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Documentary, River Monsters S05E04 Colombian Slasher
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00:00You
00:07My 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 to discover the identity
00:56Of the Colombian slasher
01:01Oh
01:18Sometimes what happens in just a fraction of a second can make the difference between life and death
01:23One 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 attacker's identity
01:56unknown
01:58In most cases of sudden death as a straightforward explanation
02:02Accidental drowning or maybe foul play
02:08But 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
02:25I've investigated deaths all over South America, but never here
02:30This tragedy occurred in the part of the Amazon River that flows through Colombia. I
02:35Start my search in the town of Leticia
02:44Colombia has more species per square mile than anywhere on the planet
02:48Perhaps there are monsters. I've never seen
02:50But 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
03:01The Amazon is home to several creatures with the power to grab and drown a human
03:22the usual suspects
03:24Cayman
03:26Anaconda giant Piraeba and possibly even bull sharks
03:31But could the little known waters of Colombia 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
03:48I think it works
03:52Leticia lies on Colombia's southern border with Peru in this location the Amazon has extraordinary species diversity
03:58With many new species still to be discovered
04:01A lot of these fish I know them by a different name in Brazil. This is tambaki in Brazil here. It's gamitana
04:07This is petal. 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
04:23I
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
04:35Arapaima
04:37About 120 pounds without the head gills guts or anything so quite a big fish
04:43Arapaima 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 them what's the most dangerous fish in the river. There's a piranhas. That's the worst thing here
05:10The bride's body was in one piece piranhas would have made a gruesome meal of any victim. So they are off my list
05:18One 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
05:35But they're not strong enough to drag a body
05:40The market delivers no new suspects
05:42But 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
06:12This is the back end of a very large catfish. He 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
06:32They have a mouth big enough for the job
06:35And they can grow to monstrous man-eating proportions
06:40Right, that's two of us to lift that
06:42um
06:43And 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
07:33this place historically used to be very big for drug smuggling and also arms trafficking but there are lots of boats to and froing out there in the dark most
07:50Most of them without any lights on
07:52And who knows what might be on some of them?
07:59Known to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world
08:01Colombia is still fighting its long war with drug cartels and guerrilla groups
08:10With violence common on land occasional attacks by river monsters could easily be overlooked
08:19Time is against me as a storm approaches
08:22These waters are full of hungry fish
08:36Incredible size mouth this has got compared to the size of the body
08:40I think they call this one here bocon which means like big mouth
08:44Even when fully grown these catfish would be too small to have played a part in this incident
08:52I'm wondering if all the traffic above water could be scaring away any monsters prowling below
09:13Hey, this is bigger, this is bigger
09:15All right, this is one that's quite tricky to handle
09:19It's got sharp spines on its pectoral fins here
09:22And the dorsal fin and it's got these sort of pointed hooks on some plates down the side of the body there
09:28I'm just gonna see if I can shake it off the hook
09:31That's the easiest way
09:33There's lots of activity on the line but it's all small fish
09:37I need to get hooked into something considerably bigger
09:39Something big enough and bad enough to have dragged the honeymoon bride to her death
09:48With the storm getting ever closer I moved to the riverbank
10:09Immediately I'm in business
10:25This is this is a better fish, better fish, better fish
10:28Could this be another suspect for my list?
