminescent salamander.

And they actually named
the cave

in the area after him.

And I remember him
talking a lot about

the possibility of other
known undiscovered species

living in the cave systems.

So, I got a guy I think
you might wanna talk to.

His name is Lee.

He's seeing some sort
of large reptilian creature,

he doesn't know what it is,
on his property.

And he believes

it might be the creature
they call the gowrow.

Reports of the gowrow date back to 1880

and describe a 20-foot long,
cave-dwelling ophidian

with pointed spines
on its back

and a knife-like tail.

Accounts went dormant
at the turn of the century,

but there's been a recent
uptick in the Ozarks.

The first time the term
"gowrow" appeared...

describing this
reptilian creature

was 1897 in this article.

On top
of that original gowrow,

we also had the one,
if you remember, of 1935

with Mr. Muff,
who shot at the gowrow.

This one charged at him,

and he unloaded
all of his barrels

into this thing,
and it still came at him.

If I'm not mistaken,
it's not far from where Lee actually lives

and is having
these encounters.

One of the things
that has endeared me to Ivan Sanderson's research

is his refusal to accept
that we know everything.

We have a century's worth
of sightings of the gowrow,

and we have Sanderson's belief
that hidden animal species

could be dwelling
in the caves of the Ozarks.

For me, this is
an amazing opportunity

to continue Sanderson's work.

So, we're heading
to the Ozarks.

Brittany and I
are going to meet up with Troy and Justin,

and speak
with the eyewitnesses.

We're hoping to determine
once and for all

what the gowrow might be.

These creatures,
while descendants

of their
terrestrial relatives,

have evolved to withstand

and perhaps even thrive
in the depths of caverns.

They lose primary organs,

such as eyes,
and mature to blindness.

Surviving in the thick
of any number of uncharted cave systems

with subterranean shelter
and evolution,

anything is possible.

Sanderson actually
was super into caves,

and this area
has hundreds of miles of uncharted caves.

That sort of fed his belief
that, you know,

there are creatures out there.

The Ozark Highlands

is a 47,000-mile
mountain range

that stretches over Arkansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma,

with numerous rivers,
lakes and countless unexplored caves.

The sweeping peaks
and low valleys

are the habitats
to bobcats, coyotes, large rafters,

and consistent sightings
of panthers.

With many
of the caves uncharted,

locals believe that other
undiscovered predators

may be lurking
in the darkness.

Through all
the collective accounts,

they are seeing
very similar creature.

And Lee has had
the most amount of accounts on his property.

The description
of this creature is just fascinating

because the body structure
is extremely unique,

a reptilian-type species
with large tusks,

on all fours,
with a super long tail,

and notably, spikes
that ran down its back and on its tail.

So then, essentially,
we're looking for Bowser.

Hold on.

All right, guys,
so we're here.

- Hi, Lee.
- Hello.

How are ya?

Thank you for meeting with us.

My name is Lee Evans.

I've been here pretty much
all my life off and on.

I did a lot of hunting
when I was a younger man.

Well, I've spent
enough time outdoors

that I know what kind
of animals I'm gonna see when I'm outside.

I know that you've had
multiple encounters on your property.

Would you mind
kind of walking us through

what those encounters
look like?

No, I don't mind at all.

There's so many of 'em,

I don't even know
where to start.

My kids and grandkids
were over,

and the grandkids had gone
down to the pond, and...

...they come
running back up after about 15 minutes,

and they were hollering,
"Poppy, Poppy!"

I went down there.

And there was something
in the pond

that was just rolling
and boiling the water.

Definitely looks more
reptilian and not a mammal.

And you could see
the definition of the muscles. - Yeah.

Um, so I went
in the house,

I got my rifle,
I come outside,

and I pumped 19 shots
into whatever that was.

Didn't faze it.

I didn't even see blood.

And then, you know you hit it?

Oh, definitely hit it.
Uh, I'm a veteran.

I'm... I'm trained
to hit the target.

Arkansas is also known
for caves.

Yes.

Do you know of any
in this area?

There are a few.

There's not really any...

real close by my property
that I know of. - Okay.

Can I ask you
where exactly this happened?

What I'm gonna do is
I'll have them sit with you,

and then I'll have me and Troy
walk around the property,

if... if that's okay with you?

