Plot Synopsis

Using re-enactments, first-person interviews, and original footage, video, and photos, DEAD OR ALIVE chronicles what happens when humans and dangerous animals meet. Each one-hour episode features a different deadly predator attacking two different groups of people, with someone meeting a sudden death in one group, while the entire second group live to tell their tale of survival. Featured predators include grizzly bears, sharks, cougars, hippos, alligators, and elephants. Nat Geo Wild aired the U.S. premiere of DEAD OR ALIVE on Friday, October 4, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT.