Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Desert - full transcript

Price: IN MY NIGHTMARES,
I SEE IT IN THE CORNFIELD.

AND HE SPOTS ME,
AND HE STARTS RUNNING,

AND I'M THINKING
IT'S GONNA TAKE ME.

AND I JUST WANTED IT TO STOP.

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

Dan: A SKINWALKER WILL STUN YOU
AND MAKE YOU IMMOVABLE,

LIKE YOU'RE HAVING A NIGHTMARE.

EVERYTHING
JUST SHUTS DOWN ON YOU.

Bret:
THE ALIENS TRY TO CONVINCE YOU

THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.



THEY DO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO YOU

THAT'S VERY PAINFUL.

YOU FEEL VERY VIOLATED.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator:
IT'S A LANDSCAPE SO EXTREME,

SO HARSH AND INHOSPITABLE,

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED HERE

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

THE DESERT IS RUGGED COUNTRY...

[ CRIES ]

...AND MAKING MATTERS WORSE,

LEGENDS OF EVIL
RESIDING ESPECIALLY CLOSE.

[ RATTLES ]

Johnson:
WE'VE GOT MANY WIDE-OPEN SPACES.



WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF CANYONS WITH CAVES.

ALL KINDS OF PLACES FOR STRANGE
AND UNUSUAL THINGS TO HIDE.

Ramos: THE LEGENDS AND MYTHS
OF THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERT AREA

RANGE FROM THE BENIGN TO
THE TRULY MALEVOLENT AND EVIL,

WHICH BESTOWS CURSES
UPON PEOPLE,

CAUSING THEM GREAT PAIN
AND EVEN DEATH.

Dan: MY GRANDMOTHER
WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME AT NIGHT,

"DON'T WANDER FAR OFF.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE
THAT MIGHT GRAB YOU."

THINGS LIKE THAT --
JUST TO SCARE US.

AT FIRST,
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

BUT THEN, AS I GOT OLDER,

I KNEW
WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

IT WAS TRUTH.

Narrator: IN NEW MEXICO'S
REMOTE NORTHWEST CORNER,

CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCHERS FIGHT
A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

AGAINST THE DESERT'S
UNRELENTING HEAT.

LIFE GOES ON --

THAT IS, UNTIL
SOMETHING WICKED COMES TO CALL.

[ GROWLING ]

OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES,
RANCHERS HAVE SUFFERED

A SERIES OF
UNEXPLAINABLE ACTS OF TERROR --

FARM ANIMALS
MUTILATED AND LEFT FOR DEAD.

"MUTILATED" IS A MISNOMER
BECAUSE, REALLY,

THE WOUNDS WERE
SURGICALLY PRECISE.

THERE ARE DEAD CATTLE,
DEAD SHEEP,

AND, IN MOST INSTANCES,
NO BLOOD.

SO, WHERE DID THE BLOOD GO?

Johnson: I'VE WORKED AS

A PROFESSIONAL MEAT CUTTER
AND BUTCHER FOR 30 YEARS.

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU OPEN UP AN ANIMAL.

THEY BLEED.

AND WHEN THESE ANIMALS
ARE RIPPED UP

IN THE FASHION THAT THEY ARE,

THERE SHOULD BE
POOLS OF BLOOD EVERYWHERE,

AND THEY'RE BLOODLESS --
THERE'S NO BLOOD.

[ GROWL ]
[ BLEATING ]

Narrator: SINCE THE 1960s,
SCORES OF MUTILATION ATTACKS

HAVE TAKEN PLACE
ACROSS NEW MEXICO.

TO DATE,
MORE THAN 10,000 CATTLE DEATHS.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ARREST.

FOR THE MOST PART,
POLICE THAT INVESTIGATE IT

ARE SIMPLY BAFFLED
AT WHAT HAPPENED

WITH RESPECT TO
THESE CATTLE MUTILATIONS,

AND SO, THEY'VE CHALKED UP
MOST OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS

AS "UNEXPLAINABLE."

THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.

Narrator: WHEN POLICE CAN'T FIND

EXPLANATIONS
FOR THESE MASSACRES,

TALK TURNS TO RUMORS ABOUT
SUPERNATURAL CREATURES.

AT THE TOP OF THE LIST
ARE TWO SUSPECTS

BOTH BELIEVED TO HAVE
THE MEANS AND MOTIVE

FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH MAYHEM.

ONE IS CONSIDERED PURE EVIL,

A DEMONIC ASSASSIN
KNOWN AS A SKINWALKER.

THE OTHER IS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT PREDATORY BEAST.

WE'LL TRAVEL
DEEP INTO TRIBAL LAND

WHERE NAVAJO SPEAK OF
THUNDERBIRDS.

SINCE THE WESTERN TIMES,

THERE HAVE BEEN
SIGHTINGS OF THUNDERBIRDS.

HOWEVER, RECENT SIGHTINGS,

AS EARLY AS THE 1800s,

HAVE ATTRIBUTED THEM TO BEING
MORE LOOKING LIKE PTERODACTYLS,

LIKE PREHISTORIC ANIMALS,

AND THESE SIGHTINGS HAVE BECOME
MORE AND MORE PREVALENT.

Narrator:
MASSIVE AIRBORNE HUNTERS

THREE TIMES
THE SIZE OF MODERN EAGLES.

SCIENTISTS SAY
THESE FLYING DINOSAURS

DIED OUT LONG AGO.

IN THE DESERT,
SOME CLAIM OTHERWISE.

FUNNY THING
ABOUT THE THUNDERBIRD

AND FUNNY THING
ABOUT THE PTERODACTYLS --

NOBODY EVER TOLD THEM
THEY WERE EXTINCT.

Harris:
THESE STORIES AND LEGENDS

ABOUT THUNDERBIRDS OUT THERE
ON THE RESERVATION,

THEY GO FAR BACK TO

THE GRANDFATHERS,
THE GRANDPARENTS,

THE GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS,
GREAT-GRANDPAS.