Yeah. There's a pond
right over here.

All right.

So, the culprits
in that waterway

that we would be looking at,

thinking about it being
something that he would see

would be an alligator
snapping turtle,

a large alligator, and...

I can't think of anything else

that would be big
in that water.

Alligators is not indigenous
to this part of Arkansas.

While alligators
are prevalent

over 80 miles from Lee's farm
in southern Arkansas,

they are incapable
of migrating long distances on land.

With short legs and a torso
that drags along the ground,

they can only travel
about a mile per day,

and depend on waterways
to help them move swiftly.

There are miles of land

between here
and the nearest water source.

It would be very unlikely

for an alligator
to migrate up here.

But if a reptile
like Lee is describing

is on this property,
it's gonna be in that pond.

All right,
so I guess what we'll do is we'll case the property,

look for any evidence
of anything large

moving through, any predator.

What we're looking for
down here

is any type of behavior

from something large,
a large predator in the area.

Rather it be whatever
he thought he saw-- - A slide.

A slide, a den, a hole.

There's a lot
of animals

in the water that will kinda,
you know, use the shoreline

or dead trees
or trees that are living,

and they'll dig up
underneath that.

And if we're looking
at something like an alligator snapping turtle,

they can hold their
breath a long, long time.

Alligator snapping turtles

are the largest known
freshwater turtles

in the Western Hemisphere.

With spiked ridges
along its thick shell

and an elongated tail,

the testudino can weigh
over 300 pounds.

Their powerful jaws exert
a bite force of 1,000 pounds per square inch,

snapping through logs
or human arm with ease.

So, you're getting
in the water.

I'm getting
in the water?

I'm not getting in the water.

I gotta get
in the water? - Yes, sir.

I'm dipping biscuits?

- Always. You always do.
- I'm making it now.

You always do.
Let's just do it.

I've tracked
and captured all different kinds of animals.

All right, we're talking
about alligators, crocodiles,

a lot of invasive species.

I tend to remain
extremely calm

no matter
what the situation is,

and that, I think,
has saved my life on countless occasions.

As far as all these
different witness accounts

and the uptick
in the witness accounts,

I just wanna know
what the hell people are saying.

Let me bury my feet.

Lee mentioned
that he shot what he thought

was the gowrow in the pond.

So, Justin's gonna
dive into that pond where it was last seen

and look for any signs
of whether it's dead or alive.

If anything
were to happen...

there's few people
in this world that I trust to have my back.

One of them is standing
right in front of me.

So, if anything goes down
and I need help,

he will get his ass
in the water.

I will.

Now, what I'm doing
is I'm digging down

as far as I can with the mud,

so that
if there's anything big,

it will be buried
and hunkered down in there.

So, you really do have
to be careful.

It is extremely dangerous.

There's no
visibility whatsoever,

so what I have to do
is use my appendages to feel what's in there.

Just grab my gray Flexfit hat
'cause I'mma go under.

Switch.

Thanks.

So, if there is a gowrow,
or whatever the hell it is,

or an alligator, or anything,

this would be the dumbest way
to do what I'm about to do.

Predators
will leave remnants

of what they've been doing
anywhere they are.

If anything's alive
or dead in that pond, Justin will find it.

I can't, Troy!

Dude, I up, but...

- Troy!
- Bring it here.

Why are you
staring at me? Come get me.

Because I know you're good.

It's dragging me
under. Oh, God!

All right, well...

That's amazing, dude.

What do we have,
a little red-eared slider?

Giant predator
you've all been looking for.

He's a predator.

Baby.

Oh,
stop biting me, boy.

Look at that.

That, my friends,
is the gowrow.

Case closed.

I mean, frankly,

we might not be dealing
with the gowrow here. - What is he doing?

Don't be drinking
that stuff, man.

Okay, hey, bud.

I scaled
the whole thing.

I've gone back and forth.

There's no carcass in here.

Right there,
right under that tree,

the farther I dig,
the colder it gets.

It looks like this thing
may be actually spring fed.

It's colder.

Well, that means
that there's an aquifer

and there's an opening
under here,

and it could go anywhere.

So, if you think
of an aquifer,

it's a big underwater cave

that moves water
all underneath everybody and everywhere.

