"[Theme music]" "NARRATOR:" "My name is Aaron, and the study of man's past" "Has always fascinated me." "So much so that I made it my life's work." "You see, I've always had this desire to shape the way we look" "At our past because our lives seem so short..." "like we're just" "So many points of light, fighting it out" "Within some vast and utter darkness." "It all started peacefully enough." "I'd earned a postgraduate scholarship in history," "And was working as a general teaching assistant" "For the summer schedule." "Earlier that morning, I was informed" "That one of our faculty had suffered a stroke." "At the time, I was really excited." "All my hopes and dreams, once far off and frustrated," "Now seemed possible, provable, within reach." "My main goal in life was to solve the mystery" "Surrounding America's first documented," "Tried and convicted cannibal." "The man I had based my entire master's thesis" "And professional career around." "In life, his name was Alferd Packer." "In death, as in life, great controversy" "Always surrounded Packer." "Even on his headstone, a misguided mason's sense" "For proper English misspelled his name" "As Alfred for all eternity." "But many skeptics, including myself," "Questioned if it really was Packer dead" "And buried there in that grave." "Packer journeyed into Colorado at the height" "Of the Gold Rush ear." "As a kid growing up back there, I'd heard" "Many ghost stories about him." "In the winter of 1874, he led an ill-fated expedition" "Of gold miners into Slumgullion Pass, where" "He killed and ate all of them, before stealing" "Away with their gold." "Packer was caught, trying to cash in his stolen" "Gold at an Indian trading post, but he claimed" "He knew the whereabouts of a huge motherload for the West," "And vowed that no jail could keep him from it." "One night, he vanished." "The story was, they brought back the wrong man" "Who took the blame for Packer, but was eventually" "Even pardoned by the governor." "I thought if there was any truth to these tales," "I'd be able to chart the ancient path of his travelings" "By researching the archivals of various county coronorers," "Due west of Colorado." "You see, Packer allegedly murdered" "My great-great grandfather on his way west," "And I eventually was able to track" "Down old gramps' gravesite." "I figured I'd like to do the same for Packer." "No one knew exactly where he had ended up," "But I was determined to find out the truth." "I did my research mostly by facts, and a modem" "To my computer." "Finally, I found a nearly complete ring of locations" "About five miles in circumference" "Near a place called Miller's Pass in Southern California." "With a little more documentation," "I could ensure myself academic fame and tenure for life." "But some of the tales I heard seemed more than far-fetched." "They were on a scale that was almost biblical in proportion," "And they really made me laugh." "Especially the one about Packer meeting the devil down" "In those deep, dark mine shafts where they made a blood pact..." "A pact that allowed Packer keep his soul," "Live forever, and own more gold than he could have spend." "Well, like many deals, it wasn't all that it seemed at first," "And it went badly for Packer." "Being so close to the gates of hell," "The devil took him there for a short visit," "Where he crucified him." "After that, according to the legend," "He put what was left of Packer back on Earth, doomed to hunger" "Only for human flesh, and the gold in the earth" "Forever... or at least until judgment day." "After all, a deal's a deal." "Since I knew the professor wouldn't be coming back" "That semester, I figured I'd surprise the class" "With a new assignment, and be on the trail" "Before anyone could object." "This is Miller's Pass, and this was" "Alferd Packer, just before his infamous mining extradition." "Many claim they caught the wrong man." "And then, in 1890..." "Along a 20-mile stretch" "Of canyons and deserts, a new darkness" "Spread across the land." "The land was turned into a graveyard." "[Ominous music]" "A killing ground for a savage murderer," "Who dispatched his victims with one powerful blow of a pick." "Described as a monster, a pure force of evil," "The likes of which have never been seen again to this day." "Alfred E. Packer slaughtered over 40 men and women" "During his reign of terror." "The deranged miner's insatiable appetite for blood" "Was surpassed only by his lust for gold, vowing he" "We would never let his body be laid to rest till he" "Had struck the mother load." "Any questions?" "Yeah, I got a question." "Who the hell are you?" "Me?" "I'm your worst nightmare." "I'm a teacher's