Devil Dragon

Devil Dragon is the sixth episode of the first season of the thriller horror docudrama found-footage television series Lost Tapes. It originally aired on Animal Planet on January 20th, 2009 and was directed by Douglas Segal.

Plot
In 2007, amateur adventurer Tim Akrin attempted to film the pilot episode of his survival reality show, Stranded, in the Daintree Rainforest of Australia. The premise of his show is he will be dropped into remote locations without any crew or means of contact to civilization and attempt to survive for seven days. On Day 1, he attempts to show the audience how to make a shelter to avoid venomous snakes and rain, and then goes out to look for food. He discovers human bones in the jungle, and mentions saltwater crocodiles and feral pigs in the rainforest before deciding to reshoot the scene. While his back is turned, a large, scaly form bumps the camera as it walks by. When Akrin sees this, he thinks nothing of whatever could have knocked it over. He than goes on to demonstrate aboriginal techniques for finding food in the form of grubs under tree bark. He later discovers a den in the undergrowth and tries to find out what kind of animal is inside, using another aboriginal technique to do so. However, while he does so, Akrin is suddenly bitten viciously on the arm by an unseen animal inside the lair but he pulls free.

After bandaging his wound, he tries to start a campfire, but is unable to do so because of his injury. That night, it begins to rain and he decides to show the audience what the rainforest is like at night. He hears strange sounds coming from the bush and claims that it's the same creature making the sounds and that it has been prowling nearby for a while. He tries to scare it off, but to no avail. As soon as he wakes up on Day 2, Akrin notes that he feels sick, and his arm has become swollen and discolored, apparently badly infected with some kind of blood poisoning. Realizing the severity of his injury, Tim concludes that he must try to reach a village a few miles north of his location. As he makes his trek, he hears hissing in the jungle; the creature is stalking him, and he concludes that it is not a crocodile.

The infection becomes increasingly worse, causing Akrin to begin vomiting. After it becomes dark, Akrin becomes utterly lost, constantly plagued by the strange calls of the creature and tries in vain to scare it away. He finally makes one last desperate break for the village, but becomes even more ill as he does so. When it becomes obvious that he will not reach the village, he uses his last minutes to send a message to his wife Catherine and daughter Maria. He suddenly hears the sounds of the creature growing closer: it has become impatient with waiting for him to die. He tries to run, but it easily catches up to him and drags him off into the dark of the jungle. Tim Akrin's body was never found, but his camera was recovered by aboriginal trail guides less than a quarter of a mile from their village. Saliva found on the camera was tested and found not to match any known reptile species.