Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - New England - full transcript
The Bridgewater Triangle is an area shrouded with inexplicable phenomena and UFO sightings. It is home to legendary stories of Alien Abductions, the mysterious Dover Demon, and the Native American troll-like creature called Pukwudgie.
Narrator:
ALIENS ABDUCT TWIN SISTERS.
Audrey:
THEY HAVE REMOVED EGGS FROM ME,
IMPLANTED EMBRYOS IN ME.
THEY'RE USING MY BODY
TO INCUBATE THE BEGINNING STAGES
OF THE HYBRIDS.
Narrator: A TINY TROLL
THAT LURES ITS VICTIMS.
[ HISSING ]
Russo Sr.: THIS CREATURE
LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.
[ DOG BARKS ]
IT JUST APPEARED TO BE FRIENDLY,
BUT IF YOU BUY
INTO THE PUK WUDGIE MYTHS,
THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU.
THEY'LL SNAP YOU UP.
Narrator: A DEMON
THAT THREW A TOWN INTO FEAR.
Pittman: THE WITNESSES
IN THOSE TWO NIGHTS IN 1977
WERE STUDENTS TOGETHER
AT THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WERE COMING BACK
FROM A PARTY
WHEN THEY SAW SOMETHING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD --
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T RESEMBLE
ANY ANIMAL THAT ANYBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
ONE OF THOSE WITNESSES
COMES FORWARD
TO SHARE HER STORY.
Brabham:
WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE EYES
OF THE DOVER DEMON,
I FELT, LIKE, A TERRIFYING
CONNECTION WITH THE EYES,
THAT IT WAS LOOKING RIGHT
THROUGH ME RIGHT INTO MY SOUL.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator:
IN MASSACHUSETTS, JUST 20 MILES
INLAND FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK,
LAYS A MASSIVE,
IMPENETRABLE BOG.
THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP --
16,000 ACRES OF MARSHLAND,
DEFYING ATTEMPTS TO BUILD THERE.
HARBORING MYSTERIES.
IN THE ORIGINAL
NATIVE-AMERICAN LANGUAGE,
IT MEANS
"AN EVIL, HELLISH PLACE."
Lake: EVEN THE NATIVE AMERICANS
TOLD THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS
TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THE SWAMP,
THAT IT IS A VERY SPECIAL,
MYSTERIOUS, AND DANGEROUS PLACE.
Russo Sr.: NOT 500 YARDS
FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING,
IT LOOKS LIKE PRIMORDIAL SOUP,
SO THICK YOU CAN ALMOST WALK
ACROSS THE WATER,
AND YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO BE DIVINE TO DO IT
'CAUSE THE WATER'S
THAT THICK AND THAT SOUPY,
AND IT'S GREEN AND SLIMY.
JUST LOOKING ON THAT IS SCARY.
Narrator:
AND FOR UNLUCKY WANDERERS
IN THE SWAMP,
ONE PARTICULAR FIEND
REMAINS A VICIOUS THREAT.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Lake: THE PUK WUDGIE -- JUST
SAYING THEIR NAME AROUND HERE,
ANYBODY WHO'S FAMILIAR
WITH THE LEGEND
KNOWS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
A NASTY, LITTLE CREATURE.
Narrator: ACCORDING
TO NATIVE-AMERICAN LORE,
PUK WUDGIES LABOR UNDER A CURSE.
THEY CAN'T
DIRECTLY ATTACK THEIR PREY.
SO THEY'VE LEARNED
TO ENTICE THEM.
Lake:
PUK WUDGIE USED TO BE
A RATHER FRIENDLY,
LITTLE, HARMLESS CREATURE.
BUT AT ONE POINT,
THEY BECAME VERY UPSET
WITH BOTH MAN
AND THE CREATOR, GOD.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
AND SINCE THEN, THE PUK WUDGIES
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING TO AVOID.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO LURE PEOPLE
DEEPER INTO THE FOREST.
"HEY, COME HERE
AND CHECK THIS OUT."
AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...
[ SCREAMING, GROWLING ]
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE
HAVING A FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER
WITH A PUK WUDGIE.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
RETIRED IRONWORKER BILL RUSSO
LIVED IN A HOME
IN RAYNHAM, MASSACHUSETTS,
BUILT NEXT
TO THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP.
HE NEVER BELIEVED THE STORIES
ABOUT DANGEROUS CREATURES
UNTIL HE MET ONE.
Russo Sr.:
I'VE HEARD MANY STORIES
OF BIZARRE HAPPENINGS
IN -- IN THIS AREA.
I CAN'T CONFIRM
OR DENY ANY OF THAT.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SAW
ONE NIGHT AFTER WORK.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: ONE NIGHT IN 1995,
BILL AND HIS DOG, SAM,
WENT OUT ON THEIR WALK
AROUND 1:00 A.M.
Russo Sr.:
SAM AND I WERE VERY CLOSE,
AND SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
THAT NIGHT,
WE CUT THROUGH MY BACKYARD,
AND WE WENT INTO THE DEEP WOODS
BY THE SWAMPS.
WE NEVER FELT UNEASY.
WE NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS
GONNA POP OUT OF THE BUSHES.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
AND SUDDENLY, SAM STARTED
PULLING AT THE LEASH,
TRYING TO GET HOME QUICKLY,
TRYING TO RUN HOME.
I SAID, "SAM, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
SAM, WHAT'S THE MATTER?"
SHE JUST KIND OF CRIED,
QUIVERING.
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
SHE WAS FRIGHTENED,
AND SAM WAS NOT A DOG
THAT FRIGHTENED EASILY.
SOMETHING WAS SCARING HER.
AND THEN
I BEGAN TO HEAR SOMETHING.
IT WAS FAINT AT FIRST.
"HERE. HERE."
Creature: HERE.
"YOU -- WE WANT YOU."
WE WANT YOU.
AND I HEARD THIS BIZARRE TALK,
BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
[ HISSING ]
[ SAM BARKS ]
JUST THEN,
THIS 3- TO 4-FOOT CREATURE
WALKED INTO THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT.
AND JUST SO CONFIDENTLY
BECKONED ME, "HERE.
HERE."
LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
POSSIBILITIES STARTED
GOING THROUGH MY MIND.
IT'S A KID DRESSED UP
FOR HALLOWEEN,
AND THEN I REALIZED
THAT'S NO TODDLER.
THIS THING
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A BEAVER.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A MUSKRAT.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A FOX.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A BEAR.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS
WE'VE SEEN HERE.
IN THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP AREA,
WE'VE GOT THOSE THINGS.
IT WAS NONE OF THOSE THINGS.
[ HISSING ]
JUST APPEARED TO BE FRIENDLY,
BUT IF YOU BUY
INTO THE PUK WUDGIE MYTHS,
THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU.
AND THEN [CLAPS]
THEY'LL SNAP YOU UP.
[ GROWLING ]
Lake: THEY ARE NOT LITTLE,
INNOCENT, LITTLE CREATURES
THAT LIVE SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS
IN THIS AREA.
THEY'VE BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A --
A LITTLE MONSTER,
A LITTLE TERROR.
Narrator:
THE PUK WUDGIE ARE SMALL,
NO MORE THAN 3 TO 4 FEET TALL,
BUT ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
THEIR POWERS ARE IMPRESSIVE.
Lake: THEY HAVE A REPUTATION
OF USING BALLS OF LIGHT
TO LEAD YOU FURTHER
AND FURTHER INTO THE WOODS
JUST TO GET YOU LOST
OR MAYBE TO HAVE SOME
REAL NASTY FUN AND MAKE YOU
WALK OFF A CLIFF.
Narrator:
AVOIDING THEIR ENTICEMENTS
IS THE ONLY WAY
TO SURVIVE AN ENCOUNTER
WITH THIS TRICKSTER TROLL.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
Russo Sr.: I WAS SCARED.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
THAT ISN'T HUMAN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND IT TALKS TO YOU
AND YOU'RE BIGGER THAN IT,
YOU'RE STILL SCARED.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERS, BARKS ]
WE JUST MADE A BIG, BIG,
BIG CIRCLE AROUND IT,
AND WE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Russo Jr.:
OUR FATHER'S NEVER BEEN ONE
TO BE INTO, LIKE, GHOSTS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT -- EVER.
SO IT WAS
DEFINITELY A WEIRD EXPERIENCE
HEARING HIM TALK
ABOUT THE THING THAT HE SAW.
HE WAS PRETTY SHAKEN UP
ABOUT IT.
Russo Sr.: WHEN I GET HOME
AFTER THE ENCOUNTER,
MADE A BIG POT OF COFFEE, KEPT
THAT COFFEE COMPANY ALL NIGHT.
ONE CUP AFTER ANOTHER,
RELIVING THE WHOLE THING.
SHOULD I HAVE TALKED TO IT?
SHOULD I HAVE GONE UP TO IT?
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT DID IT SAY?
AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAID --
MY BEST TRANSLATION.
"WE WANT YOU."
WE, NOT ME.
WE, MEANING THERE WERE MORE.
[ GROWLING ]
Creature: WE WANT YOU.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
BILL HAS COME TO BELIEVE
HE NARROWLY AVOIDED
HIS OWN DEATH THAT NIGHT.
THERE IS SOMETHING
OUT IN THAT SWAMP.
WE LIVE IN AN AREA
THAT USED TO BE ALL SWAMP,
AND IT'S BEING FILLED IN,
AND AT SOME POINT,
THEY'RE GOING
TO SHRINK IT DOWN TO NOTHING,
AND THINGS ARE GONNA COME OUT.
Lake:
AND I'M NOT SURE MANY PEOPLE,
EVEN LOCALS WHO HUNT OR FISH,
WOULD REALLY WANT
TO GO VENTURE IN TOO FAR
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT IS OUT THERE AND WHY.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
ANDREW LAKE SHOULD KNOW.
HE THINKS HE ENCOUNTERED THE
SAME CREATURE BILL RUSSO MET.
AND ANDREW MAY HAVE MANAGED
TO COME AWAY
WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD
FIND OUT THE REASON
WHY THERE WERE SO MANY SPIRITS
ON THE PROPERTY.
[ HISSING ]
Man: LEAVE THIS BODY!
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
ON A NIGHT IN 2008,
ANDREW LAKE
JOINED A PARANORMAL GROUP,
EXPLORING THE HOCKAMOCK
SWAMP AREA FOR GHOSTS.
IT WAS THE NEW ENGLAND
GHOST PROJECT.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW GROUPS
THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
WITH A PSYCHIC.
THEIR PSYCHIC WANTED
TO SEE IF SHE COULD CONTACT
ANY OF THE INDIAN SPIRITS
THAT HAUNT THE WOODS
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
Narrator:
THE SEARCH WAS COMING UP EMPTY
WHEN THINGS SUDDENLY CHANGED.
Lake:
WHILE I WAS VIDEOTAPING THIS...
[ MAN SHOUTS ]
...THEIR PSYCHIC STARTED
THRASHING ABOUT
AND ACTING LIKE
SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED.
Man: LEAVE THIS BODY!
IT'S NOT YOUR HOME!
Narrator:
HER THRASHING WAS SO VIOLENT,
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
HAD TO HOLD HER DOWN.
[ HISSING ]
ANDREW CAUGHT
THE STRUGGLE ON CAMERA.
WHAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE
IN ALL THE CONFUSION --
SOMETHING SMALL AND HIDDEN
WAS WATCHING CLOSE BY.