assistant, with the power" "To flunk you boneheads." "When your professor had a stroke," "I was assigned to give you a final project" "To help you pass this course." "So I've taken it upon myself to organize" "A little anthropological expedition" "To search for this legendary corpse of Alferd Packer." "And you all are coming with me." "We're going to have so much fun." "Oh, it is too late to drop this course." "[Flies buzzing]" "[Eerie music]" "[Flies buzzing]" "[Eerie music]" "AARON (SINGING):" "Who's crying now?" "Are you crying now?" "Are you?" "Hi." "Hi, have a seat." "That was nice." "Did you write it yourself?" "Yeah, a long time ago." "So, why are you out here, Aaron?" "Aren't you tired?" "I think I should be asking you the same thing." "Why aren't you up there, cold, back there with all" "The rest of your classmates?" "What, with those light-weights?" "Are you kidding?" "They were asleep before we even got to camp." "Maybe we should slow down just a tad, huh?" "Maybe a tad bit." "Tara, wake up." "Tara!" "What?" "Laura and Aaron are missing." "Who?" "Laura and Aaron are missing." "Geez, go to sleep." "We've got to find them." "Oh, oh, OK." "I'll catch up to you." "Tara, come on, this is serious." "What do you want me to do about it?" "We've got to find them." "You don't seem like a night person to me." "Are you kidding?" "I love the night." "I love everything about the night." "You know, when I was in school and I was having a hard time" "Doing a term paper, I used to set my alarm for 3 o'clock" "In the morning." "I'd get up, go out on the porch at my dorm, and just sit there," "Staring off into the night." "I found myself doing the same thing" "When school was out at home." "Getting up at 3 o'clock in the morning," "Going out, lounging out on the chair" "On my parents' front lawn..." "Just staring out into the night." "Parents didn't know what to think of me." "Got to be pretty good friends with the milk man, though." "HOLLY:" "Where did she go?" "What?" "Is their stuff still there?" "HOLLY:" "Yeah." "Well, maybe they just went for a walk." "HOLLY:" "In the middle of the night?" "Come on, you guys." "[Booming]" "What the hell is that sound?" "This trip isn't about books or graphs, or about taking notes." "It's about getting out of the classroom," "Getting away from the computer." "Getting out here." "You know?" "Experiencing things first-hand." "Sharing things with others, sharing your observations." "HOLLY:" "Well, looks like I'm going to have to do it myself." "Weasels." "No one talks anymore." "How's this?" "VOICE:" "Help!" "I'm down here!" "Help!" "Please, help me, please, somebody, I'm down here!" "Please help me!" "I'm down here, please!" "I'm down here, somebody help me, I'm trapped!" "Down here!" "Someone help me, please!" "Help me, please!" "Please help me!" "He's coming, help me!" "He's coming, help me!" "Please, please, he's coming!" "[Screaming]" "[Screaming]" "Goose behind you!" "You little creep." "Mom gets harder." "Move that." "Cut it out, I'll smack you." "Cut it out." "Hey, stop screwing around." "What?" "Yeah, right." "She started it." "Big puss." "You got crap on your back." "Cut it out." "Wow." "Hey, you guys." "Look at this bone?" "Yeah, Laura, remind you of anything?" "Howdy." "You're trespassing, boy." "Yeah, we were just on our way to Miller's Pass," "Do a little prospecting." "You look more like city folk, to me." "Lost your way." "We thought we could spend the night here." "Warm weather brings your kind." "Mostly undesirables." "You're not much better than the trash you leave." "Well, you won't have any... any sort of problem" "Like that with us, sir." "I know I won't." "Ah, look, if you're going to spend the night," "There's one thing I want to warn you about." "A long time ago, there was a field hospital here," "And they took every precaution to fix people up and send" "Them back to work in the mine." "At one time there was this guy, he had gallstone problem," "So they figured they take out the gallstones right here." "So just before they put him under," "They figured, they just tell him, you know, reassure him," "OK, he's going to be all right." "OK, he was fine." "He went under." "And after the surgery, guy came to." "And they told him he had a very successful liver operation." "Well, he was so upset, he went instantly crazy." "He was supposed to have his gallstones out." "And this guy, got up off the operating table." "He just looked around, he killed everybody in the room." "And he just ran out of room." "Nobody saw him again." "But after that, the patients in some of the other tents," "They could swear the flap of the tent would just open up," "And they'd see an image of