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00:00:03September 30th byline Tom Corman
00:00:11when I was in journalism school I was taught to be prepared for anything out of the ordinary
00:00:19and when I took the position on this small-town newspaper all I expected was the ordinary
00:00:28outside of a few wildlife arrests and local drunken rowdiness nothing much ever happened
00:00:36here to write about that was before strange things started occurring in this sleepy little town and now
00:00:48nothing will ever be the same again
00:01:05yes mr. Griffith can we put our backs into it miss Griffith
00:01:10we are doing our best you must be patient patience is a virtue miss Griffith but it won't keep the
00:01:17sun
00:01:18from rising we've much to do before we rest and we've all got to get it all done before daybreak
00:01:24may I venture an opinion mr. Griffith you may miss Griffith but I counsel you to conserve your breath
00:01:30for more fruitful endeavors well my opinion mr. Griffith is this we're on a fool's mission
00:01:38there ain't no gators in the swamp there ain't been for a month I know this is so for no
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00:01:45including those of us who look for them ain't seen one since September your reasoning mrs. Griffith is
00:01:50both childish and unscientific now when one no longer sees gators well once there were many it means one
00:01:57of two things one the gators have all moved which is highly unlikely for such a migration would have
00:02:04been noticed the other is that they all died and their carcasses sank to the bottom you know when a
00:02:12gator dies it just doesn't up and blow away like an old dandelion leave its skin behind now this place
00:02:20we're going to was teaming with gators less than a year ago therefore reasonable to assume that
00:02:27that's where we'll find the mother load well I don't see what makes so many gators dial at once
00:02:33pollution my dear disease starvation old age any number of causes okay kindly stop the boat here
00:02:43miss Griffith time for me to go to work may I have the gun please miss Griffith
00:02:58for what we're about to receive may the good lord make us truly grateful
00:03:11yeah observe
00:03:14yeah miss Griffith if you please
00:03:22are you sure it's dead cold light of science my pet assures me there can be no other way
00:03:30kind of strange mr. Griffith
00:03:35shake in miss Griffith
00:03:39miss Griffith
00:03:40miss Griffith
00:03:43miss Griffith
00:03:45miss...
00:03:46miss...
00:03:47miss...
00:04:13miss...
00:04:15I don't know.
00:04:55I don't know.
00:05:22I don't know.
00:05:45I don't know.
00:06:19I don't know.
00:06:20I don't know.
00:06:20I said, I don't know.
00:06:21I'm not boring you, am I?
00:06:22No.
00:06:24It's a ridiculous story.
00:06:25Okay, everybody up against the wall.
00:06:27All right, we know it's no use, warden. We surrender.
00:06:30What are we surrendering for this time?
00:06:31For killing a damn good story, that's what.
00:06:34Oh, really? And what story was that?
00:06:35The one about the 18-pound bass that I caught at Black Hammock.
00:06:39Huh?
00:06:40I'm sorry. He brought the pictures in, but I filed them and forgot about them.
00:06:44What did I file them?
00:06:45I, for implausible.
00:06:46Here they are.
00:06:49Never seen a bass like that before. Are you sure that's what it is?
00:06:52Am I a game warden or not? Of course I'm sure.
00:06:55Well, yeah, but look closely. Now, you see these lines here and here?
00:06:58That's the early development stage.
00:07:00Now, a bass loses those lines when it reaches the adult stage,
00:07:02but this bass is a whopper.
00:07:04Well, you're right there.
00:07:05But, you know, this may be the biggest baby bass ever caught.
00:07:08But what would make a baby bass grow like that so fast?
00:07:11Well, I don't know, but I think Miller here is under arrest.
00:07:13Isn't there a law about keeping baby fish?
00:07:15Sure there is, but not when the baby fish is this size, Doc.
00:07:19Hey, maybe that's the monster everybody's been talking about.
00:07:21That thing?
00:07:22Or it's Mama.
00:07:23Listen, I'm going over to Kowoska. Do you want to go with me?
00:07:25Why would I?
00:07:26We're going to play poker tonight.
00:07:28I think I'll pass.
00:07:29Okay, I'll tell Tommy you said hello.
00:07:31Well, Tom, I thought he was working tonight.
00:07:32Yeah, he is. He's working with Kowoska and that bridge thing.
00:07:35Good luck to him.
00:07:36Afraid so.
00:07:37Have a good game.
00:07:38Okay, you bet.
00:07:39Good night.
00:07:39So, anyway, I said to him, I'm telling this long, ridiculous story about the collar, you know.
00:07:45So I look over five minutes later.
00:07:49I'll take three.
00:07:51And you don't think, Sheriff, that the MacGutton Bridge should be rebuilt at all, do you?
00:07:56What I think, son, what...
00:07:57Whoa, man, three bullets.
00:08:00Damn, that puts me...
