"What time is it?" "Time for another beer." "No, asswipe." "What time does your goddamn watch say?" "It says it's time for us to pack this circle jerk in." "Ain't nothin' gonna show out here." "They'll show." "Bullshit." "This is the worst goddamn season I've ever seen." "I've seen worse." "You ain't seen shit." "Ain't nobody seen a dry spell like this since all them deer got sick back in '58." "The fuck you know about '58?" "My pops was hunting these parts back in '58 and told me the whole county maybe brought in three bucks that season." "That was then." "Besides your daddy's an asshole." "Maybe." "But at least I've met my daddy." "Fuck you, shit stain." "Speaking of dads how's Deidre doin'?" "You ain't said shit about her since she got back last week." "She's a basket case." "I tell her not to go see her pops but she keeps insisting that..." "Did you hear that?" "Ready the light." "I get first shot." "The hell you do." "My spot..." "my shot." "Fuck it." "You can't hit shit anyway." "You ready?" "Ready." "Now!" "Holy Christ!" "Shoot the fucker!" "What the fuck is that thing?" "I think it's dead!" "You think?" "Go check it out." "It's your fuckin' spot." "Pussy." "Cover me." "I think it's..." "Fuck me." "Fuck me again!" "Mr. Driscoll." "It's Jack, if it's all the same to you." " Clive Burnell." " Clive." "Really appreciate you flying down here on such a short notice." "I go where Uncle Sam sends me." "So they tell me you guys have a rogue up there somewhere." "We have something up there, that's for sure." "You know, I've worked this area for 25 years and I have never seen anything like this." "We used to have more deer here on this mountain than trees but these days..." "But these days it's more of a cemetery than a forest, right?" "That pretty well sums it up." "Used to have an occasional mountain lion." "Couple a years ago, we had an ornery bear but this new boy, he is something drastically different." "Can I ask you something?" "Sure." "Now, I've seen your reports and I've seen the photos." "This rogue, he started out eating the deer, right?" "Right." "But lately, he's just been killing them and moving on like he lost his appetite, right?" "That wasn't in my report." "But it is what's going on, isn't it?" "You sound like you might have some answers." "Not really, Clive." "Troops gathered?" "Yeah, they're inside." "All right, I'm gonna need to talk to them." "We got a lot of work to do." "I've got to get everybody off this mountain, fast." "Your boys up to it?" "They're good men but you be the judge." "I'm not the judge here, Clive." "I'm just the executioner." "Guys, we should have been on the road an hour ago." "Preachin' to the choir, sister but you know Alan and Cynthia." "Unfortunately." "Probably stopped for a bite to eat." "They probably stopped for a quickie." "They did not stop for a quickie." "Okay, maybe they didn't stop." "Maybe they just slowed down." "Why all the long faces?" "Alan and Cynth are late." "Probably stopped for a quickie." "See?" "Ty knows." "Knows what?" "That men can't control their urges." "Men?" "I happen to know for a fact that Alan is the molestee." "Cynthia is a wild one." "You'd know." "That's ancient history, Reagan." "Hey, baby." "Hey, yourself." "You know they got limes in there?" "What I basically need from you gentlemen is a full sweep of this mountain." "Anyone..." "Camper, hunter, sightseer, whatever needs to be escorted down this mountain." "Now, we have pinpointed the areas of highest activity for our boy." "I've seen this before and I can tell you one thing for sure." "This cat is hungry and he's getting hungrier every day." "Now there are still way too many..." "I'm looking for Jack Driscoll." "You're late." "Amy Johnston." "Doesn't make you any less late." "Right." "Sorry." "As I was saying..." "Guys, I need everyone off this mountain." "Now, we haven't had any human casualties yet." "How long is this quarantine in effect?" "'Til we tag and bag this cat." "If it is a cat." "Excuse me?" "The bite marks are more consistent with something lupine." "You mean a wolf." "Pretty much." "How do explain the claw marks?" "Well, I haven't." "Bear, maybe?" "Last time I checked, wolves didn't attack with three inch razor claws and bears weren't in the habit of running down deer in open ground." "Look, either way, it doesn't matter." "Doesn't matter, whatever it is we will bring it down." "Now, you guys know what to do." "Get that mountain cleared and those roads blocked." "So let's do it before the sun goes