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Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "FINDING BIGFOOT"...
SO, IS THIS A HOEDOWN OR A HOOTENANNY?
...THE TEAM TRAVELS
TO THE APPALACHIAN FORESTS OF WEST VIRGINIA
TO INVESTIGATE PHOTOS FROM A YOUNG BIGFOOTER
THAT JUST MIGHT SHOW A SASQUATCH
WANDERING THROUGH HIS OWN BACKYARD.
THIS THING WAS TERRIFYING.
IN A STATE RICH WITH BIGFOOT HISTORY...
[ HOWLING ]
...A PACKED HOUSE OF WITNESSES
SHARE THEIR TERRIFYING ACCOUNTS AND HARD EVIDENCE...
SHE FOUND HAIR.
Matt: THAT'S PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
OF A SASQUATCH RIGHT THERE.
...LEADING THE TEAM TO A RECENT HOT SPOT OF ACTIVITY...
James: IT'S GOT TO BE AN APE.
THAT THING STOOD RIGHT THERE AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME,
JUST LIKE I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
Narrator: ...WHERE THEY BREAK OUT A NEW BAIT TECHNIQUE
NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
OHH, SMELL THAT!
I THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN MY BEST EXPEDITION WITH YOU GUYS SO FAR.
Narrator: ALL TO PROVE BIGFOOTS HIDE
IN THE HILLS AND HOLLERS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
IT'S LIKE THE GATES OF HELL OPENED UP.
TOTALLY!
JAMES: It was impossibly large.
MAN: It definitely wasn't human.
Matt: I'VE BEEN TRACKING SASQUATCHES FOR 25 YEARS.
Cliff: THESE ANIMALS, IN FACT, ARE REAL.
Bobo: I'VE SEEN THEM. THEY'RE HERE.
Ranae: I'M HAVING A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME
FINDING AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
Matt: THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE HILL!
[ ROARS ]
I DO THINK THERE'S A 'SQUATCH IN THESE WOODS.
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Matt: WE'RE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS STATE MANY TIMES DOING EXPEDITIONS.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE STATES, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
IT'S CALLED THE MOUNTAIN STATE,
BUT THAT'S A LITTLE MISNOMER, IN MY OPINION.
I THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN CALLED THE OAK TREE STATE
BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER BE IN A PLACE
MORE FULL OF BIG OAK TREES,
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE WILDLIFE HERE SO ABUNDANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY BIGFOOTS HERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WILD MEN IN WEST VIRGINIA
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
TALK ABOUT MOUNTAIN DEVILS AND WILD MEN.
IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT WE CALL BIGFOOTS OR SASQUATCHES TODAY.
AND THE EPICENTER OF THE REPORTS WAS ALONG THE GREENBRIER RIVER.
THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE MOUNTAINS
ARE NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER IS WHERE MOST REPORTS HAPPEN.
Bobo: WELL, I LOVE THAT WE'RE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE
'CAUSE I LOVE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE AND MOUNTAIN MUSIC
AND MOUNTAIN CULTURE.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHUNK OF HABITAT
FOR 'SQUATCHES IN THE WHOLE EAST COAST.
I MEAN, THIS WHOLE STATE IS MOUNTAIN AND WOODS.
ANYBODY WHO THINKS THAT SASQUATCHES CAN'T LIVE ANYWHERE
BUT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES CLEARLY HAS NEVER
PUT THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THIS PLACE IS RIDICULOUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOUNTAINS, AND IN THOSE MOUNTAINS
ARE LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIES AND VALLEYS
IN WHICH NO ONE LIVES.
Ranae: WHAT I FIND THE MOST INTERESTING ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA
IS THAT IT'S A KARST-DERIVED LANDSCAPE.
IT CREATES ALL OF THE CAVES.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW,
CAVES IS A GOOD INDICATOR FOR BIGFOOT SPECIES.
THESE MOUNTAINS ARE VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMESTONE,
AND THEY CAN CREATE SINKHOLES AND CAVES.
IT'S IN THESE CAVES THAT IT'S BELIEVED THAT BIGFOOT LIVES,
FEEDING ON THE ABUNDANCE OF DEER IN THESE AREAS.
Matt: SO, WHAT WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT HERE ARE THESE KIDS
WHO THEY SAY THEY'VE GOT A PHOTO.
IT'S KIND OF "BLOBSQUATCHY."
THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY A KID NAMED DAVID
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
WE SAID THESE PHOTOS LOOKED "BLOBSQUATCHY"
BECAUSE THE FIGURE IN THE PHOTOS IS BLURRY AND AMORPHOUS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY EASIER TO FAKE THAN VIDEOS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A BIGFOOT.
WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING DARK THERE.
NOW, HOPEFULLY, DAVID WILL SAY,
"OH, YEAH, I SAW IT MOVING ACROSS MY FIELD OF VIEW"
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GIVE US INDICATIONS OF WHAT IT WAS DOING AT THE TIME.
HE MIGHT EVEN HAVE SEEN THIS THING CLEARLY
AND JUST WAS UNABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH IT.
A LOT OF PHOTOS ARE LIKE THAT, THE BLOBSQUATCHES.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "MY EYE SAW IT GREAT.
THE CAMERA DIDN'T."
Ranae: WHY IS THIS ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN IT COMES TO BIGFOOT?
CAMERAS CAN CAPTURE ALL SORTS OF AMAZING THINGS IN THE WILD,
UNDERWATER, EVEN IN SPACE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BIGFOOT,
ALL WE SEEM TO GET ARE THESE BLOBSQUATCHY PHOTOS.
CERTAINLY, CRAPPY PHOTOS ARE FULLY FORGIVABLE,
BECAUSE I THINK IF ANYBODY KNOWS, IT'S US.
BIGFOOTS ARE HARD TO TAKE PICTURES OF.
Cliff: TO ME, ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND DAVID'S ENCOUNTER IS HOW IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
REPORTEDLY, AFTER HE SAW THIS THING, HE MADE A LITTLE CLUB,
AND A BUNCH OF HIS FRIENDS AND HE GET TOGETHER OCCASIONALLY
AND GO LOOKING FOR BIGFOOT, BASICALLY.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A STRANGE THING TO DO
IF YOU'RE MAKING ALL THIS UP.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
SO, IT WAS THIS ENCOUNTER THAT WE ARE HERE TO INVESTIGATE
THAT STARTED YOUR INTEREST IN BIGFOOTS?
RIGHT, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
I WAS PLAYING IN AND AROUND MY CLUBHOUSE.
