Terror in the Woods (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Werewolf/Demon in the woods - full transcript

Everybody dreams of owning
a place in a remote area

Where they can get
away from it all,

But be careful
what you wish for.

Be very careful.

The cabin itself
makes you a little bit nervous

To be out there by yourself.

You never know
what could be up there.

The fear factor
went through the roof.

Somebody was trying
to communicate.

Some thing was trying
to communicate.

I really think it had to be...



A ghost.

The red river gorge
is located

In the daniel boone
national forest.

I've been hiking there
since I was a 15-year-old child.

In the summertime,
it's so green and beautiful,

You don't see the forest
for the trees,

But in the winter,
when all the leaves are down,

You can see miles.

It's my favorite place on earth.

My wife and I go up
there regularly.

After several years of going
up there and renting,

We decided to try to find
a little cabin on a hill

And find a place
to have a vacation home

And kind of future retire --



We want to retire
and be off the grid up there.

That's our goal.

The cabin sits on
an abandoned logging road.

So, for 50 years or plus,

They have not logged
on these roads out there.

We got very lucky.

I'll get the bags.

It's small,
it's on a secluded area,

And, you know, we just kind of
were pinching ourselves when --

When we got it.

- I'll put the coffee on.
- That's great.

For me, it's heaven.

Cheers.

Everything is so easy
about living in the city,

But, sometimes, you just want
to get away from it all.

And being able to retire
someplace quiet

And away from it all
is what's perfect.

You get to the cabin,
you just feel this relief.

It's like that heavy sigh
when the day is over

And that your week
could be over.

And then you look
at this little log cabin.

Solitude -- I think that's
the best answer for it.

It's just...Our escape.

I'll put the bag
in the car.

- Drive safe.
- I will.

So, I have a full-time job
in the city,

And it's only a 2-hour drive.

He ended up spending
a lot of time there.

Because I was spending so much
time at the cabin alone,

I decided to get
a security system.

I was up there about a week.

I'd put up a security camera --

Like, a 4-camera system
with infrared.

There is absolutely
nothing up there.

There's no cellphone.

There's not even a phone
that worked.

There was literally
just me and the cabin,

And I could just
sit by my chair

And watch my little monitor

And just kind of see
what goes by.

It was late one night,
about between 2:00 and 3:00 a.M.

The security-camera system
gives you warnings

When it picks up anomalies,

And you can record it,
look back at it,

And it happened to pick up
some strange things.

There was a strange, green mist

That seemed to appear
sporadically.

The image is very clear.

I mean, it's a very good image.

It looked like it was
morphing in and out.

I mean, I know, when I'm
looking at a monitor,

What is supposed to be there,
what's not supposed to be there.

I know things
that could affect it.

I know that there was nothing
going on that night

That would put
that image in there.

I mean, it's really
hard to decipher.

It's hard to comprehend.

But the thing about the infrared
camera systems is that,

At night, for it to pick up
an object in motion,

It would have to be
generating so much heat

To activate the cameras.

I decided to walk out to see
if I could figure out

What it was coming from.

What was making that image
on my infrared camera?

I didn't see anything.

What do I think it was?

I wish I knew.
I wish I knew what it was.

The way this thing moved...

...I really think
it had to be...

...A ghost.

The only thing I had
hooked up in the cabin

Was a playstation
and a television,

And both of them came on.

You know, I was like,
"okay, old cabin,

Old electrical system --
things happen," right?

About 10 minutes later...

...The exact same thing
happened again --

Television, playstation
come popping on.

At that point, I'm extremely
concerned and scared.

The fact that you're in
a remote area by yourself

In the middle of the night

Put me into total shock

And terror mode -- panic.

And I felt like
I was gonna piss my pants.

I was trying to decide,

Was I gonna sleep in the cabin
that night or not?

You know, I was even debating
whether to drive back home,

'cause I was that scared.

And I said, "no,
I'm gonna go in my bed

And lay down and see
if I can get some rest."

So, I lay down in the bed,

And I could see the television
through the living room.

I remember actually pulling
the covers over my head.

I pull them back down,
and as soon as my eyes

Made contact on the television,

Bam.

And I remember being
fearful to look at --

Even in the direction
of the television.

So, I pulled the covers
over my head.

I'm talking to myself like,

"you're a 50-year-old
college-graduated --

What are you doing?"
you know? "man up."

It's really just blowing
my mind at this point.

So I immediately decided,

"I've had enough. That's it."

The fear factor went
through the roof.

