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River.Monsters.S05E03.Killer.Torpedo
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00:00My name is Jeremy Wade yes, yes, yes, yes, explorer an extreme angler
00:19In my journeys I try to put myself in the right place at the right time
00:25To investigate what happens to people in the wrong place at the wrong time
00:30I've come to Colombia considered the most dangerous country in South America
00:39To investigate the tragic and horrific death of a bride murdered on her honeymoon
00:49I need to piece together the moments before her death. This is a better fish better fish better to discover the identity
00:55Of the Colombian slasher
01:00a slasher
01:18Sometimes what happens in just a fraction of a second can make the difference between life and death
01:23And one tragic tale from the Amazon has stuck in my mind a couple were on their honeymoon on the banks of the Amazon
01:34The young woman was wading into the shallows
01:38When something pulled her under
01:40her body was eventually found floating in an eddy downstream
01:53the attackers identity
01:56unknown
01:58In most cases of sudden death as a straightforward explanation
02:03accidental drowning or maybe foul play
02:06But occasionally there's an unsuspected cause a river monster
02:13I have few clues to help solve the mystery of what could drag a woman through the water like a rag doll to her death
02:23But I know where to start my search
02:26I've investigated deaths all over South America, but never here
02:30This tragedy occurred in the part of the Amazon River that flow through Columbia. I
02:35Start my search in the town of Leticia
02:44Columbia has more species per square mile but anywhere on the planet
02:48Perhaps there are monsters. I've never seen
02:51But as I search for an aquatic killer I must keep my wits about me here
02:56There are more violent deaths per capita than in any other South American country
03:16The Amazon is home to several creatures with the power to grab and drown a human
03:21The usual suspects
03:24caiman
03:26Anaconda
03:27Giant Piraiba and possibly even bull sharks
03:31But could the little known waters of Columbia hold another possible killer?
03:37The fish market is always a good place to start
03:40I'm thinking maybe if I stone this guy's tail he might lead me to the market
03:47I think it works
03:52Leticia lies on Columbia's southern border with Peru in this location the Amazon has extraordinary species diversity with many new species still to be discovered a
04:03Lot of these fish I know them by a different name in Brazil. This is Tom bucky in Brazil here. It's coming Donna
04:08Come to see you
04:10This is pedal this means what it means dog. Yeah, it's Spanish so dogfish
04:18Dogfish possess wicked teeth, but don't grow large enough to drag humans to their death. I
04:26Need a fish with the body strength and the jaw strength to literally sweep a bride off her feet
04:32Most of what I'm seeing can be discounted immediately
04:35our primer
04:37About a hundred and twenty pounds without the head gills guts or anything so quite a big fish
04:44Arapaima can inflict serious damage with their bony heads
04:48But they only target small prey and don't use their mouths as a weapon. I don't believe they're a realistic suspect
04:55I'm asking what's the most dangerous fish in the river. Those are piranhas. That's the worst thing here
05:08Yeah
05:10The bride's body was in one piece
05:13Piranhas would have made a gruesome meal of any victim so they are off my list
05:23One other dangerous fish the electric eel not found really in the rivers but more in the lakes away from the rivers
05:30Electric eels can fatally shock victims
05:33First go amazing first go, but they're not strong enough to drag a body
05:40The market delivers no new suspects
05:46But before I leave I'm told the largest fish are flown straight to the capital Bogota where they fetch the highest price
05:57So I head to the port eager to see if any Giants have been caught
06:04Well, I'm just in time
06:14This is the back end of a very large catfish. She says it's a Piraiba
06:19This is the species I've seen before in Brazil. Ah
06:23I've investigated stories where giant Piraiba were accused of taking people down to their deaths
06:28They have a mouth big enough for the job and they can grow to monstrous man-eating proportions
06:40Right, that's two of us to lift that
06:42Um
06:44And there's just a massive
06:46Bone this end where they've cut through the head. I know that these things grow this big. I've not caught them this size
06:52I'm guessing
06:56A good 150 pounds for the whole animal very big fish
06:59This is something if it got hold of your leg or any other part of your body and didn't let go you'd go under you'd have no say in the matter at all
07:06The way the honeymoon bride was dragged away now puts the Piraiba at the top of my suspect list
07:16But I wonder how a fish so large would not have been seen in the shallows where she waded I
07:23Definitely have some investigating to do
07:25I start my search on the dock of a houseboat on the edge of town
07:41This place historically used to be very big for drug smuggling and also arms trafficking
07:47But there are lots of boats to and froing out there in the dark most and without any lights on and
07:52Who knows what might be on some of them?