WHEN HE WAS HOME
LATER THAT NIGHT,
ANDREW REVIEWED THE VIDEOTAPE.
AND DURING THE STRUGGLE,
HOVERING IN THE BACKGROUND,
A STRANGE FACE EMERGES.
Lake: JUST A SIMPLE,
LITTLE VIDEO CAMERA,
WHILE SOMEONE
WAS HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT,
SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT
A LITTLE CREATURE
STANDING
IN THE BLUEBERRY BUSHES.
A FREEZE FRAME OF THAT VIDEO...
IN MY OPINION,
SHOWS A TINY, LITTLE CREATURE
THAT I WONDER IS, YOU KNOW,
COULD BE PUK WUDGIE.
Narrator:
JUST A FEW FRAMES OF VIDEOTAPE,
BUT A NEW CLUE
THAT THE LEGEND ABOUT PUK WUDGIE
IN THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP
MIGHT NOT BE JUST LEGEND.
IT'S A REAL UNIQUE AREA.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT
ANYWHERE ELSE IN NEW ENGLAND.
THERE ARE NO HOMES OUT THERE,
AND THERE NEVER WILL BE.
IT'S TOO WET. IT'S TOO THICK.
IT'S TOO DENSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE
THERE COULD BE
MONSTERS OUT THERE.
Narrator: IF THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP
SEEMS STRANGE,
IT'S ONLY ONE SMALL PART
OF A LARGER
TRIANGLE-SHAPED TERRITORY
CROWDED WITH INEXPLICABLE
PHENOMENA AND U.F.O. SIGHTINGS,
THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE.
Audrey:
THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE
DEFINITELY HAS SOME KIND
OF ENERGY FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A VORTEX
OR A PORTAL FOR E.T.s
AND OTHER
INTERDIMENSIONAL BEINGS,
BUT THERE'S SOME REASON
THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN
IN A SMALL AREA OF NEW ENGLAND.
Narrator: FOR BRIDGEWATER LOCALS
AND TWIN SISTERS
AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS,
DAILY LIFE RESIDES
AT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ADDRESS
THAN MOST OF US WILL EVER KNOW.
Audrey:
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ALL MY LIFE
WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN
TO ME AND MY SISTER.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE RANDOM.
WE COULD'VE BEEN PREPARED FOR
THIS PREVIOUS TO BEING HERE.
Debbie: WE MOVED FROM OHIO,
BEING INNOCENT CHILDREN.
WE MOVED
INTO THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE,
AND WE WENT DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
Narrator:
WHEN THEY WERE SMALL CHILDREN,
DEBBIE AND AUDREY'S FATHER
MOVED THEIR FAMILY
TO BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
BECAUSE HE SAID GOD TOLD HIM TO.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TWINS
ONCE THEY ARRIVED
SET THEIR LIVES
ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH VISITORS
FROM ANOTHER WORLD.
Audrey: MY SISTER AND I
SHARED A BEDROOM.
I REMEMBER BEGGING HER,
YOU KNOW, "STAY UP.
STAY AWAKE.
THEY'RE GONNA COME."
I THOUGHT THIS HAPPENED
TO EVERYONE.
BUT AS WE GOT OLDER
AND WE WERE ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE
WHAT WAS GOING ON...
WE WOULD BE TOLD
THAT THEY'RE NOT REAL.
THEY DON'T EXIST.
IT MUST BE JUST A DREAM.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: EACH NIGHT
BEFORE THE TWINS WENT TO BED,
THE FEAR WELLED UP INSIDE --
FEAR OF ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE.
I ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF...
ANXIETY, I GUESS,
THAT THEY WERE COMING.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ MUSIC BOX PLAYING ]
AND THEN I WOULD START
TO HEAR THIS STEADY HUM,
AND IT KIND OF GETS
LOUDER AND SOFTER,
AND IT JUST KEEPS HUMMING.
[ HUMMING ]
THE ROOM FILLS
WITH A PALE, BLUISH-WHITE LIGHT.
I WOULD SEE SHADOWS COMING
AS THE LIGHT STARTED
TO ENVELOP THE ROOM,
AND WE REALIZED
THAT IT WASN'T OUR PARENTS.
[ SCREAMING ]
THEY'RE VERY FRIGHTENING.
Debbie: THEY WOULD HIT YOU
WITH THIS VIBRATING PARALYSIS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD
ELEVATE YOU OFF THE BED.
YOU DON'T EVEN
FEEL LIKE YOURSELF,
AND THERE IS NO CONTROL.
THEY CAN BRING YOU
THROUGH THE WINDOW,
THROUGH THE DOOR,
OR THROUGH THE CEILING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT --
JUST TO BE ABLE
TO PASS THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S VERY WEIRD.
[ HUMMING ]
Audrey: MY BODY THE WHOLE TIME
WAS VIBRATING.
I SAW A CRAFT ABOVE MY HOME
AND WAS BROUGHT TO IT SLOWLY.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING,
INSECT CHITTERING ]
Narrator: EACH MORNING,
THE TWINS WOULD BE BACK IN BED
WITH BLURRED MEMORIES
OF THEIR TIME
AT THE HANDS OF THE ALIENS.
BUT
WITH FLESH-AND-BLOOD EVIDENCE
OF THE TRAUMA THEY SUFFERED.
Piva:
I COULD ALWAYS SEE THE PHYSICAL
TOLL IT WAS TAKING ON THEM.
EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY'D
HAVE SOME KIND OF NEW SCRAPE
OR BANG OR CUT OR SLICE OR MARK.
YOU LOOK AT THEM,
AND YOU'D SAY, YOU KNOW,
"I KNOW YOUR PARENTS
AIN'T DOING THIS TO YOU.
WHAT'S --
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Audrey: I HAD SO MANY
BLOODY NOSES AS A CHILD,
AND ON THE SCHOOL BUS
IT HAPPENED.
IN SCHOOL, IT WOULD HAPPEN.
I HAD BLOODY NOSES ALL THE TIME,
AND THEY WERE REALLY SEVERE
AND FOR NO REASON.
Debbie:
OH, I WAS KIND OF SELF-CONSCIOUS
ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE --
LITTLE KIDS STARTED
CALLING ME DEBBIE DENT
'CAUSE I HAD TWO LITTLE DENTS
IN MY HEAD.
THE ONE OVER HERE IF YOU --
THERE'S NOT ONLY A SCAR
BUT ON MY SKULL,
THERE'S AN INDENTATION
LIKE SOMEBODY
DRILLED IN MY SKULL.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE AND
ROUNDNESS OF A PENCIL ERASER,
BUT IT SHOWS UP IN X-RAYS,
AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION.
Narrator: THE TWINS HAD NO WAY
TO PREVENT THE NIGHTLY VISITS.
THEIR FRIENDS
HAD NO IDEA HOW TO HELP THEM.
Piva: IT IS A HELPLESS FEELING
WHEN YOUR FRIEND COMES TO YOU
AND TELLS YOU
THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING,
AND AS A FRIEND,
YOU'RE POWERLESS.
YOU CAN LOVE HER,
YOU CAN HUG HER,
BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY.
Narrator:
THEIR CHILDHOOD ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE ALIENS WERE TERRIFYING.
AS ADULTS,
IT WOULD GET MUCH WORSE.
I ACTUALLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE.
[ SCREAMING ]
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED.
THAT WAS THE WORST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator: FOR DECADES, THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS HAVE CLAIMED
ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE
ABDUCTED THEM.
MOST REPORT ENDURING
A FORCED MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
OFTEN, IT'S FOCUSED ON SEX
AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
THE MAJORITY
EXPERIENCES THE EVENT ALONE.
WITH AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS,
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
THE TWINS WERE OFTEN
ABDUCTED TOGETHER.
BACK ON EARTH,
GETTING THEIR PARENTS
TO UNDERSTAND
WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
Audrey: BOTH MY SISTER
AND I HAD JOURNALS,
AND WE'D, YOU KNOW, DO STORIES
ABOUT WHAT WE REMEMBERED
AND PICTURES OF THESE BEINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY MOM
FOUND THE JOURNALS ONE DAY,
AND, "OH, WOW,
THEY'VE GOT ACTIVE IMAGINATIONS.
THIS IS AMAZING," AND SHE WOULD
READ THEM AND SEE THE PICTURES.
AND MY MOM
WOULD GO THROUGH MY DIARY
AND SEE THIS AND REALLY WONDER,
YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CHILD?"
MY FATHER, WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT IT, WAS VERY SCARED.
HE'S VERY GROUNDED.
YOU KNOW, HE NEVER WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
OH, IT WAS TABOO.
Narrator:
AS ADULTS, AUDREY AND DEBBIE
STARTED LOOKING FOR ANSWERS,
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
OF THEIR U.F.O. ENCOUNTERS.
Pittman:
AUDREY AND DEBBIE CONTACTED ME
THROUGH MY U.F.O. WEBSITE.
THEY WERE AFRAID,
THEY WERE FRIGHTENED,
AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HELP.
WHAT I WAS CERTAIN OF RIGHT AWAY
WAS THAT THERE WAS
MORE TO THESE EXPERIENCES
THAN WHAT THEY WERE
CONSCIOUSLY REMEMBERING,
AND IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
TO UNLOCK SOME MEMORIES
OF THESE EVENTS.
PROGRESSION HYPNOSIS IS A REALLY
CONTROVERSIAL PROCEDURE.
IT'S USED, FOR INSTANCE,
IN CASES OF TRAUMA
WHERE TRAUMA MIGHT CAUSE
SOME MEMORIES TO BE HIDDEN,
AND UNDER HYPNOSIS,
DEBBIE AND AUDREY RELIVED
THE INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING,
INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY HAD UNDERGONE
DURING THE TIME
THAT THEY WERE ABDUCTED.
FOR ME AS SOMEBODY
WHO WAS THERE TO OBSERVE,
THIS STUFF WAS RAW, IT WAS REAL,
IT WAS COMING FROM THEIR MEMORY,
AND IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING.
Narrator: HYPNOSIS CLARIFIED
THEIR TRAUMATIC MEMORIES.
BUT THE ABDUCTIONS CONTINUED
AND GREW FAR MORE CHILLING.
[ SCREAMING ]
ONE NIGHT WHEN DEBBIE STAYED
OVER AT AUDREY'S,
THE ABDUCTION TURNED VIOLENT.
IT'S GETTING LATE.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
I THINK I'M GONNA
HEAD OFF TO BED.
YEAH.
OKAY.
DON'T WORRY.
I'LL LOCK UP.
THANKS.
Debbie: WHEN I WENT TO BED
THAT NIGHT IN 2007,
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TRAUMA
I WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ WHIRRING ]
I WOKE UP TO A PRESSURE
ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I'M LAYING ON MY BACK.
[ SCREAMING, WHIRRING ]
I THOUGHT
I WAS GONNA GET KILLED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA KILL ME.
IT WAS THAT AGGRESSIVE.
[ SCREAMING ]
THE ONLY THING
THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS,
"MY SISTER'S GONNA
GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER.
MY NECK'S BROKEN
IN HER OTHER ROOM,"
AND THEN LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY MUST'VE BLACKED ME OUT.
[ SCREAMING ]
Narrator:
AT THE OTHER END OF THE HALLWAY,
DEBBIE'S SISTER, AUDREY,
FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I HAD GOTTEN UP.
