"For years, the Wildman of the Navidad." "was the talk and mystery of Texas." "One after the other, rumors surfaced of a creature." "...prowling the dense thicket along the." "...lower regions of the Navidad River." "...just west of the tiny rural community of Sublime." "Sometimes the unknown was called." ""The Wild Woman," as again and again two and even three of the elusive beings ran together leaving a trail of curiosities and terror in their wake." "Over time, history books outlined numerous theories." "...on their possible origin but for the residents of Sublime none of them conclusively explained." "...how the sightings continued far beyond record." "Official reports remained sketchy until the recent discovery." "...of a detailed journal kept by townsman Dale S. Rogers." "Within the pages of his veracious account." "were the gritty details and graphic illustrations." "...of a bizarre series of encounters with the savage." "What follows is his story... wretched, but entirely true." "Get on over here, boy." "You're gonna watch this." "That blood make you a little queasy, boy?" "I shoulda made you gut and skin your first one." "...like my old man did me." "It's all part of the ritual." "You sure didn't waste any time, did you, Charlie?" " Nope." " Yeah." "Boy, that's sure gonna be some good eating." "Yes, sir." "That's a nice one." "He got his first deer." "Good backstrap." "First blood, huh, boy?" "She's dead and I'm thirsty." "You kill the deer, we drink the beer." "You said a mouthful there." "Tanya, bring me a couple of Stars." "Well, we got us a good eating one." "Peckerhead son of a bitch." "Damn, what's it been - three hours of the season?" "Actually, the boy here did the shooting." "Made a shit shot." "I finished her off with my knife." "He didn't have the balls for it." "Figures." "So..." "Little scared." "...of that deer were you?" "Karl Crabtree, look what the cat dragged in." "Ain't bad shit, is it, boss?" "No, sure enough ain't." "Say, how come you still got." "...that froot loop Dale working for you?" "He's a strange son of a bitch." "I mean, never says nothing to nobody." "Well, how'd you be if your old man was shot down cold." "...in the street like that?" "He ain't never been right since." "All he does is tinker around with that bullshit crap." "...in his yard all day - ...not to mention that retard wife of his." "...stuck in her roller chair." "Jesus Christ." "Hey, you know, before that bitch had that car wreck." "...and got stroked out, that was some Grade-A pussy." "Really?" "You're a cat's ass." "But Jack, you oughta think about really getting yourself." "...a good welder, you know?" "God damn, I'd have to go all the way to Campbelton... 45 miles, to find one." "There ain't nobody in this town's dependable." "What the fuck am I, Jack?" "Am I chopped liver?" "I mean, plus..." "I come with my perks." "Yeah, you do." "Rogers!" "You're fired!" "I'm giving Karl your job!" "What the fuck did you do that for?" "Now he's gonna think I'm the one that got him fired." "Well, you did, Karl." "Quit being such a goddamn candy ass!" "God, I swear, Earl, if you don't start burning something cleaner every damn law dog around here is gonna find." "...that there still of yours." "Ah, that machine smokes worse than a cancer patient." "It's that 199 proof diesel you're serving up, Earl." "Those people don't know their ass from a hole in the ground, man." "They're gonna think I'm burning trash out there." "Shit, burning New York City is more like it." "A goddamn blind man could see that smokestack." "...from Ching Chong China." "Them law dogs know better." "...than to come around these parts, right, Earl?" "You're correct." "They come out here, they'll go away limping." "# I can feel the presence in the room here beside me #" "# I turn but there's nobody there #" "# I turn but there's nobody there #" "And that was the Manchaca Allstars." "with "Gardenia Blossoms"." "You're listening to 99AM-CC non-stop Country and Western." "...favorites for the lower Navidad regions." "Today marks the official start of deer season in Lavaca County." "Residents are gearing up for the." "...estimated 3" " To 400 hunters." "...making