Lizard Man

Lizard Man the second episode of the second season of the thriller horror docudrama found-footage television series Lost Tapes. It originally aired on Animal Planet on September 29, 2009 alongside Vampire, and was directed by Douglas Segal.

Plot
In 2008, news reporter Chrissy Cooper and her cameraman Derek Green arranged to follow local fire fighters Trevor Andrews and Dana Caldwell into the sewer to rescue a lost cat as part of a human interest story. Apparently, the cat, Mr. Smithers, was pulled into a storm drain by an unidentified person or creature. Shortly after entering the sewer, they discover a horribly mauled carcass that they assume belongs to the missing cat and wonder what could have committed such an act.

Trevor mentions rumors of sewer alligators, but the others dismiss it. Deciding that their story has ended, they begin heading back to the surface, but suddenly hear a cat meowing in the other direction, so they head back to find him. They hear growls in the sewer and wonder what is causing it, but suddenly hear a meow and see a cat walking away from them, and Dana runs after it.

She hears more growling as she continues, and suddenly a yowl as the cat is apparently attacked by something. As she approaches a corner in the tunnel, a large, human-like shape suddenly jumps out and she screams in surprise, alerting the others. They run in the direction of her screams, but find only her flashlight. Trevor tells the news crew to return to the surface as he leaves to find Dana, hearing more strange sounds echoing through the sewer. He sees Dana with the creature looming over her and yells at it, but it runs away. Dana is injured, but alive. Chrissy and Derek, meanwhile, have become lost.

They hear water splashing, and Derek's camera suddenly gives out as they are attacked by the creature. The fire fighters hear the news crew being attacked and rush to their aid, but find them dead and partially eaten. They approach a drainage outlet with the creature in hot pursuit. They come to a storm drain which is barred off, and Trevor cannot fit between the bars. He insists that Dana push him back into the sewer so that he can try to kill the creature once and for all. Wielding an axe, he runs back down the sewer and is suddenly attacked by the creature.

Dana hears the sounds of the fight, and becomes worried when everything grows quiet for a moment. She hears raspy breathing, presumably that of the creature, and sees a silhouette approaching her. She threatens that she will kill it if it comes any closer, but it's just Trevor, carrying what appears to be the severed arm of the dead creature. He says that they now have nothing to fear. Dana was treated for her injuries and later released, and the bodies of Chrissy and Derek were recovered. Trevor and Dana turned over everything that they found in the sewer to authorities, but the results of DNA testing performed on the evidence were yet to be released to the public. It is believed the missing cat eventually escaped the sewers.