I WAS ALMOST DOWN MY HALLWAY.
AND THEN I REALIZED
THAT I WASN'T RUNNING.
I WAS KIND OF FLOATING.
AND THAT I WASN'T EVEN,
YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVING.
THE APPEARANCE
OF MY HOME MELTED AWAY.
I REALIZED
THAT I WAS IN A CRAFT AGAIN.
WHEN I CAME THROUGH AGAIN,
I WAS NOT IN AUDREY'S ROOM.
MY SISTER, SHE WAS THERE, TOO.
THERE WAS, LIKE, A BIG SCREEN.
WE WERE BEHIND.
DEBBIE CAME IN, AND THEY PUT HER
NEXT TO ME BEHIND THE SCREEN.
I HEARD SOME NOISES.
THERE WAS SOME LIGHT
THAT WENT OVER US.
THEY WERE DOING SOME KIND
OF X-RAY OR SOMETHING.
Debbie: I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE
WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL
WITH REMEMBERING
THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROCEDURE
BECAUSE IT'S TRAUMATIC.
THEY COULD, YOU KNOW,
MAKE YOUR HEART STOP.
[ HEART BEATING ]
THEY CAN
CONTROL OUR BODY MOVEMENTS.
Narrator: AND SOON,
THE TWINS WOULD KNOW
WHAT THE ALIENS INTENDED
TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES.
Audrey: I COULD SEE A BUNCH
OF CYLINDERS FILLED WITH LIQUID.
CONNECTED TO MACHINES
WITH THINGS SUSPENDED.
AND I LOOKED DOWN,
AND ONE APPEARED TO BE
A GRAY-HUMAN HYBRID.
IT LOOKED HALF AND HALF.
IT WAS INFANT-SIZED.
ARTIFICIAL GESTATION CHAMBERS --
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
Narrator: AT SOME POINT,
THE ALIEN GESTATION PROGRAM
TURNED INTO
THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.
[ SCREAMING ]
Audrey: I WAS ON A TABLE
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
WHERE THEY DO
THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES.
I ACTUALLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING,
SO I ACTUALLY FELT A SCRAPING
WHERE MY OVARY WOULD BE.
[ SCREAMING ]
I'M PANICKING. I'M IN PAIN.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED.
THAT WAS THE WORST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
Debbie:
WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING,
I WAS SORE, CONFUSED,
AND REALLY SCARED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE ENCOUNTERS
THAT I'VE HAD.
AND SHE OPENED THE DOOR.
"ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
I'M LIKE, "YEAH.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
AND ALL THAT KIND OF --
JUST WANTED --
DIDN'T SAY MUCH ELSE.
THAT WAS IT.
[ WATER RUNNING ]
Narrator: AFTER THAT NIGHT,
THE TWINS KNEW THEY'D BEEN
TURNED INTO BREEDERS
FOR AN ALIEN RACE.
Audrey:
THEY HAVE REMOVED EGGS FROM ME.
THEY HAVE IMPLANTED
EMBRYOS IN ME.
THEY'VE CAUSED SO MUCH DAMAGE
THAT DOCTORS HAVE SAID
IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE SCARRING.
THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY.
THEY'RE USING MY BODY
TO INCUBATE THE BEGINNING STAGES
OF THE HYBRIDS.
Narrator: AND YEARS LATER,
WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED AGAIN,
AUDREY AND ONE OF THOSE HYBRIDS
WOULD FINALLY MEET.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
GROWING UP IN MASSACHUSETTS'
BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE,
TWIN SISTERS
AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS
CLAIM THAT ALIENS
FREQUENTLY ABDUCTED THEM.
IN THEIR LATE 20s,
THE TWINS REALIZED
THEIR BODIES WERE BEING USED
AS SURROGATE HOSTS
TO MAKE ALIEN HYBRIDS.
[ SCREAMING ]
ACCOUNTS OF REPRODUCTIVE
HYBRID ACTIVITIES
ARE A NEW TREND
IN ABDUCTION STORIES.
AUDREY HEWINS
HAS NEVER HAD A CHILD,
AT LEAST A HUMAN ONE ON EARTH.
SHE THINKS SHE MAY HAVE MET
ONE OF HER HYBRID CHILDREN
ON AN ALIEN SHIP.
Audrey: I WAS ON A TABLE
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
WHERE THEY DO THE PROCEDURES.
AND I ACTUALLY WOKE UP
IN A ROOM WHERE I WAS SUSPENDED
IN A GEL-LIKE LIQUID, AND IT WAS
KIND OF LIKE A COCOON,
EXCEPT I COULD SEE OUT.
WHEN I LOOKED OUT OF THE COCOON,
THERE WAS A SMALL CHILD
PROBABLY ABOUT 4 OR 5.
IT WAS IN A BLUE DRESS
WITH WHITE LACE,
AND IT WAS
LIKE 1800s-STYLE CLOTHING.
SHE WAS DEFINITELY A HYBRID.
SHE HAD A VERY LARGE HEAD
WITH LITTLE SPRIGS
OF HAIR COMING OUT
BUT MOSTLY BALD
AND REALLY BIG EYES.
SHE LOOKED
HALF HUMAN AND HALF GRAY.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME,
AND SHE WAS DEFINITELY SOMEONE
I HAD A CONNECTION WITH,
AND THERE WAS JUST SOME KIND
OF "I KNOW YOU."
WE JUST HAD THAT BOND.
IT WAS STRANGE.
I DEFINITELY FELT LIKE I HAD
EITHER A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
OR SHE WAS MINE.
Narrator: THE TWINS MAINTAIN
THE ALIEN GESTATION PROGRAM
CONTINUES
WITH THOUSANDS OF HUMANS
SERVING AS REPRODUCTIVE SLAVES.
Audrey: THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT
THROUGH FAMILY LINES
FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CREATING
A DIFFERENT HUMAN.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO...
MAKE A NEW SPECIES.
IF THEY'RE SUPPLANTING
THE HUMAN RACE.
OR JUST INTRODUCE THEIR GENES
INTO OUR BLOODLINES.
I DON'T KNOW.
I WISH I HAD THE ANSWERS,
BUT IT GETS PRETTY CREEPY.
Narrator:
OVER TIME, THE TWINS HAVE MET
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS
WHO'VE SUFFERED SIMILAR FORMS
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL TORTURE.
Audrey:
AND IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN.
THEY'RE USING MEN, TOO,
EXCEPT, OBVIOUSLY,
NOT IMPREGNATING MEN
BUT REMOVING
THE, YOU KNOW,
THE MATERIAL THAT THEY NEED.
Narrator: AT ONE POINT,
THE TWINS WERE ABLE TO MEET
ONE OF THESE MEN --
SOMEONE WITH WHOM THEY HAD
SHARED AN ABDUCTION ENCOUNTER.
IN 1997, MY BROTHER'S BAND
WAS PLAYING AT THIS CLUB.
HEY, JAMAL.
SO, WE GO INTO THIS CLUB,
AND I LOOKED OVER.
AND I SAW THIS MAN
BACK THERE, AND I SAID,
"OH, MY, THAT IS THE GUY
THAT WE MET ON THE SHIP."
ONE TIME,
I WAS TAKEN ABOARD BY A GRAY,
PUT INTO A ROOM WITH MY SISTER.
WE WERE BOTH SITTING
IN A SMALL, ROUNDED ROOM,
AND THE DOOR OPENED.
AND ANOTHER COUPLE OF GRAYS
CAME IN WITH THIS MAN.
Audrey:
ARE YOU OKAY?
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN REMEMBER,
AND I NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT
IT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.
Narrator: THE MAN AUDREY
AND DEBBIE RECOGNIZED
WAS MATT MONIZ.
A REGULAR ABDUCTEE,
MATT LIVES JUST 22 MILES
FROM WHERE
DEBBIE AND AUDREY EXPERIENCED
THEIR MOST INTENSE
ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.
Moniz:
I MET AUDREY AND DEBBIE.
I WAS BROUGHT TO THIS --
I'LL CALL IT A CRAFT
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
AND I REMEMBER
BEING BROUGHT THROUGH A DOORWAY.
AND I REMEMBER TALKING THEM
AND THEM TALKING TO ME.
ARE YOU OKAY?
THINK SO.
I JUST WISH
I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING?
THAT'S THE GUY.
THAT IS HIM.
WE NEED
TO GO TALK TO HIM.
Debbie:
WE WALKED RIGHT OVER TO HIM.
WE SAID, "HEY,"
AND HE LOOKED UP.
DO YOU REMEMBER US?
WE MET LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.
YEAH. OH, MY GOD, YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU?
Moniz: I DISCOVERED THAT THIS
IS NOT UNUSUAL, NOT UNCOMMON.
PLENTY OF OTHER
EXPERIENCES AND ABDUCTEES
HAVE RUN INTO EACH OTHER
IN EXPERIENCES
AND THEN RUN INTO EACH OTHER
IN WHAT WE'LL CALL
STARK REALITY,
WHAT WE EXIST IN HERE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: A HOT SPOT
FOR THESE SORTS OF EXPERIENCES
IS THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE.
Audrey:
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A VORTEX.
I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S A BASE THERE.
BUT THERE'S SOME REASON
THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN
IN A SMALL AREA OF NEW ENGLAND.
Narrator: JUST A FEW MILES NORTH
OF THE TRIANGLE'S BORDERS,
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
SORT OF MONSTROUS CREATURE
APPEARED, THEN VANISHED
AS QUICKLY AS IT ARRIVED.
[ CHITTERING ]
IT'S LEFT A TRAIL OF QUESTIONS
EVER SINCE.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN OVER 30 YEARS,
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WITNESSES
COMES FORWARD,
SHARING HER STORY.
Brabham:
WHEN I SAW THE DOVER DEMON,
I HAD NO IDEA
THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD FOLLOW ME AROUND
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
JUST 20 MILES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON,
THE SLEEPY TOWN
OF DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.
Pittman: DRIVING THROUGH DOVER,
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND
HOW PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE
THAT THERE WOULD BE
SOME KIND OF A MONSTER THERE.
AT TWILIGHT, DOVER DOES HAVE
KIND OF A CREEPY FEELING.
Narrator: AS FAR AS ANYONE KNEW,
DOVER WASN'T THE KIND OF PLACE
INVADED
BY OTHERWORLDLY CREATURES.
AT LEAST IT WASN'T UNTIL 1977.
THE NIGHTS OF APRIL 21st
AND APRIL 22, 1977
WERE ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE
FOR THE TOWN OF DOVER --
NIGHTS THE LIKES OF WHICH
THE TOWN HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE
AND PROBABLY
WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN.
Sheridan:
MY HUSBAND, AT THE TIME,
WAS POLICE CHIEF IN DOVER.
HE HAD TO INTERVIEW
A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
THAT HAD COME IN AND WANTED
TO HUNT THIS DOVER DEMON,
WANTED GUN PERMITS.
ALL OF THE WITNESSES
WERE FRIGHTENED.
I THINK IT REALLY SHOOK THEM
TO THE CORE.
Narrator: APRIL 1977.
THREE SEPARATE SIGHTINGS
OVER TWO NIGHTS,
EACH ONE ALONG
DOVER'S DARK, WOODED ROADS.
Man: YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE
WHAT I JUST SAW LAST NIGHT.
I SAW THIS TWO NIGHTS AGO.