down." "Mr. Driscoll?" " Jack." " Jack." "What do we if we run across this..." "If we run across this animal?" "You won't." "Our boy is either very shy or very careful." "Either way, he does not like the limelight." "But if you do see it you run." "Plain and simple." "Once you are safe then you radio me." "I'm a little confused." "It doesn't seem like you really know what this thing is." "I mean, how do we know if we do see it?" "It'll be the big mean bastard trying to eat you." "Johnston, you're with me." "Okay, let's go, boys." "Standard emergency drill, double time." "Let's clear off that mountain." "Mr. Driscoll!" "Call me Jack." "Jack, I think we may need to re-evaluate this scenario." "Yeah?" "Why's that, Johnston?" "Call me Amy." "Okay." "Why is that, Johnston?" "Well, this animal..." "I've studied the evidence brought back to the center and this animal doesn't ex..." "And what?" "This animal doesn't exhibit any of the predatory habits of mountain lions, bears or wolves." "I've had over five years of dealing with..." "Yeah, I read your resume, Johnston." "It's nice." "Well, I've just never seen anything like it." "Do you know what the greatest commonality betweeen man and animal is?" "Yes, it's..." "It's not the drive to mate, or the maternal instinct." "It's not even the will to survive." "It's just this plain and simple." "Every now and then they, like us they lose their minds." "Yeah." "They go crazy." "Psycho." "That's all this is." "This is just one nasty varmint who got so pissed off that he snapped." "Now he's just killing everything and anything that's crossing his path." "Ta-da." "I familiarized myself with your resume too, Jack and I don't remember animal psychology being on there." "Yeah, it wasn't." "I wouldn't know a healthy psyche if it bit me in the ass." "But I do know crazy and that cat wacked out of its skull." "You don't really believe that, do you, Jack?" "I don't remember the words..." ""mind reader" appearing anywhere on your resume." "Did I miss that?" "Animal psychology and human psychology aren't all that different." "Stick to the critters!" "Please, stick to the critters." "You're the chief." "I'm just the Indian but I still say it isn't a cat." "Well, like I said doesn't matter." "Whatever it is is on borrowed time." "Finally!" "What's up, gang?" "You're late." "Yeah." "Well, we had to stop a few times." "Why's that?" "Stretch the legs, gas, food you know." "Anything else?" "Not that we stopped for." "You were right, Lizzie." "She is a whore." "Untrue." "Whores get paid." "Yeah, you should know Cynth wouldn't go the whore route." "Thank you, Ty." "She'd go broke." "Fuck you, Ty." "Been there." "Done that." "Okay, guys, look." "Enough with the trip down memory lane." "We've got to get going or we won't make the first leg by nightfall." "All right." "You heard Grizzly Adams, guys." "Let's pack up the van and roll." "Let's go." "I don't get it, Johnston." "Why did you request this assignment?" "I mean, I've read your file." "This is a basic field tag and bag." "Isn't this a little, uh..." "I don't know..." "beneath you?" "You really want to know?" "I asked." "All right." "In order to be the best, you have to learn from the best." "And I'm the best?" "For now you are." "Anyway..." "Anyway, I got it." "Ever since this has come across my desk it's bothered me." "I don't buy your "animals in need of Prozac" theory." "There's something else going on here." "Maybe." "Maybe not." "In my experience the simplest explanation is usually the best." "It's basic scientific theory." "Yeah, but there's the fact that no one can figure out exactly what this thing is." "Nothing adds up." "Rarely does." "So you don't think it's a mountain lion either?" "Well, it ain't Bigfoot." "Windego?" "Wrong coast." "It'll be night soon." "Shouldn't we stop?" "I want to get to the first killing ground on the map." "This thing isn't exclusively nocturnal but it does love the night." ""Killing ground."" "That didn't sound good." "Rarely is." "How much longer is this death march gonna last?" "This pack ain't getting any lighter, Phil." "About another mile to the river." "We'll pitch tents there and head up in the morning." "Will the fun be at the river?" "What's wrong, Alan?" "This isn't your idea of a good time?" "I left my idea of a good time back at a bar in Baltimore." "I thought I was your idea of a good time." "I'm with Alan." "The great outdoors is best viewed from a ski lift." "You don't ski, EI." "No, but I can sip schnapps in the lounge with the best of 