00:08:02What I think, son, is none of your concern.
00:08:04Or my papers.
00:08:06That's right, or your papers.
00:08:08But, Sheriff, the people have a right to know.
00:08:11Let me tell you something, son.
00:08:13Will you shuffle those?
00:08:14Let me tell you the truth.
00:08:16I haven't given very much thought to the bridge lately.
00:08:19You mean you haven't given much thought to anything.
00:08:21And when I do, I'll let you know, okay?
00:08:26Now, you want to get there?
00:08:27You want to get even?
00:08:28Yeah, damn right.
00:08:30Shuffle the cards, shuffle the cards.
00:08:32Sheriff, wait up there.
00:08:34Wait up there, Campbell.
00:08:35It's only old Griffith.
00:08:39Old Griffith.
00:08:40Come to turn yourself in, huh?
00:08:42Oh, God, Sheriff.
00:08:43Oh, my God.
00:08:44Gee, Sheriff, he seems a little upset.
00:08:46Yeah, upset.
00:08:47Probably bad conscience.
00:08:49What's wrong, Mr. Griffith?
00:08:50Mrs. Griffith.
00:08:51My Margaret.
00:08:52Oh, it was terrible.
00:08:53What's the matter?
00:08:54What's the matter there, Griff?
00:08:55One of them gators chomping you old woman, huh?
00:08:58Yeah, it wasn't no gator.
00:08:59Something got her out there.
00:09:01But it wasn't no gator.
00:09:02No gator.
00:09:03There ain't no gators in them swamps.
00:09:04Ain't there, Sheriff?
00:09:05Of course, there's gators.
00:09:06They're probably asleep, hibernating.
00:09:08You know, if there's a gator out there,
00:09:09old Griffith sure find him now.
00:09:12What was it, Mr. Griffith?
00:09:13I've never seen nothing like it before in my life.
00:09:16Some rotten monster.
00:09:18You dreaming again there, Griff?
00:09:19Well, maybe so.
00:09:21But ever since that big houseboat sank in the swamp,
00:09:24well, nothing's been the same around here since.
00:09:28And now, my Margaret.
00:09:29Where was this?
00:09:30Way out there.
00:09:31Where all them gators used to be.
00:09:32Well, look, I'll take you out to Doc Ellerby's house.
00:09:35He'll fix you up with a sedative.
00:09:37And after a good night's sleep,
00:09:38maybe you can give me some directions or a map.
00:09:40No, believe me, you don't want to go out there.
00:09:42Don't worry.
00:09:43It'll be broad daylight.
00:09:45I've got to check into this.
00:09:47Now, let's go.
00:09:54What a rematch.
00:09:55Damn right.
00:09:56What a rematch.
00:10:27What a rematch.
00:10:58What a rematch.
00:11:13Whoa.
00:11:16Come on, baby.
00:11:18Whoa.
00:11:22Whoa.
00:11:25Whoa.
00:11:26Paul?
00:11:37Paul? What the hell?
00:11:56Paul?
00:12:34Paul?
00:12:49You gave me quite a pride.
00:12:51Well, I'm sorry.
00:12:53You ought to be creeping up on people like that.
00:12:55Hey, I didn't mean to scare you.
00:12:57Hey, do you think you could possibly help me get out of this mess?
00:13:01Walk on out where it's firmer.
00:13:03I'm afraid I can't. My shoes are stuck.
00:13:06Well, you just have to leave them.
00:13:08In this muck? I just bought them.
00:13:11I suppose we could get a helicopter to fly in and carry you out.
00:13:15Very funny.
00:13:25What's so funny?
00:13:26You... you look funny in those socks.
00:13:34Hey, wait a minute. Just who are you anyway?
00:13:36My name's Shawn Michaels and my peppy's Emmet Michaels.
00:13:40Old Emmet Michaels?
00:13:41That's right. And he'll shoot you like a hound if you so much lay a hand on me.
00:13:44Please, I'm Tom Corman. I'm with the local newspaper.
00:13:47So what?
00:13:49Well, I'd like to talk to your father and ask him a few questions if that's okay with you.
00:13:52I don't mind if my peppy might shoot you.
00:13:55Why? I haven't touched you.
00:13:57I know that, but if there's one thing my peppy don't hold too much story, it's that newspaper of yours.
00:14:03Is it because we expose poachers and other abusers of wildlife?
00:14:06Nope. It's cause my peppy can't read.
00:14:09Can you read, Shawn?
00:14:10I can read what's on your mind, and if I had a gun, I'd shoot you too.
00:14:14Well, look, I'd like to talk to him and see if he knows anything about the houseboat
00:14:18or some of the other strange things that have been happening here.
00:14:22Okay, that's the house.
00:14:25Hey, peppy, I'm home.
00:14:34Who's that with you?
00:14:35I'm Tom Corman, sir. I'm with the local newspaper.
