1 00:00:09,077 --> 00:00:11,836 ENGLUND: Hidden away in news reports 2 00:00:11,836 --> 00:00:14,387 from America's past are tales 3 00:00:14,387 --> 00:00:18,353 so frightening that they must be true. 4 00:00:18,353 --> 00:00:19,939 I'm Robert Englund. 5 00:00:19,939 --> 00:00:22,560 Join me on a journey into the dark shadows 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,939 of our nation's history to uncover a trilogy of stories 7 00:00:26,939 --> 00:00:30,215 as terrifying as they are real. 8 00:00:30,215 --> 00:00:34,525 ♪♪ 9 00:00:34,525 --> 00:00:38,146 A hellish beast terrifies settlers in the Old West... 10 00:00:38,146 --> 00:00:39,905 It was ridden by the Devil! 11 00:00:39,905 --> 00:00:42,180 [ Low growl ]Aah! 12 00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:43,836 ENGLUND: ...an aging shaman... 13 00:00:43,836 --> 00:00:46,008 ...battles evil spirits... 14 00:00:46,008 --> 00:00:48,974 ♪♪ 15 00:00:48,974 --> 00:00:51,008 ...and a family is stalked... 16 00:00:51,008 --> 00:00:52,732 Ruby! 17 00:00:52,732 --> 00:00:54,732 ...by a mythic creature. 18 00:00:54,732 --> 00:00:56,353 [ Roar ] 19 00:00:56,353 --> 00:00:59,905 Brace yourself for "True Terror." 20 00:00:59,905 --> 00:01:07,215 ♪♪ 21 00:01:07,215 --> 00:01:11,905 Some events are so strange, so unnatural, 22 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:15,629 that history has cemented them in the realm of lore. 23 00:01:15,629 --> 00:01:17,939 Now, this is true of the three haunting stories 24 00:01:17,939 --> 00:01:19,767 I have for you now, 25 00:01:19,767 --> 00:01:22,905 each one filled with seemingly impossible details, 26 00:01:22,905 --> 00:01:29,111 yet, according to witnesses, they were all very real. 27 00:01:29,111 --> 00:01:32,767 So let's begin our journey in the days of the Old West 28 00:01:32,767 --> 00:01:36,215 where a monstrous evil was reportedly attacking people, 29 00:01:36,215 --> 00:01:38,905 not an animal or some outlaw 30 00:01:38,905 --> 00:01:42,801 but an otherworldly beast thirsty for blood. 31 00:01:44,077 --> 00:01:54,146 ♪♪ 32 00:01:54,146 --> 00:01:56,456 Wade Martin and his wife, Karen, 33 00:01:56,456 --> 00:02:00,249 are among the countless settlers winning the American West. 34 00:02:00,249 --> 00:02:02,905 Each sunup brings the same routine -- 35 00:02:02,905 --> 00:02:05,939 Karen and her sister, Sarah, manage the ranch house 36 00:02:05,939 --> 00:02:08,939 while Wade ventures off to tend their sheep. 37 00:02:08,939 --> 00:02:11,353 I'm off to the pasture. 38 00:02:11,353 --> 00:02:14,284 Hey. You got enough water? 39 00:02:14,284 --> 00:02:17,008 -Plenty. -Well, don't be late for supper. 40 00:02:17,008 --> 00:02:18,525 I won't. 41 00:02:18,525 --> 00:02:20,836 [ Chuckles ] 42 00:02:20,836 --> 00:02:27,146 ♪♪ 43 00:02:27,146 --> 00:02:29,594 [ Thunder rumbling ] 44 00:02:29,594 --> 00:02:38,249 ♪♪ 45 00:02:38,249 --> 00:02:40,456 I'm going to go grab the laundry. 46 00:02:40,456 --> 00:02:47,594 ♪♪ 47 00:02:47,594 --> 00:02:54,698 ♪♪ 48 00:02:54,698 --> 00:03:01,870 ♪♪ 49 00:03:01,870 --> 00:03:03,801 [ Hoofbeats ] 50 00:03:03,801 --> 00:03:07,767 ♪♪ 51 00:03:07,767 --> 00:03:09,146 Aah! 52 00:03:09,146 --> 00:03:10,249 [ Growls ] 53 00:03:10,249 --> 00:03:12,629 [ Screaming ] 54 00:03:12,629 --> 00:03:19,077 ♪♪ 55 00:03:19,077 --> 00:03:21,698 Karen! 56 00:03:21,698 --> 00:03:24,008 Sarah, what happened? Where's Karen? 57 00:03:24,008 --> 00:03:30,008 ♪♪ 58 00:03:30,008 --> 00:03:31,077 Karen! 59 00:03:31,077 --> 00:03:34,422 ♪♪ 60 00:03:34,422 --> 00:03:36,146 Karen? 61 00:03:36,146 --> 00:03:39,939 [ Breathing raggedly ] 62 00:03:39,939 --> 00:03:48,422 ♪♪ 63 00:03:48,422 --> 00:03:50,008 MURPHY: There are a lot of ways to die in the West, 64 00:03:50,008 --> 00:03:53,525 but nothing like this has ever been seen before. 65 00:03:53,525 --> 00:03:56,215 This is not the work of Apaches or a coyote. 66 00:03:56,215 --> 00:03:59,491 Karen Martin has been virtually steamrollered. 67 00:03:59,491 --> 00:04:02,525 The local paper reported that Wade found the woman trampled 68 00:04:02,525 --> 00:04:06,146 and crushed as though a troop of cavalry had run over her. 69 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:09,422 ♪♪ 70 00:04:09,422 --> 00:04:12,870 ENGLUND: Who or what killed Karen Martin? 71 00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:15,732 [ Screams ] 72 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:20,180 These questions must be asked, 73 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:24,629 but can they be answered? 74 00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:26,594 Water. 75 00:04:26,594 --> 00:04:30,353 ♪♪ 76 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:33,043 What happened? 77 00:04:33,043 --> 00:04:35,767 A beast... 78 00:04:35,767 --> 00:04:38,043 A beast attacked her. 79 00:04:38,043 --> 00:04:44,249 ♪♪ 80 00:04:44,249 --> 00:04:47,767 It was red, very tall. 81 00:04:47,767 --> 00:04:51,249 It was ridden by... 82 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:52,732 the Devil! 83 00:04:52,732 --> 00:04:54,767 [ Sobbing ] 84 00:04:54,767 --> 00:04:58,215 ♪♪ 85 00:04:58,215 --> 00:05:00,043 It was ridden by the Devil! 86 00:05:00,043 --> 00:05:04,180 ♪♪ 87 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:06,491 KUNTZ: Wade doesn't know what to make of his sister-in-law's 88 00:05:06,491 --> 00:05:08,870 chilling description, 89 00:05:08,870 --> 00:05:13,974 and the coroner's official report only deepens the mystery. 90 00:05:13,974 --> 00:05:18,043 His verdict is "death in some manner unknown." 