1 00:00:01,166 --> 00:00:02,900 [Phil] Okay, okay, okay. Look for eyeshine. 2 00:00:03,567 --> 00:00:05,233 [howling] 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,400 [Josh] On this episode of Expedition X... 4 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,066 -All right. -[laughing] 5 00:00:13,066 --> 00:00:16,166 [Josh] ...my team heads deep into the forests of Michigan 6 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:19,600 on the hunt for a bloodthirsty beast... 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,200 [man] This thing must've been seven foot plus. 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,500 That is giant. 9 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:24,500 [Josh] ...that some believe 10 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:27,667 is part of a shocking government conspiracy... 11 00:00:27,667 --> 00:00:31,500 We know who you are. We know what you did. You killed our asset. 12 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:35,767 [Josh] ...as Phil and Heather search for answers to the mystery of the dogman. 13 00:00:35,767 --> 00:00:40,567 [Phil] This airport is or was a front for some sort of dogman training facility? 14 00:00:40,567 --> 00:00:43,100 They call that place Dogman Hotel. 15 00:00:45,266 --> 00:00:47,066 [Heather] Somebody was trying to get out. 16 00:00:47,066 --> 00:00:49,100 -[thuds] -[gasps] What was that? 17 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:50,600 [Josh] The hunters will become... 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,600 Heather, get back here! 19 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,000 -Wow. -Is that blood? 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,700 -[Josh] ...the hunted. -[screeching] 21 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:10,100 Okay, guys, I have a story to pitch, 22 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,634 but I don't want y'all to look at me like I'm a lunatic. 23 00:01:12,967 --> 00:01:13,967 Too late for that. 24 00:01:13,967 --> 00:01:15,500 Yeah, I can already tell this is gonna be bad. 25 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:17,066 Should I have a tinfoil hat on? 26 00:01:17,066 --> 00:01:20,100 I mean, maybe. Take a look at this headline. 27 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:25,367 "A Michigan trucker believes he encountered and shot the dogman." 28 00:01:25,367 --> 00:01:27,900 What in God's name is a dogman? 29 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:28,834 Okay, bear with me. 30 00:01:28,834 --> 00:01:30,767 There have been a ton of recent sightings 31 00:01:30,767 --> 00:01:33,467 of this human wolf-like creature in Michigan. 32 00:01:33,467 --> 00:01:37,166 Most recently by this guy, Joe Barger, who did not believe in dogman. 33 00:01:37,166 --> 00:01:40,367 But he says it attacked him and he fought back. 34 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:43,567 -And not only did he shoot it, he killed it. -[Josh] What? 35 00:01:43,567 --> 00:01:45,767 [Phil] So there's a dogman body out there 36 00:01:45,767 --> 00:01:48,100 -we can do a DNA analysis on? -Dude, this is amazing. 37 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:50,700 [Heather] Well, that's where the story gets even wilder. 38 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:53,867 He says that before he could retrieve the body, 39 00:01:53,867 --> 00:01:56,500 government agents came and took the body away. 40 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:57,567 Not only that, 41 00:01:57,567 --> 00:02:01,100 they also told him to be quiet and threatened him. 42 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:04,767 This story is bananas, but I've heard of this. 43 00:02:04,767 --> 00:02:06,767 -What? -[Josh] Yes, this dogman, 44 00:02:06,767 --> 00:02:09,300 government conspiracy thing is a real thing. 45 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:13,000 And actually, sightings of a dogman creature 46 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,133 date back centuries. 47 00:02:18,667 --> 00:02:23,767 Terrifying tales of a canine cryptid dubbed the dogman 48 00:02:23,767 --> 00:02:29,266 begin in the old histories of the Odawa tribes in what is now Michigan. 49 00:02:29,266 --> 00:02:33,767 The first documented claim of a dogman appears in 1887, 50 00:02:33,767 --> 00:02:37,467 when lumberjacks in Wexford County survive an encounter 51 00:02:37,467 --> 00:02:41,000 with what they describe as a monstrous amalgamation 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,734 of hound and human. 53 00:02:43,667 --> 00:02:45,100 In 1938, 54 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:47,400 Robert Fortney is in the same area 55 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,333 when he is attacked by a pack of wild dogs. 56 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:55,467 He claims the leader of the pack rises onto its hind legs 57 00:02:55,467 --> 00:03:00,266 and watches him with what he describes as human eyes. 58 00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:02,767 Though the story sounds outlandish, 59 00:03:02,767 --> 00:03:04,967 in the decades since, there have been countless 60 00:03:04,967 --> 00:03:07,467 alleged dogman encounters, 61 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:11,233 often corroborated by compelling photos and footage. 62 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:15,767 Blamed for violent deaths and disappearances over the years, 63 00:03:15,767 --> 00:03:19,800 the creatures are said to be an astonishing seven to ten feet tall, 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,133 with a wolf-like head on a human torso. 65 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:29,667 Witnesses claim they can charge on all fours or run bipedal. 66 00:03:29,667 --> 00:03:33,100 They also say the dogman's eyes are very human-like. 67 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:34,200 Often amber. 68 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,066 And its howl is said to resemble a human scream. 69 00:03:38,066 --> 00:03:39,600 [howling] 70 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,200 Some allege the U.S. government 71 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,667 knows all about these disturbing canine creatures, 72 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:48,867 but wants to keep them secret from the public. 73 00:03:48,867 --> 00:03:50,900 Incredibly, some go even further, 74 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:54,567 claiming to have seen dogman on U.S. military bases, 75 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,367 fueling a jaw-dropping debate 76 00:03:56,367 --> 00:03:59,266 over whether this creature was actually created 77 00:03:59,266 --> 00:04:02,100 in some kind of government experiment: 78 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,967 A wild weapon tamed by our military. 79 00:04:05,967 --> 00:04:09,667 Now Heather was contacted by a trucker who claims to have been 80 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:14,066 personally attacked by a dogman that he then shot and killed. 81 00:04:14,066 --> 00:04:15,166 [gunshot] 82 00:04:15,166 --> 00:04:19,567 Can there really be any truth to this wild story? 83 00:04:19,567 --> 00:04:24,834 Is the dogman out there or is the tail truly just wagging the dog? 84 00:04:29,367 --> 00:04:31,000 Heather, you're buying this? 85 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,867 Okay. I don't know about this government conspiracy thing, 86 00:04:33,867 --> 00:04:36,367 but there could be some truth to something being out there. 87 00:04:36,367 --> 00:04:39,500 There's millions of acres of forest and hundreds of years 88 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:41,567 worth of stories about something similar. 89 00:04:41,567 --> 00:04:43,567 All right. Phil, I'm guessing you're skeptical. 90 00:04:43,567 --> 00:04:46,200 I don't know if I'm so ready to go down this rabbit hole. 91 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,867 -[Josh] Dogman hole. -[Phil] Right. 92 00:04:47,867 --> 00:04:51,266 Listen, like so many other conspiracy theories, it could be people 93 00:04:51,266 --> 00:04:55,100 misidentifying something influenced by what they read online, 94 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:58,000 what they see in movies, see on TV. 95 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,600 Whoa, Phil, don't bite the hand that feeds here. 96 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,266 Look, I understand. We do have to be careful 97 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:03,767 when it comes to conspiracy theories. 98 00:05:03,767 --> 00:05:08,500 People wanting something to be real is not the same as it being actually true. 99 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,367 But there is something about this story that really intrigues me. 100 00:05:11,367 --> 00:05:13,300 It has been around for so long. 101 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:14,800 It has gained so much traction. 