Animal Planet's Most Insane Show | Billiam

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Animal Planet has dabbled into some wild stuff, but nothing takes the cake like their "found-footage" cryptozoology series, Lost Tapes.
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[@billiam]

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[@ThenonFun]

Actual

[@user-qb7yb7vp8q]

Hey, Maybe next you could do Unnatural history from 2010 from Cartoon Network and it's only one season and Maybe you could also do Aaron Stone from Jetix from 2009 too, thank you.

[@zombiekids3466]

Listen Billiam, this is cool and all but we are still waiting for the rest of the Lost retrospective.

[@retrochronic44]

You do not know how much I love these types of videos, please make more of them

[@retrochronic44]

You promised us that you'll make your own lost tapes epsiode

[@astrowolvez]

As a kid this show freaked me out so much because I thought it was real, or I think more so a reenactment of something that actually happened.

[@loganwernicke7604]

Yep

[@Sausketo]

It used to fuck me up because i thought cryptids exist if you believe in them, it took me a while to force myself not to believe so i would be safe

[@tiffanybriley6871]

I was disappointed that it was made up, bad acting of feigned terror & fear. Of course there was renactment of maybe possible real stories on tape but bad puppetry, cgi, or some costumed guy hopping along after somebody so scared to death they forgot the mechanics of running for your life is supposed to work.

[@DarkPrincessAly]

Mood, I sometimes regretted turning on animal planet in my room when I had insomnia

[@Huntracony]

Like Air Crash Investigations but with monsters instead of airplanes. That makes sense. Sort of.

[@idkaliciaa]

Back in ~2007/2008 my cousins and I did our own “Lost Tapes: Demon Cow” which involved dressing our littlest cousin in a cow costume, tipping him over, and then the camera dropping to his face and him screeching “You tipped the wrong cow” - what followed was him just stalking us around until our tapes were “lost”. We even had our uncle do the voiceover narration 😂😂 I was a beast on iMovie and a Flip camera back in the day 😂

[@missxspencer1538]

😂😂😂😂

[@MidnightAndLuna]

I love this!

[@wyattmyers6327]

We need a screening, STAT

[@tonybrewer7536]

Haven't seen it but I'm ready to certify it fresh. But if I had the chance I would definitely watch

[@qutipiecx]

i want to see this lol 😆

[@russelloats]

Honestly, Lost Tapes sounds like a really solid idea for a horror anthology show. It is actually really strange that a good idea like this ended up on Animal Planet. Good memories though lol

[@lexxstrum]

I remember I had an idea for something like Lost tapes, and one night I FOUND Lost Tapes, and I was like "Well SH!T" and my dreams of being the showrunner for some cool anthology show went up in smoke. Bought all the DVD's though.

[@Diavol0Krimson]

I think being on animal planet kind of added to the effect. Animal planet is known for their nature documentaries and science shows. Then comes this show, claiming to be actual 'lost tapes'. As a kid I remember thinking, no way this was real. But is'nt animal planet a science channel? Why would they broadcast this? Could this actually have some truth?? Just added to the eeriness overall.

[@Diver1991--]

@gmanawesome619 And now animal planet mostly does shows about fish tanks, rescue dogs, and cops. I blame Peta.

[@Soulraven2735]

I personally really enjoy the fact it was on Animal Planet, if only because I love the idea of a program bloc being dedicated to speculative zoology/speculative cryptozoology, with the show taking a look at what adaptions different cryptids would have if they actually existed. However, if that did become a thing, it needs to be made very clear before hand that it is in fact speculation, and is merely an excerise in imagination.

[@xxFreakifyxx]

The vampire and Jersey devil episodes actually scared me as a kid but this show is also probably the reason why I love cryptids so much…. Also Finding Bigfoot

[@destineepoche7352]

Same!I used to be obsessed with it

[@catastoph2939]

The vampire, blood worm, and the giant centipede one had me convinced I was gonna die if I ever left my home or turned off the lights Pretty sure there was a jersey devil episode too, that one got me when I was like 15

[@marmis6632]

Bro if you look up the costumes for the vampire one they look so sick! For the first season they put some effort into it

[@Kiterpuss]

I'm so glad I'm not the only 20-something who shares the experience of watching Animal Planet alone in the dark. The speed with which you could go from watching Meetkat soap opera to a cryptozoology horror drama was indescribable.