00:14:38He wants to ask you some questions.
00:14:41You always walk around in the swamp with your stock and feet?
00:14:45I'd like to ask you a few questions, Mr. Michaels.
00:14:48I guess you want to know about the big one.
00:14:51Well, I...
00:14:53Everybody's always wanting to know about the big one.
00:14:56You know what I tell them?
00:14:58No, sir.
00:14:59I tell them Eddie Rickenbacker was a son of a bitch and you ought to mind your own damn business.
00:15:05Uh, actually, I'm looking for Margaret Griffith.
00:15:08That's what they all say.
00:15:10It is?
00:15:11Damn right it is.
00:15:14I didn't know then and I don't know now.
00:15:18Sir, she just disappeared last night.
00:15:22If there's a live gator in that swamp out there, he's at her.
00:15:26The way she used to whomp on them.
00:15:28Then they are poachers.
00:15:31Well, if you call never catching nothing poaching, I guess they aren't.
00:15:36So, what happened to all the alligators?
00:15:38That swamp used to be ass deep in gators.
00:15:42If you'll stay for supper, I might just be of mind to tell you.
00:15:47Of course he'll stay for supper.
00:15:49I got something special planned.
00:15:53Well?
00:15:54Uh, I...
00:15:56Sure.
00:15:57I'd be delighted.
00:16:03I've lived down in this swamp all my life.
00:16:07About 80 years.
00:16:10And I've seen some things that just curl your hair.
00:16:15Then what do you think happened to the alligators?
00:16:21That goes back to the big one.
00:16:26I chased Eddie Rickenbacker out in the swamp.
00:16:29And we had a big dogfight right near here.
00:16:34Eddie crashed his plane.
00:16:36Chucked full of vials of secret germ warfare material.
00:16:41But they didn't even have germ warfare until World War II.
00:16:44I know that.
00:16:46That's cause I shot Eddie down in the big one.
00:16:51This germ stuff mutated the possums until they grew real huge.
00:16:58The Indians call them Posotex.
00:17:02Posotex?
00:17:04Loosely translated means a giant possum, I reckon.
00:17:11Hell, what do you think I am, an Indian expert?
00:17:14Mr. Michaels, there haven't been any Indians in these parts in hundreds of years.
00:17:19I know that.
00:17:21There haven't been any gators either.
00:17:24The possums eat them up, best that I can tell.
00:17:27That's totally absurd.
00:17:29That's what I used to say.
00:17:31Well, what do you say now?
00:17:32I say it silly.
00:17:34I don't like big words.
00:17:36This conversation is getting us nowhere.
00:17:38By the way, Sean, this dinner is really good. What is it?
00:17:41Possum.
00:17:42Halem.
00:17:44Halem.
00:17:45What?
00:17:46Uh, I'd like to go for a walk now.
00:17:49Wait till I get in a fight.
00:17:51Don't bother, Pappy. I'll go with him.
00:17:56What's up, Pappy?
00:17:57I can carry the wheel, hill, long nights and rain.
00:18:00They make so strange kind of a game, I don't get a load.
00:18:05Better find a thought out a good old song and ain't it just about time.
00:18:10With a glass on the gas, come the line, I got the grass on the mine.
00:18:28Are you ready to go?
00:18:29Hell no, I am ready to go.
00:18:31You've already lost five games.
00:18:34I know that, but I've got to win my money back.
00:18:36Besides, Joe and I are going to hunt for that big gator later on.
00:18:39But it's getting dark.
00:18:40Well, there ain't no better time to hunt gators than when it's dark.
00:18:43If you're lucky, your gun will end up backfiring into your ugly face.
00:18:47Listen, woman, I don't need you to tell me when I go hunt gators and when I can.
00:18:51But I am not about to walk coming in the dark by myself.
00:18:55Well, I'll be out in that swamp and have that gator in my boat and that money in my pocket
00:18:58before you can get your little butt moved off that stool.
00:19:02But it's dark.
00:19:03Well, you can just wait for me right here.
00:19:06And you can just kiss my ass.
00:19:09Go on, see if I care.
00:19:14Go on, see if I care.
00:19:16Go on, see if I care.
00:19:37Let's go.
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00:27:11Jamie, come here, I got something for you.
00:27:21What do you do that for, woman?
00:27:23Jimmy, you get over that one pile and cut that one right this minute.
00:27:26Well, I'm going.
00:27:27I'm going.
00:27:56I'm going.
00:28:01I'm going.
00:28:04I'm going.
00:28:34Jimmy, are you chopping that wood?
00:28:36I'm going.
00:28:51I'm going.
00:28:54I'm going.
00:28:54I'm going.
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00:29:00I'm going.
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00:29:29I'm going.
00:30:38Yeah, you and I, uh, we got up a little hay tonight.
00:30:43Oh, yeah, you're free.
