Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Texas Terror - full transcript

[ GROWLING ]

Narrator: A GOATMAN ATTACKS
A COUPLE PARKED ON LOVERS' LANE.

HE WAS A NOCTURNAL BEAST.

THERE WAS FEAR IN OUR HEARTS.

[ GROWLS ]
AAH!

WE KNEW THIS THING WAS REAL AND
HE WOULD KILL US IN A MINUTE.

Narrator:
ZOMBIE SOLDIERS ON THE MOVE.

Barb:
I THOUGHT, "WOW."

AND LIKE,
"AM I REALLY SEEING THAT?"

IT WAS LIKE HAVING A BAD DREAM
THAT YOU COULDN'T WAKE UP FROM,

AND IT JUST WOULDN'T STOP.



AAH!

THE NOTORIOUS CHUPACABRA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO.

IT'S RUNNING, AND IT'S CREEPY,
AND MY ADRENALINE GOES UP

'CAUSE I'M LOOKING
AT THIS THING,

AND I REALIZE
THIS IS A CHUPACABRA.

Narrator:
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,

SOLID PHYSICAL EVIDENCE --
AN ACTUAL BODY RECOVERED.

I HAVE IT RIGHT THERE,
TWO FEET IN FRONT OF ME.

THE EXCITEMENT WAS OVERWHELMING.

I WILL NEVER FORGET
THAT DAY EVER.

[ CHICKEN CLUCKS ]

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator:
IN CENTRAL TEXAS

SITS THE SMALL COMMUNITY
OF LAKE WORTH.



SOME 4,000 YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS

LIVE ALONG THE WOODED BANKS
OF THE LAKE.

ONE OF THEM
IS RUMORED TO BE A MONSTER.

TOURISTS AND LOCALS
ONCE FLOCKED TO THE LAKE

AND ITS BEACHES
AS A SUMMER PARADISE.

Wiederhold: CASINO BEACH
WAS ESTABLISHED IN AROUND 1920,

AND THROUGH
THE '20s, '30s, '40s,

THIS AREA
WAS THE PREMIER AREA TO COME TO.

Narrator:
BY THE LATE 1950s,

CASINO BEACH WAS NO LONGER
WHAT IT WAS.

THE LAKE, CONTAMINATED
FROM CHEMICAL RUNOFF

FROM AIRCRAFT FACTORIES NEARBY,

GREER ISLAND
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE,

A REHABILITATION FARM
FOR RECOVERING ADDICTS,

THEN A SERIES
OF STRANGE OCCURRENCES.

Wiederhold:
I WOULD HEAR THESE STORIES

OF THINGS BEING STOLEN
FROM CARS -- FOOD ITEMS.

AND WE WOULD TRY
TO EXPLAIN IT AWAY

AS, WELL,
THE REHABILITATION FARM

IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD
A COUPLE OF MILES,

AND THE WINOS COME AND GO
PRETTY REGULARLY OUT OF THERE.

MAYBE THEY'RE JUST LOOKING
FOR FOOD.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT

WAS WHEN THE REHABILITATION FARM
SHUT DOWN

AND SOME
OF THOSE THEFTS CONTINUED,

THEN IT BECAME A LITTLE
MORE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.

[ GROWLING ]

Narrator: BY THE SUMMER OF 1969,
THE STORIES BECAME ALL TOO REAL.

WHILE MUCH OF AMERICA

WAS CAUGHT UP
IN THE EXCITEMENT OF WOODSTOCK

AND THE MOON LANDING,

A BIZARRE ATTACK
ON A YOUNG COUPLE

OUT AT LAKE WORTH'S LOVERS' LANE

WOULD FOCUS THE TOWN'S ATTENTION
ON A MONSTER.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WHAT -- WHAT --
WHAT WAS THAT?

WHAT WAS WHAT?

THERE'S --
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.

IT'S NOTHING.

COME ON NOW.

THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE.

COME ON, ALICE.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

WHAT THE HELL?

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WHAT THE HELL
WAS THAT?

AAH!

LOCAL MUSICIAN BILL MORRIS
REMEMBERS THAT NIGHT

LIKE IT WAS JUST THE OTHER DAY.

HE HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT
WHEN IT ALL BEGAN.

Morris: GROWING UP,
I'VE HEARD MANY, MANY STORIES

ABOUT MANY OTHER SPOOKY THINGS

THAT HAPPENED OUT THERE
AT GREER ISLAND

AND IN LAKE WORTH,

AND I GOT VERY INTERESTED IN IT
AND I WANTED TO KNOW MORE.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

AIN'T YOU GOT ANYTHING BETTER
TO DO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT?

Morris: EAT CAKE.

NOTHING TO DO
AROUND HERE ANYWAY.

SORRY.

Narrator: THE NIGHT
OF THE MONSTER'S ATTACK

OUT AT LOVERS' LANE,

BILL WAS KILLING TIME
AT THE LOCAL DINER.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

Morris:
IT WAS ABOUT 12:30 AT NIGHT,

AND I SAW THIS CAR
COME SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD,

AND IT PULLED
IN THE PARKING LOT.

THE GUY WAS REAL EXCITED.

HE WAS MOVING HIS ARMS AROUND
AND HE WAS PRACTICALLY IN TEARS,

YOU KNOW, AND HE WAS SCARED.

Man: YOU HAVE TO GET OUT
TO GREER ISLAND!

THERE'S SOMETHING
GOING ON!

THERE'S SOMETHING HORRIBLE
GOING ON!

OKAY, CALM DOWN, PARTNER.
YOU SAID WHAT WHERE?

HE TOLD THE POLICE,
"GET OUT TO GREER ISLAND.

THERE'S SOMETHING
VERY HORRIBLE HAPPENING."

HE TOLD THE POLICE
THAT HE WAS PARKED OUT THERE

AND THIS THING
SWUNG OUT OF THE TREES

AND LANDED ON TOP OF THE CAR.

