01x06 - Beware the Bayou

[bunniefuu]

I see one, Billy.
Oh, he's massive.

Holy [bleep]
there's another one.

Oh, my god, they're everywhere.

This is dangerous. Billy!

I'm getting the
hell out of here.

Narrator: Two strangers...

There's my partner.

...One man and one woman,
both experienced survivalists,

have chosen to put their
skills to the ultimate test.

Whoo-hoo!

They have no water,
no food, and no clothes.

Their challenge is to
survive for 21 days...

God, we are so screwed.

...Knowing that the human body

can only live three
days without water...

We need water fast.

...And begins to shut down
after three weeks without food.

This is the everest
of survival challenges.

Can a man and woman

survive alone in the
wilderness naked and afraid?

Billy: It's insane here.
Everything wants to suck

narrator: Louisiana --

home to nearly
half of the wetlands

found in the lower
united states.

More than a million alligators

and six types of venomous
snakes own these swamps.

Among them,

the deadly water
moccasin, or cottonmouth,

the world's only pit viper

adapted to living
on land and in water.

It's also home to blood-sucking
mosquitoes, leeches,

and venomous spiders.

Frequent hurricanes and
rain storms lash the swamps,

causing storm surges

that swallow up
huge tracts of dry land.

Unbearable humidity
and its deadly inhabitants

make this one of the
harshest environments

for any human to survive in.

Billy: My name is billy berger.

I'm an outdoor author,

but I've also been
fascinated with primitive skills

since before I
could drive a car.

I'm proficient in
primitive weapons,

primitive hunting,

but this is an environment

that I really don't have
much experience in,

so I'm really hoping
to not freak out

when things get difficult,

because they're
gonna get difficult.

Ky: I'm thinking,
"do I have the skills

to match the
louisiana swampland?"

my name is ky furneaux.

I've been practicing
primitive survival

since I was about 19 years old.

I come from australia,

which is the driest
continent in the world,

so I'm not used to swamp.

I'm a stuntwoman by trade,

and it's really taught me to
ignore physical discomfort.

If I can survive in here,

I think I'm gonna be
able to survive anywhere.

Billy: Wow.

Cannot believe I'm doing this.

Narrator: Ky and billy's arrival

marks the beginning of
an unseasonable cold spell.

Temperatures suddenly
plummet to the mid '50s.

In this wet environment,

the chilling effect
of water on bare skin

means hypothermia
will be a significant risk.

This is crazy.

Yep. The weirdest
thing I've ever done.

I'm about to head into
one of the hardest situations

I've ever been in my life.

I'm not ashamed or
embarrassed of nudity,

but these temperatures

are gonna make being
naked a real challenge.

Ooh, it's chilly.

I'm a pretty shy person,

and the fact that I'm gonna
be running around naked

with somebody I don't even know,

I'm not scared.

I'm absolutely terrified.

This is not awkward at all.

First thing I thought
of when I saw billy was,

"good, he's, like,
big, tall, and strong.

"but does he have
the right mentality

to make it through this?"

hi. How you doing?

How's it going?
Nice to meet you.

I'm billy.

I'm ky. Ky.

Good to meet you.

I see you're naked.

Yeah, I know.

I'm naked, too,
and you're naked.

Yeah, yeah.

Nice necklace. Thank you.

I'm, like, so
embarrassed right now.

Me too.

My first impression of
ky was rather attractive,

but she doesn't really look
like the wilderness type.

I really hope she's
got the survival skills.

Should we check
out what we've got?

Those are our bags?

Yeah, I think so.

Narrator: Ky and billy
are each allowed to bring

one essential survival item.

I have a fire starter.

We're gonna need that.

It's gonna be very handy
out here with all this moisture.

Oh, I've got a knife.

Oh, fantastic.

That is gonna be a big help.

A small crew will
capture the 21-day journey

with clear instruction
not to intervene

unless there is a
medical emergency.

My diary cam. I've got one, too.

In addition, billy and ky
are given handheld cameras

to document their
own experiences.

Looks like a map.

