"[ All Shouting ln Spanish ]" "[Woman] Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Listen tome." "It was a terrible thing." "You are not going to believe me, even when I tell you." "Some say it is a story, a fairy tale." "But I saw it." "I saw it with my own eyes." "[ Speaking Spanish ]" " Maria, miamor." " Hey." "[ Both Speaking Spanish ]" "Gracias." " No." " Si." " No." "[Man] Let'sgo!" " Si." " No." " [Woman] Maria !" " [ Speaking Spanish ]" " Mm-hmm." " [Explosion] - [ Screams ]" "La cabras." "Maria !" "Maria !" "Maria." "Maria !" "Madre de Dios." "Mulder, this happened how long ago ?" "Tres dias." "Muyincreible, no ?" "Only the smell." "You brought me out here under the pretense ofinvestigating an unexplained death." "Can you tell me whywe're standing out here in a field looking at a dead goat ?" "According to eyewitnesses, the death we're investigating was preceded by a fortean event:" "a highly unusual or infrequent meteorological phenomenon, also known as a transient." " A transient ?" " Yeah." "Witnesses described a bright flash about 30 degrees offthe horizon." "Then a hot, yellow rain fell from a cloudless sky." "Fortean researchers call these liquid falls." "Black and red rains are common, but there have also been reported cases ofblue, purple and green rains." " Purple rain ?" " Yeah." "Great album." "Deeply flawed movie, though." "Mulder, this transient, as you call it, this bright flash in the sky," "I assumeyou think it has some connection to" "Fortean events have been linked to alien encounters." "Cattle mutilations." "The kind ofexsanguinated animal carcass you were looking at." "The victim, Maria Dorantes-- Did she die in a similar fashion ?" "I would assume so." "You assume?" "Nobody's examined the body?" "Nobody cares, Scully." "The victim and manywitnesses are illegal immigrants, migrant farm workers." "I thought it might be important to talk to them before they migrated." "No, no." "Nolamigra." "Nolamigra." " Nolamigra." " Nolamigra." "Nolamigra." "We're fbi." "Nolamigra." "It's all right." "We don't want to take anybody away." "Relax." " No, it's okay." "Tranquila." " What doyou want ?" "We want to know what happened to Maria Dorantes." "Does anybody know what happened to Maria Dorantes ?" " Did anybody see anything ?" " EI Chupacabra." "That's what happened to Maria Dorantes." " EI Chupacabra ?" " Yeah, it's a Mexican folktale." "EI Chupacabra, the goat sucker." "It's a small, gray creature... with a big head and a small body and big, black bulging eyes." "Si, si, si." "Light, thenrain." "Then EI Chupacabra, it comes and eats away Maria's eyes and face." "Did you see the Chupacabra ?" "No, but everyone here knows that this is the truth." "This woman's a liar." "There is no Chupacabra." "Chupacabra'snothing butastorytoldto children." "I know the killer of Maria Dorantes." " Who would that be, sir ?" " It's mybrother." "Eladio Buente." "He killed Maria because she loved only me." "Uh, how doyou explain theyellow rain then, the dead goat over the hill ?" "It is a trick... for fools who believe in fool superstitions." "Thankyou, Mr. Buente." "You've been very helpful." "Maria, Maria." "I'vejust met a girl named Maria." " Doesn't make a whole lot ofsense, Scully." " Makes perfect sense." "Admit it, you fell for it." "Your fortean event turned out to be nothing more than the oldest story in the world." "Two men, one woman, trouble." "I admit there's a strong suspicion ofmotive and intent." "But the amount ofdetail, the description ofthat Chupacabra." "Mulder, what we've walked into here is a Mexican soap opera, and one for the local cops." "Local cops don't care, Scully." "I don't know who does." "Okay, I care, but what are we supposed to do about it ?" "Find out what killed Maria Dorantes." "Take a look at her body." " Whileyou do what ?" " Try to find this man, Eladio Buente." "Agent Lozano ?" "I'm Special Agent Mulder." "I'm with the fbi." "The fbi, here ?" " We're investigating the death ofa migrant worker." " Really." "I'm looking for a man named Eladio Buente." "He hasn't been seen for three days, and he's not in police custody." "I thought he might be in l.N.S. custody." "He might." "Let's see." "Okay, we have aJose Feliciano." "We haveJuan Valdez." "We have Cesar Chavez." "We have Placido Domingo here." "But I don't see any Eladio Buente." "Soyou are telling me that no one here uses their real name." "What is this man wanted for ?" "Possibly the murder ofa woman named Maria Dorantes." "Oh, man." "The Chupacabra ?" "Yeah." "You've heard ofit." "You don't believe it." "No, I believe these people." "Hey, their lives are small." "So they have to make these fantasies to keep on going, to feel alive." "Because they are strangers here." "They feel hated, unwanted." "Whenever their passions become inflamed they resort to violence, and then they cannot turn to the law so they make up these fantastic tales." "Call it anything you want, but this is an age-old story." "Call it anything you want, but this is an age-old story." "I've heard that." "Let me see ifwe can find your Eladio Buente." "Excuse me." " Excuse me." " Can I helpyou ?" "I'm Agent Dana Scully with the fbi." " I'm investigating the death ofamigrant worker." "Juan orJuanita ?" " I'm sorry ?" " Doe." "A man or a woman ?" "A woman named Maria Dorantes." "I need to determine a cause ofdeath... in order to close out an investigation." "It sounds vaguely familiar, but I don't think I've been able to get to heryet." "I'm a medical doctor." "Ifyou show me the body, I can examine it myself." "It's in the fridge." "I don't think he's going anywhere." "[Coroner] That'sher." "Oh, my God." "Thismustbehim." "Why is he segregated like this ?" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "He said the other detainees were giving him a hard time, causing trouble." "They don't want to go near him." "[ Chuckles ]" " They think he's the Chupacabra." " That may be." "I will tell you with a tremendous degree ofcertainty this guy is not Erik Estrada." "Buente !" "[Speaking Spanish]" "Ask him ifhe killed Maria Dorantes." " [ Speaking Spanish ]" " No!" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" " What'd he say ?" " "I didn't do it."" " Ask him what happened." " [ Speaking Spanish ]" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "[Lozano Translating] There was anoiselike thunder, but very close." "Then there was lightning, verybright." "Itblindedme." "I fell to the ground." "Andthen lfelt thehotrain fallonme." "Andwhen lfinally couldopenmy eyesandsee," "I saw the dead goat." "And then I saw Maria-- Maria." "She calledmyname... once." "She was lying inapuddle ofyellowrain." "Something had eaten at her face." "Andlheldherin myarms, andthenshe died." "And then I got up, and I ran screaming." "[ Shouts ln Spanish ]" "This guy is better than Erik Estrada." "[People Chattering ln Spanish]" "[ All Shouting ln Spanish ]" "What's gonna happen to him ?" "He'll get his 45 seconds before the judge and placed on a southbound bus." " Is there anyway to delay that ?" " Whywould you do that ?" " To solve an unexplained death." " I think the fbi's got better things to do." "Fileyour paperwork." "By the time they process it, he'll probably be back here anyway." " Put him in the front." " Come on." "Up front." "[Man] Okay, vamos." "Let'sgo." "[Horn Honking]" "[Horn Honking]" " DidyoufindEladio Buente ?" " Yeah, I found him." "Did he confess to the murder of Maria Dorantes ?" "Not exactly, no." "Did he tell you what happened ?" "Flash oflight, yellow rain." "" Maria !" "Maria !"" "He didn't kill her, Mulder." "I examined the body of Maria Dorantes, and I believe that her cause ofdeath was natural, albeit strange." " Sheseems tohavesuccumbed toamassive fungalinfection." " A fungus ?" "Aspergillus, according to the coroner." "It's a mold that's found in dead leaves, compost, even household dust." " And it can kill ?" " Not normally." "It's very common and harmless." " You don't think that's weird ?" " Aspergillus can be lethal... to people with immunodeficiencies..." "like AI DS patients and transplant recipients." "Ifoundhigh levels ofmethylbromide inherbloodworkup." "It's a pesticide that's used for soil sterilization-- highly toxic." "Now, I think thatherbody wassoravagedbypesticides... that a normally benign fungus may have compromised herwhole immune system." "Still doesn't explain the flash oflightning and theyellow rain... and EI Chupacabra." "Mulder, I know you don't want to hear this." "I think the aliens in this story are not the villains." "They're the victims." "Lookat that." "[People Shouting ln Spanish]" "Mulder." " [Man #1]Beright there." " [Man #2] Allright." "[ Chatter, indistinct ]" "What does it look like ?" "This man died ofsystemic shock brought on bywhat appears to be another fungal infection." "The same fungus that killed Maria Dorantes ?" "No." "It looks dissimilar." "I don't know what this is." "Its speed and its aggressiveness are frightening." "The infection's covered 90% ofhis body, Mulder, through both layers ofskin." " Did you find him ?" " We were able to run down most ofthe people who escaped." "But Eladio Buente wasn't among them." "No one knows where he ran ?" " Agent Lozano, this is my partner, Agent Scully." " Hi." "They all ran the otherway, away from EI Chupacabra, the man they say is responsible for this tragedy." "Eladio Buente didn't kill this man." "He didn't kill anybody." " I'm not so sure about that." " This is the work ofa pathogen ofa highlyvirulent strain." "I'm not questioning that, but right now Eladio Buente is the only connection we have... to this death and the death of Maria Dorantes." "Which is why I need you to spare any manpoweryou can to try to find him." "Manpower ?" "We don't have the resources to go chasing after one poor illegal." "Mulder, whateveryouhope tolearn by finding thisman, we have to first make a definitive classification ofthe fungi from the victims." "I need to isolate it, and I need to get a sample to a mycologist." "Good." "You should do that while Agent Lozano and I try to find EI Chupacabra." "[ Speaking Spanish ]" " [BelIRings]" " Senor?" " Senor ?" " What doyou want ?" "You want togoback ?" "Estas loco ?" "We haul muchabasura with that truck." "What makes you think we haul it back ?" "How long haveyou been in this country ?" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "Aqui es America, youdumb wet." "Truck stop at dusk." "No dinero, no ride." " Comprende ?" " Si." " Dinero." " Dinero." "[ Chattering ]" "The truck's here !" "Construction workers." "Dos." " [ Indistinct ] - [ Speaking Spanish ]" "Okay, two ofyou." "You two, get in the back." "Let's go." "I only need two, amigo." "Dos." "Hey, outta the truck." "I got work to do." " Hey, whereareyougoing ?" " [ Indistinct ]" "You'llhave to do." "[Man] Whatyou're lookingat, AgentScully, is themostubiquitous fungalspore known tomankind-- derma tuffatosis." "Athlete's foot ?" "One ofthe great survivors of countless extermination efforts." "Historically underrated and unfairly overshadowed by the ever-popular cockroach." "Our body has natural defenses against this kind ofinvasion." "Even in the absence ofan immuno response, a fungi like this one-- or the aspergillus sample I gaveyou-- don't they need the right environment to multiply ?" "Yes, unless theyhavehelp." " What's this ?" " It'san enzyme lisolated from bothyourspecimens." "That's about all I can tell ya." "It's unlike any enzyme I've ever seen." "So it's not the fungi but the enzyme that kills." "Acting as a catalyst, as an accelerant." "Letmeshowyou." "This ispecunia graminus, blackstem rust." "It'sbeen the cause ofa fairlycontainable crop blighthere in the valley." "Oh, my God." "Imustsay, ifthis were to getoutinto the environment, derma tuffatosismightgive the cockroacharun foritsmoney." "Hmm ?" "[MenSpeaking Spanish]" "He was here, all right." "They say he got into a truck ofa foreman named Culver." "Story's out." "Oh, yeah." "I told you, these people love their stories." "It's the one thing that keeps them from going mad... when they're out there standing on the street corner all daywaiting forwork." " So they really don't think he's the Chupacabra ?" " No, they're certain ofit." " Did you tell them about the fungal infection ?" " Yeah, theywouldn't listen." "They are only interested in what will become of Eladio Buente." " What will become ofhim ?" " When his brother finds him" " He'll kill him." " Yes, probably." "A man cannot live with vengeance in his heart." "So we gotta find him first." "My mother used to say that blood should be left to cleanse itself." "God curses the man who stands between two brothers." "Well, in this case, He'll curse the man who doesn't." "Senor ?" "Senor ?" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "SenorCulver?" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "[Man] Eladio Buente." "Eladio ?" "[ Squeaks ]" "Eladio Buente." "[ Tires Squealing ]" "[ Shouting ln Spanish ]" "[Eladio] Gabrielle !" "Gabrielle !" "Eladio !" " Mulder, it's me." " Hey, Scully, where areyou ?" "The state university bio department." "Mulder, listen to me." "I thinkyou're right." " I think Eladio Buente is responsible for those deaths." " Responsible how ?" "By spreading an enzyme produced bywhat appears to be a new strain ofconidial fungi." " How's he spreading it ?" " My guess is by touch." "Now, I saw this man, Scully." "He was unaffected." "He could bejust a carrier then, a kind ofTyphoid Mary." " You're saying it's a new strain ?" " Yes." "It is extremely important thatyou not come into direct contact with this fungus." " You must not inhale it." "You must not touch it." " Lozano, careful, man." "Scully, I've been thinking." "I know that's dangerous, butjust bearwith me." "These fortean transients-- what the woman described-- they could have been caused by an object falling at a high rate ofspeed... creating a sonic boom and a flash oflight astronomers call a bolide." " A bolide ?" " Created by a meteorite... or a piece of extra-planetarium material, ofwhich 2,000 tons falls to the earth every day." "This yellow rain" " Space debris could have fallen in a nearby lake, superheating the water and sending it skyward, which would mean this is alien." " I think this is beside the point right now." " Oh, and the fungus" "Let me work on the fungus." "Whatyou need to do is to find the man who may be spreading it." "Okay." "Soyou got your own stories too, huh ?" "Hey, it's EI Barbero." "Hey, Lozano, lhearyou're lookin' forthe Chupacabra." "For a modest fee, I can tell you where he might be found." "[Eladio Coughing]" "[ Coughing ]" " Eladio !" " [ Grunts ]" "[Lozano] Stop !" "Don't touch him." "[ All Shouting ln Spanish ]" "Hey !" "[Horn Honking]" "I lost him." "[MulderGroaning]" "More goats." "Agent Lozano, how does this man keep eluding us ?" "These people are invisible." "You look at them and you don't see them." "Just workers, cheap labor to pick crops and clean houses." "To most people, they're aliens in the true sense ofthe word." " EI Chupacabra." "EI Chupacabra." " Calm down." " Calm down." " Chupacabra." "Can a man do this ?" "Can Eladio Buente do this ?" "Eladio, he went to his cousin Gabrielle's house asking for money." " When ?" " Today." "He said he killed nobody." "But Soledad, he went to Gabrielle's house trying to kill Eladio." "Calm down." "[KnockAtDoor]" " Quien es ?" " [Lozano]Gabrielle Buente ?" "This isAgentLozano, l.N.S. Open up." " Where is he ?" " Que ?" "Don't give meyour "que. " You know who." " Where is he, Eladio ?" " He is not here." "I would not let Eladio Buente in here." "Please, you must believe me." "[Scully] Maybeyoushouldcheck theback." "What about his brother, Soledad ?" "No." "He is not here !" "No one is here !" "I'm alone." "Haveyou seen either ofthem ?" "Si." "But I'm afraid because ofwhat they say about Eladio." "About EI Chupacabra." "There is no EI Chupacabra, Gabrielle." "Eladio is a very sick man." "Ifhe comes here, you must not let him in." "Ifhe comes to this door, youmustcall thepolice." "Understand?" "There's nobody." "I'm going to be watching you, chiquita." "Every move." " Comprendes ?" " Si." " I think weshouldholdupaminute." " Forwhat ?" "Something's going on here." "Hey,Jose, this ain't no restaurant !" "You knowyou have to pay for all that." "Hey, what thehell doyou think you're doing ?" "Comebackhere !" "Hey, you'regonna have to clean thatup." "Hey!" "Hey, you'regonna have to clean thatup." "Hey!" " That's our man." " Eladio Buente ?" "No." "That's his brother, Soledad." " [Phone Ringing]" " Bueno ?" " Eladio ?" " Si, Gabrielle." "Eladio ?" "Eladio !" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "SoledadBuente." "Stop!" "Stop !" " [Scully] Dropyou weapon!" "[Mulder] Drop thegun !" " [ Speaking Spanish ]" " [Scully]Putitdown!" "Now!" " [ Speaking Spanish ]" " [Mulder]Dropit!" " [LozanoShouting]" "[ Both Speaking Spanish ]" "Eladio !" "[Screaming ln Spanish]" "Mulder." " [SoledadSobbing]" " He's been here." " [ Knocking ] - [Gabrielle] Quien es ?" " Eladio." " Eladio ?" "No." "No." "[ Screaming ] No !" "[ Screaming ] No !" "Eladio ?" "Eladio Buente ?" "He is not here." "He's gone." " Gone where ?" " To Mexico, where he can hide his terrible face." " How's he gonna get to Mexico ?" " I gave him all my money." " You gave him your money ?" " Yes, because I wasafraid." "I was afraid EI Chupacabra will kill me too." "What can I say ?" "[Mulder] Howare wegonna findthisman ?" "Good luck." "I'm gonna go process the brother." "Youknow whatshesaid aboutEladio Buente, abouthis face ?" "I don't know what to believe." "These people love their stories." "Mulder, he could be anywhere right now." "Ifhe were to enter a metropolitan area with what he's carrying" " He won't." " Ifhe's going to Mexico" "Ifthis man really thinks he killed Maria Dorantes, he won't be going to Mexico." " Then where is he going ?" " The same place Lozano and Eladio's brother are going." " He'sgone to facehisbrother." " I don't understand." ""God curses a man who stands between two brothers."" "Getonyourcellphoneand havea Haz-Mat team assembled." "Eladio Buente, come on out !" " Be a man and faceyour brother." " Madre de Dios." "Eladio, no!" "[ Speaking Spanish ]" "[Gunshot]" "[ Whispering ln Spanish ]" "He believed in EI Chupacabra." "They came from thesky." "More Chupacabras... coming to save Eladio." "I slammed the door and prayed... that theywould not come to kill me too." "What will happen to Soledad ?" "He was taken up by a Chupacabra." "He will suffer for his treachery." "He'smade tosuck theblood... ofonly thesick anddyinggoats... when the Chupacabra comes to feed." " That's not what Gabriella said." " Whatdoes Gabriellaknow?" "I was there." "I saw it with my own eyes." "Gabriella said that she lied to la fbi... so that her cousin, Eladio, might live." "Butlamigra Lozanoknew thatSoledadcouldnotlive with vengeanceinhisheart." " [ Yells ln Spanish ] - [ Gunshot ]" "Turn around and face the man whose loveyou killed !" "YoukilledMaria... because she wouldn't loveyou." "Because her heart belongs to only one man." "Don't make me shootyou in the back, Eladio." "Turn !" "Seemytears !" " Turn around like a man !" " No." "[Gabrielle] "Shoot." "Shoot!"Iamigrashouted." "But Soledad began to cry." "" No." "No !" cried Soledad." ""I cannot shoot my brother." "He is mybrother." "My flesh, myblood. "" " Shoot him !" "He's EI Chupacabra !" " Shoutedlamigra." " You cannot let him go !" " " He is a goat sucker, and he must be killed !"" "Soledad, he could not kill Eladio... because he knew I would never forgive him." " [ Speaking Spanish ]" " No !" "No !" " Lamigra Lozano... tried to pull the gun from Soledad's hand, calling him a coward !" " "No!" "He is mybrother!" Andthegun wentoff!" " [ Gunshot ]" "Bang !" "Bang !" "Lamigra Lozano fell dead." "Perono." "La migra Lozano... brought Soledad to kill Eladio... so that he would not be cursed." "So God... cursed Soledad for his treachery... andturnedhim into..." "EI Chupacabra likehisbrother." "No." "Together they run... to Mexico." " EI Chupacabra ?" " [Scully] Yes, sir." "Frankly, I'm confused by this story." "[Mulder] ldon'tblameyou." "We can't exactly explain it ourselves, sir." "At any rate, we arrived just after the Haz-Mat team." "They establishedaperimeter thensecuredthearea." "An eyewitness was found, buthertestimony was questionable." "[Scully] The Haz-Mat team wereable to contain the fungal infection within the camp." "No othercasualties were reported." "We foundno othertraces oftheacceleratingenzyme." "[Mulder] Excepton thebodyofAgentLozano." "We foundhim deadat thescene withabullet woundto the chest." "And with the fungal infection already starting to eat away at him." " What happened to the brothers ?" " [Scully] They werenowhere tobe found." "Lozano's revolver turnedup tenmilesaway... nearthe carofaman known locallyas EI Barbero." "[Mulder]Apparently, thebrothers paid thisman foraride to Mexico, but they didn'tget very far." "So these men are still at large carrying a highly contagious fungus... that can kill a man in his tracks ?" "It's not a fungus, sir." "Actually, it's an enzyme... to which the brothers had an abnormal tolerance." "And which came from what I believe to be an anti-enzyme gene." " This enzyme came from where ?" " Outer space, sir." "[ Sighs ] So this is the story you're asking me to report ?" "You would thinkwith the resources we have, we'd be able to find these men." "I'm not hearing a good explanation why this hasn't happened." "Well, sir, they, um" "They have a way of..." "being almost invisible." "[Mulder] The truth is, nobody cares." "[ Siren Wailing ]" "Monongahela." "We're en route with a male cardiac, age 62." "E.T.A. in 1 2." "[ Woman ] Copy." "E.T.A. in 1 2." "Crash unit standing by." "How's he