10:32Oh, it's true so
10:33My name is Jeremy Wade
10:45I'm in Colombia in South America, one of the most dangerous countries on Earth
10:50This is this is a better fish, better fish, better fish
10:52Searching 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
10:59Oh, that strikes me
11:01It's a fresh water stingray
11:03Right, it's not a huge one
11:05It's a good size though
11:07This is a type of ray I haven't seen before
11:10All stingrays must be treated with caution
11:13Even this one which just has small spikes rather than a single long spine
11:17It's got 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
11:28So I'm going to keep away from there
11:32Hook out first
11:34Hook out
11:36Stingrays are related to sharks, they do have teeth
11:39So they will crush something
11:41No way is a stingray going to grab hold of a person and pull them under
11:46Common sense removes stingrays from my investigation
11:49Catching 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
12:03I want to broaden my search for the bride killer away from the town's busy waters
12:10I take a boat to explore the surrounding area
12:17Identifying the most reliable sources of local information is always an important part of any inquiry
12:27Dotted along the river bank are Amerindian fishing communities, mostly Takuna Indians
12:36If anyone can, it's these people who will help me close this case
12:45I explain my investigation, but the community is unaware of the bride's death
12:52But they have no doubt something in the water could have been responsible and describe lakes nearby where monsters still hide
13:02I'm told to come back the next morning to meet with an elder named Jose who will take me to one such place
13:08Jose has fished all his life and 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
13:29We paddle as silently as we can
13:36There's life in here
13:38There's movement on the surface
13:40Betraying something going on underneath
13:51It doesn't take long for an old adversary to make its presence felt
13:55Okay
14:04Um
14:07That was half a fish
14:10About a minute ago
14:11Here we go
14:27Piranhas are always, well they're nearly always a problem, but this level of activity is fairly exceptional
14:33They'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
14:44I don't know, 30 seconds, something like that
14:47We try our luck in different areas
14:50When I run out of bait, I try a couple of lures
14:55Then I get to meet one of these proven man-eaters
15:06That'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
15:16As 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
15:25But they are coming between me and potential suspects
15:31I'm running out of ideas, I think all I can really do is save the last of my bait and try after dark
15:43Ranas might be, might be less active then
15:55The killer could be stalking right below me
15:58But I can see nothing in the blackness
15:59Oh, that's instant
16:19They've taken that already
16:21As soon as they hit the water
16:24There are so many there, they are just biting through the line
16:27Over a foot away from the bait
16:30I think I'm, I'm, I'm wasting my time
16:32I'm running out of bait, I'm running out of hooks
16:33I'm running out of gear
16:35Piranha's just making it impossible here
16:40After midnight, my patience runs out too
16:45And I head back to Laetitia
16:53Not all clues come from the end of my line
16:57Just as I'm running out of ideas
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
17:12I track down Don Alvaro in a church in the centre of town
17:15He vividly remembers the tragic incident
17:30He vividly remembers the tragic incident
17:32His wife was perceived
17:33But when she told me
17:34She told me that the lady wasn't there
17:36Mm-hmm
17:37Mm-hmm
17:39This actually corroborates the story
17:42That I heard before I came here
17:44Then he brought the lady
17:47To the Amazonas
17:49A couple got married in the interior
17:52And came here to the river for their honeymoon
17:58It was the time of year when the water is low
18:01You've got big beaches
18:02And so that's where people go to spend time in the water
18:04In 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
18:34Is on the move again
18:47I'm in Colombia tracking down the perpetrator of a baffling and tragic death
18:53A retired nurse named Don Alvaro shares crucial evidence about the death of the honeymoon bride
19:00Three days later they found the body
19:03At first appearances there were no injuries at all
19:06It was just a dead body cause of death probably drowning
19:10However when they examined the body they found one wound, one injury
19:15And this was a hole in the lower leg
19:18Otra cosa? No
19:20Solo, Solo
19:22Something had done that presumably before she died
19:26And whatever that was could have been the cause of death
19:30I'm told it wasn't a bullet hole
19:34It was a puncture
19:36This could be a vital clue to the identity of the attacker
19:41A 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
19:54Maybe they still do but 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?
20:32A nightmare scenario unfolds
20:36A nightmare scenario unfolds
20:39Could a stingray have harpooned the bride's leg
20:42And then dragged her down?