The map shows

that ky and billy are in an
area of dense swampland

with no clear landmarks.

They have to navigate
from their insertion point

through the deadly swamp
to find an area of high ground.

There they will establish
a base for 21 days.

The map shows
their extraction point

near a deep open-water
breeding ground

teeming with aggressive gators.

There they will
wait to be rescued.

Got to get to high
ground in this direction.

Let's get the hell out of here.

As part of their
selection process,

ky and billy have undergone

rigorous physical and
psychological testing.

Their overall
survival assessment

has been evaluated by experts
according to three categories --

skill, experience, and mental.

Billy's primitive
skills score very high,

but doubts about
his mental toughness

in extreme survival
situations count against him.

Ky's calm, methodical manner
earns her a high mental rating,

but her weakness with
basic survival techniques

is a disadvantage.

Billy and ky have been given

overall primitive
survival ratings, or psr.

Billy scores a psr
of 8.1 and ky 6.3.

Our experts will
reevaluate their psrs

at the end of the
21-day challenge

if all goes well.

Okay, it's getting deeper.

Billy: Oh, my god.

What? What?

Aah.

Do you know how hard
this is for a guy to do?

Do you have any idea?

Trust me, we have
just as sensitive bits.

My first impression of billy was

that he was
complaining a hell of a lot

from the first second
he got in the water,

so I was a little bit concerned.

Oh, that's freezing.

Unbelievable.

I'm naked in the land
of venomous snakes.

Will you stop reminding me?

This is insane.

Billy: There's a lot of
different stuff out here th

and they are really
well-camouflaged.

I mean, if you think about it,

we're just warm,
pink, soft bodies,

and everything that
wants to take a bite of us

is gonna do its best to do that.

Just follow the
white butt cheeks.

The alligators are breeding,
they're more aggressive,

and they're gonna
be out in force.

That's something I'm
really concerned about.

Narrator: Alligators
as small as 4 feet

can sever a limb.

And nesting mothers will attack

at the slightest
threat to their young.

[ hissing ]

do you hear that? Shh.

I did hear something.

[ hissing ]

hear it?

You know what that is?

An alligator? Yes.

He's calling for his girlfriend.

She's not here.

Just don't come over
here. Freakin' naked.

Snake. Snake. Snake.

Right up there. I saw
him jump off that branch.

This has got me
all, like, on edge.

I have a feeling

it's just gonna be 24/7
paying attention to every step.

Yeah. I think so.

This looks a little
more promising.

Look. It looks
a little bit drier.

Ky: I'm feeling pretty
good about this right now.

I mean, this is not ideal.
I mean, it's not dry land.

It's just not ankle
deep in water.

Narrator: Ky and
billy's campsite

is a 600-square-foot
strip of land

rising barely a foot
above the swamp.

This meager island
is the only high ground

for miles around.

This water is pretty gross.

Honestly, I think
this place sucks.

I'm really concerned
about drinking water.

We don't even have
enough to make shelter.

I mean, this is gonna
be slim pickings.

The resources are limited,
but the birds are chirping.

[ chuckles ]

it's not all bad.

Ky: What are you
thinking we'll sleep on?

Oh, god. I don't know.

We just don't have anything
here, really, much to work with.

Narrator: With
temperatures in the low 50s

and unpredictable
weather conditions,

billy and ky have
to make their shelter

as weather-proof
and warm as possible.

Billy: If we do get
a really good rain,

we have a place we can
hunker down in and stay dry.

I found us a treasure

billy: What's that?

No way.

You are kidding me.

When ky was going
to get some palmettos,

she comes back
with a cooking pot.

This water comes
from stagnant pools,

but now we've got something

that we can boil
water in and purify it.

Ky: What a great find.

Hopefully, it'll make billy feel
a bit better about this place.

Hey, don't move.
There's a snake over here.

Where do you think
you're going, little guy?

Well, don't chase
him over that way.

What do you mean
-- oh, did he bite you,

or you get cut from something?

No, he bit me.

And you're 100%
positive it's not venomous?

Yeah.