Over 30%
of Earth's freshwater is underground.

Aquifers are
natural formations

that connect
underground water systems

to the surface
through natural springs.

All right, so if I get past
the soot and,

can you see
the small bubbles?

Okay, here we go.
Watch this. Watch it. - Yeah, yeah.

That's freshwater
coming up.

That's incredible!

This means that there are
large cavities...

definitely filled with water
on this property. - Okay.

So, my guess
is that the cavity that we're standing above

is connected
to other cave systems.

So, what this means
is that there's water

coming from an unknown source.

We don't know
what's filling the aquifer.

Whether it's a cave
or a other source of water.

The creature could be using it

to travel in and out
of this area.

We have to go
find that source.

It could help lead us directly
to this mysterious creature.

- Drew.
- Hey, Charlie.

After discovering
aquifers in the pond

where the mysterious creature
was last seen

and no notable caves
listed on maps of the area,

Charlie contacts
a local hydrologist

to find a cave mouth
that could connect to Lee's pond.

Drew Westerman,
I'm a hydrologist

for the federal government.
I get to study, uh,

how water moves
both above and below ground.

I'm a caver at heart.

I've been following
my dad through caves

since I was about 14.

And so I've been both studying

and exploring caves
my whole life.

Here's the geological survey
I've got for you.

Yeah.

So, if we follow this river,

we know that there are
all kinds of springs,

caves along this area.

- Okay.
- Unfortunately, we don't know

where all the caves are.

But what we do know
in that area...

we need to focus
on right here.

- Okay.
- Right here. All right?

Along this river,
we have lots of springs,

notable springs
that are contributing flow

that are coming out
of cave systems.

Well, the farm
we were at is right here.

- And it's close.
- Right?

I would be willing
to bet you are sitting

on top of a large cave system

that you just
haven't found yet.

Putting
all the pieces together,

knowing what we know now,

there's a cave system
under Lee's ponds.

According to legends,

the gowrow
was a cave creature,

and Sanderson believed
that these caves

could support previously
undiscovered life.

So, our next steps
are obviously trying to go underground.

We just have
to find the entrance.

Okay. How do we get in there?

I think I can get you
to the nearest access point

that may get you into
a large underground cavern.

I believe
we will uncover

a great number of discoveries

in the darkness
of the Ozark Caverns.

In my eyewitness research,
I detailed an explorer

that was scouring
the Arkansas underground

when he came upon
a large reptilian creature

that was nine feet long.

In fear of his life,
he rappelled back up

the cave opening to escape.

Now, this is merely
one account of many.

Are we going
the right way? - No, here.

This way. There's a runoff.
We're good here.

- Let's go.
- Oh. Okay.

The next morning,

the team heads off
to the northern side of the Ozark forest,

an area marked
by Drew, the hydrologist,

as the location
of hidden caves.

Honestly, guys, based off of Ivan Sanderson's work

with the cave systems
in Arkansas,

if what Drew
is saying is right,

we might actually stumble
upon an entrance point

that would literally validate
the neo dinosaur

or the theory
of the gowrow for me.

But we need
to find a cave

and find if there's food
and water inside

said cave,
if we find a cave.

In order
to find a cryptid

to remain hidden for so long,

they need to live in a habitat
that is hard to find.

So, if we find hidden caves
in this region,

that could mean
there is life coming and going, sustainable life,

which means any large predator

would be using
that life to feed on

and utilize as a place
and resource for it to live, thrive and survive.

We gotta go up
into that manhole.

Yeah,
there was a path over there I was trying to hit.

Longer
and get more out.

This is it?

Uh, that's definitely a cave entrance, guys.

- Okay.
- We need to mark where we've been...

- Okay.
- ...so that we can find our way back out

if we get turned around.

- We have maps to start with.
- Okay.

Yeah, we got glow sticks.

And peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches.

I do think we should stick
with the glow sticks.

Well, I'm gonna
bring those, too.

Let's do it.

We're gonna have
to get some lights on,

seeing that
it's getting dark. - Yeah, lights.

Lights, lights.

So, a few high-level goals
for going into the caves,

one, identify
any potential signs of life.

Two, water.