BAM!
LIKE RIGHT ON TOP.

AND IT REACHED
INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE.

IT GRABBED HER.

AAH!
[ GROWLING ]

THIS THING
STARTED REACHING INTO THE WINDOW

AND TRYING TO GRAB HER ARM.

HE GOT REAL SCARED
AND STARTED THE CAR UP

AND DROVE OFF REAL QUICK.

MY -- MY SHIRT IS TORN.
IT WAS HAIRY.

I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF "THE BLACK LAGOON."

Narrator: SEEING THE FEAR
IN THEIR EYES FIRSTHAND,

BILL WASN'T SURE
WHAT TO BELIEVE.

Morris: I LAUGHED IT OFF
AT FIRST, AND I THOUGHT, "NO."

BUT SO MANY PEOPLE
KEPT TALKING ABOUT IT,

AND IT KEPT ON MY MIND THAT,
HEY,

THAT IT COULD BE SOMETHING REAL
THAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE.

Narrator:
WHAT WAS OUT THERE?

NOBODY REALLY KNEW FOR SURE.

THERE WERE WHISPERS
ABOUT A STRANGE HYBRID CREATURE,

HALF-MAN, HALF-GOAT.

IT WAS DESCRIBED
BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN FEET TALL,

COVERED WITH HAIR.

Blackburn: WEIGHING
BETWEEN 300 AND 400 POUNDS.

IT WAS ALSO DESCRIBED

AS HAVING OTHER
MONSTROUS FEATURES ON OCCASION,

SUCH AS A SCALY FACE
AND MAYBE A HORN.

IT WAS OFTEN CALLED THE MUDMAN
OR THE GOATMAN,

AS WELL
AS THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER.

[ GROWLING ]

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

Narrator:
A WEEK AFTER THE DINER INCIDENT,

BILL, HIS COUSIN,
AND TWO LOCAL GIRLS

DECIDED TO GO PARTY

NEAR AN OLD CEMETERY
ABOVE THE LAKE.

Morris: IT WAS ABOUT 1:00
IN THE MORNING.

WE WENT UP THERE,

THINKING WE'D SEE WHAT WAS GOING
ON AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.

THESE ARMADILLOS
WERE RUNNING EVERYWHERE,

AND WE TOOK BB GUNS AND
STARTED POPPING A FEW OF THEM.

[ BB GUNFIRE ]

Narrator: ALL THE SHOOTING SEEMS
TO HAVE UNSETTLED SOMETHING

IN THE WOODS.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]
TURN THAT OFF.

[ MUSIC STOPS ]

DID YOU GUYS
HEAR THAT?

Morris:
WE HAD OUR FLASHLIGHTS,

AND WE HEARD THIS [GROWLS]
KIND OF SOUND IN THE TREES.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

IT WAS SCARY, REALLY,

AND I KNOW THE GIRLS --
THEY WERE VERY MUCH AFRAID.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I SAW SHADOWS.

I SAW MOVEMENTS.

IT WAS BIPEDAL, AND IT WAS
STANDING UP ON TWO LEGS.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK,
YOU KNOW.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BEAR.

IT WAS NOT A BEAR.

AND THEN ROCKS STARTED TO COME.

[ SCREAMING ]

[ GROWLING ]

THERE WAS FEAR
IN OUR HEARTS AT THAT POINT

BECAUSE WE KNEW
THIS THING WAS REAL

AND HE WOULD KILL US
IN A MINUTE.

IT HAD TO BE
THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

Narrator: BILL'S EXPERIENCE
WAS JUST ONE OF MANY

REPORTED OVER THAT SUMMER
OF 1969.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

Blackburn: WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS CELEBRATING PEACE AND LOVE,

SOMETHING REALLY SCARY
WAS HAPPENING HERE

IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE
FOR THE WHOLE CITY.

Narrator:
QUESTIONS WERE RAISED.

HOW COULD A GOATMAN WITH FUR
AND SCALES POSSIBLY COME TO BE?

AND WHY LAKE WORTH?

Kennedy:
THERE WERE ALWAYS SOME PEOPLE

WHO THOUGHT
THAT THE DEFENSE PLAN

AND THE SUPER FUN
CHEMICAL SITES HERE

MAY HAVE CREATED A MONSTER
IN SOME WAY

OR MAY HAVE ADDED
TO SOME ANIMAL OUT HERE

MORPHING INTO A MONSTER.

THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER PART
OF OUR '60s SUSPICION.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

Narrator: CURIOSITY ABOUT
THE MONSTER WAS RUNNING RAMPANT.

I DON'T KNOW
IF WE SHOULD BE HERE.

IT'S FINE.
JUST PARK IT RIGHT HERE.

ONE WARM NIGHT NOT LONG
AFTER THE SIGHTINGS BEGAN,

LOCALS STARTED GATHERING
AT A GRAVEL PIT

TO CHECK THINGS OUT
FOR THEMSELVES.

Wiederhold:
EVERYONE WAS SHOWING UP OUT HERE

WITH CAMERAS AND GUNS

AND JUST DOING EVERYTHING THEY
COULD TO SPOT THIS CREATURE.

OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE FEAR.

WHAT WAS IT
AND WOULD IT HARM SOMEBODY?

Narrator: ONE COUPLE
ALMOST DIDN'T GET AWAY.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

Morris:
THIS CAR -- THE BACK END OF IT

HAD BEEN PULLED OUT
INTO THE LAKE.

THE GOATMAN HAD COME UP THERE
AND PICKED IT UP

AND PULLED IT OUT THERE
BY HIS SELF OUT INTO THAT WATER.

THEY WERE SCARED
FOR THEIR LIVES.