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

i was convinced my childhood room would randomly just fill with water and there would be those "river monsters" fish swimming around 😭 too much jeremy wade at 12am

[@Aganie.]

I remember when I was 13 or so and waking up at 2am to this show. It was the yeti episode, sht gave me nightmares lmfao

[@LprogressivesANDliberals]

1994 squad represent.

[@JayboCorp.2014]

It was a truly terrifying time!

[@_V.Va_]

Yeah it's as if other people were children like you at some point.

[@astridtheterrible]

The vampire episode with the family specifically HORRIFIED me as a child. It's one of the first times I can remember feeling actual dread and terror.

[@hunterprice3320]

I think I saw part of that as a kid and was terrified lol

[@burdenedflesh4189]

That was the first episode that I saw. It was a school night, and I accidentally stumbled on that episode followed by the Lizardman episode. I didn't sleep at all and had a very hard time staying awake in class the next day lol

[@harmonlanager2670]

Every time I watch that episode, I keep expecting the dad to die for some reason even though he survives lol

[@edendenton7274]

I'm not gonna lie I was like way too young when I saw it and I screamed cried and drew crosses on some of the walls of our house lol, that shit fucked me UP

[@TheCh023n1]

They did a good job in making me terrified of this thing and keeping me up at night.

[@amelancholybear1534]

I used to unironically be this show's biggest fan and defender when I was younger. Even now, a part of me wishes it would come back. So, I have to say, that skit you did was absolutely spot on. Also, the Vampire episode was terrifying for me when I was younger. Scariest episode by far.

[@breakfastatmilliways]

I absolutely loved this show too and did a rewatch a couple years back and unironically still loved it. It’s SO cheesy, had a few actually creepy episodes (I think I remember the poltergeist one being up there with the vampires), but the cheesy ones have so much silly charm. I distinctly recall during my rewatch, my college roommate and I at the time ended up stupidly invested in the Mongolian death worm episode because we decided to jokingly ship the two focus dudes and then by the end we sort of genuinely shipped them. It’s bad, but it’s fabulously bad. 😂

[@amelancholybear1534]

@@breakfastatmilliways Exactly! This show has such a sweet part in my childhood despite how much terror it brought my youthful heart. Please Animal Planet, if you're reading this, it's not too late to bring this show back.

[@HighRoole]

The Vampires and Chupacabra scared the shit out of me when I was little😂 Not scared of Chupy any more but those vampires…always..🤣

[@jens-eriksvrke2343]

Making a show of this kind is fine, marketing it as reality is not. I would love a well made mockumentary involving weendigos

[@TREYtheExplainer]

Omg Lost Tapes content in 2023 😳 I’m so hyped for this video

[@billiam]

🫣 omg Trey the explainer!

[@TheJohnGill]

Billiam consistently highlighting my favorite shows: Mountain Monsters, Code Lyoko, now Lost Tapes. Manifesting a Deadliest Warrior video into existence.

[@IzzysIssues]

Honestly I cannot believe he hasn't touched Deadliest Warrior yet

[@ItsButterBean1020]

@@IzzysIssues I’m down

[@astrowolvez]

Lol I just watched pointlesshub talk about that show. I never watched it but it looks weirdly familiar. 😂

[@usagiwerd6664]

This

[@G0bing]

I'd be shocked if Billiam had some how never seen Deadliest Warriors as a kid. That's the only reason why I think he wouldn't make a video on it.

[@masterseal0418]

Lost Tapes traumatized many Gen-Z kids; now the show is unintentionally hilarious as adults. But here's the thing, I never watched this program whilst a kid until hearing about it during adolescence from youtubers such as Wendigoon and Raymundo 2112. Truly one of the most memorable shows that aired during Animal Planet's semi-Network Decay, because it scared the shit out of us.

[@yeahboyz9314]

I watched 1 ep, back then i didn't know english but that still scare the jesus out of me

[@gremloid]

my grandma had at least one cd set for this show, and 5 year old me LOVED them but they also scared the shit out of me especially since my grandparents lived in a very rural forested area 😅

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

I loved The Most Extreme as a kid. The body horror, based on if humans had animal abilities, was always funny to me.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

It was funny yet disturbing and creepy at same time

[@theodorehodbor5080]

One thing I will never get over with this show was how the alien episode was almost verbatim literally the plot to the movie Alien.