'em." "Speaking of schnapps who brought the booze?" "No booze, man." "It's too heavy." "But you did bring weed, right?" "Please tell me he bought weed." "An ounce of Florida's finest." "Make that an ounce and a half." "I can add a little to that." "Anyone else holding?" "Sweet." "Paul?" "What the hell?" "Holy shit." "Hey, guys let's make a pit stop." "He isn't serious." "I don't think he's joking." "Besides, I'm glad." "Nature's calling." "This isn't good." "I don't think it's gonna get any better." "Phil's an idiot." "What's with the coin?" "Please don't get him started." "What, this?" "Should I?" "It's a good luck charm." "I bet that in the very first hand of poker I ever played." "Didn't lose it then." "Haven't lost it since." " So?" " So..." "I bet it in every game I play, and I never lose it." "Bullshit." "I won that goddamn coin in every game of poker we ever played." "Mm-hm, and it always finds its way home." "Like I said, bullshit." "I don't know." "I do know how to hold on to a good thing." "Don't make me whoop your ass." "Hey, I'm not a fighter." "I'm a lover." "Just ask Cynth." "I'm gonna whoop his ass." "I know." "Now this is camping." "Mm-hm." "Roger that." "Phil, I had my doubts but you came through, man." "A little open air what else do you need?" "I've got all the nature I need right here." "I'm glad it was your turn this year, Phil." "Reagan's choice last year sucked." "Fuck you, Liz." "Sturgis rocked." "Yeah, with the exception that we didn't have any motorcycles." "Not to mention I developed a cramp from showing my boobs every 30 seconds." "You had to, babe." "I mean, you wouldn't cover the Mona Lisa, would you?" "You can really sweet-talk a lady, can't you?" "Find me a lady and, uh we'll find out." "I don't know about you guys, but..." "Now what the hell was that?" "What the hell was that?" "Sounded like a wolf a big one." "Yeah, maybe." "Something was off." "Well, it wasn't a mountain lion." "Five years in the field tell you that?" "No." "I got that from the hairs on the back of my neck." "Okay, we're gonna sleep in shifts." "Keep this and the tranq gun close." "If you can, put it to sleep." "If not drop it cold." "How long's our shift?" "I need my beauty sleep so, uh wake me in four and douse the fire." "Wake you up in four." "Right." "Wha..." "Wake up." "I can't sleep." "What is it?" "That howling." "Do you think there are wild animals up here?" "That's why they call it "the wild."" "I don't like it." "Well do you want to fuck?" "Sure." "Is that Phil and Reagan?" "Mm?" "Yeah, I think so." "Should we go at it?" "Again?" "What?" "Did I wear you out?" "Of course not but, uh..." "But what?" "But nothin'." "Let's go." "Phil ain't got nothin' on me." "Sounds like the others are raising the roof." "Think we should show 'em how it's done?" "EI's on your right, Ty." "Oh, sorry." "Sounds like the others are raising the..." "Forget it, Ty." "This sucks." "This sucks." "You hurt?" "No." "Just startled." "What the hell happened?" "I saw it and it was big." "Mountain lion?" "I don't know what it was but it wasn't feline." "Did you hit it?" "Not even close." "It was fast." "Oh, crap." "Well, this spot's blown." "We'll head toward the second killing ground at sunup." "Maybe we'll get lucky." "Bipedal, aren't they?" "This is not possible." "If they're the same tracks I saw at the center it's quite possible." "You got a theory?" "Hypothesis." "Theory, hypothesis the fact remains the same." "What are the facts?" "It's still an animal." "Jack?" "Yeah?" "I'm sorry." "Don't sweat it, Johnston." "You'll get another shot." "Just do me a favor?" "What's that?" "Don't miss." "Mornin', sleepyhead." "Did I miss breakfast?" "Not at all." "Ah, the great outdoors." "Where are the girls?" "Down at the river washing each other." "In your dreams, stud." "Actually, in my dreams..." "I don't want to know." "Hey, Phil, can you hold onto that 'til I get back?" "You guys really think they're washing each other?" "Shut the fuck up." "Hi, Lizziel..." "Sleep well?" "As well as any third wheel can sleep." "Thought you liked the single life." "I do, when there are other singles around." "This is more of a couples' retreat." "You, without your showerhead." "I hope you drown." "Oh..." "Whoo, take it off, girl!" "Take it off!" "Show some skin, Cyn!" "Whoo, come on!" "All right, here she comes!" "Whoo, come on!" " How's the water?" " Cold." "Freezing is more like." "I don't need a cold shower." "I got some last night." "From the sounds of it, everyone got some last night." "Everyone