"Excuse me, sir." "You need to see this." "So this could get you your old job back?" "No." "It could get me a better one." "Just because you know where a whale is?" "No, I told you." "It's not a whale." "Oh, right." "It's an unclassified marine vertebrate." "That's right." "One that's moving at over 100 knots." "Over 115 miles an hour." "That's faster than anything in the water." "And you discovered it." "Well, yeah, I mean," "I was the first to see it and record it." "Until they screwed you out of everything." "Whoa!" "Hey, we don't use language like that." "Except when it's accurate." "Do you know what this is?" "This is a GPS signal picked up off NSA Carnivore." "Someone's tagged a live one." "Who?" "It's a mystery." "Like the crew of the Topeka." "111 men gone without a trace." "You can't leave." "You've got responsibilities." "Poker night." "Duck season." "I'm honoring my responsibilities by doing this." "Tracy and the kids are here, man." "Hey, it's all right." "I ain't going forever." " What about my porch?" " Come on, man!" "We'll finish your dang porch when I get back." "Figure out what it is I'm supposed to do." "Is that like you figured out your decor in the living room?" "Look, I'm going to talk to the only person I know that saw the same thing I did." "Man, I gotta find somebody." "Anybody else who's going through what I am." "I'm dying here." "She knows you're coming?" "Not exactly, no." "Look after her, all right?" "Yeah." "He shocked me and knocked me on my butt." "He's a menace, man." "No, he's not." "He just ate Amber Lou's dog, dude!" "That's bad!" " "If found, please call"" " We don't need to call." "People are gonna find out." "Like your parents." "Yeah." "Hey, maybe I'll come clean." "You know, maybe they'll just let me keep him." "Don't be a sucker." "There's only way to go in a situation like this." " What?" " Full and total denial." "Hello." "Hey." "Hey, it's Rich." "Oh, my god!" "Rich!" "Hi." "Hey!" "How are you?" "Oh, I'm all right, I'm all right." " How about yourself?" " Good, great." "I tagged one." "Get outta here." "Yeah, just this past weekend." "Right off the far all ones." "How about that?" "What, did you get it from the boat?" "No, I was in the water." "It was crazy." "I..." "Wow." "Them mothers are big, ain't they?" "Yeah, you could say that." "They're huge." "Where are you?" "Oh, I'm actually in California." "Had some business out here." "A little conference." "How far are you from Sausalito?" "Uh... a couple hours." "You are so dead." "Amber is, like, mortified." "Really?" "Duh!" "I'm sure she's telling her mom that your thing ate her dog." "Do you honestly think no one is gonna find out?" "Find out what?" " Honey, are you okay?" " Yeah." "I'm fine." "Don't say anything." "Hi, Cathy." "Amber's mom." "You are such a goner." "Oh, of course I'm listening." "It just sounds so..." "Oh, Cathy, I've never allowed Miles to have a pet let alone." "Well, if something happened next door, shouldn't you be calling them?" "Okay then." "I'll talk to him." "That was Amber's mother." "Is she on some kind of medication?" "No, she's fine." "Why?" "Well, Amber's dog's missing, and I guess they're very upset." "Hey, there!" "That sure beats the last boat we were on, huh?" "Hey, nice to see you." "Oh, hey, I thought I'd gone overboard." "Man, that's only some of it." "Here you go." " Oh, thank you." " Sure." "You see this?" "I've got a friend at the weather tracking service, and she took satellite photos of my tagging trip." " Oh, wow." " Yeah." " This is a whole pod of them." " Yeah." "Maybe even a school." "Look at that." "That is amazing." "But I saved the best for last." "Check it out." "Listen." " Ha!" "That's him?" " Yeah." "Yeah, he's 34 north, 117 west." "Heading down to the north end of Baja." " See?" " Yeah." "You can see the history of his route." "Track his movement over time." "Right here." "Look at that." "Well, they're out there." "He's out there." "Hi." "Got a present for you." "I don't take the sat for two more years." "Never too early to start." "It's how your sister got a 1450." "I could study for 50 years and I wouldn't make a 1450." "Now, what kind of attitude is that to have, hmm?" "The truth." "Read." "Oh, no." "Oh, no." " Hey, Phil." "It's me." " Miles!" "Just a second." "Yeah, what do you want?" "You've gotta move Nim." "Now." "It's like I told the girl's mother." "We don't have any pets." "Well, a lot of parents think that, ma'am, then find out different." "Believe me." "I know what my children are up to." "I'm a very involved parent." "Miles!" "Well, these exotic dealers, they don't need a note from your parents." "Not as long as you got the cash." "Yeah?" "Mr. Furella is here from animal control." "Howdy." "Did you find Amber's dog?" "I sure am glad I came out