I SAW JUST THIS BIG, TALL BALL OF HAIR.
SO, I SNAPPED A PICTURE.
I WAITED A MINUTE, SNAPPED ANOTHER ONE.
THIS THING WAS TERRIFYING...
SO I WAS SHAKING PRETTY BAD.
HOW FAR BACK IN WAS IT WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT?
IT WAS ABOUT MAYBE 10, 15 FEET.
OH, IT WAS JUST INSIDE THE TREE LINE?
YEAH, AND THERE'S TONS OF DEER AROUND HERE,
SO I THOUGHT IT MAYBE WAS TRACKING A HERD OF DEER.
BUT IT WAS CLEARLY AN UPRIGHT FIGURE OF SOME SORT, RIGHT?
RIGHT -- OH, LOOK AT THE DEER OVER THERE.
OH, BOY.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT AROUND HERE.
Cliff: WE WERE LISTENING TO DAVID'S ACCOUNT,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BEHIND US,
A LARGE HERD OF DEER WANDERS OUT OF THE WOODS
AND STARTS ACTUALLY GRAZING ON THE GRASS.
WELL, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
PERHAPS THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED
DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY FOR YEARS,
IN WHICH CASE, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
FOR SASQUATCHES TO BE WANDERING AND LURKING NEARBY.
WELL, EVEN THOUGH THOSE PHOTOS ARE QUITE A BLOBSQUATCH,
WE DO HAVE THESE TREES IN HERE.
WE CAN USE THEM FOR SCALE.
Bobo: OH, FOR SURE.
NOW, THIS WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO.
DAVID WAS ABOUT 10.
SO, REALLY DOING A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH
ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT GENERALLY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
ISN'T A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO BASICALLY TAKE SOME GENERAL MEASUREMENTS
AND SEE IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL
TO HAVE BEEN THAT FIGURE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE PHOTO'S FAIRLY BLURRY,
STANDING HERE, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW THAT DAY WITH YOUR EYE,
HOW DOES HE APPEAR?
'CAUSE I CAN SEE HIS WHITE UNDERSHIRT,
THE CAMO, THE GREEN BILL OF HIS HAT.
THAT ALL STANDS OUT.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF DETAIL FROM THIS DISTANCE.
David: THE BROADNESS IS SIMILAR,
BUT HIS HEIGHT JUST SEEMS PUNY COMPARED TO IT.
Matt: I THOUGHT, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PHOTOS,
THAT MAYBE THIS FIGURE WASN'T THAT BIG.
WHEN BOBO GOT OUT THERE, THOUGH, AND WE WERE STANDING
RIGHT WHERE DAVE WAS STANDING WHEN HE SAW IT,
I COULD SEE THAT, YEAH, THIS THING WAS AT LEAST BOBO'S SIZE.
AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT BOBO HAD THREE LAYERS OF CLOTHING ON,
IT DEFINITELY SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT WIDER
FROM THE TOP ALL THE WAY DOWN --
A BIG, FURRY MASS, JUST LIKE HE DESCRIBED.
Bobo: I DON'T WANT TO BRAG, BUT I DO A PRETTY GOOD 'SQUATCH.
BUT I DO AN EVEN BETTER SLOW-MOVING BLOBSQUATCH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT'S TRUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CAP,
YOU CAN SEE YOUR FACE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR HAIR.
AND THIS IS KIND OF ONE BIG AMORPHOUS SORT OF BLOB HERE.
I THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUNLIGHT,
YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MORE DETAIL IF THAT WAS A DUDE.
David: TO ME, THAT'S A BIGFOOT.
YOU STARTED A GROUP BECAUSE OF IT.
IT CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO MOST OF THE YEAR,
YOU KNOW, IS BIGFOOT HUNTING.
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THAT ONE ENCOUNTER.
WE THINK YOU SHOULD COME OUT WITH US.
IT'S YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.
YOU GOT TO COME WITH US, DUDE.
Ranae: DAVID DOESN'T COME OFF AS A KID TRYING TO PULL A PRANK.
BUT HE WAS SO YOUNG WHEN THIS HAPPENED,
I CAN'T RULE OUT SOME OTHER EXPLANATION,
LIKE A MAN IN A SUIT OR A BEAR.
BUT HE TRULY LOVES BIGFOOTING.
HE KNOWS OF A CAMPGROUND NOT FAR FROM HERE
HE CLAIMS HAS HAD RECENT ACTIVITY,
SO HE'S AGREED TO TAKE US THERE TONIGHT.
Cliff: WELL, CLEARLY, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
WE SAW OVER 40 DEER AND ALMOST NO PEOPLE
LIVING INSIDE HERE AT ALL -- THIS IS PERFECT.
David: THERE'S A TRAIL OVER THIS WAY THAT --
IT'S A PRETTY STEEP TRAIL TO GET UP --
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP,
IT'S JUST A NETWORK OF RIDGES UP THERE.
OKAY, GOOD. SHOW US THE WAY.
Matt: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GONE OUT WITH A KID AT NIGHT,
AND IT'S GREAT.
IT REMINDS ME OF 'SQUATCHING WITH MY KIDS BACK HOME.
HE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND HE KNOWS THIS AREA VERY WELL,
SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAD BOBO AND I
UP TO THESE HIGH RIDGELINES,
WHERE WE CAN REALLY BELT OUT SOME LOUD HOWLS.
MEANWHILE, CLIFF AND RANAE ARE GONNA POSITION THEMSELVES
DOWN IN THE VALLEY BELOW.
THEY'LL HAVE THERMAL IMAGERS,
AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IN ON ANYTHING
THAT MAKES SOUNDS IN RESPONSE TO
THE HOWLS WE'RE MAKING FROM THE RIDGELINES.
Ranae: YOU KNOW, EARLIER TODAY, IT WAS RAINING.
I WAS WORRIED, BUT WITH THIS CANOPY COVER
AND THE FACT THAT THE RAIN LIGHTENED UP,
IT'S PRETTY GOOD DOWN HERE.
Ranae for Bobo.
RANAE, COPY.
WE SEEM TO BE IN POSITION WHERE WE CAN HEAR YOU GUYS.
DOES DAVID MIND GIVING ONE SCREAM SO WE CAN HEAR HIM?
OH, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID, GIVE 'EM A SCREAM.
[ HOWLS ]
DONE.
IT SOUNDED COOL ON THIS END.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK YOU'RE DOING, KIND OF, DUDE?