Ky: I'd prefer to have
a survival partner

that would probably
talk things over with me

before he goes running
after something like a snake.

I mean, if billy goes down,
I'm on my own out here.

See how his eyes
are round -- his pupils?

Mm-hmm.

If it was a venomous snake,
he'd have elliptical pupils.

His eyes would
look like cat eyes.

This is just a water snake.

This is our first bit of food.

You don't know when
food's gonna come along.

I truly think you
should k*ll him.

This is the way
it goes, I guess.

Sorry, man.

I promise I'll make it quick.

One little spark.

Narrator: In order to
survive the cold night ahead,

ky and billy need to get fire.

Fire will also enable
them to purify their water

and cook their food.

Come on.

Here we go.

Nice.

You got it.

Yeah, baby. Get it in there.

We just took a
quantum leap in survival.

[ sighs ]

[ chuckling ] yeah!

You just saved our lives.

[ laughs ]

what do you think?

About the snake?

Yeah, what do you think?

Very appreciative
to the snake for dying

so that we can go to
bed with a full belly.

So I can go to
bed with a full belly,

because I think billy is
gonna still be hungry after this.

We need a bigger snake.

Oh, my god.

There's another one.

Another one!

They're everywhere.

Keep your eyes out, ky.
Something made some ripples.

Oh, he's massive.

Holy [bleep] oh, my god.

We're in trouble.

Billy!

Narrator: Ky and
billy have trekked

to a tiny patch of dry land
in the louisiana swamplands.

We just don't have anything
here, really, much to work with.

Surrounded by stagnant water,

their rudimentary shelter
is proving inadequate

as a cold weather front has
sent temperatures plummeting.

[ billy grunting ]

so cold.

Ky: The mosquitoes
are just eating me alive.

Damn it.

So many.

They are the craziest mosquitoes

I've ever come
across in my life.

Billy: It's a freakin'
joke in here.

I'm getting the hell
out of this damn shelter.

I'm not naked and afraid now.
Now I'm naked and pissed off.

That was awful. We
need to fix that shelter.

Last night, it was so cold

that we spent the entire
night side-by-side shivering,

and if conditions are like this,

it's gonna be a real
threat to our health.

We will not survive
if it's too cold.

Yeah.

Once we keep weaving
more stuff in here,

I think it's really gonna
make a difference.

It's just gonna take
a lot of palm fronds.

We're gonna have to get on it.

All right, I'm gonna
keep collecting materials.

I'm collecting this spanish
moss for bedding in our shelter,

which is something we sorely
need to help keep us warm.

Ky: Oh.

There's a snake
just below my feet.

Hey, bill.

Billy: Yeah?

Water moccasin.

Nothing like making a
weapon on the fly, right?

The cottonmouth is

one of the most
poisonous snakes out here.

It was one of my
biggest concerns.

If we get bit, we're in trouble.

I'm gonna go for this
guy because he's food,

and he's a potential danger
if any of us step on him.

Narrator: Cottonmouths have
heat-sensing glands, or pits,

on their heads,

enabling them to strike at
their prey with deadly accuracy.

Crap, I can't
believe I'm in here

doing this with this guy.

The bite injects
hemotoxic venom,

causing extreme pain,
massive tissue damage,

and blood loss.

Death can follow
within two days.

1...

2...

3!

Okay.

This is dangerous.

But I got him.

He's still alive, though.

Still perfectly
capable of biting, too.

I'm gonna cut his head off.

I mean, there is an art to
it, and he's very good at it.

But this is the first time
I've felt a bit nervous

about where we're
set up to camp.

Head is severed.

You are the mighty hunter.

Now get out of there
before another one comes.

Ky: Billy, there's
another snake over here.

Billy: Where is he?

He's in this tree
here. I see him.

Oh, my god. That is
a huge cottonmouth.

Holy [bleep]

there's another one.

Oh, my god, they're everywhere.
Look at the size of that one.

I'm getting the
hell out of here.

Billy!

Another one!

Billy: Unbelievable how
many there are out here.

I mean, this is
really unnerving.