91 00:05:18,043 --> 00:05:22,974 ♪♪ 92 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:25,974 ENGLUND: Whatever the creature is that killed his wife, 93 00:05:25,974 --> 00:05:30,387 Wade refuses to rest until he exacts his revenge, 94 00:05:30,387 --> 00:05:32,801 so he sets out with his best friend, Abel, 95 00:05:32,801 --> 00:05:35,732 not knowing what they will find. 96 00:05:35,732 --> 00:05:37,249 Whoa. Whoa. 97 00:05:37,249 --> 00:05:38,698 These tracks are huge, 98 00:05:38,698 --> 00:05:42,215 biggest tracks I've ever seen in my life. 99 00:05:42,215 --> 00:05:44,698 Whatever it is, he's breaking that way. 100 00:05:44,698 --> 00:05:46,215 Let's go. 101 00:05:46,215 --> 00:05:48,111 Come on. 102 00:05:48,111 --> 00:05:49,905 It doesn't take the men long before 103 00:05:49,905 --> 00:05:54,560 they find a trail of blood leading away from Wade's house, 104 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,077 and they followed it to a mining cabin a few miles away. 105 00:05:58,077 --> 00:06:04,698 ♪♪ 106 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:11,318 ♪♪ 107 00:06:11,318 --> 00:06:13,905 -He was here. -He may still be. 108 00:06:13,905 --> 00:06:21,077 ♪♪ 109 00:06:21,077 --> 00:06:28,215 ♪♪ 110 00:06:28,215 --> 00:06:30,077 [ Clank ] 111 00:06:30,077 --> 00:06:35,939 ♪♪ 112 00:06:35,939 --> 00:06:41,870 ♪♪ 113 00:06:41,870 --> 00:06:44,767 I seen him! I seen him! 114 00:06:44,767 --> 00:06:46,870 Who? 115 00:06:46,870 --> 00:06:49,525 The Devil. 116 00:06:49,525 --> 00:06:52,284 I looked him straight in the face. 117 00:06:52,284 --> 00:06:54,077 What a story. 118 00:06:54,077 --> 00:06:57,525 He'd come out of nowhere. 119 00:06:57,525 --> 00:07:04,043 He's all red and snarly, taller than two horses. 120 00:07:04,043 --> 00:07:06,974 The fella riding it... 121 00:07:06,974 --> 00:07:09,870 he was straight out of hell. 122 00:07:09,870 --> 00:07:12,525 [ Thunder crashes ] 123 00:07:12,525 --> 00:07:17,422 I followed it to the edge of the valley, 124 00:07:17,422 --> 00:07:23,939 and it run full speed right up to the cliff, 125 00:07:23,939 --> 00:07:25,801 and it never stopped. 126 00:07:25,801 --> 00:07:32,905 It just kept on running through the air to the other side. 127 00:07:32,905 --> 00:07:34,939 He didn't stop. 128 00:07:34,939 --> 00:07:37,870 ♪♪ 129 00:07:37,870 --> 00:07:40,663 He was there... 130 00:07:40,663 --> 00:07:44,491 and then he wasn't. 131 00:07:44,491 --> 00:07:46,836 ENGLUND: Is this old man mistaken, 132 00:07:46,836 --> 00:07:48,732 perhaps a little crazy? 133 00:07:48,732 --> 00:07:51,318 How could a monster not only exist 134 00:07:51,318 --> 00:07:54,353 but then vanish into thin air? 135 00:07:54,353 --> 00:07:57,870 That would mean Wade isn't just chasing a beast. 136 00:07:57,870 --> 00:08:01,698 He's chasing something supernatural. 137 00:08:01,698 --> 00:08:04,594 MURPHY: For the next few days, Wade and Abel continued 138 00:08:04,594 --> 00:08:06,836 to search every corner of the territory, 139 00:08:06,836 --> 00:08:09,180 and as they do, this phantom animal 140 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:14,111 and its ghostly rider continues to terrorize Arizona. 141 00:08:14,111 --> 00:08:16,318 There are so many sightings that this thing becomes 142 00:08:16,318 --> 00:08:20,939 well-known across the Old West as the Red Ghost. 143 00:08:20,939 --> 00:08:23,387 While most people are trying to get away from this beast, 144 00:08:23,387 --> 00:08:26,284 Wade's obsession with killing it only grows. 145 00:08:26,284 --> 00:08:30,491 Excuse me, ma'am. Have you see anything peculiar? 146 00:08:30,491 --> 00:08:33,180 Wherever they go, witnesses claim sightings. 147 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:34,663 You go that way. You'll find it. 148 00:08:34,663 --> 00:08:36,111 Yes, ma'am. 149 00:08:36,111 --> 00:08:39,767 But the stories often sound too incredible to believe. 150 00:08:39,767 --> 00:08:43,180 Some people claim that the Red Ghost is 30 feet tall. 151 00:08:43,180 --> 00:08:45,077 Others say it has wings, 152 00:08:45,077 --> 00:08:50,905 and one witness swears he saw it kill and devour a grizzly bear. 153 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:54,043 MURPHY: No one can be sure if these reports are true, 154 00:08:54,043 --> 00:08:58,353 exaggerated, or outright lies, but the effect is the Red Ghost 155 00:08:58,353 --> 00:09:01,939 becomes a legend throughout America's Southwest. 156 00:09:01,939 --> 00:09:08,077 ♪♪ 157 00:09:08,077 --> 00:09:14,284 ♪♪ 158 00:09:14,284 --> 00:09:16,939 [ Distant repeated banging ] 159 00:09:16,939 --> 00:09:24,215 ♪♪ 160 00:09:24,215 --> 00:09:26,491 Do you hear that? 161 00:09:26,491 --> 00:09:29,422 Yeah. I don't know what it was, though. 162 00:09:29,422 --> 00:09:33,836 ENGLUND: Take this as a friendly reminder from me to you. 163 00:09:33,836 --> 00:09:36,801 When it comes to chasing the supernatural, 164 00:09:36,801 --> 00:09:40,318 you must be careful, because chances are, 165 00:09:40,318 --> 00:09:42,663 it's going to find you first. 166 00:09:42,663 --> 00:09:48,077 ♪♪ 167 00:09:48,077 --> 00:09:53,663 ♪♪ 168 00:09:53,663 --> 00:09:55,043 [ Footstep ] 169 00:09:55,043 --> 00:10:01,767 ♪♪ 170 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:03,767 -Where is it coming from? -I don't know. 171 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:06,180 [ Distant growl, branches snapping ] 172 00:10:06,180 --> 00:10:13,180 ♪♪ 173 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,663 [ Low growl ]Aah! 174 00:10:20,008 --> 00:10:23,008 ♪♪ 175 00:10:23,008 --> 00:10:25,836 ENGLUND: A mysterious phantom called the Red Ghost 176 00:10:25,836 --> 00:10:28,801 is tormenting settlers all across southern Arizona. 177 00:10:28,801 --> 00:10:33,456 ♪♪ 178 00:10:33,456 --> 00:10:37,077 And after it killed his wife, sheepherder Wade Martin 179 00:10:37,077 --> 00:10:39,422 is out for revenge. 