102 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,867 I want to know what is the truth behind this thing? 103 00:05:16,867 --> 00:05:18,400 Like, where did this come from? 104 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,900 So go and investigate. 105 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:22,500 Meet this trucker, see if you can verify 106 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:25,867 his dogman attack or the government involvement 107 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:28,600 and find out the truth behind the dogman. 108 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,266 -Okay. -You got it. 109 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:32,100 [Josh] It's a two-and-half-hour flight 110 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:34,567 from New York to Grand Rapids, Michigan. 111 00:05:34,567 --> 00:05:37,000 Then, it's another 90-minute drive north 112 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,967 to the Manistee National Forest, 113 00:05:38,967 --> 00:05:40,900 where I've arranged for Phil and Heather 114 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:43,834 to meet up with our alleged dogman witness. 115 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:46,867 For years, it's been Bigfoot, right? 116 00:05:46,867 --> 00:05:47,700 -Yeah. -But now, 117 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:50,700 there's a huge uptick in the dogman. 118 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:52,600 -Why is that? -We know there's been reports 119 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,700 of a dogman-like creature since the 1800s, 120 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:57,367 but there are people that believe 121 00:05:57,367 --> 00:05:59,767 it's actually a recent creation of the government. 122 00:05:59,767 --> 00:06:03,467 These are those conspiracy angles that I have a tough time with. 123 00:06:03,467 --> 00:06:06,867 The way I see conspiracy theories is it is a dramatic way 124 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:09,767 to talk about something you don't quite understand. 125 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:11,667 I mean, look at what people talk about 126 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:15,166 in conspiracy circles. flat Earth theory, lizard people. 127 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,500 That is a gross exaggeration. 128 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:18,667 We know there's only one lizard person. It's Josh. 129 00:06:18,667 --> 00:06:20,834 But lizard people? No. 130 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:22,800 Did you know there's a really cool, 131 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,767 long-tailed duck that you could spot here in Michigan? 132 00:06:24,767 --> 00:06:27,600 [Heather] Of course there is. I mean, what would you do without your birds? 133 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,300 [Phil] I don't know. 134 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:32,266 -And that is our truck stop. -[Heather] That's a big rig. 135 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:34,600 All right, let's see what he's got to say. 136 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,467 [Heather] Joe Barger is a long-haul trucker 137 00:06:37,467 --> 00:06:40,767 who's been driving the Michigan back roads for decades. 138 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:42,467 And it's on this stretch of highway where 139 00:06:42,467 --> 00:06:46,467 he says he came face to maul with a terrifying dogman. 140 00:06:46,467 --> 00:06:49,667 So our understanding is you've got quite a crazy story 141 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:51,100 -that happened to you on this road. -Yeah. 142 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:52,467 Can you just walk us through it? 143 00:06:52,467 --> 00:06:54,667 Tell us from the beginning what happened that day. 144 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:58,200 I was picking up a load and as I was coming back, 145 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,867 there was a air leak that I had. 146 00:07:00,867 --> 00:07:02,300 So I pulled in here. 147 00:07:03,567 --> 00:07:05,867 I just got out my tools and got underneath, 148 00:07:05,867 --> 00:07:09,400 and that's when I noticed the atmosphere was-- 149 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,800 It was really different. 150 00:07:12,367 --> 00:07:14,600 Then I heard footsteps. 151 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,300 [footsteps approaching] 152 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,567 So I got right back in my truck. 153 00:07:19,567 --> 00:07:22,467 As I was leaving, I looked on the right side 154 00:07:22,467 --> 00:07:26,300 and I see that there's a wolf head looking down, 155 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,200 peering in at me from the passenger side. 156 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,300 -A wolf head, staring at you. -Staring at me, keeping up with me. 157 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:35,567 I'm at about 20 miles an hour. 158 00:07:35,567 --> 00:07:39,066 What are the chances here that this is a bear or a wolf 159 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:41,500 that jumped onto the side of your truck 160 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:43,000 and was essentially trying to get in? 161 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,266 There's no chance of that. 162 00:07:44,266 --> 00:07:46,300 He was running next to me. 163 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,867 -On two legs. -On two legs? 164 00:07:48,867 --> 00:07:50,667 -Yup. -[Heather] But that's like nine feet up. 165 00:07:50,667 --> 00:07:52,300 That's super tall. 166 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,767 Yeah, and he was stooping down to look in. 167 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:57,000 So I pulled my gun out 168 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,667 from the side of my seat and shot twice as fast as I can shoot it. 169 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:03,667 -Did you hit it? -I hit it. It went down immediately. 170 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:06,800 What do you think it was that you shot on this road? 171 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:07,800 A dogman. 172 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,533 Because he was reaching in with his clawed hand 173 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:13,600 like a raccoon-looking hand, 174 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,767 but just five times bigger than my hand. 175 00:08:16,767 --> 00:08:18,800 About three to four minutes later, 176 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,100 I feel like I have to turn around and go back. 177 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:22,567 As I'm approaching, 178 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:26,467 there's people already there, right where this occurred. 179 00:08:26,467 --> 00:08:29,300 And I'm thinking, what are these people doing here? 180 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,100 And I can tell that 181 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:34,500 this thing that I just shot is gone. 182 00:08:35,266 --> 00:08:37,066 The body was no longer there? 183 00:08:37,066 --> 00:08:40,000 You could see the disturbance in the ground, 184 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,667 but it was gone. 185 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:43,800 -[Heather] I mean, that's strange. - [Joe] Yeah. 186 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,300 Eventually, I get detained by federal agents. 187 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:49,667 "Detained by federal agents." What do you mean? 188 00:08:49,667 --> 00:08:52,367 Yeah, they pulled me in, 189 00:08:52,367 --> 00:08:56,567 and they showed me some homeland security identification. 190 00:08:56,567 --> 00:08:58,767 How did this conversation go with the feds? 191 00:08:58,767 --> 00:09:00,600 Intimidation right off the bat, 192 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,467 like, we know who you are, we know what you did. 193 00:09:04,467 --> 00:09:05,967 You killed our asset. 194 00:09:05,967 --> 00:09:08,634 Uh, you're not going to talk about this again. 195 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:11,400 And if you do, these are the things 196 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,166 that we can do to make your life miserable. 197 00:09:14,166 --> 00:09:17,600 They told you that you killed their asset? 198 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,700 Yeah. 199 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:20,800 So they're trying to intimidate you into silence? 