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[Phil] Okay, okay, okay.
Look for eyeshine.
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[howling]
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[Josh] On this episode
of Expedition X...
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-All right.
-[laughing]
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[Josh] ...my team
heads deep
into the forests of Michigan
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on the hunt
for a bloodthirsty beast...
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[man] This thing must've been
seven foot plus.
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That is giant.
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[Josh] ...that some believe
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is part of a shocking
government conspiracy...
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We know who you are.
We know what you did.
You killed our asset.
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[Josh] ...as Phil
and Heather search for answers
to the mystery of the dogman.
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[Phil] This airport is or was
a front for some sort
of dogman training facility?
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They call that place
Dogman Hotel.
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[Heather] Somebody was trying
to get out.
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-[thuds]
-[gasps] What was that?
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[Josh] The hunters
will become...
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Heather, get back here!
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-Wow.
-Is that blood?
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-[Josh] ...the hunted.
-[screeching]
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Okay, guys,
I have a story to pitch,
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but I don't want y'all
to look at me
like I'm a lunatic.
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Too late for that.
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Yeah, I can already tell
this is gonna be bad.
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Should I have
a tinfoil hat on?
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I mean, maybe.
Take a look at this headline.
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"A Michigan trucker believes
he encountered
and shot the dogman."
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What in God's name
is a dogman?
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Okay, bear with me.
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There have been a ton
of recent sightings
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of this human
wolf-like creature
in Michigan.
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Most recently by this guy,
Joe Barger,
who did not believe in dogman.
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But he says it attacked him
and he fought back.
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-And not only did he shoot it,
he killed it.
-[Josh] What?
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[Phil] So there's
a dogman body out there
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-we can do a DNA analysis on?
-Dude, this is amazing.
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[Heather] Well, that's where
the story gets even wilder.
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He says that before he could
retrieve the body,
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government agents came
and took the body away.
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Not only that,
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they also told him to be quiet
and threatened him.
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This story is bananas,
but I've heard of this.
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-What?
-[Josh] Yes, this dogman,
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government conspiracy thing
is a real thing.
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And actually, sightings
of a dogman creature
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date back centuries.
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Terrifying tales
of a canine cryptid
dubbed the dogman
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begin in the old histories
of the Odawa tribes
in what is now Michigan.
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The first documented claim
of a dogman appears in 1887,
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when lumberjacks
in Wexford County
survive an encounter
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with what they describe
as a monstrous amalgamation
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of hound and human.
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In 1938,
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Robert Fortney
is in the same area
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when he is attacked
by a pack of wild dogs.
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He claims
the leader of the pack
rises onto its hind legs
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and watches him
with what he describes
as human eyes.
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Though the story
sounds outlandish,
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in the decades since,
there have been countless
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alleged dogman encounters,
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often corroborated
by compelling photos
and footage.
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Blamed for violent deaths
and disappearances
over the years,
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the creatures are said to be
an astonishing
seven to ten feet tall,
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with a wolf-like head
on a human torso.
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Witnesses claim
they can charge on all fours
or run bipedal.
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They also say
the dogman's eyes
are very human-like.
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Often amber.
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And its howl
is said to resemble
a human scream.
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[howling]
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Some allege
the U.S. government
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knows all about these
disturbing canine creatures,
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but wants to keep them secret
from the public.
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Incredibly, some go
even further,
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claiming to have seen dogman
on U.S. military bases,
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fueling a jaw-dropping debate
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over whether this creature
was actually created
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in some kind
of government experiment:
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A wild weapon
tamed by our military.
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Now Heather was contacted
by a trucker
who claims to have been
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personally attacked
by a dogman
that he then shot and killed.
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[gunshot]
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Can there really be any truth
to this wild story?
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Is the dogman out there
or is the tail truly
just wagging the dog?
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Heather, you're buying this?
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Okay. I don't know about this
government conspiracy thing,
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but there could be some truth
to something being out there.
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There's millions of acres
of forest
and hundreds of years
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worth of stories
about something similar.
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All right. Phil, I'm guessing
you're skeptical.
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I don't know if I'm so ready
to go down this rabbit hole.
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-[Josh] Dogman hole.
-[Phil] Right.
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Listen, like so many
other conspiracy theories,
it could be people
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misidentifying something
influenced
by what they read online,
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what they see in movies,
see on TV.
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Whoa, Phil, don't bite
the hand that feeds here.