Narrator:
THE ANCIENT STORIES TELL OF

A SUPERNATURAL BIRD
SO POWERFUL,

THE SKY THUNDERS WHEN IT FLIES.

Ramos: IF YOU'VE EVER
LOOKED AT A TOTEM POLE,

YOU CAN SEE THE THUNDERBIRD,
AND IT'S USUALLY AT THE TOP.

THEY BELIEVE THAT A PERSON COULD
TRANSFORM INTO A THUNDERBIRD,

AND THEN, DEPENDING ON
THAT PERSON'S PERSONALITY,

COULD BE BENIGN
OR COULD BE MALEVOLENT.

Johnson: A THUNDERBIRD CAN BE
A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

WE'VE GOT SIGHTINGS OF
A VERY LARGE RAVEN-LIKE CREATURE

WITH A 30-FOOT WINGSPAN.

WE'VE GOT SIGHTINGS OF
A PTERODACTYL-LIKE CREATURE

WITH A LEATHERY SKIN.

Tortez: IT WAS HUGE.

IT WAS VERY HUGE.

THIS CREATURE IS THE ONLY THING
THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN

THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF KILLING
SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS.

Narrator:
AUDREY TORTEZ DOESN'T NORMALLY

SHARE STORIES
ABOUT FANTASTIC CREATURES.

SHE'S A SECURITY OFFICER
ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION,

WHICH OFTEN REQUIRES
DEAD-SERIOUS ATTENTION TO

PATROLLING
ENDLESS MILES OF DESERT.

MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS USED TO
TELL ME TO BE CAREFUL

AND COME BACK
BEFORE IT GOT DARK.

Narrator: AUDREY DIDN'T
LISTEN TO HER GRANDMOTHER.

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE
ON A DIRT ROAD,

HEADING BACK TO
THE MAIN HIGHWAY.

THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR.

I HAD MY WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN.

I HEAR THIS WHOOSHING NOISE.

[ WHOOSH ]

THE NEXT THING I KNOW,

IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE,

I SAW THIS HUGE BIRD.

[ BIRD CRIES ]

I CAN DESCRIBE IT ONLY AS

THE COLOR OF MAYBE AN ELEPHANT,

THE SKIN ALMOST SIMILAR.

IT HAD NO FEATHERS,

AND IT WAS FLYING
A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF ME.

THE WINGSPAN WAS PRETTY BIG

BECAUSE IT COVERED
THE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROAD.

I STOPPED MY VEHICLE.

I WAS SHOCKED
AT WHAT I HAD SEEN.

[ BIRD CRIES ]

Narrator: AUDREY'S SIGHTING
IS ONE OF MANY.

SHE AND BRENDA HARRIS
HAVE NEVER MET

BUT LIVE JUST 10 MILES APART.

BRENDA GREW UP
WITH STORIES OF THE THUNDERBIRD.

SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE
A FLYING MONSTER.

THAT DAY, I WAS JUST
DOING MY NORMAL ERRANDS,

AND I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD,

AND I JUST HAPPENED TO
LOOK DOWN THE CLIFF THERE,

AND I JUST SAW THIS THING
FLYING ACROSS

RIGHT ABOVE THE RIVER.

IT LOOKED LIKE
WHAT THEY CALL A PTERODACTYL.

THE RIVER'S REALLY WIDE,

BUT WHEN IT KIND OF NARROWS
IN SOME AREAS,

THAT WINGSPAN WAS
JUST AS WIDE AS THAT RIVER.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I WAS SEEING.

Narrator:
AND LIKE ANY PREHISTORIC
PREDATOR IN SEARCH OF FOOD,

AUDREY AND BRENDA BOTH BELIEVE
THEY WERE LUCKY TO LIVE.

Tortez: I BELIEVE THAT
SOME OF THESE CREATURES

WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

SOME OF THESE
LARGE AMOUNTS OF SLAUGHTER

ON THE NAVAJO NATION.

I BELIEVE SO.

IF I PROBABLY
WENT OUT OF MY VEHICLE,

IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE
ATTACKED ME,

AND NOBODY
WOULD'VE SEEN ME AGAIN.

I'M SURE OF IT.

Harris: I TELL PEOPLE
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE
CREATURES ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.

LET IT DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

IF IT WANTS THE FOOD,
LET IT TAKE IT

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
HOW POWERFUL THESE THINGS ARE,

AND YOU MAY GET HURT.

Narrator: WHILE SOME BELIEVE
THESE GREAT WINGED BEASTS

ARE BEHIND
THE LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER,

THERE'S ANOTHER SUSPECT
WORTH CONSIDERING --

A CONJURED KILLER,
SUMMONED AS A TOOL FOR REVENGE.

SKINWALKERS --

ALL FRIGHTENING, ALL EVIL.

THE SHEEP WERE ALL
PILED UP IN ONE CORNER.

[ GROWLING ]
[ BLEATING ]

SOMETHING VERY EVIL
HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT.

Narrator:
IN A RURAL CORNER OF NEW MEXICO,

RESIDENTS CLAIM TO SEE
THE LEGENDARY THUNDERBIRD.

SOME THINK
THIS RELIC FROM THE DINOSAUR AGE

IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SERIES OF
UNEXPLAINED LIVESTOCK MASSACRES.

OTHERS SAY THE REAL CULPRIT IS
A MONSTER MADE FROM MAGIC.

THEY SPEAK IN WHISPERS
ABOUT SKINWALKERS.

Dan: A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T
REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

'CAUSE THEY'LL KNOW THAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM.

THEY'RE LISTENING.

Ramos: NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES

ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
TALKING ABOUT THEM

BECAUSE
ANYBODY COULD BE A SKINWALKER.

THEY CAN HARM YOU
OR EVEN KILL YOU

OR INJURE A LOVED ONE.

Narrator: 75-YEAR-OLD
NATIVE AMERICAN LEONARD DAN

IS A RETIRED GEOLOGIST,

A LIVING EMBODIMENT
OF THE NAVAJO WAYS.