here." "Yeah, me too." "It's nice to have someone to talk to." "My neighbors think I'm crazy." "Listen, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about." "Um... and I apologize if I get too personal on you here." "Well..." "I've been, um, having some issues since the accident." "And, well, I was wondering if you'd had anything that..." "like a a daydream." "Or, like, a flashback, you know." "It's like a... a strong daydream." "Like a "light at the end of the tunnel" type of deal." "No, man." "I'm sorry, I haven't." "Well, that's okay." " That's weird." " Huh?" "What's weird?" "It's, um... it's never come that close to land before." "This could be our chance to get it on tape." "Do you understand what this means?" "If I can get a videotape of the animal in the wild, good-bye plagiarism, hello, tenure." "All right!" "Well, how far to the Russian river?" " Like, three hours." " Make it two." "Jesse, come on!" "We don't have time for this, baby, come on." "I'm sorry here we go." "Okay, we're gonna go see daddy, great." "Good boy, Jesse." " Hey, buddy!" " There we go." "Hey!" "We were just checking to see yeah, that's a good boy." "Put on your seat belt." "This, uh, Amber, told me it looked like a reptile with a head fin." "Could be a caiman." "Or a land iguana." "Killers." "Gut a sheep right through." "It shocked Amber's dog... to death." "Then ate it." "It was... horrible." "It was like an electrocution." "I hope I'm not insane when I'm your age." "You'll be in jail when you're my age." "Okay." "I don't know what's going on here, but if it keeps up, I'm gonna call your father." "All right, step back." "I'll get it." "Stay calm, stay calm." "Savannah." "Savannah, move." "Oh, I didn't mean to do that." "Oh, mom!" "Mom!" "What am I gonna tell Cathy?" "Look at this mess." "I can't believe it." "Look what you did!" "I didn't poke it that hard, ma'am." "That pool's just old." "It's just old." "Nim!" "Come on, dude!" "Come on, Nim." "Be a good boy, please." "I want to know what happened to Amber's dog, and I want to know now." "I told you." "I don't know." " Savannah?" " No, mom, he's lying!" "He does know!" "He's been hiding that lizard thing in Phil's backyard." "What?" "Yeah, mom." "A lizard that executed Amber's dog with a ball of lightning." "I don't appreciate the sarcasm, Miles." "Look, me?" "What about her?" "Well, Savannah doesn't have some pet I don't know about." "I don't know what happed to her dog." "Okay?" "Maybe it woke up, got a load of Amber, and ran off." "When you're ready to tell me the truth, young man, you come talk to me." "And don't be late for school." "How does everything around here get to be my fault?" "Chill, honey." "It's all cool." "No, Phil, it's not cool." "It was cool." "What?" "Well, see, I thought I'd put Nim inside your mom's car." "Come on, we gotta go." "Rich, you can't pass here." "Oh!" "You know the speed limit's, like, 55 around here." "Don't worry." "If I get a ticket, it won't track back home." "They ain't on the whole computer national computer thing yet." "Not really what I was referring to." "Ha!" "Misunderstood what that look was for." "Oh, don't worry." "This is as fast as she goes." " That's a double yellow." " No problem, I got this." "Now how long you been tracking this thing?" "Um, since last Saturday." "It's never done anything like this, right?" " It's never gone up in a river or" " No, I told you." "It's never come within 20 miles of land." "Oh, come on, this guy won't get out of my way!" "Hey, whoa, Rich." "Come on, this is not the road." "That's what this baby's for, off-roadin'." "Look, man, I want to see this thing too." "I just don't want to get killed doing it." "I'll be careful." "All right?" "You've got my word." "You're not out here on business, are you?" "No." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Could I get some help over here, please?" "Right away, ma'am." " You see her car?" " No, nothing." "She better be here, man." "Relax." "We're gonna get your critter back." "Nimrod." "His name is Nimrod." "Okay, dude." "Chill." "Don't tell me to chill!" "All right, I'm not on the honor roll." "I can't throw a football." "Nim is my extra curricular, all right?" "Sure, man." "Whatever you say." "I just hope it don't do to your mom what it did to Amber's dog." "Yes, sir." "We're working on it." "We'll have the name of the person who's tracking the animal shortly." "Yes." "Sir." "I understand." "Look, can you hang on a moment, sir?" "Give me a realistic time frame." "This isn't simple, you know." "They have to vet the satellite trilateralation feed and check that against a time." "In simple , non-technical language." "It takes what it takes." "We'll have a name soon, sir." "Okay, just take this." "And that goes with it too." "Yes." "All right, let's