[@brandonpierce2539]

Those Skunk Ape segments had me rolling! The first one got a legit jump out of me until my brain processed what just happened, then I was laughing for 30 seconds straight.

[@joshualipe2259]

It just got me too and I can’t quit laughing

[@sethstrattan7380]

That last one where the skunk ape was driving had me speechless

[@kingaxolotl4085]

Same

[@shireenepps8673]

Thank God I'm not the only one.I jumped so high lol

[@Bec-Son]

I remember as a kid i was scared to the core by the vampire episode where its revealed that a crypt of vampires was under some families house but when i looked back at it, the entire thing was scary because my kid mind was filling in gaps super hard because i was not familiar with "tv shows aren't real and can just lie to you to make you scared" so much of it realized "yeah no adult is watching this, kids are though!" and used kids to just spread this show like wildfire

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

Yup. That was very disturbing indeed. It feels more like something from horror movie rather than documentary

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

You speak truth and wisdom, kind Sir.

[@sledgehammerguy5858]

I am 99% certain that Lost Tapes was what gave my thalassophobia, the episode about the plesiosaur was genuinely terrifying. And the shot of the lady slowly treading in water while her boat is leaving her behind? Traumatizing.

[@hannahpense9973]

That episode specifically gave me flashbacks when I was a kid. When I was 11, I was caught by an undertow and had to be rescued. It was a terrifying experience because if you don’t know how to escape undertow current, you just get dragged out to sea trying to swim directly back to shore. About a week after that experience, I saw the episode about the California sea monster, and had a flashback of being pulled out to sea against my will. It only happened one time, and I can rewatch that episode without issues, but that is not an experience I would wish on anyone.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

After watching that me definitely doesn't want to go nearshore or anywhere with deep water because thinking if some huge mysterious horror hide underwater

[@mysideacc2770]

i completely forgot about meerkat manor until this video. i never managed to figure out the schedule for that show, but every time i managed to catch it i just watched enraptured at all the drama. it was the only show that ever made me understand why my mom loves telenovelas so much.

[@nvzblgrrl]

God, the Lost Tapes. Some of those were traumatizing. The Skunk Ape, the bigfoot that snapped the poacher in half, the sewer lizard people, the wendigo, that sea monster one with the abandoned boat... Really, the best ones knew when to hide the monster and not let the humans be too annoying. On the other hand, I was a teen watching these at 3am, which is always an easy scare boost.

[@thezambambo2184]

The two images that stuck with me from this show were from the Sea Monster and Wendigo episodes, specifically the end shot of the abandoned boat with blood smears on the side and an opening short tape of the Wendigo but it's this guy in a torn up flannel shirt with long ass claws and my first introduction to the Deer Skull Wendigo, or The Wendigo in general

[@tristanhayesGP]

This is honestly one of my favorite shows of all time, and well worth the price tag of a month's worth of Discovery+ if you haven't seen it - an awful, wonderful mess of bad acting, bad CGI, and bad manipulative framing that makes it oh so good.

[@noircat5]

Credit where it's due, it looked good when it came out - especially for a t.v. show

[@savannahcruz5041]

Isn’t all of it free on yt

[@sweetalyn23]

This takes me back to my monster, cryptid, ghost, alien phase. Watching Lost Tapes, searching for caught on tape videos on KZbin, the top 10, reading books at the library about them. Good times.

[@TheGhost-rp3ko]

This, Untamed & Uncut, Meerkat Manor, Big Cat Diaries, The Most Extreme, Weird True & Freaky were my favorite shows on Animal Planet

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

Okay, that Skunk Ape skit you made was so funny I almost spit up my meal. The way it just immediately waddles up at lightspeed had me in stitches.

[@bumbum2324]

I remember being scared of the Wendigo episode of this show so much as a kid. It didn't help that I grew up on stories similar to it, but it's depiction literally haunted me for years. Looking back it was just a dude in a mask, but goddamn it is one scary mask even now.

[@thezambambo2184]

That was my first exposure to The Wendigo, so imagine my confusion when I learned that's a more modern addon to the story

[@samuelwetz8378]

@CipherRage-tp5qleven the girl said “don’t go! You’ll be dead!” And what happened ? Dead 🤣💀

[@austinrestovic]

I'm still deeply hesitant to watch this episode, despite the fact that I found the entire show in a single 11 hour video.

