Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 12 - Cajun Werewolf - full transcript

Narrator:
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS
SPARKED BY A NEW THEORY

ABOUT BIGFOOT --

ARE THEY FROM SPACE?

MAYBE THE AIR FORCE
FOUND THINGS

THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT US
TO KNOW.

[ CREATURE ROARS ]

Narrator: A "MONSTERS
AND MYSTERIES" EXCLUSIVE.

BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME,

A DIVER TRAPPED UNDERWATER

BY AMERICA'S OWN
LOCH NESS MONSTER.

Breault: IT THREW ME AROUND.
I WAS ENGULFED.



THIS THING WAS POWERFUL.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

Narrator:
IN THE LOUISIANA SWAMPS,

ATTACKED BY A MAN-WOLF MONSTER.

[ GROWLS ]

WHEN THIS THING STARTED
EMERGING FROM THE GRASS,

MY HEART JUST STOPPED BEATING,
AND THEN I JUST FROZE.

[ GROWLS ]

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Narrator: IN PENNSYLVANIA,
PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK

IS A SEVEN-MILE LONG SPUR
JUTTING INTO LAKE ERIE.

IN THE 1960s, AN ENCOUNTER AT
THIS REMOTE RECREATION SETTING

REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST
INTRIGUING



IN THE ANNALS
OF AMERICAN MONSTERS.

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

OF INVESTIGATING
HUNDREDS OF BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS,

WHY, BY NOW, DON'T WE HAVE
MORE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,

OR, IN FACT, A BODY?

[ GROWLS ]

Narrator: FOR MORE THAN
A CENTURY ACROSS NORTH AMERICA,

PEOPLE HAVE INSISTED THEY'VE
SEEN THE GIANT, HAIRY BIPED

KNOWN AS BIGFOOT.

MANY BELIEVE THIS CREATURE
IS CRYPTID --

A BIOLOGICAL MANIMAL THAT'S
EVADED POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.

THERE'S RARELY EVER ANY PROOF.

I MEAN, NO MATTER HOW RARE
AN ANIMAL IS,

WE HAVE SKELETAL REMAINS.

BUT WITH BIGFOOT,
IT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED.

Narrator:
IN THE EARLY 1970s,

A CLUSTER OF UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS

PAINTED A MUCH DIFFERENT
PICTURE.

A NEW IDEA ABOUT THE ORIGINS
OF BIGFOOT EMERGED.

PEOPLE WERE REPORTING UFO
SIGHTINGS AND BIGFOOT CREATURES

AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE.

Narrator: STRANGE BEAMS OF LIGHT
IN THE SKY,

HULKING, HAIRY BEASTS
ON THE GROUND.

Gordon: SOME OF THOSE CASES
BEGAN TO SUGGEST

THAT THERE MAY BE MORE
TO THE BIGFOOT PHENOMENA

THAN A FLESH-AND-BLOOD
EXPLANATION.

Narrator: THE NEW EVIDENCE
MIGHT SHED LIGHT

ON BIGFOOT'S
FREQUENT DISAPPEARING ACT.

PEOPLE HAVE SHOT AT THEM
WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF WEAPONS,

AND IN NO CASE DID ANYBODY BRING
ONE DOWN,

AND IT DISAPPEARS
IN A FLASH OF LIGHT.

Narrator: EVENTS
AT PRESQUE ISLE, PENNSYLVANIA,

WOULD ENTIRELY CHANGE THE NOTION
OF BIGFOOT.

Kinney: I WAS JUST A KID WHEN
ALL THE UFO-BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS

FROM PRESQUE ISLE
WERE IN THE NEWS.

EVERYBODY IN TOWN
WAS TALKING ABOUT IT,

IT WAS ON THE TELEVISION,
RADIO NEWS, IN THE NEWSPAPER.

IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

Narrator:
DURING THE 1960s,

THE SPACE RACE
WAS CAPTIVATING THE ATTENTION

OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1966,

THE ASTRONAUTS OF GEMINI X
SPLASHED DOWN SUCCESSFULLY

OFF OF CAPE CANAVERAL.

AROUND THIS SAME TIME,
ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE,

FOUR FRIENDS
WERE ABOUT TO ENCOUNTER

AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BREED
OF SPACE TRAVELER.

ON JULY 30, 1966,

GERALD LABELLE AND THREE FRIENDS
-- BETTY, ANITA, AND DOUG --

HEADED OUT
TO PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK

TO ESCAPE THE SUMMER HEAT.

Labelle:
WE DECIDED TO GET THE GIRLS

AND GO UP THERE AND HAVE
A PICNIC AT PRESQUE ISLE.

WE WENT SWIMMING
FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.

Narrator:
AS THE SUN WAS SETTING,

THEY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
TO HEAD HOME.

ONE, TWO, THREE --

All: GOOD DAY!
[ LAUGHTER ]

OH, WE'RE SPINNING,
WE'RE SPINNING. COME ON.

DOUG TRIED TO START THE CAR
AND PULL OFF THE SAND.

WHEN HE WENT TO TAKE OFF,
THE WHEELS JUST SPUN

AND THE CAR JUST DROPPED RIGHT
STRAIGHT DOWN ONTO THE SAND.

YOU KIDDING ME?

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.
YOU GUYS READY?

DOUG, YOU READY?
THREE, TWO, ONE --

PUSH!

PUSH!

OKAY.
WE'RE STUCK.

Labelle:
SO, HAVING NO WAY OUT,

I HITCHED A RIDE INTO ERIE
TO FIND A TOW TRUCK.

BACK AS SOON AS I CAN.

OKAY.
HURRY!

THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN
TO PRESQUE ISLE FOR A PICNIC

THAT DAY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEIR
LIVES WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE

AS THEY ENTERED INTO AN AREA
OF SOME VERY STRANGE PHENOMENA.

HE'S NOT COMING BACK.

Narrator:
WITH GERALD OFF TO GET HELP,

BETTY, ANITA, AND DOUG
WERE LEFT TO WAIT.

AS DARKNESS FELL, THE NIGHT SKY
SEEMED REMARKABLY CLEAR.

MY DAD'S GONNA KILL ME.

