Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Badlands - full transcript

PEOPLE SEEN BLACK SHADOWS,

AND THEY THINK THAT THEY FEEL
SPIRITS OUT HERE.

IT GETS REALLY BAD HERE FAST.

BIZARRE CREATURES
LIKE CHUPACABRAS, HELLHOUNDS,

PEOPLE DISAPPEARING,
LOSING TIME.

MY PRIMAL BRAIN IS SAYING,
"RUN, YOU FOOL."

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: THE BADLANDS.

NATURE'S VERSION OF DOOMSDAY.

OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR DESERT,
BUT IN THE BADLANDS,



THERE'S NEXT TO NO NUTRIENTS,
NO SOIL.

NOTHING GROWS.

IT'S ALL CRACKING, ERODING ROCK.

THE BEST KNOWN FORMATIONS
ARE FOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA,

BUT THEY EXIST THROUGHOUT
AMERICA'S MIDDLE WEST --

DESOLATE, OUTLYING TRACKS
OF EMPTINESS

WITHOUT A LIVING SOUL FOR MILES.

Ostlien: THIS WEIRD,
OTHERWORLDLY TERRAIN HERE

THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE REMINISCENT
OF MARS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE

IS VERY, VERY ANCIENT

AND LENDS ITSELF TO FANTASTIC
STORIES AND FANTASTIC EVENTS.

THE BADLANDS DOES SEEM TO BE
A HOT SPOT FOR U.F.O.s,

STRANGE LIGHTS,
AND JUST ODD PHENOMENON.

IN THE BADLANDS, ANYTHING DOES
SORT OF SEEM POSSIBLE.



GREAT, LOOMING SHADOWS

AND ANYTHING CAN
KIND OF JUMP OUT AT YOU.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY

SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK
OF YOUR MIND

THAT SOMETHING COULD BE
LURKING OUT THERE.

Narrator:
IN A LANDSCAPE SO CRAZED,

LEGENDS THRIVE
ABOUT UNWARY TRAVELERS

FALLING VICTIM TO SOMETHING
MONSTROUS AND WICKED.

WHILE CUTTING
THROUGH THE BADLANDS

IS ALWAYS A TRICKY PROPOSITION,

ONE ROUTE IS CONSIDERED WORSE
THAN ALL THE REST,

SOME WOULD SAY GODFORSAKEN.

IT BEGAN, INNOCENTLY ENOUGH --

JUST A NUMERICAL CHANGE ALONG
ROUTE 66 ON THE HIGHWAY MAPS.

NOW THE NORTH/SOUTH BRANCH
FROM COLORADO TO NEW MEXICO

WOULD READ "666."

JUST ONE MORE SIX,

BUT NOW THIS ISOLATED STRETCH
OF ASPHALT WAS MARKED,

DESTINED FOR THE FULL WRATH
OF GOD.

666 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,

AND THAT'S
WHAT SCARED PEOPLE OFF

OR CREATED A BAD CONNOTATION
ABOUT THE NAME.

Hendrix:
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO FELT

SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER 666

THE HIGHWAY'S HAUNTED OR EVIL,
EVEN POSSESSED.

Smith: I THINK BEING CALLED
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY

IS PROBABLY MORE
BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENTS

THAT HAVE HAPPENED
ON THAT HIGHWAY,

THE AMOUNT OF TRUCK CRASHES
AND CAR CRASHES

THAT HAVE HAPPENED
ON THAT HIGHWAY.

Narrator:
DESPITE ITS REPUTATION,

SOME FOLKS MUST TRAVEL
THIS ROAD --

...TRUCKERS LIKE CARL SMITH.

Smith: I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE
IN THE AFTERLIFE

OR SPIRITUAL STUFF.

I WASN'T INTO
ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

Narrator: CARL'S SKEPTICISM
WOULD BE TESTED

ONE JULY NIGHT IN 2002.

HE WAS HEADED OUT OF COLORADO

AND THOUGHT HE'D SAVE TIME
BY TAKING HIGHWAY 666.

Smith:
IT WAS A NICE SUMMER'S EVENING,

SO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
THE AIR ON OR ANYTHING.

I THINK I JUST HAD
THE FAN ON IN THE TRUCK.

Narrator: IN THE BADLANDS,

THE HIGHWAY ABRUPTLY CHANGED
TO STEEP CURVES AND SWITCHBACKS.

Smith:
AS YOU TURN THE TRUCK,

YOU CAN SEE THE TAIL
OF THE TRAILER.

IF YOU CUT IT TOO SHORT,

YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN
AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE,

IT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE
YOUR LAST ONE.

Narrator: THEN, TROUBLE BEGAN
INSIDE CARL'S TRUCK.

THAT TRUCK JUST GOT LIKE COLD,

LIKE SOMEBODY JUST TURNED
INDUSTRIAL A.C. ON,

ALMOST LIKE I DROVE
INTO A FREEZER BOX.

AND THEN I GOT
THE STRANGEST FEELING

THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
SOMETHING HERE WITH ME.

SOMETHING OR SOMEONE'S
HERE IN MY TRUCK.

Narrator:
CARL WAS NOW AT THE MERCY

OF FORCES HE COULDN'T EXPLAIN

AND IN DANGER OF RUNNING
OFF THE ROAD OR WORSE.

IT'S PITCH BLACK OUTSIDE,
NO HELP FOR MILES,

AND AS WE'LL SEE,
HIS RUN ON THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY

HAD ONLY JUST BEGUN.

Wilder: WELL, THE THINGS
THAT I HAVE HEARD OF

ON THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY

ARE BIZARRE CREATURES
LIKE CHUPACABRAS, HELLHOUNDS,

PEOPLE DISAPPEARING
OR LOSING TIME,

JUST VERY STRANGE EXPERIENCES

THAT REGULAR,
ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE HAVING

WHEN THEY'RE OUT
TRAVELING ON THE ROAD.

THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS PLACE GEOGRAPHICALLY

THAT HAS CAUSED
A STRANGE ENERGY ANOMALY

THAT DRAWS THE STRANGE
AND THE MYSTICAL

AND THE SUPERNATURAL.

IT'S ALL ABOUT ENERGY,

AND IF YOU HAVE
ODDITIES IN ENERGY,

YOU MAY HAVE ODDITIES
IN REALITY.

Narrator:
WHILE CARL SMITH WAS BATTLING

THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY IN COLORADO,

ANOTHER TRUCKER,
TERRY ALDERSHOF,

WAS TRYING TO RECOVER

FROM HIS DRIVE
ON THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY.

Aldershof: TRUCK DRIVERS
NEVER TALK ABOUT BAD THINGS.

THEY'VE GOT THIS MACHO IMAGE
THAT THEY'VE GOT TO UPHOLD.

AND 40 YEARS, I'VE NEVER TOLD
THIS STORY TO ANYBODY.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS
TO SOMEBODY?

THEY'RE GONNA THINK YOU'RE NUTS.

Narrator:
IN 1973, TERRY ALDERSHOF

WAS JUST BACK
FROM TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM.

TRYING TO ESCAPE
THE HORRORS OF WAR,

HE BOUGHT A TRUCK
AND HIT THE OPEN ROAD.

DRIVING THROUGH THE BADLANDS,
IT WAS VERY PEACEFUL.

IT WAS QUIET.

IT WAS THERAPEUTIC TO ME.

Narrator:
ESCAPE WAS WHAT HE NEEDED.

BUT ONE FALL DAY,
TERRY CAUGHT A LOAD

OUT OF SAFFORD, ARIZONA,
HEADED TO DENVER.

THAT PUT HIM EN ROUTE
DOWN HIGHWAY 666.

Aldershof:
WHEN I PULLED OUT,

THE SUN WAS JUST SET BEHIND
THE MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS LIKE A CLOUD MASS

HANGING UP OVER THE TOP
OF THE MOUNTAINS

ON THE EASTERN SIDE.

INSTEAD OF HANGING THERE
LIKE A NORMAL CLOUD BANK WOULD,

IT'S COMING DOWN
THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

SO NOW SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT,
AND I KNOW IT.

I CAN FEEL IT
DOWN DEEP INSIDE OF ME.

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.

TWO THINGS
RUN THROUGH MY MIND --

CAN I OUTRUN IT
OR SHOULD I STOP?

AND I THOUGHT, "I CAN OUTRUN IT.

I CAN OUTRUN ANYTHING."

Narrator:
TERRY PUTS PEDAL TO THE METAL.

Aldershof: THE FASTER I WENT,
IT STAYED RIGHT ON TOP OF ME.

THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT GOT OPPRESSIVELY CLOSE.

IT WAS LIKE RIGHT DOWN
ON TOP OF THE TRUCK.

AND IT STARTED HAVING THESE
GREEN ELECTROSTATIC FLASHES,

ALMOST LIKE GREEN LIGHTNING,

AND IT WAS RIGHT OVER
THE TOP OF ME,

SO I'M TRYING TO SEE THE ROAD,

AND THESE GREEN FLASHES
ARE BLINDING ME.

I THINK, "I CAN GET OUT OF THIS.
I CAN GET OUT OF THIS."

AND I KEPT SPEEDING UP
AND SPEEDING UP AND SPEEDING UP,

AND PRETTY SOON I WAS DOING
EVERYTHING THE TRUCK COULD DO,

AND IT STILL WAS ON TOP OF ME.

Narrator:
80,000 POUNDS OF MOTORING METAL

FLYING DOWN ASPHALT
AT TOP SPEED.

TERRY ALDERSHOF'S BEST EFFORTS
TO BREAK FREE ARE GOING NOWHERE.

Aldershof: I WAS SCARED.

NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY HAD --

YOU KNOW, IT HAD A MEANING.

Narrator: ONE DAY IN 1973,
TRUCK DRIVER TERRY ALDERSHOF

WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE BADLANDS
ON NOTORIOUS ROUTE 666.

SUDDENLY...

A MYSTERIOUS CLOUD
STARTED CHASING HIM DOWN.

Aldershof:
IT WASN'T GOING ACROSS

AND MOVING ACROSS THE VALLEY.

IT STOPPED AND CAME TOWARDS ME.

SO THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THIS

THAT WAS COMPLETELY AWARE
OF WHAT IT WAS DOING.

BUT THIS WAS GETTING
LOWER AND LOWER,

AND IT SETTLED DOWN
RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF MY TRUCK.

THE DASH LIGHTS WERE
THE FIRST THING TO GO OUT,

THEN THE HEADLIGHTS.

THEN THE SPEEDOMETER
DROPPED DOWN TO ZERO.

THIS GREEN
ELECTROSTATIC LIGHTNING

IS RUNNING ACROSS
THE BOTTOM OF THIS CLOUD,

LIGHTING UP THE ROAD
IN FRONT OF ME,

AND I KEPT DRIVING
FASTER AND FASTER.

AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING --

YOU'VE GOT NO SPEEDOMETER --

BUT WHEN THE ENGINE
STARTS TO FLOAT,

YOU'RE GOING AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

AND IT WAS FLOATING,

AND THIS THING WAS STILL
OVER THE TOP OF ME.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED
IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT IT WAS GONNA DO.

Narrator:
EVENTUALLY, TERRY HAS NO CHOICE.

[ TIRES SCREECHING ]

HE BRINGS THE BIG RIG
TO A GRINDING STOP.

