Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - Mill Race Monster, Toxic Rain, Devil Dogs - full transcript

Narrator:
THREE WOMEN HELD HOSTAGE
IN THEIR OWN CAR

BY A GARGANTUAN GREEN BEAST.

THIS THING WAS SO TALL.
IT HAD ALL THIS SLIME ON IT.

ITS EYES WERE JUST,
LIKE, PENETRATING.

WHO WOULDN'T BE SCREAMING?
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE.

[ SCREAMS ]

Narrator: THE ATTACK
UNLEASHED A LYNCH MOB.

McDaniel: PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP
WITH GUNS, KNIVES, CLUBS

TO HUNT FOR THIS CREATURE.

Narrator: WAS THE POISON RAIN
THAT FELL ON OAKVILLE

A SECRET GOVERNMENT TEST?



EVERYONE DESCRIBED IT
AS A FLU-LIKE SYNDROME.

MOM, TALK TO ME.

ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS,
WHAT IS THIS STUFF?

Clyde:
WARFARE -- IT'S BIOWARFARE.

IN OAKVILLE,
THEY LIVED THE TERROR,

AND IT WAS A REALITY FOR THEM.

Narrator:
AN ABANDONED STRETCH OF RIVER

AND THE KILLER CANINES
READY TO AMBUSH ANYONE

ENTERING THEIR TURF.

Touchstone: IT SOUNDED
10 TIMES LOUDER THAN A WOLF.

"I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO DIE."

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: IN THE HEARTLAND STATE
OF INDIANA,



WHERE THE WHITE AND DRIFTWOOD
RIVERS MEET,

SITS COLUMBUS,

A MIDWEST MANUFACTURING HUB.

SOME 40,000 RESIDENTS
LIVE AND WORK HERE.

A FOCAL POINT FOR THE CITY
CENTER IS MILL RACE PARK --

THICK WOODS, MOSSY LAKES,
AND A NETWORK OF TRAILS,

AN 85-ACRE PRESERVE
DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.

ITS NAME WOULD BECOME SYNONYMOUS
WITH A MONSTER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
GENUINELY BELIEVE

THAT THERE WAS A MONSTER
IN MILL RACE PARK.

Cataline: PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT
OF THE WOODWORK,

AND THEY WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE WOODS

WITH ALL THESE WEAPONS
AND BASEBALL BATS AND SHOTGUNS.

THE MAYOR TELL THEM,
"THERE'S NO MONSTER IN MY TOWN,"

BUT THERE WAS A MONSTER
IN HIS TOWN.

Narrator: CHRIS McDANIEL
IS A COLUMBUS NATIVE

AND A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR.

HE'S BEEN OBSESSED
WITH DISCOVERING THE TRUTH

ABOUT AN ASTONISHING EVENT
THAT TOOK HIS TOWN BY STORM

SOME 40 YEARS AGO.

McDaniel: I WAS 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD
WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE.

THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD
ABOUT THE REPORTS,

I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED

THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENED IN OUR HOMETOWN.

AND I WENT TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY,

GOING THROUGH ALL THE MICROFILMS
OF THE NEWSPAPER

AND PULLING UP ALL THE ARTICLES.

Narrator: IT WOULD ALL BEGIN
ON NOVEMBER 1, 1974.

DID YOU GUYS HAVE FUN?
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME?

YEAH, IT WAS FUN.
YEAH, THE GUY WAS ALL RIGHT.

EARLY THAT EVENING,

FOUR YOUNG WOMEN WENT WALKING
IN MILL RACE PARK.

DON'T YOU GUYS WANT TO GO IN?
NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO IN.

McDaniel: THE WOMEN
WERE JUST SITTING IN THE PARK,

JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION,
TALKING.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

SHE'S JUST BEING SILLY.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]

THEY SEEN THIS CREATURE
LURKING BETWEEN THE TREES

NEAR THE BOAT RAMP.

[ GROWLING ]

OH, MY GOD.

THEY DESCRIBE THE CREATURE
AS BEING 6-FOOT TALL,

BIPEDAL, WALKING ON TWO LEGS,
HAD VERY SHARP CLAWS.

IT WAS VERY DIRTY,
ALMOST MOSSY LOOKING.

[ GROWLING ]

OH, MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT?
OH, MY GOD.

[ GROWLING ]

Narrator: BADLY SHAKEN,
THE WOMEN CONTACTED THE POLICE.

McDaniel:
AFTER THE FIRST REPORT,

THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSUME
THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A HOAX.

THE PARK REMAINED OPEN.

THE OFFICERS DIDN'T THINK
ANY MORE ABOUT IT.

Narrator:
LATER THAT SAME NIGHT...

I JUST CAN'T GET OVER
THAT PARTY, THOUGH.

[ LAUGHS ]

...AFTER LEAVING
A DRIVE-THROUGH BURGER JOINT,

THREE YOUNG WOMEN WERE LOOKING
FOR A PLACE TO EAT THEIR MEAL.

OKAY, WHERE YOU GUYS
WANT TO GO EAT?

WE SHOULD GO
TO MILL RACE PARK.

YEAH, LET'S GO THERE.
OH, GOOD IDEA. LET'S DO IT.

Narrator: THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS WAITING FOR THEM.

TYRA CATALINE WAS
ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THAT CAR.

Cataline:
SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT,

IT GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS
JUST TO --

IT TAKES ME BACK
TO THAT EVENING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT BEFORE.

Narrator: AFTER 40 YEARS,

SHE'S FINALLY COME FORWARD
TO TELL HER STORY.

I STOPPED TALKING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE I WAS TIRED

OF HEARING PEOPLE SAYING,
"WELL, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN."

AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN
TO THE TRUTH.

Narrator: NOVEMBER 1, 1974,
WAS A MILD NIGHT,

SO TYRA AND HER FRIENDS DECIDED
TO PARK DOWN BY THE RIVER

IN MILL RACE PARK.