Swope:
WHILE THEY WERE SITTING WAITING
FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO COME...

[ WHIRRING ]

HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

...THEY NOTICED A FALLING STAR
OVER THE LAKE.

AND IT WAS GETTING
BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER.

THEY NOTICED THAT IT WAS
AN OCTAGONAL SHAPE

THAT WAS GLOWING PURPLE AND BLUE
WITH A HOLLOW CENTER.

AND THEN THEY SAW,
AS IT CAME CLOSER,

IT WAS MORE OF A MUSHROOM SHAPE.

IT LANDED BEHIND THE TREE LINE
WITHOUT A THUD,

BUT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
VIBRATION THAT EMITTED.

WHOA!
OH, GOD!

WHAT IS GOING ON?
WAS THAT YOU?

WHAT'S WRONG
WITH YOUR CAR?

WASN'T ME.

OH, MY...
OH, MY...

Narrator:
IN THE MOMENTS IT TOOK THE GROUP
TO FATHOM WHAT THEY SAW,

A PARK OFFICER ARRIVED.

STAY IN THE CAR,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Labelle: POLICEMAN COME DOWN,

BECAUSE EVIDENTLY THEY HAD SEEN
SOMETHING OR HEARD SOMETHING.

DOUG, HE TOLD HIM
WHAT HE HAD SEEN.

DOUG AND THE OFFICER
WENT DOWN THE BEACH AREA,

TOWARDS WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS THE FLYING SAUCER.

Narrator: NOW THE YOUNG WOMEN
WERE BY THEMSELVES,

WONDERING WHAT WAS HAPPENING
DOWN AT THE BEACH.

[ BRANCHES SNAPPING ]

A TREE BRANCH BREAKING
GOT THEIR ATTENTION.

THEN THEY SAW LIGHT.

Swope: SPOTLIGHTS
CAME OUT FROM THE TREES,

SEARCHING THE AREA.

Narrator: AND WHAT THEY SAW NEXT
WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

[ GASPS ]

THEY SAW SOMETHING
COMING FROM THE WOODS --

A LARGE, DARK HUMANOID,
SEVEN FOOT TALL.

AS IT GOT CLOSER,

IT LOOKED TO BE LIKE
A BIGFOOT-TYPE CREATURE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

CASES WHERE UFO SIGHTING
OCCURS IN ONE AREA,

SHORT TIME LATER,
BIGFOOT SHOWS UP --

THIS TYPE OF PHENOMENA
HAS BEEN REPORTED,

BUT IT'S NOT THAT WELL-KNOWN.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
AND WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
EXCEPT SCREAM.

[ GIRLS SCREAMING ]

[ HORN BLARES ]

Labelle:
BETTY WAS HONKING THE HORN

TO GET SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION --

TO COME BACK TO THE CAR,
YOU KNOW?

[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]

THEN HE CAME DOWN TO THE CAR.

HE HIT THE CAR ROOF
AND PUT A COUPLE DENTS IN IT.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

[ POUNDING ]

[ HORN BLARING ]

OH, GOD...

Doug: BETTY!

Swope: BY THE TIME
THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS

AND THEIR FRIEND CAME BACK,

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE
EXCEPT THE EVIDENCE --

LARGE SCRATCHES ON THE CAR.

Narrator:
THE CREATURE AND THE CRAFT

WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

GERALD LABELLE HAD LEFT
HIS FRIENDS HOURS EARLIER

TO FIND A TOW TRUCK IN TOWN.

Labelle:
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE PARK,

IT WAS ABOUT MIDNIGHT,

AND THERE WAS ALL THESE
POLICE CARS AROUND THERE.

THEY DID HAVE SHOTGUNS AND
RIFLES AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS,

SO WHEN I SEEN ALL THE WEAPONS
THERE, I THOUGHT,

"MY GOD, WHAT IS IT,
A WAR GOING ON HERE?"

Swope: IN THE SAME EVENING,

THERE WAS
EIGHT OTHER INDIVIDUALS

WHO SAW THE UFO COMING.

THEY ALL SAW A GIANT,
SILVERY, GLOWING OBJECT

THAT TRAVELED
FROM THE NORTHWEST,

ACROSS THE CITY OF ERIE,
AND OVER TO THE PENINSULA,

FINALLY TILL LANDING AT BEACH 6.

Narrator: GERALD AND HIS FRIENDS

WERE QUESTIONED OVERNIGHT
AT THE RANGER STATION

AND SENT HOME
EARLY THE NEXT MORNING.

THEY WOULDN'T LET US GO
DOWN TO THE BEACH.

THEY BROUGHT THE CAR UP TO
THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK OFF FROM.

Narrator: WHILE THE GROUP
HEADED HOME TO SLEEP,

THE INVESTIGATION AT THE BEACH
WAS JUST BEGINNING.

THE SCENE ON THE BEACH
THE NEXT MORNING WAS CHAOTIC.

Gordon:
YOU HAD THE AIR FORCE OFFICIALLY
INVESTIGATING THE CASE,

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATION
COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOMENA.

THEY PHOTOGRAPHED THE AREA

TO DOCUMENT ANY TYPE
OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

THEY USED RADIATION METERS
TO TRY TO CHECK AND SEE

IF THERE WAS
ANY UNUSUAL RADIATION LEVELS.

THEY DID A VERY,
VERY DETAILED STUDY.

Narrator:
LOCALS QUICKLY GOT WIND

OF SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENING
AT THE SHORE.

Kinney:
MY MOTHER WAS TALKING ABOUT IT

THE MORNING AFTER
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.

ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS
HAD TOLD HER.

WE TOOK A DRIVE OUT THERE

TO JUST SEE
IF WE COULD SEE ANYTHING.

STRANGEST THING I SAW
WAS A FOOTPRINT --

ONE, SINGLE, SOLITARY FOOTPRINT.

IT LOOKED SIMILAR
TO A BEAR OR HUMAN FOOTPRINT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A FOOTPRINT
LIKE THAT BEFORE.

YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARED TO BE
A SOLID CREATURE

SEEN AT CLOSE RANGE.

THERE'S PHYSICAL FOOTPRINTS
IN THE AREA,

AND THEY JUST SUDDENLY STOP
AND DISAPPEAR

WHERE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MORE FOOTPRINTS.

JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

Narrator:
THE HAIRY APE-MAN CALLED BIGFOOT

IS RUMORED TO LURK
IN FORESTS ACROSS AMERICA.

THOUSANDS OF SIGHTINGS,
ZERO HARD EVIDENCE.

SOME SAY THE CREATURE
IS A HUMAN HYBRID.

OTHERS BELIEVE IT'S A RELIC APE.

NOW AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THEORY
HAS EMERGED.

Gordon:
THERE'S MORE TO THE BIGFOOT
PHENOMENA THAN WE UNDERSTAND.

THERE SEEMS TO BE
A NON-PHYSICAL ASPECT

TO SOME OF THESE PHENOMENA
WE'RE DEALING WITH.

Narrator:
COULD BIGFOOT'S ORIGINS

BE EXTRATERRESTRIAL IN NATURE?

CLUES IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD
MAY POINT TO THE POSSIBILITY.

NATIVE-AMERICAN STORIES

RECORD THE ARRIVAL
OF THE CRAZY BEARS --

HUGE, HAIRY MANIMALS

WHO SUPPOSEDLY DESCENDED
TO EARTH INSIDE A SMALL MOON,

WHICH DEPOSITED THEM
AND THEN ROSE BACK INTO THE SKY.

BY THE LATE 1960s,

THE OUTER-SPACE ORIGINS
OF BIGFOOT

WAS STARTING TO RECEIVE
SERIOUS DISCUSSION,

SPURRED IN PART
BY AN INCIDENT IN 1966

AT PRESQUE ISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

THAT ENCOUNTER BECAME PART
OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION --

PROJECT BLUE BOOK,
KEPT UNDER WRAPS FOR MANY YEARS.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

Gordon: PROJECT BLUE BOOK,
THE OFFICIAL UFO INVESTIGATION,

WAS TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK,
DURING THAT TIME,

OF THE UFO PHENOMENA,

AND THEY DID SOME VERY,
VERY DETAILED INVESTIGATION

OF SOME OF THESE CASES.

Kinney: FOR THE AIR FORCE TO BE
INVOLVED THE WAY THEY WERE,

IT'S OBVIOUS THEY TOOK
THE WHOLE CASE VERY SERIOUSLY.

Narrator:
DECLASSIFIED OVER 40 YEARS AGO,

THE AIR FORCE'S
UFO INVESTIGATION,

PROJECT BLUE BOOK,

NOW PROVIDES INSIGHT
INTO THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTER.

Gordon: PROJECT BLUE BOOK LOOKED
INTO 12,618 UFO INCIDENTS,

OF WHICH 701 REMAIN UNEXPLAINED,

AND THE PRESQUE ISLE CASE

IS ONE OF THOSE
IN THE "UNEXPLAINED" CATEGORY.

THEY'D GO OUT,
INTERVIEW WITNESSES,

GATHER INFORMATION,

THEN FORWARD ALL THAT
INFORMATION ON SIGHTINGS

TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON
AIR FORCE BASE,

WHICH WAS WHERE PROJECT
BLUE BOOK WAS HEADQUARTERED.

THEY RULE OUT SATELLITES,
BALLOONS,

YOU KNOW,
LIGHTS ON AIRCRAFTS, METEORS.

THEY ELIMINATE
ALL THE NORMAL POSSIBILITIES.

AND THEN,
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT,

THE DATA INDICATES
THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE

THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR.

WHAT THAT UNKNOWN CATEGORY IS

STILL REMAINS OPEN
FOR A LOT OF SPECULATION.

Narrator: AFTER THE INITIAL
MILITARY RESPONSE,

SHROUDED WITH SO MUCH SECRECY,

GERALD LABELLE
WENT BACK TO THE BEACH

TO INVESTIGATE FOR HIMSELF.

Labelle: MONTHS LATER,

I WENT BACK
TO LOOK AT THE BEACH

AND FOUND THAT THE TREE INVOLVED
IN THE SIGHTING WAS GONE.

IT WASN'T BROKEN.
IT WASN'T LAYING ON THE GROUND.

IT WASN'T ROTTED OUT.
IT WAS GONE.

THE WHOLE THING WAS GONE,
ROOTS AND ALL --

THE WHOLE TREE.

BROKEN PART AND THE STUMP.

MAYBE THE AIR FORCE FOUND THINGS

THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT US
TO KNOW.

Narrator: GERALD AND HIS FRIENDS

MAY NEVER FIND AN EXPLANATION
FOR THEIR STRANGE ENCOUNTER.

Labelle:
GOING INTO THAT EVENING,

WE JUST THOUGHT
WE WAS GONNA HAVE FUN.

WE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WE WAS GOING TO GET INTO.

BETTY, SHE DIDN'T EVEN
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

DOUG PASSED AWAY ABOUT THREE
YEARS AFTER THIS HAPPENED.

AND THEN ANITA --
SHE JUST DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT.

REALLY, IT IS SOMETHING
THAT I AIN'T GONNA FORGET.

Narrator: A UFO IN THE SKY
AND A BIGFOOT ON THE GROUND.

COULD IT HAVE BEEN
JUST A COINCIDENCE?

A FEW YEARS AFTER THE ENCOUNTER
ON PRESQUE ISLE,

A LARGE, HAIRY BEAST
WITH ALLEGED UFO ORIGINS

MADE ANOTHER
MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCE

IN THE KEYSTONE STATE.

200 MILES SOUTH OF PRESQUE ISLE,

THE TINY COMMUNITY
OF OHIOPYLE, PENNSYLVANIA,

SITS IN THE MOUNTAINS,
SURROUNDED BY WILDERNESS.

SOME BELIEVE THERE ARE
CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

THAT PROVIDE A GATEWAY
FOR THESE ENTITIES

TO ENTER AND DEPART
FROM OUR PHYSICAL WORLD.

Lewis: LIKE OTHER PARANORMAL
HOTSPOTS AROUND THE WORLD,

YOU JUST GET A FEELING
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HERE --

SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 6, 1974,

A RESIDENT, MRS. HAMM,
WAS ENJOYING A PEACEFUL EVENING.