00:30:46Well, you sure do have a way with words there, me little.
00:30:48I think you graduated from high school, didn't I?
00:30:51You know, folks say you and I make a nice pair.
00:30:54A pair of what?
00:30:56A paraplegic.
00:30:57Shut up, Campbell.
00:31:00You gonna buy anything or not?
00:31:10Here you go, honey.
00:31:12Drinks are on me.
00:31:13What?
00:31:14Drinks are on me.
00:31:16Why, thank you, honey.
00:31:29What are you guys laughing about?
00:31:33As you were.
00:31:34Ugh.
00:31:36Huh.
00:31:52You're right there.
00:31:54Yeah.
00:31:55I'm.
00:31:58I'm.
00:32:07I don't know.
00:32:29I really don't know what we're doing out here.
00:32:31I don't even know what we're looking for.
00:32:34The more I'm out here, the more I'm convinced there's just nothing to see.
00:32:38Let's not look, then.
00:32:40Let me glance around some more, okay?
00:32:46You know, there's nothing moving anywhere out here.
00:32:50Yeah, you're right. It's awfully quiet out here.
00:32:54What was that?
00:32:55Probably just a fish jumping.
00:32:57Yeah.
00:33:00What was that?
00:33:02Maybe the gators are back.
00:33:04Tom.
00:33:05I'm going to check this out.
00:33:08Careful, remember what happened to you last time you did that.
00:33:11Shit.
00:33:13Tom.
00:33:14Get the hell out of here. Get that anchor up.
00:33:17Oh, God.
00:33:19Come on.
00:33:22Tom, what was that?
00:33:24I don't know.
00:33:25Shit.
00:33:31Oh, God damn.
00:33:44Did you see that?
00:33:45I sure did.
00:33:47Was it what I think it was?
00:33:48I don't know.
00:33:49But the chances are pretty good.
00:33:52Oh, damn.
00:33:53There's that schmuck Kowalski up there.
00:34:03No.
00:34:06No.
00:34:08No.
00:34:09No.
00:34:09No.
00:34:11No.
00:34:13No.
00:34:13No.
00:34:13No.
00:34:13No.
00:34:14No.
00:34:14What's up, Sheriff?
00:34:16I just thought you folks would like to know.
00:34:19Griffith's case is solved.
00:34:21Idiot?
00:34:23Well, we sure do appreciate you coming out here on our behalf, Sheriff.
00:34:29What do you think happened?
00:34:31Well, old Doc Ellaby got to looking at poor Mrs. Griffith there,
00:34:34and he thought the wounds were made by some kind of animal.
00:34:39Did he know what kind?
00:34:40No, you know, old Doc Ellaby couldn't make head and a tail.
00:34:45It seems obvious to us.
00:34:48Oh, yeah?
00:34:49Yeah.
00:34:50A renegated gator.
00:34:52A renegator?
00:34:53Will you shut up, Campbell? Just be quiet.
00:34:57Look, Sheriff, it couldn't possibly be an alligator.
00:34:59Well, what the hell do you think it is, boy?
00:35:02Pass old tech?
00:35:03Sheriff, it couldn't possibly be an alligator.
00:35:05The idea of this alligator thing is totally ridiculous.
00:35:08Uh-huh. You and the Doc both.
00:35:10I must be right.
00:35:11Look, Kowalski, we saw them.
00:35:14Saw what?
00:35:15The things that killed Mrs. Griffith.
00:35:17Uh-huh.
00:35:18What things?
00:35:19Well, they were people, things.
00:35:21I don't know. We only saw them for a second.
00:35:23Uh-huh.
00:35:24That's right. They tried to overturn the boat.
00:35:27Did you see those monsters, Sean?
00:35:31Sure did.
00:35:32I think.
00:35:32Now, you mean to tell me that Margaret Griffiths was killed by those monsters that only you saw?
00:35:40They also killed off all the alligators in the swamp.
00:35:43Oh, come on now.
00:35:44And the Indians.
00:35:46And the Indians.
00:35:48Let's go, Campbell.
00:35:50Oh, by the way, I just put a bounty on that there gator, in case you were always interested in
00:35:57some honest money.
00:35:59Sheriff, are you nuts?
00:36:01You'll have a swamp full of hicks out here shooting at each other if you do that.
00:36:05Shooting at each other?
00:36:05Let me tell you something, boy.
00:36:07Better shooting out here in the swamp than in town there.
00:36:10What do you want me to do?
00:36:11Go out there and go out there and get bit by all them mosquitoes?
00:36:15But, Sheriff, you can't go up there and do that like you think...
00:36:18Do that like I do what?
00:36:19Good hunting.
00:36:20Goodbye.
00:36:20All right.
00:36:22Gowalski, you jerk.
00:36:24Come on, Sean.
00:36:25Forget it.