[@Xhumed]

My partner and I watched pretty much the entirety of Lost Tapes while she was in labour with our second child (it was a long labour), so it has a special place in our hearts because of that. It was, as they put it, "just interesting enough to keep her distracted, but not so engaging they didn't mind missing bits when contractions happened."

[@fusiongod5004]

13:10 That is genuinely the best jumpscare I've ever seen. A jumpscare like that only comes once in a lifetime.

[@andrevaughn6980]

The Vampire episode and the episode about the space alien virus were legitimately terrifying 😂

[@williuscaesar1654]

I was a kid in the bone marrow transplant unit when this show was a thing, and since animal planet was one of the only channels a kid would want to watch, I was quickly and effectively traumatized. Particularly that vampire episode. Oh man that episode absolutely ruined me for weeks

[@altison5418]

Late nights in the hospital hold many of my formative experiences

[@candymanva9629]

Bro imagine having to go through surgery as a kid, you’re already terrified of the thought, then Animal Planet has the gall to go “Vampires are real lmao.”

[@williuscaesar1654]

@@candymanva9629 my gosh yeah it wasn’t just surgery had to do chemo and crap first and then the vampire just traumatized me on top

[@williuscaesar1654]

@@altison5418 yup I’ll never forget that experience at least. Now it’s got a weird nostalgia

[@altison5418]

@@williuscaesar1654 I have that nostalgia for "courage the cowardly dog" "catdog" and a bunch of those other cartoons

[@unyielding.entertainment]

Good to hear I'm not the only one who got horribly traumatized by Lost Tapes. I saw this one where there were I Am Legend style vampires making nests in the walls of this mansion. Quite terrifying for a young man.

[@vinterfe1558]

This show is the definition of camp, and I love it. There's a lot of shows I watched as a kid that I now look back at and think "how did I get through these episodes", but having gone back through the entire Lost Tapes catalogue two or so years ago, I can confidently say that it's transcended horror and now sits as one of my absolute favorite "so bad it's good" experiences.

[@ectofriend]

I make it an effort to introduce my friends to Lost Tapes cause its always such a blast to watch with a group of friends. I did it with my high school friend group and then with my college friends. It quickly became a huge in-joke and bonding experience between us all. Its like our cult show. Its such an ideal "its Friday night and I wanna hang with the boys" show. I love it.

[@dressiestsphinxsebastian125]

I need to do this with a couple of my friends over on our Discord. This show is such a gem to me, a wonky little gem 😂

[@insanospaz]

My friends and I used to love shows like this and the super cheesy Syfy movies like WhaleWolf VS MechaShark. It's been probably 10yrs since we've watched anything like it but I think I'm gonna suggest a monster movie night soon

[@NoMoreBots]

Honestly, lost tapes is a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s so charmingly bad, all it’s attempts to be serious end up being goofy. My favorite is the alien episode, because the thought of insects being so different from everything else on earth ‘cause there not from earth is an interesting idea even if it wouldn’t hold up when applied to real life.

[@nnik6755]

Fun fact: the actress who played Elise Mooney from the enigma corporation arc, Elizabeth Maxwell, is a voice actress now. She works with Roosterteeth, funimation, and does a lot of video game voice work like Urbosa in the new Zelda games

[@abbygentz762]

This show scared me so much as a kid. There was an episode where they talked bout the monster pretending to be pets to gain entry to a house I refused to let my dogs out after dark

[@evanwingenfeld493]

I remember watching this show as a kid when the first season came out. It scared me and I thought it was real like many others. But I ended up liking it because I was going through a cryptid phase back then and The Secret Saturdays was airing at the same time. To this day it is my favorite show from Animal Planet. Thank you for reviewing this Billiam.

[@daxratbone1548]

I'm so happy someone else remembers the Secret Saturdays!

[@Internetpurge]

Well damn, now I want Billiam to review Secret Saturdays

[@samanthab1923]

One of my sons favs. Loved Piecemeal & VV Argast

[@rexwrecks2735]

Cryptids seriously need to be in more mainstream media.

[@eddiebendigo7317]

Facebook is owned by a cryptid. It's either a reptoid or an android.

[@mikeymike8705]

I second this!

[@zacherybutter7349]

I would love to see cryptids make a return in the mainstream. However I would also worry about the religious people shutting it down for being satanic or something. I remember shows like the Secret Saturdays being short lived, and thus taking most of the cryptid craze along with that.