We need a lot more materials
to make this shelter weatherproof,

but being naked

with so many venomous
snakes out here that could k*ll us,

how in the hell we're
gonna do this, I don't know.

Oh, I missed him.

Ah, damn it.

He's in the brush.

I don't want him
to get in that water.

He's slowed down. I
may be able to get him.

Hope to god there's
no gators in here.

Are you sure you
should be in there, billy?

Do you want to tangle
with him in the water?

Oh [bleep]

there are so many
snakes around here

that even if I can just
k*ll one or two, it'll help.

I think you should
leave that one, billy,

if you can't see him in there.

Where the hell did he go?

[bleep] I wish we
could've gotten that one.

They're gonna be
wandering in and out of camp

before we know it.

Billy: Clouds are
starting to blow in.

It looks like bad
weather is coming,

and we are way
behind on our shelter

because of all the snakes.

I saw another cottonmouth,
but I couldn't get him.

I mean, it takes --

look at how much
material we've had to gather

to make this thing.

It still isn't useable.

This ain't gonna work.

[bleep]

they look great
in survival books.

They look so cool and [bleep]

but they don't
work worth a [bleep]

[ grunts ]

you let me know if
you have another idea,

and we can work on it tomorrow.

No, I don't have an idea
now. No idea's gonna work.

I'm not going back there
to get bit by a [bleep] snake.

[bleep]

ky: Billy's morale goes
and swings in roundabouts.

At times, he really dips low

into feeling dreadful
about the situation

and what's going on out here,

so I try not to
let it bother me.

Honestly, there's
no point, I think,

in getting angry and
pissed off at the situation.

It just takes more energy
than just figuring out a solution.

So, I'll let him get on with it,

and then when he's
ready to come back

and help make this
work, that would be good.

'cause I can't do it alone.

Billy: I'm worried --

if the rains come, what
the hell we're gonna do.

Narrator: Discouraged, billy
is struggling to concentrate

on the task of
reinforcing the shelter

while having to deal with
the constant snake threat.

Billy: I really wasn't
focusing on hunting.

My focus was on
fixing that shelter

and getting it weatherproof,

because the rains are
gonna come, mark my words.

And if we don't
have it weatherproof,

we're gonna be in real trouble.

[ insects chirping ]

we're about to
attempt going to bed,

and we're gonna head on in.

As you can see, it's
not really finished yet.

There ain't no way.

We got work to do.

Holy [bleep] we do.

Yeah. But let's give it a go.

We're not gonna be able to
do anything about this tonight.

[ sighs ]

good night.

[ thunder crashes ]

narrator: An hour
before daybreak,

a massive storm hits
ky and billy's camp.

Heavy rain and strong winds

drive temperatures
down to 48 degrees,

putting them in mortal danger.

Billy.

Oh, my god.

[ thunder crashes ]

[ panting ]

oh, my god, we are so screwed.

The whole camp is flooded.

Our fire is totally dead.

I'm freaking freezing.

[ exhales deeply ]

there's our fire.

And there's the water.

I don't know what
we're gonna do.

I have no idea what to do now.

Holy [bleep]

narrator: For the
past five days,

ky and billy have been
fighting off venomous snakes

and struggling to build
a weatherproof shelter

in the louisiana swamplands.

[bleep]

and now a violent storm
has brought high winds, rain,

and record low temperatures,

completely flooding

the small patch of dry
land they call home.

We are in serious trouble now.

Narrator: Before they embarked
on this 21-day challenge,

they were assessed
by survival experts

and given a primitive
survival rating, or psr.

Their psrs will be reassessed

according to how they
cope with the conditions.

Ky: This area is
completely flooded.

I mean, everything that
we worked so hard for

was swept away.

I mean, look at this. This
is all water everywhere.

Narrator: Ky and billy's shelter

was on a small patch of land

barely a foot above
the water level.

After the storm, the
tiny island in the swamp

has disappeared completely.

Billy: I've never felt so
disheartened in my life.

Ky: I'd say we were
back to step one,

but we are so far
back behind step one.