Narrator: ALL THREE WITNESSES
WERE TEENAGERS
ATTENDING THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
EACH OF THEM SAW SOMETHING --
SOMETHING THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
SOMETHING SO BIZARRE,
THEY FELT COMPELLED
TO CAPTURE IT
IN QUICKLY-DRAWN SKETCHES.
NO WAY! I'VE SEEN THIS!
WHEN DID YOU SEE THIS?!
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THIS IS WEIRD.
APRIL 21, 1977 --
AN ORDINARY THURSDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS ABOUT 10:30 AT NIGHT,
AND 17-YEAR-OLD BILL BARTLET
WAS WITH FRIENDS,
COMING BACK FROM A PARTY
THAT THEY'D BEEN TO.
THEY WERE DRIVING
DOWN FARM STREET
WHEN BILL BARTLET SAW SOMETHING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WHAT HE SAW WAS SOMETHING
THAT DOESN'T RESEMBLE
ANY ANIMAL THAT ANYBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT WAS CLIMBING ALONG
A BROKEN-DOWN STRETCH
OF STONEWALL.
[ CHITTERING ]
AND AS HE LOOKED AT IT,
IT TURNED TO LOOK AT HIM.
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
ITS HEAD WAS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE
AS ITS BODY. IT WAS REALLY HUGE.
IT HAD NO VISIBLE MOUTH,
NO NOSE, NO EARS,
BUT IT HAD TWO HUGE EYES,
GLOWING ORANGE.
THEY WERE ROUND, AND BILL SAID
THEY LOOKED
JUST LIKE GLASS MARBLES.
HIS FRIENDS WERE ENGAGED
IN CONVERSATION.
THEY DIDN'T SEE IT.
HE TRAVELED DOWN THE ROAD
AND STOPPED THE CAR,
TOLD HIS FRIENDS
WHAT HE HAD SEEN.
DID YOU GUYS
JUST SEE THAT?!
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
DUDE, THERE WAS
JUST SOMETHING RIGHT THERE!
ITS HEAD WAS HUGE!
Boy: COME ON, MAN,
LET'S GO BACK OVER THERE.
THEY ALL WANTED
TO GO BACK AND SEE
IF THEY COULD
SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES,
SO THEY TURNED AROUND,
AND THEY DROVE BACK
TO THE PLACE
WHERE HE'D SEEN THE THING.
AND THEY WERE TOO AFRAID
TO GET OUT OF THE CAR.
THEY DIDN'T SEE IT AGAIN.
DUDE,
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
HE ONLY SAW IT
FOR ABOUT SIX SECONDS,
BUT HE LATER SAID
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOUR EYES MEET,
THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT YOU DON'T FORGET.
Narrator: IF BILL BARTLET
THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A MIRAGE OR A HALLUCINATION,
BY THE NEXT DAY IN SCHOOL,
HIS DOUBTS DISAPPEARED.
HE LEARNED
THAT A CLASSMATE, JOHN BAXTER,
WAS OUT THAT NIGHT, AS WELL,
AND LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
HE, TOO, SAW THE MONSTER.
Pittman:
JOHN BAXTER HAD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH WHAT BECAME KNOWN
AS THE DOVER DEMON
ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS
AFTER BILL BARTLET HAD
HAD HIS ENCOUNTER.
JOHN BAXTER WAS WALKING HOME
FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
IT WAS 12:30 IN THE MORNING.
IT WAS DARK.
HE SAW SOMETHING
WALKING TOWARDS HIM ON THE ROAD.
AT FIRST, HE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS A FRIEND OF HIS
WHO LIVED NEARBY,
BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER,
HE REALIZED IT COULDN'T BE
HIS FRIEND. IT WAS TOO SMALL.
[ CHITTERING ]
NOW, HE'S LOOKING AT THIS THING
AS IT'S COMING CLOSER TO HIM,
AND HE'S CALLING OUT TO IT,
"WHO IS THAT? WHO'S THERE?"
HE WASN'T GETTING AN ANSWER.
HE TOOK A STEP TOWARDS IT.
AND SUDDENLY,
IT RAN INCREDIBLY QUICKLY
INTO THE WOODS ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
HE COULD HEAR IT AS IT RAN
THROUGH THE TREES AND BUSHES,
AND HE FOLLOWED IT.
HE ACTUALLY STUMBLED
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT,
JUMPED ACROSS A LITTLE STREAM,
AND NOW HE'S LOOKING
AT THIS THING
THAT IS IN THE TREE LINE
ABOUT 25 FEET AWAY.
HE COULD SEE ITS FINGERS
WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE.
IT WAS VERY SMALL,
THE SIZE OF A SMALL CHILD,
BUT IT HAD A HUGE HEAD AND EYES
THAT GLOWED WHITE AS HE LOOKED.
HE REALIZED HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT.
[ CHITTERING ]
AND THEN HE STARTS TO FEEL LIKE
THIS THING IS READY TO JUMP.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ CHITTERING ]
HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN RIGHT
BACK UP THE EMBANKMENT
BACK TO THE ROAD,
AND HE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Narrator:
TWO SIGHTINGS, TWO ENCOUNTERS
WITH A LIVING,
BREATHING CREATURE
THAT SIMPLY MADE NO SENSE.
BUT THIS MYSTERY WASN'T OVER.
ONE LAST DOVER TEENAGER WOULD
CROSS PATHS WITH THE DEMON.
Brabham:
WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE EYES
OF THE DOVER DEMON,
I FELT, LIKE,
A TERRIFYING CONNECTION...
THAT IT WAS, LIKE, LOOKING RIGHT
THROUGH ME RIGHT INTO MY SOUL.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: THE SIGHTINGS REMAIN
ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING
IN THE ANNALS
OF AMERICAN MONSTERS.
FOR TWO NIGHTS IN APRIL 1977
IN SLEEPY DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS,
THREE RESIDENTS
HAD FRIGHTENING ENCOUNTERS
ONE AFTER THE OTHER
WITH A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE.
JOHN BAXTER
WAS THE SECOND RESIDENT
TO COME FACE-TO-FACE
WITH THE DOVER DEMON.
Pittman:
HE BECAME VERY FRIGHTENED.
"WHAT IS THIS THING?"
HE'S THINKING,
"WHAT COULD THIS BE?"
MAYBE IT'S A MONKEY OR,"
AND THEN HE STARTS TO FEEL
LIKE THIS THING
IS READY TO JUMP.
THIS THING IS MAYBE
PLANNING ITS NEXT MOVE,
SO HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN
RIGHT BACK UP THE EMBANKMENT
BACK TO THE ROAD,
AND HE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Narrator:
JOHN BAXTER RAN HOME THAT NIGHT
NOT KNOWING
THAT JUST HOURS BEFORE
AND LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
A SCHOOLMATE, BILL BARTLET,
HAD SEEN
THE SAME STRANGE CREATURE.
AND THE DEMON'S
REIGN OF TERROR...
WASN'T DONE.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER,
15-YEAR-OLD ABBY BRABHAM
AND HER BOYFRIEND
WERE ON ONE
OF DOVER'S WOODED ROADS.
NEARLY FOUR DECADES
AFTER THAT FATEFUL NIGHT,
SHE SHARES HER STORY.
I WAS JUST HANGING OUT
AT MY BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE.
WE WERE JUST WATCHING A MOVIE.
IT WAS ABOUT MIDNIGHT WHEN
MY BOYFRIEND DROVE ME HOME.
WE DROVE THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME.
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT.
IT WAS NOT RAINING OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT.
I SAW IT OUT MY WINDOW
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE
BY THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.
WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION FIRST
WAS THE HEAD AND THE EYES
'CAUSE THE EYES WERE ACTUALLY
LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
KIND OF PIERCING AT ME
IS WHAT KIND OF SCARED ME
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
TO ME AT FIRST,
IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A MONKEY.
IT WAS CROUCHED OVER
ON THE ROAD, BUT ITS HEAD,
WHICH LOOKED UP AT ME, WAS LIKE
A BIG WATERMELON-TYPE HEAD.
AND THE SKIN WAS KIND
OF A DIFFERENT-COLOR SKIN.
IT WAS LIKE A TANNISH SKIN,
NOT LIKE A HAIRY ANIMAL.
MY FIRST REACTION WAS,
"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE."
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.
MY BOYFRIEND
GOT A QUICK GLIMPSE OF IT.
HE DID SEE THE UNUSUAL HEAD
AND THE EYES THAT I SAW,
BUT HE DID NOT,
OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE HE WAS DRIVING,
GET AS CLOSE A LOOK
AS I DID AT IT.
Narrator:
THREE SEPARATE SIGHTINGS,
THREE VERY SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS
OF A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE
NEITHER HUMAN NOR ANIMAL.
ONCE WORD LEAKED OUT,
THE TINY NEW ENGLAND TOWN
WENT WILD
WITH SPECULATION AND FEAR.
THERE WAS A LOT
OF HYSTERIA IN THE TOWN
FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE.
PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, THINKING
THEY WERE GONNA GO KILL IT.
Narrator:
THE TOWN'S HYSTERIA WAS ENHANCED
WHEN BILL BARTLETT, JOHN BAXTER,
AND ABBY BRABHAM
EACH DREW PICTURES
OF THE CREATURE THEY SAW.
I'VE SEEN THIS!
WHEN DID YOU SEE THIS?!
Brabham: WE HAD ALL
LOOKED AT EACH PICTURES,
AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS LIKE,
"WOW, THAT'S WHAT I SAW."
Pittman: THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS
THAT THIS THING
WAS MAYBE A DELIBERATE HOAX,
THAT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF IT
WERE INFLUENCED BY
THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CREATURE
GOLLUM IN THE BOOK
"LORD OF THE RINGS."
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WE ALL
MAYBE HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER
AND MADE THIS UP,
WHICH WAS NOT TRUE.
Sheridan: MY HUSBAND SAID
THAT THE KIDS WERE GOOD KIDS.
THEY NEVER GOT INTO TROUBLE
IN THE TOWN
WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS INVOLVED
WITH THEM OR ANYTHING.
Brabham: NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT.
I'LL PROBABLY GO TO MY GRAVE
KNOWING THAT I SAW
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY
A CREATURE THAT WAS NOT NORMAL.
Narrator:
THE DOVER DEMON CASE REMAINS
ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS
OF THE PAST 50 YEARS --
A CLASSIC CRYPTID TALE.
THREE SEPARATE ENCOUNTERS,
EACH WITNESS
LEFT PROFOUNDLY DISTURBED.
AN ENTIRE TOWN LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS EVER SINCE.
Sheridan: IN MY HEART,
I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING.
IT KEEPS REARING ITS HEAD.
THE FIRST SIGHTING WAS IN '77,
AND WE'RE STILL
TALKING ABOUT IT.
[ CHITTERING ]
THEY COULD NEVER PROVE
THERE WAS A DOVER DEMON,
BUT THEY COULD
NEVER DISPROVE IT EITHER.
Audrey: THERE'S DEFINITELY
FORCES OUT THERE
THAT ARE WATCHING US
AND THAT ARE NOT OF THIS EARTH.
Moniz:
THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
BUT THERE DEFINITELY
IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
ALIENS ABDUCT TWIN SISTERS.
Audrey:
THEY HAVE REMOVED EGGS FROM ME,
IMPLANTED EMBRYOS IN ME.