[@jffry890]

​@@zacherybutter7349 >Satanic panic Ah yes. I also still live in the 90's.

[@trollmastermike52845]

​@@zacherybutter7349 you do know what year we live in right? Religious people can't even keep schools from making their kids gay 😂😂

[@milkmonstrosity]

Personally Dover Demon absolutely traumatized me when I was younger, but I really can't say why strangely enough. Might've just been the timing or the suggestion of imagination. Nowadays this series is kind of funny when you see just how much it fails at being found footage and realistic horror. There's stock sounds everywhere, the constant cuts kill tension, music plays throughout, and the acting is comical.

[@thezambambo2184]

It might just be that one night vision shot of this frogman lookin motherfucker creeping up a branch behind someone

[@ThePersia450]

Yeah same, that one shot of it on the tree always freaked me out lmao

[@maxhaly1612]

I remember falling asleep on the couch one night when I was a kid, and I woke up at 3 am to see this show on and some people were being stalked by some horrifying monster. Needless to say it was hard to fall back asleep after that.

[@PaleoAnalysis]

Lost Tapes is like a relic from the dark age of Discovery Channel that began with the death of Steve Irwin.

[@shakeriddleandroll939]

i watched lost tapes with some friends in elementary school, and somehow i confused the chupacabra and vampire episodes together. was terrified of a chupacabra murdering me in my family, especially since we lived in a wooded area that was very dark at night. i was scared of the dark for YEARS after. amazing to have rewatched both episodes and been able to laugh at them.

[@aubreymorgan9763]

The fact that your voice sometimes defaults into Shaggy from Scooby Do while ranting is the best thing about your video

[@gankhef5564]

Billiam has low-key some of the funniest editing on KZbin. The organ sting when the vampire pops out of the door.

[@seandewar47]

Ah i remembered this and the other AP cryptid show "Freak Encounters" scared the shit out of me as a kid. I wish they either made a new season or a reboot/Re-imagining of the series

[@Ferril21]

I was so scared by this show when I watched it as a kid. I thought it was suposed to be actual found footage. I refused to sleep alone in my room for few nights after that. Now, when I am bored, I sometimes watch few episodes to get a good laugh.

[@DonJuanMarco1994]

Yes this show creeped my out when I was an elementary student especially the Mongolian Death Worm and Wendigo episode. I was actually astounded why Animal Planet created a show like that, I got to admit that those two episodes prevented me from sleeping.

[@SuperVideowatcher01]

As a kid the Owl-man, sewer monster, and skin walker were the ones that freaked me out the most. But going back years later I can’t help but laugh at them

[@focornali4349]

I appreciate Billiam's commitment to the Lost Tapes aesthetic

[@Gorslax]

I used to watch lost tapes, much like the scenario you described. I was 10ish and stumbled across it in the middle of the night specifically the zombie episode. That one robbed me of sleep for that night and the one after. Now that I’m older I’ve seen all of it and I can handle it. Honestly I’d like for it to come back. I noticed that the narrator guy is still working and he narrates a few of the Alaska shows now.

[@laylamerie23]

I had the same experience with the zombie episode. And then the alien episode. I fully believed it was real.

[@springheeledjackofthegurdi2117]

what I loved about this show was it had a sort of pseudo-shared universe with the enigma corporation sent to investigate the alien, strigoi and zombies etc a sort of S.T.A.R.S stand-in that got always ended up never giving its teams the info or weapons to deal with anything besides the odd handgun user

[@oscaranderson5719]

I love how they’re less kitted than the average airsofter 😂 could use more military realism tho, strict SOP and air brevity is great for building tension right up to the moment it all breaks down into swearing, gunfire, and shaky cam

[@aaronlaluzerne6639]

I remembered watching this show while it was still being aired, and I enjoyed watching them. My personal favorites would be the one with the alien bursting out of a person's body and the one with the guy encountering the mothman. I find them to be them most creepiest, scariest, and the most believable of all the episodes.

