hidden deep in the wilds Roann Indiana a giant snapping turtle lurks in the murky

waters of Lost Lake

the folklore is the Indians they would send hunters down

and they wouldn't come back

Bill Haywood has constructed a giant safe trap in an attempt to capture

and document this prehistoric sized dragon. I'm guessing he's

100 pounds

really? you think there's genuinely a hundred pound turtle in here? I think there is yeah...

we've already proven that it works confirming that Lost Lake is home

to some very big turtles. Woah thats a pretty big turtle

but will it be able to hold a new world record?

thats a huge turtle

day two the trap has been sitting for over 12 hours at this point, Bill how you

feelin

there's gonna be some turtles in it. All night all I could think about was

is there a huge hundred-pound turtle that has gone through the darkness

into this trap after our bait bucket honestly a 100lb turtle would be

unreal bigger than any common snapping turtle that's ever been caught in history

definitely feels like this ancient lake is the place that something like that

could happen

maybe we'll get extra lucky this morning and land a world record

what was going through your mind when you saw

a destroyed trap that no turtle had ever gotten out of before

yet this turtle rips a hole in it that's you know twenty inches wide

oh when we looked into the water I seen the bait bucket was gone I said well

I told my son Keenan I said there's a big one in there the bait buckets tore off

the strap and uh I got ahold of the trap

started pulling it in, it felt awful light

and we pulled it up out of this Blackwater and seen a big hole in the back of the cage

he was gone, it was really really disappointing

wow so only here in Lost Lake have you seen a turtle

destroy a trap like? That's right. okay

well he's out there and maybe we have him in the monster trap that you built

I hope so. Alright well lets go out there and check, let's do this

okay this is the moment of truth I just kayaked out there and that trap

it's definitely moved. yesterday when we left the trap there was just the corner

sticking up

now the whole one side is bowed up in the air all these years of

anticipation and this might be it

look at that you see those bubbles coming up?

there is definitely something in this trap. oh yeah. there's something in there

there's definitely something in here. That could be the 100lb turtle!

Is it heavy? Oh there's something big in there's something huge in there

it's huge, somethings in the bottom of this thing

jeez I've never had this problem before. Holy cow it's full of turtles!

Look at all those turtles! Oh my gosh it's like a crab pot from deadliest catch!

wow how many turtles are in there?

can't tell, look at how big that one is!

huge turtle

wow. holy cow I think

we just caught every turtle in Lost Lake . Bill you need me to come up in the boat?

I think so there's no way. There's three hundred pounds of turtle in here

oh my gosh

holy cow have you ever caught this many turtles before? no

let's try to slide it up. go for it guys

oh my gosh

not sure we're going to be able to get this in here

you guys got it! we're gonna flip the boat

let's go

1-2-3 go!

oh my gosh have you ever caught that many turtles

before in one trap? No I haven't. That turtle right there is HUGE

you've got nine turtles. 9 turtles! Wow! I've never seen that many snapping turtles in one place

before. I have't either

I think we caught every turtle in Los Lake holy cow

well this is insane okay...um. How you wanna do this?

I don't know what we should do? I don't even know what to do right now

we definitely wanna look at these huge ones. maybe like get to the dock and like push this

it on its side?

onto the dock. yeah and then that way we can...

I can climb in there with the? let's just get over to the dock because

I don't think we can do much out here. Bait really works good huh?

yep old-time family secret. It's not a world record but it may be the record

for the most turtles ever caught at once

gonna be fun getting them out of there. Lot of snappers in there

with nine dragons in the giant trap

we carefully made our way back across the choppy waters toward the dock

now it was time to get up close

and personal with our epic catch. this is insane!

Holy cow Bill look at that!

look at how many turtles are in there!

nice job man. This is a dream come true right here I'm gonna get into a cage

full of giant snapping turtles. Oh boy, they're already coming after me

oh he got your leg! yeah he did

that's me in a container full of snapping turtles

ok

yes holy cow that's a lot of turtles

Well you've got a man and nine turtles

this one's really close...really close

in a turtle trap with a buncha snapping turtles

This is a little nuts...Bill we may have caught

a record number of turtles in one trap is kinda what I'm thinkin

got lot of turtles, lots of turtles

we're going away each and every turtle to see how much weight

we have in this trap. How many turtles are staring down at your leg right now?