their way through the area in the next few weeks." "I'll tell you what that number would be a lot higher if old Samuel Rogers' boy." "Dale opened up that five generations of Rogers land he's a-sittin' on." "That's a 600-acre gold mine he's got out there." "# Well, if you're feeling down and out #" "# Tell him what you want #" "# If you're feeling down and out #" "# Tell him what you want #" "# If you're feeling down and out #" "# Tell him what you want #" "# Call him up and tell him what you want #" "# Jesus is on the main line #" "# Tell him what you want #" "# Tell him what you want #" "Beau!" "Come here, boy!" "Come here, boy." "Oh, no." "Looks like I won't be going back." "...to the shop anytime soon." "Jack got himself another welder." "I shoulda known they play favorites around here." "But don't you worry, Jean." "Everything's gonna be all right." "I promise you." "I still got those two gunsmithing jobs." "And I expect a lot more, being the start of season and all." "Besides, we could always lease out." "...a bit of the land if we had to." "Ralph, Ralph!" "Ralph!" "Shut the door, quick!" "I never seen anything so awful in my life." "What are you talking about?" "Something took after me down in the swamp." "What was it?" "I don't know whether it was a man, a beast." "...or old satan himself." "Have you been drinking?" "Not a drop, so help me." "Been a lot of shit talking around here lately hasn't there?" "Mm-hmm." "Speaking of shit motherfucker is uglier than homemade sin." "...and his tits smell like wolf pussy." "Think he's ever seen a pocket knife before?" "Give it to him." "It's all yours, dude." "No, it's all yours, dude!" "You pig fucker!" "Couple of smart boys, huh?" "That son of a bitch always backed into the corner scribbling on some silly note pad." "You'd think he was writing." "...love notes to that Mexican living with him." "Well, I don't know about that but he opened up that river bottom this year." "You lying son of a bitch." "Seen the sign on my way over here." "Well, I'll be damned." "That bottom hasn't been hunted in 30-some years." "I bet there are some monster bucks down there." "Yeah, and you know every limp dick between here." "...and Atascosa County's gonna want a piece of that." "Yeah, probably pay top dollar too." "Can I get you anything, hon?" "I guess let me have another one of those, Tanya." "All right." " Hey, Tanya." " Yes?" "If you don't mind, would you, uh, hang these up for me?" "Sure." "Uh, this round's on me, Tanya." "Get me another Star." "What you drawing on there, Dale?" "Karl." "Look, I just dropped by to say that I'm sorry about." "...taking your job and all." "You know, Jack can be kind of a peckerwood." "You know what I mean?" "Yeah, well, you and him are pretty tight." "Yeah, but look, I came by to offer you a proposition." "I know how you like that shine." "I been brewing and I was." "...thinking maybe we could do a little trade." "I go hunting on your land and uh, well, bring by maybe 10, 11, 12 jugs maybe for you?" "Compensate and all." "Might be able to work something out." "All right then." "Why don't you come by this evening?" "What time?" "6:00 or so." "That'd be great." "You got that?" "Well, Dale, I brang a couple extra." "...for a little bit of good measure, you know?" "Uh, so, I got my, uh gun in the car..." "Sir." "Uh, yeah, so it's down there." "...at the bottoms, right?" "Yeah, just, um just drive your truck down the road." "...there and, uh, take a, take a right on, on the second gate." "O.K." "Don't, don't go on the first one, now, I got some." "...cows down on the river bottom." "...and, um..." "Second gate." "All right." "You, you don't mind if i If I take one for the hunt, do ya?" "I'll bring you another one later..." "Right?" "Yeah." "Appreciate it, Karl." "Thank you, Dale." "Ma'am, Sir." "Jesus." "Dale, how much you charging." "...for them hunts out there now anyway?" "Evidently too much." "Tanya, have you seen Karl?" "Been here since seven this morning." "Hey, Dale." "Karl." "Hey, Karl..." "Did you shoot anything out there yesterday?" "Yeah, I shot..." "I shot." "...me a big old doe..." "Something." "Karl, what did you shoot out there?" "Do you