07:55I
07:58Known to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world
08:02Colombia is still fighting its long war with drug cartels and guerrilla groups
08:10With violence common on land occasional attacks my river monsters could easily be overlooked
08:19Time is against me as a storm approaches
08:25These waters are full of hungry fish
08:27These waters are full of hungry fish
08:37Incredible size mouth this has got compared to the size of the body
08:39I think they call this one here
08:41Bokon which means like big mouth
08:43Even when fully grown these catfish would be too small to have played a part in this incident
08:48I'm wondering if all the traffic above water could be scaring away any monsters prowling below
09:00Hey this is bigger this is bigger
09:02This is one that's quite tricky to handle it's got sharp spines on its pectoral fins here and the dorsal fin and it's got these sort of pointed hooks on some plates down the side of the body there
09:18I'm just gonna see if I can shake it off the hook that's the easiest way
09:20There's lots of activity on the line but it's all small fish I need to get hooked into something considerably bigger
09:24Something big enough and bad enough to have dragged the honeymoon bride to her death
09:30With the storm getting ever closer I moved to the riverbank
10:00I'm in business
10:22Immediately I'm in business
10:24This is this is better fish better fish better fish
10:28Could this be another suspect for my list?
10:31Oh, it's true
10:42My name is Jeremy Wade
10:44I'm in Colombia in South America one of the most dangerous countries on earth
10:49This is this is a better fish better fish better fish
10:51Searching for a river monster that's capable of dragging a woman to her death
10:55And in the Amazon you never know what's coming up next
10:58Oh, that's stressful
11:00It's a freshwater stingray
11:02Right, it's not a huge one
11:04It's a good size though
11:06This is a type of ray I haven't seen before
11:08All stingrays must be treated with caution
11:11Even this one which just has small spikes rather than a single long spine
11:16It's supposed to be a little bit careful because the venom actually cloaks the entire body
11:21So even a scrape on some of these smaller points on the tail here wouldn't be a good idea
11:27So I'm going to keep away from there
11:32Hook out first
11:33There we go
11:34Hook out
11:35Stingrays are related to sharks
11:37They do have teeth
11:38So they will crush something
11:40No way is a stingray going to grab hold of a person and pull them under
11:46Common sense removes stingrays from my investigation
11:52Catching a stingray species I've never seen before was a surprise
11:56And it shows me I have little idea what lurks in this river
12:01So I've got to keep an open mind
12:06I want to broaden my search for the bride killer away from the town's busy waters
12:15I take a boat to explore the surrounding area
12:21Identifying the most reliable sources of local information
12:24Is always an important part of any inquiry
12:32Dotted along the riverbank are Amerindian fishing communities
12:35Mostly Takuna Indians
12:41If anyone can it's these people who will help me close this case
12:49I explain my investigation but the community is unaware of the bride's death
12:54But they have no doubt something in the water could have been responsible
12:58And describe lakes nearby where monsters still hide
13:03I'm told to come back the next morning to meet with an elder named Jose
13:07Who will take me to one such place
13:15Jose has fished all his life
13:17And has brought me to a hidden lake which looks like the perfect place to find monsters
13:25It's very quiet
13:27Quite a sort of ominous feel to the place
13:31We paddle as silently as we can
13:36There's life in here
13:37There's movement on the surface
13:40Betraying something going on underneath
13:50It doesn't take long for an old adversary to make its presence felt
13:55Okay
14:05Um...
14:08That was half a fish
14:10About a minute ago
14:11There we go
14:27Piranhas are always, well they're nearly always a problem
14:29But this level of activity is fairly exceptional
14:32You know they're really voracious here just on the basis of two baits out
14:36I need to get past this insatiable pack of jaws if I'm to find what else is out there
14:42That was a matter of...
14:45I don't know, 30 seconds, something like that
14:48We try our luck in different areas
14:53When I run out of bait I try a couple of lures
14:56Then I get to meet one of these proven man-eaters
15:05That's a very chunky red-bellied piranha
15:09So that's what's been eating all my bait
15:12And even if you chuck in a flashy lure like that
15:15It'll go for it
15:17As voracious as they are, in this case piranhas are in the clear
15:21There was no evidence of piranha bites on the victim's body
15:24But they are coming between me and potential suspects
15:33I'm running out of ideas
15:37I think all I can really do is save the last of my bait
15:42And try after dark
15:44Branhas might be, might be less active then
15:46The killer could be stalking right below me, but I can see nothing in the blackness
15:59Oh!
16:17That's instant
16:19They've taken that already
16:21As soon as they hit the water
16:23There are so many there, they are just biting through the line
16:27Over a foot away from the bait
16:29I think I'm, I'm, I'm wasting my time
16:31I'm running out of bait, I'm running out of hooks, I'm running out of gear
16:34Piranha's just making it impossible here
16:39After midnight, my patience runs out too
16:42And I head back to Laetitia
16:53Not all clues come from the end of my line
17:00Just as I'm running out of ideas
17:02I'm directed to a man who worked in a local hospital for many years
17:06He may have some information
17:11I track down Don Alvaro in a church in the centre of town
17:20Buenos Dias
17:22Buenos Dias
17:24Was that Don Alvaro?
17:26Alvaro, yes
17:28He vividly remembers the tragic incident
17:30This actually corroborates the story that I heard before I came here
17:48A couple got married in the interior
17:51And came here to the river for their honeymoon
17:56It was the time of year when the water is low
18:00You've got big beaches
18:02And so that's where people go to spend time in the water
18:17In the blink of an eye, something snatched and dragged her through the water
18:21Then the breakthrough I've been waiting for
18:27When Don Alvaro drops a small but vital detail into his account
18:32My investigation is on the move again
18:35I'm in Colombia tracking down the perpetrator of a baffling and tragic death
18:39A retired nurse named Don Alvaro shares crucial evidence about the death of the honeymoon bride
18:58Three days later they found the body
19:00At first appearances there were no injuries at all
19:03It was just a dead body cause of death probably drowning
19:06However, when they examined the body they found one wound, one injury
19:10And this was a hole in the lower leg
19:14Something had done that presumably before she died
19:15And whatever that was could have been the cause of death
19:30I'm told it wasn't a bullet hole, it was a puncture
19:34This could be a vital clue to the identity of the attacker
19:40A caiman would leave a very, very obvious mark to somebody's leg
19:45It would make a lot of damage
19:47An anaconda would actually leave multiple puncture holes
19:51Bull sharks used to come this far up the Amazon, maybe they still do
19:54But again that leaves a very, very clear signature
19:59Catfish leave a mark almost as if it's made by very coarse sandpaper
20:04So having dismissed all these, the obvious suspects
20:08There's only one creature left that I know of that could have been capable of inflicting such an injury
20:15A creature I discounted from my investigation
20:19A stingray
20:21Its barbed spine leaves a single gaping wound in its victims
20:27Normally the spine rips back out, but could it in certain circumstances hold fast?
20:36A nightmare scenario unfolds
20:39Could a stingray have harpooned the bride's leg
20:43And then dragged her down?
20:46This is something I've never heard of happening before
20:53And to be honest, I think it's very, very unlikely
20:57And it's going to take a lot of proving
21:00Nevertheless, I now have a prime suspect
21:08Following my meeting with Don Alvaro, I head to the area where the bride was killed
21:12Although he doesn't know exactly where it happened, it's upriver from Leticia, near the small town of Puerto Nariño, where he worked as a nurse when the attack took place
21:24Don Alvaro puts me in touch with a fisherman called Armando, who lives in the town and agrees to help me
21:30Puerto Nariño is just a short journey upriver, but it's a world away from Leticia
21:44It's cut off from the rest of the country and only accessible by river
21:48We reach the community at sundown
21:52Now I'll be searching river beaches just like those where the bride was dragged away
21:58Rays hunt most actively during the night
22:01So as darkness falls, Armando agrees to take me to a place well known for having lots of stingrays
22:06To prove my theory, I first need to demonstrate that a stingray spine could remain attached to the victim
22:17Turning its tail into a deadly venomous tow rope
22:23To do this, I have a plan, an experiment to see first hand how the ray strikes
22:29But first, I need to catch one
22:31And it can't just be any ray, it needs to be armed with a strong spine on a long tail
22:46Landing a killer ray without being stabbed is hard enough
22:50But catching one in the dark on an isolated river bank
22:55In the most dangerous country in South America
22:59Is almost insane
23:02This is potentially ray-like
23:07It's almost as if there's still tension on the line
23:09It stopped going out, but there's still tension and there's maybe a slight
23:14Sort of chewing sensation
23:18But I'd expect it to move again in a bit
23:23There we go
23:24What unusual treatments are used in Colombia for stingray injuries? Find out after this
23:38I asked what unusual treatments are used in Colombia for stingray injuries?
