Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions. Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor, cited Storyville: Final Account, BBC 2022
I think the world thinks he [John Muhammad, Washington sniper] was a monster. Is there such a thing as a monster? I first met him at my parents’ home. He was tall, dark and handsome. He liked to have fun. He liked to kid around. Carol Hutchinson, John Muhammad’s first wife, cited I, Sniper, Channel 4 2022
Malaysia 2017: a man is about to step into his sister’s bathroom when he notices something crawling out of the toilet. The 28-year-old immediately rushes out to tell his sister who whips out her camera and captures this video: the footages show a strange slithering creature emerging out of the bathroom with its head poking out of the door … The Proof is Out There s2e5, History 2022
Montauk, New York July 2020: A dead decomposing creature of unknown origin. The carcass is highly reminiscent of another famous find nearby - the famous Montauk monster [July 2008]. The Proof is Out There s2e13
Kyshtym, Russia 1996: It [mummy] was around ten inches long and hairless. It had greyish/brownish skin … The woman said she found the creature weeks earlier near a cemetery still alive … It finally died. The Proof is Out There s2e14
Son: Mummy, I’m killing a monster for you … It’s real. It says it’s going to eat me up. Jennifer Kent, Monster, 2005 short, Youtube 10.43
It’s lived in local folklore for generations. History supports the possibility an unknown creature lurks in Lake Champlain … a serene freshwater lake in northern New England that covers more than four hundred square miles. MonsterQuest s1e1: America’s Loch Ness Monster, History 2007
Hundreds claimed to have see it. But what have they seen? ibid.
20 years ago one eyewitness saw Champ on land. ibid.
Canada is home to a centuries-old legend. History supports the possibility of a monster called Sasquatch. Monsterquest s1e2: Sasquatch Attack
They’ve become targets of the beast’s rage … A series of seemingly aggressive incidents by the creature Canadians call Sasquatch. ibid.
Just what left the bloody footprint at that Snelgrove lake cabin? ibid.
One thousand feet below the surface the search is on for a monster: for a giant-sized squid as big as a ship. A risky plan that’s never been tried before. MonsterQuest s1e3: Giant Squid Found/The Kraken
The Sea of Cortez, a deep channel of water surrounded by the hilly Baja Peninsula and Mexico’s mainland … For as long as they can remember, the sailors here have feared … a mankiller … a very real creature .. the giant Humboldt Squid. ibid.
In myth and legend they have existed for centuries. History suggests a link between these flying monsters and real creatures. But do giant birds exist today? MonsterQuest s 1e4: Birdzilla
They call them Thunderbirds … soaring over Alaska, Illinois and Texas. But what are they? ibid.
A bird almost exactly like the one witnesses describe once existed. ibid.
‘Jesus! Get somebody out here! That son-of-a-bitch is about six-foot-nine, I don’t know. Yes, I’m looking right at him!’ MonsterQuest s1e5: Bigfoot, 911 call
Bigfoot is one of the most widely recognised creatures in the world. Yet the scientific community says it does not exist. There are reports all over North America. But the epicentre seems to be Washington State with over 800 documented sightings. ibid.
Something out there is killing man’s best friend. History supports the idea of unknown hybrid or mutant canines. MonsterQuest s1e6: Mutant Canines
A mutant canine reported across the county but primarily in Maine and Missouri. ibid.
There may be a predator lurking in your backyard. Black cats as big as mountain lions or bigger. There may be proof … Hundreds of sightings of big black cats. MonsterQuest s1e7: Lions in the Backyard
Just when you thought it was safe to swim in our lakes and rivers. People reported attacks by freshwater fish as big as boats. MonsterQuest s1e8: Gigantic Killer Fish
Native Americans say a strange beast lurks in the swamps of the United States. MonsterQuest s1e9: Swamp Beast
An explosive allegation – that Soviet scientists try to cross apes and humans to create an army of apemen. MonsterQuest s1e10: Russia’s Killer Apeman
The camera … but they are also recording something else – a missile-like object or creature able to appear out of nowhere for a fraction of a second before disappearing again. To researchers they are simply called rods … one to six feet long with a cylindrical body. MonsterQuest s1e11: Unidentified Flying Creatures
It appears again in 2003 over Baghdad. ibid.
A surprising numbers of rods found in and around military operations or where aircraft are seen. ibid.
Rods have been around for a long time. ibid.
In the remote jungles of south-east Asia frightened locals claim to see a prehistoric throwback. Said to be half man, half ape, locals call Orang Pendek [homo floresiensis], or little man of the woods. Fossil evidence says a unique human species did live here thousands of years ago. But has it survived? MonsterQuest s1e12: The Real Hobbit
Nightmare of the silver screen. But a giant ape did exist. And many believe still lives on. MonsterQuest s1e13: Giganto: The Real King Kong
A legendary creature may be lurking in the heartland. Those who dare walk at night should beware. Long thought to be imaginary, new evidence now suggests this creature may be all too real. MonsterQuest s1e14: America’s Wolfman
Something is terrorising the southern United States. A creature not known for its massive size may be reaching monstrous proportions. MonsterQuest s2e1: Mega Hog, History 2008
A powerful predator is stalking rural North Carolina. A mysterious beast that has struck before. A bizarre killing pattern, and blood sucked from its victim. MonsterQuest s2e2: Vampire Beast
In 1954 a savage killer kept a small North Carolina town in a grip of terror. He left big tracks, a bloody trail and a hair-raising legend. Was it a bear? A vampire cat? To this day the creature remains a mystery. ibid.
And they say they have the evidence to proove it, on video, in photographs, on audio tape. MonsterQuest s2e3: Ghosts
One of history’s bloodiest crime scene [Lizzy Borden]: in what’s been called the most haunted house in America. ibid.
More than a third of Americans believe in ghosts. ibid.
This man says his camera filmed ghosts on a Civil War battlefield; a television newscast reported this amateur video might have captured the paranormal apparition right in the middle of the Vatican Basilica; and this strange blue figure has become known as the Blue Ghost of Parma [Ohio]. ibid.