I JUST HONESTLY
CAN'T GET OVER THE PARTY.

I MEAN, IT WAS FUN.

WHAT A JOKE, THOUGH.
BUT I MEAN...

YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T --

TOO MUCH.

Cataline:
AND WE HAPPENED TO PARK
BY THE BOAT LAUNCH THERE,

AND IN FRONT OF US
WAS WOODS AND THE RIVER.

THAT WAS FUN.

THAT PARTY WAS OKAY.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

I SAW SOMETHING MOVE
OVER THERE.

I COULDN'T SEE IT. I TOLD THEM
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

THEN THE OTHER ONE SAID,
"I THINK I SAW IT AGAIN."

[ GROWLING ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

AND THEN
I SAW SOMETHING MOVING.

[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]

[ ALL SCREAMING ]

AND IT COME OUT OF THAT WOODS,
OH, MY GOD.

THIS THING, IT WAS LIKE NOTHING
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

WHAT IS THAT?

THIS THING HAD TO BE AT LEAST
7-FOOT TALL, IF NOT TALLER.

IT WAS TALLER THAN A NORMAL MAN.

IT WAS BEATING
ON THE WINDSHIELD.

IT WAS TRYING TO GET IN,
AND WE WERE SCREAMING.

I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT AGITATED HIM MORE OR WHAT.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

[ ALL SCREAMING ]

THE ONLY THING SEPARATING THEM
AND THIS CREATURE

WAS THE WINDSHIELD.

[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]

OH, MY GOD.

WHAT WAS THAT?
THAT WAS NOT A PERSON.

WE WERE ALL AFRAID IT WAS GONNA
COME BACK, BUT WE COULDN'T MOVE.

[ PANTING ]

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

WHERE'D HE GO?
WHERE'D HE GO?

ROLL UP THE WINDOW!

Cataline:
THERE WAS THIS GREEN TINGE
TO THE THING'S FACE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD BEEN
IN THE RIVER DRINKING

AND GOT MOSS ON IT 'CAUSE THERE
WAS SO MUCH SLIME ON ITS FACE.

McDaniel: THEY SEEN THE CREATURE
LESS THAN TWO FEET AWAY

THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
OF THEIR CAR.

I WOULD SAY THAT THESE WOMEN
GOT A PRETTY GOOD LOOK AT IT.

THIS WAS NOT A PERSON
IN A COSTUME.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

Cataline:
HE DID HAVE FANGS,

AND HE WAS TRYING
TO BITE THE GLASS THROUGH,

AND I WAS AFRAID
HE WAS GONNA TEAR THE DOOR OFF.

[ ALL SCREAMING ]

NOTHING HAS EVER SCARED ME
AS MUCH AS THAT.

[ GROWLING ]

Narrator: IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA,
ON NOVEMBER 1, 1974,

A MONSTER COVERED IN MUCK
THREATENED VISITORS

IN THE CITY'S
DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARK.

AFTER FOUR DECADES,
TYRA CATALINE

IS NOW STEPPING FORWARD
TO RECOUNT THE HORRIFIC ORDEAL.

Cataline:
IT WAS JUST A TYPICAL EVENING
SHORTLY AFTER HALLOWEEN,

AND WE DECIDED TO GO TAKE
OUR DINNER DOWN TO THE PARK --

EAT IT AND TALK.

HE WAS TALKING TO HER ALL NIGHT,
THOUGH.

YEAH, I SAW THAT.

WE WERE JUST KIND OF
STARING INTO THE DARK WOODS.

THAT PARTY WAS OKAY.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

OUT FROM THE WOODS
COMES THIS THING.

Narrator: RELENTLESSLY ATTACKING
FROM EVERY SIDE OF THE CAR,

THEY COULDN'T HOLD OUT
MUCH LONGER.

I SAID,
"WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE,"

BUT THE DRIVER'S LEG
WAS SHAKING SO BAD,

SHE COULDN'T GET
THE CAR STARTED.

DRIVE.
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

WE WERE JUST GLAD TO
GET OUT OF THERE WITH OUR LIVES.

'CAUSE IT WAS JUST THE MOST
HORRIBLE THING YOU EVER SAW.

Narrator:
THEY WANTED TO HEAD RIGHT HOME,

BUT TYRA AND HER FRIENDS
FELT CERTAIN

THE ATTACK SHOULD BE REPORTED
TO THE POLICE.

I'M TELLING YOU WHAT,
YOU COULD PLAY QUARTERBACK
BETTER THAN THAT.

THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE WOODS.
YOU GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.

A MONSTER, REALLY?

[ PANTING ]

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE
THEY WERE LAUGHING ABOUT IT.

HE SAYS,
"OH, A MONSTER, REALLY?"

I TOLD YOU
THEY WON'T BELIEVE US.

HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING,
MA'AM?

"NO, IT'S REAL. IT'S OUT THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO DOWN THERE.

IT'S OUT THERE,
AND IT'S GONNA GET SOMEBODY."

LOOK AT THE SCRATCHES
ON THE CAR!

COME ON.
LOOK AT THIS.

McDaniel: SO THE POLICE
WALKED OUT TO THEIR CAR

AND DID SEE
PECULIAR-LOOKING SCRATCH MARKS

ALL OVER THE HOOD OF THE CAR.

LOOK ON THE BACK.
LOOK AT THAT.

AND THE CAR STUNK ON THE OUTSIDE
SO BAD,

IT WAS LIKE DECOMPOSED ANIMALS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE
TO DESCRIBE IT.

McDaniel:
THE SECOND GROUP OF WOMEN
DESCRIBED IT THE SAME WAY

THAT THE FIRST GROUP OF WOMEN
DESCRIBED IT,

AS HAVING THE GREEN FACE,
THE CLAWS,

BEING ABOUT 6-FOOT TALL,
BIPEDAL.

BEING THAT THESE TWO GROUPS
OF WOMEN DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER

OR KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT EACH OTHER'S REPORT

DOES BRING SOMEWHAT CREDIBILITY
TO THE REPORTS.

Narrator:
IN THE SMALL TOWN, THE MONSTER
QUICKLY BECAME BIG NEWS.

IN 1974,
HARRY McCAWLEY WAS THE EDITOR

OF THE COLUMBUS REPUBLIC
NEWSPAPER.

HE'S CHASED DOWN
A LOT OF STORIES

BUT NEVER ONE LIKE THIS.

WE GOT THIS REPORT
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,

AND THEY DESCRIBED IT
IN TERMS OF KIND OF A BIGFOOT

WITH GREEN SCALY THINGS
COMING OFF OF IT.

PUT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE.

Narrator: THE SIGHTINGS
OF THE MILL RACE MONSTER

TOUCHED OFF A WAVE
OF MOB HYSTERIA.

RESIDENTS TOOK THE NEWS
LIKE A CALL TO ARMS.

COME ON, LISTEN UP.

ALL RIGHT,
THEY SAID THEY SAW THIS MONSTER

DOWN HERE BY THE WATER.

McCawley:
THE FRONT PAGE HELPED FEED
WHAT DEVELOPED AFTERWARDS.

POLICE REPORTED THAT PEOPLE
WERE COMING DOWN TO THE PARK

ARMED WITH KNIVES AND CLUBS
SEARCHING FOR THE MONSTER.

Narrator:
AS THE NEWS SPREAD FURTHER,

THE MONSTER-HUNTING MOB
EXPANDED QUICKLY.

McDaniel: A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE FLOCKING TO THIS AREA

TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE MONSTER.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST
MONSTER HUNTS KNOWN IN HISTORY

WHERE ALL THESE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT,

LOOKING FOR THIS CREATURE.

Cataline: PEOPLE WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE WOODS

WITH BASEBALL BATS AND SHOTGUNS.

IT WAS GETTING TO BE
A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WANT TO SHOOT THE MONSTER.

McDaniel:
SO, THE MAYOR HAD INSTRUCTED
THE PARKS DIRECTOR

TO GO AHEAD
AND SHUT DOWN THE PARK

FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

THEY WERE AFRAID THAT SOMEBODY
WAS GOING TO GET HURT.

SHOW'S OVER.

FOUND THE MONSTER.
HE'S BACK THAT WAY.

Man: HE CHASED US OUT!

YOU GOT TO GO SHOOT HIM!

WE AIN'T SHOOTING NOBODY
TONIGHT.

Cataline: WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT SCARED HIM AWAY,

PROBABLY,

'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING IN THAT PARK,

AND I'M SURE IT WASN'T
GOING TO FACE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.

Narrator: IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA,
IN NOVEMBER OF 1974,

A GREEN, GRIMY CREATURE
ON THE LOOSE

THREW A MIDWESTERN TOWN
INTO PANIC.

IN WHAT BECAME ONE OF
THE LARGEST MONSTER HUNTS

IN AMERICAN HISTORY,

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS
TOOK UP ARMS

TO SEARCH A DOWNTOWN PARK.

TIME TO GO.
TIME TO GO.

McCawley: YOU KNOW,
WE WERE LUCKY, I GUESS.

SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN HURT.
SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

YOU KNOW, WE BIT THE BULLET
ON THAT ONE.

WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR IT.

[ GROWLING ]

Cataline: NOBODY EVER REALLY
COULD IDENTIFY WHAT IT WAS,

AND TO THIS DAY,

I WONDER WHERE IT CAME FROM
AND WONDER WHERE IT WENT TO.

McDaniel:
A LOT OF PEOPLE SPECULATE

THAT MAYBE THIS IS THE SAME TYPE
OF CREATURE AS A BIGFOOT.

THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES
TO IT.

HOWEVER, THIS CREATURE,
THE MILL RACE MONSTER,

HAS A GREEN LOOK TO IT,
WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT
UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.

Narrator:
JUST PRIOR TO THE SIGHTINGS,

STRANGE LIGHTS HAD APPEARED
IN THE NIGHT SKY.

WAS THERE A CONNECTION
TO THE MONSTER FROM THE MUCK?

McDaniel:
A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS,

THERE WAS QUITE A BIT
OF UFO SIGHTINGS

AROUND THE AREA OF COLUMBUS
AND ALL OVER THE MIDWEST.

SO, SOME PEOPLE
WERE SPECULATING

MAYBE THIS WAS LEFT BEHIND
BY A UFO.

Narrator: THEN AGAIN,
IS THERE AN EARTHLY EXPLANATION

FOR THE GREEN COLORATION
OF THE FACE AND FUR?

Cataline:
I REMEMBER BACK YEARS AGO,

THERE WAS A DYE FACTORY
IN THE PARK AREA.

I HEARD THEY HAD DUMPED DYES
IN THAT RIVER.

Narrator: WHATEVER THE CAUSE,
FOR THOSE WHO WITNESSED IT,

THIS MONSTER WAS NO HOAX.

I KNOW IT'S REAL.
AND WHAT I SAW WAS NOT A JOKE.

IT WAS NOT A PERSON
IN A COSTUME.

IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING
THAT COULD MOVE AROUND

AND GRIMACE ITS FACE.

IT WAS GROWLING.

IT WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE.

SO PEOPLE CAN THINK
WHAT THEY WANT TO.

I KNOW WHAT I SAW.

AND I SAW SOMETHING PRETTY BAD.

I CAN'T TELL YOU
IF IT WAS BIGFOOT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU
IF IT WAS A MONSTER, AN ALIEN.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS.
I KNOW IT WAS REAL.

I KNOW I SAW IT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO
THINK ABOUT IT TOO LONG

'CAUSE IT STILL SCARES ME
TO THIS DAY.

Narrator:
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
THE TINY TOWN OF OAKVILLE

SITS WITHIN
RAIN-SOAKED HARDWOOD FOREST.