00:36:25Let's get this boat beached before the tide comes in.
00:36:29Hey, Sean.
00:36:30What's this up, Mr. Keller?
00:36:33Don't drop it.
00:36:34It might have come off one of those things we run over.
00:36:36Hey, you know, you're right.
00:36:38I wonder if there's someplace we could take this stuff and find out what it is.
00:36:42Do we have a biologist in town anywhere?
00:36:44I guess the closest thing we'd have to a biologist would be Miller Hayes, the gang warden.
00:36:48Hey, you're right.
00:36:48All right, let's take this over to him and he can maybe tell us what it is, all right?
00:37:03Hey, Miller, what you up to?
00:37:05Not much, Paisley.
00:37:06Just going to do a little fishing.
00:37:08Oh, yeah?
00:37:08You got a license, Morton?
00:37:10What are you guys up to, anyway?
00:37:12Oh, we're going off to hunt that big gator.
00:37:15Oh, you think you're going to catch him?
00:37:16Sure is shooting.
00:37:19You know, I don't recall issuing Kroll going on a license.
00:37:22Oh, he ain't going to do no shooting, Morton.
00:37:24No?
00:37:25No, he's just going to look.
00:37:27Well, Paisley, you make sure that's all he does.
00:37:29And you guys be careful, you hear?
00:37:31All right, Miller.
00:37:32Come on, Kroll, let's go get that big seller.
00:37:46Hey, Miller, it says I was starting to rain out there.
00:37:49Gordy, that's just a sun shower.
00:37:51It should be over soon.
00:37:52Yeah, brother.
00:37:53What can I do for you?
00:37:54How about some bait?
00:37:55Just a box will do.
00:37:56Okay, going fishing?
00:37:57Might as well.
00:37:58There's not much else to do these days.
00:37:59I'm not going on the big hunt.
00:38:01Oh, God.
00:38:03Pretty sad, ain't it?
00:38:05You know, Doc Gellerby is sure going to have his hands full these next few days.
00:38:11Seems to me like a game warden ought to protest a situation like that.
00:38:15It's about all I can do is protest.
00:38:16That's just the kind of lip service that's the extent of my office.
00:38:20Gordy Kowalski never listens to me, never enforces any of my restrictions.
00:38:23About the only thing I can do these days is fish and peer through my microscope.
00:38:27I guess I feel retired.
00:38:30What about Margaret Griffith?
00:38:31Do you think she really was killed by a gator?
00:38:33Well, I didn't examine the body, but I'd be really surprised if it had been a gator.
00:38:38For one thing, there hasn't been a gator in these parts in months.
00:38:40But, you know, that's beside the point.
00:38:42Ellaby had some mighty weird things to say about that corpse.
00:38:46Like what?
00:38:47Gordy, can you keep something under your hat?
00:38:49It's a pretty big hat.
00:38:51Well, I don't know what to make of this, and neither does Ellaby.
00:38:54But after he examined that body, he told me it was completely drained.
00:38:58Thank goodness you're here.
00:38:59I thought you must be here.
00:39:00We saw your tackle loaded up outside.
00:39:01Something I can do for you?
00:39:02Take a look at what Sean has there.
00:39:04What is it?
00:39:05We were hoping you'd be able to tell us.
00:39:07We think it has something to do with what killed Mrs. Griffith.
00:39:10Well, we can take it across to my place and have a look.
00:39:12That's what we were hoping you'd say.
00:39:13Let's go.
00:39:14Gordy, we might be able to clear up this thing.
00:39:17You two, come on, and we'll just look into it.
00:39:19See you later, Gordy.
00:39:20Oh, thanks, Gordy.
00:39:25That old Miller Hayes, he's something, ain't he?
00:39:27That boy cracks me up.
00:39:29I don't recall answering Krellborn a hunting license.
00:39:33Shit, that boy's a regular riot.
00:39:35Everybody knows you can't hunt alligators, even with a license.
00:39:38Hell, that never stopped nobody.
00:39:40Yeah, well, we're going to get us this one
00:39:41and collect that big reward for ourselves.
00:39:44Hey, just you be careful now.
00:39:45Don't you go fuck it up.
00:39:46Me fuck it up?
00:39:47You dumb audited, I suppose you're going to blame me
00:39:50for lossing up that bounty on that escaped convict.
00:39:52It wouldn't have come down from Ascot County last year.
00:39:54Hell, who are you calling an audited?
00:39:56If you'd have been awake, you'd have shot that boy,
00:39:58and we wouldn't have had to be out here right now.
00:40:00Shit, how was I supposed to know he was dressed as a nun?
00:40:04Hey, you dumb turd, anybody knows there ain't no nuns
00:40:07around this part of the countryside.
00:40:09His is wearing prison boots.
00:40:10They were sticking right out from underneath that dress of his.
