Vampires of the Deep is the fifth episode of the fifth season of River Monsters.
Episode Description[]
Jeremy embarks on a punishing mission to the heart of a thundering waterfall in the Pacific Northwest to battle an ancient river monster said to rise from the murky depths to attack swimmers.
Episode Summary[]
Wade learns of a series of attacks on swimmers on Lake Champlain and sets off to uncover the truth. After discovering countless fish in the lake bearing the signs of this ancient predator, he learns from a victim that the attacker is the sea lamprey. Unable to catch the fish using a rod and line, Wade offers himself as bait to test the lampreys' abilities and then travels to the Pacific Northwest to catch lamprey by hand with a native tribe.
Animals Featured[]
- Sea Lamprey
- Longnose Gar
- Bowfin
- Lake Trout
Locations Featured[]
Incidents[]
- There was only one incident featured in this episode. A diver had attempted to swim across the length of Lake Champlain but had been bitten by a lamprey midway through. He struggled to get it off since it was so slimy. Because it was so aggressive when he first got it off it shot back and attacked again. He then got hold of it again and threw it out of the water. The fish didn't attack him too badly but he was left with queer circular bitemarks.
Reception[]
This episode was rated as a 7.9/10, which is slightly lower than the average episode, which is an 8.1/10. It had 50 total ratings from iMDB.
Trivia[]
- A reference to the events of this episode is made in Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys, a 2014 horror film in which Jeremy Wade makes a cameo appearance. His character, a lamprey expert consulted by the film's main character, mentions that he once received a hickey on his neck from a lamprey; in this episode, Wade attached a lamprey to his neck to test its abilities.
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