IN THIS REMOTE HAMLET,
SOME 600 TOWNSPEOPLE

ARE WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH THE
REGION'S RELENTLESS RAINFALL.

WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 275 DAYS
OF RAIN.

Barclift: IT'S SOMETHING THAT,
IF YOU LIVE HERE,

YOU JUST HAVE TO
BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO.

Narrator:
YET, ONE NIGHT IN 1994,

THE RAIN WAS ENTIRELY NEW.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

Lacey:
IT CAME OUT OF THE SKY SO FAST
AND COVERED SO FAST.

IT WASN'T LIKE A SLOW SNOW
OR ANYTHING.

IT WAS JUST LIKE
IT GOT DUMPED ON YOU.

Narrator: SLIMY, GLOBULAR,
AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL.

OAKVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE WONDERED
EVER SINCE,

WHO OR WHAT WAS THE CAUSE
OF THE TOXIC RAIN?

IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF AUGUST 7th,

SOMETHING IN OAKVILLE WAS WRONG.

SUNNY BARCLIFT WAS WORKING
AT A LOCAL OAKVILLE STORE.

Barclift: ONE OF THE THINGS
I NOTICED THAT DAY

AS WE WERE RECEIVING
A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR

IS IT LOOKED STRANGE.

THE RAIN ACTUALLY LOOKED THICK

AS IT WAS FALLING
OUTSIDE THE STORE.

AND I DEDUCED THAT IT PROBABLY

WAS DUE TO A DISTORTION
IN THE GLASS.

Narrator:
AS SHE WOULD DISCOVER,

THIS SYRUPY-LOOKING RAIN
WAS NO OPTICAL ILLUSION.

WHEN SUNNY ARRIVED HOME,
HER MOTHER WAS IN THE YARD.

Barclift: MY MOTHER,
SHE FOUND SOMETHING VERY STRANGE

ALL OVER THE TOP
OF THE WOOD BOX.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HAIL,

BUT WHEN SHE TOUCHED IT,
IT WAS SOFT.

SHE DID, IN FACT,
PICK UP SOME OF THE GLOBULES,

SQUISHED THEM
BETWEEN HER FINGERS,

SMELLED THEM TO SEE
IF THERE WAS AN ODOR.

IT WAS ON THE WINDSHIELD
OF MY TRUCK.

IT WAS ON THE DECK.
IT WAS ON THE WOOD BOX.

IT WAS IN THE FOLIAGE.

IT MUST HAVE COME DOWN
WITH THE RAIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

AND SO OUR ONLY CONCLUSION IS

IT HAD TO HAVE FALLEN
FROM THE SKY WITH THE RAIN.

Narrator:
THESE GELATINOUS LUMPS

HAD COATED SOME 20 SQUARE MILES
AROUND OAKVILLE.

SUNNY HAD SOME EMT TRAINING,
SO SHE AND HER BROTHER

APPROACHED THIS MATERIAL
WITH CAUTION.

WE OBTAINED THE CLEANEST VESSELS
WE COULD FIND,

AND WE WENT OUT
ON THE FRONT PORCH,

AND WE STARTED SCOOPING
THE GLOBULES INTO THE CONTAINER.

I OPTED, AND SO DID MY BROTHER,
TO WEAR GLOVES

BECAUSE WE CONSIDERED THAT
IT WAS AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE.

I TRIED FLOATING IT IN WATER
AND DISSOLVING IT IN ALCOHOL.

AT ONE POINT,
I EVEN TRIED BURNING IT.

AND ODDLY, IT REPELLED THE FLAME
ALTOGETHER.

WHAT IS THIS STUFF?

AT THAT POINT,
I WAS VERY CONCERNED.

Narrator: SUNNY WASN'T
THE ONLY OAKVILLE RESIDENT

ENCOUNTERING THIS MYSTERY RAIN.

DAVID LACEY WAS A PATROLMAN
MAKING THE ROUNDS

THAT RAINY NIGHT.

Lacey: IT WAS ABOUT 3:00 A.M.
IN THE MORNING.

I WAS PATROLLING, AND BASICALLY,
THE --

IT JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND JUST STARTED TO
COVER THE WINDSHIELD,

SO I HAD TO FIND A PLACE TO STOP
TO CLEAN OFF THE WINDSHIELD,

YOU KNOW, SO I COULD SEE
WHERE I WAS GOING.

AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED
IT WAS A GELATINOUS MATERIAL

ON THE CAR,
WHICH WAS REALLY STRANGE.

I'M THINKING IT CAME DOWN
AS A ROUND OBJECT, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE THEY WOULD HIT,
AND THEY WERE FLAT.

THEY HAD YELLOW SPECKS IN THEM.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SMELL,
NO TOXIC SMELL TO THEM AT ALL.

I KNEW IT WASN'T RAIN, YOU KNOW.

IT'S NOTHING
I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS BEFORE,

SO IT WAS JUST A QUESTION
IN MY MIND.

YOU KNOW,
WHAT AM I DEALING WITH HERE?

Narrator:
LACEY HAD NO IDEA THE HARM

IT WOULD INFLICT ON HIM
AND THE COMMUNITY.

Lacey: EVERYBODY IN TOWN
WAS TALKING ABOUT IT

AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS.

AND WE DID HAVE CATS AND DOGS
DYING,

AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SICK.

IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY.

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY,
SUNNY BARCLIFT'S MOTHER

WAS IN THE MIDST OF
A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

Barclift: I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
AND THERE WAS NO ANSWER,

AND THAT ALARMED ME.

AND THAT'S WHY
I ENTERED THE BATHROOM

AND THEN FOUND HER
LAYING ON THE FLOOR.

MOM, TALK TO ME!

THAT WAS THE MOMENT
WHEN I BECAME CONCERNED

THAT PERHAPS THE SUBSTANCE
THAT SHE HAD TOUCHED

MIGHT HAVE MADE HER SICK.

I DECIDED TO TAKE A SAMPLE OF
THE SUBSTANCE TO THE HOSPITAL.