HE KNOWS THE STORIES
OF THE WICKED ONES

FROM WARNINGS HANDED DOWN
SINCE THE EARLIEST TIMES.

Dan: THESE STORIES
WERE PASSED DOWN TO US

SO THAT WE CAN
KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT

IN CASE WE SEE SOMETHING.

IF WE SEE
ANY OF THESE CREATURES,

THEN WE WOULD
ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT IS.

[ BLEATING ]

Narrator: IN 1969,

THE CREATURES THE FAMILY
CARED ABOUT MOST WERE SHEEP.

IN THE FALL, LEONARD,
HIS YOUNG SON, AND HIS FATHER

WERE SPENDING A PLEASANT DAY
TENDING TO THE FLOCK.

THEY HAD BEEN SHEEPHERDERS
FOR GENERATIONS,

AND TIMES WERE GOOD.

IT LOOKED LIKE THERE'D BE LAMBS
AND WOOL TO SELL THAT WINTER.

THERE WAS ABOUT
150 HEAD OF SHEEP,

YOU KNOW, SMALL ONES
AND BIG ONES AND LAMBS.

MY FATHER HAD
PENNED UP ALL THE SHEEP.

WE LOCKED THE GATE UP
AND MADE SURE THAT

NOTHING COULD
GET IN THERE TO THEM.

Narrator: THAT NIGHT,
SOMETHING DANGEROUS WAS LURKING.

[ GROWLING ]
[ BLEATING ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

Dan: THE FOLLOWING MORNING,
REAL EARLY, ABOUT 5:00,

MY FATHER GOT UP AND SAID,

"I'M GONNA GO CHECK ON THE SHEEP
AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY."

WE ALL JUMPED IN OUR VEHICLES,
AND WE WENT UP THERE.

Narrator:
LEONARD'S SON WENT ALONG, TOO.

Dan: AND I LOOKED
INSIDE THE CORRAL,

AND ALL THE SHEEP THAT WERE DEAD

WERE ALL PILED UP IN ONE CORNER,

LIKE THEY WERE
THROWN OVER THERE.

MY SON WAS REALLY TERRIFIED.

THIS WAS HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE

IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THEY'RE ALL DEAD.
THEY'RE ALL DEAD.

YOU KIND OF QUESTION YOURSELF.

YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHO DID IT OR WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY'RE --
THEY'RE ALL DEAD.

AT THE TIME,
I DIDN'T THINK OF A SKINWALKER

UNTIL MY FATHER BROUGHT
A SHAMAN,

OR A MEDICINE MAN.

Narrator:
WHILE THE TRIBAL POLICE

INVESTIGATING THE SHEEP KILLINGS
WERE PUZZLED,

A MEDICINE MAN FOUND CLUES.

THE TRACKS WEREN'T NORMAL.

THEY SHOWED
NO SIGN OF A STRUGGLE,

NONE OF THE CLAW MARKS THAT
A NATURAL PREDATOR WOULD MAKE.

THAT CONVINCED THE MEDICINE MAN.

HE TOLD US,
"SEE THE TRACKS THERE?

THAT'S A SKINWALKER TRACKS."

Ramos: WHAT A SKINWALKER IS
IS BASICALLY A WITCH.

NOW, A WITCH
IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
A WITCH IN EUROPEAN CULTURE.

A WITCH IN NATIVE AMERICAN
CULTURE IS A MALE.

THEY CAN CHANGE FORM AT WILL.

TYPICALLY, THEIR FORMS ARE OF
COYOTES, WOLVES, OWLS, BIRDS.

BUT IF YOU TALK TO
TRIBAL ELDERS,

THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT

SKINWALKERS CAN ASSUME ANY FORM,
EVEN AN INSECT FORM.

Johnson: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
A SKINWALKER IS

KILLING ANY KIND OF LIVESTOCK
FOR CALORIES.

THEY WOULD BE DOING IT
OUT OF A VENGEFUL SITUATION,

OR IT MIGHT'VE BEEN SOMETHING
WHERE THEY WERE INSTRUCTED

TO TAKE OUT THESE PEOPLE'S
LIVESTOCK FOR REVENGE.

Harris: SKINWALKERS
ARE OUT TO GO HARM PEOPLE,

TOLD TO GO HARASS.

Ramos: SKINWALKERS DO CURSES

AT THE BEHEST OF SOMEBODY ELSE.

Dan:
AFTER WE SAW THE SLAUGHTER SITE,

I WAS TELLING MY SON,
YOU KNOW,

"SEE THESE TRACKS?
THESE ARE A WOLF --

A BIG WOLFMAN TRACKS."

YOU KNOW, HE WAS AFRAID.

HE WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD
AT THE TIME,

AND I TOLD HIM TO STAY BY ME.

DON'T WANDER OFF ANYWHERE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE SAW

A BIG WOLF
RUNNING ACROSS THE RAVINE.

HERE WE WERE,
TRACKING THIS WOLF PACK.

IT WAS ACTUALLY
A SKINWALKER TRACKING US.

A SKINWALKER WILL STUN YOU
AND MAKE YOU IMMOVABLE,

WHERE YOU CAN'T MOVE, LIKE
YOU'RE HAVING A NIGHTMARE...

[ GROWLS ]

...OR YOU CAN'T SCREAM BECAUSE

EVERYTHING
JUST SHUTS DOWN ON YOU.

IT STARTS TO GET ALL BLACK,

AND YOU CAN'T SCREAM
OR YOU CAN'T MOVE OR RUN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
THESE EVIL THINGS, THEY --

THINGS THAT THEY DO.

Narrator:
THAT WOULDN'T BE THE LAST TIME

LEONARD WOULD
CONFRONT A SKINWALKER.

SEVERAL YEARS LATER,
WHILE HE WAS WORKING,

HE CAME UPON A WOMAN
NEAR A WATER WELL.

