I think bigfoot is an animal
that we already know from the fossil record.
It's a fair presumption
that this was an erect, bipedal animal,
standing perhaps 8 feet tall, weighing about 800 pounds,
and being presumably covered with hair.
And this, of course, is an exact description
of the living Sasquatch.
911. What are you reporting?
We got something roaming around out here.
Did you see what it was? Was it a person or an animal?
I can't tell.
He is known to rip people apart if he gets charged.
What do you think they ought to do about him?
Kill him. He might hurt somebody.
It was walking very much like a human.
What's going on now, sir?
Son of a is about 6'9". I don't know.
Do you see him now, sir?
- Yes, I'm looking right at him. - Uh-oh.
Get somebody out here.
There are creatures science refuses to recognize.
But new technology makes us question what is real.
Come on!
Enter a realm where fact meets fiction...
...science meets legend...
Oh, my god!
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In 2005, Rachel Glen was assigned
to investigate the illegal hunting of black bears,
whose population was being decimated
in the Pacific Northwest.
She documented her efforts
through a combination of field journals,
surveillance cameras, and online web reports.
In addition to the evidence of poaching,
between August 2nd and August 14th,
she also noted strange, unidentifiable sounds
in the area
and the distinct feeling she was being watched.
By what or whom, she did not know.
Game warden is calling it
one of the largest poaching cases ever on record.
The bodies of four black bears were found today,
abandoned by the side of County Road 18.
The paws and gall bladders of the bears had all been removed.
Oh! Unh!
Today is August 2nd.
Poaching seems to be on the increase this season.
I myself was caught in a snare today.
I disabled it and will continue
to disable any snares that I come across.
I never know.
I've been hearing some strange noises that I can't identify
with any of the wildlife in this area.
I will continue to monitor it
with video and audio surveillance.
I was coming down north on this route here,
and I heard some noise screaming back in here,
and the noise that was coming from that creature
is what was on the recorder here.
We saw it coming up over that ridge up there.
It made the most horrible sound I'd ever heard in my life.
I think bigfoot is an animal
that we already know from the fossil record.
This is a cast of the lower jaw
of what we call the gigantopithecus.
In this region,
the caves have produced teeth of a primate, gigantopithecus,
which may have gone extinct as recently as 10,000 years ago,
that was just a bit too much like us for our own comfort.
It's a fair presumption
that this was an erect, bipedal animal,
standing perhaps 8 feet tall, weighing about 800 pounds,
and being presumably covered with hair.
And this, of course, is an exact description
of the living Sasquatch.
Rachel Glen's field journal, August 6, 2005.
Rachel disabled more traps near the northeast basin...
cable snares, identical settings.
She suspected it to be the work of the same poacher.
She also filed these photographs,
unable to identify the subject,
as the images were indiscernible.
Damn it!
Shots were fired today at an area park ranger.
The poacher turned his gun on the officer
and fired four to six rounds.
There are very stiff penalties for poaching in this state
and very high rewards for those who catch poachers in the act.
Rachel's journal, August 9th.
Destroyed numerous traps.
Anxious behavior in bears near her post
attributed to mysterious noises from the forest.
Admits she herself is disturbed by the strange sounds.
"There's something out there," she writes.
What the hell?
Well, something appears
to have tampered with camera 7.
This camera is 9 feet off the ground.
It does not look like the work of a bear here.
What is this?
Some sort of fur.
I know what bear look like,
what they smell like, what they sound like.
This was not a bear. I was terrified.
There's no doubt about it.
They were unlike anything that I had ever seen
or even imagined before.
As I got a little bit closer,
I noticed it was walking very much like a human,
and the height had to have been maybe 7 ½ feet tall.
20 years of outdoor experience in Alaska...
I'm not afraid to be out in the woods.
What I saw was unlike anything I've ever experienced before.
We have...
a vial of fur from tree under camera 7.
What the hell?
What the was that?
The full revelation next.
Oh, my god, my camera.
I saw this very tall, dark, hairy creature...
i.e. Bigfoot... peer its head out from behind the tree.
I believe it was curious.
Of all the great apes, the gorilla is the largest species,
and they're often described as intelligent.
I got a couple things here, Rachel.
First off, the lab had a question
about that hair sample you sent in.
There's no chance of contamination on that, is there?
Why do you ask?
Turns out, it's not a bear.
It's more like a... like a primate or something.
Really?
Yeah, they're... they're running more tests on it.
I'll let you know if they find anything.
But that's not the main reason I needed to speak with you.
Listen, we got some info about hostile poachers up there.
Right now, you're the only one I got
covering that entire area.
I might need to get you out of there sooner than we planned.
Well, just keep me informed.
Let me know what you find out.
All right, Rachel. I'll get back to you shortly.
Bye.
Rachel!
August 13th.
Rachel received word that help was on the way,
but she would have to hold out for another 36 hours
before it arrived.
She packed her bags,
then spent the day gathering final footage of her bears.
There was only one entry in her journal for this day...
a question.
"Where are you?"
Mmm.
Miss Rachel.
There you are.
Where'd you go?
You looking for me?
You're pretty and smart.
Pervert.
You quit destroying my traps, maybe I'll leave you alone.
Give me the camera.
You want this, come get it.
Give me the camera.
Down on the ground.
August 14th.
After viewing footage on the poacher's camcorder,
Rachel now felt even more vulnerable.
Where she had always felt safe in the secluded woods,
fear now replaced that emotion.
"I need help now," she writes.
Rachel continued to study the photographic evidence
of the mysterious animal,
which appeared to be drawing closer to her.
One of her last entries reads,
"It almost seems like he is keeping a watchful eye on me."
We can see a lot of instances
from zoos and also in the wild...
the social bonds that are established
between a human and the primate species they study.
Well, today...
Today is August 14th.
I've had quite a day.
Had an earlier encounter with a poacher.
Rachel, I told you not to mess with me.
Hey, in there!
Oh, god! Oh!
Hey!
Oh! I will shoot you!
I am not afraid to shoot you!
I'm talking to you! I see you in there!
- Get the out! - Get the out!
Get the out of here!
Help me!
August 14th.
There's been some sort of...
an attack.
Oh, god!
Oh!
God!
Oh, god!
Oh, my god!
Rachel Glen's final report
included an encouraging assessment
of a now-thriving black-bear population.
An incident report was included
for the hunter who was killed by his own traps.
There was no further mention
of any new or strange species in the area.
Every year,
more bigfoot sightings are reported across the world.
There is no final conclusion
as to whether he is a benevolent soul
or a monster of the woods.
As with so many other hidden creatures,
we're left to wonder, do they live among us?
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