have any bears out there?" "No, there ain't no bears, Karl." "I have a couple of flyers left over, Dale." "I didn't have anywhere else to hang 'em." "Thank you, Tanya." "Well, well, well..." "I'll be damned." "Look what I got." "I've been waiting for this day a long time." "Melvin." "Your daddy always talked about." "...leasing that property again someday." "Well, I already been out there." "Shot me a Mossback big old fucker." "I already got it." "Shut up, Karl." "You probably put one up its ass." "Miss Annie Oakley over here." "Blow it out your ass." "Chicken shit son of a bitch." "Besides, a man takes another man's job." "...ain't worth a puddle of piss." "Anyway I got a little incentive here." "Take this." "I got the winning ticket." "Oh..." "Mmm..." "Huh?" "Mmm..." "Oh..." "Mmm..." "Mmm, oh, oh..." "Come on, boy." "Melvin." "My son Kevin." "Nice to meet you." "If you, uh, you go down this road right here and veer off just take your second right you'll come to a gate and that oughta." "...take you down to the river bottom." "Uh, you want us to set up on the other side then?" "Well, actually, if, uh, if you don't mind..." "I'd rather you set up, set up camp over to the west." "It's just a better piece of land... it's a little greener." "...over there and I just, uh, I just think it'd be better." "All right, Dale, we'll see you in a couple of days." "Come on, boy." "I haven't been down here in a coon's age." "Me and Dale's old man used to." "...plant oats up and down this bottom stretch..." "God rest his soul." "I doubt that there's a lonelier place around here." "...than this bottom." "That man's kinda weird - ...that Dale guy." "Yeah, he's a lot different." "...than his daddy." "Didn't he say to set up camp further downstream?" "Hell, if we'd set up further." "...downstream, it'd be darker than." "...a well digger's ass before we get any hunting in." "You brought the 30-30, daddy?" "Special occasion." "There's big game all over this stretch of bottom, boy." "I can't believe it took him this long to open it up." "Karl said he shot a bear the other day." "Karl's a damn drunk." "It's trash talk like that." "...that gets the people believing in shit like Sasquatch." "It's just lies." "...or hallucinations brought on by the town's killer." "The town's killer?" "Moonshine, boy." "Son of a bitch!" "Goddamn shit!" "Chicken shit son of a bitch." "What are you trying to do?" "Send smoke signals to the next village?" "I've been working on this machine all day." "I can't get the alcohol contents right." "Shit fire!" "That'd take the calluses off a nigger's hands!" "I told you, the alcohol content's too high." "Half of the people in town are nitwits now." "You take that in there they're all gonna be brain-dead." "You know, uh, Samuel's boy Dale." "...opened his land up this week." "Yeah." "He probably needs the money." "You think it's still out there?" "Lt?" "We don't even know if there is an it." "You know what it is, Earl." "Don't play dumb on me." "That thing could up and kill someone one of these days." "...as sure as the world." "Don't be causing any problems, Lyle." "You know you enjoy that." "...dirty money that lines your pocket every month." "What happens when it comes out, Earl?" "'Cause it's coming." "I guarantee you that." "It's coming." "That's a good'un, boy." "Man, look at the tusks!" "Don't you think you need to take another shot, boy?" "What the hell was that?" "Aw, nothing..." "Just some bucks." "...out there rooting around for some does." "Grab that hog and let's go." "Hold up there, boy." "Hold this." "I want to show you something." "Stick your finger in that, boy." "It's wet, daddy." "That's what they call pear pussy." "Pear pussy, boy." "You know, I think we oughta go." "...a little deeper in the bottoms tomorrow." "That's where the big'uns are." "Daddy, you sure that was a buck back there?" "Yeah, it was a buck." "What do you think it was?" "A big old bear?" "Speaking of, I gotta go take me." "...a big old grizzly shit." "Daddy?" "Dad?" "All right, dad, I'm not 10." "I'm not gonna fall for this." "Dad?" "God damn, daddy!" "You scared the shit out of me!" "Relax, boy, I'm just fooling." "Boy, I ain't never