180 00:10:39,422 --> 00:10:41,698 With his friend, Abel Thomas at his side, 181 00:10:41,698 --> 00:10:45,043 Wade's battle suddenly turns into one for survival... 182 00:10:45,043 --> 00:10:47,353 ♪♪ 183 00:10:47,353 --> 00:10:49,491 [ Distant growl, branches snapping ] 184 00:10:49,491 --> 00:10:52,801 ...as the creature is also out for blood. 185 00:10:52,801 --> 00:10:57,043 ♪♪ 186 00:10:57,043 --> 00:10:59,939 [ Low growl ] 187 00:10:59,939 --> 00:11:01,836 [ Both scream ] 188 00:11:04,318 --> 00:11:06,974 This encounter would scare most people off, 189 00:11:06,974 --> 00:11:09,974 but it only made them angrier and more determined. 190 00:11:09,974 --> 00:11:14,870 ♪♪ 191 00:11:14,870 --> 00:11:16,560 KUNTZ: After that brush with the beast, 192 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,767 Wade and Abel somehow muster the courage 193 00:11:18,767 --> 00:11:21,043 to follow the tracks left behind, 194 00:11:21,043 --> 00:11:23,663 which takes them deep into the Arizona wilderness. 195 00:11:25,974 --> 00:11:29,767 ENGLUND: Wade Martin has never walked away from a fight, 196 00:11:29,767 --> 00:11:32,456 and he's not about to start now. 197 00:11:32,456 --> 00:11:38,215 ♪♪ 198 00:11:38,215 --> 00:11:41,974 Wade, there's no shame in going home. 199 00:11:41,974 --> 00:11:46,008 ♪♪ 200 00:11:46,008 --> 00:11:49,905 But if the Red Ghost is truly something paranormal, 201 00:11:49,905 --> 00:11:52,043 is it impossible to kill? 202 00:11:52,043 --> 00:11:54,180 [ Distant growl ] 203 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:58,698 ♪♪ 204 00:11:58,698 --> 00:12:00,215 There's our ghost. 205 00:12:00,215 --> 00:12:08,249 ♪♪ 206 00:12:08,249 --> 00:12:10,215 There he goes. 207 00:12:10,215 --> 00:12:18,698 ♪♪ 208 00:12:18,698 --> 00:12:27,077 ♪♪ 209 00:12:27,077 --> 00:12:35,629 ♪♪ 210 00:12:35,629 --> 00:12:43,939 ♪♪ 211 00:12:43,939 --> 00:12:52,318 ♪♪ 212 00:12:52,318 --> 00:12:55,698 [ Animal shrieks ] 213 00:12:55,698 --> 00:13:03,594 ♪♪ 214 00:13:03,594 --> 00:13:11,456 ♪♪ 215 00:13:11,456 --> 00:13:13,318 Oof. 216 00:13:13,318 --> 00:13:17,249 [ Scoffs ] Oh, my God. 217 00:13:17,249 --> 00:13:19,974 MURPHY: The beast they have killed... 218 00:13:19,974 --> 00:13:21,767 is a camel. 219 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:26,284 ♪♪ 220 00:13:26,284 --> 00:13:31,146 How'd a camel get to the middle of Arizona? 221 00:13:31,146 --> 00:13:34,732 Camels are an intriguing part of America's Southwest history. 222 00:13:34,732 --> 00:13:39,215 In 1856, the Army imported them from Egypt 223 00:13:39,215 --> 00:13:42,008 to haul supplies between desert outposts. 224 00:13:42,008 --> 00:13:45,629 The idea was that camels were the ultimate pack animal, 225 00:13:45,629 --> 00:13:48,836 better suited to the desert than horses. 226 00:13:48,836 --> 00:13:52,491 KUNTZ: The experiment was abandoned in 1866 227 00:13:52,491 --> 00:13:56,525 when railroads made Army pack animals obsolete, 228 00:13:56,525 --> 00:13:59,353 but an unintended result of that failed project 229 00:13:59,353 --> 00:14:02,491 meant that there was dozens of feral camels 230 00:14:02,491 --> 00:14:05,629 roaming around the Southwest for decades to come. 231 00:14:05,629 --> 00:14:08,560 Oh, disgusting. 232 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:14,767 ENGLUND: Ah, but a dead camel doesn't fully explain 233 00:14:14,767 --> 00:14:19,905 the supernatural existence of the Red Ghost. 234 00:14:19,905 --> 00:14:23,939 That's where the corpse strapped to his back comes in. 235 00:14:23,939 --> 00:14:30,422 ♪♪ 236 00:14:30,422 --> 00:14:33,491 KUNTZ: The corpse that was lashed to the camel's back 237 00:14:33,491 --> 00:14:35,387 remains a mystery to this day. 238 00:14:35,387 --> 00:14:38,767 Some believe that he was the victim of sadistic bandits 239 00:14:38,767 --> 00:14:40,353 that tied him to the camel 240 00:14:40,353 --> 00:14:44,560 and set him loose in the desert to die of thirst. 241 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,146 MURPHY: The camel that became known as the Red Ghost 242 00:14:47,146 --> 00:14:49,698 was probably in constant pain. 243 00:14:49,698 --> 00:14:52,318 These straps that held the body on had to be tied 244 00:14:52,318 --> 00:14:55,008 so agonizingly tight. 245 00:14:55,008 --> 00:14:58,629 The theory is that this animal was driven to madness, 246 00:14:58,629 --> 00:15:02,629 attacking people because of its pain. 247 00:15:02,629 --> 00:15:04,974 ENGLUND: Despite any rational explanations, 248 00:15:04,974 --> 00:15:08,905 Wade Martin spends the rest of his life haunted by doubt. 249 00:15:08,905 --> 00:15:12,111 How could a camel ridden by a corpse explain 250 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:14,732 all the baffling eyewitness reports -- 251 00:15:14,732 --> 00:15:16,974 that it was 30 feet tall, 252 00:15:16,974 --> 00:15:22,146 flew across canyons, and could vanish into thin air? 253 00:15:22,146 --> 00:15:24,801 As long as these questions remain, 254 00:15:24,801 --> 00:15:29,698 how can anyone be certain that the Red Ghost was of this world 255 00:15:29,698 --> 00:15:32,008 and not from beyond? 256 00:15:32,008 --> 00:15:34,491 Our next story is equally puzzling. 257 00:15:34,491 --> 00:15:37,422 It's about a Native American medicine man who is said 258 00:15:37,422 --> 00:15:41,456 to possess the ability to see invisible spirits, 259 00:15:41,456 --> 00:15:44,905 evil spirits out to kill. 260 00:15:44,905 --> 00:15:54,767 ♪♪ 261 00:15:54,767 --> 00:15:58,077 Tribal elder Jack Fiddler is a respected spiritual leader 262 00:15:58,077 --> 00:16:02,387 within his band of Cree Indians, but he has committed acts 263 00:16:02,387 --> 00:16:05,801 that have shocked and outraged white civilization. 