Skookum: The Hunt for Bigfoot (2016) - full transcript

I had a beer with him,

said he wanted to show me something.

Took me out in the backyard
and I saw these with my own eyes, man,

I'm telling you, woo, like I say,

these guys did have their heads

torn right off their shoulders.

I coulda swore I saw something...

Oil City, Louisiana.

I don't really know when it began.

Everybody fortunate
enough to have struck oil,

they headed outta the city years ago,.



Those of us still left in the
city were left without jobs,

without the proper means,
and it was a failing economy.

We watched those oil wells pump

every last dollar out of our city.

Desperation does strange things to folks.

We'll do whatever it takes us survive.

It's in our nature.

For some, that's crime,

others join these extremist
groups or become survivalists,

join militias, preaching
about new beginnings.

Then there's superstition.

We're poor, uneducated folk here.

Nobody ever told us Bigfoot
don't exist.

Yeah, I seen him.



We ain't the first people
that seen him neither.

The Indians here, they call him Sasquatch.

Further west, they call him Skookum.

He's like a man,

but a good 10 feet tall
and covered in hair.

- What the hell?

- Mitchell Rock.

Mike Wooley here.

I'm out here on Whiskey Road.
- I see.

- Near Chamberborn.

I saw something huge in the area-

- Calm down.

- around the edge of the
woods, it scared my cattle.

- I know right where that's
located. We'll be there in 15.

- What's going on?

- Possible Bigfoot sighting
out on Whiskey Road.

The farmer said that something's
been spooking his cattle.

He went out to investigate
and he saw this huge form

walking upright on the tree line.

He was pretty rattled.

He could barely get his words out.

I told him we're on our way.

- Great, I'll go get my shoes.

- Okay, kids, you know the rules,

don't open the doors for anyone,

and absolutely no scary movies.

Yes, daddy.

- Why are you going, daddy?

- We're gonna check out
a reported sighting.

We won't be gone long, I promise.

- Why are there so many Bigfoots out?

- I don't know why, sweetie.

There's no need to worry.

Bigfoots never hurt anyone,

except little girls
who watch scary movies.

- Daddy, please don't go.

- Someone's been watching
movies again, huh?

We're not going far,

just down from your friend Jake's house.

It's okay, Mego.

We're not gonna be gone long,

and your big sister will
take good care of you,

won't you, Anna?

- Sure, mommy.

- No more scary movies, girls.

Yes, mommy.

- Anna banana, I'm scared.

- There's nothing to be
afraid of, Megan Dawn.

The house is locked up

and nothing out there is gonna hurt us.

- What about Bigfoot?

What if he tries to get us?

There's no
such thing as Bigfoot.

Nobody's ever even...

- What was that?

- I don't know.

Just probably bugs on the screen.

Bugs don't growl.

- Hey, fresh track.

This span is bigger than 18 inches.

- Looks like it's leading up to the barn.

- I think you're right.

He might still be there,
I'll get my camera ready.

- What was that?

- Mitch, Mitch!

Mitch?

Mitch!

Mitchell Rock's
body was found in a cave

just outside the swamps,

and the locals said Cynthia
had been eaten whole.

The police said it was some animal attack.

Dr. Jeff Cameron, he had been
the Rock's contact for years,

and the story of a Bigfoot
eating his researchers

made him notorious.

Meanwhile, the Rock's children
were put in foster care.

Dr. Cameron tried to get custody,

but the state thought he'd
be an unhealthy influence.

After Megan's parents died,
Jake was Megan's only friend.

He stuck by her and even chased her

through three different foster homes.

- Megan.
- Go away from me.

- Everybody's looking for you.

- I don't wanna go away, I wanna go home.

- They won't let you go home anymore.

- Why?

- Because of your parents.

- I can go with you.

- My mom's gone and my dad gets,

he gets angry.

- I'm not leaving.

- Megan, your social
worker's looking for you.

I'm not going with them.

- Jake, put your bike in
the back of the truck.

- Don't leave me.
- Jake!

Put your bike in the back of the truck.

You're gonna get it, boy.

- Here, take the bike.

- What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Now you're really gonna get it.

Megan had a
disturbing obsession with Bigfoot.

She was put through years of therapy,

but on her 16th birthday,

she showed up at Dr. Cameron's office

and joined his team as
a Bigfoot researcher.

- And so we see the adaptive
diversity of the fossil apes

reached its zenith during the Miocene,

some 20 million years ago,

although most of those species

were extinct shortly thereafter.

One exception to this,
however, was Gigantopithecus,

which persisted in Asia to
a mere 200,000 years ago,

or as some have suggested
perhaps even to the present day.

And that will be the subject
for our discussion next week.

So until then, everybody
have a good weekend,

and don't forget to
turn in your assignments

before you leave.

- Professor, did I see you
on "Nat Geo" last night?

- As a matter of fact, I
think you did. How did I do?

- You were great.
- Well, thanks.