[@fca1835]

I've waited an eternity for this

[@roonkolos]

Lost Tapes once in a while put on a somewhat convincing show. But most times not so much lol Still was fun as hell to see, that I will defend to my grave ♡

[@pompe221]

I unironically love this show. Each episode is like watching a condensed found footage movie that doesn't bother with character arcs or plot development. It's like snack food for your brain. The vampire episode of Season 2 was especially memorable because in so many kids-see-something-supernatural-parents-are-skeptical stories, the parents never get a monster reveal. Usually at the end of the story the kids just smile knowingly at the poor, ignorant adults or maybe the adults see a flash of something that makes them pause and then shrug it off. Not here though. The parents get a literal facefull of the vampire and immediate turn into terrified believers.

[@Mamiak17]

I remember the first watching this show, and genuinely being terrified by it as a kid. Then as a teen I binged it on Netflix one night and got to the vampire episode and was like “yeah this is fake because real vampires wouldn’t show up on film” 😂

[@crysiswar5]

Big brain moment I feel it Chief

[@rentenriot8003]

I’m so glad you’re talking about Lost Tapes. I looooved watching it late at night when I was growing up so it’s definitely got a special place in my heart but none of my friends are as into Animal Planet’s corny found footage attempts as I am. Glad someone remembers this absolute romp of a show !

[@brandonmckenzie8445]

Billiam once again unlocking some crazy memories

[@spideypoolowo2452]

I remember watching the Hellhound episode and thinking I actually saw one outside my window. My paranoia got so bad to the point my grandfather took me to church and monitored everything I watched. 🤣

[@tenwebbs2489]

The episode Death Crawler with the giant centipedes made me genuinely afraid of small normal centipedes for a while as a kid.

[@Obsessor23]

Lost Tapes freaked me tf out, but at the same time I was enraptured by it. I watched it as often as I could, but it ended up making me extremely paranoid. Vampires, Zombie, and Poltergeist got me the worst. Probably because the fact that the more home-bound settings, and the monsters not being tucked away off-screen like normal, made them feel more like they could happen I guess? Like, the show's crap, but those ones sit with me. The rest of them i just find funny and nostalgic

[@paulvd8468]

Lost Tapes was legitimately my favorite show of all time. I almost died laughing every episode. My favorite was the Mothman episode with the crazy guythat no one believed getting arrested at the bridge.

[@Trombone_crochet9021]

I beg of you to make a video on monsters and mysteries in america. It has really hokey costumes. They even have the person come in for interviews, it is wonderfully silly. They really lean into it. It is the best monster show I've seen. The narrator and actors are wonderfully wacky sometimes. The alien buts are funny. The men in black special is a sight to behold. It does come off weirdly sincere

[@maki0794]

Gotta love how they get to the specifics regarding the size of the marine cryptids, but in some episodes the characters get attacked in water that barely goes above their knees 😂

[@EAV123_]

Oh dude, I remember this show, it scared the shit out of me. I remember the first episode I saw with my sisters, it was about the Jersey Devil, and even though it pretty much traumatized me, I wanted to see more. I think that’s what started my obsession with the paranormal when I was like 9 or 10, stuck with me till I was in high school. I thought that it was actual found footage, like The Blair Witch Project, I remember thinking “Can they actually show this? Aren’t these people dying?” , but later I did think “Wow this is high quality production/video for ‘found’ footage”(at least I thought for 2009-2010). The only episodes I remember were: The Jersey Devil, these giant centipedes (I would be more scared of these than any other monster/cryptid/demon in the show), the Dover Demon, some lake monster thing (can’t remember the name)(4:38), some clips from a werewolf episode, and ending of the vampire episode, I remembered the footage showed 2 people trying to keep the door shut, and ended with a hospital visit

[@dressiestsphinxsebastian125]

Binge watched the show last year and while the acting and the monsters didn’t age that well, it’s one of those shows I didn’t expect coming from Animal Planet. I still remember watching the commercial/teaser for the show for the first time; I was so scared but I still tuned in to see the very first episode. Didn’t keep up with it but I still got to see a handful of episodes and the one episode that surprisingly still holds up is the Vampire episode, especially the bedroom scene; couldn’t sleep at all after watching that the first time. Glad folks like you and Wendigoon have brought back this show, the nostalgia feels unreal 😂

[@HTFWSFWWE]

I watched Lost Tapes as a preteen too, and during that time I was really into cryptids so it was the perfect show for little me, however I never thought the footage was real (mostly cuz the disclaimer on the title cards saying it wasn't) but I loved the breaks in between the footage when they would go into a bit of details surrounding the origins and backgrounds of the creatures. Honestly I wish the show had been just the cryptozoologists breaking down these creatures rather than watching people give their best high school drama class performance. And yet, the show does still hold a special place in my nostalgic heart and I think it always will.