looking, Leonard?" "[MonitorBeeping]" " Up to his ass in alligators." "[Beeping Erratically] -[Man Gasping]" " Is he going into arrest?" " No, he's not." "[Gasping Continues]" "[Air Hisses]" " What did you do?" " Aspirated his chest." "He has a tension pneumothorax pressing on his heart." "It looked like a cardiac." " Nice catch." "Howdidyouknow?" " Because he's dying ofcancer." "It'salreadyeaten through onelung." "That'samazing." "Howdidyouknow, Leonard?" "[ Moaning ]" "Leonard?" "Leonard?" "Leonard?" "[ Gasps ]" "Oh, God." "Leonard." "[Thump]" "[Thump]" " Hello?" "[Thump]" "Pretty cozy." "Who'd everwant to leave?" "Well, whoever happened to get locked in here last night, I guess." "Well, that would be one Leonard Morris Betts, age 34." "But it should probably be noted that when Mr. Betts arrived here last night, he was sans head." "He was decapitated when his ambulance crashed." "He was an emergency medical technician for this hospital." "A very good one, apparently." "A slew ofcommendations." " Write-ups in the local paper." " What about the morgue attendant?" "Somebody coldcocked him and stole his clothes." "He didn't see who." "No alarms tripped, no sign ofa break-in." " It's weird, huh?" " Mulder, what are we doing here?" "Did I mention that Mr. Betts had no head?" "Yes." "So?" "I mean, you're not suggesting that a headless body... kicked its way out of a latched morgue freezer?" "Areyou ?" "Because it's obvious this is some kind ofattempt at a cover-up." " Meant to conceal what?" " My guess, body snatching for profit." "There's a shortage ofteaching cadavers at medical schools." "An unscrupulous medical supplier might pay top dollar, no questions asked." "But why take a headless one and leave top-dollar bodies behind?" "[DoorOpening]" "Sir?" "Those videograbsyouaskedfor." "We found something." "These are from the emergency room camera, taken at 4:1 3 this morning." "There'syourperpetrator, wearing thestolen uniform." "Unfortunately, you can't see very much on these." "What's" " What's all this stuffhere?" "Badvideo." "Thesecuritysystem isn'texactlystate-of-the-art." "Ifthis is our guy, what did he do with the corpse he stole?" "Well, maybe he got spooked and was forced to abandon it." "We combed the facility." "Where could he hide a bodywhere it couldn't be found?" "I'll showyou." "Allhospitals operatesome form ofmedical wasteprocessing." "This unit disposes ofsurgical remains:" "amputations, excised tumors." "They're ground up and heated with microwaves, and the result is a sterile soot that's used as road fill." "Well, then there's probably nothing there for us to find." "That depends how often they dispose oftheirwaste." "Hopefully, only once every few days." "We're in luck." "Areyou sure about this, Scully?" "'Cause ifyou're not sure, I don't see... that there's any reason to disturb all this stuffjust" "Mulder, I'm gonna need your help." "Your arms are longer." "Oh." "I think I got the toy surprise." " Leonard Betts." " That's his head." "Where's his body?" "There's not enough room in here." "Maybe he didn't dispose ofthe body." "Maybe he got it out ofhere somehow." "Well, why'd he take the time to dispose ofthe head?" "I don't know." "Maybe there's an answer here." "Something you should check out." "We know how he died, in an automobile accident." "What more is there to know?" "Maybe nothing, but it's all we got to go on right now." "You should see ifyou can find a place whereyou can examine Betts' head." " Whileyou do what?" " Check out his house." "We know how he died." "I want to see how he lives." " Lived." " Lived." "Case number 226-897." "Leonard Betts." "Remains are incomplete, all observations refer to a decapitated head." "Weight, 1 0.9 pounds." "Remains show no signs ofrigor mortis or fixed lividity." "Nor do the corneas appear clouded, which would seem inconsistent with the witnessed time ofdeath, now... 1 9 hours ago." "I'll begin with the intermastoid incision and frontal craniotomy, then make my examination ofthe brain." "Oh!" "God!" "[Man] Which one?" "[Mulder] This onehere." "[KeysJingling]" " Thanks." "I'll lock up." " Okay." "[Phone Ringing]" " Mulder." " [ Scully] It's me." " Mulder." " [ Scully] It's me." "Uh, I've run into kind of a unique situation here." " What'd you find?" " So far, not much." "I did a PET scan on Leonard Betts' remains." "Actually four times now." "And each time the images come out degraded, uh, like it's fogged somehow." " Like the security footage." " This is cutting-edge technology here." "The technicians say the machine is working perfectly." "They also say the only thing that could account for this image distortion... is some form ofradiation." "But I don't see how orwhere it could be emanating from." "What did your examination uncover?" "Well, l" " I haven't exactly performed an examination yet." " Why not?" " Well, because I, uh" "I experienced an unusual degree ofpostmortem galvanic response." "The head moved." "It blinked at me." "I mean, I know exactlywhat it is." "It's residual electrical activity stored chemically in-- in the dead cells." "Blinked orwinked?" " [ Sighs ]" " You're afraid to cut into it." "Scully, you're not saying that-- that-- that it's alive, areyou?" "No." "I am certainly not saying that at all." "But has it crossed your mind that it's not quite dead, either?" " What doyou mean?" " I'm standing here in Betts' apartment." "Whoeverwe saw in those video grabs, his clothes are strewn all over