heard you cuss like that." "Relax." "Good night, boy." "Night, daddy." "# I don't hear the hound dogs anymore #" "# Or see them sneaking' round the door #" "# Way they did way back in '54 #" "# Lord, I don't hear the hound dogs anymore #" "# I don't hear the hound dogs anymore #" "# Or see them sneaking' round the door #" "# Way they did way back in '54 #" "# Lord, I don't hear the hound dogs anymore #" "# No, I don't hear the hound dogs anymore #" "I don't want you worrying about our arguing, Jean." "We just got different views, that's all." "You know, we've been doing pretty good with these hunters." "I guess it was sort of a godsend, me losing that job." "Keeps up like this and I might be able to get you some therapy." "I know it's been hard." "These last years have been real hard." "But I think there's some light at the end of the tunnel..." "I really do." "A dense fog advisory has been issued." "...until 10 A.M. Tomorrow morning." "Weather is expected to continue cool and partly cloudy." "No chance of precipitation in the immediate forecast." "Tonight's low will be 48 degrees." "Our current temperature is 56... with the wind out of the southeast at three miles..." "Damn, this sausage is tougher than a mule's foreskin." "Well, we'd be eating Bigfoot steaks by now if you'd hurry up." "...and kill that big hairy monster." "...running around out there at Dale's place." "I got a tube steak for you." "Yeah?" "Looks more like a Vienna sausage to me." "Well, when Melvin gets here..." "I guarantee you we'll be eating some deer meat." "He's not back yet?" "I hadn't seen him." "I ain't seen him since Friday." "Hmm." "He's been gone since Wednesday." "He should be back by now." "Hey, Henry, what'd you and Mel catch on Sunday?" "He never even showed up." "Seemed kind of funny to me." "Didn't show up?" "That's like the Pope missing Sunday meeting." "Yup." "He always goes catfishing after church." "Think something's wrong?" "Aw, Mel's tough as an old boot." "Thank you, Tanya." "My better half shot anything yet?" "Who's that?" "Herbert." "No, not that, uh..." "Not that I know of." "Keep an eye on him." "You know he shot his big toe off last year in the Turkey Trot." "Not playing with a full deck." "Dale." " Hey, Lyle." " How you doing?" "Doing all right." "You know, old Melvin's been out there quite some time now hasn't he?" "Yeah." "I guess he's faring pretty well." "I reckon so." "Now listen, Dale, I've been thinking." "I know times are tough, with you out of work..." "Jean the way she is and all..." "But I sure would hate to see anything go wrong." "Wrong?" "What's gonna go wrong, Lyle?" "You know what I'm talking about." "They're not on the riverbed, Lyle." "You sure about that?" "Yeah." "Well, I'm glad to hear that." "Because if something did go wrong, I sure would hate." "...to see folks start pointing fingers at anyone." "Hey, Dale." "You a little bit early for church, aren't you?" "Yeah, I guess I am, preach." "Matter of fact..." "I haven't seen you in church in several Sundays." "Yeah, it's probably..." "been quite a while." "Well, you know, Dale it says in the Bible in Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 3..." "If you do the right thing, honesty will rule your life." "But if you're crooked, you'll be trapped by your own dishonesty." "Maybe I'll see you in church Sunday morning." "# Out on the perilous deep #" "# Dangers silently creep #" "# And storms so violently sweeping #" "# You're drifting too far from the shore #" "Melvin!" "Kevin!" "Melvin!" "# Freight train, freight train, running so fast #" "# Freight train, freight train, # # running so fast #" "# Please don't tell what train I'm on... #" "Closing down a little early, are you?" "Yeah, well, uh, I might have been a little, uh, a little rash." "...in my thinking, you know?" "Yeah, that's probably the smartest thing, Dale." "You know, knowing Samuel he'd have wanted it that way." "Stop that, you old pervert!" "Who you calling old?" "You, that's who." "Ooh, watch it!" "You all right, baby?" "Aah!" "You all right, babe?" "Yeah." "What is all of this?" "Oh, my God!" "Jesus of Nazareth!" "And that concludes the sermon." "...here at the Cornerstone