BUT THAT JUST MAKES THINGS
GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.

Aldershof:
I'M WATCHING THIS CLOUD,

NOTHING BUT THIS GREEN
LIGHTNING,

AND THE WIND KEPT PICKING UP.

THE TRUCK WOULD ROCK.

IT'D BUFFET.

THEN, THE NEXT THING I KNOW,

I COULD FEEL THE WHOLE TRUCK
LEANING, LEANING.

AND THEN IT'D DROP.

AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY
COMING OFF THE GROUND.

AN 80,000-POUND TRUCK DOES NOT
COME OFF THE GROUND EASILY.

AND DRY -- SO DRY.

I COULD BARELY SWALLOW.

MY TONGUE KEPT STICKING
TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH.

AND I CAN FEEL
THIS ELECTROSTATIC LIGHTNING

OR WHATEVER IT IS.

IT'S REVERBERATING IN MY JAW,

AND IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER...

AND LOUDER...

AND LOUDER.

AND FINALLY I THOUGHT,
"I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE."

Narrator: IT WAS AS IF
THIS CLOUD WAS A HUNTER

AND TERRY THE HUNTED.

THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF

WAS TO GET OUT
OF ITS LINE OF SIGHT.

SO I JUMPED BACK IN THE BACK.

THE VIBRATION IN MY HEAD --

IT MADE IT FEEL LIKE IT WAS
GOING TO EXPLODE.

I WAS GOING OUT OF MY MIND
WITH THE NOISE.

[ WARBLING ]

I WOKE UP,
LOOKING OUT THE WINDSHIELD,

SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT,
EXACTLY AS I AM RIGHT NOW...

...AND I DON'T REMEMBER
GETTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

EVERYTHING'S WORKING.

ALL THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON.

AND I LOOKED DOWN AT MY WATCH,
AND FOUR HOURS WENT BY,

AND I ENDED UP DRIVING
OVER A HUNDRED MILES

AND DO NOT REMEMBER DOING IT.

WHEN A CLOUD DOESN'T BEHAVE
LIKE A CLOUD

AND IT DOESN'T BEHAVE
LIKE A LIGHTNING STORM

AND IT BEHAVES LIKE A PREDATOR,
SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF STORIES

OF THIS STRANGE
ELECTRIC-FOG PHENOMENON

OR OF A U.F.O.
COMING OUT OF A CLOUD,

SO THAT WASN'T THE FIRST STORY

OF SOMETHING HIDDEN IN A CLOUD
THAT WAS STRANGE.

IT WAS LIKE USING A CLOUD
AS COVER.

THERE IS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT
WITH THAT ROAD.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CALLED IT
THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY,

THEY WEREN'T LYING.

Narrator: TERRY DOESN'T KNOW

HOW HE SURVIVED HIS RUN
ON HIGHWAY 666.

WHEN TRUCKER CARL SMITH
WAS UP AGAINST THIS ROAD,

HE DIDN'T THINK
HE'D EVER SEE DAYLIGHT.

I HAD TO KEEP COMPLETE CONTROL
OF THIS TRUCK

OR IT'S GONNA BE ME
DOWN IN THAT DITCH.

AND THEN I GOT
THE STRANGEST FEELING,

LIKE SOMEBODY'S TRYING
TO GET MY ATTENTION,

BUT IT WAS AN EERIE TYPE
OF FEELING.

THEN I LOOKED, AND I SEEN
THIS FIGURE NEXT TO ME

IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

IT WAS LIKE A MISTY FOG

OF THE SILHOUETTE OF A PERSON
ACTUALLY SITTING THERE.

I WAS AFRAID TO STARE IT DOWN.

KIND OF LIKE STARING DOWN
A WILD DOG.

YOU KNOW, YOU STARE AT IT...

...AND IT JUMPS AT YOU.

Narrator: IN THE MIDST
OF A WHITE-KNUCKLE DRIVE

ON HIGHWAY 666,

TRUCKER CARL SMITH
SUDDENLY NOTICED...

HE'S NOT ALONE.

Smith: I'M TRYING NOT TO STARE
AT THIS THING NEXT TO ME

AND KEEP ON THE ROAD STRAIGHT
GOING AHEAD.

THIS PERSON OR ENTITY,

WHICHEVER ANYBODY WANTS
TO CALL IT,

NOW IT'S A COMPLETE DISTRACTION,

AND NOW I'M LOOKING AT "WELL,
OKAY, I COULD TURN TOO FAR.

I'LL END UP OFF INTO THIS CANYON
SOMEWHERE."

IT BECOMES VERY NERVE-RACKING.

EVERY MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY'S
LIKE TENSE AT THAT MOMENT.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE,
"WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE IT."

WHEN I FINALLY BUILT UP
SOME MORE NERVE THERE,

I GLANCED BACK OVER AGAIN.

THEN IT JUST FADED AWAY,
AND IT WAS JUST GONE,

AND EVERYTHING WAS
JUST LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED,

EXCEPT FOR MY NERVES
WERE STILL ON END.

Narrator:
CARL TURNED THE LAST CORNER.

THE ROAD AHEAD
WAS STRAIGHT AND FLAT.

Smith: IT JUST ALL HIT ME
LIKE A BIG SHOCK,

LIKE, YOU KNOW, "PHEW!

WHAT THE HELL
DID I JUST GO THROUGH?"

YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"

Narrator:
AS SOON AS HE COULD,

CARL PARKED
AT A LOCAL TRUCK STOP.

I'D START TALKING
TO THE OTHER TRUCK DRIVERS,

AND A COUPLE OF THEM SAID,
"WELL, YEAH,

"THAT'S HAPPENED A FEW TIMES
TO OTHER PEOPLE

THAT'S COME OVER THAT WAY."