200 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,867 Yeah. 201 00:09:21,867 --> 00:09:23,800 It looks like it didn't work. 202 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,867 Well, it did for about four years. 203 00:09:25,867 --> 00:09:28,967 But then I decided I'm not doing that anymore. 204 00:09:28,967 --> 00:09:32,567 This is more disturbing than my encounter. 205 00:09:32,567 --> 00:09:35,367 The government is controlling these cryptids. 206 00:09:35,367 --> 00:09:37,300 They're real. 207 00:09:38,266 --> 00:09:42,667 [Phil] Joe's bizarre sighting happened in the middle of Manistee National Forest, 208 00:09:42,667 --> 00:09:47,200 which spans over 1,300 square miles of western Michigan. 209 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,867 Apex predators out here typically do not venture 210 00:09:49,867 --> 00:09:52,400 so close to humans along the highways. 211 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,000 I think our best bet to encounter whatever it is that Joe saw 212 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 is to head deep into the thick, rugged woodlands. 213 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,734 So deep we're gonna need a special set of wheels. 214 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,500 -All right. -[laughing] 215 00:10:13,266 --> 00:10:15,000 Okay. Okay. 216 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:30,800 [Phil] I did a scan of the satellite imagery of this region 217 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,667 and came across a large clearing 218 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:35,100 that would serve as a prime hunting ground 219 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,667 for any apex predator out here. 220 00:10:37,667 --> 00:10:39,233 That's where I wanna head. 221 00:10:40,266 --> 00:10:42,000 Check this clearing out right here. 222 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,533 [Heather] All right. What are we looking at? 223 00:10:47,467 --> 00:10:49,367 [Phil] Meadows like this in the middle of a big forest 224 00:10:49,367 --> 00:10:52,567 are super important for the potential prey animals around here. 225 00:10:52,567 --> 00:10:55,600 So things like deer, rabbits, gophers, 226 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,066 because they know they have grass they can eat, 227 00:10:58,066 --> 00:11:00,667 but also they've got quick shelter, 228 00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:02,200 if something does try to come and eat them. 229 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,367 And to make it even better, we have this evergreen pine forest on this side, 230 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:09,200 and we have that deciduous forest on that side. 231 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,967 And anytime in an ecosystem where you're at the border of two different habitats, 232 00:11:12,967 --> 00:11:15,567 you have a higher species biodiversity. 233 00:11:15,567 --> 00:11:17,700 And right now, we have three habitats. 234 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:20,233 We have the forest, the meadow and that forest. 235 00:11:20,567 --> 00:11:21,867 -Trifecta. -Yes. 236 00:11:21,867 --> 00:11:25,700 So bottom line is, if there's wildlife in this national forest, 237 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:27,166 we have a great chance of seeing them here. 238 00:11:27,166 --> 00:11:28,567 [Heather] I guess we should take a look around, right? 239 00:11:28,567 --> 00:11:29,867 [Phil] Yeah. 240 00:11:29,867 --> 00:11:32,367 I'm not gonna be much for tracks here, but we might get lucky. 241 00:11:32,367 --> 00:11:35,100 Ooh. Look what we got here. 242 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:37,300 -Pellets. -We got some pellets. 243 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:39,700 So we know the deer do come here. 244 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,266 There's some activity. 245 00:11:41,266 --> 00:11:43,867 Well, that's good. At least we know there's prey here. 246 00:11:43,867 --> 00:11:44,967 [Phil] Yeah. 247 00:11:46,567 --> 00:11:48,467 As we continue to scour the meadow 248 00:11:48,467 --> 00:11:51,100 for any signs of an apex canine predator 249 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:54,600 or the dogman cryptid our witness Joe claims to have encountered, 250 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,133 we establish multiple extra sets of eyes along the perimeter. 251 00:11:59,266 --> 00:12:00,867 -Is that good enough? -Yeah. 252 00:12:00,867 --> 00:12:02,500 Maybe get some dogman's shoulder? 253 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,166 Yeah. I mean, it's above me. 254 00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:07,667 [Phil] These camera traps will capture any wildlife that crosses their sensors. 255 00:12:07,667 --> 00:12:11,667 And I'll get an alert sent to my phone anytime a photo is snapped. 256 00:12:11,667 --> 00:12:13,000 All right. 257 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,166 I got an idea. 258 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:18,300 So let's assume there's something like a dogman out here 259 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:21,600 and that the dogman is at least part-canine. 260 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,767 And some of the reports of people seeing dogman say 261 00:12:24,767 --> 00:12:26,967 that he's in packs amongst wolves. 262 00:12:26,967 --> 00:12:29,600 So let's howl. Let's bring in the wolves. 263 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,367 Okay. Well, let's hear yours. Yours any good? 264 00:12:32,367 --> 00:12:36,166 The key I found is people always want to do... [imitates howling] 265 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:37,300 But you want some "R" in there. 266 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:39,700 -So, like... [imitates howling] -Ah. 267 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:43,800 And honestly, it's a thing when humans howl, 268 00:12:44,467 --> 00:12:46,600 wolves out there sometimes howl back 269 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,567 or at least become curious and come check it out. 270 00:12:49,567 --> 00:12:52,367 Research indicates wolves have an uncanny ability 271 00:12:52,367 --> 00:12:56,767 to differentiate the frequency modulation in each other's howls. 272 00:12:56,767 --> 00:12:59,300 Howl will serve a variety of purposes. 273 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:02,367 They can communicate location to other pack members, 274 00:13:02,367 --> 00:13:04,467 act as a rally call for hunting, 275 00:13:04,467 --> 00:13:07,867 and even ward off rivals from a pack's territory. 276 00:13:07,867 --> 00:13:09,100 [howling] 277 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:12,667 Howls can be heard by other wolves up to seven miles away. 278 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:15,934 And even human howls can get the occasional response. 279 00:13:16,166 --> 00:13:17,200 You're ready? 280 00:13:18,266 --> 00:13:20,300 [howling] 281 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:36,000 Just north of Reed City, you have the Miller Airport. 282 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,100 They call that place Dogman Hotel. 283 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:41,266 -[Phil] Oh. -[Heather whispering] I think I just saw something. 284 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:42,266 Heather, get back here. 285 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:43,667 -Wow. -Is that blood? 286 00:13:43,667 --> 00:13:45,367 [gasps] Oh, Jesus. 287 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:46,800 [howling] 288 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,433 [Phil howling] 289 00:14:04,767 --> 00:14:06,467 The way I see it, even if they're not 290 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:09,266 howling back now, the message is sent. 291 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:11,000 So now we just wait. 292 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,367 Well, at this point, we have eyes down low. 293 00:14:13,367 --> 00:14:14,900 Now we need to get eyes up high. 294 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:16,100 What do you mean? 295 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:17,400 How are you with heights? 296 00:14:18,867 --> 00:14:20,367 The meadow's best vantage point 297 00:14:20,367 --> 00:14:23,767 is up high in one of the perimeter trees. 298 00:14:23,767 --> 00:14:26,300 From there, we'd be able to see any predators 299 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:30,166 tempted by our howls or the promise of prey. 300 00:14:30,166 --> 00:14:32,066 Okay, let's go. Let's go. 301 00:14:32,066 --> 00:14:33,567 So we set up a ladder stand, 302 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:36,667 extending it as high as possible, next to a sturdy pine, 303 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:39,333 giving us a perch of around 20 feet. 304 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,767 Looks good. Looks great. 