00:40:12Yeah, well, who's going to be a boot sticking out of something else
00:40:14if you don't stop ribbing me and start looking for that renegade gator?
00:40:18Hell, that Sheriff Kowalski, he don't know one gator from another.
00:40:21Would you shoot the first one that comes along?
00:40:23You know, I hope one comes along real soon,
00:40:25because I got a hankering for a cold six-pack.
00:40:27Yeah, one old gator and we've had a steepin' beer.
00:40:30Slow that boat down, son.
00:40:32I think I see one.
00:40:39Where is it?
00:40:46Shut up.
00:40:50Come on, boy.
00:41:19Well, it fits.
00:41:22Fits what?
00:41:24Well, Doc Ellery told me that Mrs. Griffin's body was completely drained of blood.
00:41:29But a body with wounds like that could easily be drained of blood.
00:41:32Yeah, that's what I thought.
00:41:33But the doc says the way the things were collapsed would look as if the blood was all sucked out.
00:41:39But these things look like people.
00:41:41Well, you know, I might be crazy for saying it, but I think we ought to pay a visit to
00:41:45May Hawkins.
00:41:46You mean that girl with the crazy story?
00:41:48So what?
00:41:50Remember, she tried to tell everyone that some strange thing fell from the sky and hit that boat,
00:41:54but nobody believed it.
00:41:56I don't make the connection.
00:41:58I don't either.
00:42:00But, you know, they never did find those dead people.
00:42:03Just the wreckage.
00:42:07Get over there.
00:42:10You coming, Chuck?
00:42:12I'm coming, but I don't like the mess you're getting me into.
00:42:15Well, let's just hope we're wrong.
00:42:24Sheriff, I'm here at the Highway 17 Bridge,
00:42:28and I believe I've found a boat that belongs to Paisley and Crawford.
00:42:34It appears that there is also blood on the seats.
00:42:38You better get a hold of your deputy camel and send him out here to investigate this situation.
00:42:44I'm 10-8 on another call, so I can't be of any assistance here.
00:43:14I'm 10-8 on another call, so I can't be of any assistance here.
00:43:41I'm 10-8 on another call.
00:45:05This is ID number one, unit two, what is your 1020?
00:45:18Come in, unit two, give me your 1040 to own your 1020.
00:45:35Go on, Campbell, where are you?
00:45:37Come on.
00:45:57Come on.
00:46:00All right, Sheriff, I'm down here by the, uh, checking out the swamp.
00:46:18Uh, I got a, uh, a suspicious character under surveillance.
00:46:23Ah, you, you can forget that surveillance, Campbell.
00:46:26I know you.
00:46:26Now, you get yourself back here, you hear?
00:46:28We're going to get out to Highway 17, there's something funny going on out there.
00:46:32Hey, boy, number one, I'm not kidding.
00:46:35Head stem.
00:46:38We don't mean no harm to you good people here on Earth.
00:46:48We only mean to show you what you could be worth.
00:46:59We just want your body.
00:47:03We already have a man.
00:47:09So if you will cooperate, you'll be helping all mankind.
00:47:18Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:29-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:35-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:36-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:36-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:37-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
00:47:49First you must let a little one dominate inside your head.
00:48:19We promise you that the strong will live but the weak will have the fall.
00:48:29Sickness will leave forever, there'll be happiness for all.
00:48:39No, there won't be any more hard times.
00:48:44Everyone will come out of it.
00:48:48But first you must let a little one dominate inside your head.
00:49:04Ah yes, very pretty tune there from Paul Jones and Sugar Lee.
00:49:09We're going to have another pretty tune there from those two fine young folks in just a moment.
00:49:12It's 98 degrees here at WOMB and I hope you're keeping it country cool right along about now.
00:49:43We'll be back at WOMB.
00:49:44The Retreat of WOMB and I don't have any more money.
00:49:44Let's go, and let's go.
00:49:59We're going to be the first one.
00:50:00It looks great at WOMB.
00:50:02You're not a winner, but it looks great at WOMB.
00:50:10You're welcome.
00:50:11You're very welcome, but I'll be the first one.
00:50:15Oh, my God.
00:50:49Oh, my God.
00:51:37Oh, my God.
00:52:06Oh, my God.
00:52:23Oh, my God.
00:52:28Well, hello, Miller.
00:52:38You know Tom here with the newspaper.
00:52:40Of course.
00:52:40Amen, Doc.
00:52:41This is Shawn Michaels, Emmett Michaels' daughter.
00:52:43Please can meet you.
00:52:44What brings all of you out here today?
00:52:47Just want to ask you that.
00:52:48Well, as a matter of fact, I come out here every day.
00:52:51May's just had a dreadful experience.
00:52:53She's still under a terrible strain.
00:52:55You don't think it could have anything to do with what happened in the swamp, do you, Doc?
00:52:57Well, it's not for me to determine, Mr. Corman.