go." "Dude, this is gonna be bad." "Excuse me." "Your aquarium exploded in my living room." "I'm sorry." "We don't sell aquariums." "Well, you did last week." "A special." "Line starts right there." "Need a check authorization on five." "Check authorization on five." "No waiting at check stand four." "No waiting, register four." " Are we just cutting school?" " This is an emergency, Phil." "We gotta think what Nim's gonna do." "What's a wild animal do in a grocery store?" "Nim's not wild." "He ate that lap dog in one bite." " Are you looking?" " Yeah, dude, I'm looking." "But seriously, you're giving me the heebs." "What's all the commotion about?" "What are they doing to him, man?" "I don't know." " Ooh!" "A piece of that..." " Oh, yeah..." "Can I get one?" "Mm." "I guess I'll try it..." "How's the signal?" "How are we doing?" "Still moving up river." "10 miles past the head waters." "Hello?" "Rich, Bug is telling me you were going to California." "Honey, you won't believe it!" "I'm on the hunt." " I'm tracking one right now." " Okay, it's right here." " It's gonna be coming up, okay?" " Okay, yeah." "Okay, did I just hear a woman's voice?" " Yeah, it's Laura." " Who is Laura?" "Laura Daughtery." "The biologist." "South Carolina." "Remember?" "She tagged one." " You son of a bitch." " Turn, turn, turn." "Look at what the data's migration projections are showing." "Not projections anymore." "We identified the tagger." "Laura Daughtery." " We are not going to do anything" " It's a difficult situation." "Oh, yes." "They won't allow free radicals to run around out there." "Look, she could get a tape." "Then it's out on the news, on the web." "Viral." "And once it's out, you can't get it back." "So she should be killed and dumped into the river?" "Of course not." "But information must be controlled." "No threats." "Listen, Davis." "If anything happens to Dr. Daughtery," "I will quit." "Attention piggly wiggly customers, all dairy products are marked 30 percent off today, so load up on all your dairy needs while you shop at the pig." "Come on." "Oh!" "Whoa!" "So what was in this aquarium?" "Fish." "That it?" "Plants." "Filtration." "It all came with the package." "Sure your kid didn't start an outboard in it?" "Because it wouldn't be unprecedented." "You would not believe the crazy stuff that kids put in fish tanks." "Furniture." "Pets." "Little brothers." "Miles." " Excuse me?" " Nothing." "Uh, ma'am?" "Try the pie, it's on sale today, 30 percent off... so, uh, congratulations, Dan." "Still moving up river." "Should be visible in, like, a minute or two." "All right." "All right." "Let's go!" "I knew there was a reason." "For me to come out here." "35 seconds." "See, I'm not like you." "I never had, like, biology or, you know, any interest or" "I never had a passion at all, really." "I mean maybe fishing, but..." "Should be coming right round the bend." "You know, nobody really ever wakes up wanting to bean insurance salesman." "These last few weeks, I tell you, I've really felt like... this is all happening for a reason." "And that I got a really big part to play." "You ever get that feeling?" "Yeah, I do." "Ten seconds." "Yeah." "You getting it?" "Yeah." "I'm getting it." "Hey, boy!" "I mean, if that's not evidence, I don't know what is." "Thanks for getting here so quickly." "Listen, I don't know what we're dealing with, but I have some seriously upset customers." "Maybe we should evacuate." "This place does ten grand an hour." "I just want it out of here before the lawyers start showing up." "All right." "Look at that creep." "We can't let him get Nim." "Nim's gone, man." "Outey." "We should take the hint." "Nim." "Nim." "It's okay." "It's me." "It's Miles." "I'm not gonna hurt you." "It was an accident." "You made the nailgun go off." "I'm gonna take the nail out and then you'll feel better." "Dude, Miles, they're coming." "See?" "All gone." "We gotta go now, dude." "Come on, let's go." "Look what we got here." "Oh, you boys are in big trouble." "Let's go." "Come on." "Come on!" "Let go of me." "Move it!" "We're fueled and ready." "Arrival in Sausalito, three hours, sir." "My name is Brian." "I'll be your server today." "I have one special to tell you about." "We have a Cajun salmon, it's lightly blackened, served with a side of Jambalaya." "Two great appetizers on there." "We have shrimp and grits." "It's really good." "Also on the spicy side." "We have crab dip also if you..." " Is that a whale?" " Yeah." "Humpback." "Pretty common this time of year." "Um, actually, they go south in spring." "We have visual." "Excuse us, sorry." " Look." " I'm looking at it." "No, the cameras." "Ladies and gentlemen, we will not harm this animal." "We're going to attempt to convince his animal to head back out to