264 00:16:08,215 --> 00:16:10,387 In the eyes of the Canadian authorities, 265 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:13,905 Jack Fiddler is a monster, 266 00:16:13,905 --> 00:16:18,491 and in 1907, they arrest him. 267 00:16:18,491 --> 00:16:21,836 The press condemns him for committing atrocities. 268 00:16:21,836 --> 00:16:25,767 They said, quote, "That for cruelty and horror 269 00:16:25,767 --> 00:16:31,077 outrank the grim tales of the Inquisition." 270 00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:33,939 ENGLUND: Such a frail and gentle old man. 271 00:16:33,939 --> 00:16:37,663 What evil deed could he have possibly done? 272 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:42,111 ♪♪ 273 00:16:42,111 --> 00:16:46,491 KUNTZ: The events leading to Fiddler's arrest begin in 1906. 274 00:16:46,491 --> 00:16:49,732 Fiddler is about to perform one of his most important duties 275 00:16:49,732 --> 00:16:51,801 as a shaman. 276 00:16:51,801 --> 00:16:53,801 It's going to be a life-and-death battle 277 00:16:53,801 --> 00:16:55,180 between good and evil. 278 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:59,732 ♪♪ 279 00:16:59,732 --> 00:17:01,594 [ Both panting ] 280 00:17:01,594 --> 00:17:02,698 [ Roar ] 281 00:17:02,698 --> 00:17:04,974 [ Gasps ] 282 00:17:04,974 --> 00:17:08,663 CLARKE: There is nothing these young men fear more 283 00:17:08,663 --> 00:17:11,077 than that thing cornered in the tepee. 284 00:17:11,077 --> 00:17:14,077 [ Growl ] 285 00:17:14,077 --> 00:17:18,456 It's called a wendigo, which is basically a demonic presence 286 00:17:18,456 --> 00:17:20,594 that feasts on human flesh. 287 00:17:20,594 --> 00:17:23,663 [ Chanting in native language ] 288 00:17:25,870 --> 00:17:27,939 For the Cree, the only person powerful enough 289 00:17:27,939 --> 00:17:32,043 to kill a wendigo is their shaman, Jack Fiddler. 290 00:17:32,043 --> 00:17:38,663 ♪♪ 291 00:17:38,663 --> 00:17:45,146 ♪♪ 292 00:17:45,146 --> 00:17:47,974 [ Growling and gasping ] 293 00:17:47,974 --> 00:17:55,767 ♪♪ 294 00:17:55,767 --> 00:18:03,491 ♪♪ 295 00:18:03,491 --> 00:18:05,594 Here is the really freaky thing about wendigos. 296 00:18:05,594 --> 00:18:08,836 They actually take over the human body of their victim, 297 00:18:08,836 --> 00:18:11,732 and only the shaman can see through their disguise. 298 00:18:13,836 --> 00:18:16,974 ENGLUND: Jack Fiddler's job is to protect his people. 299 00:18:16,974 --> 00:18:21,077 This means taking on all cannibalistic spirits 300 00:18:21,077 --> 00:18:23,560 and stopping them in their tracks. 301 00:18:26,525 --> 00:18:27,456 [ Roars ] 302 00:18:30,939 --> 00:18:34,525 ♪♪ 303 00:18:34,525 --> 00:18:37,249 ENGLUND: In 1906, Jack Fiddler, 304 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:39,629 an old shaman of the Cree Indians, 305 00:18:39,629 --> 00:18:42,318 is saving his tribe from wendigos, 306 00:18:42,318 --> 00:18:44,077 a flesh-eating spirit 307 00:18:44,077 --> 00:18:46,698 that inhabits the bodies of his people. 308 00:18:46,698 --> 00:18:48,249 [ Roars ] 309 00:18:48,249 --> 00:18:50,456 [ Gasps ] 310 00:18:50,456 --> 00:18:52,939 [ Growling and grunting ] 311 00:18:52,939 --> 00:18:56,801 ♪♪ 312 00:18:56,801 --> 00:18:58,249 [ Noises stop ] 313 00:18:59,629 --> 00:19:01,836 [ Gasps ] 314 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:07,905 ♪♪ 315 00:19:07,905 --> 00:19:13,870 ♪♪ 316 00:19:13,870 --> 00:19:16,387 ENGLUND: With another wendigo dead, 317 00:19:16,387 --> 00:19:18,870 the legend of Cree medicine man Jack Fiddler 318 00:19:18,870 --> 00:19:20,525 grows among his people. 319 00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:25,318 Many indigenous tribes of North America 320 00:19:25,318 --> 00:19:28,215 believed in the existence of the wendigo. 321 00:19:28,215 --> 00:19:31,836 Descriptions vary, but generally they're considered evil spirits 322 00:19:31,836 --> 00:19:35,456 or demonic entities that can possess people 323 00:19:35,456 --> 00:19:39,663 and even transform into human beings themselves. 324 00:19:39,663 --> 00:19:42,146 They're characterized by an insatiable hunger 325 00:19:42,146 --> 00:19:44,111 for human flesh, 326 00:19:44,111 --> 00:19:47,456 so any human possessed by a wendigo 327 00:19:47,456 --> 00:19:50,560 is able to slip in and out of this state of savagery. 328 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:55,525 ENGLUND: Although a wendigo masquerades as human, 329 00:19:55,525 --> 00:20:00,146 its true appearance seems drawn from our darkest nightmares. 330 00:20:01,905 --> 00:20:04,905 KUNTZ: A wendigo looks like it's always baring its teeth, 331 00:20:04,905 --> 00:20:06,353 but it's not. 332 00:20:06,353 --> 00:20:09,284 It looks that way because it's so ravenous 333 00:20:09,284 --> 00:20:11,732 it eats its own lips. 334 00:20:11,732 --> 00:20:14,836 [ Growls ] 335 00:20:14,836 --> 00:20:17,905 No matter how much this hideous monster devours, 336 00:20:17,905 --> 00:20:20,387 it's always starving. 337 00:20:20,387 --> 00:20:22,905 It sounds crazy to us, but there are stories 338 00:20:22,905 --> 00:20:26,525 of many Cree tribesmen that turn cannibal. 339 00:20:28,525 --> 00:20:32,249 One named Swift Runner was found guilty in a Canadian court 340 00:20:32,249 --> 00:20:37,180 for eating his wife, his mother, his brother, and six children. 341 00:20:37,180 --> 00:20:40,525 ♪♪ 342 00:20:40,525 --> 00:20:42,767 ENGLUND: To Fiddler's tribe, there is no doubt 343 00:20:42,767 --> 00:20:47,594 wendigos exist, and they are a mortal threat. 344 00:20:47,594 --> 00:20:49,836 ♪♪ 345 00:20:49,836 --> 00:20:52,629 KUNTZ: Because they can take human form, 346 00:20:52,629 --> 00:20:56,594 it's not always easy spotting a wendigo, but as a shaman, 347 00:20:56,594 --> 00:20:58,698 Fiddler has this very rare talent 348 00:20:58,698 --> 00:21:01,560 for being able to detect them and destroy them. 349 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:07,974 ♪♪ 350 00:21:07,974 --> 00:21:11,491 CLARKE: By 1906, Fiddler claims to have killed 351 00:21:11,491 --> 00:21:14,663 as many as 14 wendigos. 