A LOT OF THE DRIVERS

AND THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA

BELIEVE THAT THAT TRUCKER
WHO GETS IN YOUR TRUCK WITH YOU,

TRIES TO GUIDE YOU
THROUGH THAT SECTION OF ROAD

WHERE IT CAUSED HIS DEMISE.

ONE POSSIBILITY
THAT OCCURS TO ME

IS THAT THERE ARE
SOME KINDS OF GUARDIANS

THAT LOOK OUT FOR TRAVELERS.

Hendrix: I HAVE FRIENDS
THAT THINK THAT IT'S EVIL

JUST BECAUSE OF THE 666,

WITH THAT BEING
THE DEVIL'S NUMBER,

BUT I FEEL THERE'S
ALSO GOOD SPIRITS

THAT COULD BE WARNING YOU.

Smith: I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS NEXT TO ME.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GUARDIAN.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT THE PERSON

THAT WAS IN MY TRUCK OR
THE SPIRIT THAT WAS IN MY TRUCK

WAS THAT TRUCKER THAT NEVER
MADE IT THROUGH THE TURNS.

IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY.

Narrator:
ROUTE 666 SPARKS SO MANY RUMORS

THAT IN 2003, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RENUMBERED THE ROUTE

TO 191.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW
THAT IT WAS ROUTE 666.

YOU CAN CHANGE A NAME AND CHANGE
THE ENERGY OF A PLACE,

BUT THERE'S STILL
THAT UNDERCURRENT.

Smith:
MY NIGHT ON THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY

WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST NIGHTS
OF MY LIFE.

Narrator:
500 MILES EAST OF OLD ROUTE 666,

THE WEST TEXAS BADLANDS MEET
THE VAST, EMPTY PLAINS.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS,

WIND AND RAIN CARVED THIS REGION
IN SPECTACULAR WAYS.

A BEAUTIFUL, YET DESOLATE PLACE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
VERY FAR OUTSIDE OF TOWN

TO FEEL VERY ISOLATED
WITH THE CURVES

AND THE TWISTS AND THE TERRAIN,
THE ROCKS AND THINGS.

THERE'S JUST ALWAYS A SENSE
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HIDDEN,

SOMETHING WATCHING YOU.

Bethel:
THERE ARE A LOT OF LEGENDS

AND MYSTERIOUS ABOUT THIS PLACE,

AND YET I DON'T THINK ANYONE
EVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE I DID.

Narrator: BRIAN BETHEL IS
A JOURNALIST IN ABILENE, TEXAS.

FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS,
HE'S COVERED CITY POLITICS,

COMMUNITY ISSUES,
AND MAJOR EVENTS.

BRIAN IS TRAINED
TO FOLLOW THE FACTS

AND GET TO THE TRUTH
OF THE STORY.

Beavers: BRIAN IS A REPORTER
IN THAT OLD-SCHOOL STYLE.

BRIAN'S NOT GONNA BE
THE FIRST GUY

TO GO "IF SOMEBODY SAYS THAT
THEY'VE SEEN SOMETHING WEIRD,

OBVIOUSLY, IT MUST BE TRUE."

HE HAS ABOUT THE RIGHT DOSE
OF OBJECTIVITY.

I HAVE NO GOOD EXPLANATION
FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AT ALL,

AND...IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
FRIGHTENING THINGS

THAT EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.

Narrator:
IN THE SPRING OF 1996,

BRIAN WAS BUSY COVERING
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

AND RUSHING TO FILE HIS STORIES
BY DEADLINE.

THEN, ONE EVENING,
HE REMEMBERED AN UNPAID BILL,

ONE HE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF
ACROSS TOWN THAT VERY DAY.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Bethel: THE PARKING LOT
SEEMED VERY ISOLATED.

THERE WAS
AN EERIE SENSE ABOUT IT,

BUT IT WAS ODD THAT THERE WAS
NO OTHER MOVEMENT,

NO OTHER PEOPLE.

COULDN'T SEE ANYONE
IN THE MOVIE THEATER.

I DID FEEL KIND OF A SENSE
OF BEING ALONE THERE.

I FELT A LITTLE BIT OF SAFETY

BECAUSE I WAS IN THE LIGHT
OF THE MARQUEE.

BUT THERE WAS
SORT OF A LITTLE STRANGE FEELING

ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE,

NOTHING THAT YOU COULD
PUT YOUR FINGER ON.

I JUST WANT TO GET THIS ERRAND
DONE AND GO HOME.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE HERE.

Narrator: BRIAN HAD HIS HEAD
DOWN, WRITING OUT A CHECK.

THERE'S THIS VERY SHARP RAP
AT THE DOOR,

AND IT STARTLED ME.

I LOOK OVER, AND THERE'S TWO
YOUNG MEN STANDING OUTSIDE.

THEY MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 9 TO 14,

BOTH OF THEM WEARING
PULLOVER HOODIES.

I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW
VERY SLIGHTLY

AND SAID, "CAN I HELP YOU?"

THAT'S WHEN THINGS BEGAN TO GET
JUST REALLY WEIRD.

HEY, MISTER.

THE OLDER OF THE PAIR
DID ALL THE TALKING.

HE SAYS, "HEY, MISTER,
WE LEFT OUR MONEY AT HOME,

"AND WE WANT TO SEE THE MOVIE.

CAN YOU DRIVE US
TO OUR MOTHER'S HOUSE?"

HE HAD THIS VERY SMOOTH AURA
ABOUT HIM,

ALMOST A TOO SMOOTH DICTION...

COME ON.
IT WON'T TAKE LONG.

...THAT YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT
FROM A CHILD.

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS
THIS PRIMAL, TERRIBLE FEAR

THAT BEGAN TO GRIP ME.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
ABOUT THEM,

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE SMOOTHNESS
OF THE SPOKESMAN.