305 00:14:41,767 --> 00:14:43,667 Okay, from up there, 306 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:44,867 you keep eyes on the meadow 307 00:14:44,867 --> 00:14:47,300 and I'll go around the perimeter, keep eyes on the forest. 308 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:48,934 -All right, I got your back. -Okay. 309 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,567 Wolves are not strictly nocturnal creatures, 310 00:14:52,567 --> 00:14:56,200 but any apex predators out here will prefer to hunt 311 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,600 under the cloak of darkness. 312 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,800 -The plan is to wait for nightfall. -[Heather] Okay. 313 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,100 [Phil] Heather will use the FLIR from the ladder stand, 314 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:04,900 and look for any heat signatures in the meadow. 315 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:07,800 I'll be on foot, patrolling the surrounding woods 316 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,700 with the night vision binoculars. 317 00:15:17,567 --> 00:15:19,500 [Heather] Okay. [sighs] 318 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,233 [camera beeping] 319 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,133 It's deathly quiet out here. 320 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:45,533 So now that it's nightfall, this is when the activity should be picking up. 321 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:48,567 Right now, I'm looking for eyeshine. 322 00:15:48,567 --> 00:15:50,567 I'm looking for any disturbed ground, 323 00:15:50,567 --> 00:15:53,934 essentially, just any sign of who might be living out here. 324 00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:01,934 It is really creepy... 325 00:16:02,867 --> 00:16:04,300 being out here by myself. 326 00:16:09,767 --> 00:16:10,634 [twig breaking] 327 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,300 What? What's that noise? 328 00:16:18,567 --> 00:16:20,700 That was a loud knocking noise. 329 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,100 It came from somewhere over here. 330 00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:31,500 Heather, checking in. How are you doing? 331 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:34,100 [Heather] I just heard a loud knock. 332 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:37,200 I haven't gotten anything on the FLIR yet, but it is creepy. 333 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:41,233 [Phil] Yeah, I'd say the same goes throughout here. 334 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,900 Not hearing much. 335 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:47,600 That doesn't mean something's not out here listening to us. 336 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,100 I think I might be almost to the top of the ridge line, 337 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:55,000 and if I howl, my sound will travel a lot further in this area 338 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 and maybe we'll get something back. 339 00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:58,600 So I will give a howl. 340 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,066 I think you should give a howl. 341 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,367 And then let's just sit in place 342 00:17:02,367 --> 00:17:04,033 and listen to see who comes. 343 00:17:05,367 --> 00:17:06,634 -All right, I like it. -Okay. 344 00:17:06,634 --> 00:17:10,266 I'm gonna call. Let's give it ten, fifteen seconds to listen. 345 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:12,066 Then you give a call. 346 00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:13,300 And we'll see what happens. 347 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,233 Copy that. 348 00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:19,300 [howling] 349 00:17:36,667 --> 00:17:39,133 Come on, let something respond out there. 350 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:44,300 [howling] 351 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:51,500 Wow, that just echoes through this entire area. 352 00:17:52,567 --> 00:17:54,233 Something's got to be listening. 353 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,900 [Heather] I'm not picking up anything on the FLIR yet. 354 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,800 [twig breaking] 355 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,200 Wait. Shh. 356 00:18:19,867 --> 00:18:21,734 Over here, over here. I'm hearing something. 357 00:18:35,867 --> 00:18:37,000 [screeching] 358 00:18:40,967 --> 00:18:42,300 What the [bleep] is that? 359 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:46,934 [screeching continues] 360 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,133 [Heather] What was that? 361 00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:02,000 Phil, did you hear that? 362 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,233 How far away did that sound to you? 363 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,800 There's something moving on the FLIR. 364 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,100 [Phil] Heading your way fast. 365 00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:15,600 [Heather] Holy [bleep]! 366 00:19:16,667 --> 00:19:17,700 [Phil] Where did it go? 367 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:19,500 It's off my camera now. I can't see it anymore. 368 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:22,667 Do you see where my light is right now? 369 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:25,000 [Heather] Yes. Yes, yes. I see your light. 370 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,166 [Phil] Okay. You know the area that you just saw it? 371 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,700 -[Heather] To the left. -How big are we talking? What did you see? 372 00:19:30,567 --> 00:19:32,867 [Heather] I don't know. It it just ran off. 373 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:35,500 [Phil] Okay, okay. Let me see what we can find out here. 374 00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:42,100 Is that what I think it is? 375 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,300 [sniffs] Oh, my God, it smells terrible. 376 00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:48,834 Look at this. Look at this. 377 00:19:49,867 --> 00:19:52,033 That looks... 378 00:19:52,767 --> 00:19:54,400 fresh. 379 00:19:54,400 --> 00:20:00,166 Heather, I think I found some pee on a tree, fresh. 380 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:01,867 -What? -Pee. 381 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:05,500 And it's, like, relatively high up on this tree. 382 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,000 I think whatever did this has got to be big. 383 00:20:09,367 --> 00:20:10,667 Like, dogman-big. 384 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,266 [Phil] Big canine-big. 385 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:15,367 And it is fresh. It definitely smells fresh. 386 00:20:15,367 --> 00:20:18,233 It seems like our howling might have worked. 387 00:20:19,166 --> 00:20:20,634 [Heather] It definitely feels that way. 388 00:20:23,767 --> 00:20:24,900 -[Phil] Heather. -[Heather] Phil. 389 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:26,533 [Phil] Here. Come down. 390 00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:31,000 Okay, I gotta see this footage. 391 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,233 -This is crazy. Check this out. -Show me the footage. 392 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,734 -What is that? -Ooh. That is quick. 393 00:20:38,166 --> 00:20:39,667 What the hell is that? 394 00:20:39,667 --> 00:20:41,700 That is a really a good question. 395 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:42,900 It's gone. 396 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:45,166 It's kind of hiding behind those trees. 397 00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:46,800 It moves off to the left. So... 398 00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:49,767 I mean, at that distance, 399 00:20:49,767 --> 00:20:53,066 if it's coming across as that big of a thermal mark, 400 00:20:53,066 --> 00:20:55,266 like, that's a pretty large animal. 401 00:20:55,266 --> 00:20:58,367 -[Heather] Yeah. -I think let's spread out a little bit over here. 402 00:20:58,367 --> 00:21:00,500 Let's just push through the forest and see if we can find it. 403 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,033 [Heather] All right, let's go. 404 00:21:06,867 --> 00:21:08,667 [howling] 405 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,600 [Heather] It's hard to be certain about the size of the creature capture 406 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,400 on the thermal imager, but its speed is undeniable. 