ACCUSTOMED
TO LIVING OUT IN NATURE,

SHE WAS PREPARED
TO FEND OFF WILD CREATURES.

SHE NEVER EXPECTED
SHE WOULD COME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH SOMETHING EXTRATERRESTRIAL.

MRS. HAMM
LIVES DEEP IN THE WOODS

UP IN FAYETTE COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA.

AND IT'S AROUND 10:00 OR SO
THAT EVENING,

AND SHE'S SITTING
IN HER CABIN HOME

WHEN SHE BEGINS TO HEAR
SOME COMMOTION ON HER PORCH.

SO, MRS. HAMM FIGURES

THIS PACK OF WILD DOGS
HAD COME BACK TO THE AREA,

SO SHE DECIDES TO LOAD ONE
CHAMBER OF HER 16-GAUGE SHOTGUN

TO SCARE THE DOGS AWAY.

[ GROWLS ]

THERE'S NO DOGS THERE
WHERE SHE EXPECTED,

BUT JUST A FEW FEET AWAY
IN FRONT OF HER,

SHE'S STARTLED BY THIS CREATURE
WITH EYES LIKE COALS OF FIRE.

Narrator: MRS. HAMM
COULD NOT BELIEVE HER EYES.

IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
SHE WAS DEALING WITH SOMETHING

THAT WAS NOT FROM THIS WORLD.

[ ROARS ]

Narrator: THE ELUSIVE BIGFOOT.

IN THE LATE 1960s, ITS SUDDEN
APPEARANCE IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA

WAS TERRORIZING RESIDENTS.

ADDING TO THE MYSTERY,

THE ENCOUNTERS
OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY

WITH UFO SIGHTINGS,

LEADING SOME TO BELIEVE

THAT BIGFOOT IS ACTUALLY
AN ALIEN ASTRONAUT.

LATE ONE JULY NIGHT IN 1966,

IN THE REMOTE
PENNSYLVANIA WOODS,

A WOMAN IDENTIFIED
ONLY AS MRS. HAMM

HEARD STRANGE NOISES
COMING FROM HER FRONT PORCH

AND GRABBED HER SHOTGUN
TO INVESTIGATE.

[ GROWLS ]

Gordon:
WHEN MRS. HAMM SAW THE CREATURE,

HER FIRST THOUGHT WAS,

"THIS THING
IS GONNA LUNGE ON ME."

[ ROARS ]

MRS. HAMM FIRED
DIRECTLY INTO THE CREATURE.

THERE'S THIS BRIGHT FLASH
OF LIGHT,

AND THE CREATURE DISAPPEARS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

Narrator: HEARING THE SHOTS,

HER SON-IN-LAW
RAN OUTSIDE TO HELP.

Gordon:
HER SON-IN-LAW TOM LIVED NEARBY.

HE GRABBED HIS .22 REVOLVER AND
BEGAN TO RUN TOWARDS THE HOUSE.

[ GROWLING ]

Narrator:
HE FOUND HIMSELF SURROUNDED

BY SEVERAL MENACING MONSTERS.

HE DROPS HIS FLASHLIGHT,
STARTS FIRING RANDOMLY.

HE WANTED TO GET EVIDENCE AND
BRING ONE OF THESE THINGS DOWN,

BUT THEY WEREN'T NOWHERE
TO BE SEEN AT THAT POINT.

AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME,

HE'S NOTICING THIS STRANGE LIGHT
HOVERING OVER THE WOODS,

THAT THEY DESCRIBED AS LIKE
A BIG CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

WITH DIFFERENT COLORS
FLASHING OVER THE AREA.

HE JUST RAN.
HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN.

TOM HAD HIS WIFE
CALL THE POLICE,

'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET
SOME HELP UP AT THE SCENE,

AND BY THE TIME
THE POLICE GOT THERE,

THE OBJECT HAD DISAPPEARED
JUST A SHORT TIME BEFORE.

Narrator: LEAVING AS QUICKLY
AS THEY HAD APPEARED,

THE CRAFT AND THE CREATURES
WERE GONE.

SIGHTINGS LIKE THESE
HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS

ABOUT BIGFOOT'S TRUE ADDRESS --

PLANET EARTH OR THE STARS?

Gordon:
WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS,
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT SOMEDAY

MORE OF BOTH
THE BIGFOOT AND UFO COMMUNITY

WILL GET TOGETHER
AND LOOK AT THIS DATA

MORE THOROUGHLY
AND OPEN-MINDEDLY

AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S
REALLY GOING ON OUT THERE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Labelle: I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE FROM THIS EARTH.

THEY HAVE TO BE
FROM OUTER SPACE.

AND THEY SURE ARE
SMARTER THAN US,

'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER CAUGHT ONE.

Narrator: 60 MILES DOWNSTREAM
FROM ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WIDENS

INTO A LAKE
SOME 40 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE.

IT'S LONG BEEN
A SUMMER DESTINATION

AND THE PLACE WHERE THE SPORT
OF WATER SKIING WAS INVENTED.

EACH YEAR,
TOURISTS MIGRATE TO THE LAKE

FOR THEIR FAMILY-FRIENDLY
VACATIONS.

Nielson: LAKE PEPIN IS

ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SPOTS
IN NORTH AMERICA.

JUST LAST YEAR,

IT WAS VOTED THE MOST SCENIC
DRIVE IN NORTH AMERICA.

I ALWAYS, ONLY HALF-KIDDINGLY,
TELL PEOPLE,

THERE'S ONLY TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD --

THOSE THAT LIVE ON LAKE PEPIN,
AND THOSE THAT WISH THEY DID.

Narrator:
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE

THAT HAVE SEEN A MEGA MONSTER
SUDDENLY EMERGE FROM THE LAKE.

Lewis: MANY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM
THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT,

THAT THEY ACTIVELY GO OUT
AND LOOK FOR THESE CREATURES,

WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SEE IT
ARE TERRIFIED BY THEIR SIGHTING.

THAT IT'S SPOOKY, IT'S CREEPY,

THAT IT'S NOT A CUTE THING
TO SEE A SEA SERPENT.