somebody coming in," "Come over and start to peel back the sheets a little bit." "And all they could hear is somebody saying, my liver!" "I want my liver!" "Where's my liver!" "[Laughing]" "They fell for it!" "They fell for it!" "Oh, god, you fell for it." "Everyone one of you fell for it." "Hey, you know what?" "I had a lot of fun." "You know what?" "Let me see if I can work up a good puss pocket for you." "No, listen, listen..." "Have you ever heard" "Of the legend of Alferd Packer?" "Alferd Packer?" "What do you want to know about him for?" "Hey... what's with you anyway?" "You're not prospectors." "You came up here looking for something else, didn't you?" "No, no, no..." "I just heard that he was buried up here." "Uh-uh... no, uh-uh." "You go messing with the dead, you go messing with Packer," "You're in trouble." "I mean it." "Something bad's going to happen." "No, it's not that at all." "It's just that one of us last night, traveling in our party," "Said she saw a light, or something." "And we can't find her now." "[Inaudible]" "No, uh-uh." "Forget it." "She's as good as dead." "She's probably dead by now." "The same thing's going to happen to you... or worse." "Just get out of here." "Get off my land." "I mean, get all your stuff." "Come on, come on, here." "Get this thing." "You, too." "You, too." "Come on." "Get out of here." "There's something wrong." "Just get out of here, I mean it." "Something... oh, you have no idea the trouble" "You've made for yourself!" "You have no idea!" "Aaron, I thought you said there was someplace out here" "We could get help." "I did." "This is it." "What is it?" "This." "I think the answer's here." "Are you joking?" "This is not happening." "Holly is gone." "This whole field trip is over." "Don't you think I know that?" "Aaron, we have to get to the police to get some help." "The police are three days back." "Well then, we'd better start now." "You know, sometimes when you're out here like this," "You have to rely on other sources." "What are you trying to say?" "This path is sacred ground." "With all your help, a little luck," "We might be able to find out some answers" "About what happened to Holly." "Well, what are you getting at?" "I'm talking about speaking with the dead." "I'll just wait for you guys out here." "This is it." "This is it." "All right guys, take your stuff off, don't bring it in here." "Ooh." "Aaron, what are you doing?" "I think he's been out in the sun too long." "Tara, Tara come here." "It's due west, the color black." "I like black, black's cool." "Like we care." "Rebirthing, transformation, death." "The sign of the east, stand right here." "Illumination, the rising sun..." "I got your rising sun right here." "Sacred cloud." "Right here, here, right there." "That's it." "It's the sign of the..." "Sign of the south." "That will be the north." "Strong noises right here." "OK, all right." "I think we're ready." "Everybody sit down." "In the dirt?" "Yes, in the dirt." "Put your legs out in the center." "Connect hands, form a circle." "Get comfortable." "Right, under, over." "Relax." "Take a deep breath." "Feel the energy from one hand to another." "[Thunder]" "Keep your arms on the rock." "Think of where you last saw Holly." "[Wind blowing]" "[Howling]" "[Whispering]" "[Distant screaming]" "Wake up." "Wake up." "Come on you guys, wake up." "[Ominous music]" "Wake up, you guys!" "[Eerie piano music]" "Come on, you guys." "Hey, where's Tara?" "I don't know." "Aaron?" "Hey, Aaron." "I'm just going to go find her, OK?" "Wait, wait, wait..." "I'll go with you." "HOLLY:" "Come on." "Tara." "Holly?" "Hello?" "Come on, Tara." "[Eerie piano music]" "[Drumming]" "Tara!" "Hey... wow, look at this mine." "You don't think she..." "Wussy." "Tara!" "Tara?" "Are you coming?" "Come on." "Forget it." "Nuh-huh." "No way." "Hey!" "Laura, Laura, come back!" "[Flies buzzing]" "Ah, damn." "Stupid." "Laura!" "Laura!" "[Buzzing]" "HOLLY:" "Tara, come on." "Holly?" "Oh..." "Laura?" "Oh, god." "Tara!" "Hey you guys!" "Tara!" "Laura!" "Curtis!" "Whew... god, it smells." "[Grunting] Damn!" "Stupid class." "Oh, something died in here." "That's it... when I see Aaron... this stuff is way" "Beyond the course description." "Aaron's girlfriend... she never liked me, anyway." "Should've took that dance elective." "[Flies buzzing]" "[Gagging]" "LAURA:" "What is this?" "[Flies buzzing]" "Somebody lives here?" "[Music grows louder]" "HOLLY:" "Come on." "Laura?" "HOLLY:" "Tara?" "It looks like s..." "[Gasps]" "[Gasp]" "Wait till Aaron sees this." "[Roaring]" "HOLLY:" "Tara, this is serious." "[Moaning]" "[Screaming]" "[Screaming]" "Tara?" "Is that you?" "[Gasping]" "[Coughing]" "[Growling]" "Laura, is