352 00:21:14,663 --> 00:21:17,008 He's always on the lookout for these things, 353 00:21:17,008 --> 00:21:18,284 and they're hard to find 354 00:21:18,284 --> 00:21:20,525 because, according to Cree tradition, 355 00:21:20,525 --> 00:21:23,353 wendigos are masters of deception. 356 00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:27,387 ENGLUND: Despite his old age, 357 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,008 Fiddler never shrinks from his duty. 358 00:21:30,008 --> 00:21:33,318 Evil, like fear, can be sensed. 359 00:21:33,318 --> 00:21:36,698 It lingers where something unholy has happened, 360 00:21:36,698 --> 00:21:40,008 like an echo after a scream. 361 00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:43,249 Jack Fiddler's search leads him to a campsite 362 00:21:43,249 --> 00:21:45,284 deep into the Ontario wilderness... 363 00:21:45,284 --> 00:21:47,491 or at least what's left of it. 364 00:21:47,491 --> 00:21:51,905 ♪♪ 365 00:21:51,905 --> 00:21:54,215 [ Branches snap ] 366 00:21:54,215 --> 00:22:04,284 ♪♪ 367 00:22:04,284 --> 00:22:06,422 He has every reason to believe 368 00:22:06,422 --> 00:22:08,594 that this is the work of a wendigo. 369 00:22:08,594 --> 00:22:14,663 ♪♪ 370 00:22:14,663 --> 00:22:20,767 ♪♪ 371 00:22:20,767 --> 00:22:24,801 The evil spirit has left behind a fragment of his murder weapon, 372 00:22:24,801 --> 00:22:26,491 the tip of a hunting knife. 373 00:22:26,491 --> 00:22:29,870 ♪♪ 374 00:22:29,870 --> 00:22:33,594 Fiddler follows what he thinks is the wendigo's trail. 375 00:22:33,594 --> 00:22:38,525 ♪♪ 376 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:41,801 It takes him to a remote trading post. 377 00:22:41,801 --> 00:22:48,767 ♪♪ 378 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:55,629 ♪♪ 379 00:22:55,629 --> 00:22:58,284 ENGLUND: The wendigo is here. 380 00:22:58,284 --> 00:23:00,387 Fiddler knows it. 381 00:23:00,387 --> 00:23:04,111 But he has no idea which of these men is his target. 382 00:23:06,249 --> 00:23:09,249 The Cree shaman must smoke it out. 383 00:23:09,249 --> 00:23:12,077 ♪♪ 384 00:23:12,077 --> 00:23:14,560 [ Speaking native language ] 385 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:21,456 ♪♪ 386 00:23:21,456 --> 00:23:28,180 ♪♪ 387 00:23:28,180 --> 00:23:35,180 ♪♪ 388 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:38,801 CLARKE: Fiddler demands to inspect each of the trappers' knives. 389 00:23:38,801 --> 00:23:42,663 Whoever's knife has a missing tip is the wendigo. 390 00:23:42,663 --> 00:23:51,939 ♪♪ 391 00:23:51,939 --> 00:24:01,215 ♪♪ 392 00:24:01,215 --> 00:24:10,629 ♪♪ 393 00:24:10,629 --> 00:24:19,905 ♪♪ 394 00:24:19,905 --> 00:24:22,284 KUNTZ: At this point, Fiddler realizes the wendigo 395 00:24:22,284 --> 00:24:24,525 is not one of the men sitting around the table. 396 00:24:26,698 --> 00:24:30,249 Suddenly, a new threat exists in that room, 397 00:24:30,249 --> 00:24:32,698 and Fiddler knows exactly who it is. 398 00:24:32,698 --> 00:24:40,077 ♪♪ 399 00:24:40,077 --> 00:24:47,594 ♪♪ 400 00:24:47,594 --> 00:24:49,663 [ Neck cracks ] 401 00:24:49,663 --> 00:24:53,560 ♪♪ 402 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,594 [ Snarls ] 403 00:24:57,905 --> 00:24:59,939 ♪♪ 404 00:24:59,939 --> 00:25:02,387 [ Speaks native language ] 405 00:25:02,387 --> 00:25:04,594 ENGLUND: Jack Fiddler, the Cree shaman, 406 00:25:04,594 --> 00:25:08,146 has cornered a demonic wendigo in a remote Canadian outpost. 407 00:25:08,146 --> 00:25:12,767 To protect his people, he must take on the cannibalistic spirit 408 00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:14,008 and destroy it. 409 00:25:14,008 --> 00:25:15,594 [ Snarls ] 410 00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:26,456 ♪♪ 411 00:25:26,456 --> 00:25:29,525 A week later, Fiddler returns to his tribal camp, 412 00:25:29,525 --> 00:25:33,077 hoping there are no more wendigos to kill. 413 00:25:33,077 --> 00:25:35,284 He wants to spend his final days in peace. 414 00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:37,387 [ Man grunting ] 415 00:25:37,387 --> 00:25:43,318 ENGLUND: But since when has fate cared about man's plans? 416 00:25:43,318 --> 00:25:46,732 KUNTZ: A wendigo has invaded the body of one of Fiddler's nephews. 417 00:25:46,732 --> 00:25:48,801 [ Grunting ] 418 00:25:48,801 --> 00:25:51,422 KUNTZ: So now he faces one of the toughest decisions 419 00:25:51,422 --> 00:25:54,525 of his life, to kill one of his own family members. 420 00:25:54,525 --> 00:26:01,767 ♪♪ 421 00:26:01,767 --> 00:26:05,043 CLARKE: Fiddler would give anything not to do this again... 422 00:26:05,043 --> 00:26:11,008 ♪♪ 423 00:26:11,008 --> 00:26:12,422 ...but it's his duty. 424 00:26:12,422 --> 00:26:15,629 [ Grunting loudly ] 425 00:26:15,629 --> 00:26:21,698 ♪♪ 426 00:26:21,698 --> 00:26:23,215 [ Snarls ] 427 00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:29,525 ♪♪ 428 00:26:29,525 --> 00:26:35,663 ♪♪ 429 00:26:35,663 --> 00:26:39,146 ENGLUND: For decades, Fiddler's exploits as a wendigo slayer 430 00:26:39,146 --> 00:26:42,732 have been unknown by white civilization. 431 00:26:42,732 --> 00:26:47,284 In 1907, word reaches the Canadian authorities. 432 00:26:49,318 --> 00:26:52,525 What the Cree consider tribal self-defense, 433 00:26:52,525 --> 00:26:56,422 the government views as murder. 434 00:26:56,422 --> 00:26:59,008 Fiddler is placed under arrest. 