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Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "FINDING BIGFOOT"...
THE TEAM JOURNEYS TO CONNECTICUT,
ONE OF THE SMALLEST
AND MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATES IN THE COUNTRY,
TO MEET A MOTHER OF TWO WHO MAY HAVE FILMED THE BIGFOOT
WHILE WATCHING HER CHILDREN PLAY.
IT RUNS OUT AND THEN RUNS BACK IN,
LIKE, IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
IN THEIR TOUGHEST EXPEDITION TO DATE...
I'D THINK YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY,
BUT IF I HADN'T SEEN IT MYSELF...
...A HANDFUL OF COMPELLING WITNESSES...
THAT'S WHERE I LOCKED EYES WITH IT, RIGHT HERE.
WELL, IF THESE THINGS DID EAT PEOPLE,
I'D SAY YOU'D BE IN MORTAL DANGER,
'CAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A TASTY MORSEL.
...AND SOME DIFFICULT ONES HELP GUIDE THEIR SEARCH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT DAVID'S STORY.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD.
EVERY TIME IT TOOK A STEP,
ITS SKIN COLOR TURNING WHITE TO RED.
THAT JUST SOUND LUDICROUS.
WHOA.
Narrator: ALL TO ANSWER THE QUESTION,
CAN BIGFOOTS REALLY LIVE IN THE SMALL STATE OF CONNECTICUT?
OH! KNOCK.
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: THE TEAM AND I ARE IN CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT ISN'T THE FIRST STATE YOU THINK ABOUT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BIGFOOT AREAS.
IT'S NOT VERY BIG,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS STATE.
WE KNOW THERE'S SIGHTINGS IN RHODE ISLAND.
WE KNOW THERE'S SIGHTINGS ABOVE CONNECTICUT IN MASSACHUSETTS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S REPORTS
ALSO IN DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK.
SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME BIGFOOTS
IN CONNECTICUT SOME OF THE TIME,
MIGRATING THROUGH HERE TO GET TO THOSE OTHER STATES.
THERE'S DEER AND BEAR AND EVEN MOOSE IN THIS STATE.
SO A PLACE LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME POCKETS
THAT ARE GONNA BE FAVORABLE TO BIGFOOTS,
WHERE THEY CAN STAY OUT OF VIEW AND THEY CAN FIND PLENTY TO EAT.
Bobo: I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO BE IN CONNECTICUT.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE AS A KID.
I'VE GOT ABOUT 20 COUSINS
THAT LIVE WITHIN A HALF-HOUR OF THIS AREA.
AND I HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS AS BIGFOOT HABITAT.
IT'S A SUBURB OF NEW YORK, BASICALLY.
Ranae: YEAH.
Bobo: NO ONE'S MORE SURPRISED WE'RE GOING TO CONNECTICUT
TO LOOK FOR BIGFOOT THAN I AM.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S BAD HABITAT HERE.
IT'S JUST SO DENSELY POPULATED.
IT'S ONE OF THE TOP-FIVE STATES IN THE COUNTRY
FOR MOST PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN BIGFOOTS.
I KNOW BIGFOOTS ARE REAL.
AND I'M STILL KIND OF, LIKE, FLABBERGASTED
THEY'RE IN CONNECTICUT.
BUT, HEY, IF THEY'RE IN RHODE ISLAND, WHY NOT HERE?
SO MUCH OF CONNECTICUT IS ACTUALLY WOODED.
AND JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE THERE
DOES NOT MEAN THAT BIGFOOTS DON'T.
JUST LIKE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
BIGFOOTS LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF LARGE TOWNS.
THEY JUST HAVE LEARNED TO ADAPT TO THE HUMAN POPULATION
BY BECOMING EXTRA STEALTHY
AND EVEN MORE NINJA-LIKE THAN USUAL.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO,
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BIGFOOTING IN CONNECTICUT?"
I'D SAY, "NO. WHY WASTE MY TIME?"
BUT AFTER A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION
IN RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, AND EASTERN NEW YORK,
I MEAN, WHY NOT?
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ALL THESE BIGFOOT REPORTS.
WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE IN THIS PLACE, AS WELL?
THIS REPORT CAME INTO THE BFRO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
THIS LADY NAMED TONYA FROM CONNECTICUT
SAID SHE WAS OUT WITH HER KIDS.
THEY WERE RIDING BIKES AROUND IN THIS SANDPIT AREA.
SHE WAS SHOOTING FOOTAGE OF THAT
AND THEN NOTICED THIS THING WALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
I LOOKED AT IT, AND I'M THINKING, "OH, WOW.
"THAT COULD BE A BIGFOOT.
AND THAT'S A BIGFOOT IN CONNECTICUT IF IT'S REAL!"
THE VIDEO FOOTAGE IS KIND OF SHAKY AND BLURRY,
BUT YOU SEE THIS FIGURE, ALL ONE UNIFORM COLOR,
WALKING ACROSS THE SAND FIELD,
THEN SUDDENLY MAKING A TURN AND BOLTING BACK INTO THE WOODS.
NOT RUNNING, BUT WALKING VERY FAST,
JUST LIKE A SASQUATCH DOES.
WELL, IN THE VIDEO HERE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE LEGS MOVING.
IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN.
IT APPEARS TO BE MOVING AWAY FROM THIS BUSH
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE.
YOU GOT TO WONDER, "IF THAT'S A PERSON,
WHY WOULD IT RUN TO THE WOOD LINE?"
BUT AN ANIMAL CERTAINLY WOULD DO THAT,
WHETHER IT'S A BEAR, A SASQUATCH, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE TOP CANDIDATE.
COULD POSSIBLY BE MISIDENTIFICATION.
COULD BE A BLACK BEAR.
HISTORICALLY, THERE'S BLACK BEARS, COUGARS,
TIMBER WOLVES HERE IN CONNECTICUT.
SO IT'S MORE PLAUSIBLE TO ME
THAT THAT'S A BLACK BEAR THAN A SASQUATCH.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE ALWAYS LEARN SO MUCH MORE
BY GOING TO THE LOCATION WITH THE WITNESS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA LEARN A LOT TODAY.
BOBO, I HOPE YOU WORE YOUR RUNNING SHOES.
I DON'T THINK I OWN ANY RUNNING SHOES, CLIFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
Matt: WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MEET WITH TONYA AND HER TWO CHILDREN.
WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHEN WE'RE THERE
IS HOW BIG THIS FIGURE WAS.
WE ALSO WANT TO GET AN IDEA
OF HOW FAST IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE
TO GO FROM WHERE IT FIRST APPEARED
TO WHERE IT WENT BACK INTO THE WOODS.
THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA
OF HOW EASY IT COULD HAVE BEEN FOR A HUMAN HOAXER TO DO
OR MAYBE A BETTER IDEA
OF WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BEAR.
SO, THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE?