00:52:59Then what, in your opinion, did cause it?
00:53:02Well, whatever it was, it sure generated a lot of heat.
00:53:05As to its origin...
00:53:06I know, I know.
00:53:07No comment.
00:53:08That's right.
00:53:08Can we talk to her, see her, Doc?
00:53:10Well, I don't see why not.
00:53:12Let's find out.
00:53:29May?
00:53:30It's Doc Yolliby.
00:53:32Come on in, Doc.
00:53:34Who's there with you?
00:53:35A game warden, Miller Hayes, and some friends.
00:53:38They, uh, want to talk to you.
00:53:39Miss Hawkins, I want to know what you saw that night in the swamp.
00:53:43Why should you?
00:53:45Everybody laughs and thinks I'm crazy.
00:53:47Just what did you see, Miss Hawkins?
00:53:50Hmm.
00:53:52I was cruising around with Bobby Phillips.
00:53:55You know, just riding around.
00:53:58And then he stopped the car.
00:54:23I was traveling down the road at night to the early morning line.
00:54:27I think of me, of me and songs that I can sit and write.
00:54:31Well, I finally thought of a good old song, and ain't it just about time?
00:54:36Match on the gas, get off the line, I got the grass on my mind.
00:54:40Rolling down the highway, mile after mile.
00:54:45It's an explanation of space, you're somewhere down the line.
00:54:49Well, the timing would be easier, but you've got enough time.
00:54:54Match on the gas, get off the line, I got the grass on my mind.
00:54:57Match on the gas, get off the line, I got the grass on my mind.
00:55:23Well, I finally thought of a good old song, and ain't it just about time?
00:55:27Mash on the gasket off the line, I got some grass on my mind.
00:55:32Rolling down the highway, mile after mile.
00:55:36It's the destination of state, you're somewhere down the line.
00:55:41Well, the traveling would be easier when you've got enough time.
00:55:45Mash on the gasket off the line.
00:56:20So, let's go.
00:56:23Let's go.
00:57:06Let's go.
00:57:08Let's go.
00:57:09Let's go.
00:57:10Let's go.
00:57:12Let's go.
00:57:13Let's go.
00:57:16Let's go.
00:57:22I learned anything you've ever seen before.
00:57:25Miller, I think you better leave now.
00:57:27Yeah.
00:57:28Well, thanks.
00:57:29Thank you for talking.
00:57:37Miller, I think our worst fears have been realized.
00:57:40That meteorite didn't kill those people.
00:57:42It turned them into a bunch of monsters.
00:57:44And to think all those people are out there looking for an alligator.
00:57:49Sam!
00:57:50Where are you going?
00:57:52Come on!
00:57:53Crap!
00:57:54Wait for me!
00:57:55Wait for me!
00:57:59Wait for me!
00:58:22Wait for me!
00:58:35That's a good thing, that's good.
00:58:38I'm sorry.
00:58:42Hello?
00:58:44I tried to help you out.
00:58:45I can't wait for you.
00:58:51I think, I'm sorry.
00:59:32Girl, what do you think you're doing in that water?
00:59:35What do you mean?
00:59:37Ain't you heard about that bloodthirsty alligator everybody hunting for?
00:59:41Why, there ain't no gators out here no more.
00:59:44That's what they used to say.
00:59:46Sheriff says it's a right mean one.
00:59:49Well, don't y'all worry about me.
00:59:50Y'all just don't shoot each other.
00:59:52Let's go, Carl.
00:59:54These women around here are crazy anyway.
00:59:56That's why there ain't many of them around.
00:59:58I reckon.
01:00:20What do you want?
01:00:51Come on.
01:01:21Come on.
01:01:57Come on.
01:01:58Come on.
01:01:58In the track hood.
01:01:59Come on.
01:02:05Get out of here.
01:02:08He's gone.
01:02:09Get out of here.
01:02:18Did you see those things?
01:02:20They have a somewhat bigger than I'd expected.
01:02:22They were awful looking.
01:02:24I'm mighty lucky you folks done alone.
01:02:27I shot them bests twice before they got that girl, but it didn't do no good.
01:02:32Girl? Do you know who it was?
01:02:33Not really.
01:02:35I was kind of surprised seeing those things, whatever they were.
01:02:38They were the fools, Peppy.
01:02:41No fooling.
01:02:42Yeah, the thing we gotta do now is find out how to kill them.
01:02:45But they're dead already, Miller.
01:02:47Let's go get the sheriff.
01:02:48Oh, you've got to be kidding.
01:02:50You're right, Hayes.
01:02:52That boy Kowalski is about as lazy a sheriff as we've ever seen.
01:02:56The point is we've got to decide on a plan of action.
01:02:59We can go on over to our place and work on it there.
01:03:01Hey, good idea. As I recall, it's not too far from here.