- Dr. Cameron, could you
please sign this for me?

I'm a huge fan.

- I'd be happy to.

- It's Melanie, right?
- Yes, sir, thank you.

So Anna, what's your analysis

of this situation that's going on?

Well, I believe if we-

- Well, Dr. Morris, to what
do I owe this pleasure?

- I hope you're aware that
you are making this university

a laughing stock throughout the
entire scientific community.

- Is that a fact?

And just how have I
managed to accomplish that?

- Bigfoot!

Since your appearance
on national television,

we've received no less than
100 emails and phone calls

from parents and alumni.

Now, they all realize
that Bigfoot is a hoax,

but now they're asking
why one of our professors

is on national television
promoting science fiction?

- So what's your point?

- There's a letter
petitioning for your dismissal

circulating through
the campus as we speak.

And I personally signed it first.

- So what are you saying, Morris?

Should I be getting ready
to box up my office?

- What I'm saying, Dr. Cameron,

is your tenure is in jeopardy

unless you start conforming

to our strict academic standards.

- Your standards?

Are we through?

- Well, now, that just depends.

Are we clear?

- Got it.

Connor, come on in.

Dr. Morris was just about to leave.

What have you got for me?

- Incident report.

- Uh, incident report?

- A Bigfoot siting.
- Oh, no.

- Marion County, Texas,
very credible witness,

fascinating story, but nothing concrete.

Why do you still have this?

- Connor, you know we all love Anna.

- Dad, Anna and I are done.

She's moved on, living her dream.

I'm over it.

Subject's closed.

- Well, I'm not so sure
that she's really over it.

- You got somethin'.

Oh, what you got?

Oh, oh, oh,
looks like 14 inches,

and size does matter.

You know last year the whole damn cold

dried up the freaking lake,
wasn't a dam fish to be had,

but this year I'd say we
got ourselves a honey hole.

- Looks like trash fish to me, hoss.

- Well, what are you doing?

Well, what done crawled
up your ass and died?

- Me and the old lady got into it.

Really?

Oh, I'd say the honeymoon's over.

Always thought you two
would tear into each other

like two possums in a
gunny sack.

- Her brother's been running my traps.

- No shit?

Damn, don't he know what happens to people

around here for doing that?

- Well, I'm gonna tell
you, if it wasn't my wife,

I'd a'done fed him to the swamp thing.

I bet you're rethinking
that decision, huh?

Damn, what the hell was that?

- A panther.

- It didn't sound like
no panther I ever heard.

Well, pull us onto shore.

- For what?

- I gotta shit like a pet coon.

- With the panther?

- Ain't no damn panther, come on.

- Bones?

This is
Planet News, Louisiana.

Welcome to "The Four Corners
Show with Steven Carvey."

- Hello and welcome to
"The Four Corners Show."

I'm Steven Carvey.

- And I'm Dr. Anna Rock.

Thank you for joining us.

- A sudden rash of Bigfoot
sightings has been reported

in the Southern most
swamplands, actually, Anna.

- Oh, I'd love to see
psychological profiles

on these folks who claim to
have seen Bigfoot.

- Yeah, I'm sure you would.

Dr. Anna Rock, our resident psychologist

and professional cynic.

- Thank you, Steven, I love you, too.

Yeah, I'm sure you do.

- So Anna, what's your
analysis of this situation

that's going on?

- Well, I believe if we looked
at these so-called reports,

we'd find they're a by-product
of wild imagination,

superstition, and pure
unadulterated ignorance.

- So let me get this, Anna.

When you see a body that's
been ripped in half,

you call that superstition and ignorance,

a figment of someone's imagination?

No, I don't believe that.

Oh, Steven, I've seen
rednecks do worse.

I wouldn't stake my sister's reputation

on a report like this.
- Oh, yeah, your sister.

Anyway, up, halt, hold the debate.

We have a caller on the air.

This is Mike Wooley.

I've seen a creature.

I've seen him with my own eyes

when I was deer huntin' near Caddo Lake.

Hey, it's me.

I know I shouldn't be calling.

I was watching your show last night.

It's been six months.

I would love to talk.

Hey, sis, it's Megan.

Just wanted to let you
know I'm in Louisiana

on a Bigfoot research trip.

Wanna meet me?

I can pick you up at the house.

I guess Anna
and Connor had been together.

Some folks said Anna
took Connor from Megan.

There was definitely some
bad blood between them.

I'd heard Anne and Connor had
even gotten married in Vegas

and divorced a week later.

You hear a lotta things though.

- Oh, shit, not my day.

Dammit.

- Hey, Jake, it's been forever.

- Hey, Megan.
- I was hoping you'd be here.

- What brings you back into town?

- I'm here doing some field research

and my car just broke down at
the big curve down the road.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm just a little rattled.

- Let me get you a beer.

- Oh no, no, thank you.

If you could just help me.

I really just need to fix my car.

- It can wait.