YEAH.
I HAD -- WE CAME FOR THE DAY TO RIDE.
USUALLY MOM GETS OFF
AND FILMS EVERYBODY RIDING FOR A WHILE.
FILMED THEM GOING OVER JUMPS,
RIDING AROUND THE SANDPIT.
SO, HOW DID THE DISCOVERY OF THE FIGURE HAPPEN?
WELL, WE WERE WATCHING THE VIDEO,
AND WE JUST SEE SOMETHING IN THE CORNER.
IT RUNS OUT AND THEN RUNS BACK IN,
LIKE, IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
Matt: THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME.
IT WAS ON TWO LEGS,
AND IT WAS JUST MOVING SO FAST ON TWO LEGS.
VERY FAST.
I'M A NURSE, SO I'M VERY SCIENTIFIC.
WHENEVER I SEE THESE THINGS ON TV
SOMETIMES IF THE KIDS
ARE WATCHING ABOUT THE GHOST THINGS,
THE PARANORMAL THINGS,
I'M ALWAYS LIKE, "OH, YEAH."
BUT I WAS THE ONE FILMING IT THAT DAY.
IT WAS MY CAMERA IN MY HANDS.
THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW.
AND IT JUST -- IT WAS VERY, VERY WEIRD.
SO, YOU KIDS HAVE WATCHED THIS MOVIE
PROBABLY MORE THAN WE HAVE.
CAN YOU PLACE ME DOWN THERE AND TELL ME WHERE TO GO?
OKAY, WE'LL GET YOU IN THE RIGHT POSITION, BOBO.
WE NEEDED TO GET A GAUGE
ON HOW BIG THIS FIGURE IN THE VIDEO ACTUALLY IS,
SO WE ASKED BOBO TO GO DOWN TO THE SPOT.
SHE STILL HAS THE SAME VIDEO PHONE,
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE TREES AND THE TERRAIN
REALLY HAVEN'T SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED.
CLIFF: Right there, Bobes.
WELL, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SPOT, AS YOU CAN SEE.
SO, THERE'S THE SMALL BUSH ON THE LEFT,
AND THERE'S THE BIG BUSH ON THE RIGHT.
IT WALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THE BUSH
AND THEN CUTS STRAIGHT THAT WAY
AND DISAPPEARS INTO THE BRUSH.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S ON.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
GO AHEAD.
YEAH. THAT'S IT.
Bobo: SO, KIDS, WERE YOU SURPRISED
HOW QUICK AND AGILE I WAS WHEN YOU SAW ME IN PERSON?
NO.
GOT TO LOVE HIS HONESTY.
[ LAUGHS ]
THESE KIDS ARE HONEST WITNESSES.
Matt: THEY ARE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS HOW FAST THAT THING
GETS OUT OF THE WAY.
AND WHEN BOBO WALKED BACK IN THERE,
IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE HE TOOK A LOT MORE STEPS.
IT REALLY SHOWS WHAT A LOT OF WITNESSES
DESCRIBE WHEN THEY SAY THE THING TOOK OF.
IT WAS JUST IN A FEW STEPS, AND IT WAS GONE SO QUICK.
I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT THERE.
COMPARED TO BOBO, THIS THING WAS MOVING VERY FAST.
AND, TO ME, THAT RULES OUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT IT WAS A HUMAN IN A COSTUME.
I CAN'T RULE OUT A BEAR.
IF THE BEAR IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION,
IT JUMPS THERE AND GOES TO JUMP,
IT COULD LIFT UP, AND YOU COULD BE SEEING THE BEAR FROM THE BACK SIDE.
BUT IT WOULDN'T APPEAR TALLER.
YOU'RE SEEING A FULL BODY LENGTH THAT HITS AN ANGLE,
AND IT'S JUMPING.
Matt: I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAR AT ALL.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S UPRIGHT TO ME.
I HAPPEN TO AGREE.
I-I JUST DON'T THINK
IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAR.
YES, THIS THING WAS MOVING FAST,
AND I AGREE THAT IT WASN'T A PERSON,
BUT I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT IT COULDN'T BE A BLACK BEAR.
YOU HAVE A VERY INTRIGUING VIDEO.
I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY FOR SURE WHAT'S IN THERE,
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A BEAR.
IT'S CLEARLY NOT A DEER.
YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT AN EAST COAST BIGFOOT ON FILM,
WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE.
IT'S THE COLOR OF A SASQUATCH.
SEEMS TO UPRIGHT LIKE A SASQUATCH.
SO THAT LEADS US TO THE ANSWER --
IT'S PROBABLY A SASQUATCH.
SO WE WANT TO SET UP OUR NIGHT INVESTIGATION,
BUT NOT AT THIS LOCATION.
IT'S JUST TOO ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT A FRIEND OF MY COUSIN
JUST BOUGHT A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE,
HEAVILY WOODED --
JUST THE TYPE OF PLACE WHATEVER WAS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO
WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO LAY UP AND HIDE.
WELL, THE RAIN LET UP.
AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY STOKED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I MEAN, THIS IS OVER 4,000 ACRES,
ALMOST 5,000 ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND.
NO HUNTING.
NO ONE'S IN HERE AFTER DARK.
AND WE'RE NOT THAT FAR FROM TONYA'S VIDEO SITE.
I MEAN, THAT 'SQUATCH, IF THAT IS A 'SQUATCH,
WOULD MOST LIKELY BE UTILIZING THIS SPOT
AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, BOBO. LET'S TAKE THE HIGH GROUND.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT.
OKAY. STAY ON THE RADIO.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF REPORTS OUT OF CONNECTICUT.
BUT WE STILL ARE GONNA DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE
AND DO AN INVESTIGATION.
MATT AND CLIFF WANT TO GO DOWN BY THE MARSH --
THAT'S AN AREA WHERE ANIMALS WOULD CONGREGATE --
WHILE BOBO AND I WANT TO GO HIGH UP ON THE HILL,
MAKE VOCALIZATIONS, AND STIR THIS AREA UP,
TRY TO GET A RESPONSE OUT OF ANY SASQUATCH IN THE AREA.
BACK INTO THE SPOOKY WOODS.
YEAH, THIS IS GOOD.
WE GOT ALL SORTS OF JETS.
YEAH, THERE'S A PLANE GOING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S CONNECTICUT.
YOU'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM ANY AIRPORTS HERE,
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GET AWAY FROM THESE JETS.
[ AIRPLANE WHIRRING ]
BUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, 'SQUATCHES
HAVE TO HEAR THAT EVERY DAY,
AND I WONDER WHAT THEY THINK
WHEN THEY LOOK UP AND THEY SEE THAT.
I WONDER IF THEY KNOW IT'S THE SAME HAIRLESS APES
THEY SEE DRIVING AROUND IN THESE BUCKETS.