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
ON A SUMMER NIGHT IN 1969,

FORT WORTH RESIDENTS
WENT OUT SEARCHING FOR A GLIMPSE

OF A GOATMAN MONSTER
RUMORED TO STALK THE WOODS.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES,
THEY GOT MORE THAN A GLIMPSE.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMING ]

Blackburn: SOMEONE SAW IT
RUN ACROSS THE ROAD, HIT,

RAN UP ON THE EDGE OF THE RIM
OF THIS TALL PIT,

AND WAS SEEN
RUNNING BACK AND FORTH.

IT PICKED UP A HUGE TIRE
AND LAUNCHED IT.

IT FLEW ABOUT 400 FEET
ABOVE EVERYBODY'S HEAD,

LANDED IN THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE PIT.

AND OF COURSE,
EVERYBODY JUST RAN.

THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER
WAS THE FRONT-PAGE STORY

ON THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

ON JULY 10th AND JULY 11th
OF 1969.

Blackburn:
THIS WAS A HORROR STORY...

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

...BECAUSE THE CREATURE

HAD DISPLAYED AGGRESSION
TOWARDS PEOPLE,

SO NATURALLY PEOPLE WERE LEERY
ABOUT GOING OUT AT NIGHT.

Narrator:
WAS ALL THE WORRY FOR NOTHING?

ALMOST AS SOON AS IT APPEARED,
THE GOATMAN WAS GONE.

Woolheater: PEOPLE OF THE AREA
SAY THAT THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER

WENT INTO HIDING AFTER 1969.

Kennedy:
NOBODY'S EVER FOUND ANY BONES.

NOBODY'S EVER FOUND ANY TRACKS.

IT WAS A MYSTERY IN 1969,

AND THEN "WHERE DID IT GO?"
IS ANOTHER MYSTERY.

Narrator:
IT WOULD BE ANOTHER TWO DECADES

BEFORE ANYONE HAD AN ANSWER.

TEXAS LOCAL DOUG SHELDON
IS A MARRIED FATHER OF TWO.

THE HARDWORKING TRUCK DRIVER

HAS ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION
WITH THE UNKNOWN.

Sheldon: WHEN I WAS A KID,
I BELIEVED IN THE MONSTERS --

OF COURSE, BIGFOOT,
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER,

BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER
MONSTERS THAT WERE OUT THERE.

Narrator:
BY THE 1990s,

THE GOATMAN'S MISCHIEF AT
LAKE WORTH WAS A DISTANT MEMORY.

DOUG SHELDON NEVER IMAGINED THIS
MONSTER WOULD ENTER HIS WORLD.

Sheldon:
THE SUMMER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,

WE WERE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.

WE'D GO CAMPING A LOT.

AND MOUNT NEBO WAS THE PLACE
THAT WE'D SNEAK UP TO.

IT'S JUST A PRIVATE RANCH.

THAT WHOLE SURROUNDING AREA
IS MESQUITE TREES, CEDAR TREES,

JUST A LOT OF BRUSH.

Narrator:
SUMMER 1990.

DOUG SHELDON ARRIVED
TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE RANCH

AROUND 10:00 P.M.

FROM THERE, HE HIKED ON FOOT
TO MEET HIS FRIENDS.

Sheldon:
TO GET TO THE MOUNTAIN,

YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SECTION
OF BARBED WIRE.

THAT'S HOW THEY KEEP A LOT OF,
YOU KNOW, THEIR LIVESTOCK.

YOU KNOW,
AND ONCE I GOT THROUGH THERE,

THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER

OF WADING THROUGH ALL THE BUSHES
AND TREES.

WELL, ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE HILL,

I HEARD A NOISE,
LIKE BRANCHES BREAKING.

I STARTED GOING TOWARDS IT,

THINKING, "OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S
MY FRIENDS OVER THERE.

"THEY MIGHT BE HIDING FROM ME

BECAUSE THEY THINK
I'M THE RANCHER."

HEY, GUYS.

I'M CALLING OUT QUIETLY,
AND NOBODY RESPONDS.

AND I HAPPEN TO LOOK UP,

AND THAT'S
WHEN I SAW A DARK SHADOW

RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE TREE.

I KNEW
I WAS LOOKING AT A MONSTER.

I MEAN, THIS THING WAS BIG
AND IT WAS UGLY.

IT WAS ABOUT 6'8".

IT WAS FURRY AND HAD LITTLE
HORNS MAYBE SIX TO SEVEN INCHES.

I MEAN, MY STOMACH JUST DROPPED.

I WAS JUST STUNNED.

I WAS, LIKE, PARALYZED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

IT MOVED TOWARDS ME.

[ GROWLING ]

I WAS GONE.

IT WAS FIGHT OR FLIGHT,
AND I CHOSE FLIGHT.

Narrator:
LATER, DOUG FOUND HIS FRIENDS.

THEY'D NEVER GONE UP
TO THE MOUNTAIN THAT NIGHT.

Sheldon: I TOLD THEM,
"THERE'S A MONSTER UP THERE."

AND YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS, THE
SKEPTICS, THEY WERE LAUGHING.

THEY WERE LIKE, "OH, YEAH?

"WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
WAS IT THE BOOGEYMAN?

COME ON, LET'S GO."

Narrator: WANTING TO PROVE THAT
WHAT HE HAD JUST SEEN WAS REAL,

DOUG SUGGESTED
THEY RETURN TO THE MOUNTAIN.

Sheldon: THE MOON
WAS BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN,

SO THERE WAS A SILHOUETTE.

SEE? THERE IT IS.

YOU COULD PLAINLY SEE
THE BULKINESS OF HIS BODY

WITH THE FUR

AND THEN THE LITTLE HORNS THAT
POKED OUT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

HE WAS MOVING AROUND UP THERE.

I TOLD YOU.
YEAH.

AND HE WAS HOWLING.

[ HOWLS ]

AS SOON
AS I SEEN THIS THING AGAIN,

YOU KNOW,
I WAS STILL STARTLED WITH FEAR.

BUT IT FELT GOOD KNOWING
THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD SEEN IT

OTHER THAN JUST ME.