Narrator: IN THE WINTER,

THE COLD, DARK WATER
IN LAKE PEPIN

SPREADS OUT LIKE A SHEET.

ON JUST SUCH A DAY IN 2004,

THE SURFACE
WAS SUDDENLY BREACHED.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ON A BOAT
SOME 50 YARDS AWAY.

Lewis: WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

IS MORE OF A HUMPED-TYPE
CREATURE WITH THE LONG NECK,

MUCH LIKE YOU'D THINK
OF THE PLESIOSAUR

OR A LOCH NESS-MONSTER TYPE.

AND IT SEEMS TO SHOW IT
IN THE WATER,

NOTHING ELSE AROUND IT,

A CLEAR PHOTOGRAPH

THAT SEEMS TO POINT TO SOMETHING
LURKING OUT THERE

THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

Nielson:
PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME,

WHAT DO I THINK PEPIE IS,
OR WHAT IS OUT THERE?

Narrator:
LARRY NIELSON IS THE CAPTAIN

OF A VINTAGE PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT
WORKING ON LAKE PEPIN.

Nielson: I DON'T LIKE TO
CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT,

BUT I DO KNOW THIS --

I'VE SPENT BETTER PART OF THE
LAST 40, 50 YEARS ON THE LAKE.

I'VE SEEN A LOT --

SEEN DIFFERENT CREATURES
ON THE LAKE,

SO I THINK I PROBABLY KNOW
AS MUCH ABOUT LAKE PEPIN

AS ANYBODY ELSE.

Narrator:
RECENTLY, HE SAW SOMETHING

THAT EVEN HE CAN'T EXPLAIN.

NIELSON WAS IN HIS TRUCK,
HEADED TO THE DOCKS.

Nielson:
I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 61,

WHICH RUNS ALONGSIDE LAKE PEPIN.

WAVES WERE
6 INCHES TO 12 INCHES HIGH.

JUST A VERY NICE, PRETTY DAY
OUT ON THE LAKE.

I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS
A BIG LOG AT FIRST GLANCE.

IT WAS ABOUT 15 OR 20 FEET LONG,

AND ABOUT HALF OF IT
WAS OUT OF THE WATER.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT OCCURRED TO ME

THAT THAT LOG WAS FLOATING
UPSTREAM AGAINST THE CURRENT.

WELL, LOGS CAN'T FLOAT UPSTREAM,
SO IT MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE.

Narrator: HE'D BEEN HEARING
ABOUT IT ALL HIS LIFE.

WAS LARRY FINALLY SEEING
THE LAKE PEPIN MONSTER?

Narrator: FOR GENERATIONS,

RESIDENTS LIVING
ALONGSIDE LAKE PEPIN

HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE AQUATIC CREATURE

THEY CALL PEPIE.

CUTE NAME, DANGEROUS REPUTATION.

Breault:
I'VE HEARD STORIES PASSED DOWN

THAT THEY'VE SEEN HUGE FISH,
EYES WIDE APART,

AND GUYS HAVE CAME OUT OF THERE
SCARED TO DEATH,

NEVER TO RETURN.

Lewis:
THE EARLIEST NEWSPAPER REPORT
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIG UP

IS FROM 1867,

AND IT TALKS ABOUT SOME RAFTSMEN
FROM ST. LOUIS AREA

THAT WERE UP HERE WHEN
THEY ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING BIG

THAT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY.

AND THEY WERE ALL
PRETTY SHAKE UP BY IT,

AND IT MADE ALL THE NEWSPAPERS
DOWN IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA.

Narrator: SURPRISE APPEARANCES
BY THIS CREATURE

CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.

JUST ASK LOCAL BOAT CAPTAIN
LARRY NIELSON.

Nielson:
I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 61.

I LOOKED OVER AND I SAW

WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A BIG LOG
AT FIRST GLANCE.

AND IT WAS JUST BREAKING
THE SURFACE.

SOMETHING VERY, VERY LARGE WAS
MAKING A VERY LARGE WAVE.

Narrator:
NIELSON SWUNG HIS TRUCK AROUND

AS SOON AS HE COULD.

HE HAD A CAMERA IN THE TRUCK.

Nielson: WASN'T THERE ANYMORE.

SO, WHATEVER IT WAS
THAT I SAW THERE

SLIPPED BELOW THE WAVES
AND DISAPPEARED.

IT WAS KIND OF
AN INTRIGUING THING

TO SEE SOMETHING THAT LARGE
AND NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE SEEN THINGS.

GOES BACK IN HISTORY,

GOES BACK
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS.

I'M JUST VERY CURIOUS

AND VERY INTRIGUED
ON WHAT'S LIVING IN THE LAKE.

Narrator:
WILDLIFE EXPERTS SUGGEST

IT MAY BE A GIANT STURGEON,

OR A NON-NATIVE SPECIES OF EEL.

OTHERS WONDER IF IT'S SOME SORT
OF PREHISTORIC PLESIOSAUR

THAT SURVIVED ALL THESE YEARS.

Lewis: ONE OF THE THEORIES IS
THAT THERE ARE THESE POCKETS,

THESE DEEP, CAVE-LIKE STRUCTURES
IN THE LAKE

THAT MIGHT HAVE THESE
CREATURES' LAIR OR HIDING SPOT.

THEY CAN REMAIN UNDETECTED

BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE AREA
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT --

23 MILES LONG, 2 MILES WIDE,
100 FEET DEEP.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF AREA
FOR SOMETHING TO LURK,

AND FOR SOMETHING TO HIDE
OVER THE YEARS.

Narrator: WAS THIS THE CREATURE

THAT SHELLY SCHIMBENO SAW
IN 1983

WHEN SHE WAS WATER SKIING
WITH HER BROTHER ADAM?

ADAM RECALLS
HIS SISTER'S CLOSE CALL

WHEN THEY TOOK THE BOAT OUT
ONE AFTERNOON ON LAKE PEPIN.

IT WAS A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MOST OF THE TOURISTS

HAD GONE HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.

AND SO, MY SISTER AND I
HAD DECIDED TO GO OUT

AND ENJOY THE SUMMER AFTERNOON
AND GO WATER SKIING.

Narrator:
SHELLY WAS A HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETE

AND AN AVID WATER SKIER.