I THINK YOU'RE MUFFLING THE CALL.
OPEN YOUR HANDS WAY UP.
I FEEL KIND OF LIKE I'M OBI-WAN. HE'S MY LITTLE LUKE SKYWALKER.
SHOW HIM WHAT'S GOING ON,
GIVE A LITTLE LESSON IN THE FOREST WHEN YOU'RE 'SQUATCHING.
YEAH, LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU HAD YOUR HANDS LIKE THIS.
LET THEM KNOW.
MATT WOULD BE DARTH VADER, FOR SURE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE POINTER --
AT YOUR HIGH POINT, YOU WERE TILTING BACK THIS WAY.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO POINT DOWN.
[ HOWLS ]
THAT WAS GOOD. I THOUGHT IT WAS BOBO.
THAT WAS GREAT.
SHOULD WE MOSEY ON?
YEAH, YEAH.
THE FURTHER DOWN WE GET, I THINK THE BETTER WE'RE GONNA BE.
YEAH, LET'S ROLL.
[ THUNK ]
WHOA!
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT THE...?
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'VE TRAVELED
TO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA
TO MEET WITH A LOCAL TEENAGER AND BIGFOOTER
WHO PHOTOGRAPHED BLURRY PICTURES
OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A SASQUATCH
STALKING DEER NEAR HIS BACKYARD.
WE'RE CONVINCED THIS IS PRIME BIGFOOT HABITAT,
SO WE ASKED DAVE TO JOIN US ON A NIGHT INVESTIGATION
NEAR A CAMPGROUND HE CLAIMS HAS HAD RECENT ACTIVITY.
[ THUNK ]
WHOA!
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT THE...?
THIS?
THIS RIGHT HERE.
CHECK THIS OUT.
THAT?
THAT'S THE PIECE THAT BROKE RIGHT THERE.
WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?
STRAIGHT UP, RIGHT?
I MEAN, WHERE ELSE COULD IT HAVE COME FROM?
[ LAUGHS ]
I DON'T SEE WHERE IT CAME FROM, CLIFF.
THAT'S PRETTY CRAZY.
SO, WE'RE WALKING AROUND, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS BRANCH DROPS IN FRONT OF US.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, MAN.
I LOOKED AROUND, THINKING,
"WELL, LITTLE BIGFOOTS CLIMB TREES.
MAYBE WE GOT SOMETHING THROWING AT US."
I NEVER SAW ANYTHING AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT THING CAME FROM.
RANAE FOR BOBO.
YEAH?
A BRANCH JUST FELL INTO THE ROAD,
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHERE THE BRANCH CAME FROM.
LIKE, BEHIND US.
Can you guys do a howl?
Maybe we can get a response.
We'll do a howl from up here. We'll see if you can hear that.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
[ HOWLS ]
DOING CALLS -- IS THAT GONNA GET YOU INTO YOUR GROUP?
WHAT KIND OF INITIATION DO YOU GUYS GOT?
YOU GET CHUMMED IN LIKE A GANG?
OOH!
LISTEN!
YEAH, THAT WAY.
YEAH, THAT WAY.
WE JUST GOT A HOWL WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE,
BACK TOWARDS BASE CAMP.
MATT: We don't know what it is.
IT WAS A HOWL.
YEAH.
I'M GONNA DO ANOTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE HOWL.
[ INHALES DEEPLY ]
[ HOWLS ]
AFTER THAT FIRST HOWL RESPONSE, WE STUCK WITH IT FOR AWHILE.
WE MADE HOWLS PERIODICALLY,
AND WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE RESPOND.
[ HOWLS ]
IT STARTED TO RAIN,
AND WE'RE FIGURING THIS KID'S GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
WE GOT TO GET HIM BACK,
SO WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A NIGHT AND GET THIS BOY HOME.
HOW WAS IT, GOING OUT WITH THESE GUYS?
David: IT WAS FUN. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
HE'S A REAL 'SQUATCHER, I'LL SAY THAT.
YEAH.
WE DID HEAR ONE RETURN HOWL.
IT WAS A LONG, SUSTAINED ONE.
IT KIND OF STRUCK US AS NOT BEING A COYOTE.
AND ALL THREE OF YOU HEARD IT?
OH, YEAH.
I WANT TO STAY BEHIND
AT LEAST UNTIL WE CAN FIND ANOTHER SPOT.
I'M NOT READY TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.
THE OTHER TEAM HEARD A LONG HOWL,
AND I'M STILL WEIRDED OUT
BY THE BRANCH THAT SEEMED TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
COULD A BIGFOOT HAVE THROWN THIS AT US?
USUALLY I'M THE FIRST ONE TO DEBUNK A THEORY LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PLACE THAT HAS ME THINKING,
IF BIGFOOTS ARE REAL, THEY DEFINITELY COULD BE HERE.
AND THE REST OF US -- WE SHOULD TALK TO MORE WITNESSES.
WE NEED TO GO FIND SOMETHING NEW.
I AGREE.
Bobo: SO, CLIFF, MATT, AND I
ARE GONNA GO TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
RANAE'S OUT CAMPING, SEE WHAT SHE CAN DIG UP.
WE'RE IN MOUNTAIN COUNTRY WITH MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
OUT IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THEY'RE NOT THE TYPE OF PEOPLE
TO BE SITTING ON THEIR INTERNET ALL THE TIME.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF REPORTS HERE
THAT YOU WOULD NEVER GET LOOKING THROUGH A DATABASE.
THIS IS A KIND OF PLACE YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE ON THE GROUND,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
Matt: HELLO, FOLKS.
THANKS FOR COMING TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A SASQUATCH
OR YOU ARE DARN CERTAIN THAT YOU HEARD ONE,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NICE AND HIGH IN THE AIR.
ALL RIGHT, SO, WE GOT SOME IN.
MY SIGHTING WAS IN SENECA ROCKS.
I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THERE.
I SEEN IT STEP OFF THE ROAD.
THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS
HAIR CAME UP OVER ITS HEAD AND DOWN OVER ITS BACK.
AND THE WAY IT WALKED --
I CAN STILL SHOW YOU THE WAY IT WALKED.
LIKE, IT HAD A LOOP.
SHOW US.
LIKE A...
OKAY.
IT GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS TO THIS DAY.
James: I WAS GOING BOW HUNTING,
AND JUST AS I CAME OUT IN THE MEADOW,
I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT,
AND I SAW IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A BEAR.
AND I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED, AND IT WAS STANDING UP.