the floor." "Made himselfat home." "Maybe he was home." " Leonard Betts." " Yeah." " Without his head." " Yeah." "Mulder, I don't even know how to respond to that." "I'm gonna call the P.D. and have them put the building under surveillance... just in case whoever it is comes back." "I'll be in touch." "Michele?" "Michele Wilkes?" " Yes?" " I'm Fox Mulder." "I'm with the F.B.I." "You're the person responsible for the disposition of Leonard Betts' remains." "He didn't have any family." "No friends either, as far as I could tell." " Exceptyou." " I liked him." "But I wasn't really his friend." "He didn't let people get that close." "I'm not sure I could call myselfhis partner." "Mostly I stayed out ofhis way." " What doyou mean?" " Leonard was an amazing technician." "He could diagnose illness better than any doctor I've ever seen." "You know how they say some people can look atyou and tell you what's wrong?" " Mm-hmm." " Leonard could do that." "Especiallywith cancer." "I told him he should have been an oncologist." "He used to volunteer at the cancerward." "Read to patients, stufflike that." "Did you ever notice anything about him?" "Anything odd?" "No." "Well, he never got sick." "That was pretty amazing, doing what we do." " He was the picture ofhealth." " Was he ever injured on thejob?" "No." "Never." "I mean, until" " Oh, yeah." " I'm sorry." "I-l don't know what all this has to do with someone stealing Leonard's body." "I mean, it almost sounds likeyou're investigating Leonard." "No, no." "Thanks for bearing with my questions." "I appreciateyour time." "This procedure is called biopolymerization." "It's basically a high-tech mummification process." "The remains are dipped in the epoxy, and once it's cured, the specimen can be sliced for examination." "Oryou gotyourself a nice paperweight." "At any rate, we should have some autopsy answers foryou soon." "I'm starting with an anterior slice from your Mr. Betts, one favoring the frontal lobe." " Well, this is certainly strange." " What?" "There's something wrong with the image?" "In a manner ofspeaking." "Here, see foryourself." "Oh, myGod." "His entirebrain looks like onegiantglioma." " He had cancer?" " He was riddled with it." "Everycellin thesample." "Everycell, essentially, in his entire head and brain was all cancerous-- it's completely pervasive." " Could you live in this condition?" " Live?" "This man would have been dead before reaching such a metastatic stage." "How doyou explain it?" "Maybe the polymerization process distorted the sample somehow." "Maybe we'renotreallyseeing what we think we'reseeing." "Mmm." "Maybe we'rejust seeing it clearly for the first time." "What areyou suggesting?" "Let's get a slice to go." "[Woman]Monongahela, 1-3-6enroute withamalenotresponding to C.P.R." "Pleaseadvise." "Dispatch, somebodypick up, please." "Allegheny Catholic, 2-0-8." "Iknow you're up toyourass inalligators," " butyourpatientmaybeinshock." " Michele?" " Leonard?" " Treat withpoint threemilligrams..." " epinephrineautoinjector." " Let's go here." "Michele!" "Come on!" "[Woman On Radio]Hey, that seems tobe working." "Goodcall, 208." " Thanks forthe tip." "[Man On Radio]Gladlcouldhelp." "Oh, wow." "I've neverworked with a sample ofhuman tissue before." "What exactlywereyou looking to find?" " I'll tell you ifwe find it." " Excellent." "Areyou ever asked to defend this as a legitimate scientific process, Doctor?" "Only ifyou're not happy with the results." "Chuck didsome ofthepioneering work in Kirlianphotographyin the U.S." "Although lpreferthe umbrella term "auraphotography. "" "Basically, by applying high-frequency electricity," "I am able to photograph an organism's coronal discharge." " Coronal discharge?" " Coronal discharge." "Life force." "The Chinese call it chi." "It's an accepted fact in most Eastern cultures." "And the theoretical basis ofholistic medicine, ofacupuncture." "But what is its application here?" "It may account for the fogging ofyour PET scan of Leonard Betts' head." "You know, with this equipment, I have been able to capture phantom images... ofwhole leaves that were cut in half, or the vestigial image ofa lizard's tail long after it's been cut off." "Which you have to admit is pretty cool." "It looks like we got somethin' here." "Oh, yeah." "Now, I don't know exactlywhat you're looking for, but" "Oh, yeah." "There's definitely somekindofenergyhappenin'here." "Chuck, would you believe that this man's head had been decapitated?" "[ Laughs ] Oh, come on." "No way." "Way." "Are we happy with the results?" "I don't know, Scully, but those sure as hell look like shoulders to me." "I don't even know how to explain that photo, or even what it proves." " What ifit proves Betts is alive." " Mulder!" "You said that Betts' tissue was riddled with cancer." "Now, what is cancer but normal cells growing rapidly out ofcontrol, usually caused by some damage to their DNA?" "I don't know whereyou're going with this." "What ifthere was a case where the cancerwas not caused by damaged DNA ?" "Where the cancerwas not a destructive or an aggressive factor, but was rather the normal state ofbeing?" "Even ifthat were possible, he's been decapitated." "What ifthis man's life force, his chi, whateveryou want to callit, retained ablueprintoftheactualmanhimself, guiding rapid growth, not as cancer, but as regeneration." "You think that Leonard Betts regrew his head?" "The fluid that I found in Betts' bathtub was