435 00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:02,180 The press has a field day. 436 00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:08,594 The newspapers portray Fiddler as a bloodthirsty lunatic. 437 00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:10,870 One report says that "the crime was the outcome 438 00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:16,594 of an old savage custom and was particularly inhuman." 439 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:18,698 The trial of Jack Fiddler is said 440 00:27:18,698 --> 00:27:24,698 to begin in the fall of 1907, but an unexpected event derails 441 00:27:24,698 --> 00:27:27,939 the Canadian authorities' plans for justice. 442 00:27:27,939 --> 00:27:30,422 ♪♪ 443 00:27:30,422 --> 00:27:33,111 Not long after he's taken into custody, 444 00:27:33,111 --> 00:27:35,146 this unassuming old medicine man 445 00:27:35,146 --> 00:27:37,767 slips away from a neglectful guard... 446 00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:45,939 ♪♪ 447 00:27:45,939 --> 00:27:48,525 ...and takes his own life. 448 00:27:48,525 --> 00:27:51,594 ♪♪ 449 00:27:51,594 --> 00:27:55,077 ENGLUND: "The wild old ruffian finished his bloodthirsty career 450 00:27:55,077 --> 00:27:57,111 by strangling himself." 451 00:27:57,111 --> 00:28:03,318 ♪♪ 452 00:28:03,318 --> 00:28:05,353 Fiddler's death is anything 453 00:28:05,353 --> 00:28:08,767 but the clear-cut case of suicide it appears to be. 454 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:14,387 Jack Fiddler dedicated his life to protecting his people 455 00:28:14,387 --> 00:28:17,836 by killing every wendigo he encountered. 456 00:28:17,836 --> 00:28:19,698 In his final minutes, 457 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:23,249 one should believe his commitment never wavered. 458 00:28:23,249 --> 00:28:27,111 ♪♪ 459 00:28:27,111 --> 00:28:29,594 [ Snarls ] 460 00:28:29,594 --> 00:28:32,594 ♪♪ 461 00:28:32,594 --> 00:28:35,698 [ Snarls ] 462 00:28:35,698 --> 00:28:42,525 There are many people who still believe wendigos walk among us. 463 00:28:42,525 --> 00:28:45,698 Something to keep in mind if you bump into a stranger 464 00:28:45,698 --> 00:28:48,732 who seems to be studying you with... 465 00:28:48,732 --> 00:28:50,870 hungry eyes. 466 00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:55,870 Ah, but don't think wendigos are the only thing you should fear. 467 00:28:55,870 --> 00:29:00,249 Let me tell you about another curiously human beast, 468 00:29:00,249 --> 00:29:03,111 one perhaps even more terrifying, 469 00:29:03,111 --> 00:29:07,387 a creature that entered American lore in the 1860s 470 00:29:07,387 --> 00:29:09,939 and never left. 471 00:29:09,939 --> 00:29:13,077 ♪♪ 472 00:29:13,077 --> 00:29:17,594 The best hunters can always sense when their prey is near. 473 00:29:17,594 --> 00:29:20,008 Young Sol Collins is among them. 474 00:29:20,008 --> 00:29:27,836 ♪♪ 475 00:29:27,836 --> 00:29:31,146 Collins is known around the Ozarks as "Blue Sol" 476 00:29:31,146 --> 00:29:33,043 because of his sour disposition. 477 00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:35,836 And in 1865, he sets out following 478 00:29:35,836 --> 00:29:38,870 the biggest set of bear tracks he's ever seen. 479 00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:45,180 ♪♪ 480 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:47,767 [ Owl hooting ] 481 00:29:47,767 --> 00:29:50,249 Sol Collins knows every inch of these woods 482 00:29:50,249 --> 00:29:53,387 because he's been hunting here for years, 483 00:29:53,387 --> 00:29:55,422 but on this day, he's not exactly sure 484 00:29:55,422 --> 00:29:57,560 what kind of creature he's tracking. 485 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:06,594 ♪♪ 486 00:30:06,594 --> 00:30:15,663 ♪♪ 487 00:30:15,663 --> 00:30:18,146 [ Bird cawing ] 488 00:30:18,146 --> 00:30:25,249 ♪♪ 489 00:30:25,249 --> 00:30:32,491 ♪♪ 490 00:30:32,491 --> 00:30:33,905 [ Growl ] 491 00:30:33,905 --> 00:30:36,491 ♪♪ 492 00:30:36,491 --> 00:30:39,525 ENGLUND: There are those who say seeing is believing. 493 00:30:39,525 --> 00:30:42,767 [ Growling ] 494 00:30:42,767 --> 00:30:46,663 But what is one to think when they come across a bloodthirsty 495 00:30:46,663 --> 00:30:50,077 monster no one has ever encountered before? 496 00:30:50,077 --> 00:30:52,525 [ Creature roars ] 497 00:30:56,008 --> 00:31:01,180 ♪♪ 498 00:31:01,180 --> 00:31:03,215 [ Creature growls ] 499 00:31:03,215 --> 00:31:08,905 ENGLUND: In 1865, a monster appeared in the Ozark Mountains, 500 00:31:08,905 --> 00:31:13,008 and the first to confront it was a young hunter, Sol Collins. 501 00:31:13,008 --> 00:31:16,284 MURPHY: He had seen an object unmistakably human, 502 00:31:16,284 --> 00:31:19,732 though strongly resembling a vicious animal, 503 00:31:19,732 --> 00:31:23,974 hurling huge boulders at him down the steep hillside. 504 00:31:23,974 --> 00:31:26,767 "Blue" Sol Collins is the first person on record 505 00:31:26,767 --> 00:31:29,836 to see the creature, but he isn't the last. 506 00:31:29,836 --> 00:31:33,525 [ Roars ] 507 00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:35,974 ENGLUND: "On the steep hillside above him stood 508 00:31:35,974 --> 00:31:38,974 a gigantic figure, an enormous man, 509 00:31:38,974 --> 00:31:42,836 stark naked except a breechcloth of animal skin. 510 00:31:42,836 --> 00:31:45,284 The huge body was covered with long hair, 511 00:31:45,284 --> 00:31:47,387 almost black in color 512 00:31:47,387 --> 00:31:51,077 and as thick as that of any wild animal." 513 00:31:51,077 --> 00:31:53,801 ♪♪ 514 00:31:53,801 --> 00:31:57,422 Between 1865 and 1905, 515 00:31:57,422 --> 00:32:00,491 there are at least a dozen sightings of this creature. 