MY KIDS DON'T BELIEVE ME.

MOST OF MY FRIENDS
DON'T BELIEVE ME.

BUT I KNOW THIS THING'S REAL.

THE GOATMAN IS REAL.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT
THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER.

IT'S REAL, AND IT'S OUT THERE.

Narrator: TO THIS DAY,
TALES OF THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER

ARE STILL PASSED AMONG TEXANS.

Morris:
I WOULD TELL NONBELIEVERS

THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
OUT THERE.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU

WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING
ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND CREATURES LIKE THE
LAKE WORTH MONSTER, THEY EXIST.

Narrator:
IN ANOTHER PART OF TEXAS,

AN INFAMOUS MONSTER
IS SPOOKING RESIDENTS.

DEPUTY SHERIFF ELLIE CARTER

HAD HEARD THE RUMORS
ABOUT THE CHUPACABRA.

SHE MANAGED TO GET VIDEO PROOF.

IT'S RUNNING, AND IT'S CREEPY,
AND MY ADRENALINE GOES UP.

I KIND OF HAD IT A PIT
IN MY STOMACH

BECAUSE I WASN'T QUITE SURE
WHAT IT WAS CAPABLE OF.

Narrator:
DOWN IN THE TOWN OF CUERO

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS,

TURKEYS OUTNUMBER RESIDENTS
BY A LANDSLIDE.

Wendel:
CUERO'S, LIKE, AN AWESOME TOWN.

IT HAS THE HOME OF THE GOBBLERS,
THE TURKEYS.

IT'S JUST A GREAT BUNCH
OF CLOSE-KNIT PEOPLE.

Narrator: RECENTLY,
THE AREA HAS GAINED NOTORIETY

FOR SOMETHING BESIDES TURKEYS,

SOMETHING
MUCH MORE TERRIFYING --

A MYTHICAL CREATURE
CALLED CHUPACABRA.

ITS SPANISH NAME MEANS "GOAT
SUCKER," AND IN SOUTHERN TEXAS,

THE CHUPACABRA
BEGAN ESTABLISHING

ITS VICIOUS REPUTATION.

ON AUGUST 21, 2010, JACK COUNTY,
TEXAS, LOCAL STACIA HENDERSON

HAD A VIOLENT RUN-IN
WITH THE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE,

A CREATURE FEARED
FOR ITS THIRST FOR BLOOD

AND BLAMED FOR KILLING HUNDREDS
OF FARM ANIMALS.

[ CAT YOWLING ]

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]

[ CAT YOWLS ]

AAH!

[ Ring ]

Buchhorn:
WHEN THE SIGHTINGS TOOK PLACE,

THE TOWN WENT BIZARRE.

IT WENT CRAZY.

THERE WAS STUFF
ALL OVER THE NEWS.

THE COPS WERE GOING CRAZY.

THEY WERE TRYING
TO SPOT THESE THINGS.

Wendel:
AND SO THE NORMAL HUNTING PEOPLE

STARTED HUNTING THE CHUPACABRA.

BUT THE CHUPACABRA
IS VERY HARD TO COME BY.

NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT THIS ANIMAL DOES.

HE'S NOT SCARED OF THE HUMAN.

HE'S VERY ELUSIVE.
HE'S VERY QUIET.

Narrator: FEW HAVE BEEN
IN THE PRESENCE OF A CHUPACABRA

LONG ENOUGH TO GET A LOOK.

DEPUTY SHERIFF ELLIE CARTER

ACTUALLY MANAGED TO COME AWAY
WITH VIDEO PROOF.

Carter: GROWING UP
AND BEING OF HISPANIC ORIGIN,

AS CHILDREN, WE WERE TOLD
THE STORY OF THE CHUPACABRA --

"GOAT SUCKER" -- FAIRLY OFTEN

TO KEEP US INSIDE THE HOUSE
AT NIGHT,

AND I REALLY DIDN'T
PUT A WHOLE LOT OF STOCK IN IT

UNTIL I SAW IT FOR MYSELF.

Narrator:
AUGUST 8, 2008.

THE AIR WAS DRY AND STILL

AS ELLIE AND HER PARTNER,
BRANDON RIEDEL,

WERE NEARING
THE END OF THEIR SHIFT.

I WISH I WAS HOME.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING
THE BIG-TIME POLICE ACTION,

ROUNDING UP CATTLE?
[ LAUGHS ]

Carter: WE RECEIVED A CALL
OF LOOSE LIVESTOCK.

WE WERE ACTUALLY
CHECKING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD

TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND TRACKS
OF THE CATTLE THAT HAD BEEN OUT.

AND AS WE CAME AROUND THE CURVE,

I SAW THIS THING SITTING
IN THE ROAD ON ITS HIND END,

AND BRANDON
HIT THE RECORD BUTTON

ON THE DASH CAM SO THAT
WE COULD DOCUMENT THE INCIDENT.

WHAT IS -- OH, MAN!

WHEW!

IT'S RUNNING, AND IT'S CREEPY,
AND MY ADRENALINE GOES UP,

AND IT WAS JUST
ALL VERY BIZARRE.

'CAUSE I'M LOOKING
AT THIS THING,

AND I REALIZE
THIS IS A CHUPACABRA.

Narrator: AT FIRST GLANCE,
IT LOOKS LIKE A DOG.

BUT THE HEAD AND THE EARS
ARE MASSIVELY OVERSIZED.

WITNESSES REPORT ITS SKIN
IS WITHOUT HAIR AND GRAY-BLUE.

Carter:
I THINK IT WAS FEAR, EXCITEMENT,

AND DISBELIEF
ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

BRANDON AND I
CHASED IT UP THE ROAD,

AND THEN IT FINALLY
DOVE OFF UNDER A FENCE LINE

INTO AN OPEN PASTURE.