DOCTOR?

YES?

MY MOTHER
WAS HANDLING THIS.

I SPOKE WITH
THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR,

TOLD HIM
ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

SHE RUBBED IT
BETWEEN HER FINGERS,

AND I THINK
IT MADE HER SICK.

THE DOCTOR AGREED TO DO IT
AND SENT IT TO A LAB TECHNICIAN.

Narrator:
WHILE SUNNY WAS AT THE HOSPITAL

WONDERING IF HER MOTHER
WOULD SURVIVE THE TOXIC RAIN,

OFFICER DAVID LACEY
WAS STILL ON PATROL,

STILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S RAIN

THAT HAD SMEARED HIS WINDSHIELD
LIKE VASELINE.

I GOT CALLED OUT
FOR A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.

Narrator:
FIRST THE RAIN, NOW THIS.

Lacey: THERE WERE TWO GUYS
WITH HAZMAT SUITS ON,

AND FROM WHAT I COULD SEE
AT THAT POINT,

THEY WERE COLLECTING
THIS MATERIAL.

I ROLLED UP,
AND THEY GOT IN THE VEHICLE

AND LEFT
AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

AND SO I RAN THE PLATES.
THEY WERE A FEDERAL PLATE.

I THINK THE MILITARY WANTED TO
TAKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER LOOK

AT THE SUBSTANCE
AND DO THEIR OWN TESTING.

Narrator:
AT FIRST, LACEY WAS RELIEVED
THE MILITARY WAS ON THE CASE.

HIS OPINION WOULD SOON CHANGE.

Lacey: I WAS THROWING UP,
AND I HAD A STOMACHACHE.

I HAD A FEVER OF 102.

OH, YOU'RE BURNING UP.

TERRIBLE.

AND I WAS OUT OF WORK
FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

THAT WAS REAL UNUSUAL.

I HAD NEVER MISSED A DAY OF WORK
PRIOR TO THAT.

I STARTED TO CORRELATE IT WITH
THE MATERIAL THAT HAD COME DOWN.

IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN,
YOU KNOW, OR WHO TO CONTACT,

AND IT'S NOT A TYPICAL
POLICE INVESTIGATION.

Narrator: IN THE SUMMER OF 1994,
OAKVILLE, WASHINGTON,

A SMALL TOWN
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,

EXPERIENCED A SHOWER
OF THICK, SYRUPY RAIN,

ONE THAT HAD RESIDENTS
AND LOCAL POLICE PUZZLED.

THEN,
PEOPLE STARTED GETTING SICK.

Barclift:
MY MOM WAS HOSPITALIZED
FOR THREE DAYS,

AND WHEN SHE WAS DISCHARGED
FROM THE HOSPITAL,

THEY GAVE HER
A DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS

OF SOME KIND OF VIRUS.

Narrator:
AREA DOCTORS REPORTED A SPIKE
IN MAJOR RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.

A VIRUS COULD HAVE CIRCULATED
THROUGH THE POPULATION,

BUT A VIRUS AFFECTING
LOCAL ANIMALS, AS WELL?

Barclift:
MY MOTHER'S DOGS BECAME ILL
ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE FALLOUTS.

I FOUND MY LITTLE KITTEN DEAD
ON THE DOORSTEP.

WE DOUBLE-BAGGED THE KITTEN.

WE HOSED DOWN THE PORCH,

AND WE EVEN DISINFECTED IT
WITH BLEACH,

AND WE THEN CARRIED THE KITTEN
TO A SPOT FAR AWAY

AND BURIED IT.

Narrator: WITH ALL THE RUMORS
CIRCULATING THROUGH OAKVILLE,

IT DIDN'T HELP
THAT LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS

ISSUED NO PUBLIC STATEMENT
ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS RAIN.

Lacey:
IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING,

AND WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF HELP
FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE,
YOU KNOW,

IT'S JUST DEAD END
AFTER DEAD END.

Narrator: WASHINGTON'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

EVENTUALLY CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS
OF THE RAIN.

BUT THE REPORT
WASN'T PUBLICLY RELEASED.

"MONSTERS & MYSTERIES" HAS
OBTAINED A COPY OF THAT REPORT.

ITS CONCLUSIONS ARE STUNNING.

THE LAB REPORT IDENTIFIED
HUMAN WHITE BLOOD CELLS

AND TWO TYPES OF BACTERIA
KNOWN TO CAUSE ILLNESS.

Barclift: THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST
WHO WAS STUDYING THE SUBSTANCE

CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT A BACTERIA OR A VIRUS

COULD BE INSERTED INTO.

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GO TO JACK ON K.O.G.O.

Narrator: RADIO HOST CLYDE LEWIS
MAKES THE CASE

THAT OAKVILLE WAS EXPOSED
TO A BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT

CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. MILITARY.

THERE ARE HISTORIES
OF OPEN-AIR TESTS

BEING DONE ON AMERICAN CITIZENS
WITHOUT THEM KNOWING IT.

I MEAN, CADMIUM SULFIDE
DROPPED ON AN AREA OF MINNESOTA,

WHERE STILLBORNS
AND MISCARRIAGES HAPPENED.

I MEAN,
WE ARE TESTING THESE THINGS.

Narrator: RECENTLY,
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

ACKNOWLEDGED THEY CONDUCTED

MORE THAN 100
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TESTS

BETWEEN 1952 AND 1969.

OVER ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

THE ARMY SPRAYED
CADMIUM SULFIDE,

A TOXIC METAL NOW KNOWN TO BE A
POTENTIAL CANCER-CAUSING AGENT.

Clyde: I THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS
DOING THIS BECAUSE, OF COURSE,

THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW
WE WOULD REACT TO BIOWARFARE.

AND HOW BETTER
TO FIGURE OUT A BIO ATTACK

THAN TO RUN BIO-ATTACK SCENARIOS
ON PLACES LIKE OAKVILLE,

YOU KNOW, SMALL TOWNS
THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT?