sea." "I repeat, we will not harm this animal." "Hey." "It's still here." " What?" " It's still here." "Listen." "Well, young man." "You've really outdone yourself." "You really have." "Shall we review the last couple of weeks?" "Brought up home by the coast guard at 4:00 in the morning." "Lying to us about a pet lizard." "Which ate Amber's dog." "Oh, what am I gonna say to Amber's mother next time I see her?" "Two weeks and you've been in more trouble than Savannah has in her entire life." "Anything you want to say for yourself, partner?" "I'll get it." "Manners." "Hello?" "Hey, baby!" "It's daddy." " What's going on?" " I miss you, daddy." "Oh, I miss you too, baby." "Hey, is mom around?" "Mom, dad wants to talk to you." "I don't think she wants to talk to you right now." "She wants to know why you're in California, dad." "All right, well, it's... it's okay." "It's okay if she doesn't." "Just, uh... tell her daddy loves her." "Okay, baby?" "Okay." "And I love you too, all right?" "Bye." "Bye." " Hey." " Hey." "Hey, listen." "I sure am sorry if if I scared you earlier today, you know." "I can get a little riled up sometimes." "Face facts." "I mean, hey." "You can't call this a coincidence when I drive all the way from California..." "Can I be honest with you?" "You did scare me a little bit earlier." "I mean, we don't know each other that well." "You know, and, um, the only thing we really have in common is this." "And if we're gonna keep going," "I have to be able to trust you." "Absolutely." "And I hey, you can trust me." "Okay?" "I promise." "I swear you can trust me." " Excuse me." " Yes?" " Are you Dr. Laura Daughtery?" " Yeah." "Would you mind coming with me for a moment?" " Who's asking?" " Yeah, just hang on a second." "Nobody's going anywhere." "What's the problem?" "This is not a request, ma'am." " I'm talking to you, not her" " Please, this is not your concern." "I understand that, sir, but..." "get your hands off me!" "You don't touch an officer." "You know what?" "There's something going on here, and these people have a right to know about it." "They know what's going on too, y'all!" "They know, and they don't want you to know!" "Come with me." "30-eye witnesses all describe a large mammal, a whale some say, which..." "Are you done watching?" "My head is killing me." "And here's where the story gets stranger." "It seems to have hit a submerged power cable." "Never a thing on TV." "Feeling any better?" "How I'm feeling isn't the problem." "He's trying, Sylvia." "Trying?" "Trying to get brought home by animal control?" "That's not trying." "Trying is standing in line at the grocery store with a broken aquarium like an idiot, suddenly realizing that your son has been lying to you about having a pet lizard..." "Now wait a second." "Maybe he's been lying to us because we've been a little too hard on him." "Hard?" "The kid has every toy known to man, a 100-volume video game collection." "Oh, and have you seen his grades lately?" "So he's not an academic like this sister." "Well, that's an understatement." "He's gonna have to improve." "I don't know how he'll ever get into college." "Nice work." "Got the parents fighting." "Where's the lizard?" "Oh, right." "Top secret." "He ran away." "Happy?" "Oh, my god." "You miss that thing." "It's a reptile, moron." "It has a brain half the size of a pea." "You're, like, bonding with a vegetable." "You really can't take it personally." "Well, you have the right to remain silent." "Oh, I know it, but it don't really matter." "Big old cover up going on here, I know it." "Everybody knows it." "I'm gonna prove these things exist." "I'll tell you that." "My little brother didn't die for nothing." "Sure, buddy." "Get in the car." "Freak." "Little late this time, Dr. Cirko." "A lot of people saw it." "How you, uh--how you gonna spin that one?" " We won't have to." " Um, yeah, you will." "A lot of people had cameras out there." "The creature pulsed, and all digital data within two kilometers was destroyed." "Don't try to scare me with your crap, man." "I have some experience with this problem." "I'm sorry." "But, listen, um, I want to discuss something." " You can't stop me." " I'm not here to stop you." "There are government interests that want to keep control of what is happening here." "They have decided to have you involved." "But it is not why I want you." "I want you involved because... you're a good scientist." "And I respect you." "Which you demonstrated to me by framing me for plagiarism." "I pointed out that you had managed to do something with almost no resources that we failed to do with tens of millions and the United States military." "You tagged the creature." "Why should I work for you after what you've done to me?" "Because you will be present for history."