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Look, I understand.
We do have to be careful
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when it comes
to conspiracy theories.
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People wanting something
to be real is not the same
as it being actually true.
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But there is something
about this story
that really intrigues me.
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It has been around
for so long.
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It has gained
so much traction.
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I want to know
what is the truth
behind this thing?
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Like, where did this
come from?
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So go and investigate.
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Meet this trucker,
see if you can verify
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his dogman attack
or the government involvement
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and find out the truth
behind the dogman.
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-Okay.
-You got it.
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[Josh] It's
a two-and-half-hour flight
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from New York
to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Then, it's another
90-minute drive north
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to the Manistee
National Forest,
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where I've arranged
for Phil and Heather
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to meet up with our alleged
dogman witness.
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For years,
it's been Bigfoot, right?
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-Yeah.
-But now,
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there's a huge uptick
in the dogman.
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-Why is that?
-We know there's been reports
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of a dogman-like creature
since the 1800s,
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but there are people
that believe
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it's actually
a recent creation
of the government.
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These are those
conspiracy angles
that I have a tough time with.
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The way
I see conspiracy theories
is it is a dramatic way
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to talk about something
you don't quite understand.
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I mean,
look at what people talk about
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in conspiracy circles.
flat Earth theory,
lizard people.
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That is a gross exaggeration.
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We know there's only
one lizard person. It's Josh.
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But lizard people? No.
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Did you know
there's a really cool,
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long-tailed duck
that you could spot here
in Michigan?
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[Heather] Of course there is.
I mean, what would you do
without your birds?
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[Phil] I don't know.
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-And that is our truck stop.
-[Heather] That's a big rig.
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All right, let's see
what he's got to say.
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[Heather] Joe Barger
is a long-haul trucker
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who's been driving
the Michigan back roads
for decades.
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And it's on this stretch
of highway where
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he says he came face to maul
with a terrifying dogman.
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So our understanding
is you've got
quite a crazy story
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-that happened to you
on this road.
-Yeah.
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Can you just
walk us through it?
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Tell us from the beginning
what happened that day.
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I was picking up a load
and as I was coming back,
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there was a air leak
that I had.
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So I pulled in here.
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I just got out my tools
and got underneath,
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and that's when I noticed
the atmosphere was--
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It was really different.
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Then I heard footsteps.
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[footsteps approaching]
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So I got right back
in my truck.
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As I was leaving,
I looked on the right side
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and I see that
there's a wolf head
looking down,
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peering in at me
from the passenger side.
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-A wolf head, staring at you.
-Staring at me,
keeping up with me.
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I'm at about 20 miles an hour.
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What are the chances here
that this is a bear or a wolf
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that jumped onto the side
of your truck
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and was essentially trying
to get in?
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There's no chance of that.
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He was running next to me.
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-On two legs.
-On two legs?
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-Yup.
-[Heather] But that's like
nine feet up.
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That's super tall.
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Yeah, and he was stooping down
to look in.
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So I pulled my gun out
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from the side of my seat
and shot twice as fast
as I can shoot it.
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-Did you hit it?
-I hit it.
It went down immediately.
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What do you think it was
that you shot on this road?
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A dogman.
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Because he was reaching in
with his clawed hand
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like a raccoon-looking hand,
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but just five times bigger
than my hand.
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About three
to four minutes later,
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I feel like
I have to turn around
and go back.
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As I'm approaching,
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there's people already there,
right where this occurred.
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And I'm thinking,
what are these people
doing here?
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And I can tell that
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this thing that I just shot
is gone.
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The body was no longer there?
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You could see the disturbance
in the ground,
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but it was gone.
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-[Heather] I mean,
that's strange.
- [Joe] Yeah.
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Eventually, I get detained
by federal agents.
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"Detained by federal agents."
What do you mean?
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Yeah, they pulled me in,
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and they showed me
some homeland
security identification.
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How did this conversation go
with the feds?
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Intimidation
right off the bat,
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like, we know who you are,
we know what you did.
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You killed our asset.
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Uh, you're not going
to talk about this again.
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And if you do,
these are the things
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that we can do
to make your life miserable.
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They told you
that you killed their asset?
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Yeah.
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So they're trying
to intimidate you
into silence?
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Yeah.
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It looks like it didn't work.
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Well, it did
for about four years.
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But then I decided
I'm not doing that anymore.