Narrator:
THE EXPLANATION IS BOTH BAFFLING
AND POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL,

BUT FOR THE OAKVILLE RESIDENTS,

PERHAPS THE WORST PART
IS JUST NOT KNOWING.

Barclift: I DON'T THINK
IT'S RIGHT IF, IN FACT,

IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CONDUCTING A READINESS EXERCISE.

WE WERE EXPERIMENTED ON,

AND I'M STILL FEELING
A LITTLE ANGRY ABOUT IT.

Lacey: EVEN WHEN I TOOK OVER
AS CHIEF OF POLICE,

I CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE IT.

IT WAS A REAL MYSTERY,
AND IT DOES EAT AWAY AT ME

BECAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.

WE DON'T KNOW.

Narrator:
IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN,

ALONG THE SWIFT-FLOWING
CHIPPEWA RIVER,

SITS A TINY SPIT OF LAND
KNOWN AS MERIDEAN ISLAND.

DESPITE TRANQUIL APPEARANCES,
RESIDENTS ARE CONVINCED

THERE'S NOTHING PEACEFUL
ABOUT THIS PLACE.

FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT,

WHISPERS ABOUT KILLER CANINES
ROAMING THE RIVERBANK.

I WAS A HUNTER,
AND I WAS A MARINE,

AND I DON'T SCARE VERY EASILY,

BUT THIS WAS DEFINITELY
A VERY CURIOUS EVENING.

I HEAR THE SOUND
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.

I JUMPED INTO THE CAR
AND LOCKED THE DOOR.

ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW
AND STARTED YELLING FOR CHRIS,

"HURRY UP, GET IN THE CAR."

WOULD YOU PLEASE
JUST DRIVE?!

Narrator: IN THE LATE 1800s,
MERIDEAN, WISCONSIN,

WAS A BUSTLING LUMBER DEPOT
AND FERRY CROSSING.

EVENTUALLY,
THE TIMBER BUSINESS PLAYED OUT,

LEAVING MERIDEAN A GHOST TOWN.

THEN, THE SIGHTINGS BEGAN.

Chad: WE HAVE REPORTS
OF A CREATURE ROAMING THE AREA

THAT WAS
TERRORIZING THE COMMUNITY

BACK IN THE EARLY 1900s,

DEVOURING LIVESTOCK,
RIPPING THEM APART,

CHASING CHILDREN HOME
FROM SCHOOL.

WITNESSES DESCRIBE
THIS EARLY CREATURE

OF BEING THE SIZE OF A BEAR

BUT SHAPED MORE LIKE A DOG
OR A WOLF, HEAVILY MUSCLED.

THE CREATURE WAS NEVER CAUGHT,

AND IT STILL SEEMS TO
BE ROAMING THAT AREA.

Narrator: TO THIS DAY, REPORTS
OF SUPERNATURAL CREATURES

CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE.

ALL THE SIGHTINGS CLUSTERED
AROUND AN OLD BOAT LANDING

JUST ACROSS THE RIVER
FROM MERIDEAN.

PEOPLE SEEM TO BE
DRAWN TO THE AREA,

AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
KNOW WHY,

BUT ONCE THEY GET OUT THERE,
THEY GET FEELINGS OF DREAD,

OF EERINESS,
THAT SOMETHING'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

[ CAR DOOR SHUTS ]

Narrator:
IN THE FALL OF 2005,

SHELLY TOUCHSTONE
AND HER FIANCé, CHRIS WIENER,

WENT FOR A PICNIC
ALONG THE RIVER.

SEE?
CREEPY, RIGHT?

THEY WANTED TO FIND
A SECLUDED SPOT

AND THOUGHT THE FERRY CROSSING
MIGHT BE A DARING CHOICE.

LISTEN.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

WHAT?

SILENCE.
NO KIDS.

[ LAUGHS ] CHRIS,
STOP TRYING TO SCARE ME.

THERE WERE STORIES OF GROWLING,

AND SOME EVEN CLAIM
TO HAVE SEEN THE DEVIL DOGS.

THIS PLACE
IS A LITTLE FREAKY.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT
THAT WAS JUST FOLKLORE,

PEOPLE TELLING STORIES
TO SCARE EACH OTHER.

WHAT IF WE LOSE OUR KEYS?

CHRIS, GIVE ME THOSE.
HMM?

COME ON, CHRIS.

Touchstone: I FELT GREAT.
WE HAD A NIGHT OUT.

FINALLY ALONE TIME
AWAY FROM THE KIDS.

Narrator:
IT'S WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
AT THE BOAT LANDING

THAT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
IS OBSERVED.

Touchstone:
THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE FOG ROLLED IN.

KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER
LIKE, "THIS IS KIND OF CREEPY."

WOW.

IT GOT EVEN COLDER.

THE WIND PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS VERY EERIE.

AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW...

[ RUSTLING ]

...WE HEARD MOVEMENT
IN THE LEAVES.

[ RUSTLING ]

AND I LOOKED OVER AT CHRIS, AND
HE GOES, "DID YOU HEAR THAT?"

Wiener: THE FOOTSTEPS
WERE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.

YOU COULD HEAR IT
SNAPPING TWIGS,

SNAPPING EVEN BRANCHES,
IT SOUNDED LIKE.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A GIANT
WAS COMING THROUGH THE FOREST.

MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS,
"IT'S A BEAR.

GET IN THE CAR.
LOCK THE DOOR."

MY ADRENALINE IS RUSHING 'CAUSE
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

LET'S GO!

BUT, YET,
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

I LOOKED FOR SHADOWS.
THERE WAS NOTHING.

THERE WAS JUST THE SOUND
COMING TOWARD ME.

WOULD YOU PLEASE
JUST DRIVE?!

I'M IN THE CAR,
AND I'M YELLING AT HIM,

"CHRIS, GET IN THE CAR.
LET'S GO!"