povidone-iodine." "It's used by researchers on reptiles and amphibians to aid regeneration." "We both know that salamanders have grown entirely new limbs-- regenerated." "Salamanders are one thing, but no mammal possesses that regenerative power." "There isn't a creature walking this earth that can regrow its head." "Worms." "You cut a worm in half, you get two." "Mulder, they're worms." "I'm just saying it's not unheard ofin nature, that's all." "Unheard ofor not, someone is going to great lengths to dispose ofevidence." "Well, maybe Betts is trying to protect his secret." "[Phone Rings]" "Scully." "Yeah." "Okay." "Great." "Thanks." "Well, apparently Leonard Betts did have some secrets." "One ofthem being that he had an alter ego named Albert Tanner." "Who?" "I had Danny run the fingerprints." "Two names came up." "The second one was Albert Tanner, but unlike Leonard Betts," "Albert Tanner has a living relative," "Elaine Tanner, his mother, whojust happens to live here in Pittsburgh." "Hmm." "[DoorbelIRings]" " Elaine Tanner?" " Yes." "I'm Agent Scully." "This is Agent Mulder." "We're with the F.B.I." " Oh." "What can I do foryou ?" " Is your son Albert Tanner?" "We'd like to askyou some questions." "Please excuse me for one second." "I've got something on the stove." "Scully." " Mrs. Tanner, is this your son?" " Yes." "That's Albert." "We know this man as Leonard Betts." "Areyou familiarwith that name?" " No." " You know ifyour son used other names?" "Why areyou asking me about him?" "Mrs. Tanner, areyou aware that your son has recently died?" "What doyou mean, "recently"?" "When did your son die?" "Sixyears ago." "He was killed in an automobile accident." "Why?" "Would it be possible to get the death certificate or some verification?" "Ofcourse." " Confused yet?" " Yeah." "Excuse me." "I'm-- I'm looking for an E.M.T., the man driving unit 208." "The new guy." "Yeah." "208's over there." "Hejust went offshift, butyou might catch him." "Thanks." "[Radio Dispatch Chatter]" "Leonard?" "Leonard?" "Oh, my God." "It can't be." "How can it be?" "Leonard, is ityou?" "Hey, Michele." "It's okay." "It's okay." "[ Breathing Unevenly]" "I just wish you hadn't found me, that's all." "What areyou talking about?" "Leonard?" " I'm sorry." " [ Gasping ]" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "[Man] Hey!" "You there!" "Holdit!" "Come back here!" "Stop whereyou are!" "Stay there." "You son ofa bitch." "Ronny?" "Oh, pick up, man." " [ Man On Radio ] Go ahead." " We got a situation in the parking lot." "This guyjust attacked some woman." "She's upat the ambulanceparkingarea." "You'dbettergeta doctor rightaway." "[CrackingSound]" "I'mgonna check on thatguy." "[Radio Dispatch Chatter]" "Siskel or Ebert?" "What's thestory?" "Michele Wilkes was murdered, but we wouldn't know that..." " ifthe guard hadn't witnessed it." " Why is that?" "I found a spent autoinjector in the grass." "She was given a lethal dose ofpotassium chloride." "It's an electrolyte... found naturally in the body, and a coroner doesn't usually check for it." "Betts was here, Scully." "She must have discovered that, and then he had to kill her to protect his secret." "Well, the security guard did l.D. him as her attacker." "He worked as an E.M.T., but his coworkers said his name was Truelove." "Doyou know how this man escaped?" "He tore offhis thumb, because he knew he could regrow another one." "Mulder, itjust doesn't work that way." "Is it unimaginable?" "ls Betts' ability to regenerate any greater a leap forward... than our ancestors' ability to communicate or to walk upright?" "But language, evolution-- it's a process ofsteps, not leaps." "Recent evolutionary theory would disagree." "What scientists call punctualism or punctual equilibrium, it theorizes that evolutionary advances are cataclysmic, not gradual." "That evolution occurs not along a straight graphable line, but in huge fits and starts, and that the unimaginable happens in the gaps-- the gap between what we are and what Leonard Betts has become." "But whatyou're describing is someone so radically evolved... thatyou wouldn't even call him human." "Well, on the other hand, how evolved can a man be who drives a Dodge Dart?" "Oh, myGod." "" Myeloid sarcoma, epithelial carcinoma."" "These are all cancerous tumors." "This is surgical waste tagged for disposal." " What doyou think he wanted with them?" " You may not want to know." "Scully, there's a great possibility that Leonard Betts not only is cancer" "But that he needs it for survival?" " So, you're saying that this is" " Snack food." "I mean, wouldn't it make sense that-- that evolution, or natural selection, would incorporate cancer, the greatest health threat, as our genetic makeup?" "Why do I think that Charles Darwin is rolling in his grave?" "Askyourself, why is Leonard Betts an E.M.T.?" "Why does he regularlyvisit cancerwards?" "Access." "The car's registered to one Elaine Tanner, 31 08 Old Bank Road." " Betts' mom." " Doyou think Mom knows... her dead son is tooling around in her car?" "Elaine Tanner?" "We have a warrant to search the premises." "Mrs. Tanner, we knowyour son is alive and thatyou're in contact with him." "You need to tell us where we can find him." "Last night, he murdered a woman in cold blood." "By lying to protect him, you are considered an accessory to murder." "Canyou tellme whatyouuse this for?" "It'saprettybigbottle." "You get a lot ofcuts?" "When my son was eightyears old, there