but us." "What, was Ty opposed to sharing?" "No, but I was." "I wasn't." "You're a disgusting slut." "Hey, if I remember correctly you didn't think Emily Crawford was a disgusting slut." "Hey, Emily Crawford didn't want to fuck my boyfriend." "She just wanted to fuck you." "Hey, you can't fault her for good taste." "You slept with Emily Crawford?" "A lady doesn't discuss that." "Emily Crawford is no lady and she told everyone." "No one told me." "Anyways, I don't have any interest in Ty." "Just an interest in EI." "Can't fault me for good taste." "So, El really slept with..." "Camping rocks." "Here, here." "Let's go." "Bad news?" "Looks like we're on our own." " What happened?" " That was Clive." "One of his rangers didn't report in last night." "Pulled all the manpower from our quarantine to sweep the area where he spotted the radio." "Few campers they sent home haven't seen him." "Jack, I don't need to point out that the reason that animal came sniffing around here last night was probably because there aren't any deer left on this mountain." "No, you don't." "If those rangers don't get these people off the mountain soon we're gonna wind up with human casualties." "We're well beyond that now." "He could have had an accident." "Impossible." "Jack, I heard this thing growl last night and you were right." "About what?" "It's hungry." "So?" "And it's pissed." "Explain to me again why we had to leave the trail." "Good stuff's always off the beaten path, man." "Define "good stuff."" "Dover Bluff." "Joseph's Run." "You had a lot of merit badges when you were young." "Every one of them." "All I can say is, next year it's my turn, man." "And what will that be?" "Nudes a-poppin', baby." "I don't even want to know." "You know, I agree with Ty." "This hiking sucks, but, uh..." "Well, I mean, every year we're what?" "Drunk off our asses, right?" "I mean, if anything..." "Phil's brought us a little change of pace." "Ooh, check out Alan with deep thoughts." "No, I'm just saying." "He's just saying that being stoned all week is better than being hammered." "Hey, alcohol is for partying." "Weed is a spiritual experience." "You're putting me on the road to enlightenment, man." "Guys, I wouldn't drag you up here if I didn't think you'd have a good time." "Don't listen to them, sweetie." "I can't wait to see Dover's Path." "It's Dover Bluff, but thanks anyway." "Do you really think this'll work?" "I have tracked and bagged just about every animal on this great continent." "One rule of thumb:" "They never look up." "Are you sure it'll show?" "Pretty sure." "I have bait." "I shot at it." "Remember?" "It might be gun shy." "Just sit by the fire and show some cleavage." "It'll show, I promise." "Was that a joke, Jack Driscoll?" "You didn't laugh." "I guess not." "I have to admit it's pretty impressive." "I thought you guys might like it." "Hey, wait 'til you climb it." "Hell, no." "I don't do hikes." "Climb?" "No one said anything about climbing." "It's not climbing, per se." "Just ahead, there's a small path that winds right through it." "We'll take it up in the morning." "So what's for dinner?" "Uh..." "Chicken parmigiana." "Just add water." "Mmmm." "Shouldn't you men be out hunting and gathering?" "Hey, don't look at me." "Why don't you all talk to Davy Crockett over there?" "Hey, not me." "I love all God's creatures." "Dehydrated food is not that bad." "Reagan's right." "I just need to work up an appetite." "You read my mind, Ty." "It's getting cold out here." "You gotta keep that fire low." "We don't want to scare this boy off." "What makes you so sure it's a boy?" "You could call it a hunch..." "This fella seems to be all business." "The female of a species isn't usually so aggressive." "You don't have a lot of experience with women do you, Jack?" "Confirmed bachelor." "Rough and rugged man like you?" "I can hardly believe it." "Well, let's see." "I've got an apartment that I occupy about three weeks out of the year." "Last movie I saw in a theatre was..." "Wow." "Over a year ago." "And my idea of fine dining..." "Mm-mm-mm-mm." "Okay, so you're not cosmopolitan." "Some chicks dig that." "How about you?" "Do I dig that?" "No." "Where's Mr. Johnston?" "Haven't met him yet." "This may qualify as sexual harassment but why the hell not?" "I mean, you got the brains and the rack." "Your options can't be that limited." "That is sexual harassment, Jack but at least you put the brains first." "Well, I'm sensitive that way." "I hope you shoot better than you flirt." "Not really." "Mmm." "I'm