Baptist Church." "So remember, all you have to do." "...is ask Jesus to come into your heart repent your sins and everlasting life is waiting for you on the other side." "Now I take you over to 99AM-CC to listen to a little gospel music." "...from Dark Holler." "Enjoy, and make Jesus king of your life." "Hurry up, lady, let's get out of here!" "Quick!" "Oh, mercy me, what happened to you?" "Go!" "Drive!" "Get out of here!" "There was some crazy animal!" "He was cutting my wife up..." "Oh, my God!" "It was terrible." "That looks terrible." "I'm hurt bad." "Hurry!" "Get me to town!" "I'm getting you to town as soon as I can." "Drive faster!" "I think she's dying, or dead." "All right, everybody just calm down." "Let's let the man speak." "Vern, can you tell us what happened?" "The son of a bitch was massive, Sheriff." "He split my wife in two - ...one swipe." "Oh, dear." "Must have stood seven, eight feet." "Ran on two legs, not all fours." "He was hairy and crazy eyes." "An animal of a man!" "See, I told ya!" "That wasn't no bear I shot at!" "I ain't fucking crazy!" "Some sort of wild, crazy man out there some half-breed." "Look, Melvin and his son is still down there." "We don't know who else is in that bottom." "We need to get on down to Dale's and see about it." "Let's go get that bugger." "Yeah, let's do it!" "Let's go!" "Now look, going out there tonight." "would only get someone else hurt." "Now, it'll be long about dark soon." "First thing in the morning... we need to meet at the community center." "with hound dogs, rifles." "...and enough rations for a two-day hunt." "Now let's get this man to a medic." "It's O.K." "It's O.K. Now, Jean." "It's O.K., babe." "Holy shit!" "What the hell was that?" "I don't know, but it was huge!" "I'm scared, Otis." "Let's you and me get out of here." "You don't have to tell me twice." "It's getting late, baby." "Don't you think you should come to bed?" "I'll be in there as soon as I finish this off." "You go on in there and get ready for me." "All right." "Oh." "You're gonna have to be strong, Jean." "You're gonna have to be real strong." "I know I haven't been here for you lately but things are gonna change." "I promise you that." "I love you, Jean." "I love you." "Watch yourself out there, Lyle." "This is something that shoulda happened a long time ago but I'm gonna make damn certain it happens today." "Don't you go out of this house now, you hear?" "Put some coffee on the burner." "I should be back directly." "Charlie, let's get them dogs loaded!" "Yeah, go, we gotta hurry!" "Who's got some 30-30 ammunition?" "I do, I got plenty in my truck." "Hey, get some goddamn dogs." "You got any shells for this shotgun?" "I ain't got nothing but birdshot left and that ain't good for nothing but killing rabbits and wetbacks." "Well, that ain't worth shit." "We ain't chasing wetbacks." "All right, we'll load up here pretty quick." "You got them horses?" "How many horses?" "I brought you fellers something to drink." "...in case you get thirsty down there in the pasture." "Thank you." "Looks like white lightning." "That'll do the trick." " What's shaking, Dale?" " Hey, Karl." "You ready to go get that sucker?" "Ready to get down to the creek get him right between the eyes." "Look at him." "Fat-ass peckerdick." "That's what I like about you, boy." "Got him a new boy." "I don't give a shit." "Take the truck if you want to." "I'm gonna go get me a beer." "Blow his guts out is all I wanna do." "Got enough to work both sides of the river?" "Just like old times." "Get him by the scrote bag cut that son of a bitch off and tan it for a tobacco pouch." "Well, suit yourself." "You're gonna need something out there." "Here comes the sheriff." "Everybody get out the way." "...and let this man get in here and speak." "All right, let's get this thing moving." "Billy, you got a full tank?" "Just got her filled up this morning, boss." "We're ready to go." "Dale, you got your gate unlocked?" " Yeah." " Good." "They found Fred and Darleen murdered in their bed this morning!" "Fred had an antler through his ribcage..." "Darleen was ripped to shreds!" "Said they couldn't even recognize her!" "Had to be that