- [Coyote] I found a skull.
I think you guys are gonna wanna come film this.
You see that like eye cavity sticking up?
- [Trent] That looks human.
- [Coyote] No, it's probably a bear.
Holy mackerel.
Look at that.
- [Mario] That's not a bear skull.
Hey, put that down.
- That is the skull of a primate
in the Pacific Northwest buried under mud in a,
in a log fall, down the side of a river.
- [Mario] Whatever this is was maybe shot in the head.
There's a hole in the skull.
(plastic bag rustling) (zipper sound)
(ominous music) (rummaging sounds)
- Is this camera on recording?
(threatening music)
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, The Wild Man.
We all know the large, hairy bylot-
(beeping sound) - [Trent] Action
- [Coyote] Bigfoot Sasquatch, The Wild Man.
We all know the large, hairy, mythological creature
I'm talking about.
But when did it become such a staple in our culture?
Banana?
On October 20th, 1967,
two men, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin,
captured footage of an unknown bipedal primate.
And the legend was born.
Frame 352 became the pose that would define Bigfoot
and give rise to over half a century's worth
of media and marketing, including this t-shirt,
which is available@shopbravewilderness.com.
(roaring sound)
Today we're going to make our own Sasquatch documentary
as we're staying in one
of British Columbia's hairy hotspots (lauging),
Harrison Hot Springs.
(calm music)
Beyond the comforts of town, we will travel many miles
into the back country.
Where eventually we will park
and hike even further on foot,
to search for signs of this secretive primate.
(calm music)
Well, our Sasquatch documentary officially begins
very deep into the back country.
(upbeat music) (footstep sounds)
The forest trails that we are hiking today
are part of the Sasquatch provincial forest.
We chose this location because
of its high density of Sasquatch sightings.
So, if we're hoping to luckily get this animal on camera
this would be the place to do it.
(sound of the river streaming) (inquisitive music)
- [Coyote] Whether you believe, want to believe
or don't believe at all, in the legend of Sasquatch.
Here are the basics you need to know,
for centuries around the world
there have been tales of large, hairy, bipedal primates
inhabiting remote areas of wilderness.
Many species with varying descriptions
and a plethora of unique names.
Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Sokqueatal, Sesquac, Skookum,
Skunk Ape, Yeti, Yowie, Yeren, Grassman, Big Muddy Monster,
Woogie, Momo, Mogollon Monster, Wildman,
Abominable Snowman, Fouke Monster, Ban-Manush.
In North America specifically,
the animal is referred to as Sasquatch or Bigfoot.
If this primate was ever scientifically proven to exist
it would likely be considered a missing link
in the evolution of gray apes and would visually line up
alongside them like this.
(inspiring music)
(squawking sound)
- [Coyote] What was that?
- That's Trent squawking.
- [Coyote] Squawking for Sasquatch.
- Yeah, he thinks he could call them in with his squawk.
- [Coyote] So Trent, I'm sure everybody wants to know
has our director of photography,
the guy who's running the cameras, usually.
What is your thought on Bigfoot?
Is he out there?
- I don't know.
You know, there's a lot of compelling evidence.
There's a lot of arguments against it.
I would say I'm in the middle.
(sound of streaming water)
- [Coyote] So right now we're working
on some Sasquatch B-roll.
I'm not trying to necessarily look like Sasquatch,
I'm just a little bit camouflaged in.
We found this really cool giant tree (grunting)
for me to walk over.
So I'm gonna do some walks down this thing
and I'm gonna essentially be in Sasquatch mode
(ape-like noises)
making these noises and walking the tree.
And I'm just trying to get my balance right now
to make sure I can walk this with speed
and precision like a Sasquatch.
If you wanna be like Sasquatch
you have to turn into Sasquatch (ape-like noises).
So everybody probably wants to know
the answer to this question.
Do you believe that a creature like Bigfoot,
an animal like this,
a large by bipedal primate could exist?
- Yes. I do.
And the key word there was animal,
an animal would exist, you know.
The mythological Bigfoot in all the folklores is one thing,
but an animal existing in these woods
is a totally different story.
- [Coyote] I want to believe that's for sure,
but I have never actually seen something
that I've thought was a Bigfoot.
Once when I was a little kid
my friends and I thought we saw Sasquatch.