Dan: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS

A YOUNG GIRL IN HER EARLY 20s

PUMPING THAT WATER.

AND IT TURNED AROUND
TO FACE ME...

[ GROWLING ]

...AND HER FACE WAS
SOMETHING LIKE A WOLF.

IT WAS ALL DARKENED
WITH WHITE STREAKS --

VERTICAL STREAKS.

[ GROWLS ]
AND IT LOOKED AT ME,

AND I KIND OF GOT --

FEAR BUILT UP INSIDE OF ME.

I KIND OF SPED UP THE TRUCK,
AND I WENT.

AND I LOOKED BACK IN MY MIRROR.

IT WAS GONE.

ONE OF THE SCARIEST
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SKINWALKER,

AND YOU'LL HEAR THAT
IN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES,

IS THAT IT CAN BE ANYBODY.

IT COULD BE THE PERSON
STANDING NEXT TO YOU,

AND THAT MAKES THEM
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

WITH A SKINWALKER, THERE'S
DEFINITELY SOMETHING DEMONIC --

SOME DEMONIC TIES INTO IT.

THEY'VE GOT POWERS
THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN.

THE ACTUAL TRANSITION

TO EMULATE AN ANIMAL
AND BECOME THAT ANIMAL,

WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
HOW THAT HAPPENS,

BUT IT IS A PRACTICE OF EVIL.

Narrator: AND SKINWALKERS
AREN'T THE ONLY MONSTERS

PEOPLE HERE HAVE COME TO FEAR.

THEY SHARE THE DESERT
WITH ANOTHER DEMONIC BEAST,

ONLY THIS ONE HIDES BY DAY

AND SPREADS TERROR AT NIGHT.

"WHY IS IT BOTHERING ME?"

AND I JUST WANTED IT TO STOP.

Narrator: JUST A FEW MILES DOWN
A LONELY DESERT ROAD

FROM WHERE SOME SAY
GIANT CREATURES FLY,

ANOTHER LEGEND GROWS.

THIS ONE CREEPS IN THE NIGHT,

TERRORIZING A FAMILY
THAT'S FIGHTING BACK

DESPITE THEIR FEAR.

25-YEAR-OLD RHONDA PRICE
LOVES THE OUTDOORS.

THE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
TRACK STAR IS STILL RUNNING.

ONLY NOW, SOMETHING DANGEROUS
IS TRAILING HER STEPS.

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

LATE ONE SUMMER NIGHT IN 2012,

RHONDA'S DESERT SOLITUDE
WAS SHATTERED.

HER DATE HAD GONE
LATER THAN EXPECTED.

THAT MEANT
SNEAKING INTO THE HOUSE

AS QUIETLY AS SHE COULD.

GETTING OUT OF MY CAR,
IT KIND OF FELT LIKE

THERE WAS SOMETHING OUTSIDE.

YOU GET THAT FEELING
THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING YOU.

I KIND OF GOT THAT FEELING.

Narrator: RHONDA COULDN'T
SHAKE THE FEELING.

DESPITE THE LATE HOUR,
SHE KEPT WAKING UP.

I TRIED TO GO BACK TO SLEEP,
AND I WAS LAYING THERE,

AND I GUESS I DOZED OFF FOR

MAYBE ANOTHER 15 MINUTES,
20 MINUTES,

AND THAT'S WHEN
I HEARD THE SCRATCHING.

[ METAL CREAKING ]

[ SCREAMS ]

I GO TO MY SISTER'S ROOM,
AND I WAKE HER UP,

AND I ASK HER, "CAN YOU
COME WITH ME TO MY ROOM?"

I SAID, "I HEARD --

SOMETHING TRIED
COMING THROUGH MY WINDOW."

I SAID, "GO BACK
INTO THE ROOM WITH ME

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
GO IN THERE BY MYSELF."

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO
TURN THE LIGHT ON.

SO, THERE'S
A FLASHLIGHT ON MY PHONE.

SO, WE WALKED TOWARDS
THE WINDOW,

AND THE LITTLE DOOR
ON THE A/C --

THE AIR CONDITIONER
WAS PUSHED OVER.

AND I SHINED MY FLASHLIGHT
OUT THE WINDOW,

BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

SO, WE -- MY AND MY SISTER --

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY,

WHY DID IT TRY
COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW?

WHAT DID IT WANT?

Narrator: STILL UNEASY,

RHONDA DECIDED TO
WAKE UP THE REST OF THE FAMILY.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

EVERYBODY WAS SCARED,
YOU KNOW, FRIGHTENED.

Gerard: SHE STARTED TELLING US
THAT SHE STARTED

HEARING TAPPINGS ON THE WINDOW
AND STUFF.

AT FIRST,
I THOUGHT IT WAS, YOU KNOW,

JUST PEOPLE COMING AROUND THAT
WERE JUST TRYING TO SCARE HER,

KNOCKING ON THE WINDOW
OR SCRATCHING ON THE WINDOW

AND TAKING OFF,
DOING STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.

IT'S TOO DARK.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

IT'S TOO DARK --
I CAN'T TELL

IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE
OR NOT.

DO YOU SEE IT ANYWHERE?

IT'S TOO DARK OUTSIDE.

[ GROWLING ]
[ SCREAMS ]

WHAT IS IT?
WHAT'S WRONG?

Woman: ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT IS IT?

WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT DID YOU SEE?

Narrator:
RHONDA WAS NO LONGER SURE
WHAT WAS THERE OR NOT,

ALTHOUGH HER INTUITION
MIGHT BE CORRECT.

ACCORDING TO LOCAL LEGEND,

IT MAY HAVE BEEN
A BEAST CALLED THE NIGHTSTALKER.

IT'S USUALLY
A BIPEDAL CREATURE OF SORTS

THAT'S VERY HARD TO SEE
AT NIGHT,

AND THEY USUALLY OUTLINE

A BEING THAT LOOKS HUMAN-LIKE.

WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS BECAUSE

THEY COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES,
DIFFERENT FORMS.

THESE NIGHTSTALKER BEINGS
WILL GO INTO CORNFIELDS.

THEY WILL GO INTO
ALFALFA FIELDS,

EVEN ON PAVEMENT
OR ON A DIRT ROAD,

SO OUR EVIDENCE
BECOMES VERY LIMITED

WHEN THEY START TRAVELING.

Johnson:
MOST OF YOUR TRADITIONAL PEOPLE
ARE VERY FRIGHTENED.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
TALK ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

IT'S TABOO.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION
COMING UP --

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ANSWERS
TO WHAT THEY'RE SEEING,

TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

Price: AFTER THAT NIGHT,
I HAD THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

WELL,
THIS IS JUST A ONE-TIME THING.

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, I SHOULD BE OKAY,

BUT IT'S JUST
CONSTANT THINKING OF

"WHAT IF IT COMES BACK,

AND WHAT IF IT GETS THROUGH
MY WINDOW THIS TIME?"

[ SCREAMS ]

Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING
WAS WARM AND BRIGHT.

PERHAPS THEY COULD
FORGET ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE.

THEN THEY DISCOVER
THE SCRATCH MARKS

OUTSIDE RHONDA'S WINDOW.

AND DAYS LATER,
THE NIGHTSTALKER STRUCK AGAIN.

ME AND THE FAMILY
WERE OUT OF TOWN.

MY DAD WAS HERE WITH MY SISTER,

AND THEY HEARD GROWLING
AND, LIKE,

REAL LOUD SCRATCHING METAL
OR SOMETHING OUT THERE.

WHEN I CAME HOME
A FEW DAYS LATER,

I NOTICED THAT
HIS TRUCK WAS ALL --

ON THE FRONT FENDER,
WAS ALL CLAWED UP,

LIKE SOMETHING WAS TRYING TO
GET INTO THE --

UNDER THE HOOD.

Narrator: AND THAT WASN'T
THE ONLY SURPRISE

WAITING FOR RHONDA.

NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP
BECAUSE I'M THINKING,

"IT'S GONNA
COME THROUGH MY WINDOW

AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ME."
[ SNIFFLES ]

Narrator:
IN THE DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST,

THERE'S A NIGHTSTALKER,

SOME SORT OF DEMON
THAT SHIFTS ITS FORM AT WILL,

SPREADING PANIC AND FEAR.

ONE YOUNG WOMAN WILL COME TO
FEEL ITS HIDEOUS TOUCH,

AND HER FAMILY WILL BE DRIVEN TO
THE VERY EDGE OF SANITY.

Price: I GO TO MY ROOM,

AND I REMEMBER WHEN I LEFT,
I CLOSED MY DOOR COMPLETELY,

AND I APPROACHED MY DOOR,

AND MY DOOR WAS
OPEN A LITTLE BIT.

SO, I WALK IN.
I WALK INTO MY ROOM.

AND I MOVE MY CURTAINS,

AND THE AIR CONDITIONER DOOR
WAS PUSHED DOWN AGAIN.

IT CAME BACK.

WHY DID IT COME BACK?

I'M THINKING...

"WHY IS IT BOTHERING ME?"

AND I JUST WANTED IT TO STOP.

[ SNIFFLES ]

BECAUSE [SNIFFLES]

NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP
BECAUSE I'M THINKING,

"IT'S GONNA
COME THROUGH MY WINDOW

AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ME."

Narrator: EVEN ON NIGHTS WHEN

THE CREATURE
DIDN'T COME SCRATCHING,

HE VISITED RHONDA'S DREAMS.

[ WIND CHIME CLANGING ]

IN MY NIGHTMARES,
I SEE IT IN THE CORNFIELD,

AND HE'S STANDING THERE,
AND HE SPOTS ME.

AND HE STARTS RUNNING.

AND I WOKE UP, AND I WAS LIKE,

"I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP."

AND I'M THINKING
IT'S GONNA COME BACK FOR ME.

Imogene:
I'M SCARED THAT ONE NIGHT
IT'S JUST GONNA COME IN AND,

YOU KNOW, JUST BUST A WINDOW
AND COME IN AND TAKE RHONDA.

ALL MY KIDS ARE SCARED.
I'M SCARED.

I GUESS I'M JUST SCARED THAT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA HURT HER.

Gerard: I HAD TO STOP IT.

I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED
WITH IT, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE MY KIDS WERE SCARED,

MY WIFE'S SCARED.

AND I STARTED SETTING MY
ALARM CLOCK FOR THE MORNING,

AND I WOULD GO OUT THERE,
AND I HAD MY FIREARM,

AND I'D WALK AROUND THE HOUSE.

Narrator: THE NEXT TIME
HE HEARD HIS DAUGHTER SCREAM,

GERARD WAS READY,

DETERMINED TO HAVE
A SHOWDOWN WITH THE MONSTER.

Price: [ SCREAMS ]

IN OUR NEIGHBORS' CORNFIELD,

AND THERE,
MIDWAY THROUGH THEIR FIELD,

I SEEN SOME
RED-ORANGE EYES FACING ME.

BUT THERE WAS REALLY
NO SHAPE OR FORM.

ALL I SEEN WAS THE EYES.

[ GUN COCKS ]

AND I FIRED AT IT,

AND WHEN I FIRED AT IT,
IT DIDN'T --

IT DIDN'T TAKE OFF
LIKE AN ANIMAL.

IT JUST SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT.

I WAS YELLING AT IT.

"WHY ARE YOU COMING AROUND HERE
BOTHERING MY DAUGHTER?

WHY CAN'T YOU COME FACE ME?"

I WAS REALLY MAD,
AND I WAS CUSSING, CURSING IT,

AND CALLING IT
EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK.

IT TICKS ME OFF.

IT GETS UNDER MY SKIN,

AND I WANT TO
GET DOWN TO IT AND STOP IT.

