Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - Carolina Reptile Man, Succubus, Napa Rebobs - full transcript

A cold-blooded reptilian beast preys upon unsuspecting campers along the South Carolina coast. A seductive succubus with a taste for terror targets a young rock musician. A mad scientist's monstrous flying monkeys unleash their wrath upon Napa Valley.

Narrator:
A YOUNG MAN IN THE WOODS

IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE
WITH A REPTILIAN BEAST.

Anderson:
I SNAPPED MY BULLWHIP AT IT.

THE CREATURE SNATCHED IT
WITH THAT TALON-LIKE HAND,

AND BIT THE END OFF
OF THE BULLWHIP.

I KNEW RIGHT THERE

THAT I WAS DEALING
WITH A MONSTER.

Narrator:
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL,

THIS SEDUCTRESS HAS BEEN BAD...
BIBLICALLY BAD.

Irby:
I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING DARK.
I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING EVIL.

[ SCREAMS ]



AND IT WANTED ME,
AND IT WANTED ME DEAD.

Narrator: THEY THOUGHT THESE
CREATURES WERE JUST A FAIRYTALE,

UNTIL IT TURNED ALL TOO REAL.

Monta: THERE'S NO EMOTION
THAT COULD EVER DESCRIBE

HOW I FELT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT.

I FELT LIKE I WAS

LITERALLY GOING TO BE EATEN
BY THIS CREATURE.

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: THE CAROLINA COAST,
A REGION KNOWN FOR DENSE SWAMPS,

LAZY RIVERS,
AND BLACKWATER BAYS.

WITHIN
THESE BRANCHING WATERWAYS,

A LEGENDARY CREATURE.

MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE IT COMING.



THOSE WHO DO, WISH THEY HADN'T.

[ CHITTERING ]

I FIXED MY SIGHT

RIGHT ON WHERE THE NOISE
WAS COMING FROM,

AND THAT'S
WHEN I SAW THE MOVEMENT.

[ CHITTERING ]

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED

THAT THIS IS A MONSTER
IN FRONT OF ME --

THE REAL THING.

[ CHITTERING ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
IN THE HEART OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

THE TOWN OF BISHOPVILLE

IS A QUIET, PEACEFUL PLACE
TO LIVE.

Cox: BISHOPVILLE
IS A NEAT, LITTLE TOWN

THAT STILL HAS A MAIN STREET.

IT'S A NICE, QUAINT,
SMALL TOWN AMERICA.

Narrator: YET, OVERSHADOWING
THIS IDYLLIC TOWN,

RUMORS OF A COLD-BLOODED BEAST.

REPORTER DAN TORDJMAN
WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY

THAT CAROLINA'S MONSTER LEGEND
LANDED ON HIS DESK.

Tordjman:
MY COLLEAGUES TOLD ME,

REGARDLESS
OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE UNTIL NOW,

OR WHAT YOU MIGHT DO
FROM HERE ON,

THIS WILL BE THE STORY

THAT PEOPLE
WILL REMEMBER YOU BY.

AND IT'S TRUE.

Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008,
DAN CAUGHT A STORY.

RIGHT AWAY,
HE KNEW THIS ONE WAS STRANGE.

A LOCAL FAMILY WAS CLAIMING

TO HAVE EVIDENCE
CAROLINA'S REPTILE MAN WAS REAL.

DAN AND HIS CAMERA CREW SET OUT
TO SEE THE EVIDENCE FIRSTHAND.

FROM THE INITIAL REPORT
HE'D FILED,

YOU CAN HEAR HE'S BAFFLED.

Tordjman: BOB RAWSON LOOKS DOWN
AT THE BLOOD ON HIS VAN,

ALL THE CLAW MARKS,
AND CHECK OUT THE HOOD.

WHO HE IS,

A POINT OF RENEWED DEBATE
IN THESE PARTS --

SOME SURE THEY KNOW

THE ONLY CREATURE CAPABLE
OF THIS KIND OF DAMAGE.

THEY SAY IT'S THE LIZARD MAN.

Tordjman:
IF IT IS THE LIZARD MAN,

HE'S BACK NEARLY TWO DECADES

AFTER FIRST BEING SPOTTED
NEAR SCAPE ORE SWAMP.

NO ONE'S EVER BEEN ABLE
TO CONFIRM AN ACCOUNT

OF THE SEVEN-FOOT MONSTER
WITH GREEN SKIN,

THREE TOES,
AND A THREE-FINGERED CLAW.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE DAMAGE,

I WAS SURPRISED
AT HOW EXTENSIVE IT WAS.

YOU COULD SEE WHAT APPEARED
TO BE CLAW MARKS

ON THE HOOD
AND ON THE FRONT BUMPER.

YOU COULD SEE HOLES

FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE
SOMETHING BITING DOWN.

IT WOULD'VE TAKEN
MORE THAN JUST A DOG

TO HAVE CAUSED THAT DAMAGE.

Narrator: 20 YEARS EARLIER,

SIGHTINGS
OF A LIZARD-LIKE MONSTER

PLUNGED THIS CAROLINA TOWN
INTO TURMOIL.

I HEARD ABOUT THE LIZARD MAN

ABOUT THE SAME TIME
EVERYBODY ELSE HEARD ABOUT IT.

LITTLE GENTLEMAN
BY THE NAME OF CHRIS DAVIS

WHO'D HAD A FLAT TIRE
ON THE BROWNTOWN ROAD,

AND WHILE HE WAS CHANGING IT,
SOMETHING CAME UP.