01:03:04About a mile, I guess.
01:03:06You know, this is still crazy as hell.
01:03:08I mean, nobody would ever believe such a story.
01:03:11I tried to tell everyone about letting them Yankees flood in here like it was the 4th of July.
01:03:17Yeah, and they're sucking out people's blood, too.
01:03:20That's not the half of it.
01:03:21It just might prove to be even worse than we anticipated.
01:03:24What do you mean, Miller?
01:03:25Well, providing it was a meteorite that revived them dead people,
01:03:28it could have the same mutating effect on other forms of life.
01:03:31Hell, maybe we just better make a beeline for Georgia and forget all about fighting this thing out.
01:03:37I don't think we've got much choice. Look up there.
01:03:40Hey, that looks like Doc's car.
01:03:42It is Doc's car. Hey, look on the side there.
01:03:46Doc!
01:04:07Doc!
01:04:10Doc!
01:04:10John!
01:04:12John!
01:04:14John!
01:04:15John!
01:04:15John!
01:04:16Ah!
01:04:18Ah!
01:04:19Ah!
01:04:23Ah!
01:04:35John!
01:04:42Up ahead, there's a house.
01:04:52Hey, boys, look here, it's Doc Ellaby.
01:04:55Alive?
01:04:55Yeah, but he's hurt mighty bad.
01:04:58Y'all stay here.
01:05:12Hey, Doc, come on with me.
01:05:15Oh, my God, you...
01:05:22Pepe!
01:05:23Pepe!
01:05:24Pepe!
01:05:25Pepe!
01:05:26Pepe!
01:05:26Pepe!
01:05:27Pepe!
01:05:31What's it?
01:05:31Oh, yeah!
01:05:39Oh!
01:05:46Hey, over there!
01:05:47I'm not a snake!
01:05:48No!
01:05:53This barrel came to the door yet.
01:06:00Check the other windows and rooms.
01:06:02Alright, I'll stay by this one.
01:06:24Let's go!
01:06:31Tom!
01:06:33Tom!
01:06:34Tom!
01:06:36Tom!
01:06:41Tom!
01:06:56Oh, my God!
01:06:58Help me, please!
01:06:59Help me!
01:07:01No!
01:07:05Look, we're safer right now, but I don't say how long.
01:07:08You should have made that beeline for Georgia.
01:07:10These windows aren't going to hold them off for very much longer!
01:07:21They're just...
01:07:22They're just waiting.
01:07:24They're just standing around.
01:07:26What are we going to do?
01:07:28Maybe we can make it to the car.
01:07:30Now!
01:07:30Look, I can pull them off with this while you all go out to the back.
01:07:33No, Miller, it's too dangerous.
01:07:34We don't have any choice when we get the hell out of here!
01:07:36Okay, okay, you be careful now.
01:07:38Don't worry about me.
01:07:39Just get the hell out!
01:07:40Take this!
01:07:40Let's go!
01:08:05Let's go!
01:08:05Let's go!
01:08:06Let's go!
01:08:07Let's go!
01:08:13Let's go!
01:08:15No, Miller!
01:08:15No!
01:08:20No, YOUrsart!
01:08:27No!
01:08:32Oh, my God.
01:09:00No!
01:09:00It's going! Come on!
01:09:30Oh my god.
01:10:01Help!
01:10:54What are you all doing out there?
01:10:58Maybe they're looking for killer toads.
01:11:03You haven't seen the game, have you?
01:11:06He's dead.
01:11:09Corman, what are you all dreaming of?
01:11:12It's like a dead end here, Sheriff.
01:11:15Yeah, these newspaper people are fools.
01:11:22Dreamers and fools.
01:11:25Come on, Cam.
01:11:45Now I recall how things were a couple of years ago.
01:11:54It always seemed that friction was always coming home.
01:12:04And knowing that my spark, Lord, was the one that set the flame.
01:12:12Caused a great deal of hurting and a lot of pain.
01:12:22How I miss home, I hear my son say.
01:12:32Daddy, don't cry, we can go back today.
01:12:42We'll make Mama love you so you won't be alone.
01:12:51Oh, Daddy.
01:12:53Oh, dear Daddy.
01:12:56Oh, how I miss home.
01:12:59I'm leaving.
01:13:02What am I supposed to do?
01:13:04Oh, dear Daddy.
01:13:05Oh, dear.
01:13:09Oh, dear.
01:13:20Oh, dear Daddy.
01:13:36What made you want to do those things
01:13:41And hurt me like you did
01:13:45When the only one you're hurting
01:13:50Is the love of our dear kid
01:13:55Oh, but time will end my aching heart
01:14:00A long-lived self-pride
01:14:03And all alone on a cold, cold night
01:14:08I hear them softly cry
01:14:14How I miss home I hear my son say
01:14:24Daddy, don't cry
01:14:27We can go back to death
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