If we can find an entry point
to the pond

that connects to this cave,

the creature
could be using that,

and maybe we can track it
back to its den.

Whoa,
this is wild, dude.

Yo, let's keep,
uh, low voices. - Yeah.

- Guys?
- Yeah.

We split up,
I'll take Brittany, you take Charlie.

Run it as quickly
as possible.

We'll take
the short, tiny one.

Whoever gets back first,
just wait, all right?

Not knowing
which passageway

could connect to Lee's pond,
the team decides to split up.

Justin and Brittany head
down the southern passageway,

while Troy and Justin
head into the northern tunnel.

There's an opening here.

We need to focus
on being quick here.

Realistically, this could
be something's home.

So, we have
a very special tool at our disposal.

It's a spherical 360 camera,

and usually,
it's used in military

and law enforcement
situations.

You throw it into the space
that you want to investigate

before walking in...

It's big in there.

It opens up.

It's huge in there.

What is that?
Is that a hole?

I don't know
what that is.

...so you're immediately aware
of any potential dangers.

It's instant
situational awareness.

You all right?

Whoa!
It's crazy in here, Charlie.

Yeah?

Holy smokes.
It really opens up.

It does.

Jeez!

- You know what this is?
- No.

It's urate.

Like, excrement?

Yes, urate
is... is... is the way

a reptile kinda
digests calcium.

Urates are white,
semi-solid acid salts

that are made up of the urine
and feces of most reptiles.

When dried,
it leaves a chalk-like substance behind.

- Are you sure? It's massive.
- This is urate.

Reptiles do it, snakes,
iguanas, monitor lizards.

Even tortoises will pile up
a big bunch of it sometimes.

Urate lasts a long time.
It's kind of like a...

The best way to describe it
is like chalk.

It makes me think that
we got a big thing in here.

This is obviously
from a large animal.

I mean, normally,
if it was at my place,

it'd be one of my crocodiles,
alligators,

or one of my large anacondas.

Um, when they defecate,

what they consume,
a lot of calcium,

comes out with it,

and it comes, in layman terms,
as urate.

I can't explain
how this got in here,

other than a large animal
must 've come in here and done this.

If not an alligator,

has to be some other kind
of large reptile.

Brittany,
this is so big, dude,

we're gonna get lost.

Lookit.

Do you see how smooth
this is in here?

Dude, that's gotta be water.

I'm sure this is
under water at some point.

Fills all the way up.

Honestly, if we find
a large body of water in these cave systems,

the potential
of finding a predator

or some type of animal
is very high. -

Obviously,
you heard that.

That sounded like it came from this direction.

- There is water right here.
- What?

A big one.

There's only one way through,
which is water.

I don't know
what's around the corner.

I have to come
through the water

and then back
around the corner.

And I gotta figure out
if we have a space to get through.

Hopefully we do.

You'll be able
to fit through? - Oh, yeah.

All right, B, just wait here.

After it's clear,
I'll have you come through.

All right.

It looks like
it could be water.

I'll check
and then let you know.

J, you good?

Yeah, hold on.

Can I fit?

- All right, B.
- Yeah.

I need you to come through, be real calm.

It's really, really tight.

Right on towards me.

Oh, my gosh.
All right.

Wait until you see
what you're about to have to deal with.

Okay.

I can't fit through
with my bag.

Okay.

All right.

Oh,.

The water part's easy. -

Don't think
about what's behind you.

On a search
for a cave creature known as the gowrow,

Justin and Brittany
have uncovered

an underground water source.

- Where's the top?
- Right here.

Oh,. I don't--

Always gotta pack
like we're leaving for eight weeks.

J,
do you mind getting this?

All right, B,
come on up.

Personally,
don't wanna be laying like this

- for a long time under Earth.
- Come on. Come on.

I gotta give this to you.

Lying on my hands.

Come on.
I know, steady. -

- You know what?
- You got your water.

Ugh.

- Ooh.
- You okay?

Oh, my.

Justin and Brittany
have uncovered

an underground water source.

Being able to find
all that water in the cave is like a game changer.

And this water source
could connect to this pond,

which means whatever he saw
could live here.

It's possible
it's using waterways to travel in and out of the cave.

- Oh, my God.
- It's falling from the roof.