23:43Treatments include the application of ground coffee, crushed termites, urine or even gasoline
23:48It's the dead of night, and I'm in the remote Colombian Amazon closing in on a river monster suspected of killing a young bride
24:02I want to test a crazy idea that a stingray's spine can stay embedded
24:09I want to test a crazy idea that a stingray's spine can stay embedded
24:15Allowing the ray to impale its victim and then drag it to a watery death
24:19So I've come prepared
24:21So I've come prepared
24:29Yeah, it is a ray, it's definitely a ray
24:30I recognise the dramatic markings
24:38It's a deadly motoro stingray
24:40Motoros aren't giants, but this one's a perfect size for my experiment
24:49Right, now it's one thing seeing that spine flailing around
24:53I want to see what happens when that makes contact with something with flesh
24:56I've actually brought along a pig's leg
24:59Very, very similar tissue to a human
25:02So let's just see what happens to this
25:04That went right in the whole length of the spine
25:08And then it seemed to almost put its body weight behind it and really push it in
25:12It went right up to the hilt of the spine
25:15I'm surprised by this
25:17I thought a strike would be more haphazard
25:21The ray appears to line up on its target like a marksman
25:24Aiming above the point where the pressure is applied to its body
25:29Before thrusting its spine deep into the tissue
25:32With every ounce of its power
25:34As the tail retracts, more than a hundred backward-facing barbs tear through flesh like a hunting knife
25:43After the strike, the ray's instinct is to flee
25:48I repeat the test and this time something remarkable happens
26:00That hasn't come out
26:02That is still attached, that is still attached
26:05It's the proof I was looking for
26:08A ray's spine can stay embedded in its victim
26:13There's obviously a certain random element here
26:16If it goes in a certain place, it's going to come out
26:18If it goes in another place, it's going to come out
26:20Once in a while though, it's going to get stuck on something
26:22Stuck on a bit of tissue
26:24And it's not going to come out
26:26What I've just demonstrated adds weight to my theory
26:29That the bride could have been harpooned through the leg
26:32And dragged to her death
26:34But it remains just a theory
26:37I've only heard of the one incident
26:40And there's still the question of stingray size
26:46I don't think though, that this could take an adult human into the water
26:54I think you'd either shake it off or you'd crawl out of the water with this thing still attached
26:59To prove beyond reasonable doubt that a stingray could have killed the honeymoon bride
27:06I must catch a ray with a long spine
27:09That's big enough and powerful enough to drag a woman to her death
27:13Something bigger than this
27:18The following morning, I set out after a giant Colombian stingray
27:25Even though Armando has never caught a super-sized ray here
27:31But if my theory is correct, then it's here somewhere
27:40I'm getting the feeling that there's not much in the way of bait left on this line
27:44Bear hook, not the best way to catch fish
27:47Fishermen here avoid coming into contact with rays
27:50They're too dangerous
27:52So no one is able to give advice on how to catch a giant
27:56Or where to find one
27:58For the next few days Armando takes me to all the best fishing spots he knows
28:03I change my tackle and vary my bait
28:07But the piranhas are once again between me and my investigation
28:11That's all the bait that I had left on there
28:14Columbian rivers are used for nefarious deeds
28:18Especially after dark
28:20But I have to ignore the potential danger around me
28:23And I continue fishing well into the night
28:26Quite a pretty fish as catfish go
28:33I try to keep my spirits up
28:35But after fishing for days with no reward
28:38I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever find this monster
28:40But my hunt for a giant ray continues
28:46Just jumped in the boat
28:48Is that an omen or what? I don't know
28:50And despite promising signs
28:53It's the same old story
28:59Something on there
29:01No sign of any crushing that a stingray might have done
29:07I'm running out of ideas and luck
29:10Another disappointing night is coming to an end
29:13When my investigation is given a lifeline
29:16Yeah, my bait's gone
29:18But there's a fisherman out in the middle of the river here
29:20Going to see his light
29:22And he's apparently got a ray
29:25Might just meet up with him and see exactly what he's got
29:27On this there
29:33Yeah, a second
29:34Oh, yeah
29:36Well, here we go, it's a stingray
29:37It's a small one
29:39No tail
29:40He's saying that probably when this was a baby
29:43Piranhas chewed the tail off
29:46The stingray was an accidental catch
29:48I'm just gonna go and see what else he's got
29:50Unlike me, this local fisherman has had a successful night
29:55Corvina, they call these?