sorry." "Just in time." "Just in time for what?" "To play Spin the Bottle." "You're joking." "This was your idea, wasn't it?" "I think it'll be fun." "Control your woman, man." "Hey, what can I say?" "She's a slave to her hormones." "Hey where's EI?" "Asleep again." "Maybe bringing her wasn't the best idea." "Boring." "Come here." "Come here." "Okay." "Get itl..." "I love this game." "You little freak!" "Your turn!" "I see where this is going." "Maybe we should just..." "Don't be such a pussy." "Ooh." "Yeah, Ty." "Don't be such a pussy." "Okay." "Yay!" "Your turn, Ty." "Oh, hell no!" "Hell, no!" "Come onl Where are you going?" "You have to!" "Let's keep playing." "Still awake?" "Yeah." "You shouldn't be, though." "Can't sleep." "Something's bothering me." "So what's up?" "You're too smart for this." "Excuse me?" "At first I thought you were all balls..." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa where you going with this, Johnston?" "Come on." "Okay." "We both know that this isn't a cat a bear or a wolf." "And since I'm not buying your "cougars gone wild" theory..." "I'm thinking you're not that thick." "Knew I put the brains first for a reason." "You want to know the truth?" "Honesty's the best way to begin any successful relationship." "Okay." "I don't know what the hell this thing is." "What I do know is I responded to a rogue animal call in Washington State three years ago." "When all was said and done the kill zone map looked almost identical to the one down at the station." "And the tracks that Clive's men cast dead ringers for Washington State." "What happened in Washington?" "Well it took us almost all season, but ultimately we bagged a lone wolf." "Big male." "Timberwolf." "After he went down, wildlife population came back and everything was fine until Arizona." "Let me guess." "Same time of year?" "Almost a year to the date of the Washington State call." "Wildlife genocide and a map that looked almost exactly the same." "So I went out bagged a wildcat." "And everything was quiet." "And now it's happening again." "This has been good." "I thought you guys would enjoy it." "I could do without all the hiking but, yeah... it's good." "I think you guys'll really like it once we get over the bluff." "It's beautiful up there." "It doesn't matter." "I think everyone's having a good time." "Yeah, I know Cynthia is." "Elizabeth is." "Elizabeth and El have been bitching a lot less than usual." "She's almost tolerable." "Yeah, I think I'm getting to see the personality behind the P.M.S." "Oh, you're awful." "How do you think Ty's holding up?" "Ty's sandwiched between two girls and resting his head on a half pound of weed." "Yeah, I'd say he's in heaven." "Is it weird for you, having him out here?" "Why would it be?" "You know." "He and Cynthia were pretty hot and heavy for a while." "That's ancient history." "Plus, me and Ty, we go back way before all that." "Yeah." "We're still cool." "Well, guys, look." "I'm turning in." "We've got an early start tomorrow." "You're on your own, Alan." "I'll just sit here and just chill for a little while." "No problems, but remember up with the sun." "I hear you." "You want to know what's really bothering me?" "This thing thinks too much." "It's too deliberate." "It's too methodical." "I can't..." "I can't shake the feeling that instead of an animal behavior expert..." "I should've asked for an F.B.I. Profiler." "That's called "anthropomorphosis," Jack." "It happens when people have an intense emotional bond with animals." "Or in your case an intense obsession." "Yeah, I need a little more Dr. Doolittle out here, a little less Dr. Freud." "Sorry." "This thing is migrating." "I mean, as near as I can tell it feeds off the game animals 'til an area's dry." "Then it just kills whatever it can find." "After that it goes into hibernation for the better part of a year." " Also..." " Also what?" "Each time so far, the killings stopped one we bagged a rogue." "But the tracks never matched up." "It's like this thing it knows to move on once we've made our kill." "Basically, it's framing the other animals and no animal's that smart." "Unless you consider man an animal." "You ever see a man leave bite marks like that?" "And you considered Bigfoot." "Johnston!" "What?" "Go to sleep." "I can't believe you fucking kissed herl..." "You don't fucking get it, do you?" "Help!" "Sweet evil Jesus." "Oh, my God!" "You all right?" "I think so." "Come on." "Let's go." "What the fuck was that?" "Help me over there." "Maybe..." "Maybe