- This never ends well for the people
that go out with cameras and flashlights, does it?
- [Mark] What do you see?
Those are eyes.
- It could be a sasquatch.
(tribal music)
Do you guys wanna see something really scary?
- [Mark] No?
- Yes, you do.
Come on, let's go down to the river.
- [Mario] I don't know if this is such a good idea.
- Oh, I'm about to show you guys
the scariest thing you have ever seen.
I've been thinking about this all day.
I found one earlier, but at night
it'll be a whole lot better.
- [Mark] So where are you really taking us?
- To the river.
- What?
- You know, rivers at night can be really pretty scary,
so what we're gonna do is go all the way through
the deep dark woods and down to the river.
Let's find some creatures!
(laughs evilly)
- Ooh!
- [Mark] What do you see?
- Pair of eyes.
- [Mario] Where?
- You see that way out there?
- [Mark] Where?
Those are eyes.
Let me see if I can see it on camera.
- What is that?
Mario, what is that?
- [Mark] Oh, I can see him on camera.
- Mario, wildlife biologist, identify, identify.
- [Mario] Those are eyes, guys.
- [Mario] Uh, well, most logical thing is a deer,
but we are in bigfoot territory.
- It could be a sasquatch.
Come on, let's go that way.
- [Mark] We're being watched, guys.
We're being watched.
- Mario, I can see the eyes.
Oh, man, there's like a creepy old shed out here.
- [Mark] Yup.
- You don't wanna go in the shed.
I think we've seen too many horror movies
to know how these all begin.
It kinda feels like that, doesn't it?
- [Mario] Yeah, an old rusty shed.
- An old shed in the middle of nowhere in West Virginia.
This never ends well for the people that go out
with cameras and flashlights, does it?
Yeah, you see all this moisture in the grass?
This means that they're gonna be out and about tonight.
- [Mario] They?
- It's a really good sign, yes.
- [Mario] There's more than one?
- There will definitely be more than one,
but all it's gonna take is one
to find out how bad the bite is.
(suspenseful music)
- [Mark] What was that?
- Did you hear that?
No, not your foot, it sounded like rocks knocking together.
- [Mario] What does that mean?
- That's actually a definitive sign of sasquatch calling,
but that's not what we're after tonight.
The odds of us seeing bigfoot, slim to none.
If we do see one, we're gonna film it,
but we wanna get to the river, and I can hear it from here.
Come on, just over this ridge.
Ooh, this is creepy.
- [Mario] Looks like a beach.
- [Mark] There's the water.
I thought I heard something, so
- There's all kinds of reflective eyes.
Alright, I need a big, flat rock.
- [Mario] To defend ourselves with?
- No, to look under.
Not there, okay let's venture up this way a little bit.
- [Mario] No, nothing.
- Oh.
Oh!
- [Mario] What is it?
- There's one right here.
- [Mario] What?
- Ahh, there it is!
Oh, gross!
- [Mario] Where did it go, where did it go?
- Under the rock, under the rock.
Ah, I got it!
Oh, it's trying to bite me!
There it is!
- [Mario] What is that?
- It's a hellgrammite!
Oh, mackerel, that's a big one, too!
Phew, wow, alright guys.
Well, if you remember an Instagram post I made
a few weeks ago of a creature that looked
(screaming)
It's biting me!
Okay, they do bite, there you have it!
Everybody wanted to know, do they bite?
Yes, they do bite.
It is latched onto my finger right now.
That hurts, but it's not breaking skin.
It's got a hold of me.
Now, the hellgrammite, can you see it okay there?
It's got a hold of me.
The hellgrammite is actually
the larva stage of the dobsonfly.
Now, the dobsonfly, you may be thinking to yourself,
oh, well is that maybe some beautiful
butterfly-type creature?
No, it's about as wicked looking as this thing is,
Only with big wings and enormous front mandibles.
However, those mandibles aren't strong enough
to pinch and bite onto anything like the larva stage.
Now, I'm gonna turn it slightly like this.
Wow, it is just latched.