Narrator: Billy and ky
desperately need to figure out

a way of getting a fire going.

Surrounded by stagnant water

and with no means
of purifying it,

they now risk dehydration.

Now we've got to
build a fire on that?

I mean, this is serious.

I guess my priority would
be building something

that we could keep a fire
off the level of the ground

for when this area
turns into a river again.

How about you work your magic

on how the hell you're
gonna make a fire,

and I'll make the
platform and start on that?

Okay. Sounds good.

Billy: We need to make a
mound, get our fire built there,

and then have some way to
protect it from up above, too.

Ky: We're gonna make a
lean-to to put over the fire

that will waterproof the fire
if the rains come down again.

That looks all right.

No, I can't get it to light now.

We have to have a fire.

Because if we don't get a
fire, we won't be able to survive.

Not much, but it all adds up.

Boy, this is gonna be a
hell of an accomplishment

if we can get a fire tonight.

All right, ky.

I think we're ready to do this.

Come on. Come on.

Ky: It is so cold here

that if we don't
have a fire burning,

we're not gonna
survive the night.

Oh, my god, I see flames!

We got to nurse it. Hang on.

We're not out of the woods yet.

You did it!

Oh, my god, we did it.

[ chuckles ]

just set it on the
sleeping platform?

Sure.

Let's set it there
for right now.

I can't even describe how
happy I am to see the flames.

I mean, this is life.

Craziest thing I've ever seen.

I know.

Fire on a platform of
mud surrounded by water.

I thought I'd seen it all.

Ky: I stood here this morning
and I was like, "we're done."

and out of a 4-foot
patch of dry land,

we've created our home again.

It's pumping out some heat now.

She's burning good.

Billy: Having everything
that you've worked for

for the last five
days washed away

and being able to bounce
back as quickly as we were,

I can't believe we did it.

I do just feel like giggling.

[ chuckles ]
maybe it's delirium.

We're gonna make
this swamp our b*tch!

[ chuckles ]

ky: It's night 6,

and there are leeches
everywhere in this water.

It's just one more thing

that the louisiana swamplands
are gonna throw at us.

Billy: Look at
that nasty b*stard.

Come on. Let go.

It's like a freakin' eel.

Everything wants to suck
your blood and k*ll you.

My foot hurts.

Narrator: Ky and billy have been
immersed in stagnant swamp water

for more than 48 hours...

[ billy groans ]

...And it's taking
a toll on their feet.

Billy: It looks like
something's going on there.

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

Being in this water constantly
gives you immersion foot.

Immersion foot's the
beginnings of trench foot,

where your flesh will
start to decay and rot off.

[ sighs ]

billy: The skin
is constantly soft.

It's very easy to step on
thorns, poke holes in your feet.

Then you introduce bacteria,

and then you can
get a bad infection.

Walking around on broken sticks,

it hurts twice as much
as if my feet were dry.

I just want to grab the
bottom and rip all my skin off

to try and give it some relief.

Oh, those feet. They look awful.

We can rest our feet and
try to make some traps,

because we haven't had
anything to eat in a while.

Since this water has come up,

the snakes have
virtually disappeared,

but we've been
seeing a lot of crawfish

down here in this slough

but have not been
able to catch any.

I don't know how much
more I'm gonna be able to go

without some kind of
calories coming in me.

It looks so damn simple.

Can you believe this?

It's like a supermarket
for these birds out here.

[bleep] man.

Catching them
all over the place.

He's over here. He's over there.

He just picks them out of
the water like they're nothing.

I'm extremely pissed off

because the animals can
find food out here, but we can't.

What the [bleep] man?

This is when I get pissed
and start breaking [bleep]

we're gonna get
through this, billy.

[ sighs ]

ky: Billy is really struggling,
both mentally and physically.

I know I can't
survive without him,

so I'm finding I'm
having to motivate him.

And it's so hard
to be the energy

for both of us at the moment.

Now we have this awesome trap,

but nothing to
bait the crawfish.

How about leeches?

I've never used
bloody leech as bait.