407 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,467 Unfortunately, that would be our last glimpse of any wildlife. 408 00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:26,533 Our trail for dogman goes cold for the rest of the night. 409 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:30,667 The next day, Phil and I decided 410 00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,600 to split up and gather more intel... 411 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,867 while he tracks down another possible eyewitness... 412 00:21:35,867 --> 00:21:37,200 Hey, Jake. 413 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,600 [Heather] ...I meet up with a self-professed dogman expert. 414 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,100 Nice to meet you. 415 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,900 [Heather] John Bell is both an army vet and retired law enforcement. 416 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,967 He spent years researching the dogman phenomenon 417 00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:51,100 and its supposed links to our government and military. 418 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,700 [John] One thing you have to understand is that 419 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:56,400 this comes into a kind of a new science of cryptozoology. 420 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,867 Basically, for layman's term, it's things that shouldn't exist 421 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:02,200 that there's evidence that they possibly do. 422 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,300 Mm-hmm. 423 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,200 [John] Now, when it comes to dogman, 424 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,000 everyone's got a different theory. 425 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,066 And my theory from my study and my research, 426 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:12,300 the dogman, it depends on the age, 427 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:14,266 but an adult male will be anywhere 428 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:15,767 from eight to nine feet tall, 429 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,567 most commonly reported. 430 00:22:17,567 --> 00:22:20,900 They have hands that look like raccoon-looking hands, 431 00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:22,600 with nails at the end. 432 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,967 They have the ability to run on all fours, but also on two legs. 433 00:22:26,967 --> 00:22:29,133 They can run over 50 miles an hour. 434 00:22:29,767 --> 00:22:32,000 They have very large mouths. 435 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,867 And the most common eyeshine that people report 436 00:22:34,867 --> 00:22:37,800 is an amber, yellow or red. 437 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,700 At some point in time, the military discovered these things, 438 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:46,634 and they started to weaponize them in a super soldier program. 439 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:51,867 So there are eyewitness accounts of these super soldiers? 440 00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:54,000 -Oh, yes. -Wow. 441 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,667 Have any of these things been deployed in conflict? 442 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:59,500 Absolutely. There's been lots of reports 443 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:03,166 about them being deployed in operations in Syria, 444 00:23:03,166 --> 00:23:05,800 ss well as operations in the Middle East. 445 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,467 Interesting. I haven't found any evidence of that. 446 00:23:08,467 --> 00:23:10,800 With my background, I've got connections 447 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,066 to sources that a lot of other people don't have. 448 00:23:13,066 --> 00:23:17,066 And it's difficult telling you which they said because it's classified. 449 00:23:17,066 --> 00:23:20,467 So how many dogmen do you think are potentially out in the woods of Michigan? 450 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:23,233 Hundreds. I would only be speculating, you know. 451 00:23:26,367 --> 00:23:28,867 [Phil] But how far away were you from it when you saw it? 452 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:32,300 I want to say, probably, probably 30 feet. 453 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:34,800 [Phil] Jake Shetenhelm is a local hunter and trapper 454 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,266 who says he's had a recent dogman sighting not far from this stream. 455 00:23:39,266 --> 00:23:43,166 My friend had come over and he knew that I'd been trapping, 456 00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:45,100 so he wanted to see what that was all about. 457 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:48,233 And we go to check the traps. 458 00:23:50,266 --> 00:23:53,600 As soon as we got close to the farthest trap away, 459 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,900 -we heard a branch snap. -[branch snaps] 460 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,767 And it's when we saw this thing. 461 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:02,467 It was a silhouette at first, and it was huge 462 00:24:02,467 --> 00:24:06,100 with golden amber eyes, tall, a German Shepherd-like ears. 463 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:10,233 And after it takes a few steps towards us, it stands up. 464 00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:13,467 It already looked massive. 465 00:24:13,467 --> 00:24:16,266 But this thing must have been seven foot plus. 466 00:24:16,266 --> 00:24:17,333 [Phil] That is giant. 467 00:24:17,333 --> 00:24:20,066 And you were watching this thing walk towards you? 468 00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:22,867 Yeah. My muscles weren't listening to my brain. 469 00:24:22,867 --> 00:24:24,166 My friend, 470 00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:27,467 he was all ass and elbows back to the house. 471 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:30,233 That should only exist in nightmares. 472 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:36,767 The next morning, my friend and I went out there and we found the tracks. 473 00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:40,500 And they were dog prints, but they were bigger than my hand. 474 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:42,100 -That's huge. -Yeah. 475 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:44,266 Wolf tracks can be very, very big. 476 00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:45,667 I mean, they can be about that big, 477 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:47,467 but you're saying it was bigger than that. 478 00:24:47,467 --> 00:24:49,400 It was much bigger than that. 479 00:24:50,266 --> 00:24:51,433 Interesting. 480 00:24:51,433 --> 00:24:54,266 Before this incident, what did you think of the dogman? 481 00:24:54,266 --> 00:24:55,800 I thought it was a legend. 482 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,367 I thought it was a scary story to tell around the campfire, tell your friends. 483 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:03,266 But your eyes can't lie that much when two people see it. 484 00:25:03,266 --> 00:25:06,266 It's not something that should exist in nature. 485 00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:08,800 It's a nightmare that's come true. 486 00:25:10,166 --> 00:25:12,100 Okay. I'm looking for dogman. 487 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:13,567 Where do I go? 488 00:25:13,567 --> 00:25:16,467 Well, first of all, you shouldn't be looking for. That's my best advice. 489 00:25:16,467 --> 00:25:19,567 But you should be looking in rural areas 490 00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:22,300 or areas connected to the DNR are specifically. 491 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:24,300 Department of Natural Resources. 492 00:25:24,300 --> 00:25:27,066 You want to look for very strange structures out in the wilderness, 493 00:25:27,066 --> 00:25:29,634 things that are completely out of place and don't belong there. 494 00:25:30,367 --> 00:25:32,667 For example, just north of Reed City. 495 00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:34,367 you have the Miller Airport. 496 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:36,667 Miller Airport is a huge facility. 497 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:40,467 Reed City is a very small town with a very small population. 498 00:25:40,467 --> 00:25:42,367 It just doesn't make sense. 499 00:25:42,367 --> 00:25:44,266 -That's strange. -It's very strange. 500 00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:46,600 And it has a history of military involvement 501 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,800 in operations that have taken place there. 