[@Emperor_Oshron]

_Lost Tapes_ is definitely a guilty pleasure for me--the first one i ever saw was "Lizardman" and, because of the presentation, i was fooled right up until it actually appeared (briefly) and i immediately realized it was CGI. since then, i see it as more corny and funny than anything but i just love it :) some parts ARE legitimately scary, though--i'm surprised you didn't mention the wendigo episode at all

[@zawarudo58]

I LOVED this show when I was younger. I remember waiting in anticipation each week for the next cool episode. The one I loved the most was the Lizard People in the sewers where teh Fireman goes Mano-E-Mano with one of them.

[@raecat9228]

I was literally OBSESSED with Meerkat Manor as a kid. I still have all 4 seasons on dvd lol

[@WabbyDoo]

There's a Thunderbird episode that had me so convinced and terrified as a kid. Finally, I know what show it was. Thanks, Billiam!

[@stevenknauer6234]

The Skonk Ape skit 😂 "Well, you didn't have to c- UUUGH!"

[@p0laris74yt8]

Like everyone else said, I remember staying up late to watch some episodes and them scaring the hell outta me. After rewatching some a few years ago, definitely a guilty pleasure with some decent shots/scares depending on the episode.

[@draconity]

omg. You've brought back a CORE MEMORY for me. I cackled. I loved animal planet. I was watching Discovery as a young kid though, before they ported all the animal content. Animal Planet was SUCH A GREAT CHANNEL for me. I miss it.

[@ArnLPs]

The legend/Tall Tale of Pecos Bill and the Bear Lake Monster also includes him throwing the monster one time around the world, before it landed in Loch Ness. Implying that it is the Same Monster.

[@kevinnorwood8782]

I. LOVED. THIS. SHOW. I hate that it was cancelled because it was so damn fun to watch! However, there is no shortage of Lost Tapes fanfiction on fanfiction websites that has authors portraying the cryptids they would have loved to have seen on the official show in a writing style nearly identical to the actual show's format. These authors really know how to do this show justice.

[@Leafpool2]

lost tapes happened right at the height of my childhood cryptid obsession and i didnt quite know how to figure out what was real or not so i was SO invested in it. watched it live as it aired w/ my ice cream like it was just a regular kids show :)

[@jasoncampbell3558]

I remember this show as a kid, was intense but still kinda cool. Looking back, especially after becoming a fan of Analog Horror in more recent years, I see the potential this show had, but obviously it was held back by certain tropes, technology, and of course time and budget. Still an interesting show tho. Honestly the idea of found footage/analog horror series based around cryptids is still a great premise imo. I would love it if someone or a group did this idea again and gave it the time and effort it really deserves plus maybe do their own spin on it. To me basing it on Cryptids not only gives you some great insperation, but based on the cryptid you can pull from not only sightings and rumor, but legends, folklore, and even the culture the cryptid is from. I remember the episode they did on Wendigos, and there is soo much you could pull from and use to create an interesting horror monster if done correctly. Lost Tapes is a weird but interesing show from Animal Planets golden years. While held back b budget, time and horror tropes of those days, the idea and what they did do with it still is interesting and shows the potential of what a series like this could be if given proper time, money and effort. Maybe one this show can get a reboot or some can take this idea and really give the quality it deserves.

[@joshmangan4468]

The side plot of this video of billiam just getting tackled by skunk ape would actually make a funny lost tapes episode. Just a man repeatedly tackled by the skunk ape, and it runs off. Doesn’t even play the scary music after the 4th time, just runs up, body checks, and dips.

[@mr.passionfruit1958]

This show freaked me out as a kid. I remember “The Thunderbird” so well, and that one was terrifying. And that might have sparked the interest in cryptids that I have today.

[@balanc-joy9187]

Well, I know what _I'm_ gonna re-watch this morning! I love _Lost Tapes_ if only because it clearly isn't trying to take itself seriously, and legitimately is entertaining, and at times, scary. I agree the narrator is a HUGE plus to the show, I ADORE good narration.