IT SOUNDED 10 TIMES LOUDER
THAN A WOLF.

I WAS FRANTIC. I WAS SHAKING.
I FELT JUST TERRIFIED.

I THOUGHT, "THIS IS IT.
I'M GOING TO DIE.

SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T EVEN SEE
IS GOING TO TAKE MY LIFE,

AND I'LL NEVER SEE MY CHILDREN
AGAIN."

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

Narrator:
MERIDEAN, WISCONSIN,

AN ABANDONED FERRY CROSSING
ON A LONELY STRETCH OF RIVER.

SOME SAY IT'S THE ADDRESS

WHERE A TERRIFYING PACKAGE
OF PURE EVIL RESIDES --

DEVIL DOGS.

WORLDWIDE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS
OF REPORTS OF THESE DEVIL DOGS

THAT SEEM TO INHABIT
THESE PARANORMAL HOT SPOTS.

MANY WITNESSES WILL HEAR A GROWL
RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.

THEY'LL EVEN FEEL
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

SOMETIMES THEY'VE EVEN HEARD IT
BREATHING,

BUT YET, NOTHING EVER APPEARS.

SO, THESE CREATURES
SEEM TO HAVE THE ABILITY

TO MAKE THEMSELVES INVISIBLE
WHEN THEY WANT.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
DID YOU HEAR THAT?

Narrator: ON A CRISP
OCTOBER NIGHT IN 2004,

AT THE MERIDEAN BOAT LANDING,

SHELLY TOUCHSTONE
AND HER FIANCé, CHRIS WIENER,

WERE HAVING A ROMANTIC TIME
TOGETHER.

LET'S GO!

SOMETHING INTRUDED.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

Touchstone:
AS I HEARD THE NOISE,
I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

IT SENT A CHILL DOWN MY SPINE.

[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]

CHRIS IS STILL OUTSIDE, AND
I'M TERRIFIED FOR HIS SAFETY.

AND I TELL HIM, I SCREAM AT HIM,

"WOULD YOU PLEASE
JUST GET IN THE CAR?

I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU."

IT WAS JUST THE WORST GROWL
YOU COULD IMAGINE POSSIBLE.

SO DEEP AND SO FRIGHTENING.

IT SENT CHILLS
ALL THROUGH MY BODY.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

MY KEYS!

LET'S GO.
PLEASE, HURRY UP!

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

MY GOD!

Narrator: EVEN IN THE CAR,
THEY'RE SEEING NO ESCAPE.

WE TURN BACK ONTO THE ROAD
TO GO UP THE HILL,

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS THING
IS RUNNING UP THE HILL

RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAR.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A HUGE DOG,
JUST A MASSIVE DOG,

SOMETHING HUGE JUST RUNNING
RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAR.

AT THAT VERY MOMENT, I THOUGHT,
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?

I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO DIE."

Narrator: SHELLY AND CHRIS
REACH THE TOP OF THE HILL,

CERTAIN THIS MOMENT
WOULD BE THEIR LAST.

WE GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL,
AND THE NOISE STOPS.

[ GROWLING STOPS ]
[ SIGHS ]

Touchstone:
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

OKAY, CHRIS, LET'S GO.

BUT SOMETHING WAS GROWLING,
SOMETHING WAS CHASING US.

WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?
IT HAD TO BE THE DEVIL DOGS.

Narrator:
ENCOUNTERS LIKE THIS ONE HAVE
FASCINATED CHAD LEWIS FOR YEARS.

AS AN AUTHOR
AND PARANORMAL RESEARCHER,

LEWIS BEGAN INVESTIGATING
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AREA,

DETERMINED TO FIND THE CAUSE.

IT USED TO BE
MORE OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY,

BUT TODAY,
IT'S JUST THE REMNANTS

OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE THERE,

PEOPLE WHO ARE GROWING OLDER AND
REFUSE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

Narrator:
MERIDEAN ISLAND DOESN'T
YIELD ITS SECRETS EASILY,

YET AT SOME POINT,

CHAD REALIZED THE ANSWER
WAS STARING HIM IN THE FACE.

MERIDEAN.

AS HE'D DISCOVER, THE NAME
IS ACTUALLY "MARY DEAN."

Chad: THE LEGEND STARTED
BACK IN THE 1800s

WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN
BY THE NAME OF MARY DEAN

DID, IN FACT,
DROWN IN THE RIVER.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW OLD MARY DEAN
WAS WHEN SHE DIED.

ALL THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
DIFFER,

BUT SHE DEFINITELY HAS TAKEN ON
THE ROLE OF A MURDEROUS SIREN.

MARY.

DETECTIVE.

YOU ALMOST MADE IT
TO CANADA.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE
SO HANDSOME?

[ GRUNTS ]

[ SCREAMS ]

[ WATER SPLASHES ]

Chad:
HER SPIRIT SEEMS TO BE TRAPPED

IN THE PLACE
WHERE SHE MET HER FATE,

AND THAT'S WHY SHE CONTINUES
TO HAUNT THE PLACE.

Narrator:
WHAT'S MORE, MARY DEAN'S DEATH

SEEMS TO HAVE ATTRACTED
A MONSTER.

THE CREATURE
SEEMS TO INHABIT THAT AREA.

WHETHER IT'S DRAWN TO MERIDEAN

BECAUSE
IT'S A PARANORMAL HOT SPOT,

OR IT'S ATTRACTED
BY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE,

OR IT JUST LOVES THE SECLUSION
OF THE AREA,

WE'RE NOT CERTAIN, BUT SINCE
THE LATE 1800s, EARLY 1900s,

MERIDEAN HAS BEEN ITS HOME.

Narrator: IN THE FALL OF 2014,
JEREMY STARK AND MIKE BAGOZZI,

YOUNG MEN WITH AN AVID INTEREST
IN SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS,

DECIDED TO CHECK OUT
THE NOTORIOUS BOAT LANDING

FOR THEMSELVES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THEY'VE SHARED THEIR STORY.