- Yeah, you're right, I
just need to do something.

- Relax, Megan.

- Jake, I can't relax.

Graduate school is so competitive,

and with my background,

the only way I stand a
fighting chance for admission

is to prove myself in the field.

I have to, I have to go.

- Just unwind a bit.

- Easy for you to say,

you already made it into law school.

- Listen, you got Dr. Cameron on your side

and your parents were his
main field researchers.

You don't need to worry.

- What are you doing here anyway?

Aren't you supposed to be
in school or something?

- Yeah, I had some things
I had to take care of.

- Hey, let's go fix that truck of yours

and get something to eat.

- Oh, that sounds great,
and I'm starving, let's go.

♪ This road is hard ♪

♪ This road is long ♪

♪ This road, this road I'm on ♪

♪ This road is hard and long ♪

♪ This road is long now ♪

♪ Long now, hard and long ♪

♪ Like I say, I won't give up ♪

♪ Even though the way is tough ♪

♪ I gotta move on ♪

♪ Move on down that road ♪

- Aw, if it isn't the lovebirds.

Haven't seen you in a while.

- I'm just here doing research.

Huh, lookin' for that booger, I reckon.

- Yeah, I saw a cow yesterday

with its head twisted
back like a corkscrew.

- Coyotes kill cattle all the time.

- Yeah, but they don't break a backbone.

- Why is it that all the
UFO's and the Bigfoots

and all the other crazies
always have it in for cows?

- Uh, Jessica, would you
get us two cheeseburgers,

fully loaded, and two sweet ice teas?

- Sure.
- Hey, Jessica.

How's it going?
- Oh, you know,

Megan Rock's back in town,
looking for Bigfoot again.

- You should introduce her to my husband.

He's a Neanderthal, probably brothers.

- So you been down to the-

Two
cheeseburgers, fully loaded.

- Been down to the lake?
- Pronto.

- Have you been down to the lake?

- Well, I'm meeting with
a local hunter down there

and he says that he's
encountered a Bigfoot.

So we'll see.

- Old Man Wooley?

- Mike Wooley, the-

Where are those cheeseburgers?

- Old man Wooley, the local crazy?

You know that guy's like one
joker shy of a full deck.

I don't know how to tell you this,

but I'm pretty sure he was there

when your parents were killed by Bigfoot.

- Mr. Wooley?
- Call me Mike.

- I really appreciate you
inviting me here today, Mike.

- Seems like I invited you, not him.

- Oh, he's just an old friend of mine.

- Well, how about I
just uninvite you then?

- Oh, that's all right, he
was just dropping me off.

- Okay, well, come on in.

- Well, as I mentioned
before over the phone,

I'm here conducting research

on the Bigfoot sightings around here.

Do you mind if I record
our interview, Mr. Wooley?

- You can put that thing up
or join your friend outside.

- Okay, Mr. Wooley, tell me your story.

- I got to my deer stand early.

I was waiting for dawn to break.

Perfect weather for a hunt.

A mist was rolling in.

I saw something huge and
hairy walking upright.

I first thought it was a militia boy

trying to scare me off my
good deer hunting spot.

I raised my rifle ever so slow,

I looked through the scope,

I saw the meanest, evilest, red eyes,

devil eyes.

- Mr. Wooley, were you there
when Bigfoot killed my parents?

- So tell me about this
whole Bigfoot obsession.

- I just wanna prove that Sasquatch exists

and that it killed my parents.

- Revenge, I like that.

Want some beer?

- Got anything stronger?

What are you doing?

- Nothing, it was just in the fax.

- You know, that kinda defeats

the whole attorney-client privilege.

Yeah, but
you're not even a lawyer yet.

- Yeah, but they don't know that.

So my buddies and me are having
a party down by Caddo Lake.

You wanna come?

- Sure, as long as I
can take some pictures.

- Why not?

It's Bigfoot country, you
might catch one after all.

Cheers!

Hey, hey.

- Come on.

- Megan Rock, all the way back home.

You remember when we made out
back behind the bleachers?

I think your imagination

is running wild, Tommy Frank.

- I don't think so.

- I think everyone else here does.

- Okay, man, this place
is a total sausage fest.

Where, where are the girls?

- So Megan, think you're gonna
be sleeping with me tonight?

Give it up,
Jake, we've known each other

since we were knee-high to grasshoppers,

ain't gonna happen.

- Awe, ain't gonna happen.

- Come on, nothing official.

You know, old friends with benefits.

- Um, no.

- Megan, why are you here?

- She's here hunting Bigfoot.

Bigfoot, watch out for them
vampires, too.

- To the fresh meat.
- To the fresh meat.

- Hi, I'm Brad.

- Hi, I'm Megan.

- Do you mind?
- No.

- So, are you new here?

Unfortunately not.

I can't seem to get outta here

no matter how many times I try.

- So what brings you back?

- I am actually a Bigfoot researcher.

- Bigfoot, really?
- Really?

