The BEST episodes of MonsterQuest

Every episode of MonsterQuest ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MonsterQuest!

From Bigfoot to Swamp Beast, Monster Quest reveals the truth of legendary monster sightings around the world. Deploying the latest in hi-tech equipment, each episode scientifically examines the best evidence available, from pictures and video, to hair and bones, as well as the eyewitness accounts themselves. From pilots to policemen to ship captains, a number of seemingly credible people have seen things they can't explain. One part history, one part science and one part monsters, Monster Quest discovers the truth behind these legendary monsters.

Last Updated: 2/23/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Ended
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America's Loch Ness Monster
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7.40
5 votes

#1 - America's Loch Ness Monster

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/2007

Does a giant prehistoric creature lurk in Lake Champlain? The locals nicknamed it Champ. Generations of eyewitnesses rumor to have seen the creature, a dinosaur-like animal, 15-25 feet long most resembling the extinct plesiosaur. Examine the mystery surrounding Lake Champlain as specially designed cameras search for the monster. Existing photographic evidence will also be put to the test.

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Piranha Invasion
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7.00
3 votes

#2 - Piranha Invasion

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2010

Piranhas are the fresh-water monsters of the Amazon, and now they are appearing in U.S. fresh waters. How are they adapting and surviving?

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Sasquatch Attack
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6.75
4 votes

#3 - Sasquatch Attack

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/2007

Does Canada have its own Bigfoot? Owners of a fly-in fishing cabin report attacks by an unknown creature. Can DNA tests on blood and tissue from the alleged beast reveal its true identity? The test results will surprise you. The best evidence available will be examined, from pictures and video, to hair and bones. Scientists will be brought in to tell viewers what the evidence reveals. Discover the truth behind these beasts and take a scientific look at legendary creatures around the world.

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Giant Squid Found
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6.75
4 votes

#4 - Giant Squid Found

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2007

Is the legend of the Kraken, a tentacled beast as large as a whale, based on myth or a real creature? Take an expedition to the Sea of Cortez, Mexico where fishermen regularly claim to encounter large schools of giant squid. Watch as squid expert Scott Cassel uses lures with built-in cameras in an attempt to video a Kraken-sized squid 1,000 feet below the ocean. What Cassel and his team discover will make history.

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Swamp Beast
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6.50
2 votes

#5 - Swamp Beast

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/26/2007

The vast swamps of Louisiana and Florida hide many animals...including a beast locals call The Swamp Creature. At 7 ft tall, with red hair, and a rotten egg smell this beast has been nicknamed The Skunk Ape. For the first time, bloodhounds will be used to track the elusive creature. And sexual ape pheromone chips will be used to guide the bloodhounds to their prey.

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Russia's Killer Apemen
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6.50
2 votes

#6 - Russia's Killer Apemen

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2008

In 2006, the NY times revealed a devilish plan by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to create monsters by crossing humans with apes. But was it real? And how far did he get? This MonsterQuest scientific journey will travel to Russia to find out. We will also look at the many other efforts, both by man and Mother Nature, to combine the strength of apes with the intelligence of man. This is a real Frankenstein story& from head transplants in the U.S. to cases of ape on human attacks. Man and Apes are not as different as you might think.

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Unidentified Flying Creatures
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6.50
2 votes

#7 - Unidentified Flying Creatures

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2008

For decades cameras have been capturing images of a flying, torpedo-like creature. So fast it cannot be seen with the naked eye. Some think it is a military weapon, others believe it may be a creature from another dimension. But just what is it? This MonsterQuest scientific journey will use super high speed photography, physics and even a wind tunnel experiment to shed light on a creature simply referred to as Rods.

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Mega Hog
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6.40
5 votes

#8 - Mega Hog

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2008

Investigation into the reports of gigantic swine like the 800 lb "Hogzilla" shot in Georgia in 2004.

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Swamp Stalker
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6.33
3 votes

#9 - Swamp Stalker

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2009

In the marshy swamp land of Texarkana a legendary beast has hunted the residents of a small Arkansas town. Their story was immortalized in a well known movie, The Legend of Boggy Creek. The real events were a series of violent nocturnal attacks that left behind not only fear and panic but also remarkable tracks. But the evidence is not just confined to history. Scientific clues continue to this day and point to a malevolent monster that stalks the Deep South.

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Devils in New Jersey
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6.33
3 votes

#10 - Devils in New Jersey

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2009

For over 250 years a frightening winged beast has been menacing the residents of New Jersey. The Jersey Devil is described as a winged half-bird half-horse, with hoofed feet, a reptilian tail and a penetrating scream that echoes through the forests of New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Wildlife experts claim that a misidentified but known animal may be responsible for the encounters, but recent witnesses who have seen the beast are scared for their lives, and say the scientific evidence will prove there is a monster.

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Snowbeast Slaughter
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6.33
3 votes

#11 - Snowbeast Slaughter

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2009

High in the rugged wilderness of Colorado's Rocky Mountains a large hairy creature is said to be preying on the elk and frightening residents. The stories date back centuries with the earliest settlers describing terrifying encounters with a large beast whose scream bellows across the hills. Even today ranchers and hikers report a monster they can't explain that may be attacking their horses

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Chupacabra
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6.25
4 votes

#12 - Chupacabra

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/2008

Investigation of the Chupacabra, or "goat sucker". A mysterious bipedal, blood-draining creature said to be responsible for a rash of unexplained animal killings in Puerto Rico and Texas.