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This is more disturbing
than my encounter.
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The government
is controlling these cryptids.
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They're real.
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[Phil] Joe's bizarre sighting
happened in the middle
of Manistee National Forest,
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which spans over
1,300 square miles
of western Michigan.
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Apex predators out here
typically do not venture
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so close to humans
along the highways.
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I think our best bet
to encounter whatever it is
that Joe saw
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is to head deep
into the thick,
rugged woodlands.
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So deep we're gonna need
a special set of wheels.
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-All right.
-[laughing]
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Okay. Okay.
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[Phil] I did a scan
of the satellite imagery
of this region
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and came across
a large clearing
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that would serve
as a prime hunting ground
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for any apex predator
out here.
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That's where I wanna head.
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Check this clearing out
right here.
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[Heather] All right.
What are we looking at?
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[Phil] Meadows like this
in the middle of a big forest
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are super important
for the potential prey animals
around here.
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So things like deer,
rabbits, gophers,
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because they know
they have grass
they can eat,
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but also they've got
quick shelter,
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if something does
try to come and eat them.
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And to make it even better,
we have this evergreen
pine forest on this side,
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and we have that
deciduous forest on that side.
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And anytime in an ecosystem
where you're at the border
of two different habitats,
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you have
a higher species biodiversity.
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And right now,
we have three habitats.
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We have the forest,
the meadow and that forest.
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-Trifecta.
-Yes.
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So bottom line is,
if there's wildlife
in this national forest,
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we have a great chance
of seeing them here.
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[Heather] I guess
we should take
a look around, right?
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[Phil] Yeah.
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I'm not gonna be much
for tracks here,
but we might get lucky.
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Ooh. Look what we got here.
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-Pellets.
-We got some pellets.
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So we know
the deer do come here.
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There's some activity.
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Well, that's good.
At least we know
there's prey here.
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[Phil] Yeah.
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As we continue
to scour the meadow
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for any signs
of an apex canine predator
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or the dogman cryptid
our witness Joe claims
to have encountered,
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we establish
multiple extra sets of eyes
along the perimeter.
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-Is that good enough?
-Yeah.
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Maybe get some
dogman's shoulder?
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Yeah. I mean, it's above me.
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[Phil] These camera traps
will capture any wildlife
that crosses their sensors.
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And I'll get an alert sent
to my phone
anytime a photo is snapped.
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All right.
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I got an idea.
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So let's assume
there's something
like a dogman out here
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and that the dogman
is at least part-canine.
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And some of the reports
of people seeing dogman say
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that he's in packs
amongst wolves.
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So let's howl.
Let's bring in the wolves.
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Okay. Well, let's hear yours.
Yours any good?
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The key I found
is people always want to do...
[imitates howling]
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But you want some "R"
in there.
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-So, like...
[imitates howling]
-Ah.
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And honestly,
it's a thing when humans howl,
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wolves out there
sometimes howl back
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or at least become curious
and come check it out.
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Research indicates wolves have
an uncanny ability
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to differentiate
the frequency modulation
in each other's howls.
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Howl will serve
a variety of purposes.
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They can communicate location
to other pack members,
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act as a rally call
for hunting,
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and even ward off rivals
from a pack's territory.
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[howling]
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Howls can be heard
by other wolves
up to seven miles away.
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And even human howls can get
the occasional response.
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You're ready?
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[howling]
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Just north of Reed City,
you have the Miller Airport.
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They call that place
Dogman Hotel.
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-[Phil] Oh.
-[Heather whispering] I think
I just saw something.
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Heather, get back here.
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-Wow.
-Is that blood?
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[gasps] Oh, Jesus.
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[howling]
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[Phil howling]
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The way I see it,
even if they're not
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howling back now,
the message is sent.
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So now we just wait.
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Well, at this point,
we have eyes down low.
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Now we need
to get eyes up high.
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What do you mean?
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How are you with heights?
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The meadow's
best vantage point
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is up high
in one of the perimeter trees.
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From there, we'd be able
to see any predators
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tempted by our howls
or the promise of prey.
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Okay, let's go. Let's go.
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So we set up a ladder stand,
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extending it
as high as possible,
next to a sturdy pine,
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giving us a perch
of around 20 feet.
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Looks good. Looks great.
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Okay, from up there,
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you keep eyes on the meadow
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and I'll go around
the perimeter,
keep eyes on the forest.