- Well, I have a few
Bigfoot stories of my own.

- Oh! - Wanna hear 'em?
- Yeah, do you mind if I record it?

- Oh, sure.
- Great.

Okay, I'm ready.

- I live on a farm.

Last night, we lost two cows.

There were tore open from stem to stern.

- Oh my god.

- Hello?

Nope, I didn't get page two.

No, I didn't get it.

No, I didn't get it, all right.

Get out of the way.

- What?

- Shit!

Help, help!

Dude, there's a body!

- What's the matter with you?

- Dude, there's a dead
body in the boat, man.

- Shit, what the hell's going on here?

Where's Megan?

Tommy, where's Megan?

- She was with you, man!

I pissed all over myself.

- It's been three days since
my sister's been missing

and you haven't found a trace of her yet.

- Not a trace, not a clue, I'm sorry.

- She is out there!

She's out there.

- Well, are you, are you sure

that your sister didn't go
off some place with some guy?

- My sister wouldn't do that.

What a cop out, pun intended.

- Well, we've got to
exhaust all possibilities.

- Things don't add up here, sheriff.

Look, sheriff, if you can't do your job-

- Ms. Rock, if you break
the law in any way,

I will not hesitate to
arrest your citified assitude

and have you put in my jail

for interfering with my investigation.

- What investigation?

I'm the only one who's looking for her.

- Could we sat down, please.

I have a gimpy leg.

- Okay, now you're talking, sheriff.

- When you pick up the maps
and the radio from my deputy,

ask him about a local
fellow, his name is Gator.

Clyde, give me some copies
of these maps of the area

that we've already covered

and round up some radios.

Clyde's right down the hallway, ma'am.

- Deputy Clyde?

- Um, here's the, the, the
map you asked us for, ma'am.

- Okay, thank you.

- You can see on there

where we, we, we've charted off the areas

that have already been, been searched.

You see this here b-button?

Look here, that's what turns on the unit.

Go ahead and talk and then
hold, hold down the button

and let, let them answer.

- Okay, I think I got it, thank you.

Oh, what about the guide?

Yep, his name is G-G-Gator, all right?

Now, go to the Channel
Marker Lounge tonight

at about d-dark,

and the name and directions
are on the sheet there.

He'll be, he'll be, be,
you'll know who he is.

- Okay, thanks.

- You're welcome, and be careful now.

Lady, one, one, one more thing.

You might not wanna go there alone.

- In all likelihood, this
is not a Bigfoot track.

It's simply a normal human footprint.

Although it's fairly large,

it displays all the characteristics
of a male homo sapien,

compressed toes, well-developed
arch, narrow heel.

These characteristics are what we use to,

excuse me, I'm sorry.

- Hello.
- Connor, it's me. Anna.

- Anna?
- I tried calling your dad,

but I couldn't reach him.

- Wait, what's wrong.
- It's Megan.

You sent her on some wild goose chase

in a godforsaken Louisiana
swamp, and now she's missing,

all thanks to your Bigfoot obsession.

- I'll be on the next plane out.

No, just
tell me where to look.

- I mean, my dad can help you.

Wait, Anna, Anna?

This is
Kayla Grace on scene.

A recent rash of reports
has local residents

speculating about the return
of the Caddo Lake creature.

Numerous reported sightings
and mutilated cattle

certainly point to the possibility.

Unconfirmed sources also state

that two men and a local
college student are missing.

While this hope is sketchy,
police also confirmed

that blood was found at both scenes.

Police are asking you-

They just keep getting
younger and dumber.

- Good morning, ladies, how are y'all?

- Good morning.
- Morning.

- Kit and Roxie Ray on a Saturday morning.

What do I owe this privilege to?

- Look what we found.

- How much do you think this is worth?

- What is that thing?

Let me look at it a second.

What is this ladies?

- It's a Bigfoot track.

We made a casting of it.

We were picking us some
blueberries for a pie.

Bigfoot track.

Let me make a phone call.

Sheriff's office.

- Sheriff Hayes, Mayor Dickey of Pickers.

Mayor, what's going on?

- I got a couple ladies
in here you may know.

They brought something
real strange in this place.

I need you to, I need
you to call Mayor Purvis

over at Falk and get him in here.

It looks like his monster

doesn't respect state lines.

Are you serious?

- Yeah, I'm serious.

Yeah, come by, see you in a minute.

Mayor Purvis.

- Good to see you again.

- Thanks for coming by,
man, appreciate that.

A couple hours ago, two of my regulars

brought in this Bigfoot cast

and they said they found
it off of Whiskey Road.

And you know, I'm not a believer.

- Well, this is Dan Shrigley
and this is Larry Fleming.

They're both highly-respected

Bigfoot researchers-
- Hi, Dan.

- in the area.
- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.
- Pleasure to meet you, Dan.

Look, what do you think?

What do I have here?

- Wow, this is very interesting.

This cast has a mid-tarsal break

along the line of fluxation.