502 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,900 And it's right on the border of DNR property. 503 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:54,600 So all of that makes it an extreme hotspot. 504 00:25:56,066 --> 00:25:58,367 I talked to a source of mine who told me 505 00:25:58,367 --> 00:26:01,000 that they call that place Dogman Hotel. 506 00:26:04,967 --> 00:26:08,700 [Heather] After learning about Miller Airport, I researched its location. 507 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:11,867 It sits on the outskirts of Manistee National Forest, 508 00:26:11,867 --> 00:26:13,734 about two miles north of Reed City. 509 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,500 The airport was built in the '50s 510 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:19,467 by a local manufacturer, Miller Industries. 511 00:26:19,467 --> 00:26:24,667 Its huge size far exceeding the needs of the small local population. 512 00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:27,166 And strangely, there are very few flights 513 00:26:27,166 --> 00:26:29,767 ever recorded as taking off from the facility. 514 00:26:29,767 --> 00:26:33,166 And it now appears to have been completely abandoned. 515 00:26:33,166 --> 00:26:35,500 Stranger still, locals report seeing 516 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:38,300 a military presence here on multiple occasions. 517 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:41,600 There is no public information on what they were doing here, 518 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,300 which only fuels the conspiracy theories. 519 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:46,567 With John Bell's warnings ringing in my ears, 520 00:26:46,567 --> 00:26:49,900 I convinced Phil, we have to check out Miller Airport. 521 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:54,166 -[Phil] Here we go. -[Heather] Whoa! 522 00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:57,100 -[Phil] You can't miss that. -Dogman Hotel. 523 00:26:58,266 --> 00:26:59,600 [Phil] Oh, my God. 524 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,867 This facility is located around two miles away 525 00:27:02,867 --> 00:27:05,066 from Jake's supposed dogman encounter 526 00:27:05,066 --> 00:27:07,800 and roughly 15 miles from Joe's. 527 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,066 Whatever it was that our eyewitnesses saw, 528 00:27:10,066 --> 00:27:12,634 it could easily call this place home. 529 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,367 Is the idea here then that this airport 530 00:27:16,367 --> 00:27:20,467 is or was a front for some sort of dogman training facility? 531 00:27:20,467 --> 00:27:22,200 [Heather] That's exactly what he thinks. 532 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,800 -[Phil] Wow. -I mean, it matches the description. 533 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,867 -Big facility, small town. -Middle of nowhere. 534 00:27:27,867 --> 00:27:30,066 -[Heather] Check, check and check. -Yeah. 535 00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:32,200 And you know, I'm not saying this is a secret government 536 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,867 dogman training facility, but this-- 537 00:27:34,867 --> 00:27:36,266 It's definitely out of place. 538 00:27:36,266 --> 00:27:39,600 -That we can agree on. -Yeah. Okay, let's grab our gear. 539 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,300 Wow. 540 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:53,000 It says, "Don't come here." 541 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:53,867 Great. 542 00:27:53,867 --> 00:27:56,133 Which means we should probably go in. 543 00:27:57,967 --> 00:27:59,300 Watch out for this glass. 544 00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:02,133 Oh. Yikes. 545 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,233 Wow. 546 00:28:08,467 --> 00:28:09,634 [Heather] Whoa! 547 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:11,900 [Phil] What is this place? 548 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,567 -[Heather] This room is huge. -It is huge. 549 00:28:23,567 --> 00:28:25,100 [Heather] We need to stop thinking about this place 550 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:28,467 as Miller Airport and start thinking of it 551 00:28:28,467 --> 00:28:29,967 as a government facility. 552 00:28:29,967 --> 00:28:33,400 I think that's the only way we're gonna figure out any secrets it may hold. 553 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,166 [Phil] Well, it sure looks like they tried to scrub 554 00:28:35,166 --> 00:28:37,800 all the secrets they could out of this place. 555 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,500 [Heather] Wouldn't you do that if you were trying to cover something up? 556 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:41,900 [Phil] Yeah, I guess I would. 557 00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:46,100 All right. You take that area, I'll take this side? 558 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,800 [Heather] Yeah. 559 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,533 [Phil] I do not know why there'd be these bunkers built into this place. 560 00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:04,734 A lot of it is just plain weird. 561 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:09,200 [Heather] You see anything? 562 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,867 [Phil] Oh, [bleep]. Look, Heather. It was there. 563 00:29:10,867 --> 00:29:12,500 Oh, no way. 564 00:29:12,867 --> 00:29:14,400 Chain and padlock. 565 00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:17,100 What needs to be chained down here? 566 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:20,500 [Phil] I don't know. Why would you chain it to a pipe like that, though? 567 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:23,000 Oh, it keeps going further back. 568 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:27,400 Well, there's a whole room back here. 569 00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:29,867 Holy [bleep]! 570 00:29:29,867 --> 00:29:32,033 -Heather, get back here. -Okay, I'm coming. 571 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:35,634 Whoa! 572 00:29:37,767 --> 00:29:39,266 [Phil] Should we see where this door leads? 573 00:29:39,266 --> 00:29:40,300 [Heather] Definitely. 574 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:44,300 [Phil] Whoa! 575 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:47,100 -Okay. -Tower. Tower. 576 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,634 -[Phil] Oh, yeah. -Okay. 577 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:54,400 Whoa! 578 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,233 You can see in every direction. 579 00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:58,767 [Phil] Let's get our bearings up here. 580 00:29:58,767 --> 00:30:00,333 It's over there. 581 00:30:00,333 --> 00:30:03,600 -That's the lake we walked by to make our way over. -Yeah, that's the runway. 582 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,700 [Phil] And then that must be the aircraft hangar right there. 583 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:09,500 Yeah. And that means that this is the DNR property. 584 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:11,200 -All that over there? -Yeah. 585 00:30:12,567 --> 00:30:13,300 -We should check-- -[thuds] 586 00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:16,100 [Phil] Whoa! 587 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:17,300 [Heather] What the [bleep] was that? 588 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:18,600 [Phil shushes] 589 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,266 [Heather] I think I just saw something. 590 00:30:20,266 --> 00:30:21,834 [Phil] Let's see if we can get a heat signature. 591 00:30:23,667 --> 00:30:24,800 Okay. 592 00:30:25,567 --> 00:30:26,567 Okay, look at this. 593 00:30:26,567 --> 00:30:27,734 Look at this. 594 00:30:28,567 --> 00:30:32,467 -That right there-- -Is that an animal? 595 00:30:32,467 --> 00:30:35,200 [Phil] I cannot tell because it kind of matches that outside. 596 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:36,400 It just moved. 597 00:30:37,066 --> 00:30:37,934 Holy [bleep]. It's moving. 598 00:30:37,934 --> 00:30:39,500 [Heather] What is that? What is that? 599 00:30:40,867 --> 00:30:42,600 Light it up. Light it up. You see anything? 600 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:45,066 We need to get over there. 601 00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:46,400 -Let's go. -Okay. 602 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:50,900 [Phil] Okay. 603 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:52,734 Okay. 604 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:54,467 [Heather] Okay. 605 00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:56,300 Let's slow down. Let's slow down. 606 00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:00,300 [Phil] We've got nothing on the FLIR right now. 607 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:01,700 [Heather] I'm not seeing anything either. 