Narrator:
DESPITE HER FATHER'S EFFORTS,

THE NIGHTSTALKER FOUND A WAY
TO LEAVE ITS MARK ON RHONDA.

[ GASPS ]

ONE MORNING
SHE CAME INTO MY ROOM,

AND SHE SAID,
"MOM, LOOK AT THESE SCRATCHES."

AND SHE SAID,
"I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THEM."

BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRUCK
AND SCRATCHES ON THE WINDOW,

IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, JUST MATCH
THE SCRATCHES ON HER BODY.

[ CRIES ]

THAT MAKES ME SCARED
THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY,

YOU KNOW, TAKE HER OR HARM HER.

Narrator: RHONDA HAS SINCE MOVED

A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES
FROM HER PARENTS' HOME

TO GET A FRESH START.

NOT EVERYONE CAN
ESCAPE A LIVING NIGHTMARE

BY MOVING AWAY.

UNWELCOME VISITORS
HAVE BEEN HAUNTING ONE MAN

SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY.

AND WITH THEIR
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ABILITIES,

THEY CAN FOLLOW HIM
WHEREVER HE GOES.

THE ALIENS TRY TO CONVINCE YOU
THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.

THEY DO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO YOU

THAT'S VERY PAINFUL.

THEY PLAY MIND GAMES.

Narrator: THERE IS
ONE CORNER OF THE DESERT

THAT CARRIES A UNIQUE REPUTATION
FOR MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES,

A PLACE WHERE
ALIENS VISIT FROM SPACE.

75 MILES NORTH OF LAS VEGAS

IS A 5,000-SQUARE-MILE
PATCH OF DESERT WASTELAND.

IT ENCLOSES AMERICA'S
MOST SECRET MILITARY FACILITY...

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
...AREA 51,

THE HOLY GRAIL FOR MILLIONS
CONCERNED ABOUT ALIENS.

IT WAS BUILT
AT THE DAWN OF THE NUCLEAR AGE.

NEARLY 1,000 ATOMIC WEAPONS
WERE TESTED HERE...

...ALONG WITH TOP-SECRET

ESPIONAGE AND AIRCRAFT
TECHNOLOGY.

OVER THE YEARS, THE VERY SECRECY

NEEDED TO
PROTECT U.S. MILITARY ADVANCES

HAS CONNECTED
THIS REMOTE STRETCH OF DESERT

WITH THE MOTHER OF
ALL MONSTER BELIEFS --

ALIENS FROM SPACE.

SOME SUGGEST THAT
WHEN ATOMIC WEAPONS

BEGAN EXPLODING
IN THE DESERT SKY,

IT SPURRED EXTRATERRESTRIALS
TO PAY EARTH A VISIT.

THEN, IN THE LATE 1960s,

A NEW ALIEN EXPERIENCE EMERGED.

THEY WEREN'T JUST
FLYING BY FOR A LOOK.

NOW THEY WERE TAKING US.

[ WOMAN WHIMPERING ]

UFO RESEARCHERS SAY THAT
ALIEN-ABDUCTION CASES WORLDWIDE

RUN INTO THE MILLIONS.

BRET OLDHAM
IS ONE OF THOSE CASES.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TELL ME THAT,

"OH, I WISH
ALIENS WOULD TAKE ME."

THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I WOULD WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY.

Narrator: AND IT DIDN'T JUST
HAPPEN TO BRET BY HIMSELF.

HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND SHARED
THE ENTIRE DREADFUL ENCOUNTER,

LOSING
THE MOST PRECIOUS THING OF ALL

TO THE ALIENS.

Bret:
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO LAS VEGAS,

I WAS PRETTY EXCITED TO BE
OUT IN THIS KIND OF TERRAIN.

I CAME FROM NORTHEAST OHIO

WITH THE BAD WEATHER
AND EVERYTHING,

AND I WAS
SO HAPPY TO BE OUT HERE

WITH THE PALM TREES
AND THE NICE WEATHER.

Narrator: A GIFTED MUSICIAN

WHO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY
IN LAS VEGAS,

BRET OLDHAM'S LIFE
BEGAN TO TURN UPSIDE DOWN

IN HIS EARLY 20s.

Bret:
I STARTED GETTING PANIC ATTACKS,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE.

IF I WAS IN A LARGE CROWD,
IT WOULD TRIGGER A PANIC ATTACK.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY
UNUSUAL FOR ME

TO EXPERIENCE
THESE KIND OF FEELINGS,

AND I COULDN'T EXPLAIN
ANY OF IT.

Lawrence: THERE WAS TIMES
THAT BRET WAS DEPRESSED,

SO SOMETHING WAS BOTHERING HIM.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

Bret: I'D BEEN HAVING
THIS REOCCURRING NIGHTMARE

THAT I WAS A LITTLE CHILD,

AND A BRIGHT LIGHT
WAS COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW,

AND I WALKED OVER TO THE WINDOW
AND PULLED THE CURTAINS BACK,

AND AS I DID,
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

WAS WHAT IS CONSIDERED NOW
THE TYPICAL GRAY ALIEN

A FOOT FROM MY FACE.

AND I DIDN'T EVER KNOW

WHY I WOULD HAVE
THIS REOCCURRING NIGHTMARE,

BUT IT CONTINUED MY ENTIRE LIFE.

Narrator: AT SOME POINT,

BRET REALIZED
THESE WEREN'T JUST NIGHTMARES.

HE'S CONVINCED
THEY WERE REAL MEMORIES

OF REAL ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.

Bret:
THEY ALWAYS WANT TO CALM YOU.

THEY'LL COME UP SOMETIMES
AND THEY'LL

PUT THEIR HAND ON YOUR FOREHEAD.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS IS A METHOD

THAT THEY TRY TO USE MENTALLY,

BUT THEY ALWAYS HAVE THESE
REASSURING STATEMENTS

THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HURT YOU
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY

AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.