And bam! I get out of bed
and run out of the cabin.

I didn't even really have
that many clothes on.

It was like, "I'm out of here."

I thought it could be,
you know, anything.

I just couldn't explain it.

I spent that night in my car.

And I felt safer in the car
than I did in the cabin.

I could not go back
in the cabin that night.

There was just
too much going on.

He started to hear
some things, see some things,

And, you know,
with my analytic mind,

I'm like, "it was probably
just a noise --

The house settling,
old electricity --

Whatever the case might be.
I'm gonna write everything off."

So, on the cctv thing,
it went off.

I chalked up a lot of the
electricity kind of stuff

To being just that --
an old house.

But it doesn't make sense,
something completely turning on

That was completely turned off.

I have seen the camera footage
and the green lights

And things like that.

It doesn't make sense.

I don't know what it was,

But I was scared for him
being out there by himself.

You just can't explain
some things.

That's all I can say.

Yep.

I know there's some things
stuck between this world

And the other world...

Maybe.

About a week later,
it was late one night.

I got another warning.

I'm looking at the monitor,

And this ball of white light
came from the ground,

Slowly moved up the driveway,

Did a 180-degree turn back,

Went back the other way,

And, like,
just surveyed the area,

Got to the end of the driveway,

And zipped out of frame --

I mean, in a split second,
it went, whishh!

I was seeing it
on security cameras,

And I'm looking at it like,

"well, it's a bug,"
or, you know...

Kind of looked like
a little fairy out there --

Big, bright ball that was
kind of floating around,

And you could see the wings.

You know, when you
look at it closer,

You're not seeing anything
that makes -- that make sense.

It would have to be
generating so much heat

To activate the cameras.

That's when it all
went black.

- For real?
- Yeah. No, I'm not kidding.

I say something to the locals
about -- you know, I said --

I showed them the footage of it
flying and moving

And rotating back
and then zipping out of frame.

You know what that is,
don't you?

It's a ghost.

Three of the guys were like,
"that's a ghost,"

And they were scared.

My favorite thing to do
is to walk out on this hillside.

I love being out in nature,

So I had walked out of
my backyard in the cabin.

And then, I just started
thinking,

"well, I'm out here
in the middle of nowhere,"

And I quickly kind of got bored.

I'd seen these "bigfoot shows"
and things like that,

And I've heard rumors and,
you know, followed it

A little bit -- the history
with the gorge

Is filled with tales
from way back when,

And I didn't put
any stock into it at all.

And in a mocking way,
I picked up a big stick.

And I decided I was
gonna hit a tree twice,

'cause I'd seen this guy
do it on some show,

And, supposedly, that alerts
whatever's out there,

And they get responses.

So I wound up
like a baseball bat.

Whack! Whack!

Five seconds later...

Bam! Bam!

Who's there?!

Who's there?!

There is no way it is an echo,
because I know echoes,

And I just about lost it.

Who's there?!

I went into total fear
and panic, like,

"is somebody out here with me
making a noise like that?"

Billy, is that you?!

Billy?!

Billy!
Stop horsing around!

And in my mind, I thought,
"okay, this is not happening.

It's got to be a hoax.
It's my friend billy.

He's behind the tree.

He's gonna get a big laugh
out of this."

I was really hoping
billy would pop out.

Billy,
stop horsing around!

Billy didn't come out.

I'm like, "okay, this has
got to be a hoax.

Call him.

Let's call billy,
his phone will ring,

And he'll pop out
from behind the tree."

Billy!

Billy, is that you?

I said, "okay, billy,
I'm not laughing anymore,

And you can come out.
The hoax is over.

Or I'm gonna start popping
a few rounds into this tree."

Get out!
Get out!

"you better come out, because
I'm scared to death right now.

I'm really, really
out of my mind."

He says, "you need to know
that I'm not behind the tree,

And if you feel like you
need to shoot something,

Feel free to do it."

I mean, I was like,
"run, bill, run!"

I have a good friend that likes
to come up and visit.

And this one particular day,
woody and I went out for a hike.

So, tell me about this ghost
you got, then, bill.

Come on.

This whole place is haunted --
strange lights, strange noises.

You have no idea.

After we had hiked for
about five minutes

And made our way down
to the waterfall...

We discovered one of
the strangest footprints

I've ever seen in my life.

Look at this.
What do you think that is?

What is that?

Looks like a footprint.

Yeah. Bear?

Some kind of cat?

I don't know.
It's -- it's awfully big.