you shouldn't." "She might still be alive." "She's dead, son." "Fuck you." "I need you to get them out of here." "What are you gonna do?" "That dart should be kicking in about now." "You're not thinking about going after it, are you?" "Well, it's drugged." "Trail's fresh." "I've got some advantages." "Jack, you don't even know what thing is!" "I know I can't let it get away." "That thing recovers, it can circle back on us." "I'm going with you." "No, you're gonna get these kids to the Jeep." "Get 'em to safety and bring back anyone and everyone who's got a gun and a badge." "Jack, I think we both know what that thing is!" "Yeah, maybe." "That thing isn't entirely animal." "If it is what it looks like you may not be able to kill it with that." "Whatever else it is it's flesh and bone." "That's all I need to know." "Jack!" "Be careful." "I'll see you soon, Amy." "That was her boyfriend?" "For three years." "Is she gonna be okay?" "Thirty years of therapy a lifetime supply of Xanax might do the trick." "Okay." "Could you guys gather up?" "We need to leave." "We have to leave." "You take them." "I'm feeling the distinct desire to find that thing and share my pain." "You can barely tie your shoes." "She's right, Ty." "Let the man with the big guns handle it." "That's their job." "No offense, lady, but you guys suck at your jobs." "First, my name is not "Lady,"" "...and second, that was not in my job description." "He's sorry." "It's just that..." "It's just that my girlfriend's lying dead under that blanket over therel..." "I am sorry for that." "I really am." "But I'm guessing that if your girlfriend were alive she wouldn't want you to hang around here waiting to have your throat torn open." "Your choice." "Reagan, we have to go now." "I can't." "Phil..." "Phil needs..." "Reagan." "Honey." "We have to go." "I said no!" "It's Reagan, right?" "Listen, Reagan there's a good chance that thing will double back." "You don't want to be here for that." "None of us do." "If you stay you stay alone." "We're leaving." "Help her up and make sure she gets some clothes." "Listen up." "We're gonna try to make it to Jack's Jeep." "Stay close and stay quiet." "With any luck, we won't see that thing again." "Come on." "Flesh and bone." "This..." "This was a bad idea." "So what were you guys doing out here?" "Hunting that thing." "Okay." "Fifty dollar follow-up." "What the hell was that thing?" "I don't know!" "I do." "It doesn't matter what it is." "Jack will kill it." "That's what he does." "I hope you're right, because he has the only gun." "I still have this." "Fine." "He has the only real gun." "Whoal..." "Oh, Jack, old boy." "This bad idea keeps getting worse." "Should have stayed in Yellowst stone." "Okay you guys wait here." "I'm gonna get some things from the tent." "I'd tell you to shoot to kill, but..." "I'll do my best." "How are you holding up?" "Why is this happening?" "I don't know." "What did we do to deserve this?" "What did Phil do to deserve this?" "He was trying to save Alan." "He was trying to..." "Fuck Alan!" "Fuck all of you." "Reagan, don't..." "Fuck you!" "You should all be back there bleeding to death, not Phill..." "Reagan, El is back..." "Fuck you, Alan!" "Phil died saving your sorry assi..." "You should be back there dead." "Not Phil." "You!" "Reagan..." "Let it go, man." "In case we get separated." "How far is this Jeep?" "It's a little over a mile." "You good?" "Don't worry about me." "I'm sorry for your friends." "I really am." "But if that thing has doubled back our only strength lies in numbers." "We have got to stick together." "No arguments here." "Can someone help her?" "Make sure she keeps up." "I got it." "Come on." "Come on, sweetheart." "You're not a regular park ranger, are you?" "What makes you say that?" "Different uniforms thirty-aught-sixes, dart guns..." "Not exactly standard issue for you guys, is it?" "We're with the Wildlife and Forestry out of Washington, D.C." "You're game wardens?" "Not quite." "I work in behavioral sciences animal psychology, that sort of thing." "What about Ranger Rick back there?" "He specializes in..." "Well, let's just say killing is his business." "Well, I hope business is fuckin' banging." "So, why did you..." "Fuck this." "Ty, don't." "We should leave." "Cynthial..." "Alan we have to go." "Runl..." "Keep going!" "I can't." "It's the drugs." "Looks like they were hunting elephants." "Please get up." "I'm scared." "You know what's funny?" "I just feel this warm fuzzy sense of growing