AT THAT POINT, I KIND OF
HAD A PIT IN MY STOMACH

BECAUSE I WASN'T QUITE SURE
WHAT IT WAS CAPABLE OF.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

WE HAD WITNESSED SOMETHING
THAT VERY FEW HAD.

I WOULD SAY THAT I'M A BELIEVER
THAT THIS CREATURE EXISTS.

THE CHUPACABRA EXISTS.

Narrator: EVEN WITH THE VIDEO
EVIDENCE, QUESTIONS REMAIN.

HOW IS THE CRAVEN CREATURE
IN TEXAS

RELATED TO THE INFAMOUS
CHUPACABRA SEEN DECADES EARLIER?

IN THIS VERSION,
THE MONSTER MOVES ON TWO LEGS.

ITS BACK IS COVERED
IN SHARP SPINES.

THERE'S A LARGE ALIEN-LIKE HEAD
AND HUGE GLOWING EYES.

ITS FEEDING HABITS
ARE DOWNRIGHT DISGUSTING.

Palermo:
THIS THING GRABS THE ANIMAL.

IT HAS AN ANTEATER-LIKE TONGUE

THAT GOES INTO ONE OF THESE
PUNCTURE WOUNDS FROM THE CLAWS.

SOMEHOW IT SEARCHES
THROUGH THE BODY

AND EXTRACTS STRIPS OF ORGANS.

THE BIZARRENESS
OF THE ENTIRE THING

IS WAY MORE INTERESTING

THAN THE IDEA OF A VAMPIRE
SUCKING BLOOD OUT OF AN ANIMAL.

IT'S TOTALLY UNHEARD OF,
COMPLETELY.

Narrator: THIS CHUPACABRA FIRST
GAINED NOTORIETY IN PUERTO RICO.

Palermo: THAT'S THOUGHT
TO BE THE HEART --

THE HEART CENTER --
OF THE CHUPACABRA ACTIVITY.

THIS CHUPACABRA, FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE WITNESSED IT,

IS PROBABLY
THE SINGLE MOST TERRIFYING THING

THEY'VE EVER SEEN IN THEIR LIFE.

Narrator:
FEBRUARY OF 1996.

JOE PALERMO BEGAN INTERVIEWING

PUERTO RICAN OFFICIALS
AND RESIDENTS.

Interpreter: IT'S EXACTLY
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO

THAT THE COMPLAINTS
STARTED COMING

FROM ALL OVER
THE PLACE HERE.

FARMERS WERE COMPLAINING
ABOUT THERE'S SO MANY ANIMALS

THAT APPEAR TO BE KILLED
BY THIS CREATURE.

A LOCAL WOMAN
HEARD THE CHUPACABRA SCREECHING

ON HER ROOF.

[ HOWLS ]

THEN THIS WOMAN SAW THE CREATURE
IN HER YARD ONE NIGHT.

THE EYES WERE LIT.

MADELYNE TOLENTINO
WAS LOOKING OUT HER WINDOW

WHEN A CHUPACABRA
ATTACKED A YOUNG BOY ON A BIKE.

THE BOY NOTICED A STRANGE ANIMAL
HUNCHED OVER A CHICKEN.

[ SNARLS ]

[ SNARLING ]

WHILE THE SIGHTINGS
IN PUERTO RICO FADED,

A FEW YEARS LATER,
RUMORS ABOUT THE CHUPACABRA

EMERGED IN CUERO, TEXAS.

THE LONE STAR VARIETY
IS PHYSICALLY DISTINCT --

A SORT OF SKULKING,

DEFORMED COYOTE
WITH ITS LARGE FANGS,

GLOWING EYES,
AND PREDILECTION FOR BLOOD.

LOCALS IN TEXAS ARE CONVINCED
IT'S THE GOAT SUCKER.

IS THIS ANIMAL ACTUALLY LICKING
THE BLOOD OUT OF THE CHICKENS?

Narrator: DR. PHYLIS CANION
NOT ONLY SAW THIS CREATURE

AROUND HER RANCH,

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
SHE RECOVERED ITS BODY.

WELL, IT WAS SO CLOSE, I THOUGHT
ALL THIS THING HAS TO DO

IS LURCH TO ME
AND I COULD BE HISTORY.

[ ANIMAL SNARLS ]

Narrator: IN CUERO, TEXAS,
RESIDENTS ARE CONVINCED

THE MYTHICAL CHUPACABRA
STALKS THEIR TOWN.

IT KILLS THEIR LIVESTOCK,
DRAINS THE BLOOD, THEN VANISHES.

[ ANIMAL SNARLS ]

I NEVER WANT TO ENCOUNTER
A CHUPACABRA EVER.

IT'S DISGUSTING,
IT'S NASTY, IT'S GORY.

Narrator: DR. PHYLIS CANION
ISN'T USED TO TRADING IN RUMOR

OR SUPERSTITION.

SHE'S A CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST,

RUNS A CLINIC
AND A BUSY 250-ACRE RANCH.

STEVE AND I -- MY HUSBAND OF 35
YEARS -- WE LIVE ON THIS RANCH.

WE ARE VERY OUTDOORSY.

SO FOR US, IT GIVES US AN AVENUE
TO BE OUT IN THE WILD.

IT'S WHY WE LIKE IT HERE
SO MUCH.

Narrator: WHEN PHYLIS HEARD
RUMBLINGS ABOUT THE CHUPACABRA,

SHE WANTED TO DISMISS THEM
AS RUMORS.

ONLY THERE WAS EVIDENCE
SHE COULDN'T IGNORE.

Canion: AND I STARTED OBSERVING
DIFFERENT TRACKS.

THIS TRACK
HAD A DIFFERENT PAW PRINT

THAN ANYTHING
THAT I HAD EVER SEEN.

A COYOTE AND A WOLF
ARE A VERY DEFINITIVE FOREPAW,

AND THIS ONE ONLY HAD THREE.