It did turn out to actually be a black bear
that was migrating through Newbury, Ohio at the time.
And I know this for a fact,
because it was reported on the local news later that night.
Almost positive that the big, black, hairy creature
I saw in the woods behind my house was a black bear.
So we came up with a unique way to film Sasquatch feet,
check it out, little tiny Sasquatch feet.
And we're filming shots of the feet super up close
in the environment of mosses and in the water.
Oh, that's like making big foot with little tiny feet.
- [Trent] Perfect. Keep going, keep going.
- [Coyote] That's cool.
Try that one more time.
I don't think this camera does justice
to how big some of these trees are.
GoPro does a great job of capturing an entire landscape
but this tree is absolutely massive.
I mean the ancient spirit in the forest is wild.
Hey, let's film this real quick.
This is pretty cool.
One piece of evidence
that Sasquatch seekers will often point out
are busted trees like this.
This is a young tree.
This is starting to decompose a bit
but there's still green on that end.
And you may be saying,
well didn't another tree just fall and knock it down?
There are no trees on top of it.
So what would cause a tree of this size
to just bend perfectly over like this?
You could see where it's broken.
It almost looks as if it was pushed and pulled.
Now sometimes Sasquatch will mark territories
with tree breaks just like this one that you have here.
Very interesting.
Could this be the signs of a Sasquatch saying,
"Don't go any further. This is my territory."
You never know.
(ominous music)
Now in the world of Sasquatch communication
there a couple of different elements
that I have read about.
You will have people that go out into the woods
and make these loud screaming noises hoping
that Bigfoot will call back to them.
I'm not gonna go that far.
One of the scenarios that I've always thought was the most
interesting is called knocking.
And that's when a Sasquatch would take a stick much larger
than this and whack it against the side of a tree.
Listen to the sound that I'm able to make with just
this small stick and the side of the tree.
Ready? Here we go.
(hard banging sound)
Pretty believable.
We know that people have heard this before,
the knocking on trees,
and then they tried to answer back.
So let's try one more time.
See if we can get a Sasquatch to answer us.
(loud knocking sound)
Guess Sasquatch isn't home.
All right.
So Mario, as a wildlife biologist,
where do you currently stand on the existence of Bigfoot?
- In order to describe a species,
you need to have a specimen,
you need to have DNA analysis samples.
And we just don't have that.
I mean, so many years of Bigfoot sightings
not a single camera trap image.
Not a single DNA sample, no real scat.
I just, I can't really believe
in something we don't have evidence for.
So as a scientist, I don't believe up here
but I kinda believe, right here.
- One question that I've always had is
where does Sasquatch sleep?
Does he just lay down in the middle of the forest
and take a nap?
Or does he have a cave?
Maybe he has a high-rise apartment.
Who knows, he's Sasquatch (roaring).
Wow. It is so quiet out here.
I can hear a chainsaw way off in the distance,
probably several valleys over.
But other than that, no noise at all.
Not even any birds.
You have to imagine that if Sasquatch
is using its senses to stay hidden,
hearing is gonna be a big one.
Humans make a lotta noise
when they move through the environment.
If a Sasquatch heard you comin'
all it would need to do is move further up into the trees
and you would never see it.
It's always important to keep your eyes peeled
and look around you, even look backwards.
We just found a very unique tree.
We're gonna scout it out.
It could be a Sasquatch portal.
Some people believe that Sasquatch can actually shapeshift
or transport between dimensions by using trees.
And this tree that we're about to show you,
looks as if it was blasted by lightning
because it looks burnt out
but there are no other trees around here that have burned.
Whoa, look at that.
I think it is.
It's a Sasquatch portal.
I'm gonna get inside of it and see what happens.
Whoa, whoa (panting breaths)
That's crazy lookin'.
Wow.
I feel like I'm getting sucked into another dimension.
Ahh.
- [Trent] Action.
(ominous music)
- Pay close attention to what I'm about to tell you
because I'm only going to say it once.
Moving forward, we're going to be creating
a what if scenario.
Now as somebody who wants to believe in the existence
of a bipedal primate living in the Pacific Northwest,
I have to ask myself,
"Why have the following series of events never happened?"
The Pacific Northwest environment is so epic.
We've had a great time today.
Just hiking this location,
getting as deep into the back country as we can.
And my goal right now is to sort of Wolverine my way
through all of these tangles.