I think that this is real.

Larry, what do you think?

- I think you're right.

In the dermal ridges over
here, they're apparent.

That evidence alone
authenticates the cast.

- So, uh, your guy's telling
me this thing's for real.

It's hard for me to believe.

- It's definitely real.

- Sheriff, you know, we've
had all the Bigfoot sightings

and the cattle being slaughtered.

A couple of fishermen are
dead, some more are missing.

We gotta do something.

Guys, what are you saying?

- Well, it sounds like
we have a real Bigfooter

on our hands.

- Yeah, and any real creature
is just gonna keep on killing

until something kills it.

- Sheriff, we gotta do something.

Our people, townspeople,
won't even come out

anymore at night and they're frightened.

I think it's time for a full-out manhunt.

- We got a group
searching for a young girl

named Megan Rock.

- Where are they?

- Caddo Lake, about 10 miles out of town.

- We need to get out
there as soon as possible.

They could be in serious trouble.

- I'll get my men right on it.

♪ Black River run all
the way to the back ♪

♪ Gold river red or blue on black, ♪

♪ I said, Red River rising,
then the cold river fall ♪

♪ I bid farewell and
you're lucky you all ♪

♪ Bad moon rising, watch
it wait by a tree ♪

♪ That old black water ♪

♪ She waits her whole
life for a handsome jack ♪

♪ But he ain't ever comin' back ♪

- Yes, ma'am, what can I do you for?

- Yeah, I'm looking for a Gator.

- Well, we got lots of
gators around here now.

- No, I mean, Gator-

- I reckon you mean Gator the man.

Well, he comes in here about
now this time every day.

- Except when he don't.

Can I do something for you?

- I got this.

How about I buy you a drink there, missy?

- No, I'm good, thanks.

- You sure do smell good.

- Do you know what time
Gator's gonna get here?

- Well, if he's gonna
be here at all tonight,

it'll be after dark.

What do you need him for anyway?

- It's none of your business.

- Look, lady, if I was you,
I'd stay away from that man.

- And why do you say that?

He's crazy, a real loner.

They say the war just
drove him crazy inside

and an alligator took care of the outside.

- An alligator?

- Oh yeah, he was running
trotlines one day,

and they say he was leaning
over the side of his boat,

and that old gator came up
from real deep and real slow,

bit him on the head like that.

Oh, but he survived, I don't know how,

but he gutted that old gator.

It cut him right there and
left a real pretty scar.

He's had the name ever since.

- No, no, no, no, oh, now, now.

Well, let's see what we got here.

- Easy, lady, 'cause I don't
wanna have to get rough now.

- Drop the knife, Roy.

Let the girl go.

You make me.

Gregory.

- I need to get a grip on myself,

I'm losing it.

Any of you scumbags even
touch a woman like that again,

I swear to God I'll come
back and gut you like a pig

and leave you in the swamp.

Get outta here!

Move!

Take it easy, man.

- I coulda killed you.

Don't make me regret my choice.

- We didn't mean anything by it, man.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Well, I do.

Get outta here!

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

- Let's get you outta here, come on.

- Here.

- You wanna tell me what
the hell you were doing

in that bar?

- I was looking for you.

My sister's missing, she's in the swamp.

- And you want me to help you find her?

- She was doing research.

- Yeah, I know all about it.

- I need a guide, someone
who knows the swamp.

Lady, you're
trouble with a handbag.

You don't have enough sense

to stay out of a bar
like this by yourself,

and you want me to take
you into the swamps?

I don't think so.

- I'll pay you 5,000.

- Not interested.

- Coward!

I'll get a GPS then I'll do it myself.

- All right, I'll take you in.

Meet me at the abandoned bridge at dawn.

- I'll be there.

Thank you.

- Yeah, don't thank me yet.

You just might not like
what you find out there.

- Todd, that girl's
little sister's missing.

She just offered Gator
$5,000 if he could find her.

They're gonna go down to the bridge

first thing in the morning
and see if they can find her.

- Well, let's get out there tonight

and see if we can have
ourselves a little looksie.

- Let's go.

Stop, stop!

- What?

- I think I saw something.

- Where?

- Right over there behind
that big tree, right there.

- All right, so keep your light
on it, I'll go check it out.

- Yeah, yeah, I got you, brother.

What the hell was that?

- Let's get the hell outta here.

Shit, he's behind us,
shoot that son of a bitch.

Shit, he's on the back!

There's a
natural order to our town,

and when city folk come in,

stumbling in any bar they
choose, throwing around money,

they upset that order
and folks get killed.

- Hey, Jake Nolan, you remember me, right?

- Yeah, Megan's friend.

_ The sheriff told me they
had a search out for Megan,

so I figured I'd come help.

- Fine, but play by my rules.

You play, you stay.

If not, you go.

Got it?

Who the hell is this now?

- It's Jeff and Connor, they insisted.

Whatever.
- If I could have avoided it, I would have.