wildman." "Let's lynch that son of a bitch!" "Let's gut him like we did that hog last week." " Run him down, boys." " Let's get him." "Jack him up!" "Let's go!" "We're gonna go out yonder, make our way back west." "The boys are gonna head south on the bank see what they can stir up." "Somewhere between there, we oughta bring it down." "And Dale, just so you know, none of us blame you for any of this." "You and I both know ...that those weren't bullet holes in your daddy." "We know that you're clean as a hen's tooth, Dale and the truth is all coming out this afternoon." "Yeah." "When the buzzards start circling." "Let's get him!" "Let's make a rug out of that son of a bitch!" "Come on, boys!" "Let's go, let's go!" "Unload!" "Come on, boys!" "Come on, come on!" "Come on." "All right, fellers, I'm gonna go in here circle through this bottom." "You hear a bunch of shooting, run around to the flats." "...as fast as you can and cut him off." "What if I hear you screaming?" "God, don't say that, you ignorant son of a bitch." "Good luck." "Look like he's been eating." "Sure has, 'bout all gone." "He'll do the same thing to us if he gets a chance." "I think I heard something." "I bet he travels this creek." "I knew you went this way." "I got you now, you son of a bitch." "He's headed down to the river, boys!" "Get him!" "There it is!" "It's heading south!" "Can't get a shot." "Earl, I'm gonna cut him off at the river bottom!" "Come on, boy!" "There he is, there he is!" "He's making for the river!" "All right, I got, I got a sight on him right now!" "Ride him down, ride him down!" "Can you get a shot at him?" "No, I can't see him." "I need six horses, go on!" "Get on in there!" "Shoot him down!" "Get across that river bottom to that other side and cut him off." "Don't you dare let that son of a bitch get away." "I'll get him, I'll get him!" " Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Get him!" " Where'd he go?" "If you can't kill him, wound him cripple the son of a bitch." "There he is." " Christ almighty." " Is it dead?" "I've never seen anything like that before in my life." "Dang, I can't tell what it is from right here." "I don't know whether it's a man or an animal." "It don't look natural." "Look at them tusks on that son of a gun." "Preacher, I want you just to stand up close next to Dale there." "I'll get a picture of all three of you right in front of this guy." "Why don't y'all get together and take a picture together?" " It's over." " Finally." "They say he's eaten horses?" "Yeah, he's been eating horses." "God almighty." "Sure is ugly." "Smells like they killed him three days ago." "Can we get one more of you and that gun?" "At least he's dead, dead, dead." "Good riddance." "God damn!" "Good riddance to bad rubbish!" "Preacher can't save him maybe the devil can." "Amen." "# I went down to the river, said a little prayer #" "# Lord, something got a hold on me #" "# I went down to the river, said a little prayer #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# And something got a hold on me, sweet Jesus #" "# Something got a hold on me #" "# I was praying to the Master to take my cares away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# I gave my soul to glory on that riverbank #" "# Lord, something got a hold on me #" "# I gave my soul to glory on that riverbank #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# And something got a hold on me, sweet Jesus #" "# Something got a hold on me #" "# I was praying to the Master to take my cares away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# And something got a hold on me, sweet Jesus #" "# Something got a hold on me #" "# I was praying to the Master to take my cares away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# I went under the water to wash my sins away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# I went under the water to wash my sins away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# And something got a hold on me, sweet Jesus #" "# Something got a hold on me #" "# I was praying to the Master to take my cares away #" "# And something got a hold on me #" "# Yeah, something got a hold on... #" "# Me #"