THEY DO
ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO YOU

THAT'S VERY PAINFUL.

YOU FEEL VERY VIOLATED.

I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF.

AAH!

Narrator: FOR YEARS, BRET
KEPT THESE ABDUCTIONS SECRET,

EVEN FROM THOSE
WITH WHOM HE WAS CLOSEST.

Gina: BRET AND I MET IN 2006.

WE HIT IT OFF RIGHT AWAY.

WE HAD
A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON,

AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
PRETTY MUCH LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

Narrator: SOON, GINA WOULD
SUSPECT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

BABE. BABE, WAKE UP.

BABE, WAKE UP.

YOU'RE HAVING A NIGHTMARE.

I WOULD BE...WOKEN UP

BY HIM
SCREAMING, GROANING, MOANING.

HE'S VERY UPSET.

I'D NEVER HEARD HIM
SOUND LIKE THIS BEFORE.

IT WOULD MAKE THE HAIR RISE
ON THE BACK OF MY NECK.

I DIDN'T WANT TO
SUBJECT ANYBODY ELSE,

ESPECIALLY
SOMEBODY THAT I LOVED, TO THIS,

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE HER.

Narrator: AFTER TWO LONG YEARS
OF BAD DREAMS...

WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH YOU?

...BRET FINALLY
TOLD GINA THE TRUTH.

WELL,
I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
SCARE YOU.

Gina: IT WAS VERY UPSETTING
TO KNOW THAT

SOMEONE I LOVED --
MY HUSBAND --

HAD GONE THROUGH THIS.

NOW THAT I KNOW THE TRUTH

THAT HE IS AN ABDUCTEE,

IT FRIGHTENS ME BECAUSE

I KNOW THAT THEY CAN STILL
COME AND TAKE HIM,

AND IT ALSO FRIGHTENS ME
FOR MYSELF.

THEY COULD TAKE ME, TOO.

Narrator:
BUT THERE WAS ONE FINAL SECRET,

A MEMORY OF THE SINGLE-MOST
HORRIFYING ABDUCTION

BRET HAD EVER BEEN VICTIM TO.

IT HAPPENED BEFORE HE MET GINA,

WHEN HE AND A FORMER GIRLFRIEND
WERE EXPECTING A CHILD...

AND THEY WERE ABDUCTED TOGETHER.

Swanson: I'M SCARED.

I'M FRIGHTENED.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK.

I THINK THEY FORCED BRET TO
WATCH WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO ME

TO GET HIS REACTION --

A HUMAN REACTION.

Narrator: WHILE LIVING
IN THE NEVADA DESERT,

BRET OLDHAM CLAIMS THAT
ALIENS FROM SPACE ABDUCTED HIM.

BRET TOLD HIS WIFE ABOUT
THE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE GRAYS,

EXCEPT FOR
HIS WORST ABDUCTION...

WHEN HE WAS TAKEN
WITH HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND.

Bret: IN 1988, I HAD MET A GIRL.

WE BEGAN DATING,
AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS,

SHE HAD MOVED IN WITH ME.

EVERYTHING
WAS GOING REALLY GREAT.

AND THEN WE FOUND OUT
SHE WAS PREGNANT.

Swanson: I WAS SO HAPPY,

AND MY FRIENDS WERE ALL --

THEY WANTED TO BUY THINGS,

AND WE COULDN'T WAIT TO
DO THE BEDROOM FOR THE BABY,

BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS GONNA BE.

IT WAS TYPICAL MOM STUFF.

BRET WAS VERY EXCITED 'CAUSE

THAT WOULD'VE BEEN
HIS FIRST BABY.

SO, WE WERE REALLY HAPPY.

WE WERE ALL HAPPY THAT
WE WERE GONNA HAVE A BABY.

Narrator: BRET HAD ALREADY
CONFIDED IN DHYANNE

ABOUT THE ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.

BUT SHE HAD NO IDEA
THE ALIENS WOULD SOON

COME HUNTING FOR THEM BOTH.

I'D BEEN TAKEN -- ABDUCTED --
BY THESE ALIENS BY MYSELF

MY ENTIRE LIFE
UNTIL I WAS 29 YEARS OLD,

UNTIL THAT NIGHT THAT

MY GIRLFRIEND AND I
WERE TAKEN TOGETHER.

THERE WAS NOTHING
UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

WE'D WENT TO BED.

SHE HAD AN OLD TYPEWRITER

THAT SHE HAD PLACED
BY THE SIDE OF BED.

AND DURING THE NIGHT,
WE HEARD A --

WE WERE BOTH AWAKENED
BY A LOUD BANG.

[ TYPEWRITER CLATTERS ]

I JUMPED UP,
AND I SAW THESE THREE THINGS.

IT WAS DARK IN OUR ROOM,

BUT YOU COULD TELL
THEY WERE GRAY,

AND THEY HAD THESE EYES
THAT LOOKED LIKE ALMONDS.

THEY WERE HUGE.

AND THEN I CLOSED MY EYES
AND SHOOK MY HEAD TO WAKE UP

'CAUSE I THOUGHT,
"WELL, MAYBE I'M DREAMING."

YOU OPEN YOUR EYES,
AND YOU'RE IN SHOCK

THAT YOU'RE SEEING THESE
CREATURES IN YOUR ROOM WITH YOU.

Swanson:
I WAS SO SCARED I COULDN'T MOVE.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS REAL.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
I WAS OUT --

I MEAN, COMPLETELY OUT.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

Bret:
I WAS SURROUNDED BY THE ALIENS.

THE GRAYS WERE SURROUNDING ME.

I'D NEVER SEEN
SO MANY OF THEM

AT THE SAME TIME
IN A ROOM TOGETHER,

AND WE WERE BOTH NUDE.

Swanson: I REMEMBER WAKING UP,

AND I WAS FREEZING COLD,

AND I WAS ON THIS SLAB,

LIKE A GRAY, METAL BED,

KIND OF LIKE A GURNEY,

AND I COULDN'T MOVE AT ALL.