- So what kinda gear do you guys have?

- A few clothes, sundries.

- I have some batteries,
a flashlight and GPS.

- Sundries, GPS?

- Yeah, GPS.

You should get out of the swamps more.

- Listen, boy, your global
positioning satellite

is not gonna save your ass out here.

You wanna get out of this swamp alive,

you gonna listen to me.

Load the boat.

Hours up river,

the sun was setting.

Soon they'd be trapped in darkness.

During the day, the swamp is deadly,

but at night light a fire
and hope it scares off

all those creatures that
hide in the darkness

and never leave that light.

♪ If I'm dreaming, please wake me up ♪

♪ This feeling just ain't right ♪

♪ It gets darker every
time I open my eyes ♪

♪ Even days feel like nights ♪

♪ So as I lay my head down to sleep ♪

- Anybody got reception?

- Not for me.

- It won't work out here.

- Okay, time for a little
come-to-Jesus meeting.

Out here, you're gonna do what I say

when I say it, no questions, got it?

- Gator knows this swamp
like back of his hands, guys.

- Make camp.

They're out there.

- What's out there?

- It was about a year
ago, this time of year,

I was out fishing,
minding my own business.

The water was just like
this, still, black as coal,

but it was coughing up keepers.

I guess it was here for the same reason.

The thing is I just
didn't wanna leave here.

- Wait a minute, are you
talking about Bigfoot?

Look, I refuse to believe
any of that stuff.

- I'm not talking about Bigfoot.

Swamp thing, an old mean, scaly gator

about the size of two canoes.

Been roaming these swamps for decades,

eatin' everything and
anything in its path.

Rows of razor-sharp three-inch
teeth wrapped around my head,

pulling me under.

Then it just let go.

I don't know why, it just did.

Next thing I know, I'm laying there

looking up at Santee Cloud.

- God, what if that thing got Megan?

- No, it's just-
- A rogue alligator.

- Where'd you come from?

- I make myself invisible.

- Relax.

- Meet shaman Santee Cloud,
chief of the Kadohadacho tribe.

How are you, my friend?

- I hope I didn't frighten anyone.

I came to help you find your sister.

- Ah, oh great shaman.

- Show some respect.

- Santee, I'm Jeff, this is my son Connor.

We're research scientists
and friends of Megan's.

I'm sure you're aware of our concern

that Megan may have
encountered a Sasquatch.

- I'm familiar with
your work, Dr. Cameron.

- Well, I hope you'll share your knowledge

of the Sasquatch with us
to help us find Megan.

- Like spirits of the forest,
my people consider him sacred.

He appears only when mankind
has strayed from the way,

neglected his stewardship to nature

and fallen to disharmony.

- Unless he's gone
rogue, like swamp thing.

- Well, that could explain the rash

of sightings we've had lately.

- Anna, what happened?

- I saw these big orange eyes

and then everything just started spinning.

- Jake, do you have some water?

- Are you okay?

- I feel nauseous.

- It was Bigfoot, she saw Bigfoot.

- Infrasound, Sasquatch can
use low frequency vocalizations

to stun and disorient their prey.

That's probably the explanation

for the vertigo and the nausea.

- A highly developed defense mechanism,

my people know the secret

to countering that negative effects.

- What's the secret?

- You must focus your mind on-

Help, help me!

- That's my sister, Megan!

Megan!

- I fear Gator is right.

The first
time I saw big Bigfoot,

it knocked me right on my ass.

You can't look him in the eyes.

I thought I was having a heart attack.

I blacked out.

The son of a bitch probably
would have eaten me

if my boys hadn't shot
him with a hunting rifle.

- The creature has gone rogue.
- Megan!

Search in and around the lake.

Time is of the essence and Goat Island.

- Santee, you and Jake,
go to old man Wooley's.

He may have some answers.

I'm going to Goat Island.

- Gator, I'm gonna go with you.

Connor, stay here with Anna.

- All right, come with me.

- Well, if I hear it, I'm
not staying by a campfire

when my sister is out there.

- No, Anna, look, you have to stay here.

She may come back to
camp, seeing the campfire.

Let's go.

Why Goat Island?

- 'Cause that's where the
damn beast dragged me,

some sort of graveyard for giants.

I woke up with a mouth full
of dirt, nearly smothered.

The damn thing buried me.

I thought I was either dead or dying.

Now if that thing took Megan
there or something like it,

we're better off finding her.

Let's hope not.

It must be quite tough to
remember old nightmares.

Trust me, professor,

the swamp thing is definitely
not my worst nightmare.

What will that mean?

- It doesn't mean that much
when half your unit's dead.

We were ambushed, pinned down.

Managed to pull two of my guys out.

I was going back for the rest,

and I took a bullet in
the leg, couldn't move.

Hodges through a grenade in
and I just had to lie there,

watch my friends get blown to pieces.

What, saving your
unit cost you your life?