I don't know if you can
see it with the light,

but there's a lot
of water falling through this.

It looks like
there's more caverns up there.

And two, we have a bunch
of different entrances, exits.

- Look at this.
- Oh, God, yes.

Look, watch.

Oh, my God,
look at his little hands. - Look.

What is it?

It's a little crayfish.

And this is exactly
what we were looking for.

We're looking
for a water source,

we're looking for wildlife.

And we have something here.

And this is a perfect example

of adaptation
to a cave system.

We turn all our lights off.

There is absolutely
no light in here.

None whatsoever.

So, this little crayfish
right here has no pigment,

because it doesn't need it.

So, for years
and years and years,

these things have evolved

to be able to survive
in cave systems like this.

So, he's looking around...

Well, he's not looking around,
he's blind.

Doesn't need to see,
he can't see,

it's completely dark.

The white crayfish,

also known as
the Benton County cave crayfish,

is a cave dwelling species

found in just three
cave systems in Arkansas.

Little is known
about the creature,

as only limited observations
have been made

due to the remote location
of its habitat.

That means that
there is sustainable life in this cave.

I'll set up the audio.

Why don't you set up
the video?

All right, I'll be up here
doing that.

After finding evidence of digestive calcium urate

from an unknown animal,

Troy believes this might be
an active path of travel.

The team sets up
recording devices in multiple passageways.

So, from what we found
in this cave,

something has definitely
been in here before.

something may come back.

I'm gonna rig up
the audio recorder.

We're gonna lower that
into the hole,

because I wanna hear
if there's anything in that hole.

So, we'll come back.

We'll pull up
the audio recorder,

we'll review what it captured.

It's a way of using resources
that we have

that Sanderson didn't, uh,
further the research.

The experiment is set.
We need to get out.

We need to meet
Justin and Brittany

and see what they've uncovered
on their side.

God,
it's cold in here.

Oh, my God,
is that what I think it is?

Justin, make sure
we bring some home, though.

We have the slide.

So, the slides are gonna be
when very heavy animals

that will pretty much
drag themselves.

Basically coming in
and out of the water

on a constant basis, right?

An alligator, crocodilian,

large reptiles like that,
even smaller reptiles,

water monitors and things
will create what's called a slide.

Where I'm standing
would be about the width of whatever this animal is.

And then, if you look,

we have what looks to be
some claw marks here.

We have a couple
of claw marks here, here.

If you really wanted
to count 'em out,

we got one, two, three,
maybe a fourth one.

The only real explanation
I have for this

it looks like something
could be using this area.

I don't really know
what to say at this moment.

All I can say is that
we did find some type of life of a reptile,

of some sort being down here.

Whether that's a gator
or a gowrow at this point,

it's not worth the debate.

I'm just saying that
there is some type of large reptile

or something
that shouldn't be here is here.

After investigating
the cave system,

the team gathers to discuss
their recent findings.

J, do you really think
it's reptile, man?

Honestly, based on
the eyewitness accounts

and what we saw down there
in the cave,

there was a big ass slide
that looks like...

I mean, it's a gator slide.

Or there's still
other options of, like,

other types
of prehistoric dinosaurs, neodinosaurs,

a different type of reptilian
that could be living down there.

We can't just assume
it's one or the other.

- I can. You can't.
- I can-- Okay.

So, as far
as the ecosystem in a cave,

it's a lot more diverse
than many people would think.

A lot of people
think just bats.

Lots of animals
that are adapted

to living in low light
scenarios

and they survive very well.

What's interesting though,

is that there
could be other wildlife

that comes in
from the surface.

And we've just seen
an example of that.

In 2008,

orange crocodiles
were found in caves in Gabon, Central Africa.

While they typically
live in the forest,

these mysterious
cave crocodiles

had an orange tint to them,

which scientists believe
was caused by an alkaline mix of water and bat guano.

They were also larger in size
and partially blind

due to the lack of light
inside the dark caves.

Here's the deal.

What is called the "gowrow"
could be a known animal

that has been impacted
by environmental factors.

What if
there's just something

that's been living
in the caves all this time

that's never seen
the light of day?

It's not supposed to see
the light of day.

Because
it's obviously come out, somebody shot it.

