Animal Planet Unleashes Seven Nights of Cryptic Creatures in MONSTER WEEK: HALLOWE’EN EDITION, October 25–31

TORONTO (October 2, 2015) – Monsters lurk below water and prowl on land, but this Halloween, these beasts have nowhere to hide. Animal Planet celebrates the dark, sometimes slimy, and often dangerous worlds where these monsters dwell during MONSTER WEEK: HALLOWE’EN EDITION. Beginning Sunday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET, the annual week-long creep-along kicks off with a two-hour look into the Jurassic deep with RIVER MONSTERS: PREHISTORIC TERROR, and culminates with the timely two-hour Halloween night special, WEREWOLVES: THE DARK SURVIVORS on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET, featuring a harrowing vision of a world where werewolves actually exist! **Media Note** Photography for MONSTER WEEK: HALLOWE’EN EDITION available online at BellMediaPR.ca. Viewers beware! The complete MONSTER WEEK: HALLOWE’EN EDITION schedule on Animal Planet includes: RIVER MONSTERS: PREHISTORIC TERROR Sunday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT He’s proven underwater monsters do exist. But there remains a frontier he has yet to explore – a boundary which, once crossed, proves packed with more monsters than any nightmare: the past. Freshwater detective and biologist Jeremy Wade embarks on a mission to uncover horrifying killers from the depths of history in the Canadian co-produced two-hour special. MAULED Monday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT Deep in the woods of Maryland, four survivors of violent animal attacks gather to share their terrifyingly true tales. From grizzly bears to mountain lions, Shannon, Wade, Louie, and Deb have experienced the unimaginable and lived to tell about it. MONSTER HAMMERHEAD Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT For the past 60 years, claims of a monster hammerhead shark measuring more than six metres in length have been brewing across Florida. A team of scientists and anglers explore the waters of the world’s largest hammerheads to confirm if these stories are true. MONSTER CROC INVASION Friday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT Reptile expert and “Gator Boy” Paul Bedard examines the sharp increase in human attacks and deaths by crocodiles in Costa Rica. WEREWOLVES: THE DARK SURVIVORS Saturday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT Dare to imagine werewolves aren’t myths, but actually alive and part of the world. On Halloween night, this two-hour special studies werewolves while questioning what their existence would mean for society.

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