[ CHITTERING ]

AND PRETTY MUCH ATTACKED
HIS AUTOMOBILE.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

HE TALKED ABOUT
THE THREE-FINGERED PAW

THAT REACHED DOWN
ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

Narrator: THE EYEWITNESS REPORT
DREW HUNDREDS

OF CURIOSITY SEEKERS
TO BISHOPVILLE.

Williams: PEOPLE SHOWED UP
WITH RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS,

GOING OUT
TO HUNT THE LIZARD MAN.

SOMETHING
HAS KEPT THIS THING GOING

FROM THAT TIME ON.

Narrator: IN 1988,
PILOT FRANK MITCHELL

HAD HIS OWN TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER
NEAR THE SWAMPS.

FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS,

FRANK HAS CROP DUSTED THE FIELDS
AROUND BISHOPVILLE.

EVERYONE KNOWS HIM,

AND THEY KNOW HE'S NOT A MAN
GIVEN TO EXAGGERATION.

Mitchell: I DON'T DRINK,

AND EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME
WILL TELL YOU

THAT THEY'LL BELIEVE
WHAT I TELL YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON
TO TELL ANYTHING WRONG.

Narrator: ONE MORNING,

FRANK WAS PREPARING HIS PLANE
FOR TAKEOFF.

THE RUNWAY LINES UP

DIRECTLY
OVER THE SCAPE ORE SWAMP.

A STRANGE CREATURE
WOULD APPEAR ON HIS FLIGHT PATH.

Mitchell:
IT WAS LIKE ANY AVERAGE DAY.

THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT,

AND IT WAS IN THE EARLY MORNING.

AND THERE'S A POINT

THAT I CALL THE POINT
OF NO RETURN.

YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO LIFTOFF

'CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT
TO TAKEOFF SPEED,

OR EITHER YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH THEM WOODS.

AND SO, ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY,

I WAS RIGHT AT THAT POINT,

AND THIS THING COMES WALKING
ACROSS THE RUNWAY

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

IT ACTUALLY STOPPED AND LOOKED,

LOOKED RIGHT
AT THE AIRPLANE COMING.

AND THEN TURNED ITS HEAD
AND KEPT RIGHT ON WALKING,

AND WALKED
RIGHT ON ACROSS THE RUNWAY.

IT WAS GREENISH-BROWN IN COLOR.

I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS SCALES
OR IF IT WAS SKIN,

AND IT HAD A FACE
KIND OF LIKE A MONKEY,

BUT A LONGER FACE THAN A MONKEY.

THIS THING WAS
IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOME OF BOTH --
AN ANIMAL AND A HUMAN.

Narrator: FRANK CIRCLED BACK
TO GET ANOTHER LOOK.

BY THE TIME I MADE THE TURN,

THE CREATURE WALKED
ACROSS THE RUNWAY,

AND INTO THE WOODS,
AND I NEVER DID SEE IT AGAIN.

Blackburn: FRANK MITCHELL
HAS A SIGNIFICANT ENCOUNTER,

BECAUSE IN HIS CASE,
HE SAW A STRANGE CREATURE

BEFORE IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE
OR IN THE NEWS.

[ CHITTERING ]

TRULY, HE DID SEE SOMETHING,
AS FAR AS WE KNOW,

AND IT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED,
TO THIS DAY.

THIS WAS
SOME UNEXPLAINABLE CREATURE

THAT WAS PASSING
THROUGH SCAPE ORE SWAMP.

Cox: WHEN YOU LOOK

AT AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THIS REGION,

THERE ARE POCKMARKS

ALL OVER THIS SECTION
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CALL THEM CAROLINA BAYS,

THEY LOOK LIKE
METEORITE STRIKES.

IT CAN GIVE YOU A LOT
OF ROOM FOR --

LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO
A LITTLE BIT.

MAYBE THE LIZARD MAN CAME IN
ON ONE OF THOSE.

COULD THIS HAPPEN?

CAN THIS PHYSICALLY HAPPEN?

AND I LIKE TO THINK,
"YES, IT COULD HAPPEN."

YOU NEVER KNOW.

Narrator: A LIZARD-LIKE MONSTER
HAS BEEN REPORTED

DOZENS OF TIMES
IN THE COASTAL BAYS,

BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN SEEN
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS.

IN THE OLD-GROWTH FOREST
OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS --

A SIGHT
THAT'S NOT EASILY FORGOTTEN

BY THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO GET AWAY.

TOO MANY THINGS WERE GOING
THROUGH MY MIND AT THAT TIME.

[ CHITTERING ]

WAS IT GOING TO ATTACK ME?
WAS IT TRACKING ME?

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

I PROBABLY RAN FASTER

THAN I EVER HAD BEFORE
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator: IN THE CAROLINAS,
THERE'S A LEGEND

OF A BIZARRE
LIZARD-LIKE MONSTER --

A TWO-LEGGED MUTANT COVERED
IN SCALES.

ONE LOOK
AT ITS BURNING YELLOW EYES

MAKES THE BLOOD RUN COLD.

SOME ACCOUNTS DATE BACK
MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS

TO A TIME WHEN NATIVE AMERICANS

LIVED IN GREAT NUMBERS
IN THE CAROLINAS.

Cox: THERE IS A STORY ABOUT
WHEN THE MEN WITH TAILS

CAME HERE TO LIVE
WITH THE WUKSACHI INDIANS.

THEY WERE FISH-EATERS,

BUT AFTER THEY ATE UP
ALL THE FISH,

THEY WENT INTO THE SWAMP,

AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE LIVED
EVER SINCE.

Narrator: MORE RECENTLY,

THE CAROLINA CREATURE
HAS BEEN SEEN

OUTSIDE OF THE SWAMPS
IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.

IN AUGUST OF 1990,

17-YEAR-OLD JAMIE ANDERSON
DECIDED HE NEEDED AN ADVENTURE.