608 00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:04,867 But it also could just be below that wall right there. 609 00:31:04,867 --> 00:31:07,400 -[Heather] Could have heard us coming, too. -Yeah. 610 00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:13,800 Right over here. Right over here. 611 00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:15,500 So where... 612 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,000 Hello? 613 00:31:19,467 --> 00:31:21,500 You see that pipe back there? It's still swinging. 614 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:22,634 [Heather] Oh, God. You're right. 615 00:31:24,166 --> 00:31:27,800 Which means... it either ran outside, 616 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,834 or pushed further back into this building. 617 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,033 Why would you abandon all of this? 618 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:39,567 -Heather. -What? 619 00:31:39,567 --> 00:31:41,400 -Over here. -Do you see something? 620 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:44,800 Check this out. This is all the way back here. 621 00:31:46,567 --> 00:31:48,467 It was like if you were gonna run out of this room, 622 00:31:48,467 --> 00:31:50,133 you'd probably run this way. 623 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:51,900 Hello? 624 00:31:55,867 --> 00:31:57,900 Oh, right here. Right here. Look. 625 00:31:59,767 --> 00:32:01,000 [Phil shushing] 626 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,767 I think this is the only other way 627 00:32:06,767 --> 00:32:08,467 in and out of this entire building. 628 00:32:08,467 --> 00:32:12,133 So whatever was on the FLIR could have went out this way. 629 00:32:17,266 --> 00:32:20,400 It seems like we scared off whatever was here. 630 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,367 So we circle back and search the building 631 00:32:22,367 --> 00:32:26,367 for traces of any person, animal or cryptid. 632 00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:28,800 If this really is dogman hotel, 633 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,934 housekeeping hasn't visited for a long time. 634 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:34,667 Whoa! Look at this door. 635 00:32:34,667 --> 00:32:35,700 [Phil] Yeah. 636 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,233 Oh, right here. 637 00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:41,100 There's a lot of claw marks right there. 638 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:42,767 Oh, here. That is deep. That is deep. 639 00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:46,100 -It's a gouge. -One, two, three four, five. 640 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:47,700 -[camera shutter clicks] -What? 641 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:50,400 [Heather] The door's split. Maybe something was trying to get out. 642 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:54,867 [Phil] This place is getting more interesting. 643 00:32:54,867 --> 00:32:56,133 -[Heather] Yeah. -Where do we get in? 644 00:33:01,867 --> 00:33:02,900 Check this out. 645 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:04,600 Some little fingerprints right here. 646 00:33:05,266 --> 00:33:06,400 Yeah. Yeah, definitely. 647 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,500 -Look awfully long and pointy. -[camera shutter clicks] 648 00:33:11,266 --> 00:33:14,867 I mean, it looks human-sized, but just-- 649 00:33:14,867 --> 00:33:17,367 [Heather] Has that chain just looped around that place there? 650 00:33:17,367 --> 00:33:18,834 Oh, and there are chains right there. 651 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:21,900 What is that doing there? 652 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:24,700 No. Look at this. 653 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:28,867 I mean, that's heavy. 654 00:33:28,867 --> 00:33:31,500 If I wanted to keep something locked up and not moving, 655 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:34,100 a giant concrete block is a good way to do it. 656 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:36,967 Yeah. What is that doing in here? 657 00:33:36,967 --> 00:33:42,000 There's something about this room that just doesn't add up. 658 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,367 -Yeah. -Between that and these prints, 659 00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,200 whatever that is. 660 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,867 So I have luminol in my bag. 661 00:33:48,867 --> 00:33:52,000 I say we spray this place down and see if we can find 662 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,900 any evidence of what used to be in here. 663 00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,033 -Let's do it. -Okay. 664 00:34:03,266 --> 00:34:05,367 So the way luminol works is that it reacts 665 00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:08,333 with the iron and the hemoglobin in blood. 666 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,266 Does it show up instantly? 667 00:34:12,266 --> 00:34:15,000 Oh, yeah, bright fluorescent glow. 668 00:34:16,266 --> 00:34:17,900 -[Heather] Whoa. -Right here. Right here. 669 00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:21,100 Look at that. Look at that glow. 670 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,800 -[Heather] Is that blood? -That has a huge blood stain on this one. 671 00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:26,600 Look at that. Wow. 672 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,667 There is a long history of the U.S. government 673 00:34:35,667 --> 00:34:39,600 conducting disturbing experiments on the animal kingdom. 674 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,100 In recent years, there have been dolphins 675 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:43,533 trained to minesweep. 676 00:34:44,367 --> 00:34:46,567 Genetically modified monkeys, 677 00:34:46,567 --> 00:34:49,700 and even remote-controlled cyborg insects. 678 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,300 But nothing tops the bionic kitty. 679 00:34:54,367 --> 00:34:58,166 Declassified documents reveal that in the 1960s, 680 00:34:58,166 --> 00:35:01,800 the CIA implanted a microphone in a cat's ear, 681 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:07,500 a transmitter on its skull and a wire inside its tail as an antenna. 682 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,300 After months of training, the 20-million-dollar kitty 683 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:13,100 was reportedly given its first mission: 684 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:17,000 Eavesdrop on Soviet agents meeting in a D.C. park. 685 00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:20,400 A CIA reconnaissance van released the cat 686 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,700 moments before it was run over by a taxi. 687 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:25,266 -[tries screeching] -[cat yowling] 688 00:35:25,266 --> 00:35:28,266 Suddenly, a government human-dog hybrid 689 00:35:28,266 --> 00:35:30,233 doesn't seem so far fetched. 690 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:35,900 [Heather] I mean, that's sliding up. 691 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,600 [Phil] It is completely covered. 692 00:35:39,667 --> 00:35:41,700 Look at that. It was dripping on this wall. 693 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:43,900 That is wild. 694 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,400 So I'm staring at a wall full of blood right now. 695 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,467 But the crazy thing is, 696 00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:51,400 there are no drops, 697 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,767 no signs whatsoever. 698 00:35:52,767 --> 00:35:55,667 That... that's rust right there. 699 00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:58,166 So you're telling me someone cleaned up all the evidence? 700 00:35:58,166 --> 00:35:59,567 Yeah. 701 00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:02,200 -[banging] -[Heather gasps] What was that? 702 00:36:02,767 --> 00:36:03,934 [bleep] 703 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:06,300 -[Phil] Yeah. -What the hell was that? 704 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,734 -[Phil] It's coming from down here? -Yeah. 705 00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:20,200 Do you see anything? 706 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,400 -[Phil] Oh. -What? What? 707 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,100 [Phil] Holy [bleep]! 708 00:36:31,266 --> 00:36:32,467 Look right there. Right there. 