[@RukusWoW]

One of my favorite scenes is In the zombie episode when they’re in New Orleans I’m pretty sure and the person pushes the zombie out of the window because the way they portray the fall was always hilarious to my friends and I lol 😂😂

[@Lunar_Spell]

Ohh my God, I remember that summer like it was yesterday- I was 13 and over at a friend's house when this show came on while we were channel surfing. It was the alien episode. My friend was scared shitless, but I fell head over heels _in love_. When we got home, I devoured every episode I could find and then started looking up all the creatures for more info. I became obsessed with reading about every urban legend and folktale I could find from every corner of the planet. Everything from Yokai in Japan to Trolls in Scandinavia to Wendigo in the States. It escalated quickly to the pantheons of old gods and religions and beliefs long forgotten but for their cultural impact decades or even centuries later. I'm a linguistics and cultural anthropology major now, so suffice it to say this dinky little show probably changed the course of my entire adult life.

[@HassanKhadair]

My king is back

[@Ehh97]

I remember watching this show as a kid! I thought it was super creepy as a kid. Obviously not now, but its still kind of fun to look back on it *Edit* OMG the vampire episode scared me so bad as a kid. Probably because it took place in a basement

[@logenvestfold4143]

To be fair to the little girl, Stolas is an owl-like demon prince that fits the description of an "owl man."

[@stinkboi6479]

It definitely feels like the zombie episode with the “enigma corporation” in a big house with zombies feels like they wanted to do a resident evil episode

[@z-nyxkibishidesu5380]

I’m kinda terrified to watch this cause the last time you talked about Lost Tapes I ended up buying the whole series. I wonder what I’ll do after this.

[@TheRogueCommand]

This show was so strange to me, because despite me being a big scaredy cat and knowing it would scare me, I couldn't NOT watch it. Like maybe I'm a glutton for horror based punishment or my love of cryptids was too great to resist. Either way, how the heck did I ever think this crap was real 😂 I love it

[@joutatheegg]

This show terrified me as a kid and i had no idea it was fake so i was genuinely scared bigfoot would just kick down the door to my bedroom and eat me, i vividly remember the New Jersey Devil and Bigfoot episode, they burnt into my little 8 year old mind

[@aerneif9185]

Thank you so much for giving really thought out and hilarious takes on this stuff, and then putting it on here. Much needed

[@shyguy9793]

To this day I still enjoy watching the show. I unironically love the first 2 seasons and some of season 3 despite them actually going a bit off the rails. It got me into found footage horror and cryptozoology.

[@skullyface2096]

OH HELL YEAH. dude this show was my flesh and blood growing up, so glad you're seeing how crazy Lost Tapes is hahaha

[@luminolmortis5927]

watching the alien episode of lost tapes in a dark room alone at my grandma's house TOTALLY gave me nightmares as a kid, but it did probably spark some of my interest in horror now that i think about it

[@lanceams483]

can't say how many times I watch you go over these shows and I immediately want to find the show to watch. Love this kind of stuff.

[@CoconutMallGuy]

Billiam is by far the most underrated commentary KZbinr. Keep making cool shit!

[@SirBlackReeds]

Personally, my favorite episode is the Wendigo one because it's the most believable. You can find all kinds of stories about travelers who get lost in the woods and resort to cannibalism to survive.

[@ginzingtonschnizer2330]

oh and your skonk ape stuff in this video was amazing. really made me want to watch some lost tapes.

[@costelinha1867]

"Sucking them all dry, IN THE RECESSION NONETHELESS!" You see, this is not just an ordinary vampire... it's something far more sinister and terrifying.... it's... THE RECESSSION VAMPIRE!

[@jamescastle9606]

The vampire episode still gives me the creeps to this day at 26 years old. Lol It looks like cheap to look at now, but I think the fear I felt as a kid is still tethered to the show. I WILL NOT go into dark places by myself without some form of light.

[@Keet626]

in lost tapes defense they DID start putting a disclaimer at the beginning that it was a fictional show just exploring folklore and cryptids for fun. not in it's defense I did as a kid watch it specifically because I was already into cryptids and was just very excited to have admittedly cheesy found footage horror shorts, especially since I already watched bad horror movies for fun 😬watched it pretty religiously and I even remember annoying my family by fact checking their cryptid info or adding onto it

[@travisb.honest2438]

I introduced this show to a couple of friends a few years ago, and they and me, loved it. It was so fun to watch and make fun of the weird and strange parts of it. That is probably the best way to watch it.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

So glad I found this channel, never seen these episodes before but they're comedy. I still believe in the paranormal.