THEY'RE USING MY BODY
TO INCUBATE THE BEGINNING STAGES
OF THE HYBRIDS.
Narrator: A TINY TROLL
THAT LURES ITS VICTIMS.
[ HISSING ]
Russo Sr.: THIS CREATURE
LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.
[ DOG BARKS ]
IT JUST APPEARED TO BE FRIENDLY,
BUT IF YOU BUY
INTO THE PUK WUDGIE MYTHS,
THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU.
THEY'LL SNAP YOU UP.
Narrator: A DEMON
THAT THREW A TOWN INTO FEAR.
Pittman: THE WITNESSES
IN THOSE TWO NIGHTS IN 1977
WERE STUDENTS TOGETHER
AT THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WERE COMING BACK
FROM A PARTY
WHEN THEY SAW SOMETHING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD --
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T RESEMBLE
ANY ANIMAL THAT ANYBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
ONE OF THOSE WITNESSES
COMES FORWARD
TO SHARE HER STORY.
Brabham:
WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE EYES
OF THE DOVER DEMON,
I FELT, LIKE, A TERRIFYING
CONNECTION WITH THE EYES,
THAT IT WAS LOOKING RIGHT
THROUGH ME RIGHT INTO MY SOUL.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator:
IN MASSACHUSETTS, JUST 20 MILES
INLAND FROM PLYMOUTH ROCK,
LAYS A MASSIVE,
IMPENETRABLE BOG.
THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP --
16,000 ACRES OF MARSHLAND,
DEFYING ATTEMPTS TO BUILD THERE.
HARBORING MYSTERIES.
IN THE ORIGINAL
NATIVE-AMERICAN LANGUAGE,
IT MEANS
"AN EVIL, HELLISH PLACE."
Lake: EVEN THE NATIVE AMERICANS
TOLD THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS
TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THE SWAMP,
THAT IT IS A VERY SPECIAL,
MYSTERIOUS, AND DANGEROUS PLACE.
Russo Sr.: NOT 500 YARDS
FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING,
IT LOOKS LIKE PRIMORDIAL SOUP,
SO THICK YOU CAN ALMOST WALK
ACROSS THE WATER,
AND YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO BE DIVINE TO DO IT
'CAUSE THE WATER'S
THAT THICK AND THAT SOUPY,
AND IT'S GREEN AND SLIMY.
JUST LOOKING ON THAT IS SCARY.
Narrator:
AND FOR UNLUCKY WANDERERS
IN THE SWAMP,
ONE PARTICULAR FIEND
REMAINS A VICIOUS THREAT.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Lake: THE PUK WUDGIE -- JUST
SAYING THEIR NAME AROUND HERE,
ANYBODY WHO'S FAMILIAR
WITH THE LEGEND
KNOWS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
A NASTY, LITTLE CREATURE.
Narrator: ACCORDING
TO NATIVE-AMERICAN LORE,
PUK WUDGIES LABOR UNDER A CURSE.
THEY CAN'T
DIRECTLY ATTACK THEIR PREY.
SO THEY'VE LEARNED
TO ENTICE THEM.
Lake:
PUK WUDGIE USED TO BE
A RATHER FRIENDLY,
LITTLE, HARMLESS CREATURE.
BUT AT ONE POINT,
THEY BECAME VERY UPSET
WITH BOTH MAN
AND THE CREATOR, GOD.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
AND SINCE THEN, THE PUK WUDGIES
HAVE BEEN SOMETHING TO AVOID.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO LURE PEOPLE
DEEPER INTO THE FOREST.
"HEY, COME HERE
AND CHECK THIS OUT."
AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...
[ SCREAMING, GROWLING ]
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE
HAVING A FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER
WITH A PUK WUDGIE.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
RETIRED IRONWORKER BILL RUSSO
LIVED IN A HOME
IN RAYNHAM, MASSACHUSETTS,
BUILT NEXT
TO THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP.
HE NEVER BELIEVED THE STORIES
ABOUT DANGEROUS CREATURES
UNTIL HE MET ONE.
Russo Sr.:
I'VE HEARD MANY STORIES
OF BIZARRE HAPPENINGS
IN -- IN THIS AREA.
I CAN'T CONFIRM
OR DENY ANY OF THAT.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SAW
ONE NIGHT AFTER WORK.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: ONE NIGHT IN 1995,
BILL AND HIS DOG, SAM,
WENT OUT ON THEIR WALK
AROUND 1:00 A.M.
Russo Sr.:
SAM AND I WERE VERY CLOSE,
AND SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
THAT NIGHT,
WE CUT THROUGH MY BACKYARD,
AND WE WENT INTO THE DEEP WOODS
BY THE SWAMPS.
WE NEVER FELT UNEASY.
WE NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS
GONNA POP OUT OF THE BUSHES.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
AND SUDDENLY, SAM STARTED
PULLING AT THE LEASH,
TRYING TO GET HOME QUICKLY,
TRYING TO RUN HOME.
I SAID, "SAM, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
SAM, WHAT'S THE MATTER?"
SHE JUST KIND OF CRIED,
QUIVERING.
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
SHE WAS FRIGHTENED,
AND SAM WAS NOT A DOG
THAT FRIGHTENED EASILY.
SOMETHING WAS SCARING HER.
AND THEN
I BEGAN TO HEAR SOMETHING.
IT WAS FAINT AT FIRST.
"HERE. HERE."
Creature: HERE.
"YOU -- WE WANT YOU."
WE WANT YOU.
AND I HEARD THIS BIZARRE TALK,
BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
[ HISSING ]
[ SAM BARKS ]
JUST THEN,
THIS 3- TO 4-FOOT CREATURE
WALKED INTO THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT.
AND JUST SO CONFIDENTLY
BECKONED ME, "HERE.
HERE."
LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
POSSIBILITIES STARTED
GOING THROUGH MY MIND.
IT'S A KID DRESSED UP
FOR HALLOWEEN,
AND THEN I REALIZED
THAT'S NO TODDLER.
THIS THING
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A BEAVER.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A MUSKRAT.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A FOX.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A BEAR.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS
WE'VE SEEN HERE.
IN THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP AREA,
WE'VE GOT THOSE THINGS.
IT WAS NONE OF THOSE THINGS.
[ HISSING ]
JUST APPEARED TO BE FRIENDLY,
BUT IF YOU BUY
INTO THE PUK WUDGIE MYTHS,
THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU.
AND THEN [CLAPS]
THEY'LL SNAP YOU UP.
[ GROWLING ]
Lake: THEY ARE NOT LITTLE,
INNOCENT, LITTLE CREATURES
THAT LIVE SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS
IN THIS AREA.
THEY'VE BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A --
A LITTLE MONSTER,
A LITTLE TERROR.
Narrator:
THE PUK WUDGIE ARE SMALL,
NO MORE THAN 3 TO 4 FEET TALL,
BUT ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
THEIR POWERS ARE IMPRESSIVE.
Lake: THEY HAVE A REPUTATION
OF USING BALLS OF LIGHT
TO LEAD YOU FURTHER
AND FURTHER INTO THE WOODS
JUST TO GET YOU LOST
OR MAYBE TO HAVE SOME
REAL NASTY FUN AND MAKE YOU
WALK OFF A CLIFF.
Narrator:
AVOIDING THEIR ENTICEMENTS
IS THE ONLY WAY
TO SURVIVE AN ENCOUNTER
WITH THIS TRICKSTER TROLL.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERING ]
Russo Sr.: I WAS SCARED.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
THAT ISN'T HUMAN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND IT TALKS TO YOU
AND YOU'RE BIGGER THAN IT,
YOU'RE STILL SCARED.
[ GROWLING ]
[ SAM WHIMPERS, BARKS ]
WE JUST MADE A BIG, BIG,
BIG CIRCLE AROUND IT,
AND WE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Russo Jr.:
OUR FATHER'S NEVER BEEN ONE
TO BE INTO, LIKE, GHOSTS
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT -- EVER.
SO IT WAS
DEFINITELY A WEIRD EXPERIENCE
HEARING HIM TALK
ABOUT THE THING THAT HE SAW.
HE WAS PRETTY SHAKEN UP
ABOUT IT.
Russo Sr.: WHEN I GET HOME
AFTER THE ENCOUNTER,
MADE A BIG POT OF COFFEE, KEPT
THAT COFFEE COMPANY ALL NIGHT.
ONE CUP AFTER ANOTHER,
RELIVING THE WHOLE THING.
SHOULD I HAVE TALKED TO IT?
SHOULD I HAVE GONE UP TO IT?
WHAT WAS IT? WHAT DID IT SAY?
AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAID --
MY BEST TRANSLATION.
"WE WANT YOU."
WE, NOT ME.
WE, MEANING THERE WERE MORE.
[ GROWLING ]
Creature: WE WANT YOU.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
BILL HAS COME TO BELIEVE
HE NARROWLY AVOIDED
HIS OWN DEATH THAT NIGHT.
THERE IS SOMETHING
OUT IN THAT SWAMP.
WE LIVE IN AN AREA
THAT USED TO BE ALL SWAMP,
AND IT'S BEING FILLED IN,
AND AT SOME POINT,
THEY'RE GOING
TO SHRINK IT DOWN TO NOTHING,
AND THINGS ARE GONNA COME OUT.
Lake:
AND I'M NOT SURE MANY PEOPLE,
EVEN LOCALS WHO HUNT OR FISH,
WOULD REALLY WANT
TO GO VENTURE IN TOO FAR
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT IS OUT THERE AND WHY.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
ANDREW LAKE SHOULD KNOW.
HE THINKS HE ENCOUNTERED THE
SAME CREATURE BILL RUSSO MET.
AND ANDREW MAY HAVE MANAGED
TO COME AWAY
WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD
FIND OUT THE REASON
WHY THERE WERE SO MANY SPIRITS
ON THE PROPERTY.
[ HISSING ]
Man: LEAVE THIS BODY!
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
ON A NIGHT IN 2008,
ANDREW LAKE
JOINED A PARANORMAL GROUP,
EXPLORING THE HOCKAMOCK
SWAMP AREA FOR GHOSTS.
IT WAS THE NEW ENGLAND
GHOST PROJECT.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW GROUPS
THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
WITH A PSYCHIC.
THEIR PSYCHIC WANTED
TO SEE IF SHE COULD CONTACT
ANY OF THE INDIAN SPIRITS
THAT HAUNT THE WOODS
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
Narrator:
THE SEARCH WAS COMING UP EMPTY
WHEN THINGS SUDDENLY CHANGED.
Lake:
WHILE I WAS VIDEOTAPING THIS...
[ MAN SHOUTS ]
...THEIR PSYCHIC STARTED
THRASHING ABOUT
AND ACTING LIKE
SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED.
Man: LEAVE THIS BODY!
IT'S NOT YOUR HOME!
Narrator:
HER THRASHING WAS SO VIOLENT,
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
HAD TO HOLD HER DOWN.
[ HISSING ]
ANDREW CAUGHT
THE STRUGGLE ON CAMERA.
WHAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE
IN ALL THE CONFUSION --
SOMETHING SMALL AND HIDDEN
WAS WATCHING CLOSE BY.
WHEN HE WAS HOME
LATER THAT NIGHT,
ANDREW REVIEWED THE VIDEOTAPE.
AND DURING THE STRUGGLE,
HOVERING IN THE BACKGROUND,
A STRANGE FACE EMERGES.
