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I Was Prey

Survivors recount the hauntingly true stories of finding themselves face-to-face with a dangerous animal. These emotional interviews and re-creations show how quickly the comfort of home can turn into a real-life nightmare.
IMDb 7.220176 episodesTV-PG
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Feeding Frenzy
    July 15, 2017
    42min
    TV-PG
    A chimpanzee at an animal sanctuary escapes its enclosure and chases down a volunteer. Then, a surfer is ready to catch a wave when a great white shark knocks him off his board and attacks him.
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  2. S1 E2 - Wicked Bite
    July 15, 2017
    42min
    TV-PG
    Jim Lane is picking blueberries alone in the Blue Ridge Mountains when a timber rattlesnake strikes. Teacher Rachael Lilienthal is swimming in a Florida river when an alligator bites down on her arm, pulls her underwater and doesn't let go.
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  3. S1 E3 - Blood in the Water
    July 29, 2017
    42min
    TV-PG
    A taxidermist is elk hunting with his son-in-law in the Canadian Rocky Mountains when a grizzly bear charges them. Then, a bull shark with jaws wide open races at a spearfisher diving 180 feet below the surface.
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  4. S1 E4 - Silent Scream
    August 5, 2017
    42min
    TV-PG
    A polar bear chases down a woman walking home from a Halloween party in a small arctic town. Then, a triathlete is swimming in the Gulf of Mexico when a bull shark attacks, biting his arm and pulling him to the ocean floor.
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  5. S1 E5 - Invisible Assassin
    August 12, 2017
    41min
    TV-PG
    A diver filming underwater at the Great Barrier Reef is stung by an Irukandji jellyfish, one of the world's most-venomous animals. Then, a grizzly bear attacks a forester working in the remote Great Bear Rainforest.
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  6. S1 E6 - Night Stalker
    August 19, 2017
    42min
    TV-PG
    A man and his German shepherd are deep in the Ontario wilderness when a black bear charges them. Predators attack a single father on a rural road after his car breaks down and he is forced to walk 6 miles to work.
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