Yeah.

It is a size 12 to 13 imprint

With four digits
that have hooked claws

On the two in the front
and on the sides.

It's huge. It's big.

Look.
There's another one.

- It's the same kind.
- That's scary.

What was so strange
about this print

Was that it didn't
drag its feet.

It walked like I would
assume an ostrich

Or a bird of some sort would,

Where it took a 3-
or 4-foot stride

And put its foot straight down,

And then 3- or 4-foot stride
and put its foot straight down.

I want to take a picture.

That's big.

That's much bigger
than your foot.

The closest thing that looks
like this print

Is a bigfoot.

Strangest thing I've ever
seen in my life.

Hey.
Look at this.

Looks like a footprint.

Yeah.

Look -- right there.

Hey, look.
Scratch marks.

Look at that.

I think it goes up
over the hill.

- Come on. Let's go.
- Are you sure?

We continued
to track that trail

For about a half a mile
down that valley,

Across a creek bed...

...Through some really
heavy brush...

Up the other side,
into an overhang cave area,

Where they disappear.

We do know where
that cave area is.

We've heard some other things
at night coming from that area.

So, they may be connected.

It's been an eye-opening
experience.

It's hard to get your mind

Wrapped around things
you can't explain.

I really think it's
a significant find --

That there could be something
that we can't explain

Roaming those woods.

I'm a pretty level-headed guy.
I mean, a college-educated guy.

I thought I had a pretty good
sense of what the world offers,

And I cannot explain
any of this.

Are you okay?

Do you
want to talk about it?

I told her what was going on,

And she was extremely skeptical
and concerned, too,

Because she could tell that
it was really bothering me.

I mean, it was a traumatic
experience.

There -- there are
these sounds,

Strange lights.

I believe he believed
what was happening,

Because I support that,

But doesn't mean I was buying
into it at that point.

Some evening?

Sure is.

We're sitting on
the porch, doing what we do --

Enjoying nature's sound.

You know, the crickets are doing
their thing, and it's --

It's about as beautiful a place
as you can imagine.

Listening to the sounds

Is actually one of the things
I like to do.

I love to sit out there
on that wrap deck.

You start to feel that
tranquility, that peace of mind.

All of a sudden, we started
hearing what sounded like

Howling and -- and barking
and, you know,

Growls and things like that.

What is that?

Some kind of animal.

I'm a city guy. I'm trying
to play it down for my wife,

Who's hearing
really nasty sounds.

What is that?!

I don't know.
I don't know what it is!

We hear a totally different
sound, which was a bass-y,

Baritone,
guttural hellhound-type sound.

It was resonating. I mean, we
couldn't have had an amp set up

And just blasting this
better than that.

It sounded like a coyote pack,

But the noises that were
being made were insane.

I was flabbergasted.

And I'm trying to be cool,

But it kept getting louder
and louder and louder.

And it was directly
across from our porch.

No!

Come on!

Come in now! Please!

I looked at my wife. I said,
"look. You stay here.

I'm gonna go get my cellphone,
and we're gonna record this."

And as soon as I grab my phone,
walk out the door, it stopped.

Not one single sound.

We have heard plenty
of other animals out there,

But nothing to that degree.

I could not describe the sounds
we were hearing that night.

Something was being murdered
is what it sounded like.

I mean, that's the only way
you could describe it.

For us to sleep
in separate bedrooms

Because I snore and kick
and put her in a bedroom

In the back of
the cabin with a.38

Was the last thought
I had on my mind

When I bought this cabin.

And it's still a -- for me,
it's a huge stressor.

Um...Did you see that?
Did anyone?

-What's that?
-Come down. Come down.

-It wasn't just me, right?
-No.

If you're here,
just give us...

This one particular night,
we were watching a ghost show.

-See everything...
-It's dripping.

Suddenly, it got
really white near here.

It's like slime. That wasn't
here when we walked in.

There are a lot of shows
that are searching out

The psychic answers or the ghost
stories, things like that.

Do you hear crying?

If there's anyone there,

Give us a signal.

And we were watching
a ghost show,

And I enjoy mocking the show.

Give us a signal!

What was that?

I love these shows.

So, bill decided that he'd kind
of do what the host was doing

And kind of called out
a spirit to say,

"hey, let us know you're here."

Give us a signal.

If there's anyone in this house,
send us a signal.

Bill, what is that?

What just knocked
on our front door on cue

So hard that it would
vibrate the floor?

No.

He went to check out
to see what was on the deck.