But if,
if it uses the tunnels,

it uses the natural waterways
that live within the tunnel--

That's a whole
underground world.

The biggest thing
about Ivan Sanderson that I love and I appreciate

was that he didn't stop

when he thought
there might've been a dead end.

He kept pushing past that.

And because
he pushed past that,

he found a luminous lizard
found within caves

that had not been known
or documented by science yet,

which is huge.

And I really believe
that there is potentially something living

in the cave systems
underground

that science
has not documented yet,

and it's waiting
to be discovered.

Here's the bottom line.

We all agree that we need
to go back in the caves,

and get to the bottom
of what's living down there.

There's, like,
an endless possibility

of discovery
underneath the ground.

I am going back to find
the gowrow.

One
of the greatest debates

has been how and why
whole slews

of apparently quite competent,
productive

and well-integrated
life forms,

uh, such as
the so-called dinosaurs

have from time to time
just vanished from the fossil record.

Yet the crocodilians,
tortoises, snakes and lizards

and the little tuatara
of New Zealand survived.

Therefore,
the question must be posed.

What if these relics
have not vanished from the historical record

and live among us,

dwelling in corners
of the Earth

man has left untouched?

Rarely is information
at the surface.

It must be sought patiently.

In order to uncover
the true science or knowledge,

one must dig deep,
arrive to the core of the truth.

All right, let's go.

We are going back in

to recover all of our cameras
we set last night.

We have a lot of footage
to go over and review

and see if
we captured anything.

So, we really need to review
the evidence.

Charlie, what showed up
on the cameras?

Do you have anything
on visual?

Cameras were a dud.

Uh, the microphone
got a weird thing.

Do that again.

- That sounds big.
- Where was that at?

It looks like an opening

in the northern passage
Troy and I were investigating.

So, I'm gonna maintain
eyes and ears here.

Y'all go that way,

and I will let you know
if something is coming your way.

Okay.

Justin, Troy and Brittany
are gonna start their hunt

in the room
where the recording was captured.

It's entirely possible
the room butts up

against Brittany
and Justin's waterfall.

It does seem that
whatever's in these caves

is staying close to an area
with a contained water source.

Hopefully, the animal's nearby

and the team will be able
to find it.

How far
do you think we got?

We're doing good.

We're gonna go
around this corner here.

So, right now,
we're actually in

what Troy's been calling
the Devil's hole,

and basically this is where
that audio sound was recorded.

So, right now we're trying
to work as quickly

and as quietly as possible
to figure out what that was

that made that sound.

It's a little further.

We gotta go up this way
and regroup. - Okay.

Here's where
I found the urate.

- Those are heavy.
- We've got tracks.

See?

Tail tracks.

Right there.
Right there, right there, right there.

Is there
any more out there?

Yeah, and it looks like
the movement goes this way.

- Oh,.
- Great.

Right there,
these are all drag marks. - Yep.

That's what you heard
on the microphone.

We have some tail drags.

So, it's basically
the end of the tail as they're walking,

and it's just dragging along
as if, if he props himself up

and gets the body
off the ground,

all you get is a little tail.

They out here too.

If you look right here,

we have what
would be the back foot

digging out as it's going up.

So, we have footprints
and we have tail drag.

And it looks like
it's using this cave system

and it's getting in and out.

Right in that corner,
Justin, put your light on it,

we have to go in there.

So, Justin's gonna go ahead,
I'm gonna go in the middle,

Brittany will be behind me.

And then you guys
are gonna have to come too, if you wanna do this.

All right.

Oh, my gosh, dude.

Hold on, hold on.

What we're doing
is we're following the tracks that we've seen.

It's starting to open up.

We maybe getting closer to it,
so, please, please be careful.

These are pretty fresh,

and someone's moving
back and forth in there.

Troy.
Troy, Troy, Troy!

Right there, right there, he's going in that hole.

- We got him, we got him.
- Guys.

Kill all those lights
right there. - Kill the lights.

Oh,.

They have something.
I gotta go.

We got an alligator.

What are you doing?

- You get stuck in a cave?
- It's okay, bubba.

Well, then,
we need to get him out.

- All right, we can't--
- It's gonna be a hell of a chore.

Well, this alligator
definitely shouldn't be living down here.