29:57There's some catfish as well
30:02That is a strange looking thing
30:04That's really strange
30:06This fish here
30:08Is called a matakaiman, which means it kills a caiman
30:11If a caiman tries to swallow that, it erects its fins
30:15And these things will just pierce the inside of the caiman's mouth
30:21He said he caught all these fish in 10 minutes
30:23So it shows when you know the waters
30:26The river can be very, very generous
30:30As our conversation returns to stingrays
30:35Leo tells me some chilling information
30:38He's wearing boots, I'm noticing
30:40And he says, you know, I'm very, very careful in the shallow water here
30:42But what he tells me next confirms that my far-fetched harpoon idea
30:47Is not just a theory
30:49This really does happen
30:51And his shocking story proves it
30:54When they actually arrived, he was, he was dead
30:55I'm Jeremy Wade
31:09I'm 2,000 miles up the Amazon River in Columbia
31:13Tracking down a bride killer
31:17I'm being told a harrowing story
31:18Which may confirm that what started out as a wild theory
31:22About stingrays dragging victims to their death
31:25Is in fact a gruesome reality
31:28My hermano
31:30My hermano
31:32The incident happened a few years ago
31:35Leo and his father were fishing on one of the river's many beaches
31:39On this occasion his 10-year-old brother had decided to come along
31:43As they fished, Leo's brother was only a short distance away
31:51Playing in the water
31:53Well aware of dangers in the river, Leo kept a close eye on him
31:59But this killer was able to strike unseen
32:03And in the shallows
32:05He heard his brother shouting
32:11When they actually arrived, he was, he was dead, he'd been drowned
32:15They pulled him out of the water
32:19And the stingray was still attached to his foot
32:22It was actually, you know, the spine had gone into his foot and hadn't come out
32:26The ray had dragged him to his death
32:30The stingray was something like that across
32:38This tragic tale mirrors the case I'm investigating in all but one way
32:44The victim was a child
32:47I felt the power of rays similar in size to the one Leo describes
32:52And there's no way they could have pulled me in the water
32:54To drag and drown a grown woman, I believe a ray needs to be bigger
33:04But so far I've not encountered a Colombian giant
33:08I need more local knowledge
33:12Luckily, Leo knows these waters as well as anyone
33:15And he tells me about a place where he believes there are lots of rays
33:19Maybe even a giant
33:20I arrived at the banks of the Amazon in southern Colombia
33:24Not knowing what was responsible for killing the honeymoon bride
33:27I've whittled down the suspects
33:29And now I only need the last piece of this tragic jigsaw
33:33A stingray big enough to drag a woman to her death
33:36Armando takes me to the fishing spot
33:38Suggesting to the fish
33:40And now I only need the last piece of this tragic jigsaw
33:43A stingray big enough to drag a woman to her death
33:46Armando takes me to the fishing spot
33:48Armando takes me to the fishing spot suggested by Leo
33:51The fisherman I met last night
33:53Which turns out to be very close to the town
33:59I have one concern
34:01I never expected a giant ray to be my target
34:04This rod might not be up to the job
34:09It's pulled in man-sized arapaima
34:11But a giant stingray uses its flat body to attach itself to the bottom
34:17It's like lifting a sunken boat rather than a fish
34:20Where I'm fishing it's the end of an island and we're just moored in here
34:30And what I'm going to do is I'm just going to throw it down with the current
34:32There's a bit of an eddy here behind me so a perfect spot for something to come along
34:35I'm reminded about the inherent dangers on this frontier river
34:37Especially after dark
34:38As night draws in everybody else
34:39Everybody else retreats to the security
34:40And the sea is the end of the sea
34:42And the sea is the end of the sea
34:43Where I'm fishing it's the end of an island and we're just moored in here
34:45And what I'm going to do is I'm just going to throw it down with the current
34:47There's a bit of an eddy here behind me so a perfect spot for something to come along
34:50Come along
34:57I'm reminded about the inherent dangers on this frontier river
35:01Especially after dark
35:05As night draws in everybody else retreats to the security of their homes
35:20As night draws in everybody else
35:21And some people will feel material
35:22They don't feel really happy
35:23A beautiful inner nor the universe at night
35:25In thegebenanny Savas
35:40Science's exceptional
35:42Sleep of life
35:44element
35:47Oh, that's a ray. That's a ray. That's going. That is going. That is going.