- Yeah, but it's better
than living with this hell

inside of me every day.

I lost my life back there with my unit.

You're still here.

- Let's go to the mounds, professor,

and hope we don't find
what we're looking for.

Hang on, professor.

Hang on.

No!

Help me!

- Did you get lost?

What took you so long?

- Hello!

- Mr. Wooley!

- Mike!

Mike.

- We need to speak to
you about a missing girl.

- This guy's off his nut.

We're wasting our time here
when Megan could be out there.

- Not all wisdom comes from the wise.

Checkmate.

- Listen, we're here about a missing girl.

- What do you wanna know?

- Have you seen anything unusual?

- I found a gold chain
and a locket in the woods.

- Where?

- Near the old compound.

- Compound?

- I know what's going on at the compound.

I've seen the guns, and I knew your daddy

before he went to prison.

- Listen, old man, you're crazy.

- Where did you see the chain and locket?

- In the woods.

- Old man, tell us where the locket is.

- I hung it on a nail.

- It's not there.

- Yeah, I know, my friend took it.

- Yeah, your friend?
- Bigfoot.

Listen,
old man, you are crazy.

- Thank you, sir.

- Hey, what's wrong?

- Megan's out there somewhere, okay?

You and your dad are turning
this into a research trip.

- Anna, if anything happens to Megan,

I'll never forgive myself.

I'm the one who sent
her on this assignment.

- Well, then why aren't
you looking for her?

You know, you're sitting around
the campfire with your dad

telling stories, comparing
notes with each other.

- We can't do anything until sunrise.

The swamps are dangerous
enough during the day.

- Nothing ever changes with you.

It never does, Connor.

Your priority has always
been this stupid fairytale,

and you know what?

I've lost my parents, I've lost you,

and, you know, now I'm gonna lose Megan.

- I loved you, Anna, you know that.

- That doesn't make this okay.

It doesn't make everything,
it doesn't fix everything.

- How can you ask me to give up my job?

- Because chasing myths is pointless.

Okay, it's killed
everyone I've ever loved.

Can you see that? God.

- God, I didn't mean you.

Megan!

Megan!

Megan!

Oh my god.

Anna!

- Megan!

Megan!

Megan, oh my goodness,
sweetie, you're alive!

- Anna, you came for me!

- Of course, we did.

You're my sister.

- Anna, we have to get out of here fast.

- Megan, what's wrong, what's wrong?

- It's Jake, he did it, he did it.

- He did what, what did he do?

- He attacked me!
He attacked me at the party in the woods, Anna.

It's Jake!

- Looks like we have a
little family reunion here.

- You can't do this!

- Oh, but I can.

You see, I killed Santee.

I cut him up real pretty.

Now I'm gonna do you.

What was that?

Run, run!

- Oh, it looks like we got ourselves

caught in a little bit of quick sand.

- Jake, why are you doing this, Jake?

- You did this.

You did this when you read my fax.

- What fax, Jake, what fax?

- Oh, don't lie to me.

You know, page number two.

Don't lie to me, I already
found it in your pocket.

Jake, I'm so sorry,
please don't...

- Megan, I thought I could trust you.

I took beatings for you.

- What's going on?

- Jake, what are you doing in here?

- I heard somebody crying.

- Mrs. Rock fell down the stairs,

and that's why I don't
want you on the stairs.

You can get hurt.

Now go upstairs to your room now, go, now!

Why are you doing this?

- Simple, Liberty militia.

You see, the only way to get
this country back on its tracks

is with a full government overthrow.

My father started it, but a
country judge put him in jail.

So I'm determined to get him out.

- You're a monster!

- You see, I tried doing it the right way,

with law school and such,

but my daddy would rot in jail
before I'd ever get it done.

You see, family's everything.

- Megan, it's okay, I'm here to help you.

No, no.

- Who invited you, huh?

Get up, get up.

You don't touch another man's property.

Yeah.

Welcome back, lieutenant,

you are redeemed, you've made us proud!

We're okay,
he can't hurt you anymore.

- My sister, my sister,
we have to save my sister!

Please help me.
- We'll get her.

Come on, let's go, come on, let's go.

Let me up!

Help me, someone!

- I'm so sorry.
- Me, too.

- I didn't mean to abandon you.

- You had to move on.

- We found C-C-Connor

and the ambulance is
taking him to the hospital.

- What happened to him?

We f-f-found him unconscious,
but he's f-fine, ma'am.

- Where is he, do you know which hospital?

- I'll see if I can f-find out for you,

but thank God you f-f-found
what you were looking for.

- I really did.

You opened a can of worms

that's gonna have me doin'
p-p-paperwork for a year.

You know those two boys,
them that died in the boat?

Well, T-Bones wife's brother,
one of them Liberty boys,

he killed T-Bones and Crater
while they was out fishing.

- Oh my god.

- God rest their souls.

Y'all keep warm now.

- Thank you.

- Connor, it's Anna.