20:49This is something I've never heard of happening before
20:52And to be honest I think it's very very unlikely and it's going to take a lot of proving
20:59Nevertheless I now have a prime suspect
21:04Following my meeting with Don Alvaro I head to the area where the bride was killed
21:10Although he doesn't know exactly where it happened it's up river 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
21:31Puerto Nariño is just a short journey up river but it's a world away from Leticia
21:44It's cut off from the rest of the country and only accessible by river
21:49We reach the community at sundown
21:52Now I'll be searching river beaches just like those where the bride was dragged away
21:57Rays hunt most actively during the night so as darkness falls Armando agrees to take me to a place well known for having lots of stingrays
22:10To 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 toe rope
22:20To do this I have a plan an experiment to see first-hand how the race strikes
22:29But first I need to catch one
22:34And it can't just be any ray it needs to be armed with a strong spine on a long tail
22:40Landing a killer ray without being stabbed is hard enough
22:50But catching one in the dark on an isolated riverbank in the most dangerous country in South America is almost insane
23:00This is potentially ray-like
23:05It'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
23:16Blood expected to move again in a bit
23:21There we go
23:23There we go
23:34What unusual treatments are used in Colombia for stingray injuries? Find out after this
23:43I asked what unusual treatments are used in Colombia for stingray injuries? Treatments include the application of ground coffee, crushed termites, urine or even gasoline
23:53It'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
24:09I 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
24:19Oh
24:21So I've come prepared
24:29Yeah, it is a ray. It's definitely a ray
24:35I recognise the dramatic markings. It's a deadly motoro stingray
24:40Motoros aren't giants, but this one's a perfect size for my experiment
24:44Right, now it's one thing seeing that spine flailing around. I want to see what happens when that makes contact with something with flesh
24:57I've actually brought along a pig's leg
24:59Very very similar tissue to a human so let's just see what happens to this
25:02That went right in the whole length of the spine and then it seemed to almost put its body weight behind it and really push it in. It went right up to the hilt of the spine
25:16I'm surprised by this. I thought a strike would be more haphazard
25:20The ray appears to line up on its target like a marksman aiming above the point where the pressure is applied to its body before thrusting its spine deep into the tissue with every ounce of its power
25:37As 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
25:49I repeat the test and this time something remarkable happens
26:00That hasn't come out
26:03That is still attached. That is still attached
26:06It's the proof I was looking for
26:09A raised spine can stay embedded in its victim
26:14There's obviously a certain random element here. If 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, stuck 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
26:35But it remains just a theory
26:36I'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
26:58To prove beyond reasonable doubt that a stingray could have killed the honeymoon bride
27:06I must catch a ray with a long spine that's big enough and powerful enough to drag a woman to her death
27:13Something bigger than this
27:17Something bigger than this
27:22The following morning I set out after a giant Colombian stingray
27:27Even though Armando has never caught a super-sized ray here
27:30But 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
27:53So 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
28:14Colombian 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
28:43But 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
28:54It's the same old story
29:00Something on there
29:04No sign of any crushing that a stingray might have done
29:08I'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
29:20I'm going 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
29:32On this side
29:34Oh yeah
29:36Well here we go, it's a stingray
29:37Where's the stingray? It's a small one
29:39No tail
29:41He's saying that probably when this was a baby
29:43Piranhas chewed the tail off
29:47The stingray was an accidental catch
29:49I'm just going to go and see what else he's got
29:51Unlike me, this local fisherman has had a successful night
29:55Corvina they call these
29:57There's some catfish as well
29:58That is a strange looking thing, that's really strange
30:05This fish here is 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
30:18He said he caught all these fish in 10 minutes
30:23So it shows when you know the waters, the river can be very generous
30:28As our conversation returns to stingrays
30:32Under the...
30:34Leo tells me some chilling information
30:37He's wearing boots, I'm noticing
30:39And he says, you know, I'm very very careful in the shallow water here
30:43But what he tells me next confirms that my far-fetched harpoon idea is not just a theory
30:49This really does happen and his shocking story proves it
30:53When they actually arrived he was, he was dead
30:56I'm Jeremy Wade, I'm 2,000 miles up the Amazon River in Colombia
31:13Tracking down a bride killer
31:16I'm being told a harrowing story
31:18Which may confirm that what started out as a wild theory about 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
31:42As they fished, Leo's brother was only a short distance away, playing 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
32:04He heard his brother shouting
32:06When they actually arrived he was, he was dead, he'd been drowned
32:08They pulled him out of the water
32:10And the stingray was still attached to his foot, it 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
33:18Maybe even a giant
33:29I arrived at the banks of the Amazon in southern Colombia
33:32Not knowing what was responsible for killing the honeymoon bride
33:36I've whittled down the suspects
33:38And now I only need the last piece of this tragic jigsaw
33:42A stingray big enough to drag a woman to her death
33:45Armando 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
34:07It's pulled in man-sized arapaima
34:13But 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 we're just moored in here
34:31And what I'm going to do I'm just going to throw it down with the current
34:34There's a bit of an eddy here behind me so a perfect spot for something to come along
34:37I'm reminded about the inherent dangers on this frontier river
34:39Especially after dark
34:40As night draws in everybody else retreats to the security of their home
34:43As night draws in everybody else retreats to the security of their homes
35:13A beautiful day
35:16I will go back into a kitchen
35:18I will go back into a too-roaring
35:21I will go back in the room
35:23This is the only way I can go back to the kitchen
35:26As night draws in the afternoon
35:29And let me see
35:31I will get back to the house
35:32You will go back to the kitchen
35:34If you are a bay house
35:36You are on the ground
35:38You'll go back to the house
35:40From the shore
35:43Oh, that's a ray.