Lake: JUST A SIMPLE,
LITTLE VIDEO CAMERA,
WHILE SOMEONE
WAS HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT,
SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT
A LITTLE CREATURE
STANDING
IN THE BLUEBERRY BUSHES.
A FREEZE FRAME OF THAT VIDEO...
IN MY OPINION,
SHOWS A TINY, LITTLE CREATURE
THAT I WONDER IS, YOU KNOW,
COULD BE PUK WUDGIE.
Narrator:
JUST A FEW FRAMES OF VIDEOTAPE,
BUT A NEW CLUE
THAT THE LEGEND ABOUT PUK WUDGIE
IN THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP
MIGHT NOT BE JUST LEGEND.
IT'S A REAL UNIQUE AREA.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT
ANYWHERE ELSE IN NEW ENGLAND.
THERE ARE NO HOMES OUT THERE,
AND THERE NEVER WILL BE.
IT'S TOO WET. IT'S TOO THICK.
IT'S TOO DENSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE
THERE COULD BE
MONSTERS OUT THERE.
Narrator: IF THE HOCKAMOCK SWAMP
SEEMS STRANGE,
IT'S ONLY ONE SMALL PART
OF A LARGER
TRIANGLE-SHAPED TERRITORY
CROWDED WITH INEXPLICABLE
PHENOMENA AND U.F.O. SIGHTINGS,
THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE.
Audrey:
THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE
DEFINITELY HAS SOME KIND
OF ENERGY FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A VORTEX
OR A PORTAL FOR E.T.s
AND OTHER
INTERDIMENSIONAL BEINGS,
BUT THERE'S SOME REASON
THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN
IN A SMALL AREA OF NEW ENGLAND.
Narrator: FOR BRIDGEWATER LOCALS
AND TWIN SISTERS
AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS,
DAILY LIFE RESIDES
AT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ADDRESS
THAN MOST OF US WILL EVER KNOW.
Audrey:
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ALL MY LIFE
WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN
TO ME AND MY SISTER.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE RANDOM.
WE COULD'VE BEEN PREPARED FOR
THIS PREVIOUS TO BEING HERE.
Debbie: WE MOVED FROM OHIO,
BEING INNOCENT CHILDREN.
WE MOVED
INTO THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE,
AND WE WENT DOWN THE WRONG PATH.
Narrator:
WHEN THEY WERE SMALL CHILDREN,
DEBBIE AND AUDREY'S FATHER
MOVED THEIR FAMILY
TO BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
BECAUSE HE SAID GOD TOLD HIM TO.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TWINS
ONCE THEY ARRIVED
SET THEIR LIVES
ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH VISITORS
FROM ANOTHER WORLD.
Audrey: MY SISTER AND I
SHARED A BEDROOM.
I REMEMBER BEGGING HER,
YOU KNOW, "STAY UP.
STAY AWAKE.
THEY'RE GONNA COME."
I THOUGHT THIS HAPPENED
TO EVERYONE.
BUT AS WE GOT OLDER
AND WE WERE ABLE
TO COMMUNICATE
WHAT WAS GOING ON...
WE WOULD BE TOLD
THAT THEY'RE NOT REAL.
THEY DON'T EXIST.
IT MUST BE JUST A DREAM.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: EACH NIGHT
BEFORE THE TWINS WENT TO BED,
THE FEAR WELLED UP INSIDE --
FEAR OF ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE.
I ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF...
ANXIETY, I GUESS,
THAT THEY WERE COMING.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ MUSIC BOX PLAYING ]
AND THEN I WOULD START
TO HEAR THIS STEADY HUM,
AND IT KIND OF GETS
LOUDER AND SOFTER,
AND IT JUST KEEPS HUMMING.
[ HUMMING ]
THE ROOM FILLS
WITH A PALE, BLUISH-WHITE LIGHT.
I WOULD SEE SHADOWS COMING
AS THE LIGHT STARTED
TO ENVELOP THE ROOM,
AND WE REALIZED
THAT IT WASN'T OUR PARENTS.
[ SCREAMING ]
THEY'RE VERY FRIGHTENING.
Debbie: THEY WOULD HIT YOU
WITH THIS VIBRATING PARALYSIS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD
ELEVATE YOU OFF THE BED.
YOU DON'T EVEN
FEEL LIKE YOURSELF,
AND THERE IS NO CONTROL.
THEY CAN BRING YOU
THROUGH THE WINDOW,
THROUGH THE DOOR,
OR THROUGH THE CEILING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT --
JUST TO BE ABLE
TO PASS THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S VERY WEIRD.
[ HUMMING ]
Audrey: MY BODY THE WHOLE TIME
WAS VIBRATING.
I SAW A CRAFT ABOVE MY HOME
AND WAS BROUGHT TO IT SLOWLY.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING,
INSECT CHITTERING ]
Narrator: EACH MORNING,
THE TWINS WOULD BE BACK IN BED
WITH BLURRED MEMORIES
OF THEIR TIME
AT THE HANDS OF THE ALIENS.
BUT
WITH FLESH-AND-BLOOD EVIDENCE
OF THE TRAUMA THEY SUFFERED.
Piva:
I COULD ALWAYS SEE THE PHYSICAL
TOLL IT WAS TAKING ON THEM.
EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY'D
HAVE SOME KIND OF NEW SCRAPE
OR BANG OR CUT OR SLICE OR MARK.
YOU LOOK AT THEM,
AND YOU'D SAY, YOU KNOW,
"I KNOW YOUR PARENTS
AIN'T DOING THIS TO YOU.
WHAT'S --
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Audrey: I HAD SO MANY
BLOODY NOSES AS A CHILD,
AND ON THE SCHOOL BUS
IT HAPPENED.
IN SCHOOL, IT WOULD HAPPEN.
I HAD BLOODY NOSES ALL THE TIME,
AND THEY WERE REALLY SEVERE
AND FOR NO REASON.
Debbie:
OH, I WAS KIND OF SELF-CONSCIOUS
ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE --
LITTLE KIDS STARTED
CALLING ME DEBBIE DENT
'CAUSE I HAD TWO LITTLE DENTS
IN MY HEAD.
THE ONE OVER HERE IF YOU --
THERE'S NOT ONLY A SCAR
BUT ON MY SKULL,
THERE'S AN INDENTATION
LIKE SOMEBODY
DRILLED IN MY SKULL.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE AND
ROUNDNESS OF A PENCIL ERASER,
BUT IT SHOWS UP IN X-RAYS,
AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION.
Narrator: THE TWINS HAD NO WAY
TO PREVENT THE NIGHTLY VISITS.
THEIR FRIENDS
HAD NO IDEA HOW TO HELP THEM.
Piva: IT IS A HELPLESS FEELING
WHEN YOUR FRIEND COMES TO YOU
AND TELLS YOU
THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING,
AND AS A FRIEND,
YOU'RE POWERLESS.
YOU CAN LOVE HER,
YOU CAN HUG HER,
BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY.
Narrator:
THEIR CHILDHOOD ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE ALIENS WERE TERRIFYING.
AS ADULTS,
IT WOULD GET MUCH WORSE.
I ACTUALLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE.
[ SCREAMING ]
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED.
THAT WAS THE WORST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator: FOR DECADES, THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS HAVE CLAIMED
ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE
ABDUCTED THEM.
MOST REPORT ENDURING
A FORCED MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
OFTEN, IT'S FOCUSED ON SEX
AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
THE MAJORITY
EXPERIENCES THE EVENT ALONE.
WITH AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS,
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
THE TWINS WERE OFTEN
ABDUCTED TOGETHER.
BACK ON EARTH,
GETTING THEIR PARENTS
TO UNDERSTAND
WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
Audrey: BOTH MY SISTER
AND I HAD JOURNALS,
AND WE'D, YOU KNOW, DO STORIES
ABOUT WHAT WE REMEMBERED
AND PICTURES OF THESE BEINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY MOM
FOUND THE JOURNALS ONE DAY,
AND, "OH, WOW,
THEY'VE GOT ACTIVE IMAGINATIONS.
THIS IS AMAZING," AND SHE WOULD
READ THEM AND SEE THE PICTURES.
AND MY MOM
WOULD GO THROUGH MY DIARY
AND SEE THIS AND REALLY WONDER,
YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CHILD?"
MY FATHER, WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT IT, WAS VERY SCARED.
HE'S VERY GROUNDED.
YOU KNOW, HE NEVER WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
OH, IT WAS TABOO.
Narrator:
AS ADULTS, AUDREY AND DEBBIE
STARTED LOOKING FOR ANSWERS,
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
OF THEIR U.F.O. ENCOUNTERS.
Pittman:
AUDREY AND DEBBIE CONTACTED ME
THROUGH MY U.F.O. WEBSITE.
THEY WERE AFRAID,
THEY WERE FRIGHTENED,
AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HELP.
WHAT I WAS CERTAIN OF RIGHT AWAY
WAS THAT THERE WAS
MORE TO THESE EXPERIENCES
THAN WHAT THEY WERE
CONSCIOUSLY REMEMBERING,
AND IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
TO UNLOCK SOME MEMORIES
OF THESE EVENTS.
PROGRESSION HYPNOSIS IS A REALLY
CONTROVERSIAL PROCEDURE.
IT'S USED, FOR INSTANCE,
IN CASES OF TRAUMA
WHERE TRAUMA MIGHT CAUSE
SOME MEMORIES TO BE HIDDEN,
AND UNDER HYPNOSIS,
DEBBIE AND AUDREY RELIVED
THE INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING,
INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY HAD UNDERGONE
DURING THE TIME
THAT THEY WERE ABDUCTED.
FOR ME AS SOMEBODY
WHO WAS THERE TO OBSERVE,
THIS STUFF WAS RAW, IT WAS REAL,
IT WAS COMING FROM THEIR MEMORY,
AND IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY FRIGHTENING.
Narrator: HYPNOSIS CLARIFIED
THEIR TRAUMATIC MEMORIES.
BUT THE ABDUCTIONS CONTINUED
AND GREW FAR MORE CHILLING.
[ SCREAMING ]
ONE NIGHT WHEN DEBBIE STAYED
OVER AT AUDREY'S,
THE ABDUCTION TURNED VIOLENT.
IT'S GETTING LATE.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
I THINK I'M GONNA
HEAD OFF TO BED.
YEAH.
OKAY.
DON'T WORRY.
I'LL LOCK UP.
THANKS.
Debbie: WHEN I WENT TO BED
THAT NIGHT IN 2007,
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TRAUMA
I WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH.
[ CICADAS CHIRPING ]
[ WHIRRING ]
I WOKE UP TO A PRESSURE
ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I'M LAYING ON MY BACK.
[ SCREAMING, WHIRRING ]
I THOUGHT
I WAS GONNA GET KILLED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA KILL ME.
IT WAS THAT AGGRESSIVE.
[ SCREAMING ]
THE ONLY THING
THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS,
"MY SISTER'S GONNA
GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER.
MY NECK'S BROKEN
IN HER OTHER ROOM,"
AND THEN LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY MUST'VE BLACKED ME OUT.
[ SCREAMING ]
Narrator:
AT THE OTHER END OF THE HALLWAY,
DEBBIE'S SISTER, AUDREY,
FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I HAD GOTTEN UP.
I WAS ALMOST DOWN MY HALLWAY.