Now, if the bite isn't enough,
what they will also do to deter a predator
is squirt a nasty-smelling musk from their rear-end
and it actually smells just like human feces.
- [Mario] Eww, what, it smells like
- Like poop, exactly like poop,
and it has already squirted musk all over my finger.
Oh, it absolutely stinks.
Biting down harder.
That is about the most alien-looking creature
I think I have ever come across.
Like something out of the show Stranger Things.
Okay, it's been latched onto my finger for a while now
and what I'm gonna do is just gently dip it into the water,
now, they are semi-aquatic, so putting it in the water
isn't going to cause any issues,
but I do wanna get it off of my finger.
Alright, here, let me try this.
Just gonna set it down gently,
so, just like I get crayfish off of me.
Oh, he's not letting go.
Let go.
Ow, it's biting down harder!
Ow, there it goes, got it, okay.
Ow, it bit me again!
- [Mario] Man.
- There we go.
- [Mario] Can't catch a break.
- Okay, now let's take a good look
at the anatomy of this creature.
Look at that underside.
- [Mario] Wow, that is gnarly.
- This is like a mix between a scorpion,
a centipede, a water bug, and a tremor.
- [Mario] Wait, look at its mouth.
That was on your finger.
- Yeah, those front mandibles right there, can you see that?
Those were latched onto my finger.
- [Mario] Yikes.
- And these two back appendages there have hooks on them
just like the rear hooks on a centipede.
See there how they move backwards?
(screaming)
Ah, he's got me right underneath the fingernail.
I'm gonna hold him there though.
Alright, now he's hooked onto me.
Oh, there, he let go.
There, look at that.
Oh, wow, that is so bizarre.
- [Mario] I dunno how you're letting this happen.
- Ow, it's like an alien!
Oh, it has all these little hooks on its arms.
- [Mario] That's the way it moves!
It, like, slinks.
- What'd I tell you?
It's like a living nightmare, look at that!
Oh, it's hooked onto me.
Ooh where'd it go, where'd it go?
Can you imagine what it would be like
to have one of these things crawl into your ear?
- [Mario] It's gonna eat your brain!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
(Coyote Peterson screams)
- Ooh that actually really hurts.
I think it's actually poked a hole in my ear.
What do you guys think?
Hellgrammite ear rings?
Could this be the new look?
Is it dangling down from my ear?
- [Mario] Oh, yeah.
(Coyote Peterson screams)
Could you turn to the?
Oh, my gosh, hold on, hold it there.
What if it went in your brain?
- Oh, my gosh, yeah, I gotta get it off my ear.
(screams)
Wow your ears are a lot softer than your finger!
Mmm, that hurts.
So, at this point, I pretty much
just have to wait for it to drop off on its own.
- [Mario] So, you can't just take it off?
- Well, if I touch it or pull on it
it's going to just bite down harder.
- [Mario] Alright, let's uhh,
do you want me to try to get it off?
- Uhh, let me see.
- [Mario] Oh, let's see it!
Show me your ear.
Oh, wow, yeah.
- Is it bleeding?
- [Mario] It's got a good crease
and there's a little white speck.
- Ouch.
Well, I would say that this, without question
is the creepiest looking creature
that we have come across here in West Virginia.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild!
We'll see you on the next location.
Alright, back under your rock little creeper.
Often times, we fear things that have a creepy
and alien-looking appearance.
Even I'll admit, the moment I found my first hellgrammite,
I was incredibly nervous to pick it up,
especially with that set of intimidating mandibles.
However, in the end, I think what we all learn
is that, while this creature may look intimidating,
it's non-venomous, and its bark is far worse than its bite.
Do you know what's creepier than one hellgrammite?
25 hellgrammites.
- [Mario] What's that for?
- Well, what Mark doesn't know is that earlier today,
when I was down by the river
and I found my first hellgrammite,
I also found 25 of them, and I'm gonna make
Mark put his hand in this bowl full of them.
Hey, Mark!
(background music drowns out Mark)
Really?
Well, that's cool, so you know how earlier we started this
and I was like, hey, you know what I found today?
- Mhmm.