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Ghosts
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6.00
3 votes

#13 - Ghosts

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2008

Investigation into the supposed existence of ghosts at the famous Lizzie Borden axe-murder house in Massachusetts.

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America's Wolfman
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5.50
2 votes

#14 - America's Wolfman

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2010

History says that a large and wolf-like beast is the stuff of legend, but recently uncovered film footage and new witnesses say something frightening is out there. MonsterQuest heads into the dark, isolated forests of the Midwest to search for this creature and analyzes the evidence to finally end this mystery.

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Mutant Canines
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5.00
2 votes

#15 - Mutant Canines

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2007

Mans best friend is many times our last line of defense. But something strange is killing Fido. In 2006, a rash of pets were killed in Maine and Minnesota by a beast locals describe as a mutant. But there are more than just stories, a creature was hit by a car and the body was found. This strange looking creature will be DNA tested to see what it really is. And two MonsterQuest winter expeditions will be launched to trap other dog killers still at large.

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Gigantic Killer Fish
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5.00
2 votes

#16 - Gigantic Killer Fish

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/2007

The movie Jaws scared an entire generation off of ocean beaches...but there are monsters lurking in freshwater lakes and rivers too. Are these just fish stories or are they real? From the Artic Circle to the Amazon, MonsterQuest will launch expeditions to find the biggest and nastiest giant fresh water fish. From catfish large enough to swallow kids whole to trout as large as a boat. Scientists will deploy giant lures and underwater cameras in a search for monster fish.

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Mega Jaws
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5.00
2 votes

#17 - Mega Jaws

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2009

Sharks have terrified people for centuries and deep within the forbidding waters of Mexico's Baja Peninsula may lurk a mammoth sixty foot monster. In prehistoric times, huge carnivorous sharks, more than twice the size of a great white, ruled the waves. Marine experts claim these giants went extinct, but evidence may challenge that. Meanwhile, frightened Mexican fisherman talk of being stalked by a "Black Demon"; and sailors report close collisions with a shark unlike anything that they have encountered before.

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Sierra Sasquatch
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5.00
2 votes

#18 - Sierra Sasquatch

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2010

Ancient petroglyphs in the Sierra Nevada Mountains depict footprints from packs of hairy man-like beasts. Now, MonsterQuest heads to California where witnesses are encountering aggressively territorial packs of Sasquatch.

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Sasquatch Attack II
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4.50
2 votes

#19 - Sasquatch Attack II

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/12/2008

Another attempt at finding proof of the Sasquatch. Previously collected blood samples are further investigated, while another expedition is sent out in search of the famous hairy beast.

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Monster Close Encounters
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4.50
2 votes

#20 - Monster Close Encounters

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2009

Increasing close encounters are frightening people in rural America. Historic stories have told of violent abductions by hairy beasts. Monster Quest will investigate whether witnesses are seeing a known animal or the same Bigfoot creature that has been spoken of throughout history. Monster Quest employs polygraph examinations, DNA analysis and bite force tests to discover what monster is turning up its aggression.

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Gators in the Sewer
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4.50
2 votes

#21 - Gators in the Sewer

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2009

History tells us that tales of Alligators lurking around in the sewers of New York are based in truth. In the mid 1930s three teenagers pulled an eight-foot alligator from a storm drain. Reports persisted until a skeptical Superintendant of Sewers was forced to investigate for himself. What was found shocked even him - swarms of alligators alive beneath the busy main street of America's biggest city. Crews were sent in to kill the deadly reptiles, but the stories of the gators in the sewers lived on to this day.

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Lake Demons
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4.50
2 votes

#22 - Lake Demons

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2009

A fifty-foot monster is said to lurk beneath the cold, isolated waters of North America. The stories from Lake Okanagan date back to the earliest First Nation peoples, who lived in fear of this terrifying creature in the lake that became known as “Ogopogo.” According to eyewitness accounts, this ominous creature has a large snake-like body, large eyes and can move at high speeds. Sightings of this lake creature are so common that it has been seen more times than Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster, making Ogopogo the world’s most documented lake creature. With new, photographic evidence and an array of high-tech technology, MonsterQuest launches expeditions to this lake.

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Sea Monsters
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4.50
2 votes

#23 - Sea Monsters

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2009

Mariners have long told stories of frightening beasts that stalk the coast of Florida, but new video could prove that old sailors were seeing real sea monsters. A forked tail, ferocious teeth and a large body were all characteristics of the historic sea monsters. Now, one Florida man says that not only has he witnessed these creatures on countless occasions, but he also has hours of video proof. Experts are divided over the controversial evidence that shows tantalizing glimpses of these strange sea creatures. One marine biologist claims it is a disfigured known species, another expert says it is a seal thought long extinct, and still others maintain that it is something altogether unheard of. Whatever monster lurks here, close to innocent vacationers, MonsterQuest will investigate.

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Mysterious Ape Island
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4.50
2 votes

#24 - Mysterious Ape Island

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2009

An expedition is launched on to British Columbia's Vancouver Island in search of a legendary Sasquatch that local native tales say would steal children who ventured too deep into the woods.

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Gigantic Killer Fish II
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4.50
2 votes

#25 - Gigantic Killer Fish II

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2009

A look at an 1895 fish attack off the coast of Florida by a Goliath grouper, a massive fish that can weigh up to 1,500 lbs and a recent attack that may be evidence these dangerous fish are returning. Then, other attacks at the freshwater lakes of Minnesota by the no-less-aggressive Muskie could be on the rise.

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