self-esteem." "That's not funny." "We have to keep moving." "Reagan you have to keep moving, okay?" "In a minute, I'm..." "In a minute, I'm gonna be in a coma." "All right?" "I'm not gonna leave you here, not alone." "Don't worry." "I'm not gonna be alone." "I got a feeling somebody's gonna have me for dinner tonight." "Get up, please!" "Take this." "What?" "It's supposed to be good luck." "Take it!" "Alan, I can't." "You have to." "All right?" "You know, before Cynthia was eaten she used to always say..." "Alan." "Alan." "Alan, please." "We have to go back." "Are you fucking crazy?" "That thing will rip us to shreds." "We can't leave them!" "They're probably dead already!" "You don't say that!" "I'm not leavin' anyone behind!" "This isn't the fuckin' Marines!" "This is 12 days of paid vacation gone very, very wrong!" "Besides, what are you gonna do blind it with your flashlight?" "What do you suggest, keep runnin'?" "You're goddamn right we keep running!" "All the way to the jeep." "Then we're gonna drive until we find someone with some very big guns." "Some of them may still..." "Be..." "Alive!" "Again, what are you going to do?" "I" "We have no weapons, no plan and on top of that, I think that..." "You think what?" "I" "I think that we're lostl..." "We are lost." "Yeah." "Ty." "What?" "About what happened earlier." "I don't want to talk about it." "I do." "Now is not the time." "When is the time?" "Later." "You couldn't have saved her." "She's not the one I was..." "This is U.S. Wildlife, Unit One." "Does anyone read?" "Over." "Jack?" "Alan?" "Anyone." " Aah!" " Stop!" "Reagan." "Where's Alan?" "Have you seen the others?" "Alan." "I had to leave him." "You shot him with that..." " I didn't want to." " I know." "You had to." "What about the others?" "I haven't seen them." "You think they've found the jeep?" "Maybe." "What's that?" "I'm not certain, but I think it's monkshood." "Monkshood?" "Wolfsbane." "It's a poisonous plant the Germans used to use to kill wolves back in the 17th century." "But it's not indigenous to this continent." "What's it doin' over here?" "I don't know." "Maybe somebody planted it." "Up here, why?" "There may be another explanation." "It's also associated with the presence of..." "Presence of what?" "Never mind." "We need to find the jeep." "I think I found something just as good and a whole lot closer." " What?" "I'll show you." "What do you think?" "There may be a phone." "Up here?" "Phone or not, it doesn't matter." "It's a defensible position and there might be weapons inside." "Anything's better than being out here." "Is there any light?" "There's probably a generator around here somewhere." "Looks abandoned." "It's probably a hunting lodge." "Maybe used once or twice a year." "I found some food if you're hungry." "Amy?" "Amy?" "Amy." " Ohl" " Jesusl..." "Are you okay?" "Jesus Christ, you scared me!" "Well, I found the generator." "We should have lights until morning." "Are we staying here?" "What about the jeep?" "No way we're gonna make it that far over open ground." "Right now, we need to concentrate on boarding up those windows and seeing about finding a radio." "There isn't one in the bedroom or the kitchen." "All right." "See if you can find a hammer and some nails." "Also, see if you can find some ammunition for this rifle." "What are you gonna do?" "There was some lumber out by the generator." "I'm gonna get some for the windows." "What if that thing is out there?" "I don't want to think about that." "Maybe you should take the rifle." "I'll take my chances." "Just leave the door open." "Amy." "Yes." "Leaving Alan that was the right thing to do, wasn't it?" "It was the only thing you could do." "Don't scream." "It might've followed me." "Oh... where's Elizabeth?" "She's dead." "How did you get away?" "Took a swan dive over a waterfall." "I don't think it can swim." "No." "I don't think it can." "It definitely shares more of a lupine heritage." "You think it's part wolf." "Yeah." "And then that makes it worse." "Help me with this stuff." "What?" "We're sealing this place up." "Are the others inside?" "Reagan is." "What?" "Can this thing be killed?" "Let's get inside." "I need to know." "You the animal expert!" "Will this fucker die?" "It's alive, isn't it?" "Yeah." "So?" "Well, if it's alive..." "then it can die." "Now, let's get inside." "That's it." "So, what next?" "You said you had a plan." "Have a seat." "Lay it out." "Here goes." "This beast isn't going to let us off the mountain alive." "We know too much." "What do