[ LEAVES RUSTLING ]
WE COULD SIT ON THIS LOG AND LISTEN.
Ranae: YEAH. OKAY.
WALKING IN THESE LEAVES, THAT'S ALL WE CAN HEAR, AND...
IF YOU GO HUNTING OR ANYTHING, YOU ALWAYS --
IN MILITARY OPS, THOSE GUYS,
YOU SIT AND LISTEN 15, 20 MINUTES AT A TIME.
AND IT USUALLY TAKES THE WOODS ABOUT 15 MINUTES
TO COME BACK TO LIFE ONCE YOU JUST SIT DOWN INTO A QUIET.
YEAH.
WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE LEAF LITTER.
ALL THE MORE REASON TO GIVE IT A CHANCE TO BREATHE.
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
OH! KNOCK.
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'VE JOURNEYED TO CONNECTICUT
TO INVESTIGATE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A POSSIBLE BIGFOOT.
ALTHOUGH THIS STATE IS SMALL AND DENSELY POPULATED,
WE THINK BIGFOOTS MAY TRAVEL THROUGH HERE
TO GET TO BETTER HABITAT IN NEIGHBORING STATES.
SO WE'VE SET UP FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT INVESTIGATION
ON A PRIVATE PARCEL OF LAND
AND MAY HAVE JUST HEARD WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
OH!
I HEARD THAT.
I HEARD THAT.
HOLY...
I'M GONNA DO A KNOCK BACK.
YEAH, DO IT. GOOD IDEA.
READY?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HIT A TREE NEXT TO ME,
NOT THE ONE I WAS ON.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND GOOD WOOD NOWADAYS.
[ CHUCKLES ] RIGHT. YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO IT, BABE.
RANAE: Cliff?
HEY, RANAE.
Bobo and I heard an ambiguous wood knock.
BOBO WANTS TO DO A HOWL IN 10.
Go for it. Tell them to do it.
GO. GO.
[ HOWLS ]
[ HOWLING ]
WHAT THE HELL?
COYOTES.
THERE ARE ANIMALS HERE.
Cliff?
YEAH, WE GOT COYOTES.
ARE YOU HEARING THEM?
YEAH. IT'S A GOOD SIGN.
I COULD VERY WELL SEE A 'SQUATCH,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SEEING US WITH DOGS,
GRABBING COYOTE PUPS AND RAISING THEM UP,
AND THEY WOULDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.
THEY'D JUST STAY WITH THE 'SQUATCHES.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY THEY'D HAVE A COYOTE.
MAYBE IT'S TO HELP FLUSH GAME, HELP CHASE DEER --
YOU KNOW, GET THE DEER RUNNING A CERTAIN WAY,
AND THEN THE 'SQUATCH PICKS IT UP.
IT COULD VERY WELL BE.
YEAH.
I MEAN...
[ SIGHS ]
Ranae: NOTHING DEFINITIVE HAPPENED TONIGHT.
BOBO AND I HEARD AN AMBIGUOUS WOOD KNOCK,
AND COLLECTIVELY WE STIRRED UP A BUNCH OF COYOTES.
BUT AFTER A FEW UNEVENTFUL HOURS,
WE DECIDED TO MEET BACK UP WITH CLIFF AND MATT
AND CALL IT A NIGHT.
WELL, SO, WE ALL HEARD THE COYOTES?
YEAH. THOSE WERE FIRING OFF.
BUT BEFORE THE COYOTES, NOTHING.
WELL, YEAH.
THAT WOOD KNOCK, IT DEFINITELY WAS A WOOD-ON-WOOD SOUND.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT WAS A SASQUATCH OR NOT.
AT LEAST WE HEARD THAT,
AND WE HAD SOME HOPE, YOU KNOW, BUT...
YEAH, IT'S JUST -- FINDING 'SQUATCHES IN CONNECTICUT,
I THINK, IS PRETTY DIFFICULT
FOR HOW SMALL THE 'SQUATCH POPULATION MUST BE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A PATIENCE GAME, MAN.
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY REPORTS HERE IN CONNECTICUT.
WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION
AND A LOT OF WAITING AROUND AND LISTENING.
Bobo: THIS TOWN HALL IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
NORMALLY WE INVITE THE WHOLE TOWN, THE WHOLE COUNTY,
GET AS MANY PEOPLE THERE, TRY TO PULL IN REPORTS.
BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT WOULD WORK HERE.
THERE'S SO FEW WITNESSES.
THERE'S SO FEW BIGFOOTS IN CONNECTICUT.
SO WE SEARCHED OUR DATABASES
AND CONTACTED THE MORE RECENT COMPELLING WITNESSES.
WE'VE ARRANGED TO HAVE THEM MEET US AT A LOCAL SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
AND SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH US.
CRABS, LOBSTERS, AND RARE BIGFOOT ACCOUNTS.
THIS IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE BOBES.
WOW. LOOK AT ALL THIS.
THANKS FOR SHOWING UP.
QUITE A FEAST YOU GUYS HAVE HERE.
Boy: YEAH.
Matt: WE GOT SOME NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD HERE
CAUGHT FRESH OFF THE COAST OF CONNECTICUT.
Austin: OKAY.
Ranae: OYSTERS, LOBSTERS, CLAMS.
Cliff: I CAN SEE YOU STARTED WITHOUT US.
THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN VERMONT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE POLITE THERE.
Matt: I REALLY LIKE
SMALL GATHERINGS LIKE THIS
BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW YOUR WITNESSES
AND REALLY GAUGE HOW HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY THEY ARE.
IT'S REALLY INTIMATE, AND THE FOOD IS DELICIOUS,
AND EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO SHARE.
I WAS SICK ON A CLASS TRIP,
SO WE PULLED OVER AT THIS REMOTE GAS STATION.
THIS WEIRD-LOOKING STRAY CAT STARTS TO JUST TAKE OFF.
KNOWING A LOT ABOUT ANIMALS,
I KNOW NOT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S RUNNING
BUT WHAT IT'S RUNNING FROM.
I SEE THESE TWO GIANT DARK-BROWN FUR, MATTED LEGS
SPRINT ACROSS THE CLEARING.
I SAW THEM FOR HALF A SECOND AT THE MOST.
I'D GOTTEN UP OUT OF MY SOFA TO LOOK OUTSIDE
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND I NOTICED IN THE TREE LINE, OUT COMES THIS CREATURE.
IT WAS LIKE AN OVERGROWN CHIMPANZEE.
THE SUN WAS ACTUALLY GLISTENING ON HIS SKIN.
I COULD SEE THE OIL. IT WAS SECRETING FROM THE BODY.
MINE WAS BACK IN THE SUMMER OF '98.
I WAS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
MY FRIEND, TOO -- HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY --
BUT HE WAS THERE WITH ME, AS WELL.