Schimbeno: WE WERE
JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH,

MAKING OUR CIRCLES
AROUND THE AREA UP THERE

AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

AND I REMEMBER THAT SHELLY HAD
FALLEN OFF OF HER WATER SKIS.

Narrator:
WHEN SHE WENT DOWN IN THE WATER,

ADAM COULD TELL
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

[ SCREAMS ]

Schimbeno: SHE LET OUT A YELL.
Shelly: HELP ME!

SHE HAD FEAR IN HER EYES,
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT IS THE MATTER?"

THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE,
GET ME OUT!

SHELLY SAID
THAT SHE THOUGHT THE CREATURE

WAS ANYWHERE
FROM 20 TO 30 FEET IN LENGTH.

I SAW IT.

IT'S LONG,
AND IT RUBBED UP AGAINST ME.

AND SHE SAID
IT HAD BIG SCALES ON IT.

IT'S GOT TO BE A BIG FISH --
A CARP OR A STURGEON.

NO, IT WAS LONG, LIKE,
THE SIZE OF THIS BOAT.

AND SHE WAS ADAMANT
THAT IT WAS NOT A FISH.

GET ME OUT OF HERE!

AND HER FEAR WAS REAL.

NOW!

SHE WAS SCARED.

BECAUSE OF HER ENCOUNTER,

SHE HAS NOT BEEN IN THE LAKE
SINCE THEN --

SWIMMING, BOATING, ANYTHING.

Narrator: DESPITE DOZENS OF
STORIES LIKE THE SCHIMBENOS',

VIDEO EVIDENCE
HAS REMAINED SLIM...

UNTIL NOW.

BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME,

NEW VIDEO OF A DIVER'S
RECENT ENCOUNTER WITH PEPIE...

GODSPEED, CORY.

...AS IT ALL UNFOLDED.

Breault:
WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO THE WATER,

I HAD NO IDEA
THAT I WAS GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE

WITHIN-A-FOOT ENCOUNTER
OF PEPIE.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

Woman: SOMETHING BIG.

Narrator:
LAKE PEPIN, MINNESOTA.

IS THIS THE RESIDENCE
OF AMERICA'S LOCH NESS MONSTER?

THEY CALL IT PEPIE,
BUT THE FRIENDLY NICKNAME

MASKS A DARK HISTORY
OF TERRIFYING ENCOUNTERS.

Lewis:
WE DO HAVE A LONG TRADITION

OF PEOPLE SEEING A MONSTER
IN LAKE PEPIN,

ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS.

ANYTIME ANYONE WENT MISSING
FROM THE TRIBE,

THEY BLAMED IT ON THE MONSTER.

Narrator:
LOCAL VIDEOGRAPHER HEIDI FREIER

HAD LONG WONDERED
ABOUT THE LEGENDS OF PEPIE.

SHE DECIDED
TO GO SEARCHING FOR IT

AND ASKED CORY BREAULT,
AN EXPERIENCE SCUBA DIVER,

TO COME ALONG WITH THE TEAM.

Freier:
HE HAD TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE OF IT
BEING THE MISSISSIPPI,

I KNOW HE WAS JUST KIND OF
SCARED OF THE MURKY WATER.

BUT HE DID AGREE.

Narrator: NOW,
BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME,

VIDEO OF A DRAMATIC,
FIRSTHAND ENCOUNTER --

A DIVER'S BRUSH WITH THE BEAST.

WITH VIDEO ROLLING,
THE EXPEDITION WAS UNDER WAY.

CLEAR SKIES, CALM WATERS,

NOT A HINT OF ANYTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Breault:
WE HAD JUST GOT IN THE BOAT.

WE WERE MANEUVERING
FROM THE LAUNCH,

GETTING INTO THE MAIN CHANNEL,

AND WE GOT INTO
ABOUT 65, 70 FEET OF WATER.

AND WE'RE TALKING, LIKE,

WITHIN LIKE FIVE MINUTES FROM
THE TIME WE LEFT THE LANDING,

ME AND MY FRIEND MIKE
WITNESSED ON THIS SCREEN

SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE, EVER.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
THAT BIG ON A GRAPH. THAT'S...

Freier:
THE GUYS WERE SEEING SOMETHING

THAT WAS 6 FEET WIDE,
UP TO 35 FEET LONG, THEY SAID,

AND IT APPEARED
TO BE MOVING ON ITS OWN.

Breault:
I'VE FISHED ALL MY LIFE,

AND THIS WAS IN A SIZE
OF A BAIT CLUSTER,

BUT IT HAD A MONSTER LOOK TO IT.

I'VE NEVER, IN -- WHAT, 10, 15
YEARS OF USING THIS GRAPH --

I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT.

AND AT THAT POINT,
WE WANTED TO SEND CORY DOWN

TO DIVE AND TRY TO GET A LOOK

AT WHATEVER WE HAD SEEN
ON THE GRAPH.

GODSPEED, CORY.

Breault:
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS
ARE GOING THROUGH MY HEAD

WHETHER I'M GONNA GET ATTACKED,
EATEN, YOU KNOW...

THE WORST THOUGHTS
A PERSON COULD THINK OF

GOING INTO A DARK WATER
WITH A MONSTER.

Narrator: DESPITE HIS FEAR,

CORY DECIDED
HE WOULD GO INVESTIGATE.

IT COULD BE A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
CHANCE TO SEE A REAL MONSTER

AND TO PROVE THAT PEPIE EXISTED.

Breault: IT TOOK ME PROBABLY
THREE, FOUR, FIVE MINUTES

BEFORE I ACTUALLY WENT DOWN
INTO SOME DEPTH.

I WAS TRYING TO SEE,

AND, YOU KNOW,
I COULDN'T SEE NOTHING.

AND THINGS GOT QUIET.

I HAD THIS REALLY WEIRD FEELING
IN MY WHOLE BODY

AND KIND OF A RINGING
TO MY EARS.

AND IT WAS LIKE
RIGHT AT THAT TIME,

I CAUGHT A BLACK IMAGE
LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

AND AS FAST AS I SEEN THAT...

...IT MADE A QUICK MOVE,

AND I WAS CAUGHT
IN A TURBULENCE.

