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MonsterQuest

One-part history and one-part science, discover the truth behind legendary monsters.
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  1. S1 E1 - America's Loch Ness Monster

    October 30, 2007
    45min
    ALL
    Does a giant prehistoric creature lurk in Lake Champlain? Locals call it Champ. Generations of eyewitnesses rumor to have seen the creature, a dinosaur-like animal, 15-25 feet long resembling the extinct plesiosaur.
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  2. S1 E2 - Sasquatch Attack

    November 6, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Does Canada have its own Bigfoot? Owners of a fly-in fishing cabin report attacks by an unknown creature. Can DNA tests reveal its true identity? The results will surprise you.
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  3. S1 E3 - Giant Squid Found?

    November 13, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Is the legend of the Kraken, a tentacled beast as large as a whale, based on myth or a real creature? Expert Scott Cassel tries to lure a Kraken-sized squid 1,000 feet below the ocean.
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  4. S1 E4 - Birdzilla

    November 20, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    There was a rash of giant bird sightings in the 1970's. A giant bird with a 15-foot wingspan allegedly attacked a small child. Could there really be a giant bird or is it mass hysteriä
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  5. S1 E5 - Bigfoot

    November 27, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Bigfoot has been sighted in Washington State more than any other place on earth. Join an all-female expedition as they try to lure a Bigfoot within range of their cameras and try to prove if the beast is real or a hoax.
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  6. S1 E6 - Mutant Canines

    December 4, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Something strange is killing Fido. In 2006, a number of pets were killed in Maine and Minnesota by a beast described as a mutant. The body of this strange looking creature will be DNA tested to see what it really is.
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  7. S1 E7 - Lions in the Backyard

    December 11, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    When mountain lions attack humans it makes headlines, but some people report something else—attacks by large black cats. Bones from a carcass that eyewitnesses claim was a huge black cat will be put to the DNA test.
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  8. S1 E8 - Gigantic Killer Fish

    December 18, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    From the Arctic Circle to the Amazon, follow an expedition to find the biggest and nastiest giant fresh water fish, from catfish large enough to swallow children whole to trout as large as a boat.
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  9. S1 E9 - Swamp Beast

    December 25, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Are the vast swamps of Louisiana and Florida hiding a beast? The locals call it, "The Swamp Creature." It is said to be 7-feet tall with red hair and a rotten egg smell. The beast even has a nickname-The Skunk Ape.
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  10. S1 E10 - Russia's Killer Apemen

    January 1, 2008
    45min
    TV-14
    In 2006, The New York Times revealed a sinister plan by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to create monsters by crossing humans with apes. Travel to Russia to find out if this was true and if so how far did he get?
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  11. S1 E11 - Unidentified Flying Creatures

    January 8, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    Cameras have been capturing images of a flying, torpedo-like creature so fast it cannot be seen with the naked eye. Some think they are military weapon; others that it may be a creature from another dimension.
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  12. S1 E12 - The Real Hobbit

    January 15, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    Travel to the interior of Sumatra, in Indonesia, in a search for what locals call the Orang Pendak, translated as: Man of the Woods, and footprints of a possible unknown upright walking beast
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  13. S1 E13 - American Werewolf

    January 22, 2008
    45min
    TV-PG
    The werewolf is a centuries-old legend. But eyewitnesses have reported seeing a dogman. Professional hunters and trackers will be deployed in an area of recent sightings to find this tall hairy man-beast.
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