But then again, I've never
dealt with a bloody leech, so...

Narrator: Desperate for food,

ky and billy risk using
their battered, infected feet

to attract blood-sucking
leeches to bait their crawfish trap.

How's the leech fishing going?

Come on. Let go.

Get off.

Come on. I'm not gonna quit.

There you go.

Ugh. Makes me
sick to my stomach.

Yeah.

Ky: I think that
we've got a good bait

for our crawfish trap.

Regardless of what it
is, we need to find food.

We need it bad.

Good job, team. Let's
see what happens.

I'm gonna check the trap, billy.

Billy: Anything?

One, but it fell
out and got away.

Damn it!

Son of a b*tch.

Ky: I didn't expect them
to be able to escape,

but that was just what happened.

Billy: I'm running
on empty right now.

I just don't want
to suffer like this.

And I'm so hungry that
I fantasize about food.

I wish I would've known

what I was getting
into before I started this,

'cause I wouldn't have done it.

There's no way.

Ky: You know, I know he has
the skills to make it out here,

but it's more about a mind-set.

And if he doesn't
want to be here,

it's going to just be worse
for both of us in the long run.

Can't remember the
last time I've shivered

for over 48 hours straight.

I am literally
starving right now.

Narrator: For the past 10 days,

ky and billy have
barely eaten anything.

Billy is sinking
deeper into depression,

while ky struggles to
keep them both positive.

The floodwaters haven't receded

since the storm that
devastated their camp on day 5.

Their feet are infected,

and their energy reserves
are severely depleted

from trying to stay warm.

We've got a lot of
firewood collecting to do.

I don't want my foot to
be a perpetual infection.

We do need to
get the wood. Yeah.

Yeah.

We're not going to get
through tonight without that.

Ky: We have to roam so far
to get wood dry enough to burn.

I don't know how long
our feet can take it.

[ sighs ]

I don't know how
many trips I have in me.

Maybe one more back.

My feet are just...

Okay. ...Agony.

The conditions that we're in
are beyond comprehension.

Ky: My feet are so painful.

It's the toughest
conditions I've ever been in,

and we're both exhausted.

I feel like everything we do

is just to get through
the next moment.

I'm dehydrated,
I'm sleep deprived,

I'm starving, and
my feet are k*lling me.

I can't stand this damn swamp.

Ky: And I think, honestly,

at the end of my rope.

Billy: I mean, this place sucks.

And honestly, I mean, I'm done.

Time to get the hell out.

I mean, this is
getting us nowhere.

Where do you think
we're gonna go from here?

I saw the water
flowing this way.

High ground's got to
be up here somewhere.

When we came in here,

I didn't see one piece
of dry land anywhere.

I mean, that just
seems suicidal to me.

Well, I don't think staying
here is doing us any good.

Ky: Billy hasn't even got off
the platform for the last four d

and yet he feels like
he has the energy

to search for some
new bit of something

that we don't even know exists?

You know, you can make
the decision you want to make,

but I'm at my wit's end.

I'm to the point where
it's either we tap out

or we find another
place to live.

Ky: Relocating and restarting
this late in the game scares me,

but I need him and he needs
me out here in this swamp.

We came into this as a team.
We're going out as a team.

All right. Then we'll do it.

We'll start bright and
early tomorrow morning

and see what we can find.

Okay.

That way.

Narrator: It's a desperate move.

Billy and ky have
no food or water

and no protection

from the many deadly
reptiles lurking in the swamp.

Cold, wet, and demoralized,

they hope that by heading
north against the flow of water,

they will eventually
make it to some dry land

before nightfall.

Billy: I don't know what
lies outside of my eyesight.

It is a complete gamble.

Billy: Covered
in freakin' thorns.

Ky: There's a water
moccasin over here.

Where?

Something just backed away.

Where did he go?

All right, I'm getting
out of this area.

Is it just me, or is
this getting worse?

It's not looking
very good, is it?

Ky: We have no idea
where we're going.

We're in deeper water than
we've been in in 14 days.

I'm freezing.

[ gasps ] snake. Snake. Snake.