IT BEGAN BY SNEAKING AWAY
FROM HOME.

Anderson: THIS WAS A TRIP

THAT I DECIDED
TO TAKE ON MY OWN,

WITHOUT ANYONE'S PERMISSION.

I WAS DEPRESSED,
AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET AWAY.

Narrator: ON A BUS RIDE
FROM MINNESOTA TO FLORIDA,

JAMIE RECONSIDERED.

ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THERE,
WE REACHED NORTH CAROLINA,

AND I HAD A CHANGE OF HEART,
SO I STOPPED THERE

AND DECIDED
TO GO BACK TO MINNESOTA.

[ HYDRAULIC BRAKES HISS ]

BUT THE NEXT BUS

WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO DEPART
FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS.

BEING AT MY AGE,
I COULDN'T GET A HOTEL

OR A MOTEL
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,

I DECIDED TO GO CAMP OUT.

AND I WAS PREPARED FOR CAMPING,
SO I MADE MY WAY OUT

INTO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
AREA.

Narrator: KNOWING
THAT THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS

WERE HOME TO THE DENSEST
BLACK BEAR POPULATION

IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES,

JAMIE CAME PREPARED
TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

I HAD A BULLWHIP,
I HAD A MACHETE,

AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH PREPARED

FOR ANY TYPE OF WILDLIFE
THAT WAS OUT THERE,

EXCEPT
FOR WHAT I ENCOUNTERED NEXT,

I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR.

IT WAS AROUND 1:00,
1:30 IN THE MORNING...

[ CHITTERING ]

...AND I WOKE UP
FROM THIS GOD-AWFUL SOUND.

MY HEART JUMPED UP
INTO MY THROAT,

THE HAIR ON MY ARMS
JUST STOOD STRAIGHT UP,

AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED
LOOKING AROUND.

MY FIRST THOUGHT --
IT WAS A COUGAR.

SO, I GRABBED THE BULLWHIP,

AND I STARTED LOOKING AROUND

FOR ANY SIGNS
OF SOMETHING STALKING ME.

[ CHITTERING ]

THE NOISE WAS DEFINITELY CLOSER,

AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW SHADOWS
IN THE BUSHES SORT OF MOVING.

AND MY EYES MET WHATEVER IT WAS.

THE EYES
WERE A PETRIFIED YELLOW.

I KNEW RIGHT THERE

THAT I WAS DEALING
WITH A MONSTER.

THE ADRENALIN JUST TOOK OVER,

KNOWING THAT THIS THING
WAS LOOKING AT ME,

KNOWING THAT IT WAS TRACKING ME.

AND I ACCIDENTALLY TRIPPED,
AND WHEN I HIT THE GROUND,

THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THE THUMPING
BEHIND ME,

AS LIKE SOMETHING WAS RUNNING.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

THE FEAR OF DYING,
IT'S SOMETHING

THAT I NEVER FELT BEFORE,

AND I WAS DETERMINED
TO DEFEND MYSELF.

[ CHITTERING ]

Narrator:
JAMIE ANDERSON CRACKED HIS WHIP.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

Anderson:
WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT

WAS NOTHING
THAT I'D EVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT WAS HUMANOID,

BUT IT WAS VERY REPTILE
IN APPEARANCE.

IT HAD RIDGES ON ITS HEAD.

IT LURCHED FORWARD,

AND I SNAPPED MY BULLWHIP AGAIN
AT IT.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

[ WHIPS SNAPS ]

THE CREATURE SNATCHED IT
WITH THAT TALON-LIKE HAND,

AND BIT THE END OFF
OF THE BULLWHIP.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

AND I RAN.

[ CHITTERING ]

I PROBABLY RAN FASTER

THAN I EVER HAD BEFORE
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
REALLY GOING THROUGH MY MIND

AT THE TIME
WERE HOW MUCH DISTANCE

I COULD PUT BETWEEN ME
AND THIS THING --

WHATEVER IT WAS.

[ CREATURE HISSES ]

Narrator: JAMIE WAS SO DESPERATE
TO ESCAPE,

HE DOVE
INTO A COLD MOUNTAIN STREAM.

WHEN I GOT
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER,

I GOT OUT AND I IMMEDIATELY
STARTED SCANNING THE AREA

LOOKING AROUND FOR IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS.

FOR ALL I KNEW,
IT COULD BE IN THE WATER.

SO, I DECIDED
TO PUT SOME DISTANCE

BETWEEN ME AND THE RIVER.

I MUST'VE BEEN WALKING FOR...
SIX HOURS, AT LEAST.

AND THAT'S WHEN I RAN
INTO A CHEROKEE INDIAN,

AND ASKED IF I COULD GET A RIDE
BACK TO THE BUS STATION.

JUMP IN.

I LOOKED PRETTY BEAT UP,
SCRAPES FROM TRIPPING,

AND I WAS STILL SHAKING
FROM THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

SOMETHING INSIDE ME TOLD ME
TO JUST TELL HIM.

AND THERE WAS A VERY LONG PAUSE
THERE, AND I THOUGHT,

"OH, HE'S GOING TO KICK ME OUT
OF THE CAR FOR SOUNDING CRAZY."

HE GOES, "YOU'RE LUCKY
YOU ONLY RAN INTO THE ONE."

LET'S GO.

WE JUST LEFT IT AT THAT.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

[ CHITTERING ]

Cox: I GO BACK THROUGH FOLKLORE,
AND I HEAR STORIES

THAT HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN
FOR CENTURIES,

THAT, NOW, SCIENTISTS
ARE FINDING OUT ARE TRUE.

THE SAME THING COULD APPLY
TO THE LIZARD PEOPLE.