that you?" "Tara?" "What the..." "[Screaming]" "[Panting]" "Oh, god!" "Help!" "How do I get out of here?" "It's a rat trap!" "[Choking]" "[Crashing]" "[Whimpering]" "[Whimpering]" "[Screaming]" "[Crying]" "[Screaming]" "[Crying]" "[Screaming]" "[Screaming]" "[Screaming]" "[Boiling water]" "[Roaring]" "[Clanging]" "[Screaming]" "Hey, hey, hey!" "It's me, it's all right." "Laura, it's me, it's Aaron." "It's all right." "It's all right." "What is happening?" "I don't know." "[Whimpering]" "It's OK." "He hurt me, so bad." "We've got to get out of here." "Can you walk?" "Oh, I think so." "OK, hang on to me." "OK, ready?" "This way." "You're going to be OK." "This way." "I hope there's a way out." "Oh, god." "Don't worry about it." "Don't think about it." "God, oh, god." "[Rumbling]" "Come on, this way." "I think I hear something." "[Panting]" "LAURA:" "I tried to pray... [echo] Couldn't" "Think of any prayer [echo]." "Mother used to always say if I needed" "Something, to ask our Lady." "Christ couldn't refuse his mother." "I don't even know how to ask her. [Echo]" "[Drums]" "Oh, Aaron!" "What is it?" "Shh." "[Gong]" "[Drums]" "Ssh, now calm down." "Do me a favor, you just stay here." "I'm going to go down there and search out what that is." "I will be right back." "No!" " It's all right." " No!" "Stay here." "[Crying]" "[Gong]" "Listen, I won't let anything happen to you." "I will be right back, I promise." "OK?" "Oh, be careful." "Be careful." "Shh." "[Animal noises]" "[Grunting]" "[Crackling]" "[Gong]" "Oh, my god!" "Cindy!" "Cindy!" "Cindy, come on, it's OK!" "It's all right!" "[Screaming]" "What is happening?" "He's coming!" "[Screaming]" "He's coming!" "[Screaming]" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Come on!" "[Gong]" "Aaron, what is it?" "[Screams]" "It's OK." "No, Curtis." "[Drums]" "[Crying]" "[Screaming]" "Aaron!" "[Whimpering]" "[Screaming]" "[Roaring]" "[Screaming]" "[Chewing]" "[Music]" "[Coughing]" "[Tapping]" "What's this?" "Watch your head." "Cover your head." "[Panting]" "A nugget of gold." "Stop it." "You're doing it all wrong." "You gotta time it with the picking." "The picking, the picking, OK?" "Come on." "Pick, pick, pick." "OK, on three." "One, two, three." "Come on, listen, listen." "Pick, pick, pick, OK on three... one, two, three." "One more, one more, shh, shh..." "Listen." "One, two, three." "Come on, come on, wait, come on." "We can't fit through there." "Laura, you have to go." "Yes, you do." "No, no, no!" "Look, do you want to die in this cave?" "No." "Well, you have to go out." "I can't do it, no." "You'll be all right." "You go, you get help for us." "Go." "At's a girl." "Come on, that's it." "Come on." "Come on." "All right, all right, come on, Cindy, come on." "Come here, come here." "I love you." "Come on." "Come on, come on." "Duck, duck your head." "Come on." "Twist around." "Laura, help her." "[Screaming]" "I can't get her." "Help her, Laura." "Help!" "Wait a minute... shh, shh, shh." "I don't hear a pick." "[Screaming]" "Get her in!" "[Screaming]" "Laura!" "Laura!" "Go!" "Go get help!" "Come on!" "[Screaming]" "No!" "No!" "Not my Cindy!" "[Screaming]" "Are you going to help me, or not?" "Or do you want to wait in here to die?" "Huh?" "Is that what you want?" "To die?" "Your girlfriend would be real proud of you, wouldn't she?" "[Panting]" "I'm not going to die in this hell hole." "[Whimpering]" "Help." "[Coughing]" "Hey, let's get out of here." "My name is Aaron." "Jeff." "Shall we?" "[Drumming]" "[Gong]" "[Whimpering]" "[Drumming]" "Fourth of July." "[Gong]" "Aaron!" "Ah!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Help!" "Come on, let's go home." "What was that thing?" "It's all right, calm down." "I'm going to get us out of here." "No, it's probably going to get us!" "But first, I'm going to rock his world." "[Bell ringing]" "[Growling]" "Don't worry about it, just keep moving." "Keep moving." "[Animal sounds]" "Are they coming?" "They..." "[Bell ringing]" "Hurry, Aaron... hurry, hurry!" "Come on, hurry!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Come on, Aaron!" "[Roaring]" "HOLLY:" "Looks like I'm going to have to do it myself." " Wait, wait..." " What?" "Did you hear that?" "No, Aaron, come on." "No, I think that was Holly's voice." "No!" "Yeah!" "Come on, Aaron, just forget it." "Leave it alone!" "Come on, please!" "I need your help." "[Roaring]" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "[Screaming]" "Aaron!" "Hurry!" "[Explosion]" "This way." "Just a little bit further." "Can you hear that?" "Is that a road?" "Could be, come on." "Come on." "Can we get a lift?" "Thanks a lot." "I better get an A out of this." "[Theme music]"