I SAID, "THAT'S THE BIGGEST BEAR I EVER SEEN."
AND I'M LOOKING AT IT LIKE I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
I COULD SEE ITS EYES BATTIN'.
I WAS JUST PETRIFIED.
Bob: I'VE SPOTTED IT TWICE.
THE FIRST TIME, I WAS WITH MY FRIEND HERE.
HE'S A LOGGER.
I SAID, "LOOK THERE -- THERE'S A BEAR."
AND WE WATCHED HIM FOR MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES OR SO.
IT WOULD GET DOWN,
AND THEN IT WOULD GO OVER LIKE THIS AND LOOK OVER LIKE THAT.
IT WAS NO BEAR.
WE WERE LEAVING OUR HOUSE ONE NIGHT --
1:30 IN THE MORNING -- WE HAD TO BE IN CHARLESTON.
WE WERE DRIVING, AND ABOUT FROM US TO YOU,
WE SAW SOMETHING COMING STRAIGHT AT US.
HUGE, LONG STRIDES, ARMS OUT.
THE NEXT DAY, SHE WENT TO WHERE WE SAW IT.
SHE FOUND HAIR WRAPPED AROUND THE FENCE.
YEAH.
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'VE TRAVELED TO WEST VIRGINIA
TO INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF BLURRY PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT MAY SHOW A BIGFOOT NEAR A LOCAL TEENAGER'S BACKYARD.
WE LEFT RANAE TO EXPLORE THE AREA FURTHER
WHILE THE REST OF US HEADED TO A PACKED TOWN HALL
FULL OF WITNESSES
AND POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING HARD EVIDENCE.
Cliff: ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
THAT IS CONSISTENT AMONGST HAIR SAMPLES --
IT ALWAYS HAS A RED SORT OF SHEEN
WHEN YOU HOLD IT UP TO THE LIGHT ITSELF.
THIS DOES.
BIGFOOT HAIR SAMPLES ARE LIKE GOLD TO 'SQUATCHERS.
IF THERE'S A FOLLICLE AND WE CAN EXTRACT DNA FROM THAT,
IT COULD PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE WHOLE SPECIES.
IT LOOKS LIKE 'SQUATCH HAIR.
IT DEFINITELY IS NOT COW HAIR.
WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TOWN HALL MEETING,
AND WE GOT SO MANY GOOD REPORTS.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE RIGHT IN THIS CORRIDOR
OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY WHERE I EXPECTED THEM.
I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN THE ONE WHERE THEY MENTIONED FINDING HAIRS.
THERE WAS ALSO SEVERAL STORIES FROM OUTDOORSMEN IN THE AREA.
WELL, WE WANT TO MEET WITH A COUPLE OF THEM
TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMON THREAD BETWEEN THOSE INCIDENTS.
Ranae: ALL RIGHT, THIS IS MY FIRST DAY
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S NIGHT INVESTIGATION.
I'M GONNA HOPEFULLY FIND THIS GIANT CAVE
THAT'S RUMORED TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY.
WEST VIRGINIA IS FULL OF CAVES,
ALL OF WHICH PROVIDE SHELTER FOR ANIMALS IN THIS AREA.
SO IT'S PLAUSIBLE, IF SASQUATCHES EXIST,
THAT WE MIGHT FIND EVIDENCE OF THEM IN SUCH A PLACE.
AH! AH, HERE WE GO.
CHECK OUT THIS TURTLE.
HE'S HAVING A LITTLE LUNCH ON THIS MUSHROOM HERE.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOM.
AND IF IT IS, MAYBE HE'LL SEE BIGFOOT TONIGHT.
BYE, LITTLE BUDDY.
OH, YEAH. HERE'S A CAVE.
THIS GOES A WAYS BACK THERE.
A LARGE ANIMAL COULD DEFINITELY TAKE COVER IN HERE.
HOPE THERE'S NO SNAKES OR CRITTERS.
OH, THIS GOES WAY BACK.
LOOK AT ALL THIS.
OH, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
NICE.
WELL, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE
TO TAKE COVER DURING A STORM.
Matt: I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET DEANNA AND DOUG.
DEANNA AND DOUG'S SIGHTING WAS IN THAT CORRIDOR
OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY
WHERE SO MANY OF THOSE OTHER INCIDENTS HAPPENED.
WHAT MAKES THIS PARTICULAR SIGHTING SO IMPORTANT --
THEY COLLECTED HAIRS AFTERWARDS.
SO I GOT TO GO TO THIS LOCATION SO I CAN TELL SCIENTISTS
EXACTLY WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE
AND EXACTLY WHERE IT HAPPENED.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO COME OUT AND SEE THIS LOCATION.
Doug: RIGHT.
WELL, WE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY --
KIND OF A FOGGY NIGHT -- AND GOT OUT ON THE MAIN ROAD.
AND WE SAW SOMETHING COMING STRAIGHT AT US.
I LOOKED AT HER. SHE LOOKED AT ME.
SHE SAID, "HONEY, I SWEAR I SAW BIGFOOT."
ONE PERSON, IT COULD BE A HALLUCINATION,
BUT TWO PEOPLE SEEING THE SAME THING --
THAT'S WHY I ASKED HER, "DID YOU SEE THAT?"
SHE WAS LIKE, "YEAH."
SO, WHEN YOU DROVE BESIDE IT, LIKE, HOW FAR AWAY WAS IT?
YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY.
IT WAS CLOSER THAN THAT.
I WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE,
SO IF I WAS TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND REACH MY ARM OUT,
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE BRUSHED UP AGAINST IT.
WOW.
Matt: ONE THING THAT SURPRISED ME ABOUT WHERE THIS HAPPENED --
I THOUGHT IT WAS FURTHER OFF ON A GRAVEL ROAD,
KIND OF OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
BUT NO.
THIS WAS RIGHT ON HIGHWAY 219.
THAT'S THE MAIN ROAD THAT GOES BETWEEN LEWISBURG UP TO WATOGA.
THAT MEANS THIS THING WAS ON A ROAD
THAT PEOPLE DRIVE A LOT ON DURING THE DAY
BECAUSE OF COMMUTER TRAFFIC.
BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THERE'S NO PEOPLE.
THE NEXT DAY, SHE WENT LOOKING UP THERE
Doug: AND FOUND A TRACK THAT WENT UP INTO THE FIELD,
FOUND THE HAIR WRAPPED AROUND THE FENCE.
AND SHE THINKS IT JUST STEPPED OVER IT.
DID YOU BRING THOSE HAIRS BACK AGAIN?