AND SO, FOR ME,
THAT WAS MY FIRST REALIZATION

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ON THE RANCH.

[ CHICKENS CLUCKING ]

[ HISSING ]

Narrator:
ONE MORNING JUST AFTER SUNRISE,

SHE WENT
TO CHECK ON HER CHICKENS.

THE DOOR TO THE COOP
WAS RIPPED OPEN.

MANY BIRDS WERE DEAD.

Canion: WHATEVER ANIMAL IT WAS
THAT CAME IN AND DID IT

TORE A SMALL OPENING
INTO THE CHICKEN PEN,

REACHED IN, GRABBED IT,
PULLED PART OF THE CHICKEN OUT,

OPENED IT UP, DRANK THE BLOOD,
LICKED THE BLOOD OUT OF IT.

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT INTERESTED
IN THE MEAT,

AND THAT'S WHY THE CARCASS
WAS LEFT.

Narrator: THIS LEVEL-HEADED
RANCHER WAS NOW WORRIED.

WHATEVER IT IS
MIGHT COME BACK FOR MORE.

Canion: IT DID NOT TAKE ME LONG
TO FIGURE OUT

THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY
CRAVING JUST THE BLOOD.

THAT IN ITSELF
BECAME AN EERIE THOUGHT TO ME.

WHAT IS IT
THAT JUST WANTS THE BLOOD?

Narrator:
FINALLY, ONE NIGHT,

DR. CANION GOT CLOSE
TO THE CREATURE.

Canion: AND TO THINK,
I AM WALKING IN UNPROTECTED,

NOT KNOWING
IF THIS CREATURE WAS VICIOUS

OR IF THIS CREATURE IS SICK.

YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL
COMING IN AT NIGHT

BECAUSE THIS THING
COULD JUMP OUT OF THE TREE

OR JUMP ON YOU
FROM BEHIND A BUILDING.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]

[ SNARLS ]

I WAS AWESTRUCK, HONESTLY.
I WAS AWESTRUCK.

HERE IS
THE MOST BIZARRE CREATURE

THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

THE PROXIMITY THAT I WAS TO IT
WAS SO CLOSE,

I THOUGHT,
"ALL THIS THING HAS TO DO

IS LURCH TO ME
AND I COULD BE HISTORY."

Narrator: COULD THIS BE
THE MYTHICAL CHUPACABRA

SHE'D BEEN HEARING ABOUT?

ON JULY 14, 2007,
DR. CANION FINALLY GOT

SOLID PHYSICAL EVIDENCE --
AN ACTUAL BODY.

SATURDAY MORNING VERY EARLY,
ABOUT 6:45,

I GOT A CALL THAT SAID

THAT IT WAS DEAD
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

SO I PROMPTLY WENT TO THE
HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF OUR RANCH,

AND THERE IT WAS
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

Narrator: A MONSTER RARELY
TURNS UP AS A CORPSE.

DR. CANION MOVED THE CREATURE
INTO HER FREEZER TO PRESERVE IT.

Canion: THERE WERE A MILLION
THINGS GOING THROUGH MY MIND

BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED
TO GET BACK

AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT
WHERE I COULD TOUCH THE ANIMAL,

WHERE I COULD PHYSICALLY DO
AN EXAM ON IT IN MY POSSESSION.

AND THE EXCITEMENT
WAS OVERWHELMING.

I WILL NEVER FORGET
THAT DAY EVER.

WHEN WORD GOT OUT THAT I HAD IT
IN THE FREEZER,

WE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO BREAK IN.

SO WE MOVED IT
TO A SECRET LOCATION

FOR NINE MONTHS OFF
OF THIS PROPERTY IN SAFEKEEPING.

Narrator: WITH THIS FLESH
AND BLOOD SPECIMEN IN HAND,

DR. CANION'S FOCUS
TURNED TO SCIENCE.

Canion: SO, AFTER ALL THE MONTHS
OF HAVING IT,

WE SENT IT OFF TO THE BEST PLACE
TO DO FORENSICS DNA ON IT.

THE RESULT CAME BACK
THAT THIS IS NOT A COYOTE

AND IT'S NOT A WOLF
AND IT'S NOT A DOG.

THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO NOW, DO WE HAVE DNA
ON A CHUPACABRA?

MAYBE WE DO.

AND CUERO IS HOME TO IT.

Narrator: DR. CANION
SENT THE ANIMAL'S BODY

TO A TAXIDERMIST TO PRESERVE IT.

DESPITE WHAT ANYONE ELSE MAY SAY
OR BELIEVE,

SHE'S ON A MISSION
TO PROVE TO THE WORLD

SHE'S FINALLY
CAPTURED THE CHUPACABRA.

Canion: WE FIND IT FASCINATING
THAT IN CUERO, TEXAS,

THERE IS THIS ANIMAL
THAT WE CALL THE CHUPACABRA

THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN
AS THE MYTHICAL ANIMAL FOREVER.

SO NOW,
HAVING CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

THAT IT IS TRULY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I LOVE IT.

Narrator: COMING UP,
A YOUNG COUPLE'S ENCOUNTER

TRANSPORTS THEM
TO A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE,

WHERE THE DEAD COME ALIVE.

Barb:
I THOUGHT, "WOW."

AND LIKE,
"AM I REALLY SEEING THAT?"

IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE
THE WALKING DEAD SURROUNDING US.

THE ADRENALINE WAS JUST PUMPING.
MY HEART WAS JUST RACING.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

[ GROWLS ]
AAH!

Narrator: TEXAS IS BIG --
OVER 250,000 SQUARE MILES.

IN SOUTHERN TEXAS,
THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

FEELS LIKE
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLACE.

Bourgeois: IT'S STILL
NOT TOUCHED BY MODERN TIMES.

WE STILL HAVE AN AIRPORT THAT
WAS BUILT OVER 60 YEARS AGO.