AND THEN I REALIZED
THAT I WASN'T RUNNING.
I WAS KIND OF FLOATING.
AND THAT I WASN'T EVEN,
YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVING.
THE APPEARANCE
OF MY HOME MELTED AWAY.
I REALIZED
THAT I WAS IN A CRAFT AGAIN.
WHEN I CAME THROUGH AGAIN,
I WAS NOT IN AUDREY'S ROOM.
MY SISTER, SHE WAS THERE, TOO.
THERE WAS, LIKE, A BIG SCREEN.
WE WERE BEHIND.
DEBBIE CAME IN, AND THEY PUT HER
NEXT TO ME BEHIND THE SCREEN.
I HEARD SOME NOISES.
THERE WAS SOME LIGHT
THAT WENT OVER US.
THEY WERE DOING SOME KIND
OF X-RAY OR SOMETHING.
Debbie: I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE
WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL
WITH REMEMBERING
THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROCEDURE
BECAUSE IT'S TRAUMATIC.
THEY COULD, YOU KNOW,
MAKE YOUR HEART STOP.
[ HEART BEATING ]
THEY CAN
CONTROL OUR BODY MOVEMENTS.
Narrator: AND SOON,
THE TWINS WOULD KNOW
WHAT THE ALIENS INTENDED
TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES.
Audrey: I COULD SEE A BUNCH
OF CYLINDERS FILLED WITH LIQUID.
CONNECTED TO MACHINES
WITH THINGS SUSPENDED.
AND I LOOKED DOWN,
AND ONE APPEARED TO BE
A GRAY-HUMAN HYBRID.
IT LOOKED HALF AND HALF.
IT WAS INFANT-SIZED.
ARTIFICIAL GESTATION CHAMBERS --
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
Narrator: AT SOME POINT,
THE ALIEN GESTATION PROGRAM
TURNED INTO
THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.
[ SCREAMING ]
Audrey: I WAS ON A TABLE
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
WHERE THEY DO
THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES.
I ACTUALLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING,
SO I ACTUALLY FELT A SCRAPING
WHERE MY OVARY WOULD BE.
[ SCREAMING ]
I'M PANICKING. I'M IN PAIN.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED.
THAT WAS THE WORST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
Debbie:
WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING,
I WAS SORE, CONFUSED,
AND REALLY SCARED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE ENCOUNTERS
THAT I'VE HAD.
AND SHE OPENED THE DOOR.
"ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
I'M LIKE, "YEAH.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
AND ALL THAT KIND OF --
JUST WANTED --
DIDN'T SAY MUCH ELSE.
THAT WAS IT.
[ WATER RUNNING ]
Narrator: AFTER THAT NIGHT,
THE TWINS KNEW THEY'D BEEN
TURNED INTO BREEDERS
FOR AN ALIEN RACE.
Audrey:
THEY HAVE REMOVED EGGS FROM ME.
THEY HAVE IMPLANTED
EMBRYOS IN ME.
THEY'VE CAUSED SO MUCH DAMAGE
THAT DOCTORS HAVE SAID
IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE SCARRING.
THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY.
THEY'RE USING MY BODY
TO INCUBATE THE BEGINNING STAGES
OF THE HYBRIDS.
Narrator: AND YEARS LATER,
WHEN SHE WAS ABDUCTED AGAIN,
AUDREY AND ONE OF THOSE HYBRIDS
WOULD FINALLY MEET.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
GROWING UP IN MASSACHUSETTS'
BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE,
TWIN SISTERS
AUDREY AND DEBBIE HEWINS
CLAIM THAT ALIENS
FREQUENTLY ABDUCTED THEM.
IN THEIR LATE 20s,
THE TWINS REALIZED
THEIR BODIES WERE BEING USED
AS SURROGATE HOSTS
TO MAKE ALIEN HYBRIDS.
[ SCREAMING ]
ACCOUNTS OF REPRODUCTIVE
HYBRID ACTIVITIES
ARE A NEW TREND
IN ABDUCTION STORIES.
AUDREY HEWINS
HAS NEVER HAD A CHILD,
AT LEAST A HUMAN ONE ON EARTH.
SHE THINKS SHE MAY HAVE MET
ONE OF HER HYBRID CHILDREN
ON AN ALIEN SHIP.
Audrey: I WAS ON A TABLE
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
WHERE THEY DO THE PROCEDURES.
AND I ACTUALLY WOKE UP
IN A ROOM WHERE I WAS SUSPENDED
IN A GEL-LIKE LIQUID, AND IT WAS
KIND OF LIKE A COCOON,
EXCEPT I COULD SEE OUT.
WHEN I LOOKED OUT OF THE COCOON,
THERE WAS A SMALL CHILD
PROBABLY ABOUT 4 OR 5.
IT WAS IN A BLUE DRESS
WITH WHITE LACE,
AND IT WAS
LIKE 1800s-STYLE CLOTHING.
SHE WAS DEFINITELY A HYBRID.
SHE HAD A VERY LARGE HEAD
WITH LITTLE SPRIGS
OF HAIR COMING OUT
BUT MOSTLY BALD
AND REALLY BIG EYES.
SHE LOOKED
HALF HUMAN AND HALF GRAY.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME,
AND SHE WAS DEFINITELY SOMEONE
I HAD A CONNECTION WITH,
AND THERE WAS JUST SOME KIND
OF "I KNOW YOU."
WE JUST HAD THAT BOND.
IT WAS STRANGE.
I DEFINITELY FELT LIKE I HAD
EITHER A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
OR SHE WAS MINE.
Narrator: THE TWINS MAINTAIN
THE ALIEN GESTATION PROGRAM
CONTINUES
WITH THOUSANDS OF HUMANS
SERVING AS REPRODUCTIVE SLAVES.
Audrey: THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT
THROUGH FAMILY LINES
FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CREATING
A DIFFERENT HUMAN.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO...
MAKE A NEW SPECIES.
IF THEY'RE SUPPLANTING
THE HUMAN RACE.
OR JUST INTRODUCE THEIR GENES
INTO OUR BLOODLINES.
I DON'T KNOW.
I WISH I HAD THE ANSWERS,
BUT IT GETS PRETTY CREEPY.
Narrator:
OVER TIME, THE TWINS HAVE MET
HUNDREDS OF OTHERS
WHO'VE SUFFERED SIMILAR FORMS
OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL TORTURE.
Audrey:
AND IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN.
THEY'RE USING MEN, TOO,
EXCEPT, OBVIOUSLY,
NOT IMPREGNATING MEN
BUT REMOVING
THE, YOU KNOW,
THE MATERIAL THAT THEY NEED.
Narrator: AT ONE POINT,
THE TWINS WERE ABLE TO MEET
ONE OF THESE MEN --
SOMEONE WITH WHOM THEY HAD
SHARED AN ABDUCTION ENCOUNTER.
IN 1997, MY BROTHER'S BAND
WAS PLAYING AT THIS CLUB.
HEY, JAMAL.
SO, WE GO INTO THIS CLUB,
AND I LOOKED OVER.
AND I SAW THIS MAN
BACK THERE, AND I SAID,
"OH, MY, THAT IS THE GUY
THAT WE MET ON THE SHIP."
ONE TIME,
I WAS TAKEN ABOARD BY A GRAY,
PUT INTO A ROOM WITH MY SISTER.
WE WERE BOTH SITTING
IN A SMALL, ROUNDED ROOM,
AND THE DOOR OPENED.
AND ANOTHER COUPLE OF GRAYS
CAME IN WITH THIS MAN.
Audrey:
ARE YOU OKAY?
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN REMEMBER,
AND I NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT
IT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS.
Narrator: THE MAN AUDREY
AND DEBBIE RECOGNIZED
WAS MATT MONIZ.
A REGULAR ABDUCTEE,
MATT LIVES JUST 22 MILES
FROM WHERE
DEBBIE AND AUDREY EXPERIENCED
THEIR MOST INTENSE
ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.
Moniz:
I MET AUDREY AND DEBBIE.
I WAS BROUGHT TO THIS --
I'LL CALL IT A CRAFT
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
AND I REMEMBER
BEING BROUGHT THROUGH A DOORWAY.
AND I REMEMBER TALKING THEM
AND THEM TALKING TO ME.
ARE YOU OKAY?
THINK SO.
I JUST WISH
I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING?
THAT'S THE GUY.
THAT IS HIM.
WE NEED
TO GO TALK TO HIM.
Debbie:
WE WALKED RIGHT OVER TO HIM.
WE SAID, "HEY,"
AND HE LOOKED UP.
DO YOU REMEMBER US?
WE MET LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.
YEAH. OH, MY GOD, YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU?
Moniz: I DISCOVERED THAT THIS
IS NOT UNUSUAL, NOT UNCOMMON.
PLENTY OF OTHER
EXPERIENCES AND ABDUCTEES
HAVE RUN INTO EACH OTHER
IN EXPERIENCES
AND THEN RUN INTO EACH OTHER
IN WHAT WE'LL CALL
STARK REALITY,
WHAT WE EXIST IN HERE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: A HOT SPOT
FOR THESE SORTS OF EXPERIENCES
IS THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE.
Audrey:
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A VORTEX.
I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S A BASE THERE.
BUT THERE'S SOME REASON
THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN
IN A SMALL AREA OF NEW ENGLAND.
Narrator: JUST A FEW MILES NORTH
OF THE TRIANGLE'S BORDERS,
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
SORT OF MONSTROUS CREATURE
APPEARED, THEN VANISHED
AS QUICKLY AS IT ARRIVED.
[ CHITTERING ]
IT'S LEFT A TRAIL OF QUESTIONS
EVER SINCE.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN OVER 30 YEARS,
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WITNESSES
COMES FORWARD,
SHARING HER STORY.
Brabham:
WHEN I SAW THE DOVER DEMON,
I HAD NO IDEA
THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WOULD FOLLOW ME AROUND
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
Narrator:
JUST 20 MILES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON,
THE SLEEPY TOWN
OF DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.
Pittman: DRIVING THROUGH DOVER,
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND
HOW PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE
THAT THERE WOULD BE
SOME KIND OF A MONSTER THERE.
AT TWILIGHT, DOVER DOES HAVE
KIND OF A CREEPY FEELING.
Narrator: AS FAR AS ANYONE KNEW,
DOVER WASN'T THE KIND OF PLACE
INVADED
BY OTHERWORLDLY CREATURES.
AT LEAST IT WASN'T UNTIL 1977.
THE NIGHTS OF APRIL 21st
AND APRIL 22, 1977
WERE ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE
FOR THE TOWN OF DOVER --
NIGHTS THE LIKES OF WHICH
THE TOWN HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE
AND PROBABLY
WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN.
Sheridan:
MY HUSBAND, AT THE TIME,
WAS POLICE CHIEF IN DOVER.
HE HAD TO INTERVIEW
A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
THAT HAD COME IN AND WANTED
TO HUNT THIS DOVER DEMON,
WANTED GUN PERMITS.
ALL OF THE WITNESSES
WERE FRIGHTENED.
I THINK IT REALLY SHOOK THEM
TO THE CORE.
Narrator: APRIL 1977.
THREE SEPARATE SIGHTINGS
OVER TWO NIGHTS,
EACH ONE ALONG
DOVER'S DARK, WOODED ROADS.
Man: YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE
WHAT I JUST SAW LAST NIGHT.
I SAW THIS TWO NIGHTS AGO.