WE WERE JUMPING IN HIS BACKYARD ON HIS TRAMPOLINE.
THIS CREATURE WAS JUST STANDING
RIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO TREES.
IT WAS LIKE A BLACK SILHOUETTE.
JUST TWO, LIKE, GLOWING RED EYES JUST STARING AT US.
I'VE GOTTEN STORIES IN FOUR STATES
OF 'SQUATCHES JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINES.
AND I'VE HEARD DOZENS OF REPORTS OF THEM
JUST WATCHING KIDS ON TRAMPOLINES.
REALLY?
I GO OUT TO COOK, AND I'M COOKING MY STEAK.
I SEE THIS THING.
HE'S STANDING UP AROUND 7 FEET OR 8 FEET,
BECAUSE HE'S LOCKING EYES WITH ME.
AND I FROZE, FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LIFETIME, IN FEAR.
ABSOLUTE FEAR.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT LARGE.
AND THEN THAT WAS IT. IT WAS GONE.
JUST LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.
ONE DAY, I WENT TO GO FISHING
WITH MY TACKLE BOX AND MY FISHING POLE.
AND AS YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO THE WATER,
[ CRASH ]
I MEAN, IT WAS "LOUD" LOUD,
LIKE "A CAR HAD HIT A TREE" LOUD.
I LOOKED UP, AND IT BOLTED FARTHER INTO THE PROPERTY.
AND AS QUICK AS IT WAS GONE,
AS QUICK AS I WAS RUNNING HOME.
THE MEETING TURNED OUT BETTER THAN EVEN I EXPECTED.
I REALLY FELT LIKE ALL THESE WITNESSES WERE CREDIBLE.
PLOTTED THEIR SIGHTINGS ON A MAP.
WE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS.
ONE CLUSTER WAS NEAR THE CITY OF WATERBURY.
WHILE RANAE, BOBO, AND I MEET WITH THESE WITNESSES,
CLIFF IS GONNA HEAD TOWARD THIS SECOND CLUSTER OF SIGHTINGS,
WHICH IS UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CONNECTICUT.
LOCALS CALL THIS AREA THE QUIET ZONE
BECAUSE SO FEW PEOPLE LIVE UP THERE.
WELL, CLIFF IS GONNA CAMP UP THERE FOR A FEW DAYS
TO SEE IF IT IS GOOD SASQUATCH HABITAT.
Cliff: I'VE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO A HUGE PARCEL OF PUBLIC LAND.
I'M BEHIND A LOCKED GATE RIGHT NOW,
AND THIS PARCEL OF PUBLIC LAND BUTTS UP AGAINST A RESERVOIR.
THIS IS SO TYPICAL OF SO MANY PLACES WHERE BIGFOOTS LIVE.
THE GENERAL POPULACE HAS THIS IDEA THAT BIGFOOTS,
IF THEY EXIST AT ALL -- DUH --
LIVE WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
LIKE, WHERE NOBODY EVER, EVER, EVER GOES.
BUT HERE WE ARE, AT A PLACE
WHERE SOME SIGHTINGS HAPPENED NOT THAT LONG AGO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOWN, MAN.
YOU CAN SEE CIVILIZATION
JUST A REALLY, REALLY GOOD ROCK'S THROW AWAY.
SOME OF THE BEST BIGFOOT SPOTS ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
[ GROWLING ]
OH. GET IT. GET IT. GET IT.
YOU SEE IT?
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'RE IN CONNECTICUT,
INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT BIGFOOTS
CAN LIVE IN SUCH A DENSELY POPULATED STATE.
WHILE CLIFF INVESTIGATES A POSSIBLE HOT SPOT
IN THE NORTHEAST,
THE REST OF US ARE GOING TO MEET WITH WITNESSES
FROM OUR TOWN HALL IN THE HOPES OF FIGURING OUT
WHERE TO FOCUS OUR SEARCH EFFORTS.
[ GROWLING ]
OH. GET IT. GET IT. GET IT.
YOU SEE IT?
GET IT.
IT JUST VANISHED. IT'S COMPLETELY GONE.
I WAS WALKING THE ROAD,
AND THEN UP TO MY LEFT, ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY,
SAW THE BACK END OF A BEAR RETREATING OFF INTO THE BRUSH.
I SAW IT. IT WASN'T FAR AWAY.
I TRIED TO GET CLOSE TO IT,
AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF IT WHATSOEVER.
IF A BEAR CAN DO THIS, HOW MUCH MORE COULD A SASQUATCH DO?
NO WONDER THESE THINGS AREN'T SEEN HARDLY EVER.
Ranae: MATT AND I ARE ON OUR WAY TO MEET WITH AUSTIN.
HE TOLD US AT THE DINNER THAT ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO,
HE WAS JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE IN HIS BACKYARD
WHEN HIM AND HIS BEST FRIEND
SAW A MASSIVE SILHOUETTE WITH GLOWING RED EYES.
I'VE GOT TO GO THERE AND SEE THIS ONE FOR MYSELF.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO SEE MONEYMAKER ON A TRAMPOLINE.
WELL, THEY WERE BOTH 9 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA PLAY A FACTOR INTO IT?
YEAH, BUT, ALSO, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR ODDS
WOULD BE BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE.
THEY'RE A COUPLE OF KIDS PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD.
THEY'RE THERE ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE MAKING NOISES THAT CARRY OFF INTO THE WOODS.
IT DOESN'T SOUND INTIMIDATING.
WE KNOW OTHER WITNESSES WHERE BIGFOOTS
HAVE COME UP AND WATCHED KIDS PLAYING.
SO, THEY'RE A MAGNET,
MUCH MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC.
Matt: EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 14 YEARS AGO,
WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT AUSTIN'S SIGHTING.
HE SAYS THE AREA HASN'T CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS,
AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO A NATURE PRESERVE.
WELL, THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT COULD HELP US,
BECAUSE IT MAY MEAN THERE'S BIGFOOTS
STILL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
OR EVEN HANGING OUT IN THAT NATURE PRESERVE ALL THE TIME.
WELL, WE GOT TO HEAR FROM AUSTIN.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW?
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.
WE WERE JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE, HAVING FUN.
AND WE HEARD THE NOISE OVER THERE.
[ CRACK ]
WE BOTH LOOKED UP AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WE SAW THIS BIG THING.
WE BOTH JUST JUMPED OFF THE TRAMPOLINE
AT THE SAME TIME,
TOOK OFF RUNNING TO THE HOUSE.
Austin: IT WAS JUST STANDING THERE.
TWO BIG RED EYES JUST STARING AT US.
YEAH. WHERE, EXACTLY?
IF YOU SEE THESE TWO TREES RIGHT HERE --
THE TREE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY STANDING AT,
WE CUT IT DOWN.
BUT THE STUMP IS STILL THERE.
SO, HOW LONG DID YOU SEE IT FOR?