THEY MAY BE OUT THERE,

AND WE JUST
HAVEN'T FOUND THEM YET.

I USED TO WALK THE LONG WAY
AT NIGHT.

I LIKE TO GET OUT AND JUST WALK

AND LOOK AT THE STAR
AND WHATEVER,

AND LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS.

I DON'T WALK
IN THE WOODS NO MORE.

Narrator: THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY
OF SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA,

WAS FOUNDED IN 1796.

HISTORIC BY AMERICAN STANDARDS,

YET IT'S BEEN VISITED BY A DEMON

THAT'S THOUGHT
TO BE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.

SHE TYPICALLY WEARS
A HUMAN FACE,

A VOLUPTUOUS BODY,
AND LURES HER VICTIMS

WITH A PROMISE
OF SENSUAL PARADISE.

THAT'S WHEN HER TRUE NATURE
IS REVEALED.

I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING DARK.
I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING EVIL.

AND IT WANTED ME
AND IT WANTED ME DEAD.

Belanger: A SUCCUBUS
IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED

TO BE A DEMON
THAT HAS A SEXUAL ELEMENT

TO THE WAY
IN WHICH SHE MANIFESTS.

SOME OF THE MOST COMMON
DESCRIPTIONS

DESCRIBE SOMETHING FIERY
ABOUT HER EYES,

AN UNNATURAL HEAT TO HER SKIN,

SOMETIMES SHE WILL HAVE
NONHUMAN ELEMENTS TO HER BODY.

Narrator:
MINISTER RUSSELL IRBY

ROUTINELY WARNS HIS FOLLOWERS
ABOUT THE TEMPTATIONS OF EVIL.

HE HIMSELF ENCOUNTERED A DEVIL
IN THE FLESH

AT A TIME WHEN HE WAS
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO ATTACK.

Man: WHAT YOU WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT TODAY, COUNSELOR?

Irby: I'D BEEN A
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FOR AWHILE

WORKING
AT THE MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON,

AND THEN I WAS PROMOTED
TO COUNSELOR.

AND THEY NEEDED SOMEONE
TO WORK WITH SEX OFFENDERS.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CASE.

YOU WANT
TO HEAR WHAT I DID?

I WOULD DO COUNSELING WITH THEM.

I'M TRYING TO SEE
WHAT WERE THEIR ISSUES,

WHAT WERE THEIR TRIGGERS,
AND SEEING IF THEY COULD WORK

AROUND THOSE TRIGGERS
AND STAY AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS.

Narrator: SPENDING LONG HOURS
AT THE PRISON

TOOK A PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL
ON RUSSELL.

Irby:
TWO THINGS WAS HAPPENING --

ONE, DISGUST,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

FOUND MYSELF WANTING
TO LEARN MORE

AND GETTING MORE INTO IT,
WANTING TO READ THE CASES.

SO, I'M HAVING THIS FIGHT
ON THE INSIDE OF ME.

HOW CAN THIS BOTH BE EXCITING
TO ME,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
BE TOTALLY DISGUSTED BY IT?

THE SUCCUBUS APPEARS
TO DRAW UPON THE FANTASIES

OF THE PERSON
FOR WHOM SHE APPEARS,

AND WILL FULFILL THOSE FANTASIES

OFTEN APPARENTLY IN THE FLESH.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Irby: IT'S A FEAR
THAT'S BEYOND HUMAN,

BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE DEALING
WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HUMAN.

AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING
THAT CAN JUST DO MORE
THAN KILL YOU.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator: THE SUCCUBUS,

THE ORIGINS
OF THIS EVIL TEMPTRESS

EXTEND BACK
TO OLD TESTAMENT STORIES,

TO A DARKER VERSION
OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN,

WHERE ADAM CONSORTS
WITH A SHE-DEMON

CALLED LILITH.

THERE IS THIS EXTENSIVE
MYTHOLOGY AROUND LILITH,

WHERE SHE WENT OUT OF EDEN,
AND BECAME THE MOTHER OF DEMONS.

IN SOME STORIES,
SHE COPULATED WITH ANGELS.

THERE ARE SOME STORIES
THAT EVEN TIE HER STRANGELY

TO THE SERPENT THAT TEMPTED EVE.

Narrator: THROUGHOUT TIME,
THE SUCCUBUS HAS TAKEN THE FORM

OF AN ALLURING WOMAN
TO AMBUSH UNSUSPECTING MEN.

PRISON COUNSELOR RUSSELL IRBY
BELIEVES HIS WORK

WITH SEX OFFENDERS
MAY HAVE TURNED HIM

INTO THE PERFECT TARGET
FOR THE SUCCUBUS.

Irby: BEING
IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT,

I NOTICED CHANGES IN MYSELF.

I WAS GOING TOWARDS
MORE PERVERSE SITUATIONS.

I THINK AS LONG AS I STAYED
AROUND THAT KIND OF DEVIANCE,

I WAS GETTING DEEPER
AND DEEPER IN IT.

Belanger:
THE SUCCUBUS IS ATTRACTED

TO SOMEONE
WHO HAS REPRESSED SEXUAL URGES.

Irby: YOU'RE SCARED,

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO ACT
ON THINGS LIKE THIS,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
IT FEELS LIKE

IT'S GETTING STRONGER
AND STRONGER WITHIN YOU.

Belanger:
ONE WAY A SUCCUBUS COMES ABOUT

IS SHE'S PARTLY BUILT
FROM THOSE THOUGHTS,

THOSE FANTASIES, THOSE DREAMS.

IT IS BELIEVED
THAT SHE DRAWS HER POWER

FROM THE PERSON
THAT SHE'S PREYING UPON.