- Something really gross.
- Yeah, I know, the hellgrammites.
- Yeah, hellgrammite, right?
Super gross, well, I kinda didn't tell you the whole truth.
- Okay.
- I found one hellgrammite,
and then I kept flipping over rocks
and I found 25 hellgrammites.
- Dude.
(Coyote Peterson laughs)
- So, what I challenge you to do right now
- Oh, my gosh, you really did.
- Is put your hand into this bowl
and see if you get bitten by a hellgrammite.
- No, no, no.
- Yeah, come on!
- No, no guys, come on, come on.
- I was stung by a bullet ant and I just want you
to put your hand in there for 60 seconds.
- 60 seconds?
- Yeah, you guys always tell me
can you last for 60 seconds.
Can you last for 60 seconds
with your hand in a bowl of hellgrammites?
I'll count it down for you, ready?
- Wait, who signed me up for this?
I didn't agree to this.
- Yeah, well, you know, Mario and I were kind of like
you know what would be really fun?
Getting Mark finally bitten by something,
and it's not that bad.
I was even bitten on the ear and it didn't break skin.
- Let me see these.
One, two, three, yeah.
- There's 25 of them.
- Yeah, there's definitely 25 in there.
That's so gross.
- Okay, so you know what the line is, right?
- No, I don't, what is the line.
- You gotta say your name,
and I'm about to enter the bite zone with the hellgrammite,
and then you gotta just place one of your hands in there
and let them craw all over you for 60 seconds.
- I don't know man, I mean,
are you sure you want me to film this?
Mario, come on!
- No, no, no, no, here, give me your camera.
- Alright, you're gonna film it?
- I'm not gonna film it,
just so you don't drop your camera in case you get bitten.
- [Mario] Yeah, let's get ourselves situated.
Get on the ground, we'll have a little set-up
- And we're gonna do this just like a normal scene, here.
- Alright, I did find a millipede by you.
- Did you?
- Let's go.
- We don't care that you found a millipede.
We care about you getting bitten by hellgrammites.
- [Mark] Do you have a good shot?
- [Mario] Yeah.
- I was kinda hoping you'd say no.
(laughs)
- Here we go, alright coyote pack, Mark is gonna do it.
Director of Breaking Trail is gonna enter the bite zone.
- Okay, I'm Director Mark and I'm about to enter
the bite zone with 25 hellgrammites.
Alright, I can't watch this.
- Put your hand in there, come on.
- One, two, three.
- [Coyote Peterson] None biting yet.
- [Mark] Oh, it's so creepy.
- [Coyote Peterson] They're all up on you there.
- [Mark] Oh, they're pooping on me.
Ah, I just got bit!
Oh, no, there's another one.
- [Coyote Peterson] Keep your hand in there.
Keep your hand in there.
All the way in the bowl, all the way in the bowl.
That's about 30 seconds.
- [Mark] Ow, that's another bite!
Oh, there's another one on the tip of my finger.
Ow, there's another bite!
(Coyote Peterson laughs)
Oh, they're biting me.
- [Coyote Peterson] Dude, three, two, one,
alright let them out!
Oh, look at that, it's latching onto him.
Now, smell your hand.
- Oh, my gosh.
Oh, Mario, smell my hand.
- [Mario] Oh, no!
- Well, there you have it!
Good job, buddy, I'll give you a stinky high-five.
- I'm like, shaking, man, that's like
- It hurts a little bit, right?
- No, it's just super, super creepy.
- I saw that one really got
the side of your finger pretty good.
- [Mark] Ah they're biting me!
- Well, we're gonna let all these little hellgrammites
go back off into the wild
and they're going to metamorphisize into dobsonflies.
- And then they're going to be flying everywhere.
- Absolutely.
I think I just got some that in my eye.
- Alright, guys, I gotta wash my hands.
- There they go.
Look at them go!
If you thought being bitten by the hellgrammite was
nerve-wracking, make sure to go back and watch the episode
where a solpugid chomped on my finger, yikes!
And don't forget, subscribe,
so you can join me and the crew on our next location.
(growls)
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