I WOULD SAY FIVE SECONDS.
IT FELT LIKE AN HOUR.
UNTIL, WHAT -- YOU LEFT, OR IT LEFT?
NO, WE LEFT.
AND BY THE TIME YOU LEFT, IT WAS STILL JUST THERE.
[ Laughing ] FROM WHAT WE KNOW.
WE DIDN'T LOOK BACK. WE JUST -- WE WERE GONE.
WE'VE SEEN ANIMALS IN THE WOODS ALL THE TIME.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANY ANIMAL I'D EVER SEEN.
WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT
IS THEY'RE FINISHING EACH OTHER'S SENTENCES.
THEY'RE CORROBORATING EACH OTHER'S STORY.
I'M NOT GETTING ANY INDICATION
THAT THEY'RE FABRICATING ANY OF THESE DETAILS.
THEY OBVIOUSLY SAW SOMETHING THAT REALLY SCARED THEM,
AND THEY REMEMBERED IT ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
SO, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS THAT THING?
OKAY. WHAT HAD YOU GUYS BEEN DOING?
WERE YOU JUST JUMPING UP AND DOWN?
YEAH. YOU KNOW, JUST JUMPING.
OKAY. BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
JUST LIKE THAT. OKAY.
FLYING AT EACH OTHER IN THE AIR, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND YOU WERE ABOUT THIS TALL THEN.
YEAH. YEP. YEP.
AND IT WAS JUST STANDING RIGHT STRAIGHT AHEAD, REALLY.
KEEP GOING.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT RIGHT...
I WOULD SAY EYES WERE PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT THERE.
THE EYES WERE AT THE TOP OF THE STICK?
I MEAN, THAT'S 2 FEET ABOVE MY HEAD,
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY 8 FEET.
YEP. AND IT WAS PROBABLY ANOTHER YOU WIDE.
IT WAS REALLY WIDE.
YEAH, PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT THERE, I'D SAY.
THE LOCATION WHERE THE FIGURE STOOD
WAS ON A FOOTPATH BETWEEN THREE HOUSES.
THEY'RE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE.
THEY SEE SOMETHING -- A FIGURE, A SHADOW WITH GLOWING EYES --
AND THEY SPRINTED INTO THE HOUSE.
THEY GOT A BRIEF LOOK AT WHATEVER THEY SAW.
I BELIEVE DEFINITELY
THAT YOU GUYS SAW SOMETHING THAT NIGHT.
I'M HESITANT, THOUGH,
ON RULING IT OUT THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
YOU SEE IT FOR A GLIMPSE. YOU RUN IN THE HOUSE.
I CAN'T RULE OUT THAT IT WASN'T A PRANK.
WELL, WHAT I KNOW IS, EVERY SO OFTEN,
SOMEONE IN THIS PART OF CONNECTICUT
SEES SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I BELIEVE YOU BOTH SAW WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO MAKE RANAE BELIEVE
THESE KIDS ACTUALLY SAW A REAL BIGFOOT,
BUT I BELIEVE THESE KIDS ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.
I THINK THERE WAS A BIGFOOT HERE 14 YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT HEARD THESE KIDS PLAYING,
AND IT CAME UP OUT OF THAT VALLEY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
THE QUESTION IS, ARE THERE STILL BIGFOOTS AROUND IN THIS AREA?
[ GROWLS ]
Bobo: I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET WITH SEAN.
HE'S A WITNESS FROM THE TOWN-HALL MEETING.
HE CLAIMS ONE NIGHT HE WAS COOKING ON HIS PORCH
WHEN A 'SQUATCH APPROACHED HIM.
I'VE HEARD DOZENS OF REPORTS
OF 'SQUATCHES BEING ATTRACTED TO BARBECUES.
SO I'M GONNA GO CHECK OUT THIS LOCATION FOR MYSELF.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU? THANKS FOR COMING.
THANKS, MAN. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
I WAS HERE AT THE GRILL.
AND I WENT IN, PUT MY FOOD DOWN.
I LOOK OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW,
AND A GUY WAS STARING AT MY PORCH.
IT WAS STANDING RIGHT NEAR THE SIDE OF THE TREE.
[ GROWLING ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
Bobo: THERE'S A FEW RED FLAGS HERE.
I'VE TALKED TO THOUSANDS OF EYEWITNESSES,
AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT.
I ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SAW.
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'RE IN CONNECTICUT, INVESTIGATING THE THEORY
THAT BIGFOOTS MIGRATE THROUGH HERE
TO GET TO BETTER HABITAT IN NEIGHBORING STATES.
BECAUSE SIGHTINGS IN CONNECTICUT ARE VERY RARE,
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR TOUGHEST TRIPS YET.
SO, WHILE CLIFF CONTINUES HIS INVESTIGATION
OF THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE
WHAT LOCALS CALL THE QUIET ZONE,
THE REST OF US ARE MEETING WITH WITNESSES
IN HOPES OF CRACKING THE CODE
TO WHERE BIGFOOTS WOULD BE RIGHT NOW.
Sean: I WENT IN, PUT MY FOOD DOWN.
I LOOK OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW,
AND A GUY WAS STARING AT MY PORCH.
IT WAS STANDING RIGHT NEAR THE SIDE OF THE TREE.
IT WAS JUST NOTHING I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER, BUT MAYBE 5 OR 10 SECONDS GO,
AND HE JUST TURNED AWAY AND WENT THAT WAY.
TO BE LOOKING AT ME EYE-LEVEL FROM HERE,
IT STARTLED ME. IT DID, MAN.
I DON'T BLAME YOU.
MESSED UP MY BARBECUING FOR QUITE A WHILE.
[ LAUGHS ]
I STARTED ORDERING PIZZA, AND A COUPLE OF TIMES,
I ALMOST TELL THE GUY, "WATCH OUT."
POSSIBLY HE GOT ATTRACTED BY THE AROMA FROM THE MEAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT COLOR WERE THE EYES?
YELLOWISH GREEN, LIKE.
EVERYTHING SEAN TELLS ME ADDS UP TO THIS THING BEING A 'SQUATCH.
THE SHINY EYES, IT'S BIG, IT'S LOOKING FOR GRUB.
IF IT WAS LOOKING AT HIM EYE-TO-EYE, IT HAD TO BE TALL.
BUT TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF JUST HOW TALL IT IS,
I HAD SEAN SEND ME DOWN
TO THAT SPOT WHERE HE FIRST SAW IT THAT NIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE I LOCKED EYES WITH IT, RIGHT HERE.
SO, IT WAS STANDING RIGHT ABOUT HERE?
RIGHT ABOUT THERE.
A LITTLE MORE TO THE RIGHT.
TELL ME WHEN TO STOP RAISING MY HAND,
WHEN I GET TO ABOUT THE LEVEL OF THE EYES.
ABOUT RIGHT THERE.
YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD 26, 28 INCHES
FROM THE GROUND UP TO THAT PORCH.
SO, THAT'S ANOTHER 2, 2 1/2 FEET ABOVE ME,
WHICH WOULD PUT IT 9 FEET.
HE WAS BIG.
AND LIKE I SAY, YOU'RE A BIG GUY,
BUT "BIG" BIG.
I MEAN, THIS HERE THING
LOOKED LIKE HE COULD DRAG A CAR
WITH ONE HAND BEHIND HIM, YOU KNOW.
LIKE, HOW WIDE WERE THE SHOULDERS, WOULD YOU SAY?
TELL ME WHEN TO STOP.
THAT?
THE BIGGEST, HAIRIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
WELL, IF THESE THINGS DID EAT PEOPLE,
I'D SAY YOU'D BE IN MORTAL DANGER,
'CAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A TASTY MORSEL.
BUT LUCKY FOR YOU, THEY DON'T.
AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH SEAN,
I NEVER GOT A HINT OF EMBELLISHMENT.
IT WAS JUST, "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,"
STUCK TO HIS STORY, AND THAT WAS IT.
AND I BELIEVE HIM.
I REALLY HAD MY DOUBTS COMING TO CONNECTICUT
THAT PEOPLE WERE SEEING 'SQUATCHES HERE.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE,
BUT TALKING TO YOU, MEETING YOU,
I CAN NOW SAY I'VE MET SOMEONE I KNOW HAS SEEN A SASQUATCH.
[ CHUCKLES ] NO.
I'D THINK YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE CRAZY,
BUT IF I HADN'T SEEN IT MYSELF...
WELL, NOW YOU KNOW I'M NOT.
NO, YOU'RE NOT.
THANKS.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.
TAKE CARE, MAN.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
[ GROWLING ]
Cliff: I'VE GAINED SOME ALTITUDE HERE,
SO I'M GONNA GO AND DO SOME TREE KNOCKS.
[ KNOCK ]
[ KNOCK ]
[ RUSTLING ]
WHAT IS THAT?
OH, IT'S A PORCUPINE.
YOU ARE JUST SO CUTE, LITTLE GUY.
OH, LOOK AT HIM. HE'S PUTTING HIS QUILLS UP.
HE DOES NOT LIKE THIS AT ALL, MAN.
THAT'S OKAY, 'CAUSE I DO.
[ PORCUPINE SCREECHES ]
THIS IS ONE OF THE COOL THINGS, MAN.
YOU COME OUT AT NIGHT.
YOU HEAR FLYING SQUIRRELS.
YOU SEE PORCUPINES.
THIS IS GREAT, MAN.
I LOVE BIGFOOTING, EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT A BIGFOOT AROUND.
[ PORCUPINE SCREECHES ]
Matt: WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MEET WITH DAVID.
HE'S THE WITNESS WHO CLAIMS HE HAD A DAYLIGHT SIGHTING
WHILE LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW.
BECAUSE EXTENDED SIGHTINGS IN DAYLIGHT ARE SO RARE,
WE HAD TO COME CHECK OUT HIS REPORT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW FAR AWAY HE WAS
WHEN HE SAW THIS CREATURE
AND IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MISIDENTIFICATION.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT OF CONNECTICUT
AS THIS HILLY.
LOOKED ON THE MAP AND THE AERIAL PHOTOS
LIKE IT'S ALL FLAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY UP HERE.
VERY ROCKY -- VERY ROCKY AREA.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SURPRISE PLACE I'VE BEEN
TO GO DO AN INVESTIGATION.
I WAS SURPRISED, TOO, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I WAS SITTING DOWN IN MY LIVING ROOM
AFTER WORKING IN THE YARD ALL DAY.
I WAS WATCHING TV.
FOR SOME REASON, I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW MOVEMENT.
BUT I HAPPENED TO LOOK.
THE CREATURE WALKED BEYOND THE TREE LINE THERE
AND GOT INTO THE OPENING.
I WAS IN AWE.
[ ROARS ]
Narrator: THE ANSWER COMING UP.
Narrator: THE ANSWER IS "C."
RANAE HOLLAND IS THE ONLY MEMBER FROM "FINDING BIGFOOT"
TO HAVE PLAYED FOR THEIR HIGH-SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE TRAVELED TO CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT IS SMALL, AND IT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE,
AND THERE AREN'T MANY WITNESSES.
BUT THE ONES THAT SHOWED UP TO OUR LUNCHEON
WERE DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
SO, WHILE CLIFF CONTINUES HIS INVESTIGATION
OF A POTENTIAL HOT SPOT IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE,
THE REST OF US ARE MEETING WITH A HANDFUL OF THESE WITNESSES
TO FIGURE OUT IF BIGFOOTS REALLY DO LIVE IN CONNECTICUT
OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, MIGRATE THROUGH HERE.
David: THE CREATURE WALKED BEYOND THE TREE LINE THERE
AND GOT INTO THE OPENING.
[ GROWLING ]
IT HAD THE BODY OF AN ATHLETE.
IT HAD THE NOSE OF A HUMAN.
IT HAD THE SKIN COLOR OF AN APE,
HAD A VERY PRONOUNCED FOREHEAD,
VERY BIG, DEEP EYE SOCKETS
WITH THESE BIG, BIG, BIG BROWN EYES.
AS THE CREATURE WAS WALKING, LIFTING ITS FEET,
I COULD NOTICE WHERE THE HAIR LINE ENDED,
AND I COULD SEE THE PADS OF HIS FEET.
IT WAS MORE OF A PINKISH-HUE COLOR.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD.
EVERY TIME IT TOOK A STEP,
ITS SKIN COLOR TURNING WHITE TO RED.
AS I LOOKED INTO THIS CREATURE'S EYES AS IT WALKED,
BEFORE I LOST SIGHT OF IT,
IT KNEW THAT THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT WAS GONNA BOTHER THIS CREATURE.
IT KNEW THAT NOTHING IN THOSE WOODS WAS GONNA COME AFTER IT.
DAVID'S SAYING HE'S SEEN A LOT OF DETAIL
FOR HAVING SEEN THIS THING AT SUCH A DISTANCE,
AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN VIEW VERY LONG.
AND THE MORE HE'S GIVING THE DETAILS ABOUT IT,
VERY EXPLICIT, PARTICULAR DETAILS,
IT'S MAKING ME THINK HE'S EITHER EMBELLISHING THIS STORY
OR MAKING IT UP ALTOGETHER.
HE JUST COULDN'T HAVE SEEN THOSE DETAILS.
BUT HE'S STICKING TO HIS STORY.
NOW, DAVID, YOU'RE STANDING IN YOUR WINDOW,
AND YOU'RE LOOKING OUT, AND YOU'RE SAYING WHERE?