THE SUCCUBUS FIRST APPEARS
IN VISION AND DREAMS,

AND THEN SHE BEGINS
TO GAIN PHYSICALITY.

Irby: I WAS LIKE, WELL,
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE,

AND THAT'S WHEN I WOKE UP.

AND I COULD FEEL THAT THING
THERE ON THE BED BESIDE ME.

Narrator: SHE LOOKS ENTICING,

BUT HER INTENT'S PURE EVIL.

SHE'S A BREATH-STEALER,
AND A LIFE-STEALER.

AND SHE SEEMS
TO MAKE A TRANSFORMATION...

...FROM THIS GORGEOUS,
CAPTIVATING, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

THE DARKER NATURE IS REVEALED.

I WANTED TO SCREAM.

I HAVE AIR COMING IN,
I HAVE AIR COMING OUT,

BUT I COULDN'T MAKE A NOISE.

MY HANDS WERE ABOVE MY HEAD.

I COULD NOT MOVE.

I WAS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
OF SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY

THE MOST TERRIFYING THING
ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN'T MOVE, YOU CAN'T FIGHT,
NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

BUT YOU FEEL JUST LIKE
SOMETHING IS JUST --

IT'S KILLING YOU,
AND IT'S GETTING CLOSER.

IT FEELS LIKE IF
IT JUST COMPLETELY TOUCHES YOU

THAT YOU'RE DONE.

I JUST STARTED PRAYING,

WHETHER IT BE AN ANGEL COME
DOWN, THAT JESUS DO SOMETHING.

LORD, I BEG YOU.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

I REACHED OVER

AND GRABBED THE PISTOL OFF
OF MY NIGHTSTAND.

DON'T MOVE.

I'LL SHOOT YOU.

AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS
AND NOTHING MOVED,

I GOT THE COURAGE
TO CUT THE LIGHT ON.

Narrator:
THE SUCCUBUS WHO TRIED,
BUT ULTIMATELY FAILED

TO TURN RUSSELL
TO THE DARK PATH --

A WAKE UP CALL THAT LED HIM
TO MAKE CHANGES IN HIS LIFE.

Irby: TOLD MY BOSS

THAT I COULD NO LONGER
DO THE SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING,

I COULD NO LONGER WORK
THE ISOLATION, DEATH ROW,

THAT I WAS DONE.

I NEEDED TO CYCLE OUT OF IT,
AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULDN'T.

NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO DO IT.

SO, I TOLD HIM I WAS DONE.

Narrator: RUSSELL IRBY WAS ABLE
TO DERAIL THE SUCCUBUS' TRAP.

ANOTHER VICTIM CAME EVEN CLOSER
TO PERIL.

IN THE 1990s,
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI,

AND ITS MANY COUNTRY MUSIC CLUBS
ABRUPTLY SHIFTED ITS FOCUS.

HEAVY METAL MUSIC
WAS ALL THE RAGE.

KENNETH DEEL
WAS RIDING THIS WAVE.

Deel: THE HAIR BAND THING
ON MTV WAS REALLY POPULAR.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
IF YOU WERE SMALL

AND JUST STARTING OUT,
YOU WERE IN DEMAND.

AND WITH THAT COMES THE WINE,
WOMEN, AND SONG LIFESTYLE.

Woman: WHOO!

KENNETH WAS LIVING
IN THE FAST LANE,

GOING HOME
WITH SOMEONE ELSE EVERY NIGHT.

NAUGHTY BOY.

BUT STILL,
SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

Deel: SEEMED LIKE ALL MY FRIENDS
HAD THE RELATIONSHIPS,

AND THEY ENVIED ME
BECAUSE I HAD A REVOLVING DOOR,

AND I ENVIED THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAD RELATIONSHIPS.

I JUST FELT EMPTY INSIDE
THE WHOLE WHILE.

Narrator: THEN ONE NIGHT,
AN UNHOLY CREATURE APPEARED,

OFFERING KENNETH
A DANGEROUS ALTERNATIVE.

Deel:
I WOULD ROLL OVER IN BED,

AND I WOULD SEE SOMEONE
STANDING THERE,

VERY VIVID, JUST LIKE IT WAS

A REAL PERSON STANDING THERE --
BEAUTIFUL FEMALE.

Narrator: SHE'S A FANTASY TURNED
INTO FLESH.

BUT IT BECOMES CLEAR
WHAT SHE WANTS IS

TO POSSESS THE PERSON UTTERLY
AND TO DEVOUR THEM

ON A LEVEL
THAT GOES DEEPER THAN THE FLESH.

Deel: IT JUST KIND OF
DISAPPEARED THROUGH THE WALL.

Narrator:
KENNETH DISMISSED THE EXPERIENCE

AS A WISHFUL FANTASY.

BUT DAYS LATER,
WHEN THE SHE-DEMON RETURNED,

THIS DREAM
BECAME HIS WORST NIGHTMARE.

[ SCREAMS ]

[ LAUGHTER ]

IT WAS LIKE AN ASSAULT.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

THE SUCCUBUS TRIED
TO COLLECT MY SOUL.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
IN THE PANTHEON OF MONSTERS,

THE SUCCUBUS IS UNIQUE.

AT FIRST,
SHE SEEMS AN ENTICING FLOWER,

DRAWING HER VICTIMS IN
LIKE A VOLUPTUOUS VENUS FLYTRAP.

GET TOO CLOSE,

AND THOSE MOMENTS
OF SWEET NECTAR

WILL BE YOUR LAST.

DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS
IDENTIFY THEM DIFFERENTLY.

HOWEVER, MOST OF THEM AGREE

THAT THEY ARE LUSHLY,
SEXUAL, SENSUAL WOMEN.