WOW. FANTASTIC.
THE ONLY OTHER CANDIDATES IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT
WOULD BE HORSETAIL HAIR OR COW OR BEAR OR THINGS.
BUT THOSE ARE THICK, COARSE HAIRS.
THEY LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THESE ARE 'SQUATCH HAIRS. THEY'RE VERY FINE HAIRS.
BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE HAIRS WERE FOUND
RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THEY HAD A SIGHTING WHERE TWO WITNESSES SAW IT.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE, I THINK, IS UNIQUE --
TWO WITNESSES, AND AT THE TOP OF THIS BARBED WIRE FENCE,
HERE WAS THIS HAIR
THAT LOOKS IDENTICAL TO OTHER SASQUATCH SAMPLES.
THE NEXT STEP WITH THESE HAIRS
IS TO SEND THE BATCH TO OKLAHOMA TO THE DNA LAB.
WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT THIS LAB ON A PREVIOUS EXPEDITION,
AND THE TECHNICIANS TOLD US THAT IF WE WERE TO COME ACROSS
ANY OTHER POSSIBLE BIGFOOT HAIRS,
THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ANALYZE THEM FOR US.
Matt: I HAVE NO DOUBT.
YOU SAW ONE, IT WENT OVER THE FENCE, IT ALL ADDS UP.
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY,
"OH, THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR THESE THINGS."
THAT'S PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF A SASQUATCH RIGHT THERE.
Cliff: BOBO AND I ARE ON OUR WAY TO MEET WITH BOB.
HE'S A FORMER SHERIFF, NASA EMPLOYEE, AND CHIEF OF POLICE.
BOB'S STORY ABOUT HIS ENCOUNTER REALLY, REALLY GRABBED ME
BECAUSE I COULD SEE ON HIS FACE AND BY HIS BODY MOVEMENTS
THAT HE WAS REALLY MOVED BY THIS THING.
BOBO AND I WANT TO GO TO THE LOCATION
TO SEE THIS AREA FOR OURSELVES,
SO WE CAN RULE OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF A MISIDENTIFICATION.
HEY.
WE'RE OUT HERE TO SEE WHERE YOU HAD YOUR SIGHTING AT.
RIGHT BACK OVER IN THERE, RIGHT BY THAT YELLOW TREE.
THEY ALL LOOK A LITTLE YELLOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT DAY
THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE,
AND THEN YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU SAW?
WELL, DAVEY WAS UP HERE WITH HIS SKIDDER
TO LOAD SOME LOGS THAT HE HAD CUT.
WELL, BUCKY AND I WAS IN A PICKUP TRUCK.
WE COME UP HERE TO HELP HIM 'CAUSE HE HAD A FLAT.
AND AS WE WERE COMING UP THE ROAD,
WE SAW THE BLACK FIGURE.
THIS THING STOOD UP AND THEN RAN INTO THE WOODS.
[ ROARS ]
COME ON, 'SQUATCHES, GIVE US A SIGN.
[ HOWL ]
WOW!
SHH-SHH-SHH.
IT'S LIKE THE GATES OF HELL OPENED UP.
TOTALLY!
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'VE TRAVELED TO WEST VIRGINIA
TO INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF PHOTOS
THAT MAY SHOW A BIGFOOT STALKING FOR DEER
NEAR A YOUNG MAN'S BACKYARD.
WHILE RANAE CONTINUES INVESTIGATING A CAMPGROUND
WITH REPORTED RECENT ACTIVITY,
THE REST OF US ARE MEETING WITH WITNESSES
IN HOPES OF FIGURING OUT
WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS RIGHT NOW.
Bob: AND AS WE WERE COMING UP THE ROAD,
WE SAW THE BLACK FIGURE.
THIS THING STOOD UP AND THEN RAN INTO THE WOODS.
THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT WHAT WERE YOU AND BUCKY TALKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE TIME
WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THIS THING?
"WHAT IS IT?"
IT'S GOT TO BE AN APE OR A GORILLA OR SOMETHING.
YEAH.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS NOT A BEAR.
AND YOU'RE AN EX-MARINE AND A SHERIFF AND ALL THIS.
YEAH.
DID YOU GUYS TRACK HIM DOWN THROUGH THERE?
WHY NOT?
I'VE BEEN SHOT TWICE, STABBED ONCE,
AND I'D HATE TO THINK THAT MY OBITUARY WOULD SAY,
"OH, YOU GOT CHEWED UP BY A BIGFOOT."
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M HOPING FOR, PERSONALLY.
YEAH, WELL, NOT ME.
EVERYTHING BOB IS SAYING STRONGLY POINTS
TO HIM SEEING A SASQUATCH THAT DAY.
I'M ALWAYS DRAWN TO SIGHTINGS
WHERE THE WITNESS IS A SHERIFF OR A POLICE OFFICER OF SOME SORT
BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAINED IN OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS,
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE GOOD, HONEST PEOPLE
WHO AREN'T GONNA BE LYING ABOUT SOMETHING SILLY LIKE A BIGFOOT SIGHTING.
WELL, I SEE WHERE THE GAME TRAIL WAS --
THERE WAS A GAME TRAIL RIGHT HERE.
WHOA, LOOK -- BOBO'S PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARING DOWN THERE.
BOBO'S A BIG GUY. HE'S 6'4".
SO, WHAT DID THIS THING THAT YOU SAW
LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO BOBO?
I WOULD SAY HE'D BE AT LEAST EIGHT FOOT.
SO ANOTHER COUPLE OF HEADS ON TOP OF BOBO?
EXACTLY, ABOUT TWO HEADS.
ONCE AGAIN, BOBO, THE THING IS DWARFING YOU.
ROGER THAT.
BOB IS ABOUT AS GOOD OF A WITNESS AS YOU GET.
I THINK HE DID SEE A 'SQUATCH HERE.
I THINK THAT 'SQUATCH CAME TO THIS MEADOW HUNTIN' DEER
AND DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE ANYBODY HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING US TO THE LOCATION WHERE YOU HAD YOUR SIGHTING.
DEFINITELY THIS PLACE IS 'SQUATCHY.
YOU SAW A 'SQUATCH THAT DAY, AND I'M JEALOUS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LUCKY,
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET, I GUARANTEE YOU.
[ NOISEMAKER SHRIEKS ]
BOBO SAYS HE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH LIKE A 'SQUATCH,
AND IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I KNOW BOBO LOVES, IT'S A PARTY.