36:08It's running.
36:09Finally, I'm hooked into what feels like a big ray. Now, I just have to land it.
36:22The minutes pass and day turns into night.
36:27Right. The thing with stingrays is you think they're snagged. The line is completely dead
36:37and then it just moves again. Now, this is just pulling me. A stingray is not a fish that
36:43I like to handle very much. It's also sometimes a fish I don't like to hook because you get
36:51into a big one and it's a long time and it's very tiring.
36:55I've been locked into giant rays in the past, but never on such a small boat or in the dark.
37:03I know this ray is bigger than any I've caught so far in Colombia, but once it's stuck to
37:08the riverbed, it's difficult to know what size I'm really dealing with. But to nail my theory
37:14100%, I need a ray big enough to drag an adult to the bottom. The fish has got too much leverage.
37:21realisation dawns on me that I can't shift the ray from here. So we have to cast off from
37:35our mooring to change my angle of attack. But now there's more strain on both me and the
37:44rod. I've got the butt of this rod in my stomach. It's really starting to hurt.
37:50Having come so far, having fought so hard, a broken rod and a lost ray are my worst nightmare.
37:58But in this titanic struggle, something has to give. Right, it's coming up, coming up, coming
38:03up, coming up.
38:05I'm Jeremy Wade, and I'm on the southern Colombian border investigating an extraordinary homicide.
38:24The possible Bride Killer is only yards away when my equipment fails me.
38:28I've got a line still. Yes, I've got a line. The rod snapped, but the line didn't. It's
38:39now hand to hand. Now I've got real problems. This is going to be very interesting now. I don't
38:47know how big this ray is, but in an instant, this struggle has become infinitely more dangerous.
38:52I've got to be careful also that I don't get my hand caught in this line. At any moment,
39:00a loop in my line could turn into a deadly noose. The line's not going to break. I could
39:04go over the side. I've no plans to be dragged to the bottom like Leo's brother or the honeymoon
39:09bride. Slowly coming up, slowly coming up. I see the end of my broken rod. The fish can't
39:19be far behind. If this fish was attached to my leg, you know, if this had its barb caught
39:25to my foot, I would be able to do nothing, nothing at all.
39:28Oh, my knees are just trembling, trembling, trembling. There it is. There it is. That's
39:40big. That is very big. That is big. This is a monstrous Amazon ray, easily strong enough
39:46to drag me overboard, or a woman to her death if it also has the necessary weaponry. To
39:52find that out, I need to get it to shore. I need a sort of a beach, a gently sloping beach.
39:58Unfortunately, here in the dark, all I've got is a slippery, steep bank. And this is no ordinary
40:04river monster. Any normal fish in this situation, no problem at all. I just grab it. The thing
40:09about this fish is, I try and grab it, it perceives that as even more of an insult, more of an
40:15attack. And somewhere down here, there is a very nasty spine, and I don't want that going
40:23anywhere near me. Here it is. I really thought I wasn't going to get this in. I was using a
40:37150-pound main line braid, 100-pound nylon, and then 150-pound Kevlar. And this thing,
40:44when it took, it just went. If I didn't have a drag on my reel, I would have been in the
40:50water. On a rod and line, you get a real sense of the power. And this thing here, well, if
40:58those spines, and there's two of them there, if they went in your leg and came out, that
41:02would be very bad news. But if they didn't come up and remained attached, that would be
41:09even worse. If this thing decided to go, and it decided to head off for the deep water,
41:13and you're attached, there's nothing, absolutely nothing, you could do about it.
41:18Having felt the raw power of this Colombian river monster, I now have no doubt about the
41:23fate of the honeymoon bride. A fish like this could easily have been responsible. I believe
41:28a ray this size with this weaponry was to blame, and this young woman didn't stand a chance.
41:35It must have struck in a heartbeat, then dragged her into the Amazon's shadowy depths.
41:46I've spent a lot of time in the Amazon, but Colombia's giant rays are new to me. And local scientists
41:53don't know how many there are in these waters, or how big they grow. But one thing is certain,
41:58the honeymoon bride was not the first, nor will she be the last, to experience their deadly
42:03strike and awesome power. For behind the scenes stories, fishing games and more, go to animalplanet.com
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