ONCE SHE'S BEEN ACCEPTED,
AND INVITED IN,

SHE BEGINS TO WEAR AWAY

AT THE PERSON'S HEALTH
AND VITAL SPIRIT.

Narrator: IN THE 1990s,

LIFE FOR KENNETH DEEL,
A HEAVY METAL MUSICIAN

WAS A BLUR OF SEX, DRUGS,
AND ROCK AND ROLL.

DURING A STREAM
OF ONE-NIGHT STANDS,

KEN IS CERTAIN
HE ENCOUNTERED A SUCCUBUS.

AT FIRST,
HER VISITS WERE ALLURING.

Belanger: OVER TIME,

HER APPEARANCE MAY CHANGE
OR SHIFT,

AND SO, WHAT APPEARED
TO BE THE WOMAN OF YOUR DREAMS

TURNS OUT TO BE THE WOMAN
OF YOUR NIGHTMARES.

[ CREATURE GROWLS, LAUGHS ]

[ SCREAMS ]

Deel: IT WAS LIKE
AN ASSAULT HOLDING ME IN BED.

AND SHE WAS STRADDLED OVER ME

WITH ITS HANDS
OVER MY FACE LIKE THIS.

I FELT THESE FEET DIG INTO ME,

LIKE TOENAILS DIGGING
INTO ME TIGHTER,

ALMOST LIKE A KNIFE.

IT WAS PAINFUL
AND HARD TO BREATHE.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS YOU GET
TO SEE A TRULY UGLY SIGHT,

AND SHE BECOMES THE CREATURE
OF CADAVEROUS PALLOR AND DECAY.

THE FLESH LOOKED LIKE
IT WAS BURNED, LIKE BURNED SKIN.

I WAS HAVING SOMETHING
LIKE AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE.

I ACTUALLY WAS SEEING MYSELF
BEING ASSAULTED

BY THIS GROTESQUE THING --

JUST LIKE AN OLD HAG,
HAD REALLY LONG WHITE HAIR.

I WAS SCARED.

THE SUCCUBUS TRIED
TO COLLECT MY SOUL.

I HAD TO BREAK THIS THING
SO IT COULDN'T ESCALATE FURTHER.

LIKE, I'M GOING TO THROW IT OFF.

I JUST COUNTED IN MY MIND,
1...2...3.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

AND I GET UP

AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

IT JUST LIKE, MAGICALLY

JUST SNAPPED OUT OF THERE,
AND IT WAS GONE.

Belanger: BECAUSE MOST
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SUCCUBUS

IDENTIFIES HER
AS SOME TYPE OF DEMON,

THE CURE IS TO SOMEHOW
DRIVE HER OFF THROUGH FAITH.

IT'S THE PERSON
WHO SHE'S APPEARING TO

WHO HAS TO DRAW A LINE,

AND DRIVE OFF THIS SPIRIT
THAT'S PREYING ON THEM.

Narrator: AFTER WITNESSING
THE TRUE NATURE OF THE SUCCUBUS,

KENNETH TOOK ACTION

TO PROTECT HIMSELF
FROM HER WRATH.

IF IT DID THIS ONCE,

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN IT COMES BACK AGAIN?

GOING TO THE CHURCH

AND GETTING INVOLVED
WITH THE SACRAMENTS

WAS THE THING THAT I HAD TO DO
TO GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK.

Irby: THEY'LL KILL YOU,

THEY WILL KILL YOUR FAMILY,
SPIRITUALLY,

AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU DOWN
AND GET RID OF YOU.

DON'T PUT YOURSELF
IN A SITUATION

WHERE YOU OPEN THE DOOR,

AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT COME INSIDE.

Narrator:
NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

TO MOST, THIS IS WINE COUNTRY --

AN IDYLLIC TOURIST DESTINATION,

A PICTURE-PERFECT WAY
TO SPEND A WEEKEND.

IF YOU'RE SMART,

YOU'LL STICK CLOSE
TO THE VINEYARDS,

AND AVOID THE STEEP ROAD

THAT SNAKES ITS WAY WEST
OUT OF TOWN.

OVER THE YEARS,

THE OVERGROWN LANE
KNOWN AS PARTRICK ROAD HAS

TAKEN ON A NASTY REPUTATION.

DOZENS CLAIM IT'S HOME
TO A FOREST

FULL OF FLYING MONKEYS
WITH A THIRST FOR BLOOD.

I'M QUESTIONING WHAT I'M SEEING

THE WHOLE TIME
I'M LOOKING AT THIS.

I CAN'T REALLY COMPREHEND IT
IN MY MIND.

CAN THIS ALL BE REAL?

DO YOU SEE THAT?

IT LOOKED LIKE THE DEVIL.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
SCORES OF NAPA RESIDENTS
HAVE HEARD THE STORY.

EVERYBODY WAS VERY FEARFUL
OF PARTRICK ROAD.

EVEN NOW,
IF YOU ASK A LOCAL ABOUT IT

THAT HAS BEEN HERE
FOR, YOU KNOW, FOREVER,

THEY'LL TELL YOU A STORY
ABOUT THE REBOBS.

Narrator:
FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS,

THRILL-SEEKERS HAVE BEEN DRIVING
TO THE TOP OF PARTRICK ROAD.