Bagozzi:
WE'VE BEEN TO CEMETERIES.

WE'VE BEEN INSIDE HOUSES
THAT ARE LEGITIMATELY HAUNTED.

WE'VE BEEN TOUCHED.
WE'VE BEEN CHASED OUT.

BUT THERE WAS NOTHING
AS SCARY AS THAT NIGHT.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

BEING CHASED BY A DOG LIKE THAT

WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING
I'VE EVER HAD.

JUST A FEAR OF, AM I GONNA
GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE?

Narrator:
ON THE ISLAND OF MERIDEAN IN
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER IN WISCONSIN,

DEVIL DOGS ARE RUMORED TO LURK.

DEVIL DOGS ARE PROBABLY
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS

A PERSON CAN COME
FACE-TO-FACE WITH.

IN ALL OF MYTHOLOGY,
ALL OF PARANORMAL, ANYTHING,

THEY'RE LITERALLY FERAL DOGS
FROM HELL,

AND THEY'RE GONNA DO
WHATEVER THEY CAN

TO GET YOU DOWN TO HELL
WITH THEM.

Narrator:
MIKE BAGOZZI AND JEREMY STARK,

RESIDENTS OF NEARBY
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN,

HAVE FORMED
THEIR OWN TRUTH SQUAD

DEDICATED TO HUNTING DOWN
SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS.

ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 9, 2014,

THEY SET OUT
TO CHALLENGE THE DEVIL DOGS

TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE,

AN ADVENTURE THAT WOULD BECOME

MUCH MORE
THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR.

Bagozzi: THE PATH
THAT WE DROVE DOWN TO GET THERE

WAS VERY WINDY,
A VERY ROCKY DIRT ROAD.

ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY
FROM THE BOAT LANDING,

I STARTED TO GET
REALLY, REALLY ANXIOUS,

JUST THAT FEELING THAT YOU GET
WHILE YOU'RE THERE

THAT JUST SAYS,
"WE SHOULDN'T BE HERE."

YOU COULDN'T SEE MORE THAN
10 FEET INTO THE WOODS.

I REFUSED TO TAKE THE TRUCK
OUT OF DRIVE.

I HAD THE WHEEL TURNED
ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT

SO WE COULD MAKE A QUICK
TURNAROUND TO GET OUT OF THERE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO
TAKE ANY CHANCES.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.
JEREMY.

JEREMY, HOLD ON!

Stark:
IT WAS SO STILL OUT THERE.

THEN I'M LOOKING DOWN THE SHORE,

AND I SEE THIS FOG
START TO ROLL IN.

I TOLD HIM, "SOMETHING'S
NOT RIGHT WITH THAT FOG.

THAT'S MAKING ME UNEASY."

AND I START WALKING BACK.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

I HEAR THIS VERY LOUD GROWLING.

[ GROWLING CONTINUES ]

JUST THIS REALLY DEEP,
LOW GROWL,

NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER HEARD.

IT MADE ME FREEZE IN MY TRACKS.

Bagozzi: I SAW SOMETHING MOVE
IN FRONT OF THE CAR.

LIKE, VERY LOW,
JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOOD.

Narrator:
THE LEGEND WAS UNFOLDING
RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES.

HEY, MAN, CUT THE LIGHTS.

THE DARE
FOR MERIDEAN ISLAND IS,

IF YOU PARK YOUR CAR
AT THE BOAT LANDING

AND SHUT OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS
COMPLETELY,

THEN DEVIL DOGS
WILL APPEAR IN FRONT OF YOU.

Narrator:
DESPITE THEIR GROWING ALARM,

THE GUYS ARE TOO CLOSE
TO THE TRUTH TO TURN BACK NOW.

DUDE, COME ON.

Bagozzi: I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF
COMPLETELY,

AND THIS REALLY THICK FOG WAS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR TRUCK.

Narrator: THE THICK,
INSTANTANEOUS FOG WAS UNNERVING.

WHAT THEY SAW NEXT
WAS EVEN SCARIER.

WHAT IS THAT?

Bagozzi: IT LOOKED JUST LIKE
THE SHAPE OF A PERSON,

A VERY THIN FIGURE
WALKING THROUGH THE FOG.

AS SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE,
I SEE A WOMAN STANDING,

AND SITTING IN FRONT OF HER
IS THE MOST VICIOUS-LOOKING,

RAGGEDY-DOG-LOOKING THING
I HAVE EVER SEEN.

AND THEN SHE JUST POINTS
AT OUR TRUCK.

THAT DOG TOOK OFF SO FAST
AFTER US.

I SAID, "THAT'S IT,
WE'RE OUT OF HERE."

AND I WAS GOING PROBABLY
30, 35, ALMOST 40 MILES AN HOUR

GOING UP THIS ROCKY HILL
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS.

AND JEREMY'S TELLING ME
TO GO FASTER.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Stark: AND THAT DOG WAS KEEPING
RIGHT UP WITH US,

NO MORE THAN FIVE FEET AWAY
FROM THE BUMPER

THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE DRIVING
OUT OF THERE.

AS SOON AS
WE GOT OFF THE DIRT ROAD

AND OUT OF THE WOODS
AND BACK ONTO PAVEMENT,

THE DOG JUST UP AND DISAPPEARED.

IT JUST -- IT WASN'T THERE.

Bagozzi: THE STORIES
ABOUT THIS PLACE ARE TRUE.

MARY DEAN IS THERE.
DEVIL DOGS ARE THERE.

WE SHOULDN'T BE.

Chad: WE DON'T KNOW WHY
THE DEVIL DOGS ARE THERE,

WHAT THEIR MOTIVATION IS,
WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE END GAME IS.

MANY BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE
TO DO THE DEVIL'S BIDDING,

TO CAUSE FEAR AND PANIC,

AND THEY SEEM TO BE
DOING A GOOD JOB AT THAT

BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO SEES THEM
IS SCARED BEYOND BELIEF.