Freier: IT'S EITHER CORY
OR PEPIE. SOMETHING BIG.

Breault: I WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HUGE VORTEX OF WATER

FROM THE -- WHOOSH -- SWISH OR
SOMETHING OF THAT THING LEAVING.

Narrator: LUCKILY,
CORY CAUGHT SIGHT OF DAYLIGHT

AND FOUGHT HIS WAY UP.

VIDEO CAMERAS ON THE BOAT
CAUGHT HIS FIRST REACTIONS.

HOLY --

I SEEN IT! IT'S BIG!

IT'S GOT TO BE IT!

GET ME OUT OF THIS WATER!
IT'S BIG! I BUMPED INTO IT! AAH!

CORY WAS JUST LITERALLY
BEGGING THE GUYS

TO PULL HIM UP OUT OF THE WATER.

[ GRUNTING ]

[ AIR HISSING ]

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

DID YOU GET THAT?
DID YOU GET IT ON CAMERA?

Freier: WE WENT OUT THERE
WITH OPEN MINDS

AND A SENSE OF ADVENTURE,

AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME
UNEXPLAINED THINGS HAPPEN TO US.

Breault: AS FAR AS GOING BACK
INTO THE WATER

OF THE MISSISSIPPI
TO DO ANY MORE EXPLORATION,

IT'S NOTHING THAT
I WOULD EVER WANT TO DO AGAIN.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS
IN THAT WATER

HAD THAT CREATURE ATTACKED ME
IN ANY KIND OF WAY.

Narrator: 1,200 MILES SOUTH
FROM LAKE PEPIN,

THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SWAMPS

ARE ALSO FILLED
WITH AQUATIC BEASTS.

AGGRESSIVE GATORS
AND POISONOUS SNAKES --

JUST TWO OF THE MORE FAMILIAR
SWAMP PREDATORS

LIVING AMONG
THE MANGROVE AND CYPRESS TREES.

YET LOCALS MAINTAIN
THE BAYOU IS FILLED

WITH SUPERNATURAL BEASTS,
AS WELL.

THE SWAMPS
ARE DEFINITELY A PLACE

WHERE MYSTERIOUS BEINGS
COULD HIDE OUT.

Forest:
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE SWAMP,

THERE'S A FEELING AROUND YOU.

YOU FEEL, LIKE, EYES UPON YOU.

THE CREATURES SEE YOU.

AND WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE
THE SWAMP,

THEY SEE THINGS
THAT SCARES THEM.

Narrator: ONE SWAMP ENCOUNTER
IS PARTICULARLY FEARED --

CROSSING PATHS WITH A WOLFEN
CREATURE THAT'S BEEN CURSED.

[ SNARLS ]

IT'S SAID THAT IF YOU STARE
INTO THOSE EYES,

YOU TAKE ON THAT CURSE
YOURSELF --

THE VICTIM OF A HALF-LIFE --

HALF WOLF, HALF MAN,

A BEAST THAT IS FEARED
BY EVERYBODY.

Narrator:
IN TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES

ALONG THE SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA,

GENERATIONS ARE RAISED ON TALES

OF A SHAPE-SHIFTING
CANINE CRITTER.

Foret:
IT GOES BACK TO FRENCH SETTLERS

WHO IMMIGRATED TO THIS AREA.

WITH THEM CAME STORIES
OF A WEREWOLF.

CAJUN WEREWOLF
IS, ESSENTIALLY, A PERSON.

IT'S NOT A WOLF.
IT'S A PERSON WHO'S BEEN CURSED.

THE BODY OF A MAN OR A PERSON

AND HAS THE HEAD OF A BEAST,
WHETHER IT BE A WOLF OR A DOG.

Narrator: UNLIKE LOUISIANA'S
LEGENDARY ROUGAROU,

A FLESH-AND-BLOOD BEAST,

THE CAJUN WEREWOLF
IS AN INDIVIDUAL

ENDURING THE WICKED PUNISHMENT
OF THE SWAMPS.

CURSES TYPICALLY TAKE THE FORM
OF A PUNISHMENT

FOR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE
HAD WRONGED IN THE SWAMP.

THESE CURSES ARE VERY REAL.

Narrator: MUCH ABOUT
THIS CREATURE IS A MYSTERY,

YET MANY A LOCAL SWEARS THEY'VE
HAD A RUN-IN WITH THE BEAST.

I CAN REMEMBER, TO THIS DAY,
I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.

AS I WAS PADDLING
THROUGH THE SWAMP,

I HAD ONE OF THOSE FEELINGS

WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE BEING WATCHED.

IT JUST CREEPS YOU OUT.

AS I WAS PADDLING,

I KEPT TURNING AROUND
AND LOOKING BEHIND ME.

I WAS PADDLING CLOSER AND CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO HOME.

I LOOKED OFF TO MY RIGHT.

MAYBE ABOUT 50 TO 60 YARDS AWAY,

I SAW A CREATURE OR A MAN --
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

[ GROWLS ]

THIS CREATURE WAS STANDING
ON ITS HIND LEGS.

[ SNARLING ]

IT CREEPED ME OUT.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE,
250 SQUARE MILE OF WETLAND,

IF A MAN GOES OUT THERE
AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND,

HE WOULDN'T BE FOUND.

SO IF THERE'S A CREATURE
OUT THERE,

IT WOULD BE REAL EASY

FOR HIM TO EVADE BEING CAUGHT
ALL THIS TIME.

Narrator: ANOTHER MAN
WHO CAME FACE-TO-FACE

WITH THE CAJUN WEREWOLF

BELIEVES THE MONSTER CAME FORTH

AS A WARNING ISSUED
BY THE SWAMP.

THAT NIGHT
THAT I WAS IN THAT SWAMP,

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

[ DOG WHINES ]

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

I WAS IN SHOCK.

MY HEART JUST STOPPED BEATING,
AND I JUST FROZE.

[ CREATURE SNARLS ]

Narrator: CHAUVIN, LOUISIANA,
IS A SMALL TOWN OF 3,000 SOULS,

SURROUNDED BY WILD SWAMP.

Forest: IT'S NOT A VERY BIG
TOWN. IT'S PRETTY SMALL.

THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE
ARE PRETTY RESILIENT.

STORMS BEAT US UP A LOT,
BUT WE STILL TEND TO COME BACK,

HELP OUT EACH OTHER
WHENEVER WE NEED HANDS.

Narrator: RESIDENTS MAINTAIN
A LONG-STANDING REGARD

FOR THE MYSTERIES OF THE BAYOU.

DISRESPECT CARRIES RISKS.

IF YOU GO OUT
AND ENJOY THE SWAMP

AND DON'T TRY
TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE SWAMPS,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.

BUT IF YOU GO OUT
AND TRY TO TAKE THE SWAMP

FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL GAIN,

THE SWAMP'S GONNA FIGHT BACK.

Narrator:
BELDRON FOREST HAS ALWAYS FELT

ESPECIALLY
TUNED INTO THE SUPERNATURAL.

I AM ONE OF 13.
I AM THE LAST. SO I'M NUMBER 13.

MY DADDY WAS BORN 1913.

MY MAMA,
SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 13th.

Narrator: AND AT AGE 13,
BELDRON HAD AN ENCOUNTER

THAT CONFIRMED EVERYTHING HE'D
HEARD ABOUT THE CAJUN WEREWOLF.

THERE'S TWO DAYS
OUT OF THE YEAR --

ALL SOULS'
AND ALL SAINTS' DAY --

THAT THE SPIRITS,
MY MAMA TOLD ME,

CAN WALK THE EARTH,

AND I WAS YOUNG,
AND I JUST BLEW THAT OFF.

Narrator:
ON NOVEMBER 1, 1976,

DESPITE HIS MOTHER'S WARNINGS

NEVER TO HUNT
ON ALL SAINTS' DAY,

BELDRON SET OUT INTO THE SWAMP
WITH HIS SHOTGUN.

Forest:
I BLEW IT OFF AS JUST FOLKLORE,

SAID, "WELL, THERE'S NO MONSTERS
IN THE SWAMP.

MY MAMA JUST DON'T WANT ME GOING
IN THE SWAMP."

IT WAS A FALL DAY.

YOU GET THAT FEELING, WHEN
A COLD FRONT STARTS TO BLOW --

YOU GET THAT URGE TO GO HUNTING.

[ DOG SNIFFING ]

YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA ENERGY
IN YOU.

YOU'RE FEELING GOOD,
LIKE NOTHING COULD GO WRONG --

"THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR ME."

BUT THIS DAY, MY DOG SEEMED LIKE

SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE
NO MORE.

[ DOG WHINES ]
SHE WOULDN'T GO.

THE WOODS ARE FULL OF SQUIRRELS,
FULL OF RABBITS, COONS.

THERE'S ALL KIND OF ANIMALS.

BUT WE DIDN'T SEE NOTHING
TO SHOOT.

I PROBABLY WALKED
FIVE, SIX MILES THAT DAY

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

WELL, I TOLD MY DOG, "LILY,
IT'S TIME TO GO BACK HOME.

WE AIN'T GONNA GET NOTHING
TODAY."

[ DOG WHINES ]

AND THEN ON THE WAY BACK...

I SEEN A RABBIT.

SO I LIFTED UP MY GUN
TO SHOOT IT.

RABBIT JUST SEEMED TO FREEZE,

LIKE IT WAS JUST WAITING
FOR ME TO SHOOT IT.

"HUH. THIS IS GONNA BE EASY."

AS I WAS PULLING TO AIM...
[ RUSTLING ]

...THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF
THE TRAIL JUST STARTED MOVING.

AND WHEN I LOOKED UP,

THIS CREATURE
HAD CAME OUT OF THE GRASS.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

IT HAD A DOG SHAPE, A DOG BUILD,

BUT IT WAS IN HUMAN FORM.

AND IT FELT LIKE
MY HEART HAD JUST STOPPED

AND I WAS IN, LIKE,
A FREEZE-FRAME.

THE FACE WAS THAT OF A DOG.

[ SNARLS ]

AND IT GAVE THAT GROWL.

[ GROWLS ]

MY HEART WAS POUNDING SO HARD,
AND I TOOK OFF RUNNING.

[ GROWLING ]
I WAS PANICKED.

I COULD FEEL THIS THING
RIGHT BEHIND ME.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

ALL I COULD THINK OF IS,
"THIS THING'S GONNA CATCH ME."

[ CREATURE SNARLING ]

I COULD FEEL HIS BREATH
ON MY NECK.

AND I GOT TO RUN. AND I'M
RUNNING AS FAST AS I COULD.

I COULD FEEL THE BRANCHES
HITTING ME IN THE FACE.

THERE WAS AN EIGHT-FOOT DITCH.

I CLEARED THE DITCH
WITH ONE JUMP.

UNTIL, FINALLY, WHEN I BROKE OUT
OF THE TREE LINE

AND I WAS IN THE CLEARING,

THE HEAT OFF OF MY BACK
HAD JUST WENT AWAY.

THAT NIGHT
THAT I WAS IN THAT SWAMP,

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

MY MAMA HAD TOLD ME
NOT TO TAKE A LIFE

ON ALL SOULS'
OR ALL SAINTS' DAY,

NOT SUPPOSED TO GO HUNTING.

Narrator: BELDRON TRESPASSED,
BROKE A SACRED RULE,

AND DEEP WITHIN THE WILDERNESS,
A WEREWOLF WAS SUMMONED.

LUCKILY, BELDRON FOREST
SURVIVED THE ENCOUNTER.

I DIDN'T TOUCH THAT GUN
FOR NINE MONTHS.

I WAS ONLY LIKE 13 YEARS OLD,

AND TODAY
I STILL GOT GOOSE BUMPS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

SOMETHING LIVES
IN THE SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA,

AND IT IS A CAJUN WEREWOLF.

Forest: IF YOU VENTURE OUT,
IF YOU HAVE A DARK SIDE,

IT CAN FEEL YOU.

IT KNOWS WHAT'S INSIDE OF YOU,
WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART.

YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IT
ALL THE TIME,

BUT IT FOLLOWS YOU,
AND IT'LL BE THERE.

AND IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG,
IT'LL BE AFTER YOU.