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-All right, I got your back.
-Okay.
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Wolves are not strictly
nocturnal creatures,
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but any apex predators
out here will prefer to hunt
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under the cloak of darkness.
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-The plan is to wait
for nightfall.
-[Heather] Okay.
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[Phil] Heather will use
the FLIR
from the ladder stand,
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and look
for any heat signatures
in the meadow.
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I'll be on foot, patrolling
the surrounding woods
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with the night vision
binoculars.
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[Heather] Okay. [sighs]
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[camera beeping]
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It's deathly quiet out here.
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So now that it's nightfall,
this is when the activity
should be picking up.
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Right now,
I'm looking for eyeshine.
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I'm looking for
any disturbed ground,
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essentially, just any sign
of who might be living
out here.
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It is really creepy...
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being out here by myself.
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[twig breaking]
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What? What's that noise?
328
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That was a loud
knocking noise.
329
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It came
from somewhere over here.
330
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Heather, checking in.
How are you doing?
331
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[Heather] I just heard
a loud knock.
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I haven't gotten anything
on the FLIR yet,
but it is creepy.
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[Phil] Yeah, I'd say
the same goes
throughout here.
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Not hearing much.
335
00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:47,600
That doesn't mean
something's not out here
listening to us.
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I think I might be almost
to the top of the ridge line,
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and if I howl,
my sound will travel
a lot further in this area
338
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and maybe we'll get
something back.
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So I will give a howl.
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I think
you should give a howl.
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00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,367
And then
let's just sit in place
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and listen to see who comes.
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-All right, I like it.
-Okay.
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I'm gonna call.
Let's give it ten,
fifteen seconds to listen.
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Then you give a call.
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And we'll see what happens.
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Copy that.
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[howling]
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Come on, let something
respond out there.
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[howling]
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Wow, that just echoes
through this entire area.
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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]
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00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,200
Wait. Shh.
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00:18:19,867 --> 00:18:21,734
Over here, over here.
I'm hearing something.
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00:18:35,867 --> 00:18:37,000
[screeching]
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00:18:40,967 --> 00:18:42,300
What the [bleep] is that?
359
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[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.
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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]!
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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?
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00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:25,000
[Heather] Yes. Yes, yes.
I see your light.
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[Phil] Okay. You know the area
that you just saw it?
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-[Heather] To the left.
-How big are we talking?
What did you see?
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[Heather] I don't know.
It it just ran off.
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[Phil] Okay, okay. Let me see
what we can find out here.
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Is that what I think it is?
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00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,300
[sniffs] Oh, my God,
it smells terrible.
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00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:48,834
Look at this. Look at this.
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00:19:49,867 --> 00:19:52,033
That looks...
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00:19:52,767 --> 00:19:54,400
fresh.
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00:19:54,400 --> 00:20:00,166
Heather, I think I found
some pee on a tree, fresh.
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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.
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00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,000
I think whatever did this
has got to be big.
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00:20:09,367 --> 00:20:10,667
Like, dogman-big.
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00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,266
[Phil] Big canine-big.
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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.
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00:20:23,767 --> 00:20:24,900
-[Phil] Heather.
-[Heather] Phil.
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00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:26,533
[Phil] Here. Come down.
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00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:31,000
Okay, I gotta see
this footage.
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00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,233
-This is crazy.
Check this out.
-Show me the footage.
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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.
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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.
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00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:46,800
It moves off
to the left. So...
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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,
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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]
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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
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00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,600
to split up
and gather more intel...
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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.
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00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,600
[Heather] ...I meet up
with a self-professed
dogman expert.
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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.
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00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,967
He spent years researching
the dogman phenomenon
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00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:51,100
and its supposed links
to our government
and military.
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00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,700
[John] One thing
you have to understand is that
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00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:56,400
this comes into a kind
of a new science
of cryptozoology.
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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.
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00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,200
[John] Now,
when it comes to dogman,
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00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,000
everyone's got
a different theory.
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00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,066
And my theory from my study
and my research,
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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
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00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:15,767
from eight to nine feet tall,
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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.
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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
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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,
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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?
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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
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00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,266
who says he's had
a recent dogman sighting
not far from this stream.
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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,
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00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,900
-we heard a branch snap.
-[branch snaps]
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00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,767
And it's when
we saw this thing.
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00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:02,467
It was a silhouette at first,
and it was huge
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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,
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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.