Narrator: ALL THREE WITNESSES
WERE TEENAGERS
ATTENDING THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
EACH OF THEM SAW SOMETHING --
SOMETHING THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
SOMETHING SO BIZARRE,
THEY FELT COMPELLED
TO CAPTURE IT
IN QUICKLY-DRAWN SKETCHES.
NO WAY! I'VE SEEN THIS!
WHEN DID YOU SEE THIS?!
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THIS IS WEIRD.
APRIL 21, 1977 --
AN ORDINARY THURSDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS ABOUT 10:30 AT NIGHT,
AND 17-YEAR-OLD BILL BARTLET
WAS WITH FRIENDS,
COMING BACK FROM A PARTY
THAT THEY'D BEEN TO.
THEY WERE DRIVING
DOWN FARM STREET
WHEN BILL BARTLET SAW SOMETHING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WHAT HE SAW WAS SOMETHING
THAT DOESN'T RESEMBLE
ANY ANIMAL THAT ANYBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT WAS CLIMBING ALONG
A BROKEN-DOWN STRETCH
OF STONEWALL.
[ CHITTERING ]
AND AS HE LOOKED AT IT,
IT TURNED TO LOOK AT HIM.
HE WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
ITS HEAD WAS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE
AS ITS BODY. IT WAS REALLY HUGE.
IT HAD NO VISIBLE MOUTH,
NO NOSE, NO EARS,
BUT IT HAD TWO HUGE EYES,
GLOWING ORANGE.
THEY WERE ROUND, AND BILL SAID
THEY LOOKED
JUST LIKE GLASS MARBLES.
HIS FRIENDS WERE ENGAGED
IN CONVERSATION.
THEY DIDN'T SEE IT.
HE TRAVELED DOWN THE ROAD
AND STOPPED THE CAR,
TOLD HIS FRIENDS
WHAT HE HAD SEEN.
DID YOU GUYS
JUST SEE THAT?!
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
DUDE, THERE WAS
JUST SOMETHING RIGHT THERE!
ITS HEAD WAS HUGE!
Boy: COME ON, MAN,
LET'S GO BACK OVER THERE.
THEY ALL WANTED
TO GO BACK AND SEE
IF THEY COULD
SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES,
SO THEY TURNED AROUND,
AND THEY DROVE BACK
TO THE PLACE
WHERE HE'D SEEN THE THING.
AND THEY WERE TOO AFRAID
TO GET OUT OF THE CAR.
THEY DIDN'T SEE IT AGAIN.
DUDE,
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
HE ONLY SAW IT
FOR ABOUT SIX SECONDS,
BUT HE LATER SAID
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOUR EYES MEET,
THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT YOU DON'T FORGET.
Narrator: IF BILL BARTLET
THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
A MIRAGE OR A HALLUCINATION,
BY THE NEXT DAY IN SCHOOL,
HIS DOUBTS DISAPPEARED.
HE LEARNED
THAT A CLASSMATE, JOHN BAXTER,
WAS OUT THAT NIGHT, AS WELL,
AND LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
HE, TOO, SAW THE MONSTER.
Pittman:
JOHN BAXTER HAD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH WHAT BECAME KNOWN
AS THE DOVER DEMON
ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS
AFTER BILL BARTLET HAD
HAD HIS ENCOUNTER.
JOHN BAXTER WAS WALKING HOME
FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
IT WAS 12:30 IN THE MORNING.
IT WAS DARK.
HE SAW SOMETHING
WALKING TOWARDS HIM ON THE ROAD.
AT FIRST, HE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS A FRIEND OF HIS
WHO LIVED NEARBY,
BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER,
HE REALIZED IT COULDN'T BE
HIS FRIEND. IT WAS TOO SMALL.
[ CHITTERING ]
NOW, HE'S LOOKING AT THIS THING
AS IT'S COMING CLOSER TO HIM,
AND HE'S CALLING OUT TO IT,
"WHO IS THAT? WHO'S THERE?"
HE WASN'T GETTING AN ANSWER.
HE TOOK A STEP TOWARDS IT.
AND SUDDENLY,
IT RAN INCREDIBLY QUICKLY
INTO THE WOODS ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
HE COULD HEAR IT AS IT RAN
THROUGH THE TREES AND BUSHES,
AND HE FOLLOWED IT.
HE ACTUALLY STUMBLED
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT,
JUMPED ACROSS A LITTLE STREAM,
AND NOW HE'S LOOKING
AT THIS THING
THAT IS IN THE TREE LINE
ABOUT 25 FEET AWAY.
HE COULD SEE ITS FINGERS
WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE.
IT WAS VERY SMALL,
THE SIZE OF A SMALL CHILD,
BUT IT HAD A HUGE HEAD AND EYES
THAT GLOWED WHITE AS HE LOOKED.
HE REALIZED HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT.
[ CHITTERING ]
AND THEN HE STARTS TO FEEL LIKE
THIS THING IS READY TO JUMP.
[ SHRIEKING ]
[ CHITTERING ]
HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN RIGHT
BACK UP THE EMBANKMENT
BACK TO THE ROAD,
AND HE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Narrator:
TWO SIGHTINGS, TWO ENCOUNTERS
WITH A LIVING,
BREATHING CREATURE
THAT SIMPLY MADE NO SENSE.
BUT THIS MYSTERY WASN'T OVER.
ONE LAST DOVER TEENAGER WOULD
CROSS PATHS WITH THE DEMON.
Brabham:
WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE EYES
OF THE DOVER DEMON,
I FELT, LIKE,
A TERRIFYING CONNECTION...
THAT IT WAS, LIKE, LOOKING RIGHT
THROUGH ME RIGHT INTO MY SOUL.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator: THE SIGHTINGS REMAIN
ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING
IN THE ANNALS
OF AMERICAN MONSTERS.
FOR TWO NIGHTS IN APRIL 1977
IN SLEEPY DOVER, MASSACHUSETTS,
THREE RESIDENTS
HAD FRIGHTENING ENCOUNTERS
ONE AFTER THE OTHER
WITH A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE.
JOHN BAXTER
WAS THE SECOND RESIDENT
TO COME FACE-TO-FACE
WITH THE DOVER DEMON.
Pittman:
HE BECAME VERY FRIGHTENED.
"WHAT IS THIS THING?"
HE'S THINKING,
"WHAT COULD THIS BE?"
MAYBE IT'S A MONKEY OR,"
AND THEN HE STARTS TO FEEL
LIKE THIS THING
IS READY TO JUMP.
THIS THING IS MAYBE
PLANNING ITS NEXT MOVE,
SO HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN
RIGHT BACK UP THE EMBANKMENT
BACK TO THE ROAD,
AND HE DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
Narrator:
JOHN BAXTER RAN HOME THAT NIGHT
NOT KNOWING
THAT JUST HOURS BEFORE
AND LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
A SCHOOLMATE, BILL BARTLET,
HAD SEEN
THE SAME STRANGE CREATURE.
AND THE DEMON'S
REIGN OF TERROR...
WASN'T DONE.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER,
15-YEAR-OLD ABBY BRABHAM
AND HER BOYFRIEND
WERE ON ONE
OF DOVER'S WOODED ROADS.
NEARLY FOUR DECADES
AFTER THAT FATEFUL NIGHT,
SHE SHARES HER STORY.
I WAS JUST HANGING OUT
AT MY BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE.
WE WERE JUST WATCHING A MOVIE.
IT WAS ABOUT MIDNIGHT WHEN
MY BOYFRIEND DROVE ME HOME.
WE DROVE THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME.
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT.
IT WAS NOT RAINING OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT.
I SAW IT OUT MY WINDOW
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE
BY THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.
WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION FIRST
WAS THE HEAD AND THE EYES
'CAUSE THE EYES WERE ACTUALLY
LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
KIND OF PIERCING AT ME
IS WHAT KIND OF SCARED ME
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
TO ME AT FIRST,
IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A MONKEY.
IT WAS CROUCHED OVER
ON THE ROAD, BUT ITS HEAD,
WHICH LOOKED UP AT ME, WAS LIKE
A BIG WATERMELON-TYPE HEAD.
AND THE SKIN WAS KIND
OF A DIFFERENT-COLOR SKIN.
IT WAS LIKE A TANNISH SKIN,
NOT LIKE A HAIRY ANIMAL.
MY FIRST REACTION WAS,
"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE."
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE.
MY BOYFRIEND
GOT A QUICK GLIMPSE OF IT.
HE DID SEE THE UNUSUAL HEAD
AND THE EYES THAT I SAW,
BUT HE DID NOT,
OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE HE WAS DRIVING,
GET AS CLOSE A LOOK
AS I DID AT IT.
Narrator:
THREE SEPARATE SIGHTINGS,
THREE VERY SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS
OF A MYSTERIOUS CREATURE
NEITHER HUMAN NOR ANIMAL.
ONCE WORD LEAKED OUT,
THE TINY NEW ENGLAND TOWN
WENT WILD
WITH SPECULATION AND FEAR.
THERE WAS A LOT
OF HYSTERIA IN THE TOWN
FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE.
PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, THINKING
THEY WERE GONNA GO KILL IT.
Narrator:
THE TOWN'S HYSTERIA WAS ENHANCED
WHEN BILL BARTLETT, JOHN BAXTER,
AND ABBY BRABHAM
EACH DREW PICTURES
OF THE CREATURE THEY SAW.
I'VE SEEN THIS!
WHEN DID YOU SEE THIS?!
Brabham: WE HAD ALL
LOOKED AT EACH PICTURES,
AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS LIKE,
"WOW, THAT'S WHAT I SAW."
Pittman: THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS
THAT THIS THING
WAS MAYBE A DELIBERATE HOAX,
THAT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF IT
WERE INFLUENCED BY
THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CREATURE
GOLLUM IN THE BOOK
"LORD OF THE RINGS."
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WE ALL
MAYBE HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER
AND MADE THIS UP,
WHICH WAS NOT TRUE.
Sheridan: MY HUSBAND SAID
THAT THE KIDS WERE GOOD KIDS.
THEY NEVER GOT INTO TROUBLE
IN THE TOWN
WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS INVOLVED
WITH THEM OR ANYTHING.
Brabham: NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT.
I'LL PROBABLY GO TO MY GRAVE
KNOWING THAT I SAW
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS,
BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY
A CREATURE THAT WAS NOT NORMAL.
Narrator:
THE DOVER DEMON CASE REMAINS
ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS
OF THE PAST 50 YEARS --
A CLASSIC CRYPTID TALE.
THREE SEPARATE ENCOUNTERS,
EACH WITNESS
LEFT PROFOUNDLY DISTURBED.
AN ENTIRE TOWN LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS EVER SINCE.
Sheridan: IN MY HEART,
I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING.
IT KEEPS REARING ITS HEAD.
THE FIRST SIGHTING WAS IN '77,
AND WE'RE STILL
TALKING ABOUT IT.
[ CHITTERING ]
THEY COULD NEVER PROVE
THERE WAS A DOVER DEMON,
BUT THEY COULD
NEVER DISPROVE IT EITHER.
Audrey: THERE'S DEFINITELY
FORCES OUT THERE
THAT ARE WATCHING US
AND THAT ARE NOT OF THIS EARTH.
Moniz:
THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
BUT THERE DEFINITELY
IS SOMETHING OUT THERE.
[ CREATURE GROWLING ]