SOME PART OF MY PRIMAL BRAIN IS
SAYING, "RUN, YOU FOOL."

Narrator:
IN THE SPRING OF 1996,

IN A DESERTED PARKING LOT ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE BADLANDS,

NEWSPAPER REPORTER BRIAN BETHEL
WAS WRITING A CHECK.

OUT OF NOWHERE,
TWO CHILDREN APPROACHED,

ASKING HIM FOR A RIDE.

FOR BRIAN,
THE DECISION WOULD TURN

INTO A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

I WANTED AWAY FROM THEM.

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

I WAS ALMOST LITERALLY
TREMBLING,

TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF TOGETHER

IN THE FACE OF JUST A COUPLE
OF LITTLE KIDS.

I THINK HE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND

THAT I WAS AFRAID OF THEM
AT SOME LEVEL,

BECAUSE HE STARTED
TO BE REASSURING.

COME ON, MISTER.
WE DON'T HAVE A GUN.

THAT UNNERVED ME.

THERE WAS THIS SUBTLE NOTE THERE

THAT SAID THAT,
"WE DON'T NEED A GUN, MISTER."

ALL THIS TIME,
THIS MOUNTING SENSE OF DANGER

THAT I AM ABOUT TO DIE.

Narrator:
BRIAN SUDDENLY NOTICES

HIS HAND IS REACHING
TOWARDS THE HANDLE

TO UNLOCK THE DOOR.

Bethel: MY HAND HAD SORT OF
STRAYED TOWARD THE CAR DOOR

ON ITS OWN,
A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THE LATCH.

I'M LIKE,
"I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT.

"YOU'RE NOT LETTING THEM IN.

MOVE YOUR HAND AWAY."

WAS IT MESMERISM
OR SOME SORT OF HYPNOTISM?

I CAN'T OBJECTIVELY SAY THAT.

AND THEN, THE SPOKESMAN
STARTED TO GET ANGRY.

MISTER!

WE NEED IN YOUR CAR.

HE SAID, "WE CAN'T COME IN

UNLESS YOU TELL US IT'S OKAY."

TELL US IT'S OKAY.

I LOOK OVER AT THEM.

IT HITS.

I SEE THEIR EYES,

AND THEY ARE COAL-BLACK,
SOULLESS ORBS,

NO IRIS, NO SCLERA,
JUST ONE BLACK VOID.

THEY WERE LIKE SHARDS OF NIGHT.

AND I AM MORE FRIGHTENED

THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND AT THAT POINT,
EVERY SINGLE THING IN ME

SAYS, "GET THE HELL AWAY NOW."

Narrator: BREAKING FROM HIS
TRANCE, BRIAN TOOK OFF.

I RIPPED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT
AS QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLY COULD,

ONLY TAKING A MOMENT
TO LOOK IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR

AND SEE THAT THERE WAS NO ONE

STANDING
WHERE THE CHILDREN WERE.

THEY WERE GONE.

IT WAS LIKE THAT THEY
ALMOST JUST VANISHED.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
THE DRIVE HOME.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT I GOT THERE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.

I WAS CHILLED TO THE SOUL.

Narrator:
STILL SHAKEN BY THE ENCOUNTER,

BRIAN CALLS HIS BEST FRIEND,
CHAD BEAVERS,

A PSYCHOLOGIST
IN NEARBY AMARILLO.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD BRIAN
BEING SCARED AT ALL, EVER,

CERTAINLY NOT LIKE THIS.

IT FREAKED ME OUT ALMOST AS MUCH
AS I THINK HE WAS FREAKED OUT.

Narrator:
BRIAN STILL HAS NO IDEA

WHAT IT WAS THAT HE ENCOUNTERED.

Bethel:
PEOPLE HAVE VARIOUS THEORIES,

EVERYTHING FROM VAMPIRES
TO GHOSTS TO ALIENS.

Wilder: I THINK BLACK-EYED KIDS
ARE TERRIFYING

BECAUSE THEY'RE
EXTREMELY PREDATORY,

AND THEY ARE SORT OF RELENTLESS.

AND -- THIS IS THE OTHER PART
THAT'S SCARY --

YOU HAVE TO KNOW
THAT YOU CAN'T LET THEM IN

OR ACCEPT THEIR HELP,

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'VE
GIVEN AWAY YOUR POWER,

AND NOW THEY HAVE
A WAY TO ACCESS YOU.

I BELIEVE THAT I WAS BEING
HUNTED IN SOME MANNER.

THEY USE CAMOUFLAGE
OR SUBTERFUGE TO DRAW IN PREY,

BECAUSE WE ARE HARDWIRED
TO LOOK AT CHILDREN

AND SAY THESE ARE
INNOCENT CREATURES.

Ostlien: THE BLACK-EYED KIDS
ARE A MODERN MANIFESTATION

OF A VERY ANCIENT PHENOMENON
OF FAIRIES AND FAIRY ABDUCTIONS.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS
POSSIBLY A NEW TWIST

ON A VERY, VERY ANCIENT,
ANCIENT THING

THAT HUMANS HAVE BEEN
ENCOUNTERING

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

Narrator: BRIAN WROTE
ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE,

THE FIRST REPORT OF ITS KIND.

AND AS THE INCIDENT SPREAD
FROM THE BADLANDS,

DOZENS OF PEOPLE CONTACTED BRIAN

ABOUT THEIR OWN
BLACK-EYED KID ENCOUNTERS.

I'M DRIVING HOME,
AND THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN

WALKING UP THE HILL,

SO I PULL OVER, AND I SAY,
"YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT?

DO YOU WANT ME
TO CALL YOUR MOM?"

ONE OF THEM SAID TO ME,
"LET ME IN THE CAR."