THAT LOCATION THAT'S BETWEEN THE POOL
AND THOSE DECIDUOUS TREES.
YES, SIR. YES, SIR.
YES, MA'AM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'LL GO OVER THERE AND DO A SIZE COMPARISON.
YOU KNOW, SEEING ME THERE,
HOW BIG THIS THING REALLY WAS.
Matt: OKAY, YOU GOT A RADIO, RIGHT?
OKAY.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS RE-CREATION,
'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW RED FLAGS HERE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NOSE AND THE FACE,
HOW DO YOU NOTICE THE FEET CHANGING COLOR?
IF IT WAS REALLY GOOD LIGHTING,
MAYBE YOU COULD SEE THAT KIND OF DETAIL.
BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE ELSE REPORT THAT.
I'VE TALKED TO THOUSANDS OF EYEWITNESSES,
AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT.
TELL ME WHEN TO STOP SPREADING MY HANDS,
WHEN I GET TO THE PROPER SHOULDER WIDTH.
DAVID: About there. Right about there.
That's pretty big.
How about for height?
You're not tall enough using your hands.
THE HEIGHT WAS GREATER THAN THAT.
THAT'S A BIG ONE.
OKAY, BOBO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE WALK OUT INTO THE CLEARING.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT CAME OUT.
EXACTLY. YEAH.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT DAVID'S STORY.
THIS CREATURE WAS STANDING AT OVER 100 YARDS.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO SEE THE BOTTOM OF ITS FEET AS IT'S CHANGED COLOR,
LIKE WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,
LET ALONE DESCRIBING THE NOSE, THE DEEP-SET EYES,
OR THE EYE COLOR.
THERE'S NO WAY.
GOT IT?
WHAT I TAKE ISSUE WITH HERE
IS THE DISTANCE THAT IT WAS STANDING
AND THE DETAILS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING --
I COULDN'T SEE THOSE ON BOBO,
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MEMORY
IS MAYBE ENHANCING THE DESCRIPTION A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, MA'AM, I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW WHAT I SAW.
I COULD SEE WHAT I SAW AT THOSE MOMENTS IN TIME.
I ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SAW.
MM-HMM.
WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING LOCATION,
AND I'M GLAD WE CAME OUT TO CHECK IT OUT.
IT WAS GOOD TO COME HERE AND SEE THIS.
I ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMING OUT, TOO.
Ranae: THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK HE WAS THE MOST POLITE WITNESS WE EVER HAD.
CALLING ME "SIR" -- "YES, SIR," "NO, SIR."
HE EVEN CALLED RANAE "SIR," HE WAS SO POLITE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL THE GUY A LIAR,
'CAUSE HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY.
I MEAN, I LIKE THE GUY, BUT THAT JUST SOUNDS LUDICROUS.
[ GROWLING ]
Ranae: WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO PICK UP CLIFF,
WHO SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
IN NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT,
INVESTIGATING AN AREA OF LAND THAT MIGHT BE HOME TO BIGFOOTS.
SOME BELIEVE THAT BIGFOOTS PASS THROUGH THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
TO GET TO BORDERING STATES
THAT MAY HAVE BETTER HABITAT FOR THEM.
HOPEFULLY, CLIFF WILL HAVE EVIDENCE
THAT SUPPORTS THIS THEORY.
I'LL TELL YOU, I WENT TO THE QUIET CORNER OF CONNECTICUT,
AND IT WAS QUIET.
I DID MY BEST TO GET AWAY FROM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE
IN ORDER TO TRY TO FIND WHERE SASQUATCHES
WOULD WANT TO HANG OUT.
BUT PERHAPS THAT WAS THE WRONG PLAN OF ATTACK.
WELL, I WENT TO GO MEET WITH SEAN.
HE WAS THE GUY THAT WAS BARBECUING
AND SAW ONE THAT NIGHT.
THE 'SQUATCH WAS MAYBE 5 FEET FROM THE BARBECUE.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY ATTRACTED
BY THE SMELL OF HIM COOKING.
I'M THINKING THAT'S SOMETHING
WE SHOULD PUT INTO PRACTICE HERE.
GRILL SOME STEAK OR WHATEVER
AND LET THAT SMOKE WAFT OUT THROUGH THE WOODS
LIKE A CHUM TRAIL.
Bobo: IT'S TRUE.
ANIMALS ARE ATTRACTED TO THE SMELL
OF STEAKS COOKING ON A BARBECUE.
SO, OF COURSE, A BIGFOOT WOULD BE, TOO.
SO, WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE MAP,
WE NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF CAMPGROUNDS
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.
THESE CAMPGROUNDS ARE FULL OF PEOPLE
PROBABLY COOKING AND GRILLING, LEAVING OUT ALL KINDS OF FOOD.
WHAT MAKES THIS AREA REALLY SPECIAL
IS THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS
THAT BIGFOOTS LIKE TO USE THIS AS A CORRIDOR
TO TRAVEL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.
SO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS
FROM THIS PARTICULAR AREA,
THEY PROBABLY COME RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
OKAY, YOU GUYS.
THOSE STEAKS AREN'T GONNA COOK THEMSELVES. LET'S GO.
THIS IS GREAT.
AND THERE'S A NICE LITTLE CLEARING RIGHT DOWN IN THERE.
Cliff: TONIGHT'S PLAN IS GONNA UTILIZE A DUMMY CAMP.
A DUMMY CAMP IS A CAMP THAT IS SET UP
TO LOOK LIKE PEOPLE ARE USING IT, BUT NO ONE IS THERE.
REMEMBER, SEAN HAD IT WITHIN 5 FEET OF A TREE.
THIS LOOKS PRETTY DANGEROUS, CLIFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
I AM THE RESIDENT CLIMBER.
WE ARE GONNA SET UP A NUMBER OF INFRARED REMOTE-CONTROL CAMERAS.
JUMP, CLIFF, JUMP.
YOU GOT NOTHING TO LIVE FOR.
[ LAUGHS ] YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND OVER 1,000 FEET AWAY FROM CAMP,
BOBO IS GONNA BE SITTING IN THE BOBO COMMAND CENTER.
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, 'CAUSE IT MAKES RANAE LOOK FAT.
WHAT DOES IT DO TO MATT?
YEAH, IT MADE HIM FATTER, TOO.
MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE AN OOMPA LOOMPA.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IF ANY ANIMALS GO IN OR OUT OF CAMP
TO CHECK OUT THOSE INTERESTING SMELLS,
BOBO WILL SEE IT AND RECORD IT.
WHOA!
Ranae: YOU STILL HAVE EYEBROWS, MATT?
THAT WAS COOL.
I THINK OUR PLAN OF ATTACK FOR TONIGHT
IS PERFECT, MAN,
BECAUSE CONNECTICUT IS NOT AN EASY PLACE
TO GO BIGFOOTING,
SO WE BROUGHT OUT THE BIG GUNS.
