Southern Sasquatch

Southern Sasquatch is the third episode of the second season of the thriller horror docudrama found-footage television series Lost Tapes. It originally aired on Animal Planet on October 6th, 2009.

Plot
In Fall 2007, Matthew Barton went to rural Fouke, Arkansas to become acquainted with Levi and Corbin Knox, the brothers of his fiancee, Abby. They invited Matthew on a deer hunting trip into the forest. While watching for deer up on a hill, they spot a shape moving in the brush that they think is either a bear or a person, but Levi shoots at it and it flees before they can identify it.

When they investigate where it had been standing, they suddenly smell something very foul and see fur on the ground, from which the smell is coming. They arrive at a deer stand, but Matthew's inability to climb the ladder leads them to stay on the ground. After hours of waiting without seeing a single deer, Levi and Corbin decide to play a prank on Matthew by sending him on a snipe hunt. While they hide in a bush and mock Matthew, they suddenly hear a growl and see a huge unknown animal walking up behind him.

They shoot at it, but miss, and run over to find Matthew is missing. As they gather their senses, they realize that the forest has become absolutely quiet. Levi fires a round into the air, and they hear a growl and follow it. As it becomes dark, Corbin voices that it may have been the Fouke Monster that they saw, but Levi insists that there is no such thing. They hear a loud growl and Levi fires a round into the darkness.

Shortly afterward, they discover the red sack that Matthew had been carrying, along with blood. Corbin begins to panic, while Levi tries to get him to be quiet so that he can think. Suddenly, Levi is attacked by the creature, which grabs him from behind and claws him. Corbin flees in a panic as Levi is killed and bumps into Matthew. They conclude that they must escape, and Matthew turns on the camera's night vision in order to try to keep the creature from spotting them.

Corbin is put on point, and as they progress through the dark forest, Matthew tries to keep him calm. They hear more and frequent growling. Finally, Corbin cannot take it anymore and runs ahead, ignoring Matthew's protests and he hears Corbin yell. It turns out that he has only bumped his head against a tree, but when they examine their surroundings, they discover Levi's body is hanging from the tree.

They try to reach the deer stand, but Corbin says that he dropped his rifle. Matthew goes back to get it, but when he returns, he suddenly sees the creature, which attacks and kills Corbin as Matthew runs away. He finally makes it to the stand, only to find that the rope ladder has been torn down. He yells for help and tries to reach the remaining ladder in vain as the creature closes in and finally attacks and kills him as well. News reports suggested that the men were killed by a black bear, but locals insist that the real culprit was the Fouke Monster.