516 00:32:00,491 --> 00:32:03,008 CLARKE: The creature becomes known as the Blue Man. 517 00:32:03,008 --> 00:32:06,491 Now, some people believe this is because of the bluish coat. 518 00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:09,284 Truth of the matter is it's because the first person 519 00:32:09,284 --> 00:32:12,836 to encourage it was Blue Sol Collins. 520 00:32:12,836 --> 00:32:14,767 ♪♪ 521 00:32:14,767 --> 00:32:17,870 [ Roars ] 522 00:32:17,870 --> 00:32:21,422 ♪♪ 523 00:32:21,422 --> 00:32:25,353 ENGLUND: Even the things we fear most can fade from memory 524 00:32:25,353 --> 00:32:28,422 if they're absent long enough. 525 00:32:28,422 --> 00:32:31,215 A farmer named Jay Taber has heard whispers 526 00:32:31,215 --> 00:32:34,525 of the Ozarks bogeyman for years, 527 00:32:34,525 --> 00:32:39,422 but his greatest concern is life's daily grind. 528 00:32:39,422 --> 00:32:44,077 MURPHY: That fall, two of Taber's lambs go missing. 529 00:32:44,077 --> 00:32:46,870 Now, with a family that's trying to keep a farm going, 530 00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:49,249 this was a huge setback. 531 00:32:49,249 --> 00:32:52,801 I will say, we did lose two sheep. 532 00:32:52,801 --> 00:32:53,905 How? 533 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:55,284 I don't know. 534 00:32:55,284 --> 00:32:57,353 Whatever it is, if we don't stop it, 535 00:32:57,353 --> 00:32:59,594 not going to be able to make it through winter. 536 00:33:01,284 --> 00:33:03,560 [ Bleating ] 537 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,629 MURPHY: The next day, Taber goes out looking for his lost sheep. 538 00:33:06,629 --> 00:33:09,077 He's not hopeful, but he'll give it a try. 539 00:33:09,077 --> 00:33:12,077 ♪♪ 540 00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:15,594 ENGLUND: We all do what we must to protect what's ours, 541 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:19,560 but venturing into the unknown can come with great risk. 542 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:28,801 ♪♪ 543 00:33:28,801 --> 00:33:38,043 ♪♪ 544 00:33:38,043 --> 00:33:47,387 ♪♪ 545 00:33:47,387 --> 00:33:49,801 CLARKE: The discovery of two slaughtered lambs 546 00:33:49,801 --> 00:33:52,043 horrifies Taber. 547 00:33:52,043 --> 00:33:53,525 He knows there's a story associated 548 00:33:53,525 --> 00:33:55,353 with the slaughter of livestock, 549 00:33:55,353 --> 00:33:57,560 and it's the story of the Blue Man. 550 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:02,318 ♪♪ 551 00:34:02,318 --> 00:34:03,939 In a manner of days, 552 00:34:03,939 --> 00:34:08,043 nearly a third of Taber's livestock is destroyed. 553 00:34:08,043 --> 00:34:11,836 [ Bleating ] 554 00:34:11,836 --> 00:34:16,008 All the attacks are absolutely gruesome in nature. 555 00:34:16,008 --> 00:34:21,905 ♪♪ 556 00:34:21,905 --> 00:34:25,663 ENGLUND: Is there a commonplace explanation for the killings, 557 00:34:25,663 --> 00:34:30,836 or has a legendary menace returned to terrorize the Ozarks 558 00:34:30,836 --> 00:34:33,387 once more? 559 00:34:33,387 --> 00:34:36,732 [ Roar, woman screaming ] 560 00:34:36,732 --> 00:34:41,698 ♪♪ 561 00:34:41,698 --> 00:34:42,939 Ruby! 562 00:34:42,939 --> 00:34:44,146 Ruby! 563 00:34:44,146 --> 00:34:48,146 [ Bleating ] 564 00:34:48,146 --> 00:34:50,870 -Ruby! -Ruby! 565 00:34:50,870 --> 00:34:52,663 Ruby! 566 00:34:54,077 --> 00:34:56,111 Ruby! 567 00:34:56,111 --> 00:34:57,801 Jay! 568 00:34:57,801 --> 00:35:00,629 [ Panting ] 569 00:35:01,801 --> 00:35:04,491 -Ruby. -I don't know what it was. 570 00:35:04,491 --> 00:35:06,870 He was giant, and it looked like a man, 571 00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:08,767 but it was covered in hair. 572 00:35:08,767 --> 00:35:11,629 Ruby's sighting of the creature verifies that the Blue Man 573 00:35:11,629 --> 00:35:14,629 is living in the woods near the Taber farm. 574 00:35:14,629 --> 00:35:18,663 We have to do something before it kills all of us. 575 00:35:18,663 --> 00:35:22,870 ENGLUND: Desperation can take us down many paths. 576 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:27,318 Some offer hope, while others, a dead end. 577 00:35:27,318 --> 00:35:29,801 [ Knock on door ] 578 00:35:29,801 --> 00:35:34,905 ♪♪ 579 00:35:34,905 --> 00:35:38,836 Understand you have an animal problem. 580 00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:41,387 CLARKE: The unexpected visitor is none other 581 00:35:41,387 --> 00:35:45,180 than the legendary trapper Blue Sol Collins. 582 00:35:45,180 --> 00:35:50,387 COLLINS: You both deserve to know what you're dealing with. 583 00:35:50,387 --> 00:35:54,111 50 years ago, when I was a young trapper, 584 00:35:54,111 --> 00:35:57,560 I was out looking for a bear. 585 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,387 I found his tracks, and I thought, 586 00:36:00,387 --> 00:36:02,008 "I've never seen anything like this. 587 00:36:02,008 --> 00:36:04,905 I don't know what it is, but I'm going to find it." 588 00:36:04,905 --> 00:36:07,663 MURPHY: Blue Collins describes, in great detail, 589 00:36:07,663 --> 00:36:09,732 his encounter with this hideous beast. 590 00:36:09,732 --> 00:36:11,974 [ Roars ] 591 00:36:11,974 --> 00:36:14,525 ♪♪ 592 00:36:14,525 --> 00:36:16,732 And then he offers his help in killing it. 593 00:36:16,732 --> 00:36:24,939 ♪♪ 594 00:36:24,939 --> 00:36:28,732 In 1915, Collins and Taber set out to slay 595 00:36:28,732 --> 00:36:33,043 the legendary Blue Man of the Ozarks. 596 00:36:33,043 --> 00:36:36,456 ENGLUND: How do you kill something that's rarely seen 597 00:36:36,456 --> 00:36:39,732 and has never been captured? 