I SAID, "NO.
I'LL CALL YOUR MOM."

THE OTHER ONE SAID,
"LET US IN THE CAR."

I HAD THIS FEELING
OF DOOM AND DREAD.

AND THEY BOTH LOOKED AT ME,

AND THEY WERE AS PALE
AS PALE COULD BE,

WITH BLACK EYES.

I BECAME VERY, VERY PANICKED.

I STARTED SAYING
THE ST. MICHAEL PRAYER.

"ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL,

BE OUR PROTECTION AGAINST
THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL."

Narrator: THERE ARE
NO CONFIRMED CASES OF DEATH

AT THE HANDS OF BLACK-EYED KIDS,

BUT IT'S THE STORIES BRIAN
HAS NEVER HEARD THAT WORRY HIM.

I WONDER ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO JUST SAW A COUPLE OF KIDS

AND SAID, "SURE.
YOU CAN COME IN.

I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE."

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?

CAN I HELP YOU?

IF A BLACK-EYED KID
KNOCKS ON YOUR DOOR,

DON'T LET HIM IN,

BECAUSE IT MAY BE
THE LAST THING THAT YOU DO.

Narrator: DANGEROUS ROADS,
IFFY HITCHHIKERS --

JUST A COUPLE OF WAYS

THE BADLANDS CAN LEAD
TO MISERY AND EVIL.

IN ANOTHER CORNER OF THE REGION,

AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ROUTE
TO MISFORTUNE,

A PLACE WHERE ORDINARY PEOPLE

TEMPT FATE
WITH A LEGENDARY CURSE.

EAST OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA,

THERE'S A RANGE OF MOUNTAINS
KNOWN AS THE SUPERSTITIONS.

[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]

Bishop: IT'S VOLCANIC AND HAS
ERODED DOWN TO THIS LEVEL,

BUT IT'S VERY RUGGED TERRAIN.

IT'S ACTUALLY
FEDERAL WILDERNESS AREA.

SO NO ROADS,
NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS

HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS
OF YEARS AGO.

Johnston:
THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY,

AND SOMETIMES IT'S A DROP
IN DEGREES OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES ALMOST.

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN
IS BEAUTIFUL

AND KIND OF A LITTLE SCARY.

Narrator: FOR CENTURIES,

DARK RUMORS HAVE SWIRLED
AROUND THESE PEAKS.

PEOPLE TELL ME
THAT THEY COME OUT HERE

AND THAT THEY HAVE SEEN
BLACK SHADOWS,

AND THEY THINK THAT THEY FEEL
SPIRITS OUT HERE.

Bishop: SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS,
TO THE LOCAL TRIBES,

WERE A SACRED AREA,

AND THEY ALSO BELIEVE
IN THE EVIL SPIRITS

THAT INHABITED THE AREA
AND IT WAS BAD LUCK TO GO IN,

AND SOMETIMES THOSE WHO WENT IN
WOULD NOT RETURN.

Narrator:
THE BAD LUCK SEEMS TO REVOLVE

AROUND ANY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE
GOLD FROM THE MOUNTAIN FORTRESS,

A MOVE THAT'S BELIEVED TO INCITE
THE WRATH OF INDIAN SPIRITS.

Johnston: THE SPIRIT STORIES
ARE VERY, VERY STRONG.

THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO TAKE
ANYTHING FROM THE MOUNTAIN.

ANYTHING THAT'S IN THERE
IS SACRED TO THEM.

Gwynne: THERE HAVE BEEN
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE

THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY HERE
IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS

HUNTING FOR GOLD.

Narrator: IN THE 1870s,
ONE MAN, JACOB WALTZ,

NICKNAMED "THE DUTCHMAN,"
MANAGED TO STRIKE IT RICH.

SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS MOUNTAIN,
WALTZ FOUND A GOLD MINE,

AND IT'S LURED PROSPECTORS HERE
EVER SINCE.

Bishop: SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THERE'S STILL A CURSE

ON SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN

AND THAT IT CAN BE
A DANGEROUS PLACE TO GO INTO,

SO IT'S HARD TO SAY.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE EVIL SPIRITS
ARE STILL OUT THERE.

Narrator: DESPITE THE CURSE

ON ANY WHO TRY TO CLAIM
THE MOUNTAIN'S GOLD,

SOME CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.

Merworth: PEOPLE CAN GET
OBSESSED WITH THAT PLACE

BECAUSE OF THE GOLD,
GOLD FEVER, TREASURE.

THEY GET HIGH OFF IT.

THEY SEE NOTHING BUT THAT.

THEY DREAM IT.

THEY EAT IT. [ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: CAROL MERWORTH KNOWS
THIS TRAGIC TALE ALL TOO WELL.

HER SON CURTIS HAD GOLD FEVER.

Merworth:
WHEN CURTIS WAS A BOY,

HE'D ALWAYS ACT LIKE HE WAS
TREASURE HUNTING WITH HIS SISTER

ALL THE TIME
AROUND THE HOUSE AND STUFF.

HE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN IT.

Narrator: YEARS LATER,
WITH A WIFE AND FAMILY,

CURTIS WAS STILL CAPTIVATED

BY THE IDEA OF FINDING
BURIED TREASURE.

IT LED HIM INTO A WORLD
OF TREASURE MAPS

AND TALES
OF THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S MINE.

THIS NATIVE AMERICAN
LIVED DOWN THAT WAY,

AND CURTIS
MADE FRIENDS WITH HIM.

AND HE SAID HE WENT THERE
ALL THE TIME, GETTING GOLD,

AND HE GAVE CURTIS AN INDIAN MAP
SO CURTIS COULD GET SOME GOLD.