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

89 turtles 9 turtles all wanting to bite me

right now. Bill I've gotta hand you this turtle. I can't get ahold of him right now.

hold on.....AHHHHH!!!

that hurt

thats what you get for climbing in a cage with a bunch of turtles

a boy...ouch he got me good

woo! the dragon's lair

Dragon's Lair ...only got bit once too on my leg

ahhh!!

not too bad

alright guys you ready we're gonna weigh nine snapping turtles

smallest to largest here we go! thats a little tiny peeper!

probably the smallest turtle I've ever weighed before

turtle number 1

12 pounds

thats a good start for a small little female

next one up turtle number 2

getting these turtles out of here is not exactly easy

thats was close, close to the eyeball

jeez you're feisty little bugger aren't ya?

alright in the bag

he is at 16 pounds

Turtle number 3

19 pounds... nice. Turtle number four

going up 19 as well

respectable respectable another nineteen pounder

turtle number five this one's got some weight to him

24 pounds 24 pounds....

we should

we should film this, I got bit

lets just film this weight with him and be like I just got bit

this is what happens when you handle snapping turtles. This turtle just bit the

top of my thumb off

big time

I tried to....

I tried to just get some of the mud off of him and he just definitely

chomped right through the top my finger deep I mean he

yeah he bit the top of my thumb off. yeah we're gonna have to clean that up...lets weigh him real quick

you guys wanna know what it feels like to get the top of your thumb bit off by a snapping turtle?

it hurts really bad it's probably the worst bite ever taken

actually its not probably the worst bite I've ever taken, it's without question the worst bite I have ever

taken

alright here ready? going up...turtle number 6

26 pounds a bloody

26 pounds. Guys this is why

you don't go out and catch snapping turtles

this is how dangerous this is I took my eye off that turtle for just a second

as I was dipping him the water he turned his head and he literally bit the top of my

thumb off

and it hurts pretty darn bad right now. That was seriously traumatic

and my thumb is pretty sore...um, this is the turtle that bit me

I'm just going to give him what he deserves

immediate freedom this guy's going right back into the water

he is a very very aggressive turtle as they all are

but uh I'm not take my chances anymore

with this beast, alright he is heading back

into the wild ready got the shot yep

alright buddy

look at that he's still coming back after me

feels good to let the turtle go

that bit the top of your thumb off...got two more in there

here we go alright turtle

number 7

30 pounds

biggest one yet

turtle number eight going up

ready

32

32 yep. Alright this is the biggest one that we've caught

this turtles easily over 40 pounds . Drumroll guys...

Turtle number nine

going up here we go ready?

poked a leg out! wow look at that

49 pounds alright Bill so this is the biggest Turtle we caught out of Lost

Lake

Now you don't think this is the guy who broke your trap? No I for sure

I'm certain. I'd say the guy we're after is

probably twice this size. Wow you can imagine a snapping turtle

twice this size? I mean this turtle dwarfs

all those other turtles we just pulled out of the lake. I just can't believe we caught nine turtles in that trap

that way amazing

it really is man your trap definitely gets the job done

these turtles Lost Lake definitely will take your finger

if you're not careful here we go we're going to add up the nine turnovers

we've got twelve 16 19

19 24 26

30 32 and 49

for a total weight of 227 lbs

Bill can you believe that?

200 and 8 pounds worth of turtles

in this trap. I have to question whether or not that is a world

record?

for the number of turtles and weight in one trap. have to look into that something that

we never anticipated

I never heard of anybody building trap this big before

I think we caught every turtle other than the world record turtle well you know what

that means guys

we're just gonna have to come back to Lost Lake for season 2 I think the best

thing to do now

is to let all the little turtles go. The one that bit my thumb off we already let him go

one other climbed out his boat off my kayak and got away

It's a risky game

of hot potatoes right there!

here we go, the two largest dragons back in Lost Lake

see later buddy

ah man what beast 49 pounds

so incredible to get this close to a prehistoric dragon like this

on lost lake

man

high-fives that was awesome! well 227 pounds worth snapping turtles

in your giant dragon trap the world record

the 100 Turtle is still out there somewhere

the common snapping turtle is one of the most unique and elusive animals in the

world

ancient in every regard however

if we wanted to get up close with the largest freshwater turtle in North

America

we would need to travel south into the back waters

of Louisiana

home to a different breed of dragon the 1 and only

alligator snapping turtle!

next time on Dragon Tails