YOU KNOW, I'M A MAN OF SCIENCE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THERE ARE
SOME QUESTIONS THAT SCIENCE CAN'T ANSWER, LIKE WHO BUILT THE
PYRAMIDS?
WHAT HAPPENED AT ROSWELL?
WHO IS JIM GILMORE?
LEGEND HAS IT HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BUT WHERE'S THE
EVIDENCE?
THAT'S WHY TONIGHT I'M DEDICATING A NEW SEGMENT TO
UNRAVELING THE UNSOLVED ENIGMAS OF OUR WORLD.
THIS IS STEPHEN COLBERT'S "UNSEEN MYSTERIES OF THE HIDDEN
SECRETS."
♪ ♪ ♪ WELCOME TO "UNSEEN MYSTERIES OF
THE HIDDEN SECRETS," WHERE I GO TO WHATEVER LENGTHS IT TAKES TO
FILL FOUR MINUTES OF AIRTIME.
TONIGHT: CRYPTIDS.
FOLKS, THERE IS MYSTERIOUS BEASTS ALL OVER THESE UNITED
STATES.
THERE'S THE JERSEY DEVIL AND THE NORTH DAKOTA BUNDLED WOMAN.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.
BUT THE CREATURE I'VE SPENT MY LIFE PURSUING-- AND THIS IS A
TRUE STORY-- COMES FROM MY HOME STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I SPEAK, OF COURSE, OF THE BISHOPVILLE LIZARD MAN!
FOR DECADES, THIS THREE-FINGERED REPTILIAN BEAST-MAN HAS BEEN
HAUNTING LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, LEAVING A TRAIL OF
TERRIFIED WITNESSES.
AND FOR DECADES, THE ONLY EVIDENCE WE HAD WAS THE ORIGINAL
WITNESS'S DETAILED DRAWING.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, I WANT TO ASSURE MY VIEWERS
THIS IS MERELY A DRAWING.
HE IS NOT IN THE ROOM WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) AFTER EYE FEW SIGHTINGS NEARLY A
DECADE AGO, THE TRAIL WENT COLD.
SOME ATTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, OTHERES TO A LACK OF
ALCOHOL.
BUT NOW, THE LIZARD MAN IS BACK.
>> LIZARD MAN IS STIRRING UP A NEW WAVE OF BUZZ.
AFTER ALMOST A DECADE, THE ICONIC LIZARD MAN SURFACES
AGAIN.
THESE PHOTOS AND iPHONE VIDEO WERE SENT IN ON TWO SEPARATE
OCCASIONS OVER THE WEEKEND.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH FROM LEE COUNTY,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
DO YOU SEE SOMETHING?
THAT FIGURE ON THE RIGHT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MYTHICAL
LIZARD MAN.
A MAN SNAPPED THIS PICTURE WHEN HE SAYS HE SAW LIZARD MAN
CROSSING A HIGHWAY.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THERE'S YOUR PROOF.
FOR A DECADE, NOBODY SPOTTED THE LIZARD MAN.
NOW WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT NO ONE CAN SPOT HIM.
BUT IF YOU'RE THE KIND OF LIZARD MAN DENIALIST WHO REFUSES TO
BELIEVE, EVEN AFTER SEEING THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF THAT THERE
ARE TREES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, PREPARE TO HAVE THE LIZARD
SCALES FALL FROM YOUR EYES BECAUSE THREE MONTHS LATER-- AND
AGAIN, I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP-- A WOMAN COMING OUT OF CHURCH
SNAPPED IN CLOSE-UP OF THE LIZARD MAN.
FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S BEEN HIDING.
IF I HAD THOSE GUNS I'D BE SHOWING THEM OFF ALL OVER TOWN.
AHH!
BANG!
AND WE KNOW THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS NOT MAKING THIS UP BECAUSE SHE
TOLD REPORTERS, "MY HAND TO GOD, I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP."
( LAUGHTER ) OH, I BELIEVE YOU, MADAM,
BECAUSE WE IS HAVE JUST RECEIVED FOOTAGE OF THE LIZARD MAN
FIGHTING A MEMBER OF OUR MILITARY.
CAT-LIKE REFLEXES!
AND THESE CHILLING IMAGES JUST ADD MORE WEIGHT TO THE ORIGINAL
LIDDARD MAN SIGHTING IN 1988 WHEN A 17-YEAR-OLD WAS
CONFRONTED AT 2 A.M. BY WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS "GREEN, WET-LIKE,
ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL WITH GREEN FINGERFINGERS AND GLOWING RED EYES.
AS EVIDENCE, THE TEEN SHOWED SCRATCHES ON THE ROOF OF HIS CAR
AND A DAMAGED MIRROR.
THIS HAS TO BE TRUE.
WHY WOULD A 17-YEAR-OLD COMING HOME AT 2:00 A.M. WITH A DAMAGED
CAR MAKE UP A STORY?
COME ON.
( APPLAUSE ) DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
FOLKS, THE BRAVERY OF ALL THESE LIZARD MAN WITNESSES INSPIRES ME
TO COME FORWARD WITH MY OWN TALE OF A CHILLING ENCOUNTER.
IT WAS CHRISTMAS, 2009.
AFTER SPENDING THE HOLIDAY WITH MY FAMILY, I WAS ON MY WAY TO
RETURN MY RENTAL CAR TO THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT WHEN
SUDDENLY MY CAR WAS ATTACKED BY THE LIZARD MAN.
HE SCRATCHED UP THE DOOR AND THE HOOD, BROKE A TAIL LIGHT,
SPILLED A MILKSHAKE ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AND FORGOT
TO REFILL THE GAS TANK.
( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I STILL HAVE THE SKETCH I SHOWED THE AVIS BRANCH MANAGER.
I EXPLAINED HOW THE LIZARD MAN LEAPT FROM A BUSH, BITING THE
COMPACT SEDAN HERE, HERE, AND ON THE FRONT BUMPER WHERE ANOTHER
LIZARD MAN DRIVING AN ESCALADE HAD BLOCKED ME INTO MY PARKING
SPOT.
( LAUGHTER ) THE MANAGER WAS CLEARLY SCARED.
HE INSISTED ON CALLING THE POLICE.
I SAID, "DON'T BOTHER, I'LL FIND MORE PROOF."
I HOPPED INTO ANOTHER RENTAL CAR, ONLY TO HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY
ATTACKED BY A THIRD LIZARD MAN, WHO VICIOUSLY BIT MY TIRES RIGHT
NEXT TO THE "DO NOT BACK OVER" SPIKES.
( LAUGHTER ) SO THERE YOU HAVE IT-- PROOF OF
THE LIZARD MAN'S EXISTENCE.
I JUST HOPE THE AUTHORITIES CAPTURE HIM SOON, BUT NOT BEFORE
THANKSGIVING.
I NEED TO RENT ANOTHER CAR.