It must've used
underground cave systems and waterways to migrate here.

So, now we're gonna be able
to take this animal

and put it in a more
suitable environment.

Oh, he's pissed.

Everybody just give me some space, okay?

A little bit.

Give them room,
give them room.

Oh,,
oh,.

He's a little angry.

It's all right.

Let him walk,
let him walk. - Okay, he's pissed.

Well, then,
we need to get him out.

What a up place to be with an alligator.

Oh,,
oh,.

We don't like to interfere

with any animals
in any habitat.

But because he's out of place,

this gator will be killed
and will die here.

Easy, buddy.

He's a little angry.

We'll go easy.
Let him off, let him off.

Let him walk this way. This is perfect.

He'll come to us. Here we go.

Come on, bubba.

I'm going for it.

He got him, he got him.

He's got it.

All right.
Justin's got him secured.

You good? You good?
You're good?

Watch your fingers
on that one.

I got you. I got you.

Easy there, tiger.

- You ready?
- Yes, I am.

You got him?

All right,
so what we're gonna do is tape the jaws off,

so it's safe for everybody.

He didn't wanna be captured.

- You're pretty.
- He is.

He's been hiding
in the dark for a while.

Look how dark he is.

You can see here
where he's been traveling through the cave.

So, what happens is
it's real dark,

they try to navigate
themselves around.

That really,
really porous, tough skin,

but you can see
where he's cut himself a couple times,

and that's just, like,
'cause he's trying to see in the dark.

I think he just got stuck
down here.

So, this is what
Lee has seen.

Well, this one's here.
There could be more.

Blue crest
on the spikes.

Yes, and then,
if you feel this too,

- it's really tough skin.
- Hi, buddy.

So, a .22 from 100 yards
away ain't gonna do much of nothing.

What are
the next steps?

Like, who do we call?
What do we do?

We're gonna call somebody,

but we gotta get him out
of the cave, is the next step.

- All right, ready?
- Yep.

He's gonna thrash.

We're gonna work this animal out of this area.

What we're gonna do,
get a hold of someone

that takes care
of the wildlife,

and we're gonna bring
that animal to him.

What do you got there?

What's it look like,
my guy?

She's saying hi
to you already.

I'm just glad
we got him out of danger.

He would've died in the cave

or if he got out,
somebody might've shot him.

I would call today
100% success.

I think we can
reasonably explain away

what Lee was experiencing
and what people are seeing recently...

- Mmm-hmm.
- ...is a known animal.

- The gator.
- Right.

But it's worth considering that the historical account

of the gowrow
is still wide open.

Right,
because we have hundreds... - Yes.

...if not thousands
of miles of cave. - Yep.

We have unknown species
being discovered every year. - Yep.

And the gowrow, to me,

could be
an undiscovered species.

But for me personally, though,
after being in those caves

and learning
how uncharted it was,

and the fact that
we actually did find something inside the cave,

and I'm not even talking
about the alligator.

- Right.
- The crawfish.

Literally found a way
that takes it all the way back

to what Darwin
was talking about about evolution.

I still think
that those gowrows could still be out there.

We can't take
that off the table yet.

This just solved one part
of the mystery.

The alligator
isn't the only thing that we found.

Justin and I discovered
an underground water source

that connected to ponds
above the ground.

And that means
that there could be numerous waterways

for unknown creatures
like the potential gowrow to traverse through.

For the recent accounts,

we are able to explain
a known species.

But for
the historical accounts... - That I agree.

...we still have to
leave two wide open.

The gowrow could very well
be the species

we just haven't
discovered yet.

Something that's evolved
over hundreds of years,

thousands of years
or even a Lazarus species.

I still think
that those gowrows could still be out there.

We still had some areas
in that cave

that we didn't get a chance
to get into.

I would like
to get back out there,

but we can make
a reasonable conclusion

that something
is happening there.

The skeptics
will only believe

when hard facts
are presented to them.

But for us, the few who push
the boundaries of discovery,

we stop only when faced
with an answer.

We believers are willing
to uncover species previously unknown,

regardless of how outlandish,

the more skeptical scientists
think them to be.

But when in spite
of our differences,

the skeptics and the believers
combine forces,

we can provide paths

for findings greater
than ever before.