Danielski: GROWING UP,

I HEARD A LOT ABOUT REBOBS
FROM MY PARENTS

ME AND MY BROTHER,

WE THOUGHT
THERE WERE THESE FAKE STORIES

THAT PARENTS TELL THEIR KIDS

TO KEEP THEM AWAY
FROM CERTAIN AREAS,

WHICH KIND OF DREW US UP THERE

'CAUSE WE WANTED TO KIND OF SEE
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WHAT I HEARD AND SAW OVER THERE
SCARED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING

I HAD EVER WITNESSED
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

[ SCREAMS ]

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO LOCAL LEGEND,

PARTRICK ROAD IN NAPA VALLEY
IS HAUNTED

BY A MONSTROUS BREED OF MONKEYS

KNOWN AS THE REBOBS.

Macfarlane:
AS A KID, WE ALL TOLD STORIES

ABOUT THE REBOBS
AT OUR SLUMBER PARTIES,

AND WE DEFINITELY BELIEVED
THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE.

Ranulo: THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE
SIGHTINGS OVER THE YEARS.

THE MAJORITY
THAT STARTED GETTING REPORTED

WERE AROUND THE '60s AND '70s,
AND SINCE THEN,

PEOPLE REPORT SIGHTINGS
ALMOST EVERY YEAR.

Narrator: ADAM DANIELSKI

IS A PROGRAM MANAGER
FOR A SOFTWARE COMPANY.

WHEN HE WAS IN HIS TEENS,

ADAM, HIS OLDER BROTHER,
AND A FEW FRIENDS,

DECIDED TO GO CAMPING
AT THE TOP OF PARTRICK ROAD,

CURIOUS TO KNOW
IF THE LEGEND WAS TRUE.

WE LAID SOME BLANKETS
DOWN THERE,

WE HAD A COUPLE SLEEPING BAGS
THAT WE ROLLED OUT.

MY BUDDIES GOT INTO THE COOLER.

THEY WERE HAVING
A COUPLE DRINKS,

WHERE I WAS
BASICALLY THE DESIGNATED LOOKOUT

FOR THE EVENING
WHILE THEY WERE DRINKING.

[ SCREAMING ]

AND THAT'S WHEN WE
STARTED HEARING THE SCREAMING.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A FEMALE VOICE,

BUT IT WAS SO FAR OFF.

WE KNEW OTHER PEOPLE
WENT UP THERE, GUYS AND GIRLS,

YOU KNOW, SO WE DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT

UNTIL IT GOT CLOSER.

YEAH, MAN,
FIRST WATCH TONIGHT.

SO, THAT MEANS
I GET THE FIRST SHIFT?

IT'S ALL YOU, BRO.

I'LL TAKE THE SECOND SHIFT,
ADAM.

[ SCREAMING ]

THAT WAS NOT A GIRL.

Danielski: WE HEAR IT AGAIN,
EXCEPT FOR THIS TIME,

THE SCREAM
IS A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.

GUYS?

AND CLOSER TO US.

THERE'S SOMETHING
OUT THERE.

[ SCREAMING ]

WE WERE A LITTLE TOO SCARED

TO EVEN GO BACK TO THE CAR
AT THIS POINT.

WE DID DECIDE THAT ONE PERSON
WOULD TAKE TURNS WATCHING

WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE SLEPT,
AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE,

BUT WE'RE TEENAGERS,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

SO, WE ALL FELL ASLEEP
AROUND THE SAME TIME.

Narrator: THE REST OF THE NIGHT
WAS UNEVENTFUL...

OR SO THEY THOUGHT.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

THINK IT WAS AROUND 7:00 A.M.
WHEN WE FIRST WOKE UP.

GUYS?
GUYS? GUYS?

ONE OF OUR FRIENDS STANDS UP,
AND WE LOOK OVER

AND FROM HIS LEFT SHOULDER DOWN
TO ABOUT HIS RIGHT PECTORAL

WERE THREE
VERY DISTINCT SCRATCH MARKS.

WE KIND OF LOOKED AT HIM,
LIKE....

WHAT CAUSED THAT?

BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT THOSE WEREN'T THERE PRIOR
TO THE EVENING.

AND THIS FRIGHTENED US
TO NO END.

I MEAN, WE WERE LIKE, "OKAY,
IT'S TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE."

Narrator:
THEY TOLD THEIR FRIENDS
AND FAMILY WHAT HAPPENED.

NOBODY BELIEVED THEM.

SO, A FEW WEEKS LATER,

ADAM AND HIS FRIENDS RETURNED
TO PARTRICK ROAD

DETERMINED TO FIND OUT
WHAT WAS THERE.

Danielski:
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S PITCH-BLACK.

ALL WE CAN SEE
IS KIND OF THE DUST

AROUND THE SHADOW
IN THE HEADLIGHTS.

AND WE GET ABOUT
HALFWAY UP THE HILL,

AND SOMETHING JUMPS
IN FRONT OF THE CAR.

AND I LOOK OVER JUST IN TIME
TO SEE THIS HUMANOID SHAPE...

[ SCREAMS ]

...JUMP TO A TREE
FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND IT STARTS CLIMBING
UP THE TREE.

I'M ABSOLUTELY PETRIFIED.

I CAN'T EVEN MOVE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME
THAT THERE'S ONE --

COULD THERE BE MORE?

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator: THE TEENAGERS FLEE,
BUT THEY CAN'T ESCAPE

THE REALITY
OF WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

WE WERE 100% SURE

THAT IT WAS A REBOB
AT THAT POINT.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT
OF WHAT IT WAS.

Narrator: ANOTHER SIGHTING --
FURTHER EVIDENCE

TO FILL OUT A PICTURE
OF WHAT THESE CREATURES ARE.

THE REBOBS ARE SAID TO BE

VERY LARGE,
INTIMIDATING CREATURES.

LARGER THAN THE AVERAGE MAN,
UPWARDS OF SEVEN-FEET-TALL,

DARK, FURY BODIES,
RED, GLOWING, BEAMING EYES,

LARGE WINGS WITHOUT FUR,

AND ONE
OF THEIR MOST COMMON ATTRIBUTES

IS THEY HAVE A LOUD,
TERRIFYING SCREECH.