There's nobody out here.

That was definitely...

The thing that shook me, I mean,

'cause it was right there,
it happened right then.

Bill and I were right there.

And my mind is trying
to tell me, "it's nothing,"

But then, your heart and your --

Your emotional side
say differently.

So, yeah, right now,
it's a little scary out there --

Definitely a little scary
out there.

There's nothing out there.

We're looking at each other
like, "what was that?"

What was that?

I- I don't know.

It was -- it was dark, but
there was nothing out there.

There was nothing there, but at
that point, my reaction's still,

"well, maybe it was
a tree limb."

He's like, "charisse,
there's nothing out there."

I tried to, you know,
calm my wife down.

There's nothing there.

Okay.

My mind doesn't want to really
go that there's some entity --

Ghost, spirit, whatever -- up
there playing around with us.

I don't really want
to go there, but...

I mean, it's kind of like

I'm not sure what
other explanation there is.

I'm like, "look, darling,
we need to really kind of

Get our heads wrapped around
what's going on up here,

Because there's a very
distinct possibility

That this place is haunted."

Bill!

I had never feared
the red river gorge.

I used to go out there, like,
with a sleeping bag

And a guitar when I was
18 years old

And wake up and see where I was,

And it was this beautiful view
in the morning.

And I never had a gun.

I never had to worry
about arming myself.

I was never really
fearful of the place,

And now we're aware that
there could be something

That we can't explain
roaming those woods.

The cabin itself
and where it's located

Makes you a little bit nervous
to be out there by yourself.

There are just things we can't
explain and we can't understand.

And you have to go,
"yeah, that's something --

I can't explain it, and let's
try not to be afraid of it."

We're not crazy.
We're not paranoid.

We're just good people
that have a good heart

That came up to this cabin
with some goodwill.

We don't have answers,
and we want answers.

That's the only reason that
I'm sharing this story with you

Is that I want answers.

- Hey. How are you?
- Hi.

Got a minute?

I have showed it
to at least 150 people.

I'm, like, taking my iphone
in there and saying,

"man, have you ever seen
anything like this

In your life?"

"no. No, no, no, no."

- No?
- No.

This is the footprint
that nobody can identify.

This is my footprint here,
which is about a size 12,

And it's right directly next
to the print that we found.

When we initially
first saw the footprints,

What struck me was the claws
that come off the side,

The weird anomalies
in the front,

And the huge claw
in the front.

Look. Look.
There's another one.

Look at that.

Notice it's not leaving
too much back here,

Which indicates
a downward imprint.

Of course, bigfoot, you know,
would be more of a bipedal,

Human-looking print.

Some people have emus,
but it's the wrong --

It's the wrong digits, bro.
It's not the same.

I mean, it didn't look like cat
paws or bear paws -- anything.

We spent six hours together
researching on the internet.

I got right into it
with him, and we started

Looking for what it could be,

And I don't see
what it could be.

It is something
totally different.

It's somewhere between a bird
and a dinosaur and a big animal.

I believe there are creatures
out there we haven't seen yet.

I think there's a lot of stuff
out there that we don't know.

And I just know that there's
so much more way deep

That there could be all kinds
of things on this earth itself

That we can't find or see
or even understand.

Even the woodsmen that I've
shown could not explain this.

The locals have never
seen anything like this.

And it continues to be a mystery
that we can't explain.

The history of this cabin
is important.

I spent hours researching
what it could be.

This cabin was built
by a gentleman up there

That built it for
his ailing daughter.

Her name was regina willis.

And I'm like, "that's funny.
My name is willis."

She stayed in this cabin in
the same location where we were,

And she passed away
in the cabin.

And, of course, I didn't know
any of this when I bought it.

You don't feel safe
getting off your front porch

At night without having
some sort of weapon on you,

And that's not only just because
of the natural dangers

Of being in the forest.

You never know what
could be up there.

You know, now that I have
experienced what I consider

To be serious
paranormal activity --

I mean, I've looked at all
the evidence online.

I've looked at all the shows.

I've debunked everything
that I can.

I've gone from a skeptic
to trying to justify

All these events.

I probably wouldn't
stay there by myself.

And I do wonder sometimes
if -- if, you know --

If bill were to go before I do,

How late I would live
my retirement years

Out there by myself. Yeah.

Everybody dreams of owning
a place in a remote area

Where they can go away
and get away from it all,

But be careful
what you wish for.

Be very careful.

There's something out there --

I'm telling you --
I know there is.