[ NOISEMAKER SHRIEKS ]
SO, I'M GONNA TAKE A COUPLE BALLOONS,
MAYBE SOME GLOW STICKS.
HOPEFULLY THE BIG HAIRY GUY WILL WANT TO COME PARTY,
KIND OF LIKE BOBO.
[ RATTLES ]
I DON'T KNOW HOW A SASQUATCH CAN RESIST THIS.
I'VE BEEN DOING WOOD KNOCKS THE WHOLE WAY UP HERE,
LEAVING GLOW STICKS.
I LEFT A BUNCH OF BALLOONS DOWN BY MY TENT.
MAYBE SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME.
MAYBE I'LL GET A SPECIAL VISITOR TONIGHT IN MY TENT.
COME AND GET ME, BIGFOOT.
[ NOISEMAKER SHRIEKS ]
Bobo: CLIFF AND I ARE GONNA MEET BACK UP WITH MATT
AND GO OUT TO JAMES' LOCATION.
HE HAD A DAYLIGHT SIGHTING OF A 'SQUATCH
WHILE HUNTING HERE ONE DAY.
BUT WHAT MAKES IT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO ME
IS THAT IT'S SO CLOSE TO BOB'S SIGHTING.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW SIGHTINGS OUT THERE.
IT'S OUR BIGGEST CLUSTER WE'VE GOT.
Matt: TOOK US A WHILE TO GET OUT HERE.
YES.
THIS IS THE LOCATION?
RIGHT UP THERE IN BETWEEN
THEM LITTLE TREES RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
SO, CAN YOU TELL US, PLEASE, WHAT YOU WERE DOING THAT DAY
AND JUST KIND OF WALK US THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED?
ALL RIGHTY.
I JUST CAME OUT OF THE WOODS THERE.
I WAS BOW HUNTING.
AND I SAW IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A BEAR.
AND I GOT MY BINOCULARS AND LOOKED AT IT THROUGH BINOCULARS.
I SAID, "MAN, I'M HAVING A NIGHTMARE
'CAUSE THIS CAN'T BE TRUE."
[ GROWLS ]
[ ROARS ]
Narrator: THE ANSWER COMING UP.
Narrator: THE ANSWER IS...
WHEN HE'S NOT BUSY BIGFOOTING,
CLIFF CAN OFTEN BE FOUND PLAYING GUITAR
IN BARS THROUGHOUT HIS HOMETOWN OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'RE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA
LOOKING INTO RECENT BIGFOOT ACTIVITY.
WHILE RANAE CONTINUES INVESTIGATING A WILDERNESS AREA
THAT LOCALS DESCRIBE AS A HOT SPOT,
THE REST OF US ARE MEETING WITH EYEWITNESSES FROM THE TOWN HALL.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A POSSIBLE HAIR SAMPLE,
BUT WE MAY HAVE A LEAD ON ANOTHER BIGFOOT HOT SPOT
WHERE TWO OUTDOORSMEN REPORTED SIGHTINGS
LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
James: I JUST CAME OUT OF THE WOODS THERE.
I WAS BOW HUNTING.
AND I SAW IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A BEAR.
AND I GOT MY BINOCULARS AND LOOKED AT IT THROUGH BINOCULARS.
I SAID, "MAN, I'M HAVING A NIGHTMARE
'CAUSE THIS CAN'T BE TRUE."
[ GROWLS ]
AND THAT THING STOOD RIGHT THERE AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME,
JUST LIKE I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIS FACIAL FEATURES FOR US?
WELL, YEAH, HE HAD A ROUND FACE,
AND HIS NOSE CAME DOWN BIG AND WIDE.
COULD YOU SEE HIS EYES PRETTY WELL?
I COULD SEE HIS EYES BATTIN',
BUT YOU COULDN'T TELL WHAT COLOR THEY WERE.
OH, OKAY. BUT YOU COULD SEE THEM OPENING AND CLOSING?
OH, YEAH, I COULD SEE THEM OPENING AND CLOSING.
SEEING A SASQUATCH AT THE DISTANCE
THAT JAMES WAS FROM THE CREATURE WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT SIGHTING.
BUT TO SEE THAT THING THROUGH BINOCULARS
JUST RAISES IT UP TO ONE OF THE BEST VISUAL ENCOUNTERS
ONE COULD ASK FOR OF A SASQUATCH.
HOW DO I LOOK THROUGH THE BINOCULARS?
I CLEARLY SEE YOUR FACIAL FEATURES.
I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE WEARING THE NECKLACE.
I CAN SEE THE BUTTONS ON YOUR SHIRT, MAN.
IT MUST'VE BEEN AMAZING.
NO WONDER JAMES IS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE WHOLE THING.
NOW, WHEN YOU WOULD GET DEER OUT HERE,
YOU'D PROBABLY TAKE THE WHOLE THING BACK SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GUT IT.
OH, NO, I'D DRAG HIM RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE EDGE OF THE WOODS AND GUT HIM.
AND SO YOU LEAVE THE GUT PILE RIGHT HERE?
AND NEXT DAY, IT'S GONE.
Cliff: YEAH, YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN FEEDING THESE GUYS
FOR A LOT LONGER THAN YOU REALIZE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PART THEY WANT --
THEY WANT PARTS OF THOSE GUTS, THE OILY ORGANS,
LIKE THE LIVER AND THE GALLBLADDER
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY LEAVE THE REST.
SO THE GUT PILE IS LIKE A NICE PRESENT FOR IT.
Matt: I'M REALLY BUYING JAMES' STORY.
THE BIGFOOT MAY ASSOCIATE THE SOUND OF THAT ATV
WITH HIM COMING OUT THERE TO HUNT.
HUNTER GETS DEER, HUNTER LEAVES A PILE OF GUTS THERE.
AND THAT'S THE PART OF THE DEER THAT THE BIGFOOT WANTS.
WELL, JAMES, YOU SAW IT IN DAYLIGHT THROUGH BINOCULARS.
I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU SAW A SASQUATCH.
I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE.
YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.
[ GROWLS ]
Bobo: TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO PICK UP RANAE.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT,
WE DECIDED TO HAVE OURSELVES A LITTLE FUN TONIGHT,
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO A LOCAL HOEDOWN.
WHEREVER WE GO, WE DELVE INTO THE LOCAL CULTURE.
AND I LOVE OLD-TIMEY MOUNTAIN MUSIC --
TAP DANCIN', THE MOUNTAIN CLOGGIN', FLAT-FOOTIN'.