Narrator: CURTIS BELIEVED

HE FINALLY HAD THE BREAK
HE'D BEEN LOOKING FOR,

AND HE RECRUITED TWO FRIENDS

TO HELP HIM FIND THE DUTCHMAN'S
GOLD IN THE SUPERSTITIONS.

WITH THIS INDIAN MAP IN HAND,

ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN'S
CURSE WAS LEFT BEHIND.

Merworth: CURTIS THOUGHT THAT IT
WAS NONSENSE ABOUT THE CURSE.

ALL HE WAS INTERESTED WAS
FINDING THE GOLD.

Narrator: IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
BEFORE CURTIS' EXPEDITION,

HIS MOTHER BEGAN HAVING
FRIGHTENING PREMONITIONS.

Merworth: IN MY VISION,
HE KEPT COMING TO ME,

TALKING TO ME,
AND CRYING TO HELP HIM,

TO GET THE SEARCHERS AND THAT
AND THE PLANES TO FIND HIM,

'CAUSE HE WAS GONNA DIE.

CURTIS WAS DETERMINED
TO GO UP THERE NO MATTER WHAT

TO THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN,

FIND THE LOST DUTCHMAN'S
GOLD MINE.

I JUST TOLD HIM
IT WAS THE WRONG PLACE TO GO.

IT WAS A WICKED MOUNTAIN TO ME.

Narrator:
IN THE SUMMER OF 2010,

CURTIS MERWORTH AND TWO FRIENDS

HIKED INTO
THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS

IN SEARCH OF THE LOST
DUTCHMAN'S GOLD.

HIKING THESE DESOLATE BADLANDS
IS DIFFICULT ANY TIME,

BUT CURTIS WAS TAKING ON
THE SUPERSTITIONS,

A PLACE DARKENED
WITH A DANGEROUS CURSE.

THE SUPERSTITIONS JUST HAVE
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STORIES

AND LORE ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED

TO PEOPLE OUT HERE,

AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVEN BEEN
DECAPITATED OUT HERE

WHILE THEY'RE OUT HERE
HUNTING FOR THIS TREASURE.

I TOLD HIM "PLEASE DON'T GO.
WE NEED YOU.

I'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN."

AND HE JUST WENT ON,
IGNORED ME.

Narrator: ARMED WITH A MAP

GIVEN TO THEM
BY A NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER,

THE MEN PLANNED ON THREE DAYS
TO FIND THE GOLD.

Merworth: THE SPIRITS TRY
TO GUIDE YOU OFF THE TRAIL

WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND
THINGS, CONFUSE YOU.

THEY DON'T WANT YOU
TO FIND THEIR GOLD.

Gwynne: YOU KNOW,
YOU STEP ON ONE ROCK WRONG

AND YOU CAN END UP
A HUNDRED FEET DOWN IN A CANYON.

ONE STEP WRONG,

AND THE RATTLESNAKE
THAT DOESN'T RATTLE.

THE BADLANDS IS A GOOD NAME

FOR THE SUPERSTITION
MOUNTAIN AREA.

THINGS CAN GO WRONG
WITHIN A MATTER OF A MINUTE.

Merworth: HE WAS GONNA GO
FOR THREE DAYS AND COME BACK...

...AND HE DIDN'T COME BACK,

SO I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS THE MATTER.

Narrator: CAROL'S DARK VISIONS
BEGAN AGAIN.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Merworth:
IN MY VISION, HE FEELS BAD

BECAUSE HE CAN'T FIND
HIS WAY BACK.

I COULD SEE HIM, AND I COULD SEE
HIM YELLING "HELP, HELP ME."

THEY WERE LOST,
AND HE WAS CRYING,

BEGGING ME, "PLEASE,
HELP ME, HELP ME."

AND THAT WAS STRESSING ME OUT.

Narrator:
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS,

CAROL NOTIFIED
THE SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAM.

Bishop: THE SEARCHERS WENT OUT
WITH PLANES, WITH DOGS,

EVEN ON HORSEBACK,

AND THERE WERE VOLUNTEERS
THAT WENT OUT ON FOOT.

A LOT OF TIMES,
THEY HAD TO GO OUT AT NIGHT

BECAUSE OF THE HEAT,

BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND
THE LOST HIKERS.

Narrator: DAYS TURNED INTO
SIX LONG MONTHS WITH NO NEWS.

I ALMOST HAD
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,

AND IT'S HARD
WHEN PEOPLE GO MISSING

AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM.

Narrator: IN JANUARY OF 2011,
LONG-TIME PROSPECTOR RICK GWYNNE

VENTURED INTO THE SUPERSTITIONS

ON HIS OWN ATTEMPT
TO FIND THE DUTCHMAN'S MINE.

I NEEDED TO HAVE
MY HIP REPLACED,

SO I WENT OUT FOR A LAST HIKE
AND BY MYSELF,

JUST ENJOY THE MOUNTAINS.

ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE HILL,

AND I FIGURED
I'M JUST TURNING AROUND,

AND I'M GOING BACK,

BECAUSE MY HIP WOULDN'T ALLOW ME
TO GO ANY FURTHER.

AND I TURNED TO THE RIGHT,

AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE
WHAT I SAW.

GOD!

I MEAN, I WAS JUST LIKE, "WHOA."

WHAT'S THAT?

THERE I SAW THE REMAINS
OF A GENTLEMAN BY THE DRESS,

BY THE WAY HE WAS DRESSED.

AND ABOUT 60 FEET DOWN FROM HIM
WAS ANOTHER SKELETAL REMAIN.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

Narrator: RICK HAD FOUND
THE BODIES OF THE HIKERS

THAT ACCOMPANIED
CURTIS MERWORTH.

GIVEN THE TERRAIN
AND TEMPERATURES,

IT WAS NO SURPRISE
THEY TURNED UP DEAD.