And I think Trent's gonna have the drone overhead
looking down at me as I move through that.
Moving the same direction as the water.
And it's beautiful. It's crystal clear.
Check this out (exhaling) nature at its finest.
- [Trent] I'm gonna have to be very slow
until I can get GPS.
I have no GPS, so it can act really weird without that.
- Copy that.
Well I'm in position, just lemme know.
- [Trent] Got sensors going off everywhere.
- [Coyote] Okay. I can almost see ya.
No, you're good. Keep going.
- [Drone Voice] Maximum flight altitude reached.
- [Trent] Okay, I can only go up about 50 feet.
It's trying to establish GPS signal.
It's locking me out.
So gimme a minute and then we can try it again
once I reestablish satellite connection.
- [Coyote] Oh!
Hey, hold on a second.
- Yeah, what's up?
- [Coyote] I found a skull.
I think you guys are gonna wanna come film this.
- [Trent] Okay. Alright.
Alright. Bringing it down.
And then me and Mario will come up there.
It'll be about a minute.
- [Coyote] I found a skull or a bone or something
of some sort right here in the bed of the river.
- [Mario] He did find a,
he did find a bear skull in, was it West Virginia?
- [Trent] Yeah, that's right.
- I doubt.
Sometimes I doubt his ability to find skulls.
Cuz I'm off looking for snakes.
He's looking for skulls.
- [Coyote] You see that?
Like eye cavity sticking up?
- [Trent] Yep.
That definitely is a skull,
kinda looks, human.
- [Coyote] No, it's probably a bear.
I'm sure it's probably a bear.
So what I'm gonna do is slowly try to unearth it.
You guys good?
- [Trent] Yeah.
(suction noises)
- [Coyote] That's rock.
(water movement) (ominous music)
There we go. There we go.
Yes (gasping).
Oh, it is a bear. It is definitely a bear skull.
Holy mackerel. Look at that.
- [Trent] That's not a bear skull
- Actually. That is not a bear skull.
You're right.
(curious music)
What?
- [Mario] Hey, put that down.
- Hold on a second.
- [Trent] Yeah. Put that down.
- Holy cow dude.
That, that is not a bear.
Um (laughing)
(ominous music)
- [Coyote] Dude, is that a primate skull?
- I mean, yeah.
That's not a bear. That's a primate
- [Coyote] But that's not, that's not a human skull.
- [Mario] That might be, that might be a movie prop.
(ominous music)
- I mean, I'm almost afraid to say it is.
That could be a Sasquatch skull.
Like that's what I'm thinking right now is that,
that is the skull of a primate in the Pacific Northwest,
buried under mud, in a log fall, down the side of a river.
Like we should look and see if there's other bones.
- [Mario] Uh, I highly doubt it.
I, that's a, (laughs) it's a primate skull.
I mean, I can't really explain anything else.
- [Coyote] Well, we're gonna definitely take it
back with us.
- We should call someone. - Okay-
- [Mario] I mean, I'm-
I kinda just feel a little bit uncomfortable right now.
Stop freakin' touchin-
- I'm gonna keep touching it dude
- I've got service. The fact is-
- [Coyote] Do not call anybody-
- Whatever this is, was maybe shot in the head.
There's a hole in the skull.
- [Coyote] Fine, maybe it was shot.
- Do you know what happens when people find
like a T-Rex skull, an artifact?
- They keep it. - No!
- We would.
- [Coyote] Nah, he is right-
- They document it because there could be
like other stuff there.
Because it's delicate.
- [Coyote] I think we should put some sort of log,
- that we can mark - Yeah.
the area over it.
It's not like somebody's gonna come up here and find it.
- I took a pin. - Okay.
- We're good.
(water sloshing sound)
- Let's just go.
(water sloshing sound)
I really don't want anything to do with this.
- [Trent] I know.
- Whatever that is. It's not supposed to be there.
- Ay, I left my backpack.
I'll meet you guys on the trail.
Ugh, so flustered. I left my backpack.
(exciting music)
I'm totally taking that skull. Sorry, Mario.
(wood creaking)
(plastic bag rustling) (zipper sound)
(exciting music)
- [Coyote] So, now the real question is,
do I tell any of them that I have the skull?
(car zooming)
(typing sound)
(howling and chirping)