Narrator:
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

AND THIS IS A MONKEY
GONE TERRIBLY WRONG.

IT LOOKED LIKE PURE EVIL
TO ME.

IT LOOKED LIKE THE DEVIL.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

Monta: IN MY LIFE,

I'VE NEVER BEEN SCARED
AS MUCH AS I WAS THAT NIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD

THAT WILL EVER MAKE ME GO BACK
TO THAT ROAD.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
AS IT'S OFTEN TOLD,

IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA,
AT THE END OF PARTRICK ROAD

IN AN OLD, DARK HOUSE
LIVED A SCIENTIST GONE MAD.

[ MONKEYS SCREECHING ]

HE WAS EXPERIMENTING,

MAKING MUTANT MONKEYS
WITH WINGS.

EVENTUALLY, THE APES GOT LOOSE,

CLAIMING THE WOODS
AROUND PARTRICK ROAD

AS THEIR OWN.

GROWING UP IN NAPA VALLEY,
IT'S HARD TO AVOID

HEARING THE STORIES
ABOUT THE FLYING REBOBS.

I HEARD ABOUT REBOBS THROUGH
DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS,

OLDER GENERATIONS TALKING ABOUT
THEM BEING UP IN THE HILLS,

BY THE WINERIES,
OUT ON PARTRICK ROAD.

Narrator: SABRINA MONTA KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT THE LOCAL LEGEND.

Monta: I GREW UP IN SANTA ROSA,
ABOUT AN HOUR FROM HERE,

AND I'D NEVER HEARD OF THE REBOB
UNTIL I MET BRYAN.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE A WORD
THAT CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH

WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT.

Narrator: IN 1997,

WHEN BRYAN AND SABRINA WERE 17,
THE COUPLE DECIDED

TO MAKE A LATE-NIGHT RUN
TO FIND THE REBOBS.

Monta: WE WERE YOUNG.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO DO, SO WE DROVE TO NAPA.

NARRATOR: AS THEY WENT
UP THE DARK AND WINDING ROAD,

THE MOOD IN THE CAR
ABRUPTLY CHANGED.

Cherrington: THERE'S A MYTH

THAT WHEN YOU PASS
THE CATTLE GRATES HALFWAY UP,

THE TEMPERATURE DROPS.

YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE ALWAYS BEING WATCHED.

Monta:
AND WE GET NOT EVEN A MILE UP
INTO THE ROAD....

CAN WE TURN THE HEAT ON?

...AND I STARTED GETTING,
JUST SHIVERS.

AND I TOLD BRYAN,
"CAN WE TURN THE HEATER UP?

CAN WE ROLL THE WINDOWS UP?
IT'S REALLY COLD."

AND I NOTICED HE HAD GOOSEBUMPS
ON HIS ARMS.

Narrator:
AT THE END OF THE ROAD,

THEY FOUND THE GATES
OF THE ABANDONED PARTRICK HOME.

Monta: AND I REMEMBER LOOKING
AT THE HOUSE

THAT'S ON THE TOP OF HE HILL

AND THERE'S THIS BIG,
BLACK GATE,

AND IT'S ALMOST GOTHIC-LOOKING.

[ DOOR ALARM DINGING ]

I REMEMBER TELLING BRYAN,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SILLY.

WE NEED TO GO.

THIS IS NOT FUN ANYMORE.
I WANT TO GO HOME.

CAN YOU HEAR THAT?

[ RUSTLING ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Cherrington:
YOU COULD HEAR IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

ALL I KNOW
IS I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I SAW.

Monta: BRYAN IS TELLING ME,
"GET IN THE CAR."

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM THAT SCARED,

AND I'VE KNOWN HIM
FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE SAW SOMETHING
LEAN OUT FROM BEHIND THE TREE.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

AND WHAT STICKS IN MY MIND
THE MOST IS THE EYES --

THE BIG, RED EYES,
THE PENETRATING LOOK.

I FELT LIKE IT WAS LOOKING
INTO MY SOUL.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Monta: THERE'S NO EMOTION
THAT COULD EVER DESCRIBE

HOW I FELT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT.

IT WASN'T JUST PANIC AND FEAR.

IT WAS...I FELT LIKE I WAS

LITERALLY GOING
TO BE EATEN BY THIS CREATURE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
THEY JUMPED INTO THE CAR,

AND RACED
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

WHAT WAS THAT?

ONLY THEN DID
THE TEENAGERS FEEL SAFE ENOUGH

TO ADMIT WHAT THEY HAD SEEN.

BRYAN WAS THE FIRST ONE
THAT SAID, "I SAW THE REBOB."

AND THEN I SAID,
"IF YOU SAW WHAT I SAW,

IS THIS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE?"

AND HE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL
EVERYTHING THAT I HAD SEEN.

HE HAD SEEN
THE EXACT SAME THING.

IT PROVES THAT YOU'RE NOT CRAZY.

YOU DIDN'T JUST
IMAGINE SOMETHING.

WHAT YOU SAW WAS ACTUALLY THERE.

FOR THOSE COUPLE OF SECONDS,
IT WAS PURE TERROR.

Narrator:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOOKED
INTO THOSE BLOOD-RED EYES,

THE FEAR LASTS FOREVER.

Monta: THERE'S NO EMOTION

THAT'S GOING TO BE STRONGER
THAN REAL FEAR,

AND REALLY SEEING SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT NATURAL.

AFTER SEEING THAT,
I DON'T FEEL LIKE

I'M EVER GOING TO BE
THAT SCARED AGAIN.