AND THEN I KIND OF
TURNED MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT,

AND I COULD SEE BRET,
AND I WAS LOOKING AT BRET,

AND BRET -- HIS EYES,
I'LL NEVER FORGET HIS EYES

'CAUSE THEY WERE SO BIG,
AND THEY LOOKED SO SCARED.

Bret: THEY HAD HER IN A POSITION
MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD AT A --

OB-GYN WOULD DO IN AN EXAM.

HAD HER LEGS UP
AND IN THAT POSITION.

[ WHIMPERING ]

AND SHE WAS SCREAMING.

JUST DON'T TAKE
MY BABY! STOP!

"DON'T TAKE MY BABY.
PLEASE STOP."

BEGGING THEM.

Swanson: I WAS SCARED,

AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO LOSE MY BABY

BECAUSE I LOVED MY BABY,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE IT.

[ CRYING ]

Bret: AFTER THE ALIENS
TOOK THE FETUS FROM HER

AND FORCED ME TO WATCH IT,

I BASICALLY JUST WENT BERSERK.

I WAS SO ANGRY.
I WAS SO WANTING TO HURT THEM.

IF I COULD'VE KILLED ONE
OF THEM, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

[ CRYING ]

STOP!

AND THEN
THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER,

WE WERE WAKING UP
THE NEXT MORNING.

YOU KNOW, THE SUN WAS
COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW.

AND SHE NOTICED BLOOD.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

Narrator: BRET RUSHED DHYANNE
TO THE HOSPITAL.

Bret: WELL, AFTER
THE DOCTOR EXAMINED HER,

AND HE SEEMED KIND OF PERPLEXED,

AND HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS."

Swanson:
AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD US THAT

THERE WAS NO FETUS IN THERE --
IT'S LIKE I WAS NEVER PREGNANT.

AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT?"
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

HE GOES, "WELL, IT'S LIKE
YOU'RE NOT EVEN PREGNANT."

Lawrence: AND HE SAID, "I JUST
EXAMINED HER A FEW DAYS AGO,

"AND SHE WAS TOTALLY PREGNANT --

HEARTBEAT,
EVERYTHING WAS GREAT."

AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SIGN
THAT SHE'S EVER BEEN PREGNANT."

AND BRET LOOKED OVER AT ME,
AND HE SAID, "THEY TOOK IT."

AND I KNEW WHAT HE MEANT.

Swanson:
AND I JUST WENT INTO SHOCK
AND GOT HYSTERICAL

AND COULD NOT BELIEVE
WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WAS GONE,
LIKE IT WAS NEVER THERE.

Bret: AT THE TIME,
NEITHER ONE OF US KNEW

ANYTHING
THAT WE COULD SAY TO THE OTHER

THAT WOULD MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE

OR MAKE THE OTHER
FEEL ANY BETTER ABOUT IT.

Swanson: I THINK
OUR RELATIONSHIP BROKE UP

BECAUSE I BLAMED HIM
SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL HIS FAULT.

BRET HAD BEEN ABDUCTED,

SO I THINK I BLAMED HIM A LOT.

Narrator: THE GRAYS HAD
PLAGUED BRET MOST OF HIS LIFE.

NOW THEY HAD STOLEN
A CHANCE FOR HIM TO BE A FATHER.

YEARS LATER,
WHEN BRET WAS ABDUCTED AGAIN...

THE ALIENS HAD SOMEONE --
OR SOMETHING --

THEY WANTED HIM TO MEET.

Bret:
I WAS LED INTO A LARGE AREA

THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE,

AND THEN,
FROM THE LIGHT DOWN THE HALLWAY,

I SEE A FIGURE
COME OUT OF THE LIGHT.

AS IT GOT CLOSER TO ME,

I REALIZED THAT
IT WASN'T A NORMAL ALIEN.

IT APPEARED TO ME
TO BE, LIKE, A HYBRID,

AND IT SEEMED FEMALE.

AS IT GOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME,

I COULD SEE THAT
IT WAS CARRYING A CHILD

THAT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE IT.

AND THE CHILD
JUST LOOKED UP AT ME,

AND THE FEMALE
TELEPATHICALLY SAID,

"THIS IS YOUR CHILD."

AND SHE JUST HAD
THE SWEETEST LOOK ON HER FACE,

AND EVEN THOUGH
SHE WAS NOT HUMAN,

I STILL FELT
SOME KIND OF CONNECTION TO HER,

AND A PART OF ME KIND OF
BELIEVED THAT

MAYBE THAT WAS INDEED

SOMETHING THAT I HAD CREATED --
A CHILD.

A PART OF ME WAS
IN THE DNA OF THAT ALIEN BEING.

Narrator: BRET HASN'T
SEEN THE CHILD SINCE.

BUT MORE THAN 20 YEARS LATER,

HE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER
WHERE IT IS TODAY.

I FEEL VERY SAD THAT I'VE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO BE WITH THAT CHILD,

CAN NEVER HAVE ANY KIND OF
A PART OF THEIR LIFE,

AND THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL HUMAN.

Narrator:
BRET AND HIS WIFE, GINA,

HAVE MOVED
FAR AWAY FROM THE DESERT.

AND SINCE HE LEFT...

...THE ALIENS
DON'T COME TO CALL AS OFTEN.

NEVERTHELESS,
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FELT

THE PROBING HANDS
OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS,

LIFE WILL NEVER BE NORMAL AGAIN.

I KEPT THIS A SECRET
FOR 25 YEARS.

I LOCKED IT AWAY.

I'M JUST A NORMAL PERSON.

I DIDN'T GO LOOKING FOR THIS.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

Bret:
I WAS AFRAID TO COME FORWARD.

I BURIED THIS SECRET
FOR FOUR DECADES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT

THIS IS A VERY REAL PHENOMENON
THAT'S HAPPENED.

I'VE SEEN IT. I'VE LIVED IT.

THEY'RE REAL.