36:02That's a ray.
36:03That's going.
36:04That is going.
36:05That is going.
36:06It's running.
36:09Finally, I'm hooked into what feels like a big ray.
36:19Now, I just have to land it.
36:22The minutes pass and day turns into night.
36:31Right.
36:32The thing with stingrays is you think they're snagged.
36:35The line is completely dead and then it just moves again.
36:39Now, this is just pulling me.
36:42A stingray is not a fish that I like to handle very much.
36:45It's also sometimes a fish I don't like to hook because you get into a big one and it's
36:53a long time and it's very tiring.
36:56I'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.
37:12But to nail my theory 100%, I need a ray big enough to drag an adult to the bottom.
37:19The fish has got too much leverage.
37:21.
37:27The realisation dawns on me that I can't shift the ray from here.
37:34So we have to cast off from our mooring to change my angle of attack.
37:41But now there's more strain on both me and the rod.
37:46I've got the butt of this rod in my stomach.
37:48It's really starting to hurt.
37:49Having 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.
38:02Right, it's coming up, coming up, coming up, coming up.
38:07I'm Jeremy Wade and I'm on the Southern Columbian border investigating an extraordinary homicide.
38:24The possible bride killer is only yards away when my equipment fails me.
38:29I've got a line still.
38:34Yes, I've got a line.
38:35The rod snapped, but the line didn't.
38:38It's now hand to hand.
38:40Now I've got real problems.
38:42This is going to be very interesting now.
38:44I don't know how big this ray is, but in an instant this struggle has become infinitely more dangerous.
38:51I've got to be careful also that I don't get my hand caught in this line.
38:58At any moment, a loop in my line could turn into a deadly noose.
39:02The line's not going to break.
39:03I could go over the side.
39:05I've no plans to be dragged to the bottom like Leo's brother or the honeymoon bride.
39:13Slowly coming up, slowly coming up.
39:15I see the end of my broken rod.
39:18The fish can't be far behind.
39:20If this fish was attached to my leg, you know, if this had its barb caught to my foot, I would be able to do nothing.
39:27Nothing at all.
39:33Oh, my knees are just trembling, trembling, trembling.
39:36There it is.
39:38There it is.
39:39That's big.
39:40That is very big.
39:41That is big.
39:42This is a monstrous Amazon ray, easily strong enough to drag me overboard, or a woman to her death, if it also has the necessary weaponry.
39:51To find that out, I need to get it to shore.
39:54I need a sort of a beach, a gently sloping beach.
39:57Unfortunately, here in the dark, all I've got is a slippery, steep bank.
40:02And this is no ordinary river monster.
40:05Any normal fish in this situation, no problem at all.
40:08I just grab it.
40:09The thing about this fish is I try and grab it.
40:11It perceives that as even more of an insult, more of an attack.
40:15And somewhere down here, there is a very nasty spine, and I don't want that going anywhere near me.
40:28Here it is.
40:35I really thought I wasn't going to get this in.
40:37I was using 150-pound main line braid, 100-pound nylon, and then 150-pound Kevlar.
40:43And this thing, when it took, it just went.
40:46If I didn't have a drag on my reel, I would have been in the water.
40:51On a rod and line, you get a real sense of the power.
40:55And this thing here, well, if those spines, and there's two of them there,
41:00if they went in your leg and came out, that would be very bad news.
41:06But if they didn't come out and remained attached, that would be even worse.
41:09If 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.
41:17Having felt the raw power of this Colombian river monster,
41:20I now have no doubt about the fate of the honeymoon bride.
41:24A fish like this could easily have been responsible.
41:27I believe a ray this size with this weaponry was to blame,
41:31and this young woman didn't stand a chance.
41:34It must have struck in a heartbeat,
41:37then dragged her into the Amazon's shadowy depths.
41:43I've spent a lot of time in the Amazon, but Colombia's giant rays are new to me.
41:51And local scientists don't know how many there are in these waters, or how big they grow.
41:56But one thing is certain, the honeymoon bride was not the first, nor will she be the last,
42:01to experience their deadly strike and awesome power.
42:08For behind the scenes stories, fishing games and more, go to animalplanet.com slash rivermonsters.
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