were two boys who picked on him because he was different." "Hejust ignored them." "He knew he was better than theywere." "One day they cornered him walking home, beat him up." "He didn't even try to fight back, just lay there, taking the blows." "So, I don't believeyou when you tell me he killed anyone." "But ifhe did, he had his reasons." "What reasons, Mrs. Tanner?" "God put him here for a purpose." "God means for him to stay, even ifpeople don't understand." "And that's all I've got to say." "[TV.:" "SportsAnnouncers Chattering]" "[PooIBalls Clicking]" "[Announcer] To the corner." "Twelve-footer." "It'sgood!" " Tigers tieit!" " [ Coughing ]" "[ Coughing Continues ]" "[Coughing]" "Excuseme." "I'm sorry, butyou've got something I need." "Excuse me." "Scully?" " Find something?" " No sign, not even a sock.Just this." " A receipt for a storage locker." " The keywith the number 1 1 2 on it." " Let's check it out." " Mm-hmm." "[ Grunting ]" "[ Groaning ]" "[ Screaming ]" "[ Screams ]" "Scully." "[CarEngineStarting]" "Mr.John Gillnitz, death from massivebloodloss... due to what I can only describe as a skillful removal ofhis left lung." " It's Betts." " Doing what?" "Guaranteed, Scully." "This man's medical records will show he had lung cancer." " And Betts was in need ofwhat he had." " How would he have known that?" "His partner told me he had an exceptional ability to diagnose cancer." "Maybe his need provided a heightened sense." "Well, whatever he was doing, he's taking the secret to his grave." "Yeah, for the second time." "Mulder, Leonard Betts is dead." "Ofthat I am absolutely certain, and he is not coming back." " You'd have said the same about Tanner." " I don't understand." "Sixyears ago Albert Tanner dies in a car accident." "His mother buries him." "Several days ago, the same man shows up as Leonard Betts." "Explain that to me." "Obviously, someone's lying." "Maybe the first death was staged." "You want to bet on that?" "Ugh." "Will the real Leonard Betts please stand up?" "Mulder, these men may be no more than monozygotic twins." "I don't think so, Scully." "I thinkwhat we're standing witness to here... goes way beyond the regeneration of a thumb or a limb, or even a new head." "Mulder, I don't know whatyou're getting at here." "Regeneration ofan entire body?" "I don't know why I'm listening." "Because I think that the fiery crash that killed this man was a decoy... and that this man lying here is still at large." "I'm scared, honey." "The F.B.I." "They seem to know all aboutyou." "They dug up the coffin." "They found your friend." "I don't think they're ever going to leaveyou alone." "And you're weak." "You have to restoreyour strength." "You know whatyou have to do." " [ Whimpers ]" " I'm your mother." "And it's a mother's duty to provide." "[ Moans ]" "Ifthis man really exists, what makes you think he'd come back here?" "The only person connected with Betts who knows his secret is his mom." "Ifwe're gonna get him, it'll be through her." "[Siren Wailing]" "[ Siren Continues ]" " Get out ofthe truck!" " Federal agents!" "Get out ofthe truck!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "What the hell?" " What areyou doing here?" " Wegota call." "Elderlywoman with massive chest trauma and blood loss. 31 08 Old Bank." " Believeme, that'sall weknow!" " Stay here." "Mulder, get the E.M.T.s up here!" "Guys, getinhere!" "She has an open wound." "A surgical cut." "Three guesses what was removed." "He did this toher, andthenhe calledanambulance." "Judging by the response time, he might still be here." "Betts is gone." "He must have taken offon foot." "Well, she's gonna be okay, Mulder." "She's not out ofthe woods, but I thinkwe might be able to get where he went out ofher." "You staywith her." "I'll call local P.D. and have them cordon offthe area." "Okay." "This is Mulderwith the F.B.I. I've got an emergency situation in progress." "I need all units to 31 08 Old Bank Road." "I'm searching for a murder suspect." "[Radio Dispatch Chatter]" "Mulder, it's me." "We've got Mrs. Tanner going into the E.R., but she took a downturn en route." "They defibrillated her to try and get her heart back, but there's no chance ofgetting anything cogent from her." "Not tonight, anyway." "Whataboutonyourend?" "We're going house to house here." "That's the only thing I can think to do." "We've got a chopper coming, but I'd say Betts has a good chance ofgetting away." "Ifhe steals a car or gets a ride, he could get away for good." "Imeanhe obviously worked this thingoutpretty well, Scully, so ifthere's anything you can get out of Mrs. Tanner tonight, anything at all, at thispoint we don'thave much else togo on." "Mulder, get over here right now." " What?" " Get over here right now." "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "Butyou've got something I need." "[ Grunting ]" "[ DefibrillatorTurns On ]" "Oh, my God." "Let's get a crash cart." "[ Moans Softly]" "They pronounced Betts ten minutes ago." " He's dead?" " As near as anyone can tell." "His mom's alive, due to the fact that Betts dressed herwounds so carefully." "She's gonna pull through, at least for the present." " Cancer." " Yeah." "Uh..." ""metastatic rabdomyo sarcoma," to be precise." "She was treated for it previously." "Got a clean bill ofhealth about three months ago." "You did a goodjob, Scully." "You should be proud." "I want to go home." "[ Coughing ]" "Closed-Captioned By Captions, lnc." "Los Angeles"