Let me come around by you.

Oh, he's a big one.

Ah, missed him. Down he went.

That's got me really,
really nervous right now.

Keep that sun to our right
side and just keep going.

I can't see anything that
would even suggest dry land.

Oh, my god, it's all the
same. It just keeps on going.

How much longer you think
we're gonna do this, billy?

I'm exhausted.

We got to find
something, or we're done.

I'm done.

I might've made a
mistake doing this.

Billy!

What?

I think there's
some land up here.

It still looks
swampy. I can't tell.

Billy, that is dry land.

Unbelievable.

[ sighs ]

I feel so relieved.

Billy: When we did
finally see some grass

and some dirt and some
trees, it was a great feeling.

We just wanted to get
there as quickly as possible

and get out of the water.

Oh, my god.

Oh, that looks fantastic.

Oh, whoo-hoo!

Wow. Look at that land!

I know. Whoo-hoo!

Oh. I can see where
I'm putting my feet.

It feels so easy to walk now.

It is a fantastic feeling
to step onto dry ground.

This is beautiful.

Palm trees everywhere.

Perfect for a beautiful shelter.

That is how you do that.

Well, I want to lie down.

Ky: I'm so glad we
left that other place,

but you only have so many
calories left in your body

to burn in a day,

and we just went
above and beyond.

[ yawns ]

who knows what exists on this
piece of dry land along with us,

but I just want to lie down

and go to oblivion for
the rest of the night.

[ sighs ]

ky: Yesterday's hike, we
just burnt serious reserves.

Not feeling good?

Just don't have any energy.

This is what I was
sort of afraid of.

It's one thing heading off,

but it's another thing
re-establishing in a new area.

Billy: I'm malnourished.

Ky: We're both feeling
really dehydrated

and exhausted and starving.

Definitely making
the next six days

look fairly impossible
at this stage.

Narrator: The
swamp is unrelenting,

taking billy and ky
beyond the limits

of their mental and
physical endurance.

Billy: I am literally
starving right now.

They need to get some food

to help them recover
from the ordeal of their trek.

Their survival depends on
ky keeping her partner focused

and using his skills
to keep them alive.

I don't know how much
more I'm gonna be able to go.

We need to eat.

I reckon we should get
some weapons together.

That's true.

Seeing lots of tracks and stuff.

I'd hate to miss out
on an opportunity.

Come on, billy. Got to
get up and get moving.

Billy is getting harder
and harder to motivate.

Whew!

Come on.

I need him to be on it,
I need him to be alert,

and I need him to
be thinking about

how we can bring
some bigger game down.

We need to eat something

or else we're not
gonna make it through.

I hope we can get something.

Oh, it's beautiful.
Oh, it's gorgeous.

Tracks.

This looks like deer track.

Ky: Looks like there's
some kind of track

up here from the water.

Looks wet.

Oh, yeah.

Something must've
just walked out of there.

And look. It goes into this log.

I hear it.

Oh, yeah. I see him.

I see you, buddy.

Ky: You can start
calling him dinner.

[ growls ]

I got a good shot right
here through his vitals.

If this'll bug you, you
probably want to turn away.

[ growls ]

that's perfect. Okay.

I decided to try and do

this kind of underwater
rake technique.

You ready? I'll be the catcher.

Go to the bottom of the slough
and then push all the water out

and try to drive up any animals
that were hiding in the leaves.

Let's just see what we get.

What is that? It's a fish.

Oh, it's tadpoles.

Oh, we could eat them.

They're almost
like little shrimp.

Billy: When you haven't
eaten and you're starving,

pretty much anything
starts to look like a meal.

That worked pretty
good. That was great.

I'm gonna try to dispatch
him as quickly as I can.

Narrator: In the last 17 days,

ky and billy have eaten
barely enough to survive.

After a violent storm washed
them out of their camp,

they faced an exhausting
trek to a new location,

which has completely
depleted their energy reserves.

Desperate for food, ky and
billy discover a large rodent.

It's a vital source of
protein they sorely need.

