Beast Legends

 

EpisodesEdit

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"The Kraken"	September 9, 2010
The team researches the legends of the Kraken and envisions a 200-foot-long (61 m) cephalopod with the characteristics of both squid and octopus that preys on whales and can tear an oak-hulled sailing ship to pieces.
2	"Fire Dragon"	September 16, 2010
The team heads to the forests of Poland to track down the origins of a fire-breathing dragon called Smok, and recreate how the monster might appear to terrified medieval villagers.
3	"Megajaws"	September 23, 2010
The researchers go to the island of Fiji to investigate the stories of Dakuwaqa – a shape-shifting shark-god.
4	"Winged Lion"	September 30, 2010
The investigators head to Mongolia's Altai Mountains following the legends of the Griffin – a beast with razor-sharp talons, the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
5	"Wildman of Vietnam"	October 7, 2010
The team treks into the jungles of Vietnam following the stories of a primal wild man that appears to be similar to the legendary Sasquatch of North America.
6	"Bird Monster"	October 14, 2010
The beast hunters go to the Navaho lands of New Mexico on the hunt for a massive, legendary bird that folklore describes to be the size of small airplane.

Beast Legends is a science fiction mini-series produced by a Toronto and Leeds based independent film company called Yap Films, Inc. It was first shown on the Canadian History Channel in the summer of 2010 and was later aired on the US SyFy Channel, starting on September 9, 2010 and ending on October 14, 2010. The show followed a team of creative researchers and artists who explored the globe following stories of legendary and mythological beasts. As they investigate the history behind these tales, they study the ecology and biology of similar real-life creatures that may have inspired the stories, and conclude by bringing the beasts to life with computer generated effects and animation.^[1][2]

Beast Legends
Genre	Documentary Reality Paranormal Mystery Travel Adventure Outdoors
Starring	Steve Leonard Francis Manapul Kathryn Denning Scott Edwards
Narrated by	Peter Outerbridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Pauline Duffy Elliott Halpern
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Yap Films
Release
Original network	Syfy
Original release	September 9 – October 14, 2010