598 00:36:39,732 --> 00:36:44,249 More importantly, how do you prevent it from killing you? 599 00:36:44,249 --> 00:36:47,698 ♪♪ 600 00:36:47,698 --> 00:36:51,111 [ Blue Man growls ] 601 00:36:56,974 --> 00:37:00,146 ♪♪ 602 00:37:00,146 --> 00:37:03,353 ENGLUND: In 1915, the legendary Blue Man 603 00:37:03,353 --> 00:37:05,353 prowled the Ozark Mountains, 604 00:37:05,353 --> 00:37:07,491 threatening Missouri's earlier settlers 605 00:37:07,491 --> 00:37:10,870 and leaving hundreds of dead animals in its wake. 606 00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:13,870 A farm named Jay Taber is determined to kill it 607 00:37:13,870 --> 00:37:17,801 with the help of veteran hunter "Old Blue" Sol Collins. 608 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:21,870 They scour the hills. 609 00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:27,111 The days are long and the nights filled with dread. 610 00:37:27,111 --> 00:37:32,905 And, finally, on day three, they make a daunting discovery. 611 00:37:32,905 --> 00:37:36,111 ♪♪ 612 00:37:36,111 --> 00:37:38,215 It's fresh. Look how big it is. 613 00:37:38,215 --> 00:37:42,663 ♪♪ 614 00:37:42,663 --> 00:37:44,249 [ Blue Man growls ] 615 00:37:44,249 --> 00:37:53,663 ♪♪ 616 00:37:53,663 --> 00:38:02,974 ♪♪ 617 00:38:02,974 --> 00:38:06,249 CLARKE: Collins has fashioned these huge traps 618 00:38:06,249 --> 00:38:08,180 with massive jaws 619 00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:10,387 and an iron chain attached to a tree 620 00:38:10,387 --> 00:38:13,215 to prevent whatever he catches from escaping. 621 00:38:13,215 --> 00:38:21,043 ♪♪ 622 00:38:21,043 --> 00:38:25,249 [ Bird cawing ] 623 00:38:25,249 --> 00:38:27,767 Taber, keep an eye on the trap. 624 00:38:27,767 --> 00:38:29,353 Six miles into the woods, 625 00:38:29,353 --> 00:38:31,249 they uncover the den of the beast. 626 00:38:31,249 --> 00:38:37,732 ♪♪ 627 00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:44,043 ♪♪ 628 00:38:44,043 --> 00:38:45,732 Home sweet home. 629 00:38:47,905 --> 00:38:50,491 He has clearly lived there for some time, 630 00:38:50,491 --> 00:38:53,180 and there are disturbingly humanlike touches. 631 00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:55,318 [ Trap snaps ] 632 00:38:55,318 --> 00:38:57,525 [ Blue man roars ] 633 00:38:59,180 --> 00:39:01,077 There it is. 634 00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:03,732 ♪♪ 635 00:39:03,732 --> 00:39:05,939 [ Moaning ] 636 00:39:05,939 --> 00:39:14,870 ♪♪ 637 00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:16,767 ENGLUND: The two hunters discover 638 00:39:16,767 --> 00:39:18,353 that even mythical beasts 639 00:39:18,353 --> 00:39:22,491 are not immune to the ravages of old age. 640 00:39:22,491 --> 00:39:26,215 "His blue-gray coat of hair now is iron-y gray, 641 00:39:26,215 --> 00:39:29,663 and his limbs are not well-muscled as formerly. 642 00:39:29,663 --> 00:39:32,905 Nevertheless, it may be safely wagered 643 00:39:32,905 --> 00:39:36,491 that there it not a man among the sturdy Ozark mountaineers 644 00:39:36,491 --> 00:39:38,284 who would like to risk combat 645 00:39:38,284 --> 00:39:39,594 single-handed 646 00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:41,767 with the fearsome creature." 647 00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:47,594 ♪♪ 648 00:39:47,594 --> 00:39:53,353 ♪♪ 649 00:39:53,353 --> 00:39:57,594 Your animals are what that thing killed. 650 00:39:57,594 --> 00:39:59,491 You do the deed. 651 00:39:59,491 --> 00:40:04,801 ♪♪ 652 00:40:04,801 --> 00:40:07,767 MURPHY: As Taber looks closely at the wounded Blue Man, 653 00:40:07,767 --> 00:40:11,456 suddenly all he can see is the humanlike qualities -- 654 00:40:11,456 --> 00:40:14,836 its hands, the expression on its face, its tears. 655 00:40:14,836 --> 00:40:18,905 [ Moaning ] 656 00:40:18,905 --> 00:40:21,801 MURPHY: And he can't bring himself to fire at it. 657 00:40:21,801 --> 00:40:24,043 It's crying. 658 00:40:26,353 --> 00:40:29,215 COLLINS: It's a demon sent to Earth. 659 00:40:29,215 --> 00:40:31,456 Take your shot. 660 00:40:31,456 --> 00:40:40,732 ♪♪ 661 00:40:40,732 --> 00:40:42,284 Take the shot. 662 00:40:42,284 --> 00:40:45,318 MURPHY: He doesn't see a monster. 663 00:40:45,318 --> 00:40:48,353 He sees the humanity inside this creature 664 00:40:48,353 --> 00:40:50,215 because it looks like a man. 665 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:53,732 ♪♪ 666 00:40:53,732 --> 00:40:56,318 [ Gunshot ] 667 00:40:56,318 --> 00:40:57,939 What the hell did you do? 668 00:40:57,939 --> 00:41:00,801 ♪♪ 669 00:41:00,801 --> 00:41:02,629 Aah! Aah! 670 00:41:02,629 --> 00:41:04,525 [ Screaming ] 671 00:41:04,525 --> 00:41:10,284 ♪♪ 672 00:41:10,284 --> 00:41:14,663 CLARKE: Blue Sol Collins dies that day, 673 00:41:14,663 --> 00:41:17,353 but the beast allows Taber to escape, 674 00:41:17,353 --> 00:41:20,180 possibly because of Taber's act of mercy. 675 00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:23,077 [ Blue Man roars ] 676 00:41:23,077 --> 00:41:27,594 ♪♪ 677 00:41:27,594 --> 00:41:31,525 The Blue Man of the Ozarks was never captured. 678 00:41:31,525 --> 00:41:34,870 His legacy reminds us that there's a fine line 679 00:41:34,870 --> 00:41:37,560 between man and beast. 680 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,974 As for these three icons of American lore, 681 00:41:39,974 --> 00:41:45,456 whether they were too hungry, too human, or too horrifying, 682 00:41:45,456 --> 00:41:47,249 they will forever remain the stuff 683 00:41:47,249 --> 00:41:49,422 that nightmares are made of. 684 00:41:49,422 --> 00:41:51,491 Now, try and get some rest if you can, 685 00:41:51,491 --> 00:41:58,146 but, uh, do come back for our next descent into true terror. 686 00:41:58,146 --> 00:42:03,698 ♪♪ 687 00:42:03,698 --> 00:42:06,491 [ Wind whistling ]