709 00:36:32,467 --> 00:36:33,967 -Right there. Right there. -[gasps] 710 00:36:33,967 --> 00:36:36,133 [Phil] That is a big [bleep] dog print. 711 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:40,433 Yeah, that looks like it's pointing out. 712 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:45,000 So what do you think? It just ran out? Maybe hit one of these boards? 713 00:36:45,867 --> 00:36:47,300 That sounds like what we just heard. 714 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:50,133 [Heather] Yeah, I think you're right. 715 00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:55,166 [Phil] Okay, okay. Look for eyeshine. Look for eyeshine. 716 00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:57,166 Look at all that forest on the other side of the runway. 717 00:36:57,166 --> 00:36:58,800 Yeah, it could've ran straight over there. 718 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,300 That's Nick's closest shelter. 719 00:37:01,266 --> 00:37:03,000 -What the hell was that? -Oh, what is that? 720 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:04,767 Right there. 721 00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:08,300 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is it moving? 722 00:37:12,367 --> 00:37:13,300 Oh. 723 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,000 It's lying down. 724 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,400 -[bleep] I'm seeing bones. -Is it dead? 725 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:20,867 [Phil] Oh, my God. 726 00:37:20,867 --> 00:37:22,133 [Heather] That's a dead deer. 727 00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:24,033 [Phil] Holy [bleep]! 728 00:37:24,567 --> 00:37:25,800 Oh, my God. 729 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:29,533 Something's been eating this. You can see a lot of the bone. 730 00:37:30,367 --> 00:37:32,767 It has been chewed on right there. 731 00:37:32,767 --> 00:37:36,066 -There's still a lot of meat on this, meaning whatever-- -Could come back. 732 00:37:36,066 --> 00:37:38,100 -[Phil] Yep. -Oh, Jesus. 733 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:40,500 I have never seen anything like this. 734 00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:42,433 This is [bleep] crazy. 735 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,400 [howling] 736 00:37:51,967 --> 00:37:53,266 Oh, my God. 737 00:37:53,266 --> 00:37:55,967 Okay, I'm not seeing any eyeshine. 738 00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:58,600 That could easily be a half a mile away. 739 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,700 -We need to keep checking this forest. -Okay. 740 00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:04,567 [Phil] We're gonna set up a camera trap on this tree. 741 00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:07,200 So I want to make sure that if it comes back, 742 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,700 and tries to go through this door again, 743 00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:11,767 we can document it. 744 00:38:11,767 --> 00:38:12,967 -You got eyes over there? -Yeah. 745 00:38:12,967 --> 00:38:14,000 [Phil] Okay. 746 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,033 -All right, let's do it. -Okay. 747 00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:32,100 [Josh] Heather and Phil searched the woods until sunrise 748 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,500 on the hunt for the source of the howl. 749 00:38:35,567 --> 00:38:38,800 But whatever it was, it disappeared into the night. 750 00:38:42,066 --> 00:38:46,500 Our search for the dogman proved to be an unforgettable investigation 751 00:38:46,500 --> 00:38:50,400 as much for what we didn't find as what we did. 752 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,867 Phil and Heather analyzed the bizarre shriek they recorded 753 00:38:53,867 --> 00:38:55,667 in the Manistee National Forest. 754 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:56,600 What the [bleep] is that? 755 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,100 [Josh] It was canine. 756 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:00,066 But far from being extraordinary, 757 00:39:00,066 --> 00:39:02,467 -it was something every day. - [shrieking] 758 00:39:02,467 --> 00:39:06,266 The howl of the very common Michigan gray fox. 759 00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:08,166 [Phil] Oh, my God, it smells terrible. 760 00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:10,467 [Josh] Phil sent out a sample of the urine 761 00:39:10,467 --> 00:39:13,300 he discovered nearby for further analysis. 762 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:16,367 That looks fresh. 763 00:39:16,367 --> 00:39:19,000 [Josh] While the results revealed it came from a canine, 764 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,700 the type of canine was inconclusive. 765 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:25,000 Another gray fox or something more significant. 766 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,400 We can't be sure. 767 00:39:26,967 --> 00:39:29,066 -[Phil] Oh. -What? What? What? 768 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:31,166 [Phil] Oh, [bleep]! 769 00:39:31,166 --> 00:39:33,367 That is a big [bleep] dog print. 770 00:39:33,367 --> 00:39:37,200 [Josh] However, the paw print the team discovered at the abandoned airport 771 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,233 led to more questions than answers. 772 00:39:39,767 --> 00:39:41,667 It matches a wolf print. 773 00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:44,166 But one that's supersized. 774 00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:46,767 Phil argues it could be a normal wolf print 775 00:39:46,767 --> 00:39:50,567 that simply appears bigger due to displacement in the mud. 776 00:39:50,567 --> 00:39:52,333 Heather is not so sure. 777 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,900 And the trail camera Phil set up nearby 778 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:59,166 did not capture any activity around the deer carcass. 779 00:39:59,166 --> 00:40:00,567 [Phil] Oh, my God. 780 00:40:00,567 --> 00:40:04,767 [Josh] Any predators that had been at the airport stayed gone. 781 00:40:04,767 --> 00:40:07,567 The story of the airport itself is a strange one. 782 00:40:07,567 --> 00:40:10,500 A detailed examination of company records 783 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:14,100 show the vast facility was built in 1956 784 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,367 by wealthy industrialist Jim Miller. 785 00:40:16,367 --> 00:40:20,567 It was then sold in 1979 to the Nartron Corporation, 786 00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:22,266 who said their business 787 00:40:22,266 --> 00:40:26,667 was supplying electronics to automotive and military suppliers. 788 00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:28,266 -[Heather] Whoa. -Right here. Right here. 789 00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:29,734 Is that blood? 790 00:40:29,734 --> 00:40:32,967 [Josh] But none of this explains why there was blood found on the wall 791 00:40:32,967 --> 00:40:37,000 and the blood samples themselves were too old to be viable for analysis... 792 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,500 [Phil] That is wild! 793 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:43,266 [Josh] ...which brings us to the question of a government conspiracy. 794 00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:45,800 Although many believe the dogman is the result 795 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,300 of some kind of secret government initiative, 796 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:52,600 we ultimately discovered no evidence to support that. 797 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,667 After extensive document searches 798 00:40:54,667 --> 00:40:56,367 across all branches of government, 799 00:40:56,367 --> 00:40:59,767 we found no record of anything that appears to relate 800 00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:02,767 to any kind of a dogman project. 801 00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:05,266 And far from acting like they had something to hide, 802 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:07,500 the local and federal authorities 803 00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:09,867 were extremely helpful to our team, 804 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,100 giving us full access to investigate 805 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:16,200 in Michigan's state and national forests. 806 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,867 So is there an undiscovered creature roaming Michigan's wilderness? 807 00:41:20,867 --> 00:41:22,266 It's possible. 808 00:41:22,266 --> 00:41:24,900 Is the creature some kind of government asset? 809 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:29,100 We can confidently say you can stop chewing on that particular bone.