you mean, we know too much?" "Jack told me this has happened before." "That's why we were here." "This thing has been moving across the country for the past three years." "It stakes out a territory depletes the available food sources and then it disappears." "What food sources?" "Game animals." "It doesn't just kill a few." "It kills them all." "And then when someone finally takes notice a team is intent to find it and bags some other predator and it slips away and no one is the wiser." "Until now." "Because now we've seen it." "So if we escape, it can't hide anymore." "Exactly." "Now, there's only one other animal..." "I can think of that's capable of the deceit and methodology displayed by this thing." "You talkin' about people." "That's right." "Human beings." "This thing doesn't act like a predator." "It acts like a serial killer." "Yeah, that'll make a great thesis paper!" "How do we kill it?" "I" "This thing has all the mental capabilities of a man and the body of a wolf." "How do you think we kill it?" "You're kidding, right?" "I'm dead serious." "She's right." "You've seen this thing." "What else could it be?" "So, now all we need is some silver bullets." "Right?" "Wait a minute, I've seen all the same movies that you two guys have, and if there's anything to this can't we just wait until the moon goes down and the sun comes up?" "She's got somethin'." "It needs a full moon." "I don't think so." "One of the rangers we sent out yesterday was killed in broad daylight." "I think we're dealing with a theriomorph." "A what?" "It's something that can change shapes at will." "That means we don't know shit!" "How do we know silver bullets'll work?" "We don'tl And besides we don't have any silver bullets!" "Then what do we do?" "I" "Firel I think other than silver bullets fire and beheading are the only two things that can kill them." "Besides, all creatures fear fire." "Right?" "You want to set a trap, don't you?" "You two guys are crazy!" "We can't trap this thing!" "This guy, Jack shot at it twice, and it didn't even fuckin' bleed!" "It's killed everyone..." "We don't have a choice!" "It's got us all in one place and it going to try to kill us tonight!" "Now, you can stand here and you can fight or you can die out here alone." "That is your choice." "It doesn't matter." "You can't kill the devil." "No." "But we can send him back to hell." "I found an axe and a machete out back." "I found a hatchet in a drawer." " I found the bullets." " Good." "We're almost finished here." "I still wish we had some silver bullets." "I searched the whole cabin." "Nothing even resembling silver in there." "Wait." "What about this?" "Where did you get this?" "It was Alan's." "He said it was for luck." "Well, it's silver, all right, but..." "We still don't have any way to make bullets." "Maybe not bullets." "I think that'll do it." "Do you really think this'll work?" "Maybe." "It's our only chance." "Besides, I owe Elizabeth that much." "Don't you mean Elle?" "It's strange." "I didn't love her." "But I might've, given the chance." "Now I'll never know." "And this thing'll pay for that." "I did love Phil." "Just didn't realize how much." "Remember the first time we..." "I don't think I can do this, Ty." "You can do this." "Now, you have to take everything you're feelin' right now and bury it." "All that sorrow and fear and pain ain't got no place here." "You have to bury it all and leave the rage." "Leave the rage and the hate." "That's all you need." "It's showtime." "You'll be all right?" "I'll be fine." "Good." "Remember." "Rage and hate." "Now!" "Shit." "Asshole!" "No!" "Damn!" "No." "No!" "Reagan." "No." "No." "Nol..." "Reagan!" "Fuck me." "Oh..." "I'm so sorry." "You should be, bitch." "Damn." "Shoot us all, why don't you?" "Where's the big, bad wolf?" "Sorry about this." "What the fuck is your problem?" "I" ""Rage and hate."" "Oh, shit." "Well, what did you expect?" "Fuck." "I hope you choke, you son of a bitch!" "I said choke, motherfucker." "Who was he?" "Does it matter?" "Are you all right?" "I will be." "Ty?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "We need to get to him." "Do you know how to hot-wire a jeep?" "No." "But I have the keys." "What about him?" "I think that body's gonna raise a lot more questions than answers." "Besides, in a few days the scavengers will have him and there won't be much of him left." "Shouldn't we tell someone, you know that they exist?" "Do you really think anybody would believe us?" "Let's go." "Let the buzzards have him."