That would be some good
eating if we could get him.

This ought to do it.

[ growling, squeals ]

ky: I mean, I can battle
the elements, starvation,

but hearing that nutria die,
that's almost my undoing.

Give me my club, ky, please.

If this'll bug you, you
probably want to turn away.

[ sighs ]

we did it. That's dinner.

I know it's not easy to
look at, but we need to eat.

Felt bad for her, I
felt bad for the animal,

but you can't pass up
an opportunity like this.

You don't eat, you die.

This is protein.

Yeah. This is real protein.

I'm so happy now.

What a turnaround
from the other 16 days.

Feel like a man now.

Check me out.

Whoo-hoo!

There they are. We're
like a matching pair.

Good job.

Since we moved our
camp to this new location,

things have been much better,

but nothing here is easy.

Let's see. So...

This is our extraction point.

I don't know what awaits
us tomorrow when we leave,

what hazards we're gonna face.

We're just gonna go
slowly and carefully

and try to get out
safely and in one piece.

There are gators
everywhere and snakes.

We've just got
to be really alert.

It's our 21st day,

and we're finally
getting out of here.

Narrator: Ky and billy
struggled for two weeks

at their first camp

before being forced to
relocate to their current site.

Their extraction point
lies in open water,

which will enable
them to be picked up,

but the deeper water means

they are in the k*lling zone
of aggressive alligators.

Ky: Let's get wet
for the last time.

Billy: You think we're
going the right way?

I sure hope so.

This is the prime alligator
and moccasin territory.

I know. You don't
want to splash around.

Narrator: Alligators can
swim at 20 miles an hour.

They hunt in the deeper
waters of the swamp,

where they lurk on the surface

before sinking silently
to attack their prey.

Keep your eyes out, ky.

A gator's not
gonna show himself.

Something made
some ripples up there.

Oh, yeah. There's
ripples, isn't there?

[ gasps ] I see one, billy.

Where?

It's on the other side.
Oh, he's massive.

Wow.

He's getting closer. Really?

[ gasps ] he's really close.

I see him. He's right there.

[bleep] there's another one.

Billy: The gators we're
seeing now are man-eaters.

We may have to contend
with some big reptiles

before we make it out of here.

I got eyes on the one
in the water in front of us.

I'll keep an eye out for
gators, you check the map.

So, this is it.

All right. This is it.

I'm not sure how we're
gonna get out of here

'cause we're standing
in waist-deep water

and there are big alligators

between us and
our extraction point.

We've got to get
out in the water.

We got to get out and
exposed so they can see us.

Just keep your eyes on him.

Where's that other one, ky?

I can't see him yet.

You can hear a helicopter.

[ helicopter blades whirring ]

I see them.

There's gators down there.

I'm gonna circle -- see
if we can scare them off.

Ky: The chopper landed,
and all I could think of was

I just wanted to get out of
this gator-infested water.

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah! Whoo!

[ both shouting ]

we did it!

What this experience has
really, really shown me is

it's not how many skills
or layers that you have,

it's your attitude in life

that's gonna get you
through the tough times.

Narrator: Over the
course of the 21 days,

ky and billy went through

a major mental and
physical transformation.

Ky lost 18 pounds

and billy a total of 42 pounds.

Billy: I mean, we struggled,

but having ky as an anchor,

I think I learned
that I am capable

of being much tougher
than I initially thought.

Narrator: Survival
experts reassessed

ky and billy's primitive
survival ratings

based on how they performed
in the louisiana swamp.

Billy: I got him.

Narrator: Billy showed
tremendous ability,

but became discouraged by
the enormity of the challenge.

Ky: Come on, billy.

Narrator: Ky showed
superior mental resilience,

but relied heavily on billy's
primitive survival skills.

Still, as a team, they
complemented one another

and conquered one of the
most inhospitable environments

known to man.

This brings billy's
psr up to an 8.9

and ky's to 7.7,

proving they both have
what it takes to survive

naked and afraid.

Being able to do
this and get through it

really opened my eyes

to what the human body and
the human spirit can endure.