BUT THE CONDITION OF THE BODIES

RAISED SUSPICIONS
ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN'S EVIL CURSE.

WHEN I GOT TO LOOKING AROUND,
IT JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.

THEY HAD THEIR LANTERN ON,

SO APPARENTLY,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM,

THEY WERE THERE AT NIGHTTIME
WHEN IT HAPPENED.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

HELP! HELP!

AND THE LIGHT WAS LEFT ON
WHENEVER THEY MET THEIR DEMISE.

THERE WERE TWO HOLES IN THE BACK
OF A GENTLEMAN'S HEAD,

WHICH THEY'RE JUST NOT NORMAL.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THOSE THERE.

SKELETAL REMAINS OF A GENTLEMAN
HAD ONE OF HIS RIB BONES

STICKING OUT THE FRONT
OF HIS SHIRT.

IT LOOKED AS THOUGH
HIS RIBS IN THE BACK

HAD BEEN BLOWN IN, ACTUALLY,
IS WHAT IT WAS.

I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THEY
PASSED AWAY OVER NATURAL CAUSES.

I FEEL AS THOUGH MAYBE
THEY DID HAVE SOME CURSE

OR SOMETHING FOLLOWING THEM.

Narrator: RICK WAS ANXIOUS
TO HEAD BACK

AND ALERT THE AUTHORITIES,

BUT THAT PLAN
SUDDENLY WENT AWRY.

Gwynne: [ GRUNTS ]

[ GROANS ]

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY
WAS HOLDING ME THERE.

THE CURSE ALMOST GOT ME.

Narrator: LIKE MANY
TREASURE SEEKERS BEFORE,

CURTIS MERWORTH AND TWO FRIENDS

TREKKED INTO
THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS,

LURED BY LEGENDS OF GOLD.

AND JUST LIKE DOZENS BEFORE,
THEY DISAPPEARED.

IT MIGHT HAVE STAYED THAT WAY
IF NOT FOR RICK GWYNNE,

A PROSPECTOR WHO MANAGED
TO FIND THE BODIES.

THE MOUNTAIN HAD ALREADY TAKEN
ITS TOLL ON THE HIKERS.

RICK THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE NEXT.

Gwynne:
I TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN,

AND MY DOGGONE BACKPACK
GOT CAUGHT UP

ON SOME OF THE STUBS
OF THE TREES THAT WERE THERE.

I WAS ABOUT TO ROLL
OFF OF THE HILL.

I FINALLY WAS ABLE
TO GET OUT OF THAT RASCAL,

BUT I THOUGHT FOR A WHILE THERE

I WAS GONNA BE RIGHT ALONG
WITH THOSE GENTLEMEN.

I TRULY DID.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

I WAS READY
TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE

THAT MORNING FOR SURE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I FELT SO BAD,
AS BAD AS I DID.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE

THAT JUST MADE ME FEEL
REALLY, REALLY STRANGE

AND BAD OUT THERE.

AND I DON'T NORMALLY EVER GET
THAT WAY IN THE MOUNTAINS,

YOU KNOW, AT ALL, BUT THAT PLACE
JUST SEEMED TO BE REALLY EERIE.

Narrator: LATER THAT DAY,
CAROL MERWORTH GETS THE NEWS

THAT TWO BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND,
BUT NOT HER SON CURTIS.

Merworth:
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE TOGETHER,

BUT WHEN THEY DIDN'T FIND HIM,
THEN I GOT REALLY UPSET,

BECAUSE I THOUGHT,
"OH, WHERE DID HE GO?"

Narrator: TWO WEEKS MORE AND SIX
LONG MONTHS SINCE CURTIS LEFT,

THE SAD NEWS FINALLY ARRIVED.

THEY FOUND CURTIS ABOUT A HALF
A MILE FROM THE OTHER BODIES.

Narrator: HIS REMAINS WERE
BROKEN AND SCATTERED.

Merworth:
HIS BONES, HIS LEGS AND THAT,

WERE SCATTERED THREE MILES AWAY
IN DIFFERENT PIECES.

I FEEL LIKE THE SPIRITS
TORE MY SON UP,

AND IT'S ALSO A WARNING
TO OTHER PEOPLE

NOT TO GO UP THERE
TO SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN,

BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT COULD
HAPPEN TO THEM.

I FEEL LIKE THE CURSE
KILLED MY SON.

Narrator:
IF THERE IS A CURSE,

IT STILL HAD NOT YET CLAIMED
ITS FINAL VICTIM.

Gwynne: THE INDIAN GENTLEMAN
THAT GAVE THEM THE MAP,

IT'S KIND OF STRANGE
THAT HE WOULD DIE, ALSO.

AT THE VERY SAME TIME THAT THESE
GENTLEMEN DISAPPEARED,

HE SUPPOSEDLY FELL INTO
ONE OF THE VIADUCTS IN TOWN,

AND IT CRUSHED HIS SKULL.

I THINK THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
CONNECTED TO THE CURSE.

THE REASON BEING
IS I DON'T THINK

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYBODY

ABOUT WHERE THE INDIANS HOLD
THESE TREASURES BURIED OUT HERE.

Merworth: FOUR PEOPLE DIED
GOING TO SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN

BECAUSE IT'S CURSED.

THAT'S WHY ALL FOUR OF THEM
DIED, INCLUDING MY SON.

Bethel:
WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE BADLANDS,

THERE IS A STRANGE QUALITY
TO IT.

THERE'S ALWAYS
THE POSSIBILITY SOMEHOW

THAT YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER
SOMETHING STRANGE.

Gwynne: THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY
ENTITIES OUT HERE.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
ALWAYS WATCHING YOU.

WHO THEY ARE
I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER,

AND IT GETS
REALLY BAD HERE FAST.