THE PHONE LINES ARE STILL
BASICALLY THE SAME COPPER LINES

THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.

IT SEEMS LIKE TIME
HAS PASSED THE AREA BY.

Narrator: THE PERFECT CONDITIONS
FOR MONSTER LEGENDS TO GROW.

THEN ADD A HISTORY
OF BLOODY CONFLICT.

Fonseca:
BACK IN THE 1800s,

THERE WAS SEVERAL WARS
FOUGHT THERE --

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR,
THE CIVIL WAR.

THERE WAS
A LOT OF DEATH INVOLVED,

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW,

THERE'S A LOT OF WEIRD EVENTS
THAT PEOPLE REPORT TO THIS DAY

THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN.

Narrator: THE PROBLEM HERE --
THE DEAD DON'T STAY DEAD.

Barb: THAT NIGHT IS A NIGHT
I'LL NEVER FORGET

BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST
REAL PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE

OF PHYSICALLY SEEING SOMETHING
WITH MY OWN EYES

THAT COULDN'T BE EXPLAINED.

Narrator:
MEET BARB DEXTER,

ONCE MARRIED
TO TRUCK DRIVER CAMERON DEXTER.

BACK WHEN THEY FIRST MET,

LIFE WAS AN ADVENTURE BUT ALWAYS
GROUNDED IN COMMON SENSE.

Barb:
AS A CHILD GROWING UP,

I HEARD DIFFERENT
LITTLE FOLKLORE

AND DIFFERENT LITTLE STORIES
ABOUT MONSTERS

AND CAMPFIRE-TYPE TALES,

BUT I WAS ALWAYS A SKEPTIC --
ALWAYS A SKEPTIC ABOUT STUFF.

Narrator:
ONE SUMMER NIGHT IN 1985,

THAT SKEPTICISM WOULD BE TESTED.

Barb:
WE WERE ABOUT 18.

WE WERE HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS,

AND WE HAD JUST
STARTED LIVING TOGETHER,

AND HE HAD GOT A JOB
TRUCK DRIVING,

AND EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE,
FOR SOMETHING TO DO,

I WOULD GO WITH HIM
JUST TO KEEP HIM COMPANY.

Narrator: THIS TIME,

THE DESTINATION
WAS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.

Barb: THAT DAY, WE HAD WENT TO
BROWNSVILLE TO PICK UP A LOAD.

Cameron: HEY, BABY.

CAN YOU HAND ME THAT TOWEL
IN THERE, PLEASE?

THEY WERE RUNNING LATE, SO WE
HAD TO SIT AROUND AND WAIT,

AND DURING THAT WAITING PERIOD,

WE DECIDED TO GO ON
TO ONE OF THE LOCAL TRUCK STOPS

AND WASH THE TRUCK.

YOU KNOW, THIS TRIP TO TEXAS
IS GONNA BE A REALLY LONG RIDE.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH
ALL THAT ALONE TIME ON THE ROAD?

WELL,
I KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO.

Narrator: THE TRUCK
WAS CAMERON'S PRIDE AND JOY.

Barb: THE TRUCK
WAS A BIG TRANSPORT TRUCK,

AND IT HAD THE SNUB NOSE
WITH THE BUNK IN THE BACK.

IT HAD A CONFEDERATE FLAG
ON THE CAB ON THE SIDE.

IT WAS LIKE A STICKER

THAT SOMEBODY HAD PUT THERE
AT ONE TIME.

Narrator: IT WASN'T UNTIL
LATE IN THE EVENING

THEY FINALLY HIT THE ROAD.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Barb: WE DECIDED
THAT IT WAS GETTING TOO DARK,

AND WE WERE BOTH PRETTY TIRED.

SO WE JUST LOOKED FOR, LIKE, A
LITTLE SIDE ROAD TO PULL OVER ON

SO WE COULD JUST SLEEP
FOR A FEW HOURS.

[ TRUCK BRAKES HISS ]

Narrator:
CAM AND BARB DIDN'T REALIZE

THEY WERE PARKED ON LAND
THAT HAD SEEN TERRIBLE BLOODSHED

AND TRAGEDY
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

Barb:
THERE WAS NOTHING AROUND US.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF FOREST AROUND US

AND MOSTLY JUST DIRT ROAD

AND TWO DITCHES ON EITHER SIDE
WITH SOME TALL GRASS.

I FELT A LITTLE LEERY

JUST 'CAUSE WE WERE SO FAR
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

AND IT WAS SO UNFAMILIAR TO ME.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

Narrator: FEARS ASIDE, BARB AND
CAMERON TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP.

Barb:
WE WERE ONLY LAYING THERE

FOR MAYBE ABOUT 20 MINUTES
AT THE MOST

WHEN WE HEARD THE FIRST KNOCK
AT THE TRUCK DOOR.

I THINK
SOMEONE'S OUT THERE.

WE'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

THERE'S NOBODY
OUT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU SHOULD
CHECK IT OUT.

I MEAN,
MAYBE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS

IS UPSET
THAT WE PARKED HERE.

OKAY.

Narrator: MOMENTS LATER,
THE COUPLE IS STARTLED

WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.

WE COULD SEE UP AHEAD
IN THE DISTANCE, LIKE,

SOMEBODY STANDING THERE.

I THINK
I SEE SOMEONE.

I'M GONNA GO
CHECK IT OUT.

I'M COMING WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

I DIDN'T WANT
TO STAY IN THE TRUCK BY MYSELF,

SO THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO
GET OUT AND GET A BETTER LOOK.

Narrator: BARB AND CAMERON
WALK UP THE ROAD

AND SEE A LIGHT UP AHEAD.

LOOK.
I THINK IT'S A PORCH LIGHT.

I SEE IT.

LET'S GO.

[ GROWLING ]

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

WHAT WAS THAT?

WE COULD HEAR PEOPLE TALKING,
AND IT WAS FAIRLY LOUD,

BUT WE COULD HEAR THEM, AND WE
THOUGHT, "WELL, WHERE ARE THEY?"