OH, THERE'S SOME BOOTS-SCOOGYING.
[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪ WE'RE GONNA HUNT THAT BIGFOOT DOWN ♪
♪ WELL, SOMEONE SAID HE AIN'T REAL ♪
♪ BUT I SAW HIM IN MY HAY FIELD ♪
♪ BIGFOOT, HE'S MIGHTY TALL ♪
[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ]
♪ BIGFOOT, HE'S SCARED OF YOU ♪
♪ BUT I AIN'T SCARED OF HIM AT ALL ♪
YOO!
[ APPLAUSE ]
Bobo: YEAH!
YEAH, I CAN TELL YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A BIGFOOT.
YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT SCARED OF HIM AT ALL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO, IS THIS A HOEDOWN OR A HOOTENANNY?
WHAT YOU SAW FROM US IS KIND OF A HOEDOWN, YOU KNOW.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FREEDOM WITH YOUR HOEDOWN DANCING,
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF FREEDOM WITH YOUR FOOTWORK.
DO YOU NEED SOME MOONSHINE FOR IT TO BE A HOOTENANNY?
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME OF THAT AROUND.
[ LAUGHTER ]
OUR TEAM HERE HAS COME TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA,
SO WE'RE REALLY CURIOUS IF ANY OF YOU MOUNTAIN FOLK
HAVE EVER RUN ACROSS A BIGFOOT IN YOUR TIME
OR PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS.
I ACTUALLY MET A FAMILY.
THEY HAD CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN BIGFOOT NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE --
THREE OR MORE TIMES ON HER PROPERTY.
ONE OF THE LADIES I WORK WITH SEEN A HAIRY FIGURE
THAT WENT UP THIS LITTLE KNOLL
THAT NORMALLY WOULD TAKE A MAN SEVERAL STEPS TO GET UP.
THIS CREATURE WAS UP IT IN TWO OR THREE STEPS.
Cliff: TONIGHT WAS GREAT.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY HERE HAD SOME SORT OF STORY TO RELATE,
WHICH JUST SHOWS WHAT A 'SQUATCHY PLACE WEST VIRGINIA IS.
YEAH, I PLAY A LITTLE GUITAR MYSELF.
MAY I SIT IN WITH YOU, PLEASE?
ABSOLUTELY.
SO, WE HEARD THEIR STORIES,
DID A LITTLE DANCIN',
PLAYED SOME GUITAR.
TOO BAD RANAE HAD TO MISS ALL THE FUN.
[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
Ranae: AFTER A COUPLE DAYS
OUT IN THE WILDLIFE AREA DAVE TOOK US TO,
I SAW QUITE A FEW THINGS
THAT WOULD MAKE THIS THE PERFECT HOME FOR A SASQUATCH.
THAT SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK
EITHER HEARING OR SEEING ONE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE GUYS WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA
OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR SEARCH EFFORTS TONIGHT.
Matt: SO, WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, IT'S SOME BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BACK HERE,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT
THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IS WOODLAND BOX TURTLES.
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE BACK THERE.
WHILE RANAE DIDN'T OFFER ANY NEW INFORMATION,
SHE CONFIRMED, VERY STRONGLY, WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW.
THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF FOOD AVAILABLE FOR SASQUATCHES
IN THIS PART OF WEST VIRGINIA,
SO NOW WE JUST NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN.
LUCKILY, THERE'S A SIGHTINGS CLUSTER
WHERE BOB AND JAMES RAN INTO THEIR BIGFOOT.
IF I WAS A BETTING MAN, I WOULD PLACE MY MONEY ON THAT LOCATION.
WHEN JAMES HUNTS THIS PROPERTY, WHEREVER HE KILLS A DEER,
HE CLEANS IT AND GUTS IT AT THAT SPOT,
LEAVING THE GUT PILES BEHIND.
SO, WE'RE GONNA CONTACT A LOCAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE
AND GET A COUPLE BUCKETS FULL OF GUTS,
AND THEN LEAVE THOSE OUT AND PUT GAME CAMERAS ON THEM.
NO GUTS, NO GLORY. LET'S GO GET SOME GUTS.
[ LAUGHS ]
AFTER WE HEARD WHAT HAPPENED WITH JAMES,
IT GAVE US SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
JAMES HOOKED US UP WITH A GUY WHO COULD PROVIDE SOME ATVs,
AND WE FOUND A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
THAT WOULD PROVIDE US WITH BUCKETS OF GUTS.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE THOSE UP AROUND IN THAT AREA,
FIND SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN DUMP THOSE GUTS.
IT MIGHT CATCH THE ATTENTION OF A BIGFOOT,
AND THAT BIGFOOT MAY COME AND INVESTIGATE,
AND IF IT DOES, WE'LL HAVE TRAIL CAMERAS THERE IN A FEW TREES.
GOOD SPOT.
THIS ONE LOOKS GOOD, YEAH.
WE'LL HAVE GUTS GO HERE,
AND THE CAMERA WILL GO ON THIS TREE.
NICE!
[ LAUGHS ]
WHEN I LIFTED THAT THING UP AND THAT AIR JUST WENT POOOH --
MAN, IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
IT WAS LIKE WALKING INTO BOBO'S HOTEL ROOM OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS JUST OFF THE HOOK.
OHH, GOSH!
[ LAUGHS ] SMELL THAT! UGH!
OHH, GOSH.
HOW COULD YOU EVEN PUT YOUR FACE NEAR THAT, RANAE?
Ranae: I THINK THIS PLAN IS GREAT.
BUT THE SURPRISING PART
IS MATT AND CLIFF WERE SO QUEASY ABOUT THESE GUTS.
I GUESS NEITHER OF THEM HAVE EVER REALLY GONE HUNTING BEFORE.
OHH! OHH, OHH.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ODD TIMES
WHERE THE 'SQUATCH AND I DON'T EAT THE SAME THING.
EW!
I DON'T EAT RAW PIG INTESTINES.
ALL RIGHT, MATT, RANAE, THIS IS WHERE WE MET WITH BOB THE OTHER DAY.
HE SAW THAT ONE RUN ACROSS THIS MEADOW
RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE TREES.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO START OFF WITH A FEW LOUD HOWLS.
SO, WE CAN DO THOSE FIRST AND THEN GO CHECK THE GUT PILES?
ALL RIGHT, GOOD IDEA.
WHY DON'T MATT AND I HEAD TO THIS SIDE OF THIS OPENING HERE
AND START MAKING CALLS?