Look, I'm really sorry about
everything that happened,

but please can you call me
when you get this message?

I just, I need to know you're okay.

I just need to know something.

I really wanna make it work this time.

So call me, bye.

- Goodbye, my friend.

We never did see Gator again.

I don't know why he ever told
them that Dr. Cameron died.

Maybe Gator didn't think he was dead.

They never did find the body.

This is
Planet News Louisiana.

Welcome to "The Four Corners
Show with Steven Carvey."

- The anonymous set of
photos that were received

have gone viral on the internet.

They show a alleged Bigfoot
and an enormous molar.

You know, Anna, I gotta tell you,

I find this whole thing to be a hoax.

I don't believe any of it.

- Oh, I'd stake my
reputation on it being real.

- You would stake your reputation on this?

- Absolutely, I would stake my reputation.

- Wow, well, that's pretty heavy.

So anyway, well, that wraps up our show

of "The Four Corners."

I wanna thank you for joining us again.

And on behalf of "Four Corners,"

I'm Steven Carvey along with-

- Dr. Anna Rock, thank you for joining us.

- Have a great day.

Whoever fights monsters

should see to it that in the process

he does not become a monster.

And if you gaze long
enough into the abyss,

the abyss will gaze back into you.

♪ Girl, it's been too long ♪

♪ And we both know we belong ♪

♪ So let's take some
time for only you and I ♪

♪ I got a table for two ♪

♪ A bottle of wine ♪

♪ Let's get lost in us this time ♪

♪ Leave the past in the past ♪

♪ Let's make some memories ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been
thinkin' 'bout us, baby ♪

♪ And how the timing just feels right ♪

♪ Let's quit wasting time ♪

♪ We've wasted way too much ♪

♪ Oh, we'll be all right ♪

♪ Baby, when it's back to us ♪

♪ Yeah, we've been through a lot ♪

♪ Oh, we up and forgot how
it feels to be in love ♪

♪ But I got big plans for tonight ♪

♪ And I ain't givin' up ♪

♪ Let's take the phone off the hook ♪

♪ Girl, it's time that we took some time ♪

♪ And make things right ♪

♪ If you believe in forever ♪

♪ My girl, it's gonna start tonight ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been
thinkin' 'bout us, baby ♪

♪ And how the timing just feels right ♪

♪ Let's quit wasting time ♪

♪ We've wasted way too much ♪

♪ Oh, we'll be all right ♪

♪ Baby, when it's back to us ♪

♪ Let's quit wasting time ♪

♪ We've wasted way too much ♪

♪ Oh, we'll be all right ♪

♪ Baby, when it's back to us ♪

♪ Yeah, let's quit wasting time ♪

♪ We've wasted way too much ♪

♪ Oh, we'll be all right ♪

♪ Baby, when it's back to us ♪

♪ Baby, let's get back to us ♪

♪ Black River run all
the way to the back ♪

♪ Cold river red, or blue on black ♪

♪ I said, red river rises ♪

♪ Then the cold river fall ♪

♪ I bid farewell and
good luck to you all ♪

♪ Bad moon rising, watch
it wait by a tree ♪

♪ That old black water,
can't you taste it and see ♪

♪ She waits her whole
life for a handsome jack ♪

♪ But he ain't never coming' back ♪

♪ No, her man ain't ever comin' back ♪

♪ One, two, one, two, three ♪

♪ Come and see that wounded woman ♪

♪ Very broken in her mind ♪

♪ She's so crazy, that pretty girl ♪

♪ Her man has gone never to return ♪

♪ Black river run all
the way to the back ♪

♪ Cold river red or blue on black ♪

♪ Red river rises and
the cold river falls ♪

♪ I bid farewell and
good luck to you all ♪

♪ I pray to God ♪

♪ No soul to save ♪

♪ That old black water is on his grave ♪

♪ That old black water is on his grave ♪

♪ I pray to God ♪

♪ No soul to save ♪

♪ That old black water is on his grave ♪

♪ That old black water is on his grave ♪

♪ if I'm dreaming, please wake me up ♪

♪ This feeling just ain't right ♪

♪ It gets darker every
time I open my even days ♪

♪ Even days feel like nights ♪

♪ So as I lay my head down to sleep ♪

♪ I pray the Lord my soul to keep ♪

♪ When darkness falls ♪

♪ People say I'm losing my mind ♪

♪ But I know what I've seen ♪

♪ I can't get the vision outta my head ♪

♪ Even if they saw they
would never believe ♪

♪ So as I lay my head down to sleep ♪

♪ I pray the Lord my soul to keep ♪

♪ When darkness falls ♪

♪ I see the shadows in the
darkness of this place ♪

♪ Oh, they were never here before ♪

♪ And cursed soul that walks the night ♪

♪ It feels like I'm
standing at hell's door ♪

♪ So as I lay my head down to sleep ♪

♪ I pray the Lord my soul to keep ♪

♪ When darkness falls ♪