THEY SOUNDED CLOSE ENOUGH THAT
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM,

BUT WE COULDN'T MAKE OUT
WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.

THEY SEEMED TO BE ALL AROUND US,
NOT JUST IN ONE DIRECTION.

[ GROANING ]

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Narrator:
PANIC SETS IN.

Barb: THEY ALL SEEMED LIKE THEY
WERE WEARING THE SAME THING.

YOU COULD SEE IT WAS LIKE
A DARKER MILITARY UNIFORM.

Narrator: THEY WERE SOLDIERS
BUT MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.

Barb: WE COULD SEE THEM
AND WE COULD HEAR THEM,

AND WE WERE JUST THINKING,
"WHAT THE HELL?"

LIKE, "IS THIS LIKE
A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE?"

LET'S HEAD BACK.
[ GROWLING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator: ON A SUMMER NIGHT
IN 1985 NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS,

BARB AND CAMERON DEXTER
PARK THEIR TRUCK FOR THE NIGHT

ON A REMOTE DIRT ROAD.

MUFFLED VOICES
DRAW THEM OUTSIDE.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

AND AS THEY INVESTIGATE,

THEY'RE SOON SURROUNDED
BY SOLDIERS FROM ANOTHER ERA

WITH NO BUSINESS BEING ALIVE.

[ GROWLING ]

Barb:
WE GOT THE FEELING

LIKE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A RE-ENACTMENT,

BUT WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY.

LET'S HEAD BACK.

[ GROWLING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

Narrator:
THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT,

BUT BARB AND CAMERON WERE PARKED

ON ONE OF THE CIVIL WAR'S
MOST TRAGIC BATTLEFIELDS.

THE BATTLE OF PALMITO HILL
STARTED ON MAY 11, 1865,

34 DAYS
AFTER ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED

TO GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT
IN VIRGINIA.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITHOUT
THE CONFEDERATES' KNOWLEDGE,

THE UNION FORCE COMES IN AND
STARTS INVADING THEIR TERRITORY.

Narrator: THE BLOODIEST WAR
IN AMERICA'S HISTORY

HAD OFFICIALLY COME TO AN END.

BUT IN SOUTH TEXAS,
TENSIONS BOILED OVER.

MEN WERE DRAGGED INTO BATTLE
ALL OVER AGAIN.

Bourgeois: YOU HAD THESE MEN,
THESE TEJANOS,

WHO DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT,
WERE TOLD TO FIGHT,

AND THEY DID THEIR DUTY.

THE SOUND OF RETREAT HAPPENS,
AND THEY START RUNNING AWAY

BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO,

AND HERE'S THE CONFEDERATE
CAVALRY RUNNING UP ON THEM

AND SHOOTING THEM IN THE BACK.

Narrator:
ANGRY, UNSETTLED ZOMBIES

STILL FIGHTING THE CIVIL WAR.

Barb: IT WAS SOMETHING
DEFINITELY PARANORMAL.

WE GOT
TO GET OUT OF HERE.

IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE
THE WALKING DEAD SURROUNDING US,

AND IT WAS JUST
FREAKING ME RIGHT OUT.

Narrator:
THE TERRIFIED COUPLE

TRY TO GET BACK TO THE SAFETY
OF THEIR TRUCK.

[ SCREAMING ]

[ GROWLING ]

Barb:
THE ADRENALINE WAS JUST PUMPING.

MY HEART WAS JUST RACING.

PLEASE GET US OF OUT HERE!
PLEASE!

I WAS TERRIFIED.

CAMERON TURNED ON
THE HEADLIGHTS.

THEY WERE STANDING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK.

IT WAS LIKE HAVING A BAD DREAM
THAT YOU COULDN'T WAKE UP FROM.

OUR REACTION WAS,
"LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE."

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Narrator: THE OPEN ROAD
NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD.

THEY MIGHT'VE DISMISSED IT ALL
AS A BAD DREAM

OR SOME BIZARRE
TRICK OF THE EYE

UNTIL THEY GOT A LOOK
AT THEIR TRUCK THE NEXT MORNING.

Barb: THERE WAS JUST HUNDREDS
OF HANDPRINTS ALL OVER IT.

AND I WAS JUST SHOCKED.

EVERY TIME I HEAR STRANGE NOISES
IN THE NIGHT,

IT JUST PUTS ME BACK
TO THAT TIME

THAT I WAS IN
WITH THE WALKING DEAD SOLDIERS.

Narrator:
BARB DEXTER WAS A WITNESS

TO ONE OF BROWNSVILLE'S
MYSTERIOUS EVENTS.

SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

ONE DAY, I WAS FINISHING UP
MY FIELD STUDY AT PALMITO HILL,

AND I COULD ACTUALLY HEAR
GUNSHOTS AND CANNON SHOTS.

[ CANNON FIRES ]

AND A CANNON IS VERY UNIQUE,
ESPECIALLY A CIVIL WAR CANNON.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU WOULD SOON FORGET.

WHY DID IT HAPPEN?

I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT FOR
THAT TWO SECONDS OF MY LIFE,

I THOUGHT I WAS BACK THERE
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

Narrator:
IN ONE PLACE,

THE WALKING DEAD REVEAL
A TRAGEDY BURIED AND FORGOTTEN.

IN ANOTHER, A SINISTER CREATURE
THREATENS WHAT'S NEAR AND DEAR.

[ ANIMAL GROWLS ]

A MONSTER COULD EVEN TURN AN
ENTIRE TOWN TO PANIC AND FEAR.

Blackburn:
I DO BELIEVE IN MONSTERS.

I THINK THERE'S STILL
UNEXPLAINED THINGS OUT THERE

IN THE WORLD.

WE MAY THINK
WE KNOW EVERYTHING...

BUT WE DON'T.

[ ANIMAL GROWLING ]