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU GUYS GO TO THAT SIDE OF THE OPENING
AND THEN MAKE CALLS FROM THERE.
ALL RIGHTY.
WHERE WE ARE STARTING TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION
IS SPITTIN' DISTANCE FROM WHERE BOB SAW THE SASQUATCH
RUN FROM ONE HOLLOW ACROSS THE OPEN FIELD
AND INTO THE OTHER HOLLOW.
THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS ON THIS PROPERTY,
I CAN'T HELP BUT BE A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TONIGHT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF THOSE GUT PILES ARE STILL THERE,
AND I CERTAINLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF ANYTHING CALLS BACK TONIGHT.
Ranae: I THOUGHT I HEARD A BARRED OWL.
Bobo: ONLY THING I HEARD WAS ME WHEEZING.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, I GUESS THIS IS A GOOD SPOT TO DO SOME CALLS.
RANAE FOR MATT.
YEAH, RANAE, WHAT'S UP?
BOBO AND I GOT OURSELVES INTO A GOOD POSITION.
WE'RE AT TOP OF THIS RIDGE OVER HERE,
AND WE'RE READY TO DO CALLS.
NOW'S A GOOD TIME.
YEP.
[ SIGHS ]
[ HOWLS ]
[ HOWLING ]
WAIT. HOLD STILL.
[ RUSTLING ]
[ ANIMAL HOOTING ]
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
HEY, BUDDY.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ HOOTING CONTINUES ]
YOU GOT A BARRED OWL.
MATT: Yeah, a nice big fat one.
COME ON, 'SQUATCHES, GIVE US A SIGN.
[ HOWL ]
WOW!
SHH-SHH-SHH.
WHAT WAS THAT?
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE TRAVELED
TO THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA
TO MEET WITH A YOUNG EYEWITNESS WHO PHOTOGRAPHED
A POSSIBLE 'SQUATCH IN HIS BACKYARD.
THE WITNESSES WE'VE MET AND OUR OWN INVESTIGATIONS
HAVE US CONVINCED WE'RE HOT ON THE TRAIL OF A POTENTIAL FIND.
TONIGHT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR SEARCH IN AN AREA
WHERE TWO OUTDOORSMEN REPORTED SIGHTINGS.
AND WE'VE SET OUT BAIT TRAPS FULL OF GUTS
IN HOPES OF LURING IN SOME HUNGRY BIGFOOTS.
COME ON, 'SQUATCHES, GIVE US A SIGN.
[ HOWL ]
WOW!
SHH-SHH-SHH.
DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT?
DEFINITELY GOT SOME WICKED SOUNDS
Both to the North and the South.
I'M THINKING THAT WAS COYOTES ON THAT SIDE.
AND THIS OVER HERE,
THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME COYOTES IN THERE, BUT THAT WAS WEIRD.
THAT'S RIGHT, MAN.
IT'S LIKE THE GATES OF HELL OPENED UP.
Matt: TOTALLY!
SEE, THAT'S THE CALL WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE DESCRIBE THAT...
[ ESCALATING HOWLS ]
WE'RE HEARING JUST THIS JUST HELLISH-SOUNDING SCREAM.
WOW!
AND IT WENT ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE'RE LISTENING,
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE -- I MEAN, IT'S INDESCRIBABLE.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE SCREAMS FROM HELL, LIKE PEOPLE BURNING.
IT'S COMING FROM THAT WAY, RIGHT?
GOOD. LET'S GO.
Matt: IT COULD BE A SASQUATCH,
AND THE SOUND IS COMING FROM
THE SAME DIRECTION OF ONE OF OUR BAIT TRAPS.
SO CLIFF AND I DECIDED TO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION
WHILE RANAE AND BOBO HELD THEIR GROUND
TO LISTEN FOR MORE RESPONSES.
HEY, LOOK, THERE'S THE CAMERA.
YEAH, THIS IS THE SPOT.
AND IT'S POINTED DOWN HERE.
I DON'T SEE IT.
THE GUTS ARE GONE.
YEAH.
SOMETHING TOOK IT, WHICH MEANS...
IF THE CAMERA WAS WORKING RIGHT, THEN THAT MEANS
IT'S GOT PICTURES OF WHATEVER TOOK IT.
THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.
I MEAN, WE GOT THOSE CRAZY HOWLS.
THE GUT PILE'S GONE.
MAYBE WE GOT A PICTURE.
WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL WE UPLOAD THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
WE LOOKED AROUND FOR ANY MORE SIGNS
THAT A BIGFOOT MIGHT BE IN THE AREA,
BUT WE DIDN'T RUN ACROSS ANY AT ALL.
SO AFTER A FEW MORE HOURS, WE HEADED BACK TO CAMP
TO MEET UP WITH RANAE AND BOBO.
I'VE NEVER HEARD A NOISE LIKE THAT.
IMAGINE PUTTING FOUR OR FIVE, MAYBE SIX COYOTES IN A ROOM
WITH LIKE THREE TO FOUR RANAES DOING HER CRAZY-WOMAN SCREAM
AND TURNING THE REVERB UP TO 12.
YEAH, AND IT WAS IN THE AREA ALSO WHERE THE BAIT PILE WAS,
AND THE BAIT'S GONE.
Bobo: I THINK THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN
MY BEST EXPEDITION WITH YOU GUYS SO FAR.
THIS TRIP WAS EPIC.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS PLACE. IT'S JUST FUNNY.
IN THE DAYTIME, IT LOOKS LIKE A SLICE OF HEAVEN,
BUT AT NIGHT, IT CAN SOUND LIKE HELL FOR CERTAIN.
THIS EXPEDITION TO WEST VIRGINIA WAS GREAT.
I'VE BEEN HERE THREE TIMES BEFORE, AND I HAVE TO SAY,
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE IN THE WHOLE LOWER 48 FOR BIGFOOTS.
[ HOWLS ]
THIS TIME WAS NO EXCEPTION.
WE MET A YOUNG, ASPIRING BIGFOOTER
ALONG WITH OTHER CREDIBLE WITNESSES,
AND WE GOT A VERY RARE HAIR SAMPLE.
AND OUR SEARCH TECHNIQUE SEEMED TO YIELD SOME RESULTS.
THIS PLACE IS VERY 'SQUATCHY,
AND WHAT I HEARD OUT IN THOSE WOODS
SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF THOSE SASQUATCHES.
[ ROARS ]
STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT BIGFOOTS EXIST?
VISIT animalplanet.com/bigfoot
AND JUDGE THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF.
[ ROARS ]