Matt: THE SMOKE FROM THE THINGS
WE'RE COOKING DOWN THERE
HAS FILLED UP THIS VALLEY,
AND THIS IS A GREAT SETUP,
'CAUSE AIN'T NOTHING GONNA GET
THOSE STEAKS OR HOT DOGS
UNLESS IT WALKS IN FRONT OF THESE CAMERAS.
WHILE RANAE AND CLIFF GO UP ON A HIGH POINT
AND I WALK ALONG THE CREEK BED
TO GET THE ATTENTION OF ANY BIGFOOT IN THE AREA,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE BOBO MONITORING A DUMMY CAMP.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL SMELL THAT SMOKE,
AND IT'LL GO RIGHT TO IT
AND WALK IN FRONT OF THOSE CAMERAS THAT BOBO'S MONITORING.
JUST AN ORDINARY CAMPER.
THE COMMAND POST.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SIGHS ]
How's it going out there?
Is it pretty tough hiking, pretty tough country?
[ CHUCKLES ]
WE'RE JUST MAKING OUR WAY UP THE RIDGE.
HOW 'BOUT FOR YOU? WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN AT THAT CAMP?
JUST A LOT OF HARD WORK.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA KEEP MOVING
UP TOWARDS THAT RIDGE.
DON'T WORK TOO HARD.
[ SIGHS ]
THIS IS WHAT I CALL 'SQUATCHING.
Cliff: THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE.
THERE'S A BLIP UP THERE, RANAE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
Matt: WE'VE TRAVELED TO CONNECTICUT
TO LOOK INTO VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A POSSIBLE BIGFOOT.
BASED ON THIS FOOTAGE AND OTHER EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS,
WE DO BELIEVE BIGFOOTS TRAVEL THROUGH THIS STATE
BY WAY OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
TO TEST OUR THEORY, WE SET UP A DUMMY CAMP
AND BARBECUED ALL KINDS OF MEAT,
HOPING THAT THE SMELL WILL DRAW IN A HUNGRY 'SQUATCH.
SO, WHILE BOBO
MANS THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BACK AT BASE CAMP,
THE REST OF US HAVE SPLIT UP
TO INVESTIGATE THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THERE'S A BLIP UP THERE, RANAE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
IT LOOKS PRETTY BIG,
BUT, GOD, IT'S SO HARD TO TELL THROUGH A THERM.
Ranae: YEAH.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MAMMAL, THOUGH.
OH, IT'S UP IN A TREE, I THINK.
THAT TREE.
OH, IT'S A MOUSE.
OH, YEAH. SEE HIM? IT'S A LITTLE MOUSE.
IT'S RIGHT THERE. I CAN SEE HIS LITTLE EYES.
HE'S A LITTLE CUTIE GUY.
HE'S A LITTLE MOUSE.
I WANT TO PUT HIM IN A CUP AND DRINK HIM.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR HANTAVIRUS,
I'D GO OUT AND GRAB HIM.
HE'S NOT GONNA GET SICK FROM YOU, RANAE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
ALL RIGHT.
YEAH.
Ranae for Matt and Bobo.
YO.
CLIFF AND I HAVE MOVED MOST OF THE WAY UP THE RIDGE.
WE FOUND SOME GREAT TREES HERE FOR WOOD KNOCKS.
I'M GONNA DO ONE OF THOSE.
YEAH, I COPY. YOU'RE GONNA DO KNOCKS.
GO FOR IT.
[ KNOCKING ]
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
YEAH.
I'm bumming that we're not hearing anything out here.
IT'S JUST BIZARRE.
THIS WOULD BE THE SORT OF CORRIDOR
I'D EXPECT SOME TO BE HANGING OUT IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HANG OUT
SO MUCH AS PASS THROUGH ONCE IN A WHILE.
WELL, WE'RE OFFERING A STEAK DRIVE-THROUGH.
MAYBE WE NEED JUST SOME BETTER ADVERTISING.
So let's all do some howls.
It's worth a try. Let's go big or go home.
[ HOWLS ]
[ HOWLS ]
[ HOWLS ]
Ranae: WE'VE PULLED JUST ABOUT EVERY TRICK OUT OF THE BOOK
TO DRAW IN A SASQUATCH TONIGHT,
INCLUDING A MASSIVE UNEATEN FEAST BACK AT BASE CAMP.
BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANYTHING
THAT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE SASQUATCHES
ARE IN THIS CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW.
AFTER A FEW HOURS OF GETTING NOTHING IN RESPONSE,
WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO BOBO'S COMMAND CENTER.
YEAH, THEY SAY PAIN'S A GOOD TEACHER.
WELL, THAT WAS A PAINFUL NIGHT.
SASQUATCHES ARE A WILY TYPE OF CRITTER.
WE'VE BEEN SKUNKED BEFORE. WE'RE GONNA BE SKUNKED AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT BIGFOOTING'S KIND OF ALL ABOUT IN SOME WAYS.
SO, WE STRUCK OUT ON THE NIGHT INVESTIGATIONS.
THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
ANY BIGFOOTER THAT'S BEEN IN IT FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME AT ALL
REALIZES THAT MOST OF THE TIME, BIGFOOTS AREN'T AROUND.
IF YOU'RE GONNA GIVE UP SO EASILY,
THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF 'SQUATCHES IN HERE.
AND I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE HERE
HAVE LEARNED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AND AMONGST PEOPLE
WITHOUT BEING DETECTED.
WELL, WE GAVE IT A GREAT ATTEMPT.
BUT TONIGHT WE'VE GOT TWO CAMPS TO PACK UP,
SO WE SHOULD GET GOING, GUYS.
I AGREE.
Matt: EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET GOOD ACTION
ON THE NIGHT INVESTIGATIONS HERE IN CONNECTICUT,
IT WAS STILL VERY WORTHWHILE COMING HERE.
WE MET SOME GREAT WITNESSES
THAT TOLD US THAT THERE'S BIGFOOTS HERE SOME OF THE TIME.
WE CHECKED OUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND ALL OF THAT HELPS US LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THESE ANIMALS AND THE SORTS OF PLACES THEY'LL LIKE
AND THE SORTS OF PLACES THEY'LL AVOID.
AND THAT HELPS US TARGET AREAS BETTER
AND WILL EVENTUALLY HELP US GET THE PROOF
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
[ ROARS ]
Narrator: DO YOU HAVE PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF BIGFOOT?
IF YOUR EVIDENCE IS COMPELLING ENOUGH,
YOU MAY RECEIVE A VISIT FROM THE TEAM
TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE YOUR CASE.
GO TO animalplanet.com/bigfoot
TO JUDGE EVIDENCE, WATCH HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW,
AND SUBMIT YOUR OWN BIGFOOT PICTURES AND VIDEOS.
[ ROARS ]